at this point the chair recognizes ms. king for five minutes for opening statement. >> chairman pits ranking member pallone and members of the subcommittee my colleague james cosgrove and i are pleased to be here today to discuss the role that contractors and private plans have in the medicare program. cms relies extensively on contractors to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities including program administration management oversight and benefit delivery. contractors have played a vital role in the administration of the program since its enactment in 1965. in fact congress designed the original medicare program so that it would be administered by health insurers or similar organizations experienced in handling hospital and physician claims. congress also stipulated the process for selecting contractors which differed from the way that most other federal contractors were awarded in that medicare contracts were not awarded by a competitive process. beginning in the 1980s the department of health and human services asked c

moving to the report from the executive director ms. king >> thank you very much. i'm sorry today, we had a holiday so i didn't get anything into the binders the report is short. i want to let the commission know as of march one have a new city attorney assignment and so we were happy with our last city attorney a deny their shuffling things around like they do every year or so, so our new city attorney been francesco can i don't see here today but hopefully, she'll attend in the near future so you'll welcome her. we use the city attorney has sparely as possible but she has experience with the board of appeals so that's important. i think she'll be a great asset she worked with us on the america's cup appeal the hearing on late night transportation i brought up previously that was called by supervisor wiener. i have a file number now if you want it was just the request for hearing. it will be at land use on march 24th to until that agenda is finally published it can be changed and it's for the mta and bart and ac transit and all the transportation network company f

and ms. king claims she is not a race hustler?n, you like that better? now, this is a woman who is in the united states congress, who is flat-out calling people with whom she disagrees racists, whether they're her colleagues or me or the entire bush administration or the entire republican party. and this woman has the gall, the nerve, to get up there, all right? and then throw out terms like welfare queen? when has the republican party ever used that term? when have i ever used that term? the answer is never, so not only is she a race hustler, she is a liar. that is who we have representing the cavs district, barbara lee, now, it is just my personal opinion. >> you speak the harsh truth and some people can handle it. >> well, i don't care if they handle it or not. the record is the record. pinheads of the week, factor tip of the week, something i absolutely have to do. the tip, moments away. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i uld angot her a subaru. irl) piece of cake. ♪ (annou

take pkg 0:01 0:12 pkg a parte de pensar de las injusticias contra los ms vulnerables en king city, ainmigracin, magnolia zarraga tambin se le vino a la mente la visa u "es una visa muy especial que permite a cierta gente indocumentada ha arreglar su estatus migratorio en el país. " se tiene que comprobar que la persona fue victima de ciertos crmenes que causaron heridas fsicas, emocionales, sicolgicas y que dicha victima coopero con las autoridades en investigar ese crimen. bajo ciertas categoras, magnolia dice que las supuestas victimas de king city, podran calificar para la visa u "puede ser por ejemplo, como extorsión, obstrucción de justicia, o chantaje. con que sea un crimen mas o menos que caiga en esa definición, es posible que la gente califique." la abogada agrega que la visa u tiene un perdón muy amplio que perdonaría el hecho de que las victimas entraron al país sin documentos...quizás perdonaría una deportación previa y antecedentes criminales. "es un proceso largo, tardado. es complicado. tenemos que investigar, verificar el reporte policíaco. como es un investigación qu

ms. chair peter king discusses the jet's disappearance as investigators shift their focus to the plane's pilots. you can catch this week right here at abr7 at 8:00 this morning. >>> rebuild, renew, reclaim is the theme of this weekend's state republican state convention in burlingame. republicans admit the party needs to rebuild through grass roots efforts. former u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice headlined yesterday's speakers. she compared america's revolutioners with ukrainians fighting for freedom. >> but we cannot abandon them. we were once them. and if it is god's will, and if it is human's power, they will one day be us. [applause] >> party officials say recent victories in fresno and the san diego mayor's race are recharging the gop faithful. >>> lisa argen is here now talking about just more record temperatures. so at least above average? >> yes, for most of you today. although we are getting an on shore flow returning to the coast. and right now not only that, but the surf is kicking up. here's a look from our roof camera, where temperatures are in the low 50s, but visib

ms. kaptur: i thank congressman king and attending the briefing this afternoon and participating fully in that effort. as you were speaking, i have a piece of my berlin wall and i have it framed and will be there for the people of my region forever and it's all framed and labeled in memory of that incredible moment. what we learned during that period of time, post-world war ii, we have to maintain our resolve and i say this to the people of ukraine, that we will not forget you. and if the world holds -- if liberty-loving nations use their collect i have power, change is possible. change for the better is possible. those who have fear, know that there have been models of states before. take hungary that was invaded in 1956. i can remember the cardinal being locked, going down -- when the tanks came in, the cardinal became a symbol for the whole world. they gave him a closet and i was he hadng in budapest and defiance against the regime and our government played a role. he was roman catholic. he risked his life. he became a symbol. in poland, if we look what happened in the 1950's and 196 e

our principle here at martin luther king middle school natalie for opening her doors to us (clapping) >> i'd like to okay as well as our assistant superintendant ms. jean i didn't pond. (clapping). >> our director of middle schools mr. richard curbing i didn't (clapping). >> and you may have heard r a word or two is our superintendant that supervisors our k 12 schools and, of course, i will introduce him look at later in the program but your absolutely visionary and leader of '71 of san francisco mr. ed lee mayor thank you. and a try visionary and a great great citizen of san francisco and also our partner mr. benny thank you for being here (clapping) >> i'd like to recognize two corporate's partners here today mr. ken at zinc good who partnered u.s.s. from auto deck mr. carl he's not here but titus his entire team is auto deck thank you. just a couple more introductions, if you will, many of those conversations are ongoing but i personally remember a dinner that i tenant a little bit more than a year ago and we talked about the dream we had. but i also want to recognize susan keeping who is here from the creeping foundation. and then a person we

ms. megyn warming up. it is friday march 28th. president obama hours away from meeting with the king of saudi arabia. >> are you in danger behind thety report about some of the most popular vehicles on the road. >> one of the most well-known stories in the bible under fire for refusing to use the word god. we will find out what the stars of noah the movie think.

king jr., james farmer, john lewis, a. phillip randolph, roy wilkins, and whitney m. young jr. ms. woman to work regularly alongside them on projects of national significance, was very much the unheralded seventh, the leader who was cropped out figuratively and often literally of images of the era." there she is in 1963 on the platform when dr. king delivered his "i have a dream" speech. she was one of the chief organizers of that event. and in high school she was the only black contestant to make it to the national finals of a public speaking contest, which she then won. her winning speech was about the reconstruction amendments to the constitution that extended constitutional protections to former slaves. but the audience at the march on washington that day did not get to hear her speak because all the speakers were men. >> she wasn't interested in credit. what she cared about was the cause. the cause of justice. the cause of equality. the cause of opportunity. freedom's cause. >> that was president obama speaking at dorothy height's funeral, in the national cathedral in 2010. sh