with respect to the reference the chairman made of the letter from the national association of counties, national league of cities, u.s. conference of mayors and national association of fire chiefs and others, i'd like to have it entered into the u record. >> without objection. >> also with respect to the theme of grants, there is some concern that these stake holders have not been included. in the process of developing guidance on the grants and the consolidation proposals. will you commit to the committee that if it has not been the best, you'll make your best effort to work with those groups? >> yes. and we have had a lot of discussions with stake holders over the last year. some of them have actually, i think, already said they support the vision. the question is going to be the details. how do we fill it out? that, again, will be something we will work on not just with the stake holder community but with the congress. >> well, and we have the record. and i will ask also that we'll provide you with a copy of the letter from the stake holders. with respect to twic, your best guess as

." >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism bureau -- board -- there is something for everyone. singapore airlines -- a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation,the rotondaro family trust afo communications. -- and the rotondaro family trust. >> you have been in iraq and afghanistan. i want to talk about afghanistan as a country and as a people. you were there as a civilian and as a soldier. when i see afghanistan, -- say afghanistan, what triggers in your mind? >> the terrain is as formidable in difficult as the people. [laughter] >> interesting. >> the people in our rural areas, predominately were we are fighting, the people live in peace with the land as much as possible. if they do not save enough food, they start in the winter. there are valleys shot off because of snow fall. when there are rivers flooding, there is not much to mitigate them. it

." >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board -- there is something for everyone, singapore airlines -- great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. you write in the book, and intelligence community, and you mentioned the national security agency -- 16 different agencies, 1000 federal organizations. that is just mind-blowing. you mentioned a director of national intelligence, and of course we have the department of homeland security. how many security top-secret security clearances do we have floating around the united states? >> we estimated there were about 865000. >> 800,000 people? >> the government has published a figure larger than that. it is over 1 million. we started out saying we would find everything that is secret in the number of agencies, programs, and companies, but at the secret lev

apparently began hassling him he lay dressed suspect pulled out a gun and calmly shot all four national rifle association so what's the. right of citizens to obtain firearms lawfully the first day ever ended up on the national media as a lead story it was a pretty big news conference and that was kind of out fun high visibility day on citizens to prevent crime the thing about rich is he took risks he took risks that nobody had in a reward to take the greatest single deterrent to crime is an on citizen national rifle association who has a group of basically retired military and police who love to shoot holes in paper. they were like walking around on eggshells oh my goodness oh my goodness somebody is use the gun for self defense richie went in there he says look the guy is somebody's wish to found. he's there became a civil rights issue the roid people who were victims have the means to defend themselves. after congress. yes the gun control act of one thousand nine hundred sixty eight there were some in the in the national rifle association that felt that the group had become too complicit or too weak or

she serves on the board of the national association of manufacturers and is the chair of the national association of manufacturers, small and medium manufacturers group. she also serves as a member of the manufacturing council. welcome. dr. jared bernstein served as chief economist and economic adviser to vice president biden and a member of president obama's team. before joining the obama administration, he was a senior economi economist. between 1995 and 1996 he was at the u.s. department of labor. he holds a ph.d. in social welfare from columbia university. dr. matthew mitchell is senior research fellow for economics at the mercatus center. his primary interests include economic freedom, growth, fiscal policy, public choice, and institutional economics. dr. mitchell currently serves on the joint advisory board for the commonwealth of virginia. dr. mitchell received his ph.d. from george mason university. he received his undergraduate degrees from arizona state university and i have no idea what the school colors are so we'll move on. let me again explain our lining system. i think

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report on my recent trip to washington for the federal relations that work for the national school boards associationthe national school boards association is advocating for we authorizing the mta, which is not going to happen this year. further, they are advocating for, which i think is a good thing, because it is simple enough for members of congress to understand, for an additional $1 billion in funding for idea and title 1. that is also unlikely to happen. but you have to ask a lot of times so that we get to the point where we can say is unacceptable to say no to these things because they're actually quite modest request. however, i do want to say that, in addition to that, a couple of things you should know. the national school board association is creating committees to work on the legislative issues that are according to school board members and you can participate in these committees by going to their conferences and meetings and also on line. they formed a committee on for the issues, world issues, preschool -- urban issues, rural issues, preschool. you can go on their web site and i will --

the national association of social workers. great to see you guys.nd in the back there don and marty, the green terror from mcdaniel college. welcome. he actually got here early for fell's point halloween celebration next year. all right here is daphne. good morning. >> good morning. how par you? >> we are doing great. we have a big month coming up. right some. >> right. >> it is social month work. >> social month work. >> the month of march so we are here early to give them a shout out and make sure hey are properly appreciated. >> thank you very much. you guys and gals do do great work and we thank you for coming down. >> we have students from the university of maryland baltimore, umbc and mcdaniel college and 7 other programs around the state. >> fabulous where do you go to school? >> umbc. >> um b. >> excellent. any other students here? i know there are. mcdaniels college, give them a big hand, thanks for coming down. green terror we love you. look at that. all right they are all in the house this morning. we got our crew here, tony, the coach. >

governors are in their final day of the national governor's association interwither -- winter meetingaverage. the income comes in p guy as high than those with a high school tuly mow. this is what we judd -- the income comes in as high as those with a high school diploma. this is what we need to concentrate on. if we want america to continue to be number one and stay number one, we've got some work to do. in the last three years -- the good news is we've made some important progress. we've broken through the traditional stalemate between left and right. i think arne duncan said it best. we have to figure out what works. >> you've been listening to president obama. he says some progress is being made. >>> investigators say an extension cord is to blame for an early-morning apartment fire. it started at 3:00 this morning at a 16-unit apartment building. one woman was treated for smoke inhalation. the fire left several families out in the cold for 90 minutes. no within was hurt. >>> this fire occurred behind a home on south 7th street about 12:40 this morning. there are other businesses

sports officiating and ended up being the worst official to be on the board of directors of the national association of sports officials. when i sit back, everybody says oh, no, cannot downgrade yourself. everyone else in the room is nfl, nba, major league baseball. i will not deceive myself into thinking that someone who calls this young man's games belongs in that company on the floor. i belong in it because i facilitated it and help people. of course at the high school and middle school level. we help people get scholarships. we help people who are catholics get scholarships. jewish get scholarships, africa -- african-americans get scholarships. we do more than just roll ball out. i do not ruled out at all. i am the commissioner. i said at a desk. you had better do something. we get them scholarships and we helped them. we have to million dollars for the community. and the community in the southeast side of town. i still help with san francisco parish baseball. it is about helping people, putting them in a position to perform. and helps them learn that in a time of adversity, and competitive adve

live coverage of the annual national governors association winter meeting this weekend c-span. >>> illinois governor pat quinn recently delivered his state of the state address from the state capitol in springfield. heend the national gas tax and create a for parents. this is a little over a half hour. >> please be seated. mr. governor. >> thank you. president cullerton and speaker and secretary white and comptroller and members of our general assembly, our distinguished guests and fellow citizens of illinois, i'm here today to report to you on the state of our state. before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [ applause ] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our service members in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of everything that our service members have done for us. we are especially proud of our service members in the illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18th, a convoy of the i

the doctor has conducted training several times in san francisco and at the national association conferences. two years ago, attended the training hosted by the palo alto police department. but also at -- also included some members from the san francisco police department. the training addressed foundational issues, such as what police and stakeholders think about biased policing. she discussed rethinking biased policing to use social and psychological research on human biases, and to refrain the issue. finally, she discussed intervention such as recruitment, supervision, and training. that concludes my report on recent the cavities. -- on recent activities. commissioner turman: i was planning on addressing this later. >> , then i will move on to the budget. you have in your packet a report dated today, substantially similar to the report on january 11. really, nothing has changed. we have a budget target with a 5% reduction of $124,920, both for 2012-13 and 2013-14, and a contingent to target of $62,000. all of these will be personnel cuts. really nothing has changed since my last report. p

national association of realtors says sales of previously occupied homes jumped more than 4% in january to the highest pace in nearly two years. also more first time buyers are making purchases. sales have risen in three of the past four months but remain well be economists consider healthy. >>> the new recommendation for adults regarding whooping cough shots. >>> demonstrations turn deadly in afghanistan. the latest on the protests began after u.s. troops mistakenly burned the muslim holy book. >>> an american woman was one of two journalists killed in syria. the report she gave one day be ...with a two-year-old at home. i have two daughters. we have five boys and a large family. i couldn't imagine not having at&t u-verse. like, if we're watching a movie in mom's room, and mom doesn't want us in her room, we just go in the living room and continue watching it. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only 25 a month for six months -- that's our lowest price ever! plus get hbo and cinemax free for three months. if i need to pause something as it happens. diape

live coverage of the annual national governors association winter meeting, this weekend on cspan. >>> one year after taking office, wisconsin governor scott walker delivered his second state of the state address in january. he focuses on progress made this year, including reforms that helped keep property taxes stable and his efforts to address waste, fraud and abuse in state programs. here's governor walker from the capital building in madison. >> all right, settle down, kids. it's my honor to introduce the governor of the state of wisconsin, scott walker. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, all. speaker fitzgerald, speaker tim cramer, ellis, minority leader barka, members of the wisconsin supreme court, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, distinguished guests, members of the legislature, my wife and our family, lynette walker and part of our family there. [ applause ] >> and moss importat importantl citizens of the great state of wisconsin, it is an honor to appear before you tonight. next to my wi

[applause] [applause] >> our second honor read is the largest and most formidable national association women whose recent convention brought hundreds of the most accomplished an influential phillipines into san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, the filipina women's network. ♪ >> later, a teacher, mother, filipina. the celebration of filipino women begins of providing a safe place for all women and girls and a powering them to achieve their lives purpose. this year, the filipina women's network had eight philippine leadership summits and honor the 100 most influential philippine that american women in the united

national press club. i'm mark hamrick, broadcast and online journalist with the "associated press" and i'm the 104th president of the national press club. good to have you here today. we are the lead's leading world professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future for programming, events such as this, while working for a free press worldwide. you can visit www.press.org. and to donate to programs offered through the public through our national press club journalism institute, you can check the website there as well. on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speaker today as well as those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of the speaker as well as working journalists who are all club members. and if you hear applause in our audence, and this is something i'm reminding people throughout this political season as well as for today's event, if you hear applause in the audience, we note that members of the general public are atengding, so it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. [ laughter ] laughter is encourag

the doctor has conducted training several times in san francisco and at the national association conferences. two years ago, attended the training hosted by the palo alto police department. but also at -- also ined