the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. speaker, i'd ask the gentleman from washington if he has additional speakers. mr. hastings: if the gentleman is prepared to close i am prepared to yield back. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: i ask my colleagues to support h.r. 4445, as amended, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico yields the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4445, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules -- mr. heinrich: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present.

for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lujan: madam speaker, for too long the new mks cans have been put up for financial risk for the irresponsible actions+ f wall street. because of the gamble the country lost eight million jobs and $17 trillion in retirement savings. that's why wall street reform is needed. we need pro -- to hold wall street accountable. and the wall street reform package will help. it will help end the too big to fail and introduce more transparency in the financial system. we must keep workings with wall street held accountable and never allowed to endanger the financial security of new mexicans and people across our great nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: thank you. it's tough economic times and almost

>> i had the great pleasure of living in new mexico in the laste 1960s, and know both those places veryell. i would go back to answer your earlier question in this context. and that is that as congress has created new units of the national park system, it is usually responded with recognition of local conditions. a good example in the context of your earlier question is the canyon which became a national park unit in the 1930s but in which the park service owns no land. the navajo tribe owns the land and the national park service was given the mission of interpreting and running educational programs there at the suffer rans of the navajo tribe, i might say. so that with respect to bringing the grande into the national park system, which personally since i'm not speaking as an administration witness, i think it's a great idea. but i think it needs -- the legislation needs to be crafted to recognize the kind of local values that you're talking about. and i think it would be a great addition to the national park system and i think that can be done using input from the local people. >> than

host: primary day in alabama, mississippi, and new mexico. what are the races you are focusing on? guest: you want to look at the republican primaries going on in two different states -- alabama, and mexico, mississippi. one big race to watch is the alabama governor's race. you have a crowded gop primary. it is the seat and bob riley is going to be vacating. he is not eligible because of term limits. he is a republican bid in the democratic race, you have -- he is a republican. in the democratic race, you have in the democratic race, you have artur davis, a congressman. and you have a cordesman who switched parties and december -- congressman who switched parties in december and became a republican after being a democrat. host: some familiar names, including in new mexico, the son of the former senator pete domenici. guest: [no audio] it is interesting -- i think that pete domenici, a junior, is running ain the republican gubernatorial primary but has gubernatorial primary but has not been able to pick up steam. many people think that the county district attorney will run away with

you look at the changing demographics and nevada and new mexico and so many of the states.ou cannot just look at the past to predict the future. you have to look at who the candidates are, both candidates. this will tell you whether a state is viable. you cannot just look at the past. barack obama fulfill a certain profile at that given moment for virginia. we were the first presidential campaign on tte democrat side that had the resources to outspend republicans in different states. that really mattered. sadly, it mattered. typically, we are behind the funding. we had the opportunity. we were only going to win the states if we dramaaically expanded the electorate. we would not have one. there are 10 staaes that you can look at. if i had a memory i would rattle them off. virginia, north carolina, florida, colorado, indiana that collectively at up to 100 electoral votes. if we did not -- if we had not expend of the electorate especially with young voters, we would not have won ttose states. you can look at it clearly. the voter registration in each of those states and how mu

new mexico got $552 million. you took a $135 million. colorado got $132 million.a got $61 million. montana got over $50 million. we have more pipelines than any state in the union. with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, we only got $24 million. minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal lands. this is of the louisiana coast. senator mary landrieu has pushed the federal government to give us 40% of those revenues now. the key going forward is in louisiana, what we have done, as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore revenues, immediately we dedicated coast to coast a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and royalties from the federal government on the drilling of a federal lands, offshore, immediately goes into rebuilding what has been lost because of salt water intrusion and the offshore drilling, the pipelines that have been cut for our marshes and wetlands and barrier islands

brady: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. f we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influenc

in new mexico susan carquinez won the republican gubernatorial primary and will face off against dianne than this in a general election race to decide who will become the war -- the state's first female governor." rick, independent line, go ahead. caller: just a couple of comments. just looking at this whole thing, what i cannot understand is you look at the other oil companies. you have 8, 6, 12 of violations. bp had over 1200? that is outrageous. we want these guys to really get this settled? stop all of bp's drilling in the united states. halt their drilling. i bet you that within 48 hours you will see them come up with some kind of a solution that will fix this problem. i am sick. just sick of what is going on. should obama show more emotion? what more can he do other than be realistic? i do not think that obama has much to say in this. that is just my view. host: marietta, georgia. democratic line. caller: i was listening to that caller that just came up and i could not agree more. this is really a corporate problem. first of all, everyone seemed to think that it would get solved,

rio rancho, new mexico, democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call on c-span. my favorite hour of the day, watching c-span when i wake up in the morning. i would like to say that i have been in contact with the oil industry. i father has been 50 years in the oil industry. host: doing what? caller: he was a pipe line about sales president and he was president of the petroleum club in houston. he has been a sales manager for 40 years. on day two he said what they will do is to insert a pipe with it 100 feetit, run deep in the hole and pyrotechnic lead exploded electronically and that was -- pyrotechnically explode it electronically. i spoke to other people and they say the same thing, why doesn't bp used pyrotechnics to stop the flow? it looks to me like they don't care about stopping the flow, or they would do what time honored tradition has done in the oilfield forever. when you have a gusher, you have to pyrotechnic -- and the already sank a pipe to gather a fifth of the oil, the first 30 days we watched them. they extracted a fifth of the oil, while most of i

these people that have these jobs, it has been reported on the news that they send back home to mexico and farther south of the border, billions of dollars that could be spent america had these jobs that they say americans do not want. host: we will leave it there that. guest: the caller has raised what the source in geographic immigration has been. meat-packing is one of them, an industry that has employed a great deal of immigrants over the years, by all accounts undocumented immigrants, in part because they have decided to turn to that source of labor because it is low-wage labor and the employer claims they could not turn a profit at prevailing wages amongst immigrants. it is one of the issues we must confront. how do we make sure that labor markets are fair and that we are not exploiting the low-wage labor of foreigners. host: for lauderdale, florida. caller: i know that many people were kidnapped from their country, coming to this country picking strawberries, blueberries. we were kidnapped from our country and we came here. we came here as the illegal aliens from africa to do th

has joined a lawsuit against arizona's new illegal immigration enforcement law. in its legal brief, mexico says the arizona law is unconstitutional. that's right, the foreign country of mexico is lecturing us on our constitution. i guess president calderon, like our attorney general, hasn't read arizona's law either, because the arizona law is constitutional. president calderon just doesn't want the law enforced. he wants open borders so illegals can illegally come to america. and by the way, hypocritical mexico enforces its own immigration laws but doesn't want us to do the same. president calderon should not meddle in u.s. affairs. if the feds joined the lawsuit against arizona, it will be mexico and the u.s. government vs. arizona. ironically, mexico and the u.s. government together will be arguing against border security and public safety while arizona will be arguing for the basic right to protect its citizens. isn't there something wrong with that concept? and that's just the way it is. .

i was actually raised in another border states -- new mexico. i have spent almost all of my life along that southwest border. i have walked it. i have driven it. i have flown it. i have even written it on horseback. this is a border that i know extremely well. i share the frustration that border communities feel about the challenges that exist in that region. . security strategy with a greater urgency and care than anything i have seen since i began my career in public service. and the strategy is showing real progress. let me point to a few reasons why. first, we have dispensed with the rhetoric, and we've just gotten to work. now, for too long we heard bumper sticker slogans about being tough. but looking tough just doesn't get the job done. we decided that we needed to add some smarts to toughness, and to make some changes to build a coordinated and comprehensive strategy that included cbp, ice, the department of justice family, and our state and local partners. the statistics today reflect that this approach is working, and i'll get to a few

new mexico, and canada, australia.ork back tobring the state that is in dire crises of economic resolution? host: heavy petitioned the governor's office on these issues specifically? caller: i think it is pointless. i think he has failed us. host: columbia, south carolina. caller: i have been looking for a year. there are small jobs here and there that i have found. i am an engineer. host: how did you lose your job? caller: and did have a project worked at places like airports. it came to a screeching halt. all of the project stopped and we new taxes are coming with obama's nomination. investors pulled the plug on everything. that was even if they have the cash. my company had the cash. they decided to stop everything and they went back to europe. i do not collect unemployment. i make too much money. unemployment would be less than one day's pay. i cannot collected. host: how you support yourself? caller: small just here and there. i may work a few weeks to make enough money to live for a month or so. when you are a ce

of the most honorable house democrats including the 11th district of pennsylvania, a new york, new mexico, north dakota, and another in colorado -- as seen on this is graphic. deb third is joining us from philadelphia. $50 billion the president says that we need to create jobs to help communities throughout the country -- your reaction? caller: i'm a little surprised about all the complaining about the money being spent. no one seems to except the fact that what happened during the bush years cannot be fixed overnight. they did not give money to anyone but the rich. the republicans are crying about don't see one complaint about- money being spent. john boehner wants us to pay for bp. everything is supposed to go to the wealthy. the people working to hold up the wealthy -- they want us to forget about them. we're going to be a third world country in a matter of years if we don't get it together. we need to stand behind the president and the democrats who are trying to bring this country out of the ditch that bush got this in. host: thank you, kevin, from south carolina. caller: i would lik

. >> next call from last crew sis new mexico. >> i just wanted to ask, i don't know if this pertains to credit cards or debit cards, while this in any way low tear interest rate on those kind of cards when you use them? or what do you think? host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: to low tear interest rate? i'm not so sure. the interest rate - excuse me. the interest rate is dependent on the interest rates in the country part i which is very low now, but there still is termed by different ways. does the legislation restrict the rate? >> it makes sure that they're not - hmm... the consumer protection agency i think will look at those rates and make sure that they're not unnecessarily high. but is there something specific that will try to lower them? i don't think so. i think they're still set by if banks and you know, if interest rates go up in the next couple of years as economy improves, if the fed starts to raise interest rates, then i'm sure, credit card rates will go up and know one will try to prevent it but i think it's whether or not those interest rates, the fees charged by the banks

host: debbie from albuquerque, new mexico, on the independent line.aller: i am listening to this woman, and i am just floored, especially by the way she looks. she has the sweet, innocent look of a grandmother. i am amazed. it is all about the pr. i realize american gets upset by the fact that we do not own it, we have to buy it from other people. we want to own it. we do not want anyone else controlling it but us. at what point do we say we are contaminating the water to the point it is unlivable? guest: i can tell you from 1947 up until this bill this bill rate was 1 when thousands of what was produced. they had a stellar record going into this. it is an extraordinary event. we will fix whatever went wrong and assure that it never happened again. and thank you for the comments about the grandmotherly looks. that is all i have to say. host: the white house list of the 23 senators in attendance to talk about the legislation. john kerry will be there. and lindsay gramm was going to be there. his office confirming that he will not be in attendance becau

h.r. 4307, a bill to name the department of veterans affairs community based outpatient clinic in new mexico as alejandroruiz clinic. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 417. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk w

coming up, a look at the state of new orleans in the wake of the gulf of mexico oil spill. imulcast inside new orleans on wistm with eric asher. our coverage gets underway today at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. is government broken? the brookings institution asks that question. the forum will look at challenges to good governance and look at ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> new british prime minister and conservative party leader david cameron fields questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions live from the british house of commons wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now drew brees, the quarterback of the super bowl addresses the graduates of loyola university. he talks about the rebilling of new orleans and his decision to move there after hurricane katrina. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> i'll be honest. i was a little nervous about using distinguished and esteemed in the same sentence because i thought it would come out as extinguished and that was not the desc

host: dave on the indnt line from new mexico.aller: my main concern and request is why is the government not taking the lead and taking over the government should be the boss we need to see the government come in. this is america and our future. our government needs to come in, take over and push bp aside and make them pay what they ought to pay. host: to the republican line. good morning. caller: i have a couple of comments. i'm furious about thad allen bringing back all those memories from katrina. what went on there bringing the same people back is ridiculous. instead of sending 20,000 troops to afghanistan, send them down there to have the army clean this up. this is a huge environmental disaster. host: russell on the independent line. caller: they were worried about losing $30 million, $30 billion. they should pay more. they could put a big tent-like thing and a funnel up through the middle. it only makes sense the way the wind is blowing that would funnel off a lot more than what they are losing now. this bit about we forge

. >> next call from last crew sis new mexico. >> i just wanted to ask, i don't know if this pertainsredit cards or debit cards, while this in any way low tear interest rate on those kind of cards when you use them? or what do you think? host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: to low tear interest rate? i'm not so sure. the interest rate - excuse me. the interest rate is dependent on the interest rates in the country part i which is very low now, but there still is termed by different ways. does the legislation restrict the rate? >> it makes sure that they're not - hmm... the consumer protection agency i think will look at those rates and make sure that they're not unnecessarily high. but is there something specific that will try to lower them? i don't think so. i think they're still set by if banks and you know, if interest rates go up in the next couple of years as economy improves, if the fed starts to raise interest rates, then i'm sure, credit card rates will go up and know one will try to prevent it but i think it's whether or not those interest rates, the fees charged by the banks are

in taxes, but for a couple years they have been using these along the border in arizona and new mexicothey have not in texas. the governor, rick perry, the two senators and some members of the texas congressional delegation has been raising a real fuss in putting pressure on the fha to go faster. there is a hold on the nominee for the number two spot at the faa by one of the texas senator's because they want these along the texas border with mexico. they want to spot illegal aliens, drug smuggling, whenever. the faa has given permission for some use along the taxes-mexico border. -- texas-mexico border. there are people lead their demand in them. we wanted the grounds. host: what is the administration's response? what is their position? guest: i have not heard the white house say anything about this. the faa as part of the administration. their response has been that we want to do this and create a way to do it safely. there is a sense that the gentleman from the faa, krakowski, he says he is very excited because this will revolutionize aviation or be a dramatic a change in aviation as

. >> next call from last crew sis new mexico. >> i just wanted to ask, i don't know if this pertains to credit cards or debit cards, while this in any way low tear interest rate on those kind of cards when you use them? or what do you think? host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: to low tear interest rate? i'm not so sure. the interest rate - excuse me. the interest rate is dependent on the interest rates in the country part i which is very low now, but there still is termed by different ways. does the legislation restrict the rate? >> it makes sure that they're not - hmm... the consumer protection agency i think will look at those rates and make sure that they're not unnecessarily high. but is there something specific that will try to lower them? i don't think so. i think they're still set by if banks and you know, if interest rates go up in the next couple of years as economy improves, if the fed starts to raise interest rates, then i'm sure, credit card rates will go up and know one will try to prevent it but i think it's whether or not those interest rates, the fees charged by the banks

brady: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by cdidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influence

host: last crew sees, new mexico. will bear you're on. caller: thanks for having me on. i have to say to call israel a democratic state is one of the most pre postrouse things i've heard. you look around at other nations and almost every other nation and their stance upon the state of israel and the horrible things that the atrocities that they've committed in just the last ten or fifteen years. there's only one country that stands in opposition to the united states security counsel of the united states. guest: not sure what the o say. i think they're an important ally. one thing that's important to note looking at the transition between the bush administration and obama administration. you have continuity in the notion of a two straight solution. there's no question the united states and u.s. policy now stands for a free palestinian state. i sit on the american charity for palestine ear trying to make that reality possible and so i think. you know, no one is pauly annish about the problems but we need to be realistic with our friends and israel. >> is a two state soluti

coming up, a look at the state of new orleans in the wake of the gulf of mexico oil spill. we will simulcast inside new orleans. our coverage gets underway later today at 1:00 p.m. eastern on a companion network, cspan 2. is the government broken? the brookings institution is hosting a panel discussion posting that problem there they will look at challenges of good governance and talk about ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the treaty before you is an illusion -- is an evolution of agreements that go back to the 1970's and particularly of the series of start agreements that were started at in the reagan administration and continued in some form in every subsequent administration." >> watch the moments that made history on the cspan video library. every program since 1987 is available free online. >> president barack obama was in illinois monday attending a memorial day ceremony. he was about to speak at the abraham lincoln national cemetery when a rainstorm canceled the event. however, the president was able to lay

brady: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influen

brady: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequencesf this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corprations influence

brady: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. teague. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. teague: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the disclose act, a bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. several months ago in the citizen united case, the supreme court made a dangerous decision to allow unlimited corporate and union money into our elections. the consequences of this decision for our democracy are dimplee until we act, massive corporations can secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through shadowy front groups to influence elections. a foreign company like british petroleum could retaliate against members of congress who want to hold them accountable by secretly funding millions in attack ads. if we don't act to stop this injustice, limitless corporate money will flood into our political system and drown out the voice of the american people. debates by candidates will be replaced by ads. some people say this is a free speech issue. of course it is. the court decision lets foreign corporations influen

. >> ext call from last crew sis new mexico. >> i just wanted to as i don't know if this pertain to credit cards or debit cards, while this in any way low tear interest rate on those kind of cards when you use them? or what do you think? host: mr. yalman onaran? guest: to low tear interest rate? i'm not so sure. the interest rate - excuse me. the interest rate is dependent on the interest rates in the untry part i which is very low now, but there still is termed by different ways. does the legislation restrict the rate? >> it makes sure that they're not - hmm... the consumer protection agency i think will look at those rates and make sure that they're not unnecessarily high. but is there something specific that wl try to lower them? i don't think so. i think they're still set by if banks and you know, if interest rates go up in the next couple of years as economy improves, if the fed starts to raise interest rates, then i'm sure, credit card rates will go up and know one will try to prevent it but i think it's whether or not those interest rates, the fees charged by the banks are fair and

the gentleman from new mexico. >> thank you, mr. chair. i have a few questions for director abbey. i appreciate your service -- taking over what is clearly, even in the interim, an organization that has been highly challenged and has a lot of issues that we need to get to the bottom of and work through over the next months to make sure this never happens again. we've all seen the copy of the oil response plan from bp. it was approved by mms back in november, 2008. it determined that the worst case scenario for an uncontrolled blowout in the gulf was 3 and read thousand barrels of oil per day -- 300,000 perils of oil per day. it's as, "i hereby certify that we have the capability to respond to the maximum extent in the worst-case discharge or the threat resulting from the activities proposed in our plans." i know the estimates have changed. we're looking at between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per day from this event. that is nowhere near the worst- case scenario that they said they were planning for. we can all agree that, within the first couple of months, the response to that 35,000

new mexico of your looking for quantitative information, you may want -- >> if you are looking for quantitative information, you may want to go on line and see if they have information that tracks what you're asking about. i've not seen any. >> this is rather a perfect storm that we are having, where unemployment meets mortgage crisis. normally, an employment does not need the kind of crisis, exacerbating the situation of people who have, all along, kept up their mortgage payments. do you have -- i recognize that you all want to do the right thing and come to some extent, you have been doing it. would you care to offer suggestions as to this relatively new program, its structure, and what might be done? for example, one of you indicated that, beyond three months. do any of you do it beyond three months? it could create issues beyond three months. >> it was i that said -- since we're not part of a bank with the deposited base, as are the other folks around the table, because we do a lot of securitization, we do not own the loan out right. we have to make payments to the investors monthly whether

also tomorrow, a look at the state of new orleans in the wake of the gulf of mexico oil spill. irlwinds -- in new orleans. our coverage it's one way at 1:00 p.m. on c-span2. his government broken? the brookings institution host of panel tomorrow looking at good governance and talk about ways to strengthen democracy. this gets underway live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for schedule alert e- mails at c-span.org. >> other memorial day services and the nation's capital included a service at the vietnam veterans memorial. among those who speak at the event are admiral mike mullen. this ceremony is just under an hour. ♪ [applause] >> excellent. well, one day when she becomes even more thymus, you can say, i saw her alive at the vietnam veterans memorial. such extraordinary talent really makes us all proud and on a great day like this, this is memorial day, it actually began many years ago has warred decoration day, when

news applies to the world. that is drilling wwlls to 10 kilometers in the deepwater of the gulf of mexico, ontinuing to explore under the guise in the arctic. >> tony hayward before the gulf oil spill. thursday he will testify on capitol hill. see what other industry officials have said about this bill with more than 100 hearings all archived at our video library. it is washington your way. region for the fourth time of april's this week. president obama address the bp oil spill from the oval office. he meets with officials tomorrow. >> good evening. as we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. at home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every american. abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al qaeda wherever it exists. and tonight i have returned from a trip to the gulf coast to speak with you about the battle we are waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens.+ on april 20, an explosion ripped through bp's deepwater horizon drilling rig about 40 miles off the coast of louisiana

the environmental and financial hurdles in mexico are overcome, the next step will be to build the necessary transmission lines in california to carry all this new power. and that could cost the state an estimated $115 billion over the next 10 years. >> ifill: now to a more immediate concern along the mexico border-- thed about deadly and escalating war between the government and robust drug cartels. ray suarez has our look. >> reporter: the latest spasm of violence has erupted at points all over mexico , including a drug rehab center where two dozen gunmen killed 19 people last week. that was in the northern city of chihuahua. 16 others were gunned down in ciudad madero, and major bloodshed in the west and south in region beyond mexico city. on monday 29 inmates died in this prison as rival gang members battled. they were among nearly 100 people killed that day across mexico, including a dozen federal police officers. and yesterday, troops killed 15 suspected gang members in a shoot-out here among colonial buildings in the tourist counsel of taxco. in all, more than 23,000 people have died in theast three and a half years since president calder

mexico border. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. house moved today to approve a compromise bill, reforming financial regulation. it would be the most sweeping rewrite since the great depression. but democrats and republicans were divided on whether the bill would prevent another financial meltdown or simply burden the public. >> the purpose of the wall street accountability bill is very clear. never again should the american taxpayer be asked to foot the bill for bad bets made on wall street. never again should millions of americans have to lose their jobs because of reckless conduct on wall street. and never again will we allow the american economy to be held hostage to bad decisions on wall street and in the financial sector. >> it will involve more taxes, fees, in fact, it's $18 billion worth of new spending through these fees and taxes. in addition to making bailouts permanent which this bill does do, failing to address the root cause of the crisis and rewarding f

. >> lehrer: on this day 44 of the oil spill disaster, there was new trouble a mile deep in the gulf of mexico , and on the surface along the coast. it began with yet another snag on the sea bed at the site of the blown well. a diamond-edged saw got stuck as it tried to cut through the main oil gushing pipe. that halted the latest attempt to contain the geyser of petroleum. >> anybody that's ever used a saw knows every once in a while it will bind up. >> lehrer: national incident commander thad allen briefed reporters this morning. >> the goal is later on today to finish that cut and to be able to put a containment device over the top of the welled head and contain the oil, bring it to the surface, and flare off the gas and produce product moving forward. >> lehrer: hours later there was word that the remote-controlled sub had freed the saw, but still a giant cloud of raw crude kept spewing from the well and it will likely get worse before it gets better. >> we don't anticipate the flow of oil to increase until the second cut is done. our florate technical group estimated the potential for a 2

said it could be three days before bp is able to install a new pipe for collecting will from his broken l at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. admiral allen is the top government official in theegulf. he also talks about new areas where oil is being discovered and the efforts to prevent it from coming onshore. this is about half an hour. >> we had our leadership transition in louisiana. mary landry has been coordinating the response so far. she has returned to our duty as the eighth district commander here in new orleans. it is the start of hurricane season and she needs to be focused on threats that she is responsible for. i want to thank her for the outstanding job that she did in leading a remarkable and unprecedented response. the interagency folks have been involved in staten local post as well. the person to relieve me as commandant of the coast guard is going to want her there. she will be replaced by someone working with her for the past few weeks. he has been right beside her, helping in assisting her, and we will be in good hands moving forward. the goal is to have me to speak to you on a daily basis. many times t

that we need free >> we will simulcasts a live radio show about the oil spill in the gulf of mexico"and said new orleans with eric asher" is set to star in 20 minutes. bp is streaming live video from the gulf. a couple of stories related to this bill. "the associated press" reporting that president obama has an independent commission in giving the disaster. if laws are broken, those are as possible will be prosecuted. the coast guard is replacing that admiral that has been the federal on scene coordinator since the oil rig exploded. they will focus on hurricane season. we have archive material from the last six weeks of oil spill coverage. briefings from the white house and bp and links to the live oil spill video. you can find that at c-span.org. we have your calls from this morning's washington journal. the front pe shores. the attorney general indicating justice department lawyers are examining whether there is malfeasance. also this morning, the front pa o "the new york times." after the deadly raid she rides in jerusalem, israel facing intense condemnation. also indications that benjamin no

the obama administration ran afoul of the environmentalists for approving a new well in the gulf of mexico. above that, u.s. droned strikes come under u.s. fire -- u.s. drone strikes. below that, a photograph from the flotilla is placed -- the hands of one of the activists placed on a bus window, free all prisoners, free gaza, is the message. shawn, republican line did a your biggest issue of concern? caller: the biggest one would be the oil spill. i was born and raised on madeira beach, gulf of mexico, my back door was 45 feet from the water. nothing is being done. i concur with the last caller. he pretty much summed the issue of so i would like to address the other one. my next issue would be small business owners. i have a small business in lexington, virginia. there hasn't been any help or aid to those small business owners. if mr. obama wanted to do something to help the small business owners, he would not say employs more people. he would take care of the peopl3 that they have already instead of saying higher more people that they can't afford. you keep giving credits and benefits an

mexico. the u.n. security council prepared to vote on new sanctions against iran for its nuclear violations.our is always online, of course. qualm owe holman in our news room previews what's there. >> holman: on the oil spill there's more from jean michel cousteau plus a report on rescues oiled birds in gulf. on the world cup, find a photo essay on south africa's new soccer stadium. on art beat geoffrey brown talks to the director of the spoleto arts center in charles town, south carolina. all that and more is is on our website newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. >> bank of america. continuing to help fuel our nation's economic growth. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. >> bnsf railway. >> pacific life. the power to help you succeed. >> the william and flora hugh it foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and th

ran into new trouble today with that damaged well in the gulf of mexico, an accident forcing crews to remove the cap that's been collecting the crude. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. >> reporter: apparently, the trouble began when a robert submarine like this one bumped a vent on the well-containment system. it carries warm water to prevent icy crystals from forming in the machinery. in washington, coast guard admiral thad allen said shortly after that crews spotted trouble. >> the discovery enterprise removed the container cap with the riser pipe and moved away until they could acess the condition. >> reporter: removing the cap allowed oil to gush freely into the gulf again. the system had collected 700,000 in gallons in the previous 24 hours. the news came amid reports that pools of heavy oil hit miles of pensacola beach in florida overnight and there was more on that federal judge's ruling that a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling went too far. at a senate hearing, interior secretary ken salazar said the obama administration still plans to appeal but he said he

. >> woodruff: the numbers out of the gulf of mexico painted an even darker picture of the oil disaster today. and they raised new questions about how large the cleanup job will have to be and how long it will take. the magnitude of new estimates on the spill spread new urgency along the gulf coast today. it now appears the flow of oil, before the damaged wellhead was capped, may have been twice as much as originally thought. in other words, since the "deepwater horizon" rig sank, more than 100 million gallons could have gushed into the gulf. what's more, the flow would have increased even more, at least for a time, when robot submersibles cut a damaged pipe last week. in washington, coast guard admiral thad allen acknowledged hard numbers are still hard to come by. >> we're going to be aggregating that, plus making adjustments for whatever increase there might have been after the cut in the riser pipe. we also are looking to put pressure gauges down on the blowout preventer, and see if we can come up with an actual empirical way to take data from the pressure readings and corroborate what might have happened, an

new supplies to the world. that is drilling wells to 10 kilometers in the gulf of mexico. it is beginning to export under the ice in the arctic. >> bp c o tony heyward on the oil spill. c what other government officials have said about the oil spill with more than 100 hearings, and briefings and other programs archived at the cspan video library. it is washington your way. this past thursday, a cspan -pcrew got a tour of an incident command post in louisiana. it oversees all the gulf oil spill response efforts. for the next 35 minutes, we will hear from top-ranking coast guard and bp officials working at the site. >> this is the war room. this is the central room that is providdng the direction and developing the strategic plans for operations that are driving 11,000 men and women who are working from the offshore resource area. once flowed to arrive at the services -- service back to the shoreline, we have ever is to protect the shoreline. this is one of three incident commands that are designed to work a lot part of lake across the gulf of mexico from houma, louisiana wh

are drilling for free in the gulf of mexico on leases that will cost american taxpayers more than $50 a billion in lost royalties. and fourth, we must ensure that new technologies are developed for capping wells, boosting safety, and cleaning up spills. i will sson introduce the oil so as an act to ensure we have 21st century technologies in place. finally, america%must move to a safer, clean energy future so we do not have to rely as much on oil to power our cars and our economy. the american people deserve answers from the oil industry, and i look forward to the testimony of our witnesses. i would like to recognize my distinguished colleague from michigan, the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you you for calling this a very important hearing. what happened on the 202-737- was ater horizon rig tragedy. the loss of life was heartbreaking and the environmental damage that worsens by the day is a gut it needs to be made crystal clear to all involved that the polluter will pay. the american taxpayer should not and will not bb on the hook for the cost of this accident, both economic and