would you support the creation of a new border patrol station. >> niagara is under consideration. the issue is money for construction after new facility but niagara is under consideration. >> you think it's a good idea to have it there and we have to find the funds. >> that's one way to put it, yes, sir. >> yes. i like the yes part of that answer. thank you. mr. chairman. i am finished with my -- i would yield back my remaining time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, just a statement i want to give you an update on some of the -- first of all i want to put a statement in the record. i was going to have a -- yeah. >> senator, i don't know that your microphone is on. >> i'm not talking into it. that's the problem. i'm surprised you want to hear me. but thank you. first an update. about 99% of the time when i write you i don't get a response directly from you, the response comes from allege affairs. second many times my questions are rarely if ever answered. third, that delays are unacceptable. and just last night i received a response from the department about cook county, six mont

and particularly on the niagara frontier. and what taylor did was bring some of the new concerns and new considerations historians have about how to write history. race, gender, ethnicity, borders. and sort of approached his subject matter from this new perspective. and i think it's a pretty good book. now, i will say this, taylor parachuted in. he's not someone who sud identification the war for 20, 30, and 40 years, so there are some mistakes in the book. but of all those scholars who parachuted in and wrote a book on the war of 1812, his is by far the best book. i think there are some more critical of it than i am, but i think it's a very fine book. if i had to name one of the best books in the last 10, 12 years on the war, i would say his is one of the best worth reading. bruce? >> i have a comment on the hartford convention and the dissolution that came from inside the country. is this part of the demonizing of the federalists after the war, or was there a real risk that new england by voluntarily disassociating, joined

it's the niagara air force base. air base. i want to ask you about the possibility of constructing a new border patrol station at ni agrag air base to replace the existing niagara falls border patrol station. as you know, the existing station is insufficient for your current needs. we all agree to that given all the new security. we have had terrorists cross over the buffalo border. it lacks the capacity needed to accommodate the number of agents now housed at the station, doesn't have the space and resources your agents need to do the job. a new station at niagara air base can comfortbly the accommodate 509s agents, even 75. it will also include critical items that the patrol needs such as the main administration building will be suited for mustering and training, wealth include an armory and necessary storage space, ancillary buildings that it will house vehicle maintenance and closed parkings and kennels, obviously we have the dogs at the border, too. this new station would be a win for the border patrol and the air force b

>>> rescue workers battle to save a man teetering at the brink of niagara falls. >> we've got to go. we've got to go get him. >>> a daredevil attempts a stunt that goes up in flames. >> my life was in perilous danger. >>> this guy pummels his own lawyer. and a twist in the story an investigative reporter never saw coming. >> you hear him scream to his wife, honey, get the gun. >> videos that don't get any more shocking -- >> video shows i pushed your kid. what are you going to do about it? >> -- or more strange -- >> i remember standing there in disbelief. >> or any more sinister. >> the puppy could have died, he could have broken the dog's neck. >>> "caught on camera: sinister, strange, shocking." >>> journalists are taught to stay objective, to avoid becoming part of the story. john mattes is an investigative reporter in san diego, and he's not afraid to chase down any lead. but in trying to expose a bad guy, he found himself smack in the middle of an unbelievable story. his cameraman captured some shocking video, and it was all the evidence the cops needed to throw someone in jail

particularly on the niagara frontier. they brought the new concerns and considerations that historians have about how to write history. race, genter, borders and approached his matter from this new perspective. i think it's a good book. taylor parachuted in. he is not someone who studied the war. of all the scholars who wrote a book on the war, his and my view is undoubtedly the lest. they are more critical than i am. if i had to name one of the best published, i would include his as one of the best. worth reading. bruce? we have threats of dissolution. was this after the war that new england might disassociate and join the maritimes? >> during the war of 1812, there was talk of is you session, but no serious is you sessionist movement. those who were chosen to attend the hardford convention were virtually all moderates and they adopted a report and in the end what the new england federalists reported was a serious of amendments to protect the union in the future and a series of steps that would enable them to better fina

is the niagara air force base, airbase. want to ask about the possibility of constructing a new border patrol station at niagara airbase to replace the existing niagara falls border patrol station. as you know the existing station is insufficient to meet current needs, we all agree to that given all the new security. we have had terrorist cross over the buffalo border. it lacks the capacity needs to accommodate the number of agents housed at the station. does not the space and resources your agents need to do the job. the new station at niagara airbase could comfortably accommodate 50 agents, could be modified to accommodate 75 and also include critical items that the border bertoni's such as administration building for training and an armory and necessary storage space, ancillary buildings that will house vehicle maintenance and close parking and camels. obviously we have the dogs that the border too. this would be a win for the border patrol in the and the niagara air force base which mission is being can -- retailed. wou

so that's on channel 7, and then you turn to channel 4 and instead of hard news niagara falls. you have, as you put it, an ideological take on a life or death story that's going to be decided by a jury. now, in your opinion, does this taint the entire nbc news operation? >> well, that's an excellent question. i think taint might be a strong word. let me just say that nbc also has people like pete williams who are lawyered and excellent analysts and abc has dan abrams a wonderful analyst also, i believe they are now invested, bill, in a way that is more political than it is legality niagara falls. >> bill: the whole organization. >> reverend al sharpton i hold him in high regard and i understand many many people do not. they think is he a charlton. i think is he a fine civil rights leader who has changed his life in the last 20 years. is he one of the moving forces -- >> bill: he has been -- this has not been a good moment for him. >> here you have al sharpton as the face pushing the arrest of george zimmerman. he also anchors his own shown on msnbc. how could it not effect that

so that's on channel 7, and then you turn to channel 4 and instead of hard news niagara falls. have, as you put it, an ideological take on a life or death story that's going to be decided by a jury. now, in your opinion, does this taint the entire nbc news operation? >> well, that's an excellent question. i think taint might be a strong word. let me just say that nbc also has people like pete williams who are lawyered and excellent analysts and abc has dan abrams a wonderful analyst also, i believe they are now invested, bill, in a way that is more political than it is legality niagara falls. >> bill: the whole organization. >> reverend al sharpton i hold him in high regard and i understand many many people do not. they think is he a charlton. i think is he a fine civil rights leader who has changed his life in the last 20 years. is he one of the moving forces -- >> bill: he has been -- this has not been a good moment for him. >> here you have al sharpton as the face pushing the arrest of george zimmerman. he also anchors his own shown on msnbc. how could it not effect that net

it is the niagara air force base. i want to ask you about the possibility of constructing a new border patrol station at niagara to replace the existing niagara falls border patrol station. as you know, the existing station is insufficient to your current needs. we all agree to that. given all the new security, we have had terrorists cross over the buffalo border. it lacks the capacity needed to accommodate the number of agents now housed at the station. it doesn't have the space and resources the agency to do the job. a new station at niagara can comfortably accommodate 50 agents and could be able to accommodate 75. it will also include items that the border patrol needs like the main administration building and an armory and necessary storage space and ancillary buildings. parking and kennels. honestly, we have the dogs at the border too. this new station would be a win for the border patrol and the niagara air force base, which would -- the mission is being curtailed because of the cutbacks and military. would you

across from fort niagara in new york the border between canada and new york. remember this was a man that never wanted to leave the union had never wanted to be considerate. and as he said himself he went to viagra on the lake so that every morning he could walk down to the river and watch the stars and stripes to look over fort niagara on the other side in the country he couldn't return to and every night he was there by the bank of the river to watch the flag come back down. finally come in december of 1868 largely as a result of friends of breckinridge a universal amnesty was declared and all confederates could come up. when that happened, he did. as for jefferson davis he spends two years in jail but for monroe and then finally it is brought to trial in richmond but the union authorities are not stupid and they realize the have nothing to gain from the trial than doing it anything to davis that might exaggerate or activate or exacerbate all of the hate that is still their support richmond issue is essentially a adjustment of we will not prosecute and he wa

there is a list of about 2000 other structures being eliminated including the empire state building, niagara falls and the sydney opera house and australia. it was part of a worldwide effort. for the weather and other pleasant evening. >> a wonderful night out there. new over washington, even though we are under a frost advisory, the temperatures are still up there. we made it to 62 degrees for the average high temperature. we are still into the 50's. i wanted to show you 55 degrees. the way below average i don't see any rainy days coming out. let me show you something you haven't seen in washington. this is the time lapse at the washington monument just before. quantities clouds. i will put those in the motion. the storm went comes a little bit higher. these are waves in the atmosphere. sometimes we can see them in the clouds. of marching just to the east of the washington monument. what a beautiful beginning to the day. it was a breezy day. we have those northwesterly winds helping to stir up the atmosphere a little bit. if you have any of the high spots, i would not worry about a frost or

just a tiny bit of snow left near north of buffalo towards niagara falls and that will do it for the snowstorm. it was an elevation event. the temperatures in buffalo and pittsburgh didn't ever get cold enough to get the accumulating snows that were expected yesterday but no one is complaining. the higher elevations outside of those cities of western new york and buffalo got the storm. we got a lot of beneficial rain. still rain this morning north of portland up along the coast near bar harbor. cool area throughout the eastern seaboard. not a big. jump in temperatures. hope to get more sunshine. you can see the rain heading up towards bangor. some snow showers here and there, even north of syracuse. but the worst of it is done. the other story was all the heat in the west. once again 100s in the desert southwest. the east coast will continue to be chilly even today. that's a look at your national forecast now here's a look at the weather outside your window. so it's a pretty dry forecast. one spot that will have a chance for some afternoon showers, isolated thunderstorm areas of cent

. >> the dopamine pathway that begins in a little area of the brain called the substantialia niagara projects to areas of the brain we called was oo gang leah, that is the pathway-- ganglia that, the pathway that degenerates when people get parkinson, these block that pathway too and produce the side effects. now interestingly enough, the newer generation of molecules actually danny's medicine, a drug called clozapine spares that niagara stridal pathway and only really looks on that messolimbic pathway, and that is why we think clozapine has other side effects we're worried about but produces far fewer of the neurological side effects. and patients take those drugs much more regularly than they do the ones that produce those neurological side effects. they're not easy side effects. patients with schizophrenia, treated with older generation of medicines generally stop taking their medicines, very poor compliance. and then almost invarrably their symptoms return. they become sick again and often, unfortunately v to be hospitalized. now -- >> the metabolic side effects. >> very importan

you can see the big storm swirling up north of niagara falls up into eastern tanner canada and we are still catching clouds but we think skies generally clear. temperatures will drop but then a nice warping trend. 68 by four. a nice looking spring day. things will change by thursday. the details on that coming up. >> all right. science, a sign sweep going on. workers taking down unsightly signs that don't meet code along rolling road. they will talk more about what they call sign pollution on this very spot tomorrow afternoon. >> the hammer hit -- an adult video store is told to stop showing movies. after a decade of showing them they have been told to stop. the judge sites an ordinance banning them them from 500 feet of a neighborhood. >> i'm free. i glad everybody want to do what they want to do as long as it's not breaking the wall i'm for it. they are creepy people. i'm sorry. to each their own but take it out of my neighborhood. >> reporter: a lawyer said this hurts free speech. >>> a severn man tried to nueter his puppy at home. police got a call and animal control came and foun

you can see the snow showers by buffalo, niagara falls, jamestown, new york. we really didn't get the heavy snow amounts in buffalo, pittsburgh, erie or youngstown. it was more or less the mountainous areas, tell vegass about 2,000 feet picked up 6 to 12 inches. we got the snow, but because the big cities didn't get hit that hard, we didn't see the widespread power outages, which is great. today, heading out this morning, d.c., philly, new york, all the big cities thshgs isthis will be the coldest morning of the week and the coldest temperatures you'll experience until next winter. you'll neat ted the heater in t car and warm jacket one more day. the warm weather is out west, 80s in denver to montana. still cool around chicago, 60s, some of that warm air will head into new england today. with a little bit of sunshine, we should see highs in the low 60s in ds.c. that will feel a lot better than yesterday. in the southeast, it's getting to the time where atlanta you can enjoy 68 because you know the holt weather is on its way. >>> coming up, kellogg's crunches,

kevin, an independent in niagara falls, new york. >> caller: god bless c-span. i would like to ask the congressman. okay if you're talking about performance-based pay, then over 70% of the people in america did not want the oil subsidies to go through. the fact any congressman, most of you are rich, anyway, why should you get paid at all when you're not doing the will of the people? and talking about agencies that basically pays for itself, all but 2%, and you guys are just -- the will of the people is not being done whatsoever. >> mr. ross? >> again, i understand your frustration. and i wouldn't suggest that you shouldn't have those frustrations. we need to correct those. as far as what we're paid, i, believe me, did much better in the private sector. i didn't do this more the money and won't do it for a career, but i will tell you that we need to be better stewards of the taxpayers' dollars. that's going to be our charge, that the american people demand from us and hopefully as a result of this gsa investigat n investigation, we will do something substantive f

he made sure that they remained loyal and he thought it was the battle on the niagara front. that was a more important and the front further east in the old northwest. it looks to me like they may not have been the second most important indian leader in the war. number six, american heavy friggots and the success of these ships helped the u.s. win the war at sea. now, this sentence has three british myths and one american one. the first british myth is that they weren't frigets at all. really battleships rather than cruisers and thus, we defeated the british because we were fighting them with ships far more powerful. they were more armed. and it was so disgrace for british to lose to these more powerful ones. a warship with a single covered deck of guns. secondly, the british argued with our crews because they were picked crews. the

he made sure that they remained loyal and he thought it was the battle on the niagara front. that was a more important and the front further east in the old northwest. it looks to me like they may not have been the second most important indian leader in the war. number six, american frig ets were ships in the line of disguise by pit crews that relied on british subjects and the success of these ships helped the u.s. win the war at sea. this sentence has three british myths and one murn. the first were that they were not frig ets, but the ships of the line in disguise. they were battleships rather than cruisers. they were because we they were more heavily armed and the super frig ets of the day and it was no disgrace for them to lose to the more powerful, but they were not ships of the

structures areer being eliminated, including the state building, niagara falls, and the sydney opera to sports, kentucky reason to brag. defeated kansas to win their n.c.a.a. title last night. a kentucky coronation is complete. champions, 2012. >> early in the game, kentucky out to a big lead. they were up 14 at the halfw. the wildcats won this one, 67- 59. celebrations got violent afterwards at the university of kentucky in lexington. officers arrested dozens of won.e after the wildcats fans filled the streets and some couches and at least one vehicle on fire. numerousnded out citations, many for alcohol offenses. >> can facebook pictures affect your self-esteem? >> and the fed is struggling to minorities to fill positions. more on both stories, linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> good morning. the federal reserve's board of governors is struggling to find fillinges to hire when its top economic jobs. just over a quarter of the were african-american were hispanic. it is spending more contract funds on companies owned by women and minorities. millions of americans di

time we had like, i don't know, 50 cells that did it one time on the front bar here, it was like niagara what's up with the water? >> i don't know. >> shut that [ bleep ] down. take a shower with everybody else. don't flood my tier. >> okay. >> all right? >> why you hollering now? >> give me two. >> more than 3,000 inmates eat their meals in the same dining hall, which can only hold up to 400 at a time. the groups are released by tier to ensure everyone gets a chance to eat. >> i'm the eyes and ears of this south block rotunda. it's the eye of the storm. everyone's relying on me if we have an incident in the kitchen or in the -- inside the unit, sometimes, but mainly the landing areas. let's go! my main job is to make sure the inmates come from their housing unit into the chow hall, sit down, come back out. i also have other officers that are inside. at the same time, i'm watching my officers inside, watching their backs, because who's watching their backs? you kind of see what i'm saying? because when you've got two officers in the chow hall, i try to keep traffic where i can control it

the energy that takes to light up new york city comes about as a result of water pouring over niagara falls. and every water drop has an energy of about this much, four electron volts. electron volts are tiny unit of energy. it's microscopic unit of energy, yeah? but four electron volts per water drop, tnt-- [makes sounds] --you get about 30 electron volts. high-octane gasoline, about 30 electron volts per molecule of combustion, yeah? one atom, u235, fissions, you get about 200 million electron volts of energy. awesome, awesome. an awful lot of energy for one atom, and that kinda changed the world. and so we now talk about the atomic age or more properly the nuclear age because we're talking about an awful lot of energy for just a little bit of matter. it turns out the most common isotopic uranium is uranium-- let me try it over here-- uranium 238. and when 238 catches a neutron, what it does is it turns to u239. u238 emits alpha particles, but 239 emits beta particles. and guess what the 239 does, gang? it turns into an element beyond uranium. we talked last time about decaying up t

>> well, actually, niagara falls but right across -- right across the ditch. >> jimmy: really?s -- that's like pointless thrill seeking and it's been done. no, i mean, for me, this was -- all this stuff leads to exploration, you know? and science and understanding the unknown better, you know? i mean, jumping out of an airplane -- that doesn't make any sense to me. >> jimmy: yeah, i agree. [ laughter ] we have like the same brain, it's like looking into a mirror. >> yeah, right. [ light laughter ] [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: look at you, here. speaking of jacques cousteau. lookin' studly there, with the little -- does everyone have to wear that little knit cap? i mean, come on. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you didn't have to wear that little knit cap. >> joel: what if you pushed that submarine out of an airplane? >> whoa. now, see that i would -- that i would see. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: look at you -- >> you gotta wear the cap. >> jimmy: now, why? >> it's a rule. it's like -- >> jimmy: you think that you're jacques cousteau? >> it's explorer 101. >> jimm

opinion and niagara falls begins now with mr. bill. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. our first republican president, a guy

opinion and niagara falls begins now with mr. bill. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> i also agree with our first republican president, a guy named abraham lincoln. >> bill: once again president obama cites president lincoln to back up his social justice. did president obama distort what abe lincoln said? we'll have a report. >> bill: so, mr. president, you're telling me i should pay more taxes so jeffrey can run around the world jumping into hot tubs? is that what you are telling me? and a follow-up report to my memo that higher taxes are wrong as long as the government is wasting our money. we have new stuff for you tonight. ♪ i want to put on ♪ my boogie shoes. >> bill: also, is the hit tv show glee encouraging alternative lifestyles for teenagers. ♪ i want to put on my goingy shoes. the culture warriors on that. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm boirl. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama and abraham lincoln. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as author of t

the other model is going over the niagara falls model can do to keep going in a certain direction and all that so much debt which undermine to the point where you can't come back. i'm worried about it. i vote paul ryan and this book. he makes the point. this is unsustainable. look at what is happening increase in europe and you see what happens when you built the social welfare state comes to and in the end, our per capita national debt is now higher than greece. that economically, you get to a point where you have a deck that is so large and relationship to the national economy that everything we assume about the american economy and its resilience is no longer true. what we do is kind of assume everything is okay because we are american. the world is changing. the other problem is quite frankly, i think we had the two parallel cultures in america, thank god. we have the older culture of self-reliance, independent, playing by the rules that if you want to buy a house, buy when you can actually afford. if you want to buy a car pay for it yourself. that culture side-by-side with this e

kevin, an independent in niagara falls, new york. caller: hello and god bless c-span. i'd like to ask the congressman, ok. if you're talking about performance-based -- when over 70% of the people in america did not want the oil subsidies to go through, why should any congressman, most of you are rich anyways, why should you get paid at all when you are not doing the will of the people? and you're talking about an agency that basically pays for itself, all of 2%, and you guys are -- not being done whatsoever. host: mr. ross. guest: i understand your frustration and i shouldn't suggest you shouldn't have those frustrations. we need to correct those. as far as what we're paid, believe me, i did much better in the private sector. i didn't do this for the money and i won't do this for a career. i will tell you that we need to be better stewards of the taxpayers' dollars, and that's going to be our charge that the american people demand for us and hopefully as a result of this g.s.a. investigation we will do something -- >> "washington journal" airs every morning at 7:00 eas

possibility of constructing a border patrol station at nyack or air force base to replace the existing niagarafalls station. as you know, the existing station is insufficient for your current needs. we all agree to that given all the new security we have had terris crossed over the buffalo border. it? capacity needed to accommodate the number of agents now housed at the station, business basin resource or agents need to do the job. the new station can comfortably accommodate 50 agents, could be modified to accommodate even 75. the lawsuit include critical items at the border patrol needs, such as maynard building will be suited for mastering and training that will put an armory and necessary buildings that will have vehicle maintenance and close parking and kennels obviously we have the dogs at the border, too. the new station would be a win for border patrol and an accra air force base, which is being curtailed because of the cutbacks in the military. would you support the creation of a new border patrol station at an accra air force base? >> is very much under consideration, senator. the iss

. >> bill: now, you know, i went to school at niagara university so i spent three years on the frontierwe used to have snow on the ground from october roughly october to may. we didn't have snow the in april. it didn't start in april as it did this year. >> the snow that's going to be coming down by the way is going to be -- the snow is going to be messy and thick and gloopy. just gross snow that is going to make a mess. i went to ithaca. >> we've had snow in may. it has snowed on graduation day at ithaca college. >> bill: is that right? >> absolutely. there's snow on the ground through april. this was such a warm winter. this is a classic nor'easter. >> bill: it gives me hope that maybe we'll get a snow here in washington, d.c. >> i don't know about that. >> i can tell you, at this point, i don't want any snow -- this kind of snow -- >> bill: just so we can say we have one snow. coming in studio with us, very excited to have eleanor holmes norton, our one representative in congress, in studio as well as eric burns, a friend of bill. we'll check in with legal beagle avery friedman about

host: 1 last phone call, an independent in niagara falls, new york -- caller: god bless cspan. i would like to ask the congressman if you are talking about performance-based pay, then over 70% of the people in america did not want the oil subsidies to go through. on surprise that -- why should you get paid at all when you are not doing the will of the people? you were talking about agency that pays for itself all but 2%. the will of the people is not being done whatsoever. guest: again, i understand your frustration and i would not suggest you should not have those frustrations. we need to correct those. as far as what we are paid, i did better in the private sector. i did not do this for the money and i will not do it for a career. i will tell you that we need to be better stewards of the taxpayers' dollars and that will be our charge that the american people will demand from us and hopefully, as a result of this investigation, we will do something substantive to affect the way we spend money in d.c. and may be more transparent to the american people. host: thank you for talki

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and the great lakes, to see lampreys got into the great lakes to the women canal around niagara falls many, many years ago when they first came into surely decimated the upper great lakes. the united states and canada have to think of the great lakes fish commission, which is dedicated to sealand control and because of the successive control program that is now 50, 60 years old with no training fisheries in the upper great lakes and i know about that because i had the good fortune to chair that once in my life. and for a good folks let pythons go from i guess pets that were too be every at the everglades are full of them. they are controlling it. this goes back to the whole north american model. a lot of the work, control of the invasive species, various games, snake, fishes for the conservation dollars go. you're not the conservation dollars, you're not going to have control and in some of these invasive species, which is one reason why continuing to ensure access for anglican hunting and ensure the comparable sale at the licenses and stamps and payment of this tax is to continue mon

sea lampreys got in through niagara falls and when they first came in, they decimated the fisheries in the upper great lakes. the united states and canada have a thing called the great lakes fish commission dedicated to sea lamprey control. now we have a thriving fisheries in the upper great lakes because of this. in florida, you had people letting pythons go from pacs that were too big and now the ever radar couple of them. a lot of the work, on the control of these species, various games, that is where the conservation dollars go. if you do not have the dollars coming you cannot have control on these invasive species because by continuing to ensure access for angling and hunting and insuring the compare role -- comparable issue is so important. host: off of twitter -- guest: that is generally the rule of the road in all of the state's right now. you have to go out and sit through a class. in virginia is a two-day class you have to go through and pass a written test before you are allowed to purchase a hunting license. i can say one of the problems the hunting community has based is t