you mention there was a pier 70 master plan and now we're doing the nomination why didn't he nominate before >> actually, the nomination as i mentioned was finished in 2007. and we went through a review process through the state office of the national park service we got preliminary comments and it was decided we needed to bring our development partners on board first and to finish the virile assessment of the site that carol was heading up so we didn't lock ourselves into something we can't fulfill. we understand there recent specific resources rather than to mediate them to remove them from the site and understand horrifying so that's the reason for the delay. it took us a while to get back on track with the nomination and bring our consultant back on board. in the meantime, the state office wanted to take a fresh look at this they were new and hadn't been part of the process going forward. i think we've bend from doing that because they actually got in and gave it a thorough technical review and because of that we're going to have success with the national parks approval and so the

the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legislative session. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is wanted. mr. reid: miracles never cease. would the chair get order, please. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that at 1:45 p.m. today, the senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the owens nomination, calendar number 573, that notwithstanding rule 22, the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. that following the cloture vote and notwithstanding rule 22, the senate resume legislative session and proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to h.r. 3797. further, if cloture is invoked on

>> any other nominations. hearing none, i would like to call for a vote on electing commissioner ben hur as chair of the commission, for 2014. >> 2015. >> and 2014/2015. thank you. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> all against? >> i think that it is unanimous, commissioner hur? you did too good of a job last year, or the previous year, i should say. thank you. >> we will look forward. and now, for vice chair, and any nominations for vice chair. current vice chair? has done a great job and commissioner renne? >> thank you. >> so, do i hear any nominations for vice chair? >> i nominate commissioner keane. >> all right, you look like you are thinking about it. >> thank you. >> i was just about to nominate commissioner renne. >> i would like to point out that commissioner renne is eligible serve another term. >> i am flat tered but i think that i would like to get my feet a little more wet before i move up the chain. but thank you very much. i'm flattered and honored that you would consider me fo

adegbile's nomination. under adegbile's leadership and supervision, the naacp legal defense fund brazenly politicized the murder of a philadelphia police officers, officer daniel faulkner. on december 9, 19 81, 25-year-old officer faulkner was murdered by wesley cook, who is widely known as mumia abu-jamal. officer faulkner was shot several times. the fatal shot was when abu-jamal pointed the gun inches from officer faulkner's face and pulled the trigger. during the trial, it was made known that abu-jamal was a supporter of the "move" organization, an anarchist group that explicitly advocates for violence against police officers. in a letter to the senate judiciary committee, mrs. faulkner described that during the trial when her husband's bloodstained shirt was displayed by the evidence handler, abu-jamal turned in his chair and smirked directly at her. the grieving widow. the jury convened for a matter of hours before they came back with a guilty verdict and a death sentence. that was 1982. fast-afford 2-

adegbile's nomination, and so i'll explain my voting "no" today. i want to begin by saying that i believe the nominee possesses high moral characteristic and personal integrity. i have met him, and i'm also aware that he has been working on the chairman's staff of the judiciary committee for the last few months. unfortunately, i've reached the conclusion that this nominee isn't the right pick to lead the civil rights division. first of all, it's no secret that i believe that the last individual to lead this office, the current secretary of labor, was very political and extremely committed to a host of political causes. of course, i don't expect president obama to nominate conservatives to his political appointments. but as we all know, these are very important jobs, very powerful jobs. the individual who holds them wields a tremendous amount of power on behalf of the department of justice. so i expect the president's nominees to be liberal, maybe even very liberal, and in the vast majority of cases, the president is entitled to have people of his o

the i's have it the next nomination is for vice president >> madam president i'd like to nominate you for vice president of the commission. >> did i hear a second and so second. >> are there any other nominations? okay hearing no one all in favor, say i. i >> against. >> all right. let's moved and just for expedientcy. >> thank you. >> congratulations new officers. >> thank you. i'll thank you for the opportunity to make a brief statement first of all, i think all our commissioners commissioner melara thank you but in my two years of learning i'll be able to carry on our mission to support the commission of the department in the work we have to do. we're very fortunate to have your staff and its only apartment but we're going to ask him we ask each of our commissioners to tell us what they want to serve on we've built a strong team in our committee structures the structures have matured where we hear indebted and have at the commission level the highest i levels of information we've received i'd like to have it continued and obviously our two large hospitals have joint committees we h

dad was nominated for best actor. catherine was nominated for best female actor."on golden pond." >> henry fonda, "on golden pond." >> he was too sick to get his oscar, so he asked me, if he did win, to get it for him. >> oh, dad, i'm so happy and proud for you. [ applause ] >> that was one of the happiest moments of my life. we all went over to his house and presented the oscar to him, and his first words were, i'm so happy for kate. >> the nominees for best performance by an actress in a leading role are -- >> last night never happened and i'm going to marry him and we're going to take this to the oscars. >> i can't do that. >> why not? >> i'm in love with you. >> snap out of it! >> cher in "moon struck." >> as he started doing that, i went deaf. i was very frightened by holly hunter. i saw that movie, i thought, oh, my god, she's so great in it. then i thought, glenn close too, and it's dramatic, she did everything, she boiled the rabbit. >> the winner is -- >> and when he opened the envelope, he took a breath, and i thought, i've lost, because it doesn't take

the oscar nominated director joins us from l.a.at the museum of tolerance and you meet matthew. tell me about that meeting. >> i had been there at the museum of tolerance for about five years prior to matthew coming on to the scene. we had stepped out to have coffee and to discuss a group that was coming into the museum, a school group. there was a specific hotdog thag stand that was there. i told him, and there was a whole bunch of questions. a very awkward moment for the both of us. >> away makes the story rather remarkable in a way is forgiveness didn't come easy. >> that was a big motivation of the film to explore the process of forgiveness that the two had to go through. it's not cut and dried, not an overnight thing, both of them had personal issues they were struggling with both matthew and tim. and it took a lot. they were not necessarily wanting to be around each other from the get go and finally did this presence. we had to examine how they ended up in the place they were now. >> matthew, it's difficult to imagine for som

the i's have it the next nomination is for vice president >> madam president i'd like to nominate you for vice president of the commission. >> did i hear a second and so second. >> are there any other nominations? okay hearing no one all in favor, say i. i >> against.

one story root ed in texas, now oscar-nominated. it's texas-grown lead actor oscar nominated, too. >> welcome to the dallas buyer's club. >> i am fortunate to be in what i believe is a damn good movie. >> matthew mcconaughey. in his moment. >> this is a celebration time now. >> the actor with the major award season mojo. >> it feels good. >> a golden globe, a screen actors guild award and unending praise for the portrayal of the real ron woodward in "dallas y buyer's club." >> this is amazing. >> and "dallas buyer's club" and the star are both quint essentially texas the, and both basking in post-season glow. >> yes, i have been doing this for 22 years, and first time nominated and the first time really going around the award season with a film and performance with some light shown on it. the film and the work is preceding me everywhere i go, and i will talk about "dallas buyer's club" and my experience until i go home. >> and you should speak about your experience. >> and "dallas buyer's club" and it is a true life story -- >> and

philomena starring judi dench at nebraska with six nominations, including best victor and a nomination bruce turned 36 years after his first acting nomination for coming home. dern has a fascinating story. he beat -- he came from a privileged family and new eleanor roosevelt. stevenson -- adlai stevenson was a family friend. >> you told the sheriff you were walking to nebraska? >> that's right. to get my million dollars. >> you didn't win anything. it was a complete scam. >> i'm running out of time. tavis: i'm trying to get a sense of how you are being a contrarian all these years -- how that has impacted the roles you have laid, the things you have done and not done as an actor. >> basically rebellion from inside against what i was brought up to think was cool or wasn't cool. two, they were very open-minded compared to the people in my house. he was the one with ideas i thought were really interesting. law948 when he quit the firm to become governor, and four years later he runs for president, and i will tell you an interesting thing i have never said on air. in 1952 he ran for presid

hernandez nomination. if cloture is not invoked on the adegbile nomination, the senate vote -- proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the hernandez nomination. further, remaining cloture motions filed on february 27 not ripen prior to 2:15 p.m. wednesday, march 5. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: as if in executive, i ask unanimous consent that the senate intelligence committee have until march 6 to report nomination 1243, the nomination of john carlin, the assistant attorney general for national security. the president pro tempore: hearing no objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i understand there are four bills due for a second reading. the president pro tempore: the leader is correct. f.w. de klerk s. 2062, a bill to authorize members of congress to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response it a written statement by the president and so forth p. s. 2066, a bill to amend title 18 united states code to prohibit the internet intentional dis

first time nominated.st time really going around an award season with a film and a performance that's had some light shown on it. the film and the work is preceding me everywhere i go. i'll talk about "dallas buyers club" and my experience till the cows come home. >> explain what the buyers club is. >> dallas buyers club is about a guy, true life story. >> you grew up in texas. >> it's just a wild movie and you lost so much weight for this role and character. >> we have to congratulate you, because this truly has been a great year for you. >> you were so brilliant. the film is so good. >> thank you. >> we'll begin where we always begin. where were you born? >> in uvalde, texas. >> 7.6 square miles in southwest texas. >> he's an authentic texas character. >> fellow texan matt profiled him early in his career. >> that part of texas is flat and dusty, and in some ways, freaky. if you grew up there, it feels normal. >> matthew is born the youngest son to kay and jim mcconaughey. matthew plays on the golf team

two oscar nominations. what's next? what's the next dream? down this road of playing people that challenge me. playing people that scare me to play. there have been two or three times where i've said, i'm scared to play this person. for some reason, i'm scared to do it. and they said, that's the number one reason why you absolutely have to go play this person. and that's exciting to me. and i hope every movie i make is that dangerous and exciting to me. >> you admit it. >> yes. >> coming up -- >> the hottest actress you've never heard of. >> cate blanchett came to me and said how much she like my work and i'm like check. very good check. honestly? i wanted a smartphone that shoots great video. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud storage. my new lumia icon is so great, even our wipeouts look amazing. ♪ honest

>> i would like to nominate hurtado. >> great, is there any other nomination?ing then commissioner hurtado, are you willing to accept this nomination? >> yes. >> we should take a vote on the nomination of the vice-president. before we do this, is there any public comment on this? mr. pacheco? city clerk: with a motion from commissioner honda to elevate commissioner hurtado to vice-president. on that motion, commissioner fung, vice-president lazarus and commissioner hurtado? aye. the vote is 4-0. and commissioner hurtado is the new vice-president. >> congratulations. moving to office for president. >> i would like to nominate lazarus for president. >> any other nominations? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> mr. pacheco, if you can please call the roll. >> aren't you going to ask me? >> are you willing to serve? >> yes. i appreciate that very much. >> mr. pacheco, on that motion from commissioner honda to elevate vice-president ann lazarus to presidency of the board, on that motion, commissioner fung, commissioner h

. >> one story, rooted in texas, now oscar nominated.s texas grown lead actor oscar nominated, too. >> welcome to the dallas buyers club. >> i was fortunate to be in what i think is a damn good movie. >> matthew mcconaughey in his moment. >> this is celebration time now. >> the actor with the major award season mojo. >> it feels good. a goden globe, a screen actors guild award, unending praise for his portrayal of ron woodruff in "dallas buyers club." the movie and it's star both kwiquintessentia quintessentially texas. basking in award season. >> you have to be having the time of your life? >> yeah, i have been doing this 22 years, it is my first time nominated. a film and a performance that has had some light shown on it. the film and the work is proceeding me. and i will talk about it until the cows come home. >> you should explain what it is. >> the dallas buyers club. >> it's about a guy. >> it is wild and you lost so much weight. >> we have to congratulate you because this has been a great year for you. >> you were so brilliant, th

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that is despite the fight not to nominate him today. decades after jamal was convicted, debo adegbile headed up the group that fought against that sentence. critics say debo adegbile didn't stop at pure legal work, instead took part in rallies and legal work that portrayed jamal as a political prisoner. when things started to shift when democratic senator bob casey said he would vote no. he specifically cited his conversation with daniel faulkner's widow, maureen, who appeared on "the kelly file" numerous times. it was clear this was going to be a close vote because vice president joe biden was in the chamber and would have been the tie-breaking vote. democrats went in believing with joe biden's vote they had the numbers to be sure that debo adegbile would advance. at the last moment, we know at least one democratic leader flipped. this is what mitch mcconnell had to say about the nominee. >> even seven democrats couldn't support it. >> >> well today, attorney general eric holder said he was very disappointed in the senate's vote, addin

. >> one story, rooted in texas, now oscar nominated. it's texas grown lead actor oscar nominated, too. >> welcome to the dallas buyers club. >> i was fortunate to be in what i think is a damn good movie. >> matthew mcconaughey in his moment. >> this is celebration time now. >> the actor with the major

this is your 2014 oscar nominated documentaries. as america's war on terror creating new enemies wherever it spreads. the claim of disturbing documentary "dirty wars." >> it's hard to say when this story began. this was supposed to be the front line in the war on terror but i knew i was missing the story. there was another war hidden in the shadows. a night raid. >> so two men in the guesthouse where the first people were killed. >> you saw the us forces take bullets out of the body? >> who were these men who stormed into the hotel and why would they go to such horrifying lengths to cover up their action. >> how would a covert unite taken over the largest war on the planet. >> they're dismissing what you've done. >> why are you still alive? are you paranoid? >> geremi scahill with first hook media which launches in the next few months and wrote and produced "dirty war." it's great to have you here. your movie starts very disturbingly with an attack of a raid in southern afghanistan where special forces went in and killed 13 people,

the democratic senator who voted also to oppose debo adegbile's nomination. her office sent a fund-raising e-mail that claimed -- ryan haygood, your response? >> i don't think he could be more disingenuous. i think it is well known by all in the civil rights community worksome of debo plus most was in the civil rights context. he would have been one of the chief champions to make sure voters of color in particular are not men more vulnerable by the decision of the supreme court and worked with congress to get more legislation passed. her vote against him is actually a vote against doing that thing is she promises to do here in this e-mail to her funders. here is what stake the fraternal order of police and its allies feared. here you had the possibility of debo adegbile, someone who's familiar with the case of mumia abu-jamal and who is interested in issues of social justice in the department of justice. what the fraternal order of police feared was that perhaps with debo in office, the department of justice my take on this case of investigating the police. o

the nomination is confirmed. mr. harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, i understand that the scott -- okay. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question is on the cordova nomination. all those in favor please say aye. all those against say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the question is on the shelton nomination. if there is no further debate, all those in favor please say aye. all those against please say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is agreed to. under the previous order, the question is on the heyman nomination. all those in favor please say aye. all those against say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider -- the motions to reconsider are made and laid on the table. the president will be immediately no

leo might have been the last guy to get the nomination when nominations came out but now he's in there to win it. >> my name is jordan bellfort. the year i turned 26, i made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was $3 million short of $1 million a week. >> i despised it. >> it's repettive. it's numbing after a while. sfwl there's a whole outcry, a whole backlash. people lost their homes and their fortunes and the lives. this is them celebrating that. >> what do i do? what do i do? >> i got you, i got you. >> best movie of the year. >> hold it. >> you would wish in your heart that somebody had done an uncredited polish on the screenplay before they made it. >> what's wrong with the screenplay. >> what dialogue do you remember? >> pugrunting and the panting. >> houston, this is mission specialist ryan stone. i'm off structure pip'm drifting. do you copy? >> there's been lots of talk about best actress for sandra bullock. is she going to win? >> no, she won't win. nobody can stop cate blanchett. >> woody allen and dylan farrow coming forward, saying her father sexually assau

the nomination went down. century you have democrats who voted know, republicans pointing to another eight who voted yes for this nomination they are probably going to take it in the midterms as an issue, a political issue, especially from national police organizations that were against this nomination. >> let me ask you this, before i get to the white house statement, which in and of itself is quite steamy. how did harry reid miscount the vote and send the vice president down there thinking this was going to be a tiebreaker. >> this is really interesting. they thought republicans wouldn't have the same number of people on the floor. when you don't have the same number of people the calculation changes. senator cornyn wasn't there, so they thought it would be a 49/49 tie and joe biden could come through and cast the vote. the problem is one of the democrats changed his vote. they ended up changing and they couldn't have vice president biden decide that vote. >> the white house is not happy at all. here is the

nominated guarantees you are going to win.k this reveals just how basically fraudulent the entire nobel peace prize process is. if you want to know about it, jay norlinger national review "peace they say." anti-americanism of those swedish and nor we john particle men terrence who get to nominate the candidates. ridiculous that vladimir putin's name should be mentioned in the same breath with nobel peace prize. >> what do you make of this vote today that there will be a referendum in 10 days and do you think that president obama, had a conversation with putin about whether or not he was in any way behind this? >> well, i think it's more pressure by putin on ukraine and the west. it's obviously another point of leverage to get what hements out much the ukrainian government. and i think the -- i think this is the third conversation between obama and putin over the ukraine situation. and from what the white house releases, it's briefing of the conversation, it seems to consist of long passages by our president, explaining to pres

the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: rose eilene gottemoeller of virginia to be under secretary of state for arms control and international security. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the nominations confirmed today the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and the president immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: further, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that following morning business on thursday, that's tomorrow, march 6, the time until 11:20 a.m. be equally divided between the majority leader and the republican leader or their designees, that at 11:20 the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of calendar number 636, rose eilene gottemoeller to be under secretary of state, following disposition of got mealer nomination, the senate treed proceed to vote on 510 and 511, there be two minutes prior to each vote

i think we may hear about the nomination pulled.gain, that nomination two weeks ago, they thought right up to the end they would get it passed. vice-president biden went down to give the tie- breaking vote. >> what does it say about the relationship about the democrats on the hill and president, to. >> it is frosty not only with harry reid and the white house but democrats all the way down. you look at things that democrats have stuck their neck out for, for president obama. the big one obama care and cap and trade and stimulus and that hurt them and it will hurt this class of senators up for reelection in 2014 and there is a limit for what the democrats will do to help the president from their own party if it damages their survival. ninteresting to watch the relationship for the next seven months and beyond. michael, thank you. >> big box find. toyota is paying billion to the government. >> not what you want on the trip to dizz no. a giant tank. ntheir exmrnation. we have a question for you on this. >> they kept on eating. taste li

. >> nominations can be is good time. people go overboard and get hurt. >> the carn age continues in the syrian war. >> after nearly three years of brutal fighting many around the world turned around from this story, which is why save the children marked the anniversary with a web video. it marked the conflict as if it happened in syria. >> make a wish. i'm joined by the save the children vice president, michael the video is powerful. how many people have seen it. what is the response. it's been a very, very strong response. i think over 13.5 million viewers have seen the video, it was our effort to help people connect with what is over there, by bridging it over here and removing the foreign next. horror. >> the numbers of children whose staggering. >> more than 7,000 killed, 1.2 million are refugees, two and a quarter million denied an education. 5 million need help. there are kids displaced within syria. this is the worst humanitarian crisis. it's horrific circumstances. that's why we are encouraged that so many have v

and merle streep was nominated and leo dinardo dicaprio was nominated.in life is love and friendship and family and if people don't have those

postcloture on the nomination. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i didn't note, we're going to session at 4:00 p.m. that's the request i want added to it. i have a already had it approved by the chaimplet. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there will be two roll call votes monday starting at 5:30. if there is to further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate will adjourn until senate will adjourn until for each of their measures. >> talked about some of the members of the military of posting of senator gillibrand version of the bill, how actively work uniformed officers or department of defense personnel on the hill lobbying against? >> well, whenever there were asked about it at hearings they talked about the need to retain the commander's decision making authority. they said it is a tool to enforce good order and discipline within their units. that has been essentially the brunt of their di

and, so, i would make a motion to nominate ms. jenkins to i'm going to say one of the at-large seats. so, that would be seat number 10. >> supervisor tang? >> all right. so, i would support that motion. i do like the fact that you had wanted to apply for this previously and have come back showing your dedication to this and given your vast experience i will support that motion, supervisor campos. the other candidates who i would like to recommend, mr. dwayne kennedy, i did like the fact that you bring policy planning background experience as well as goals. i think that is something that will contribute to the diversity of the commission members. and, so, let's see, i guess we would appoint -- would that be seat 2, then? >> seat 2, yes. >> seat 2. i'd like to recommend mr. kennedy for seat 2. >> and i will support that as well. >> so, what wasn't filled? deborah dacumos is basically applying for her old seat, so, i would like to move that forward. thank you for your recommendations. i'm glad i didn't have to be the first one to mak