officer office the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. dorgan: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vacated. the presiding officer: we're nolt in a quorum call, senator. mr. dorgan: we are hopeful, as i indicated earlier, that we would be able to reach conclusion on this bill. we were hopeful perhaps of doing it tonight. that was not possible. but we expect to have final passage on the f.a.a. reauthorization bill on monday at 5:30. let me describe the discussions that we have had more recently with senator kyl and senator warner and many other colleagues, senator hutchison. there remains very little to be done on this bill. we have 17 amendments that have been agreed to both sides that would be offered en bloc. we weren't able to offer those until we were able to resolve another issue or at least begin discussion of another issue. and then there is an issue dealing with slots and perimeter rules for reagan national airport. it has been controversial in the past, for many, many years, and some colleagues on both sides of the ais

patrick's day in fargo, north dakota, however. hundreds of kids got the day off from school to help in the sand-bagging effort to try to keep the swollen red river at bay. our own kevin tibbles remains on station there tonight. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, it's that time of year again here in fargo. the red river is rising and the sandbags snake on for as long as the eye can see it. it's a rite of spring many here are beginning to tire of. they wage the annual war against the water. warmer than usual march weather has brought high levels of snow melt and the red river creeps dangerously higher by the hour. on the front lines, hundreds of student volunteers slinging 30-pound bags of sand on to make-shift levees. not in class, but still working. >> team work, cooperation, hard work, many hands makes light work, learning about your community, learning about needs out there. lots of things. >> reporter: for home owner marjorie sloshman the teenage volunteers are heaven sent. >> the young people are amaz

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. >>> for the folks in fargo, north dakota, there's not much more to do but wait. the red river is expected to crest on sunday at 20 feet above flood stage. residents in fargo and neighboring moorhead, minnesota, have spent the last few days sandbagging and building dikes. the good news is that the river is expected to crest at three feet lower than last year's level when the high water caused an estimated $100 million in damage. >>> a report this morning says the white house is nearing a deal to close the guantanamo bay prison. the agreement would allow more detainees to be tried before revamped military commissions according to the "wall street journal." the court would offer more rights than the usually military tribunal, but not as many as afforded by a civilian court. 48 of the most dangerous criminals could be held indefinitely. >>> there is a disturbing and dangerous trend of americans linking up with overseas terrorists and plotting attacks abroad and in this country. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: she's a blond american who converted to islam and calle

we begin our coverage in north dakota where the red river is set to surge.ng for 100-year flood the second time in a row. volunteers are being bussed into the neighborhood to help load a million sand bags. >> here are some dramatic pictures from new jersey, people are trying to paddle their their way out. as much as 5 feet ever water in their homes. the passiac river reached major flooding levels swamping neighborhood after neighborhood and forces thousands to leave. south of the passiac shows what is left after the town's third major flood in over a decade. residents are pumping out as much as 3 feet of water from their homes. the plan to put flood gates along the river is two years out and at this point probably too little too late. >> all of this comes as forecasters are issuing an urgent metsage to get ready for historic floods in your neighborhood. >> to the east and north and across the south, parts of 35 states could be in danger of serious flooding this spring. you can see the upper midwest in red and under the gun with a high risk of catastrophic fl

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. dorgan: madam president, before she leaves the floor, let me say that the -- the families of the victims of the colgan crash, the tragedy that occurred just about a year ago now, the families have been unrelenting in coming to the congress, appearing at every single hearing, meeting with members of congress saying we want these changes. and i just wanted to say that i know the families know but new yorkers should know the work that senator gillibrand has done and senator schumer as well to try to include in this legislation, the f.a.a. reauthorization act, some very needed changes, safety changes, that resulted from what we learned in investigating that accident. senator gillibrand talked about the fact that two people entered the cockpit that evening of a commercial plane and then a number of people, 45 people, entered from another door and filled that commercial airplane and set off at night in bad weather with icing conditions and the two people in the cockpit, the person flying th

we'll turn back to north dakota here in just a moment.n sandbags guarding the city of fargo right now trying to keep floodwaters out. our reynolds wolf is not too far from there in moorhead, minnesota. hey there, reynolds. >> reporter: you're right, guys. i am coming you from moorhead. across the river, fargo. two towns, red river, one mayor flood and a lot of danger for a lot of people. the very latest and another huge winter storm bull's eye on the central plains. full story coming up on cnn "saturday morning." he checks it out. good thing. turns out... my urinary symptoms -- such as going frequently, trouble going, flow starts and stops... and going often at night -- are due to bph, also called enlarged prostate. he says over time, avodart has been shown to shrink the prostate, improve urinary symptoms, and reduce the risk of prostate surgery. only your health care provider can tell if your symptoms... are from bph and not a more serious condition... like prostate cancer. do not donate blood until 6 months after stopping avodart. tell

reynolds wolf is in fargo, north dakota, for us this morning.ow to deal with this, they take it all in stride. it's something to see. . i think you can hear me. we are not hearinging you on the audio. we'll keep an eye on the red river expected to crest, actually, i believe within the next hour. we have karen maginnis in the weather center as well. i believe her microphone is working. we have about an hour we're saying now to reach its high point. it will be a lock time before it goes back down. >> this is not a flood where the river rises and come back down. this gradually tapers off. they've had so much snow. the snow melt has been so significant, this will not be alleviated easily, so from fargo to grand forks, this will take 24 to 36 hours before there's a crest at grand forks. moderate to major flooding along the river here. you can see also extending towards minneapolis. i looked at some of the conditions there. they have moderate to major flooding taking place there. this is the more immediate danger. yes, there is a crest that should tak

after all the preparations we watched, the red river in north dakota is rising. it is expected to crest by sunday morning, a bit lower than earlier forecast. and barbara pinto is in fargo, watching with all the residents. >> reporter: in fargo's heritage hills neighborhood, there's not a hill in sight. just water -- everywhere. >> this is a road that normally comes in, and this -- >> reporter: you would never know it. >> reporter: the rising river submerged barry olander's neighborhood. his subdivision is now a ghost town. >> basically, i'm the only one out here right now everybody else has moved out or in, you know, in the stages of moving. >> reporter: 14 families left last year, receiving their water-logged homes to the government. but barry fought back, bulldozing a moat around his home. he's lived here for two decades, but last year's historic flood, and this one, have taken their toll. >> i'd love to say, but it's too much of a hassle. >> reporter: this summer, barry is giving up, selling to the government, just like his neighbors, though he knows his home

>> the bank of north dakota is a legacy that dates 80 years ago. quite a successful role that makes money for the state and supports the economy. i was in brazil last year, in number of state banks fostered their development. china has expressed of system is that stimulate the economy is so rather than going into a downturn they had 8% growth last year because you had state run banks, make loans and keep things going. , i am intrigued by that. i would like to see something -- we could do experiments along the north dakota model where you could have state run banks that compete. i don't want to hand big wads of money and tell them to do whatever you feel like about the north dakota bank compete and turn out to be very successful. you could explore whether there are market niches. the small business administration does something like that. there are rules like that that can be pursued. you don't want to do it foolishly but there could be more room for state banks that compete with the private sector and give additional competition to keep them honest

. >>> the race is on to save some mes from floodwaters in north dakota here. folks in fargo are still filling in and stacking sandbags as a protective barrier. the waters of the red river are expected to rise another foot this weekend before cresting by tomorrow. construction of a clay dike was supposed to be finished this week, but there were a few problems. >> so you have a joint every six feet. those joints we believe started failing, and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levy system. >> we're kind of ground zero right out of our back windows. >> more than a million sandbags have been stacked along the river. waters reached 36 1/2 feet this morning. to put that in perspective, it was at flood stage at just 18 feet. >>> it's the rising crow river that's causing problems in parts of minnesota. local med report a bridge leading into downtown dell aknow has been closed to foot and car traffic r safety reasons. officials are worried the current could wash out the bridge. the river is expected to crest tonight. >>> a storm warning issued for part

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red river flooding in north dakota and pineda. just a explaining on this. this refer flows north.colder in the another and warmer here and it nos in the area that is frozen. it only drops 230 feet. it spreads out over the area . it flood prone. we'll talk about a crest tomorrow. that is good news for you there . past that snow melting . we could talk about this for a while. launch of our shape-up challenge. >> you saw me in the animation spring time . everybody want to get the bikin i. dave want its and i do as well. >> or thong? >> no one needs that. why decided to do each individual programs to kick this off this month. >> we all need it and watch it. what is yours? >> my profile . we went and got measured. it was embarrassing enough. this is 23 percent body fat. >> how is that. clayton wearing upon 194 . drop 20 pounds . so i am going to be doing the hal higden 5 k running in the week and swimming the alternate days. follow along. >> it is that you can do all of these at home. they are expect fixing that we are. >> you can do these . >> what about you. >> mine is, i don't eat r

. >>> the red river continues to rise between minnesota and north dakota.ta officials say they're prepared to handle the influx of water. the river is supposed to crest today at 20 feet above flood stage but predicted to be below the number of sandbags in place. >>> ten people are dead following an explosion in the helmand province earlier today. the civilians were killed by a suicide bombing. seven people were injured in the attack, which took place on a busy road filled with merchants. >>> a volcano has erupted next a glacier in southern iceland, forcing about 450 people to evacuate as a precaution. there were no immediate reports of danger or of damage or injuries. >>> those are your top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> thank you very much, caroline. >>> up until today, all the attention has been focused on the house. but what happens in the senate? james rosen is following the latest and explains how it all happens. >> democratic leaders in the senate say the upper chamber will take up whatever reconciliation package they receive next week. w

because the north dakota banks serve the same function in north dakota and it is functionally the same as that agency. was given the same treatment that new jersey's agency would be or california's agency and so forth and in the manager's amendment, excuse me, yes, the manager's amendment, so the notion that there is special treatment coming back to that under the excise tax for collective bargaining workers is not accurate. islamic i would like to ask the gentleman if he can provide a copy of the manager's amendment. >> mr. sessions? i can answer that question. i can point that out if to yield to me. >> i'm looking at the bill, h.r. 4872. let me refer to to page 82 and 83, page 82 is where the subtitle begins provisions related to revenue. section 1401, high-cost plan excise tax. there you will see the reference, and essentially lines six and down through about 23 you will see the language that relates to the excise tax on the benefits. i believe that is already on the web site. >> you are in a reference to the manager's amendment. i would like to ask the gentlemen -- i'm sorry, ms. g

states that would benefit include alaska, arizona, illinois, kansas, north dakota, oklahoma and texas. following months of depressed prices, the national farmers union is calling on the usda to step up assistance to dairy producers nationwide. with prices hovering below the cost of production for more than a year, president roger johnson says the usda must "increase dairy support prices to a level that will provide relief to producers to insure our nation continues to have a viable domestic milk supply." johnson notes more than 2,000 dairies have gone out of business due to low prices. >>> that's it for news. mike hoffman joins us from the maps now with our national forecast. >>> "u.s. farm report" weather is brought to you by mana. mana is the right crop protection partner because our proven products and value prices give you better choices. that's why mana makes sense. >>> we're going to start the week with a trough still in the eastern parts of the country. that will mean it's going to be on the chilly side all the way into the southeast. pretty cold air in the northern parts of th

the flood level off of the minnesota-north dakota dack border. the red river is expected to crest.er the past week. let's hope that continues. volcano forcing others. democrats closed in on a historic vote on health care reform. what will the massive overhaul mean for the feture of medical care in this country. joining me now for a debate. dr. mark seagal and dr. cath lin lundon. back again on the day of the vote, tell us what it means. let's start there. let's say it passes today. president obama signs it into law. dr. seagull. what is the first thing we'll see as a practical matter when it comes as medical care in relationship with the doctors? >> i am concerned about the legislator. we have a problem in doctor's office with having an inability of seeing all of the patients and decreased reimbursements and what it is a super medicaid extension . more with medicaid and sounds good on the service. but medicaid is dysfunctional and the reason that peter johnson junior talked about the states wanting to rebel and call it unconstitutional because the states cannot handle it. californi

two of the biggest towns in danger, fargo, north -- north dakota and moorehead, minute on east. last year's record flooding in mine the river is expected to crest tomorrow as people brace for the worst, there's word mother nature may be handing them a big break. we have team fox coverage this department. dominica davis in the weather center. first, peter due with the latest live in moorehead, minnesota. >> reporter: this is just across the red river from downtown fargo, north dakota. you can see the river is creeping up close to where we are standing. but its banks are supposed to be two football fields away from where i am now at a level of about 18 feet on a normal day. right now it is more than double that and still rising not going to crest until tomorrow. snow is good, because the colder the air temperature is the slower the waters rise. all day today the temperatures have below freezing. , the temperatures are going to rise tomorrow which means the flood waters are going to rise faster. in this neighborhood they are expecting the flooding is going to creep up through the b

just hours ago the red river reached major flood stable in fargo, north dakota. let's do this.k in with rob marciano. we'll talk to someone on the ground there, one of the officials dealing with this and helping with the people in the community, the school kids and everyone else who are helping to fill those sandbags. that's next hour, but man, they've got a real problem on their hands now in fargo and in the northeast as well. >> can you imagine having a life-threatening deadline that you knew about two months out? >> is it sunday? are we talking about -- >> the crest is sunday. >> they've known this was coming for a month or so because of the snow pack and the fall rains and because it had been so cold and now it's happening, and to add insult to injury it's happening for the second year in a row. >> exactly. >> good news today. it's sunny. it will remain dry, not only today, but for much of the next few days, warm air is coming in and coming in ferociously. temperatures can get into the upper 50s, if not lower 60s and that will speed up the melting. a little bit of rain in t

reminds me of my days in north dakota. the wind would hello, you would go inside and it would be nice. it is one of those days. it will improve a bit tonight and tomorrow there will be movement in the rain fall. >>he weekend will be ok? >> should be. here's a look at the sunrise. of course, a beautiful morning. total sunshine out there right now. of course, earlier this morning in the time lapse even see the sunrise a few minutes over 7:00. we are totally clear acrosshe region. 53 degrees in leesburg, king george is at 59. stephenson, 57. the numbers in bloom, these are the latest wind gusts, we're looking at access of 30 miles per hour in many locations, including damascus. the only the 50's yesterday, it was a bit below average. it looks like we could get up to 1 inch of rain in some locations, especially by the end of the day on friday. drive a gusting behind the storm system, focus is shifting to the west. cloud cover out ahead will make it through tomorrow morning. sunshine in the early mornings, otherwise it looks li

there breeding a sigh of relief when north dakota when the red river crested 19 feet over flood levelsandbags can bid from flooding. they worked hard. >> we did not have -- a beautiful weekend. >> everything just sprung at the same time trip >> the title basin is just on the verge of be cherry blossom extravaganza, giving and other few days and it will look absolutely stunning outside. if your allergies are starting to bother you, that is because the pollen is beginning to increase. some rain later tonight should help you feel better. here are the showers right now. they are just around the call barbara area but within the beltway, it is dry right now. the clouds will continue to thicken over night. let's take a few stops -- 70 in the end, virginia drive 77 degrees. 71 in silver spring buried 70 degrees in d.c. new line did not break a record at reagan national, made up to 76 degrees. the record was 89 from 1921. but we did break a record at dulles international airport at 78 degrees. the record was 76, previously set in 1978. temperatures cooling down slightly with 69 at reagan inter

in minnesota and north dakota, resident are expecting flooding from the red river.d to rise and crest this weekend. so far no reports of property damage as experienced in the area during last year's flooding. >>> anti-war protestors on the streets of the nation's capital on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of iraq. ramsey clark calling on the justice department to investigate those behind the launching of the war. we'll have another check on the top stories in about 15 minutes from now. >>> pope benedict addresses the latest sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. did his 18-page letter on alleged abuse by irish priests go far enough? >>> as the clock ticks toward a health care vote on capitol hill tomorrow, we understand the president of the united states has now left the white house. he's making the journey up to capitol hill where he will meet with democratic caucus to do any last-minute pep talking on this eve before the scheduled vote tomorrow. much more ahead on that. >>> meantime let's talk about pope benedict and the offering of his apology on the s

the river is expected to crest in fargo, north dakota and moor head, minnesota.is not expected to reach last year's record level. reynolds wolf joins us from moorhead. how are people coping? >> reporter: they're doing well. these are hearty people in minnesota and back in north dakota. they have dealt with this. they have had roughly four major floods in the past decade. this certainly has been a big one. remember, the major flood stage is right at 18 feet. we expect the flood waters to rise to 37.5 feet by late tonight into tomorrow. that just blows me away in terms of how high the water is going to be. it should not reach the record we had in 2009 going up to 40.8 feet. behind me, you can see the red river starts right here. at one point we were told by locals you look off -- not way back there, but you see the iron railway trestle and trees, that's where the water used to be the red river. it escaped its banks because the snow melted quickly. with this particular river that runs up to canada, empties into lake winnipeg, it is obviously swollen past the banks a

joining me now is north dakota senator kent conrad. he is the chairman of the senate budget committee. and, of course, is very involved in the process of selecting the director of the congressional budget office. kent, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. >> good to be with you. >> i wanted to give somebody in the congress an opportunity to speak to how professional the cbo is and just how they operate. are these 250 people that work in the cbo, are they political hacks? who are they? what are they? >> these are professionals. they're hired on a nonpartisan basis. they're very much respected by members of congress on both sides of the aisle. look, i disagree with them from time to time, but i respect their independence and their need to be independent. if we're going to have an objective scorekeeper -- let me just say this. it's fascinating that some republicans now are accusing the cbo of having a political bias when earlier this year the director of cbo, director elmandorf testified before my committee some of t

volunteers reached their goal of stacking 1 million sandbags to contain the fast rising river in north dakota and neighboring minnesota. thousands of students including firefighters and inmates all contributed to the massive sandbagging effort. officials expect the red river to crest about 38 feet, which threatens to swamp roads. federal officials have been working on plans for possible emergency rescues as well as preparing supplies for up to 20,000 evacuees should it be necessary. >>> now here's a look at other stories making the news today in america. this little guy has nine lives, but it's not a cat. this dog in new york was rescued from frigid lake erie twice in one day. the canine was stranded overnight on an ice floe that then began to break up. the rescue crews plucked the pooch by helicopter, but when they brought him back to shore, he just ran back out into the water. so they took the helicopter back out and saved him once again. >>> in texas families at a local beach got quite a square when a plane zipped directly over their heads. witnesses captured video and photos of the joyrid

because the north dakota banks serve the same function in north dakota and it is functionally the sames that agency. was given the same treatment that new jersey's agency would be or california's agency and so forth and in the manager's amendment, excuse me, yes, the manager's amendment, so the notion that there is special treatment coming back to that under the excise tax for collective bargaining workers is not accurate. islamic i would like to ask the gentleman if he can provide a copy of the manager's amendment. >> mr. sessions? i can answer that question. i can point that out if to yield to me. >> i'm looking at the bill, h.r. 4872. let me refer to to page 82 and 83, page 82 is where the subtitle begins provisions related to revenue. section 1401, high-cost plan excise tax. there you will see the reference, and essentially lines six and down through about 23 you will see the language that relates to the excise tax on the benefits. i believe that is already on the web site. >> you are in a reference to the manager's amendment. i would like to ask the gentlemen -- i'm sorry, ms. gra

the red river marks the border between north dakota and minnesota and separates the cities of fargo,innesota and moorhead, minnesota and reports of widespread damage. janice dean is in the extreme weather center tonight. when do the flood waters start to recede. do we know? >> yeah, slowly, but surely a decline, this is the red river of fargo. the graph we get from the national weather service, the crest 46.99 feet and as we go by sunday this should be at major flood stage, will be 30 feet. so excellent news across minnesota and also north dakota. >> shepard: yeah, snow in north mississippi, it snowed in oxford today, very weird. winter weather in parts of the country this weekend? >> yes, my friend. let's take a look at arkansas. this will be northwest arkansas in the town of rogers, as well as bentonville. snowplows can't keep up with the snow flurry activity. eight inches of snow here. >> shepard: wow. >> accidents along the interstate and shepard in fayetteville, arkansas, 13.5 inches of so, a record for them. >> shepard: okay. so hopefully over the next two days we'll have clear

right now in fargo, north dakota, and moorhead, minnesota, all they can do is watch and wait. reynolds wolf is there, a part of that watching and waiting right now. we talked about it's supposed to not crest at that record level, but even if we're talking about getting close to the record level, that's a lot. >> reporter: yeah, it is. i mean, you know, you were talking about feet, like a foot of snow that we might see in the central plains later on today. let's stay on that train. when it comes to feet, t.j., 18 feet, when the red river of the north gets up to 18 feet, that's major flood stage. we're possibly going to be 20 feet above that, probably a little shy, around 37.5. in speaking of feet, this area about a year ago we had water fully covering this from where i'm standing. the water was up to about year, right about to my waist. obviously it's not quite that high at this time and we do anticipate the river to come up just a little bit more during the late afternoon, overnight, and into tomorrow before spilling back. something else i want you to see, t.j. get a shot righ

the next call comes from ellen in north dakota. hello. caller: i would like to talk about global warming. a huge part of global warming is caused by the manufacturing and usage of plastics and plastic goods, which is everywhere around us. but around, there is tons of it. it is not biodegradable. it gives off noxious fumes when burned. the fumes go into the air. i urge everyone to please just use only the most very necessary plastics and give up the usage of unnecessary plastics. host: jacksonville, florida. independent line. caller: thank you for having me on the program. you have a lot of guests that, on the program to discuss these various issues, but in every single one of them if we examine the reality and fact of the matter, every area where we have a problem today is a direct result of government and the biggest problem that people do not realize is that we are united, we started based upon the basis of liberty. the government's is restricting our liberties, stopping us from doing what we want to do in an open society. for example,

. >> just 24 hours until the red river is expected to crest, along the north dakota-minnesota border,y leaders in fargo expressing optimism they can fend off rising floodwaters in the meantime, peter doocy is live in moorehead, minnesota, with more, peter. >> reporter: i am here in moorehead, minnesota, across the red river from fargo. and, the red river is supposed to have the banks, 2 football fields from where i am standing at a normal water level of 18 feet. and right now it is double that and is expected to still rise, will not crest will tomorrow, and you can see, where i am standing there is still snow, and that is good news for the people here, because, the colder the air is the longer it takes the floodwaters to rise up. and, all day the temperatures today have been below freezing and unfortunately, though, they will rise tomorrow which means the floodwaters are going to rise faster than they have and in the neighborhood they say this floodwaters from the red river will come up through the people as back yards and through their holes, up to the temporary dirt legislativy, tha

. >>> and north dakota, fargo's mayor says the champagne corks will be popping to celebrate the successful fight against red river flooding. the city has managed to escape major damage thanks in part to lessons learned from last year's record floods. barbara pinto reports. >> reporter: at fargo's first assembly church of god has a celebration. >> we need to give god thanks. we've been spared. >> reporter: neighbors thanked god and each other for keeping the swollen river at bay. >> it started looking like the flood was getting here earlier area than expected. >> reporter: thousands of volunteers helped save the family's homes, so did dry weather. tom and donna winters had to trade their car for a fishing boat. >> i think we're going to be in this for a week yet. so for us out here, it's not over. >> reporter: the flooding and the fear are receding, slowly. all of this water is straining dikes and levees so national guardsmen patrol around the clock. >> as long as the water is close to the bay, we'll be watching. >> reporter: they could be watching this high water all week while many here a

. >>> tonight people along the minnesota/north dakota border hope that the flooding from the red river will not be as bad as first expected. colder weather has slowed the rise of flood waters. the river is not expected to crest until tomorrow. from the r, from the ground as well, the barricades made from thousands of sandbags seem to be doing their job that the point. forecasters are projecting the river to crest at just under 36 feet. still ahead here tonight, passengers stranded when a ferry breaks down in the middle of the potomac and also a proposal to keep restaurants from adding tips to our bills without our permission. we'll tell you all about that. >>> and a local man trying to beat out thousands to win the marathon on his home turf. >>> and the high-wire stunt that just was not meant to be. justin, what you got buddy? >> oh, the forecast looking great tomorrow so if you missed the nice weather today you'll get your chance tomorrow but changes -- talking about cooler temperatures and some rain. hey, dan, what's the latest in sports? >> justin, you would never believe it. cinder

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. dorgan: mr. president, first of all, i am pleased with the work that the chairman and the ranking member of the commerce committee have done. i'm chairman of the aviation subcommittee and have worked closely with them to produce a piece of legislation that i think is bipartisan, is a very important and urgent piece of legislation that will strengthen this country's system of air travel. and i want to talk some about that today. a couple of things this legislation will do. i'm not going to repeat everything that my colleagues have said. but it will advance aviation safety, which i think is very, very important. it will accelerate modernization of the air traffic control system t.'s going to support -- it's going to support jobs by investing in aviation infrastructure. that is airports and runways and the kinds of things that accommodate our air travel system. it will ensure that rural communities in states like north dakota, my home state, have access to the nation's aviation system. so i'm very p

explain to me how the coast guard is involved in something in north dakota. >> anytime we have two statesnds up being a federal jurisdiction and we manage those waterways. >> okay, and one of the things you guys have been doing is going out and there have been some water rescues that had to be done. can you tell me about that? >> yes, we've gone to several places so far and pulled people out that that no longer want today stay in the flood fight. i goes they tired out and want today come in, we brought them in. >> are there people out in homes you know of. any farms potentially in harm's way that might need help still? >> absolutely, there are lots of folks out there. they want to maintain their place and they've built up berms and we've been taking a tally of them and we know where to go to, if it hits the fan, so to speak. >> and what kind of things in place, helicopters, boats and what tools in your arsenal to help with this. >> on scene two helicopters at our disposal that are coast guard helicopters. we have six, eight air boats between fish and wild life and coast guard and local wa

what i would like to see is something, we could do more experiments along the north dakota model where you could have state run things that compete. i don't want to hand big wads of money to the state run banks and tell them do whatever you feel like but the north dakota bank, that is not what they do. they compete and do so fairly successfully so i think you can explore those market niche is going on now. we already do that to some extent that the small business administration. so i think there are routes like that that could be pursued. we have to do it cautiously. but i think it can be more room for state banks that compete with the private sector and in fact give additional competition and keep them on this. if it turns out they can't do it, that is great. the private sector is more efficient, find that ilc-- >> host: amity shlaes. >> guest: the question you want to ask is this the state one bank make capital available to the person who will create the jobs and in india there was a long history of government in the financial sector and the capital was not available. they even have

and it doesn't make sense that in north dakota they're exempted from the law of the federal government taking over it. >> i yield an additional minute to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kings spon in georgia, they're not comfortable with this program. the health care bill does put tricare on the chopping block. they might be ok with the fig leaf amendment we passed today, but that's what happens when you ram something through. the $523 billion in medicare cuts. how does that affect the seniors? i think it's worth more than 72 hours to debate if this is such a great bill and it's going to last for such a long time, why not give it more time to debate. the impact of hiring 16,000 new i.r.s. agents, i don't think the democrats like the inch r.s. any more than me the republicans. we agree the i.r.s. is necessary, they do do a vital job but 16,000 new i.r.s. agents is all kinds of new powers to look into the businesses and households of america? that scares me. that's why we plead, let us have time. we don't need to do thi

. >> how about the one deal for one bank in north dakota. is that a special deal? >> i don't even know that you are talking about. >> the special loan from meroy's district where one bank would be allowed to continue? >> earl pomeroy was for the healthcare bill before anything was added with the student loan bill. we have an important bill here that is going to cut the budget deficit not by 138 billion but with the latest cbo score 143 billion and slow the growth rate of medicare and adds nine years of solvency to the medicare program and cover 32 million more americans. >> i don't want to go back to -- i want to ask you are there special deals or aren't there in this? >> there are special deals. this does not add to the col solvency of medicare. the cbo told us. read the letter dated march 19th from cbo. >> goes back to the question of double counting. aren't you using the medicare savings twice. expand the solvency but spending the money to pay for your healthcare reform. you can't do both. >> we are doing exactly whateverry -- >> answer my question, if you would

. >>> in north dakota the banks of the swollen red river are holding thanks in large pardon to lessons learned from last year's record flooding. barbara pinto reports from fargo. >> reporter: at fargo's first assembly of god church, a celebration. >> we need to give god thanks. we've been spared. >> reporter: the river crested a foot lower than officially feared. neighbors thanked god and each other for keeping the swollen river at bay. >> just started looking like the flood was getting here earlier than they expected. they were ready to hit it. >> reporter: thousands of volunteers stacking more than 1 million sandbags helped save this city's homes. so did dry weather. in rural parts of the county the water washed out roads. tom and donna had to trade their car for a fishing beet. >>. >> reporter: the flooding and the fear are receding. slowly. all of this water is straining dikes and levees. so national guardsmen patrol around the clock. >> as long as the water is close to the dikes, we'll be watching. >> reporter: they could be watching this high water all week, while many here are d

fargo, north dakota 25. and st. louis 41 degrees. so a nice cold shot coming.his is where our system is developing on that contrast of temperatures and it will be moving through our area tomorrow. in terms of our max hd futurecast, notice what we're seeing at 11:00. how nicely it's picking up that band of snow. what's going to happen for the morning rush hour? d.c. has some showers. in pennsylvania we may see that snow and a little bit of sleet mixing in in between the system. and by 1:00 noon, look at how we're seeing a little bit of even wet snow mixing in across our area. rain to our south and east. this is going to get out of here by 5:00 and possibly you'll see the sunshine before the day ends but it will certainly be chilly. saturday we're back to more sunshine staying chilly but check this out. sunday more rain is back in the picture. and it looks like it could get in here in the middle of the afternoon. so saturday is our dry day. the weekend definitely staying cool and sunday is the day to get those inside chores done. how much rain are we talking abou

volunteers in fargo, north dakota have filled one million sandbags and built dikes as they wait for theo overflow its banks. eight major rivers in the dakotas and iowa have reached flood levels. >>> and democratic leaders hope to get a final price tag on their revised health care reform legislation today. they hope to vote on the measure by this weekend, but are still working to get the votes. >>> pope benedict is speaking out about the latest accusations of sexual abuse by priests. cases in ireland and one that hits close to home. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: for the irish, the pope's st. patrick day greeting was not a happy one. instead, benedict xvi promised a letter responding to decades of child abuse by the catholic church. >> my hope is that it will help in the process of repentance, healing and renewal. >> reporter: but many who were victims of that abuse want more than a letter. not just victims in ireland wanted more from pope benedict. in the past weeks, new allegations have come from across europe and brazil to add to the scandals in ireland and the united states. the

we need to fund that to deal with the disasters existing today in north dakota, minnesota, new jersey, north carolina, but also the ones that we know are coming over the course of the next six or eight months. so the bill provides for fema funding, it provides for job training, and summer jobs, and madam speaker this bill that is before us is about saving lives, it's about dealing with disasters, we need to be prepared and that's the whole purpose. we can't have any more katrinas, we need to do our best to try to deal with those disasters we know are coming. with that, i urge a yes vote on the previous question and on the rule and i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. ms. foxx: madam speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a

this past summer we discovered a national park or park in western north dakota.osevelt had two ranches in north dakota. and later on he made them national parks. and they were the most beautiful parks i think i've ever seen. and i've seen a lot of national parks. but the ground was red and green. and it was just absolutely gorgeous. >> was that the badlands national park or the theodore roosevelt national park. >> yes. >> i failed to mention this. roosevelt, when he ran for president as an independent, the bull moose candidate in 1912, by the way to this day no third-party candidate has ever got as many votes as he did. he got 27% of the vote. that is in the 20th century and beyond. but while he was a candidate in the bull moose year of 1912 he was giving a speech and somebody shot him. and right in the chest. and he continued to give the speech for another 20 minutes. that bloody shirt -- when i was visiting the park you just mentioned, i saw it on display there. i don't know if you saw it. i was amazed on that. there's teddy roosevelt's bloody shirt. i mean, ag

. >>> in fargo, north dakota, all that sandbagging paid off. the red river crested yesterday at 19 feet above flood stage, but thanks to days of preparation, over a million sandbags were filled, there was no major damage and no evacuations, even though some homes were surrounded by water. last year record flooding damaged 100 homes. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," a rare volcano erupts in a land of ice and snow. >>> plus, pope benedict apologizes to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests, but is it enough? >>> first, katie couric has a review of tonight's krks evening news oig. >> a mystery in southern new jersey, the culprit's tools of choice, knitting needles and yarn. but it's what they're doing with them that will throw for you a loop. assignment america monday only on the "cbs evening news." hey! - increase in 6 months. - pete, back it up! ( marker squeaking ) when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with comfort suites. spacious rooms, free hi-speed internet, and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. now s

. >> now to fargo, north dakota. even though the red river did not do any serious damage when it crested yesterday the danger is not over. authorities are warning about potential environmental hazards that can linger even as the river recedes. >>> finally, a lesbian high school student in mississippi testified before a federal judge today. constance mcmillan told the judge that her free speech was denied when her school refused her, refused to allow her to bring her girlfriend to prom. school officials testified the ordeal was disruptive. both sides will present closing arguments this afternoon. >>> coming up, tiger woods says he's nervous about how fans will react to his return to golf. will the sports legend ever be able to move past his sex scandal? >>> plus, an oil spill that is good for the earth. what can greasy french fries do for your home? we will reveal this stunning innovation in how it could save you money. after this. time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. but with new zyrtec

north dakota isn't the only state worried.innesota is worried about rising waters and meteorologist domenica davis is at the fox weather center. >> at least we're not looking at wet weather this that area. as you mentioned, tomorrow will be the tell tale sign of what happened with the red river and it's forecast to crest at 38 feet on sunday. right now, it's currently at 36.6. so, fingers crossed tomorrow that they will see that a little bit lower than what they saw it yesterday. we do have some, a lot of weather, a cold front moving through the middle part of the country and severe weather to the south and plenty of snow moving through oklahoma and they just need five inches and looking at one of the snowiest winters on record. a line of severe thunderstorms though is moving off to the east and behind this front, some very cold temperatures. so we have beautiful conditions ahead of the front on the northeast and then behind it, you can see dallas, 38 where that front has moved through, memphis, 69 degrees. that's the latest f

the red river is already spilling over it's banks in fargo, north dakota.ected to crest on sunday. in des moines, iowa, residents are using boats to cross the roads. >> it seems like the red river floods every year. >> they get too much snow up there. >>> around here, just perfect weather. i don't have enough superlative said to describe it. >> drying out the snow. >> i have a little of snow in my yard. >> can you believe that? there are roads around us, too. >> the temperatures look great in the low 70s. lots of sunshine expected. now, let's go to yesterday's daytime highs. we were in the 70s for the most time since november the 16th. that is not bad. believe it or not, temperatures will be the same as yesterday. 46 right now in washington, d.c. you need a jacket like yesterday morning. the next couple f hours until we get the sun up, the temperatures on the cool side. put they will rebound quickly. all right. satellite-radar, watching the area of storminess, that brought us a little bit of cloud cover yesterday, but it is off of the coast slowly. to the w