when i think about jim, i first think of someone whose roots are also in northern minnesota, whose grandpa worked in the mines. i think about him, about how he fought hard to keep the mines open when times were tough, back when things were bleak and people were hurting. like my own grandpa, jim's dad was slovenian and he was proud of that, and jim's dad, like my own brand pa, was also an underground miner. they were part of a generation of immigrants that toiled hundreds of feet under ground day after day to mine the iron ore that built this nation and kept the world free in world war ii. it was a hard, hard life. long days and treacherous conditions. their families living in fear of that dreaded whistle that meant another miner had been injured or killed. jim knew that sound well because he lived through it. so when jim got to congress, he fought tirelessly to not only keep the mines open, but to protect the rights of the workers and to improve safety. during his first years in the house, jim pushed for legislation that created the mine safety and health administration. today, thanks to t

when i think about jim, i first think of someone whose roots are also in northern minnesota, whose grandpaorked in the mines. i think about him, about how he fought hard to keep the mines open when times were tough, back when things were bleak and people were hurting. like my own grandpa, jim's dad was slovenian and he was proud of that, and jim's dad, like my own brand pa, was also an underground miner. they were part of a generation of immigrants that toiled hundreds of feet under ground day after day to mine the iron ore that built this nation and kept the world free in world war ii. it was a hard, hard life. long days and treacherous conditions. their families living in fear of that dreaded whistle that meant another miner had been injured or killed. jim knew that sound well because he lived through it. so when jim got to congress, he fought tirelessly to not only keep the mines open, but to protect the rights of the workers and to improve safety. during his first years in the house, jim pushed for legislation that created the mine safety and health administration. today, thanks to the

it is finally warming up in duluth and in northern minnesota. it is no longer colder than mars and our ships are ready to go andra

across the is area they will have light rain and snow showers northern minnesota into the upper great lakes. the system not a big weather maker just a little unsettled. from nengs as to minnesota to wisconsin. >>> general motors trying to make good on the deadly recall with a new deal for you the consumer. >> gm is offering new prices for the families who had the faulty switches. several hundred owners have taken advantage of the deal which they are not advertising. they are giving you other discounts you can add to the employee pricing as well. manhattan and others can get google shopping express. they can order items from costco, staples, toys r' us and another expansion of this service is coming. >> fruit of the loom is using the naked cowboy for help. you can see him wearing the new undes with tapered legs so they don't ride up. you can score a free pair as well. sony the amazing spider-man 2 opened the weekend with a strong $92 million marking the start of hollywood's summer blockbuster season. no movie this summer will cost more than spider-man. production estimated at $400 mill

it protects jobs in northern minnesota. it prevents us from spending government dollars to manage carp if it invades northern minnesota waters. i want to thank the members of the minnesota delegation to make sure the language was passed. i'd also like to thank a staff member, ann christensen. you were tireless. you never gave up. i'm grateful to you. and i'll yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman from pennsylvania continue to reserve? mr. shuster: i continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: how much time do i have left, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: one minute. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i assume the chairman has the right to close, is that right? the speaker pro tempore: that's correct. mr. rahall: then i yield myself the balance of my time. mr. speaker, this is a good bill. there are a number of highlights that have been mentioned during the course of this debate. the important on

and, for example, how a priest, an indian national who had abused children in a diocese in northern minnesota and he is still facing extradition and has not returned to face the charges in minnesota. church officials have been assisting him in his role as a fugitive and not insisting that he returned to face the charges. >> barbara, what do you recommend as a survivor yourself? deal, parents and kids who go to church, to protect themselves? >> it is important that parents remain vigilant. in so many situations, nobody wants to believe that someone that we revere and respect, someone who is close to god, would actually sexually violate someone. by all means, most priests do not do this, but an alarming , arch -- church officials bishop tomasi admitted about four percent. the statistics coming out from the u.s. conference of bishops would indicate that it is probably a little over five percent. still, it is important that they remain vigilant. i think it is really important that pope francis stop having all of these lofty words, setting up a commission to study. we do not need studies. everyone

track this wet weather throughout the day you have to keep an eye out across central and northern portions o minnesota and wisconsin. we could see two to three inches in those localized areas and that could cause flooding. keep that in mind. damaging winds and large hail will be a good bet and a few isolated tornadoes can't be ruled out. so pretty active weather. we've been watching this flare-up of storms around new orleans throughout the morning. it's still raining there. keep in mind many areas have dealt with from two and a half to six inches of rainfall within the last few days. and now additional one to two inch rains could increase that flash flooding threat. a number of areas along the gulf coast as well as biloxi, watch out for that in low lying areas. in the tropics, it's quiet in the atlantic now but hurricane season starts tomorrow and we'll watch this area of weather off to the west of guatemala. >> thanks. i think we can all agree finding money on the ground is great. and it's even better when someone tells you where to look. tweeting the lotions of up to $1,000 a day in hidden bills. he

it is finally warming up in duluth and in northern minnesota. it is no longer colder than mars and our ships are ready to go and transport goods and we want them to be at their full capacity, and the only way we achieve this is by dredging some of these areas where we've seen some major problems. the bill also makes critical reforms to our nation's rivers and waterways. the inland waterway system in this country spans 38 states and handles approximately one half of all inland waterway freight. with many maintenance and construction projects years overdue, the inland waterways are in dire need of major rehabilitation. the inland waterways trust fund which funds these projects is in steady decline and if we don't strengthen it, the industries that so heavily depend on the inland water system and the people that work for these industries critical jobs will suffer. that is why i cosponsored the river act with senators casey and landrieu to help move forward major instruction -- construction projects on the inland waterway system including locks and

thunderstorms extracting all the way over towards new york city but its southern portions of another minnesota northern iowa where the high use the rocks of the wall tornadoes a large field of i seventy years in diameter it even up to mama hundred and ten km province could occur from all souls farther down the towards south zone texas oklahoma awarded be surprised if you see any reports of some damaging weather there as well as the system does continue the roll off therefore ceased out ahead of it. actually looking at some pretty steamy weather caitlin atlanta thirty one there for your height all fours washed in dc at twenty seven miami at thirty two in chicago and twenty eight bought by friday morning. chicago year to be seen alone the single digits once that front. does push by off therefore ceased to wire wrap things up here in europe we are continuing to watch a little actually push across the western portions of the year for the sins of the british isles the low countries is hearing the satellite picture some fairly windy conditions on here. also some pretty rough weather if you are over tours muc

the storms extended all the way to the northern plains. in minnesota, several tornadoes touched down. one of them ripped the roof off a home. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston. he is tracking the latest. eric. >> reporter: jeff, another night on the storm watch. we have some of the strongest storms into sound indiana to the ohio river and kentucky, and big thunderstorms popping up in southeastern and south texas this evening. we have a severe thunderstorm watch, and another severe thunderstorm watch is down into south texas, including corpus christie and brownsville. large hail, damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, the main threats as we head through this evening. another more powerful storm system reloads and works its way across the west this weekend. big weekend, mother's day plans, lots of folks heading outside. this produces a foot of snow in the mountains of the rockies and severe weather firing as some of that energy leaves the mountains and heads out into the plains. sunday a day to stay very weather aware. in

the radar is getting some returns in southern minnesota and northern iowa.ng right with the upper level steering winds. here's how this will play out. 3:00 this afternoon not a problem and the world for us. by evening thunderstorms and sharks could start erupting in the northern counties. they will settle south and to chicago. these look rather unimpressive. the dynamics are there to get some pretty active storage. not everybody may see them. they will be in the area and we will have to watch carefully. some areas may get an inch and three- quarters of rain. here's what is driving it all. the warm air coming up from the gulf of mexico. here's a broad view of temperatures that will go into the '90s again as they did yesterday. near 100 out in kansas. that area is in terrible drought. the soil and it is that drive the air heats up like a furnace. we were up 13 degrees from where we were yesterday. 23 degrees warmer. there has been a big change. this moving depiction of a lump shows how the warm air comes in here. the stand friday we will get lake breezes. we c

northern plains. this was to the north. southern minnesota, portions of iowa. seven tornadoes, none of those big, huge and strong. no fatalities, no injuries. today we'll still have a chance of strong storms in the middle of the country, i get it, do not think we'll see a lot of tornados with that. the rain just won't turn off. someone needs to shut the faucet in the northwest. a wet spring. one of the weste eswettest we h seen. it continues to rain at this hour. we're getting some shadowing effects. we're getting more rain, the higher elevations, the mountains, and getting some blockage there in areas of seattle right now drying it out. idaho soaked too. for your friday forecast, we still have the lingering storm system and an shore flow. the storm is sitting over the top of us. that's how we have the chance for more downpour even aand a r of thunder or two. >>> so much of the west will remain kind of cool and bring you your mother's day forecast shortly. >> looking forward to that. thank you, bill. >>> a new poll lists america's most admired first ladies. and

north where we have rain a little bit heavier here across the dakotas and in central and northern areas of minnesota. hear very slow go as that warm moist airflow will continue throughout the day helping to give fuel to some of the storms that will be developing in advance of a frontal boundary. we are going to be dealing with this front kind of stalling out. so not a lot of movement. so this entire area across the dakotas into minnesota and western great lakes will be an area of concern, really over the next 48 hours. we will be watching it very closely mainly dealing with the threat of large hail as well as damaging wins but we also can't rule out a few isolated tornados. >> ebony dion thank you very much. we will see you soon. police may have had an opportunity to stop last week's deadly rampage, according to new reports that say they never checked to see if the killer had guns. and this may look like fun and games, but this dance party is about a serious issue. why it's bringing cops and kids together. >> this is just happening. these people are just going through and. >> a man's house is raided

northern plains. late today, a tornado was confirmed in st. james, minnesota. that system brought thunderstorms to dallas and three inches of rain. five children had to be rescued from a creek. in colorado, the storms triggered tornadoes and hail two inches deep. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. he is tracking these storms tonight. eric. >> jeff, good evening. quite a few storms on the map. farther north than we've been dealing with so far this spring, from minnesota reaching down to kansas, the most pressing right now, a confirmed tornado moving to the minneapolis area. certainly dealing with the threat of tornadoes, very large hail in all of these storms and also some very damaging gusty winds. we have tornado watches in yellow here, a whole line of watches from minnesota down into kansas. and in the dallas area, we had significant flooding, flash flooding, gusty wind, even unconfirmed reports of a tornado that moved through the dallas- fort worth area. a big line of storms about 1,000 miles long. we're talking around the twin cit

tomorrow, talking about another area that hasn't seen any yet, so minnesota, iowa, back toward nebraska, into northernt's one area. and another one back into our oklahoma, all the way arkansas and missouri here. two separate areas tomorrow. now we're not talking about the same type of tornadoes that we had last week. but still, you have to be on guard even if there's only a half dozen tornadoes, it doesn't matter if one is near you, wolf. absolutely right. we'll check back with you, youbsly, throughout the day. also following the case of an fbi agent in jail right now in pakistan, possibly facing very serious legal trouble over what many believe was simply an honest mistake. our justice correspondent pamela brown is here in "the situation room." tell us about the case. >> wolf, u.s. government sources that we're talking with say the fbi agent was in pakistan with permission from the government there to work on a task force combatting public corruption. they tell us the agent did not have a gun on him when he boarded a domestic flight in pakistan but he did forget about ammunition he had in his bag and

northern suburbs. tomorrow much warmer. >> i promise to hold this up. this is quite a weekend. >> you know what is interesting. the school has a wonderful collaboration with mayo clinic university of minnesotathe sense apartment who were showing me project that we work on. some of these are brilliant. they're brilliant students. they're promoting science education which is why i was involved over the weekend. thanks to everyone for a lovely weekend. it was really nice. i did not expect that. it was nice. >> sikh yes.the group to eventually be called the boys clubs of america was organized. well as its original nam the afternoon everyone. 2014. wishing you the very best of luck. let's give started.let's get started >> 1-0-8 here we go with fireball. it is 1. that makes winning pick3 numbers 1-0-8 fireball 1 time for the pick4 games. today is the perfect day to put a little skip in your step. a ski hop and jump from your lottery ticket agent. >> >>time for lucky day lotto. >>be sure to pick up a mega millions ticket. >>have a glorious ticket. >>have a glorious afternoon.fow take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day men's 50+. a complete multivitamin with 7 antioxid

northern rockies and plains in the next several days. other areas getting severe storms. there is a funnel cloud in the distance there spotted in southern minnesota yesterday. no reports of injuries. a tornado later touched down nor by this area. residents are cleaning up here an hour south of minneapolis. it also caused flooding. it was bad. i mean people were worried and running for cover. >> it is dented over here and shattered the passenger side window. >> i should have stayed home. >> i saw the trampoline lift and slip over the fence and i couldn't believe my eyes. >> i just thought it was a dream. i pinched myself and i was just freaking out. >> and texas also getting hit by severe storms and strong winds tearing apart the mobile homes. no immediate parts of injuries and the weather is temperamental and rick is here and will have other words that fit. >> the trampoline is the first to go and lift it up almost every time. and great news no injuries yesterday. and it is the peak of severe weather season and we are in the middle of it and we have to keep you safe. >> this is severe weather yesterday and moves to the east. and then we have the

minnesota. the broad picture, southern half of the country dry. it's this northern tier in the mountain regions, that we're seeing more of that. we saw impressive video, colorado, nebraska area, could see strong storms as well as south of the great lakes region. this morning, we're just dealing with areas of heavy rain so far, though. >> a romantic drama playing out to know a bridge in paris. for years, couples have left locks on the bridges as a symbol of their love. it's become a major tourist attraction, but a sign reports some locals don't love the idea anymore. ♪ >> the sunny spring day in the city of love. the bridge straining under the weight of loving couples and padlocks. up close, the names of those happy to be locked in love. the idea has traveled far and wide. they come from all four corners to express their love in metal. even those no longer in the spring time of youth, like brian and audrey, old enough to know better, surely. >> it really is lovely, great idea. >> i think it's a very romantic idea, really and i thought paris was the place for romance.

northern lights. this is right along the minnesota-north dakota border. just gorgeous.hey had perfect conditions for it last night, obviously a time lapse, but that is spectacular stuff. let's show you what we've got as far as your week ahead. below normal temperatures through the northeast. out west as well. midsection of the country has been telling it well above normal. as we get into the midweek period, we're looking at a risk of strong storms from the plains all the way down into texas. below normal out west. may even see some snow. above normal moving its way into the east coast. more wet weather along the ohio river valley and some sno >>> 7:39. happy monday to you. happy cinco de mayo. i'm meteorologist christina loren. overcast conditions and maybe a few showers as we get into this afternoon. temperatures cool, as well. 64 degrees in san francisco and just the upper 60s for your inland valleys today and as we head throughout this afternoon, shower chance arrives mostly to the higher elevations between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. getting into tomorrow, a gray start

minnesota for bringing this important bill to the house floor. i live in fort bend county, texas. interstate 10 runs through the northern part of fort bend county. according to the department of justice, yoimbings -- i-10 in houston is the most trafficked jurisdiction in america, end quotes. in march, a sex trade ring was broken up in houston. 15 women from latin america were in a tiny house with 9 men wearing only their underwear and they were arrested. the women's trip to america, first one became the trip to hell. and american girls are being tricked into lives as sex slaves. girls like holly smith whose picture is to my left. holly's home life was not good. she worried about starting high school. she was depressed. he met a man at the local mall named greg. greg knew just what holly needed. , convinced her to run away to the car to a pimp of children. she was just 14. within hours she was being raped by a man ho said that she looked like his granddaughter. holly escaped her captors by telling a police officer that she was a hooker so he would take away from greg. that admission brought her more pain. she was handcuf

once the day heats up and then across the northern plains, that's the other problem area from parts of west kansas all the way up through minnesota storms this afternoon will be a little bit severe as well. all right, guys, send it back to you inside. >> thanks a million, rick. well, is afghanistan ready to go it alone without american troops there to keep that country from falling apart? a former cia officer who served there says the president's draw down could be our next nightmare here in america. >> then we have all seen and heard, made with real fruit. is that really the case. we are revealing the food label lies. >> these fruit rollups aren't real fruit? i'm randy and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years. but i needed help in quitting smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you

northern plains as we head into the afternoon. a lot of moisture plowing into that. the areas we're watching into parts of montana and another area here in parts of minnesota, those are spots where we could see strong to severe spots. in the orange, generalized thunderstorms. tore con today, our measure of the tornado possibility, 3 out of 10. and southwest, parts of south dakota, 3 out of 10 as well. not super high. maybe a brief spin of a tornado a possibility. more severe weather as we head into tomorrow. again, in through nebraska, one of the hot spots, in through south dakota. a little more spin in the atmosphere tomorrow. southern south dakota is a 3 out of 10 on your torcon. one more thing to think about, the tropics. obviously, the start of hurricane season in the atlantic starts tomorrow. we're looking at the possibility of some development here, which could lead to a low in the gulf of mexico by next week. this is far from a lock yet. but one of the american computer models has been very consistent, advertising something in the go gulf next week. >>> why the chapter on the embassy attack was released ahead of her new book. there's no such thing as a free lu

northern tier of the country, more moisture in the northwest. honing in on this. it is chill thy morning, in the 30s, a little bit of rain in places like minnesota will be cold as we head toward the south where the frontal boundary is stationary or becoming stationary and really bringing a lot of rain. this will shift into centra florida over the next couple of days. the rain isn't here into the northwest yet, but these are actually rav large warnings because we got the heavy snow last week. some will be in the 70s today. >> that's going to make that snow out there a little unstable for today, kind of interesting to be seeing that this time of year. >> lions and tigers and bears, avalanches now. thanks. >>> the leader of brunai has introduced sharia law. the sultan of the southeast asian country made the announcement on thursday sparking condemnation from international human rights groups. it's also led to several celebrities boycotting the beverly hills hotel which the sultan owns, an lbgt conference was scheduled to take place there. it was cancelled oafter the announcement. joining us to discuss these laws as well as reaction is ti tig kumar.