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the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, i rise to praise my colleague from rhode island for producing this amendment. i look forward to seeing it filed. i certainly am honored to be able to cosponsor it. i thought i would share with him a story that goes back to my days as a member of the oregon legislature. when i came into the oregon legislature, i had a lot of folks in my house district saying wouldn't you do something about payday lending and other high interest lending? how is it possibly reasonable to have payday loans, which are secured by the next paycheck at over 500% interest, and how is it reasonable or fair that i'm being lent money through my credit card at 25% or 30% when the interest i'm earning is just 1% or 2%? and i had no good answer for why it was fair, because it wasn't fair. it wasn't right. and so i proceeded to start working on this issue. and when i went down to legal counsel, they advised me, well, representative merkley, it works like this: you can at the state level appl

in oregon. -- astoria in oregon. staffed by 325 coast guard members, it oversees an area of responsibility that covers 140 miles of coastline in oregon and washington. in an average year the group has responded to more than 800 search and rescue calls. since 2003 group astoria has saved more than 500 lives and assisted more than 10,000 individuals in distress. group astoria also supports the maintenance of 470 aids to navigation and over the last seven years the group has conducted more than 1,200 missions to ensure that fishing vessels working in the area of responsibility are in compliance with commercial fishing laws. later this year group astoria will gain additional responsibilities and will be renamed sector columbia river. the title group astoria will become an historical name. in advance of these planned transitions, h.res. 1062 recognizes group astoria for its service to the pacific northwest and honors the members of the coast guard who have served as group astoria's -- served group as

the ravens selected oregon tight end ed dick son. the ravens have four more selections today. >>> don't forget the orioles, the road trip in boston continues this weekend. you can see the next two games here on wjz 13. tonight starting at 7:00 and tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. it's unfortunate, the dye hards are still there. orioles just starting. it's unfortunate that some fans are four games into the baseball season thinking about the football season. >> stick with the orioles no matter what if you're a fan. >> don't jump ship. >> good thing they're not playing today, the weather might not be so good. boston a better chance of having a dryer day. rain is moving in that direction. so they may get a dry game in today, but if they were here, you're right probably the afternoon game would be a little damp. take a look outside we'll give you an idea of what's going on. we see sun on the horizon. you see blue sky out there. the clouds will be thicken as we move into the afternoon. winds coming in from the west and northwest going to usher

>> oregon. >> larry: oregon. why oregon?hey're fun to watch. and you like green. >> yeah. >> larry: and the nickname, the ducks. >> quack quack. >> larry: you could be in the stands going quack quack. are you going to tour europe? >> yeah, definitely. i'm going in may, a little bit of june i'll be out there in europe. >> larry: going to do another reality show? >> might do a reality show on him. he wants to be a model. so i'm going to have to see -- >> larry: oh, you want to be a model, too? clothing model? >> mm-hmm. >> larry: you got a girlfriend yet? >> no. >> larry: what do you mean uh, no? uh implies -- >> get him, larry. >> larry: it don't imply no when you say uh. >> no. >> larry: you want to do stand-up comedy? >> me? >> larry: no, you. >> i'm going on a tour with mike epps. we've got a tour called "imagine that." >> larry: why is corde laughing at that? >> because he know i'm funny. that's one thing i am. i'm very funny. >> larry: was it tough when he was living apart from mom? >> yes. >> larry: and you're glad they

more with the author and first brother and oregon state coach craig robinson after this. what did we make better ? communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together... information. ... people ... ... machines ... ... systems ... ideas... verizon helps businesses worldwide... including fortune 500 companies... find and achieve... better. better. better. better. >> i can't tell you how much it means to have craig and my mom here tonight. like craig, i can feel my dad looking down on us, just as i've felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life. and at 6'6", i've often felt like craig was looking down on me too, literally. but the truth is both when we were kids and today, craig wasn't looking down on me. he was watching over me. >> larry: i've interviewed your sister about three or four times. she is quite a lady. but did you look at -- was there a moment in the campaign when you looked at barack obama and said i think he is going to win? >> well, larry, i'm -- i'm a basketball coach. so i would never have said that until he actually w

michelle obama's older brother, men's basketball coach of the oregon state beavers, author of the new book "a game of character." a family journey from chicago's south side to the ivy league and beyond. craig was introduced to the world in a sense on the night of august 25th, 2008. that's when he got the chance to introduce his sister michelle at the democratic national convention. here is a little of that. >> please join me in welcoming an impassioned public servant, a loving daughter, wife, and mother, my little sister and our nation's next first lady, michelle obama! >> larry: what was that like for you, craig? >> spectacular, larry. i just -- i can't even put it in words hardly still. it was such an honor to be a part of that and be able to introduce my sister. it was a great honor. >> larry: i understand that you wanted oprah to do it, is that right? >> well, here is what i thought when they asked me. i thought they were joking. you know, just trying to keep it the campaign live. but they were serious. and i said do you really want a basketball coach to stand there in front of al

he's in eugene, oregon, because tonight conan o'brien's tour starts.t frif being funny on television tour. the first time he's ever done standup in theaters. lynette rice is with entertainment weekly and lauren sanchez is with "extra". what about his lead in, lauren. his lead in is what on tbs? >> "family guy." it's the perfect lead in. it's a half hour. it's a perfect lead in for conan o'brien. i believe it's a half hour. it's that younger audience. it's comedy. it's funny. i mean it's a perfect lead for him. it has a huge audience. and another big thing about conan going to, as he said, basic cable, "extra" learned that his budget for the show is going to be the same as it was at nbc. so that is pretty good. that's pretty good for basic cable. not so bad. >> larry: what about where he's going to do the show from, lynette? >> they're saying he'll be in l.a. he'll be able to retain that staff he had before. the key is where. i mean there's a suite opening back at the universal lot where he shot the last show. >> larry: could rent from nbc. >> that woul

>> portland, oregon. what time is it there?y: our time here. >> hello, this is paul. >> paul, this is michael moore. you're live on the "larry king". >> larry: why you laughing? that's not funny. it's a serious show. >> that was a laugh of joy. >> it was. >> you are the winner. you found the $100 penalty. >> well, thank you. >> and i just explained the first part of it. so tell them exactly after you. >> larry: did you did you find it. >> where did you finally find it? >> well, i am segregated from the television. so i didn't see your explanation. but what i found was that the $100 fine is not actually in the health care reform bill. in fact, what the health care reform bill does is to modify some existing code, u.s. code 42. and there is a very obscure amendment in the hcr bill. >> i read all those subparts. >> okay. so it just -- i had to go look -- first, i had to find code 42. and then i had to look in there to find where there were penalties like that. >> larry: and the penalty is $100 a day? >> that's correct. >> you can

he's in eugene, oregon, because tonight conan o'brien's tour starts.tled "legally prohibited from being funny on television tour." kicks off tonight. first time conan's ever done standup in theaters. lynnette rice is senior writer with "entertainment weekly," and lauren sanchez is correspondent for "extra." okay what about his lead-in, lauren? his lead-in is what on tbs? what is tbs saying. >> "family guy" it's the perfect lead-in. >> larry: an hour show? >> yeah it's a half hour. it's the perfect lead-in for conan. i believe it's a hamphour ihope it is. because it's that younger audience. it's comedy. it's funny. i mean it's a perfect lead-in for him. >> larry: a great audience? >> yeah a huge audience and another big thing for conan going to, as he said basic cable, "extra" has learned his budget for the show is the same as it was at nbc. so that's -- >> larry: conan has money. >> yeah that's pretty good for basic cable. not so bad. >> larry: what about where he's going to do the show from, lynnette? >> right now they're saying he'll number l.a. so h

desconoce el motivo del criminal acto >>> el crimen que cometió una reina de belleza con su novio en oregon veamos guadalupe quinteros y su pareja christopher están en la mira de la justicia tras año de a bus a acabaron con la vida de una inocente de 5 años que era la hijo de él los que conviven con la pareja no salen de su asombro. >>> me pongo a pensar si mi hermana estuviera en su lugar, me siento feo, muy mal triste es triste es un niño, una niña >>> ambos, se afrenta cargos por asesinato y el maltrato con consecuencia fatales ha sido calificado como el peor en 20 años >>> sin embargo, uno de sus vecinos, dijo des conocer la pesadilla que vivió la inocente. >>> nunca supe nada de eso buenos días hasta ahí ella habla español hola y buenos días, hasta ahí. nada más >> otros, que han preferido no ser identificado, revelaron a medios de comunicación que la niña está tan frágil que incluso tenía que ser alí mentada por tubos >>> sospechosos presos y sus hijo nuestros de 3 añoss y once meses están bajo custodia de autoridades gracias barbara en la mira de la justicia, una maestra que trató de

>> oregon. >> larry: why oregon? >> because everybody goes to usc. >> look at him.europe? >> yeah, definitely, i'm going in may -- a little bit of june i'll be out in europe. >> larry: are you going to do another reality show? >> might do be a reality show on him. he wants to be a model, so i will see what i can get. >> larry: you want to be a model, a clothing model? >> yes. >> larry: you have a girlfriend yet? >> ugh, no. >> larry: what do you mean ugh -- that implies other than no. it does not imply no -- >> no. >> larry: do you want to do standup comedy? >> me? >> yeah, you. >> i am going on the tour with mike epps, and we got a tour called imagine that. >> larry: why is he laughing? >> because he knows i am funny. that's one thing i am, i am very funny. >> larry: was it tough when he was living apart from mom? >> yes. >> larry: are you glad they're back together? >> yes >> larry: are you close to your mother? >> yes. >> larry: has to be to put up with -- >> perfect. >> larry: perfect to put up with -- >> snoop. >> larry: do you call him snoop or dad? >> coach s

>> well, i examine my own conscience with the help of media and lawyers in oregon and california. so i could... i could honestly say that i could have done some things better than i did. >> warner: now the pope himself has also been criticized for the way he handled cases as archbishop in munich and as cardinal ratzinger when he had your job. is he going to address those himself? explain whatever he did or didn't do and accept responsibility? publicly? >> well, i can't speak for him. but i mean in my analysis of those two instances that you bring up, i think his case in munich does not strike me as unusual behavior for a bishop in those circumstances. to let whoever is in charge of that particular work and office in the archdiocese to make the decisions about a particular priest. i think that was the case in munich. with regard to the work of the pope here at the congregation, those criticisms i think were basically unfair criticisms. these were cases that went back 20 and 30 years before. they were not dealing with children in harm's way at the time. i don't think that there was.

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. wide wye first, let me -- mr. wyden: first, let me tell the senator from iowa how much i have enjoyed working with him on this. we have, as incredible as it sounds, a 10-year campaign to try to end secrecy in the senate. just so that people know a little bit about it -- because i always think when people hear about a hold in the united states senate, they probably think it's a hair spray or a wrestling move or something like that. senator grassley, isn't it correct that a hold, the ability to block a nomination or a piece of legislation is one of the most powerful tools that a member of the united states senate has today to influence policy? mr. grassley: mr. president, senator wyden is absolutely right. it is a very powerful tool. mr. wyden: and with respect to transparency, what i think you and i have focused on all these years -- i mean people say, you're trying to abolish the hold. and i think you and i have said, look, we believe senators ought to have a right to weigh in on something important, but at a time

. >> guest: mark lives in hood river, oregon. he's a -- a nurse, a nurse practitioner, works at la clinica in hood river, oregon. and david is in graduate school at the university of davis and works at the point reyes national seashore in point reyes, california. c-span: bill press, we're out of time. this is what the cover of the book looks like. it's called "spin this!" bill press of "crossfire," cnn, thank you for joining us. >> guest: great to be here, brian. thank you. .. website to complete the survey for the session and the festival and please everyone turn off your cell phones at this time. it's an extreme honor for me to introduce a "new york times" produce a "new york times" best selling author and one of america's true heroes. general anthony is any. general zinni served in the core in vietnam where he was severely wounded as well as operations and philippines, turkey, somalia, kenya, iraq and the persian gulf. he has received 23 military service awards including the defense distinguished service medal with zero cleave

he was the oregon teacher behind the tea party movement. he has been placed on leave while the district investigates whether he used schooltime and computers. why do these guys have goatees? he started the group to get people to discredit the tea parties by attending rallies dressed as hitler and carrying signs of bigotry. but now they don't want levin fired. instead they want to make it a teachable moment. if he undergoes anger management and sensitivity classes he is safe. we tried to catch up with him at a concert. >> the man truly is drowning his sorrows. >> here is the thing that i kind of -- let's take the second story. >> i like how they use the whole lefty talk. it is the anger management and the sensitivity training against him. it is usually the other way around. >> i think that he really -- you know, he's an educator. he is around middle school students. anyone who is this aggressive and talking about dressing up like hitler, he should not be teaching the nation's children. >> you think he should be fired? >> i think -- i can't s

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coming around to store is oregon seoulless.ding to third base is pugh dammit an rbi single for ratterree. it's not how hard you hit it most often where you hit it. and in this case off the end of the bat. it was almost like a queue ball. >> steve: it's where you place that 18 hopper. >> matt: killed a lot of worms with that one. it's 5-0. >> steve: tough break for hammack there. made a great pitch. >> matt: that's about -- >> steve: creel did all he could do. >> matt: hammack wanted to throw his glove at it. stop it. that was the -- here's rendon. 1-2 in this ball game. brought in a home. >> steve: he could be 8-0. >> matt: basically in this game. nine hits right now for the rice owls. rice has despite the fact a .295 batting average. they have been a good running score team. they scored 171 runs. fourth best in the conference. they were third in home runs. they have been able to come up with timely hits. but at 14-12 and 1-2 in the conference usa not in the play where rice owl fans have grown accustomed to watching their team.

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oregon. mr. schrader: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today because it is no secret to any member of the house the united states faces a looming budget crisis. to address this crisis and bring our deficits under control, we must consider all options. today we work on our work, reining in the spending on defense contracts. the amendment i'm offering today will control small portion -- a small portion of this spending and ensure necessary transparencies are in place within the defense industrial relationship. my amendment addresses the department of defense's use on contracts for personal services to hire senior mentors. the current use of contracts for senior mentor personal services circumvents necessary transparency protocols the rest of the department has. the defense department has no uniform policy on the use of the senior mentor contracts which vary among the services. we do not know and the public does not know how many of these contracts are awarde

. ♪ >> i'm a 13-year-old living in a city known as bend, located in oregon's high desert. live in a neighborhood that most would consider to be an average american neighborhood. three years ago when a house in my neighborhood was for sale there would be so many buyers that the house would sell for well over the asking price. people would literally fight to buy the house in my neighborhood. today the same houses sit empty. foreclosure notices, rental signs, and for sale signs have replaced yard decorations. when i moved here seven years ago, my neighborhood was the best place in town for holidays. at christmas almost every house was lit up, making it a magical place. now you're lucky to see one house per street with christmas lights or even a christmas tree in the window. it was also the best place to be for halloween. the people all over bend would bring their kids here by the truckload. my mom would easily go through five industrial he will-sized bags of candy and still have kids knocking. this year we barely got through one regular-sized bag. my neighborhood used to be f

we looked at florida and oregon, and they are very different. is there a way we can try to level that out and it would save a lot of money without compromising quality of care? more care is not necessarily better care. that is where this gets really hard. what is the right amount of care? host: west virginia, republican. caller: i would like to ask, why is obama trying to sell this health care plan? i cannot understand why he sells this program when the party owns it? thank you. guest: i think he is asking what are they trying to sell right now? the democrats are hoping that this legislation will give them a boost in november when not be a real drag on them and cause them to lose office and seats in the house or the senate. public opinion has been very divided on this legislation. they hope it will swing in their direction when people get these details. it will prove more costly than the cbo as estimated over time. it may

that's a big problem for seniors in oregon.on has had one of the highest penetration rates in the united states of seniors who wanted medicare advantage. and signed up for it. it was out in ontario, oregon, not long ago an the seniors there raised their hands and said why are they taking away the medicare advantage i have? we now know under this independent evaluation half will lose that care, 38,000 seniors in my district alone. we need to repeal and replace this law that was jammed through this congress, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. baca: yesterday, i urged all americans to boycott the state of arizona until this law is appealed. this law is unjust. it will only lead to the increase of racial profiling and hate crimes in the state, especially towa

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i grew up in portland, oregon and have lived in lots of places. i was to undergraduate school in fort collins, colorado democrats going to birkenau lived in new york are at a moved around a lot. >> why biology class what interested you about biology class >> is actually free to the vast countryside is one of those kids was completely obsessed with the most time i was five i was going to be a veterinarian. so i was attack about that is as good as he you do for you if you are is that he is a good or if you have is that it is as good as he is to live in a universe with her. a lot of that has to do is because henrietta has

i grew up in portland, oregon and have lived in lots of places. i was to undergraduate school in fort collins, colorado democrats going to birkenau lived in new york are at a moved around a lot. >> why biology class what interested you about biology class >> is actually free to the vast countryside is one of those kids was completely obsessed with the most time i was five i was going to be a veterinarian. so i was attack about that is as good as he you do for you if you are is that he is a good or if you have is that it is as good as he is to live in a universe with her. a lot of that has to do is because henrietta has on. 's constant presence in my life. >> rebecca skloot is the author, have is a good to read the rest of the anthropology the university of wisconsin in madison and she has written another book. this one is sensitive. professors have heard the term kamikaze come from? >> it originate when the mongols is to invade japan and they were going to rid the land in kyushu and that's pumping. and all their ships are all returned. japan has s

took all of the polling data because, because i would think the part of the country, if you are in oregon or california and you might find college football would be close to the center line between democrats and republicans but -- the next poll, i would like you to see a short two-page intelligence quotient because i long had a theory that democrats are generally much smarter than republican. if i look at this poll right here, bull riding, nascar, except for college football or above is, those are sports predominately all white people. i am wondering whether -- when we would have a black nascar driver. we have a spanish-american war a mexican-american nascar driver, and the black guy that does prognosticating. host: is this a white, male type republican thing? that we are seeing? guest: yes, there is a white male republican thing going on but on a cnn a couple of nights ago we were talking about the chart and james carville was on the show and he picked out nascar and pro bull riding as one of his favorite sports. he is a democrat. we are just looking at tendencies. not saying all fans of

and, finally, one oregon man who's just been told he has months to live is selling advertising space on his urn. the man says he hopes to raise 800 dollars to help his wife pay for his cremation. well, one friend, a restaurant owner, has already paid $100 for an ad, which the dying man plans to hand paint himself. >>> well, sid the kid comes up big for the pens, the celtics square off again with the heat, and last inning heroics in baseball. >>> plus, can kobe lead the lakers to silence the thunder? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we can only hope the april showers will bring beautiful may showers in the mid-atlantic because rain is in your forecast today. your regional forecast is coming right up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, even without their big man, kevin garnett, the boston celtics easily managed to beat the heat in game two of their nba match-up. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. on paper, the miami heat had an ad

the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. blumenauer: i thank the chairman for his courtesy and keeping me in his thoughts. i rise in strong support of this outstanding piece of legislation. the national estuaries program has been funding work around the country for 20 years to monitor and restore estuaries of national significance. and it is really, i think, extraordinarily positive for us to hear the message repeated today here on the floor about the importance, the scope, the significance and the progress that has been made. i have a special interest in one area in oregon and washington, the lower columbia river estuary has been part of the program since 1995. this stretches 146 miles from the bonneville dam to the mouth of the pacific ocean. it supports hundreds of species of fish and wildlife and thousands of people's economy and their quality of life. it is the largest river in the pacific northwest supplying fishermen with jobs, serving as recreational resource, and providing power to the pacific northwest. i have been

. >>> an oregon man will receive $18 million from the boy scouts of america for six occasions of sex he suffered from a scout master. lewis spoke about how he felt after the verdict was handed down. >> i don't know if i exactly have closure yet. i have a long road ahead of me still. but it's a huge jumping point, huge start for me. as long as i was able to help one person, this is all well worth it. >> the multi-million dollar case was the largest ever against the boy scouts. >>> developing new, a new and deadly strain of an airborne fungus has just been discovered in the pacific northwest and it's starting to spread. nbc's jeff rossen is following the latest developments for us. jeff, kind after scary story here. where was this fungus discovered? >> reporter: the cdc is calling this fungus very rare. it was identified first in oregon but now, unfortunately, cases are popping up in washington state and california as well. it's called cryptococcus gattii, this disease is blamed for at least 23 deaths so far. there are currently around 200 people who are known to be infected. researche

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there was an account of the republican from oregon saying he would vote against the legislation but then it resigned from the senate. if i resigned from the senate, then you will have just the right number to pass it. senator dole said, no. that is extreme. he had great respect for the senator and for the integrity behind his position. although politically it was the there was a sense of great respect for a fellow senator. i understand. go the way you have to go. and that was it. >> how did the founders kind of divine and structure the role of the senate -- define and structure of the role of the senate? >> in the constitution, we had the articles of confederation. we had a one-act chamber congress, the congress of the confederation. it had very little power and it did not get very much a done. the framers said, we have to have two chambers, one will check on the other. there was the sense of a balancing power. but thenthere is a story about a teacup. thomas jefferson was in paris at the time that the constitution was being written. we do not know if this was a true story, but it should

>> a jury found the boy scouts of america negligence in a child sex abuse lawsuit in the state of oregon. keri lewis said he was abused by an assistant boy scout master back in the 70s and 80s. his abuser told scout leaders he abused, at least, 17 boys. lewis' lawyer said the scouts kept secret files on sexual offenders. this is the first time those files have ever been used in a court of law. >> prayers are indeed answered in the state of florida 11-year-old girl missing for four days is found alive. nadya bloom found by a member of her parents church. she was helping in the search. loved ones think nadia wandered into a swamp to make a nature video and never returned. she suffers from asperger syndrome, related to awe tim. nadya was dehydrateed and with a lot of bug bites but okay according to doctors. >> next on the news at 10:00. the bills that past in the final hours of the 2010 general assembly. stay with us. things are getting downright twisted at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for our new freshly baked bagel twists, available in delicious cheddar cheese or cinnamon raisin. here for a l

the other raven pick are terence cody, big defensive end from alabama, ed dixon, tight end from oregon -- overall coach says he's happy. coach? >> the fact that they got players that we're excited about as a coaching staff to have. guys we targeted and wanted. that just speaks volumes. >> the ravens' official season opener is against the jets, who are trying to sign jones and mitchell. >>> 5:05. a former frontman hospitalized. >> how a rocker turned reality star bere -- how he's doing this morning. >> >>> 5:06. check the clocks, check the lights. we had some flickers of the power. we had temperatures still mild, wet at 51 degrees. winds currently calm. yes, we're watching the doppler, including maryland's most powerful doppler radar, for wet weather this morning. that will be affecting your commute. that's coming up in a couple of minutes. right now let's go to the mta, and mark jones. >> a heavy volume on the 7, 13 and 5 buses. and 16 bus diverting at poetee and patapsco. and marc good to go. no present delays on the camden, penn, brunswick services. nock. hey! [ female announcer just

my name is carolyn morrison of the four, and a sponsor of the child and adult care program in oregon. stinky for this opportunity to join this afternoon to discuss a role of the child and adult care program plays in ensuring young children have access to good patrician and offer recommendations for the reauthorization. program improvements can also help reduce charnel to the overweight and obesity priority about which the first lady is passionate. every day across the country millions of low-income families rely on the healthy food their children receiving child care programs because of this usda program. we all know hundred stifles a child's health intellect, creativity, capacity to learn and to be at their best. this program resources support good nutrition and prevent childhood obesity by offering healthy to and teaching young children and their care givers about healthy lifestyles and meal patterns. as a middle class, who decided to be a child care provider in the early 80's i learned firsthand from my exposure to low-income children in my care. i will never forget the four-year-o

. >>> a new deadly strain of an airborne fungus has emerged in oregon.led, has reportedly killed about 25% of those infected. it is now set to spread into california and washington state. joining us is dr. ira bright with westside medical associates. good morning to you. >> thank you. good morning. >> 1 out of 4 people it will kill? >> it may, but there are only 21 people that reported who have been sick so far so the absolute numbers are still small. however, the whole thing is quite worrisome because of the changes that this cryptococcus, this yeast has undergone over the years. >> are there target people that have compromised immune systems, that are otherwise sick, the elderly, kids, or could anybody get hit with this? >> this is what's so worrisome about it. cryptococcus normally affects people who are immunocompromised, and this speeshds ten species tends to infect regular people, who don't have aids, who are not on chemotherapy -- you, me, anybody. that's why this is so worrisome. >> is there anything that strikes in your mind a reason those peopl

host: one more call from milwaukee, oregon. i go ahead. -- go ahead. caller: every time i see a democrat on tv, they always complain about things that are going wrong in the united states. they never have a solution host: -- they never have a solution. host: have you heard congressman edwards do that this morning? caller: yes, a half. guest: -- yes, i have. guest: i think it is important to point out what the challenges are and identify solutions for those challenges. if you do not have a job, it doesn't matter where the dirt -- whether you're republican or democrat. if you are a small business and your business is struggling right now, it does not come up -- it doesn't matter if you are republican or democrat. you want to be able to make money in your business and create opportunity to create jobs. i think that so many of the challenges we face, it is important to face up to them. health care been one of them, we faced up to the health-care challenge and we have to create a solution. the we have to do that with all of the challenges facing american pe

georgia, colorado, wisconsin, iowa, minnesota, alabama, oak, oregon. oak homa.ry one is getting in on the action today. neil, what are you seeing so far in terms of who turned up and what the tone is? >> reporter: we are 3 1/2 hours away from the start of this. but i would say a pretty big crowd here already. i think it has more to do the fact that i'm here. the reality is -- you know, it's interesting. you were mentioning the numbers before. when i was in sacramento last year for one of the first of these rallies, across the country they had half a million. this year the could be in excess of 2 million. a lot more convenient yous and a lot more d a lot more convenient -- a lot more convenient yous and a lot more folks. this is pretty much a good cross-section of america. we'll see a couple people who look like my uncle al, but that's okay. it is real america. these folks are ticked off on this tax day when we are giving more money to the government than on any other tax day, they are ticked off. this isn't a red or white or blue movement. this is about green, m

the republican from oregon said, i am going to have to vote against the party's position, and senator dole was very upset about that. he said, i am going to vote my conscience, but then i will resign from the senate, and if i resign from the senate, you have just the right number to pass it, and senator dole said no carrier -- said no. that is very extreme, and he had great respect for the integrity behind his position, although politically it was the worst thing that could have happened, there was a sense of great respect for a fellow center -- senator, and i understand as you go where you have to go, but that was it. >> outdid -- going to the institution, how did the founders structure the role? 5 leading into the framing of the constitution, we have articles -- >> leading into the framing of the constitution, we have articles of confederation, and they had one chamber. it had very littleton power and did not get much done. -- very little power and did not get much done, so they said, we have to have to chambers to check on the other. -- two chambers to check on the other. the story

i grew up in portland, oregon, and i have lived in lots of places. i went to undergraduate school in fort collins florida and in grad school in pittsburgh and lived in new york. i've moved around a lot. >> y buy ecology? what interested you about biology? >> it was actually i was pre-vet. i was on of those kids obsess with animals and by the time was 5i was going to be a veterinarian so i was very one who threw coatrack so i was interested in science and medicine but it was very much this in the goal of being a vet. >> do you feel like henrietta lacks is a friend of yours? >> i definitely feel like she is a huge part of my life and yeah, there is this sense in which deborah, her daughter, believes that henrietta lacks is out there and free much alive in the universe with these cells and she's been biding my life, like i am a pub it -- puppet. a lot of what happens in my life is because henrietta lacks does or does not want it and so yeah, henrietta lacks is a constant presen in lif >> rebecca skloot is the author, crown is the publisher, the moral li

a rainy day from central california into oregon and washington today. up to a foot of snow in the see areas and cascades. gusty winds in california, nevada and arizona. strong thunderstorms from kansas to south dakota. heavy rain for south texas. and rain and thunderstorms from florida to tennessee and virginia. >> 82 in miami. 65 in atlanta. sunny, near 70, in the northeast. 60s in detroit, chicago and kansas city. mostly 70s across the rockies. wets in the 50s from seattle to sacramento. and a hot 91 in phoenix. >>> and just ahead on "america this morning," the white house chief of staff admits he's got his eyes on another job. >>> plus, new details on the attack that put data for millions of google users into the hands of hackers. >>> and nature's fury. our reporter travels to the top of that iceland volcano. >>> welcome back. overseas stock markets are rebounding this morning. tokyo's nikkei average closed lower but only slightly. hong kong's hang seng rose more than 200 points. in london, the ftse opened higher. the dow gained 73 points on monday.

. >>> and we're going to move on now to portland, oregon, where a jury found the boy scouts guilty of negligence for turning away while an assistant scout member abused young scouts. the giant organization was ordered to pay one victim 1$1.4 million, and that may be just the beginning. neal karlinsky was in the courtroom to hear this verdict. >> reporter: inside a portland courtroom, the man who was just a young scout when he was molested in the 1980s, hug his family in relief. his mother has waited more than 20 years for this day. you must have a fair amount of relief? >> absolutely. absolutely. you have no idea. >> reporter: attorneys allege a systematic cover-up within the trusted institution since at least the 1970s, lifting a lid on so-called perversion files, internal boy scout documents never revealed to the public. attorneys say the files kept track of alleged wheel molesters within their ranks. in a statement, the boy scouts said they are gravely disappointed and believe the allegations are not valid, saying the boy scouts have been on the forefront of training leaders and yo

. >>> in portland, oregon, today a jury found the boy scouts of america negligent in the sexual abuseormer scout by an assistant scout master in the early '80s. the jury awarded the man $1.4 million with additional punitive damages still to be determined. boy scouts say they will appeal. >>> we learned of astonishing numbers today from the earthquake experts at cal tech. they've been measuring the number of strong quakes, that means quakes that register at least 4.0. in southern california this year they are seeing a huge uptick. 70 already and it's only april, compared with 30 in all of last year. while they don't know why, they do know a rumor has gone viral on twitter saying these quakes are a precursor to the big one, which they say is not true because there is still no reliable way to predict earthquakes. >>> as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast marks a big anniversary for america in space. it was 40 years ago tonight a, a little after 10:00 eastern time, apollo 13 had what its low-key crew famously called a problem. a disastrous explosion in the command module on its way