oregon standards work. the gao to collect the system a few years ago and found that the -- took a look at the system a few years ago and found that oregon tax returns were 72% more likely to be accurate than the rest of the country. there are ways for congress to help in this arena. i believe that comprehensive tax reform must make simplifying the tax code and filing easier. that must be a priority. committee passed the act last week, practically sent agreed it isenter time to and stop and go policies and give americans more certainty about their taxes. the plan i worked on with former senator greg which makes filing it triples more -- the standard deduction, which would illuminate the need of 80% to itemize their deductions. has let ouron charge to protect taxpayers from identity theft. senator carson has also fought hard for taxpayer right. they have valuable ideas on how to solve the challenge. that is the date -- challenge of today posterior ends. -- today's hearings. as long as the crow does -- code is

companies in oregon. and in california is nearly 89%. so it disproves that, and both of those states have some form of registration for practitioners. >> if i may add quickly, 40% of our system, small business, 1670 franchisees, man many of them ae like missiles but, i wan wantedo offices and believe it or small businesses. >> so now that we have at least addressed some, whether small practitioners are disadvantaged by having some minimum standards, i want to ask you, ms. salisbury, we've had our system for decades. and we oregonians are pretty outspoken souls. and i can tell, i've been on the finance committee now since 2005 and i have not had anybody who is a practitioner come and say, oh, my goodness, some of these bureaucratic water torture if we have the kind of thing that we have in oregon, we have passed the coveted test, have taken 30 hours per year of continuing education, audit preparation and sanctions for those who are not competent to we've done this for decades. nobody is marching in the str

and the oregon health authority. we continue to be proud of the to improvedone oregonians' lives and we know that will endure. welcome your questions and the opportunity to scuts with you oregons ongoing health care transformation work as well as the progress that we've made to secure the public trust to make oregon's promise to enroll more oregonians in healthble high quality insurance. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. van pelt. turn to questioning and start with the gentleman, vice chair of the committee, the arizona. from >> thank you very much. want to start with you. you talked about the rocky stat for your exchange earlier. first question is in the three months leading up to the rollout, 14 managers of the site received bonuses for exchange.did on the is that accurate? >> congressman, it is. the state payuld people a total of $27,000 for a website? usually bonuses go to exceptional work. seem to meetn't exceptional. bonusesessman, those were approved by the previous executive director. >> i'm glad you sai

oregon standards work. take a look at the system a few years ago and we found that the tax return with 72% likelier to be accurate then returns from the rest of the country and that puts fewer oregonians at the mercy of unscrupulous preparers and reduces the risk of a dreaded audit. now, there are ways for congress to help in this arena. for example, i strongly believe that comprehensive tax reforms must make filing easier and that must be a priority. making sense of why they tripled the standard deductions and that would eliminate the need for more than 80% for taxpayers who itemize deductions. then they could easily prepare their own returns and never fault with two tax preparer's ineptitude or misconduct. the senator has perfected us from identity theft and the senator has also fought very hard for taxpayer right. they and others have ideas on how to solve the challenge and that is the point of today's hearing, to look at a variety of protecting the taxpayers system as long as the code is so overgrown an

and the oregon health authority. we continue to be proud of the work we have done to improve oregonians's lives and we know that that will endure. i welcome your questions and the opportunity to discuss with you oregon's ongoing health-care transformation work, as well as the progress to secure public trust and make good on cover oregon's promise to enroll more oregonians in affordable, high-quality health insurance. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. van pelt. we will now turn to questioning. let's start with a gentleman, vice chair committee, the gel men from arizona. >> mr. leitz, i want to start off with you. we talked about the rocky start for your exchange, earlier. my first question is, and the three months leading up to the botched website rollout, ebbers of the websites receive bonuses for the work they did on the exchange, is that accurate? >> it is. >> why would the state pay people a total of $27,000 for a botched website? usually bonuses go to exceptional work. botched doesn't seem to mean exceptional

here we are in oregon. if they had gotten their three months later this would be southern british columbia. there is about half a dozen of these. >> and you are bringing up a good point. this book focuses on 1810-1813 so the aftermath. this whole region is in limbo for 40 years after these events. and for just the reason that the questioner was citing that the war of 1812 broke out and that made astoria a prize of war or potential prize of war. so mcdougal basically, i will not tell the whole story, but mcdougal heard war had broken out. that will royal navy was coming to seize astoria and so he sold it out to a rival and was made a partner subsuantly. i say he fashioned himself a golden parachute and then died out. he died in a nasty way in canada years later. it is like what happened now section of this book. and there are no details about how he did. but it wasn't so many years later. but the epiitting is he died tag a terrible death. that was mcdougal. there were so many things that could have gone diff

in about ten days, you'll get a packet from cover oregon. says you're eligible for a private plan, you can shop and enroll on line. >> that's right. you start on the website, you do the middle section with a packet sent to you in the mail within ten days. then you go back to the website. and even with that huge, cumbersome process, 69,000 oregonians have managed to get covered with private health plans. the number that did it on line as intended through oracle's website alone, again, zero. today's decision to switch the federal marketplace hardly ends this journey. investigations including one by the general accountability office are underway. joining me for further on this is jeff manning, investigative reporter for "the oregonian," who has been covering this. how the heck did this happen? >> well, we've been struggling to understand since i've been on the -- i've been on the story since december. and it is -- it is a really sort of frightening story of best intentions gone badly awry. >> the state is -- has shifted blame to oracle, the con

originally, oregon embraced obamacare. million of taxpayer money

the cover oregon board expected to vote today on handing over that control to the feds.regon's collapse comes as federal health officials investigate other failing state exchanges as well. joining me now is patrick sheehan. great to see you, patrick. i guess you would have said "i told you so". >> yeah. i'm still saying it. going to be nice not to hear that jingle anymore. >> that was good news to some people, maybe more of a nightmare to you. remind viewers why you knew that there were problems from the beginning in oregon. >> well, i was on the legislative oversight committee that got the very filtered and limited information that was coming out of the oregon health authority. i found out that there was other software out there that we could have licensed rather than trying to build our own, which has ended up being a giant mistake. >> but you also were back here on "the real story" a few months ago talking about an fbi investigation into the woman who was running this exchange. and what were the allegations about what was really going on? >> well, it's not just the wo

for example, an 11-year-old girl in my hometown of portland, oregon. there is so much oregon. local officials shut down her entrepreneurial spirit and told her to go beg for money instead inside the park! she told a reporter she didn't want to ask for donations she wanted to work to make her teeth straight, and got so much attention, her business flourished and she was able to employ people and buy her friend a set of braces as well. isn't that awesome? >> takes for getting media attention. how many times are people pressured and step away, they decide at a tender age, i'm not going to bother with doing this again. it's a terrible thing to tell a kid. i can't start your own business and sell something, you have to beg, that's awful. kennedy: better to hold a cardboard sign. working for it, sweet, lamb. learn the importance of inventory and marketing than to have a lemonade stand. there are dozens of stories of kids getting shut down. this one made me chase. a county inspector fined parents $500 because their kids didn't have a vendor license for lemonade stand. the fine was wa

while the launch of the aca in oregon has been different than we hoped, over 300,000 individuals haveenrolled in health insurance plan since october 1. governor kitzhaber released an independent assessment of cover organ produced by the company first day. the report which also request the including today's record was based on 67 images of stakeholders and cover organ and oregon's health employs to the governor and legislators from both sides of the aisle. and review of more than 3200 documents. members of the committee i want you to know that in response to first data signing, the governor and its numerous steps he has taken a will take to improve performance, accountability and oversight. these tips are detailed in my written testimony which also has been shared with you. we do know that some things have worked very well. would use our technology investment to enroll more than 300,000 oregonians in health care coverage since october thanks to cover oregon and the oregon health authority they would continue to be proud of the work we've done to improve oregonians lives and we know tha

for example, an 11-year-old girl in my hometown of portland, oregon. there is so much oregon. i love it. local officials shut down her entrepreneurial spirit and told her to go beg for money instead inside the park! she told a reporter she didn't want to ask for donations she wanted to work to make her teeth straight, and got so much attention, her business flourished and she was able to employ people and buy her friend a set of braces as well. isn't that awesome? >> takes for getting media attention. how many times are people pressured and step away, they decide at a tender age, i'm not going to bother with doing this again. it's a terrible thing to tell a kid. i can't start your own business and sell something, you have to beg, that's awful. kennedy: better to hold a cardboard sign. working for it, sweet, lamb. learn the importance of inventory and marketing than to have a lemonade stand. there are dozens of stories of kids getting shut down. this one made me chase. a county inspector fined parents $500 because their kids didn't have a vendor license for lemonade stand. the

today, the state of oregon said that after months of trying, it cannot get it's state health insurance web site to work. it hasn't signed a single customer, and it is pulling the plug. it is the first state to do that. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: coveredoregon.com was supposed to launch six months ago, along with exchanges in the rest of the country. >> all in favor, please signify by say aye. >> reporter: but today, the board of oregon's exchange admitted defeat, voting unanimously to stop trying to fix the web site. it is a $248 million failure, but state health officials calculated it would have cost $78 million more to get the web site working, compared to just $4 to $6 million to simply join 14 other states on the federal exchange. board member dr. george brown conceded the design was too ambitious and too complex. >> of course, we're very disappointed and i think disappointment really describes it well. people have worked very hard to make this work. >> reporter: still the state is considering legal action against it's web site contractor the tech giant, oracle. in a statem

originally, oregon embraced obamacare. but after more than six months and $300 million of taxpayer money wasted, oregon's health care website has yet to enroll a single applicant. that is why the state is throwing in the towel now. the board overseeing ore gone's exchange scheduled to vote whether to give up on cover oregon and simply join the federal insurance marketplace. obamacare was designed to let every state-run its own health care exchange. the fate of these failing marketplaces could have a major impact politically and for consumers. joining us for more, senior politics writer for "u.s. news & world report. so what are the overarching implications here, david? i mean besides the $300 million in taxpayer expenditures apparently wasted, what does this say about, you know, the folks running the oregon's website and obama care overall? >> well, jon, who would have thought the much-maligned federal website would be preferrable to the state exchange? remember when, obamacare was designed, the obama administration wanted

oregon with the licensing as recent as 201 # 1, nearly 84% of the practitioners in oregon are not employed by h&r block or the three big companies in oregon, and in california, it's nearly 89%, so it just proves that, and both of those cases have some form of registration for practitioners. >> mr. chairman, if i may ask quickly. sir, 40% of our system is small business. we have 1670 franchises, many of whom like you with one or two offices, and, really, they are small businesses. >> okay. now that we've at least addressed some extent to the question whether small practitioners are disadvantaged by having minimum standards. i want to ask you, we've had our system for decades, and we are outspoken souls, and i've been on the finance committee since 2005, and i've not had anybody who is a practitioner come and say, oh, my goodness, it's bureaucratic water torture if we have the kind of thing we have in oregon, the competency tests, audit preparation, those who are not competent, and nobody is marching or picketing, and is that a fair appraisal on what we had? of course, results are documented

so here you've got kumbaya white guy from rural oregon, central oregon, and you know, this african-americanwoman from urban south side chicago, what if the two of us lived this model of being together. that's a weekend to do. how can we be together for such opposite sides him from somebody whose were slaves and services ancestors did the enslaving, can we find piece together? can we find healing? can we grow together through this process? >> when did you first learn about this? >> late 2000 early 2001. i was in my late '40s before i learned any of this history. he was the patriarch i guess, are the most successful of the slave traders in the family, three generations over about 50 years of this town was involved in the slave trade, and he was the most successful. they brought something like 10,000 people out of west africa, forcing them into slavery. and they say something like half a million of their descendents could be a life living here today. and he owned more ships than the u.s. navy at a time. and the navy wasn't that big, but he was quite successful in the slave trade. the most succ

it is oregon.ou can't get more left than that that it is not soy milk or almond milk. >> and almond milk is disgusting. the school banned chocolate milk. is that racist? >> a little bit, but i don't know why. this is unintended consequences. unintended consequences are a rich and vibrant part of liberalism. but it is okay because they are always in the right place and that's what really matters. >> do you remember the ethanol effect? >> yes. >> they mandate levels of ethanol and it leads to the price of american corn sky rocketing that leads to exports shrinking and an increase in global hunger. it happens every time. every time they intervene there are unintended consequences and they said we didn't know -- and they sound just like that. >> they do. joanne, you get most of your milk from new mothers dozing on the subway. they have a nickname for you. >> people will pay for that, by the way. >> liquid gold. >> they want kids to brink more milk. chocolate milk is milk. >> they have it backwards. you

and the oregon health authority.e continue to be proud of the work we have done to improve oregonians's lives and we know that that will endure. i welcome your questions and the opportunity to discuss with you oregon's ongoing health-care transformation work, as well as the progress to secure public trust and make good on cover oregon's promise to enroll more oregonians in affordable, high-quality health insurance. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. van pelt. we will now turn to questioning. let's start with a gentleman, vice chair committee, the gel men from arizona. >> mr. leitz, i want to start off with you. we talked about the rocky start for your exchange, earlier. my first question is, and the three months leading up to the botched website rollout, ebbers of the websites receive bonuses for the work they did on the exchange, is that accurate? it is. >> why would the state pay people a total of $27,000 for a botched website? usually bonuses go to exceptional work. botched doesn't seem to mean exceptional. >>

is covered oregon's to fly the coop? now taking steps to dump the troubled obamacare exchange and join the federal one. what happens to the more than $300 million that it got to create it? a covered oregon official saying the state won't have to return the money because it's a government grant and the state can decide how to use it. the former florida congressman alan west says is wrong. colonel, welcome to the show. >> good to see you, charles. how are you doing? >> good. this is just nuts. they can't put together a web site, they got $300 million of our money, and now they get to do whatever they want with it? >> well, it's very interesting in that it was just a week ago on thursday that president obama came out and said, in an unannounced press conference, we had 8 million people signed up and that the debate about obamacare was over, and that it is working. but if you look at oregon, they have not had one person signed up. you just talked about the $300 million there and now the federal government is going to have to

it's oregon for petes sake.'t get more left than that that it wasn't soil or almond milk. >> the school banned chocolate milk is that racist. >> a little bit but you don't know why. this is unintended consequences are a rich and vibrant part of liberalist greg. it's okay because liberals hearts are in the right place and that's what really matters. do you remember the ethanol effect. government mandates a number of fuels for every time they intervene there are these unintended consequences that sit there and go, oh, we don't know -- they sound just like that. >> joanne you got most of your milk from new mothers dozing on the subway which you find -- >> oh, i thought i was being -- >> they got a neighboriickname >> people will pay for that by the way. >> this is why -- okay. they want kids to drink more milk, chocolate milk is milk. >> yeah, well, they have everything back wards you can't even say that there's more sugar in the chocolate milk when they are pushing fruit juices that have just as much milk as then.

today the state turned off it's cover oregon website. oregon residents who will now use the federal healthcare.gov site. oregon is the first state to make such a switch. coming up, a new crop of measle's outbreak. the worst in 18 years and it may be spreading. and controversy over how ireland deals with refugees looking for asylum. why some say the system is like prison. [ grunting ] i'm taking off, but, uh, don't worry. i'm gonna leave the tv on for you. and if anything happens, don't forget about the new xfinity my account app. you can troubleshoot technical issues here. if you make an appointment, you can check out the status here. you can pay the bill, too. but don't worry about that right now. okay. how do i look? ♪ thanks. [ male announcer ] troubleshoot, manage appointments, and bill pay from your phone. introducing the xfinity my account app. >> i got to tell a disease we once thought was i will limb nateed in the united states is making a comeback in its worst outbreak in years. roxana saberi is here with the details. >> reporte

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they invited officials from hawaii, oregon, california, massachusetts, and maryland. one official offered an apology for his state's technical difficulties. >> as a chair of the board of the health benefit exchange, i deeply regret frustrations many marylanders have experienced. i'm proud of the efforts of so many who worked tirelessly to overcome challenges and help friends, neighbors and fellow citizens to gain access to affordable quality coverage. >> that doctor candidly said he was surprised by the level of problems he had. a wise apology with maryland democrat elijah cummings senior member on that panel. >> so you spoke about cummings but how did other members of congress react to what they were

bonamici of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from oregon is recognized. ms. bonamici: thank you. i thank the gentleman from california for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise to join my colleagues today in support of h.r. 40405, the coast guard and marine transportation -- maritime transportation act. i know the chairman and ranking members have worked diligently on the underlying bill, and i commend them for their efforts. importantly, i'm grateful for the opportunity to work with them to add language from two bills i introduced to help coastal communities deal with increasing marine debris. since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan in 2011, residents of the pacific northwest have faced an increase in the volume of marine debris reaching our coast. this debris is a hazard to navigators, a threat to the marine environment and the potential drag on coastal tourism. following the arrival of a 66-foot dock on an oregon beach in june of 2012, i worked with a bipartisan coalition on two bills to improve the federal response to marine debris. the first propos

republican bid to take over the senate is moving to democratic leaning oregon. with a strong candidate in the state was arguably the worst obamacare rollout in the country they may have a winning strategy. >> what is so special about her? >> this is going to be an interesting year 2014. the fact that we are even talking about a state like oregon may be in may for republicans is telling. a pediatric brain surgeon making obamacare a big issue. can he may see it play out in one senate race after another in one coast after the other. >> these are noblezation elections republicans are immobilizeed by obamacare the great gift that ep couldn'ts on giving. >> president obama said last week democrats should run on obamacare not away from obamacare. not all democrats think that this is going to be a big issue this time around. >> the issue in the fall a referendum on president obama? >>> oo no. a mid term election, even in 2012 these elections are referendums on the candidates runni running>> always important to remember the landscape we are talking about. re kaub cans ne

so you have a comeback like that from central oregon. in this african-american woman from southside chicago. one of the two of us live this motto of healing together. so that is what we attempted to do. so how can we be together from such opposite side? for someone whose ancestors were enslaved and others did the enslaving. how can we find piece together? can we find healing and can we grow together through this process? >> when did you first learn about this? >> late 2000, early 2001. i was in my late 40s before i learned any of the history. he was the patriarch, i guess, or the most successful of the slave traders in the family. three generations over about 50 years of this family was involved in slave trade and he was most accessible. they brought something like 10,000 people out of africa and force them into slavery and they said something like half a million of their descendents could be here today. and he owned more ships than the u.s. navy at the time. and the navy wasn't that big. but he was quite successful in the slave trade. t

there was a crash at oregon expressway in palo alto.delays, 22 miles per hour around mountain view when it starts to slow down. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's a great ride even though the metering lights are on there's barely a delay at all into san francisco. and on this good friday, all mass transit is on a regular schedule. >>> we're starring out with a beautiful friday. high pressure in full command of the eastern pacific meaning a sunny weekend. changes coming in on tuesday but in the meantime, today looks nice. 73 degrees in pleasanton. 74 in livermore. here in the city, 63 degrees. 71 in vallejo. 70 in santa rosa. the extended forecast warm weekend right through easter sunday and then tuesday turns cold and wet. after that it will be sunny. in the meantime frank and juliette will remind us, what day is this again? >> friday. a special birthday, lawrence's birthday. your traffic producer's birthday. my daughter's birthday today. let go to lefty o'doul's! [ laughter ] >>> good morning to our views in the west. it is friday, apr

he increases trent's bail $500,000. >> under oregon law, what mr. trent did after he knew he was going into custody is no different than if he would have tried to escape from the oregon state pen. >> trent is convicted of possession of a false police officer i.d. card and is sentenced to probation. but for his bold escape, he gets ten months in the slammer. >> he might not have gone to prison but for the fact he tried to run from the courtroom. i think it just goes to show people that you need to follow authority and you need to show respect to the court. and when you don't do that, you can end up with a harsher sentence than what you were originally charged with. >>> and from a bolt to a jolt. an earthquake rocks the judge penny show right in the middle of its taping. >> everybody relax, stay calm. >> all of a sudden, there was a rumble. you hear the stage manager say, "earthquake, get under the desk." >> july 29th, 2008. in los angeles, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shakes one of the first tapings of a new courtroom television show called "family cou

fax any cancellations has oregon had on the individual market -- >> how many cancellations has oregon had on an individual market? >> i don't know. >>, and people have enrolled via the individual market in oregon as of april 1? approximately 65,000, and another 140,000 in medicaid or oregon health plan. >> of the 140,000 medicaid, do you know how many would be eligible for medicaid anyway? >> approximately 100,000. >> it seems to me there were more canceled and have signed up in the individual market, and if you were going to control the medicaid numbers a lot of states have seen increases in states that didn't even expand medicaid. i think it's important we are able to determine those. i am out of time, so i will ield back. >> the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from maryland. i believe the gentlelady from new mexico is recognized. >> thank you, and i also andeciate the panel today spent some time working with our state legislature and our to enactovernor legislation that got passed by .ur legislature we had to pass it three years, three times in order for new mex

the gentleman from oregon. mr.lumenauer: at this point, i would yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlelady from texas, distinguished member of the judiciary, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from oregon and the members for a thoughtful and important debate, and that's what this is all about, it is about gripping a hold of the heart and soul of america. the budget is actually a moral document, a moral compass of where we want to take this country. i think what needs to be explained to the american public is in tulet, we have been making progress. the deficit has gone down from $1 trillion from the past administration, the bush administration, to now $680 billion. we are making trog, from losing 800,000 jobs a month to imagining close to 200,000. but the document that is on the floor today, the ryan budget, the republican budget chooses to not have the morality and affection for the american people that is desired. when you look a

that is after spending hundreds of millions of dollars of oregon taxpayer money.ow significant is oregon saying we are done and can't make it work? >> i think it is significant. first of all a state all in favor of obama care and preparing to run their own state- based exchange and did not work for them. the website is still not fully functional. and i think it reenforces why governor can you sack and i said no. we'll not be part of what we believe is a mass for consumers. >> it is great to have you on, mary. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you, governor. >> a now film that celebrates father hod in traditional marriage creating so much controversy. i will ask jim daily next, from focus on the family. focus on the family. making sure you pay the right price for a new car just got a whole lot easier. introducing the kelley blue book price advisor. the powerful tool that shows you what should pay. it gives you a fair purchase price that's based on what others recently for the same car and kelley blue book's trusted pricing expertise. it all adds up t

out in west oregon, they have trouble with obamacare. that has become a number one issue in that race. >> that's right. if the republicans picked up the senate seat which would be huge, not only obama state, he won by a solid 3% margin in 2012, but it is also dealing with an incumbent senator there, jeff merkley. you're facing incumbent, liberal state but what you've got there is obamacare. this is the most disasterous rollout in the nation. they were for months unable to enroll anybody and it is, and it led to investigations. it led to resignations of senior officials. it has been basically government incompetence at large. this is a really good issue. it is not philosophical. it is something really happening on the ground in oregon. so it does help the republican, the candidate that you just mentioned, the doctor. she is a pediatric surgeon. she's well-positioned to fight that. there is another republican challenger in the race we mentioned as well who has a powerful story. that primary is coming up. we'll see who is challenging the in

blumenauer of oregon. at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the following -- section. none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement veterans health administration directives 2011-004 with respect to prohibition on v.a. providers for completing forms seeking recommendations or opinions regarding a veteran's participation in a state marijuana program. the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. chairman. i deeply appreciate the hard work of the committee to make sure that our veterans are properly cared for. they deserve our best. too many are returning from iraq and afghanistan with obvious wounds, missing limbs, but over 2.3 million are returning suffering from wounds that are not visible. they are suffering from depression and ptsd. that's why we lose 22 veterans per day who take their lives. long since outnumbering the battlefield deaths. they deserve our best. over 100 million people reside in the 21 states,

he will also see some more ballot initiative this year look like oregon and also possibly colorado will take a bow to the people on new moon it's just not gonna let out people wanna know about you know some of the reading we have a right to know are reading you make those choices far south. i think this movement are labeling is unstoppable. this weekend. bill was introduced in congress that they tend to nullify any state law that requires jim labeling this is large and largely backed by a lot of grocery manufacturers as you probably know one state be able to overcome national legislation backed by industry powerhouses well that is that justin and call in and truly outrageous. i replied that they're tying in washington d c and e did get a sponsor for that bill but there is no way they're going to get that go to the house and senate there are strong champions in washington dc for gmo labeling on many senators who are committed fully to getting labeling and gm owes on and so i need to try in every way they can on that particular bill would make it illegal for states to pass liberal arts wh

the full cover oregon board is going to be considering the panel's recommendation later today. >>> also cases of measles are on the rise. according to the centers for disease control, the highest outbreak number has occurred since 1996. most new cases are brought here by travelers. >>> this weekend another chance to see an immigration controversy like nowhere else. it's all part of our series borderland. we follow them as they walk in the footsteps as they try to get into this country. >> as rumors spread that the beast will leave in the morning, migrants scramble to claim a spot on the train. for women this is a desperate last resort. many purchase contraceptive injections ahead of the trip accepting that rape is a price they may have to pay. >> there are a lot of migrants out here, prime mire loi men, not many women, so i wanted to speak to a woman, and she was a mom. and we just ended up talking. so are you and your daughter going to take this train? >> why are you leaving? is it bad? or just family? >> she has a 9-year-old daughter from honduras, and she is going to make this journe

that is after spending hundreds of millions of dollars of oregon taxpayer money.ow significant is oregon saying we are done and can't make it work? >> i think it is significant. first of all a state all in favor of obama care and preparing to run their own state- based exchange and did not work for them. the website is still not fully functional. and i think it reenforces why governor can you sack and i said no. we'll not be part of what we believe is a mass for consumers. >> it is great to have you on, mary. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you, governor. >> a now film that celebrates father hod in traditional marriage creating so much controversy. i will ask jim daily next, from focus on the family. >> each weekday hear my comenatory. go it mikehuckabee.com. a new film called irreplaceable has a christian message and focuses on the traditional family structure. >> how different do you think your life would be if your influence of your father would be positive. >> my morals and my values and virtue. i would have been a different person. >> yeah, i

here we are in oregon. if they had gotten their three months later this would be southern british columbia. there is about half a dozen of these. >> and you are bringing up a good point. this book focuses on 1810-1813 so the aftermath. this whole region is in limbo for 40 years after these events. and for just the reason that the questioner was citing that the war of 1812 broke out and that made astoria a prize of war or potential prize of war. so mcdougal basically, i will not tell the whole story, but mcdougal heard war had broken out. that will royal navy was coming to seize astoria and so he sold it out to a rival and was made a partner subsuantly. i say he fashioned himself a golden parachute and then died out. he died in a nasty way in canada years later. it is like what happened now section of this book. and there are no details about how he did. but it wasn't so many years later. but the epiitting is he died tag a terrible death. that was mcdougal. there were so many things that could have gone diff

. >> 's many cancellations has oregon have? >> the number i have is about 35,000 individuals who lost policies because of the affordable care act mandates. how many people have enrolled in the market in oregon as of apr april 1? >> in a qualified health plans approximately 65,000 another 140,000. >> in the 140,000 in medicaid you know offhand how many would have been eligible? >> approximately 100,000. >> so it seems to me there were more policies than in the individual market their plane you controlled the medicaid numbers a lot of states had seen increases in states that didn't expand medicaid so i think it's important that we are able to determine those. i think i'm out of time so i will yield back. >> the drinking member of the full committee from maryland has recognized. the vendor i believe the gentle lady from new mexico. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. and i appreciate the panel tod today. before coming to congress i spent time working with our state legislature and current governor to an act legislation that got p

light jacket necessary in oregon. many spots in nevada, also in idaho. as we look at the weather map, not a lot of problems. weak system went through without a lot of moisture with it there in the pacific northwest. we have that little frontal system. the radar is not very impressive. there has been some showers. but that's about it. we will see more shower activity this afternoon into tonight and more, you know, a little more -- that's a decent amount of rain with the next little system coming in tonight and tomorrow. so, again, just showers out there today in the northwest. nothing too horrible. that's your national forecast. >> we'll talk more about when we make it to the next sunny day in the northwest. >> all right, bill karins, thank you. >>> murder suspect oscar pistorius is being accused of using emotional outbursts in court as a way to dodge tough questions. >>> and driver beware. sound cannon being fired directly at motorists to get them to slow down. we'll show you where next. >>> welcome back. oscar pistorius continued to break down in tears

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but a unique community in oregon is offering low-income seniors reduced rents, in exchange for their time. volunteering time, to be specific. the newshour's cat wise reports for our "taking care" series. >> reporter: four years ago, jackie lynn began the process of adopting her nieces children who were living in the foster care in portland, oregon. their mother and father, both drug addicts, are now in jail. lynn is sixty, she's raised two grown children of her own, and she works full-time. >> it was tough. i had no support whatsoever. i'd be fixing dinner, and doing homework, and taking care of kids, and laundry, and all of it. the kids weren't getting the attention that they needed. >> reporter: but in 2011, lynn and the kids moved to bridge meadows, a supportive housing development for families who adopt foster children. that in itself is pretty unique, but what really sets this property apart is this. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: jim and joy corcoran are lynns neighbors, and they are known here as the elders. there are 27 apartments at bridge meadows for low-income seniors wh

communities under threat. >> two prototypes of the new sensors are now in the ocean off the coast of oregon. during an earthquake, earlier this month they worked as planned. scientists say it's an expensive task but one that will save lives and property. >>> snowboarder who was missing is alive and well now. abraham finkelstein of san francisco got lost in the sierra backcountry monday night. avid outdoorsman found his way through the mountainous terrain in waist deep snow to reach a home. he met up with rescuers last night. except for a little frostbite he should be fine. >>> pg&e says criminal charges against them for the san bruno pipeline explosion are without merited. 10 people died in 2010. there are 12 criminal charges against the utility. pg&e could be fined half a million dollars for each charge. prosecutors accuse pg&e of knowingly relying on false and incomplete data when assessing pipeline safety. >>> one man is dead another in serious condition after a shooting in oakland on the 5900 block of bromley avenue around 11:30. two men were shot, one pronounced dead at the scene. poli

he's accused of trying to set up a jihaddist training camp in oregon. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. >>> coming up on aljazeera america, 50 years ago, one of america's most popular cars rolled off the assembly line in detroit. but times have changed for the motor city, trying to rebuild a successful future for itself. and coming to wall street, if you're wondering what it is, we have the answer. >> 50 years ago, detroit was thriving with currency, giving birth to the name, motown. they ushered in the ford mustang, and celebrated the 40th anniversary of the iconic roadster in a variety of ways. there's one exactly the way it was in 1964. making 64 of the limited edition cars, and they will be on display this year. but that's just one side of detroit. motown has been in decline for decades, and in the latest installment of our series, five days of detroit, how the motor city is trying to turn the curve. >> 80,000 abandoned buildings fill detroit's landscape. result of 50 years of decline. race riots in the 1960s, the dive of the auto industry,

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