they're asian pacific americans. asian pacific americans excel in rugby. the world's most famous rugby players are of samoan descent. lie michael jones. also note, the history of discrimination in the time of apartheid, when the south african team found out that maybe a samoan was included in the all blacks team, they refused to play them they didn't want to associate with the polynesians. we must also mention that the gentleman had alluded to earlier, asian-pacific americans also excelled in the sport of sumo. i can only mention that the gentleman who started it was a native hawaiian jamed jessie, who trained a samoan whose name became kiniski who weighed only 570 pounds after they trained him, he was able to bench 600 pounds. then we have native hawaiian chad bowen, 6'8" and weighed 500 pounds. another samoan sumo wrestler, yokozuma. mr. speaker, i want t.d. to mention in terms of the achievements of theseation pacific americans, in the field of martial art the late chi meeze american kung fu martial arts bruce lee captivated the movie audiences all over

the month of may is asian-pacific american heritage month. during this time we celebrate the contributions of asian americans and pacific islanders to their communities and to this nation. as we do we also must pause to recognize the struggles they have faced and continue to face. today, we face a crisis in our communities. right now along the gulf coast asian americans, in particular, are struggling because of the impact of the deepwater horize on oil spill. this economic, health disaster is affecting those who rely upon the resources of our coastal waters for their livelihoods. many of those affected are vietnamese american fishermen living in alabama, mississippi, texas and my home state of louisiana. while they are struggling, i know one thingor sure -- they will persevere and overcome the effect of this catastrophe, relying on the perseverance and strength of family that runs throughout asian-american communities. we have seen asian-american communities forced to start over to begin a new life and i would like to use my family as an exam

the month of may is asian/pacific american heritage month.we'll focus on an organization called the asian/american government executive area. joining success mr. tommy wong, chair of outreach and member of the executive committee. jim men is executive director and member of executive committee and bell lee on hong. a business owner. start off we telling us what agean is and what it does? >> it's a vy bribrant professio network. and our purpose is to expand, to promote and to support current, present, and future asian/american leaders at all levels of government. our membership reaches into local, state, and federal government. and we are the senior asian american leaders and decisionmakers across government, and our membership is made up of members in the civilian workforce, the military, the including legislators and congressional members. >> how large is the asian american workforce? >> over all in the year 2008, asian americans and pacific icelanders constitute about 5% of the entire u.s. population. and that same percentage carries into t

because in the pacific, the power of the united states was sufficient to defeat japan. but again, the two things are connected. the amazing thing is that for once popular sentiment and public opinion, notwithstanding the american war against germany, the american involvement in europe, was less popular among the american people than the war in the pacific against japan. and yet, both president roosevelt and the american military planners, relatively early, even before the war, and this is one chapter of the book about america's military planning is. you see, when you write a book you learn something. i knew a fair amount about this period, and about american history of that period. but i thought that the germany first strategy, germany is the principal enemy. germany has to be defeated first. and the defeat of japan would come soon afterwards, consequently. that this was, frankly, roosevelt idea. and he, and that he convinced american military planners staff officers, secret war planners, to go along with him. i learned, there's a chapter about this in the book, that th

other stormy spots, from tennessee south to the gulf and the pacific northwest. but what a beautiful, warm, sunny day in the southwest and the northeast. >> the pacific northwest is unusually chilly, with dies only in the 50s. some toasty tempts in the mid 80s. and the hot spot, phoenix topping 100 degrees for the first time this season. >> warm down there. >>> when we come back, we'll update today's top story. overseas trading following the dow's thursday decline. >>> plus, wild weather. look at that. new video of strong storms and wind-whipped brush fires. >>> and missing masterpieces. calculating the loss of five priceless paintings plucked from a paris art museum. >>> and recapping the top business story this morning. the senate has passed a sweeping financial reform bill. it gives the government broad, new powers to police banks and break them up if they threaten the health of the overall economy. concern about the impact of the new rules, as well as growing fear about the european debt crisis, are hitting stocks hard this morning. tokyo's nikkei average tum

. >> what about anything further to be said about his pacifism? which he clearly was able to sidestep when it was a defense the country was involved in. he worked with the united states navy, did he not? >> he did. he already had given up pacifism for a period of time, realizing hitler was unstoppable and had to be met with by force of arms. >> alice, what about his oddogy, he wore no socks a lot, correct? >> this may be due to the fact he had sweaty feet, which is one of the reasons he was excluded from the swiss army. >> but then he would need socks. >> you can argue the exact opposite of that. he may have found they were heat producers. we'll have to live with that mystery. >> i suppose. >> is this true, it is said that husband of his time, he had no time to buy a new suit. he had no time to have his haircut. he was not willing to expand that kind of time? >> i think he didn't think it was important enough. >> he was completely uninterested in material things. that follows also from what you read as part of the things he believed in. materialis

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other stormy spots, from tennessee south to the gulf and the pacific northwest. but what a beautiful, warm, sunny day in the southwest and the northeast. >> the pacific northwest is unusually chilly, with dies only in the 50s. some toasty tempts in the mid 80s. and the hot spot, phoenix topping 100 degrees for the first time this season. >> warm down there. >>> when we come back, we'll update today's top story. overseas trading following the dow's thursday decline. >>> plus, wild weather. look at that. new video of strong storms and wind-whipped brush fires. >>> and missing masterpieces. calculating the loss of five priceless paintings plucked from a paris art museum. [ male announcer ] looks clean, doesn't it? but look below the surface. your mouth is no different. brushing leaves teeth looking clean, but millions of plaque and gingivitis germs are left behind. a quick 30-second rinse with listerine® antiseptic cleans deeper. [ boom! ] its unique penetrating formula destroys germs [ boom! ] brushing leaves behind. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] ...for the deepest

i rise to honor asian pacific american heritage month. i have a very diverse community and a lot of them fall into the asian and pacific islander american community. as a proud co-sponsor of house resolution 435, which celebrates asian, pacific islander american heritage month, i want to thank the asian pacific caucus for recognizing the important contributions made by their community to our nation. for the past 14 years, i have witnessed firsthand the rich culture and contributions that the asian-pacific islander community brings to my district in orange county. the community is an integral component of orange county, and we see leadership all over the place in orange county from that community. increasingly as leaders and academia and the art and the government and the military and in the private sector. and i would like to recognize all of the community partners and their outstanding service in the asian pacific islander american community of orange county and their continued efforts. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpos

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showers and mountain snows in the pacific northwest.unny and hot throu >> hi, thin clouds overhead, but a fair weather situation, with all the rain falls staying out to the west through the day to day. to day. >> they're still doing it, signing guitars. i got to show these people real quick. amy? >>> this morning on "today's health," diet versus exercise. both are miracle workers, but are they created equal? according to the june issue of "women's health," one option may be better than the other depending on the health condition you are trying to improve. dr. care riff peterson is a contributor to "women's health" with us this morning. good morning. talk about the health conditions that diet and exercise help improve. obviously i think the one that everyone probably expects is losing weight. but there are several others as well. what are they? >> we looked at a few -- diabetes, heart disease, energy, fatigue, and mood. >> how did you determine in each case whether it was the diet or the exercise that improved that condition? >> well, we

we are lucky to have these wonderful people in our community as we celebrate asian pacific month i ask us to celebrate the contributions of asian-pacific americans to our history, way of life and the future we will share as citizens of this gait nation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. burton of indiana. the gentleman will be acknowledged for five minutes. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: thank you very much, madam speaker. madam speaker, mr. poe of texas comes down here and talks about the problems along the border between the united states and mexico. and today or yesterday, i received an email that i would like to read to my colleagues and the subject is the wild southern border. and it starts off and says, don't leave your weapons in the car, don't turn your back on strangers. use your cell phone with your off hand, not your strong hand and the reason they start off with that lesson is because what it said in this email and i would like to read it to you. as you know, one of the local ranchers was murdered in douglas, arizon

>> i was coming from an asian pacific heritage night, 35th avenue. my and assistant and i drove right past that area right around 7:00 in the evening or 7:30, something like that don't think that even i as a governor of a state don't feel a little bit of anxiety about having been in the vicinity. and so that's what i equate terrorism. it is the symbolic attempt to make masses of people feel frightened and to deny them of their freedoms that this country allows. so i think that it can come from timothy mcveigh's car bomb that killed 168 people in oklahoma city can come from the middle east. any time, violence the threat or violence is used to distract people from the every day lives, i would label it terrorism. >> larry: do you have knowledge that other acts that we may never have heard of were prevented? >> i mean, from time to time, that probably has been the case and there are -- believe me, we have a strong homeland security system and coordination between the agencies, i think, is the biggest advantage that we have from perhaps where we were ten

it was down bounding in deed and the thing about the guys that sale across the pacific ocean, they went through some serious storms where they were surfers and they had what suits and one would be strapped to the real on a boat 70 feet serving with hurricane force winds and how do you manage? he said marijuana is very medicinal for anxiety. [laughter] but these guys are that i grew up with and we were all complete the tracie and he was not lying. i could not imagine. it is hard to believe any of this happened but i do vouch for it. >> how many true originals are still alive? >> half a dozen or 50%. the real bridgeable group is only 1215 people and it blossomed and picked up speed very quickly at one point* in time anybody that was a player in the distribution seen said i was with the brotherhood the same way anybody would claim they were with the mob to get you to pay back money that you borrowed it was a cipher and nobody knew who was really in the brotherhood and who was not but for me, half of these guys in there are a lot of the last few years they are reaching that age. >> is it tr

five eastern, two pacific. >> go to fox sports.com. now, there is mets just trying to hang on to win this ball game after losing last night. there is where weir we're back on a rut trying to beat the yankees. lost seven of eight during inner league play. there is cervelli, very good this season, hitting 444 with runners on. there is runners in scoring position tonight. from the year hitting better than 550. there is ball one from feliciano. >> i think one of the reasons mets are leading in the game now is with the pinch hitter on deck. regardless of what happens to cervelli i think jerry manuel will take his time in making moves. when this is announced joe girardi talking to kevin long. they're going to be thinging that juan miranda will probably be the pinch hitter for sims. >> that is is a hold in third. bases are loaded. another hit for cervelli. he has been incredible. and now, bases are loaded. and there is one coming to the plate. there is monday night he was the man with a game winning home run. there is a walk off hit this seas

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. >> unusually cool in the pacific northwest. with highs only in the 50s. mid-80s along much of the east coast. and the first 100-degree reading of the season for phoenix. >>> all right, time for a strange love story that's sure to get you right in the gut. >> the scene is a wildlife preserve in myrtle beach, south carolina. home of seria, the orangutan, a playful pry mat who's taking a special liking to a stray hound dog roscoe. >> i've heard about these guys. the unlikely pair got together during a walk in the woods. since then they've become inseparable, they monkey around. >> who's the man in that relationship? >> hm. >> i think it's the orangutan. >> i think you're right. we'll be right back with more "world news now." how cute is that. assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little to no cost to you. stay tuned for this important medicare benefit information and free scooter guarantee. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your may entitle you to pay

per muched high above the pacific coast line of san simeon, california. this was the estate of william randolph hearst, newspaper tycoon, movie mogul, and one of the 20th century's most influential men. first called san simeon his little hideaway. the hill top is filled with gardens, guest houses, and a magnificent neptune pool. its crowning glory is casa grande, a castle in the spanish style. it was all designed by the architect julia morgan the first female graduate of the prestigious school in paris. construction began in 1919 and continued non-stop for another 28 years. through it all, hearst's guests enjoyed a hospitality as immense as his wealth and power. san simeon was the place to be for hollywood's elite but there are some grumblings about mr. hearst's strict policy of only one cocktail before dinner. dazzling though the real hearst castle may be, it's had to compete for nearly 70 years now with the alternate reality created by a legendary film director. orson welles' 1941 classic citizen kane was a thinly veiled and damning caricature of hearst

it helps market asian-pacific american heritage month. >>> the weather cooperated nicely. the showers are moving in from the west. outside going out to dinner, grab the umbrella. if you don't need it right now, if you are watching, give it a few minutes and i will tell you where the rain is and what is on the way. in terms of the weatherbug network, 0.7 inches of rain in accident, maryland, 59 degrees. we have temperature of 65 chantilly, 0.4 inches of rain in the district. no rain on the gauge, but give it time. a high temperature 79 degrees, current daytime high of 79. the heavy rain is located in ashburn, preston, moving off to the east at 30 m.p.h. -- ashburn, reston, moving off the east at 30 m.p.h. prince george's county, showers and the next 45 minutes, some of the sticking around overnight into the day tomorrow. reagan national airport, high temperature of 78, one degree above average. temperatures have cooled off, 72 gaithersburg, fairfax 71, leesburg 69. temperatures in the 70's to the north, hagerstown 72, but cooler weather across central pennsylvania. the low

. >> we'll do an olive oil poached pacific halibut. it's it can sneak we use at the restaurant for certain fatty fishes, different types of things like that. we do it here. we have it on the menu with salmon. we also do it with arctic char but today we'll do it with pacific halibut. >> reporter: you aren't frying the fish but warming it with aa lighter texture. isabella says poaching in a light oil keeps the fish moist. >> when you poach, you bring your liquid up to about 185 degrees. >> reporter: it is pretty easy. start by flavoring the oil with things you like. he is using garlic, rosemary and thyme. the cooking doesn't take long, just about eight or nine minutes. >> you have your beautiful halibut. >> reporter: when it comes to which type of fish to eat, tom sherman from georgetown university says go smaller. >> if your i'm is to ghetto manuel noriega 3 fatty acids i recommend going to much smaller fish but again, people don't necessarily like those as much, the sardines, an thoafies. >> reporter: he says larger fish consume more c

>> i think the pacific islands and the caribbean islands are difficult for me. >> how about for you.e, some africa and mainly pacific islands. >> we pulled a couple sample questions from the national geographic website. can i try you out, see yhow you do? >> yes. >> he spoke to the school children of a town near kampala. the visit occurred in ghana, south africa or uganda? >> uganda. >> right. congratulations. i have one for you, matthew. which is the term for a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river? a lake, a sound or a tributary? >> a tributary. >> right. wow. i didn't know the answer to either of those, i have to tell you. i think i will let you test me a little bit but i'm scared. i don't think i could be in that bee with you. thomas looks like he has something he wants to ask me. >> yes. >> which -- this is kind of a local question. which state -- to create the district of columbia. >> it had to be maryland or virginia. >> yes. >> so let's see, virginia? >> maryland. >> see, i told you, i could never be in the geography bee. >> do you want to ask me one quickl

by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge california. all high school students here as fans of our special guest seth macfarlane. the emmy-winning creator -- there they are. he's the emmy-winning creator of "family guy," "the cleveland show," and "american dad." he's writer, director, and he voices many of the characters he created. just to open things up, the 150th episode of "family guy" debuts may 2nd on fox. here is a sneak peek. >> stewy, come on, you don't know how to use that thing. >> really? what if i hold it sideways like a black guy? >> whoa, whoa. come on, man. take it easy. i don't want any trouble. >> there's not going to be any trouble if you eat my poo. >> that is not happening. >> then i'll be forced to shoot you. >> go ahead, there aren't any bullets in that gun. >> i don't believe you. >> then shoot me. >> i will. >> do it. >> i will. >> then what are you waiting for? go on. >> i will. i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off. >> larry: you know, you are sick? >> yes, yes. i have a lot of problems. >> larry: how d

if you live in the mountains or pacific time zone. go ahead and dial in. you have a flavor of what professor kessler talks about. it is about patrick's book the conservative ideas and personalities through all-american history. that book has the virtue of treating conservatism as an american phenomenon rather than a transplant or derivation of european flawed. >> guest: conservatism has been confused for most of its life in america because it was never quite sure what it was for. in new what it was against. was a bit against liberalism and big government and soviet union and communist imperialism, but not so confident -- some conservatives thought of themselves as traditionalists. they thought the world ended with the french revolution and we were in the after times ever since. libertarian conservatives to state and government as such to some extent. but it seems to me and to -- if you really want to understand where it came from you have to look at american things. conservatism is reacting to the intellectual and political forces that progressivism unleas

police say nothing dangerous was found and canadian pacific says the threat was a hoax and made by phone. passengers say they were not told of any potential problems while in the air. that dense cloud of volcanic ash is creating more headaches, forcing airports in northern ireland to be closed down. britain's department of transportation is now warning parts of air space, including london heathrow could close because of the continue eruption of iceland volcano, of the iceland volcano. the volcano has already cost the transportation industry billions worldwide. while you were sleeping, astronauts on board shuttle atlantis got an early wakeup call before a busy day in space, listen. >> good morning, atlantis, a special good morning to you today, tony. >> oh, good morning to you, also. >> sometimes they play music, i prefer the music. >> alisyn wake up, you prefer that to shout out to tony. >> wake up. >> atlantis will dock in a few hours. before it does it will perform a back flip to get into position and nasa says there's no threat from a piece of space junk they've been watching and atla

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we must help the most vulnerable nations from the arctic north, the pacific islands, that are the harbingers of this looming crisis. across the troubled line state -- landscape of afghanistan and pakistan, which are working to disrupt al qaeda and taliban fighters and to train an afghan army and police force so their government can protect its own people and not be a threat to its neighbors. in order to build the governing capacity of afghanistan, the united states and european union are deploying significant resources. sustaining these missions has not always been popular but you know, as i do, it is required. as leaders, which have an obligation to make the case to our populations that this is necessary for our collective security. believe me, as a politician who has stood for office for 38 years, i understand, it is not easy. i assure you, it is no more popular in my country then it is in any of yours. it is also what the u.s. and europe are standing side by side, to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. a development that would in danger citizens and neighbors, including some of o

five eastern, two pacific. >> go to fox sports.com. now, there is mets just trying to hang on to win this ball game after losing last night. there is where weir we're back on a rut trying to beat the yankees. lost seven of eight during inner league play. there is cervelli, very good this season, hitting 444 with runners on. there is runners in scoring position tonight. from the year hitting better than 550. there is ball one from feliciano. >> i think one of the reasons mets are leading in the game now is with the pinch hitter on deck. regardless of what happens to cervelli i think jerry manuel will take his time in making moves. when this is announced joe girardi talking to kevin long. they're going to be thinging that juan miranda will probably be the pinch hitter for sims. >> that is is a hold in third. bases are loaded. another hit for cervelli. he has been incredible. and now, bases are loaded. and there is one coming to the plate. there is monday night he was the man with a game winning home run. there is a walk off hit this seas

rain on i-15 in the pacific northwest and along i-95 in the carolinas. >>> if you're flying today youdelays in seattle, minneapolis, chicago, memphis, charlotte and in miami. >>> well, the duchess of york, sarah ferguson is no stranger to tabloid headlines often as the target of unkind attacks. >> this time ferguson may have only herself to blame after she was caught on camera offering up access to her ex-husband for a price. sonia gallego joins us with more. good morning, sonia. >> reporter: good morning. an excruciating weekend for sarah ferguson as the tabloid papers continue to pore over the details of that story. she's being labeled as an outcast following the publication of those tapes showing her cutting a deal for access to her ex-spouse prince andrew. the duchess pictured in front of $40,000 given to her by a reporter posing as a businessman ostensibly cutting her deal with her for an introduction to her former husband prince andrew. >> yeah, okay, but then if we want to do a big deal with andrew, i do, of course, okay. no, of course. so you need 500,000. >> but that's in wir

hot, showers in the pacific northwest.acific northwest, sunny and warm in the west, sunny and warm in the lower mississippi valley, sunny and cool into the upper great lakes. next week 200 service members an veterans will compete in the first-ever warrior claims taking place in colorado springs. wounded soldiers from the navy, air force and marines will face off in a series of events, much like the olympics. a motorcycle posse will ride out to colorado to help kick off the games. congratulations and thanks to all of you for coming here. general, colonel, you guys helped organize this. what do you hope comes out of these first-ever warrior games? >> i think the most important thing from our standpoint, we want our soldiers and really all the service members to focus on their abilities, defeat their disabilities, their injuries, get back into life, and the overall intent is, hey, you can have a rich, rewarding and productive future despite whatever wound, illness or injury that you've sustained until the service to the natio

for those of you in the east and since our timezones and 585-3886 at the lip of the mountain and pacific timezones. you can also send a tweet at twitter.com/booktv. that is our twitter address. if you will send them a little bit early so we can get them we will have a chance to read them and let tammy bruce respond to them. we are here on the campus of ucla. tammy bruce is another book she has written is called "the death of right and wrong." what is this one about? >> not that i have an opinion, right? it is about the moral relativism. this notion that everything is the same, all ideas are equal, all cultures are equal. we don't have the right to have judgment. to come to conclusions. and we certainly see socially the damage of that. i think part of that has been affecting how we have been prosecuting the war. the truth of the matter is that this moral relativism which is fed by the left in which i've participated in to some degree quite some time ago when i was on the left is this notion that if you can get people to believe that everything is equal and you are to not come to judgment

and the union pacific joined at promonitory summit in utah. the first, not long after, the transcontinental trip took 83 hours and 39 minutes from new york city to san francisco. by 1910, which is really the peak time for passenger rail, 95% of all intercity travel was by rail. by 1920 the railroads carried a 1,200,00000 passengers -- 1,200 ,000,000 passengers. it's interesting that in 1920, cars accounted for 50 miles of travel a year for average citizen and 450 miles a year for train. but 10 years later, 10 years later that had just turned around. americans were driving over 1,600, nearly 1,700 miles a year in their cars, only 200 miles a year by train. that continued to progress until after world war ii, the railroads saw more advantage in freight, passenger traffic was dropping off and the railroads joined with the u.s. post office to take the overnight mail off the passenger service, the r.p.o.'s began to disappear, that reduced revenue to the railroads, railroads could petition the i.c.c. for discontinuance and by the end of the decade o

inspired by the contiki's expedition more than 60 years ago, another adventurure tonight is crossing the pacificn a vessel called the platt ticky. >> reporter: on board his boat, the pla the plastiki, dave rothschild is calling in vier skype. >> we're right now thousands of miles from anywhere. i can show you out the window. it's a pretty calm day today. >> reporter: de rothschild, an heir to the banking family fortune is about halfway on his voyage from san francisco to sydney, australia, a voyage meant to focus attention to the damage plastic is doing to the oceans what is this? >> it's a plastiki. >> the plastiki was still being built in a san francisco warehouse when we first met him largely composed recycled plastic water bottles. >> we have 12 and a half thousand of these bottles. >> reporter: in all, de rothschild spent more than three years designing and building the plastiki. before it was ready for testing on sa san francisco bay. >> it doesn't get much better than this. a beautiful sunny day in san francisco. >> reporter: originally, the plastic bottles were going to provide the entir

the pacific northwest is cool and rainy. i forgot it's cinco de mayo. where's the tequila?ve some. >> we to? >> we didn't get any. it's in makeup. >> that explains your performance. >> it certainly does. >>> there was an unexpected arrival at milwaukee central post office yesterday morning. >> night shift workers discovered a badger inside the maintenance shop. the animal made its way inside and hid in a locker in the men's room. >> a game warden was able to convince the striped intruder to leave. the visit seems only fitting since wisconsin is the badger state. >> that's right, it's the badger state, he belongs there. maybe he'd had a little tequila. wandered off. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." [ baby babbling ] [ indistinct talking on television ] [ laughs ] what's that? [ inhales deeply ] that's last night's dinner. [ male announcer ] hate lingering odors? [ baby cries ] ♪ [ male announcer ] febreze air effects actually eliminates odors # caused by bacteria and leaves a light fresh scent. febreze. it's a breath of fresh air. >>> parents are being warn

pacific. >> this holiday weekend not fiction books and authors on c-span2's "book tv." on "afterwards" the newest book "war" embedded with the 173rd airborne in afghanistan. and form president who have meister on why we hate the oil companies. three days of book tv. memorial day weekend. get the whole schedule at booktv.org. >> years from now when you return here, when for you the shadows have grown longer, i have no doubt that you will have added your name to the book of history. >> memorial day weekend on c-span. watch commencements from leaders in the arts, sports, and sciences. and right now watch past year's speeches online at the c-span video library. it's commencement speeches your way, with every program since 1987. available free online. >> again waiting for the u.s. house to gavel if for suspension bill votes and possible work on a bill extending expiring tax breaks. we'll have live coverage when it does start. now a pentagon briefing. this is british major general nick carter briefing reporters on the situation across southern afghanistan, including ongoing o

eastern and pacific time.n our website, c-span.org, you can watch the entire interview with the body language expert and other programs of the british election. the british election is may 6, and c-span is covering the leaders coming issues, and process. we asked to a british journalist with the british campaign is becoming more americanized. >> we are definitely getting more focus on the character, the personality, the family lives of the leaders. it is where most of the work is gone into preparing. away from that, we are also getting the weives the first time. i cannot remember having a spouse is playing such essential part. date deconstructions of the wardrobe sarah brown, samantha cannon, and maria clegg. as opposed to the traditional party platform. >> you can go back over 100 years and complained that british elections are becoming americanized. it is normally deemed an insult. a lot of bill clinton's campaign advisers -- people like sam greenberger were advising tony blair and are now advising gordon br

near normal temperatures around the northeast, kind of cool and wet again for the pacific northwest.,e gymnast. chris, into you. >>> the legal woes for lindsay lohan continue to mount. she missed a mandatory court date this week and she has until monday to get back to u.s. and into court. hattie kauffmans th hattie kauffman this report. >> reporter: lindsay lohan is expected into court for a hearing related to her duis. the actress was stranded at the cannes film festival in france where she was promoting a new movie role. her absence angered the judge. >> i know that she has missed appearances. i know she's come late. and that could frb substance abuse. >> reporter: the udge issued a warrant for her arrest setting bail at $100,000. her legal team paid her bond, but lohan must comply with strict new rules upon her return. she must abstain from drinking, wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet, and undergo random drug testing. and monday could bring more legal woes for lohan. >> the court could still order her to jail, could still order theory do an additional sanction and penalty because

at elevation, you'll's some snow as you head to the pacific northwest. or so in the highest elevation. rain otherwise. east of denver, you'll see strong showers. threat of severe weather. ohio valley is going to see some rain today. let's talk about an interesting fact as we look to the east of florida and to the east of the coastline. we know hurricane season begins june 1st. look at this. this could become a tropical depression. if it is, it will become alex. tropical depression could form that could bring heavy rain and high winds to places like north florida, georgia and south carolina area. we'll continue to watch that as it develops. rare but not out of the question for this >>> 7:37 right now. that's a look at your weather this half hour. >> does the official start of tropical season is -- >> june 1. >> we're almost there. >> yeah. >> i knew you would know that. >> he better. >> if i didn't, we have bigger problems. sdl thank, dave. >>> up next, you'll meet a young one, you'll love this, who spent her childhood showing off pigs and brought home th

heavy mountain snow in the northern rockies and showers in the pacific northwest and the carolinas. >ly 80s in the southeast and 70s from baltimore to boston. upper 80s in chicago, detroit, and kansas city. a cool 56 in salt lake city. and 69 in sacramento. >>> you know the city of lights is notorious for its iconic style. today it's a little bit country. >> paris is wrapping up a two-day event that's turned its most famous avenue into a giant garden. the champs-elysees is covered with flowers, crafts and farm animals. it's part of a $5 million project aimed at highlighting the plight of struggling french farmers. >> organizers say they hope to preserve a big part of the french way of life. i think of the champs-elysees, i think highbrow, sophisticated. beautiful. i don't think pig and is barnyard animals. >> it's pretty. >> it is, no doubt about it. >> all the flowers. we'll be right back. >>> it's one of the most unforgiving environments on the planet. the jungles surrounding the mighty 4,000 mile long amazon river. >> a man there is in the middle of an extraordinary adventure. ed s

region of the world that is pretty hard from china's strategic interests, which are in the eastern pacific and southeast asia. americans are doing bad things, but at least they're not doing it in an area of crucial concern to china. by the way, the americans might exhaust themselves and wear out their national will, leaving us in a better situation. what this takes us back to is flexibility on the application of principle. of course, if china is going to be flexible on the application of its principal, opposition to the use of sanctions and interference in internal affairs, if china is going to go along with the americans, it needs to get a good pro quo. mr. steinberg said this morning that china does not seek a quid pro quo. that might be the situation. china's interactions with the united states in earlier per iods, for example, in 1990 during the first iraq war, or in 1997 when the u.s. pushed for chinese disengagement from nuclear cooperation with iran. in both of those junctures, china sought and received from the united states a quid pro quo. china will be flexible, but i suspect wil