senator pat robert, senator jack reed, senator jerry moran, representative thornburgh, representative mike simpson and representative sanford bishop, our chairman is rocco. ien the purpose of this hearing is to discuss the eisenhower memori memorial. while some may be here to express a design point of view, which may be legitimately different from the commission's viewpoint, i'm here to answer your questions about the memorization process to the best of my ability and demonstrate what proposed memorial is and is not. in my extended statement for the record, you'll see how we've worked with congress and numerous government agencies such as the national park service gsa, ncpc, commission of fine arts, district of columbia and many others. since passage of legislation establishing the commission, the memorial designer has been bound by law to memorialize both 34th president of the united states and supreme commander of allied forces in world war ii. i would like to show you four images on the screen in front of you. central focal points of the memorial represented by the two dominant scu

resigned his position as commissioner in december 2011, one of our commissioners from kansas, senator pat roberts as a member of the executive committee has engaged in conversations with sue an and ann eisenhower to help ensure complete understanding of their views and explore creative ways to respond positively to their concerns. we encourage and support senator roberts in his efforts and congressman boswell, also a member of the executive committee. may i close by complimenting you to bringing attention to visit some of our most important roots. general eisenhower was one of the most importance from the 20th to the 21st century. at the beginning of our 21st century we're asking how do we remain true to ourself and the promise of liberty and freedom for all. the eisenhower memorial should be part of the answer for all the young and the old who will visit the site. thank you. >> next we'll turn to howard segermart, the director of the national arts society. >> thank you. my name is howard segermart. i'm not an architect or artist. i worked on capitol hill here for a staffer -- as a staffer for bo

. >> pat roberts has introduced a package of amendments that basically revisits that package that we repeated last week. the president was taking calls last week. i was wondering if he is again making calls on this one. >> i don't have any calls to report. when that report emerged, the president had conversations with members of congress with some them out. let me give others a chance. >> jay, what was the reason for the president's meeting with mayor bloomberg a few weeks ago? >> they speak from time to time. the president appreciates the mayor's insights into matters of policy. he appreciates his leadership on issues of immigration policy and other issues. and they had lunch. >> was it a job interview? >> absolutely not. they are focused on policy matters. >> and what is the reason the president is taking the prime minister to a basketball game? >> well, because i think it is an opportunity for the president and the prime minister to spend some time together outside the official trappings of washington and the white house and an opportunity for the president to show the prime minis

>> pat roberts -- pat roberts has introduced a package, an amendment that basically revisits the package last week. the president was making calls and i was wondering if you think -- [inaudible] >> i don't have any additional calls to report. i would say, as i said then when i reported that the president had conversations with members of congress with some frequency, and we don't have them all. i want to give others a chance. >> the president's meeting with mayor bloomberg? >> they speak from time to time. the president appreciates the mayor's insights into matters of policy. he appreciates the mayor's leadership on issues such as the economy and other issues and he enjoyed the lunch that they had here. >> they were focused on policy matters. >> the president is taking prime minister cameron to a basketball game. >> i think it's an opportunity for the president of prime minister to spend time together outside of the official trappings of washington and the white house. and of opportunity for the president to show the prime minister a slice of american life. march madness is just getting

continued stubborn opposition to it, we'll have another vote related to that subject offered by senator pat roberts the hous bill isn't just important for what it does but for what it also represents. it's a rare and welcome signal that lawmakers in washington still value, the risk takers and the entrepreneurs have always been so vital to our nation's greatness. after three years of policies that undermine free enterprise through the picking of winners and losers, this legislation sends an entirely different signal. it's a welcome step back in the right direction. by clearing away red tape, it should encourage the kind of entrepreneurship that not only leads to new pockets of industry and the jobs that come with them, but which also helps people fulfill their dreams and without adding to the deficit. this bill doesn't add anything to the federal deficit. this is precisely, mr. president, precisely the kind of thing we should be doing right here in washington. it's the message we should send. we tkphaoepbtd fewer apples -- we don't need fewer apples or microsofts or facebooks. we need more of that.

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news 4's pat collins will have a live update at the top of the hour. >> robert mueller made a publicday for the safe return of a former fbi agent who vanished in iran on a business trip. mueller said the fbi is now offering a million dollar reward for information that leads them to robert levenson. friday marks the fifth anniversary of his disappearance. >>> just now, stocks scoring their biggest losses in months today. the dow sliding 203 pnts to close to 12,759. the hp hp s&p 500 is off by about 20 points. >>> hazmat crews are investigating a suspicious powder. found inside a pizzeria. this is the live picture from the scene. d.c. firefighters and the fbi are currently on the scene. we'll have more on the story as it develops. >>> busy location, busy time of day too. >>> an 81-year-old rhode island woman has won the third largest powerball jackpot in history. >> $9 in tickets won her nearly $340 million. >> reporter: 81-year-old louise white had her powerball jackpot check made out to the rainbow sherbert trust. >> i'm very happy, and i'm very proud. this will make my family very h

catholic church, the reverend robert schuller and his wife announced over the weekend their family is leaving the ministry he founded four decades ago. >>> former first lady pat nixon's 100th birthday would have been this friday. to mark the occasion, the nixon library has released some letters from her husband. let's just say they give us a whole new picture of the man known forever in history for a whole lot of other things. our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: to describe richard nixon, who would use the words "playful, corny, romantic"? after all, his boldness and brilliance were matched and eventually overwhelmed by his political and personal ruthlessness that led to the watergate scandal and to these unprecedented words -- >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: now the letters between the ambitious young lawyer just moved to washington, d.c., and pretty thelma catherine ryan, known to all as pat, whom he'd asked to marry him on their first date. he writes to his irish gypsy, who radiates all that's happy and beautiful, pines to be with her every day and every night, dreams of long sunday rides, weeke

roberts, paying tribute to our "person of the week." a woman who believes if you create a generation of competitors, you create a generation with a new kind of confidence. coach patled her lady vols of tennessee to 1,098 victories only to face a devastating diagnosis herself a year ago. early on-set comment ya. but we all saw her there this week with her team for march madness. this coach, who taught so many women how to be resilient, no matter what live throws you. taught so many, including a reporter named robin. >> she makes you know that you are strong enough to get back up. she makes you believe that. i know a lot of things said about the steely blue-eyed stare. >> reporter: steely blue eyes and a big embrace. pat summitt is the winningest coach, male of female, in any collegiate sport in american history. she created a generation of competitors, teaching them champions don't always win, but champions always get back up and back into the game. >> way to respond. >> maybe that game will be different. maybe that game i'll make the shot. maybe that game and that's how you approach the pitfalls of life. there's something about her, especially when you are down.

pat down a child while they remain in the wheelchair. >>> afghans meets with the attorneys. this is as charges come against him. teresa garcia has the latest. >> reporter: staff sergeant roberthis attorney, john henry brown, for the first time, behind the walls of fort leavenworth. brown is just now hearing his client's side of the story. >> you can't imagine a more difficult case, i don't think. i mean, every challenge. political ramifications. legal ramifications. social ramifications. >> reporter: bales could be formally charged this week for killing 16 afghan civilians. nine of them, children. people who know the 38-year-old father of two are shocked. captain chris alexander served with bales. >> no job too menial or dangerous. he would always get it done and get it done very well. >> reporter: the killings have sparked outrage in afghanistan. president hamid karzai says american and nato forces should pull out of the bases and return. but the mission has not changed. >> stabilizing afghanistan sufficiently so we can train up and transfer authority to afghan security forces. and withdraw our troops as we do that. >> reporter: bales joined the military after the 9/11 atta

roberts been robots get ready to head into the battlefield. it weighs two pounds. small enough to fit in a backpack. it is tossable allowing troops to throw it in come patrobot to scope out what is behind a corner or around a wall and things like that. we have the head of military programs recon project. how did this project come about? >> the project came about from funding from the university of minnesota in order to develop a throwable, launchable device to help troops with situational awareness. jenna: run some of the video. it is interesting to see the video we have of the robot actually working. it is a little guy, and it is not very big. how duringable is it in? if i throw on top of the roof somewhere and it lands funny is it going to last? >> absolutely. it is designed to take repeated 30-foot drops on concrete. 120 foot lateral throws. pretty much as hard as you can throw it can take it and take it over and over again. jenna: you were a marine sniper at one point in your career, different career as you served in the marines. can a gunshot take this oink out, enemy surprised by the robot to take it out? >> well, i would say, two things there. if

pat robertson says maureen use should be legal. he has -- his newest guise may perhaps surprise his followers the most. quote, i really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol, mr. robert said in an interview on wednesday. i've never used marion and i don't intend to, but i think it's just one of those things that this war on drugs just hasn't succeeded. he made this on the 700 club, the signature program of his christian broadcasting network and other comments he made in 2010 while those earlier remarks were largely dismissed by his followers, mr. robertson has now apparently fully embraced the idea of legalizing marijuana. >> and michael is a democrat in sals barry, north carolina. hi michael. caller: good morning. i just want to say that i think john mccain should retire. they talking about the deficit. dwonet have no money. we going bankrupt, and yet they want to start another war, and we haven't got our young men and women out of afghanistan yet, yet they want to start another war. i'm so glad that this -- we got an administration and a president with a sound mind and use good judgment towards our foreign policy. thank you. host: mississippi, rene on our independe

continued stubborn opposition to it, we'll have another vote related to that subject offered by senator pat roberts. the hous bill isn't just important for what it does but for what it also represents. it's a rare and welcome signal that lawmakers in washington still value, the risk takers and the entrepreneurs have always been so vital to our nation's greatness. after three years of policies that undermine free enterprise through the picking of winners and losers, this legislation sends an entirely different signal. it's a welcome step back in the right direction. by clearing away red tape, it should encourage the kind of entrepreneurship that not only leads to new pockets of industry and the jobs that come with them, but which also helps people fulfill their dreams and without adding to the deficit. this bill doesn't add anything to the federal deficit. this is precisely, mr. president, precisely the kind of thing we should be doing right here in washington. it's the message we should send. we tkphaoepbtd fewer apples -- we don't need fewer apples or microsofts or facebooks. we need more of that.