pearce. i am the secretary of environment for the state of new mexico as well as the natural resource trustee for the state of new mexico and i was on the ground in farmington, new mexico, within 18 hours of receiving notice of the spill from the southern ute tribe. almost immediately after being notified, our governor, suzanna martinez, pointed an emergency response team which i had the honor of serving as the leader of for the nine-day ordeal that the state of new mexico as well as other downstream users, including the navaho nation in the state of utah was forced to endure as a result of epa's spill in the animas river. it's been said pressure reveals true character and i am extremely proud of the manner which the state of new mexico as well as the local communities responded to this event. new mexicans demonstrated compassion, courage, determination and grit throughout this nine-day ordeal and having been there and in the community i cannot underscore how frightened people were by the tox

pearce. mr. pearce: i thank the gentleman for yielding and for bringing this subject up. it's a subject that all of us in the west deal with every year. a couple of years ago, we had tom tidwell in new mexico, he was there at a time when the forest service was in the process of burning down 255 homes in ruidosa, the fire almost burned completely out of control and burned the entire town down, that's what the agency was surprised and frightened by. these fires are caused by a lack of management and instead of addressing the problem by reducing the number of trees in the forest, the forest service is saying, and tom tidwell himself said that our policy is going to be to reintroduce fire into its natural habitat. introducing fire into the forest at this stage with the years of no attention, with the years fuel buildup work the decades of drought that have put them in a bad position in much of the west is absolute lunacy. yet this was the ranking, the highest ranking forest service employee saying we need to reintroduce fire into the wild. i'm sorry, but we need to clean up t

ex-presidents who failed to show enough mourning and were attacked by mobs, fillmore and franklin pearce. world war i, is, you know, a tragic event in history, but -- and it's often associated with kaiser wilhelm prussia. but for kaiser wilhelm, there was probably a worst day for him when he was at a party, and there was rumors swirling around that he was part of a gay underground which in 1908 prussia was not cool and not okay. the problem was his trend was dancing in a tutu and dropped dead. [laughter] so they had a lot of problems, because of rigor mortis, trying to get the guy out of the tutu, and the police are on the way. so we're trying to -- [laughter] as i said, trying to get miserable days in unexpected ways. one of my favorites, which i will read to you, has to do with one of the great works of literature. it's called -- this happened on march 6th, 1835. a friendship tested by fire. the english philosopher john stewart mills faced an excruciating task on the evening of march 6, 1835. he had devastating news to deliver to a friend. an admission of personal fault so greaves that

up pearce year on boeing. >> neil? >>> all right. is it just me or was this a good week for the bad guys or what? welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. think about it. we've got an iran nuke deal going through as opponents in congress really can't find a way to stop it. soon we'll have a palestinian flag going up after the u.n. as it. ben stein has had enough of it. we've got charlie gasparino. adam lashinsky is making last-minute changes to his fantasy football team, that or burning an american flag. i don't know which. but he's busy. ben, the iran thing goes through. good day for the palestinians at the u.n. i could go on and on. but those are two of the headlines. what do you make of it? >> i'm mystified, neil. why did mr. obama want this deal so badly? gives the iranians sooner or later a nuclear bomb. gives them a great deal of money. gives them ballistic missiles. takes our pressure of sanctions off them. why did mr. obama want this deal so badly? what is the imperative for him to get this deal except some kind of deep-seated ps

look at steve pearce. #topten. this one went into trainings. thes go to the bottom of 11th. look at chris davis. this would be a walkoff. o's snapped a losing streak, 7-6. iii in the news today and it is drama free. no facebook or twitter posts. you saw that could get you in trouble. he was honored as the redskins welcome back luncheon. robert is the son of two military parents. very grateful for his recognition. >> i am blessed to have a lot of teammates that have let me in the right direction to be able it for a positive thing. in the military, the one thing is your word. when you give your word to someone, that means you are going to through. i give my word to my family, the redskins, and the military that i will always be there for them. appreciate you guys. u.s. open, serena williams trying to complete the serena slam. she advances to the third round, 7-6, 6-3. the racket never had a chance. racket have it. racket moreut poor than anything. and the mystics lost to the mercury today in phoenix. leon: i am wondering how she will ever afford a new one. robert: i do not kno

man on for steve pearce. he will get all of this one. this is towering even inside. he had two homers in a game but orioles could not come all the way back and end up losing 8-6. that one hurts the orioles. >> mike tebow all smiles. under a minute to play in the game. that's a three! she had 15 points. that means we're going to overtime. final seconds of the first overtime. down two. she ditches it. gets the bucket evens the score. we're heading to a second overtime. double overtime, tied at 80. carol lawson on the drive goes up and under nicely done. two overtimes, 86-83 game two is sunday verizon center. season starting soon they're in hampton pirates. scoreless. hampton on the move. david rolling out. finds alex. and hampton a 7-0 lead. nice celebration. second quarter, pirates with a 13-0 lead, still looking for the first touchdown of the season and freeman going to help them out. turning on the jets 35 years, first touchdown of the season. hampton up 37-19 in the fourth quarter. a tough season. >> quite a >>> just 12 hours now before you can see and hear doug an

up pearce year on boeing. >> neil? >>> all right. is it just me or was this a good week for the bad guys or what? welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. think about it. we've got an iran nuke deal going through as opponents in congress really can't find a way to stop it. soon we'll have a palestinian flag going up after the u.n. as it. ben stein has had enough of it. we've got charlie gasparino. adam lashinsky is making last-minute changes to his fantasy football team, that or burning an american flag. i don't know which. but he's busy. ben, thera

steve pearce bobbles it. a run comes in. the rays are up 6-0. 8-0 game. aaron again, he is your number nine hitter. he had himself a night. sixth rbi. the rays win this one, 11-2 the final. >>> let's talk about the redskins now. robert griffin iii is no longer the starting quarterback of this team, and players on this roster are still dealing with the aftermath of what that move means. desean jackson has played with griffin for just one season. he came over from philadelphia after being cut. he understands what it's like to be told you're not wanted. >> you know, it's an unfortunate situation to be in, honestly. i have a good relationship with him. and he is a good guy. he does all the right things. and, you know, it's just unfortunate he has to be in a situation like that. but this is the game we're in. this is the league we're. in it's the nfl. and the best advice i could tell him is just keep his head high and when an opportunity presents itself and he has another opportunity to play again or wherever it's going to be again in this league, i definitely

steve pearce will send this ball deep to left field. this one headed to the bull pen. a solo home run. that gives the orioles a 4-3 lead. they would win by a final score of 5-3. >>> let's talk about the redskins for a moment. the skins have been picked to finish last in the nfc east by just about every expert out there. now, if it makes you feel any better, the experts also picked the nationals to win the world series this year. so what do the experts really know? >> we do know this, though. all eyes will be on kirk cousins this sunday. >> yes, it's a big game. yes, it's important. but i'm the kind of guy who is going to acknowledge that. it's my job to almost stay relaxed and enjoy the process and enjoy the moment and have fun and put a smile on myself. >> the thing is he can't feel like the weight of the world son his shoulder. he has to rely on people to help him we have total confidence in kirk he has to understand if it doesn't go right early, hang in there and good things will continue to happen. >> i am not an expert, by the way. not an expert. >>> hey, nfl seas

the train was headed to pearce when a man came out of bathroom and began firing an assault rifle. the three men u.s. army specialist alex scar la toe, u.s. air force man spebser stone and friend anthony sadler subdued the man until police arrived. >>> elton john thought he was speaking with russian president vladimir putin. it was all a hoax. >>> this accident here in woodbridge is going to be slowing things. details coming up. >>> first a developing story out of chicago right now after part of a building collapses. this video showing the scene overnight. what we're learning about this structure this morning as well as >>> developing right now investigators are on the scene of a building that collapsed in chicago. they're figuring out why it went down hours ago. take a look at the video here. you can see the emergency responders on the scene. we're told no one was hurt. they could decide to have a demolition crew at the site to make sure everyone is safe. >>> gm will pay a settlement fine. it's over an ignition switch that led to more than 100 deaths. prosecutors say they knew abo

top of the eighth steve pearce break it is open for baltimore doesn't break it up but a 1-0 lead. former yankees does, and win it 5-3 toronto lost to yankees a game and a half back. making a great comeback amaze physician did it again. down 2-1 in the 8th kelly johnson he wasn't a big name at the trade deadline but proven to be very, very good. run. 14 et that ties the game up at two. moments later. two-run blast. two run shot at 32nd of the year they win it 5-3 they sweep nationals third consecutive comeback against washington. seven up in the nl eetion. serena williams continues quest for the calendar grand slam takes on roberta tonight. never lost a set to her might first ever system final appearance in a grand time event. my prediction this one goes fast. last night second seed there roger federer facing richard after a long rally here. federer gets a nice volley to drop there, and then match point. going to hit into the net. advances straight set 6-3, 6-3 and here in the quarter final. second set gets a back hand winner. taking the set 6-4. on the forehand slals winner down t

before we go to confess, i would like to recognize the gentleman from new mexico, steve pearce, who obviouslyest in the subject at hand and we welcome him to the committee today. let me direct my first question to you. stan myberg there was, quote, no evidence to suggest precautionary measures were needed. however, i would like to show you two documents on the streen. the first is a 2014 epa task order and the second is your own contractor's work plan from 2015. both documents describe the potentially dangerous conditions at the mine and specifically both state, and because the print is so small, i'll read it. on this powerpoint, conditions may exist that could result in a blowout of the blockages and cause large volumes of contaminated mine waters and sediment from inside the mine which contain concentrated heavy metals, end quote. would like to go to a second power point slide. this is from the internal epa e-mail that appears to address the dangers at the mine. the mine is assumed to be full of water that goes to the top of the plug or higher. my question is why did the epa ignore these ob

we mourn with all pearce officers who have lost a brother, peace officer, but we're also resolved and resilient that in the future we are going to have their back because respecting and upholding the rule of law is what these men and women do and we should support them in that effort. and that's the way it is. and i yield back to the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: thank you judge. dr. young said i want you to know your father has not died in vein. and he has stood behind every man and woman and i'm proud to recognize my colleague from texas. >> i thank the gentleman from texas. yielding the time and getting this special order together in such a special issue. life today to honor the of deputy sheriff goforth. friday, august 28, deputy forth was ambushed and refueling his car and i represent part of. deputy goforth was a proud husband and a father of two. tragically his life was cut short for one simple reason, his uniform. it's hard to express my outrage and my contempt for those who hatred. ithed this police officers take an oath to protect and to serve and it's time they recei

in the eighth, steve pearce. one-time player for the yankees. breaks the tie with the home run, 4-3, birds. toronto lost, game and a half up on the yanks. serena williams continues her quest for the calendar grand slam. she's never lost a set against venn city. last night roger federer, second seed, facing 12th seeded richard gas cay. nice volley drop right there and then match point. no hatch for federer. the great roger federer advances in straight seats-3, 6-3, 6-1. former giants punter steve weatherford may no longer be the team, but that isn't stopping him from helping kids with his foundation. he gave out sneakers to underprivileged students in jersey city yesterday, all part of his annual kick for kids program. >> what a better way to be able to bless these kids and give them just a little bit of extra confidence knowing they have brand new shoes and somebody be, you know, like a professional athlete that cares about 'em. [applause] >> steve started this, he said a lot of times he couldn't afford the sneakers he wanted as a kid donate, so

pearce, florida. hi, michael. >> caller: good afternoon. mrs.ant to let you know i have some fond memories -- memories. i have the opportunity to travel all over the rockies. so you have a beautiful postcard >> guest: it is beautiful. >> caller: my question has to do with the political environment today and why conservatives seem to have such difficult the in communicating their message to the average individual. they do very well singing in front of the choir but depending upon the audience it doesn't seem to get through relevant. >> host: michael, are you conservative? >> guest: they'll actually made a conscious effort to maintain my independence. it hasn't kept parties from contact amy for support but i'm a registered independent. >> host: in your view what would be a good message for conservatives? >> guest: the benefits of a conservative sort of government in a place like east st. louis take a message to where it is needed. you know, speaking to the american enterprise institute, you're going to have a very nice reception is a conservative.