what does this mean for quÉbec?are not a big oil producer, so for quÉbec it is not as radically bad. first of all, it means that we can export more because the canadian dollar is less than the u.s. dollar right now. for us, it is positive. it is positive also because, i would say it is good to have, i would say more exports for consumers. it means more money in their pocket as well. for the overall canadian economy, it depends on where you are. of course, for alberta and saskatchewan it is more difficult at this particular stage, before quÉbec it is positive. alix: you said on the top part of the shale, tremendous oil and gas potential, especially natural gas. what is the potential in the future for quÉbec to develop these kinds of assets? minister arcand: we've started to develop some -- we have some oil extraction right now in the east part of the province, but the problem with shale gas we have currently some shale gas, but the problem is it is between two cities, two very popular cities, montrÉal and quÉbec, so

the cathedral in quebec.salvation opened every 25 years or by the pope's decree. i got to touch it. it was pretty amazing. then i thought to myself it's just a door. >> a door is a door. a window is a window. it's also quite a symbol. a door is something that says come on in. we're open. >> reporter: people of all faiths are welcome to come through this door? >> absolutely. you don't need a passport. you don't need a certificate of baptism or belonging to a church. i saw last year people come from every walks of faith. even people who don't believe just to experience this. this is a sacred place. a church is a place that celebrates god's presence and it's meaningful to a lot of people. >> reporter: the door itself weighs more than 1,000 pounds. symbolic of a heavy burden. once the door is opened it's an invitation to a new beginning. pass through it and your sins are absolved by mariea who passed through the door last year opened to celebrate the church's 350-year anniversary. tell me about your life before y

at quebec, roosevelt was churchill planned the invasion of europe and with the future of civilizationnce, it is indelibly written in history. fdr wrote a new chapter in international relations, gave assurance to the people of china of aid in their war against japan. but the guiding hand in bringing together the many forces of east and west. such was the man who met stalin for the first time in tehran who gave the world's first promise of complete accord between the three great powers. that these were called the big three was no empty phrase and franklin roosevelt, steadfast in his convictions, was the biggest of them all. steaming into pearl harbor for the first time since the opera kevork, the commander-in-chief conferred with admiral nimitz and general macarthur. that he took an active heart in the war in the pacific is now apparent. from this conference a mooched -- emerged the blueprint for the conflict in the philippines. fdr began his fourth term in office firm in his belief that men are capable of their own government. no king, no tyrant, no dictator can govern as wisely as the

they play montreal in quebec. alex ovechkin has yet to score a goal. the canadians -- the canadi ens face-off tonight. the top prospects -- bill belichick 35-zero. belichick says he has great respect for randy hassell. let's go to the mba. seven days in the regular season. the wizard showed some of their best. marcin gortat, he played a solid defense. and when he plays well, the wizards have a chance against anybody. and the texas longhorns trying to a higher -- hire the vcu coach. in the past he has turned down minnesota, but texas is trying to get a shot. maureen: thank you so much. we're going to get a little rain. doug: it looks like it. thunderstorms tomorrow night. the sunshine looks great. steve rudin tracking all of this. you'll have his updated easter sunday weather forecast coming up at 11:00. so, we will get rid of the cold air. just like that. it's all gone. maureen: join ♪ deidre & the dark - classic girl plays in the background ♪ a great entrance never goes out of style. dresses start at $25. the eva mendes collection. exclusively at new

colma and 62 in downtown san francisco and money 60s through the north bay valley and calistoga could quebec 56 and the east bay shore is narrow at 64 to 66 and inland it is more of a range at 65 in san ramon and everyone else is in the upper 60s to nearly 70 in antioch. going to the game tonight, no jobe, it is going to be brisk with 57 at 7:15 dropping down to 53. it will be breezy. again. low-to-mid 40s and inland a few upper 30s and around bay, mid-60s to upper 40s and the cold front pressure the through and dropped measurable rain in the higher elevations 100 to 200 and today it brings us freezes and today is the cool of the day notice we are six to ten degrees warmer tomorrow and another six degrees of warming on thursday and we could public nearly 90 on friday 80 around the bay and 70 at the coast and a slight slow moderation of temperatures occurring over the weekend with the coast being the coolest and the rest of us warmer-than-average with 70's and 80s but no rain. back to you. >>> okay, san francisco giants back home tonight for another game against colorado. >> sounds like anoth

look at the ice breaking up in this river in quebec. as can you see, the ice is breaking up. it looks like a big old nasty slushy. it looks even nastier here. imagine if you were caught in this. >> wow! >> slowly going over this damn. it speeds up. it's breaking up. you can just see the water boiling and toiling. you doesn't want to be anywhere near that especially if you are these people behind that gated fence. >> that's freaking awesome. >> you could sit there and watch it for a long time. >>> let's jump over to perth and new brunswick. it looks like there is -->> submarine. >> submarine under the water. look at that. it is just churning up. this is the st. john river. this river was so swollen and the ice breaking up so much that 300 people had to be evacuate friday it. >> no way! >> check out this video. >> it's actually beautiful. if you didn't see that bridge and have proper perspective, you would think you're looking at a bunch of migrating glaciers in alaska. >> look at the power. that's amazing. >> the earth is magnificent. >>> you know i've always wondered why when

the ice and snow is melting somewhere in northern quebec. feeding fast-running rivers, spinning turbines and sending electricity, a major export into the north american grid. flip a light switch in upstate new york, and power that began with moving water in canada lights up the room. almost every minute of almost every day energy zips back and forth across north america fed into the system when supply exceeds in one place, taken out when a heatwave has people resetting thermostats in california, colorado or carolinas. as the equipment supporting this daily miracle is not modernized, starved as investment and as bad guys try to figure out how to disrupt the system, it starts to look like we are more lucky than prepared. for a look at what needs to be done and whether we can manage it, i'm joined by a former energy executive who is a member of new york affordable reliable electric reliance, and casey, senior managing director of the american society of civil engineers. welcome back to the programme. >> thank you. >> if we assume off the back t

into the north, you're going to look at travel problems across ontario to quebec. some areas could see as much as 20 to 25 centimeters of rainfall. back toward the west on the other side of the continent, precipitation kicking up into the pacific northwest. seattle, showers in your area. unfortunately, that is not making its way farther down to the south into los angeles. only a high of 21. some hazy conditions there in your forecast on your tuesday. but you're not going to be seeing any rainfall. let's see what's going on in europe now. actually, sunny skies dominating western europe. that really has been the case now for several days, and if you suffer from hay fever, unfortunately, this is going to be a problem for you out here. you might have the sniffles. the pollen really starting to kick up. on the other side of the continent, still have those thunderstorms kicking up there into southeastern portions of europe, even over toward western russia. some snowfall back there toward the north. temperatures look like this. warsaw with a high of 14. berlin up to 20. p

she was an executive at hydro-quebec, an electric utility.e you hear. >> thank you for the invitation. >> from four perspective, when you look at oil, half of what they were a year ago. are you worried about how they are sustainable, environmentally friendly energy is going, cheap oil means they need more. >> we live in an interesting time in the energy sector. it is true that the price of oil, and by extension the price of energy has dropped, leaving governments and resource holders with - struggling with the budgets, not able to cope with demands from key areas, in the health and communication sectors. the world energy council works on scenarios to the 2050 horizon. what we see ahead of us is renewable energy. by that i mean wind solo biofuels, storage, more storage - grow from 15% where it is now to something in between 20 and 30%. fossil fuels will grow depending on the scenario but could take as much as 70% of the energy mix. >> what do you think about the idea that renewable resources can replace a lot of fossil fuels that we lose today

most of the cold air will wrap around and go back into ontario and quebec. we'll stay on the cool side for this time of year. it's not going to be cold and no snowflakes. futurecast for tuesday night shows a couple of showers popping up in the mountains. we'll stay rather clear and quiet. watch out overnight. tomorrow is a different story. as the front approaches likely to see some cloudiness increasing through the day. back and forth between the clouds and sun and tomorrow afternoon, the cold front comes through with showers and isolated thunderstorms. they'll quickly move out tomorrow night and then be babbling to sunshine and a conditional -- couple of pretty nice days. 70 today with sunshine and breezy weather. a 40% chance of showers tomorrow or a thunderstorm or two. on thursday 62 and sunshine. friday, 60 degrees. weekend, not bad. 30% chance of a few showers saturday. highs about 60. it will be cool. more sunshine on sunday into the day on monday. jummy: ok. looking dry for the most part. doug: we'll take it. we need to dry things up for a little bit

. >> when my grandparents moved here from quÉbec, they could only speak french.when my father and his siblings went to school, they had no choice to learn english. he didn't have any special teachers that went to classrooms and as they learned, they were forced to learn english. when my daughter applied for a teaching job in florida, she was told she was not qualified because she did not have a certificate in english as a second language. she said, mom, isn't english the language in this country? we spend extra money making sure that every child is comfortable in their native language before they are taught english. i want to know if something can be done about it. i do not think people are coming here and learning english. you walk into a lowe's store and and the signs are in english and spanish. it seems like this country needs to do something about this. we are in english-speaking country, but the people here are not forced to learn english senator rubio:. if you don't speaking english you are not going to prosper economically. it is a language spoken in this

and the first woman to hold that position until recently she was an executive at hydro quebec the giant utility. good to have you here with us, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for the invitation, first of all, when you look at oil prices half of where they remember a year ago, are you worried about how our march toward more sustainable environmental friendly energy is going? cheap oil means people use oil more? >> it's true that the price of royal are oil and by extension the price of energy has dropped. leaving governments and resource holders with struggling with their budgets not able to cope with demands from key areas and the health and education sectors, the world energy council works on scenarios to the 2050 horizon what we see ahead of us is renewable energy, by that i mean wind, solar biofuels storage more storage also grow from 15% where it is now to something in between 20 and 30%. fossil fuels will grow depends on this scenario, but could take as much as 70% of the energy mix. >> what do you think about the idea that renewable resources can replace a lot of the fos

when my grandparents moved here from quÉbec, they could only speak french.when they went to school, they had no choice but to learning less. they did not have any special teachers. they went to the classroom and learned the regular subjects and were forced to learn english. when my daughter applied for a teaching job in florida two years ago she was told that she wasn't qualified because she did not have a certificate in english as a second language. she said is in english the language in this country. i think the real problem is because we are trying to -- we spend extra money in making sure that every child is comfortable in their native language before they're taught english. i want to know if there's something that can be done about it? i don't think people are coming here and learning english. you walk into a lowe's store and the signs are in english and spanish. almost any phone call, hit one for english, hit two for spanish. it seems like this country needs to do something about this. we are ending the speaking country, yet the people here are not for

so is still well who went from 0 to 100 relic quebec made a life decision that landed him in custody may even of record on or by the way the car reported stolen still has not been found >> catherine heenan: they may be without a home but no longer without the web. more than 300 people living at the next door on the shelter in san francisco's tenderloin area now have access to free why fight. newell wireless or routers have been installed on alf the buildings of four floors on all of the building's four floors the current filter resident held negotiated agreement with the local internet provider to install the equipment for free >> catherine heenan: the entire project cost about $6,000 including internet service for about a year. and in about two weeks that is the federal money at least 100 smart phones will be donated to the shelter. >> catherine heenan: bat as avenue will be closed until sunday van ness will be closed.. a temporary wall is gonna go up on the 24th to put a temporary roof on a and that will allow the crews to start digging out the tunnel as traffic goes by overhead. >

a video from quebec showing a driver threaten being another with a chainsaw. the video is going viral. two parents with their children in the car decided to chase down a driver they say cut them off and this is the result. the driver works for a tree trimming business and whipped out a chainsaw when they cornered him. the children could be heard screaming in the video. no one was hurt and police later arrested the man with the chainsaw but a lot of people online are saying the parent may be asking for driver for chasing the driver in the first place. >> millions in california do not have a driver's listen because of big court fines. a new report shows four million in california are trapped in a spiral court fines and fees they cannot afford to pay. they can result in more gains if they are not paid so that results in criminal war rans and suspended licenses leading to a cycle of poverty. it offers a range of policy reforms including restructuring debt collection procedures. >> santa clara is installing fields of solar panels on 32 acres. the leaders voted yest

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i don't know if you guys know about a community in quebec a small community. a train a year and a half ago carrying fracked oil and fracking wastewater left the track and plowed into this small town late at night close to midnight. into a local pub that was very popular. clild incinerated 47 people. i mean incinerated. it blew up. this is what we know about fracked oil and waist-- wastewater. it is explosive. it's not just toxic in slow motion. it is explosive. and they are talking about moving it storing it all around the great lakes because they've fracked so much now they don't know what to do with the fracking wastewater. now, as they say, the coast guard has given the okay to move it on barges on our water. ships have accidents. it's going to get into our water system. ships have accidents. it's a form of insanity to allow this to happen. how communities stop it? we have to make these decisions separately and how far we're willing to go. sometimes we have to put our bodies up in a peaceful way on the line. i was involved in the 350.org, some of the protes

want to let you know that rigz road remains -- riggs road remains closed between ruatan street and quebeceet as a result of an earlier accident. a car struck a pole and now about 390 people are without power. we're told things should wrap up by 8:00. we'll let you know how it does when we have updates throughout cbs this morning. if you're getting ready to head out the door traveling southbound, looking at a smooth commute from buckeystown pike to the beltway. you're looking at a 36-minute commute. eastbound on 66 from lee highway to 20th street northwest, you're looking at a 31-minute commute. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> the all important first date is becoming a whole lot more casual. >> first impression means everything but doesn't apparently need to break the bank. tommy mcfly back in the 94.7 fresh fm studios to explain. you have a new go-to spot? >> i unfortunately am off the market or fortunately off the market, whoops. wow, is it warm in here? 200,000 users of clover and it seems people are enjoying first dates at more casual fast food spots. we've got them for you. the to

. >>> scary moment for a family on vacation this vacation in quebec. man an accused of using the chain saw in a fit of road rage. they reported will bizarre outburst after being cut off by an erratic driver. they followed that driver for take down his license plate number and that is probably something they now regret. this video has had more than 600,000 views. obviously the family was terrified. kids this in the back seat. >> you don't know who is out there driving. and you feel like you can't say anything do anything, just lock the doors, roll up the windows the best of your ability. you didn't know who will be behind the wheel in the other car. >> wild. >>> 5:41 our time on this wednesday morning. it is hump day and we'll have to get over it today because the rain and clouds are hanging tough. >> chuck bell here now with your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> get it over the hump. got it. i'm with you. good stuff. like your writers. they're working hard. we have rain drops just west of the i-95 corridor moving east. so these rain trpdrops will have

kicks off next month in san diego and will wrap up in quebec city at the end of july. >> they must havegy. >> yeah. >> how many people there their early 70s do you hear doing such things? >>> the new host of comedy central's "the daily show" hasn't take endi-- taken over t anchor desk yet, but he's already in controversy. >> we have details on trevor noah's tweets and why they're causing a backlash. >> reporter: comedy central is hoping this 31-year-oldian comed from south africa will become the new king of new satire like jon stewart. trevor noah has only been on "the daily show" three times. >> always excited on the show to find new, talented voices that can contribute to our program. we are pleased to welcome our newest contributor from south africa, mr. trevor noah. >> reporter: within 24 hours of the announcement that noah is the next "daily show" host, he's gone from comedy darling to demonized for some of his old jokes on twitter. may, 2013. behind every successful rat billionaire is a double as rich jewish man. #beatsbydreidel. in 2009, almost bumped a jewish kid crossing the ro

the archbishop in quebec was one of the first cardinals appointed by pope francis.sat down with him for a wide ranging interview. it was fascinating. people of all faiths are welcome to come through this door? >> absolutely. you don't need a passport. we've received people who are not even christians. >> reporter: in the past the catholic church has not been so welcoming of people of other faiths. what changed? >> you're right. we have not always been as welcoming. we need to recognize that very humbly. does that mean we can't change? that we can't do better? we need to be more faithful to the gospel. that's our constant call. and i think we're doing some steps that are in the right direction. >> when the pope says things like who am i to judge gays? conservatives say you're the pope. you have to judge. >> jesus didn't judge. when you judge what's dangerous about judging, first of all, you put yourself a step above everyone else. and you're saying this is your condemnation. what pope francis is saying we recognize that there is sin. we recognize some people have fal

i don't know if you guys know about a community in quebec, a small community. a train, a year and a half ago, carrying fracked oil and fracking wastewater left the track and plowed into this small town late at night close to midnight. into a local pub that was very popular. killed -- incinerated 47 people. i mean, incinerated. it blew up. this is what we know about fracked oil and water -- wastewater. it is explosive. it's not just toxic in slow motion. it is explosive. and they are talking about moving it, storing it all around the great lakes because they've fracked so much now they don't know what to do with the fracking wastewater. now, as they say, the coast guard has given the okay to move it on barges on our water. ships have accidents. it's going to get into our water system. ships have accidents. it's a form of insanity to allow this to happen. how communities stop it? we have to make these decisions separately and how far we're willing to go. sometimes we have to put our bodies up in a peaceful way on the line. i was involved in the 350.org, some of t

we have, in my country we got moratoriums in quebec nova scotia new brunswick ontario, and maybe onein the prairie provinces. there's been an outbacklash against it. we put up with the tar sands pollution and people just saying, we don't want another form of this. sometimes it can be that kind of a fight. it can be, then when you get to the larger question you raise, which is how do we get people to pay taxes to be prepared to say we have to have the kind of government that's going to put this front and center. do we have to wait until everybody's california with the signs saying, okay, folks, one year, how about you ready to talk rations now? let's talk about -- i noticed they did not say, are you ready for regulation. we need regulation. i -- i quoted martin luther king. i'll quote again. we need rule of law. this does not restrain the heart, but the heartless. we need to get to the place where we elect leaders who do what's necessary to do, and i don't know the easy way to do that. i think, however, if you start at a level that is instructed for you that feels within your grasp, t

hudson, quebec, is 40 miles from the french canadian city of montreal. it's also home to a summer music festival that draws thousands. >> the hudson festival is very, very popular with the town. everybody comes out. it's a very festive atmosphere. >> the best place to watch the performances is the stage by cunningham's restaurant and bar. >> we luck out every year. we get the stage right in front of our pub. >> july 31st, 2010, is the last night of the festival. hudson resident sherry graham is there with her family and her video camera. >> there's some really really interesting things. i walk around and see what i would like to film. >> she's not the only one excited to be at the festival. the area outside cunningham's is packed. in addition to the music, there's a special nighttime act, a fire breathing performance. >> we didn't know what to expect, but we knew it would be probably exciting. >> fire breathing has long captured the imagination with its irresistible mix of dazzle and daring. >> fire breathing is something that captivates the crowd. it's

that have led to some pretty spectacular explosions and in some cases tragedy 47 people killed in quebec >> ngls. >> -- yeah that are particularly explosive. as you may know on april 1st, north dakota -- or since then has been requiring vapor pressure bakken crude to be limited to 13.7 pounds per square inch before it's loaded into the railcars but the big explosion in west virginia the vapor pressure of that oil was at 13.9 psi. my question is whether the department of energy is working with the department of transportation in order to access the safety benefits of lowering crude oil vapor pressure before it's loaded onto trains. >> yes. so that is one of the specific focus areas of the work that i alluded to earlier that our lab has carried out and will carry out. but again, the early indications are that no one property seems to be directly correlated to the combustiblity issues but that will be researched much more in the next year, and then there will be specific combustion tests done in accident scenarios to test this out. the second issue is that frankly, the literature survey ind

i do not know if you guys know about -- a community in quebec, a small community and a train a year and a half ago carrying frack oil and wastewater left the track and plowed into the small town late at night. it was close to midnight into a local pub that was very popular. it killed, incinerated 47 people. it blew up. that is what we know about frack oil and wastewater. it is explosive. it is a very toxic -- not only toxic in slow motion, it is explosive. and they are talking about moving it as stored it around the great lakes because they frack so much a do not know what to do with the fracking wastewater. they are talking about -- the coast guard has given the ok to moving onto barges on our water. ships have accidents. it is going to get into our water system. ships have accidents. it is a form of insanity to let it happen. how can communities stop it? we have to make these decisions separately. sometimes, we have to put our bodies off in a peaceful way on the line. i was involved in the 350.org some of the protests in front of the white house a few years ago. i was arrested and my

this issue has special resonance in my home because the horrific accident in quebec, which killed 47 people and consumed much of a small community downtown. only 10 miles from the main border and many of our first responders rushed to assist their canadian counterparts in the budget request highlights -- pedestrian safety and the safe transportation of energy products that may need additional resources. i will be looking closely at how we can best target federal funds to reduce accidents and save lives. this subcommittee has worked hard to provide the department of transportation with resources to improve rail safety -- rail safety but they have not reflected those investments. despite the increased resources we have provided a safe transportation of crude oil it is baffling to me that the department and this administration have yet to finalize regulations to replace the dot 111 tank cars to make other improvements. the department begins consideration of rules that will require comprehensive oil response plans. i also remain concerned about the ability of the department to hire the r

a territory straddles the border with portions of new york, ontario and quÉbec.gglers exploit circumstances in the way and a large rural areas to cross the border surreptitiously. all along the line they try to take advantage along with the nations of the border with the binational to accelerate the legitimate flow in jurisdictional divisions. the prevention of terrorism remains of course our number one priority. a family and i have personally felt the impact of terrorism having lost my 21-year-old lynn over lockerbie in 1988 pan am 103. the terrorist threat is current and real astronomically illustrated by the canadian convictions last month of two men at conspiracy for the benefit of a terrorist group. they plotted to derail a train traveling between new york and toronto, but were thwarted by a joint investigation that included undercover work by an fbi agent. u.s. attorneys offices were closed with a tall joint terrorism task forces operating on them beyond the border and their canadian counterparts to spot terrorism understanding our vigorous enforcement of t

about a dozen oil training have exploded over the last 21 months including this one in quebec where 47 people died. crude oil transfers have spiked. in 2000 tin 55,000 barrels were shim to the u.s. and canada and that number rose to over a million. you can check out the full story on aljazeera.com. >> new revelations about the dangers of do itry suppplements and question on whether the f.d.a. hid the risks. >> commercial development putting one of the country's largest and most vital waterways in danger. >> in healthbeat, body building supplements could contain dangerous hidden stimulants. john henry smith is here. judging by the study you can't always believe the ingredient list. >> according to the study in this months journal drug testing and analysis, one ingredient lifted in all the containers of a popular supplement is actually something else jet fuel, and yellow scorpion as well as many others were tested by study leader dr. peter cohen and his team. they found many of the supplements featured an ingredient which is a shrub found in the southwest and in mexico. the new study ind

what is distinctive about quebec hockey? it used to be a medieval surf dom and that has changed.ig dinner on friday night and they wheeled out the two big screen tv's in toronto watching the sens and the halfs and this is ontario. that's the difference. hockey in general is what we do and how we live. tom: it's a great time. i saw rangers-penguins this weekend and i thought it was great. gary bettman hit the ball out of the park with this excitement of the game. brendan: yes. tim horton makes a mean doughnut. tom: he is doing a nutella doughnut. brendan: time for the agenda. we look at stories shaping the day. tom, you start. tom: boston marathon is a regular working day across america. it is not in boston. it is an important day. of course, the marathon and this is the pageantry of the marathon from the suburb into the city and red sox playing at 11:00 as and the backdrop from two years ago. still very difficult. brian: that's a very important day. brendan: it is a massachusetts-only holiday. that's a beautiful day. my agenda, we're taking a look at earnings. boeheim -- i.b.m. e

>> darya: former heisman trophy winners and the duel with the eagles to already have quebec san bradfordo mary and the next, and the last season analyst for espn made no secret to winning the back in the game must and suited up for nfl team was in 2013. he went to training camp with the patriots. >> darya: as a obama a national champion ohio state football team. and the get those rings the buckeyes won first-ever playoff beating over oregon. and looks like the proportion of people to about torture players coaches and staff making it the washington d.c.. >> mark: amber alert issued this morning for a year old boy and fairfield chp fit in fairfield prep newsmen a year old boy taken while vehicle was been warming up in the family's driveway. please frantically looking for to cells in one toyota corolla seoul. california license plates on your screen may keep following you on this breaking news story out of their skill area. are taken from families try that way with a year old boy inside. working on several other developing stories on kron 4 coming up next hour marathon monday and boston. tw

incorporate our canadian law enforcement counterparts at all levels whether it is the rcmp or others , in quÉbecor the regional police officer, and having as much, not just information sharing, because, of course, information sharing is extremely important, but we are able to actually take the information in those collaboration sessions and put them to use in our investigations, and that is how we complete that last piece of identifying, disrupting, and dismantling the transnational criminal organizations that are the biggest threats to the homeland. senator carper: thank you. mr. wagner? deputy wagner: the workload load, looking at ways to better utilize the physical infrastructure that is there and getting the most deficiencies we can out of it. now, how we define something as lower risk or higher risk is all depending on what we have the analysis and targeting capabilities, also enhanced i what our foreign partners are sharing with us. we have very good data exchange with the canadian government and the mexican government. they have different capacities as to what access they can get, what in

today i'm asking customs and border patrol to start a french-speaking program for officers at the quebec border. they process millions of french speaking borders. we love having them here. because we're hampered in french speaking it slows the border down and we get fewer visitors. will you commit to carefully considering my request for a french language program for northern border agents similar to the spanish program we have on the southern border that jeff flake is familiar with. secretary johnson: last question first, i'm not aware of the plattsburgh situation and i'll look into that, senator. i'm sure we'll have a follow-up discussion on it. i fully support commissioner -- the commissioner's efforts to restore and maintain preinspection on the canadian side of the peace bridge. as you know, infrastructure, building the right infrastructure for this is probably the biggest issue and i understand we have a resolution with that issue. senator schumer: they're willing to put in the $44 million to do it. secretary johnson: money talks yes. and i also believe that privileges and immunitie

it straddles the border with portions in new york, and terrio, and quebec. smugglers export the circumstances to cross the border search of sicily -- surreptitiously. the volume of traffic, the acceleration of trade and travel, and jurisdictional provisions. the prevention of terrorism remains our number one priority. my family and i felt the impact of terrorism having lost my 21-year-old sister in the skies in a bombing of pamn-am 103. two men a conspiracy to murder for the benefit of the terrorist group, they plotted to do real a passenger train traveling between new york and toronto but were thwarted by a joint investigation that included undercover work by an fbi agent. u.s. attorney office works closely with each 12 joint terrorism task force operating at and beyond the border and the canadian hunter parts to spot and stop terrorism understanding our vigorous enforcement of the criminal code and child exploiters and those who smuggle drugs, guns, illegal immigrants come and cash reduces the threat of another attack. our national effort to combat crimes

so i left keene in my 20's and quebec in my 30's when i -- and came back in my 30's when i realized keene was a great place to raise a family. the business was a growing business, and that made it exciting. i have three sons. and that is really about it. do you want to start us off? >> i live in -- i have worked for whitney for years. i have one son in the navy, and three stepchildren from my wife. very nice working here, a very good place to work. >> my name is ken cooper. i have been here for about a year and a quarter. i work on a machine. you know i do not have any children, this is very fulfilling and rewarding to be able to work with materials to make the furniture that i have seen in many churches over the years. >> my name is pamela make livingood. i work for whitney for 11 years. when we receive the -- to manufacture beautiful products around us, we put the end product of into the shipping department which goes out into our communities. i live in keene. i have three children, two daughters and a son, and three grandsons. >> i am mary. i work for whitney brothers, for 16 years him

this issue has special resonance in my home, because to horrific accident in quÉbec which killed 47 peopleand consumed much of a small community's downtown. it happened only ten miles from the maine border and many of our first responders rushed to assist their canadian counter parts. the faa's budget request highlights passenger railroad safety, pedestrian safety and the safe transportation of energy products in areas that may need additional resources. i will be looking closely at how we can best target federal funds in order to reduce accidents and save lives. this sub committee has worked hard to provide the department of transportation with resources to improve rail safety but the results have not fully reflected those investments. for example, despite tin creased resources we have provided for the safe transportation of crude oil, it is baffling to me that the department and this administration have yet to finalize regulations to replace the d.o.t. 111 tank cars to make improvements. they have failed to begin a consideration of rules that would require comprehensive oil spill respons

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plattsburgh, today i'm asking customs and border patrol to start a fredge-speaking officers at the quebec border. they process millions of french speaking borders. we love having them here. because we're hampered in french speaking it slows the border down and we get fewer visitors. will you carefully consider my request for a french language program for northern border agents similar to the spanish program we have on the southern border that jiff flake is familiar with. -- jeff flake is familiar with. secretary johnson: i'm not aware of the plattsburgh situation and i'll look into that, senator. i'm sure we'll have a follow-up discussion on it. i fully support commissioner -- the commissioner's efforts tory store and maintain preinspection on the canadian side of the peace bridge. as you know, infrastructure, building the right infrastructure for this is probably the biggest issue and i understand we have a resolution with that issue. senator schumer: they're willing to put in the $44 million to do it. secretary johnson: money talks, yes. and i also believe that privileges and immunities