. >> the prime minister of samoa was among the first to welcome in the new year. last year, they catapulted themselves across the international date line by setting their clock 24 hours forward. >> citizens in venezuela are less happy as new year's approaches. they have called off public new year's eve after the government said the cancer stricken president hugo chavez had taken a turn for the worse. >> the streets of caracas were quiet as the newspapers said he had had respiratory issues up for his fourth cancer operation. >> the mood was somber at this press conference. he announced hugo chavez was struggling to recover from a six-hour operation earlier this month. >> 19 days up to the complex surgery, his health continues to be delicate. this presents publications that are being treated better not without risks. >> he has called his five with cancer a battle for his life. he was reelected and was set to begin his new term on january 10th. if he is unable to do that, venezuela could holding new presidential election. >> with all of us wishing each other happy ne

oh, my god -- wait a minute there's no american samoa delegate on the committee. i knew it it's noted uber-prankster ronaiah tuiasosopo! tuiasosopo, i knew it was you-asosopo from that clue-asosopo. for i am rubber and you are glue-asosopo. there's an american sew mowan delegate on the foreign affairs committee. i wanted to do four straight days of that bit, you know, carry it through-asosopo. i'm going to piss that story. as the big take away from the day appears to be an out of context sound bite. >> was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk one night because they decided to go kill americans. what difference does it make? >> jon: she's saying there's no reason to investigate the cause of the attack. that's going to get traction. >> it makes a huge difference. she appeared it doesn't matter who is behind the attack. >> it makes the difference who has been watching this, following this, trying to figure out who knew what and when. >> the reason we're there is because we don't know what happened still today. >> jon: exactly. this inquiry is to figure out

2013 has made its way across the levirate celebrations from samoa in the pacific, up two new york, sydneyd rio. let's get more common now. >> the organizers call it the world's biggest fireworks display. sydney harbour, 7 tons of pyrotechnics, at the cost of almost $7 million. one-and-a-half million people, spellbound by shells and sky bursts. 13 expensive, priceless minutes of aerial all. fittingly for a trading mitropoulos, shanghai had cosmopolitan extremities'. performed in the style of a red army santa claus with bayonets. another new entrant to the global firework contest was rangoon. the commercial capital burma. small beginnings, perhaps, for a visible sign that after a year of political reform, change is in the air. in to buy the celebrations were anything but small. in a city where ostentation is a way of life, they could claim to have the world's tallest fireworks display. a window table at the restaurant halfway up cost a mere $4,000 per head. it was almost as tough to get into moscow's red square, revelers having to pass through intense security as fireworks exploded behind t

. >> residents in samoa were among the first to welcome 2013. these to be the last but a year ago, they jumped to the west of the international dateline. the spectacular start to the new year came in sydney harbour, launched by the australian superstar, kiley been no good. -- kylie minogue. 7 tons of fireworks filled the air above sydney harbour bridge. this city's style is rather different. john yang has held what for help -- it's believed to be the first public new year celebration in north korea. burma has joined the global party. ♪ >> the end of the year would not be complete without the viral pop hit, "gangnam style" being performed with great enthusiasm. while hong kong celebrate with a virtuous so show over victoria harbor. fireworks lit up moscow's red square. in dubai, they filmed the midnight moment under the world's tallest building. the gulf states is eager to take its place among the world's best known venues for the dawn of the new year. >> no happy new year in syria. the situation is as great as ever. the bodies of 30 people found

for highway repairs, anywhere in the country, including up to $20 million each for guam, american samoa and the mariana islands that aren't even in the same ocean as hurricane sandy. >> $20 million is a lot on a little island. tom forman joins me now. tom, obviously we're so used to pork being laden in these bills and of course, it makes all of us angry, but where is the pork in this bill? is it really that bad? >> well, if you listen to the republican critics, i have been listening to them all day, they say the pork is everywhere in this $34 billion amendment the democrats tacked on to this emergency spending measure for super storm sandy. take a look. this amendment includes $194 million for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration to buy equipment to improve weather forecasting and for tending to their satellites. it would give $2 billion, billion with a "b" for repairing roads virtually anywhere after a natural disaster, including, yes, guam, which is about 8,000 miles from where sandy struck. more than $100 million for amtrak to tend to its trains and tracks in the north

and american samoa. pongo pongo is more than 7,000 miles away from the jersey shore and money going there was not necessarily an emergency. and they right away passed the billions for new jersey. >> boehner by the way had an election as to whether or not he is going to be returned and he was return and i think the difference was two votes. but secondly, let's get the calendar straight. boehner said you can go home. it is tuesday. and then he called them back to be back on friday. now, what day was tuesday? when was new years day? >> tuesday. >> tuesday. >> they were in session on tuesday and he says why don't you go home and have your family and then he left open calling them back and he called them back on friday. >> the fundamental point, john, there were $17 billion in this bill for community grants and all these other things, newt gingrich this morning said on tv, two-thirds of the money is going to be spend two years from now or more. it was a stocking stuffer. >> that is misleading. >> they can do

the actual voice apparently the hoaxter's cousin. >> she lives in american samoa.her to portray the role. the whole thing coming as it did with the lance armstrong revelations and now beyonce. you start thinking, is anything real in but with manti te'o, i think that brian disagrees with me on this. but i think that his involvement in this, the ex at any time of it is still unknown and it could very well be that he went along with this so he croated this as some are suggesting, to couch his own homosexuality. >> steve: he said yesterday he was not gay. >> he also said that he was not involved in the fraud. how do you know? at what point? because he admits that he was too deep into it to back out at a certain point. he admits toly. if i were cross-examining him on the witness stand, i'd say, are you lying now? were you lying then? you know, the problem with admitting to a lie is you never know where the lie begins. >> gretchen: i think what people have trouble with, geraldo, is that somebody could carry on a three-year relationship and never want to see the person in

they take us--i feel like i'm samoa or guam in american possession.n to suggestion that it has a white picket fence and a rainbow over the thing but that this is a complicated story. i believe we are as lincoln said, the best last hope of earth but to achieve that greatness we have to be willing to hold our own feet to the fire about our failings both past and present and learn from those and go forward and not backwards. >> see i see the whole universityuniverseas an instrument. everything in the whole universe, some of you don't like that because its noise or you don't understand. but when you sit next to the surf it's a wild sound. you can't tell when the next wave is coming but it's beautiful or the trees and the wind blowing animals or human or music, which is vibrations controlled vibrations. that's what i do for a living i'm a rhythmist. it's a special interest to me because it's my profession. >> cenk: did go through a period of time saying i'm going to hang this up. >> no, i never said i i'll hang it up but i wanted to change partners. it's l

dollars for highway repairs anywhere in the country, including up to $20 million each for guam, american samoanot in the same ocean as hurricane sandy. there's $16 billion to quintuple the amount we're spending on the community development block grant program. the slush fund that paid for such eshaken shall programs as a doggie day care center in ohio and a day at the circus in new york. they've got $111 million in that bill for weather satellites. now, explain to me how a weather satellite can be damaged we a hurricane? we may need more weather satellites or data but that's not storm relief. of that $50 billion in the bill pending before the house, only about $4 billion, even is expected to be spent this year. so, more than 90% of that isn't expected to be spent until next year at the earliest. that part needs to go into the normal appropriation process, where it-follow the normal scrutiny it's supposed to be given to spending bills. >> neil: the argument has always been, congressman, ya, ya, ya, we know this this way things happen in washington, they add on and throw in goodies. but get the

coal fa l facili facilities, makers of electric vehicles and companies that do business in america samoa. three times as many tax extenders as there are for individuals. tax goodies say it's unfortunate that even in tough times washington reverts to business as usual. >> to use vehicles that are must pass, which are the lobbyists ticket onboard the gravy train is a sad and cynical commentary on the way washington does business. >> what people don't realize, the well connected, well healed in this country take the advantage of all the deductions and all the give aways and the tax cut. >> so, how do those well connected folks get these tax breaks? they turn to people who know capitol hill because they work there. former lawmakers who ended up on k street. here's a break down, courtesy of nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. among those who lobbied for the tax break, former republican senator trent lott and john breaux were paid $1.5 million. we should mention that msnbc is partially owned by ge. steve elmendorf was paid $350,000 from the wind energy association. but

. $38 million in tax incentives benefiting starkist and other businesses doing in american samoa.hey are all in this bill and they got nothing to do with the fiscal cliff so to speak. joining us now is vice president of taxpayers for common sense. the fact that these lawmakers hemmed and hawed about tax cuts for rich and nearly drove this nation into another recession but didn't raise an eyebrow about the billions of dollars of tax pork in this bill would seem to the layperson as outrageous. are we sure there's nothing meritorious in what's pork. >> certainly somebody will argue they like this or whatever but to me, you know, this is what feeds voters cynicism about the process. the talk has been about fiscal cliff, tax rates and cuts about sequestration. stuffed in there are dozens of these tax provisions some that expired a year ago and that they retroactively reinstated. we're looking at $70 billion or more of these expenditures in 2013. >> you know sometimes something that would seam frivolous or like some people call pork or earmarks actually does benefit and stimulate the ec

the man said he met lennay in american samoa in 2011 saying she and i became good friends, we would talk and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. i was close to her family. another mystery in a story where there are few clear answers and the man who could straighten it out better than anyone is saying nothing. >> is notre dame saying anything about this situation? >> two days ago, anderson, the athletic director spoke, was very general, said they support te'o 100%, but he said nothing specific, and notre dame is saying nothing yet, nothing today. the university apparently believes it has met its ethical burden. regarding te'o, he has not spoken to reporters. we do know, however, he's going to have to talk to somebody. that is nfl team officials. if he wants to reach his full financial value in the nfl, the first-round draft pick can get $20 million to $25 million, he will have to speak to them because over the years nfl team officials have made it clear they're weary of drafting head cases and they will want to make sure that te'o is not a head case. >> interesting. gary, ap

the tax bill had over 75 tax subsidies for things like wind energy or tuner producers in america samoa. tax code should be neutral for individuals. we should let people decide how to spend their own money. anytime you have spending programs like that, people stop focusing on underlying reality and people come to washington. host: tom cotton has a degree from harvard and served in the military. heading into the 113th congress. are you bringing your family out here? guest: my parents are here. they will be with me during the swearing-in ceremony. i think they are a little tired but otherwise excited and happy to be here. host: have to figure out where you're going to live? guest: just a small apartment. caller: i would like to ask mr. cotton on his stance on the failed war on drugs. guest: thank you for the call. i think we need to continue to prosecute the war. we do focus on demand here as in supply in mexico. we have to take it seriously and treated as a national security matter. oftentimes drug abuse becomes the source of much crime. three of the largest psychiatric hospitals are in

goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from american samoa, mr. faleomavaega. mr. faleomavaega: each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of 2/3, expel a member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn. mr. lamborn: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of 1/5 of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. maffei. mr. maffei: neither house during the session of congress shall without the consent of the other adjourn for more than he three days nor to any place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. vala dayo. mr. valakao: section , the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be

anything made in american samoa, for example, gets this tax write-off, et cetera.that's, you know, that's for attorneys -- >> why american samoa? >> it's a good question. again, the best guy to look at this is a guy named tim carney who writes for the "washington examiner" he's my colleague, and he does all the investigative reporting on this stuff. and he'll trace it all the way back to who knew who and somebody's friend and somebody's brother-in-law, et cetera, et cetera, you can find it all. but the bottom line is it's not right. it's not what we're actually trying to get the government to do. even if you're a liberal you think that somebody should be held, that the rich should pay something like whatever we call their fair share. nobody thinks that their fair should go into the pocket of another rich guy who simply has a better lobbyist. that's just not right. >> do you have that chart, greko? >> this is a call for corporate tax overhaul and just for tax overhaul in general, because if you can't find ways around these things, if you can't get a better tax deal

resident commissioner from puerto rico and delegates of the house of representatives from american samoa, the district of columbia, guam and u.s. virgin islands and now the commonwealth of the north mariana islands are created by statute and not by the constitution. they represent territories and associated jurisdictions not states. they are not members of congress, and they do not possess the same parallel men tear rights afforded to members under the constitution. they are here in this body. we represent them to each other as important and we listen to them and they do things, but as it refers to voting on the floor in the committee of the whole, that is an issue that i believe is well understood. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. . the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: let me ms. slaughter: let the yield the gentlelady a minute and a half. ms. norton: we are here by statute but the vote we had in three congresses was a vote the federal courts have said is constitutional. once we are here by statute, once we

woodall pointed out, up to $29 for highway repairs in guam, marianna islands, and american samoa. that aren't even in the same ocean as hurricane sandy. $111 million is for weather satellites to explain to me how it was a satellite can be damaged by a hurricane. we may need more weather satellites or better weather satellites or better management of the data, but that's a legitimate debate to have, but not in an emergency release measure. that is what demands a scrutiny of the more normal appropriations process. i could go on but you get the point. the trenton that i'm offering as was the underlying rogers bill without the cdbg funding, limit the expenditures to fiscal year 2013. in other words, all of the emergency relief measures that are necessary to get to the current fiscal year are left in the builder everything else is put into normal appropriations process so that they can be given appropriate scrutiny in relation to all of the other competing demands on the designations resource. so would ask that those be put in to the rule for consideration by the house. the other amend

the tax bill had over 75 tax subsidies for things like wind energy or tuner producers in america samoax code should be neutral for individuals. we should let people decide how to spend their own money. anytime you have spending programs like that, people stop focusing on underlying reality and people come to washington. host: tom cotton has a degree from harvard and served in the military. heading into the 113th congress congress. are you bringing your family out here? guest: my parents are here. they will be with me during the swearing-in ceremony. i think they are a little tired but otherwise excited and happy to be here. host: have to figure out where you're going to live? guest: just a small apartment. caller: i would like to ask mr. on his stance on the failed war on drugs. guest: thank you for the call. i think we need to continue to prosecute the war. we do focus on demand here as in supply in mexico. we have to take it seriously and treated as a national security matter. oftentimes drug abuse becomes the source of much crime. three of the largest psychiatric hospitals are in pr

road repairs anywhere in the country including 20 million for highway repairs in glom and american samoa that are not even the same motion as hurricane sandy. $111 million for weather satellites. explain to me how that could be damaged by a hurricane? we may need better ones or better management that is a legitimate debate but not in real -- emergency relief measures. clyde could go one. you get the point*. the amendments that i offer with the rogers bill an frelinghuysen amendment stripped out the funding and strip out the expenditures of all emergency relief measures to get to the current fiscal year everything else is in the normal appropriations process for scrutiny with the competing demands for resources. i ask that those are point* and for consideration also is general highway repairs. >> thank you mr. mcclintock. mr. mulroney would you like to come join to get through the testimony? before everybody needs to vote. >> something to happen i thought mr. pass grove thought they had a great presentation and one of the sad parts is they could not be questioned they can and even with fu

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including as he pointed out up to $20 million in guam the islands, and american samoa that aren't in the same ocean as hurricane sandy. 111 million is for weather satellites. explain to me how a weather satellite can be damaged by a hurricane? we may need more or better weather satellite or better management of the data. that's a legitimate debate to have not in an emergency relief measure. that demands the scrutiny of the normal appropriations process. i can go on. you get the point. the amendments that i am offering to the amendments as well as the other amendments strip out the cdbg funding. limit the expendture to fiscal year 2013. in other words all of the emergency relief measures that are necessary to get through the current fiscal year are left in the bill. everything else is put to the normal appropriations process so they can be given appropriate scrutiny in troalings all other competing demands on the nation's resources. so i would ask those be put in to the -- other thing i might add strips $2 billion of highway repairs out of the bill. >> thank you, mr. mcclintock. would

knew her and then troy comes out and says i did some, i did some outreach work with her in american samoaelf, wait a second, when we knew one thing she wasn't real, these guys say she's real. >> steve: and apparently according to the new york post, manti's cousin was actually involved with her for six months. >> alisyn: also duped on the phone. >> also duped. who do you believe? we'll come out with -- and now, we do know this, this is actually a good story, there's a family down in houston, they go out to a restaurant called lorenzo's for a supper, and there was a waiter there and his name, michael garcia. and there's the restaurant right there. apparently, some of his customers were seated next to a table with a small boy with downs syndrome. well, the boy was making a little noise, it wasn't out of the ordinary for little boys, making some noise, but the family seated nearby didn't like being next to the family with downs syndrome baby so they asked to move to another table, and then, at one point, one of the men at the other table said shall special needs children need to be special so

goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from american samoa, mr. faleomavaega. mr. faleomavaega: each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of 2/3, expel member. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn. mr. lamborn: each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of 1/5 of those present, be entered on the journal. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. maffei. mr. maffei: neither house during the session of congress shall without the consent of the other adjourn for more than he three days nor to any place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. vala dayo. mr. valakao: section , the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be a

understood that the offices of the resident commissioner from puerto rico and the delegate from american samoa, the district of columbia, guam, the virgin islands, and the commonwealth of the north mariana islands, are treated by statute and not the constitution. they represent territories and associated jurisdiction, not states. they are not members of congress and they do not possess the same rights accorded to members under the constitution. -- we recognize them and listen to them. as it refers to voting on the floor in the committee, that is an issue that i believe is well understood. i reserve my time. >> the gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, let me give 30 seconds. >> i grant the gentleman that the delegates are here by statute, but the gentleman should recognize that the vote we have in three congresses was a vote the federal courts have said is constitutional. once we are here by statute, once we get a constitutional vote, it seems to be a completely arbitrary to withdraw that vote, particularly for the district of columbia. as far -- lummis to take our taxes, t