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. >>> well, the finally south pacific island of american samoa has the world's worst obesity rate.resident has started a program aimed at getting young people to slim down. >> reporter: this is the front line in american samoa's battle against obesity, an early morning exercise class at the island's only stadium. olivia comes here twice a week. >> i needed to get healthier. i had high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol. >> reporter: 75% of samoans with obese which is why the woman teaches this class. a nurse, she says almost all of her patients suffer from the effects of being so overweight. >> diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease. they're slowly killing themselves. >> it's very scare j and we need to do something -- fast. >> reporter: the doctor blames the problem on sedentary lifestyles and on islanders' appetite for high fat american food. almost all the food sim ported and fast food is popular because of their fixed low cost menus. the obesity epidemic even affects newborns of overweight mothers. >> a lot of the mothers are diabetic, so when they have

. >> you're looking at the beginning of a horrifying situation for bus travelers in samoa. es the bus begins to travel through swift moving flood waters. watch what happens. >> oh! [ bleep ]. >> this bus gets swept away and completely rolls on its side and eventually over on the roof, and you see people coming out of the windows, trying to get out of this bus quickly. you do see people trying to spring into action to help. according to reports, about 40 people were on this bus at the time that it got swept away by these flash flood waters. unfortunately two young girls were killed as a result of this accident, a young girl age five and a young girl age 12. 25 people were injured and 15 had to be rescued from the flood waters. >> you don't have to be anywhere that fast. just sit and wait for the thing to be over and if you're late, you're late. >> this area is normally a shallow area where people can cross and vehicles can cross and some flash flooding caused the ford to look like this. this allppened on saturday, july 6th, and this is back in the news and the video is out n

. >> let's talk biography for a second, you grew up in samoa, born in america samoa and grew up in hawaii. >> >> rose: grew up in hawaii and entered politics at 21. when did the iraq experience come? >> i deployed, i volunteered to deploy to iraq with the army national guard in 2004, i was 23, 24 years old, around that time. and what was that experience? how did it shape you as i have asked you before? >> , you know,, it made an incredible impact on my entire life, you know, when i first ran for office i wanted to do good things for my community, i was 21 years old and saw a lot of opportunity there. enlisted in the national toward and as i was closing my first term there, our partial guard unit was deployed -- activated for deployment, i was one of the few who was not, but knew that there was no way that i could stay in my nice little office in paradise and watch close to 3,000 of my brothers and sisters deploy to a desert that a lot of people really hadn't thought about. >> rose: so you appealed to the military authorities or the governor. >> i talked to my commander and stayed i want t

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from american samoa is recognized. mr. speaker, a: 1995 former washington bullets owner abe polin announced he would be change -- pollin announced he would be changing the name to the washington wizards. it didn't happen overnight nor was everyone happy about it. but he knew it was the right thing to do and did it successfully. given the high homicide and crime rate in the early 1990's in washington, d.c., mr. pollin became increasingly concerned about the bullets' association with violence. finally when mr. pollin's close friend, israeli prime minister, rabin, was cincinnatied in 1995, he made the final decision. mr. dan snyder, owner of the washington redskins may never come to the realization that is so evident to us all in the 21st century, that the term redskin is a racist, demeaning, derogatory, and offensive to native americans. but i stand today once again to make this appeal to mr. snyder. i am thankful for mr. pollin's brave decision to discern the times and change the bullets' name. i urge mr. snyder to have the

on all the things she does not going to remotely greenly profitable business isn't it in american samoa where she doesn't have to actually pay the minimum wage that applies here on the mainland of the united lot a standard this isn't going to be this sort of sleazy. self-serving attitude is not and i'm not justifying it but it is not something that's limited to nancy pelosi and john boehner and other play answer my question i don't believe should be allowed in this bill also rating. peter schweitzer wrote a great book that you probably know about it about two years ago called throw them all out in which he argues that that lawmakers on congress engage in what is the same any of us would be considered in started trading and that that should be abolished and i agree stewart yes absolutely but everybody well the truth of the matter is that banners not only should not be allowed to do this but he's a heck of a hypocrite for not bending and not coming forward and saying in not publicly recusing himself and not taking himself out of this fight the canadians do not want the pipeline to go thro

burst born in american samoa first hindu and one of the first two vietnam veterans.ion that sometimes you're sitting there saying it's frus g-8ing beyond idiotic. >> i think the frustration that i've fest for six months is reflective of the frustration we hear every time we duo back home to our districts from people who say, look, we want you to get something done for us. we don't care about the blame game. >> you heard bobspeaker john boehner tell bob schieffer there are too many laws. >> that's irrelevant at home. people are saying how are you increasing education, increasing more jobs in our local economies. i think that's where -- as frustrating as it is we need to stay focused on where's the opportunity. that's where i think not only on the democratic caucus but republican caucus there are a growing number of people saying with e're not here to obstruct but get something done. >> so you think you'll be able to change gridlock. >> i do. i think that's the only place it can happen where you come in and have true sincere respectful conversations and say, look we ar

the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samoa, mr. faleomavaega, for five minutes. mr. it's me again. i rise on behalf of our native american communities to speak on a subject of great concern, the use of the term redskins used by the washington redskins franchise. mr. rush limbaugh attempted to rush away years of pain, suffering and humiliation endured by our nation's first inhabitants by questioning their motives and seeking the rid of the nfl of the most racist, disparaging and badly offensive word. as he doesn't know the violent and abusive history behind this racial ep at the time. i'd like to take the opportunity to provide mr. limbaugh and the american people some much clarity on this subject. the outcry of the name of the nfl's football franchise is due in large part of the federal government's protection of trademarks granted to redskins. 1946 requires that the u.s. patent and trademark office deny registration of any such words. the origin of the term redskin, mr. speaker, is commonly attributed to the historical act of not only killing native americans but al

individuals from the marshall islands, american samoa, they gained citizenship today through militarywas passed to allow the military to recruit from europe and other nations overseas to fill critical roles. 1990, 34,620and filipinos, any of which i served with, enlisted in the navy and granted -- were granted u.s. citizenship. act,roduced the enlist which authorizes the enlistment in the armed forces of undocumented inc. -- immigrants that were brought in to the united states as children and are qualified for enlistment. it will provide a way for the undocumented immigrants to be lawfully admitted to the u.s. for permanent residence by reason of their honorable service and sacrifice in the ..s. military not the only way, but certainly a way to show their dedication to this great country that we have. the enlist act will only affect a certain population of kids who have been in the united states since the age of 15 and are experiencedrom patriotism under current military code. this would provide the military with a talent pool of young men and women come many of whom would have strate

you worked in american samoa, with hurricane sandy. what has been your role?t: my branch provides assistance, whatever that may be, to state and local health departments. and also to ngos. we work closely with american red cross, and during hurricane sandy, we deployed staff to help and shelters to conduct surveillance for injuries and illnesses in the shelters. inalso provide assistance helping states assess the needs in their communities so that they can allocate resources to communities that have been affected by zip -- by disasters. 120 degrees out west right now. what is your advice to people? cool. number one, stay if you can, go to air- conditioned environment. not have air conditioning, there are public libraries, walls, family and friends. stay cool is number one. no. 2, stay hydrated. a drink plenty of fluids. drinksay from captivated and drinks that have high sugar content, and of course, alcohol. do not wait until you are thirsty to hydrate. maintain fluids. stay informed. stay tuned to local weather alerts. ofugh the signs and symptoms heat and a

individuals from marshall islands, micronesia, american samoa gain citizenship to date through military service. the launch act was passed by congress in the 1960's to allow the military to recruit from europe and other nations overseas to of though critical roles. between 19 many which i serve with and listed in the navy and granted u.s. is a chip. i introduced the endless tacked which authorizes the investment back in the armed forces of on documented arrogance or brought into the united states has children and their otherwise qualify for investment. this will provide a way for undocumented immigrants to be lawfully admitted to the u.s. for permanent residence by reason of their honorable service. not the only way, but a way to show they're dedication to this great country. the actual all the affected population of kids who have been in the united states since the age of 15 and are prohibited from experiencing patriotism under current military code. kent would provide a talent pool of young men and women many of whom would have strategic language and cultural competencies'. i met with

samoa. are they on there? >> stephanie: they have higher obesity rates. naru. in the title. 64.1%. and the marshall islands which stounds like marshmallow. 46.5% obesity rate. higher rates than mexico or the united states. >> stephanie: okay. just sayin'. bad news. okay. wow. speaking of tapes with bad news. what's going on in texas? they passed it. really unbelievably egregious anti-abortion bill, right? texas lieutenant-governor david dewhurst yesterday. >> why would we regulate our clinics differently if we're taking our child to have their tonsils removed or someone wants cataract surgery versus having an abortion? we want safe facilities. >> stephanie: oh, please. this is not about making facilities safer. this is about preventing anybody's ability to get an abortion. >> oar to have their -- or to have their tonsils removed. >> just shut that. >> stephanie: they're going to pass a bill somewhere that will not let pilots abort a landing if they're not on the right runway. will it stop at nothing? texas state representative thompson, a democrat. >> for the p

individuals from the marshall islands, american samoa, they gained citizenship today through military service. the lodge act was passed to allow the military to recruit from europe and other nations overseas to fill critical roles. between 1952 and 1990, 34,620 filipinos, any of which i served -- many of which i served with, enlisted in the navy and granted were granted u.s. citizenship. i introduced the enlist act,h.r. 2377, which authorizes the enlistment in the armed forces of undocumented inc. -- immigrants that were brought in to the united states as children and are qualified for enlistment. this bill will provide a way for the undocumented immigrants to be lawfully admitted to the u.s. for permanent residence by reason of their honorable service and sacrifice in the u.s. military. not the only way, but certainly a way to show their dedication to this great country that we have. the enlist act will only affect a certain population of kids who have been in the united states since the age of 15 and are prohibited from experienced patriotism under current military code. this would

your biography, including hurricane sandy, the alabama tornado outbreak, and did not -- in american samoa. what has been your response in each of these weather events? my branch provides assistance, whatever that means -- whenever that may be, to state and local health departments. during hurricane sandy, we deployed staff to help in shelters, conduct surveillance for injuries and illnesses in the shelters. inalso provide assistance helping states possess the needs of their communities, so they can allocate resources to communities that have been affected by disasters. , 130 degreesrees out west right now. what is your advice to people? guest: number one, stay cool. anyou can come and go to air-conditioned environment if at all possible. and if you do not have air- conditioning, there are public libraries, malls, family and friends. stay cool. hydrated.y drink plenty of fluids. stay away from kaffir needed fluids -- caffeine needed andds and of course, of all drinks with high sugar content. and stay informed. with local weather alerts and know the signs and symptoms of heat illness, so yo