es el cuarto ataque del paÍs en la dÉcada, desde el aÑo 2004 que habÍa sucedido en san antonio y sanno hubo que lamentar desgracias, hoy una entrenadora perdiÓ la vida. ♪ >> son recuerdos de mejores Épocas, esta mujer de 40 aÑos,áánoiv-ultunivn perdiÓ la vida con una ballena ahorca de 30 aÑos. sucediÓ a las 12 la tarde del miÉrcoles, cuando la ballena atrapÓ entre sus clientes el hombro de la persona y la arrastrÓ al estanque. >> era muy experimentada. la investigaciÓn continÚa, expresaba el presidente sea world. la ballena sacudiÓ violentamente a la mujer en tras -mientras era sacudida una y otra vez. >> sorprendente, uno no espera que ocurra algo asÍ. >> las razones del comportamiento se desconocen, pero testigos aseguraron que las tres ballenas no estaban respondiendo a las Órdenes. en 1991 y 1999 la ballenas se habÍa visto involucrada en otras dos muertes. >> se confÍan mucho de ellos. >> varios casos de agresiÓn por orcas han sucedido durante dÉcadas en los parques de san antonio y san diego. esta noche las crÍticas no demoraron en aparecer. para la sociedad de protecciÓn animal

>> if i could just point out it's the san antonio express news. >> oh, okay, i'm sorry. okay frimplts way understand, the case worker who we haven't been able to talk to. we talked to the spokeswoman from cps, she said it was a normal routine visit, the mom was happy to see her. there was absolutely no signs of abuse on the children. they were clean, they were well dressed and everything seemed fine. >> so, no signs, nothing anything wrong. michelle golland, does that surprise you? we think if uryou are hours awa from doing this to your own children how could someone not tip somebody off in some way. >> actually, this would make more sense the fact she was resigned that she was maybe going to be doing this, you know, my other thought is that often in these situations there's some sort of religious overtone if someone is psychotic or delusional, you know, we don't know if maybe she felt she was saving her children from something. it's hard to tell cliniccly at this point what is going on but those are my thoughts. >> come to think of it, you're right in some of the storie

host: san antonio, texas, john on the republican line. caller: how are you doing today?ost: very well, thanks for your

. >> el parque de san antonio por ejemplo, reportó un ataque sin saldo trágico en el 2004 en el 2007orca en un zoológico español. >> bueno, la orca también llamada ya había provocado dos muertes una en canadá en el añoo enáánoticiero univisiounivisionn áánotilando o univ ha sido cerr el espectáculo en san diego, california ahí ven la foto sí ha sido suspendido, acerca de san antonio no saben si dicho shoo v se mano 2etendrá abierto o no. >> el senado de los estados unidos aprobó ununivisiounivisi que contratan a decenas de empleados, todavía sigue siendo un plan. >> la posibilidad de volver a trabajar con sus compañeros despedidos el año pasado fue muy bien recibida en estafaba fábre helados. si necesitamos empleados y el gobierno no ayuda no da la oportunidad de crecer más como pequeño negocio. >> se refiere a la aprobación del senado de un plan de 15.000 millones de dólares para reducción tributaria y mil dólares para las compañías que contraten durante un año a un trabajador desempleado es un paso positivo dicen los analistas. >> cualquier tipo de incentivo tributario que se le de

an example where it has not worked with the san antonio. the toyota plant has trouble getting to full capacity. it was one of the plants that toyota had ten idle during the recession that hat did not build trucks for a while. they essentially had the workers retraining. they had maintenance going on. they essentially retaught their workers how to build trucks during that down period. i think the jury is still out on whether that plant has been a success, but they are trying to make it a success. >> you interviewed the governor for this book. i imagine you interviewed a number of occasions. what you say is that despite her considerable efforts michigan has been somewhat less successful than other states in attracting foreign companies to the state. i was wondering if there was any advice you could offer or any strategy is that you would like to see michigan enacting based upon the best practices that you have seen. >> i don't think my editors would be very happy with me offering advice. i could give a comparison for the state of michigan. i

police in san antonio went to the 22-year-old woman's home yesterday after getting a 911 call.as calm when she told them, quote, i just killed my babies. >> wordsan't describe the scene. it was unspeakably sad. >> the 1 and 3-year-old boys were stabbed to death in their beds. >>> cameras were rolling as a homeless man fought off a robber in oregon. take a look as the hooded suspect tries to grab some cash, practically right out of the hands of the gas station clerk. but then a good samaritan jumps into the action, tackling the would-be tleef. the suspect fights with the man, kicking him. as the fight continues outside the store. police still haven't located the suspect since the incident happened last month. the homeless man is expected to be just fine. >>> from reality tv stars to real-life heroes. for two members of the famous duggar family, josh and john duggar helped save a young girl who was injured in a car accident. they noticed the girl and her grandmother pull into the parking lot of their used car business. the little girl was unconscious so josh called 911 and john p

where it has not worked as well would be san antonio because such rio day planned down there had trouble getting to full capacity. it is one of the plans that had to be idled during the recession and did not build trucks for a while. they have the workers retraining, maintenance, is essentially free talk the workers how to build trucks during that down point*. now the plant is back open getting back at full capacity. thinks the jury is still out if it is a success but they are trying to make it that way. >> host: you have interviewed governor granholm for this book i unimagined with the number of locations with your work at the times. despite her considerable efforts, michigan has been somewhat less successful at attracting foreign companies to the state. is there any advice you can offer or strategies we would like to see enacted. >> gettelfinger my editors at "the new york times" would be very happy with me giving advice to governor grand home. but i can give a comparison. one of the issues she faces, the essential state of michigan as a car and union state. her backers are democrats,

119 en el area de dallas fort worth, 73 en san antonio, 59 en hosuton y en el paso fueron 33as personas capturadas. we did not arrest any non cruminals .. el secretario adjunto de la oficina de inmigracion y aduanas enfatizo que cada uno de los 284 se consideran criminales peligrosos, responsables de asesinatos, asaltos sexuales, robo y trafico de drogas. agrego que nadie con un historial de crimenes menores fue arrestado. habia una persona que arrestamos el primer dia del operativo 1:26:33 rogando por su vida los arrestados provienen de distintas naciones, incluyendo korea, india, y diversos paises latino americanos. 35 de los arrestados enfrentan cargos federales por haber re- ingresado al pais despues de una deportacion. these re entry prosecutions la linea jetblue informo que una interferencia tecnica en su sistema de computadora central, obligo a demorar varios vuelos esta tarde... la linea aerea dice que el problema ya fue resuelto y que los vuelos se han normalizado... pero el problema en las computadoras no fue el unico que debi

i represent the san antonio area down through the valley where we have a toyota plant.currently right now there's 2,500 hardworking americans in the san antonio area plant where their jobs and family livelihood. i see jay here, which i visited, a couple of other folks here. so we're asking you to put toyota back on track so americans jobs are not put in jeopardy and of course the american drivers that are at risk is what we have to address. it is my hope you move swiftly to fix the safety problems, rebuild the reputation talking about and restore the toyota legacy which employs americans here at home. american drivers and american workers are watching and waiting. toyota has a glowing legacy in this country for decades for the sake of safety and for the sake of jobs, we need to get that back. you all need to get that back. in this country we have american made toyotas made by american workers, american drivers behind the wheel. the responsibility toyota has to americans runs wide and runs deep. and this is about safety and this is about jobs. as i mentioned in my area,

. >> las redadas se concentraron en dallas, san antonio, houston, y el paso. >> desde la madrugada deldiplomÁtica del departamento de estado realizaron un operativo de tres dÍas con el propÓsito de poner tras las rejas a indocumentados-delincuentes. >> comenzamos temprano, vamos persona por persona y los arrestamos. >> el operativo de 72 horas se enfocÓ en la captura de delincuentes que se encuentran de forma ilegal en el paÍs. un total de 284 fueron detenidos durante el operativo, considerado el mÁs grande y exitoso a nivel estatal.oraivisioultima horaunih oficiales locales que participaron. >> morton dijo que 160 de los detenidos son considerados peligrosos. >> habÍa una persona que arrestamos el primer dÍa del operativo, que esa persona ultima tiene una demanda de mÉxico por homicidio, esa persona matÓ a un muchacho de 17 aÑos. >> los agentes realizaron una fuerte labor de inteligencia, antes de llevar a cabo las detenciones. >> uno por lo que hizo sale un poco mÁs fácil. >> morton enfatizÓ que texas ahora es mÁs seguro a gracias a la labor realizada durante los Últimos dÍas. hay mÁ

not only san antonio, he could be anywhere by now. and we just want everybody to be aware and keep a look out. >> authorities in san antonio cordoned off a section of a land mile 12 miles from the motel where gabriel was last seen. they haven't started searching there yet. elizabeth johnson is behind bars in arizona charged with kidnapping, child abuse and custodial inthe feerns. >>> and six weeks after he vanished in broad daylight, police still don't know what has happened to 4-year-old mark bookal. mark's mother's boyfriend, corey byrd, was watching the little boy the day he vanished. byrd found mark gone and a door left open. now byrd has been jailed on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and parole violation. so far he's been uncooperate whiff police and refused a polygraph test. but mark's father is still suspicious of byrd. i asked whether he believes byrd's version of events there. >> no, i don't -- that's the thing. i don't buy it. i really don't believe his story. and he's not taking a polygraph test. i know he has

hopefully i can get out at 2:00 and get to san antonio. we don't like the snow. >> suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >>> let's go right to doug hill and the weather center. what is the latest? >> the snow continues, watching the temperatures fall. the weatherbug network, we are noticing the slow, steady increase in wind speed. these are live numbers. ocean city, fenwich, northeast wind at 13, 15, that will slowly increase. other areas locally will increase as well. along with the snow, the wood will become a factor. the 31 decrees downtown, damascus 30. close to 4 inches of snow. warrenton 29, calvert county 30 degrees. 3 inches of snowfall there. on the graphics, thank you for sending your photos. what we are dealing with -- sorry, this is doppler. heavy snow bands continue to come out of the southern bait and north central virginia, spreading from southwest to northeast. that is where we will get the heaviest precipitation. more of this is moving up from south carolina, north carolina, transitioning. we're keeping a close line -- cosi on the

in 2004 at seaworld in san antonio, and in 2006 at seaworld in san diego. the worst of the injuries in those cases was a broken foot. investigators believe this trainer, who is described as one of the park's most experienced, may have schlepped and fallen into the tank. this killer whale normally doesn't have swimmers because of his size and strength. he's primarily used for splashing the audience. kelly cobiella, cbs news, miami. >>> another day, another winter storm. this morning the second storm in as days is about to pound the mid-atlantic states and northeast and this one's a kuzzy, described as significant and long lasting. the first storm dumped a foot or more of snow on areas from eastern pennsylvania to northern new england. albany, new york got up to two feet of snow. and at least three deaths are blamed on the storm. some 150,000 customers lost power. >>> a jobs creation bill was passed by the senate and now moves to the house. the bill got bipartisan support passing 70-28. it has two maim provisions, hiring tax breaks for businesses and an exten

back in 2007, attacks by two tiger at zoos in san francisco, san antonio, and denver killed two people and left two others injured. the year before, another whale attacked a trainer at sea world. he was lucky, he got away with a broken foot only. critics and animal rights activists said zoos are cruel and wild animals aught to be just that, wild. what do you think? share your thoughts. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> just hours after delivering a 45 page opinion on what he thought maryland's highest court would do. doug announced the state will start recognizing same sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions immediately. he also says state agencies aught to start giving gay couples the rights they have been awarded elsewhere. >> and same sex couples in the district will have to wait longer to get their marriage licenses. the city was supposed to start issuing those licenses next tuesday, but the first day is being pushed back to wednesday. the dc council passed that law back in december. congress was not in session on one of the days the council thought it would be, so the d

we will resume performances, i believe, tomorrow in orlando, san diego, and san antonio, but our trainers will not enter the water. >> sea world says this will is still a valuable member of the team and procedures will be carried out. >> we will only resume in water interactions with our killer whales after we have implemented any changes in procedure that we feel will ensure the safety of our training staff. >> animal rights groups have called for killer whales in parts across the world to be freed. a funeral for the trainer will be held in her hometown of chicago of the next few days. >> relations between cuba and the united states remain cool after a meeting in havana last week. q. but acknowledges that president obama has the sense travel restrictions -- has loosened travel restrictions, but the embargo remains. our man in havana reports. >> emotional reunions after years apart. delors left cuba nine years ago. she is one of thousands of americans are writing a daily flights from miami now that president obama has eased restrictions for visiting relatives back home. they come loaded w

rodriguez invited me to san antonio, i came. >> we'll see. testiness that are coming from members who have great concerns, not with you, not in any kind of a personal way i am quite certain and i want to thank you for the steady communication with the subcommittee. it's very much appreciated. >> one of the values i bring to this job is i sat in those chairs. i know that when the congressman speaks, he speaks with great authority and great sincerity and i wouldn't question his motives at all. i know there is a great deal of frustration being expressed and so we have our job to do and we will continue to work with all of you on the way forward here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this hearing is adjourned. >> you have been watching transportation secretary ray lahood on the fiscal year budget request. after the hearing, secretary lahood clarified his comments on the toyota recall saying car owners affected should not stop driving all together, but should bring their vehicles in for repairs. here is a look at what the obama administrat

we have new plants in san antonio that are building our pick-ups trucks. the move to take tacoma from nvmmi to san antonio is a common sense move. >> reporter: the idea of the joint operation 25 years ago was that g.m. would learn japanese production methods from toyota, and toyota would learn how to operate in an american environment. u.k. berkeley business school professor robert cole who studied the auto industry says the collaboration was mostly successful especially for toyota which back in 1984 had several goals. >> to figure out how to manage u.s. workers, perhaps deal with unions. also they wanted to figure out how to replicate their "just in time" delivery system that they had in japan. and both of those objectives were accomplished . >> rooney: for g.m., cole says, the venture was less successful. >> for at least ten years, they show very little interest in serious learning from that plant. so a lot of the g.m. managers that were sent there were put back into low-level positions where they had no influence because people didn't want to hear that

>>> in portland, the trailblazers rallied in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer who beat the san antoniours 96-93. >>> now clemgt hoops and a big win for purdue at indiana. the boilermakers gentleman one johnson took it inside for a score and a foul, three of his 21 points. and an eighth ranked purdue went on to beat the hoosiers for the first time since 199978-75 file score. >>> and virginia tech's malcolm delaney drove hard for a lay-up and a foul against north carolina as the reigning national champs took their fifth loss in six games, 74-70. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and new doubts about climate change thanks to sloppy work by scientists. you ready, axel? [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. good boy. and now, you have the power... to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina... proves that puppy chow, then dog chow nutrition, fed properly over a lifetime-- ready, axel? can help extend his lovable antics... up to 1.8 healthy years. faster, axel! faster! long live your buddy. whoo-hoo! long live your

in 2004 at sea world in san antonio and in 2006 at sea world in san diego. the worst of the injuries in those cases was a broken foot. this particular killer whale normally doesn't have swimmers in the tank with it because of its size and strength. it's primarily used for splashing the audience. we were able to reach dawn brancheau's mother late this afternoon. she told us that dawn was one of six children, she loved animals and she will be missed. katie? >> couric: so sad. kelly cobiella in miami tonight. kelly, thank you. across the country in san jose, california, an energy company said today it that has answer to america's power problem. it's called the bloom box and its inventor says it can power an entire home. john blackstone tells us the idea is backed by some serious star power. >> reporter: seldom that has unveiling of a gray box the size of a parking space been surrounded by such hype. >> it's my baby. isn't she beautiful? >> reporter: but its inventor says what's inside the box can supply the world with clean, cheap energy. >> the core of our tec

last night, seaworld suspended its killer whale shows in orlando and san antonio. >>> we're learningarticular whale has been known to be. according to "the orlando sentinel," because of his violent pass, trainers were forbidden to swim with tilikum. the largest whale in any seaworld park. it's unclear what will be done with the whale. for now, trainers are evaluating his behavior. >>> animal rights groups have claimed that keeping orcas in captivity is cruel and dangerous for trainers. we talked to two experts on either side of the issue. both are familiar with this whale. >> many of the trainers are ill equipped to handle with an animal that weighs 8,000, 10,000 pounds. an animal 22 feet long. an animal with a history of aggression. in tilikum's case, it was a time bomb waiting to go off. he had a history. all you had to do was read his rap sheet. and you could have figured out he was going to show aggression again. whether it's pushing the trainer around in the tank. or grabbing one and taking them under water and killing them, who knows? it was a foolish thing to have killer whale

police say she drove the baby from tempe, arizona, to san antonio, texas, stayed about a week and sheto florida without little baby gabriel. now refusing to say where he is. she texted the father at one point and told him she killed the little guy also that gave the little baby to a couple in texas. what really happened to this little guy and why the arrest of tammi smith? we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln's is the phone number. back with us mike brooks, and joining us michelle sigona. she is following this story on her website michellesigona.com. tell us what you know about the arrest of tammi smith? >> just after 11:30 a.m. she was arrested and charged with the charges you just mentioned. from that point on she is being held and we will wait to see what comes out of this. some of the charges, conspiracy to commit custodial interference. maybe because she was having communication with elizabeth when she took baby gabriel out of town. so when investigators went in on that search warrant january 15th who knows what she found in her computer, inside of documents that may have helped

. >> let me thank you for coming to san antonio and for reaching out throughout the country.eard about port santonio and the importance of freight coming into santonio. -- into san antonio. Ñiyou got a chance to hear from our mayor as we planned for the future. i gather that is the same situation throughout the country. we know we do not have sufficient resources out there. i am hoping there is an attempt by yourself and the administration as we look at -- if it happens or not on a new stimulus package, trying to put these resources and transportation and infrastructure, and i would ask you to comment on that, if possible. i also want you to comment on the importance of safety on rail. i have a lot of small communities where those trains are going through, and were used to have one train a week, now we have one or two today, and how critical it is to put the resources there, not only in rail safety and improvementsÑi. >> safety is our number one priority in all modes of transportation. we have paid a lotúo] attention to what happened in california with the train wreck. some p

rodriguez invited me to san antonio, i came. >> we'll see.field and really if there is a little bit of testiness that are coming from members who have great concerns, not with you, not in any kind of a personal way i am quite certain and i want to thank you for the steady communication with the subcommittee. it's very much appreciated. >> one of the values i bring to this job is i sat in those chairs. i know that when the congressman speaks, he speaks with great authority and great sincerity and i wouldn't question his motives at all. i know there is a great deal of frustration being expressed and so we have our job to do and we will continue to work with all of you on the way forward here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this hearing is adjourned. >> this year, of $787 billion approved of stimulus, $176 billion has been paid out so far. to learn about products, go to c-span.org/stimulus. still to come today on c-span, remarks from secretary of state hillary clinton on northern ireland. then, the democratic national committee meeting

another whale, this time in san antonio tried to hit and bite its trainer. again, he survived. just this past december, a whale drowned a trainer in spain. these whales are no joke. lesli. >>> thanks for that. two men are under arrest accused of raping an 11-year- old girl. she was taken to an apartment on carroll avenue where she was attacked. armando trull spoke with the young victim's family. >> i'm really devastated that kids can't play anymore without feeling safe. >> rape victim's aunt tells 9news now, the family is in shock. >> you know, why would you do it to anyone? you know. >> an 11-year-old girl. >> i mean -- >> she still plays with dolls, doesn't she? >> yup, she does. >> it's awful because a lot of gang members over here and a bootlegger that runs behind there, it's very dangerous and it shouldn't happen to a little girl like that. >> police arrested melquicide sorto and marcos torres- enriquez. she observed things that were specific to the apartment. police say the 11-year-old victim was playing in this park, which is a few steps from her home. they say sorto and

rodriguez invited me to san antonio, i came. >> we'll see. just want to thank you for your very strong leadership in this field and really if there is a little bit of testiness that are coming from members who have great concerns, not with you, not in any kind of a personal way i am quite certain and i want to thank you for the steady communication with the subcommittee. it's very much appreciated. >> one of the values i bring to this job is i sat in those chairs. i know that when the congressman speaks, he speaks with great authority and great sincerity and i wouldn't question his motives at all. i know there is a great deal of frustration being expressed and so we have our job to do and we will continue to work with all of you on the way forward here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> after this hearing, secretary law coulahood clarified his fees on the toyota recalled. / in a few moments, hou

he hasn't been seen since his mother gave him way to strangers in san antonio. police say smith did mislead investigators and say she was in contact with elizabeth as she drove from her home in arizona to texas where the baby was last seen. >> tammi was basically working with her in order to - in order to provide a place for her potentially to go and just some help along the way. >> reporter: police say the relationship between smith and johnson goes back months, when tammi and her husband first agreed to adopt gabriel. but when logan mccleary, the baby's father, refused to give up custody, police say tammi smith pressured him as johnson drove to texas with baby gabriel. after johnson was arrested, smith spoke openly to the press. >> i think there's a lot of people to investigate and i haven't heard that they're investigating the few people that need to be investigated as deeply as jack and i have been. >> reporter: her attorney tells nbc news, smith never intended to interfere with anyone's custodial rights and had only tried to convince johnson to bring baby g

one of the best things i ever had had, when i played in san antonio, shawn came in the next day of practicehanded each of us money. >> how about that? there you see. last four in. first four out. mississippi state. i think -- this is a daily thing. i think they have improved their life with this performance. and at the very -- >> i don't know if they have improved -- they've improved their record. i think ole miss has won their game tonight, too. >> gamecocks at kentucky. you look at that south carolina game. >> the fact that he can carry a team on his own, it makes it -- you look at them on paper, mississippi state, definitely a much better team but anything can happen. >> torrance, up and under varnardo. >> you got an auburn team that they are playing, auburn and alabama, talking about jeff lebo. >> brock with the long 3 over bost. >> and -- i guess technically that will count as a rebound for varnardo. we'll wait until we get the word from the official statistician. that's now a double-double for varnardo, 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots. >> let's not forge

i represent the san antonio area down through the valley where we have a toyota plant.rrently right now there's 2,500 hardworking americans in the san antonio area plant where their jobs and family livelihood. i see jay here, which i visited, a couple of other folks here. so we're asking you to put toyota back on track so americans jobs are not put in jeopardy and of course the american drivers that are at risk is what we have to address. it is my hope you move swiftly to fix the safety problems, rebuild the reputation talking about and restore the toyota legacy which employs americans here at home. american drivers and american workers are watching and waiting. toyota has a glowing legacy in this country for decades for the sake of safety and for the sake of jobs, we need to get that back. you all need to get that back. in this country we have american made toyotas made by american workers, american drivers behind the wheel. the responsibility toyota has to americans runs wide and runs deep. and this is about safety and this is about jobs. as i mentioned in my area, it

host: next up is san antonio, texas, on our republican line. caller: good morning, pedro.how you doing today? host: fine, thank you. caller: i don't know if you pay much attention to what people are asking, so i'd like to make a few suggestions and a comment. first suggestion, you should do a program asking people if they would go to their next door neighbor and ask them to pay for their healthcare one way or another. and many would say, oh, no, i wouldn't do that, yet they're willing to tell the government, you go take money from joe blow down the street, give to me for my healthcare, ok? that's the problem i have with that. and also, i'm listening to people call in who don't want their congressman re-elected or who wants their congressman re-elected, ok? my congressman is charlie gonzalez. he needs to get out of here. at any rate -- host: why do you say that? caller: huh? host: why do you say that? caller: well, he like many other folks in congress, still think slavery is stale live, because they want to live our lives for us. we've got to support them since they do noth

i saw george felton who's in the house from the san antonio spurs.cross again with a left hander. >> don: nice play by boykin, that time to fin ir. he tried to earlier. the ball kind of fell out of his hand. that time he controlled it, knocked it down with the left. >> barry: cougars are playing like the angry team right now. they let the game get away. casto down low over boykin. >> don: casto, two double-doubles in a row. they never scored double figures two games in a row in his career. you can see his confidence is growing. that was a nice offensive play by him. >> barry: this is randle. they left him for a minute. moore jumps out at him. randle in the lane. tried a tough shot in traffic. couldn't get it to go. thompson in transition. another tres. >> don: you have to find him in transition. the feet down, shoulders square. the transition of washington state, they have to get out and get easy looks. they are getting some good looks. klay thompson showing you why he was getting 25 a night coming into the conference. >> barry: he has 11 in the firs

. >> let me thank you for coming to san antonio and for reaching out throughout the country.ck of it, and the fact that we look at other forms of transportation. i know you heard about port santonio and the importance of freight coming into santonio. -- into san antonio. Ñiyou got a chance to hear from our mayor as we planned for the future. i gather that is the same situation throughout the country. we know we do not have sufficient resources out there. i am hoping there is an attempt by yourself and the administration as we look at -- if it happens or not on a new stimulus package, trying to put these resources and transportation and infrastructure, and i would ask you to comment on that, if possible. i also want you to comment on the importance of safety on rail. i have a lot of small communities where those trains are going through, and were used to have one train a week, now we have one or two today, and how critical it is to put the resources there, not only in rail safety and improvementsÑi. >> safety is our number one priority in all modes of transportation. we have p

and also his work with the septre for excellence in san antonio for cybersecurity. it's great for our great state of texas. this amendment requires a strategic plan to describe how the program will strengthen cybersecurity education and training efforts in order to ensure an adequate well trained work force. the bill has in place for the best work force assessment requirements, but the robustness of our future cybersecurity work force i believe is important enough to re-emphasize it. with that i do not oppose this amendment. i strongly support it. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. cuellar: i want to echo mr. mccaul's words on this. we need to make sure that we support our business both public and private, and i think this amendment will accomplish that. especially working with our education. again to the chairman, thank you very much. to the staff that worked so hard on this, i ask members to support this particular amendment. . the chair: does the gentleman yield back?

rodriguez invited me to san antonio, i came. >> we'll see.to thank you for your very strong leadership in this field and really if there is a little bit of testiness that are coming from members who have great concerns, not with you, not in any kind of a personal way i am quite certain and i want to thank you for the steady communication with the subcommittee. it's very much appreciated. >> one of the values i bring to this job is i sat in those chairs. i know that when the congressman speaks, he speaks with great authority and great sincerity and i wouldn't question his motives at all. i know there is a great deal of frustration being expressed and so we have our job to do and we will continue to work with all of you on the way forward here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this hearing is adjourned. >> representatives mtrtha -- murtha died today from complications of gallbladder surgery. a couple of his house colleagues have issued statements. appropriations committee chairman says he was the first vietnam veteran to serve in congre

we will resume performances of our killer whale show tomorrow in our seaworld parks in orlando, san antonioths and you have three of the four. >> i need to correct you. we don't have four deaths in our company. >> it is my understanding four deaths. >> that's not true. >> how many deaths have there been? >> we have had in our system, this terrible incident that occurred the other day, and unfortunately in 1999 we had somebody who snuck into the park and jumped into this same pool. that's what occurred in our system. >> but there have been three deaths that have been tied to this whale? >> realize the whale was at another facility before it joined ours. if you can get to your question. what i'm telling you is we've had two incidents -- >> the whale is involved in three deaths. how do you explain the combination of circumstances that all lead back to the same whale and the judgment call to put people back in the water with this whale? >> what i'll say the events surrounding the other incidents that he was part of are quite varied. and there is information available on those and beck make that

in 2004 a whale at the san antonio park attempted to bite a trainer able to escape. >> they had toldt something was wrong and that they were cooperating and trying to let them regroup and try it again. and so we knew something wasn't right with the whales. >> experts are not sure what set off the whale at sea world. they have suspended the killer whale shows at all parks. allison, back to you. >>> and there are also some problem this is morning at a shark-filled aquarium in t middle east's biggest shopping mall. part of the mall in dubai have been closed to fill a leak. security employees were scene entering the scene wearing life jackets. >>> and metro kicked off emergency response drills. the first one overnight at friendship heights location. what you are seeing is a drillp and it simulated injured or killed passengers. metro transit police and police from d.c. and fire and emergency medical services personnel from d.c., montgomery county and the fbi all participated. >> we're looking at communication, collaboration and we want to test and evaluate that and then talk about it afte

since december 26th, when his mother, elizabeth johnson, says she gave him away to strangers in san antonio. police don't believe smith was involved in the disappearance but say she did mislead investigators, and they say she was in contact with elizabeth as she drove from her home in arizona to texas, where the baby was last seen. >> tammi was basically working with her in order to provide a place for her potentially to go and some help along the way. >> reporter: police say the relationship between smith and  johnson goes back months, when tammi and her husband first agreed to adopt gabriel, but when logan mcqueary, the baby's father, refused to give up custody, police say tammi smith pressured him as johnson drove to texas with baby gabriel. after johnson was arrested, smith spoke openly to the press. >> i think there's a lot of people to investigate and i haven't heard that they're investigating the few people that need to be investigated as deeply as jack and i have been. >> reporter: her attorney tells nbc news smith never intended to interfere with anyone's custodial rights and had

and the projects include the opening of a new hospital in las vegas, a new poly trauma center in san antonio will implement a new policy that will improve access and improve access to our cemeteries by lowering the population threshold that we use in our planning for establishing new national cemeteries. this change in policy will allow us, beginning in the 2011 budget to plan for five new national cemeteries. last but not least in our area of focus is strengthening the management across the department. our budget includes new initiatives that will strengthen management, including a $24 million government-wideñr presidential initiative to improve the acquisitions work force. this is the v.a.'s part of this government initiative but there are various departments and agencies across the federal government as the budget calls out today. this is our component of that government-wide presidential initiative. it also includes $21.6 million to further strengthen the department of level management, including $4 million to help us manage the nationwide implementation by establishing an office to mana

san antonio, heavy rain for you. corp. yupus christy, as well. this will continue to move into the houston area as the day progresses. let's expand the view and look across the nation at some of the areas that we're watching, as well. you can see lingering snow showers in the northeast, heavy rain in texas and more rain and snow as you move in the pacific northwest. as far as some expected delays, moderate, seattle, phoenix, new york city, maybe lingering effects due to that snow. looking at the map here, it looks ominous here. but most of the snow is coming to an end. boston, new york city, temperaturewise, 37 for your high in new york city. the nation's capital saw a lot of snowfall overnight. 42 will be the high temperature there. most of the northeast quiet. 55 for your high in atlanta. the rain moves into the dallas area later on this afternoon and evening. of course, the results are in, joe and carl. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow yesterday. so go figure. it looks like we'll see six more weeks of winter according to him. maybe becky was r

host: san antonio, democratic line. caller: good morning.old a pale white horse"? it is about government guest: conspiracies it is not ring a bell. hoscaller: it brings to the poit of all the different presidential -- what you think of it deferred conspiracy theories throughout the years, especially since kennedy was assassinated, and now you think of the current president will have any conspiracy swansea is done? if you look at bush, at their summit conspiracy theories about 911 against him. guest: is an interesting field. i'd think it tells us much more about us than it does about any of these individual presidents. i think it does you a lot about parts of the media which allows sensationalizing. and to exploit rather than explain things. host: which state has the most presidential gravesides? guest: virginia. because it had the most presidents. i think ohio is second. they each fight over the title mother of presidents. va has washington, jefferson. ohio has garfield and mckinley. probably. the virginia. host: when did it become custom or

. >> this segment is brought to an part by the san antonio teat party.hville this weekend. we will have lots of coverage beginning tonight at 9:00 eastern. we will have sarah palin at 9:00 tomorrow evening as well. the president will be talking about job creation initiatives and more coming up in just a few minutes. we expect him to start speaking. we will have live coverage here on c-span. we will have live coverage of the tea party convention coming up. it should be a couple of minutes for the president. we will show you some of what hillary clinton had to say earlier today it in response to some of the political issues in northern ireland. her comments run about 10 minutes. we will show you as much as we can until the president comes out. >> good morning. today is a very positive day for northern ireland. northern ireland is taking another important step towards a full and lasting peace. political leaders have agreed on a road map and timeline for the de- evolution of police and other powers. the accord announced today will consolidate gains made in t

host: san antonio, texas, john on the republican line. caller: how are you doing today?l, thanks for your thoughts on the deficit and either party. caller: i have to agree with bayh -- everybody sayst( money, but i disagree -- everybody seems to one to blame somebody. i would much rather see them beç serious and cut the government and half because the government does not create wealth, the only create that. yet he wants to hire 2000 -- or 100,000 more debt workers, per se, because somebody has to pay for everyone they hire. but they want to blame something that happened eight, 10, 20 years ago instead of saying right now we got to do this and cut. the republicans learned a lesson. they learned the lesson, big government is not in answer. i wish the democrats would learn the same lesson. host: florida, bill on the democrats' line. caller:çç i live here in flora and i see what they are doing down here, they are using day laborers to work on their highways out of day labor halls where they are resting the day laborers for being homeless but letting them work on the road a

the projects include the opening of a new hospital in las vegas, a new polish trauma center in san antonioement a new policy that will improve access and improve access to our cemeteries by lowering the population threshold that we use in our planning for establishing new national cemeteries. this change in policy will allow us, beginning in the 2011 budget, to plan for 5 q and national cemeteries. last but not least strengthening the management across the department. our budget includes new initiatives that willñr strengtn management, including a $24 million government-wide presidential initiative to improve the acquisitions work force. this has been the park -- our part of this, but this is being made in the various departments and agencies across the federal government as the budget calls out today. this is our component of that government-wide presidential initiative. it includes $21.6 billion to further strengthen the department of level management, including $4 million to help us manage the nationwide implementation by establishing an office to manage it in the department. it include

host: albert, from san antonio. caller: good morning. i like your discussions, but i would like for the gentleman to remember -- we cannot just lay off everybody. if you do that, they will not buy anything. stopped shipping jobs overseas. please put us back to work. guest: right, i am with you. you cannot lay off everybody. historically, look at the data on where people used to work through 1800, 95% works onfarms. under five a data100 put food on the table, only 5% left work for all the other things like medical services, things we like and need. 1.5% of americans today work on farms. we are so productive with that amount that we export food to the rest of the world. we have created jobs in all other sectors for america. you are right, you just do not destroy jobs -- we typically create more than we destroy. when the leader is released from one job because we ha improvements in farming which make us more predict of, the fund its way into another job which is typically higher-paint with shorter hours. our wages go up, our work week goes

lamar smith of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from san antonio, texas, urged democrat leaderst know whether or not this bill would come forward to extend those expiring provisions stating, and i quote, congress has a duty to protect the american people. failing to re-authorize our national security laws in a time of heightened threat is reckless. these were the types of public comments that republicans are making about the need to make sure that we press this body, to get done its job with those processes. yesterday, up in the rules committee, the gentleman, mac thornberry, from texas, testified in the rules committee about the importance of extending the expiring patriot act provisions at the time we were debating the intelligence bill. i thought that mr. thornberry was well on point, was thoughtful, was articulate about the significance of providing the necessary debate on important issues and amendments. i think we just had a debate here on the floor where we went through how these issues need to be talked about in this body and every single member needs to understand them

a san antonio crew had to drop a video line into the sewer to get to the root of the problem. look closely here when they spotted this turtle wedged inside the pipe. they believe it was stuck in the line for at least two days. >> she is a red-eared slider. and we understand that it is a she and we'ring did to take her and release her back into the wild where hopefully she'll live a long, happy life. >> she's doing fine. crews had to dig out the pipe to get the turtle out so they could release it back into the wild. >>> we of course are continuing to get new information about the massive earthquake that struck chile this morning. the latest just ahead. >>> also, why friends and family of military personnel are now more likely to get a tweet from troops. this is hln. >>> i just feel very lucky to have sought out safety. you know, i took the steps -- there was one lone person who happened to be my neighbor next door to me who was left on the floor at the time. ands i was yelling out i saw him peek around the corner. and he started heading for the stairs. and amidst the building k

a new polytrauma center in san antonio. and the opening of eight new healthcare centers.third component of our access strategy in the 2011 budget is our national cemeteries where we'll be implementing a new policy that will improve access. and it will improve access to our cemeteries by lowering the population threshold that we use in our planning for establishing new national cemeteries. this change in policy will allow us beginning in the 2011 budget to plan for five new national cemeteries. last but not least in our areas of focus and priorities is strengthening management across the department. our budget includes new initiatives that will strengthen management. and they include a $24 million government-wide presidential initiative to improve the acquisition's work force. now, this is an initiative -- this is va's part of this government wide initiative but there are investments such as this being made in the various departments and agencies across the federal government as the budget rolls out today. this $24 million is va's component of that government-wide presiden