>> scranton: it's may, 2007. >> one. one. one, two. >> scranton: in just a few weeks, sergeant nunn must have the 30 men in his platoon ready for combat. >> one, two, sprawl! >> scranton: they'll be going in at the peak of the surge. >> one, two. sprawl! this is going to be my third real combat deployment, my ninth overall deployment. get them up! but i never thought of myself as a warrior, just a kid from the bush up in canada. i grew up in a large logging center. i'm a little guy. i wanted to do something with my mind more than with my hands. so, i came to the united states hoping to get a little break on college. and somewhere along the way, i realized that paying for college by yourself is expensive! so, i joined the army, started off as a young private and joined the infantry. kosovo kicked off. i got a sent to the balkans-- the right place to learn about what humanity really has to hold, both good and evil. and then i joined the strykers. that's where i went to operation iraqi freedom i and ii with the tomahawks. then i

and private practice in scranton from 1980-1994. and he was confirmed to the united states district court for the middle district of pennsylvania on february 10 of 1994. judge vanaskie has been awaiting confirmation for some time now. he has had his hearing, was reported out of the judiciary committee by a vote of 16-3. a really outstanding jurist. during the course of the discussions on the judiciary committee, where i have served during all of my tenure in the senate, there was nothing really said in any way which was substantive in opposition. contention was raised that he has cited foreign law, the law of other countries, but that is in keeping with the decisions of the supreme court of the united states which have cited foreign legal precedent. not that they are binding. they are not the united states constitution. they are not the decisions in the united states federal judicial system. but they have been recognized by the supreme court as worthy of some consideration. it is regrettable that judge vanaskie has been caught up in

learned about courage and valor and gumption of miners sitting around my grandfather's table in scrantonpaennsylvania, the men that they knew in the lives that were lost, but i learn more when robert byrd who is here, serving with him so many years. his incredible pride in miners is only matched by his loyalty. the men we remember today went into the darkness so that we could have liked. they embraced a career full of peril. it was dangerous work and they knew it. but they never flinched what amazed me is how they saddled up everyday, squeezed in side by side for a cramped journey into the heart of darkness. many of them loved it, some regretted it, but all of them, all of them approached it with dignity, resolved, and strength. they went into the mindes to provide for themselves and their families and in a very direct way for all of us. and though this work to find them, it did not describe them. there are fathers, grandfathers, sons, nephews, husbands, they loved hutton and fishing, they hated the way rodriguez last west virginia for michigan. [applause] the love motorcycles and a prac

we went through some brutal times, whether it was in the coal mines in the scranton region, where i amm, whether it was the steel industry, and the industry, or the trades. it was not until roosevelt came along and there was a deal made. the deal made lasted for a long time was that you get a fair share for you produce. that deal as i said in the beginning of my talk to you was undone. it began to become unraveled in the 1980's, but it was aggressively attacked in the 1990's. it took root in the beginning of the century in the last administration. five years ago, i came to you and told you there was a war on labor's house but the war was being led by the white house. today i am here with a different message. today, we, this white house, are waging a war to get you back to where you belong. [applause] not just for your sake, but for america's sake. for the sake of the middle class. if you do not grow, the middle class will not grow. without a growing middle class, our ability to lead the 21st century is diminished. your growth is america's growth, and it is a long way to go. [applause]

a man on an atv found remains in rural pennsylvania near scranton.ust yesterday the authorities announced the remains have been identified as laura garza. what we still don't know what happened to her, robin, between new york and pennsylvania. >> so sad to hear. and really frightening. so she was at this nightclub, the guy ended up being a registered sex offender. do we know what his story is? >> yeah. when you look at michael mele's background, the question is how did he become a sex offender? he was involved, most involved approaching women doing lewd act as. he was sentenced to probation. he refuses now to talk to police about laura garza. >> reporter: michael mele has been, according to police, decidingly uncooperative. they want to ask him, as you might imagine, a whole laundry list of questions, how did you meet, where did you go? of course, the critical question is what happened after you left her or where is she. according to police michael mele has not been forthcoming with any of those answers at all. >> they found scratches and a bite mark

written by stephen crane just before the turn of the last century about a mine in my hometown of scranton. a beautiful, haunting essay about all the ways you could die in that mine, all the darkness and danger. as only a great writer like he could express. he talked about one point in the essay, talk about the 100 euros, 100 different ways you could die in the mine. but even with all of the one modern technology, i don't think any of us could imagine this kind of a tragedy happening today. so we have to, if it means changing policy, we need to do that. if it means amending or adjusting, we've got to do that. and i apologize for being late and maybe not being able to stay for the next panel, but i did want to ask kind of a fundamental basic question that is on the mines of all of us. and may have been answered 13 times already, but repetition around here is actually a good thing. and that's the basic fundamental questions that i have come it is based upon the experience at the table from our witnesses, we are grateful for your presence and your testimony, what does the united states senate

representative from pennsylvania $200,000 for design and construction of a small business incubator in scranton pennsylvania. enjoy today by members of congress to fight side by side with those two eliminate earmarks and john mccain both remember when the pigs and the pig book or larger. will also hear from tom price from georgia and also representitive from a georgia and also we before we hear from our speakers a want to thank our great staff especially our vice president of policy during the 17 consecutive years for our research associate our new policy associate applied in a lot of time and effort to make the of pig book have been. i want to welcome our more than 1 million members of supporters without whom the pig book would not be possible. >> thank you tom for a ride think i have been here most of the 20 years and i would like to say thank you for your great work and all the members of citizens against government waste. you have made a difference in the debate and have given us ammunition when we go home to talk to constituents and to understand how pernicious and corrupting the process o

now stretching to just north of washington, and basically brushing through scranton, wilkesbury, andte getting in toward new york. let me show you time lapse out of new york city. you're going to get brushed with the clouds. you might get a delay or two. here's what it looked like. sunrise coming up, 50s today. looking east obviously. look how nice that looks. >> it does. >> most of the forcing for the heavy rain will be to the west. i don't think you'll see many delays with rain. poor visibility still an issue this morning mainly. a little wind, too. what about the air travel delays? we'll come up with them in a bit. heavy snow out west. and of course i'll touch on that in a half-hour from now. >> i imagine that would affect the air travel. we'll talk to you soon about that, thanks, bob. >>> about one million people in danger of losing their unemployment benefits soon could catch a break. how the senate is scrambling to help people looking for a job. >>> plus, hear from the firefighter who pulled off this amazing rescue in the middle of this raging canal. ♪ >>> russia is suggesting

essay written by stephen just before the turn of the last century about a mine near my home town of scranton. a beautiful essay about all of the ways you could die in that negative, all of the darkness and danger is only a great writer like he could express and he talked about at one point in the essay he talks about 100 perils winning the 100 different ways you could die in the mine. but even with all of the modern technology and advancement side of think any of us could even imagine this kind of tragedy happening today. so we have to if it means changing policy we have to do that and if it means adjusting we've got to do that. and i apologize for being late and maybe not being able to stay for the next panel but i did want to ask a kind of fundamental basic question and that is on the minds of all the fuss and they have been answered 15 times already but repetition around here is a good thing and that is the basic fundamental question i have is based upon the experience of the table from the witness is and we are grateful for your presence and your testimony what does the united states sen

learned about the courage and valor and gumption of miners, sitting around my father's table in scrantonhe stories of the men that they knew. but i actually learn more from roberts and bird -- robert byrd, who i serve with so many years. [applause] his incredible pride in his state and his iners is only matched by his loyalty. the man we remember today went into the darkness so that we could have liked. they embraced the life of hard work and a career pool of peril. it was dangerous work and they knew it. but they never flinched. what amazed me is how they squeeze stand side by side for a journey into the heart of darkness. many of them loved it, some of them dreaded it, but all of them approached it with dignity, resolve, and strength. they went into the mines not all like to provide for themselves and their families but in a very direct way for all of us. and though this work to find them, it did not describe them. their fathers, grandfathers, sons, nephews, husbands -- they love hunting, fishing, riding horses and four-wheelers, they hated the way that rodriguez left west virginia for

scranton, 54 degrees. rest of the country looking at plenty of sunshine, from the plain states down into texas with a big beneficial area of high pressure. new big low pressure areas move into the pacific northwest bringing big storms into there with lots ofs of >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thanks very much. >>> just ahead, is it brilliant or offensive? the controversy surrounding the new tiger woods ad as he begins play at the masters. >>> but first, this is "today" on nbc. ] i have asthma. and that's what it sounded like when my symptoms came back. i'd get this tightness in my chest. like i was breathing through a straw. so i went back to my doctor again. we talked about choices in controller medicines. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma. [ man ] while it's not a rescue inhaler, symbicort improves my lung function, starting within 15 minutes. it helps give me the control to... [ inhales, exhales ] symbicort is a combination of two medicines. it will not replace a rescue inhal

about courage and valor and gumption of miners sitting around my grandfather's kitchen table in scrantonm robert c. byrd who's here. i served with him so many years. [applause] >> his incredible pride, and his state and his miners is only matched by his loyalty. and its good he was here today. the men will member today when in the darkness, so that we could have life. they embraced a life of hard work, and a career full of peril. it was dangerous, it was dangerous work and they knew it, but they never flinched. what amazed me is how they saddled up every day, squeezed in side by side for a cramped journey, into the heart of darkness. many of them loved it. and some of them dreaded it. but all of them, all of them approached it with dignity, resolve, and strength, they went into the mines as it's been referred earlier, not only to provide for themselves and their families, but in a very direct way, for all of us. and though this work defines them, it did not describe them. as nick rahall said, they were fathers, grandfathers, sons, nephews, husbands. they loved hunting, fishing, riding ho

about courage and valor and gumption from miners sitting around my grandfather's kitchen table in scrantonnnsylvania, hearing stories, stories of men they knew, lives that were lost. but i actually learned more from robert c. byrd, who is here, serving with him so many years. his incredible pride in his state and his miners is only matched by his loyalty. . the men we remember today went into the darkness so that we could have light. they embraced a life of hard work and a career full of peril. it was dangerous. it was dangerous work, and they knew it, but they never flinched. what amazed me is how they saddled up every day, squeezed in side by said for a cramped journey into the heart of darkness. many of them loved it. some of them dreaded it. but all of them, all of them approached it with dignity, resolve, and strength. they went into the mines, as was referenced earlier, not only top provide for themselves and their families, but in a very direct way for all of us. and though this work dwoins them, it did not describe them. they were fathers, grandfathers, sons, nephews, husbands and