the water management folks in south florida said those same instruments also picked up the nearby haiti quake right after it happened last january. >>> when we come back here tonight, the calendar says spring, but apparently nobody informed mother nature. >>> the second day of spring arrived with dramatic special effects in washington, d.c., this morning. a wild electrical storm produced spectacular cloud-to-ground lightning today, all of it captured by time lapse photography, but we couldn't speed up the thunder the same way. as d.c. watched the show overhead, new jersey, new york and connecticut were all dealing with snowfall. up to 3 inches in some places, but it's expected to disappear quickly. different story at mammoth mountain out in california, which got more than 4 feet of snow today. they have gotten a record-setting 44 feet of snow this year. spring skiers' paradise. >>> a massive deal in the wireless world to tell you about tonight. at&t says it's buying competitor t-mobile for $39 billion. the combined companies would be the largest wireless carrier in the u.s. the merger w

of baptist health south florida at its new $210 million hospital in west miami due to open next month. we started with how health reform has changed his hospitals. >> probably the most important thing is the whole focus on quality and patient safety, and the whole value purchasing initiative, and that is to pay for quality and good outcomes, as opposed to paying for care on a fee for service basis. from a baptist standpoint, we enforced and accelerated our focal point on patient service and patient safety. >> tom: how has that changed in the specific year. what specific steps has baptist done to answer the call in the health care reform legislation. >> we've done two things. one thing we've done is spent a huge amount of money on information technology. you've got to tie all of the hospitals together. have you to tie together all of the outpatient centers and data bases, and evidence medicine and protocols, and best practice, and what have you. we spent a huge amount of money, north of $100 million, the total amount range, on information technology. and the second thing, we call it cl

south florida, 7:00 eastern time, on espn wednesday. >>> sun belt championship game.h texas. a spot in the ncaa tournament on the line. north texas up by one. check it. make it four. josh white, the triple. he had 17. next possession for the trojans, matt mosey, he's got the wild ball. little rock, within one. they haven't made the tournament since 1990. bozeman, that was clutch. 20 points for the sun belt player of the year. arkansas-little rock takes a one-point lead with 1.5 to play. north texas, last chance for them. green, not going to get it done. trojans end on a three-game losing streak. they win four games in four dice advance. that will do it for this sports update. >>> for more highlights, don't miss the highlight express. >>> coming up next, the stories set to make news today. >>> and then, 24 hours after this shocking internet rant, charlie sheen, you may have heard of this guy. he issues a new message overnight. we'll be right back. today we're goingpto surprise pe with the taste of activia. mmm. this is really good. great flavor. it' really creamy. it's

judgmental questions about how we think and in what you want to do with some of the people of south florida decide to return him to federal service which is that's curious all by itself i think it was and he asked not ever to run for public office or to seek public office again and he's remarkably errors in character and i think that's him straight about the fact that impinged federal judge has to turn around and go back into federal office in which one remarkable is that the people of south florida have returned enjoy office over and over again so that's another curious piece of the story but when it comes to his personal behavior with regard to winston. packer ms winston packer is the helsinki commission of forty who alcee hastings harassed tormented when after despite being told repeatedly no. despite other people on the staff being asked to please understand you didn't stop to have him you know since this behavior towards her he's unrelenting and unapologetic and and i got a really examine interrupt you real quick i know we have a statement from congressman hastings i just wanted to put

in south florida, they'regnifict investments. this is a common theme in the drinking water business that you need to look at your own system and where your vulnerabilities are. >> there are other strategies in the western coastal states in respect to desalinization as well. >> this is being talked about at many locations. >> the rainfall is different. >> they are not as worried about water supply. las vegas is also thinking about using desalinization. they could trade with los angeles. >> there are current discussions to bring the water up to arizona. >> arizona has a slightly worse problem from the colorado situation. >> this will also have an impact on -- >> when we come back to our ratepayers and say, here is how much money it might cost to respond, we need to have done our homework and that is what the current phase of our work is about. >> can you talk about this project? >> this is the metropolitan transportation commission. for agencies that always has concerns over regional issues related to climate change, both mitigatio

of doorjambs are a new trend in south florida.mi and miami beach have invested in these playgrounds for adults. the best part they're free. anybody could stop by and get in a good workout. it's part in getting residence to work out. take a look this, on a nasa employes to take to make a space shuttle. about 2100. that's the many gathered at this us the place and awarded a former human shuttle. it took more than an hour to reach all the participants. the effects of the people showed up, they had to furnish circle round the ship. it's the space program has two more scheduled launches before of the shuttles are retired later. >>jacqueline: live look inside, over downtown san francisco. overcast skies, the rate will pick up here shortly. i will tell you when coming up in a bit. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead

the bodies of two children were found stuffed into luggage in a south florida canal in the exclusiveanside community of delray beach. divers are back in the water today searching for clues. a little girl was found in a duffel bag. a boy of unknown age was locked in a suitcase. the bodies don't match the descriptions of any known missing children. >> in germany a top security official says the suspect in the killing of two american airmen at the frankfort airport confessed to targeting the u.s. military and said he acted alone. the shooting is being investigated of islamic terrorism. two others were wounded after fire opened on a bus against u.s. troops. they shouted out god is great in arabic before he began shooting. he's an ethnic albanian from kosovo who comes from a family of devout muslims. >> the soldiers accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks is now charged with a capital offense. the new charges include one for aiding the enemy under the uniform code of military justice. that can carry a sentence of life in prison or death. army prosecutors will not recommend th

ten rounds not of news this hour rash of floods and swept through eight provinces in south florida killing twenty one and leaving more than three hundred missing with trains canceled three airports shut over seven hundred thousand people affected thousands of tourists are stranded meteorologists blamed heavy rains on a cold front coming down from china more rain is expected over the next few days. huge crowds of protesters in yemen refusing to back down assisting their president immediately ends his decades of rule the embattled leader has to go on for elections and install a caretaker government in the meantime wednesday's round eyes in the capital also denounced the deadly explosion in a back country which killed over one hundred of the sound of demonstrations where have all things in the presence of control slipped away. georgia is advertise worldwide as a lucrative business destination but one investor says it needs a health warning he said languishing in a georgian jail waiting sentencing for bribery even though he invested a fortune in the country's development as an isa now explains

south florida trailing villanova by one. the game-winning layup with just five seconds left.lew the second half lead. jay wright? wrong. but the finish of the night, the sun belt conference championship game, the mean green up by two over arkansas-little rock. bozeman hits it with a second remaining. derek fisher's alma mater earns an automatic invite to the tournament in 21 years. d-fish loving it. e u rrtoyoowmo.inwe'll e you to.

to further recognize his contribution to our south florida neighborhoods, two outstanding individuals will acknowledge the significant aid that gus has provided to others with a community event this sunday. gus may be best known for his outstanding company, but his hand in helping those less fortunate in our south florida area is admirable. in 1985, gus organized the first gulf shoot-out at the doral gulf resort. with all proceeds going to the american cancer society, the charity event was so successful that the shoot-out has become an annual event. along with his golf event, gus was also founder of two additional charity events. he's founder of the first p.g.a. tour senior golf classic at miami and key biscayne widow nates to the american cancer society -- donates to the american cancer society and united way. he's also found irof the gus muchato classic charity golf tournament which has raised over half a million dollars for cancer research. in 2008 to better serve the community through his charitable contributions, he created the gus muchato family foundation. every year the founda

. >> gary: jose canseco was scheduled to box saturday night in the south florida.tenced twin brother. to fight for him. he asked for $5,000 up front. they gave him the 5000 and said wait a minute! and he has tattoos all over his body. and perhaps 400 people are out there. and there were sent home. they did not.. jose was paid 10,000, 5000 up front, and he says give it to me in cash. and why? and as soon as ossi took his shirt off the tattoos and noticed that the brother was the twin brother. and they kept the t-shirt on him during the way and. and during the weigh in and the promoter was a dishonest, and tried to teach him a le sson. cheryl swoop won her last mvp 2005 and she is coming back. and this one. bryant was a rookie with the cowboys and his pants were too saggy ejected from a mall. encoutered briant, and he was escorted off. and he ownees a ny jeweler money! fat >>> it's time to take you deeper inside tonight's top story. i'm lara spencer. >> and i'm kevin frazier. >>> "the insider" is on. >>> high above reese witherspoon's weekend wedding. >> could her ho

ros-lehtinen: i rise to recognize an extraordinary school in my south florida community, the miami help brew -- hebrew community. the academy was the first jewish day school in the southeastern united states. the hebrew academy has grown to over 600 students and served the educational and religious needs of our jewish families and students. in addition to a general education, the students of miami hebrew academy are taught the benefits of a strong israeli-american partnership and holocaust education. i cannot thank them enough for its leadership in both the general and spiritual education of our south florida community. thank you, mr. speaker, for the time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i rise to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: you are recognized. ms. berkley: i rise today to express my sympathy to the people of japan as they are being threatend and i reject calls for more wasteful spending, $100 billion more of wasteful spending on the yucca mountain project in re

looking for the warm stuff, well, you can head down to the deep south or, say, south texas or south floridahere will be a lot of sunshine and temperatures will be pretty much in the 80s, and in general conditions you see here, sun in the desert and we've got a little bit of rain, well, a lot of rain alongc >> this weather report has been brought to you by quaker oatmeal squares. dan, bianna? >> thank you, steve. >>> we want to go back now to a story that got a lot of you very worked up yesterday. it's that padded push-up bikini being marketed to little girls by abercrombie & fitch. >> well, a company spokesman declined our request for an interview or a statement, but they did respond to the outrage. after being busted for pushing up this push-up triangle to young girls, abercrombie and fitch changed the words to striped triangle. but the padded and womanly shaped top is still for sale. it's the latest spark in the fireworks over little girls growing up too fast. most of the messages we got from viewers were expressed outrage. one reads, "i agree with those of you that think it is gross. i h

this was in south florida so a lot of about aging that i also had no knowledge or experience with and was told, okay, well, you go write this up. i wouldn't be given an assignment to cover a hockey game or football game because i don't know enough about it to speak confidently on it, but for some reason we don't hold our coverage of science to that same level. we don't expect that same level of expertise or even minimal competency when dealing with science, and i think this is a situation in which that minimal level of competency could have altered the entire shape of this discourse, and i'll explain what i mean. the initial study that andrew wakefield did in 1998 was based on 12 children, a 12-person case study, and he said that these 12 children, their parents had given him after the fact recollections of changes in their children's behavior and the correlation with when they got the mmr vaccine. i don't know home people are here today or here in that third, let's say 25, and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight of you are men, you know, there's a case study of the percent

way across america, now reported as far east as massachusetts found in rainwater and as far south as florida in the air there. but just how small are these trace amounts? well, experts say think about it this way, if this is the radiation outside the japanese plant of japan, this, a lot less, is the radiation you get from a cross country flight across the u.s. and this is the radiation from a dental x-ray. this is the radiation from the potassium in a banana, and the amounts being found in rainwater so far right here in the u.s., that teeny dot are a fraction of a banana. that's how much it represents. >>> so still ahead on "world news" -- should a 7-year-old wear a grown-up bikini? it's time for americans to examine the question, what about marketing sexy to very little girls? >>> and a kind of surgery that could help the nearly 25 million americans with type ii diabetes and help may be within days. when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your w

$11 million and put it into real estate in a leveraged transaction where she bought property in south florida. and as it turned out, the real estate market at the time dropped, and she lost everything. >> oh, my god. >> and, you know, it was very hard to deal with this because not only is she suffering the loss of her husband, but now she's suffering a financial loss that's put her in a very tough situation and, again, something no one would really want to have to go through. >> so here's something we want you to do next. every time you make an investment, every time you commit your money to something, always know what your exit plan is before you get into it. i say before you get into it because if you wait until after you get into it, right here's gonna take charge. your emotions are gonna start twisting your decision on what you should do or what you shouldn't do. you have to have an exit plan. so here's how you can start. take a look at your bank statement. take a look at your savings account. take a look at your 529 plan. take a look at wherever it is that you have your money. in fact, e

. >>> in south florida a gallery is sharing a new vision, giving art lovers a unique hands-on exhibitired. instead of being told not to touch, visitors are encouraged to run their fingers all over those textured paintings because there are braille messages built into them. >> so cool. the artist behind this exhibit created it to honor a close friend who is blind. he says he wants to use his art to bring the blind out of the shadows of society. >> nice cause there. >> great idea. >>> we'll be right back. ♪ feel me touch me heal me touch me heal me ♪ >>> now to our favorite story of the day. it's also something you don't hear every day. we're talking about pole dancing for jesus. how do you feel about that? it's real, something about church-going women in texas are doing. willis loves this. he cannot get enough of this. >> they've gone from the pulpit to the pole to get closer to god. as you can imagine, though, it is raising a few eyebrows. ktrk has more. >> reporter: in this quaint, turn-of-the-century community called old town spring where victorian style shops line the streets, one

it's news levinson's family in south florida has secretly known for several months. >> the proof of lifeent to the family. and the government believes it's timely. i mean, they definitely believe that bob is alive and they're working trying to bring him home. >> reporter: levinson was in iran working as a private investigator when u.s. officials believe he was taken by iranian government agents. >> the u.s. has suspected iran has been involved since the very beginning, but like so much about iran, the u.s. just has never been able to confirm that. >> reporter: in a statement on the family website, levinson's wife christine says it's been almost four years since i've seen my beloved husband robert levinson. our family is tremendously encouraged by the news bob is alive but remains concerned for his safety and well-being. neighbors say they just want him home. >> we've been praying for the family, yes. >> reporter: what do you think of the news he's alive? >> i can't -- i'm just so excited. i hope it's true. >> reporter: this morning one thing levinson's family does have is hope. hilarie b

. >>> well, a south florida grandmother is all smiles after receiving a call that was literally out ofo say hello during a break from his job but that job happens to be pilot of space shuttle "discovery." he brings "discovery" back to earth for the final time tomorrow. the 93-year-old plans to be there for the landing. >> proud grandma. boe also phoned from "endeavour," a few years ago, but she missed it because she was out square dancing. >> i can't be the only one that saw "discovery" and the space station orbiting last night. >> you saw it? >> clear night. saw it. >> i was asleep. back with more "world news now" after this. ou saw it? >> clear night. saw it. >> i was asleep. back with more "world news now" after this. it. >> i was asleep. back with more "world news now" after this. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, as kate middleton gets ready to marry prince william, she is no doubt getting lessons on how to live like a royal. let's hope she's not getting advice from her future uncle-in-law. >> prince andrew, charles' brother, has found himself in hot water. as the bbc reports, it

they will refire today we think a good part of central and south florida will run into strong storms. why?or >> now we're cold but we're happy in times square. george robin. >> we're very happy in times square erica kane she organized a prison escape fought you have a grizzly. she's looking fabulous. what about the woman who portrayed her pour more than it can't be 40 years, susan lucci joins us live in the studio. we're going to talk to her in just a moment. but first, juju takes a closer look. >> my med ishead is spinning. >> you're going to have fun. >> reporter: a girl guilty pleasure. shopping with susan lucci. >> you can do this. >> you can? >> oh yes. >> reporter: susan lucci played erica kane on "all my children" for more than 40 years. her role earned her an unprecedented 21 emmy nominations. but it was losing time and time and time again that made susan lucci even more famous until this -- >> the streak is over susan lucci! >> reporter: she gave us a tour of her surprisingly traditional home. the height the coveted statue. >> a lot of people ask me whereemmy. i tell them on

the now abandoned site on south 47th street in florida avenue used to be home to a nursery with several greenhouses. over the years, tons of toxic pesticide contaminated about 14 acres of soil. >> the community has really been involved in every aspect of the project. you know, the clean up methodology, the proposals for new housing. they've been looking forward to this day when they'd begin to see the clean up of the site happen. >> include more than 200 residential units on the site. >>> too expensive to take on. that's the decision of the national parks service which rejected the request to add mirror island to its system of parks. it can't afford clean up for the former navy shipyard. local officials wanted it made a national park because of its historical significance and secure its preservation. >>> now that the governor has declared the draught is over, what does that mean for the public? do we still need to conserve? that story coming up. >>> plenty of finger pointing. why each party says the other is to blame for the budget stalemate. >>> warmer still tomorrow. it will be the wa

for south florida and florida, columbia is a huge trading partner. for the united states, it's a huge trading partner. as a matter of fact, the united states was and i think continuing to be the number one trader with columbia. since the free trade deal has not, sent forward, we have been losing market share. we have lost -- i don't have the numbers, but 50% of the market share from our agriculture products, a lot of that loss is to canada, and low and behold to china. they are always present. and they then subsequent to us negotiating the free trade deal, they have negotiated free trade with the european union. they are not exactly people that look at human rights and issue that is concern the united states. canada i already mentioned. the question is there, the president has stated publicly that he supports it. ambassador in columbia supports it. when i was in the swearing of president santos in columbia, president jones was the national security advisor to the president said in the group of a meeting, it wasn't a secret thing, it's a meeting with

it looks like a lot, obviously, in south florida, arizona, texas, but also in the west coast.s true. it is certainly age-driven. host: mac, a republican in texas. good morning. caller: thank you so much. my wife recently passed away at age 68 from dementia. i went to several caregiver groups, alzheimer's care giver groups in the houston area. i will tell you one thing is for sure. many of those people had her same symptoms. there was a book written -- "what if it is not alzheimer's?" alzheimer's should enveloped all forms of dementia. host: have you heard of that book? guest: one of the things that is true is that alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia in america, but it is not the only one. frontal temple is certainly one of those. there's no question that we want to support people with all kinds of dementia at the alzheimer's association, but it's also absolutely important, as you've indicated, for people to be diagnosed. it's critical that people get as early a diagnosis as possible. for some reason, dementia can actually be stopped. even if that is not the case, know

in this upscale south florida neighborhood some homeowners are crying, you know what, "fowl." >> veryon in libya. >> in his speech, mr. obama also promised the u.s. will get out of the lead role as soon as possible. but was he convincing? john hendren is joining us now from washington this morning. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob. hours after the president spoke, later on today, secretary of state hillary clinton will be in london meeting with libyan opposition leaders and representatives of 30 nations, strategizing on how to topple the regime of moammar gadhafi. failing to intervene in libya, president obama said, would have left the world watching an epic humanitarian disaster unfold. >> the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant, moammar gadhafi. he has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world. >> reporter: the kind of humanitarian disaster, he said, that went on for a year in bosnia before the world responded. >> tonight i can report we have stopped gadhafi's deadly advance

i am a member of congress that represents the 25th district in south florida. the affordable care act has been incredibly beneficial in our fight to and cancer. i was diagnosed with breast cancer just over three years ago. i successfully underwent a double mastectomy and reduce the chance of it reoccurring. in one day, i went from being the picture of help to being a person who is living with a pre- existing condition. i would be labeled with it for the rest of my life despite the fact it took every step to make sure they are never be an incurrent. i would find it almost impossible to maintain health insurance. i found the lump in my press early. i could afford the surgery is needed to ensure my recovery. far too many women are not as fortunate. i had so many women confess that they had a at not had a mammogram in years because they cannot, for the co-payments or they fear the prohibitive cost of treatment. even more troubling are the women he came up to me in airports in grocery stores and sterile in a whisper, and i found a lump in my breast but i cannot go t

. >>> now we turn to a developing story in south florida.ers are battling a huge inferno at miami international airport. the situation is extremely dangerous there right now because a fuel storage facility went up in flames. these pictures are just in to us now taken by a viewer and sent to our abc affiliate in miami. the fire is expected to burn for several hours, but it is far -- but so far the airport terminals and runways are okay so flights should not be seriously delayed, at least to this point. we'll continue to follow this throughout this thursday morning. >>> well, friends and fans all around the globe are remembering elizabeth taylor. flowers and memorials have been piling up around taylor's piling up around taylor's star on the hollywood walk of fame. admires were pouring into madame tussaud's to see her wax figure. we'll have more on taylor's life and legacy later on in this half hour. >> what an icon. >>> also in hollywood news this morning, singer chris brown is apologizing for his controversial actions after that segment on "g

. >> reporter: nuclear plants in massachusetts, pennsylvania, tennessee, florida, virginia, south carolina, and california round out the top ten list of an earthquake causing potential core damage. >> we're going to take a good solid look at everything that comes out of japan, and if we need to make modifications to our facilities in this country, then we'll do that. >> reporter: meanwhile a watchdog group issued this report, saying a risk of disaster is low but listed 14 close calls last year that raised the risk of damage to a reactor core. floods, equipment failures, leaking roofs, cracked walls and fires. >> if something were to happen, that would be shame on us. we have the regulations, we know what it takes to be right and we allow plants not to meet those regulations. >> reporter: but nuclear energy advocates insist american plants are inspected daily, improved, and safer than ever. >> i think simply looking at the age isn't a good indicator. a significant number of new components and replaced components that really keep those reactors in a very good solid situation. >> reporter: th

in addition to its great work in south florida, success for kids operates in eight countries and has proven effective in some of the most challenging areas in the world. our children must be provided with every possible opportunity to achieve success and this program is certainly making a positive difference in their lives. i especially applaud our local executive director and all the wonderful staff at success for kids for their valiant effort in improving the lives of our children. thank you, madam speaker, for the time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> request permission to address the house, relt rhett -- revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. kucinich: congress heard from general petraeus today that significant progress is being made in afghanistan. but we've heard that before. military and civilian leaders have for years told lawmakers and the public that we're making progress in afghanistan. we heard it here seven years ago when president karzai of afghanistan talked about our presence there

several local south florida municipalities have recognized the important contributions that the cuban american community has made to the economic and cultural development of our great nation. cuban americans have become dedicated public servants having held posts at the highest levels of government. cubans settling in the united states look at this nation, our wonderful united states, with grathtude -- gratitude and many have risked life and limb to defend this bastion of freedom and democratcy. countless cuban americans have served bravely in all branches of the united states armed forces and have fought honorably in many wars. one such hero is armando who voluntarily enlisted in the united states marine corps and served two tours of duty in vietnam. he was also a volunteer for the brothers to the rescue, a pro-democracy organization whose mission is to promote and support the efforts of the people of cuba to free them selves from the cuban -- free themselves from the cuban dictatorship through active nonviolence. while he and his fellow brothers to the rescue volunteers were carryin

about some of a low flying aircraft and the mothership solis on the late 70s and early '80s in south floridato shifting into the world's commercial containers. a lot of initiatives ration of their now you see the drug trafficking move over to mexico into the whole central american chain. still issues and some of the other ports and opportunities of entry that i think the game-changer was when you saw the events of 9/11 that showed as far as the attack on the united states the deliberate attack to introduce that people to create significant harm here. and the country was accepting of a certain amount of illegal aliens coming across the border that zero tolerance came crashing down on all of us when we have the events of 9/11. that was the game-changer many take a look at the initiative of the department of homeland security or any of these agencies have responsibility for protecting the border or national security efforts the number one mission is making sure that bad people don't come here to do harm. that is not necessarily the criminal aliens or illegal aliens are the drugs. that is an act

the community of south florida i am so privileged to represent is home to one of our nation's largest populations of retirees. but it is also ground zero for the foreclosure crisis. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman may continue. deutsche deutsche in 2010, mr. speaker, -- mr. deutch: in 2010, mr. speaker, the counties of palm beach and miami-dade suffered a majority of these foreclosures in florida and my office fields calls from suffering homeowners every day. statewide in florida, nearly one million families and seniors have lost their homes since 2009. today nearly half of all florida homeowners are underwater. underwater on mortgages, they owe banks more money than their homes are worth. through no fault of their own thousands of seniors who built this nation face the tragedy of losing their homes. now america's greatest generation has never been one to ask for handouts and today's no exception. what we have the opportunity to do here today is to give our seniors a chance, a chance to rearrange their deals with

neighborhood lending partners of south florida, $30 million. i wish we would have taken the time to review to say how was the money spent. but h.u.d. did some work for us. let's see what h.u.d. did. h.u.d. edited the state of kansas neighborhood stabilization program in s.p. 1 and said that the state obligated more than $12 million of the s.p. 1 funds. h.u.d. of sacramento did not administer the n.s.p. funds in accordance. it allowed ineligible properties to be rehabilitated, did not adequately monitor projects. permitted the developer to make unnecessary upgrades, and overly inflated construction budgets. did not ensure that it met the reporting requirements and lacked management controls. i wish we would have audited this one in this amendment too. they audited the city of denver, colorado. the city and property obligated more than $1.5 million of its n.s.p. funds by recording its funds as obligated. h.u.d. and o.i.g. reviewed the city of chattanooga, tennessee. it was sometimes inconsistent with identifying obligations and was not always acc

federal, state and local agencies kicked off the cleanup project at the old nursery at south 47th street and florida avenue. crews will soon demolish the world war ii era greenhouses and clean up the toxic chemicals thanks to seed money provided by the federal government. >> it should take less than a year to fin finish the cleanup to get it taken care of and everything can be safe and then we can actually start moving forward and putting the urban forests facilities out there. we also have greenhousing that is going go in and going to be a fabulous complex. >> the project is expected to create about 330 jobs by the time it is finished in three years or so. the greenhouses were owned by a japanese family that managed to hang on to the business even after being sent to internment camps during world war are two. >>> governor brown declared an end to the drought this afternoon. but he encouraged people to still conserve water. the department of water resources conducted its fourth know survey of the season and found the snow back is 165% of average which is terrific news. >> that is great new. >> also

there was a crisis in south florida and the watch list for federal courts for high caseloads, high vacancies. during president bush's first term his first four tumultuous years in office, we confirmed 205 of his judicial nominees. so far in president obama's third year in office, the senate has only considered 72. i'd ask consent that my full statement be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i -- mr. president, i would -- i am about to suggest the absence of a quorum. but i ask unanimous consent that when i suggest the absence of a quorum, that the time be equally divided on both sides. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

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ros-lehtinen: i rise today to recognize a great individual of my south florida community, dr. michael alexandri for his work with children and young adults who have been diagnosed with autism. a professor of psychology at my alma mater, the university of miami, will be honored by the kesher annual scholarship journal dinner to celebrate his commitment to this amazing organization. kesher, an organization that provides an academic and jewish education to children with special needs, was formed in 1995 with two classrooms and 20 students. today with the help of the doctor, the organization is shaping the lives of over 80 children and young adults with autism through their personalized student curriculum. his dedication to helping children and young adults with autism obtain an education has been fundamental to the success of kesher. once again i would like to congratulate him and all of the staff, faculty, and parents, and the students and help others follow his lead in making our community a better place in which to live. i thank the speaker for the time. the speaker pro tempor