i would like to speak in favor of tennessee -- hennessey. i was there in 1987 when -- had a come-from-behind victory in 1987 along with chinatown and asian-american activists. he is the state's man in many ways of the experience at the local level. he would bring those qualities to the city as our succession mayor. i am proud that he will help us to take care of the terrible budget crisis we are in but also as a unifying force within the city. i see values and the leadership in this 30 years of experience.

-- share of tennessee sher -- sheriff hennessey. i have known ed along time. he spent 10 years as a managing attorney, and he was part of the litigation team that brought increased hiring and promotion for clennon, asian americans, latinos and -- for women, asian americans, and latinos. he also represented tenants in the first rent strike ever against the housing authority, which led to one of our strongest public housing organizations. he litigated the groundbreaking anti-eviction strategy. they are amazing leaders for our community and a huge part of shifting the power of voices in san francisco superior -- in san francisco. i know i am listing many of the things we all have read about and know about ed, but i think it is historic in many ways to have him as the mayor. i met him when he was an organizer, and he was always responsive and respectful, and he took the job seriously. he very much wanted to connect public resources to a constituent superior to -- to constituents. i think it is nice to be part of a commission that is una

graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present to you patricia makinsik heart of literacy. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to s

i guess that's what i come down to with my friend from tennessee. there ought to be -- i think there's a reason, and a good reason, for the senate to be a soft serve that cools things down. that story about jefferson and washington, but it should be at some point in time where the majority has the not only the authority, but the power to act after a due consideration and a due period of time, and i believe, i say to my friend in all sincerity, i believe that will promote more compromise than the present system. you may disagree, but i feel that would. i'm not trying to take away compromise. i believe in compromise and working things out. as chair of the agriculture committee and framer of two bills, we work things out. there were things i didn't like and the senator from kansas didn't like even though i was chairman. we work these things out and compromise and get things done, so i believe in that spirit of compromise, but i think what we have here now and that escalating arms race is doing away with that spirit of compromise and working things out

i would like to speak in favor of tennessee -- hennessey. i was there in 1987 when -- had a come-from-behind victory in 1987 along with chinatown and asian-american activists. he is the state's man in many ways of the experience at the local level. he would bring those qualities to the city as our succession mayor. i am proud that he will help us to take care of the terrible budget crisis we are in but also as a unifying force within the city. i see values and the leadership in this 30 years of experience. i feel that his values are very close with my own and his stand on immigrant rights it's still there. also in support of public safety and his transparency as a citywide leader is very aggressive. i am planning to be supportive. i wanted to say that it is great that we have an opportunity to have many qualified people. i will choose carefully on it would be the best caretaker mayor and move san francisco forward. who can unite the city in a professional way? >> thank you. i do want to rise to speak on behalf of our city administrator. we h

great tenure in tennessee.uld have no problem landing somewhere in this league, so highly respected. good hard fought effort. vinatieri from 43 yards for the win. they won the division because jacksonville lost. this would bring new york here next week. it's dead center. three seed belongs to indianapolis! when they won the super bowl back in the '06 season, they were number three seed. vinatieri wins it from 43. all set up by the fumble when it looked like the titans might win this one on the road. physician that snap went a little to the right side. guess one of the big reasons why kerry collins fumbled it, vinatieri, you said it, it is dead down the middle. but the play in that drive, the throw from peyton manning to blair white. then the tennessee titans blitzed, lost their discipline. nobody covered jacob tamme. >> jim: going back to 1980. win division title first two seasons as head coach only george siefert and mike tomlin now jim caldwell to the afc playoffs are set. a rematch of the afc championship ga

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: madam president, i would like to thank the senator from new york and the senator from new mexico and oregon and senator harkin of iowa for their efforts, some over many years, to achieve two goals. to help make the senate a place that is better able to deal with serious business that comes before us and, second, to preserve the senate as a unique form. unique in the world, really, as a legislative body in its protection of minority rights. this is an important step forward. the reform of the senate -- but the reform the senate really needs is a change in behavior, not in its rules. these rules move us in the right direction. the behavior that the senator from new york spoke about and that the majority leader and the minority leader spoke about is what in the end will really make the most difference. i've talked with many senators on both sides of the aisle. we've done a lot of talking, both on the floor here and off the floor, about where the senate is today. and a great ma

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: this is a longstanding proposal of his, which he's thoughtfully considered it even though i admire him, i don't admire the proposal and so what -- what we would like to do is -- is let the senator from iowa make his proposal. i'll listen and then when he's made the proposal, i will ask him to yield me a few minutes and we may have a little discussion back around forth on the merits of the proposal. so with that in mind, i object. the presiding officer: objection having been heard. the resolution will go under the rules. mr. harkin: mr. president, thank you. and i'm sorry that my good friend from tennessee had to object, but i understand that. and now, mr. president, we are going to engage for some time now on the senate floor on a discussion on -- on the filibuster -- the filibuster. something that has been around a long time, but which in the last several years -- few years, i wouldn't say several, last 20, 30 years has gotten to the point where it has paralyzed the united

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: this is a longstanding proposal of his, which he's thoughtfully considered it even though i admire him, i don't admire the proposal and so what -- what we would like to do is -- is let the senator from iowa make his proposal. i'll listen and then when he's made the proposal, i will ask him to yield me a few minutes and we may have a little discussion back around forth on the merits of the proposal. so with that in mind, i object. the presiding officer: objection having been heard. the resolution will go under the rules. mr. harkin: mr. president, thank you. and i'm sorry that my good friend from tennessee had to object, but i understand that. and now, mr. president, we are going to engage for some time now on the senate floor on a discussion on -- on the filibuster -- the filibuster. something that has been around a long time, but which in the last several years -- few years, i wouldn't say several, last 20, 30 years has gotten to the point where it has paralyzed the united

we'll take you to tennessee an introduce you to a christian family named bates. mom kelly, dad gil just celebrated the birth of their 18th baby. and they're praying for more as they move closer to becoming the biggest family in america one day. ryan owens goes 1-on-20 for this look inside an american family. >> reporter: you've probably heard the term organized chaos. but you've likely never seen it in action. until you meet the bates family. all 20 of them. there's dad gil, mom kelly, and then there are the 18 children. at 22, zach is the oldest. >> every year, you know, add another person, so it doesn't feel abnormal to me. >> reporter: the youngest, judson, is just 4 months old. i have what, to me, is a very difficult question, and that is, name your children. >> i have all the years -- >> reporter: however. >> zach, michael, aaron, nathan, alyssa, tory, trace, krarson, josie, katie, jackson, warden, isaiah, adele, ellie, callie and judson. >> reporter: wow. all living together in a five bedroom, 4,000 square foot home in rural tennessee. think brady bunch on

our friend from brentwood, tennessee, mrs. blackburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. today we do begin a very important process and it is a solid first step. and i stand to support this rule and to support repeal of this law because we have on the law -- on the books a law that doesn't improve the quality of health care. it will not reduce the cost of health care. and it is going to add billions to the exploding national debt. we have listened to the american people. they are smart. and they know that this law is unworkable. it won't deliver on the promises that they made. and the american people voted in overwhelming numbers to repeal it and replace it. that is the action that we are going to take. congress cannot wait any longer to get this irresponsible law out of our doctors' offices, out of our lives, and off the books. we in tennessee have lived through the experiment of government-run health care called tenn-care. tennessee could not afford it and the

and these are from tennessee. drivers are slowly barely at all in some places.ackerel have been asked to stay off the roads. cruz in knoxville--people have been passed to stay off the roads and to work crews can clear. >> also " massive problems on air travel problems and the atlanta problems the jackson airport here trend cancelled all flights. you can see also, delta, one- quarter of its flights. nearly 1500 flights, over all. >> taking a live look over our roof cam from downtown san francisco a mix of sun and clouds. through this evening and overnight this storm will take aim with more cloud coverage. a well- defined tail and pushing towards the coastline. increasing cloud coverage. the rainfall will be early tomorrow morning in the north bay. 7:00 a.m., the showers and also heavier rainfall to the north. later in the afternoon, more showers. 11:00 a.m., dry cured 3:00 p.m., up and down the coastline, showers approaching. this system will weaken. it is not going to get a heavy rainfall. light shower activity 7:00 p.m.-north bay continuing through midnight alo

, tennessee valley authority. he was elected both governor and senator. he has been u.s. education secretary, president of the university of tennessee and professor at harvard school of government. and he served on president reagan's commission on american outdoors. in private life, he helped find the largest provider of work site day care. he is a classical pianist and author of seven books. please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladies and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i borrowed a line, which you will see in a few minutes. i have a short video to show you what some prominent americans have said about the idea of changing the senate filibuster rule. but this is what a radio an

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their

first it was arkansas, then louisiana and tennessee.ow dozens of dead birds are found here in the bay area. wee i want you to >> >> the founder of wikileaks vowed today to step up his site' release of u.s. documents while he fights extradition to sweden. that's where he faces rape charges. he had a short hearing in london today to talk about his next court date in february. he said his expedition to fremont could lead to the u.s. and quantanamo bay. the leaks so far have damaged his international relationships and put lives at risk. >> police say they believe all three were involved when a sing the shot hit and kel grisby yesterday. he was killed as he walked out of his grandmother's home on fleming avenue. he managed to run back into the house where he collapse and died. grief counselors are on hand at the high school to cope with the loss. >> birds mysteriously falling from the sky dead. on saturday more than 100 dead birds were found clustered in guiserville. on new year's eve more than 5,000 red winged blackbirds fell from the sky i

supervisor mirkarimi: i think your comments are spawned in emphasizing the dedication of share of tennessee -- r. scott on a regionre -- are spot-on in emphasizing the dedication of share of tennessee -- sheriff hennessey. there was a process we did not see coming with a tactic that i hope is a thing of the past, and that was the introduction and advancing of the name for consideration. i guarantee some of our surprise would have been lessened if those who proposed the name would have done so in a style and a manner i think we would all be expecting looking forward at what has been the process of reform. -- the process before as i indicated last friday, i have noticed -- known mr. lee for many years. i have always found him to be very responsive in the variety of capacities he was serving. there are people i have also known for man-eater's -- many years that i listen to as well. what i hope is as we look forward to the confirmation of mr. lee that we are also leaving behind the tactics of last week that i thought made the process feel more clumsy than it should have been, because this is on

graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop

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the hopes supervisor it would join in the back in tennessee. after a 30 minute recess the conversation with the mayor, i will be supporting ed lee, dusty and that's he was packing and leave but not to stuff the but supervisors of the max on air corps as well. this despite the fact that hennessey was now in the audience. this caused chris daly to blow a gasket. >> we made the biggest fumble in san francisco political history the blame certainly rest squarely on the shoulders of president david shoe after this fall, after the dow goes down on this meeting i will honshu. >> seeing the votes to elect adlai. progress is called an audible asking for a 30 minute recess. when they return they ask for what chris daly requested five hours earlier, that the board not take a vote. >> i don't to make a lot of sense for us to make an important decision blindly. >> we'll have a live report on the interim san francisco mayor coming up later in the newscasts. >> live look outside you can see the cloud cover pushing in over the city right now. it trickled out th

we cut it to 100 proof. >> reporter: but it's not just tennessee where moonshine is making a comebackcro-distilleries have been popping up from california to new york. >> what are some of the nicknames that people have given to moonshine? >> hooch, white lightning. i call it whiskey. >> joe may call it whiskey. i'm calling it research. >> try that one. see how that goes for you. [ coughing ] >> reporter: that's good. >> like that one? >> reporter: that was wow. >> moonshine sharing. >> reporter: now, this tastes like apple pie? oh, that's lovely. moonshine for everyone! whoa! >> that was the best of what i had to offer after drinking. that was the most calm i was. she didn't include -- our wonderful producer didn't include any of that -- >> you were singing that. remember the lucy episode. remember the one? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> that's what i was thinking of. >> i tweeted that i was -- i went down there and it was going to air this morning, and we have such wonderful fans. so many people on twitter offered to research with me next time. thanks, guys. >> i got a kick watching that pi

godaddy.com bowl, featuring middle tennessee state and miami of ohio.dwight dasher, picked off by nunnal nunnally. and he wants more. like six points. and nunnally finally gets into the red zone. redhawks take a 21-14 lead. fourth quarter, score tied at 21-21. boucher, to chris givens. takes miami to o the 28-21 lead. final seconds in the game. lachey, nick armwell. miami of ohio goes on to win. >>> hoops. mavericks hosting the suns. dirk nowitzki without with a sprained knee. shawn marion, the matrix. 21 of his 25 game in the first half. later in the quarter, thunder up nine. durant with the steal. and then, the finish. he had 28 points. thunder end up winning it, 99-95. >>> to the ice. tuukka rask and the bruins hosting the wild. second period, game tied at 1-1. rask, makes a beautiful save, denying martin havlat. game still tied at 1-1. early third, clutterbuck intercepts it. and he will score. savard clears it away right in the stick of clutterbuck. 12th for him. wild end up winning 3-1. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. now, back to ne

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for five minutes. mr. roe: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of h.r. 2, the repeal of obamacare. for the past 30 years i haven't been a politician but physician treating patients and delivering babies in rural east tennessee and i can say without hesitation we have the finest health care system in the world. health care should not be a partisan issue and i personally have never operated on a democrat or republican canser in my life. you can't spend $1 trillion and have a bill over 2,500 pages long and not have something good come out of it. this bill is not, however, good medicine for our country. the repeal of obamacare doesn't mean we aren't for health care reform. quite the contrary. what i discovered in my own practice was in 30 years health care was becoming more and more unaffordable for our citizens and we had a group of patients, citizens, who didn't have affordable health insurance coverage. this we need to address. this bill does increase the number of people who have in

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vallejo woman was sexually assaulted by a man who got in to her home through an unlocked door on tennessee street about this time wednesday morning. police say the suspect caught the woman by surprise as she was preparing to go to work around 6:00 in the morning. he drove off in a 2010 hyundai elantra. we have the license plate from tennessee, 070xqz. >>> federal prosecutors are calling pleasanton university catering to most online students a sham. they say it was a front to illegally provide foreign status to internationals. susan sue owned these properties. the u.s. attorney's office claimed su tried to help students remain immigration status to remain in the u.s. >>> the bay area scores big with new transportation funds. caltrans announces a big dollars in funding for new projects. the bay area will get $21 million for synchronized lights in alameda and contra costa counties. $33 million for extra lights on 101 near university and marsh lane. that's in san mateo county. $39 million for in marin county. a big portion of the bond was approved by voters in 2006. >>> berkeley's humane socie

tennessee. texas. >> i have been asked, if you could sit down after us vote, that would be helpful for the individuals trying to load. -- trying to go out and get back to their seats. -- vote and get back to their seats. utah. vermont. virgin islands. >> virginia. washington. west virginia. wisconsin. and wyoming. >> are there any members of the rnc will have not exercised their opportunity to vote? any members who have not voted? please proceed with the accounting of the ballots. i declare this session to begin formally at peace. the floor remains closed to non-members with the exception of the individuals holding proxies' and non-member candidates for rnc chairman. please do now leave the room. the counting process will not take long. when it is completed i will announce results, and we will proceed with business. the committee will stand at ease. >> i have received the official results from the chairman of the tellers. the results will be read in descending order of votes received as follows

, tennessee valley authority. he was elected both governor and senator. he has been u.s. education secretary, president of the university of tennessee and professor at harvard school of government. and he served on president reagan's commission on american outdoors. in private life, he helped find the largest provider of work site day care. he is a classical pianist and author of seven books. please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladies and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i rrowed a line, which you will see in a few minutes. i have a short video to show you what some prominent americans have said about the idea of changing the senate filibuster rule. but this is what a radio anno

the wintry mix of snow and freezing rain that covered roads across tennessee has now changed over toll-snow. there should be up to four inches on the ground before it wraps up around noon. >>> and with that, you should expect some snow-covered conditions on i-40, in much of tennessee. slippery on i-5, from the nation's capital to philly, new york and boston. also, slick on i-70, from pittsburgh to cincinnati. and icy on i-4, from fargo to minneapolis. >> expect airport delays in minneapolis, boston, new york, philadelphia, d.c. and charlotte. >>> president obama's state of the union address was one of the most subdued in years. >> the president's message was one of economic urgency. and the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and the mixed party seating kept party outbursts to a minimum. >> but there were also some lighter moments, of course. like when mr. obama supported high-speed railways. >> this could get you somewhere half the time it takes to travel by c in some trips, it would be faster than flying, without the pat-down. >> and for all the smiles, there were a few te

the attack happened on tennessee street near raleigh wood drive yesterday morning. police say that the suspect caught the victim by surprise as she was getting ready to go to work about 6:00 in the morning. he was armed with a handgun. >> he demanded some property from her and then forcibly raped her and then after raping her, he took her keys, took her vehicle and that's how he left -- >> he drove off in the dark blue 2010 hyundai elantra that looks similar to this. the tennessee license number 007xqz night. from the governor's race to the boardroom. meg whitman is headed back to the tech world. among others google's ceo co-founder larry page will take the ceo reigns from eric schmidt. will become google's executive chairman focusing on deals, partnerships and customers. that move expected april 4th and then the big shake-up at hewlett-packard. four members of its board of directors stepped down as the company begins on an eternal review of the former actions of its former ceo mark hurd. on hp's board the $140 million candidate, former ebay ceo meg whitman. nbc bay

there's also this big hit record by tennessee ernie ford called 16 tons.ns, 'cause tennessee ernie ford's not available. but things went really badly that day. can you tell us about that? yeah, i lived with that lie a lot of years that was told. see, my name bo diddley and the song bo diddley got them confused in the program. and whoever printed up the program, they should have put it, "bo diddley doing bo diddley, 16 tons." but they put "bo diddley, 16 tons." so i thought i was supposed to do two songs. so i did the one that i was supposed to be there in the first place for, which was bo diddley. and ed sullivan got mad, you know. when i did 16 tons, and they were trying to get me-- all of them backstage freaking out trying to get me off the stage. and i'm doing what the program said, you know. [laughter] so i live with that lie. that, ah, he got real mad with me, told me i would never work nowhere no more, and he'd see to this, that, and the other. and i said, "man, i was drivig a truck when i come up here, "and i can go back to driving a truck. [laughte

there are many, many aspects of this, i notice that our friend from tennessee, the great state of tennessee, has joined us, mr. cohen, if you'll -- what's going on in tennessee? do they want to repeal this? do they really want to do away with the patients' bill of rights, the preventative care that seniors are able to get under this bill, the closing of the doughnut hole, is that what the tennessee folks want? mr. cohen: thank you, sir. i don't think so. and the tide has been turning. the national polls which i think are reflective of tennessee at least in percentage basis have shown that it's gone from 10 points up on people that want to repeal this bill to where it's even. there's many people -- as many people for it as against it in this country. there's been a 10-point switch in the last two weeks as people have looked at the possibilities of the repeal of the law and seen the benefits. what i thought about, mr. garamendi, i was in new york, new york city about two weeks ago, and i went in the time warner building and they had an exhibit there of salvador dali, surreal. things looking o

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, tennessee valley authority. he was elected both governor and senator. he has been u.s. education secretary, president of the university of tennessee and professor at harvard school of government. and he served on president reagan's commission on american outdoors. in private life, he helped find the largest provider of work site day care. he is a classical pianist and author of seven books. please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladi and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i borrowed a line, which you will see in a few minutes. i have a short video to show you what some prominent americans have said about the idea of changing the senate filibuster rule. but this is what a radio anno

in tennessee, at least 120 dead black birds were found along a highway on tuesday. officials say they had been dead for some time and that may make testing them difficult. >>> in arkansas, state game officials say fireworks allegedly sent 5,000 birds f rying to their deaths on new year's eve. the birds slided with trees, cars on the ground and a lot of other things in the town of bb. blackbirds have poor vision. normally they don't fly at n ight. the weather may have caused the deaths of those birds in kentucky and the power may have been the issue for the birds in louisiana. >>> america's cup winner and oracle ceo, larry ellison, gavin newsom and other dignitaries g arred at city hall yesterday. the 2013 america's cup will feature new never-before-scene boats with cameras on board. officials estimate the race could have a billion $1 billion impact on the bay area economy. >>> there is another sport on ellison's mind. there are rumors he wants to buy an nba family and move it to san jose. ellison dismissed the people at the america's cup celebration yesterday. but h

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for one minute. mr. desjarlais: madam speaker, today i rise to support the rule and to support the repeal of the obama health care law. as a physician who has practiced medicine in rural tennessee under the onerous tenn care law, i know parent that this law does not work. it restricts access to health care. it increases the cost, and it does not deliver on the promises the minority made when they passed the law. the american people have had their say. they do not want this bill. they want it repealed and they want to see health care reform that will increase access and lower costs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the sp

from the south, the national committeewoman for tennessee. in addition, the national committee man from california was elected to fill an vacancy on the resolutions committee. congratulations to all of you. [applause] committee -- are you ready? at this time, we will take a report from the proxy committee. >> mr. chairman, chairman of the hawaii republican party. the proxy committee met and we bedewed the 16 properties that were submitted to the secretary -- and we reviewed the 16 proxies' that were committed -- proxies that were submitted to the committee. >> all those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying aye. thank you, mr. chairman for your efforts. at this time, we will take our report from our treasurer. >> good morning. before i give my report, it has been a pleasure and an honor to serve as your treasurer. thank you for the opportunity. as i give my report, something came to mind. as a cpa, i am and ask what do accountants do. the simple answer is that we solve problems you did not know you had. we do it in a way you cannot

things actually saved certain areas like that now my father runs a job training center in middle tennessee where people are being put back to work and you know today i was actually one of the overlooked stories has been that the automotive. sector is one of the places actually growing in jobs for the first time in five years we're actually starting to see some of those growth those companies are coming back and i think you know a year and a half is too short a time to judge anyone on how fast they can turn around the economy gloria i mean you gave your judgment you gave him a d. why is that well i gave him a d. bison f. because it's kind of academic in the sense that it's a midterm exam and i want to encourage him to let you know how badly i think he's doing i'm inclined to think it's going to be an f. at the end i hope change my mind and i let me refer to some of the comments of already made there are two issues that i think dominate this one they're both very important but ones more conceptual and ones more in your good the in your good is jobs if you can give the american people at leas

the post of chattanooga, tennessee, good morning. -- host: chattanooga, tennessee, good morning. caller: the rich getting tax shelters and stuff, squeezing the little -- middle class like a tourniquet -- turnip. when obama was getting his hair cut and working for the raising of prices, republicans were trying to get health care than they did not try to not create no jobs here in united states, paying americans no taxes with two wars and no taxes with jobs going overseas, squeezing the middle class like a turnip. invest back into america. host: the biggest political surprise of the coming year? what would surprise you the most? dave is calling from nv of the independent line. caller: my biggest surprise would be a political candidate running for the office of president, starting his campaign, coming up with some good campaign promises that he would actually keep. host: what would be most important to you? caller: i do not know if it would be the most important, but coming up with a campaign that sam l. -- -- some hell -- somehow run on a campaign where they keep promises. they are