the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. ackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: i'm pleased toyield one minute to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, who is the chairman of the house caucus on public broadcasting. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i thank the gentlelady. i want to make five basic points. number one, there are no savings to the taxpayer in this bill. it simply passes ohigher costs and fewer choices to local stations. second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home comnion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never

the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black blurn: -- mrs. blackburn: thank you, i yield one minute to the majority leader, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i thank the gentlelady. mr. speaker, let as -- let's be honest and talk about what this bill is about. this bill is about making sure that we are spending taxpayer dollars the way that the people that earn them would spend it. and we saw as the gentlelady from california indicated, on video, executives at n.p.r. saying, that they don't need taxpayer dollars. so that's number one. that's out there. that was demonstrated for all of america to see. we are also in the process of making sure that washington begins to do what every american family and small businessperson is having to do right now. it's called tightening the belt. it's called trying to learn how to do more with less. . and inherently what that means is we got to start prioritizing the things that are important to the am

the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black blurn: -- mrs. blackburn: thank you, i yield one minute to the majority leader, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i thank the gentlelady. mr. speaker, let as -- let's be honest and talk about what this bill is about. this bill is about making sure that we are spending taxpayer dollars the way that the people that earn them would spend it. and we saw as the gentlelady from california indicated, on video, executives at n.p.r. saying, that they don't need taxpayer dollars. so that's number one. that's out there. that was demonstrated for all of america to see. we are also in the process of making sure that washington begins to do what every american family and small businessperson is having to do right now. it's called tightening the belt. it's called trying to learn how to do more with less. . and inherently what that means is we got to start prioritizing the things that are important to the am

why is tennessee a good fit for cuonzo martin? >> well, cindy, i have to refute a little of that from cuonzo. because there's really no way of him knowing. they just have no way of knowing what the committee on infractions is going to do to tennessee in june. they're anticipating that it's going to be directed much more at bruce pearl because they fired him in advance, so they're hoping that more of the penalty is sticking to him and his staff. a lot of these times, that's what the schools do. they try to get rid of the players involved and hope that the ncaa will come down a little less lenient. in talking to a number of people that have been on the committee of infractions, they can see the transparency in that. so i think it's a little premature for him to say that and for the a.d. to say that because they don't know. there could be some sort of institutional penalty, loss of scholarships that still could come down on tennessee. but as for martin, he did do a great job in missouri state the last three seasons. very well respect

the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, who is the chairman of the house caucus on public broadcasting. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i thank the gentlelady. i want to make five basic points. number one, there are no savings to the taxpayer in this bill. it simply passes on higher costs and fewer choices to local stations. second, it's not going to stop n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, oregon. what it will cripple is what happens in smaller local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home companion" or "car talk." n.p.r. n

and i think he'll do a fine job at tennessee. it's just unknown as to what will occur in terms of the ncaa at this juncture. cindy: another hire made today. georgia tech opting to go with brian gregory from dayton. he only had one losing season. what can yellow jackets fans expect out of gregory? >> well, i don't mean to be negative nick here, but this is an odd hire, because it the problem with the j first is sometimes that sometimes it is not so we have to wait for most of my friends. they get late to school and they call their parents. they are calling. i also do after school program and when i have to go back to the home i have to wait for a long time. it is not valuable in the given schedule. so my solution for this is they should have a scheduled time set and they should manage the time so it should be available for everyone. >> thank you very much. >> my name is aaron thomas. i ride the j but i wake up at 6:30 sometimes because i don't know what time it is going to come. i stay on 29th street. i am thinking i will be late.

the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: resve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, who is the chairman of the house caucus on public broadcasting. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i ank the gentlelady. i want to make five basic points. number one, there are no savings to the taxpayer in this bill. it simply passes on higher costs and fewer choices to local stations. second, it's not going to sto n.p.r., which will go on in new york and los angeles and even portland, egon. what it will cripple is what happens in smalle local stations around the country who rely on n.p.r. and other public broadcasting entities for their content. my good friend from tennessee just went through all the steps that are necessary to produce local content. that's complex and it's expensive. that's why they voluntarily buy "morning edition" or "prairie home companion" or "car talk." n.p.r. never s

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 mean, you went to american baptist if you couldn't get in to tennessee state or alabama a&m. i mean, it was-- i mean, you would say, "well, on s.a.t.s, we can't take this young man." it's a reminder of untapped potential if we don't reach out. i mean, how many people have these abilities but have never had a chance to play the full-- expend the full possibilities of their lives? john lewis is, to me, just one of the heroes. john lewis, i think, is the single best american citizen i've ever known. i mean, he is so steadfast. here we are, 40 years later, and he's still doing ten times more things than he should. he's a congressman, he's generous-hearted, he's not a separatist. he treats everybody the way they would like to be treated. he reaches out to everyone. he still talks about the good community, the noble community. the beloved community. the beloved community that jim lawson first mentioned to him. and he was a person who could have had a wasted life that we would never reach. i joined the new york times that year, the day after john kennedy's election. and one of my la

seth doane traveled to tennessee to get reaction from one muslim family. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag... >> reporter: every morning at his murfreesboro, tennessee, middle school... >> one nation under god... >> reporter: ... 14-year-old salim sbenaty honors his country. but today while he was taking his english exam, lawmakers on capitol hill were examining extremists within his religion, islam. >> we're not some crazy radical... we're regular people. we're like the average joes. >> reporter: the sbenaty family is getting tired of defending their religion. these hearings on capitol hill aren't targeting you, your family, really, are they? >> well, in a sense they are. you know, they're associating the religion with terrorism. >> if the mosque itself, the place of worship, is labeled as radical, then if i go there, i'm going to be radical as well. >> reporter: there are about 250 muslim families in this town of about 100,000 people. they say they've lived here in peace for decades until last year when the proposed expansion of a mosque inflamed emotions. it was last fall as contro

eastern tennessee and is moved to tennessee as a young man to put them together and say even in the south isn't participating in an election, they are saying look, i am liked about the southerner on the ticket. one of these days we can get back together again. lincoln replaces hannibal hamlin who was from maine and didn't give him any political clout. severity as his vice president this person started out illiterates up until early manhunt as the vice president of the united states and people hated that. there were many, many people and he is not the kind of man who should be in this office. he's a disgrace. and you're reading these kinds of things. but then at the inauguration, he's drunk. he comes to the inoculation in this kind of fun to write. i had a lot of fun doing this. he had been no end in those days i think that that whiskey with secure for every them. maybe people think that now. any drink too much whiskey and there's a spectacle. so all these things, people said we told you. those kinds of pete will and lincoln nevertheless stood by him. lincoln said no, and he is not a turn.

lawmakers and tennessee now these two g.o.p. lawmakers in the volunteer state of introduced a bill that would for big teachers from speaking about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools the don't say gay bill and yes it's actually called that it says that teachers in public or elementary public elementary or middle schools cannot provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality this bill was introduced in both the tennessee house and senate by republican states out of their spacey campfield and republican representative bill done that knoxville and they claim that it's a parent's job to talk about homosexuality not to teachers now my question for the two lawmakers is do you really think elementary and middle school students don't already know about homosexuality and you basically have to live under a rock to not know that it exists even if you're young there are t.v. shows there are movies with gay characters they have gay politicians gay actors gave musicians last t

gingrey: i thank the gentlewoman from tennessee. i failed to mention, of course that she is also a part of our g.o.p. house doctors caucus and as she pointed out, registered nurse if more year -- many years in the great volunteer state. we appreciate representative black being with us tonight. before i go to our next speaker and yield some time, i wanted to, mr. speaker, go back to this current chart and i tried to -- i wish i had brought a magic marker, i didn't, but i circled this, i guess third, bullet point because i think it's really telling in regard to what's happening at the state level. as a consequence of the provisions of obamacare. this bullet point says to the boss, the government, the boss prohibits 16 million patients from buying private insurance, trapping them in medicaid. and that's really what they've done, mr. speaker. by expanding the medicaid eligibility from 100% of federal poverty to 138%, that means that a lot of folks out there today who are uninsured, can't afford health insurance, who are not eligible for

daÑos similares en mississippi y tennessee, en este Último las tormentas arrancaron el techo de una escuelatunadamente no habÍa niÑos en el plantel. en el oeste de luisiana tambiÉn se reportÓ que por lo menos tres tnados tocaron tierra desprendiendo techos y causando algunos pedidos. >> el gobernador de alabama declarÓ el estado de emergencia porque los daÑos e inundaciones alcanzaron al -17 condados y en nueva jersey y se esperan tormentas durante el fin de semana lo que ha provocado mÚltiples evacuaciones. >> gracias natalia. cambiando de informaciÓn mientras en muchos estados se discuten leyes antes inmigrantes, en ... busca que puedan ingresar a universidades pagando el mismo valor de las matrÍculas que quienes tienen documentos.

the tennessee rep has the republican address. she says reducing government regulation is the path towards job growth. >> i am visiting a school in miami. jeb bush and i feel it is an american issue with education. we've got to deal with what teachers and students are doing. we have to step up our game. our top priority has to be creating new jobs and opportunities in a fiercely competitive world. this week, we received good news on that front. we learned the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in nearly two years as the economy added another 222,000 private-sector jobs last month. we have a lot more work to do. the progress we are seeing says something about the determination and ingenuity of our people and businesses. what is also helping to fuel the growth of the tax cuts the democrats and republicans came together to pass in december and that i signed into law. the tax cuts are remaking american paychecks bigger and allowing businesses to write off their investments. that is freeing up more money for job creation.

fort campbell covers the border of tennessee and kentucky.ost office is in tennessee, so weak claim it. -- so we claim it. but years ago there was a young soldier watching a live fire exercises and a soldier discharged his weapon and shot the division commander right in the chest. it was pretty clear pretty early that he was in trouble. got him on a helicopter, flew him down to nashville, where a young surgeon, bill frist, saved the life of general david petraeus. and so the influence and the good work of bill frist is far and wide. and it is fitting that we are here today to honor this good man. i want to welcome, as others have, the members of the frist family. it is indeed large. the lot has been said about this good man. i like to add just a brief word of my own. when you come across a man like bill frist, you cannot help but wonder, where does it all come from? nobody doubts that it takes a lot of natural talent to become a tough transplant surgeon. no one doubts that it takes a lot of hard work to switch careers in the middle of one's l

by then he is in tennessee. he has moved to tennessee as a young man, to put them together and to say look, even though the south isn't participating in the elections but they are saying look, i am willing to have a seven or on the ticket. one of these days we can get back together again. so he ends up on the ticket. lincoln replaces hannibal hamlin who is from maine who didn't give him any kind of clinical clout. so there he is as a vice president, this person as a city started out illiterate up until his early manhood is the vice president of the united states and people hated that. there were many people who said he is not the kind of man who should be in this office. this is a disgrace, and reading these kinds of things and i even managed to feel a bit sorry for him as you hear people ragging on him about this, but then at the inauguration he is drunk. he comes to the inauguration. actually was kind of fun to write. i had a lot of fun doing this. he had been ill, and in those days i think they thought whiske

. ♪ >> una peculiar convenciÓn se lleva cabo en tennessee.checo para esto. >> es un estado donde podrÍamos venir todos, tenemos estudiantes de california, la florida, nueva york. era un punto muy portante donde podÍamos todos venir y reunirnos. >> ¿cuÁntos estudiantes estaban presentes? >> en este momento tenemos 250 estudiantes representando sin 25 organizaciones y mÁs de 25 estados. >> estÁn planeando estrategias para ver cÓmo tratar de aprobar el dream act, pero que probarÁn de diferente? >> estamos aquÍ de cargando las energÍas, viendo lo que pasÓ el aÑo pasado y tambiÉn calculando lo que vamos a estar pidiendo en este aÑo y en el 2002. >> ahora la lucha serÁ de estado por estado porque california tiene una especie de dream act local. >> es una de las cosas que estÁbamos haciendo, lo que vamos a pelear, le vamos a estar a rastros lÍderes, les vamos a estar pidiendo que el pan en las exportaciones de los estudiantes que ahora estÁn opuestos a la deportaciÓn. >> muchas gracias por esta entrevista desde tennessee. gracias. hasta aquÍ las not

the tennessee valley authority estimates the cost of the cleanup job or eight hundred twenty five million dollars this spill is ten times larger than the exxon valdez spill in alaska and is believed to be america's largest environmental disaster to date with throwing away the next generation's most valuable resource and that is water and one of the best sources of water anywhere in the world and maybe the best source of fresh water and proximity to one of the world's largest fastest growing populations. you know with all the and all the lawsuits and all the carrying on that goes on in the in the press and you know the vanity fair's in u.s. news and world reports and all at that where the authors are warning people to believe that that we're absolutely script in appalachia down to nothing. in order to get the mineral is patently untrue it's patently untrue when you look around at the forest in elton's that we have a recent environmental impact statement from the e.p.a. estimates over eight hundred square miles of mountains have already been destroyed this includes the permanent destruction

[laughter] [applause] [applause] who hails from a great state of tennessee. served in the senate till 1985, having served both as a minority leader and a majority leader. senator baker is the person his long and distinguished public service, at the university of tennessee, seeks to honor through the work of the center that proudly bears his name. senator baker, it is a privilege and a pleasure to have you with us. the other senator is a senator nancy kassebaum-baker. [applause] i will note from the great state of kansas, who served with distinction in the united states senate from 1978-1997 and who i now claim to be at least well grounded in tennessee, even though routed in kansas. we are very glad to have you here as well. one of the two u.s. ambassadors with us today is cran montgomery. [applause] who served after numerous years of direct service to senator baker as legislative counsel, served as the u.s. ambassador to oman from 1984- 1989. we thank you for your service. the other ambassador is ambassador howard h. baker jr. [applause] who, in addition to i

dreeben refers to the force of tennessee electric, i don't think tennessee electric has any enduringforce. a simple holding a decision was overruled their the for the go in the decision of the less satisfied editor if you all the way to ring the torso parque site with footnote 27 as justice breyer has done, and to look at the role of this date, it turns out in the district court opinion that's in the midsection of the opinion. courts already held contrary to hold tennessee electric veggie chili companies there have standing. so what you see is it still happens if you apply the test you hopelessly conflict the merits and the standing question. that's a bad approach. it should perfect the can't decision by saying this since no longer survives. two other minor point. one is on the congress cause i think justice of your shows why the justice is right to never make that argument by do think it's important if the courses and think about the clause issue it doesn't somehow reinjected in the case in a way that would not allow us to argued that it's been clearly weight in the third third circ

on december twenty second two thousand and eight coal ash impoundment at the tennessee valley authority says kingston fossil plant failed when an earthen dike broke spilling over one point one billion gallons of coal ash sludge over three hundred acres. coal ash sludge as waste created from the burning of coal at the kingston coal plant it is believed to contain toxic compounds including arsenic and mercury. the tennessee valley authority estimates the cost of the cleanup over eight hundred twenty five million dollars this spill is ten times larger than the exxon valdez spill in alaska and is believed to be america's largest environmental disaster to date we're throwing away the next generation's most valuable resource and that is water and one of the best sources of water anywhere in the world and maybe the best source of freshwater in proximity to one of the world's largest fastest growing populations. you know with all the hubbub and all the lawsuits and all the carrying on that goes on in the in the press and you know the vanity fair's in the. u.s. news and world report said. that w

words that were graffitied last year for a sign on a mosque in murfreesboro, tennessee. what gives me hope mr. chairman is that more and more americans from all walks of life are coming together to reject fear and divisiveness because they recognize that it's not american. as former secretary of state colin powell poignantly said, quote, is there something wrong with being a muslim in this country? the answer is no. that's not america, unquote. i commend the stepped-up enforcement of the nation's civil rights laws under the attorney general's leadership but challenges remain and more must be done. i refer the subcommittee to my written testimony for specific recommendations of steps congress and the administration should take and ask that my full written testimony be entered for the record. i would be happy to discuss those recommendations later in the hearing. thank you. >> thank you very much. i can tell as a former staffer, you knew you had five minutes. [laughter] >> cardinal mccarrick, please proceed. your written testimony will be made part of the record. >> senato

. >>> line of fire, security cameras capture a dramatic shoot-out at a tennessee convenience store. > and space odyssey, astronauts unveil the international space station's astronauts unveil the international space station's newest resident. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with exit strategy. as japan's nuclear crisis deepens and reports about the status of one of its crippled nuclear plants differ, the united states has authorized the first evacuation of americans out of japan. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with the latest on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everybody. we learned overnight that these will be voluntary evacuations, even though the airports have reopened, commercial flights are available, the u.s. state department will be organizing charter flights out of tokyo and other locations in japan to get americans out. the u.s. believes that the radiation levels, especially aro

in tennessee, it was a one-two combination of mother nature's worst.severe storm system formed high winds and heavy rain causing flash flooding and destruction of homes. in one area, officials believe tornados ripped through, but the national weather service has not been able to confirm. in north carolina, an explosion of glass and metal was caught on a tape when a bus crashed into a boutique. the driver crossed through oncoming traffic and drove through a garden of shrubery. the driver has no memory of the accident. finally, in iowa a stretch of highway offered drivers a spectacular show of wildlife. dozens of bald eagles could be seen perched on a tree and then tree in the small wildlife areas. some motorists pulled over to snap photos while others marvelled at the rare sighting that made a few of them come too a screeching halt. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather chabl forecast. good morning. >> welcome to march, huh? >> came in pretty loudly. >> with those severe stor

april 18th, 2010, the nrc cited the tennessee valley authority for failing to provide fire protection features capable of limiting fire damage at the browns ferry nuclear plant near chattanooga, tennessee. >> i don't think that any new licenses should be granted until all of the lessons of fukushima are built into the new plants in the united states. >> reporter: the events of the last few weeks at the fukushima plant provide an eerie warning. there, officials ignored a series of safety infractions for years and continued to be vague about the damage to reactors even after the devastating earthquake. a document in the wikileaks cache revealed there were concerns about the safety of the japanese nuclear program and the government was covering up safety problems. case in point, the indian point nuclear plant just outside new york city. it's equipped with an earthquake safety device that would help keep water from leaking out of the reactor if something catastrophic happens. but the nrc found that the safety device is leaking, and believe it or not it's been leaking for 18 years. a lack

fort campbell covers the border of tennessee and kentucky.he post office is in kentucky so we claimant. [laughter] there was a young commander of the 101st airborne who was observing a live fire exercises. a young shoulder -- soldiered tread and discharged his weapon and shot him right in the chest. it was pretty clear pretty early that this fellow was in trouble. we got him on the helicopter and flew him down to nashville. a young surgeon, bill frist, save the life of general david petreaus. and so the influence and the good work of bill frist is far and wide. it is fitting that we are here today to honor this good man. i want to welcome as other haves the members of the thrust -- frist family. it is indeed a large one. a lot has been said about this good man. i would like to add a brief word of my own. when you come across a man like bill frist, you cannot help but wonder where does it all come from. no one doubts that it takes a lot of natural talent to become a top transplant surgeon. no one doubts it takes a lot of hard work to switch ca

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent that senator bennet and i -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call, sir. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: i ask consent that senator bennet and i have up to ten minutes for a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. how would the time be allotted, sir? mr. alexander: up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: ten minutes. mr. alexander: mr. president, senator bennet and i have just announced an effort that i think most teachers, most principals, many parents will want to be a part of. we're going to look at the education system in tennessee and colorado, two of the more progressive states in education, to see if there are too many tests and too many regulations. we want to make sure that the tests we have are good tests, the regulations we have are reasonable tests. and any minute that we can save from an unneeded test or an unnecessary regulation

are a rough night in central tennessee.rms move through overnight damaging two dozen homes the winds are so strong, they knocked homes off of their foundation. all mobile home was to divide up possible tornado. >> darya: check this out this happen and pittsburgh. strong winds and knocking down the trees, utility crews working to restore electricity to thousands of customers whose power was knocked out. people in iowa are cleaning up after a pair of tornadoes there appeared cleanups probably taking months because they have a lot of broken houses appeared one tornado left the 11 mi. stretch of damage in and around the morning. the car windshield got broken, offenses as well. the wins were 120 mi. an hour but nobody was reported major injuries or deaths. take a look at homes reduced to rubble in neighborhoods of lots of debris. this is tennessee. there was the possible tornado touched down there. homes were knocked off of its foundation, the church lost its people, pa lines were down and lots of cards or damaged by heavy help.

multiple twisters touched down monday in indiana, kentucky and tennessee, where at least one person was killed. >> the mother was pinned. the fire department got her out of there. >> the wind was blowing really bad. and you could just hear the whistling and everything. >> reporter: in the wake, devastation. some searched the rubble, hoping to find anything they could. in chattanooga it looked like earthquake damage was done by high winds, destroying this historic brick building. nearby, high winds brought down trees and power lines, knocking out power to thousands. for others, the problem is floodwater. way too much of it. some neighborhoods now completely inundated. >> basement has about four foot of water in it. it's up to the steps. >> reporter: all of ohio's 88 counties are impacted by the flooding. some rivers won't crest until later this morning. meteorologists say this is all the result of warm, southern air, colliding with cold, northern air, whipping up the second round of dangerous weather in just a week. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. much ca

it was in the state of tennessee called 10 care. costs were not quite estimated. there were four times overestimated. mr. chairman, our former governor phillip edison had a great article in "the wall street journal" on this. i think to submit or the record as well as the history ignored by lee pence from world magazine. this place i would have been. 10 care it at 33.5% of the state budget before it was addressed. there was no more money for higher at, no more money for education. if you want a program that is going to eat up every dollar and is too expensive to afford, this event. i'm looking forward to talking with our governors, governor patrick looking forward to what you have to say about a sales program in your state of massachusetts. i yield that. >> chair will recognize for an opening statement the gentleman from new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today we meet again as her republican colleagues continued their assault on the affordable care act of the many positive benefits it offers americans nationwide. the specific focus on medicai

that's an unfunded mandate from washington that will cost the people of tennessee. fewer jobs will be created as a result of this law. now, someone might say, well, how can you say that? i'll give you an example. a little bit with a group of lead -- i met with a group of leaders in the restaurant industry. they're the c.e.o.'s of all the big restaurant companies. they're the second biggest higher of people. one said that they hired with 90 employees and as a result of the health care law, their goal was to operate it with 70 employees. that's fewer jobs. and there were many other examples of that around the room. even the student loan takeover has created a problem because students are actually paying more in interest on their student loans to help pay for the new hc law. which i think -- health care law, which i think a lot of students wouldn't appreciate. so the health care law which was passed a year ago which some believe was a historic achievement we believe is a historic mistake. we believe it would have been better and would be better to, instead of expanding

back to you. >> mike seidel in tennessee.dnapping 11-year-old jaycee duggard and holding her for 18 years supposedly confessed to prosecutors. monday the attorney for nancy garados said she and her husband confessed when they were reinterviewed last month. the woman that owned the day care that burned down killing four children has fled to nigeria. she's accused of leaving the children unattended when a stovetop caught fire. she's expected to be brought back to the u.s. to face charges. >>> a car plowed through a street packed with cyclists injuring at least 16 people. the driver claims self-defense. as dramatic as it looks no one was critically injured and everyone has been released from the hospital. in 1991 a glacier in the italian alps revealed a 5,000-year-old man preserved almost perfectly in ice. using the latest research, two artists have given him a face. they call him otse and scientists believe he died around 3,300 b.c. at the age of 47. since his discovery he's given archaeologists a look at diet, tool use and the

we also have some smaller mementos of east tennessee that we will share with you. we at -- a wonderful gathering, thank you for being here. here.very glad you were thank you for c-span for making this available to a much larger audience. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the priority in the coming months will be a transition to afghan led security forces. that is next on c-span. after that, a vice president joe biden talks about reducing high school dropout rates. later, an interview with diane sawyer. >> on "washington journal, we will talk about the coalition military strategy against libya. then the u.s. export-import bank. after that, rebecca adams will discuss the health care law and with the changes mean. "washington journal, each morning at 7:00. later, a couple of events about the political unrest in the middle east. talkso's foreign minister about the challenges his country faces great live coverage from the brookings institute at 10:30. endowm

our matt gutman is in south tennessee, with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, sam. that tornado that passed through here packed winds of 150 miles per hour. it slashed through three tennessee counties, turning giant oaks like these into match sticks. then, lifted up a mobile home on the far side of this lot. flipped it three times in the air. killing one man inside. it landed just behind me over there. miraculously, a mother and a son inside survived. storms packing fierce winds and torrential rain pounded half the country. heavy downpours left knoxville, tennessee, submerged. with their cars sunk, some folks resorted to rowing across the street. a storm of tornadoes killed a second tennessee man, flattened these homes and left trucks tossed like toys. in indiana, one man's home was destroyed when he was sleeping. >> i don't know if i was sleeping or what, when i woke up, it was raining on me. >> reporter: in ohio, the dam broke, swamping the town. rescuers reached this man, moments before the waters swallowed his

. >>> estamos de regreso desde nashville tennessee, estados unidos sigue en su camino de preparación este mismo estamos viendo una historia que nio es muy común, diego al principio, comentamos que tuvieron que pasar 77 años del primer enfrentamiento entre ambas selecciones para que paraguay batiera a estados unidos, desde la copa américa de venezuela 2007, no ha habido otro partido entre ellos. >>> recordado el partido de la copaamérica 2007, 3 a 1, con goles de barreto, Óscar cardozo que repite hoy, clark anotó para estados unidos, les recordamos que desde univisión estados unidos, perdón, méxico ante venezuela. >>> también estados unidos enfrentará a españa, el campeón del mundo, el 11 de junio estados unidos enfrentará a panamá y cierra el 14 ante guadalupe. >>> si nos ponemos a analizar los números de bob bradley, encontraremos que no son espectaculares, pero si vemos la calidad de los rivales, son de respeto, porqu estamos h ablando que el sábado fue argentina, hoy es paraguay, el segundo de grupos, el campeón del mundo, españa. >>> también el partido ante brasil de manu meneses

uconn is a number 1 seed, baylor, tennessee. by being number one, stanford gets uc davis at home saturday and would remain at home. everything in stanford's favor. >> we are excited we have three teams from the pac 10 in the ncaa tournament. the pac 10 is a great conference. you know, i was hoping if we could meet ucla again it would be in minneapolis. we want to do the best week. >> back to the men's side. the ncaa, forget about it. the junior college. san francisco city college for the first time in 49 years won the state championship. the last teach they did it, led by the mvp brad dugan, the court named after him. over the weekend they did the thing. edging at the buzzer on a tip- in. ventura college was the host site. citrus came up short. >> relief. you know, we haven't celebrated, seemed like the last eight years. this is what we were waiting for. a lot of relief. a lot of excitement. >> city college finished 32-1. winning their last 27 games. spring training, on the negative side for the a's, andrew bailey, their closer

words that were graffiti last inr on a sun for a maskemoscow tennessee -- for a mosque in tennessee. more are coming together to reject fear and divisiveness because they recognize that it is not american. as former secretary of state: powe collin powell said, "is the something wrong with being a muslim american?" the answer is no. challenges remain and more must be done. i have outlined steps that congress should take and i ask that my full written testimony be entered for the record. thank you. >> thank you very much. i can tell that, as a former staffer, you knew you had five minutes. your written testimony will be made part of the record. >> allow me to thank you for the invitation and the of eternity to be with you to offer testimony today. as archbishop emeritus of washington, i am here representing the numbest its conference of catholic bishops. my written testimony places the treatment of american muslims in the broader context of religious liberty from the perspective of our rich american tradition. as a community, it has been the target and we understand the need today to b

daÑos similares en mississippi y tennessee, en este Último las tormentas arrancaron el techo de una escuelatel. en el oeste de luisiana tambiÉn se reportÓ que por lo menos tres tornados tocaron tierra desprendiendo techos y causando algunos pedidos. >> el gobernador de alabama declarÓ el estado de emergencia porque los daÑos e inundaciones alcanzaron al -17 condados y en nueva jersey y se esperan tormentas durante el fin de semana lo que ha provocado mÚltiples evacuaciones. >> gracias natalia. cambiando de informaciÓn mientras en muchos estados se discuten leyes antes inmigrantes, en ... busca que puedan ingresar a universidades pagando el mismo valor de las matrÍculas que quienes tienen documentos. si se aprueba la ley los beneficiados deberÁn cumplir ciertos requisitos. >> luego de tres aÑos de lucha esta maÑana los presuntos responsables indirectos de la muerte de una campesina en san joaquÍn, california, escuchÓ la sentencia de un juez. elias marÍa de los angeles no pasarÁn ningÚn minuto en la cÁrcel por la muerte de subempleada, la campesina de 17 aÑos marÍa isabel vÁzquez jimÉnez. ale

. >> johnson lived for a week in a run down part of knoxville, tennessee helping run a feeding program. at the end of the week she revealed her millionaire status. >> folks, that is all for our edition of 

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he was born in nashville, tennessee, reared in missouri, was counseled to the mormon church and followed them westward and went on northward, to oregon, and when he got there and established the first hamlet, germantown, his first order of business was to get an order neans -- ordinance enacted saying that no black folks would be allowed in that hamlet. and if they were there, they would be beaten every six months until they left town. it didn't stop there. came down to california. got involved in politics and the gold rush and got his way to the high office of the first governor of this state. and i thank god that you all have removed another investigate tadge of our dark past. peter burnett was not only a bully to black folk but he was also mean toward asians, chinese specifically, and worked for the obliteration of native americans . and the sad commentary is, ladies and gentlemen, that no one in high office knew who this man was and what his legacy was until i called from my sick bed and said we got to get that name off of that building over there on newco mmp b street, the one commu

tornadoes touched down in indiana, kentucky, ohio and tennessee yesterday. the entire state of ohio threatened by floodwaters this morning and tim wetzel is in clarksville, tennessee with more on the severe storms. tim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. the national weather service has issued a flood advisory and flood warnings for several different rivers in tennessee. i'm on the banks of the cumberland. overflowing the banks. people here keeping a watch jul eye on the weather. a tornado touchled down south of nashville killing a 79-year-old man. >> he was in the trailer or in the home sitting in a recliner is what one of the policemen told me. >> reporter: to the south, heavy rains, high winds and a hail storm hit chattanooga causing extensive damage to homes and businesses in the area. the same system caused flash flooding in knoxville where some drivers mistakenly tried to buck the tide. all 88 of ohio counties are threatened by flooding from a mix of heavy rain and melting snow. these rivers topped their banks. >> it was up to my garage doo

the central holding of the tennessee electorat was overthrown years ago. i think this language of the peace of the legal entrance test of standing, and i think the court should make clear it doesn't apply any longer, and the virtue of that is it frees up the lower courts to decide the claims based on an application of principles. that's not happening in the lower court right now. in the lower court right now is somebody comes in with a 10th amendment claim of whatever stripe, and what they are confronted with is a quick citation of tennessee elect and others who overturn the decisions, and that's it. nothing subtle about the particular claim, and that's not a sustainable situation. in fact, i reserve the remainder of any time. >> thank you mr. clement. >> thank you chief justice. as confirmed this morning, the claim made about the unconstitutionality of section 229 is it under mind the powers. he wishes to waive part of that claim as an argument that it invades the problems that belong to the state concerning criminal law. he can do that. he has the author