times" about texas and texas' financial challenges right now. quote, someone just turn the lights on in the bar and the sexiest state doesn't look so pretty anymore." that's about texas. >> i don't have a problem with that at all other than it's wrong. competition is good. that's the name of the game. and putting programs in place to make your state look more attractive. martin has the maryland initiative. technology initiative. >> the invest maryland. >> invest maryland. that is a great concept. to try to entice either home-grown companies or companies to come from other places, incentive programs. we have what's called the emerging technology fund in texas. it's been highly successful. and the end prize fund, which has been around since 2003 in texas -- and that's what we really used on california. listen, we're not picking on california. they're just such a target-rich environment for us. [laughing] let me tell you, there's plenty to go around. [inaudible] >> that's the way it's supposed to -- susanna martinez is the new governor of mexico. i

that imposed a restriction on the state of texas and only texas so that for texas to receive the money would force texas to violate its constitution. the restrictive amendment required that texas guarantee that spending levels for elementary and secondary education not dip below 2010 levels for three years. this is troubling. to accept the funds, texas would have to violate the state constitution. neither the governor or the state government branches are able to make budget decisions that bind future legislation -- legislatures. this amendment is not about whether or not taxpayers' money will be spent or saved since the funds have already been appropriated. the amendment is about fairness. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. canseco. thank you. yield back. the chair: does the gentlelady from connecticut seek time in opposition? ms. delauro: yes. i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: when texas received $3.25 billion of education stimulus funds over the objection of every texas republ

. >> la nieve cubriÓ de blanco por segunda vez en a sena al norte de texas, tambiÉn a otros estados delte y el sur del paÍs. >> profesores univeitarios en puerto rico anunciaron una huelga en apoyo a los estudiantes quienes enfrentan nuevos aumentos en su matrÍcula. >> una joven hispana en san antonio, texas, logrÓ el sueÑo de ser reina de belleza y la felicidad le duÓ poco. segÚn ella le quitar la corona por gorda. los organizadores dicen ra cosa. >> y el tri ya comenzÓ su preparaciÓn para el mundial de fÚtbol en asil. hoy estrenÓ tÉcnico durante un partido amistoso en atlanta. vea s goles y las reacciones. >> hola, que tal, muy buenas nohes, mercado de semana y es un placer que nos acompaÑe en Última hora. -mitad. quienes y porque asesinaron a tres jÓvenes eniudad juÁrez recientemente son algunas de las preguntasÚn abiertas, entras Óbice efectuabanos servicios fÚnebres, el padre de uno de los fallecidos dedicÓ algunos minutos para hablar en exclusivcon univisiÓn asegurando que Él mismo tie mÁs informaciÓn que las propias autoridades. sobre esto nos informa de inmediato nuestro colega

by texas tech."everal minutes into the interview, we watched the stowe- morales relationship dissolve. morales walked out, then came back to disavow stowe. >> morales: scott, scott. yeah, you know, i think that just in the sense of... of using, you know, his... you know, using him to try to bring me down, i think that that is inappropriate. >> pelley: well, sit down and talk to me about it. legal experts tell us that both stowe and morales have broken u.s. law, committed fraud, by making a false claim. it doesn't matter that the procedure is done in another country. we wondered why the f.d.a. is not acting against the many stem cell con artists whose web sites are up for anyone to see. but the f.d.a. commissioner, margaret hamburg, declined to talk with us on camera about any aspect of stem cell quackery. many experts believe that the f.d.a. is outmatched. >> larry goldstein: patients need to beware. >> pelley: larry goldstein, a prominent stem cell biologist, and researcher doug sipp, are with the i

about texas.er] so california's hitting pack here a little bit -- back here a little bit. >> and that's -- i don't have a problem with that at all other than it's wrong. [laughter] competition's good, that's the name of the game. and putting programs into place to make your state look more attractive. martin has maryland initiative, i mean, your technology -- >> the invest maryland? >> that's a great concept. it is to try to entice either home-grown companies or companies to come from other places and we have what's called the emerging technology fund in texas. it's been highly successful. and the enterprise fund which has been around since 2003 in texas, and that's what we really used on california. i mean, listen, we're not picking on california, they're just such a target-rich environment for us to go -- [laughter] i mean, listen, they, i mean, brother, go out there. [laughter] let me tell ya, there's plenty to go around. [laughter] >> there's gold in those hills, huh? >> it is. it is a -- and

that is what they sure told us in texas. and i think that is what scott walker heard, so my point is he knows what he believes in, and he is expressing that and the voters in wisconsin, they basically said this is the person that we want running the state, and that first amendment, it is a beautiful thing, and they are out there, expressing their free will and what have you. >> to get to the heart of the matter and take a step back, people know in this room that the public employees and more broadly organized labor are a key element of the democratic coalition, and in a lot of state parties, it is the financial force, the force in terms of ground troops when it comes to election time. if governor walker succeeds here and is able to in this legislation strip away the compulsive reduce pain, that could be a real blow, governor o'malley, to organize labour and to democratic party's, right? >> i do not know note any ceo who would take this over. there is politics in the fact that tax cuts for the wealthy are always pushed up the

the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, who knows as much about the clean energy act as anybody. . the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. barton: let me pound out c o-2 is not a pollutant under the classical definition of the clean air act. i'm creating co-2 as i speak. the gentleman from washington who was just speaking, as he spoke created co-2. if you have a carbonated beverage, the reason it bubbles and is called carbonated is because of co-2. greenhouse gases are necessary to human life. they're what keeps the planet warm. it's what traps heat so that we have an atmosphere we can exist in. there is not a definition of exposure, a health exposure to co-2. the theory that co-2 is harmful is based on a theory that the amount of greenhouse gases, specifically co-2 in the upper atmosphere, as it increases so many parts per billion somehow affects the ability of the earth to accumulate or dispense heat. it is a theory. there is nobody in this country or anywhere in the world who has been harmed because of man ma

un congresista en texas le atribuyó el ataque a los zetas. afirmó que cambia el juego.as tanto, en méxico continúan las investigaciones. tenemos una amplia coberte uraefment vamos a la smech con edgar muñoz. >> hay 33 agentes de estados unidos de ice. para el legislador jaime cárdenas, es una violación a la soberanía. >> estoy en desacuerdo con el hecho de que agentes norte americanos trabajen en territorio de la república. me parece esto incorrecto jurídicamente, políticamente. >> los dos agentes atacados en san luis potosí fueron obligados de salir por la carretera por hombción armados. al parecer, se identificaron como de estados unidos antes de que les abrieran fuego. >> no viola nuestra soberanía. nosotros no vemos ninguna injerencia. nos parece importante que se esclarezcan los hechos, que se les castigue con todo el rigor. >> la embajada de estados unidos en méxico no tiene ninguna seguridad especial. en cuanto a la posible desa parición de un celular, ice dijo que no tienen información al respecto. lo que sí dijeron desde el pan es que no vulnere la relación con

what awaits us in texas isn't much better. super bowl just days away, dallas is encased in ice. texas power companies are warning customers to conserve. one day after rolling blackouts across the state shut off power for 10 to 45 minutes at a time, even at many hospitals. notoriously prideful texas had to go so far as to buy electricity from mexico, just to keep the lights and the heat on. >> they should have been better prepared for this. >> reporter: in chicago, where the blizzard stranded 1,000 cars on lake shore drive, today, there were reunions. >> there she is! >> reporter: in a city parking lot, diana monroe found the car she spent nine hours trapped inside. across new england, the heavy snow caused more roofs to collapse. in connecticut, this barn gave way, trapping 14 horses. and the worst may not be over. tonight, it will be colder in el paso, texas, than in anchorage, alaska. and snow is in the forecast for houston, for only the second time in a decade. ryan owens, abc news, ardmore, oklahoma. >>> and still ahead on

and inside this book -- and it was really about texas mostly. and inside this book there was a chapter, or even a subchapter ant the comanches. and it put forth this premise that there was this enormous force sitting in the middle of the continent that determined how everything happened. and i'm a yankee, i'm going, what? wait a second, i mean, i might know a we quod or a woman know wag, but with i didn't know from comanches. comanches are something that in john wayne movies was code for, uh-oh. [laughter] oh, we're in trouble now, that's a comanche arrow. that was pretty much what it was. so what happened was that was what set off my interest. so i did all the normal things you would do if you're interested in comanches. beyond that, though, i think it was really about a yankee's love affair with the state of texas. when i was time bureau chief i traveled all over the state, when i was a writer at texas monthly, i traveled all over the states. we all at texas monthly looked forward to getting assignments where you had to go to amarillo or lubbo

this is grand prairie, texas. >>> 4:39 is the time right now. let's check in with sal for the early morning commute. how does it look so far? >> pam, i have windy commute for you this morning. it is very windy out there. if you republican just hitting -- if you are just hitting the roads, i think you should be aware on the bridges you will notice the wind this morning. just be careful out there. let's take a look at east shore freeway westbound 80 that traffic is moving okay as you drive out toward the bay bridge toll plaza. our bay bridge toll plaza camera has been effected by the wind. we cannot show it to you. this is a look at 880 that camera on top of a tall building is shaking and rattling here because of the heavy wind. and this mornings commute is going to be okay on northbound 280 in san jose. 4:39 let's go to steve. >>> it's also a colder wind, sal. >> yes. >> we had the record highs sunday and now the air mass is cooling down from a system that went off toward the east. it doesn't look like much. the end result is wind and cooler temp

what awaits us in texas isn't much better.time, even at many hospitals. notoriously prideful texas had to go so far as to buy electricity from mexico, just to keep the lights and the heat on. >> they should have been better prepared for this. >> reporter: in chicago where the blizzard stranded 1,000 cars on lake shore drive, there were reunions. >> there she is! matilda! >> reporter: in a city parking lot, diana monroe found the car she spent nine hours trapped inside. across new england, the heavy snow caused more roofs to collapse. in connecticut, this barn gave way, trapping 14 horses. and the worst may not be over. this morning it will be colder in el paso, texas, than in anchorage, alaska, and snow is forecast in houston for only the second time in a decade. ryan owens, abc news, oklahoma. >> colder in texas than alaska. that says it all, doesn't it? now we have the cold, hard facts about the forecast. >> our coverage of the deep freeze continues with meteorologist ava dinges at accuweather. good morning, ava. >> good mor

. >> en texas hasta new york la tormenta a causado muchos estragos. >> nos vamos hasta el aeropuerto. una docena de vuelos han sido cancelados en san francisco en el aeropuerto sñ hablaban de cancelar una docena de vuelos pero al final del día ya suman más de 20 y es que las nevadas hicieron que las pistas amanecieran cubieras de nieve!. >> los vuelos domesticos e internacionales sñ han visto complicados. >> el aeropuerto internacional de la guardia sñ vio afectado. >> no tienen buenas noticias para los pasajeros pues los vuelos seguiran siendo cancelados. >> ellos no tienen un día especifico para sealar cuando es la solucion. >> esperamos que el clima sñ soluciones pero esto da para tres o cuatro dias en nuestra region tambiñn sñ suspendieron vuelos. >> y algunos de los que salen solo llegan a texas y colorado sí usted va a volar tienen que consultar primero con su agente de viaje. >> gracias buenas noches en . >> en un nuevo intento el presidente egipcio agrego que sí va a dejar el poder. >> prometio un dialogo con todos los partidos politicos!. >> el día de hoy casi 250 mil persona

it was very, very long in the texas at the time. it detailed every, all the rare plants, specimen plants, horticultural, introducing them to texas. i was so excited about all of this. i used to say to my brother, this apple thing, you have gotten from your grandfather who had a reverence. he would say that is ridiculous. when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause].

hizo el anuncio durante un simposio en la universidad de texas.ntemente una corte de apelaciones de california fallÓ en contra del ranchero roger... de arizona para que pagara una indemnizaciÓn de $ 87.000 por detener de manera ilegal al grupo de indocumentados en 2004. pero como nos explica vÍctor hugo rodrÍguez eso no serÁ posible. >> la propuesta hv2191 ... >> en realidad el propÓsito del folleto de ley es beneficiar a roger. es que el cuatro de marzo del 2004, detuvo en la frontera a punta de pistola 20 indocumentados. sÓlo cuatro demandaron y ganaron el caso en los tribunales de arizona. la sentencia fue confirmada la semana pasada por agredir a cuatro personas. >> el propulsor de esta iniciativa, registrado republicano james ... indicÓ que la propuesta aprobada en el 2006 fue con la intenciÓn de beneficiar al lÍder. lo Único que intenta hacer es modificar la ley para que sea retroactiva la fecha en que ocurriÓ este incidente. >> lo que harÍa este proyecto es reducir drÁsticamente el monto de compensaciÓn que el tribunal y el jurado estableci

but a young man from austin, texas, decided to head straight in and david muir joined him. so many people try to get out of egypt, our nearly empty flight in n the back of the plane a young man from texas who told his professors i got to go. >> i have some family there. i want to make sure my grandma is okay. >> reporter: he asked us for a ride when we landed. on the highway, lone cars, their lights flashing. as drivers dare the streets passed curfew and the mid check point. >> this is one of those checks. >> reporter: this is the citizen army that has taken hold here. checking i.d.s and even passports. neighbors armed themselves with guns and bats. we journeyed across the nile. >> reports that were looting and stuff. they took to the streets themselves. >> reporter: you have never seen anything like this? >> i have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: we make our way through that familiar iron gate and the buzzer. she says nothing in response. did she believe you? the neighbors didn't believe him. on high alert, they began shouting from balconies, who are you here t

in texas the snow collapsed the roof of a structure near cowboys stadium. tens of thousands lost power. >>> now to egypt in the throes of a revolution and a defiant president refusing to step down. elizabeth palmer has the latest from cairo. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: -- more normal. there are people going to work here from, that i can see under the balcony. but we can also still hear the protesters in the square. they're not happy, and that discontent started last night. it was too little, too late, for the protests in tahrir square who watched president hosni mubarak tell the nation he wouldn't run again for president. that speech was an emotional appeal to good-hearted people, she said. poor people who were sleeping, but we're awake now and we won't accept this anymore. a joint meeting of all opposition groups insisted mubarak must step down, and leave the country. they also demanded a broad coalition to lead the transitional government, new elections, and new constitution, and the dissolution of parliament. but yesterday there was at least on

his district is the panhandle of texas. the first call for him comes from connecticut on our democrats line. sorry about that. please go ahead with your question. caller: thank you for c-span. a conservative columnist said this past monday that the pentagon cannot be audited because they do not keep a balance sheet like other agencies. as a small-business owner, my company can be subject to financial auditing, but the pentagon cannot be? how does the pentagon budget process work anyhow? thank you. guest: it was the subject of a lot of heated questions yesterday when the secretary came before the armed services committee about what you are talking about. it is true. the pentagon cannot survive a commercial audit that your small business would have to undergo. it has gone on for years and years, administration after administration, which both parties. the answer is just because we cannot survive a commercial- grade audit does not mean we do not know where the money is going. they have their own systems. one set of computer sy

detrÁs tanto un congresista de texas dijo que el cÁrtel de droga de los zetas estÁ detrás del ataque.quÉ el departamento forense de la ciudad de houston se negÓ a recibir el cadÁver del oficial asesinado. >> camioneros y gobiernos llegan a un acuerdo en colombia. comienzan a desbloquear las vÍas pero el paro continÚa hasta que se cumpla lo pactado. >> mÁs de 100 mÉdicos, enfermeras y otros profesionales han sido acusados por autoridades federales de un fraude multimillonario al medic care. docenas estÁn tras las rejas. >> en colorado se da un paso en la legislatura estatal para favorecer a los inmigrantes indocumentados que quieren ir a la universidad. >> y tendremos lo mejor de la vigÉsimo tercera versiÓn de premio lo nuestro. las canciones, los ganadores, las estrellas. ♪ >> hola, que tal, muy buenas noches. hoy la secretarÍa de seguridad interna napolitano se expresÓ de lo sucedido en mÉxico. dijo que la casa blanca estÁ absolutamente indignada. se sabe un poco mÁs de los Últimos minutos de vida de jaime. se sabe que el forcejeo en su vehÍculo, que lograron abrir la puerta los deli

to use a texas term, we pulled on the same rope. it took a village mentality to raise this team, whether it was the front office, scattered department, player development, training staff, clubhouse people, but somehow, someway, we had a mind set that there was no difference between the bad boy and the owner, and we took that through the season. we are so proud. we' are so happy to have brought this home to you. now i want to introduce the next manager of the year, bruce goatee. if you thought his head was big before -- bruce bochy. if you thought his head was big before, look at it now. [applause] >> what a feeling. first of all, i have to thank sabean for bringing me here four years ago to have the opportunity to experience this great city, this story franchise. i have to thank his staff for their tireless work, the time they put in, how devoted they were to getting this done. i could not be prouder of these guys. they play with more heart and determination. they wanted to win in as bad as much for themselves as they did for you. w

. >>> up next as our broadcast continues on a friday night, the surge the size of texas. what the latest snapshot of america is revealing about the new face of the lone star state. >>> then later, how a champion on the track is making a difference off the track for kids and families that he may never get to know. >>> there are new numbers out tonight from the u.s. census. they hold some staggering information about the second largest state in the union, texas. it was big before. it's now even bigger, and there's a reason. in our "we the people" report tonight, nbc's janet shamlian in houston with the story behind the numbers that are in the news tonight. >> reporter: this is the new face of texas, young and hispanic. >> dos, tres, cuatro. >> reporter: ruth lopez turley and her family moved to houston eight months ago after 20 years in madison, wisconsin. >> i got a great job offer from my employer, but i also was really eager to be near family, especially because now i have children. >> reporter: families like the turleys are feeling a population explosion in the lone sta

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner, who the chairman of the crimes -- crime and terrorism subcommittee of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin voiced for five minutes. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker, i thank the judiciary chairman for yielding. last week 122 democrats rejected legislation to temporarily extend the three expiring patriot act provisions, including 36 who supported a one-year extension last year. the house then adopted a rule to bring the bill back to the floor today than the vast majority of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle opposed that, too. these votes are nothing but the minority party playing politics with national security and their arguments ring hollow. the democrats' one-year extension last february successfully achieved their goal of delaying patriot re-authorization until after the midterm elections. but it left very little time for the new congress t

. >> la nieve cubriÓ de blanco por segunda vez en a sena al norte de texas, tambiÉn a otros estados deleste y el sur del paÍs. >> profesores univeitarios en puerto rico anunciaron una huelga en apoyo a los estudiantes quienes enfrentan nuevos aumentos en su matrÍcula. >> una joven hispana en san antonio, texas, logrÓ el sueÑo de ser reina de belleza y la felicidad le duÓ poco. segÚn ella le quitar la corona por gorda. los organizadores dicen ra cosa. >> y el tri ya comenzÓ su preparaciÓn para el mundial de fÚtbol en asil.

. >> fue trasladado a texas el cadÁver del agente de inmigraciÓn asesinado en mÉxico.ntregado a sus familiares quienes le dan el Último adiÓs. >> dan un golpe al cÁrtel de las drogas de tijuana con el arresto de varios sicarios. esta vez no fue mÉxico, si no en territorio estadounidense. >> dan un paso en washington para no otorgar mÁs licencias de conducir a indocumentados. >> las protestas contra gobiernos en varios paÍses del medio oriente generan inquietud en el mundo entero. la tensiÓn aumenta por la presencia de barcos de guerra iranies en el canal de suecia. >> pasando hambre en una huelga una joven mexicana trata de conseguir una invitaciÓn para la boda real que se celebrarÁ en inglaterra. >> hola, quÉ tal, muy buenas noches, desde el valle de texas. hoy finalmente llegÓ a su tierra jaime zapata el agente federal asesinado. sus familiares lo recibieron, fue una escena francamente triste. de eso hablamos un poco mÁs adelante. pero esta noche queremos empezar de inmediato en colombia. quÉ estÁ pasando allÍ algo extraÑo, algo confuso. resulta que medios de informa

presidents have come to texas. several important national legislators have come from texas. >> why did you want to write this book? what got you started? >> my input is to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society the side who the good kids are and who the bad kids are and what is to be done with them. i initially began looking at popular culture and representation and i became dissatisfied with that and decided i needed to look at real kids and real policies and institutions that affected them. >> after all your research where do texas and other states go from here? have you seen improvements since you wrote the book tour and you were writing the book? >> a lot has changed since i finished the book. the legislature is considering abolishing the agency that oversees the juvenile justice in texas. several large facilities have been shut down. as i was finishing the book. lots of kids have been sent back to their communities and there really is a movement to move away from big institution

university of texas? >> that's right. >> in psychology. >> that's right. >> where did you get your interest in psychology and how did it you use it in your career? >> i was majoring in math, looking for something to pair it with. i knew i wanted to be a teacher in colleges, i just started taking some psychology courses and it made a lot of sense to me, particularly when you saw how stakist -- statistically based most of the conclusions were. i ended up having 30 hours of psychology and 30 hours of math. on my graduate derek i took 18 hours of graduate statistics and ended up teaching that more than psychology. it was an interest and it was a way to utilize another ability i knew i had and that was in mathematics. >> what year did you get out of your undergrad degree? >> in 1968. >> what's the difference for a person going to college in 1968, or graduating, and today? >> well, the competition is a lot stiffer in terms of admissions and getting in graduate programs and things like that. the cost obviously a

the nfl's biggest game may be in texas, but texas style barbecue is taking a back seat to mccray's floridale at two private nfl parties. that exposure is sure to put his dishes front and center on nfl's biggest stage. by the way, it looks delicious. >> you can have steak and eggs. that's socially acceptable for breakfast, but ribs and eggs? >> absolutely, bill. i'm from the midwest. that's how we roll in the midwest. >> you just smoke it all night and eat it whenever it's ready. >> if it's ready and it's meat and, you know, we're good to go. >>> well, i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> this is one way to carry ouç the legacy of vhs tapes. an artist in germany uses them for handbags. it takes six hours to weave one bag. it's stylish, water proof, and sturdy. the shiny satchel is able to hold up to 45 pounds, and for film buffs each bag includes a card showing which movie the bag bag was made from. >>> a dogsled could probably come in handy this winter, but in the czech republic it's for competition, not convenience, that

texas -- texas was going to send troops in, and clay comes up with a proposal that if texas would back off and surrendered any claim to new mexico territory, we will pay texas' debt acquired before annexation. so that texas get something, but it gives up something. and for the eight resolutions, this is quite remarkable. he could see how they were connected. you can't just deal with new mexico and say, all right, it will be a territory. texas is going to say, that part is mine. and you've got to get them to back off. how do you do that? nobody had the answer. and then this is what clay did. again, i'm not sure i'm answering your question. >> that's fine. >> it reminded me of something i wanted to mention in my pocket and forgot. [laughter] >> excellent presentation. one of the comments you said was that if the war had been thought 10 years later, the south probably would have won. >> it didn't happen. >> right, but -- >> it's my view. >> and in what you said the north was in touch was so much in those intermediary 10 years. did you think that the north deliberately got on some sort of

el joven saudi estudiaba ingenierÍa química en texas.plantas nucleares y como mencionaste, la casa del ex presidente george bush. >> agentes del fbi aseguran un estudiante de origen saidÍ planificaba crear armas era atacar varios objetivos en estados unidos. entre sus blancos la casa de bush a la que se referÍa, la casa del tirano, represas en california y colorado y un centro nocturno en dallas. dentro de su apartamento encontraron equipos de laboratorio, claves, relojes y Ácidos. >> es el clÁsico terrorista solitario, de hecho, Él es potencialmente el tipo mÁs aterrador, dice este asesor del fbi. >> la declaraciÓn jurada en la corte federal de texas muestra cÓmo solicitó a travÉs de internet productos quÍmicos que al mezclarse se convierten en poderosos explosivos.

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam chairman, i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman. i yield as much time as the gentleman from minnesota can consume. >> i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding. thank you, madam chair. just to discuss a point about the institute for peace being not like any other organization, actually, they are. afghan study center where it will conduct two one-day seminars in kabul provinces, a national unity, peace and stability, cooperation for peace and unity organization, resolve long-standing conflicts. mr. cravaack: report back to the respective community stakeholders on peaceful approaches to resolve their disputes. another organization, cooperation for the center of afghanistan, the c.c.a. will map ethnic based conflicts and center afghanistan, trade local -- train local members and civil society leaders on conflict resolution and conduct community outreach to promote nonviolent practices in conflict

this is texas, the state where the pom-pom was invented. and there will be no cheerleaders at the super bowl this year because neither of the teams competing this year have super bowls -- excuse me. have cheerleaders. they are only two of the six teams in the nfl that don't have cheerleaders. >> dan's all stumbling over that. >> i looked at the video and got distracted. >> maybe the dallas cowgirl cheerleaders will come out and surprise them all. >> outside in the rain. there's some programming ideas for you, dallas. >>> also coming up this morning, some big questions about the big, new job numbers. the unemployment rate went down for the second-straight month. but how is that happening with so few people actually being hired? our in-house expert, bianna golodryga, is going to grill one of our favorite experts from "the wall street journal," coming up. >>> but we do begin with egypt, where thousands of protesters are out again today in cairo, vowing not to end their demonstrations until president hosni mubarak steps down. but he's giving no

i was from texas-northeast texas. if you were very good at all there were opportunities for you. i grew up reading the "dallas morning news." i loved basketball and wanted to play here but was not that good. abilene christian was recruiting me and talking with me. they had a very good point guard. they decided i needed to become a guard. they literally said why don't you go to this two year school which i didn't know existed. go up there and we will bring you back here after this other guy graduates. >> i went up there to play basketball and tore my knee to where i could not continue but i went back on an academic scholarship because i maintain that focus. >> where did you go next? >> then i went to austin and get my master's and phd. whenever we are recruiting community college -- that is 300 transfer students each year. 170 of them are local. they are older than our traditional students. than add a lot to our upper division classes. when i got here we set up a number of articulation agreements and created a scholarship program to where we give 10 full tuition scholarships to th

comenzamos en texas. >> en dallas la tormenta inrnal ha afecdo gravement la frÍa situaciÓn que ha capas sociedadesan esparcido arena especial para las retire el hielo n ocurrido mÚltiples cidentes vehiculares. >> varias actividades al aire libre como las relacionadas con el sÚper ball se vieron afectadaademÁs se cancelaron las clases y cerraron oficinas de gobierno. >> en chicagel termÓmetro estuvo bajo cero. un hombre riÓ en el congelado lago michigan, y la ciudad habilitÓ alrgues y refugios. los dueÑos de 1000 carros que fueron abandonados durante la tormenta hoy los reclam. hubo colapso en horas la maÑana en el sistema de transporte y en las calles una gran cantidad de veÍculos rados. y en los suburbios, carros removerÁ desd-removedores de nieve no daban abasto. mientr tanto en s cortos los suelos se restablecÍan. >> maÑana los estudiantes retomarÁn sus clases al igual qulas universidades de la ciudad. >> que pasa maÑana. gracias a nuestros colegas en dallas y tambiÉn en chicago. hacemos una pausa y al rresar iremos hasta nuevo mÉxico donde tratan de cambiar una orden ejecutiva de l