this one shares the continental divide with can colorado river. so this is indicative of what happens in spring of 06. the dark bars are what it was on april 01 and this is may one a month later. most of these lost 50 percent of their snow on one month period. many my favorite is went from 176 to normal and 0 percent in one month. this is a spring time warming trend that's quite son certain. this is provided by the national resource office in new port land. the trees are containing the manager's and it's been my pleasure to work with connie and she a long with dave and a few others reconstructed this going back five years and we're looking at a 20 year average dating to about 1500. what's interesting is the tree ring is 13 point 5 acre point feet and historical is 18 point 1. with this no one cares about individual years and what's more important is the run, the sequences of drought and this is where the trees na >> some of them use temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions. t

diverse supply portfolio that is no longer solely dependent of the hydraulics coming out of the delta and colorado river. the second piece of the strategy is authorities capitol improvement category. we recently recosted our program which is a 20 to 25 year program and it will cost us 24 billion dollars to do that. if we truly want water supply and reliability we need to pay for it. it does not come cheap. someone asked earlier in the earlier panel. what if the projections are wrong. we're talking a lot of money. my concern is what if the projections are right? are you willing to jeopardize your communities water reliability by saying we may not have to do that? some of ourcip? what we're implementing may make no sense in other areas. where we're spending our money may make no sense in seattle where they have a different portfolio, supplies and timing. so we have a variety of components that we're doing and, we're going to be spending between 2 hundred and 4 hundred million a year for a really long time. what's important though, is that our community understands it and we - our communication is cr

his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many stories that start opening up and lead you from place to place and place and soon you start picking up the patterns of wind, of rain. you pick up the patterns of people w

i see the colorado plateau. this bowl is from american museum of natural history and that's where it is now. that's the storage place. where it was from before is pueblo bonito in chaco canyon where there were rooms filled to the ceiling with bowls stacked within each other, bowls like this. all their designs, you can kind of get a glimpse around this. they have this flawless symmetry blending all the way around. it looks like that place. it looks like that landscape. i look into this and i see the sharp edges of the land. i see the way the earth is shaped out there. i see the routes in their vessels. i mean, to understand these, this one came out of a 13th century site in southwest colorado and i would sit with these bowls for hours and hours, drawing them into my sketch book because that was the only way i could really understand the complexity of how they got their symmetries to match up because i could never get them to match up in my drawings. i could never do a 100 percent accurate rendition of these becaus

one, is first of all, the vulnerability of the relative moderate increase of flow in the colorado. a ten percent increase in flow. changes the number of years with uncontrolled spills, floods, from six out of 78 in the data case to 16 out of 78 years some more than doubles the ten percent increase, more than doubles the years you have uncontrolled spills and different colors, blue is little spills and most are red the big ones. sorry the smaller one. you don't get really big spills undercurrent conditions. but when a 20 percent increase in flow your getting more inflows. the system is sincetive to climate. the second important point here is, this whole project. assessing the risk, assuming we operate the system the same way thomas we operating today, we were told when we proposed the project we could not change the operating rules that reservoirs and could not change water rights and change the rule of the law of the river, basically. we had to do assessment of the water vulnerability in current conditions. that's a key point. how vulnerable are we - not under existing conditions al

the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from rhode island, mr. kennedy -- mr. speaker, i'd like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house resolution 1504, which recognizes and honors the 20th anniversary of the signing of the americans with disabilities act of 1990. the most historic piece of legislation affecting the civil rights of people with disabilities in our nation's history. prior to its passage, too many people with disabilities received unequal treatment. didn't have the same kinds of opportunity as other americans. faced inaccessible facilities and services, in both the public and private sectors. many americans with disabilities faced discrimination in education and employment, couldn't support their families, couldn't access jobs. as a result the americans with disabilities were denied the opportunity to fully participate in society. because they were no

the colorado plant is already under way. an indiana plant will be built in what is now and the chrysler factory. when fully operational, they will produce millions of state of the art solar panels each year. these are just two of the many clean energy investments in the recovery act. already, i have seen the payoff of these investments. i have seen factories humming with workers for building solar panels and wind turbines. that is somewhat we're doing. the truth is, steps like these will not replace all of the jobs we have lost overnight. i know people are struggling. i know this for the july weekend finds many americans wishing things were a bit easier right now. so why. what we're reminded of is that we're a nation that is always risen -- that has always risen to the challenges in front of us. we are a nation that turns times of trial to times of triumph. i wish every american as safe and happy fourth of july. to all of our troops serving in harm's way, i want you to know you have the support of a grateful nation and a prou

better since of this from tree rings in the 1920s we would probably make different assumptions on the colorado rivers. maybe we would not but it was information we did not have about climate that would have changed potentially a decision that water manager's and politicians had. going into the few uh-uhture, manager's and planners have a lot of tools for dealing with these kinds of variabilities that we have to face. particularly, what we're suggesting is not to do anything differently but include a broader range of future climates in our plan. that maybe designing something, if your building from scratch differently than if there water climate change. i meant to ask maurine, she described the - well, what i want to know is are they valuing the desalination, not one of them i've seen accounts for rising sea level example. it might be done for some but not all of them. are they be evaluated underhigher temperature scenarios. are the yield numbers being evaluated that. are the ones under existing scenarios and i'd like to know that and if the answer is, no, it ought to be. it will effect the eco

woman: all the growth and everything that's occurred in southern nevada has been with colorado river water. without it, the west as you know it today couldn't exist. narrator: to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. mulroy: this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what you're used to. as long as people recognize they're moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. man: the biggest water user in the desert is turf. turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what we've done here is use artificial turf. you're never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30% of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. we're using less water today than we used five years a

every one of the european people is very i don't know why but this is true that the probably for the colorado for the. upper end of the four of a really only anyway and i think. through that very. start of the world giving them an end date is it's very important to america that i was and. immediately after of that of frank with they all but you know they're not actually paid it and then we are walking in the moment in the more probably it's in the talking about of. because we. model operation twenty cheap either way but. immediately we see that the bronze obviously was a very large and then we embed and they only be gays as opportunity to train for the city and one of the top four major there are two or three points in that a formation very important in the city of what for now with the olympics the force is the russians who between the cd and the sea washed clothes practically. we proved very mild. mobility of the city and the most important words you may have been of war all been brought from the to the to the small ferment before the city became even bigger. which you ate before. before th

brad said the colorado river and it's use of,hydrology, and it occurred to me, why are they not addressinglimate change. why is the bureau not integrating it into the analysis of the system and i'll come back to an example of that in a moment. we have not yet done in california a systematic assessment of reservoirs. there have been some studies on specific reservoirs or river basins and how flexible or inflexible they might be under existing rules and there are a couple of studies that look at different kinds of reservoir rules but not systematically and i don't think there's been any system reoperation. corner me later and tell me i'm wrong but i would argue that on the demand for water. it has been mentioned a

they are often being driven by these climate changes which on the colorado plateau, very small changes make you go. if you lose one inch of precipitation in one year, you got to get up to the mesas where there's a little more rain and then when the frost comes in too early, you got to get down to the desert. around 1276 or so the water was running out, the seasons were no good, and i think they just looked at their trade routes and said let's follow these and go south. they were always getting pushed around by the environment. . >> okay, thank you, craig, so much. thank you for coming. craig is happy to take some more informal questions in back and of course his book, house of rain, is available for sale in back too. thank you so much and thank you, craig childs. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> one of the most extraordinary things to me about this program is we are going to be treat todd an extraordinary panorama of style and diversity. we will start off with mr. james cagney. please, welcome the poet james cagney. [applause] >> there is sun. there is

are very very out of these people is very i don't know why this is true that it probably four of the colorado four of the. nationality of the four of a parental the only anyway and i. threw that i also started to work in the movie by the by for an eighty's he's very bottom to america that i was. immediately after of the franco with a open. no they're not actually paid it and then we are walking in the moment in the more probably it's in the we're talking about of. because we're not as moral operational twenty cheap that way but. immediately we see that the browns obviously want a very large and then we embed and they only be gays as opportunity to trade for the city and one of the top four major there are two or three points in that our formation very important in the city of what for now with the olympics the force is that action should between the cd and the she grows back legally they said we proved very minds the. mobility of the cd and the most important words in my opinion was all being bought for one and two the more from it before the city became even bigger was yours which you ate be

the in just a moment colorado. ms. markey: -- the joment colorado. ms. markey: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee. mr. duncan: at this time i yield such time as he may consume to the -- our colleague, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. thompson: i thank my colleague for yielding and thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, while i support the overall intent of h.r. 5730, it appears that this bill also moves a political agenda and therefore i rise in opposition. section 3 of the bill includes repeal of corridor 01 on the appalachian highway system located in my district. while h.r. 5730 aims to rescind unspent funds or simply no authorized funds associated with the 01 corridor. i have come to the floor on several occasions to speak in favor of deficit reduction. technically this bill does nothing to lessen the deficit. last month we lost a champion of the appalachian regional commission, senator byrd.

the scenery. it's a particular mind set here. university of colorado a founder of america on the move, an organization that offers advice on preventing weight gain. >> we have a population that values more a culture of health than maybe other places. >> reporter: people here are 100% more likely to go hiking. elliptical trainers are about 50% more popular. weightlifting is 41% more popular. donuts are 65% less popular here. >> there is a lot of peer pressure here. to be fit, to get out and enjoy the outdoors. who went for a run? who went rock climb something who went mountain biking that day. >> reporter: in colorado springs there's a tenth of a percent sales tax that raises $6 million a year specifically for trails. open spaces and parks. >> parks are tremendously popular here. >> reporter: indeed, according to parks director paul butcher, any new development in this town of 400,000 must contain a park. by law. >> it's why we have 124 neighborhood parks. ♪ i feel good >> reporter: dina spends half her day in the office, thinking about the outdoors. ♪

so for every gallon we put back in the colorado, we can take an additional gallon out, or we send it to reuse facilities. and we deliver it to golf courses and parks and other outside applications. man: water's about a third of our budget. that's a lot of money. the lake right over here, 24 hours ago that was in somebody's house. it's been through a treatment plant. and now it's in our lake and we're watering with it. narrator: these reuse and conservation techniques enable las vegas to exist in the desert. another important form of conservation is preventing leaks. man: every drop counts. all water systems have what they call an efficiency rating. so if you were to measure the water that goes into your system and compare it to the water that goes out, how much is unaccounted for? most states have a goal of 10%. ours is at only 5.5% right now. and we have plans to lower that to 4%. man: we actually have our entire distribution system mapped out in a computerized or electronic format. and we can locate our pipes, we can locate our valves, we can locate water meters that are out there.

she received training in hiv/aids prevention at the colorado department of public health in 1992 and she game a certified addiction counselor in denver and she worked in the erap hoe house residential alcohol and drug program in. in 1939 she moved to albuquerque, new mexico, where she worked for the indian peb low and was stationed theres as the alcohol and drug counselor, later becoming the prevention coordinator. in 1994 she received an award from the chapter of concerned parents of american indian children. she moved to the bay area in 1995, started working at the native american aids project in 2000 as an hiv/aids health educator and later as a preveppings case manager. in 2001 she became a council member of the san francisco h.i.v. prevention planning council and was later elected and served two terms as the community co-chair for the h.i.v. prevention planning council. she was also a member of the transgender advisory committee. in 2003 she served as a board member at intertribal friendship house in oakland. on a national level, she's a member of the urban coalition of hiv/aids

he is now at the university of colorado. ctor of the exhibit development who insured that the installation went off without a hitch just as he ensured that the entire academy moved to howard street and then moved back without one lost fish. of course, the arts commission in the city of san francisco. it is my pleasure to introduce this senior adviser to mayor gabonese som - -gavin newsom. >> i am here representing the mayor. he is anticipating the birth of his child which should come to any minute now. on behalf of the mayor, welcome to this dedication of the sculpture. the mayor early in his career realize the transforming power of public arts. it starts a discourse. it challenges us as citizens. what is missing is the expression of what people in san francisco and the mayor are trying to achieve. we are trying to be the greatest city possible. our art should reflect our times and values. composting, water conservation, bicycling, plastic bags, plastic bottles, we are mocked sometimes for how we lead and today we are the bee

state for me as my first years general manager. , brad will talk first hand he's on the faculty of university of colorado the director of university water assessment and was one of the great names in western law and politics. our next speaker doctor dan will repeat that entire lunchtime presentation except l

the traffic is moving well right past the colorado sew um up to the maze. at the toll plaza westbound the traffic moves well into san francisco. if you are driving on northbound 101 in san francisco anytime soon that traffic is going to be moving well approaching the 80 split. at 5:17 here is steve. >>, sal, thank you. good morning. thunderstorms erupting there. the big news is the big fog bank out there. there is a rip-roaring sea breeze towards the delta, so low clouds, cooler and breeze with, 50s, 60s and 70s. santa rosa napa 54. one of the coolest along with livermore and concord so everyone is really close. they will cool off into the 80s today. lots of fog up and down the cost. see those thunderstorms right there in northeast california along the spine of the sierra, again a big system is coming in to the north of us. that is going to dig a system -- [ inaudible ] >> -- really usher in a very significant cooling trend. it started yesterday. really starts as well again today, even full force so, that means low overcast, sunny and breezy to windy at tim

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the temperatures are coming down and, boy, i want to show you something else. we've got monsoon. it that that time for utah, colorado, new mexico and arizona, the thunderstorms bubble up about 12:00 in the afternoon. notice what is happening along the spine of the seiera. we have fire danger for lake tahoe through reno tomorrow. a lot of these are not producing rain, but lightning which could spark a fire. so watch for this if you are headed to yosemite, king's canyon and southern california as we go through the week. here is a bigger perspective. clear skies over the western half of the u.s. imagine a rotation in a clockwise rotation. we have a spin just off the coast giving us fog. those two combined is giving us the moisture and thunderstorms. we will watch for that tomorrow and monday. because of that spin coming through, we are going to wake up to a lot of fog. it is going to take a lot to burn off. sunshine in the afternoon, temperatures close to what we did this afternoon. 80s in livermore. just touching the 60s for the coast. the garlic festival, yeah, sunny, mid 80s for great food in the south end of the ba

good night. >> the colorado senate primary election is on august 10. here is a look at the couple plan local ads airing in the state. >> i am jane norton. i approve this message. ken buck is attacking jane norton. what is he saying? >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> play that again. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. i wear cowboy boots. >> now ken buck wants to go to washington? he will fit right in. >> americans have not given up on our country's experiment in self governance. >> he never does anything halfway. >> i want to second the nomination for my dad because he is not going out without a fight. >> we will make the kind of history that al children and grandchildren will be proud of. >> i am ken buck and i approved this message. >> on c-span, a number of political activists events from the weekend. we start with house speaker manciple a sea and in senate majority leader harry reid at the netroots waters convention. ggers convention. >> a house subcommittee will meet and discuss ethics

the republican party. but camping 2010 update, looking at race is in colorado. >> today we are focusing on the senate race colorado where michael bennett, the democrat who was appointed to fulfill what term for can salazar is facing a challenge on the left from former colorado house speaker mr. romanov. joining us on the phone is the denver post political editor. michael bennett is facing not only a challenge on the left, but if he survives, he has strong candidates on the right. what are the latest polls showing? guest: the latest rasmussen poll continues to show what we have seen across the spectrum, which there is sort of a head wind for democrats or anyone who has a tag that can be viewed as an incumbent. i think most recently the rasmussen poll shows he is trailing district attorney ken buck and also jane norton. we had a poll earlier in june and we showed buck with a narrow lead over william bennett and training jane norton in the margin of error. host: mr. bennett and mr. romanov out what adds to further define themselves. let's take a look. >> while others learn to read, he struggled to make sense

let's head back in with the ac and lester >> chris, thanks very much. >>> to colorado for a bear of ay, imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a car horn blaring, thinking maybe it's one of your neighbors who was up too late but instead it's a bear causing all the raucous, what's what happened to beth kaplan. a bear climbed into her neighbor's car, the bear gets to the shift lever and the car starts to roll. for more we're joined in a "today" show exclusive by renee, ralph and ben kaplan. good morning. >> hi. >> good morning. >> betyou hear a horn and get i your car, what happened when you reached the car with the blaring horn and what you saw? >> i can. i had already been awake and my story is what led up to that. i can say at that point it had been 90 minutes, after 45 minutes i decided i was wide awake i'll go investigate and grabbed my flashlight and my keys and my cell phone and slowly drove because intermittent honking, two to three beeps every two to five minutes and i was just on an investigation to solve my mystery. >> and the car was moving, right, when you saw it i

the and those you can see the map in the back, those east of the colorado. i think sometimes have not a real very good appreciation or understanding of the challenges we face in the west. with so much public land in our backyard. so with fattah let me if i can just give my prepared remarks here. i'm happy to be with you today to talk about two topics that are critical to my home state of utah. economic development in energy. i'm honored to be blessed by an abundance of natural resources and our states while being blessed with amazing duty and natural wonder that we must preserve for future generations. make no mistake, these are not mutually exclusive blessings. energy development and environmental protection can exist in harmony. being good source of the earth does allow for the appropriate energy and natural resource development. to do so however i believe requires that we were together in the. of collaboration and from a starting point of mutual respect. as i have said many times before it's high time that we laid down the arms of a set aside the rhetoric

but the colorado oil and gas conservation commission wrote, quote, dissolved methane appears to be biogenic. that means naturally occurring in origin. there are no indications of oil and gas-related impacts to well water. but perhaps the most telling repudiation of this film comes from john hanger, secretary john hanger, of the pennsylvania department of arm ral protection who for 10 years as c.e.o. of the environmental organization called citizens for pennsylvania's future. he appears briefly in the film, john hanger says the film was fundamentally dishonest and, quote, deliberately false presentation for dramatic effect and he called the produce ar prop and goist. i'm 100% behind producing natural gas in a safe and environmentally sound way. if there are violations of the rules or laws either state or federal we rely on the good offices of the pennsylvania department of protection to do bha -- whatever is necessary to bring enforcement to the situation. they have proven to be cableble and aggressive -- capable and aggressive. it contributes to our energy security in this country. it needs

the opposite. there had line -- colorado's summer lunch program reaches more low-income children. as people are losing their jobs they are seeking out programs like the summer lunch program. guest: there are some states that went up in the summer of 2009, and i am sure some states are doing better this summer as well, and colorado is one of them. that would be great. what matters a lot is the efforts of state, if the colorado department of education -- doing a lot of outreach, if they are making sure there are a lot of sponsors for the program. host: what is the role of federal government in this program? guest: it pays the full cost of the meals, a couple of meals a day -- providing breakfast and lunch, for example. in the school-based and non profit based in city based programs. so, the federal government pays the full cost and sets minimum nutrition standards. they could be a little better but it could be -- but they are decent. the rest is up to the private sector, nonprofits or the city or county governments. a host: what is the impact of a decrease in children accessing these

even today, in the breadbasket of america, children go to school hungry in colorado. state, one in five children have experienced too hard chip in the last year. this is not only immoral outrage, it threatens our future as americans. hungry children cannot learn. they cannot get a great start to life. they cannot live up to their god-given potential. given the importance of this issue to our future in colorado, i launched a campaign to end childhood hunger. in colorado, regardless of political affiliation, if you are rural or urban, there is an agreement that childhood hunger is one campaign that no one can afford to lose. research has demonstrated the importance and strong correlation between good nutrition, overall wellness, and the ability to learn. that is why i am pleased that we are having this important conversation today. with that, i would like to ask the next governor to share a few opening words. >> thank you. across the country there is a renewed interest in healthy eating, cooking and locally grown produce and gardens. at the same time, children continue t

the monsoon season brings more heavy rain to colorado, new mexico and arizona. severe storms in the dakotas and northern nebraska, with gusty winds, large hail and isolated tornado there's. thunderstorms and downpours from new england, down to the washington area. and isolated showers in parts of the south. >> 90s from dallas to miami and all the way up the east coast. 80s across much of the midwest. 75 in seattle. 85 in sacramento. and a sizzling 105 in phoenix. >>> it was another historymaking day for president obama, as he sat down with the ladies of "the view." >> yesterday's taping marked the first daytime television appearance by a sitting president. an unprecedented attempt to directly reach out to women across the country. >> do you really think that being on the show with a bunch of women five women, who never shut up, is going to be calming? >> that is -- look, i was trying to find a show that michelle actually watched. and so i thought that -- [ applause ] that's it. yeah? all those new shows, she's like -- get the clicker. >> have you ever watched us?

the data was crucial so they give pass legislation which we have done in the colorado which requires a database. you go into the did it and see what feebler bank where the government comes in again is that is no good if you have no access to their information around medicare. the had the that of as many access to. the state has to be willing to go in and do the hard work of gathering the data. your first question was about t short term. 30 -- in the states to balance their budgets using the extension to sell this over time. if you look back in 1992, nothing has increased as rapidly in the budgets as medicaid. it is important to get our arms around. we will not do it without cost containment. adding states have absolute responsibility to see were cost containment can come from without impacting. >> i want to be clear. states knew that the money probably were not wearing a calm >> i do not know if that is accurate. the speaker of the house, the majority leader, the administration including secretary ofsib -- secretary sibelius. there is a reason to hope there would be an extension. it w

the opposite. thereehad line -- colorado's summer lunch program reaches more low-income children. as people are losing their jobs they are seeking out programs like the summer lunch program. guest: there are some states that went up in the summer of 2009, and i am sure some states are doing better this summer as well, and colorado is one of them. that would be great. what matters a lot is the efforts of state, if the colorado department of education -- doing a lot of outreach, if they are making sure there are a lot of sponsors for the program. host: what is the role of federal government in this program? guest: it pays the full cost of the meals, a couple of meals a day -- providing breakfast and lunch, for example. in the school-based and non profit based in city based programs. so, the federal government pays the full cost and sets minimum nutrition standards. they could be a little better but it could be -- but they are decent. the rest is up to the private sector, nonprofits or the city or county governments. a host: what is the impact of a decrease in children accessing these

he's identified as petty officer justin mcneley, age 30, the nephew of a colorado state legislator. he was one of two americans who went missing on friday. their shot-up vehicle found 80 miles south of kabul. the taliban claimed they captured the other sailor alive. >>> also this morning, continued fallout from a nato air strike friday in southern afghanistan. nato command is denying afghan government claims that the helicopter attack killed 52 civilians. a nato spokesman says it investigated the incident and found that six taliban fighters were killed, but no civilians. >>> in washington, the obama administration is in full damage control mode following that huge leak of military secrets. more than 90,000 field reports from u.s. troops in afghanistan were released by the wikileaks website which says it will post even more soon. david martin reports. >> reporter: most of the reports document what is already well known. for years the u.s. has not had enough troops in afghanistan. resulting in this record of a remote outpost calling for help as they are nearly overrun. we are taking ca

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. polis: i rise today in support of the rule and in support of the lee amendment to responsibly end the war in afghanistan. there is a real terrorist threat to our country. but that threat does not emanate from afghanistan, it emanates from al qaeda, a stateless menace, a menace that will organize and set up wherever we are not. the ongoing and indefinite occupation in afghanistan is not a constructive step toward the battle against the terrorist threat to this country. in fact, through the civilian casualties we only increase the pool of potential terrorists every day that we continue this occupation. i strongly support this concept of allowing our funds only to be used for the orderly withdrawal of american troops from the country of afghanistan. the mission, the challenge we have put before our men and women, is nearly a difficult and impossible challenge. to try to build a cohesive nation state out of a tribal nation, out of dealing with people in our own employ who are of dubious mo

afghanistan is now confirmed dead, word from a nato official who told the ap the sailor's body has been recovered. that was confirmed in colorado the family of 30-year-old justin mcnellly. the search continues for the other sailor. the taliban has said that he is in a safe place where he will not be found. the two reported missing on friday after an armored suv was seen driving into a taliban- held area of eastern afghanistan. >>> the backlash was intense last night at a city council meeting in the los angeles suburb of bell. [ yelling ] >> shame on you! all of you! >> that's the outrage over the high salaries of several of those city officials. last night, city council members voted unanimously to reduce their annual salaries to $8,000. all but one of them had been making $100,000 a year. last week, the uproar forced the resignations of three city officials, including the city manager, who was making $787,000 a year. state attorney general jerry brown has subpoenaed hundreds of records from the city and will investigate. >>> firefighters working on a wildfire in kern county spread across three square miles now has burned sever

speaker, i yield to the gentleman from colorado as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of my bill h.r. 3923, the sure gar loaf fire protection district land exchange act. this legislation is the result of a long-term effort by the sugar loaf fire protection district in sugar loaf, colorado. this exchange will be of great benefit to those volunteer firefighters and the communities that they serve. the sugar loaf fire protection district and u.s. forest service have always worked closely with each other since the fire district's inception in 1967. the sugar loaf fire protection district volunteers are key first responders to both wild land and residential fires as well as car accidents and health emergencies within th communities and the public lands that they serve. in its start, the fire district's physical home was established in an existing building on u.s. forest service land through a special use permit. three years later a second building

you have a lot of monsoon over the four corners, new mexico, arizona, utah and colorado. her reason we are getting the strong winds is there a spin to the west. notice the airflow from the south and southwest from that system right off here. this direction coming off. we've got the plume of moisture pulling up along the sierra. something to watch. this feature here is not moving anywhere. it is not, the fog is getting deeper and blowing in to inland. we continue to cool off next week. if you are waiting for warmer temperatures, it is not happening. tomorrow sunny, uv index up to about ten so remember the sunscreen. 67 for the high. 62 in san francisco. people running in the half marathon and marathon tomorrow. 77 for san jose to 77 in napa. look at those numbers. where are the 90s? >> where are they? >> discovery bay. >> seven-day forecast, cooler next week. >>> a lot going on with the giants. the giants showing no signs of slowing down despite a scary moment that sent velez to the hospital. the latest on his condition. the a's busting out the th satt a e expense of the wh

and in the colorado republican senate primary debate. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," jane perlez on the war documents. and then re look good discusses hiring projects. a look better recent government report on the effectiveness of u.s. efforts to combat international drug trafficking. jess ford of the government accountability offices are guess. and then damian paletta. washington journal is at 7:00 each morning. >> c-span is available in over 100 million homes all as a public service, created by america's cable companies. >> the american with disabilities act became law 20 years ago. one of its main sponsors was iowa center -- senator tom harkin. today he monitored -- he moderated a panel on its passage. this is about 20 minutes. >> i am sorry that we are all late getting started. >> at least you got started. [laughter] [applause] >> and guess what? we're going to get to finish, too. for everyone watching on c- span, there are some many people here, many of the chief sponsors of the american with disability act addition to t

that is the word from a nato official who told "associated press" the sailor's body has been recovered. that was confirmed in colorado by the family of 30-year-old justin mcnelly. the search continues for the other sailor. the taliban have said that he is in a safe place where he will not be found. they were reported missing on friday after an armored suv was seen driving into a taliban- held area of eastern afghanistan. >>> tony hayward is on his way out. this morning, bp made it official. it's ceo is stepping down effective october 1. hayward came under fire for comments he has made about the gulf oil leak. hayward might, though, be getting a new job with bp in russia at more than a million dollars a year. robert dudley that man, will be the new bp boss, the first american to hold the position. he almost got the job three years ago but lost out to tony hayward. >>> greenpeace says it is sending a message to the new boss at bp to stop drilling those deep water oil wells and work on clean energy sources. greenpeace activists say they shut down every bp gas station in central london this morning. that's about 50 servi

the colorado plant is under way. an indiana plant will be built in an empty chrysler factory. e millions of state of the arts solar panels each year. these are just two of the investments in the recovery act. i have seen one shuttered factories humming with new workers that are building solar panels and wind turbines. they are helping america when the race for clean energy economy. the truth is, steps like these will not replace all the jobs we lost overnight. i know folks are struggling. i know this fourth of july weekend finds many americans wishing things were easier right now. i do too. what does weaken reminds us is that we are a nation that is looking for challenges. we are a nation that 240 years ago declared our independence from one of the greatest empires the world has ever known. we are a nation who mustered a defense of common purpose to overcome depression and fear. we are a nation that it embraced a call to greatness and save the world from tyranny. that is who we are. we have turned times of trial and two times a tryout. i know america will write our own destiny

the news starts now. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption coloradol.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> last night the oakland city council voted to put a parcel tax measure on the november ballot. it's not stopping there. ann notarangelo shows us other bay area cities are looking to tax increases to help close the

the people who are hurting. it's sobering. >> reporter: but for folks like susan gordon and her family, it's everything. >> it's no big deal. >> reporter: kristin welker, nbc news, craig, coloradoand a reminder here. we rely on all of you to send us many of the ideas we end up profiling on the air in our making a difference series of reports. so if someone in your life and your community is making a difference, go to our website. let us know about them. that is our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we hope to see you back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> another major bay area city is losing dozens of cops. >> it isn't a lay-off, it's a quiet forced reduction. the announcement made as the f

caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> the city of oakland is drying to get the trying to get police officers back on the job. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: the city council voted to put these measures on the ballot, the vote 5-3. most people we talked with in oakland said they were willing to pay more in tax. >> i understand this would be a hard measure to pass. >> reporter: but the city of oakland is making a go of it asking property owners to pay $360 per parcel for the next four years a total of $1,440. it would bring back the 80 officers laid off earlier this month and save $122 more from layoffs next year. >> i know that some people cannot afford that. so we are just to go out and try and see where oaklanders are. >> that's what we did today and the vast majority had the same answer. >> yes, i would. i would pay it. it's important. >> yes. >> reporter: you would? >> sure. >> oh, absolutely. >> yeah. >> i want to feel say safe. it's worth it. >> reporter: only about 10% people in our unscientific poll said -- >> no way. >> reporter: why not? >> because i don't think the police do anythin

kendall you were mentioning the too cozy and the various rules related to these friends, but in the case of colorado, where, you know, look, these people didn't know each other before it got there but they got to know each other so well one of the women ended up pregnant. they very clearly exchanged gifts at a very high level with people that were not their friends, completely in violation, and then felt that they needed even more leniency, to a great extent, isn't this really simply an organization who justifies that somehow because they do the revolving door, they're all friends and therefore they have a special relationship? isn't that a culture that has to be changed, period? >> oh, absolutely. >> okay, i think we've made our point on that. i will mention that mr. waxman, when he was chairman, held an interesting hearing and that was the analysis of the difference between fuel at temperature and wanting to hold our retailers accountable for the differences in the temperature of the fuel being delivered to the retail pump, because on a 90-degree day versus a 60-degree day the amount of fuel you g

plan or a big blueprint and the department of homeless security that can then be delivered to the state of colorado or anywhere else, i don't think that they would happen. >> i would agree with that. the states and localities have been planning to deal with epidemics of various kinds for a long time. there is still a crossover. there is a larger health care infrastructure to deal with. there is a big overlap. how big the planning is to deal with that depends on where you are. i don't know about atlanta. there's a general agreement that n.y. is doing well and chicago, by the way, has really turned things around mayor daley a few thing. on a federal level since 9/11, each of those agencies should have people designated to try to consider and figure out how they will work with localities in dealing with that. we have not studied this at the granular level to ask if the faa is prepared to deal with this. others do not have high confidence levels. there are definite areas where we have found big gaps in the chain of resilience. having said that, we are better off and we have done more than we had done a

they hunt down prairie dogs in colorado and they dispose of them. i mean, and the i looked at him and i was a little, you know, cautious, and i'll probably see him again as i approached him. and, you know, i wouldn't give him a job either. i mean, i wouldn't give the job, and if he had said -- once he said i was convicted of murder, dog, i was like oh, god, and i was shaking his hand. all i could do was say god bless him. i agree with everyone. the severity and nature of offense. if you -- you know, if god help you, if you kill someone in a fit of rage and you don't really mean to and it's second degree murder, you may deserve a second chance. if you go in and, i'm sorry, ma'am, about your family, like the mansons who should have been executed and do horrendous murder crimes like that, they should put an end to your life right there. there's no rehabilitation. but we as a society need to work out. a lot of these people also, they got caught. there's a lot of guys that do it and don't get caught. so everybody, you know, has been in trouble and are good people. they