the idaho community and the technology industry at large. >> k rogers agrees. >> at a time when everybody is talking about out source and he was a hero. he's -- he's going to be missed. >> so early to discuss publicly what will happen next in terms of leadership. the safety board is investigating the crash. robert hon do, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a mother was sentenced to 10 years probation today in fiery death of three young children and her niece. 25-year-old james was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of the four children ranging in age of 1-4-years old. firefighter say that the candle caught on fire in april of 2010. her sister had gone outside leaving the children unattended. >>> she pleaded guilty today. schaeffer was the man convicted of 2009 killing of 9-year-old melody during a drunk driving incident. in return for the guilty plea suzanne received a life in prison without the possibility of parole, but it does spare him the death penalty. >>> today guilty plea in 20 million-dollar fraud case. ahead in just 8 minutes why you might call it a family affair. denied sa

for clean-up at the idaho national laboratory. you weren't familiar with that, but promised you'd get up to speed on that. i've got some questions about that from the budget which is really not very clear as to where we're headed with that. if you'll take those questions for the record, i'd appreciate it. >> sure. thank you. >> thank you mr. senator udall? >> good morning, mr. secretary. i can speak for senator risch, i know he'd volunteer his garage if you need it. i know he represents iral and i represent inral. you know i'm very proud of their accomplishments there. i want to continue to work with you to seecontinues. and then your budget, and in my estimation you go a long way toward supporting that lab's critical programs, which are focused on developing innovative renewable energy technologies that clearly have translated into lasting, well paying jobs, a more comprehensive energy p t portfolio and the national security that comes along with that. so kudos to you. i know this is a tough fiscal environment and i want you to kn

by this point, the chase has almost reached the state line. >> does idaho have anyone in the area? >> up ahead, an idaho state policeman lays down the spikes with seconds to spare. >> they're coming. watch out! >> davis runs over the spikes. air escapes rapidly from his tires and he's slowing down. but george davis is not about to give up. somehow, he maneuvers his disabled vehicle to face his pursuers. >> i heard our engine rev up and i knew what deputy conway was going to do. he didn't announce it to me but i could tell he was going to ram him. >> conway rams the ford taurus at close to 60 miles an hour with the officers speeding toward him, davis actually opens his door so he can get a clearer shot, but he misses. as the smoke clears, deputy conway's okay but hildenstab, whose seat belt is broken, is thrown into the windshield. >> it had blinded me. when i tried to open my eyes, i had all kinds of glass shards and stuff in my eyes. >> stay down! stay down! >> hildenstab's leg is broken and he's writhing in pain on the ground. the idaho policeman drags him behind conway's car to t

we now go to the gentleman from idaho mr. labrador for five minutes. >> i'm glad the myjority made a point i've been trying to make for a long time. government is too big and has too many layers of bureaucracy but i'm one of the first people who asked for your resignation and i did it after thinking about it for a long time, and in my statement, when i asked for your resignation, i said in your testimony before congress you either lied or you were grossly incompetent in your actions when it came to finding out about fast and furious and your handling of this matter. back to congress is we want ta know what you knew and when you knew it. it's a simple question, but the problem is that even though you have testified six times apparently on this matter, in different occasions, your story continues to evolve, and continues to change. in fact, today your story changed a little bit. so let's talk about the facts. everybody wants the facts. let's talk about the facts here. on may of 2011 you said in the senate judiciary you first hea

. >> the one question i had, why was the announcement made in georgia, since as you know the inl in idaho has one of its strong missions the actual work that you've described? >> well, i happen to be in georgia and, you know, yes, i can't be in two places at once. that happened to be georgia and oak ridge i. can take the message back to the idaho people that this $10 million is coming? >> oh, we announce competitive bids and idaho is free to compete with that money. >> mr. secretary, my time is up, but you and i had a discussion at your confirmation hearing about the, about the contract for cleanup at the laboratory, you weren't familiar but promised to get up to speed on that. i have questions on that from the budget which is really not very clear as to where we're headed with that. if you'll take those questions for the record i'd appreciate it. >> sure. >> thank. >> thank you. senator udall. >> good morning, mr. secretary. i can speak for senator ritsch. i know he would volunteer his garage if you need it.

the gentleman. frank vander sloot, lives in idaho, in addition to being the finance co-chair for the presidential campaign runs a company which sells all sort of household products. he has involved himself in a number of political causes in idaho over the years, in what would seem to be a very high profile kind of way, but he has taken a very aggressive stance toward anybody reporting on his political involvements. for example in 1999, idaho public television planned to air a documentary how elementary school kids were being taught in school about issues of sexual orientation. mr. vander sloot led the opposition to the documentary being aired by paying for bill barreds to be put up railing against the documentary and warning lifestyle. in 2005, a local newspaper called the "post register" ran an award-winning series about how the boy scouts organization tried to cover up abuse. the salon.com revealed how a mormon bishop knew of one scout leader's pedophile history yet recommended him as a scout master. mr. van der sloot responded to is that series in that local idaho paper by taking out this full-page ad

statement expressing sympathy to the family and saying his passion and energy left a mark on micron the idaho community and the technology industry. >> their company is a manufacturing iconn. a time when everybody is griping about outsourcing he was a hero. he -- really big guy. he will be missed. >> reporter: trading of stock was halted when the death was confirmed. the safety board is investigating the crash. >> a surge in hiring pushed the dow to its highest levels since the crisis started. the dow gained 157 points and the nasdaq gained 46 points. tom joins us with the good news on the job front and the reason california is lagging behind. >> reporter: what a lag it is. here is the problem. let's just take a look. what we have here is the united states blown unemployment rate at 8.3. california is at 11.1. way higher than the national average. that is just numbers. let's look at the number of people we are talking about in the united states, 1.8 million people but look at this. one out of six right here in california. so what is the pulse of the golden state? >> we did see throughout 2011

next, we have tom luna, the idaho superintendent of public instruction. mr. luna currently serves as president elect of the council of chief state school officers. he will serve as president beginning in 2012. next is katie bay-niece, a senior vice president with easter seals. she does incredible work with the easter seals. i can attest to that over the years. she's responsible for easter seals federal and state public policies and cochair of the consortium for those with education task force and has expertese in early childhood education. mr. alexander? >> mr. chairman, we welcome charles seton from memphis. he's

he has involved himself m a number of political causes in idaho over the years, in what would seem toy high profile kind of way but he has taken a very aggressive stance toward anybody reporting on his political involvements. for example in 1999, idaho public television planned to air documentary how schools were taught about issues of sexual orientation. they led the opposition to the documentary being aired by paying for bill boards to be put up across the state railing against the documentary and warning about the homosexual lifestyle. in 2005, a local newspaper called the post register ran an award-winning series about how the boy scotts organization tried to cover up allegations of sexu sexual abuse in idaho. as glen green writes, how a norman bishop new of one scott leader's pedophile history but still recommend mepded him as a scott maker and how local leaders in the church had received warnings about the scout master. mr. van der sloot responded to that series. by taking out an ad in the same paper attacking the credibility of the reporting and outing the reporter who broke --

the gentleman from idaho reserves. the quelt from california is recognized -- the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. garamendi: i ask the remaining time. the chair: the gentleman from california has three minutes remaining. mr. garamendi: sounds good doesn't it? until the well destroys the neighbor's well, until the well happens to destroy one of the many hot springs or geysers that exist in public parks, national parks. sounds good until you begin to understand the implications of what happens when there is no environmental review. oh, yeah sounds good but i guarantee you this, if this exemption goes forward it will only be a matter of time before there's a major controversy over the exploration of a well and the effect on surrounding resources. if that's what the majority wants, then go ahead. the result will be a huge blowup such as we now see with fracking. we don't need that. what we need is to rapidly expand our geothermal production in america and there are many different resources available to us. i wo

the gentleman from idaho is recognized. the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, a member of the appropriations committee and the budget committee that marked this bill up. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for two minutes. mr. cole: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, people ask if this bill is constitutional. frankly i think there is. no doubt about it. a lot of people raised the point it enhances the power of the presidency. i don't think there's much question that it does do that. a lot of people have argued it's substantive and there i have to respectfully disagree. there is nothing is up stan tif about this legislation at all. we already have gotten rid of earmarks. don't use them anymore. and the appropriations committee has hrd shown on its own it can cut spending, it's done it in two budget years, in a single calendar year. the problem here is we had a chance to do something substantive. there was amendments offered by ms. mccollum and i that would have looked at

was neither illegal or immoral. >> the legal hunting activity in idahos has no -- lions has no -- >> and ma'am rights activists are -- animal rights activists are calling for richards to resign or be fired. neither richards or the commission have commented. >>> you have out of town friends, out of state people who are jealous of you this week for being in the bay area? >> family, yes. choice words, trader. >> mike will show temperatures -- traitor. >> mike will show temperatures. >>> . >>> we have good news, visibility improve in napa a mile and a half now up to eight miles visibility same in novato, a mile and quarter still fog hugging the coast this morning. winds still calm just about everywhere to northwesterly wind out of the northwest six miles per hour at santa rosa, south wind at five at sfo, livermore up to 16 temperatures shot from 47 to six city two° thanks to the -- to 62° thanks to the breeze . by noon 58 half moon bay everybody else in 60s santa rosa 71° as you head towards 4:00 mid to upper 60s around the coast, san francisco, oakland, pal

their chairman and ceo had the idaho based company on the up swing. >> one of the major suppliers andh

light snow in michigan, the rockies, idaho and montana. showers north of san francisco stretching into the pacific northwest. >>> 65 in sacramento. phoenix, 76. 24 in fargo, mostly 30s from the twin cities to detroit. 48 in new york. 63 in atlanta. near 80, utopia, it's near perfect in miami. >>> business news is next. major protests at apple stores around the world. >>> outbreak at the super bowl? thousands of fans at risk of coming down with measles. details coming up. >>> welcome back, everyone. an emergency meeting today. european general money managers are meet to talk about a massive bailout for greece. overseas markets were cautious overnight. tokyo's nikkei average lost 13 points. hong kong's hang seng lost eight. on wall street, the dow was up 6 points. the nasdaq rose 12. >>> protests are planned today in three u.s. cities over working conditions in those chinese factories that make apple products. organizers say the pressure on the workers to meet quotas causes injuries and suicides. >>> emergency inspections are being ordered fo

one of the questioners was congressman mike simpson a republican from idaho. ring the exchange he was challenged by a couple of members including paul ryan who was a wisconsin republican saying that the fed's move would risk higher inflation, hurt growth but ben bernanke disagreed. he said prices have stabilized and spiking in 2011 and the dollar have shown no signs of weakening. let's go to part of that testimony and questions. this is mike simpson, republican of idaho to ben bernanke, the fed chairman. >> i've been a member of this committee and the chairman has also for eight years. we've had economists and other experts come and tell us we have a structural deficit problem that is unsustainable and we need to do something about it. so far we failed to heed the warning. we're now at a situation where i think if we don't heed the warning there's going to be consequences that nobody is willing to accept. the sad thing about it is that both parties, republicans and democrats want to demonize one another no matter what we do to try to address this problem. we ca

a guy has his ski-do out on the border between idaho and wyoming. up to the top of the mountain. has his camera hooked up. stops to take a look at the view before -- a huge chunk of snow falls off and this guy almost plummets with his ski-do but manages to pull the thing back to safety. >> everybody hear how hard i'm breathing? because i [ bleep ]. >> i said it was one of those videos you go -- well the survivor of this dangerous day out there on the ski-do is named kyle pratt and we tracked him down. he's joining us right this minute from blackfoot, idaho. kyle, how are you. >> not bad. >> we know you're good after watching that video. when that snow chunked off, did you think, well, this is the end? >> it was close. i had some buddies coming up behind me, i had a lot going through my mind, do i get my rope tied to a tree, wait for them. >> how were you able it to save yourself? >> i just jumped on the uphill side away from the cliff. i lost my brake. slowly climbed off, keeping ahold, keeping pressure on my sled. tried to pull it back by myself. >> how far down was that cliff?

and then 50% of the evaluation now in idaho has to be based on student achievement, primarily focusing on growth, parental input has to be part of the teacher's performance evaluation. and we have also implemented a statewide pay for performance plan, or merit pay as some people would refer to it, where teachers in idaho can earn up to $8,000 a year in bonuses based on taking on leadership roles, or if they teach in a hard to fill possession. but also if they teach in a school that shows high academic growth. so we've -- and the point i would like to make, and it's to answer your question, senator alexander, you asked about evaluations and incentives. should the federal government require it. should it define it, should it regulate it. we did all of this without any incentive or mandate from the federal government. and if you want to find a balance, i don't see necessarily a problem with the federal government requiring it, but i think it goes too far if the federal government tries to define it or regulate it. i think idaho and other states could demonstrate that we're ahead of the cu

was neither illegal or immoral the legal hunting activity in idaho has no bearing on his ability to act as a fish and game commissioner. >> animal rights activists are calling for richards to resign or be fired. only the state legislature has the power to force him out. neither have commented on this photo. >>> 4:36. some san jose city officials are calling for softening the language of a june proposal aimed at trimming pensions. in december a measure was approved that bo decide with whether to reduce retirement benefits for new employees. the council wanted more changes and held mediation talks. those talks failed to reach a deal. the city manager wants the council to revise the measure to lessen impact on benefits. >>> this morning crews in lafayette are repairing a sinkhole that left a driver in the lurch. a woman's van had to be towed out of the 3 x 2 sinkhole that opened up when a water main broke last night. no reports of property damage or of anyone losing water service. crews are trying to determine what caused the main to break. >> that coul

the beautiful pictures on a snowy mountain on the border between idaho and wyoming. reached the up to and the mountain gave way under him. he was able to ease his way off the snowmobile and pull it back to solid ground. lucky dude the say the least. >> some snowmobiles you can't reverse. mind you couldn't. >> stay in the lodge. >>> up next. super bowl viewers become unglued when the tv goes out during the game. jimmy kimmel was behind it. >>> also this morning, what gisele bundchen said that is getting her compared to yoko ono. >> ouch. i don't want healthy skin for a day. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] don't just moisturize. improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula goes beyond 24-hour moisture. it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that lasts. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] daily moisturizing lotion. and for healthy hair every day, try new pure renewal hair care, with balanc

richard bagged the mountain lion in idaho last january. a promotional video on youtube shows the hunt. a dog trees the animal, the hunter shoots it and it falls to its death. the hunter pays $7,000 for the experience and gets a photo with his kill. it's perfectly legal in idaho, but california law forbids mountain lion hunting. they are considered protected and now some assembly members and the lieutenant governor question richard's ability to follow that law as a commissioner. >> he understands he can't eat this animal. he can't bring it back to put it on the wall. i think he loses moral authority. >> 41 assembly members asked richards to resign. in a scathing letter richards fired off to assemblyman, he insisted we did dine on mountain lion for dinner. richards asked, do you think a california commissioner is actually obligated to follow california laws across the united states? really? and while i respect our fish and game rules and regulations, my 100% legal activity outside of california or anyone else's for that matter is none of your

if you just are joining us, you heard the ceo of micron technology was indeed killed in boise, idaho.he ntsb is on the scene. they're going to hold a briefing on the crash at 4:00 p.m. eastern time today. and that is a look at the airport in boise where steven appleton was killed this morning in a single plane crash. >> here's a first look at images there and also the stock is still halted at this stage. >> all right. up next, the guy who started it all, the super bowl victory bath, a quarter century later. >> plus the clock is ticking our super bowl of stocks. herb and cramer will take the field, a rivalry like no other. clash of green mountain rack space and much more no doubt. >> and as we go to break, did you know that since the end of july the s&p home building index is up 24%? if you didn't, now you know. >> that's a little hopium there. the the new spark cardnth from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every purchase,

he'll then go to idaho for an evening rally at the university of idaho. arizona and michigan hold their primaries in less than two weeks, february 28th, followed by washington state's caucuses in early march, super tuesday where ten states hold primaries or caucuses is march 6th, and 11 states and u.s. territories hold primaries or caucuses through the rest of march. you can follow coverage of political events as well as results on the c-span networks and online at c-span.org. >>> we have a country where millions of innocent people have had to go to prison. they have put bars on their own windows and bars on their own doors because we have abandoned their neighborhoods to crime. now, i can't live with that. our neighborhoods should be safe. the children should be able to play in the streets. and you and i can fix that together. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-span.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on american politics. >>

the changing conferences has to do with the need to ignore obvious things like the conference name. boise state and idaho will join the the east to fill the void left by west virginia. look at black deval patrick -- look at what he bought into insanity with the new york knicks. the unlikely story of jeremy lin continues to unfold. injuries forced him into the starting lineup recently, and he has become the first player ever to score 20 plus -- 20 plus points in his first five nba stars. even lin does not know what to make over the immediate impact of stardom that suddenly looks a lot like a disney movie. >> anytime something likes this happens, a lot of stuff has to be put in place and a lot of it is out of my control. if you look back at my story, it does not matter where you look, but god's fingerprints are all over the place. there are a lot of things that had to happen that i just could not control. there are 20 or 30 things that had to happen at the right time for me to be here. >> he has also become a hit, on social media. he used to sleep on the couch of teammate landry fields. his jersey has cata

richard bagged the mountain lion at the flying bee ranch in idaho last january. a promotional video on youtube shows the hunt. a dog trees the animal. the hunter shoots it and it falls to its death. the hunter pays $7,000 for the experience and gets a photo with his kill. it's perfectly legal in idaho, but california law forbids mountain lion hunting. they are considered protected and now some assembly members and the lieutenant governor question richard's ability to follow that law as a commissioner. >> he understands that he can't eat this animal. he can't bring it back to put it on the wall and stuff it because of that law. and i think he loses moral authority. >> 41 assembly members asked richards to resign. in a scathing later richards fired off to assemblyman, he insisted we did dine on mountain lion for dinner. richards asked, did you think a california commissioner is actually obligated to follow california laws across these united states? really? and while i respect our fish and game rules and regulations, my 100% legal activity outside of california or a

what the american people -- i'm just a simple guy from idaho. what the american people want to know is how much deficit are we going to add to our current deficit if we were to pass this blueprint this year, which i understand is $1.3 trillion, how much bite be at the end of the ten-year cycle, which i understand is going to be around $750 billion, what would the total deficit be at the end of a ten-year cycle if we adopted the president's spending plan, point one? point two is the point that mr. garrett made. every budget i've seen except the ones proposed by this president, previously and this year, never put a target out there of when we expect the budget to be balanced. and you ought to at least present a budget which says, i don't care, 50 years from now, make it some time. but tell us when, if we adopt this spending plan, when we will achieve a balanced budget and quit adding to the debt. the question i have is, does this administration really care about deficits? and debt? they talk a lot about it but their budgets don't reflect that. i al

ron paul is saying i have a council person from the middle of idaho. >> that's not going to do it. >>ah. >> the establishment verse. >> it is, always is. right? donnie and joe thank you very much. stick with us, buzz we are going to be right back. we are going to be keeping the focus on super tuesday and what's next for the g.o.p. candidates. these are smart guys. they have a lot of insight. this is the war room on current tv. don't go away. what's up? >>hi! >>how ya doing? >>good. >>what you got there? >>a u.v. light lunch box. >>wow! how does it work? >>you put the fruit in, you turn it on, you wait for ten seconds, you take it out. it's a healthy apple to eat. >>that's big. if you sell as manny of those as we sold records, one day i'm going to be going to your house. >>got a cool idea of your own? enter it now at wouldntitbecoolif.com. four finalist will have the chance to pitch their idea to will.i.am. one winner may see their invention idea brought to life. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter. >> we are back

the states the ones he is going to take are massachusetts, vermont. >> surprise. >> idaho, big mormonon. >> virginia. >> virginia the only guy on the ballot besides ron paul. but the rest will be a tough slog for him. the news is not going to get a lot better. >> donnie i know you have done a look at the delegates and everything. talk about the delegates for super tuesday. >> numbers, 11 looeksz so far. 6 in 5. not a great result. 10 elections next tuesday. >>. >> unbelievable. >> he is running out of money. he doesn't have a month like he had in february to raise a bunch of money. he has had to spent a lot. then on the delegates, you have to get about 1200, 1144. about 1200 to be the nominee. only allocated employed 325 so far. so only about a quarter have even been voted on. romney has half of that. 150, 160. so he has a long ways to go. it's going to go fast the beginning of march. >> the point you make he had the whole month of february basically. granted, you did have the missouri. you had a little bit of chunk in between there. but for the most part february was a pretty quiet m

the 64-year-old man. >>> my carry-on technology's ceo steve appleton has died in a plane crash in idaho. witnesses say they saw appleton's experimental plane stall and crash shortly after take-off. the 51-year-old was a pilot. the semiconductor company is based in idaho but has a facility in silicon valley at micron. >>> the economy is making gains against unemployment. new numbers today show the jobless rate nationally fell 208.3%. that is the lowest level in three years. more than 240,000 jobs were added in january. that jobs report helped american markets close at their highest level in years. the dow hit its highest mark since may 2008. the nasdaq saw its best closing in 11 years. >>> president obama pushed for veterans jobs programs while spending the day with firefighters in arlington, virginia. he wants federal help for communities that recruit veterans and connect them with jobs. >>> san jose state lands the biggest grant in university history. and a chance to help nasa advance space missions. it's a $73.3 million grant to work with nasa ames research center in mountain view. duri

are going to put him in the firing line of a lot of controversy. >> richards killed the mountain lion at a ranch in idaho where hunters pay $7,000 for the experience. >>> yahoo is prepared to take facebook to court. the sunnyvale-based company is demanding licensing fees from facebook for use of its technology. the search engine says facebook is using 10 to 20 of its patents from news fees to privacy controls and representatives from the two countries met on monday. not clear though what dollar amount that yahoo is seeking. >>> google following facebook's lead. the mountain view company is challenging hackers to find holes in its browser. they are offering a total of a million dollars in prizes to people who can find problems. google is then inviting hackers to take on this mission at a security conference that's happening in vancouver next week. >>> 4:45. we are going to tell you about the road to safety. >> why more south bay drivers will get a taste of life in the slow lane. >> plus, severe damage after a twister tore up a small community coming up. >>> cold front moving right through the heart of the

that block in new england with massachusetts next week and the mormon stripe in the west. idaho has a lot of mormons. >> one of the most interesting things tonight is rick santorum, as many people have said are unacceptable, you pointed them out, he is still running head to head with this guy in his native state. that's the most devastating shot at mitt romney. he can't beat a guy who has stuck his chin out on so many cultural issues including after going after jfk. and has a lot of catholic followers to this day. and making these other comments that most would say are 1953 at best. >> a couple things. first of all, rick santorum has made it difficult for himself to reach out to catholic democrats. you don't want to trash jack kennedy when reaching out to democrats. i think what you're going to hear from the romney campaign in the off chance he loses tonight, if he does lose, and i've already been talking to some of his people about this, they are going to blame the democrats. if you look at the numbers, mitt romney has a decent lead among republicans, but rick santorum is going

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