. >> once a site gets on the list, the national priority list epa is obligated to insure the investigation and clean up actions and long-term monitoring of human health and the environment. we monitor protectiveness of the clean up actions every step of the way. in accordance to the super fund law, the navy is the lead agency and e.p.a. is the lead regulatory agency to make sure that the navy is following the law and making sure that every action that the navy takes is protective of human health and the environment. in addition to myself, e.p.a. has many people staffed to monitor the navy's actions, we have human health risk assessors to make sure that the clean up levels, those types of in-points the navy is seeking to is protective of the local residents. we have an expert in reed logical clean up, a community involvement coordinator to make sure the navy reaches out and engages, an attorney to make sure of all of the legal issues are monitored and an engineering contractor with more than 15 years of experience at the shipyard. with respect to parcel e-2, epa is overseeing the navy's 15-

the poll has helped provide insight and chaim views on the nation's priority and public reaction to the current political and legislative agenda. has been an extremely rewarding partnership for national journal and we appreciate the opportunity to work with united technologies. joining us today from the united technologies is dave, vice president for defense and aerospace policy. he's a 28 year veteran in the united technology and works on a wide range of domestic and international government and industry groups on behalf. please welcome dave. [applause] >> as you will see from today's events we are not one of those inflection points of washington that comes every four years when political power realigns offering the new debate and new dynamics that come with that process. to provide thoughtful analysis of these events, united technologies proud to underwrite the united technologies national journal congressional connection pool. i think i got that right. every week congress is in session and i assume that means the house or the senate since they hardly ever seen to be here the same tim

scored very high and i'm the original four hundred eleven or some odd sites that were added to the national priorities list this was the top scoring site and once we were declared superfund site that was the beginning of the end because. he just didn't bounce back from the initial part of our focus was on the water quality or the cooperating one that came in and they tried to do some guy clean because i kind of failed so we get one was trying to solve the surface water impacts from the from the contaminated mine water being discharged but how much is . about eight million dollars there's theory was motor equals water and not doesn't work that way back here in the mine and they had to pump twenty four seventh's to get rid of all of the water that was in the building up or where the mine for located you had tremendous amounts of water that you could deal with it just wasn't surface water causing this problem that ninety's the folks came. let this use of children and it was kind of a national trend for the e.p.a. if they saw a little thing with dirt that's what they did we had an unusual situation here t

millionaires and billionaires if so they may want to consider this little factoid brought to us by the national priorities project the average bush tax cut in two thousand and eleven for the taxpayers in the richest one percent is greater than the average income of the people in the other ninety nine percent thanks to bush one percenters on average receive sixty six thousand three hundred eighty four bucks each in tax cuts last year the average household income of the ninety nine percent is just fifty eight thousand five hundred dollars and the average individual income is about half that on top of that n.p.r. pointed out that the bush tax cuts cost far more in federal debt than in economic stimulation so how will this latest fight on capitol hill play out and what to democrats need to do to win richard esko joins me now he is a progressive strategist and scholar of the campaign for america's future richard welcome. thanks tom good to be here thanks for joining us how do you see this thing playing out you know why if even in a larger context of fact i think you asked this question in your on your blog or

the president out of a job. they took an oath, did they not, to not raise taxes? >> i was referring more to mitch mcconnell's very direct statement that he has one priority. it is not the nation's priority of job creation. it is his political priority of putting the president out of a job. and i think that's becoming apparent to people, candy. over time, as people look at this, democrats, republicans, independents alike -- are all saying we're in a serious problem here in this country, we need a balanced approach, we need to make investments and we need everybody to pay their fair share. >> one more political question. bill clinton's coming out with a book soon. "the washington post" got a hold of it and printed some excerpts. in it they quoted the former president as saying about wall street executives, "many of them supported me when i raised their taxes in 1993 because i didn't attack them for their success." the unspoken words there is that president obama has been pretty hard on them, especially the last couple months. has the president made a tactical error in going after the wealthy and going after wall street? >> well, it's difficult to talk about the gross inequality t

now elizabeth smart is in town calling on the president and congress to make rescuing children from predators a national priority. the goal is to help fund a series of public service announcements to air on national tv and the internet. >> unfortunately our country's internet crimes against children task forces have only the resources and the funding to investigate less than 2% of these cases. that means 98% of crimes related to child pornography are not being investigated. >> the campaign which includes the psas and website was produced in collaboration with gripe of hollywood producers who all -- a group of hollywood producers who all donated their own time. >>> a group of consumers alert, shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> 1st tonight a sure sign the holidays are here. no. 5 the salvation army's bright red kepts are popping up outside stores -- kettles are popping up outside stores across the cities. this year's red kettle campaigns hopes to raise $1.6 million. you can donate via cash and credit card from now until christmas eve. no. 4, the foreclosure rate has hit a seven-month high. the reason? many le

. >> as to what are the three or four priorities for chinese national security, top of the list is always domestic issues which is always more important than foreign issues. as far as foreign policy, the top priority for chinese national security is always the united states. it is the u.s., the u.s., and the u.s. in the past weeks, china has been completely absorbed into the u.s. plan in east asia and southeast asia. the tpp proposed by the u.s. is considered a u.s. conspiracy to replace china's leadership in southeast asia. they see the u.s. trying to consolidate its relationship with south eastern countries and contain china. i was said the u.s. is china's national security concern. as to what china has not played a bigger role in mediation between israel and iran -- china, for the longest time, was starting to open up and especially in the past decade. china sees itself as a regional power they have a duality as far as global reach. in africa and southeast asia and in other continents, they have a presence. the chinese party is domestic and secondly the u.s. is an important issue. in t

it looks as though this project is now ranked as the highest priority nationally for federal small starts. it can be a reality. not very far behind it is the geary project eir which is now going through the same stages as the van ness one. we're now in the throes of during the capacity modeling that needs to be done on these projects. four different alternatives. not that different from van ness. that project has a number of additional challenges, in particular the intersections of fillmore and masonic, which of course is under the other street and generate some challenges and some opportunities. i will continue to keep you posted on progress on that project. we have also been making significant progress on the state of the sentences the transportation plan. this is our 30-year look at transportation needs. it feeds right into the regional efforts on the regional transportation plan. and we completed the first phase of outreach, and we expect to be briefing the technical and other committees on the progress. we will be briefing the programs committee at an upcoming meeting as well. one fo

what they expect from japan and by carrying out thorough public debate on the matter with national interest as the top priority in my mind i'll seek to reach a conclusion on the tpp. >> the tpp will eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers among member countries in the asia-pacific region. big business is for it. farmers, fishermen and co-ops are against it. prime minister noda says the tpp will help japan tap into the growing power of the asian economy and pass wealth on to the next generation, but he also mentioned the drawbacks of joining the trade pact. he says tpp might have a negative impact on japan's medical system, traditional culture and beautiful villages, things that have been protected for a long time. reporters asked the prime minister why he won't give a clear answer about whether japan will join the tpp negotiations. noda said, tonight's announcement is a step towards making the trade agreement work for japan. here's some reactions to noda's remarks on the tpp. >> translator: we want the government to take part in high-level efforts to set rules for trade and investment in the asia pacific re

. >> reporter: papandreou told parliament tonight that the bailout plan was a national priority. but the leader of the opposition said his party could not accept the austerity conditions that come with it which means that the bailout is still very much hanging in the ambulance. earlier tonight, thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside parliament caring less about whether papandreou won or lost than about what comes next. europe's $180 billion bailout plan for greece remains hostage to the wrangling of greek politicians, and no matter who's in charge, the deal must still be passed by the greek parliament. unless the bailout package is put in place, greece could go broke by the end of the year, pulling down faltering european economies including portugal, spain and italy with it. and with 20% of america's exports going to europe, the u.s. is in the firing line, too. tonight's vote is also seen as a test on the continuing use of the euro currency in greece. the political uncertainty has given world markets a major case of the jitters. greeks are already suffering from a wave

the future generation. what it should be about is asking, what are the priorities? what are the priorities for this country? obviously, national defence and the curity of our country comes first and foremost. but we will not have a country. we have got to make sure we are adequately funding that. one of the challenges for us is how we will continue to lead and beat the world superpower that we are if our economy is not strong. where are we going to go in terms of spending dollars or affecting reform to get our economy back on track? it is about defense, security, the economy. obviously, we care about health care. that is so personal for everybody. this country spends a lot of money on health care. there has been much discussion and debate because we have got to do something to deal with the spiralling costs. unfortunately, the president's bill that was passed two years ago did not do that. the congressional office has validated that does not balance costs in this country. many of us are fearful that that bill will affect the kind of quality of care that most americans get. we have got to put some effort into designing a system

was speaking in tripoli alongside the new libyan justice minister, and reiterated the national system will take priority. >> it establishes a new government, and they have the right to prosecute saif, and according to our rules, it's the national system. if they conduct the proceedings, the court will not intervene. so we are discussing the moralities of that. they have to conform to the judges of the court that they have mitigation here and that's why they will conduct it here. it's also because they are doing other mitt gation, not just about the same crime that we need. they also will use this to sequence this cooperation and then form this to the judges after proper deliberation. >> that was the international criminal court chief prosecutor talking in the last hour, within the past 45 minutes, actually, in tripoli. now, let's just show you the latest live pictures out of tahrir square in cairo. further clashes have erupted today between security forces and protesters in the egyptian capital. interesting and significant, perhaps, when there is trouble, it's not so much centered in the middle behalf y

although some belorussians names feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to work as much money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . and taking a letter from markets now commodities first or as high new yorker regulation in your area leaders. like prices will have gained by one point two percent unconcerned attention to struck by the u.s. for next in light trading. the s. and p. five hundred index is recovering slightly from six straight days of losses even with modest gains and major indexes remain on track to close their worst week since september banking stocks among began as though on the dow j.p. morgan chase and bank of america are over one a half percent. and european stock markets largely reversed course turning earlier losses into slight gains britain's footsie is higher as bargain hunter stepped in after nine consecutive sessions of losses banking shares are among the top again as with world bank of call from the four point three percent lloyds banking group gaining over two percent and germany the dax jumped one point two percent wi

although some of the russians may feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to work as much money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . plus have a look at the markets commodities first oil is higher in new york on speculation than your area leaders will do war to fight the debt crisis has gained as much as one point two percent are concerned the tension in the middle east process russia supply parts of the u.s. are trading higher in the. it was hope u.s. consumers would carry the day that kicks off holiday shopping and with concerns about the eurozone of the partner and european stock markets large and reversed course turning early losses into his like gains britain's food see as high as bargain hunters stepped in after nine consecutive sessions of losses bank shares among the top again as on the field see the world bank of scotland. over four percent of lloyds banking group over two percent. and here in russia markets and high on friday the r.t.s. close point seven percent in the black while the noise extended one point three percent higher. le

although some of the russians may feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to world is not money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . let's have a look at the markets now commodities first oil prices are next on escalating worries in europe at least borrowing costs are too. high now only for suffer from europe's leaders as germany's president opposition to. buying a new u.s. . stocks finished modestly lower on friday in a short trading session that says rising eurozone values kept traders on edge about europe's debt crisis during a holiday shortened trading session european stock markets ended friday's trading in the blackout seeing some losses during the day britain's pussy closed higher bargain hunters stepped in as a step in after nine consecutive sessions of losses bank shares were among the top gainers royal bank of scotland four point three percent and lloyds banking group finished over three and a half percent and the black commerzbank ended two point eight percent in germany and russian markets and higher on friday as well the r.t.s. cl

although some of the russians may feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to work as much money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . let's have a look at the markets commodities first oil is next this hour investors are still concerned about possible supply shortages france has proposed here an embargo on imports from iran after the international atomic energy agency said the country still developing a nuclear weapon however this is being offset by the. economic picture which is weighing on crude u.s. stocks quickly turned positive after opening lower investors are hoping u.s. consumers would carry the day that kicks off holiday shopping and put concerns about the eurozone on the backburner but worries about europe's debt crisis is still there after it was forced to pay seven point eight percent to borrow for two years at that option. european stock markets largely reversed course turning early losses into slight gains britain's footsies high as bargain hunters stepped in after nine consecutive sessions of losses banking shares are among the t

control of the national assets of the moon the priority is to win as much money as possible to build the wrists and to cut down on the gas price. let's have a look at the markets now commodities first oil prices are mixed on escalating worries in europe at least borrowing costs or to the euro like time highs no relief was offered from europe's leaders as germany root germany's resolute opposition to the joint eurozone bond continues u.s. stocks are lower the s. and p. five hundred index is recovering slightly from six straight days of losses even with modest gains major indexes remain on track to post the worst week since tambour banking stocks among the gain of them down j.p. morgan chase and bank of america are over one and a half percent and european stock markets ended friday's trading in the black after seeing some losses during the day britain's proceed closed higher as bargain hunters stepped in after nine three hundred sessions of losses banking shares among the top gainers with royal bank of scotland up over four percent lloyds banking group gaining over three and a half per

to some the russians may feel that they have all of stone in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to win this much money as possible. and to close down on the gas price. ok thanks very much reporting from gastroenteritis the nasca on his landmark energy deal between russia and belarus cars go straight to the markets a european stock markets have reversed from earlier losses and are higher this hour ahead o. for us opening markets performed weaker after an italian bond auction produced record high yields investors continued to fret over a lack of solutions to the eurozone debt crisis hungary has become the latest in line of nations to have its credit rating downgraded to junk status and here in the russian our kids a mix this hour the r.t.s. is losing around point four percent wava lies it is is up just a notch let's take a look at some individual channels otherwise like this our energy majors are on the rise gazprom is adding one point three percent so i was never there were two percent in the back and review that has switched into negative territory following early gains it's

with turkey and other regional powers, this is very important because in the syrian national council we think this is the main priority, which is to protect our people. >> how do you expect civilians to be protected? what are you talking about? the only example we have in recent months is what happened in libya. >> well, exactly, and this i think he is giving the idea of civilian protection a dvd view. the idea of protecting civilians -is enshrined in international law. it is for all governments in the region and the international community, and protecting civilians does not really mean conflict -- an end to the conflict straightaway. it has to be implemented. we think it starts with deploying both civilian and military monitors on the ground from the arab league. it can go up to an exclusion zone. >> all right. >> the option is not -- >> sorry to interrupt, but we have run out of time. thank you for being on gmt. still to come, the dangers of smoking in cars. why british doctors are recommending a complete ban. after decades of digging, three english counties have been linked by a vast network of underground tunnels

the poll has provided insight to the nation's priorities and the reaction to the current legislative agenda. it has been a rewarding partnership. we appreciate the effort to 90 to work with the united technologies. joining guess is the vice president of defense. his a 20 a year veteran and works on a wide range of domestic and international government and industry groups. please welcome him. >> as you will see, we are at a n inflection point where this offers new dynamics. to provide thoughtful analysis ,we are proud to write the poll. opinion of congress and the line of communication between means street and pennsylvania avenue to promote a dialogue. key findings are featured on the pages of the national journal daily. today is tuesday. this goes beyond page 10 of thoughtful analysis. in the next session low, he will further high-level some of the polls and what they might mean for the upcoming election. i want to welcome you. thank you. >> i know that charlie cook is a very familiar face to many pirie it he was once described as the bible of the political community. we are fortunat

but i believe that she and i were on the same page, that we have national priorities in this bill, and we assured that those priorities were met because they are so important for our country. but at the wasn't easy, as has been said by everyone who has spoken. difficult choices had to be made. we had an allocation that was $583 million below the fy 2011 continuing resolution level. it was $4.7 billion below the president's request. it is in accordance with the budget control act that passed on august 2, 2011. and i just want to mention, mr. president, on that point that all of the appropriations bills that have gone through the appropriations committee this year have met the budget control act requirements. that is something that i think we should have done, certainly something that we were expected to do. but there are some members who will be speaking against these bills that wanted even different standard from what we passed. i think the standard that we set, which was below the fy 2011 continuing resolution and below the president's request is the standard that we should have met a

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the national resources defense council. it is one of the nation's largest environmental organizations. two of our highest priorities are curbing global warming and creating sustainable communities. we're honored to be here to recognize a leader in both areas. i want to commend the city for your remarkable efforts to fight climate change. when the california voters overwhelmingly rejected proposition 23 last year, a measure that would have delayed implementation of the global solutions at, we sent a strong message to sacramento and the rest of the world that the citizens of california believe we can have environmental solutions and a strong economy. san francisco's early success is powerful evidence that the voters got it right. the goals are ambitious. but as san francisco's golden demonstrating, we can identify the policies to help us achieve our goals while also improving public health and improving the quality of life. san francisco is setting the bar high for other cities. has anyone noticed the exclusion of people riding bicycles around san francisco? -- has anyone noticed the explosion of people riding bicycl

the opportunity for success and happiness. as a nation, we must make education a priority. if our schools fail, we fail. parents also can use a helping hand. take the single mom living somewhere here in houston. after she puts her kids to bed and rest her head down at the end of each grueling day, she may be wondering if her job will still be there in the morning. she has probably stop dreaming about moving up the ladder. she is more likely just worrying, hoping, praying that she does not fall down or off of it. we need to find a way to restore her faith that moving up the ladder in america, even slowly, is still possible in this country. that mom sacrifices most of for life for children. she lives paycheck-to-paycheck. maybe she works two or three jobs. ed has to worry about how she can take her sick child or parent to the doctor. maybe she would like to attend a school play that her little girl is performing in but have to work. what is the working mom to do? how can we provide both her and her kid just a little more stability? when asked, many working moms say what they need most is a little bit more

priorities of spending over the coming decades. so here is what this region must know. as we and today's wars, i have directed my national security team to make our presence and mission in the asia-pacific a top priority. as a result, reductions in u.s. defense spending will not, i repeat will not come at the expense of the asia-pacific. my guidance is clear. as we plan and budget for the future we will allocate the resources necessary to maintain our strong military presence in this region. we will preserve our unique ability to project power and deter threats to peace. we will keep our commitments including our treaty obligations to allies like australia. and we will constantly strengthen our capabilities to meet the needs of the 21st century. our enduring interests in the region demand our enduring presence in the region. a united states is a pacific power and we are here to stay. indeed we are already modernizing america's defense posture across the asia-pacific. it will be more broadly distributed, maintaining our strong presence in japan and the korean peninsula while enhancing our presence in southeast asia. are p

needed and although in future politicians may regret the loss of the national assets at the moment alexander lukashenko still not set a priorityraising cash and cutting the gas price which he's done. ok thank you reporting from gazprom headquarters in moscow thanks very much for that and one that i'm now joined by constantine seem enough to discuss the issue head of russia's national energy security fund thank you for coming in so we we just heard what tom gardner said what mr putin said do you think it's a win win situation how do you assess the deal in general i mean bellows has its losing its transit system but get this price cut. as it is not of course i see you there will be little discussions in russia because we see a decline of gas prices approximately one hundred twenty dollars discount is a serious amount we've been told about due to billion dollars per year but absolutely agree with you or on the other side we see that gas comes in all one hundred percent of the other ones gas and we know that that's probably already is appropriate off your model a europe system and the system is also growing soon will be a lot of s

earmarks in them and we have more spending than we should have, and the spending is not going to the national priorities. this legislation's really simple t. says back in the late 1990's -- 1996, president clinton signed a line-item veto bill, constitutionally it was questionable and the supreme court overturned it. now we've come back with another way to do this that's called enhanced rescission. it's basically a legislative line-item veto where congress would have the right to be able to review what the president rescinded. if they didn't act within a short period of time it would be rescinded. but congress could act to overturn the president. it's we believe constitutional. it beats all the obligations that were set out in that supreme court case that overturned the first line-item veto. and yet puts the pressure on the congress not to put this pork barrel spending in. and if they do, you'd have the light of day shown on it and congress would have to individually take up these line items, these pork barrel projects. we think this is a constructive way forward that is constitutional, that meets all th

review and oversight is typical of what the defense authorization bill has provided our nation's military for over 50 years without fail. the committee's priorities this year and every year start with our bipartisan commitment to improve the quality of life for the men and women of the all-volunteer force -- active duty, national guard and reserves, and their families, through fair pay, improved policies, benefits commensurate with the sacrifices of their service and by addressing the needs of the wounded, ill and injured service members and their families. to do these things, this bill authorizes a 1.6% across-the-board pay raise for all members of the uniformed services, authorizes pay incentives for recruitment and retention of our most highly skilled and highly sought after men and women and improves the uniform code of military justice to more effectively respond to accusations of certain types of misconduct. this bill provides essential resources, training, technology, equipment and force protection our military needs to succeed in their missions, including authorizing a 6% in funding for our enormously important professional and dedicated

the future generation. what it should be about is asking, what are the priorities? what are the priorities for this country? obviously, national defence and the security of our country comes first and foremost. but we will not have a country. we have got to make sure we are adequately funding that. one of the challenges for us is how we will continue to lead and beat the world superpower that we are if our economy is not strong. where are we going to go in terms of spending dollars or affecting reform to get our economy back on track? it is about defense, security, the economy. obviously, we care about health care. that is so personal for everybody. this country spends a lot of money on health care. there has been much discussion and debate because we have got to do something to deal with the spiralling costs. unfortunately, the president's bill that was passed two years ago did not do that. the congressional office has validated that does not balance costs in this country. many of us are fearful that that bill will affect the kind of quality of care that most americans get. we have got to put some effort into designing a syst

the nation. tonight our focus is math. >> at baltimore county elmwood elementary school, a math is a priority, especially among fourth graders. the progress here of showing national results, the math score was 247 on the naet test. >> we have learned a lot about how children learn math and revising our instruction. right down to kindergarten and on up. the children are developing the concepts they need, not just rolled skills. >> students will be the first to tell you that the changes making a difference. >> we can play games while we do it. sometimes we can't show our work on the board. >> i like multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. 48% of maryland at fourth graders scored proficient on the math test. a lot of credit goes to what is happening in the classroom. >> our culture is constantly changing to the way kids interact with matt. you don't have to worry about to close to what you have a calculator. the way kids can use math and apply it to solve problems is different. >> math scores tend to drop off by the time students hit middle school. >> i think the issue is the volume of mathematics and the concepts beco