the sky. shthey take great pains to stop their uniforms from falling in the wrong hands. >> they are very strict about returning what was supplied. there was a ceremony when i left. they counted each item of my uniform in front of my boss. they categorize every article. i had to give everything back. >> she faces a long haul to restructure herself after the humiliation of filing for bankruptcy. -- jl faces a long haul to restructure themselves after bankruptcy. >> this could revolutionize our view of global warming. scientists say the test way to monitor the changes to the global ice sheets is from space. there is a satellite that will do that. >> it go for the launch. >> the europe's space control center in germany. this is one of the most important missions. it is to understand what is happening to the polar ice. a satellite to monitor the ice sheets has been launched. the british professor dreamt up this project. the last attempt five years ago and blew up. here it goes again. he has waited 12 years for this. soon news comes through, the satellite is in orbit. [applause] there is relief all a

of course, the uniform code of conduct prohibited me from asking any questions about how they felt about the war because in the military you are not allowed to criticize the commander in chief. i found that women had a way of letting me know anyway. the code was supporting the troops. is it possible to support the troops without supporting the war. those who felt critical of the board would say that it was and nd the incident who didn't would st no, that was impossible. you have to support the war effort as well as the troops. a cultural history of women and guns in america. throughout the story was the threat of women in combat and the way that whether or not women were allowed to fight tied closely into whether or not they could be considered full citizens. back in the revolutionary war era you have politicians like james burke saying the difference between the citizen and a slave is the ability to bear arms and defense of your country. that red and all the way up through philip's leslie. the equal rights amendment was narrowly defeated in the 1980's making the point that if it was pas

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the country has benefited and it has benefited from the postal service providing the uniform rates. the economy has benefited even if the postal service itself has not from those rates that are available. i think the question is a postal regulatory commission deals with they're not just the dollars and cents whether the postal service will breakeven but what are the needs of the country? it is educational scientific, a construction and social needs and other it needs those as well as the obligations to break-even? with regard to your first question and about presorting mail and bar coding yes you get discounts but if you are a nonprofit agency the law says you only have to pay 60% of the rates that a for-profit says when email at the standard mail. that is something the congress decided was important to. the postal service has an obligation to assure that nonprofit agencies in this country can communicate to the public at a subsidized rate because what they do with the nonprofit agencies is so important in our society. it is up to the congress to change that it is true the postal ser

the first is the uniformity of immigration laws, and it would have been one thing here if congress had enacted the provision that arizona enacted. then you would have a clear people protection issue right in front of you. but it's one step removed from that, because what happened here is a state adopted a law that impacts immigration. and that right away sends off red flags, because immigration is routinely constitutionally a matter for the federal government. so you have to stop and think, ok, if the federal government is going say the states can do something that's federal, we need to be really clear about that, and clearly you can tell from our questioning, we don't think it's that clear. i'll quote one thing on this threshold issues about immigration, and that's about a national government, want the states. congressional enactment to permit state legislatures to adopt laws on the subject of citizenship requirements, there it was for federally supported welfare programs, would appear to contravene this explicit constitutional requirement of uniformity, and that's the whole essence o

along with them does not help that relationship for that man and woman regardless of who wears the uniformo programs now are really focused on rebuilding relationships. the chap lanes have a program called strong bonds for example. the other thing we're trying to do very hard is through early detection and screening for post-tralmic stress disorders, we are doing treatment with what we call evidence-based treatment, that is treatment that there is good research for, and we're also looking at new and alternative treatments. yoga, for example, or virt wall reality therapy and we're opening to exploring anything that will help our soleders. -- soldiers. we are looking into treatment for the effects of war. >> i want to be here at arizona state university studying micro biology without being a military policeman for the united states army. >> it not only affects each soldier but it affects their families, as well. i would ask every civilian and help with the effort. >> many people right now do not support the war, but i think support of the troops is at an all-time hi. having people just say t

the first is the uniformity of immigration law. it would be one thing if congress had enacted the provision that arizona enacted. then he would have a clear equal protection issue right in front of you. it is one step removed from that because what happened here is a stake

the men in orange are wearing the uniform of election officials. most observe that piece of footage was clear proof of the ballot box stuffing. one of the groups in the video was genuine and shows us suppose that officials stuffing votes. it led the opposition party to clean elections have been completely fraudulent. officials to reject any charges of fraud. >> there are many allegations, but nothing materialized. [unintelligible] >> president bashir also said that the video might have been a fake. even before the count began, the prediction of many international observers was less rosy. there were deficiencies in the electoral process. former u.s. president jimmy carter said he had seen officials telling people which way to vote. now the white house has said it regrets the elections committee did not do more to counter a serious election issues. these elections matter as a stepping stone to next january's referendum. >> the debate about the credibility of these polls rumbles on and president bashir will win the presidential election in a landslide.

but the moment they get out of uniform, they become invisible. call it the self virus -- stealth virus, where we forget about them. we need to remember the impact that the family goes through. the veteran who comes back to a wife and children who have grown and changed and the veteran has not been able to be aware of. the veteran has changed as a result of their experience. we need to not reached the assumption that they can very easily transfer back into the civilian world. as a nation, we do a fantastic job of training civilians to go into the military and be proficient in the military way of doing things. it is time to come back to civilian life -- when it is time for them to come back to civilian life, they expect to do the transition in three hours. they're required by the federal government -- it does not happen in three hours. we just assume that the veteran, he or she, can just switch uniforms and switched their way of thinking and that just is not going to happen. ♪ call me >> it is a very common, everyday occurrence that no one thinks t

the uniform individual that they were imagining. even though we know that is completely bogus the reality does not emerge from the text which are available at the moment. here with such a rich profusion of real individuals thinking so often so cogently or personally about their concrete experiences or what is happening on a larger scale, i think if it is really used properly that will completely alter the sense and create a canter image of a veryl and diverse community, but with certain kinds of the centers and sectors intended to be caught up in this maelstrom. ultimately it is the power this. yet we, i think, you know, find in all sorts of areas there was a certain degree of agency, of being able to shape your place. again one then, the later volumes will be very important for this. that notion of going will be definitively be imprudent. >> i want to add something to this. as a survivor and a guide in the museum here i think because we know what happened during the holocaust, everything, much of what goes on here is really geared t

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what is the uniformed military's view about no new nuclear warhead, no replacement nuclear warhead for some marc are you concerned at the door has been shut too much on that? and could you review this concept of ocean targeting for us? what exactly is involved in that? >> on the no new and the caveat is associated with replacement -- no, i do not feel constrained in the least. i think we have more than enough capacity and capability for any threat that we see today or might emerge in the foreseeable future. the capabilities that have been brought onboard with our missile defenses and other general purpose forces have been pretty substantial. the capabilities that we have in our existing nuclear fleet are more than adequate for the threats that we know of and that we believe we could face. both for myself, as the previous commander at stratcom, and also for general shelton, we feel very comfortable with these numbers and with these descriptions of reuse, the place, refurbishment, so to speak. we're very comfortable there. the second part? ocean targeting. it is to say that for a weapon

in the uniform in which most of us still live. what you are seeing around the world with the religious struggles is a world trying to reshape itself. entries trying to find a new organic balance. what can work for them? well, the problem is when the european empires which ran from relatively benign to monstrous in the case of the dutch and portugese, in the recession of empire, they left behind the poison pill of dysfunctional borders. on the practical level, this is no more grotesque cause of violence in the world today than dysfunctional borders. look at the department of state, and mention, because gnat views of the state department, they have existed at least since the time of exodus. well, borders have always changes and will change. why on earth does it matter to us? think of where canadian soldiers ha fought and u.s. military since the desert storm. the multiple conflicts in iraq, somalia, the balkins, afghanistan, they are all either caused by or exacerbateed by dysfunctional borders left behind by europeans who knew them f

but carried it out anyway because of their loyalty to their fellow soldiers and, of course, of the uniformf combat prohibited me from asking them and questions about how they felt about the war because in the military you're not allowed to criticize the commander in chief. but i found that women have a way of letting me now anyway. the code was supporting the troops, is it possible to support troops without supporting the war? and those who felt critical of the war would say that it was and those who didn't would say that that was impossible, you got to support the war effort as well as the troops. >> what was your goal in writing when jd comes marching home and photograph newswomen? >> visegrad of a previous book called for best shot, and cultural history of women and guns in america, and your out that story with a threat of women in combat the way that weather and had to women were allowed to fight tied closely into whether and how they could be considerable citizens. back in the revolutionary war era you have politicians like james burke saying the difference between citizen and a slave

what about the overseas uniformed voting right act cases? civil rights division will now be implementing the new provisions of the recently passed act which was intended to secure voting for over 25% of military overseas voters who were unable to cast a ballot in 2008. that is -- certainly, we should take every effort to make sure that those who are serving us abroad have the opportunity to vote. does your voting section have any attorneys with military experience? are they experience -- is their experience been used in the implementation of this act? i understand the voting section has only four attorneys that are -- that are monitoring this. i understand you will be hiring a lot of attorneys for redistricting. do you have enough attorneys to enforce these laws? >> absolutely. i am confident in our people who are working on that a, and we just got a very good verdict. we aggressively enforce that and will continue to do so. i appreciate the leadership of senator schumer and others in the passage of that act. it was a bipartisan bill. we will

cvp funding levels have increased dramatically since 2003, creating the largest uniform law enforcement agency in the country. since 2003, we have made arrests of 129 cvp officers and border patrol agents. for example, we recently arrested an officer for narcotics smuggling in an investigation in brownsville, texas. the officer was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison. law enforcement officers from i spend cvp who have been -- from ice and cvp have been corrupted ford drove trafficking -- poured from crack trafficking. international airports are even on interstate highways -- and even on interstate highways for that matter, even a border corruption because these organizations need to move further inland and throughout the country. we have arrested employees as they smuggled narcotics and weapons onto aircraft, and even for selling tsa screen baggage tags. we conducted the investigation with dea of aan ice agents and who used his credentials to bypass security. we arrested him when he tried to smuggle 10,000 pounds of marijuana -- 10 pounds of marijuana through security. drogba traf

we covered the white house for a long time and these guys are just amazing, whether it's the uniformedfficers or whether it is the undercover guys, especially at a big event like this when the president travels overseas, i remember the moment on the trip, what trip was it that president bush had to go grab his guy and they wouldn't let him go one of their meetings? it's a traffic might night mare people in washington. >> they have given up on doing it in places like washington. how many times did we go abroad to far, far away places, we had to get in boats sometimes to get to the site of these big summits for that reason and that reason only because that was the way they kept it secure. >> i have spent the day trying to learn more about how the enriched uranium and plutonium and the details about this summit, what have i missed? >> what you are maybe missing is that there's 400 peop,000 peopl there who are missing and that's a job and where their unemployment benefits are. we're talking about $435 which is very important money for people who don't have jobs. what happened tonight is th

cbp staffing and funding levels have increased dramatically since 2003 creating the largest uniform lawcement agency in the country. an agency along with i.c.e. occupies the front line securing our physical border. since 2003, we have made arrests of 129 cbp officers and border patrol agents. for example, we've recently arrested a cbp officer for alien narcotics smuggling in the joint fbi investigation in brownsville texas. the officer was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison. it is already noted we are confronted with corruption and other leaders of border security. law enforcement officers from i.c.e. and cbp have been corrupted for access to sensitive law enforcement rm

the states. that is a problem, because they will have done it. uniformity seems to me could be argued by saying we who are argued by the states have established that immigrants rate lower, and we have now told the states they must do the same with respect to there's. >> that statute, passed by congress, has not been tested on constitutionality. secondly, it brings me back that i currently urged the court to go back to gramm versus richardson. a unanimous decision in this court that has been set into law mainly alienage is a suspect -- >> we can allow benefits to a narrow standard of review, and it is reasonable to make an eligibility depend on the character and duration of residence. now, we did have a foot note on what the state can do, but [inaudible] so you cannot really go back to graham. >> justice sloviter, if we go back to what congress has done in these various areas, we see that in matthews, they spoke with crystalline clarity. the court embraced deferential listen. some justices would not disagree on this because it is so except in the canon of co

level of war and particularly when you are dealing with an enemy that's living with the people within doesn't wear a uniform, and there's tension, levels of frustration, are there at times abuses? yes. when we find them, we deal with them. we hold people accountable. they go to jail if necessary. dismissed from the military if necessary. lose their ranking status if necessary. the abuse of enemy combatants at war by the united states military has occurred in every war we've ever been in. that's the reality of it. the reality is it's not policy. and war is an event that's full of tension and emotion and huge psychological pressure. when h.r. says it's a breakdown, it's exactly what it is. we take these beautiful young people in america and we train them to do something that's very difficult. not just to protect lives, but to take human life. that is a sobering responsibility that we draw from our commissions adds officer to the constitution of the united states. we get somebody to do that, you have to have discipline, organization, because we never want to take more life than necessary. that's american value

the police were plainclothes and the rebels were uniformed. the jail superintendent is in jail.the prisoners are free. 300 of them escaped from the old town jail two years ago. women who've been are in police custody. the gives speeches in the bazaar. across in the area of controlled the maoist is the place the police call pakistan. they're the villages are empty but the forests are full of people. children who want to be in school run wild. and the lovely forest villages, the concord school buildings have either been blown up and lie in a sheep or they're full of policemen. the deadly war that's unfolding is a war that the government of india is both proud and shy of. operation green hunt has been proclaimed as well as tonight. india's home minister and ceo of the world does it doesn't exist, that it's a media creation. and yet, substantial funds have been allocated to it and tens of thousands of troops have been mobilized for it. the antagonist in the forest are desperate and unequal and on most every way. on one side is a massive paramilitary force armed with the money, the f

and of course the uniform code of conduct prohibited me from asking them any questions about how theyfelt about the war because in the military, you're not allowed to criticize the commander-in-chief. but i found that women had to wake of letting them now anyway. and the code was, supporting the troops. is it possible to support the troops without supporting the war? and those who so critical of the war would say that it was than those who didn't would say that, you know, that was impossible, you have to support the war effort as well as the troops. >> what was your goal in writing "when janey comes marching home" and photographing his children? >> is grew out of a previous book i wrote which was her best shot was it a cultural history of women and guns in america. throughout that tori, when the thread of women in combat and the way that whether or not women were allowed to fight tied closely into whether or not they could be considered full citizens. you know, back in the revolutionary war era, good politicians at jamesburg seen the difference between the citizen and the slave is the

. >> the responsible uniforms, talking about military stuff and epvilians would come like a garnish on a plate but what reporting was coming out of germany? not many reporters could get much out but reynolds packer who wrote the kansas city milkman, we used to -- a you see stuff from the other side. >> the germans really cracked down on american reporters. one of the murrow boys reported rom germany until 1940. but the germans were really censoring british american western reporters out of the country. t islaimed he was about to be arrested which is why he left berlin. good american reporters tried to get the story out but it was difficult to do. obviously they all left before we got into the war. >> let me throw this open for questions. are we wired for questions? >> there's a microphone. [talking over each other] >> you mentioned canada use the word poison the well by telling fdr that it was unbalanced or whenever. how is it that he ends up deciding as the next ambassador? >> very good question. roosevelt had tired of kennedy long before he left. kennedy also was a political problem

he started with his hands even pretty much the numbers on his uniform. ck. >> gary: nick 4-16 against the lefties. wigginton on at 1st base. kotchman will play a step off the bag. this is one of these towering silo shots. 1st base. and that will be played by casey kotchman. two down. >> jim: let's take a look at one of the better defenses in the american league. bradley, who made a nice play in left. gutierrez best center field rating in the game. ichiro nine straight gold gloves. lopez second to third. wilson. figgins, kotchman two games out an error. rob johnson gets the night off. >> gary: here is nolan reimold. he is batting clean up again as the designated hitter outside to him. le reimold has had only three hits in his last 23 at-bats. and nolan down to .162 with a home run and 4 rbis. he does have a couple of doubles among the extra base hits. vargas' pitch high. reimold 2-6 with a home run. lifetime off the left-hander on the mound for the mariners. at least in the start here the orioles are getting some hitters' counts against vargas. >> jim: fou

we try to protect and defend and support the uniformed members of the united states military. we've had -- we have unlimited bipartisan support for what they do for us. and this is the response? the hold on a nomination because the corps will not do something that they are not authorized to do? i -- i think it's -- it's so unacceptable, i made this unanimous consent request about two months ago. the senator from louisiana objected then. said give them a few more weeks, he thinks he can work it out those few weeks have long gone. so i very much support the effort of the senator from north dakota here. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. dorgan: madam president, i mean, it's unbelievable to me that we have 100 of these. this is one that i'm particularly concerned about because i think it misuses a soldier's promotion in pursuit of something that really can't be done by an agency. and, you know, i regret this is happening. this should not happen. how on earth are we going to find ways to work together in this place if this is the way we do business? i mean,

uniforms. that was the number one student cry, was to wear uniforms. so the student body actually did a fashion show with uniforms. and that kind of broke a little bit the ice around uniforms. 9 % of students showed up with uniforms the first day. >> i had a principal say to me once that they had a rule about no gum chewing. and he would catch kids every now and then chewing gum. he said, do i really care? am i really worried about it? and he said, no. but the fact that they're worrying about actually following the rules is important step forward. i just have one last question for mr. mitchell. mr. superintendent, i used to hate it when people asked me these questions, but on the human capital question that you were raising at the end about finding administrators, finding teachers in rural areas, we faced this in my state of colorado as well, if you could wave a magic wand, what would you change that you think might have an impact on your ability to be able to fill these positions that you were talking about? >> i think sometimes inadvertently, we do a

the erisa framework. that allows plans to operate under a uniform theme of regulations and federal law. ood news there is that message was understood and resonated in the legislation. there is some new state flexibility provided in the legislation that is given to hhs and the department of treasury. erisa remains intact. there will still be the option for large employers to operate under that uniform scheme to have relied on since it was enacted in 1974. that was terribly important. there is no public plan option in this overall scheme. that is important for large employers who are very much concerned that it could have a disruptive effect on cost shifting and adversely impact on their plans. another important feature is that for large employers, they retain the ability to do their own plan designed in terms of the coverage they provide to their employees. we will talk about that more than a minute. the coverage requirements for the small group market and the individual markets will largely be determined by regulation that will come from hhs and other agencies. the larger group market wi

they are allowed to represent the school by wearing the uniform. off the squad.o cheerleading for them. that's what should happen. they should be suspended for a much longer period of time and be made to clean the bathrooms, the men's urinal and the women's. megyn: if they have the mentality to conceive of this and execute it, if that's the mentality of these girls, two days in-school suspension is not going to do anything. they arguably need a criminal charge to bring home the message, something is wrong with you. >> or to be expelled. i could see them being booted out of school all together. the burden of proof in civil court is different. they could be subjected to civil suits from the victims and parents of the victims. >> there is the cheerleading constitution. >> what is a that? >> the cheerleading constitution says you have got to be a convicted felon for you to be expelled or put in the alternative discipline center. i'm pretty sure they filter smoothies and lattes. megyn: i looked at the cheerleading constitution and eight says if you engage in conduct t

what about the overseas uniformed voting right act cases? rovisions of the recently passed act which was intended to secure voting for over 25% of military overseas voters who were unable to cast a ballot in 2008. that is -- certainly, we should take every effort to make sure that those who are serving us abroad have the opportunity to vote. does your voting section have any attorneys with military experience? are they experience -- is their experience been used in the implementation of this act? i understand the voting section has only four attorneys that are -- that are monitoring this. i understand you will be hiring a lot of attorneys for redistricting. do you have enough attorneys to enforce these laws? >> absolutely. i am confident in our people who are working on that act, and we just got a very good verdict. we aggressively enforce that and will continue to do so. i appreciate the leadership of senator schumer and others in the passage of that act. it was a bipartisan bill. we will fully and aggressively enforce it. i look forward to

for attacking members of the uniformed services.th strong bipartisan support. i can tell you that while we had 9/11 and had a lot problems sense, that legislation helped. in my administration and president bush paused administration, it awarded several serious terrorist attacks. to this day, -- get thwarted several serious terrorist attacks. today, the defense, after oklahoma city, the ones provided by federal employees who are not known to anybody who have chased the money and chased the suspects and try to scope out the facts. it is also important to note that oklahoma city changed the country in other ways. we did not stop our political fights. i kept fighting with newt gingrich and the public -- and the republicans showed the government down twice at the end of 1995. everything did not turn into sweetness and light. but as tough as it was, it was different. i will tell you an entirely personal story. you saw the governor talking -- frank is a very conservative republican who by coincidence of history, was a president of the coll

happened, though. >> of course it happened. >> do you think in the early years after 9/11 that ethos that you just described was weakened in uniform and certainly with civilian interrogators. that abu ghraib wasn't just, you know, an aberration. that there was a shift in the way men and women in uniform looked at that? what do you think? >> i don't think so myself. i spent a lot of time on abu ghraib. we had a fundamental breakdown in discipline and leadership that led to absolute outrageous hooliganism. and not a function of policy. and you get into the details of that ineffective company commander and brigade commander headquarters in kuwait as opposed to the theater. how we tolerated that is beyond belief. not having the proper oversight,alities. -- et cetera. there's no excuses for that horrific behavior and even worse for the moral high ground that we lost as a result of that. and the damage it did and continues to, you know, resonate around the world in terms of america saying this and doing something else. we grew up as officers in the united states military. and torture is about as foreign to us as any subject could be. i

today we strengthen the benefits our men and women in uniform receive. mr. speaker, in the course of our meetings with the veteran certificate sliss organizations and families of men and women in uniform and our veterans, we have -- we hear directly from them what their needs are and try to establish their priorities and to make it a priority in allocating resources of our country. in the course of those conversations, we have heard from the families that in the survey they took of their own membership, the blue star families, that they believe 94% of them thought that most americans did not have the current understanding of their need. of their needs. we promised them that in all that we do here we'll remove all doubt in anyone's mind among our military families that we understand their needs, especially if they present them in a prioritized way and will make them our priorities in the congress. every action we strive to live up to the commitment, to that commitment. just as the military on the battlefield has said, on the battlefield we'll leave no soldier

the texans had no uniform. they wore a playing card in their hat band to make sure they knew who they were. they marred on the forces completely by surprise and defeated them, overwhelmingly defeat one of the big upsets in military history. half of the forces were killed other half captured. battle lasted 18 minutes and one-third of the land in the united states, which is now the united states, switched hands. this is the map way texas looked after april 21, 1836. part of oklahoma, new mexico, colorado, wyoming and kansas. and texas became a free and independent nation that day and stayed a republic for nine years and then joined the united states, texas only got into the united states by one vote when a louisiana senator finally changed his mind and allowed texas to come into the united states. i mention this april 21 because it's an important day not only for texas but people who believe in freedom. these volunteers in 1836, many of them gave their lives for that word liberty, a word that we still fight for to

. >> have the uniform law commissioners one is the potential for being a haven state south dakota delaware type to gather business over that kind of haven state or many transmitter? >> that is a great question. some number of years ago, the federal congress adopted a statute to encourage the states to become more uniform in their regulation of many transmitters and up to that point* in time it was all over the map. there was an effort as a result of a federal statute to develop a uniform and a state transmitter lot and many states have adopted that law with some inevitable state variation but not all states. there is some uniformity but it is not uniform and there are a couple states that don't have a statute but to the other piece of the question that virtually every state takes the view that if you are providing what i as the state of view a license money transmitter service regardless of whether not you're actually located in my state you have to be subject to my state regimes who there is no exportation mike interest rates in the states that are favorable to interest rates that you ref

these include many contractors at the air force base as well as those that make uniforms. the defense contract is vital to the economy of mississippi. it's important when the department of defense makes a decision about who receives a military contract and what term that contract contains, it considers how surrounding communities are affected and how these communities can contribute to that contract. the addition of market research strategies to acquisition training would ensure that the acquisition personnel at the department of defense are trained to take into account the local economy surrounding a potential defense contractor and how the unique makeup of the local community could provide added value to the department. it will assess the department in taking into account the unique work forces, like communities, like the golden triangle region in my district and the ability to save the government money. during this difficult economy, it's important that congress remains focused on job creation and preservation as well as restoring the balanced budget. my amendment ensure

the moderate range. temperatures are fairly uniform right now, but look at the warmer weather just to the west. you can see the warming trend already been indicated in the mountains. we will feel that here during the day tomorrow. as soon as the skies break, the fog near the ground will form. this week area of low pressure will be gone by tomorrow, but on its heels comes a little front from the great lakes region. not very impressive as far as moisture, but may be enough left to pick up a couple of isolated showers. a storm out west a scheduled to arrive in our area over the weekend. scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and evening, clearing out tomorrow night. dry area with a few clouds in the area friday. what weather coming in for the weekend, reaching baltimore saturday afternoon. 67-72 with a west wind that will warm things up tomorrow. a couple of showers near deep creek tomorrow, and a chance in the afternoon for a shower or around the bay. the farther south you go, the better chance for a thundershower. winds will increase for the latter part of the day, gusting to 20 knots in the after

a paid advertisement for barackobama.com and today senate democrats pressed their plan in the face of uniformed opposition. >> this comes down to a basic question, whose side are you on? >> reporter: the democrats' proposal would create a new consumer protection agency, require government scrutiny of complex financial transactions and require big firms to have more capital on hand and less debt. republicans have argued a $50 billion fund to be used in case large firms fail amounts to a bailout. >> the very existence of this fund would perpetuate the risky behavior that led to the last crisis. >> reporter: democrats point out the fund would be paid for by the financial firms themselves, not taxpayers and in his weekend address the president slammed the republican leader. >> he made the cynical and deceptive assertion that reform would mean future bailouts when he knows it would do exactly the opposite. >> reporter: americans are expressing disgust with government. in a pugh poll 22% said they trust washington. >> this is a public that is worried about what big government and big corporations are

it includes excruciating regulation of the industry from the kinds of packages that the workers were on their uniforms. many time the phone rings before it is answered. it is very extensive regulation on the industry. and it is horribly, ill-suited for the industry that we have today -- the communications sector that we have today. i think that if the fcc would try to shoehorn in this industry into the title ii section of the law and applied that, we would end up with years of court battles. this is in part what would not be good for anybody. i think it is time for congress to step in. the fcc, i do not want to speak for them, but as an observer of the federal communications commission, they are only doing this out of desperation, because the court would be telling them -- you have classified it as title i, so let's try title ii, because there is no title that really fit. they're doing it because there is no place else to turn. this is when congress is supposed to act. we do not have a segment of the communications statute that really applies or works for this segment of the industry. congress simply

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the winds not as strong as yesterday. mid 40s at reagan national airport. not north and west low to mid 40s. temperatures fairly uniform. we were down in the low 30s in many locations outside the beltwabelt way it was a cold start this morning. partly cloudy skies. the afternoon topping off to near 60 at best. 60 doigs is well below average. another sign of a warmup coming up. we'll have all the details in a bit. >> good warm news on the horizon. thanks, justin. >> we're following breaking news right now. an american soldier died. three others injured after a u.s. helicopter crashed in iraq. the military says the chopper went down last night near saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit north of baghdad. the military hasn't figured out what caused the crash but it's not believed to be the result of enemy fire. an iraqi army officer says the helicopter went down while it was raining and windy. >>> police have found the missing suv taken from the home of a d.c. principal who was shot and killed. investigators are searching for throughs to figure out who murdered brian betts. we talked with the victim's sister and those touchdow

the white house. you can see it there. a group dressed in military uniformsand called for a repeal of the u.s. policy on gays serving in the military. among those arrested today was army lieutenant dan choi. choi is an openly gay iraq war veteran. he is one of the most prominent critics of don't ask, don't tell. he was arrested for participating in a similar protest last month. and members of the same group protesting at the white house today heckled the president last night in california. listen. >> she's passionate about fighting for california's families. [ inaudible ] we are going to do that. [ inaudible ] hey, hold on a second. hold on a second. we are going to do that. [ inaudible ] what the young man was talking about, we need to repeal don't ask, don't tell, which i agree with. and which we have begun to do. it would make more sense to holler that at the people who oppose it. >> he was talking about senator barbara boxer of california. he was there to support her. some supporters of don't ask, don't tell say the policy is effective. others said now is

the bill also makes huge strides in recognizing the unique challenges faced by women who wear the uniform. it includes treatment for sexual trauma, which affects a staggering number of servicewomen. there's a child care pilot program so when women veterans -- so that women veterans can get the care they need without sacrificing the care of their children. also, for the first time ever, there's neonatal care for the infants of returning soldiers giving birth. er wish i zrnt to vote for that bill last week because i wish -- i wish i didn't have to vote for that bill last week because i wish that bill hadn't been necessary in the first place. the best way to support the men and women in the military, i believe, would be to not send them to fight in unnecessary wars in the first place. the tragedy is all the more poignant, mr. speaker, because these injuries are being sustained in conflicts that are doing little or nothing to advance our national security interests. i can't help but think how many military families would have been spared the struggle if we had taken a smart security approach

the computer. we'll talk about temperatures. yeah, a little bit below average. 54 in bethesda. shadowy and 55 in college park. 55 also in rockville. temperatures pretty uniformuds. temperatures pretty tightly bunched. mostly sunny and cool. 40s and 50s. winds out of the west at 10 and by afternoon, a nice day, breezy and pleasant, yes, a couple showers possible, but highs around 70. pretty good deal. satellite picture, ray -- combined. here's our weak little system. we will push on out to sea tonight and partial clearing skies late and actually a nice finish to the week thursday and friday. we are in good shape. weekend does go downhill. we haven't changed the weekend much. in fact, here in the next seven days, tomorrow 70, friday 70. showers possible tomorrow afternoon and then we go downhill as we get into saturday and also into sunday. showers and thunderstorms possible as we get into the weekend. then we are looking at temperatures cool with some rain and some showers, especially as we get into monday and tuesday of next week. only in the 60s for highs. >> is this -- >> i have some soup in here. >> you look like an upside down bob marley. >> it looks lik

when the world was consumed by war, benjamin put on the uniform of the 9 2nd infantry division and rendered honorable service to his country. when peace was won and mrk looked inward to address policies of discrimination and inequality, he was on the front line once again standing with visionaries like reverend dr. martin luther king jr. at every turn, at every moment in his life, he waged a fight against injustice. he became an attorney and was eventually appointed as the highest-ranking black federal judge in the state of tennessee. but that was only the beginning of a remarkable career in public service. benjamin hooks was the first african-american to serve on the federal communications commission, where he spoke out against bias reported in the media and called for minority ownership of tv and radio stations. in 1977, he was unanimously elected as president of the national association for the advancement of colored people, the naacp, a position he would hold with distinction until his retirement in 1993 and which could be -- which would define his career. throughout those tumultuous ye

. >> reporter: an exam tomorrow those that wear the same uniform and those that didn't know him. some who fell they had to come out and pay their respect. >> they are a family with each other and community. >> reporter: officer ayala was promoted to gentleman. he is the 16th county officer to die in the line of duty and first hispanic officer to die while on the job. officer ayala leaves behind his 14-month-old son, hector jr., and his wife, melissa who is expecting twins. a fund has been established to help his survivors. contributions can be sent to office park drive, montgomery village, maryland. 20886. write hector ayala's name on the memo line. 100% of the money will go to his family. 301-948-4286 for more information. back to you. >> that's good to know. thank you. >>> supreme court justice john paul stevens will be turning 90 on april 20th. as recently as ten days ago he was wrestling on the decision whether to retire. today he sent a letter to the white house. addressing it to my dear mr. president. writing plea planned to retire and thought it would be in the court's bes

i urge my colleagues to join us in sending a strong message to the men and women in uniform as well as to the american people that we are serious about protecting the taxpayers' dollar and making the acquisition system work more smoothly. it's really for them as well as for our country. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: thank you, mr. chairman. today i rise in support of h.r. 5013, the improve acquisition act for 2010. the very first thing i would like to do is thank my partner across the aisle, chairman ike skelton. chairman skelton has shown considerable leadership on this front as well as the tone he has set for our committee. i want to commend him and his staff for working so closely with us on this bipartisan bill. subcommittee chairman rob andrews and ranking member congressman mike conaway deserve special recognition as well. i salute the defense acquisition reform panel that they have chaired for all of their hard work. under the leadership of congressman andrews and congressman conaway, this panel an

but it includes excruciating regulation of the industry from kinds of patches that the workers wear on their uniforms to how many times the phone rings before it's answered. i mean, it just is very extensive regulation of the industry. and it is, i think, horribly ill-suited for the industry that we have today, the communications sector that we have today. and i think that if the fcc would try to in a sense shoe horn this industry into the title ii section of the law and apply that to the industry, that we would end up with years of court battles, and this is in part what wouldn't be good for anybody. so that's partway, i think, it's time for congress to step in. i mean, the fcc -- i don't want to speak for the fcc, but as an observer of the federal communications commission i'd say they'd only be doing in out of desperation because the court would be telling them, well, you have classified broadband as title i, that doesn't work, so let's try title ii because there isn't any other title which really fits. they're doing it because they don't have any place else to turn. this is when congress is suppo

as you will recall, in the meantime, the president as commander in chief and recommendations of the uniformeda surge in afghanistan, and the war costs that was estimated for 2011 last year at the dollars billion is now estimated to be $159 billion, and unfortunately, in your amendment, you have carried over last year's estimates, and they are no longer correct. >> let me ask you this. is this in the presidents of baseline defense budget request or not? >> it is regular money for the war. >> is not in his baseline budget. that is what i thought. >> but it is his request for more funding for 2011. but that gets into the question we are talking about what senator bunning. we have war cost over above baseline. the president has asked for regular war funding of $159 billion for 2011. the gentleman's amendment has $50 billion. >> i think you guys are talking on different pages here. what senator sessions has proposed is what the president proposed, with an enforcing mechanism. the president asked for a freeze. senator it sessions and mccaskill have proposed the president's language. you are talking