i also -- i know we have trent -- here, the head of our human services agency. i'd also like to recognize in the chambers with us former supervisor bevan dufty who is here. welcome back, supervisor dufty. i don't know if you or someone else wants to start the presentation. hold on one second. i think you're green lit. >> good afternoon, supervisors. trent rohr, director of the -- agency. nice to see you again. i have a presentation. so what i want to do is give you a pretty high level view of our 730 million dollar budget, talk a little about some initiatives that will be before you in june, that we hope to have funded in our budget and then talk to you about sort of the big piece of our budget this year, and the changes have a lot to do with what's going on in sacramento. and the good news is the better revenue picture in sacramento is directly benefiting us as an agency and us as a city and of course the clients whom we ser serve. >> chair farrell: i want to recognize chief financial officer who is here as well as ann hinton from the head of our department of

one of the officers serving under him was officer dandridge, who said lineal ancestor of trent i believe on his mother's side and date after you import battle, one of the few 101. he turned over his sash of general braddock to his trusted and decorated officer and we have that here today, which we will award to logan burn. [applause] which makes logan burn an appropriate author. >> it's funny because our families go back a long way to colonial virginia. in fact, has started a revolution. so are we sure this is safe? said ancestry and heritage comes in this book quite a bit, might be the revolutionary heritage, but i'm also fascinated that each and everyone of us has a rich family heritage and it's important to remember that ambler from it. the book itself is on our national heritage and what we might learn from the founders with the american commander-in-chief during the. so this book started way, way back when i was fairly young. my father would take us to reenact and at the battle of lexington every year without fail and do it via freezing cold morning in april and we be watching reena

i actually thought i would take a minute and draw your attention back to page 5 and the slide that trent was referencing, the adult services department at 1.73.6 million. and just to say that we're divided into four divisions, trent mentioned ihss program which serves about 20,000 san franciscans but we also then, a second part of our department is the protective services, which is adult protective services, the public guardian, pa, and so on. we also are -- house the older americans act programs under the agency on aging and veterans services. so that's a third division. the fourth is long-term care services and support and that primarily relates to transitional care, the community living fund and division and community integration programs. so then taking you back to slide seven and those last two items, so try to connect the dots a little here. the ihss memo of effort, this is part of governor brown's coordinated care initiative, which is part of an opportunity that the state had under the affordable care act to begin to move people -- older adults and younger adults with disabilities

here for more on the game is our compulsive lying sports correspondent, trent gouch. trent?> thank you, jimmy. the star of tonight's game was louisville point guard kirsten dunst. dunst scored 18 points and gave 13 kisses to a fat goose. [ laughter ] meanwhile, syracuse was led by a soup spoon and two burnt marshmallows. [ light laughter ] one of the burnt marshmallows was leading the team in rebounds before he was accidentally eaten by an old man who had fallen asleep with his mouth open in row two. [ laughter ] at halftime, the referees went to p.f. changs and talked about boobies. [ laughter ] that's your sports report. i'm stephanie williams, and i'm a 15-year-old girl who loves ponies. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you, trent. it's time to take a look at our poll of the day. it looks like 45% said "nuh-uh" while 55% said "yes-huh." that was your poll of the day. now it's time for your poehler of the day. [ laughter and applause ] for a look at the weather, let's check in with our weatherman, gary. how you doing, gary? >> not too good, actually. i've been having these nig

now get some thoughts from chris clark he's from nottingham trent universe the business school in the u.k. hi there chris thanks for being with us we're reporting yesterday that greece is white to the fifteen thousand civil service jobs often at the same time that we hear about these appalling job figures. i think if you can use the word wisdom when asking me a question about how about the european union it's a bit of a contradiction i mean the perceived wisdom of that scenario is obviously if greece is going to get better it's going to need to continue to slash costs and you know all it needs to do what it's doing obviously is not really very logical. the european commission's recent predicted growth for the year well you know is that realistic or is it kind of slight but a pile of sky thinking. i think probably what european commission is about predicting economic growth forecast and you could probably see them to be honest with you i think back to where we are european growing and. point in the future what i would say is that. even if you level the playing field at the moment you t

waiting for the metro on their way to a caps game when they -- [indiscernible] jennifer biew cannian and trent wright were waiting for their train when a man slipped on to the tracks. the train was just feet away. what happened after that was pure instinct. the father and daughter duo says they don't even know the man they saved because they got on the train so they could get to the game but before they left, the man did say thank you at least. >>> if you're monitoring your child's activity on twitter and facebook, know this. you're not the only one. an anne arundel county policeman says gangs are using the social media to detect new members. fighting fire with fire, prosecutors are now using social media to find evidence against gang members. >>> the plan to build a columbia pike streetcar has hit somewhat of a snag. according to "the washington post," the federal transit administration did not list a $250 million project on its funding list for this. it may be the result of federal budget cuts. the county board chairman says the project will move forward anyway even without the funding. the

something she says just isn't possible right now to trent she look at the figures in countries like ardent some people argue that a whole generation has left and perhaps for good you're not going to say i don't think so you know they're still here for the same tests or sylvia r.t.e. brussels. the debt crisis in golf in europe maybe starting to literally cost lives academics behind a major study say that as many as ten thousand people have committed suicide due to financial ruin dr david stock lore of oxford university who is researching the impact of the sterett economics on public health says politicians are risking more than they realise. what we've seen in studying recessions over the past century the focus on the present crisis is that recessions hurts but when politicians respond with deep cuts to vital social supports they can turn those recessions legal in the worst case we see greece after rate cuts malaria prevention budgets we saw the return of outbreaks of the country and kept under control for the past four decades the same age i.b.m. parachute spiked by over two hundred percen

something she says just isn't possible than here right now trent if you look at the figures in countries like ireland some people argue that a whole generation has left and perhaps feel good you know. i don't think so i. stay here for the same day or so since our team brussels. through the despair across the eurozone european commission's actually predicting growth for the european union next year but some experts say that's out of touch probably what the european commission knows about predicting economic growth forecasts you could probably run on the back of a postage stamp to be honest with you i think that there's very little prospect. for the growing at any point in the future what i would say is that. even if you level the playing field at the moment you took away all the debt and all the problems in europe because it's extremely difficult to see how it would grow going forward because in order to compete with the chinese and the indians and the canadians of the australians what europe needs is to be regulated markets and to cut the bureaucracy and the red tape and the un elected o

ast year 7,400 people across stoke-on-trent including 2,600 children needed food banks to stop them from starving. been eek, food banks have forced to restrict food to family with children and people over age 65. isn't it true the prime minister has failed britain and big society is overwhelmed? >> i'm disappointed in what the honorable gentleman says because it was the last government in 2003 that gave to the tressel trust, the organization behind britain's food bank, gave them a golden jubilee award for voluntary service. and this is what, and i'm blad to see in his plate the right honor habble member for sheffield brightside, he said this, it's an opportunity to enhance the opportunity and life for others in the community. of course these are difficult times and of course food bank use went up 10 times under labor but i think we should praise people who play a role in our society rather than center at them? >> john stevenson? >> thank you, mr. speaker. the chief executive of cumbria county council is to leave the authority with an agreed package and would be substantial and run into h

some here she says just isn't possible the year right yeah to trent if you look at the figures in countries like ireland some people argue that a whole generation has left and perhaps for good you know who. i don't think so i rather stay here for than time does so sylvia i teen brussels. well the debt crisis engulfing europe maybe starting to literally cost lives to academics by the major studies say that as many as ten thousand people have committed suicide because of financial ruin they were stuck low from oxford universities research you the impact of austerity economics on public health he says politicians are risking more than they realize. what we've seen in studying recessions over the past century and the focus of the present crisis is that recessions hurts but when politicians respond with deep cuts so vital social supports they can turn those recessions legal in the worst case we see greeks after rate cuts marry up prevention budgets we saw a return outbreaks of the country and kept under control for the past four decades you seem to be in parachute spike by over two hundred perce

very good prospects for the future is that something she says just isn't possible the yeah right yeah trent if you look at the figures in countries like ireland some people argue that the whole generation has left and perhaps for good you know. i don't think so or a runner or a stay here for once a day or so since our team brussels. for the day crosses a goal from europe maybe starting to literally cost lives to a lot of them if you read some reports academics behind a major study say that as many as ten thousand people have committed suicide because of financial ruin they would stuccoed oxford university is researching the impact of austerity economics on public health says politicians are risking more than they realize. what we've seen in studying recessions over the past century and the focus on the present crisis is that recessions hurts but when politicians respond with deep cuts to vital social supports they can turn those recessions legal in the worst case we see greeks after rate cuts malaria prevention budgets we saw in return outbreaks that the country kept under control for the p

bacteria in the gut breakdown the knew trent lcarnatinitne. scientists say higher levels of in the blood are decreased -- increased risk, rather for heart disease. the findings published in journal nature medicine. >> now, michael finney is. question, i was in mexico and used atm machines and six weeks later received a call from card security someone got almost 500s frdz my account. from an atm in mexico. >> there are several ways that could have happened. the person that owns the atm could be in cahoots with criminals. there are a million ways it can happen. happened to me in italy one time. important thing to know is that you're only on the hook for $50 as long as you report it. and generally banks won't charge you $50. >> i don't know if it's rampant but it's out tlrk quite a bit. >> it's tough. >> fred se mailed what is the california labor fee. a friend charged two cents for a two by four for a weird fee. >> it started and it's owed. it's a lumber tax, 1% but not lumber. the stakes you nund a ground are not taxed by shakes on the roof are

something she says just isn't possible near right now to trent if you look at the figures in countries like ardent some people argue that a whole generation has left and perhaps for good you know go to. an office or are you going to stay here for the same day or so soon you are team brussels. now the crisis in golf in europe maybe starting to literally cost lives academics behind a major study say that as many as ten thousand people have committed suicide due to financial ruin dr david suppler oxford university who is researching the impact of steering nomics on public health says politicians are risking more than they realise. what we've seen in studying recessions over the past century and the focus of the present crisis is that recessions hurts but when politicians respond with deep cuts so vital social supports they can turn those recessions legal in the worst case we see greeks after rate cuts malaria prevention budgets we saw a return of outbreaks at the country of their control for the past four decades the same hiv infection spiked by over two hundred percent at a time when the

you know the story, two steubenville high school football players, trent place and ma'lik richmond werexually assaulting an intoxicated 16-year-old girl after a party last summer. >> so a totally fascinating question before the supreme court. can human genes be patented? this case moves myriad genetics, utah bio tech company that discovered two genes, one associated with breast cancer, the other ovarian cancer. national public radio reports they patented its discovery but a lawsuit has been filed that the patent -- the lawsuit says you can't patent genes because genes are just part of the body. >> all kinds of question. we will talk about elizabeth cohen, the case in front of the u.s. supreme court later this morning. fascinating. >>> history at the masters for the first time ever in australian put the famous green jacket on. >> greg scott or adam scott winning a heart stopper of a playoff. adam scott, you'll remember was the guy who just blew it with an epic collapse of the british open last year. this was no collapse this time, though. the masters win totally going to help him heal. c

host: trent from plywood, kentucky. good morning. trent, go ahead. you are on with dr.rician quinn. you said you have adhd or are a parent of sunday with adhd? one more time for trent, good morning. caller: yes, i'm sorry. i'm here. i do have adhd. i dealt with at all my life. to the previous color, i am curious about the criteria you are speaking about, ma'am. how is it being applied? i know specifically when i grew up, adhd was not being recognized. we had to file a lawsuit in order to have it implemented in the individual -- what is it called? the plan with the school. guest: your individual education plan, your iep. caller: yes ma'am, thank you. it is not every teacher is saying that a rambunctious child is hyperactive, has add, and they're just being pushed onto these pills like ritalin. and even antidepressants. it seems like it is the move just to put people on pills and get them to the point where they feel as if they can never be right without the medicine. i just find that that is legalized drug dealing. so my question, ultimately, is how stringent is the righ

we'll begin with trent three. >> well, forgive me. [laughter] i must've went to the restroom. [laughter] as i stated, it's a real honor and pleasure for me to be here in charlottesville and this has been stopped, i was about to say extreme pleasure and honor for me to be here with congressman lewis. we've been traveling parallel rows for a long time, but we never cross one of those paths until tonight. [applause] i'm just so thankful god this together before we leave to go be a one-on-one with the lord. he's a great human being and i'm so honored to be here to share this evening with you tonight. get ready for a good show. >> thank you very much. dr. john carlos, i'm a study of i'm delighted pleased to be with you. thank you for your service. thank you for your great and good work. i want to thank the virginity at festival of books for having me here. i didn't grow up in a big city. i grew up in a farm in rural alabama 50 miles from the company. growing up there during the 40s and 50s, when we would visit the town of troy, visit montgomery for tuskegee or birmingham, the white

jennifer buchanan and her father trent wright were standing on the platform at pentagon station when the man slipped. the father and daughter jumped into action quickly. >> i got down on my hands and knees. my daughter got down on her hands and knees. i reached down. i said give me your hand. i didn't know the train was coming. i just grabbed his hand and yanked him up. my daughter grabbed his leg and we rolled him on to the platform. >> wow. that has got to be one thankful patron. the father and daughter say they do not know the man because they saved him and then they got on the train so they could go to the game. before they left he did say thank you. metro has not released the identity of the man saved that day. >>> thank you so much. if your house is starting to look like a scene from the show hoarders, it's time to clean house. you'll have a nicer home environment and could potentially make some fast cash. joining us to tell us how is a woman with a wonderful first name jessica anderson. thank you so much for coming back and talking about this story you wrote for the magazine.

in the case of trent lot it was after he experienced his controversy.to me he was over for his position in the senate but he asked me what's the best method to heal and i put him in touch with rev ran jesse jackson and the two of them became very close. i tell that story in my book as another way to heal a personal hurt is to make piece and heal. >> when do you say no? we we >> well, when i can't get the trut out. when i dealt with penn state, i knew that the board of trustees had a story that could be told. i can't say yes to anyone who withholds the facts or has such an evil set of facts that there's no way for me to credibly defend them then i have to say no. >> if i they aren't already called you, let's say they haven't, what you're sharing with us is something that's not controversial. mark sanford, sun sentence advice. >> what happened, why, how sorry he is for the people he hurt. we have little pieces of it but he's never done the full story. >> former congress anthony weiner advising against the sex scandal now coming on strong. i think he did i

re y oou trent on our independence line. small group of a employees with a couple of dependencts. the relative cost is much higher than charges for people -- literally thousands of people in the group. jettison this more expensive group and to get something into more cost- effective. to we going to be able jettison this program and get into something that will be much and get a muched better rate honor health insurance/ e? will bring all the policy cost to an average level. should see your premiums even now with some of your other small business colleagues. those have been swept under the rug. we have gone through a lot of these lawsuits. even republicans are saying that unless they are able to get together the vote to repeal this thing, this is below of the land and is going forward. host: one question -- guest: one reason you might not want to go out is you will have to pay a fine. it is only $95 in the first year 2.5%oes up in a few years, of your income or $700. that might be more convincing argument to sign up for coverage. people worry that penalties are too low. usedanyone,

reporter: investigators say they believe these two men were in contact with evan trent and they believe this white supremacist prison gang known as the 211 and here's part of what went out to law enforcement. >> these men have violent tendencies and should be considered armed and dangerous. reporter: sheriffs say they are not considered prospects in the case of tom clement's, but being sought in connection of it. jon: we are learning more about the threatening letter to prison guards. what is that about. reporter: yes, that was presented as evidence at a sentencing hearing after he was convicted of punching a prison guard. he alerted a friend who he said he complained about the way that they treated him. he said that seems to get me through the days of a good day of my sanity remaining intact. he signs it a god among men. and that the psf bnp uses a swastika. jon: as advocates for which you are supposed to serve four years for the punching of of the guard? >> yes, that is right. the judge sentenced him for four years but didn't use the word consecutive until he ended up getting released

to senator wicker, and former mississippi senator trent lott and cochran. never heard back from those people. you'll recall in that letter that was sent to the president and as well as senator wicker, he talked about if you're not part of the process to uncover these things you are part of the problem as well. what is not known, though, jon is whether or not he actually had access to ricin, how ricin could have potential ale lee got even in the letters and when in his mind, if what the fbi says is true he went from simply a letter-writing campaign to something that has mow tension ale lee provoked these very, very serious charges against him, jon. jon: the authorities must be crawling all over the place where this guy had lived right now, huh? >> reporter: the fbi is up in corinth at the moment. they are treating this crime scene appropriately. don't forget there was ricin, a very, very deadly poison detected, at least preliminary tests on these letters. they are taking all precautions as they try to gather more evidence. we are still trying to get charging

the governor of -- andd and congressmen the house's minority whip trent this in "the baltimore sun."e have been talking about the headlines in the paper, including this one in "the new york times." social programs are facing a cut back under president obama's budget. last caller on this topic in the spurt, virginia. -- in leesburg virginia. caller: those calling and saying we should pay into payroll tax -- that is nonsense. it is a pay-as-you-go system. for those receiving benefits right now -- there is no lock box. it is nonsense. second point, the military theet is a majority of discretionary portion of the budget. over all it is a very small portion of the budget. i think what is important, i like the gentleman earlier talking about finding common ground. can we not agree that the country is broke? can we not agree on that? do the math. look at the budget. the money is not there. i know plenty of democrats did not like to talk about illegal immigrants. to me the people who are rich are the people who work, and i call them tax payers. we need to get our budget in order. i hope a co

including sending letters to then state representative roger wicker, then senator trent lot as well asor thad cochran. no one would livable to him it appears as though he upped the opportunity sand upped his attempts to get people to listen to him. the fbi currently at curtis' home in corinth, mississippi, in the northern part of the state right along the border with tennessee, just a stone's throw down the road from memphis where these letters were mailed. going through the white house a fine tooth comb wearing appropriate gear because deadly ricin was found in those letters. the fbi trying to find out what the source of that ricin may be. also, other questions, if, in fact, curtis did do, this why did his letter writing campaign suddenly turn into something more sinister, new contents from those letters received by the president at least the mail facility, as well as sent to senator wicker and as well sent to a judge, a state judge in tupelo mississippi sadie holin all said, quote, no one wanted to listen to me before. there are still missing pieces. talking about the body parts and

this was early 2,000s, along with former mississippi senators trent lott and thad cochran.heard back from them. this appears to be lingering issue, patty. if you look at content of letters sent to senator wicker and president obama, they read, quote, to see a wrong and not expose it to become a silent parter to its continuance. very possible he was refering to alleged trafficking in body parts. a couple questions remain unclear this morning. that is, when would a letter-writing campaign allegely become potentially deadly with inclusion of ricin in those letters and patti ann, where would he have gotten his hands on that ricin? he will probably appear in federal court here in oxford, mississippi this afternoon. patti ann: that is quite a big leap to take from writing e-mails and lersz to something potentially deadly. what exactly is going on at his house right now, john? >> reporter: the fbi is still investigating his case as you imagine. they have the area around his house in corinth, mississippi, all blocked off. they're treating it as potential pie owe hazard as they look

he has also served in the mississippi state senator and was once counsel to senator trent lott on the house rules committee, has experience with both sides of congress. guest: before that i went to page, virginia, with him in the 1960's. i've been in this town for a while. host: he retired from the u.s. air force reserve in 2004 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. he's on the armed services committee, the budget committee, among others. if he's ready to take your calls. ron in florida on our democrats line. caller: good morning. two things. we will start with gun-control. i am a gun owner. i was in the marines. guest: appreciate your service. caller: thank you for yours. i think the second and and it should evolve like our guns have evolved, from a single shot to 100 shots. we should make it to keep up with the times if we want to have a strong second amendment like we had when it was born with our country, then we should go back to 1 shot. the thing i really want to talk to is taxes. when i go to work and i come home and pay my bills, like you say a country has to pay its bills, my

. >> i just have one follow-up question to commissioner trent reid. you may have touched on this, but taken new york, what other tripwires as far as you being alerted of someone purchasing suspicious materials? whether radioactive or otherwise. >> new york has a outreach to businesses that sell materials that could be years for an attack, chemicals, gunpowder, certain types of components for bombs. we do not reach so somebody goes and buys materials, we hope it will trigger a call in to the one person agent d. there's nothing that requires under the law these calls, but we have to do this type of outrage. a year or so ago we started doing some outrage to companies that sell pyrotechnic materials online that apparently made them up as used in this case. you can go online and buy excuses as he saw in a closed container along with bbs and meadow, you cause enormous harm from what is derogatorily called a crude on. these are a very effective small bomb and people shouldn't use the term is a crude device or something of that nature. the fact is you can now

the victim, brent christianson, his 32-year-old son trent christianson, and the son's fiancee, 27-year-oldcarter. their bodies were found inside this rural home, which authorities say also housed $100,000 marijuana growing operation and the makings of a dogfighting ring. dozens of pit bulls were taken from the property, but the big concern today is for the two little girls, the baby and her 2-year-old sister who were found wandering the house unharmed or who was obviously the 2-year-old was. the children are with relatives now. the humane society is caring for the dogs and police are searching for the driver of a red semitrailer seen in the area. >>> a brazen attack caught on video as a bus driver pummels a passenger. up next, you won't believe what led to this bizarre beatdown. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of b

that's been the trent of the national rifle association. that's the strength of a successful political movement, and it's something we must all do all the time in every way that we can. no political movement worth its salt changes its values to suit the whims of the day. but any successful political movement knows how to communicate its values effectively with the people it needs to achieve the policy goals that those who associate with it desire. you know, before this last election the nra was criticized particularly in the media because wayne la pierre and i chris cox and others went around and said we thought if barack obama actually won a second term, that he would threaten the second amendment rights of the american people. we were told that that was a ridiculous view. in fact, one of the more level-headed journalists in america, chris matthews -- [laughter] suggested on the air that wayne la pierre was clinically insane for suggesting president obama had any designs on our second amendment rights. after all, during the campaign the pr

. >> what motivated senators trent three and toomey to work together on this compromise?>> guest: or something like 91% of the public is the latest member that supports universal background checks on gun purchasers is something that senator toomey said today is the right thing to do. it's been a top part of the gun control movement agenda for years now. it's also consider the want of that could pass the senate. i would order the compromise will pass, but it goes a long way towards republicans had put forth about those neighbor to neighbor or family sales that should be part of big federal background check system. >> host: does that mean i will get our support from senatorial colleagues and specifically from him? the only person that can positive another senator susan collins from maine and she was very pleased up that she had heard a news that standard i have to review the language and i don't really know. there's a number of senators still on the fence about whether their support to motion to proceed happening tomorrow. they are waiting to see which way the political win

he lost that race to trent lott. i'm wondering -- what's lamar alexander doing? the republican hierarchy last year. he's just -- another senator of the -- lamar alexander is up for re-election in 2014. a lot of republicans have the primary fear. there is -- one of the bigger groups in the primaries is the nra. i think going back to heller and a lot of the other republicans who raised reservations, came down because there is a lot of buzz out there on the right about a national gun registry. and even saw in senators' statements, citing the national gun registry. when you talk to toomey, in the bill, it makes it illegal to have a national gun registry but there is that fear on the right that if you have more back ground checks that are expanded it would lead to that and i think that's really what helped. >> had it is. we talked about filtering it through the partisan political system. that's how the message gets distorted. if you take that poll and 90% support background checks and subjected to a drumbeat of that information, that 90%, that's going to drop. >> righ

every day before trent three and everyday sense, people have died from gun violence. what law-abiding citizen, whether it gone on there or not doesn't want to address and save lives? when i used to see terrible tragedies and violence on the evening news, i'd be upset and wonder what i could do an essay became focused again on the details of my life, i'd start to forget and i would turn away. that's my daily routine. now there is no going back. for me there is no turning away. if you want to protect your children, if you want to avoid this file, you will not turn away either. do something before a tragedy becomes your tragedy. now is the time to speak and make your voice heard. there is much we have to do to prevent catastrophes like the one at sandy hook. we need to address issues of mental health, build more communities and strengthen families. the task before us this week is to convince the senate to come together and pass commonsense gun responsibility legislation that will make our communities safer. [applause] before last month, i had never made a case to a legis

the trent three approved the aid know what it is and i think that is the main low back at the ground forces, especially ground forces can capture essentially and have information from that. >> thank you for that chilling perspective. >> it is my understanding senator grassley will have a chance to ask. >> first of all, a statement in the record. professor 76, i'm going to go to a question instead of its lead-in because of a follow-up on the discussion you had with senator cruz. is the current trend for broad enough to encompass targeted strikes ordered by a president or president obama or should congress broaden the aumf for strikes to continue? >> so without knowing the full details of the targeted strikes that have been done, it's hard to say which can't be covered though i suspect based on the public record this summer questionable. congress should try to amend the aumf to define what groups they can target if we want to target some groups that are covered, but ideally what we want is an ability to organized groups waging war but at the same time not give the president a blank che

we will examine the current needs, and impact of budget cuts with connecticut the trent affairs >> when you have the teeth of the army gets up and say i have posttraumatic stress, it's ok. if you think of posttraumatic stress as a natural reaction to a naturall situation, reaction to an abnormal situation, it is posttraumatic stress. it manifests itself in many ways, but it should not prevent you from getting some help and help for your family to deal with the symptoms that you are having. >> you can see that program tonight at 8:00 eastern. after that at 9:00 we will be live with a writer from military times to talk about veterans' issues, national perspective. we welcome your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> president obama renewed his call for stricter gun control laws during a speech yesterday at the denver police academy in colorado. red state approved background checks of all gun buyers and has limited the size of magazines. president obama says congress should do the same. remarks are just under a half hour. approvedtate just background checks on all gun buyers. >> thank

he has also served in the mississippi state senator and was once counsel to senator trent lott on the house rules committee, has experience with both sides of congress. guest: before that i went to page, virginia, with him in the 1960's. i've been in this town for a while. host: he retired from the u.s. air force reserve in 2004 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. he's on the armed services committee, the budget committee, among others. if he's ready to take your calls. ron in florida on our democrats line. caller: good morning. two things. we will start with gun-control. i am a gun owner. i was in the marines. guest: appreciate your service. caller: thank you for yours. i think the second and and it should evolve like our guns have evolved, from a single shot to 100 shots. should make it to keep up with the times if we want to have a strong second amendment like we had when it was born with our country, then we should go back to 1 shot. the thing i really want to talk to is taxes. when i go to work and i come home and pay my bills, like you say a country has to pay its bills, my bil

hear remarks from president obama, first lady michelle obama, vice president joe biden and his wife, trent three. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all very much. i am joe biden and it's a delight to be here with all of you. secretary chin sakae -- shinseki. ed harris, acting labor secretary. admiral, good to see you, man. but that all the brass here. there's no reason we all should be here. the truth of the matter is we are delighted to welcome you to the white house, but all the business leaders, military leaders, it's great to have you here and veterans. the truth is we should all be here. we should all be in the spot at this time because there's so much work to do. my colleagues are tired of hearing me say over the last 20 years we only have one truly sacred obligation in this country. we have a lot of obligations to her children, to the elderly and poor. only when sacred obligation and that is to equip those who sent toward and care for those who come home for more and their families. that is a sacred obligation. this post-9/11 generation and i see some folks out there. no o

secretary trent three, dempsey, great to be there for the commissioning of the arlington this past weekend i want to begin with you and focus on your comments about brac. going back we won't enjoy saving until 2018. $35 billion. and you're opening scene he talked about $2.8 billion in the cost of the proposed brac. i want to get your perspective on whether you believe in this time of insert t., especially facing the sequester, facing our draw down an industry, where we need to be a summation and maria from budget constraint, is this the right team to decide 10 on the recent history of the time to accrue savings in the face of budget constraints. is this the right term to pursue brac? >> congressman, thank you. is there a question on that question was not only asked, but discussed for hours. i'm going to give you the answer to it. i wasn't part of that decision, but i support it when i was in the senate. but i give you my overall take and i'll ask mr. hale to address specifically the savings and how much is the squeeze for the part of your question i think. first on the rationale of brac an

china is under new leadership, and the indications that we have are that china is itself the bill the trent rhetoric. do you want to add to that? >> one thing i would add is he hasn't been in power all that long so we don't have an extended track record like we did with his fathers and grandfathers and that is why we are watching this very closely to see whether or not what he's doing is consistent to focus on what is going on in the region there. i think china has a vested interest in that stability as well and as has been pointed out more influence than anybody else >> that is a portion of the hearing today on a global threats. you can see the entire hearing in the c-span video library at c-span.org. a reminder that the house minority leader nancy pelosi bald her weekly legislative briefing in about 15 minutes at 2 p.m. eastern we will have it live. right now more on the president's budget, health care and gun control from today's washington journal. >> host: representative kevin brady republican of texas is on the screen chairman of detroit economic committee and members of the ways and

trent eyes, and it all of us are agreement. i've been on the border for the past 30 years and there has been significant improvements, but we really don't know how sick as a kid they are. as you said the only measurement. the fact is we have no measurement. let me read to you a quote from the government accountability office reported last december. border patrol is developing key elements of its 2012, 2016 strategic plan needed to define border security and the resources necessary to achieve it, but it's not identified milestones and time frames for developing and implementing performance goals and measures importune abstainer practices and program management. what are patrol officials stated goals and measures are in development are assessing progress of each of the efforts to secure your between ports eventually and since fiscal year 2011, dhs is used apprehensions on the southwest border as an interim: escher. however, gao previously testified this measure does not inform program results and therefore limits dhs and congress

but there's other tools that they've been developed as opposed to tying up data for delaying the trentission of data, wipe out dated. >> you think the government is organized appropriately to address these threats? >> we are reaching a point, but we are to a certain extent in the same situation we were in terms of vendors and name we have to work closely together to address that. and the fbi, dhs to name the principles, each have a role to play and in the past, when was the counterterrorism threat, the substantial partner had to be state or local law force that the morale of snipers or private sector and the necessity of assuring very swiftly became a nation exchanged between the private sector and each of our agents tease and vice versa i might add he is not one of the most difficult things is that it's so diverse. not just the different types of actors that nationstates to organized criminals and those growing up, the denial of service we've been facing with the websites of banks are brought down. there is also much more concerning that as far as being able to get nonlawyer into syst

joining us are trent with grasshopper and military veteran tom trotter, who won that brand-new mower. get involved with jeff foxworthy? >> so often military vets come home from battle and they have a hard time transitioning to civilian life. we felt the way we could give back was to give a commercial grade zero turn mower to a vet and help them get started in the business. we gave them the mower and took him on a hunt at foxworthy's farm. >> steve: it sounds like a great deal. did you have to mow it? did you have to mow the farm? >> a little bit, yeah. >> gretchen: what were your injuries? >> i was shot in the arm, gunshot wound, and i had radial nerve damage. >> brian: tough doing physical labor with that. what's it like to receive what you got? >> a blessing. it gives me a huge opportunity. i've been jobless since i got out six months ago. this gives me an opportunity to make money for my family. >> steve: jeff, i see you sitting there in atlanta and you got a big smile. you love helping these guys, don't you? >> you know what? we've done it for years and years, tried to help the wo

. >> what do we know about the cost of trent strikes, per strike, or public budgets, or how to assess the costs? >> we have some money -- some knowledge on the money being spent. on. has spent $26 billion drones and continues to spend $5 billion a year. in 2011, they announced they spendannounce -- would $23 billion more. u.s. military has procured more than 250 creditor parents and has 65 reapers and has ordered 400 more. the cia has some as well, but we do not know how many. 502000, the u.s. had only trends, but today it has over 7500, all the mud -- although the majority are the smaller ravens. >> thank you very much for that introduction. now we will start with our speakers. we will start with professor david cole. >> thank you. as many of you know, when paul hours onaul span 13 the senate floor last week talking about roads. , said each of us had to stay under the 13-hour time. i thought i would start with facts. this is a report that i just pulled off of the internet. a report of the university of minnesota poll that found the majority of americans are opposed to being killed by

. >> senator trent -- thank you mr. chair and madame secretary. it is wonderful to have you here.here are so many programs you have responsibility for that touch the lives of folks in so many different ways. so i will pick out of you to ask about. one is what is the community service block grant? i do a lot of town halls, one in each county each year so i've done more than 160, and before and i hold a meeting with the city and county leaders and inevitably they raised the flexibility of the block grants to be used in so many different ways in different parts of the state. i believe the president's request is 350 million of the numbers i have our rights and the fy 13 enacted amount was 680 to roughly 50% decrease in the block grants and if those numbers are right, i just want to get your thinking about because i see the communities advocating all the time for the huge amount of flexibility to address vital needs and the value of that. >> senator, i did there is no question that those programs play a critical role in delivering services at the local level. i think the budget reflect

. >> translator: i hope this visit will con trent to renewing the development of bilateral ties with russia and resuming suspended talks on a peace treaty. >> abe will head on to saudi arabia and turkey. he hopes to take energy diplomacy to a new dimension. >>> executives are considering teaming up with their counterparts at state run oil company. they want to build a plant and export gas to japan. they want to join a project backed by a state controlled energy plant. they are discussing how much to be build outsit outside. japanese utilities plan to buy more and more lng. almost all nuclear plants in the country are offline after the nuclear disaster in fukushima. and the utilities are restarting thermal power stations to fill the demand. >>> now back home, prime minister abe has been struggling to maintain good relations with japan's neighbors. last weekend members of his cabinet visited a shrine to japan's war dead. >> translator: china and south korea are also very important neighbors for japan. so i hope to develop relations with them. the worst thing is do is to sever communica