. >> reporter: it turned out the united association, the union representing plumbers, pipefitters, and welders, was looking for veterans just like him. so, now haynes can be found hovering over a drafting table in a classroom. >> what compass direction are we traveling from the center of this 90 to this center 90? >> reporter: getting instruction on a training floor. >> we'll have you clean up this. >> reporter: and working on-site as an apprentice welder. >> when i came in here, right off the bat they were real nice, got me set up right away, had me working in two days. they teach me a lot. >> reporter: the u.a. launched its v.i.p. program, veterans in piping, to meet the growing demand for welders and address the high unemployment rate among vets. >> hello, i'm bill hitte, general president of the united association. i want to personally invite you to become a part of our team. the u.a. recruits and trains soldiers before they're discharged from the military. haynes trained for 16 weeks at camp pendleton, in california before relocating to the chicago area. >> reporter: haynes has on

i'm bill hitte, general president of the united association. i want to personally invite you to become a part of our team. >> reporter: the u.a. recruits and trains soldiers before they're discharged from the military. haynes trained for 16 weeks at camp pendleton in california before relocating to the chicago area. haynes has one year of training under his belt with u.a. local 597. he's making about $25 an hour. when he completes the four-year apprenticeship program, his hourly wage will nearly double. paying bills was a big concern for the former marine when his tour was ending, but not anymore. >> we've got a lot of work in this local. there's a lot going on, highly trained professionals, and i don't think any company can offer anything else better than this. >> reporter: so far, the four- year-old v.i.p. program has trained about 200 veterans. instructor mike galfano says local 597 is desperate for welders because of its aging membership. he says veterans make great recruits. >> we find that they are always on time, actually early when they

feed stock organizations including the national renderers association, the american soybean association, the united states canola association and the national restaurant association. our industry has production facilities in all but a few states across this land. in fact, 13 of the distinguished members on this subcommittee have at least one plant in your districts, including representatives lucas, peterson, thompson, holden, stutzman, gibbs, holz camp, macintyre, walls, owens, pengory, fudge and nome. the other nine members of this subcommittee have bowe diesel production facilities in your states and mbb estimates that those plants and others like them across this country supported more than 39,000 jobs in all sectors of the u.s. economy in 2011. this generated household income of more than $2.1 billion and created more than $3.8 billion in gdp. many of our production facilities are located in rural america, where in many cases they are the primary economic engine for the local community. in addition to creating direct manufacturing jobs, our diversified feed stocks and co-products represent expa

water and how can we create potable water without the big reverse osmosis purification units that are typically associated with our units that weigh a great deal? that's absolutely the focus of our energy efforts is enhancing our operational effectiveness and increasing our ability to operate in expeditionary and austere environments. >> and you move quicker with less of those, for example. i was amazed with old battery -- >> we fielded that equipment to the first battalion. all the other marines saw it and there was a demand signal immediately raised and the other units wanted the equipment as well. the only critical piece is making sure we get it to our marines early enough in the pre-deployment cycle where they're proficient at using it before they deploy. the thing we sometimes relearned a lesson is when you field equipment when marines are deployed it is not going to be very effective. we've really worked very hard to make sure we get that equipment to our marines before they deploy. when we do, they've found that to be extraordinarily useful and it goes beyond the batteries and to energy and tent li

travel up the food chain into the world's restaurants and dinner tables meanwhile in the united states the associated press is reporting that nuclear regulators have quietly watered down u.s. planning for nuclear emergencies despite nuclear plants all around the nation aging beyond the recommended operational lives nuclear regulators have reduced evacuation zones around them required fewer exercises for accidents and relaxed training for emergency officials in other words were last prepared today to deal with a nuclear disaster then we were before focus shaimaa happened for an update on japan and the latest on nuclear troubles here in the united states paul gunter joins me the director of the reactor oversight project at beyond nuclear paul welcome and thank you tom so what is the state of affairs first of all the focus shame well obviously the big concerns right now are focused on any a vent that could start a cascade of what has been tallied as eighty five times this is the levels of cesium one thirty seven that were released from chernobyl any number of events i think right now a lot of focus is o

out of the study was as we go guard in the refueling enterprise that all of the units transition to either active associations and in the case of the 168th where the guard or reserve would play the supporting role. i think the future looks good for an active association. the question will be the timing. would it bring additional airplanes or maintainers to help robust the capabilities of the wing with the existing eight airplanes. those are questions yet to be answered. >> and no, no time line within which to that we mipgt expect those answers? >> no time line that i'm aware of. other than a push to active association associations. >> let me ask you about the 323s. last year they proposed the elimination with the belief that they would replace that capability. they're now proposed to go away. are we reconsidering the future of the c-23s? >> the army has taken the funding away. the intent is to stop those by 2014. to my knowledge there's no reconsideration of that. what i'm told is there's a wide number of generals that feel that the c-23 is important to the domestic missions. air force is looking at the c-130

people, national association of independent business, national association of filipino americans, chinese americans, parent of great education. unitedifornia practitioners of chinese medicine, young filipino professional association. so a round of applause to all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. >> i'm glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressman mike honda. he has represented the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives for over a decade. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budgets committee, chair emeritus of the asian pacific american caucus, co-chair of the democratic caucus's new media working group, house democratic senior whip and original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. mike's district includes silicon valley, the birth-place of technology, innovation and now the country's leading developer of green technology. mike has dedicated his life to public service and is lauded for his work on education, civil rights, national service, immigration, transportation, the

association. our members live in a residential rental complex of 1254 units located across the street from the proposed construction sites. our association opposes be project. a parking garage will increase traffic congestion at the bottleneck or washington street feeds into the embarcadero. it is contrary to the city's transit first policy. there will be traffic congestion, especially during the seven months of excavation. the noise will be earsplitting for most residents, especially in the 440-unit building 60 feet away. this project proposes the first height increase on the northern waterfront in 45 years and will set a precedent for other developers. you did it for them, why won't you do it for me? the result could be a concrete curtain along the waterfront. please vote no on the 8 washington street plan. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening. i am with the san francisco tenants union. on items 8 and 12, the eir is flawed. i will try to give 25 years of my personal experience in 90 seconds. i moved in in 1987 as a starting student. i had been practicing law, but i went back to th

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historians point* two grievances the united states had against great britain. many are associated with maritime disputes because this is the middle of the napoleonic wars. and the british need to keep them were real baby manned and then the gap british and the then very badly route the period so there is a range of those grievances. the reason it was fought to this many disputes were preceded by a number of years with the summer of 1811 the main grievance was the council. our british form of the executive order. but the british proclaims sweeping blockades designed to stop the new trolls. from taking the experts and the produce in europe. they have been disputing this and it seems it could be negotiated. and the event that the british will not were a. >> it is hard to do public opinion likely due but is the most important but to declaration incongruous were not by wide margins in the house of representatives. it was very close in the senate. 19/13 if three boats had changed the senate, it could not pass the war bell. and it debated near the two weeks and it was touch and go. why i

. >>> 545 m united states telling association says will investigate the deadly accident during a mission raising the fare l.i. the the investigation five people were killed in last month's accident. the san been discussed at the commission has merit at least opening brief and is effort to oust cross mark the mayor pleaded guilty to false imprisonment the board of supervisors will decide whether or not to remove him from office the chronicle reports his list of witnesses for the ethics commission hearing includes himself. he is also calling for mercury me to testify and his wife adrienne lopez also on the list in his neighborhood video tape lopez is showing improved on her arm. former house speaker newt gingrich expected to officially dropped out of the presidential race sometime today. he thinks supporters say video message and his campaign is hurting $4 million in debt he is expected to endorse fellow republican mitt romney. did with 546 right now like it check on the weather. will find out what's cooking on the stump today. did we were starting to cool things down the area but now the

the f.a.a., the united states attorneys office, and the united states parachute association to you allking into what went wrong during the jump. that is the woman on her birthday dangling from a harness and her back exposed and she and her instructor plummet to the ground and this video is gaming a whole lot of attention. including from authorities who want to know how in the world this could have happened. and now, live in our new york city studio. what are the officials in the sky diving company saying? >>reporter: the key thing we want to ask, was she pushed out of the plane? the owner told us she was not forced to jump. she had difficulty getting through the door because of her age and she was using hermans to balance. we asked that because when you see the video, you will see why. now, about any equipment, being faulty, whether the harness, you could see it going up her back and you could see her bra strap the owner said it worked "just how it was designed to, no injuries, no fatalities," and the on are said he doesn't see why it is getting so much attention. we have been on the p

there's a whole range of grievances that the united states had against great britain in the early 19th century. many are associated with maritime disputes between great britain and the united states because this is the middle of that -- napolian wars. they are trying to establish trade, and they are impressing seamen from american vessels because they need to script crews to keep the royal navy manned because they were disputing with the british and the indians on the frontier, and british policy affected the prizes very badly, and prizes for american exports slumped during this period causing an agricultural depression making people angry. there's a whole range of those sort of grievances. basically, i think why the war was ultimately fought and why it was fought when it was because many of the disputes have been preceded in 1812 by a number of years without necessarily producing the declaration of war was that by the summer of 1811, the main grievance was something called the council, a british form of executive order, the american equivalent is the executive order issued by the president, and through the execut

. >>> the associated press says the united states military is under reporting the number of times afghan soldiers and police have fired on americans and other foreign troops. an ap investigation, the associated press investigation found nato reports every time a coalition soldier is killed by an afghan in uniform but it doesn't report the number of times an afghan soldier or police officer wounds a u.s. or a nato troop or even misses his target. just last week two u.s. soldiers were wounded when afghan policemen shot at them. both afghan policemen were killed in that incident. but it was not reported to the international coalition. >>> the white house has confirmed what we've known for years. the united states military routinely conducts bombings on terror targets in foreign countries, including pakistan and yemen using unmanned drones. the white house counterterrorism says the targets are chosen based on the threat that person presents to americans. civilians who are bystanders have been killed in these attacks. heel said the strikes are -- he also said the strikes are legal. >>> secret

ensuring that afghanistan would not be in the future a safe haven or al qaeda or associated groups that would describing the united stat states -- strike the united states. here on a path to do that. what this summit is about is the next step on that -- the next step, if you will, on that transition project. that transition until the end of 2014 and then beyond. there are three elements i'll mention and then take your questions. the first is, with respect to the next steps in transition. the next steps towards 2014 is that the alliance lp decide will decide in 2013 the mission will shift for its forces. that is, that the mission will shift from. isaf forces, the united states forces at part of isaf being in the combat lead to stepping back and getting into prince lly principleably a train mode. that essential if you think about how you get to the end of 2014 with full afghan responsibility for their security. you need to start that process. you need to get the afghans out front with the united states and its allies and partners supporting them moving forward. that's the first element of what will be talks about an

the first statewide historic statewide preservation association in the united states. it's so confusing that there are so many jamestown and many people visit jamestown and it turns out that they never went to the real place, you know, the place where all the history happened. so, there's a jamestown that's a living history museum, jamestown settlement, and they interpret jamestown and they have three wonderful ships and they've reconstructed a fort and an indian village and they have a huge museum over there. that is a state-run organization, so they get state funding for that. then the island itself, the original site of jamestown, is co-managed by the national parks service and preservation virginia. so, it's an unusual private/public partnership that goes on here. the park service owns the majority of the island, 1,500 acres. preservation virginia has around 23. but their 23 acres incorporates the site of the original fort. the church, the church tower, and the last government building that was on the property. so, they've got a lot of history condensed in that 23

according to the united states parachute association, the likelihood of a fatal crash is roughly 1 ind the sky diver you're about to see escapes that fate by the skin of his teeth. an experienced sky diver is sailing down to earth at 45 miles per hour. like he's done more than 300 times before. but this time, something goes horribly wrong. >> are you okay? >> i've been in other situations where i've got out of them. this one here where the winds happened to catch me at the wrong time. i had to make some really fast decisions. and obviously, it didn't pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didn't miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorado's fremont county airport sky diving instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film them coming out. >> ferguson gets out on the strut of the plane to capture the other sky divers as they jump the nearly 4,000 feet to earth. >> i jus

amazing work of the community-based organizations like young workers united, a progressive workers alliance, the progressive association, so many that make it possible. i, again, look forward to your support, and thank you very much for the opportunity. supervisor avalos: thank you, supervisor campos, for bringing this forward. colleagues -- supervisor olague? supervisor olague: this is a weird request. i wanted to ask the translators could -- just make sure that the workers know how much we appreciate their efforts. that is all. i just wanted to make sure that they know that we're very proud of the work they're engaged in as well. supervisor avalos: colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward with the recommendation? motion from supervisor mar. second from supervisor olague. we can take that without objection. [applause] congratulations. we have no other items before us. is that correct? >> well, we have our special order at 4:00 p.m., so we can recess until 4:00 p.m. supervisor avalos: ok, we can recess this meeting until 4:00 p.m., and we will hear the next item at that time. >>

that mexico is actually in latin america the country that's doing the best because they're associated with the united states in terms of the u.s. pulling them up the u.s. as far as developed economies goes they're doing the best but when the fiscal cliff happens i think that if it actually does come to pass and we fall off the cliff then you know that could be the exogamous shock that creates sort of a negative feedback loop with what's going on in europe in the emerging markets etc so yeah the fiscal cliff is something to watch so our politicians that are elected that category on anything could hold the entire world hostage the world economy in your view but you know let's take a step back i think it's about the philosophical view of what to do when there's too much debt yet at the end of the day you know you'll hear a lot of people on and on though say there's too much debt and that's that's the truth the real question is what do you do about that you know do you write these debts down do you make these banks that were lending recklessly insolvent or do you get in britain write it down make the ban

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paragraph, mario says, "as a member of the board of directors for both the oregon student association and the united barriers to higher education, i hear stories of students that are having to choose whether or not they put food on the table or keep lights on at home. affordability is a leading barrier to quality education and raising interest rates will only continue to price students out of an education. please vote to maintain the stafford loan interest rates at 3.4%. don't double our debt. sincerely, mario parker milligan of eugene, oregon." i think mario does voice the concern of hundreds of thousands of students across america who are working hard to complete their course work, to pursue their dream, to gain the skills to -- to provide both a purpose in life, a life mission, if you will, and a stable financial foundation. and the prospect of coming out of college with debts that come close to a mortgage on a home is , indeed, daunting. i must say, i -- i view this through the lens as my own experience as a child of a working family. my father was a millwright and then a mechanic ache. and no o

outside groups, including the military officers association of america, the national guard association of the united states, and the enlisted association of the national guard of the united states to name just a few. however, while i support the bill, i must raise a concern that this bill bypassed the normal committee process and the minority was not included in the decision to bring this measure to the floor. which violates our tradition of bipartisanship. still, in the interest of protecting our men and women in uniform, i stand in support of the bill and i urge all of my colleagues to support it as well. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. kline: thank you, madam speaker. at this time, i'm happy to yield three minutes to my friend and colleague, a naval officer, a helicopter pilot and a member of the minnesota delegation, mr. cravaack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. cravaack: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, chairman kline. madam speaker, i rise today in support of a critically

to cancel the annual cinco de mayo parade and festivities because of violence associated with the events. >>> pilots for united airlines greeting passengers at sfo, but not to help with luggage. they're sending a message criticizing their employer. pilots say they made big sacrifices after september 11 to save the struggling airline, but have now been working under the same contract for nine years. they say while they haven't been getting raises, united executives continued to hike their own pay. the pilots are also concerned much of united's business is being outsourced to smaller, regional airlines. >>> looks like the friendly skies are going to be continuing awhile. you said this is a long stretch of sunny weather. >> yeah. unfortunately it means the green hills will soon be turning brown. we don't have any rain, any significant rainfall in the forecast for at least the next 12 to 14 days. so looking like summertime weather as we head through this week. next week is a little cooler, little cloudier, what we're typically used to in the spring in the bay area. but we are not used to 83 degrees in sunnyvalepo

after their released they escaped to the united states in 2002 and founded the china aid association. chinese monitors and reports on the -- on human rights in china. pastor fu is frequently interviewed by media outlets around the world and has testified at u.s. congressional hearings including the one on guangcheng, including the china commission and it was again bob fu whose cell phone and his translation and content made that very important connection with guangcheng on may 3rd. we'll hear from mr. chang who served two jail sentences totaling more than 18 years in china for his prodemocracy work. he was forced into exile in 1989 but continued to advocate for human rights and democracy in china. in 1998 he became the chairman of the overseas chinese democracy coalition. an umbrella organization for many chinese democracy groups. he is also president of a foundation and the asian democracy alliance. i would note that i first met chang when he was released very briefly in 1994 in january of 1994 he was such a highly prized hoolt ever human rights advocate if china thought if they rele

. >> the proceeds from sunday are going to the cancer unit and also to the md association. >> reporter: that is wonderful. it start s when? >> this sunday at noon and runs until 6 p.m. we'll have continuous entertainment and rides for the kids, a dunking booth. maybe somebody will dunk any wife. >> reporter: thanks a lot. thajs what thank -- thanks what you and your family do. >> thanks. >> reporter: don and marty, we're live. come out sunday. it's for a great cause. >> wow . >>> still the come on wjz. >> are pit bulls like that dangerous? that's the ruling from maryland's highest court. from maryland's highest court. reaction to this decision i,,,,, [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. some constipation medications can take control of you. break free. with miralax. it's clinically proven to relieve constipation and soften stool