united states capital. it was definitely going to washington, it may have been going to the white house. the 9/11 commission i believe thought it was headed toward the united states capitol white house who gave a beautiful description of what it was like to be a survivor of that event. because of those people on flight 93, that plane never made it to washington, it made it here. michael, you were telling me during a break about how so much of this is about individual citizens, not some big monument constructed by somebody else. it was the people you've been helping to raise the money with and the people that guide you here are not just the park service people in uniform. they're volunteers. >> up until now, if you've come to shanksville, and so many have, 130,000 annually, when frankly there wasn't too much yet that they could see. but you would be greet by these community organizers who had been trained for no money, just to school you on what had transpired and they would greet you with three ring binders and show you profiles of each of those 40 american heroes and tell you about their lives. they would present to you what had transpired with the flight chronologicall

. >> it makes me so proud they were focused on saving the united states capitol they lost sight of thet that their lives were slipping away. >> they did it as citizens, still maintain liberty and welcome people from all over the world. because ordinary people given no time at all to decide did the right thing. and 2,500 years from now, i hope and pray to god that people will still remember this. [ applause ] >> a live look right now at the memorial lit up this evening. the wall of names in a special tribute, they've also placed 3,000 luminaries along the memorial to honor all the victim who is died on september 11th. i mentioned at the beginning this was the first of three emotional days. tomorrow president obama is coming for a 9/11 memorial ceremony. monday morning, just the family members will gather on the impact site of flight 93 where they will hold a private burial. they are finally going to bury the last unidentified remains of those who died on flight 93. garvin thomas, nbc news. >> thanks. >>> in new york city tonight, concerns over a terrorist threat tomorrow sent law enforc

the most likely target of the hijacked plane was the united states capitol. we'll never know how many innocent people might have been lost, but we do know this. americans are alive today because the passengers and crew of flight 93 chose to act and our nation will be forever grateful. the 40 souls who perished on the plane left a great deal behind. they left spouses and children and grandchildren who miss them dearly. they left successful businesses and promising careers and a lifetime of dreams that they will never have the chance to fulfill. they left something else. a legacy of bravery and selflessness that will always inspire america. for generations, people will study the flight, the story of flight 93. they will learn that individual choices make a difference. that love and sacrifice can triumph over evil and hate. and that what happened above this pennsylvania field lies among the most courageous acts in american history. the memorial we dedicate today will ensure that our nation always remembers those lost here on 9/11. we have a duty beyond memory. w

aimed we believe at the united states capitol where both the house and senate were in session.hey never made it. because of the determination and valor of the passengers and crew of flight 93, that plane crashed in this field, less than 20 minutes by air from its presumed target. in the days that followed, as the courageous story of what happened aboard flight 93 emerged, the flag had been at half staff above the u.s. capitol, was brought here by senators arlen specter and rick santorum, to fly as a solemn tribute above the recovery personnel and investigators as they sorted through the wreckage. in just a moment follow presentations of the honor guard, i ask at that your turn your attention to the flagpole behind you as two fbi agents who were here during that investigation will once again raise that flag, the flag that flew over the u.s. capitol on september 11th, as the first flag to fly over the memorial. as we dedicate this memorial and commemorate the inspiring story it tells, those who lost their lives are never far from our thoughts or from the thoughts of those who wer

the hijackers turned the plane towards washington, d.c., aimed, we believe, at the united states capitol. where both the house and the senate were in session. they never made it. because of the determination and valor of the passengers and crew of flight 93, that plane crashed in this field. less than 20 minutes by air from its presumed target. in the days that followed, as the courageous story of what happened aboard flight 93 emerged, the flag that had been at half staff above the u.s. capitol was brought here by senators arlen specter and rick santorum to fly as a solemn tribute as they sorted through the wreckage. in just a moment following the presentation of the colors of the national park service honor guard, i ask that you turn your attention to the flagpole behind you. as two fbi agents who were here during that investigation will once again raise that flag, the flag that flew over the u.s. capitol on september 11, as the first flag to fly over this permanent memorial. as we dedicate this memorial and commemorate the story it tells, those who lost their lives are never far from

most likely target the hijacked plane with the united states capitol. we'll never know how many innocent people might have been lost, but we do know this, americans are alive today because the passengers and crew of flight 93 chose to act. and our nation will be forever grateful. the 40 souls who perished on the plane left a great deal behind. they left spouses and children and grandchildren. whom miss them dearly. they left successful businesses and promising careers and a lifetime of dreams they will never have the chance to fulfill. they left something else. a legacy of bravery and selflessness that will always inspire america. for generations, people will study the flight, the story of flight 93. they will learn that individual choices make a difference, that love and sacrifice can triumph over evil and hate, and then what happened above this pennsylvania field ranks among the most courageous acts in american history. at the memorial we dedicate today will ensure our nation always remembers those lost here on 9/11. but we have a duty beyond memory.

who live in the town who are frequently afraid of the violence that could take place in the united states capitolit was the gunmen that came in and shot a police officer several years ago outside of tom delay's office or we know it is a frequent target of terrorism. and when it turns out to be a joke with john boehner holding little kids hostage, i don't know that the people at the -- that one picture where you see john, you know, holding a gun to a kid's head, as a mother of a child, there's nothing that i can say -- >> we're showing our viewers that picture. clearly, let's just say, it's photoshopped. john, let me ask you -- first, let me tell you the onion's editor gave this show, "jkusa" a statement that said," if there's a lesson that can be learned is that the first amendment in the wrong journalist's hands is a very dangerous thing. we will continue to report on this incident as well as the hundreds of more despicable acts congress commits every day." so they are defending their right to do this. and me, too. i defend their right to do this. but what happens is, tweets get retweeted and th

their intent is to fly the flag of islam over the united states capitol and the white house, and to totally control and dominate america. read the sources, atlasshrugs. she will tell you everything the muslims are doing. act for america. even better and more recent, the jag hunter. google that and learn about three former special investigators of the fbi who have blown the whistle that muslims have infiltrated our government all the way to the top. we must not allow that to happen. host: ok. carl from hollywood, florida. martha, did you want to respond? guest: what everybody has been saying and what president bush said, even, the day of the 9/11 attacks, the muslim is not being a terrorist. that is what we were able to show. he was mentioning things to look back on the web. we have posted all of our documents that we received back fromgovernments fro, australia, italy, south africa, where we did ask for proof of who had been arrested and how many. we opened our notebooks and put a far spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this -- put up our spreadsheets so people could see

. >> reporter: dave, facebook wants a bigger say in who serves here at the united states capitol building, at the white house and in political offices across the country. so it's forming a political action committee. now, just yesterday, facebook hosted a town hall meeting for congressional republicans about technology and jobs. now the company is going to use its new pack to start doling money out to candidates in the upcoming elections. facebook has been ramping up its presence here in dc to influence legislative decisions on issues like patents, internet safety and market monopoly. the facebook pack will give our employees a way to support our candidates who share our goals of promoting the value of innovation. employees of google contributed more than 570,000 to its pack for the 2012 election cycle. microsoft employees contributed $722,000. the political money tracking site open secrets.org says the google pack contributed more money to democratic candidates. the microsoft pack contributed more money to republican candidates. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu ch

the hijackers turned the airplane toward washington, d.c., aimed, we believe, at the united states capitol, where both the house and senate were in session. they never made it. because of the determination and valor of the passengers and crew of flight 93, that airplane crashed in this field, less than 20 minutes by air from its presumed target. in the days that followed, as the courageous story of what happens on flight 93 emerged, the flag that had been at half staff above the u.s. capitol was brought here by senators arlen specter and rick santorum to fly as solemn tribute to the recovery personnel and investigators as they sorted through the wreckage. i ask that you turn your attention to the pole behind you as two fbi agents who were here during that investigation will once again raise that flag, the flag that flew over the u.s. capitol on september 11, the first flag to fly over this permanent memorial. as we dedicate this memorial and commemorate the inspiring story, those who lost their lives are never far from our thoughts or from the thoughts of those who were scared by their act

their intent is to fly the flag of islam over the united states capitol and the white house, and to totally control and dominate america. read the sources, atlasshrugs. she will tell you everything the muslims are doing. act for america. even better and more recent, the jag hunter. google that and learn about three former special investigators of the fbi who have blown the whistle that muslims have infiltrated our government all the way to the top. we must not allow that to happen. host: ok. carl from hollywood, florida. martha, did you want to respond? guest: what everybody has been saying and what president bush said, even, the day of the 9/11 attacks, the muslim is not being a terrorist. that is what we were able to show. he was mentioning things to look back on the web. we have posted all of our documents that we received back fromgovernments fro, australia, italy, south africa, where we did ask for proof of who had been arrested and how many. we opened our notebooks and put a far spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this -- put up our spreadsheets so people could see

con res. 29, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the united states capitol and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements relating to the matter be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the "help" committee be discharged from further consideration of s. con res. 248 and the senate proceed to its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res 248 resolution supporting the goals and ideas of national brain aneurysm awareness month. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to -- the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no inte

the flag of the united states of america, and the certificate is to certify the accompanying flag was flown over the united states capitolr the ninth, 2011, at the request of the honorable member of congress, this flag was flown in recognition of pedro garza and his service to the hispanic community and the people of arkansas, louisiana, new mexico, oklahoma and texas, and it is signed by the architect of the capital. pedro, thank you very much. [applause] >> thanks to chci. i was there, i worked with your dad. i worked with lucille's father. bobby garcia i saw passed earlier. senator montoya. i remembered there were six regional members of the conference. and i know i was there for the founding. one of your presidents, her mother worked with us. and actually the second award that i received from chci. i think the last one was back in 1981 or 82. having been must ever be. gracias. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> and it is fitting to go to recognize his great contribution, but what may also be unique is that he is an aggie. i'm a longhorn. [laughter] and i just presented him a plaque. i hope it doesn't get back to a

we have products senator sanders spoke out against sold here in the united states capitol that are made abroad. why? because we have a foreign trade policy that is morally bankrupt, politically bankrupt, economically bankrupt, and it's not working for our country. that's why, mr. president, this whole idea of trade promotion authority so we can do more of the same makes no sense at all, but lits also why, mr. president, we need to pass the casey-baucus-brown amendment. when we made the reform for t.a.a. in 2009, 185,000 additional trade-affected workers became eligible. in every state, 27,000 workers in 2010 alone participated in t.a.a. they got -- they got trained for more -- they got trained for new jobs that employers are looking to fill, and i think we all know that we all have, even in these bad economic times, we have jobs that remain unfilled because they can't find workers with the right skills. this will help to fill that gap. we should all be for this. according to the peterson institute, before the recession hit, 2001 to 2007, two-thirds of t.a.a. participants found jobs with

but you could argue it's also the international capitol of the united states.ding to new data from the census 17.3% of people in montgomery county are not 0 u.s. citizens. that is the highest in our area. alexandria topped the list with just over 16% of the population there that are not american citizens. both are more than double the national average of 7.3%. in all, seven counties in our area and the district topped the national average. >>> despite their heartbreaking loss to dallas on monday night, the redskins have good reason to be optimistic about their defense. sports director brett haber is here to tell us why. >> lesli, the redskins appeared to have the most dominant young safety tandem in the league two years ago. laron landry on one side, sean taylor on the other. sadly that tandem only got to play together for three months as landry was drafted and taylor was tragically killed just three months later. in the four seasons since then the redskins have been searching for safeties to fill that void, searching with only limited success, but as kristin r

. >>> good news -- the united states government will continue to function thanks to the brave souls we sent to capitoluck that allows for reduced funding to fema and no offsetting cuts to the budget. the question is will we do this again in a month and a half when the government needs walking around money again? >>> despite talk of him throwing up all over himself at the last debate, a new poll shows rick perry holding steady on top. the question is will perry continue to thrive despite the beltway's near rejection of his candidacy? it's hard to know what to say anymore. the red sox collapse is nearly complete with another loss last night. they fall into a tie with tampa bay for the american lead wild card. the question is should the naonal guard remove shoelaces and sharp objects from homes of all boston residents? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning. i'm willie geist, this is "way too early," the show that even as a yankee fan finds the red sox public meltdown difficult to watch. i'm glad you are up with us watching on

united states congress. joining me now is john harwood and nbc's capitol hill correspondent luke russert. i want to start with john with the president. i want luke to talk about the congress and this historic low and thousand herr feeling the impact of that. first you, john. the president crisis handling. let's start with the positive. 70% of the country say they like him. do you believe that number that they like him still in. >> reporter: i do. i think that's the biggest asset that he's got at this moment where all the other indications are very negative people are feeling so unhappy about the state of the economy and the outlook is not great. look at the numbers heading into this thursday, jobs speech. the president's going to lay out maybe $300 billion worth of stimulus. you've got people in this poll saying a substantial majority saying keep the deficit down. don't act to boost the economy and increase the deficit. yost at a good picture for him messagewise as he prepares to make that speech. >> i just wonder why they would look him if he's not doing a good job. can you plain that? m

united states and applies to the u.n. for statehood. we'll talk with the top foreign policy voice on capitol hill, senator lindsey graham. >> also at the fox news/google debate the republican front-runner stumbled. >> was it before he was before the social programs? >> chris: we'll is our pan if rick perry is in trouble -- is in trouble? hello again, from fox news in washington. with fears growing about a worldwide double dip recession, the stock market had its worst week since october of 2008. joining us to talk about president obama's plans is white house senior adviser david phru. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> chris: i want to focus on what president obama has said and what he's doing. whether he's living up to his rhetoric. let's begin with what he said about raising taxes two years ago. >> the president: the last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession. that would suck up -- take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further hole. >> chris: question f the president still believes what he said on that two years ago why is he proposing huge tax increases in the midst of what is v

we should vi tax holiday to get this capitol trapped oferedse that they won't bring back to the -- trapped overseas that they won't bring back to the united states. they already have a lot of cash. they are sitting on it. if they have more capital, they are more likely to invest. i don't know if it will be ultimately defined ad ideological, because we have an ideological battle and people are sticking to their ideology. this would be something the president could do and it wouldn't enflame anybody. i think that's part of what they worry about down there. of course, anything in addition to that, i can tell you that the blizzard of regulations that have already happened and are anticipated have frozen companies as well. and the notion that we have this huge debt and that companies know and individuals basically know it is a claim on future earnings, so what the president can do, maybe he should think about some of the things reagan did. bring the cash back. that's not a reagan program, but it makes sense. two, put a moritorium on regulations, provide certainty certainty. see what he can do to work out a solution to this deficit that can be real. i

united states congress and i thank you for that. september 11 was a defining moment for america and also for a freshman congressman. i was in the capitol complex that day. i will never forget that day. i got into my office about 8:30. i turned on the tv and saw the reports of the first airplane. i called and talked to my wife. we thought it had to be a small aircraft. soon after, we saw the second plane go in. then the pentagon was ordered to evacuate. i sent my staff away. a couple of us stayed behind thinking there would be made him in the streets -- mayhem in the streets and we would wait until it died down. then we saw another airplane and thought it was best to evacuate the capital. i remember hearing that the airplane was missing in shanksville and then went down. the horrific events and heroism that followed should always be remembered. whether it is the towers were almost 400 firemen and policemen rushed into the buildings to save lives and gave their lives at the end or at the pentagon where first responders and men and women who worked in the pentagon went back into the building and tried to save people in the pentagon. treme

throughout the middle east and even in the united states as we know i mentioned a little earlier that today was also the first meeting of the super committee on capitol hill. twelve it's mostly bipartisan twelve people charged with cutting spending one point two trillion dollars in the next ten years the military budget is a tough sell for a lot of people i think that. senator jon kyl from arizona even said he would quit the committee if this was proposed this was put on the table talk about some of the challenges when we look you know it's one thing to say the military budget not off the table and it's another thing entirely to actually cut serious money from the point that i would make is that what we saw in play in the republican debate between ron paul runs from forum rick santorum excuse me and the politics will super committee are the same politics essentially it's really a fundamental divide between those people who are. essentially have tied their careers to one of two sorts of political forces either the israeli lobby or the arms lobby in this country these are the two most powerful groups politically in terms of being able to get members of

fortunately, we're going to continue to see her often on capitol hill in her new job representing the president of the united states. a little about her background will explain how ann came to the senate. ann grew up in pallis heights in the south suburbs of chicago. she is a first generation suburbite. her dad michael and her mom liz grew up on the south side of chicago, which means that ann has the south side in her blood. and in chicago, that is noteworthy. however, when ann was a kid, her family did something that was considered her ethical. they had -- heretical. they had as south siders season tickets to the chicago cubs. that made the walls something of an anomaly among south siders and it probably helps explain why ann is able to work so well across the aisle here in the senate. politics wasn't discussed much in the wall home but ann developed her own interest in politics at a very early age at every level. in the eighth grade, she became the first girl ever elected class president at st. alexander's grade school. that same year, ann wall became the first girl in her town to serve as mayor for a day. she wo

and this is you're talking about capitol hill 7 trillion to rebuild, in fact, the storm-ravaged united statesd i think-- i think the democrats, quite honestly, part of this is the chemistry-- they've been rolled, they feel, on every showdown. i mean, starting last december, in april, and in august, and there was sort of a-- i can't say manhood because that's no longer an appropriate term-- but there's a sense we have to earn and stand up and we're not going to take it any longer. >> lehrer: how tough we are. >> it will be a showdown eye agree with david there will not be a shutdown. >> lehrer: so-- but what is the showdown about now? i mean is it still about little things? they're not having a showdown about anything large, are they? >> it's pavlov dog time. it's we can do things. we're fighting for you guys, our base. and right now, both bases are feeling pretty good, actually. some of us are left out, but obama came out, tax increases for the rich. liberals are feeling pretty good. the republicans saying we're not doing business as usual. we're going to shut things down. conservatives feeli

we cannot get them implemented absent the president of the united states sending them up here to capitol hill. so that's something that republicans would love to work with the president on. we would also love to work with the president on a moratorium on regulations. i think it would make perfect sense given what we know about what small businesses are telling us in terms of creating jobs and hiring people and investing capital, that regulation is a huge impediment to that. why not, at least for the forseeable future, until such time as we start getting the unemployment rate down and get people back to work, put a moratorium on all these crazy regulations coming out of washington, d.c.?. there are literally millions of jobs that are impacted by these various regulations, according to estimates that have been put forward by organizations like the chamber of commerce and others. there are millions of jobs, madam president, in this country impacted by the issue of regulation. i would think it would make perfect sense for this president to say to us as part of his jobs package, his jobs plan

united states. right now, members of the president's cabinet have just been introduced. you can see them walking in right now, john king is watching what's going on up on capitol hill. after the members of the cabinet are are introduced, it will only be a few moments before the president is introduced. he'll walk in, john, and he'll deliver his speech. >> he'll deliver his speech after getting applause and greetings from the members of congress, democrats and republicans will applaud. then the country will listen and the congress will listen. you mentioned the importance of this speech. the president has a challenge here, lay out the specifics of his plan to the congress and try to regain the political initiative which he has lost in recent months, try to convince the democrats his plan is the right plan. many don't think it's bold enough. try to convince the republicans they must work with him, even though they oppose some of the policy specifics. and, wolf, the way to do that is to change the political dynamic in the country by convincing the american people who are in a funk about the economy, who think it could get worse and who think washington is broken and dy

united states right now. members of the president's cabinet have just been introduced. you can see them walking in right now. john king is watching what's going on. he's up on capitol hill. after the members of the cabinet are introduced, it will only be a few moments before the president isn't duesed. he'll walk in, john, and he'll deliver his speech. >> he'll deliver his speech after getting asplaus and greeting from the members of congress. democrats and republicans will applaud, and then the country will listen and the congress will listen. you mentioned the importance of this speech. the president has a challenge here. lay out the specifics of his plan to the congress and try to regain the political initiative which he has lost in recent months. try to convince the democrat his plan is the right plan. many don't think it's bold enough. try to convince the republicans they must work with him, even though they oppose some of the policy specifics. wolf, the way to do that is to change the political dynamic in the country by convincing the american people who are in a funk about the economy, who think it could get worse and who think washington is broken and dysfu

united states right now. members of the president's cabinet have just been introduced. you can see them walking in right now. john king is watching what's going on. he's up on capitol hill. after the members of the cabinet are introduced, it will only be a few moments before the president is introduced. he'll walk in, john, and he'll deliver his speech. >> reporter: he'll deliver his speech after getting applause and get greetings from the members of congress, democrats and republicans will applaud and the country will listen and the congress will listen. you mentioned the importance of this speech. the president has a challenge here. lay out the specifics of his plan to the congress and try to regain the political initiative which he has lost in recent months. try to convince the democrats his plan is the right plan. many don't think it's bold enough. try to conviges the republicans they must work with him even though they oppose some of the policy specifics, and wolf, the way to do that is to change the political dynamic in the country by convincing the american people who are in a funk about the economy and who think it could get worse and who think washington i

united states. she worked on two presidential campaigns. one in the white house with president bush 43 and on capitol hill. she appears weekly as everyone in this audience knows as a political commentator on fox news. she is known as a cultural warrior. on bill o'reilly's the factor tv show. in addition being on the board of overseers for the hoover institution in stanford she is on the board of the herbert hoover presidential library. finally she is here today with her husband, john avalon of newsweek and the daily beast among others including cnn as well as her parents, andrew and genie hoover. andrew is herbert hoover's grandson. i would like to welcome you all today. [applause] among her many goals in life two arkie at present. as i noted before they align quite well with the kinds of things we care about at the reagan foundation. the first involves brand relevance. if you are a follower of the reagan foundation library our mission is what we stand for. you can't help but have noticed in the last couple years that we have bent over backwards to furnace the image and legacy of ronald reagan. into the mi

united states is expressing disappointment right now over israel's latest decision on east jerusalem. they approved construction of 1100 new housing units. palestinians say east jerusalem is their future capitol counters that jerusalem is undivided. and secretary clinton said today's move is counter productive to the effort to relaunch peace negotiations. >> national security experts worry that missiles are missing from the libya stock piles and they could be used to target jet liners. here's what heat seeking missiles can do to an aircraft. 20,000, of them have vanished in the past few months. al-qaida is active in north africa and there are fears that missiles have been smuggled out of libbia. >> it is one of the greatest stock piles that went on the loose. >> matching up terrorism and shoulder fired missiles is a worse nightmare. >> insurgent hit a jett with a heat seeking missile. it landed safely but there are calls in congress to equip airliners with the same type of missile defense systems. >> vice-president biden criticized the negative reaction of a audience. >> you intend to circumvent the progress for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military. the vice-president's own son served a y

united states to be. >> shannon: you mentioned several things that are controversial on capitol hill.ts joining with some republicans on the hill who say the president's plan goes too far. after what was uncovered with solyndra this week, selling green jobs is going to be an uphill battle. how does the president pull together not only his own caucus, but get bipartisan support? >> well, i would suggest that all of us, not just the white house, not just the progressive democrats, but every single elected official listen to our constituency. i represent marin and sonoma counties. we have a 10% unemployment in sonoma county. marin is much better off. but, the number one outcry is we need jobs congresswoman. and we need them now. and we need them here in the united states of america. all the politics around this can get -- will get in the way. we need to make sure we listen to the people who are in such desperate need right now. and we do something for them. not worry about do we get elected in 14 months or not. >> shannon: there are folks on both sides of the aisle who will support that

already slipped into the united states ready to launch a vehicle bomb in new york or washington, d.c.. police in both cities are taking extra precautions in the nation's capitolunattended cars near certain buildings will be towed. in new york, officers are visible in times square, and there will be added vehicle checkpoints. one terrorism expert suspected the focus on the east coast could be a miss direct and dangerous for the bay area. >> i think that this could be a leak of some kind to get us to focus even more on new york and washington and drop our guard in other places in other types of scenarios. >> reporter: no one in the bay area is taking chances. homeland security counter terrorism teams will be highly visible on all bay area transportation systems this weekend. they're called the tsa viper team, and they've been on regular patrol with bart police riding the trains and scoping out the platforms and concourses for anything or any one suspicious. some team members are also federal air marshals and trained explosives experts. their expertise is in terrorist damage gathering and spotting threats. with new worries of a terror plot this weekend, san fran

members of the united states congress are gathered tonight on the steps of the capitol to mark the 10th observance of the events of september 11th of 2001. at this time, the marine band will lead us in the national anthem, and i would invite us all to join in on the singing. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilights last gleaming ♪ whose brought stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ oer the ramparts we watch ♪ we're so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does that star spangle ♪ ♪ banner yet wave ♪ oer the land ♪ of the free ♪ and the home of the brave [applause] let us pray. god of help and earth, we give you thanks for giving us another day. today we remember a day begun in terror and violence and ended in heroic effort and courage. we mourn those whose lives were snatched from them and wish to comfort those left behind who strive to cope with their loss. may you, oh god, give them peace and healing. we thank you again for t

members of the united states, chris are gathered on the steps of the capitol to market the tenth andit didn't kill observance of the events of september 11, 2001 and. at this time the marine band will leave as a national anthem and i would invite all to join in singing. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hail the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ the ramparts we watched for so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> let us pray. god of heaven and earth we give you thanks for giving us another day. today we remember a day begun in terror and violence and ended in her roebuck effort and courage. we mourn those whose lives were snatched by them and wished to comfort those left behind who strive to cope with their loss. it may you, god, give them peace and healing. we tha

united states of america. they've been in jail since 2009 charged and convicted of spying charges after crossing the iranian border from iraq. >>> live pictures of the u.s. capitol in the nation's capital. congress isn't working even though lawmakers only have one week left to pass a new spending bill. if a deal isn't reached by the end of the business day on friday, some federal agencies will be forced to shut down. >>> after the gop race for u.s. presidency in just over an hour they will be counting votes in a florida straw poll. michigan is holding a straw poll today. the outcome could be critical to candidates who lagged behind. our political reporter is in orlando, florida, two big gop straw polls in one day. let's start with florida. who showed up? >> reporter: today the main top tier candidates mitt romney and rick perry went to michigan for that other straw poll you referenced. candidates here today are those lesser known folks. herman cain. newt gingrich. jon huntsman's family came on their behalf because they're desperate for traction. straw polls are good to show that they are in the race. i have to tell you that herman cain's name has come up a lot h

the united nations -- the united states will veto the palestinian bid while working behind the scenes for an alternative. >>> now to a big question on capitolwould you pay for a muffin? well, believe it or not, you're already paying 16 bucks. that's not the only grossly overpriced item the government is snapping up at the expense of taxpayers. more on this from abc's jon karl. >> reporter: yes, it's true. the justice department has found a way to spend 16 bucks for a single muffin. 10 bucks on a cookie. $8.24 on a cup of coffee. all part of the $121 million this one government department spent on conferences in just 24 months. $16 muffins, really? does washington get it? >> that's insane. i think that's -- again, that is why people across this country are so frustrated. >> reporter: nobody can tell us how an ordinary muffin like this could cost $16. but this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ways that washington wastes your money. look at herman the hermit crab or rex the mountain lion. the department of homeland security has developed several mascots to teach kids how to prepare for disasters. cut back to just one mascot

united states, and he at one point goes to shadydale, georgia. anybody been there? yeah. i've been there. it is not paris. [laughter] don't confuse it. yeah, with a major european capitol, but he meets an old white woman there, and he's talking to her about all this chaos, and the woman's shaking her head, and she's -- i can't speak in a southern accent so i'll read what he wrote. the woman says with great disappointment, "there's no managing the neggas now. they got so biggity since the war." that to me summed up the book. yeah, they did. they're not going to go back to where you wanted them to be because they fought in the war. they moved up north and have jobs that are paying much better money than they paid. sharecroppers are making more money. they're not going back to the jim crow restrictions you wanted them to be in. there's a war on, and the war is to eliminate jim crow, and that quote to me summed up where things were headed, but any ways, thank you very much for coming. [applause] any questions -- [applause] >> we'll do questions for 20 minutes or so, and as i said earlier, waiting in the microphone -- wait until the microphone comes to you, and watch it han

capitol hill. all of it a source of serious concern for the former president of the united states, bill clinton., good to see you at the clinton global initiative. it's jobs, jobs, jobs right now. this is an enormous crisis and potentially, potentially, it could get a whole lot worse. >> it could. and it could get better. and you know, what we're trying to do here is to just come up with concrete things that can be done, not just in the united states, but elsewhere, to put americans back to work. when we met in chicago in june, or july, we talked about how to put america back to work and today, we had a good manifestation of that with the announcement by the aflco and american federation of teachers if they were releasing a lot more money to try to put their members and other people, construction workers, back to work retro fitting buildings and they're going to create an enormous number of jobs doing this. >> but you know there's political gridlock in washington. the president comes up with these initiatives, these plans as he's done this week, but you know it's not going to go anywhere as far

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the united states postal service, it's more than $9 billion in the red and is now proposing cutting saturday mail delivery and closing more than 3,000 local post offices. outside a hearing on capitolc senator thomas carper of delaware told cnn things could get even worse -- >> if we do nothing by the end of this year, the postal service could default. we do nothing by this time next year, the postal service could be gone as we know it. >> republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma was also at today's hearing on the future of the postal service. you just heard your colleague there, senator, saying by this time next year the postal service as we know it could be gone. what needs to be done and does what need to be done include some form of taxpayer-assisted, taxpayer bailout? >> no. look, the business model that the post office is run on is failed, because technology has outstripped first-class mail. and i've been working on this subject for 12 years. and we continue to have estimates that are ereasroneouse need to have a business model that adjusts. senator carper is right, if we don't do anything or change the flexibility that the management needs at the post office, if we don't le