then i was brought to court but what i do know is that the authorization from the united states department of commerce was in their hands because that was given to them or authorization for that device to my spirit. so immediately they understood this is a mistake but it took a further six weeks before they decided to drop the case and when you were brought to court after these first couple of days did did you did you hire a lawyer or what or you just. first tried to to to explain to everybody that this is a misstatement he did nothing wrong but well first of all i was not allowed to make telephone calls at all what about that telephone call. to duty happened did anybody didn't read your rights as a matter of yes yes of course they read me my rights at that telephone call it should be in their rights you know it's not it's not it's actually in the movies it isn't the right it's a mistake or it's yeah you have the right to the attorney i read one telephone call that it's not. the day in courts i was very lucky that we managed to get a message out through another one of the prisoners and i did have an a

of heaven. >> "good morning washington"." >> the united states is still a major destination for international travel. new data from the commerce department shows tourism was just over 8% in 2011. the boost also translated into the addition of over 100,000 jobs last year. one of the most popular messages many of us use in text and email celebrated milean anniversary. >> the emoticon celebrated its 30th anniversary. many different versions have been created. >> what a milestone. >> i wonder if the weather will make a lot people smile today. >> candice is making the sticking out of townonethethe tongue one. >>you can see @ couple of clouds. overall we are clear. -- you can see a couple of clouds. look at all the 40's on the mapl. . we're stuck between two weather systems. that will be the rule up and down the east coast. only expecting delays for writing and places like the tree -- arriving in places like detroit for rain. back here at home, mostly sunny and perfect. 73 at noon and 76 by 5:00. agree weather forecast. hopefully the commute is going ok, too. >> pretty much getting the smiley face of the early start. metro rail is running on t

directs the department of commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relative federal departments, to produce an interagency report on enhancing the competitiveness of the united states in enhancing foreign direct investments. this is a common sense, bipartisan approach to creating new jobs in america. i'd like to thank my colleagues, mr. told, mr. peters, mr. roskam and mr. barrow, for their hard work on this important legislation. i would also like to thank energy and commerce committee chairman upton, ranking member waxman and subcommittee ranking member butterfield for bringing h.r. 5910 to the floor. it has the support of leading businesses, including the chamber of commerce, the association of global automakers and the national association of manufacturers. today with our economy stuck in a dangerous quagmire and with unemployment still above % for a record 43 straight months work eneed to take a long, hard look at u.s. policies which serve as barriers to foreign direct investment in our nation here at home. the goal of the global investment in american jobs sacramento to produce a much-needed competitiveness assessment report to congress along with a list of r

the commerce department says the united states current account trade deficit narrowed in april-june period, pushed lower by american exports and cheaper oil imports. this is the broadest measure ofde tracking the sale of merchandise and services between nations, as well as investment flows. economists predict it will widen again in coming quarters as the global slowdown is giving demand for u.s. exports and oil prices are rising again, in part because of increased middle east tensions. striking chicago teachers have another chance to approve a tentative contract agreement today. the vote is planned at afternoon meeting. this past sunday union delegates decided they needed more time to review the proposed deal. one delegate said it takes a lot to start a strike in do not want to ended prematurely. turning to the middle east, iran's state td reports they had deployed a russian submarine after it was overhauled earlier this year. it joins the fleet in the southern part of the country. drill is seen as a response to iranian warnings that it could close the strategic oil route in retaliation for tighter western sanctions. they later withdrew the threat. the u.s. and allies suspect ir