the clerk: h.r. 298, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 500 east whitestone boulevard in cedar park, texas, as the army specialist matthew troy morris post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. farenthold: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. farenthold: madam speaker, with the observance of veterans day this past friday, it is timely and fitting that we name this post office in cedar park for army specialist matthew troy morris, a texan and true american hero who died defending freedom. i'd like to yield as much time as he may consume to my colleague and friend from the great state of texas, the sponsor of this legislation, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the g

there's been some movement, but really no, sir at much movement as we've seen inside the united states servicesbut it's all a big operation and an integration of all those requirements. now, all those orders will come to us as one contract. so we'll get a single contract with international and domestic orders in it and then you get to leverage buys. >> but costs go up if quantities 2 down. >> as people move around. one of the biggest programs with lots of participants is you can have a big effect on the program. >> who do you get back into the program? japan is interested, so is south korea. what other currents >> >> go beyond the partners, there's a few countries that would qualify for foreign military sales category. >> israel, for example? >> israel and singapore are both part of the program in a different category, not partners, but monitoring the program, and japan is probably the most active one right now after israel. japan is in the middle of an active competition, we're competing there with the f- 18ef. perhaps further out, you might see south korea or one of the other countries. but t

but hunger doesn't excuse a congressman's ignorance when it comes to the united states postal service melissa rakestraw, called him out on it. >> if the postal service can't compete in the marketplace, i am tired of propping it up. i'm tired of -- >> the government hasn't propped it up at all. >> you know what? >> the government is what's dragging it down with this ridiculous pre -- >> i'll take every little restriction government puts on you, i'll get rid of it tomorrow. go out there and compete. why wouldn't you like that? why? >> as i said before, there's -- >> go compete. >> there's a universal delivery -- >> no, no, no, no. don't talk -- >> that has to be provided, a service that has to be provided to people across our country to help stimulate economies in rural areas. independent business people. okay? ups and fedex is not servicing these people. >> melissa is right on the money. but congressman walsh refused to listen to her. later in an interview walsh revealed that he doesn't care about the postal service. >> when we talk about creating jobs in this country, sarah, we're not

organizations including the branches of the military and turn off all security service including the fbi and the united states. it is an equivalent to the cia and in the army we are intelligence branch which keeps doing pretty much whatever the nsa is doing. what is their working philosophy you. because it is a work of trial and error and terrorism unlike other parts of the warfare she can. but it's not the kind of threat to the military used to do for and what happened over the years is the terrorism took an increasing blow. it was a very annoying phenomena that they had to respond to quit often. the problem with terrorism i don't fully there was an awful burden on policy makers to make a decision, to reassure the public but we are in control terrorism is something that's hard to control. it's much more challenging than fitting a division where and the egyptian and armored brigade that israel is rather unique in the sense that it's filled with terrorism for years and years and all kinds of terrorism had they perfected a model that you have seen? >> whenever they do perfect model the terrorists are innovating

service. he began working for what was then the united states postal department on january 8, 1944, after returning from service? world war ii. from 1948 until his retirement in 2004, he walked the same route, six days a week, with neither snow, nor rain, nor sleet preventing him from completing his duties. he was a fixture of the eastrock aa-- east rockaway community known and beloved by all. even today, residents recall his kindness and empathy as a public servant. by all accounts he went above and beyond the call of duty to serve his neighbors. his professionalism and courtesy made him a model letter carrier. after 60 years and four months of faithful service, he passed away in 2005 at the age of 78. mr. cook's career is a stunning example of what our dedicated postal workers contribute to our communities even as the postal service faces severe financial and operational strains, we must never forget that the service's success depends on the dedication of employees like john cook. madam speaker, i ask that we pass h.r. 2079 in recognition of mr. john p. cook's dedication to the postal service. i

. >>> by now most of us have heard about the financial problems of the united states postal service. a senator says they have a plan to keep the postal service from going broke. under a new bill a refund of nearly $7 billion it overpaid into the federal employee retirement system and some of that would fund buyouts to cut 100,000 jobs. it would allow six day mail service to con for at least another two years. >>> dc residents make up more than half of the riders on metro buses. the number is much lower during a news conference at the dc employment office. metro officials said dc residents make up only 4 to 5%. the mayor said he didn't know that and was disappointed to learn it. later in the day we were told the percentage is actually closer to 14%. lisa mallory says that is still way too slow. >> >> reporter: we sent over over 90 candidates, we are not doing that any more. we are trying to help them behind the scenes doing whatever it takes to prepare our residents. >> reporter: dc will now pre scene applicants for metro and metro will do more to reach out for city residents. >>> pri

. >>> up next, the new plan that hopes to keep the united states postal service from going broke. >>> multibillion dollar losses racked up by the u.s. postal service. some senators now have a plan to keep the postal service from going broke. the postal service would receive a refund of nearly $7 billion. an over paid into the federal employment retirement system. some of that money would fund buyouts to cut 100,000 jobs. also six day mail service would continue for another two years. >>> here is encouraging economic news. most companies that suspended their 401k matches during the economic downturn have restored them. that's according to towers wattson. the survey found among companies that did suspend the matching funds, the suspensions lasted for about one full year. >>> and if you want to blow some of your money, there's always power ball. the current jackpot is now $245 million and the next drawing is tonight. now, i do need to tell you that your odds of winning are 1 in 195 million. but you never know until you try. >>> still to come, living the high life on the high seas. well,

far because we were arrested by quiet well our security operatives from the secret service and also the united states secret service so we didn't get too far but it was very interesting in just moving through the knives through that place is located in the middle of a struggle he gets it right in the center of australia and it's a very key place and it's just running twenty four hours and we know that if he's got it it was like a heist. and so when we were arrested there was quite a fuss made that we had got that far and the security forces there were very alarmed that we had actually managed to penetrate. and that was the what was the following what were you charged with and what we sentence with here we were arrested and charged under an act of parliament that has been used if you can two years and that's not in your mind given special undertakings act and the sect was designed back i guess in the cold war era to suppress information about secret places in australia so this act of parliament was dusted off and used for us for the first time ever and so we faced ten years in prison in fact we were w

. >> is in custody of the united states secret service and the federal bureau of investigation, who areth involved in the investigation of the shooting at the white house. >> the secret service discovered two bullets hit the south side of the white house. one round struck a window. agents were seen searching the white house grounds and exterior. >> there is a number of over security measures in place. to making the protective " work. >> officials have yet to connect the bullets to friday's shooting. the president and first lady were not home at the time. kate amara , wbal-tv 11 news. >> self mutilation is a growing concern among teenagers. >> disturbing results concerning a person's risk of a heart attack. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. this is a fake photo. this is part of a benetton ad showing world leaders kissing. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we will your morning commute. we will >> welcome bac

ortega-hernandez is currently in the custody of the united states secret service and the federal bureau of investigation, who are both involved in the investigation of the shooting at the white house. >> the arrest came one day after the secret service discovered two bullets had hit the south side of the white house. one of the rounds apparently striking a window on the residential level. it was stopped by bullet-proof glass. as the investigation continued wednesday, agents were seen searching the white house grounds, roof, and exterior. >> there is a number of overt security measures that are in place, but there are some covert measures as well that add to making the protective quilt work, making it secure. >> officials have yet to directly connect the bullets to friday's shooting. the president and first lady were not home at the time. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the international clothing company benetton is causing quite a buzz. the name of the campaign is called unhate. the middle-aged pictures of leaders kissing other leaders. the company says the campaign was inspired by it 9

because it quiets well if you're ready operatives from strives to preserve us both the united states secret service we didn't get too far but it was very interesting in just moving through the no ice show that's why i got located in the middle of a struggle to get it right in the center of the struggle to keep life and just running twenty four hours and we know that it is god god it was not the high survive. and so when we were arrested there was quite a fuss my that we had got that job and the security forces there were very obama that we had actually managed to penetrate the area of the by and the with a i don't know what was the fall out i mean what what what were you charge them with and what we sense when we were arrested and charged under an act of parliament that has. nothing on defense special undertakings that any sex with don but i guess in the cold war era to suppress information about secret life in australia that this act of parliament was dusted off and used for office so strong and so we five years in prison in fact we were. charged and arrested and convicted and we didn't get such a

what's going on in ohio now despite these major campaign contributions to the governor the united states forest service just renamed on a plan to allow more than three thousand acres of public lands to be fact this is of course a victory for fracking a palm opponents what is your feeling is this policy going to stay in place or will you know those in favor of fracking figure out a way to get around this. i think the u.s. forest service is doing what a lot of. government affairs are doing fracking right now saying which they basically said was we want to take more time to study the possible that they basically just put a moratorium so to speak on it in that area doesn't mean it can be in the future there's going to take more time to look at the actual effects of it but also they made this decision after getting you know hundreds of letters from concerned citizens and local leaders who were opposed to rain fracking. i mean you said that they're going to conduct a more thorough study about the dangers of fracking how much do you think is already known about fracking that is out there and how much more jus

learning new details about the new york man accused of plotting a bomb attack, targeting the united states servicebers among others and just how close i was to having the explosive device. working the story for us, deb, what's the latest in this case? >> we can tell that you this case could not have been made without the help of a confidential informant. this is likely to be key to the defense strategy, whether this alleged pipe bomber was encouraged to do what he was accused of doing, in the form of entrapment. if t was not the reaction you would expect from a man accused of plotting to kill u.s. troops returning from iraq using pipe bombs. >> arrested yesterday -- >> 22-year-old smiled while hearing the charges against him. his mother, carmen sosa, outside the family's upper manhattan apartment, says her son was raised catholic but converted to islam. he has been running a jihad website. >> we don't know what to do. there is a lot going on. >> at a somewhat unusual press conference -- new york city's top cop, demonstrated the potential impact of the kind of device he was allegedly assembling. us

the clerk: h.r. 3004, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 260 california drive in yountville, california, as the private first class alejandro r. ruiz post office building. mr. faleomavaega: the question is will the house -- the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 2660 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: h.r. 2660, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 122 north holderrieth boulevard in tomball, texas, as the tomball veterans post office. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having respo

united states secret service involved in tracking those cellphone and kelli o'laughlin moving simultaneously or around chicago and that foreign corn money taken from the home used to settle his taxicab fare in chicago. back in court november 28th. >> at the same time that the accused killer was a rant 14 year-old kelli o'laughlin laid to rest in the company up for friends and family kelli o'laughlin family understandably requested privacy even sell overflow crowd st. john of the cross the western springs look at that funeral procession hundreds of people who did not even know her line and streets standing in silence leasing blimps as the casket past. >> ok that this happened in committee letting us come together all parents would have been any one of us could have been any one of us so brando we have to show support >> on the back of kelli o'laughlin fuel program of the family broke kelli o'laughlin will be remembered for her sparkling eyes delightful energy the way she put up a broom- >> suspect does have a criminal background. federalfamily pleading >> rather unusual this afternoon we by 2

ortega hernandez is currently in the custody of the united states secret service. >> judge jeanine: wasrandom act of a madman or part of a more sinister plot? a former secret service agent who was on a presidential detail in washington, d.c. all right, dan, thanks for being with us this evening. this guy is obviously a good shot. he hits the white house nine rounds across what is equivalent to more than 8 football fields hits the window in the residence and breaks it and but for the bullet proof glass behind it, it would have gone through. >> we are assuming he was aiming for are that specific window right there. we don't know that yet. not a bad shot from 800-yards. you are not inaccurate by sayinging that. >> most of the shots were around the second floor which is the residence as you well know. how is a gunman who is witnessed by two people shooting out of his car, able to get away and be so close to the white house? i mean they knew who he was. they found his car, his license. they had witnesses that saw him. why so long? >> well, constitution avenue is enclosed. the president can't

>>shepard: and a 22-year veteran of the united states secret service providing four years of personal protection for ronald reagan and responsible for securing national events. nice to see you. >>guest: nice to be here. >>shepard: rarely have i heard of anything like this, especially hitting the president's residence. >>guest: well, there was a case a few years back where an individual fired at the press area at the white house. he was overtaken by citizens outside. in this case, the investigators have to straighten a couple things out. first of all, was this individual really the shooter? if so, were the bullets they found, will they be matched to the weapon they found in the car? and the interview process now just starts. they will have to find out if he had a direction of interest toward the president. obviously they uncoughed information they found in the car that led them to pennsylvania. agents from the secret service pittsburgh field office got information that he was in a hotel in indiana, pennsylvania. so they sent the penn state police out to pick hill up. >>shepard: thank y

with the california highway patrol for a couple of years before that and also a former united states marine corp. services well. right now we have numerous investigators that are at the police department. they have just finished a briefing, we are in the process of continuing our investigation. we have one suspect in custody. we are in the process of spreading out and determining exactly what happened during today's events. that's all the information i have at this time. yes. >> do you have two suspects. >> we have not eliminated that as a possibility. [ indescernible ] >> we have not eliminated at this point. >> during the pursuit did officers -- >> catoot. >> were there other officers in the pursuit. >> he was the one closest to the vehicle, there were other officers attempting to get close to it. >> what can you tell us about the officer, what kind of a man was he? >> he's a highly decorated officer. he's received two medals of courage during the time he's gotten with us. that is in the hand out that i've given you. the medal of merit for his work with the safety patrol. he's a high school women's bas

off wisconsin avenue this is the rear entrance to the russian embassy you can see the united states secret service vehicle blocking the road there are investigators down, more toward the middle of the road, as to what i am imagining a back entrance to access this embassy building, we are told we had a crew on scene earlier, mike morran was out here earlier and spoke to a neighbor who said there was at least one report of a shot fired overnight they heard at least a single gunshot fired, we are not being told very much by police secret service remained quiet, mpd was out here investigating they were assisting, they stayed on the perimeter and allowed secret service to control what is happening at this point i can't say with any certainty in anybody was shot or how many gunshots were fired it is active. >> live at the scene thank you very much. >> shoppers are always looking for a bargain especially on designer goods. >> high end products, with rock bottom prices are some times just too good to be true. melanie has more on the real price of counterfeit goods and how you can spot a fake. >>> gucci, c

the united states secret service had been to the hotel a day or so and showed picture and requested that if he appeared back at the hotel, that they contact law enforcement, which they did. he appeared at the hotel shortly in the afternoon today and the hotel desk clerk contacted my barracks and officers were dispatched. >> i'm curious. did he resist arrest? did you have to break into his room? how did this happen some. >> he had not checked into a room. he was outside in that lobby area of the hotel. he did not resist and was taken into custody. he did not have identification on him. he was taken back to our barracks to be fingerprinted and positively identified and at which point, we have a positive indication of his identity and the fact that there were warrants for his arrest. >> and we're still learning about him what, do you know? is he from the >> no, the information is that he's from idaho. i have no idea why he ended up in indiana county. >> thank you so much, lieutenant brad shields, commander with the pennsylvania state police, thank you for bringing us up tonight. >> thank yo

service protection this early on? >> none other than barack obama who went on to become the president of the united states. he got secret service protection pretty far along -- pretty early, i should say. the bottom line is, you know, this is a candidate who has -- he's out there. he's in the polls and has gotten a lot of polls. riled up a lot of strong feelings. the better part of valor at this stage, according to the people in the united states government, is to go ahead and let him have secret service protection. it's interesting, too, brooke, the campaign sort of put out this nation and get secret service protection and the media was posing such a problem for herman cain. we talked to sources inside the government today and said that the media had absolutely nothing to do with it. his news coverage had nothing to do with it. this had is simply about threats and asks for the protection and at this stage the people who get to make this kind of decision decided, yeah, we're going to give him secret service protection. >> okay. joe johns, washington. thank you for the explanation there. now, more news unfol

just during the one week, but it all times, he is particularly supportive of the united states military and naval services. please help me welcome our mayor, the honorable mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> thank you. good morning. it has been our honor and pleasure to join all of you here at the st. francis yacht club to celebrate and welcome the fleet to fleet week. this is the 30th anniversary of our fleet week. senator feinstein really helped to restart this. i want to personally thank her for her leadership in doing this. may god be with her as she is helping run the country in these very part-time -- very hard times. this 30th anniversary is very special for us. this year, we have more marines and navy personnel, and coasties and we have ever seen before. it is growing. it has been a tradition and it is also something we chairs, being part of a great city and country. i want to make sure we understand that this has been and always will be our opportunity to honor the men and women in our military for their dedication and devotion. san francisco will always carry on this tradition in the best way possibl

we are consulting with both the united states fish and wildlife service and the national marine fisheries service to look at impacts on endangered species listed at the federal level. national historic preservation act compliance with respect to historic resources. the state lands commission will weigh in on dredging activities in some of the waterfront areas through adoption of the lease. the regional water quality control board takes a number of actions with respect to the event. there is section 401 water quality certification. there are construction permits, storm water pollution prevention plans, etc. california department of fish and game is looking at impacts -- potential impacts on state listed species, and the bay area air quality management district will have to act on some construction-related air permits. there are non-construction- related promotions that are required at the federal level as well. these are principally the park service through ggnra and san francisco maritime historic park approving the use of the field and aquatic park as primary event locations. presidio tr

it was the united states secret service or cia. >> we need a better energy policy.g the missiles that are in

. >> the federal bureau of investigation and the united states marshal service are in the business ofracking wanted criminal fugitives. would you have any messages for those agencies on how they could be more effective? >> i don't, i look at it -- a very different phenomena and i had to make a conscious decision at the beginning of this. there are some incredible stories and and i'm forgetting the name right now the book about the hunt for eric rudolph. there are some great work that has been done on it, but a think looking at a hostile -- i look at a very hostile environment versus looking at fugitives in a domestic setting. i really think there are two very different, comparing apples and oranges to an effect. maam? [inaudible] someone like noriega where there has been a past relationship with the u.s. versus someone where there hasn't been any kind of relationship? >> the funny thing is in a lot of the manhunts, i was very surprised by how many of them we had. we did have a past relationship with that we had cooperated with aguinaldo for the first, for the first four months or so a

of interior consulted with the united states forest service or the department of agriculture on yes, addressing the concerns through regulation rather than through another moratorium on drilling on public lands which costs jobs and government revenue? and, frankly, my specific question is, hasn't this forest supervisor stepped way outside the grounds of his or her responsibility and jurisdiction of -- >> well, i'll let the forest service answer that question, but let me share with you the fact that the bureau of land management serves as a cooperating agency to the analysis performed by the u.s. forest service as it relates to oil and gas drilling and leasing. it is our finding in both situations that horizontal drilling is an appropriate action on those federal menials. we do -- minerals. we do defer back to the surface managing agency to make the final determination, but our analysis indicates that hour so manial drilling -- horizontal drilling would be appropriate. >> and i appreciate that. that was affirming what was share inside the -- >> the gentleman asked unanimous content --

united states. there are bringing the customer service jobs to arizona, nevada, and the north carolina. the call center wasn't the philippines recently. international calls will be handled out of a center in inland. >> if your home recently went into foreclosure, you may be entitled some compensation this week. the federal government is asking homeowners if they want their cases reviewed. earlier this year, investigators did find that the nation's 14 largest banks -- the areas included miscalculating mortgage payments and pushing people into default and premature foreclosures. >> also, some black friday shoppers will get deals even earlier. today amazon stock, opened its black freddie deals store. it promises discounts on top of gift items and offers free shipping on orders more than $25. it deals will be available at various times before black friday. >> that october snowstorm still causing problems in part of the northeast. 1.2 million people are still without power. in connecticut more than 500 people will have to wait until sunday. 200,000 homes and businesses remained without power