let us stand united to help women. let us not default on our allowance that we' been given to serve the american people and the women who are desperate. someone is dying as i speak. vote for the senate bill. let us do this in a bipartisan way. >> the comments of congresswoman sheila jackson lee. the violence against women act did pass the house of representatives, primarily along father lines. 222-205. four members did not vote. now this goes to conference and you heard sheila jackson lee talking about the senate version which the democrats favor. the republicans favoring the hou version. at the pentagon, the chairman during a briefing discussing other matters also brought up the issue of ranger school for women. women make up about 16% of the u.s. army the army has begun to study the prospect of sending female soldiers to the prestigious ranger school which is another step in the effort to broaden opportunities for the women in the million tear. his announcement came today at the pentagon. a recommendation and a plan s

patriots can support a war, patriots can oppose a war and whatever our view let us always stand united in support of our troops. >> reporter: veterans make up 13% of the vote. with polls tightening both candidates are pushing hard for their support. especially today in texas, texas has 152 delegates at stake in today's primary. >> tracie potts for us in washington. thank you. elsewhere violence flared in egypt monday in the wake of the country's first the election. an angry mob set fire to the campaign headquarters of hosni mubarak last prime minister. several thousand protesters took to the streets across egypt to demonstrate, some to protest the election winners while others protested against their candidates losing. >>> yesterday in canada drivers near toronto suddenly experienced pieces of debris falling from the sky. the debris apparently came from an air canada jet after it had one engine fail on takeoff for a flight to japan. police say the chunks of metal broke windows and caused small damage to some cars because no injuries on the ground and none to passengers on the plane. th

patriots can support a war, patriots can oppose a war and whatever our view let us always stand united in support of our troops. who we've placed in harm's way. >> reporter: veterans make up 13% of the vote. with polls tightening in swing states both candidates are pushing hard for their support. looking forward to that primary today, texas has 152 delegates at stake, lynn, but only 58 are needed. romney only needs 58 to secure that nomination. >> tracie pots in washington, thanks so much. >>> elsewhere, violence flared in egypt monday in the wake of the country's first elections since the ouster of hosni mubarak. an angry mob set fire to the campaign headquarters of hosni mubarak last prime minister. just hours after it was announced he would face the muslim brotherhood's candidate in a runoff election next month. several thousand protesters took to the streets to demonstrate, some to protest the election's winners while others protested against their candidate losing. >>> yesterday in canada drivers near toronto suddenly experienced pieces of debris falling from the sky. the debris a

and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we've placed in harm's way. >> veterans make up 13% of the vote. with polls tightening in swing states, both candidates are pushing hard for their support. especially today in texas. texas has 152 delegates at stake in today's primary. mitt romney only needs 58 of them to secure this nomination. lynn? >> tracie, thanks. >>> elsewhere, violence flared in egypt monday in the wake of the country's first election since the ouster of hosni mubarak. an angry mob set fire to the campaign headquarters of mubarak's last prime minister just hours tafr was announced he'd face the muslim brotherhood's candidate. several muslim protesters took to the streets to demonstrate. some to protest the election's winners while others protested against their candidate's losing. >>> yesterday in canada, drivers near toronto suddenly experienced pieces of debris falling from the sky. they apparently came from an air canada jet that had one engine fail on takeoff. reporter steven desousa from the canadian broadcasting company picks

and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we place in harm's way -- >> veterans make up 13% of the vote with polls tightening in swing states, both candidates are pushing hard for their support. >> texas has 152 delegates at stake today. mitt romney only needs 58 of them to secure this nomination. tracie potts nbc news washington. >>> 4:46. the chinese government is not friends with facebook. the social network is blocked there, but founder mark zuckerberg is making it past the sensors. tv viewers caught a surprise cameo by zuckerberg and his wife recently on state-run tv. here it is. a few seconds of footage showing zuckerberg and chan walking behind two police officers was inserted into a documentary. zuckerberg and chan visited china in march. >>> china also appears to be the latest source of the apple tv rumors. for that and all the news before the bell, we turn to seema mody. good morning. >> very good morning to you. chinese media reports electronics maker fox con has begun production on the apple television set dubbed itv. the company was pr

patriots can be for a war or oppose a war whatever our view let us always stand united in support ofur troops when we place in harm's way. >>> both men in support of the united states military but both men competing for the military vote. the republican presidential primary may seem like a distant memory to come. mitt romney has amassed 144 delegates to get the nomination. he should cross the threshold after republicans will cast their ballot in the texas primary. according to the tally made by the associated press he has 1,084 delegates now. he needs less than half of that 155 delegates available in texas to put him over the top. the faceoff between mr. romney and president barack obama has been underway for nearly two months now. the republican delicate win is a mere formality in this stage of the race. >> formality but it is all about the numbers. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> he will have to be the presumptive nominee. let's stick with this theme a look at who is talking. we are talking politics. mitt romney speaking at memorial services yesterday. the presidential candidates b

and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we placed in harm's waylet's resolve to take care of our veterans as well as they've taken care of us. not just talk, but actions. not just in the first five years after a war, but first five decades. for our vietnam veterans, this means the disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means job opportunities and mental health care to help you stand tall again. it means ending the tragedy of veterans homelessness, so every veteran who's fought for america has a home in america. you shouldn't have to fight for a roof over your heads when you fought on behalf of the country that you love. [ applause ] and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers, like sarah shay who joins us today. 93 years old, who has honored her son, major donald shay jr., missing in action for 42 years. there she is. sarah, thank you for your courage. god bles

and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we placed in harm's waylet's resolve to take care of our veterans as well as they've taken care of us. not just talk, but actions. not just in the first five years after a war, but first five decades. for our vietnam veterans, this means the disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means job opportunities and mental health care to help you stand tall again. it means ending the tragedy of veterans homelessness, so every veteran who's fought for america has a home in america. you shouldn't have to fight for a roof over your heads when you fought on behalf of the country that you love. [ applause ] and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers, like sarah shay who joins us today. 93 years old, who has honored her son, major donald shay jr., missing in action for 42 years. there she is. sarah, thank you for your courage. god bles

let us always stand united in support of our troops who week placed in harm's way.l as they have taken care of us. not just talk, but action. not just in the first five years after a war, but the first five decades. for vietnam veterans, this means disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means job opportunities and health-care to help you stand tall again. it means ending the tragedy of veterans homelessness, that every veteran should have a home in america. he should not have to fight for a roof over your head when he fought on behalf of the country you love. [applause] when an american does not come back, including the 1666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers like this who join us today -- a 93-year-old who has honored her son, missing in action for 42 years. there she is. thank you for your courage. god bless you. [applause] there is a promise we are falling day to a family from arkansas. 43 years after he went missing, we can an

patriots can oppose a war and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we placed in harm's way. >> governor romney and the president are competing for the military vote. both acknowledging the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. romney with senator john mccain, a p.o.w. and war hero vietnam at his side and president obama paying tribute at the vietnam war memorial. >> often blamed for a war that you didn't start when you should have been commended for serving your country with valor. came home and sometimes were denigrated when you should have been celebrated. it was a national shame. a disgrace that should never have happened. that's why here today, we'll resolve that it will not happen again. >> the president also said, told troops, that is, that americans must strive to be worthy of their service. the latest gallup poll shows u.s. veterans support governor romney over president obama. those veterans are mostly older men and make up 13% of the population. nonvets give the president a four percentage point edge. the campaign has started again. back

and whatever our view, let us always stand united in support of our troops who we placed in harm's waytake care of our veterans as well as they have taken care of us. not just talk, but actions. not just the first five years after a war, but first five decades. for our vietnam veterans this means disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means job opportunities and mental healthcare to help you stand tall again. it means ending the tragedy of veterans' hopelessness that every veteran who has fought for america has a home in america. you shouldn't have to fight for a roof over your head when you fought for the country that you love. [applause] and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this our solemn promise to mothers like sarah shay who joins us today. 93 years old, who has honored her son, major doned a shay junior, missing in action for 42 years. sarah, thank you for your courage. god bless you. [applause] it's a promise we are fulfil

patriots can support a war, patriots can oppose a war, and whatever our view, let us always stand united is our solemn obligation. let's resolve to take care of our veterans as well as they've taken care of us. not just talk, but actions. not just in the first five years after a war, but first five deck kids. for our vietnam veterans, this means disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means opportunities help you stand tall again. every veteran who has fought for america has a home in america. you shouldn't have to fight for a roof over your heads when you've fought on behalf of the country you love. and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in to our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers like sara shea who joins us today, 93 years old, who has honored her son missing in action for 42 years. there she is. thank you for your courage. god bless you. this is the prom we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville, arkansas. 43 years

sayings like there's nothing wrong with being gay, the crime is being caught, and united we stand, divided they catch us one by one. jose was forced to abandon his dream of becoming a teacher when he was unjustly arrested by ruth police department for solicitation in a sting operation at st. francis hotel. this was a different time in san francisco, when police officers were in the business of going after members of the lgbt community. he formed an organization to run educational programs on the topics of homosexuality and provide support for men being ostracized for being gay and were caught up in police raids. in 1961, jose ran for a seat on the san francisco board of supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to run for elected office in the entire united states. 1961. [applause] as he explained last night during the presentation of his lifetime achievement award, the establishment at the time was so scared that he could very well win that many candidates were recruited for the very purpose of keeping him from being elected to the san francisco board of supervisors. at the end of the day, in a fi

us wound up with military bases in afghanistan pakistan kazakhstan it was back to stan stan coerr to stand georgia yemen and following us barmy get invasion of iraq in two thousand and three the united states wound up with iraq. staying behind. i believe is actually at the is the ultimate purpose of many of these wars we used to think of military bases being built in order to wage the worst and i think increasingly we see the wars themselves as convenient opportunities to station the bases and to have a more. the presence in countries such as iraq such as afghanistan such as kosovo. so have some of. what we have in here is video games. and. some of. the. solicitor. moves to want to test first bennett first but soon you run trolls daily so you can save the environment one being on your first quite a long time and right at that age as it will give way pay for college get something i want to do for a long time and done students act in there never wanted this job so had to be infantry for me something i could be moving around constantly doing something active so how do you feel about being deployed to iraq or afghanistan. i'm nervous but i'm ready if i get called to go. think it be anot

let us always stand united in support of our troops who week placed in harm's way.pplause] let's resolve to take care of our veterans as well as they have taken care of us. not just talk, but action. not just in the first five years after a war, but the first five decades. for vietnam veterans, this means disability benefits for diseases connected to agent orange. it means job opportunities and health-care to help you stand tall again. it means ending the tragedy of veterans homelessness, that every veteran should have a home in america. he should not have to fight for a roof over your head when he fought on behalf of the country you love. [applause] when an american does not come back, including the 1666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers like this to join us today -- a 93-year-old who has honored her son, missing in action for 42 years. there she is. thank you for your courage. god bless you. [applause] there is a promise we are falling day to a family

i talked to a spokesperson for united with a half-hour ago and she said the airline has a long- stand practice of using regional carriers. she says the airline dispute the passengers who fly on those air -- carriers. she says if you count the seats 13% fly on those carriers and 80% fly onionedded crews. united pilotsunite -- fly united crews. >> we're leaving somebody in charge of the plane that's very, very imp and with oursourcing it diminishes the quality of training, yes, that would be worrying to me. >> reporter: today's pamphlet went on all of the hubs, san francisco, new york, chicago, los angeles, washington, d.c. and denver. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the smell of natural gas in parts of walnut creek and pleasant hill triggered the evacuation of a high school in then mog. the high school is -- this morning. the high school is located south of 680. pg&e and the hazardous materials team responded but their instruments did not indicate anything unusual in the air. reports of the natural gas smell came in from a widespread area in alamo and walnut creek

us why. stellar on the mound. plus, d.c. united kicking off a home stand as they creep closer to that top spot.nce spring training, a lot of great things have been said about the nationals' starting rotation. despite a few minor hick-ups here and there they have continued to be dominant. as of tonight, geo gonzalez and stephen strasburg lead the national league in strikeouts. you'll see why in just a moment, but first, tonight's offense mat bryce harper jacks one towards the score board. close to going out, but just shy. instead he settles for his first career triple. but unfortunately, he gets stranded on third. doesn't come home but still, a good night for bryce. more hot bats in the 6th. adam laroche goes yard directly followed by davey nady. here is geo. a season high 10 strikeouts tonight. to jump stephen strasburg for the stop spot. nationals take it 7-4. >> we got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you have that, it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> orioles not kansas city taking on the royals. top of the 9th o's down one. j.j. hardy with the single to center righ

and now a united states senator -- sorry, this is really -- a united states senator is going to stand up and marry us and i ran the atlanta -- [ applause ] i ran the atlanta gay center. i have set up aid atlanta. i have lost thousands of friends. i have three address books that i cannot throw away. i have seen people lose everything, everything. i have seen kids die in the streets because hospitals would not take them. and to be able to stand in washington, d.c., the capital of my country, who i still believe in, warts and all, and will get anybody that wants to stop it, to be married in washington, d.c., in the war memorial for world war i, which was built by multiracial schoolchildren in washington, the only memorial in washington that has black and white names carved around it, men and women carved around it, and to have a united states senator stand up and celebrate my human rights and my relationship with my partner of 21 years is revolutionary. and i revel in that. [ applause ] and if i may say one thing, when president obama says that he stands on the shoulders of giants, i guarantee you that

stand is for african rights and liberties. calling all of us to stand on. in the circles she is creating as a catalyst. we know what their on joke tiff is. not to leave the united states. it is -- african rights and liberty. notice the term, african rights and liberty. well, maria stewart did support the resolutions that came out of and roles that came out of the first negro convention held in philadelphia in september 1830. the convention led by richard allen, others like james fordham in attendance, pennington in attendance. and their goal, their objective for the organized during the convention, an organization that, the american society of free persons of color for improving their condition in the united states for purchasing land and for the establishment of a settlement in upper canada. but they're not leaving the land, right? in 1830, you have african-americans establish a settlement in upper canada. they're going to establish a -- settlements in canada. between 1830 and 1850, there are -- not only settlements, but there are safe havens for those who escape along the underground railroad after the fugitive slave act. the fugitive slave act in september o

used patriotism as a political sword. attrits can oppose or support a war. stand united in support of our troops. >> both candidates are pushing hard for their support. texas has 152 delegates at stake but mitt romney only needs 58 to secure the nomination. >> concerns about water guns that police say are being modified to conceal shotguns. was an incident in california or police caught a man carrying a shotgun inside the plastic shell of a water gun. >> the city council will hold a hearing about the possibility of putting ads on this side of city fire engines. that will bring money to the fire department and keep open three fire companies that have to close. it will rely on a firefighters thethe placement of rolling billboards. the maryland marriage alliance group plans to hand the first batch of petitions ahead of schedule. they have to collect 150,000 signatures by the end of june. any time to honor the military men and women who've made the ultimate sacrifice. this was the scene at shamrock park in bel air on monday morning. they paid tribute to the troops. more than

until that happens, unfortunately, it hits all of us against each other, and i think that is a terrible situation to be in, and i know this board stands united in saying we hate doing this, but if we do not do that, then we risk having the state come in and taking over the district and actually doing whatever the heck they want to do, and we know how that works. we have our neighbors across the bay, several of them. we know when that happens, it really does not make things at all any better, so it is tough, but we will get through it, but it will require a lot to get there. thank you very much, and last but not least, i do want to wish everybody, i do know that sunday is mother's day, and i do want to wish, you know, everybody a happy mother's day out there. think you. -- thank you. president yee: a ok, item c, recognition or commendation, and we have nine tonight. item d, student delegates' report. >> we will be meeting with supervisor jane kim, talking about what we have accomplished this year, and we are using this opportunity to ask her about her career and all of that. all of that, yes, and at our last meeting, on may 22, we will be mee

and his fellow g- 8 leaders declared they would stand united on fixing a global economy still facing stiff headwinds. >> this has been a frank and usefuland gives me great optimism about our ability to meet these challenges in the future. >> the most pressing concern, a greek financial crisis that is threatening to spread. the greek people have thrown out the government that agreed to strict austerity measures in return tore a european bailout. the g-8 leaders expect greece to honor its commitments. >> the american role here is very minimal. we can offer advice, but we are simply sitting on the bleachers. >> reporter: this meeting is an initiation for the new leaders of france, italy and japan. but the agenda covers familiar ground. in iran, the leaders threaten sanctions if the nation continues its nuclear program. and the g-8 countries are working on oil supply contingencies if iran retaliates. the leaders discussed issues ranging from a peaceful transfer of power in syria to food security in africa. >> let's see if we can actually make some progress in concrete terms. >> reporter: the leaders of the world's biggest economies present

stand alone draft text proposing provisions. in response, the united states advanced the advantages of using the existing itus as a basis for treaty negotiations. i'm pleased to say the majority agreed with us in this regard. the existing itrs have been accepted as a framework for negotiations. there are no pending proposals to vest the itu with the direct internet governance authority. instead thus far traditional telecom issues have taken center stage. the state department's preparation for the wicket have been in progress for about 18 months. on an ongoing bases we host the i want national telecommunications advisory committee or itack, a forum open to all interested parties to review and advise on regional and national contributions to wicket as they are submitted. earlier we established our core delegation consisting of u.s. government officials. in september we will complete delegation with the addition of private sector members. earlier this week the president advised the senate of his selection of terry kramer of california as the united states head of delegation and of his intention to confer ambassador rank on mr. kramer

one thing that does unite us is the republican party who we just cannot stand. >> and vice versa. >> vice versa. there you go. i should also mention that the vietnam veteran honored at the white house, leslie savo, congratulations to him for his great courage and thank him for what he did. he deserves it. and i'm glad he got it. ok, coming up, when i went to school, if you didn't pass a test, you flunked. i got straight a's, of course. but times have changed. we'll tell you about how one state is lowering the bar for students next on "the five". yor. and "the five." >> welcome back to "the five." well, a bunch of kids failed a major writing test in florida but instead of raising the bar, one florida school district decided, yes to lower the bar. now, with the questions being asked who is to blame? are the teachers to blame? are the students to blame for failing this semieasy writing test? or is it the school district? now, gregg, i wish when i was in school, and i wouldn't -- actually i was good at writing. let's say my math classes that i was horrible in. can you imagine most of the