the city of washington, d.c. is also working on a statue of frederick douglass that will go as part of the national statuary collection inside the u.s. capitol with d.c. finally getting two statues to go along with the other 50 states' statues that are inside the capitol. there's another statue going up, but we'll talk about that later. that was the first part of the question. the second part of the question was, where is the only statue of an african-american woman? and, of course, that statue is also in lincoln park, and that's a statue of mary mcleod bethune. now, one of the interesting things about these two statues in lincoln park is how they're positioned. the freedom's memorial, the statue of lincoln and archer alexander, sits in the exact center of lincoln park, and when the statue went up, lincoln faced the u.s. capitol. so lincoln faced west. when they decided to put the statue of mary mccloud bethune in lincoln park, they put mary mccloud bethune in the east end of the park. so the setup in the park was

the washington, d.c.s they return home after one year in iraq. one of the guardsman has been deployed to the middle east five times. >> and he could deploy again. john henrehan was there. >> reporter: the buses rolled in from the airport. these members of the washington, d.c. national guard have been deployed in iraq for the past year. daniel was awaiting her husband. >> i couldn't get her fast enough. i was driving a little bit crazy. >> reporter: we were there after daniel spotted her husband after his fifth deployment, anthony perry on his third deployment is encouraged by the progress in iraq, but he was serious, as he reminded us, there is a price for the progress. you never forget the casualties. >> it happened. it is a part of life. it happens here. >> this sergeant was on his second deployment to iraq. >> i'm so glad that he is back home. i can't en express. i missed him dearly. i'm so glad that he is home safe. >> reporter: waters got to hold her 3-month-old granddaughter. >> my goodness, look at

if you recognize this man, please call washington, d.c. police. called washington party crashers are back in the spotlight. they will be part of an upcoming reality television show, "the reality -- the real housewives of washington, d.c." >> that is great. >> they've pleaded the fifth to breaking into a state dinner last month. they have remained under investigation and are also writing a book, surprise. a movie that many mothers and grandmothers would not want to see, this weekend. >> john cusec and friends returned in 1986 in "hot tub time machine." plenty of times, if you check your brain at the door, two stars. another new movie, "how to train your dragon." a three-dimensional animated film for kids. have a nice weekend, everyone. >> how many stars will we give the weather this weekend? >> the sky, four. the temperature, two. changes are coming, but also this -- tonight it does not feel like spring and all. the first stop on the network is in rocklin county. 35 degrees right now. folks in middelburg, you will be down to 27 degrees by the mornin

when i made that announcement, literally at that moment, within 15 minutes, maybe 17, a washington, d.c. newspaper dropped an article that said i was under an ethics investigation when no one had told me that. not a word. that's called the washington two-step. that's where you get set up, somebody passes information, and out you go. in the face of facing cancer, fighting the democratic leadership -- by the way, i'm a proud democrat. i'm a democrat in a place where we don't have democrats. it's not like i'm in new york city. i'm in rural america where the rubber hits the road. one of the first democrats to be elected in my congressional district in human memory. and there the people of my district -- by the way, overwhelmingly didn't want me to resign. but i can't. i can't stay and fight it all. >> you are leaving because -- quickly, in a sentence, you're leaving because? >> i am leaving because i have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer, the democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party

he came up with mills to washington, d.c. from south carolina where the slave worked for his entire life. mills noted that he bought read because the evident talent in the business. reed proved his intelligence and skills in two different incidents involving the statue of freedom. once this plaster mold of the statue of freedom which by the way now sits in the capitol as a donor center needed to the capitol grounds and i talion workmen assembled near the building so everyone from around kinsey would freedom of look like when it was finished on top of the bellmon. author described happened in 1869 book the federal city in this in a balance of washington. the italian was ordered to take the mall as part. this he refused to do unless he was given a large increase of wages and secured employment for a number of years in other words a good government job. he said he alone knew how to separate and would only do so upon such conditions. the italian worker thought he was the only person in the country skilled enough to pick apart the

now, in washington, d.c., here's a perfect example. washington, d.c., 93% of the folks there registered voters, they are democrats. now, there were two talk stations that broadcast conservative talk. when cbs decided to flip one of their stations to a talk, a 50,000 watt a.m. signal calling it the big talker back on november 10th, 2008, the program director refused to consider progressive talk saying there were, well, they're just going to take the station hard right. so in an overwhelmingly liberal city with the democratic votership at 93% they decided it was a good business decision to saturate the airwaves with more right-wing talk. even though they have, you know, superstar glenn beck on the air. defy this, glenn. you have zero ratings in washington, d.c. zilch. nil. nada. zero. now, the second tier radio talk station, wtnt ranked 30th in the market with a 0.4 share. now, this kind of imbalance goes unchallenged. we're supposed to believe this is the free market. i think it's ownership. i think it's time for congress to get involve

but at the end, it became the typical washington, d.c.you got out of the mall. >> you start with washington, starting in the center, and you have the quadrants. you're saying the northeast, southwest, southeast, are different and the northwest was. what is the difference? >> the social conditions. >> d.c. police officers arresting a young man after he allegedly had broken into a apartment building at crestwood, nw. >> i managed to get permission from the police department to drive with them through the night shift. the condition was, again, you cannot show identities of the people. that was kind of a challenge, but for four or five nights i drove with them to get some participation to illustrate the crimes and some of the problems that the city has. >> a woman handcuffed for driving without a license on georgia avenue. this was in 2004. and then we go to a barber shop, central avenue and southeast washington. >> one of my favorite shots were the people there. i used a panoramic camera and took a picture of the barbershop in this very rund

and what we're coming here to washington, d.c. by the tens of thousands to say, we want to see it get started in late april. we want to see the legislation introduced and the markup begin so that in may or june we might get some floor time. which senator harry reid, the majority leader, has said. and then, look, today's march and coming together in washington, d.c. is about one step of a continuum. there will be town hall meetings, there will be people visiting their congress, with their senators on the 10th of april i will be with the majority leader at a huge rally in las vegas. on may 1, there will be organized events across this nation. i really believe that if the legislative prosess starts and we can't get things done in april and get this process then we need to go back to the field. then we need to do what the suffradge movement did, the civil rights movement, the labor movement. we need to go back into the field and create the conditions by making sure that the american public understands the immorality of not having comp

i could start working as a cab driver in washington, d.c.alked to many people, to many nonprofitçó orientations to get assistance from them, just to understand and to get access to people. because it was not necessarily easy to photograph some of the situation. >> this is a schoolgirl at the lincoln memorial. did you know her? >> no, her family was there. i thought it was a fantastic picture -- -- situation, lincoln and the little girl. i love it. >> is there symbolism there for you? >> yes, we know lake and liberated slavesÑi -- lincoln liberatedxd the slaves, and i >> why did you decide to do black-and-white and what kind of camera did you use? >> black-and-white is my favorite choice for photographyó ñrbecause it leaves the message w3without getting distracted by colors. you can do black-and-white or color, is just a personal choice. Ñiand this was just a classic camera. >> it's obvious that this is on the mall with the washington monument, and an evening consent -- and the evening concert, all you see is white people. >> there is a major

things i like about talking about them because when i talk about it i learned more and more about washington, d.c.. i have people come to me and say philip reed was my great, great, great grandfather. i found some descendants in washington. who knows what some of you will tell me after i complete here but these are just some of the stories i've been able to find and in no way is this a comprehensive complete version of the african-american contributions to the city. .. [applause] >> afternoon. welcome to the center of the book i am the director of the library center for the book which is the reading promotion from the library of congress. we promote reading and all of the states through a network of states. we also are involved in some wonder fall activities in the library of congress one being the book festival this a be our tenth anniversary at the national book festival this year on september 25th and i hope that many of you will keep it track of us and best of all come to the national book festival. it will be a wonderful day. being here at the library of congress is the opening of a young re

they say this all ends on april 15th right here in washington, d.c. with what they hope will be a very large rally on tax deadline day. >> of course, april 15th the key day. i'm wondering, how did you get that gig in washington while ed henry is out in nevada? how did that happen? >> reporter: yeah, ed henry helping us out. you'll see him live next hour. >> helping us out. he knows las vegas. >> reporter: yeah. jessica yellin will be out there this afternoon. we'll have live coverage throughout the day and throughout the night first with ed and then jessica right into primetime. >> making sure the house is in order. paul, thank you. good to see you. >>> we turn now to a story about accusations, denials, and the vatican. a complicated story here with one question that continues to surface. what did pope benedict know about sex abuse allegations when he served the vatican as cardinal joseph ratzinger? for some 24 years the man we now know as pope benedict oversaw the vatican's office that investigated sex abuse allegations. that fact is key as new allega

. >> they'll get to 23 states before the april 15th rally in washington, d.c. >>> meanwhile, forget tea. how about coffee? another political movement, the coffee party usa is looking for ways to expand its reach. the grass roots group is holding its second get together today in washington. it's really a brain storming session on how to create a national movement like the tea party. the coffee party calls itself an independent group, not aligned with any political party, corporation, or lobbying network. its goal? cooperation in government. the group says it will support leaders would work toward those positive solutions. >>> president obama is expected to sign the second part of health care reform next week. the so-called fixes bill makes slight changes to the broader health care package the president signed into law tuesday. the senate passed the measure on thursday. one of its major provisions has to do with student loans. it will shift government funding for student loans away from commercial banks to new education initiatives. supporters say it will save billions of dollars by endin

gay marriage became legal in washington d.c. today. same-sex couples lined up for marriage licenses at the city's main courthouse. washington is the sixth place in the nation where gay marriage is now legal. it joins connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire and vermont. the american cancer society is now urging doctors to tell male patients more about the risks of prostate cancer screening. new guidelines released today warned the p.s.a. blood test can detect false positives and lead to unnecessary treatments. millions of american men now get the blood test. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, a look at two big political stories from two of the country's largest states. we start in new york. new york politics suffered two body blows this week. one occurred in washington, where longtime congressman charles rangel was forced to temporarily step aside from his influential pos

washington, d.c.? hands are tied behind our back. we are working in a job or we cannot do these things on the job. >> i think one of the most important things you can do is write letters to members of congress. you can write columns for various media outlets. you can use technology to try and express your viewpoint. i think technology has opened up many new opportunities for citizen activism. we saw that during the 08 presidential election. we're seeing it among conservatives right now who are unhappy with the current direction of the administration. i think there are lots of vehicles out there. the key thing is making it a personal appeal on your part. members of congress get flooded with communication, but a lot of them are kind of mass written generic things. they really want to hear from their constituents and they want to hear your personal stories about how various things are affecting you and what your ideas are. >> we are organizing a caucus with congress in april. we're going to break up into

charles hamilton houston was a graduate of amherst college in washington d.c., graduated from amherst at the age of 19, serves in the army and went on to arbor bosque will and he was the first african-american to serve on the harvard law review. he earned a doctorate of judicial science from harvard, studied into paying what he why he was at harvard law school and was very famous at this time because he had recently defended a very high-profile sensational murder defendant, out in rural virginia. he is widely known by americans across all races and classes at the time. he wanted to attack segregation in the way that it works with the successful. the law of the land at the time was plessy versus ferguson, the 19th century supreme court decision that established the doctrine of separate but equal. and those words never appeared in the decisions to be sure, but the law was that the longest states, so long as the government provides separate and equal facilities for african-americans and for white americans, the constitution is satisfied. houston could not walk into court and ask the dist

. >> reporter: washington, d.c. this is engine ten, seen from the inside.the urgency right now, a call came in literally 30 seconds ago, house on fire. >> smoke on the second floor! >> reporter: they're one of the busiest fire houses in the country. they call themselves the house of pain because of the grueling pace. on any given day, they will respond to about 25 calls in a 24-hour period. and they love this. love putting out fires. >> we advanced our 400-foot attack line and they got to the second floor and helped extinguish the fire in the attic. >> reporter: but here's the thing about engine ten. what makes them so very busy, the vast majority of the 7,000-plus calls they answer each year, it not this at all. it's not to put out fires. instead, it is this. a medical emergency. what doctors would describe as a house call. and they get these kinds of health-related calls nonstop. this time, someone dialed 911 about this woman, thought to be on pcp. combative and running into the street. this man is leo ruiz, a paramedic firefighter with the training and t

if washington d.c.l only have the opportunity to have the flexibility like when it was in 1996. >>. >> mike: how much pushback from bureaucracy, people in the agency say we don't want everybody to know what they're doing. was there push back? i know the answer, but-- >> governor you're a smart man and it wasn't just the agency heads, but local governments as well and folks who had the good ole boy system. the way you break it up, shine the light on it. bad ideas will wither and die in the sunshine and we'll open it up. we'll make mistakes, but show where we spend the money and that's the way we improve government. >> mike: the site is up and running and people can take a look. what do you to to make it more user friendly. >> i think every day we mails, hey how about this, i had trouble finding that. as i move into the senate presidency next year, one of the number one goals how to we open to up to the people of florida. and then we can spend more on schools, health care and tax relief because we need to

if i had been in washington, d.c. as senator i would have voted against the stimulus and fought on behalf of republicans that were alternatives to cost less money, promoted more jobs. if charlie crist had been in the senate he would have voted for the stimulus. for the florida republicans, the choice is clear. do you want your next senator to be someone like me or the gentleman you named to the senate to vote for the stimulus and fought against it or do you want someone who voted for it? >> chris: what role do you see for yourselves if you are lucky enough to be elected the next senator from florida? mr. rubio, you say you will stand up to the obama agenda and governor crist won't. you say your favorite senator is jim demint of south carolina who opposes the obama agenda right down the line. doesn't that in effect mean if you are elected it's more partisan gridlock? >> first, partisan gridlock is not something i'm in favor of. but the problem is what are you standing for and what are you fighting for? i've worked acro

. >>> five washington, d.c. men are facing terrorism charges in pakistan. they were arrested in december. one of the men sent a letter to a relative saying that pakistan police are torturing them with beating, elic rocushion and no food or water for 36 hours. >>> a houston city bus slammed into a light rail train. the most dramatic images comes from the train focused on a rider. records show that the driver has been in five accidents since 2007, but only one of the accidents was her fault. >>> a tv game show sparking controversy.  oh, my goodness. it's so great! okay, wait, let me take a picture. okay. ready? [ giggling ] perfect! um, move a little to the left. oh, my gosh, you guys! you guys, you gotta see this. this is totally going on the web. come here! the new ultra-slim fp series, from lumix. touch screen, hd video, one small camera. >>> welcome back. it is 15 minutes after 5:00 now. montgomery students will not have to make up the snow days. the state has granted the school a waver. they missed nine days this year. three in decembe

only in washington, d.c.could you say you're going to spend $1 trillion and save the taxpayers money. only in washington, d.c. would you exchange the pro-life protections enshrined in the law for 30 years for a piece of paper signed by the most pro-abortion president in american history. despite overwhelming public opposition today this administration and this congress is poised to ignore the majority of the american people. let me say, madam speaker, this is not the president's house. this is not the democrats' house. this is the people's house and the american people don't want a government takeover of health care. i know they don't like us to call it that, but when you mandate every american have government-approved insurance whether they want it or need it or not, when you create government-run plan paid for with job-killing tax increases, when you provide government funding for abortion, that's a government takeover of health care and the american people know it. american people want to face challenges i

guest: i read everywhere in washington, d.c.he bicycle is a symbol of something we can agree on in washington, d.c. inland we are making policy changes to make it safer for children to ride their bikes up to school and for people to travel safely. half the trips in this country are a 20 minute trip on a bike. we want to make that easier. it is fun and makes people come together. host: what kind of bicycle did you have? guest: i have seven or eight. it is a sensitive issue at home. i have three in washington. i am writing a model -- riding a model named after my home town. i write it rain or shine except for that bad blizzard. host: next caller. caller: thanks for coming on c- span and answering our questions. i saw a report about medicare fraud. i wonder if there will be a look at fraud. we are laying off policemen and stuff. is it a good idea to have them address this issue? guest: this is something that is deeply troubling in terms of the people that are in the system. it is one of the reforms that we need to have. we have see

washington, d.c. fire. irfax and louder sheriff's office and maryland state police. >> if you don't train together, you're not going to be able to work together when it happens. >> reporter: the washington chan some near the flight path fromeagan national. flights were flying overhead as the teams dove to retrieve items donated by the national transportation safety board. >> i believe there are two black boxes down there. we have dummies, simulated persons in the water. seats and airline pieces. >> reporter: what they are doing is isn't easy. >> the visibility is like a 1 foot visibility. the communications between the different agencies. the coordinated effort in itself, just to cornade the whole recovery plan. it is difficult. >> reporter: the scenario had an eerie feel to it. retrieving the plane pieces and other items was done before. january 13th, 1982. when the air florida plane crashed. 69 people onboard died. five people survived. jerry washington remembers that day. >> i remember it was a sad day an

he moved to washington, d.c., to attend law school at howard university school of law. he filed lawsuits to desegregate the public schools in georgia. after several additional years of fighting for civil rights, he became the first african-american member of the augusta bar association. after 33 years of practicing law, judge ruffin was administered the oath of office and took the bench as the 62nd judge of the court of appeals in the state of georgia. he made history as the first african-american superior court judge in the augusta judicial circuit and later made history again when he served as the first african-american chief judge at the georgia court of appeals. when he died he was still -- before he died he was still a working judge. we mourn his passing but we're pleased to honor his many civil rights and legal accomplishments today. he stands as did thurgood marshall and others as great individuals who used the courts to advance civil rights. i urge my colleagues to support this important resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

cato has carried the torch here for liberty here in washington, d.c., for a long time. and it's an honor to be here. if i were to point to one thing for someone to think about or read to push forward the idea of human progress, that it's happened, that it's been successful, it would be chapter 2 of the book that we're talking about today. it's really a tour de force. and, in fact, they have a series of charts and numbers from a to z. actually it's from a to ab because you guys ran out of 26 points. each of them is impressive from the acceleration of growth rates over time to food intake, calories. i mean, just a fantastic cedars of charts. that i would highly recommend and, in fact, if i were teaching economics i would have that chapter be part of reading for whatever course i was teaching, whether it was micro, macro, graduate growth. here's the important thing to understand, you can disagree everything they write and everything they opine and all the fantastic economists that are interviewed in this book. and their theories, but you can't disagree with the facts that

and i would've book on walt whitman who volunteered in the hospitals in washington d.c.during the civil war. both of them saw a good deal more of the war than mark twain who by his own at mission was not equipped with the thoughtful business. when the war began in 1861, twain was living in new orleans working as a riverboat pilot on the mississippi river. not wanting to be drafted in either the union or confederate navy, twain left his job in new orleans and went to see with his sister, camille, in st. louis. a few weeks later he went back to his hometown of hannibal, missouri, where he was sometime talked into joining a new group of confederate military guerrillas known as the american rangers. the rangers weren't exactly the crack outfit. they spent most of their time arguing about strategy, falling off their horses and constantly retreating from what they imagined where hordes of union soldiers. one preacher asked him to shut his own horse one night for not giving the proper password. [laughter] another guy carried off by a watchdog in the entire group managed to fall

i have nodsing but great respecttor people who come to washington, d.c.and make their voices heard. better than than having a lot of influential lobbyists shilling for a lot of wealthy companies and individuals making policy for this country. host: we have this point that we have seen, idaho having the first governor signing a bill into law that would not allow federal mandates to move into his state of idaho. 37 states are moving to null fi mandates on individuals to buy health insurance. guest: we were told all the horror stories about medicare in 1965, we were told all the horror stories about social security back in the 1930s, you can't do this. the same type of movement and accusations. we now have two of the most important programs that help seniors stay out of poverty. medicare, and social security. seat belts. there were people who said the same thing about seat belts. today, we buckle up without any thought. we'll move forward. host: carl joining us from los angeles. caller: i'm just calling to see if the republicans and the democrats are agreein

and we meet you to make your voice is heard all the way in washington, d.c. they -- they need -- they need to hear your voice is because right now the washington echo chamber is in full throttle. it is as definite as it has ever been. as we come to the final vote, the echo chamber says, think about the politics. instead of thinking about doing the right thing. that is what mcconnell said this weekend. his main argument was, the schoothis will be bad for democ. i would not take that advice. but setting aside that, that is not the issue here. the issue here is not the politics of it. but that is what members of congress are hearing right now on the table shows and the gossip' columns in washington. it is telling congress comprehensive reform has felt before. remember what happened to clinton. yes, it's hard. it's hard. health care is complicated. health care ills a hard issue. it is easily misrepresented and miss understood. it's hard for some members of congress -- and misunderstood. there's no doubt. what else is hard is what leslie and her family is going thr

have 200 buses scheduled to leave chicago preparing now to join the march for america here in washington d.c. on march 21. the ground is already shaking. i can hardly hear the footsteps to the capital. justice delayed is justice denied. we will be in washington with all of our families, all of our churches, all of our young men and women, all of our children and we pray god sends you there to meet us with a bill already introduced, not a blueprint. like i said, a bill already introduced in moving both in the house and senate. from now on, stop the raids, stop the deportation, stop the separation of families. [speaking in spanish] [applause] >> we are coming to washington from each of the coast. we are going to be here. we are going to be in the tens of thousands. we want are forced to be hurt. we want our demands to be listened to and most importantly we want results. this concludes our presentation portion of our press conference. we are now open for questions from the press, and what i ask is that the speakers come forward and that the u.s. members of the press actually address the speaker

in 2007, he walked from tampa to washington, d.c. >> on my first walk, i had no idea what to expect. but i've found a great way to raise awareness and education about homeless children. >> he is expected to arrive in los angeles by september. he started a website where you can track his progress. >> coming up, the look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> the overtime. hostas not have as much weight as it had before in the nfl. we will tell you more about that in a moment. >> do not forget to answer the watercooler question of the day. email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> get set for a lot of confusion. nfl owners yesterday voted to change the way the nfl conducts overtime in the postseason. they had sudden-death in years before. but it has changed in the postseason. sudden death disappears once the post season rolls around. the owners want to reduce the impact of luck in field-goal kickers. it only applies to the post season. they want to make these new rules for the regular-season as well. a field goal on a team's first possession following

we need you to make your voices heard all the way in washington, d.c. [cheers and applause] they need to hear your voices. right now, the washington echo chamber is in full throttle. it is as deafening as it has ever been. as we come to that final vote, the echo chambers telling members of congress to think about the politics instead of thinking about doing the right thing. that is what mitch mcconnell said this weekend. his main argument was that this will be really bad for democrats politically. first of all, i generally would not take advice about what is good for democrats. [laughter] [applause] but setting aside that, that is not the issue here. the issue here is not the politics of it. but that is what members of congress are hearing right now on the cable shows and the gossip columns in washington. it is telling congress that comprehensive reform has failed before. remember what happened to clinton. it may be too politically hard. yes, it is hard. it is hard. that is because health care is complicated. healthcare is a hard issue. it is easily misr

our children. >> of like to add i expect our e leaders and elected representatives to come to washington d.co get the job done. we hit the pavement and encourage the community to come down to and votes and every single person the boats expects when they come to washington they're not just bickering with each other but actually understanding they have the power to change people's lives and that is our expectation we are in search of the leadership. if it is not elected that we will find that leadership and put them into office. another question? >> negative with "the washington post" for could you think this attack today represents a change in your strategy? have remember just after obama took office talking to some of you and the feeling seemed to me we understand he has a lot on the agenda we want some immigration change this year but we'll understand it may not be the first thing or take more than a year but there was the sense that he had other priorities and your understanding but today that it strikes me as markedly different would you characterize we were talking about today as a chang

same-sex couples will soon be able to head to the altar in washington, d.c. the d.c. council passed along in december. but it does not go into effect . congress has had 30 days to review it. -- but it does not go into effect until congress has had 30 days to review it. the price of metrarail will climb by 10 cents. the day passed jumps from $3 to $3.20. are you ready for a little spring cleaning? the great american cleanup kicks off tomorrow. it is the nation's largest community improvement program. the program runs from tomorrow through may 31. last year, volunteers donated more than 5 million hours to improve thousands of communities. the capitals are back in action this week. they start wednesday in buffalo then comes home to take on the tampa bay lightning on thursday and the new york rangers on saturday th. still ahead, a metro fare hike takes effect. how much will your next trip cost? the threat of more wintry weather is in our seven-day forecast. that is >> welcome back. a state of catastrophe continues in chile. it is nearly two days since it happened. looters

the clerk: washington, d.c, march 2, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeanne shaheen, a senator from the state of new hampshire, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the albuquerque will call the roll. -- the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i have a few things to say, but it's my understanding the distinguished senator from maine wishes to make a unanimous consent request, and i would yield to her for that purpose. ms. collins: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, madam president, and i thank the disti

we are experiencing the blooming of these wonderful trees and a lot of interest coming back to washington, d.cter: in northwest washington, 9 news now. >> right now at metro mix.com, learn about the local restaurants with cherry blossom festivals and where to see the trees without seeing the tourists. check out metro mix.com. >>> 6:46. lynnette charles is here and have you been out looking at the cherry blossoms? >> i haven't yet but it will be gorgeous, especially if you are doing it this weekend. it will be amazing. have you seen it. >> i was looking at them. there's some in the neighborhood and that's as close as i have gotten. >> exactly. we will talk about the weather and plenty of sunshine as we go through the rest of the day and even in to the weekend. with warmer temperatures, as well. show you what is going on in terms of the three-day forecast. we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast continuing today, tomorrow, the day after that. you like that trend? 81 degrees as we head in to friday. the bus stop forecast for today, it is not a bad one. a pretty good one as the kids head out an

it may work one way in washington d.c.. baltimore is a little bit different and state and local authority the different yet again. one of the things more data would permit us to see is variations in the way this question is handled across the country which is an important thing to know about our criminal justice system. on your point about -- i want to take that judicial discretion peace. defense attorneys and judgees -- defense attorneys had almost no say in the amount of credit a defendant would get for cooperation and judgees had a very limited ability to make decisions because it was the government's prerogative to file a motion or not. post booker all that has changed and speculate some in the book about what i think will happen. is clear that at least in a regular sentencing, courts now have not only the ability but the obligation to consider that in the way they would any sentencing effect with or without a government motion which was a policy statement not binding on the court and it would be error not to consider a

d.c.? washington has broken faith with the people they are supposed to be serving. in d.c.? ington has broken faith with the people they are supposed to be serving. that is why we are sending a message to washington. it is loud, and it is clear, and in these upcoming elections, we are saying that the three government, big debt, spending spree is over. you are fired. what we are doing, we're rolling up our sleeves and getting down to business and getting back to common sense, conservative principles that make our country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up. thank you for standing up. we are standing up and speaking up and fighting for solutions. we are taking our country back and starting right here in nevada. thank you for being here. [applause] when we talk about fighting for our country, let's clear the air right now on what it is we are talking about. we are not inciting violence. do not get sucked up into the mainstream media's lies about conservative america's standing up for freedom as inciting violence. violence is not the answer

and by giving $10,000, you send a young woman to washington, d.c. for a semester internship. thank you for believing in our young women and for helping them stand strong. god bless you for your friendship and your generosity. >> what does the institute do? >> well, we have more than 20,000 supporters around the country who support our work, to promote and celebrate conservative women leaders and use them as role models to help train up the next generation of women leaders. >> how much money do you raise a year? >> our budget is a little over $2 million right now. and most of it comes in very small gifts. we have maybe 300 who give more than $1,000 a year. most give smaller amounts. >> who's your biggest contributor? >> you know, they don't like us to give their names for the most part. but we have some wonderful people in chicago and in connecticut, who give $100,000 a year. i just don't feel free to give their names. but they're people who, if they could, they would go out and do what we do - support and affirm young women who are in a tough environment on college campuses.

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from capitol whill and washington, d.c. . . host: we are live right now from one of the house office buildings. it is the cannon office building, named after speaker joe cannon. our guest is steven dennis, who has been immersed in health care legislation for how long now? guest: certainly over a year. it seems like this is never going to end, but it looks like it's going to end today. it is going to be an exciting historic day one way or the other. host: walk us through what is going to happen and the particularly interesting things to watch? guest: the first part of the day you are going to watch unrelated votes that don't have much bearing on this bill at all. they are opportunities for leadership to go out and make their last wood checks, make sure people who say they are going to vote for the bill will actually vote, making sure that everybody is going to show up. there was concern about lorta sanchez, who wasn't here yesterday. they are making sure they work out the last deals that some members are demanding before they vo

we will reach out to people who don't live, breathe, eat, sleep politics in washington, d.c. organizing the conservative community. the same is on the left. as you know, one of the fascinating questions in this campaign, republicans have the intensity now,

all the action is in washington, d.c.. where since early this morning on capitol hill they've been hammering out the details that are going to lead to sunday's debate and vote on the house floor. democrats are scrambling to secure the votes they need to pass health care reform. republicans are committed to defeat the bill. tonight managing editor of the hill bob cusack will break down what is in that bill and explain in simple terps that maybe we can all understand. also pennsylvania governor rendell and south dakota governor rounds will be talking about the impact this bill could have on the states and what it might cost at the state level not just the federal. dick morris on how the leadership is going to do whatever it takes to get this bill passed. and what kind of backroom deals might they be cutting in order to get the votes they need? we are going to beholding a mini town hall group with a bunch of folks from southern california. they will be asking questions that everybody wants answers to. all of that here on this

in 1992 in washington d.c. returned in 1994, one more year in 1995.n 1996, you was inaugurated in february. five years, the first president in the history of haiti for a full term and in 2004, we have another presidential election where he came back into power and also resigned in 2000--february 2004. this was exiled to south africa. the last thing i have to say -- you all know haiti had a disaster that is a daunting task to rebuild. in conclusion i believe for haiti to go back to its streets we have to have a good partnership between the u.s. -- impairment. within this framework, with asian-americans, we have recommendations that will address many of the constraints that haiti must face for what we have for the future of haiti. we recognize that haiti answered the call for a new partnership taking the next step to better manage its affairs. and delivering services i expected. neither haiti nor the united states would be locked forever in the benefits and relations between the two countries over the last 50 years. we should set our sights on the day w

. >>> tonight two men face charges in a drive-by shooting in washington, d.c. that killed four people and wounded five others. a witness says they had just returned from a funeral of another shooting. the shooting last night was the worse in 16 years. police believe a dispute between neighborhood crews may have lead to the violence. >>> a woman and a child are hospitalized tonight after being splashed with a dangerous chemical. it happened monday night. the acid-like liquid burned the woman and her 3-year-old daughter. police believe it is a domestic-related incident and are looking for a suspect. >> she said it is on me and burning. >> she was worried about her daughter because she didn't know what was going on. she didn't know how much stuff had got on her. >> authority aces say the ace say the mother suffered burns on her eyes leg, neck and cheek. >>> [ no audio ] meanwhile appeals court ordered snider to pay $16,000 in appeals cost to the church group. for more on the story and to read e-mail comments or to share your own thought on the hot button issue log