but conceptually you can do this with a long weir. here's another example of a long weir structure. this is sort of south of monster park along the bay. on the lower left you can see sort of the weir arrangement as it currently exists. one of our concepts would be -- it's a little hard to see, but you can sort of wall off those existing weirs and put some sort of a duck bill type of back flow prevention in there. so we see this as a near term solution to a current problem we have, something we can start doing right away, and i think my engineers suggest that this would probably protect us i'd say for the next 30 to 50 years. if this is all we did, we could probably avoid serious problems with salt water intrusion. start looking at the longer term, i don't really know what you do other than install more pumps. will talked about this is a problem we have to stop. we might have to build seawalls around the city, we might have to firm up large areas, we're just going to have to pump a lot more. and i guess sort of a discussion point i have about more pumping is conceptually that's simpl

the weir structures are the slots underneath. the lower right photo you are seeing a high tide that is actually not happening on a stormy day, not when we're having a lot of wind and tidal surge; it's just a very high tide that's actually topping over the weir and coming back into our system. the problem that we face i think is represented very well here in that if this becomes -- right now this is maybe a several times, several days a year event. probably it occurs for several hours and then stops. so we can sort of deal with that. the issue is, though, if this starts to become a daily occurrence, which it could well be with a sea level rise of a foot or a foot and a half -- not that much -- then we have big problems. i noticed a lot of my waste water colleagues in the audience and i think we all understand what the problem is. it's really, simply stated, it's two things. our treatment facilities aren't designed to handle salt water. we have biological treatment systems that operate in a fresh water mode. salt water intrusion --

in new york city, this is "nightline," january 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the idea of the devil, evil incarna incarnate, has symbolic force. and the character of lucifer inhabits our greatest literature. but what about the devil not as a symbol, but as a willful being? a fallen angel in christian belief that cannot only affect human events but enter human bodies? tonight, we go inside the controversial and extraordinary right of exorcise with my co-anchor terry moran for our series "faith matters." >> it burns! >> reporter: in hollywood, exorcisms are full of spooky special effects and terrifying images. as in most famously, the film, "the exorcist." >> i demand you to depart from this servant of god. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: or, there's the battle with the devil in the movie "the exorcism of emily rose." >> demons exist whether you believe in them or not. >> reporter: but exorcism is more, much more, than just fodder for horror flicks. it is one of the most dramatic, profoundly moving and profoundly controversial of all religious practices. >> beli

in new york city, this is "nightline," january 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. it's complicated does not even begin to describe america's relationship with egypt. in exchange for more than a billion of your tax dollars a year, they have been a partner, but egypt is run by a man many resent as a modern-day farrow. his average subjects scratches by on $6 a day. resentment over this arangement has been simmers for years. it boiled over this week and exploded tonight, setting the white house and the world on edge. for the very latest, here's alex marquardt in cairo. >> reporter: bill, despite the curfew, despite the armored military vehicles on the streets, protests continue tonight. tanks have surrounded the u.s. embassy to protect it. from our perch, we've heard explosions, cheers, battles. it's been incredible 24 hours with the government of president hosni mubarak on the ropes, trying to figure out what to do in the face of such incredible anger. the scenes are unprecedented. the most violent day in four days of violent clashes in the heart of the arab world, re

in new york city this is "nightline," january 20th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. we can hope but it's hard to imagine that there will ever be a terrorist museum the way there will soon be a mob museum in las vegas. in a simpler time men with shark skin suits were the very embodiment of domestic terror in blue collar neighborhoods. but today brought poof that la cosa nostra is not quite ready for museum moth balls. it was a roundup of so many that the femds used an army base to hold them all. so, what is the state of the modern mafia and is it anything close to the brand made famous by brando? we asked a few who now. if this were a gangster movie, this would be the start of the third act. you know, the part where the guys in short hair cuts swoop into the neighborhood round up tony bagels and vinny car wash. but no self-representing director would ever shoot the scene this big. 800 agents in four states and italy? 127 busts, including 30 made men from seven crime families? nothing like this has ever been seen in a century. but here they are, in the nonfiction flesh

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 18th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with a story of love, courage and grace. commander mark kelly has thrown in space three times, but he says he's closest to heaven when he's with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. in just three months time, commander kelly's scheduled to fly into space again, and not least among the signs of optimism about his wife's condition is that he has not ruled out that trip. here's diane sawyer with an abc news exclusive. >> reporter: it started as a typical weekend for the long distance couple. commander mark kelly at home with his daughters in houston. his wife, gabrielle giffords, in tucson, preparing for a public event. how did you hear? >> on saturday morning, i received a call from my wife's chief of staff. she says, i don't know how to tell you about this, but gabby's been shot. >> reporter: didn't know whether it was serious at that point -- >> no, we had no idea.

new york city this is "nightline," january 12th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. after five days of anguish and anger, tucson and really the whole nation was due for an emotional cleansing tonight. 25,000 people showed up at a college arena that seats half that many. among them some carrying flesh wounds. all of them scarred emotionally by saturday's murder spree. the heads of state and federal government were there. cabinet members, supreme court justices past and present. and the man who carried the biggest responsibility to the mode podium, barack obama. more than any dark moment before, this was his night to serve as consoler in chief. and after a week of bitter political back and forth, millions tuned in to see how the president would respond, but not one of them expected one particular line early in the speech. the news that representative gab ree gel gef fordiffords opened her eyes tonight. one of many applause breaks. our chief white house correspondent jake tapper was there and joins us now for more on gabby and the rest of the speech. jake? >> reporter:

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i think the process weir setting up here allows us to look at the empirical data nine months and beyond and see if there is indeed a concern, then we have that ability -- i should say you, this body, has the ability to revoke the ability to operate out there. commissioner bonilla: as a whole, i support the project. i mean, this is a transition -- this is a transit-first city. we certainly -- i mean, i love seeing the bike riders where i work. i think we don't have issues there in terms of the bike riders. and we have had a lot of construction issues there in that district with the idea of the valencia corridor and what have you. those things happened -- that construction happened when -- i mean, when bicycling was already happening. you know, it was a way of life there. here, we have an opportunity in terms of timing, in terms of when we introduce that additional activity. i think the timing is not as great as i would like it to be in terms of the construction that's going on. that's my only -- that's the only drawback that i see here. >> i suppose iffs just positive that bicycle riding

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with miracles. it's a term we've come to use with some frequency. we describe life's most unexpect and extraordinary twists with it. but there is actually a sanctioning body for miracles. a department of miracles, you might say, that's assigned to investigate them on a case by case basis and then deliver a judgment. it's either a miracle or it's not. well, hon a day when a new miracle has been declared, elizabeth vargas goes inside the process for our series, "faith matters." >> reporter: as soon as he died, the faithful were crying out, even demanding it. sainto, the crowd chanted. and this french nun, who claims she was cured by the late pope, as now brought him his bee yat if i case. "you look at my hand," she says, "it's no longer shaking." pope benedict announced today that her recovery from parkinson's disease was indeed a miracle. the beatification will take place o

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 21st, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with young people and drug use. our focus is an herb native to southern mexico that causes hallucinations when smoked and can cause the user to lose control of thoughts and actions. it's called salvia and it's perfectly legal in most states. but now it is under increased scrutiny following the allegation that the suspect in the tucson shooting, jarwas a regular user. here's terry moran with our report. >> reporter: if you go to youtube and type in the world salvia, you enter an underground world. it's called salvai, magic mint, sally d. it packs a powerful punch unlike anything else out there. >> in higher doses it produces a visionary state. where you basically go into a waking dream. it's very similar to dreaming, like sleep dreaming. only you're awake. >> reporter: all these videos are posted by people who claim shea show people who are smoking salvia. they take a hit and within a minute, s

" >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 4th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with the subject of many a new year's resolution, weight loss. dieting is big business, in fact, a $60 billion a year business here in the u.s. part of the reason why 50 million of us go on diets every year, only about 5% manage to keep the weight off. so, why do so many celebrities seem to succeed? each year, "us weekly" devotes a special issue to celebrity weight loss. a star-studded who and how of thinning down. this year, we went behind the scenes as it all came together. here's chris connelly. >> reporter: it's not only star-crossed romance that holds the attention of celebrity-minded magazines. on a parallel track, the ups and downs of celebrity bodies and diets keep readers enthralled, too. in the celebrity weight loss world, there are the big success stories, like valerie bertinelli. the sitcom sweetheart who used jenny craig to lose 40 pounds and rocked this bikini. >> i've been given

all you want to do is have your kids and only your kids be wealthier and be better off and happen weir and smarter and live in a country that is higher national income and higher per capita g.d.p. and more secure, then you want to have immigration of all sorts, too. that's the funny part and that's the final point. we know that cultural, but particularly economic development isn't so much about keeping the wrong people out of a country. it turns out that it is as much or maybe dominantly about letting the right people in to a country. and the right people, as it happens, is a very broad swath of people. it is not just outstanding researchers, it is this broad spectrum because there is no gene for the human spirit, but there is a little signal. one of the signals is someone who gives up so much to take such a huge risk and to come here despite our recent signals of not particularly welcoming them is someone who has something that we probably want. and if you give me three years, we'll have that quantified a little bit better. thank you. [applause]>>t. that was excellent. we do have head

i'm bill weir. it is a little amusement really, a piece of colorful plastic that mcdonald's tucked inside its kiddie meals for decades. might seem like a bit of harmless fun except some parents and concerned others are saying those little plastic toys pose a real risk luring kids into unhealthy eating. the restaurant begs to differ and some may feel a lawsuit to remove toys from happy meals is, well, either un-american or all too american. here's yunji de nies with our report. ♪ the happy meal is coming >> reporter: for three decades kids have had a meal they can call their own at mcdonald's, the happy meal. >> yay! >> reporter: what makes it, oh, so happy is what comes with those chicken mcnuggets and french fries, a prize, a gift from ronald mcdonald himself. ♪ here i am >> reporter: the toy has transformed with the times, an avalanche of colorful characters from every corner of childhood. mcdonald's puts a lot of time and money into those pieces of plastic, everything from graphic artists to safe

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 6th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with children's health, and a startling reality. tens of thousands of preschoolers in this country are on anti-psychotic medications. a number that's doubled in the last decade. the trend raises many questions, especially since most have not been tested on children and doctors have little idea what their effect may be on the developing brain. tonight, we meet a family faced with a profoundly difficult choice. for this little boy, what you're seeing is not just a momentary tantrum, but the stuff of every day life. day in and day out, cole evavold's parents, jennifer and chris, have had to cope with his thrashing, banging and screaming. it's certainly not what they thought life would be like when they adopted him as a newborn seven years ago. >> i guess he really was fussy. he cried and needed to be held a lot and he never slept. i thought it was just him being a baby. >> reporter: by two months,

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 11th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and to begin we want to show you pictures released this evening by the office of representative gabrielle giffords, her husband, u.s. navy captain mark kelly holds her hand inside the hospital room where she is recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. the suspected gunman 22-year-old jared loughner remarkably give formedffords is said to be doing well. here's bob woodruff who brings to the story his own incredible tale of survival. >> was somebody shot then sir? >> yes the guy looked like -- the guy had a semiallutomatic pistol. he went in, he just started firing. >> reporter: just after 10:00 in the morning, 22-year-old jared loughner walked straight to gabrielle giffords and shot her point blank in the head. >> he comes out around he goes immediately up to her, fires the first shot. >> reporter: he killed six others in his rampage, but his target was still fighting for her life. >> is

processes more accessible, transparent, we give out information that people may not have access to, weir a hammer for the community, and we help facilitate things for people who want to make change in this city. i will always support organizing. organizers of those that change the city. i will always support and work on policies which will make our city more equitable and more just. i support community building, because i think how we may change together is by caring about one another because we know one another. and i will always listen and be an open door. i want to acknowledge my family, who is here with me today. my father and my mother and my brother phillip. last night was the first time i had told them in korean that i love them. because in korean, it's a very, very different work. [speaking in korean] and to the community -- [speaking in korean] thank you so much for your support. someone asked me after the election if i felt that i owed the mentors in the communities that allowed me to be here today, because i would not be here if not for a community of support that brought me h

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 13th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with promising signs and a touching farewell in tucson. doctors report that congresswoman gabrielle giffords, so gravely wounded in saturday's shooting is showing signs of motor control beyond what anyone dared expect. exciting news. but muted today by the laying to rest of the tragedy's youngest victim, 9-year-old christina-taylor green, in a ceremony at a catholic church in north tucson. here's david wright with our report. >> reporter: today in tucson, the first solid bit of good news from the doctors. >> she's yawning, she's starting to rub her eyes and she'll wake up, where as before she would just go back to sleep right away. >> reporter: congresswoman gabby giffords appears to be waking up. but alongside that glimmer of hope, heartbreak as this community today laid to rest the littlest victim of the shooting. 9-year-old christina-taylor green and congresswoman giffo

here's my co-anchor bill weir with a he said/she said for the modern age. >> reporter: like most bitter divorce cases, this is a he said/she said tale, with two versions of a crumbling marriage. in fact, they don't even agree on whether they were ever truly in love. >> it was okay at first, you know. you know, we had our independency. >> there was not a really good relationship there. early on, i classified it as a fraud and i pretty much -- pretty much stayed that way. >> reporter: but unlike any breakup story before, this one could end up with a man in jail and new legal boundaries on husbands, wives, and privacy. this was the first marriage for leon, the third for klara. she'd had a son with her first husband, left her second after he allegedly slapped her in a fit of jealous rage, and then she met a handsome i.t. specialist in her job with the county. klara got pregnant. and they decided to give it a go as a family. but a family, she says, with boundaries. >> it was kind of a clear line of independence and we respected each other's privacy through everything. shortly after we got ma

" >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 26th, 2011. >> and good evening from a snowy new york. we begin tonight with parenting. dr. spock baby and child care book has sold more than 50 million copies since its 1946 publication. but now, a new kind of parenting book is flying off the shelves, and the author we speak with tonight has critics roaring about her sharp-clawed advice. here's juju chang to talk with the author, and with moms of a few different stripes. >> reporter: parenting has become a competition of style. and there's a me marriage ree of mothers writing about how they are raising the perfect cub. meet amy chua. better known as the tiger mom. >> my daughter said, i hate math, i'm bald at math. i didn't accept that. i said, i'm making these practice test, and i hand wrote them and i did this with her for a week and the next test, she did really well and guess what? she decided she didn't hate math. her parents started calling her a math whiz and now math is one of he

" >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with a story about family values. big family values. we'll take you to tennessee an introduce you to a christian family named bates. mom kelly, dad gil just celebrated the birth of their 18th baby. and they're praying for more as they move closer to becoming the biggest family in america one day. ryan owens goes 1-on-20 for this look inside an american family. >> reporter: you've probably heard the term organized chaos. but you've likely never seen it in action. until you meet the bates family. all 20 of them. there's dad gil, mom kelly, and then there are the 18 children. at 22, zach is the oldest. >> every year, you know, add another person, so it doesn't feel abnormal to me. >> reporter: the youngest, judson, is just 4 months old. i have what, to me, is a very difficult question, and that is, name your children. >> i have all the years -- >> reporter: however. >> zach

i'm bill weir. it is part of the human condition to seek rationale explanations for the most irrational of crime. emptying a glock into the crowd of innocents goes against logic but we have to try to understand. what was the nature of loughner's apparent sickness? who could have stopped him? those are the questions out of tucson. here is david wright with the very latest clues. >> reporter: the first glimpse of jared lee loughner since his arrest, a mug shot released today. head shaved. eyes bright. on his lips, the hint of a smile. shortly after his arrest for mass murder. today, police surrounded the federal courthouse in phoenix. inside, shackled hand and foot, loughner had his day in court. his first of many. it was a brief proceeding. the judge informed him of the charges. the defendant said he understood them. loughner had a public defender. but none of his family members were there to offer moral support. [ bells tolling ] today across the country, a moment of silence for the victims. but the

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," january 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. winning the future. that was the theme of president obama's state of the union address tonight. that's how he summed up the challenges facing the country and his plans to meet them. it is a tenuous moment for president obama, a moment of drama and opportunity in the wake of the tucson shootings that seemed to sober up the political classes somewhat. but it's a crossroads in his presidency, and the president faces challenges of his own. tonight, we take a look at what he said and how he did. it was different this time. you could see the shift in attitudes here in washington in the house chamber itself. dozens of democrats and republicans crossing the aisle to sit together. and so many wearing black and white ribbons, black for mourning, white for peace. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! >> reporter: hovering over president obama's speech tonight was an unmist

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for terry moran, bill weir and all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! >> oh, crap, i'm late! ♪ >> jimmy: why are you late, stupid? i told you, never to be late. >> dicky: tonight, seth rogen. elle fanning. music from the damned things. and special guest director michel gondry. >> action! >> dicky: with cleto and the cletones. and now, bonjour. here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, thanks for coming. very nice. i'm really sorry. i guess i overslept or something. thank you for coming. thank you for being here, thank you for watching. i'll begin sbi by introducing our guest director tonight, the director of "the green hornet," the great michel gondry. [ applause ] >> hey, jimmy. how are you? thanks for having me. >> jimmy: thank you for being here. itch was up all night learning french to speak to you today. he's directed videos for foo fighters, for beck, the white stripes. he's directed kate winslet, jim carrey. don't say anything. he thinks i'm john travolta, so -- this is the third celebrity guest

bill weir, abc news, birmingham, michigan. >> okay. what do you think about all this? who is right? on? go to abcnews.com/gma, to weigh in. >>> now, let's go to juju at the newsdesk. >> a lot of strong opinions. good morning, everyone. one day after the new congress was sworn in, the focus, now, is on big changes at the white house. president obama and white house officials spent the day wednesday speaking with former commerce secretary, bill daley, about becoming chief of staff. daley is an executive at jpmorgan chase and would bring strong business ties to the job. >>> a high school vice principal has died after a school shooting in nebraska. police say 17-year-old robert butler also wounded the principal before taking his own life wednesday. there are reports that butler, the son of a police detective, had been suspended for driving on to the school football field. >>> police in baltimore say they're still at square one after searching for a missing girl for more than a week. the 16-year-old from north carolina vanished without a trace during her christmas break. here's david ker

. >> we got weired vibes from him. i told the fbi that all he was talking about was his crazy dreams. >> reporter: investigator are searching for evidence of mental illness and trying to learn what triggered the rampage. the congresswoman's husband believes some of the questions will remain unanswered. >> i don't think we will ever fully understand the why and the how you know the reason for what happened on the 8th of january. >> reporter: giffords has been ansferred to a hospital in houston, she is not yet ready to start rehabilitation because of fluid on her brain, but doctors there say they're surprised with the progress she has already made. and giffords' husband mark kelly has been invited to tomorrow's state of the address. >> thank you. >>> tonight in san francisco, the common wealth club is holding a town hall meeting called qualifications of tucson. the president and ceo of the club and former clinton nuclear arms negotiator will discuss political aggression and gun control that. meeting starts at 6:00. atten

i'm bill weir. for cynthia and terry and all of us at abc news, good night. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. do you like to get together with family and friends to play touch football over the holidays? you do? the clorox toilet bowl was created for you. the inaugural game will be played in new orleans january 13. former nfl quarterback and bachelor jesse palmer will play all-time quarterback for two lucky teams. my pals are warming up for the toilet bowl right now as a matter of fact. hey, guys, how's it going in there? >> very good, jimmy. rough and tumble. >> yeah, football. >> jimmy: who's winning? >> it's very close. first, i score a touchdown. then a touchdown. then -- oh, no. >> jimmy: oh, no, what's wrong, guys? >> i think -- coming in. >> jimmy: here it comes now. well, i killed them. >> the clorox toilet bowl in new orleans this january. >> jimmy: jimmy kimmel live back in two minutes. [ male announcer ] in the event of a collision, the smartest thing you could do is cut the fuel supply...

here's bill weir. >> reporter: unlike any breakup story before, this one could end up with a man in jailaries on husbands, wives, and privacy. this was the first marriage for leon, the third for clara. she'd had a son with her first husband, left her second after he allegedly slapped her in a fit of jealous rage, and then she met a handsome i.t. specialist at her job with the county. clara got pregnant and with a beautiful new daughter, the two decided to give it a go as a family. but a family, she says, with boundaries. >> it's kind of a clear line of independence. and we respected each other's privacy throughout everything. shortly after we were married, he insisted that we have any conversations through e-mails. >> any conversations? >> yes, all conversations went through e-mails. >> well, she liked to talk and i didn't like to confront. so -- i don't know. >> reporter: e-mails provided by clara show a couple struggling to connect but filled with acid accusations. while technically still married, both say they were little more than roommates for months. and clara soon sought comfort w

two, we are unable to compete with dynamic economies because weir overburden -- we're overburdened. three, we are hard wired to be consumers, not producers, and four, we're attached to liberal values that are leaving us behind the jug naught of capitalism. today, i wanted to make the case for optimism. the case for optimism in our future. we can overcome the problems, but need a change in direction. huge deficits don't fall out of the sky. complex rules that restrict the labor markets are not some naturally occurring phenomena that we can do nothing about. crushing regulation is not some plague that has somehow been visited upon us. all of these, all of these result from the decisions that we have made either alone or together. in many ways, we in europe have been our own worst enemy, but that also means the power is within us to change, to make it easier for businesses to start up and prosper, to open new markets within europe and between europe and the rest of the world, and with so many of europe's leaders committed to open markets and reform, i would argue there has never been a

again we haven't seen it in the last two years because we shut down the appropriations process, but weir going to allow -- we're going to allow members the opportunity to actually participate in establishing those priorities. that is going to be a joint effort. our priority is -- i yield myself 15 seconds, mr. speaker. our priority is to get the economy back back on track and create jobs. we know very quell that getting our fiscal house in order is going to be essential if we are going to have the kind of job creation that both democrats and republicans want. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 seconds to mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the skwlelt is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. van hollen: i thank the gentleman for his useful guidance. the fact of the matter is in the spring, we'll begin the budget process in the budget committee. we're now feeling with fy-2011. as the chairman know, there's a budget resolution in effect that had a number in it. you chose not

again we haven't seen it in the last two years because we shut down the appropriations process, but weir going to allow -- we're going to allow members the opportunity to actually participate in establishing those priorities. that is going to be a joint effort. our priority is -- i yield myself 15 seconds, mr. speaker. our priority is to get the economy back back on track and create jobs. we know very quell that getting our fiscal house in order is going to be essential if we are going to have the kind of job creation that both democrats and republicans want. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 seconds to mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the skwlelt is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. van hollen: i thank the gentleman for his useful guidance. the fact of the matter is in the spring, we'll begin the budget process in the budget committee. we're now feeling with fy-2011. as the chairman know, there's a budget resolution in effect that had a number in it. you chose not

>> i'm the next johnny weir. when am i not ice skating is my question.e middle where jimmy jimmy's getting a tat. >> it is a good game called "find the ab." there's one hidden in there. someone's got to work out. >> was that cool though had when they called? >> i'm getting a tweet from jillian michaels. it is amazing. you grow up with this magazine and the fact that you get on the cover is almost too surreal. yeah. i'm having a good year so this is really exciting. >> you're having a great year. we were in the make-up room earlier prepping for the show. one of the first pictures you and i both saw was in "harper's baazar." if you page through it, you'll get to see sting and his wife trudy. >> boy, do you get to see sting. >> we have to get to the next page. now i kind of thought -- i sort of thought it was sort of -- ♪ roxanne ♪ you don't have to put on the red light ♪ he could put on a shirt though. >> i think it is kind of sexy. >> no shirt for sting. what's the goal of this? >> to show -- they like to talk about -- they're very sexual i guess. very ro

again we haven't seen it in the last two years because we shut down the appropriations process, but weir ing to allow -- we're going to low members the portunity to actually participate in establishing those priories. that is going to be a joint effort. our priority is -- i yield myself 15 seconds, mr. speaker. our priority is to get the onomy back back on track and create jobs. we know very quell that getting our fiscal house in order is going to be essential if we are going to have the kind of job creation that both democrats and republicans want. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 30 sonds to mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the skwlelt is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. van hollen: i thank the gentleman for his useful guidance. the fact othe matter is in the spring, we'll begin the budget process in the budget committee. we're now feeling with fy-2011. as the chairman know, there's a budget resolution in effect that had a number in it. you chose not to extend put