in new york city, this is "nightline," september 20th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the setting was idyllic. a private mansion in exclusive core gnat toe, california, right across the bay from san diego. but the scene there, horrific. hanging from a balcony, a young, nude woman, bound and gagged who would be identified as the girlfriend as the mansion owner. her death ruled a suicide. but tonight, her family disagrees with that ruling and speaks out to abc's elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: in the ten weeks since rebecca zahau was found hanging from a noose at this estate, the mustry has only deepened. she was the girlfriend of jonah shacknai, the millionaire ceo of a pharmaceutical company. her body found hanging, her arms and legs bound. a t-shirt stuffed in her mouth, completely naked. her family believes she was murdered. but authorities have insisted there was no foul play. >> our office concluded that the cause of death was hanging and the manner of death was suicide. >> reporter: police made a video tape with a woman re-enacting how you would kind your own hands

in new york cityt this is "nightline," september 6th, 2011. >> good evening, all, i'm bill weir. if you spent a week knee deep in flood water, there must be few things worse than a fresh downpour on the roof. after irene soaked the east, a new storm has rivers breaking their banks, threatening more homes. a few states over, folks would gladly trade the crackle of a wildfire for any amount of blessed rains. lives and lively hoods are on the line tonight, as america ffers from too much water in one part of the nation, not enough in the other. here's abc's linsey davis with the latest. >> reporter: this is what you could call adding insult to injury. >> everything is garbage here. >> reporter: fabio already started rebuilding after close to four feet of water flooded his apartment. the threat of yet another round of flooding has him wishing he'd waited. >> maybe we got to clean again. >> reporter: and not just clean but perhaps put in new warms again. >> new wall and new frame. >> reporter: many people in patterson, new jersey, are in the same boat. the last thing they needed here w

from new york city with bill weir. >>> in the interest of healthy competition plenty of parents encourageto put on pads, knock each other down. put on mouth guards and get to the mat and get in karate robes and punch and kick and this takesite martial arts and puts it in a cage in a club, where the adults with partying and the warriors are as young as 8 pl here's nick watt. >> ew good evening, ladies and gentlemen, how are you? >> reporter: the atmosphere is menacing. the kids come in like prize fighters. the crowd is towering over them, are all adults. and they're drinking. there's a ring girl wearing very little. two little kids in a cage. no gloves, no head gear. >> this fighter is 9 years of age. stands 4'1". put your hands together! >> yup, they're booing a 9 year old. this battle, as the ring master calls it, is streamed live on the internet. >> mortgage what these guys are going to be like in 15 years' time. >> look at that. >> reporter: we blurred one fighters' face because his parents don't want him shown. >> this is a real star of the future. >> reporter: and after less than 45

. >> announcer: from the global resources of a b bc news, withm and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 15th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the fight for new jobs for americans rages on. speaker of the house john boehner today responded to the president's jobs plan by arguing that new government spending is not the answer. meanwhile, jobs are being found in a place that's literally right at our finger timtipsfing. it turns out those social networking sites just might be the place to score a good job. tonight, my colleague bill weir has an exclusive interview with facebook exec sheryl sandberg in our series, "bringing america back." >> reporter: there's a good reason sheryl sandberg is considered the most powerful woman in silicon valley. and it has little to do with her viral commencement speeches or new friendship with oprah. she is the chief operating officer at facebook. the woman who came out of the vez surery department and came over from google to help ceo mark zuckerberg turn his dorm room startup into a global internet power house. she's the w

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 9th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden, reporting from ground zero. it was here, ten years ago, that planes struck the twin towers, reducing the buildings to rubble and shaking our country to its core. in a chilling twist, authorities again believe terrorists have entered the u.s. and are planning an attack. i'm joined now by my colleague brian ross with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good evening, cynthia. with tight security trying up traffic in new york and washington, the intense manhunt continues for the three men suspected of having been sent here to pull off a vehicle bomb plot in one of those two cities. tonight, abc news has learned that officials have now established the name of one person that appears to fit the description given by a cia informant. officials say they are per suing all leads to find that person, believed to be in the u.s., and to determine just who he is, cynthia. >> well, brian, whil

bill weir, abc news, new york. >> and you have to believe his father would be so proud.ou can see more on patrick jr.'s story tonight on "nightline." for diane sawyer and all of us at abc news, good night. >>> no justice no, bart. police protesters stage a demonstration shutting down san francisco bart stations. >> fbi descends on a bankrupt solydra plant. why they want to put the company ceo on the hot seat. >> and tonight how the suspect's pregnancy could play into the defense. >> the san francisco flight attendant who has become one of the unsung heroes of september 11th. >> good evening, everyone. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and the powell street bart station is closed right now. >> police shut down that station about half an hour after the protests began by the group no justice no, bart. this time, the targ yilt was the powell street station. police kicked out repor

and "nightline" anchor bill weir sat down with one of the powerhouses behind facebook for some new ideas. >> reporter: three-quarters of a billion people are now on facebook, which has given rise to hundreds of thousands of jobs that didn't exist a decade ago. social media marketing gurus, app developers and, of course, engineers at facebook. >> it's why more students should study computer science. it's a great way to make sure you can be employed for the rest of your life. >> reporter: mama let your babies grow up -- >> that's right. >> reporter: -- to be coders. >> computer scientists, that's exactly right. >> reporter: but even if your skills are more old-fashioned, the most powerful woman in tech says facebook could help you find your next job, thanks to how much information people and companies freely share. for example, any time a young woman in the twin cities changes her relationship status from single to engaged, she gets a small ad from a wedding photographer named chris myers. >> i've booked probably 40, 45 weddings from facebook. >> reporter: these ads are cheaper than tradit

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, withmora and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 7th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and we begin tonight with a shooting spree in yet another american city. with the release of audio tapes of desperate 911 calls, a sifd picture of what happened inside a nevada ihop restaurant yesterday is now emerging. the picture outside the restaurant is coming into focus, too. neighbors shocked at the holes the bullets left, shaking their heads, asking, why now and why here? abc's david wright is in carson city, nevada. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency. >> it's ihop. there's a shooting going on. >> shooting where? >> in the ihop. >> reporter: it's been a long time since carson city, nevada, was considered the wild west. >> ryan, move! he's shooting at us now. >> okay, all right. >> he's shooting at us. automatic weapons. >> automatic weapons, like long weapons? there's one guy with an automatic weapon. he's shooting everybody. >> reporter: but the scene at the local ihop tuesday morning abruptl

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 2nd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and d mmer's almost over. but there are still some great travel deals out there and most people think that means going online to hunt for them. even president obama recently used travel agents as an example of a dieiying profession. but the fact is, there are still 14,000 travel agencieie active n the united states and 94% of them expect to make a profit this year. how is it possible in this age of point and click? well, here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: against all predictions, the bricks and mortar travel agencies, the kind you can walk into and talk to real people at, is alive and well. >> may i help you? >> reporter: at least this one is. hopping midweek in manhattan. because with summer coming to an end, people can't wait to get away again. >> have a great trip. >> reporter: people like john. >> i'm on my way to -- >> reporter: monica. >> southern caribbean. >> reporter: michelle. >

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden d bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terer moran. for the past seven years, jennifer lopez and marc anthony have been one of hollywood's hottest couples. but six weeks ago, they announced that they would be ending their marriage. tonight, in a "nightline" exclusive, marc anthony speaks out for the first time since their announcement, to abc's john quinones. >> wish me luck. ♪ >> reporter: marc anthony is hitting the road as often as he can these days. the highway and his new bike are a kind of escape. this is a new bike? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's beautiful. >> thank you. i love it. really good to me. >> reporter: an interesting choice of words, given his recent separation from jennifer lopez. ♪ the sexy, high voltage superstar and the king of salsa announced six weeks ago they're splitting up. and marc has refused to talk about it until now. do you want this divorce? >> y you know, it's -- it's a decision that we made jointly. and that's ho

" >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and b bl weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 31st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. well, the results are finally in tonight on just how good airport security is, ten years after the attacks of september 11th, 2001. billions have been spent on securing our skies and countless passengersinconvenienced. and some attempted attacks have been stopped, no question. but is the fact no american flights have been hijacked or bombed since 9/11 a matter of good security or just good luck? tonight, abc's brian ross investigates. >> reporter: terry, ten years later, 9/11 commission report card out today produced by the bipartisan policy center includes what its co-chairman calls very few as, lots of cs and incompletes and at least two significant fs, failures. in other words, safer from terrorist attack, but not yet safe. >> united 93, cleveland. united 93, cleveland. do you still hear the center? united 93. >> reporter: could it happen again, ten years later. >> this is the captain. i wou

. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm bill weir. hope you had a nice holiday weekend. with back to school on so many brain, here's a question for the parents, what's more vital energy for a 5-year-old, the abcs or the sound of a magpie? could it be that school walls are getting in the way of your kid's learning? tonight, we visit a kinder garten in washington state where every day is a field trip. with an encore presentation of her as venture out in the trees, here's abc's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: deep inside a five-acre forest. ♪ down below where the world moves slow ♪ >> reporter: this is where the wild things are. they snack on leaves. that will be okay to eat? >> yeah, it tastes pretty good. >> reporter: and berries. what do you call this? >> forest candy. >> reporter: forest candy. okay. all right. the kids know 21 different words for mud. there's silky mud and what other kind of mud? >> body. >> reporter: body mud? >> i saw his eyes. >> reporter: they can also recognize the calls of dozens of birds. >> we know raven. what does a raven sound like? >> caw, caw.

" >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weirn new york city, this is "nightline," september 29th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and we begin tonight with vivid new scenes in the attempt to save michael jackson's life. jurors in the manslaughter trial of jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray listened to a recording of the star's security guard pleading with emergency personnel for help. but perhaps even more startling was what went on in that room right before the call was made. here's abc's jim avila in los angeles for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: heart wrenching story from the bodyguard and cook who worked for michael jackson. first-hand accounts of the failure to save his life and how prince came to watch. >> please raise your right hard. >> reporter: the cook and gentle spirited nutritionist who is in the kitchen the day michael jackson died. she's preparing a salad for her boss and three children when just after noon, the normal peace in the house is broken by a screaming conrad mur

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weirnew york city, this is "nightline."" september 13th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with an abc news exclusive. a unique look inside camelot. the story as told by the first lady about her husband, the president. the details are in those never before released tapes, made by jacqueline kennedy just four months after john f. kennedy's assassination. we're hearing them tonight, nearly 50 years after they were recorded. and abc's diane sawyer joins us. diane, what surprised you the most the first time you heard those tapes? >> well, i think, cynthia, and i'm sure this was true for you too, the most surprising thing of all was she did the tapes. we only saw the sunglasses and the smile. we never expected to learn what was behind it. but now we know, from these tapes, that she was irreverent, that she spoke very personally, including about who she was inside this very famous marriage. they are one of the most romanticized couples in american history. of their li

. >> 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" september 8th, 2011. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. we want to bring you defrals the white house to the new york city police department are calling a new credible terror threat against american civilians. it appears a puzuze piece fell into place in the last two days and here's brian ross with the latest, brian? >> the source of the information is not known to us but officials say it was developed by the cia overseas described both as unconfirmed but also, specific and credible. u.s. officials say tonight the plot was initiated by al qaeda's new leader, who has pledged to avenge the death of osama bin laden. officials tell abc news the plot involve there'd individuals including at least one who was a u.s. citizen. the officials say the plot involved some kind of vehicle bomb was aimed for some time between september 10th and 12th with either new york or washington as the target. the thre reportedly travelled from pakistan's t

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. it's fashion week here in new york city and tonight, you're going to meet one of the hottest models in the world right now. the model all the designers want in their dresses. but there's a catch. he's a man. here's abc's juju chang, looking in on "a model life." >> reporter: what is it? the porcelain skin? the lush pout? the delicate bone structure? but look carefully. the hottest model in women's wear these days is also a hot model for men's wear. perhaps aerosmith was just ahead of their time with the song -- ♪ dude looks like alidy >> i'm a fan of them anyone things. >> reporter: andrej pejic is a dude. we went backstage with him this week at new york's fashion week. the 19-year-old newcomer is swarmed by the international press. his future is bright. offers are pouring in. >> i'm working on a nail polish line. >> reporter: modeling is one of the few industries where women make three

. >> you want the play in october, i think next weir it's looking good. we have a lot of guys that were injured back. we'll be right there. >> let's go giants. >> the season disappointed some but broke a 128-year-old giants record. 3.3million came to the games setting a single season attendance record. the man serving as mascot lou seal is marking a anniversary. >> 13 years in the business. >> you don't speak so much, do you. >> the giants fall today, but set another record, this marks is teams consecutive sell out game. >>> the bay area red cross honored people today. oakland police officer eric pulled a man from a burning apartment. another honoree was sammy johnson who attacked a sex offender who was molesting a two yield. >>> the pain at the pump eased for a few lucky drivers, one gas station let the fuel flow freely. >> it was hot but a cool down around the corner. bill martin will tell us how soon. >>> you can watch the bay area news at 7:00 and all our newscast on your computer or mobile device. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a thro

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a startling new look at the death of one of the world's greatest entertainers. the trial of michael jackson's personal physician opened today. dr. conrad murray is accused of acts and omissions that led to the star's death. and for many inside the court and out, the new evidence stirred emotions two years dormant. here's abc's jim avila for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: it is the day before michael jackson's death. and he is under the lights, in full makeup and dancing up a storm. the jury saw this image of michael and they saw this one, too. a shocking police photo of jackson, lying dead in a hospital gurney. a death mask. eyes closed, mouth open. >> the evidence in this case will show that michael jackson trusted his life to the medical skills of conrad murray. that misplaced trust cost michael jackson his life. >> reporter: it is the crux of th

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 21st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. with a special west coast edition of "nightline." tonight, breaking news. the state of georgia executed troy davis by lethal injection at 8:08 p.m. pacific time. over the vocal and agonized protests of demonstrators outside the prison and people all over the world. davis was convicted in 1989 of murdering mark mcphail, an offduty police officer in savannah. in the years since, eyewitnesses recanted their testimony. there were claims that another man confessed to the crime. and support for clemency for davis spread internationally. from former fbi director william sessions to pope benedict xvi. many, many people believed there was just too much doubt here to put a man to death. for her part, the mother of the murder victim said she wanted closure. >> i have been through hell. especially the last couple of years when everything was kind of building up and we had to go to court again and again.

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," september 28th, 2011. >> and good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a riveting day in court. michael jackson's personal assistant and one of his bodyguards each took the stand today in the manslaughter trial of jackson's doctor, conrad murray. their testimony added never before heard details of the scene inside jackson's bedroom on the day he died, including an attempt to shield the star's children from the desperate efforts to save his life. here's abc's jim avila in los angeles for our series, "crime and punishment." >> reporter: it was a dramatic first full day of testimony at the conrad murray trial. the men in the room, michael jackson's employees, testifying about what it was like, the chaotic scene that left michael jackson dead, his children, crying in a ball. it was the first sign of trouble at michael jackson's rented mansion the day he died. a four-second phone call from jackson's second floor bedroom. on the line, a

i'm bill weir. the mysterious disappearance of a young utah mother seemed even stranger in light of her husband's unusual alibi. he didn't know what happened to her, he said because on the night she'd vanished he had taken their two young sons on a spontaneous camping trip starting at midnight. then later her father-in-law said the missing woman was very sexual with him. well, now there's one more strange twist in the case and abc's abbie boudreau has it for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: for nearly two years authorities have been searching for missing utah mom susan powell. her husband, josh, whose alibi, a midnight winter camping trip with his children, is the only named person of interest by police. but now in a shocking turn, susan's father-in-law steven powell has been arrested following a search of his washington state home. police say thousands of lewd images of women and children as young as 8 were discovered by police on computers and dvds inside steven powell's home. >> th

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," september 16th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with breaking news. a disaster this evening at a national airplane racing event in reno, nevada. multiple people died and upwards of 50 were injured when a plane flown by a veteran 74-year-old stunt pilot panged into a nosedive and crashed into a spectator area. eyewitnesses describe a scene of bloody chaos. reno is one of the few places still to host airplane racing, with pilots flying in excess of 500 miles an hour. in a news coverage conference tonight, the event president said mechanical difficulties may have caused the crash. it all happened in a matter of minutes, late this afternoon, local time, at the famous reno air show. one of the few places in the country where plane races still take place. something went tragically wrong. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> reporter: the crash left a sea of injured, many critically. the death toll is climbing. >> did you see that? >> some

weir's the planning commission to put senator's plan on hold -- we urge the planning commission to put solder's plan on hold. president olague: if i called your name, you can start coming to the microphone. i think i have read off about five different cards. if you perjure name, please come to the microphone. >> good afternoon, president and commission. i am dr. michael hart nenet. i do not practice at st. luke's, but i do practice in the community and took care of a lot of indigent patients that have lower reimbursements. i know how difficult it is to run an office when you are with metical patients -- medi cal patients. the building's owners are planning to raise the rents significantly for the existing physicians and not only that, they are charging retroactive increases as much as five years. there are also adding fees for use of the hallways and after- hours office visits. to me, it's obvious that sutter is trying to drive out the community physicians that are barely making a living when there office -- in their office as it is. they're planning not to -- planning to have the righ

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

>> weir beatrice potter was a rich and beautiful heiress, and the daughter of a railroad magnates all sisters married rich and powerful and influential men. for those child day shall have other ideas. it turned out her mother had written a novel and was an activist of the free trade campaign. coming from of family of manchester and was best friends so beatrice had to invent yourself. spending 15 years what to do in was terribly torn between her own family and society's expectations for a rich and powerful man and hopelessly infatuated with the best looking and best dressed politician in england, joseph chamberlain who fy i is neville's father. >> and you never really reciprocated the affection? >> and it was on top of not knowing. should i forge my own career as the middle class women were doing as a bohemian circumstance but beatrice was not sure how she wanted to end up in then on top of that it protected her. so then her father got ill and she had to care for him. in so many ways, keeping in mind if you had read portrait of a lady but comment to epitomize the first generation of wo

weirs the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by the strips and we know that a lot of money is only what we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up being why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the sills problems but. the ministry is defined it says it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a parts a way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters which are nobody's own will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes such as the utility contamination procedures and most have the areas acceptable levels of radiation that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biophilia. the emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tours through the contaminated zone and the court is expected to start hearings in mid september ukraine's thirty kilometer nuclear wasteland will remain closed to the public until then but the debate remains very much open. sea forty from kiev and should normal in ukraine. seems like a lovely destination.

i would be interested to know when you first knew weir were under attack. w not hear about a but when did you know, we were under attack and what we're first thoughts?l, >> i was in my office of the west wing when my secretary called to report a plane had s struck the world trained -- world trade center in new york this was after the first plane but before anything else. the immediate reaction is how is this possible? perfectly clear whether, inouye to account then as we watched we saw the second plane andoratawimme immediately in my mind triggered the notion this a had to be a terrorist attack to airliners fly into the world trade center is aft nothing but. shortly after that talking to the president down in florida we talked about a statement he was gettingas ready to issue a statement.k whether or not it was proper to talk about terrorism andin we both agreed that it was a and he used the words probably a terrorist attack on the united states. when people began to gather in my officeby this chief of staff weoo had seven or eight people then the room burs

we had bill weir go back and take a look at how we've changed. it's an amazing story. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: many will ask, where were you on that severe clear morning. >> huge explosion, raining debris on all of us. >> better get out of the way. >> reporter: but here's a deeper question. >> you okay, officer? >> reporter: who were you? how did you change? is that the first time you ever stood in line to give blood or buy a flag? how long did you cheer for every passing fire truck, or flinch at the sight of a muslim scarf? did you drive cross country to help dig through the pile? and were those tears of fear or pride when your kid rushed down to enlist? and who are we now? now that the smoke has cleared? and the rubbles gone? now that the shattered stores are back in business and the president's bull horn is in a museum? and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us. >> reporter: what is america after this decade of freedom fries and anthrax square, aftft tsa, ied, tei, became our new alphabet. republicans and democrats

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weir god at taking care of people and contributing to charities so charities can help people.t's not it at all. we are focused on the fiscal aspects of what is going on here in washington, d.c., and as i said. we are not going to let the social issues distract us. megyn: those who defend some of the audience members who were yelling, and we'll stwict ran paul thing for now. says there is a difference between a society that says, we are going to help the poor and we are going to help children and we'll help people who cannot afford health insurance and we'll do that because we are a compassionate society. and somebody who has the money and chooses not to, to then rush in when he needs the state and say we'll give you the benefit of insurance you never bought just because we are that kind of society. and the argument people make is would we rush in to help a widow on her children for a man who didn't buy life insurance even though he could afford it? >> i do want to talk about the death penalty issue. but there is an issue here which is, look, there is a way around that. just li

i wish we were teaching the same thing to our young people in schools that weir teaching to our immigrants in their citizenship classes who are developing this deep and abiding respect for the rule of law and the american way of life. and the victim when we turn a blind eye to illegal immigration is the legal immigrant who does it all right. because they're the victim of the animus that comes out of this debate. they're the victim of the sadness. in fact, i will tell you, the angriest people again, i come from the deep south. a lot of folks have a lot of stereotypes about how it is in the deep south. but the angriest people in my part of the world about immigration are not the ninth generation white guy. it's the legal immigrants. somebody stopped me and said if you pass an ams mity -- amnesty bill, which will never happen, not while i'm here in congress, give me my money back. you can't give me my life back, you can't give me back all the years and years and years i worked and waited on the list and waited patiently in my home country, you can't give the that -- me that back. but i want m

i put it up here only because it's important that people understand weir not just talking about these things and we're not just kind of pulling miscellaneous policy ideas out of the air because they seem like a good idea. it's all part of a strategy. we know where we're going. we know what we want achieve and we'll hold ourselves accountable for getting there. this particular strategic plan was written for us in a very different kind of way because strategic plans tend to be very dry, boring lengthy documents sit at least in the documents in binders on shelves and people don't look at them after they initially see them. we wanted our people to understand what it was we were saying. coming back to the idea, we're 10,000 people, we need to be fully invested fully engaged in doing this incredibly important work for american consumers. this is what it means in your job every day. this is what we're trying to accomplish. you should have a direct line of sight between the work you do every single day and the on vecktives this agency is trying to achieve. let's just put it up there. it is av

weir going to rebuild america by making it in america. there are jobs that can invest the power of that genius in all sorts of ways. infrastructure needs that are out there, the traditional sense or in the more creative, or updated sense with broadband and transmission system that needs to be upgraded to speak to what is a vulnerability in our system. so there's a lot of work there, waiting to happen. we need to invest and we need to do it in a way that doesn't have us groping for offsets. there's no more important issue right now that john -- than jobs. jobs, job creation, job retention, let's make it happen. as we do it, let's make it response to tragedies that i see in my district other the last week and a half and we heard about in caucus from other colleagues. mr. garamendi: thank you very much, you're quite correct about how we pay for all of this we know we'll borrow money to rebuild communities, as we should and we must and as it is our purpose in a community. but in doing that, we must be very careful not to offset that expenditu