the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: i yield to the gentleman from the state of michigan, vern ehlers, a member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ehlers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. after that stirring speech which we just heard reminds of why this is important. let me just also read a few passages from the bill which really struck me. in which congress finds the following -- special olympics celebrates the possibilities of the world where everybody matters, everybody counts and every person contributes. the government and the people of the united states recognizes the dignity and value of the giftedness of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. the government and the people of the united states recognize that children and adults with intellectual disabilities experience significant health disparities including lack of access to primary care services and difficulties in accessing community based prevention and treatment programs for chronic diseases. t

a surge in the house longer than anybody in wisconsin history. my constituents have been incredibly good to me, as well as god. when i was growing up, i did not think i had -- would have had 1/10 of the opportunities that came to me. i want to use those opportunities for the most that could be done for the causes i believe in, fairer taxes, economic opportunity, better schools, affordable health research that will help us fight diseases likej]x cancer and diabetes and parkinson's, a better health-safety economic -- cleaner air and preservation of our public parks and places. the people of northern wisconsin have given the privilege of representing them. in dealing with the great issues of our time, ranging from vietnam, to watergate, to the iranian hostage crisis, to the reagan deficits, rencontre, the collapse of communism, two gulf wars, the economic and budget reform of the early 1990's, the government shut down, 9/11, and the economic meltdown of the past decade. for one ticket as chairman of the foreign operations subcommittee i had the priv

i live in wisconsin. southern wisconsin has a lot of industry. we make a lot of cheese. we have farms. number wisconsin is logging and extraction and a whole different lifestyle and it makes sense as jefferson knew to divide these areas up obviously the biggest problem is the upper peninsula is the population to justify a separate state but there certainly are geographic reasons to do so. >> host: st that covers a lot of ground is florida. the picture of board on the map at one point you write you point out what florida wanted to be its own place in south florida wanted to be its own place. can you give an answer to that? >> guest: >> guest: not long ago there was a proposal that didn't get very far. west were the dates back a long time, it is an area that has been part of five different countries. everyone seems to want west florida, everybody wanted this area which now of course is having trials with the oil spill. the other interesting for the phenomenon is a state proposal we talked about in the book called muskogee where there was a guy named william bowles who befo

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: i rise in support of house resolution 1336, congratulating the university of texas men's swimming and diving team for winning the ncaa division i championship. u.t. is one of the nation's largest public universities, founded in 1883, the university has grown to include 21,000 faculty and staff, 17 colleges, and over 50,000 students. u.t. awards over 8,700 bachelors' degrees annually and is a national leader in graduate degrees awarded. "u.s. news" and world report ranked the university of texas at austin among the top universities in the nation in 2009. it's been especially noted for its schools of engineering, business programs and college of education. in addition to academics, the university of texas at austin has excelled in athletics as well. university of texas longhorns have won more than 40 national championships and u.t.'s athletes have won 116 olympic medals. longhorns' men's swimming and diving team added the most recent title to u.t.'s name. on march 28, 20 10, the

i've heard it from farmers from wisconsin all the way down to kentucky. they are, i think, very widespread, much wider spread than we've ever seen before, certainly in the last 20, 30 years. i think there's a lot of this corn that's been held back from market. i think it's probably going to hit the market august, september, october, as the first new crop comes off. now the question is going to be how does that interact with these large wheat stocks that we're going carry through. nobody is going to want to carry any more grain into harvest than we have to. i don't think we know exactly how much is out there. >> if you don't do that, if the european market is improving, that's positive, but the stock market has lows in october and you have a summer bounce and the outside market continues continues continues to multiply into spain and porch gull, i think once the market knows this new crop corn is out of danger, this old crop doing is going to have to move mid july, august. the basis i've been told is very exposed. all the corn is going to be stored in whea

as marquette college by the first bishop of the archdiocese of wisconsin. it was named after an explorer. the highest priority of the newly established college was to provide an affordable catholic education to jerman settlers in the area. marquette university high school, formerly the preparatory department of the university, became a separate institution the same year. in 1909, marquette university became the first catholic university in the world to offer co-education as part of its regular undergraduate program. since that time, the role of women at marquette hachanged and expanded dramatically. in 1923, the first dean of women was appointed. in 1936, the first female academic dean at marquette provided leadership for the all-female college of nursing. by 1944, the enrollment of women at marquette grew to more than 40% of students during world war ii. today, five of marquette's 12 deans are women. 17 of the key leaders are women. marquette's faculty is enriched by the presence of women. 42% of part-time faculty and 39% of full-time faculty in 2006, marq

there are no vacancies in eastern wisconsin. in western wisconsin, one person took office as a district judge, and another judge simultaneously took senior status and continues to hear a full caseload. judge connolly immediately became active as chief judge because there is no other judge in the district. the acting title will vanish in one year. the statue requires a one year of service to be a chief judge. as far as i can tell, there is no difference whatsoever between and acting chief judge and any other judge, but there is. the nomination has been reported to the senate floor for a vote. though i have mentioned several times people who have taken senior status this last year, there are an awful lot more senior judges on the circuit. we expect our active judges to work hard, and did they do. but we have no right to expect the same level of service from our senior judges. six continue to provide continued help. 27 are hard at work, without which these vacancies would be much harder than they are. bankruptcy judges are helping

the jet stream right now riding up to areas of wisconsin and around iowa. that's helping to power some of the winds with weather front that's making its way east and there is a severe thunderstorm watch that's up over that area. then the pattern from a bit of a bubble to bit of a dip in the jet stream, this sound. we will go from highs in the 80s to more seasonable temperatures for saturday. and then a real chill for mother's day as well as the beginning of next week. here's that one front that's getting powered by the upper-level winds and producing wind around the areas of wisconsin and indiana. then the second area front is stronger system that's going to come through our area late friday night. we will have two fronts in two days. stronger of which will be on friday. right now that system has been producing over the last 24 hours. quite a bit of wind damage. even one tornado report in eastern wisconsin. more across new england. so here we are in radar. there is that weather front for -- akron, ohio. severe thunderstorm watch is in effect. we might see s

i've served in the house longer than anyone in his house -- in wisconsin history. god and my constituents have been incredibly good to me. when i was a kid growing up in wausau, i never dreamed that i would even have one-tenth of the opportunities that come my way. i hope that i have used those opportunities to do the most that could be done for the causes i believe in -- fairer taxes, greater economic opportunities, better schools, of affordable health care, expanded education, and health- care benefits for veterans, research that will help us fight diseases like cancer, diabetes, and parkinson's, better health, safety, and economic security for workers, cleaner air and water and preservation of national parks and some public places. the people of northern wisconsin have given me the honor and the privilege of representing them in dealing with the great issues of our time, ranging from vietnam to watergate, to the iranian hostage crisis, to the reagan deficits, are iran- contra, the collapse of communism, two gulf wars, the economic and budget reports of the early

the wisconsin democrat was first elected to congress in 1969. he speaks to reporters about his decision for about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. before i start. i want to introduce the happiest woman in wisconsin at this point. [laughter] >> my wife joan. [applause] >> i deeply resent that. that is more applause than i usually get. next, my son doug. [applause] >> my son craig. [applause] >> doug's wife kate. [applause] >> and craig's wife kirsten. [applause] >> this is going to be a long statement, longer than the press would like, but after 42 years, i think i've earned it. in december, i will have been in public service for 48 years, over six in the wisconsin state legislature and almost 42 in the u.s. congress. i have served in the house longer than anybody in wisconsin history. god and my constituents have been incredibly good to me. when i was a kid growing up, i didn't dream i would have 1/10 of the opportunities that have come my way. i hope i used those opportunities for the most that could be done for the causes, better scho

the three suspects were food servers at the cheesecake factory on wisconsin avenue in northwest.hey say the suspects made purchases of more than $117,000 between 2008 and 2009. two of the suspects are now helping investigators with their case. >>> we are waiting to hear from the coroner to determine how a six week old baby found in a laurel apartment died. anne arundel county police were called to the apartment on edge rock way on saturday morning. police say the baby was dead when they got there. the whole ordeal caught neighbors off guard. >> we saw probably like six or seven cop cars, unmarked cop cars and a lot of people moving out there. it is really sad. my heart, my prayers go to the family. this is awful. >> reporter: investigators say the home was in disarray but they are not sure if it contributed to the child's death. >>> a trial is scheduled to start today over the proposed anne arundel mills mall casino. a citizens group in the maryland jockey club are fighting the proposal. they say a casino would put laurel park out of business. casino table gaming begins today in

. >> but it was a badger for these postal workers in wisconsin. ♪ [ sniffs ] morning.ot in pretty late last night. dad, i'm not sixteen anymore. still, it was late. well... you're not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky man. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ that's what i told him when we talked last week. ♪ ...is folgers in your cup >>> good morning at 5:23. we look at the extended forecast. looking at cool but pleasant start this morning. mid-50s to near 60. sun and 83 this afternoon. back into the upper 50s. for tomorrow there could be a brief shower early afternoon. otherwise, the sunny to partly cloudy day, 82. a lay day thunder shower possible. the better chance of rain through saturday. 76 should see an improve. . mother's day will be -- improvement. mother's day will be cooler. time to go up to new york to get this morning's tech bite. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, google is ready to get into the e book business. the wall street journal says they will sell digital books in june or july putting them in direct competit

i live in wisconsin, and northern wisconsin, opera peninsula of michigan, they really are a separate- upper peninsula of michigan, they really are a separate unit and should be a separate state. jefferson thought a lot about this. if we had followed his map, we might be better off in a lot of ways. but i don't know the story in colorado that the caller is referring to. i am sorry. host: there is a reference to superior on the front cover up the book. michigan, and you are on. caller: good morning. yes, we live in michigan, and there are a lot of disputes in michigan. there is one between at lower michigan, right by the border, and ohio still to this day, and people argue about it living in that area. my other question is, with the upper peninsula in michigan, it is funny, because a lot of people in low or michigan, often when they are retired, they move there, and yet there is always this thing going on about them becoming their own a stake, getting their own representation -- becoming their own state, getting their own representation it is just funny how people to this day will stil

in milwaukee, wisconsin. caller: what would you suggest doing as far as the flood of illegal aliens into america? there are many hispanics here already, and god bless some, and i would not wish pain or heard on anyone, but where you draw the line? is there not -- if they're not under the constitution, is there not an american, how can they fall under that jurisdiction or that bill of rights? it does not make sense, what you are saying. sure, i want everyone to have the right to liberty and peace, and the pursuit of happiness, but where you draw the line as to the flooding? guest: i think it is important to note that all people who are in america, whether they are u.s. citizens are not, are afforded the same rights of protection of our u.s. constitution. that is one of the great things about our country. i think you're absolutely right to -- we have to do something to stop the flow that has been increasing for years of undocumented persons into our country. i think it has to be a national solution. the federal

. >> have you seen the wisconsin doe?ns for federal authorities. >> but passengers remained calm. >> the flight they left for the middle east with the accused times square bombing suspect. >>> when one was born, i just realized i had forgotten about me. >> ladies, the ways to find time for yourself while taking care of the ones you love the most. >>> need a job? abc 2 has ways to help. helping you get back to work one resume at time a time. >>> 5:56, aiming for a beautiful day. 83 degrees, 82 tomorrow, an isolated shower, and holding on to 80 on friday. cooling off over the weekend. rain possible on saturday morning, but mother's day is dry as we go back to the high of 65. and 556 in the morning. quick peek with kim. >>> no problems here on the jfx, and we look on the maps, an incident in pilesville. southbound riverside parkway closed at 165 as they move an oversized load. we will get a complete check of the roads when good morning maryland returns at 6:00. >>> i have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately.

yesterday we had only one tornado but it did do some damage there in wisconsin, and that was about it. in other storms we had a lot of those windy storms, thunderstorms that rolled through areas of new england. there was some wind damage out in albany, connecticut, massachusetts, and just outside of boston. but overall pretty quiet severe weather day. today's going to be more of the same. we have a weather pattern without any huge storms. that's good. here come as cold shot of air. it's only 41 in denver, 33 in billings. so if you're in the northern plains, the weather's changed. it definitely feels like early spring, not summer. we have a little bit of rain, not a lot but showers continuing along this front. it will be warm today. south texas could see it in the mid to upper 90s. if you're in des moines, ames, miriam, dubuque, washington, kenosha down to davenport, you'll see showers. otherwise it looks like a beautiful day through the mid-atlantic and down through the deep south. just son afternoon storms in orlando. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the w

the next weather disturbance is coming out of minnesota into wisconsin, pushing this front for the greatkes now. you can see the storms taper off quite a bit south of the lakes. it looks like most of the activity with a north of us overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. maybe a brief shower to the north and west around dawn tomorrow, but that is just a minimal chance. near 80 degrees and quite comfortable with that low humidity. 82 let easton, 79 and edgewood and 83 in hagerstown. all the clouds and showers a stint -- essentially stay to our north and west. 56-63 for overnight lows. the days are stretching out and getting much longer. the front is running for detroit right now and will pass to our north tomorrow with less than 20% chance of a light shower or sprinkle. the next system is organizing in the northern rockies. that is a stronger front that might bring us cooler temperatures as become to the upcoming weekend. it may regenerate as it gets into warmer air at the lower part of the bay. on friday we will see sunshine and warm temperatures before the nexus and coming from ohi

david obey from wisconsin announced he will retire at the end of his term. while there is still a lot to do, he said it is time for him to go. he has served 21 years -- 21 terms and is the house appropriations committee chairman. democrats are concerned a republican could pick up his seat. >> coming up, deadly riots on the streets of greased. >> general motors is recalling 165,000 vehicles. >> good news in the attempt to stop a massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> i am doug hill. a very quiet evening, but changes are on the way. we will talk about a strong cold front headed for the weekend. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting sm

to nominate the conventions choice, the power structures choice, a guy named irvin lembert from wisconsin. they nominated calvin coolidge. harding will never serve his term out, they said in the press box. he'll die and coolidge will be president. coolidge luck. that november harding and coolidge swamped the democrat standard bearers. they got 60% of the vote against james middleton cox and his vice presidential candidate a guy you may have heard of named franklin roosevelt. that november -- or rather when they took office -- when coolidge took office he chafed under the idleness, the lack of responsibility in the vice presidency. his only actual duty by the constitution was to preside over the united states senate and this really doesn't take much effort. so he wrote, i soon found that the senate had but one fixed rule. subject to exceptions, of course, which was to the effect that the senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever wanted it to do it. when i had learned that, i did not waste much time with the other rules. because they were so seldom applied. so unable to prove himsel

. >> that is the safeway on wisconsin avenue known as the safeway -- the social safeway. name comes from the tradition for people watchers to get used to washington's elite. the store officially opens tomorrow morning. it features a huge wine cellar, at a tasting bar, coffee shop, brick oven pizza operation. it will be 24 hours all the way through, even including the starbucks. >> is that opens tonight? >> first thing tomorrow morning. >> you are off the hook. >> i ate everything i brought back. >> we have good weather coming up. a couple items to watch tomorrow and the weekend. we will tell you the details. let's make a couple of stops. a very mild wednesday evening. 69 in germantown and 80 was the high temperature recorded. we will make another stock in chantilly. it is 69 degrees -- we will make another stop in chantilly. 83 and 59 were the high and low, so well above average. that often happens in early spring. we can see the weather go both ways. as far as what is happening next week, we are one step closer to summer time. we are seeing changes in the pollen index. i

that restaurant is in the 5300 block of wisconsin avenue. the secret service said they were working for a larger fraud ring beginning in june of 2008 through may of 2009. former server nicole ward was arrested last week on bank fraud charges. court papers said she recruited two other servers to use skimming destris capture card numbers from their customers. authorities began their investigation last year after a citibank investigator traced several fraud complaints back to that cheesecake location. >>> eric holler delivered commencement address at american university. he also received an honorary doctorate of law degree. more than 500 students graduated. holder made reference to president kennedy's commencement speech back in 1963. president kennedy asked graduates for their partnership in the pursuit of peace, progress and justice. >> as of today you're no longer just students of the law, you are now stewards of our justice system. and so in the spirit of president kennedy's 1963 address, let us confident and unafraid labor on together towa

, wisconsin.about 30 miles to the southwest of green bay. no reports of injuries. see some siding off, see some roof damage, so the winds were at least 100, 120 miles per hour, but no reports of any damage and that is indeed good news. all right, back to the computer we go. we'll kind of zoom back in to us. we are in great shape tonight. clear skies, a few clouds will come in after midnight. zone forecast, isolated thunderstorm possible again tomorrow. better chance right along the maryland, pa border. temperatures in the 70s. 86 for culpeper. 83 for annapolis. small craft advisory will go into effect from noon to 6:00 p.m. on thursday. 84 tomorrow. isolated storm. upper 70s friday. very nice day. just a few showers friday night. no big deal. sunshine on saturday, low 70s. now still bright, but brisk for mom. at least no rain for your cookout. mid 60s, mid to upper 60s on monday and temperatures go back up. low 70s on tuesday and low 80s on wednesday. >> all right top, thank you. >>> an update now

. >> reporter: two democrats opposed the bill, wisconsin and ria kentwell of washington. both called it too weak. the bill must be merged with the house version passed in december. >> the house and is the senate must iron out the differences between the two bills. there's no doubt that during that time the financial industry and their lobbyists could continue fightin >> reporter: there's no doubt that the bill may still leave the financial system vulnerable to a collapse. >>> oil washing up to the louisiana coast is hitting beaches more than 100 miles a ways from that spill. the louisiana governor bobby gin gindel is concerned about the chemicals being used to disperse the oil. >> let's be clear the oil is here, we're not talking about tar balls ore mulls fide oil, we are talking that the heavy oil is here on the louisiana coast. >> officials want the army corps of engineer to build a plan to build sand barriers to block the oil from reaching delicate coastal wetlands. >>> maryland senators wants president obama to block drilling off the louisiana coast. they are especial

his poll ratings back in the wisconsin district are a little tough.ink the personal dimensions probably more. he was friends with john murtha who recently passed away. also charlie wilson of texas. both of those guys only five or six years older than obey is at 71. i think that had obey thinking, gosh, what do i really want to do with my life? what am i doing here? he was first elected in 1969 to take the seat by melvin laird who went on to become defense secretary in the nixon administration. that gives you just an idea of four decades, more than four decades he's been a player in washington. >> and it would take david rogers to really get to the bottom. he's such a sup pesh reporter. congress members, they're people, too. not always just politics. people are affected by these changes, especially what happened with jack murtha. let's talk about immigration and the digging you've done. you've read "the new york times" poll on immigration. what is your take away from all that as to whether the immigration law in arizona is actually a threat to republic

see the showers and storms ahead of the front as it cuts through madison, wisconsin. and the front won't affect us much. a couple of showers along the carolina coast. as we go through thursday morning in to thursday afternoon, there's the front activating a few showers. moving southeast by evening. northern sections will have the toughest time and next guy is what we are looking at on saturday or friday night. the seven-day forecast, beautiful today, 50s and 60s tonight. could be an afternoon storm. friday we will pull this out a little bit. friday in to saturday a chance of shower and storms. mother's day cooler and 64 and monday and tuesday another chance of a couple of sures and storms. >> mother's day, a good reminder. have to make reservations if you plan to do sunday brunch. things are going to fill up. glad you could join us. let's begin with a look at construction on the capital beltway in virginia. on the inner and out are outer loop watch for it near the beltway. also, also near braddock road and 236 little river. take it out. no problems to report from cent

before, it was a little known congressman from wisconsin.how we would govern all those folks that could ee merge. guest: fir of all, it's a myth that democrats do not help with businesses. in addition to 2009 being the lowest tax year in depenl. president obama's plan focused on cutting taxes and giving them incentives. that has worked very well in terms of job creation. secondly, we are more than willing to take to the american people, our ideas. we are focused on investments and clear energy and healthcare. yes, making sure that we continue on the right path of this economy, which was a mess when we came into office. and saying this has to talk sound like nails on a chalk board i have some issues with kevin madden. he's trying to sa trying toay t are trying to paint the republicans as a party of no. republicans as a party of no. they are the party of no. they have said no to absolutely everything that president obama has tried to do. if he would take into consider ation. president obama had to come in and clean up all this mess coming out

not only in wisconsin is a big deal, but on capitol hill. as you can see from this headline, prize chairmanship now open. this person was succeeded david obey. more junior members are also looking at the job. it is the money job on capitol hill with the committee having the power of the purse. let's return to the national security issues. i have a stack of stories here all connected to the times square bomb plot. our feed on this is from a number of papers. the islamic hamamabad official s he received training. there is more about the young man who is a naturalized citizen who had a job with -- in new york city for quite a while. he was working in a conventional middle-class black. he then became radicalized. we will begin with a call from mark in maryland. caller: yes, i have a quick comment and then a question. my comment has to do with the politics of national security. what i do not understand -- we have seen this happen, the last time, once again, with the previous bomber and the other terrorist from the african country, and this person

cheese cake factory that was targeted is located on wisconsin avenue in north west dc. a former employee, nicole ward, had been accused of recruiting two servers to help scam the diner's credit card numbers for a fraud ring. ford was arrested last week. the two servers were identified in court records only by their initials and have not been charged after cooperating with the police. it started june 2008 and ran through may of 2009 according to court documents filed in alexandria forecast. >>> tonight louisiana officials say they are taking matters into their own hands to clean up part of that oil spill in the gulf of mexico. they plan to create a makeshift chain of sand barriers that would skirt the state coastline and they plan to do it without waiting for federal assistance. that word comes tonight as oil pushes 12 miles into louisiana's marshes. the beaches in grand isle are closed all week. >> we like to crab and fish on the beach. it is heartbreaking. >> b.p. from beginning have given us a schedule that they said that they could meet. they have not been met. we no

they want a job and i'll give you some examples, anecdotes of my own come back to home state of wisconsinnd the shut down janesville, gm plant and tell me that the guys who are sitting there begging for work want to stay on unemployment. the american work force is different than that. a different work ethic here. >> brenda: we have great sympathy for the people who are unemployed and it could be any of us. the president's own assistant treasury secretary says that unemployment insurance causes the unemployed to stay unemployed longer. >> yeah. >> brenda: toby? >> larry summers, god bless him, a study not only and they went back the 70's, 80's, 90's, every time they went through it, not necessarily unemployed auto worker, but describing other situations out there. the data is clear that what happens is-- >> what data? >> this is data done by-- let me say it slower, three separate 20-year economic studies. is that enough for you? okay. i thought so. >> i'm telling you the populated 7%, less than 7% is there voluntarily. >> i heard you, i heard you, now you hear me. when we find that people

and you are anonymous but you're the only one living in madison, wisconsin. people may figure out who you are from the context of that. even though it's anonymous. so we make clear in the statement very upfront, by the way, don't send sensitive information thinking it's anonymous because it may not be. you know, that's a balance. that's a we hope people want to use this service but by the way, let's be aware anonymous does not mean private. it means anonymous unless the context suggest otherwise. so, you know, it's a real early on site. we tried to build in all these privacy features as an element, privacy by design, as an element of the product. and working with our business we didn't go out and say let's figure out whether this works and pull it back, which is a challenge for us because the industry is really a little -- a little two-sided on that point. some people go out and make mistakes and come back. and we're all there 'cause we've made mistakes in -- in a corporate setting as well. but in this context, we deliberately tried to go forward and create t

and we were one of the pioneers in southeastern wisconsin with electronic medical records. in fact, won her second generation of emr and i have to tell you it was more painful converting from 1:00 p.m. archway second emi sent from paper to the first emr, so just fyi, choose your first emr wisely because you're not going to want to move away from it too quickly. and we do have some internet portal stuff that little bit immature, but what is very interesting is the most popular aspect of your patient's request for refills. so it's part of the dialect that's going on to the portal. and finally, the third leg of the three-legged stool is benefit design. and this could an hour-long lecture on truthful to my promise not to do that to you at the end of the day. were all about value-based insurance design and that is again kind of one of those buzzword type things. i want to tell you a little bit later in my remarks i think about our premium structure and how we work with the calder leaving you and well you programs. but we're balancing patient choice against steerage. in one of th

over six in wisconsin cost state legislator and almost 42 in the u.s. congress. i served in the house want with an anybody in wisconsin history, my constituents have been incredibly good to me. when i was a kid growing up, i never dreamed i would have even one-tenth of the opportunities that have come my way. i hope that i have used those opportunities to do the most that could be done for the causes i believe in. more fair taxes, greater economic opportunity, better schools, affordable health care, expanded education, benefits for veterans, research to help us fight diseases like cancer and diabetes and parkinson's, a better economic security for workers and miners, cleaner air, and preservation of our national parks and public places. the people of northern wisconsin have given me the honor and privilege of representing them in dealing with the great issues of our time ranging from vietnam to watergate to the are iranian hostage crisis, the reagan deficits, iran-contras, the collapse of communism, two gulf wars, the economic budget reforms of the 1990's, the go

kind from wisconsin. the chair: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. kind: thank you, madam chair, and thank my colleague from tennessee for yielding me this time. as one of the co-chairs of the new democrat coalition, madam speaker, i rise in strong support of re-authorization of the america competes act. and the new democratic coalition was strongly hind the creation of american competes in 2007, as we stand with this re-authorization bill today. i want to commend the leadership of the science committee and all the members for producing this legislation. but especially our good friend from tennessee, chairman gordon, for the vision and the leadership that he has shown on this issue. unfortunately we're going to be losing representative gordon to retirement this year, but i can't think of a more powerful or lasting legacy for any member to leave with than with the creation of the america competes act. what this legislation is about is making sure that the united states of america remains the most innovative and creative nation in the world that we

david obey, democrat from wisconsin, chairman of the house appropriations committee, leaving after 41 years in the house of representatives. he said he's just worn out, but he's also facing the tough re-election tide nationwide. said he reached his dual goals of outlasting president george w. bush and seeing health care passed. >>> a big sign of change in the media business. "newsweek" magazine is for sale. the washington post company, the magazine's owner for almost half a century, says it is strictly a business decision. founded in 1933, "newsweek" has been struggling and increasingly thin losing more than $28 million last year alone. "newsweek" editor john meacham said today, quote, i decline to accept that "newsweek" in some form does not have a role to play going forward. >>> when our broadcast continues in just a moment, the event that changed women's lives and our society 50 years ago today. >>> and later, a picture that's got a lot of people talking about the new takedown method of choice. i take it for 10 days, that's 80 pills. just two aleve can last all day. perfect. [ male

they extend basically iowa, northern illinois, lower parts of wisconsin, now in northern michigan.bit of snow mixing with with that as well. then severe thunderstorms possible mainly over to the east of that line today. what about the best weather in the country today? easy to pick. it's got to be somewhere on the east coast, high pressure come night, it's going to be warm. how about 86 degrees. d.c., the best weather in the nation today, more on that coming up in about a half hour. >>> you may think that your town is just awesome, is it the best town in which to live in the united states? there's a new list. i have to say i'm surprised at number one. i am very surprised. >>> also ahead, the oil spill in the gulf is going to cost you especially if you love your seafood. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy relief at liquid speed. that's the fast, powerful relief of zyrtec®, now in a liquid gel. zyrtec®

the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. feingold: thank you, madam president.'m glad the senate is finally considering the critically important issue of financial regulatory reform. few things are as important as ensuring we never again suffer the kind of meltdown in the financial markets that shoved our economy into the worst recession since the great depression. and i think it still remains to be seen if this bill will do that. while it certainly includes some good reforms, more needs to be done, and the track record of congress in this area is, at best, checkered. for the last 30 years, presidents and congresses have consistently given in to wall street lobbyists and wea weakend essential safeguards. and as has been the case in so many different areas, members of both political parties are to blame. legislation that paved the way for the creation of massive wall street entities and removed essential protections for our economy passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. from the savings-and-loan crisis in the late 1980's to the more recent financial crisis

for us to have the opportunity to go to wisconsin and idaho and someone in middle america so moms andet a chance to see what they're serving members are doing, it's a really, really great experience. and you stop traffic all over the country probably. >> well, we try not to. >> well, you always do. i've pulled over many times to watch overhead. we're coming to the end of the segment. we'll join you online. national geographic did a special on the blue angels. you can maybe find it on youtube. and when it's overwith, you'll sit back and say, my goodness! it's really special. we're so proud of you. >> thank you. >> and from dundalk high school. >> huge round of [ applause ] . where is it. there it is. [ cheers and applause ] . >> and lieutenant john thompson, we'll see you online and we'll do some first warning weather and sharon gibala has traffic control. we'll return after this.s.,,,,,, >>> go to wjz.com, watch the web extra. am i overexaggerating it? >> no, not at all. ted, rock 'n' roll, baby. >>> mainly cloudy, yeah, and humid, all day long. now, over to sharon gibala with wjz tra

host: bob is calling from wisconsin. republican caller.aller: i was going to address one issue with this lady, but i have come to a different situation. i have watched c-span for a long time. i see a problem. people should not be calling in to complain about c-span, they should be calling their representatives. she has no control over anything. people bash these guests all the time, but it is not their fault. it is the american people's fault. it is incredible for people to be reporting that mr. obama is going to get us drums. he was not here when my grandfather was working. somebody else got him the job, the investor, the guy with the product, there was a need for the product. it is such a simple formula. to put all of this on bush or obama, come on. pay attention. guest: you make a good point. c-span plays a an important role in helping to increase awareness as to what issues are before congress, trying to educate average citizen across the country. i find that people are more engaged today than ever. the number of phone calls, e- mails

. >>> police in wisconsin accidentally discovering a warehouse full of hundreds of exotic animals. just running around free. we're told that police in milwaukee investigating a reporting sex assault happened to stumble upon this building. cops say they found alligators, turtles, spiders, and at least five anaconda snakes. the anacondas were 20 to 30-feet long weighing several hundred pounds each. the cops now calling it a massive animal abuse case. we're told they found more animals at a house next to that building and took a 50-year-old woman into custody. >>> an amazing survival story and a machine that can actually turn oil into water? well, those are just two of the stops as we go across america. florida. incredible story. this car crashing and the baby inside flying out the window an over an 18-foot wall, and landing in the backyard of a p pompenaux beach home. amazingly the 1- 1/2-year-old child is okay, just scratch and bruises. the car lost control, rolled over and ejected the child. another child and the driver, the mom, are also going to be okay. louisiana, check out this

the scheme involved 11 employees on wisconsin avenue in northwest in friendship heights. >> one of the top executives from that restaurant is responding to the charges. chris gordon has more on all this now. chris? >> another statement comes from the cheesecake factory's corporate headquarters in california. it apologizes to customers for any inconvenience or concern. it wants them to know the three people who work here who are responsible for the alleged credit card scam have been fired. federal authorities say the credit card skimming occurred in february. the arrest warrant says nicole ward of prince george's county maryland worked for ringleaders known as slim and g. they allegedly played her $40 for each stolen credit card number. she recruited two other members of the cheesecake factory weight staff to skim credit card numbers. that were used to charge purchases totalling more than $117,000. most customers here at the cheesecake factory say they are not concerned. >> it can happen anywhere. >> but news of this alleged scam has made some customers cautious. >> yeah, i think there'

and then we have another break until we get the next system moving out of minnesota, and wisconsin, thatill drape across the mid-atlantic as we get toward friday sat and day. that's the next chance for changes. 81 on the eastern shore, with sunshine tomorrow. 81 across the central portion of the state w more sunshine. kind of like what we saw today. in the western edge of the state. temperatures right at 81. and that sunshine. tonight clear skies. 66 degrees. mild night. tomorrow plenty of sunshine downtown. pleasant day. and looking at the five-day forecast. 84 with a slight chance of a stray shower, with the front pushing through. 82 on friday. and then the chance for showers, and thunderstorms possibly on saturday. by saturday night, i think, the activity should get out of here. there is mother's day and moms ought to like it. cooler, with upper 60s and sunshine. back to you guys. >> a story to teach what you not to do at a professional baseball game. >> what better teacher than a philadelphia sports fan. philly fan stormed the field at the game and was tasered. look at this "youtube"

>> a lot of people are thinking that after eating at the cheesecake factory on wisconsin avenue.ormer employee was allegedly involved in stealing customer's credit card numbers. this woman says she had her card number stolen after eating at another restaurant. >> people are people. it can happen anywhere. >> what happened here of -- apparently went on for months. police say that she was paid by the ring to use a machine to ask -- to skin credit card numbers of customers she served. she eventually recruited two other waiters. police estimate that the criminals ran up more than $100,000 on the customer's credit cards. >> you are thinking that it is safe and you find out on the road that it is not. >> we caught up with one woman as she left the restaurant. she says she will not stop eating here even though her family has also been victimized. >> it takes a long time to get your credit worked out. is it going to stop me? there is so much that goes wrong with this world. >> we spoke to the corporate offices earlier this morning. the apologize to all the customers and added the individ

this is virginia from wisconsin.ost: what is your thought about the role of government in your life? caller: that is what i went to respond to because my thought is that we are government. people are trying to separate it. as if government is some alien that has landed on the planet and founded the u.s. and is running our covenant. no, we are government. the people we choose of the people in our government, and if we have a problem with them, it is the party that is in the government dealing with markets and forces. yes, the government is responsible, and it is a social organization. if we did not need government, we would never have initiated the government when we got here. host: next up, eustice, new orleans. caller: we have agreed as government in the world. number one, because most americans who are complaining have not traveled anywhere. let them go to budapest, belgrade, yugoslavia -- south american. if you go to school, take care of your health, irresponsible with yourself. you will not then worry about the g

. >> federal authorities say the credit card scam occurred here on wisconsin avenue in friendship heights. some customers who handed over a credit card to pay their bill had the numbers copied from its magnetic strip and allegedly used to make more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges. news has made some customers cautious. >> did you eat at the cheesecake factory? >> yes pop. >> did you pay by credit card? >> no. >> because i used cash today. >> why? >> because of what's going on. i didn't want my credit card information being taken. >> most customers here are not concerned. what did you buy and how did you pay for it? >> i bought two salads and paid for the credit card. >> i read the article in today's paper but i already planned to get lunch. i thought well, it won't happen anytime soon. they're ono it. i think it's safe right newspaper. >> why don't we have the same system like they have in europe where they bring lateal swipe machine to your table and they swipe your card right at the table. >> would table side card swiping try more security? they tried it as an experiment at some res

this world clouds is the area of low pressure that is spinning its way into northwest wisconsin, pushingront out ahead of it. not much activity south of the great lakes. as the system makes its approach to us late tonight and tomorrow morning, a lot of it will be headed to pennsylvania and upstate new york in new england. a few widely scattered showers out in garrett county tomorrow morning, with mostly clear skies east of there. the forecast is for another pleasant evening. lows of 56-63. this front will track through here early tomorrow morning. some gusty winds as ite)1ñ passs by. another system just developing in the northern rockies will approach as we get into the weekend. that one might finally bring in some cooler air. an isolated shower as possible tomorrow morning north and west of baltimore. in the afternoon, it might kick up a couple of isolated storms, but we are running less than 20% chance that any one spot gets hit by rain tomorrow. by friday evening it is cutting through ohio but will stay dry year through the day friday. in iran would probably happen early saturday morn

it is located on wisconsin avenue in northwest dc. between 2008 and 2009. >>> it is time for the money- saving tip of the day. you are a member of the military family here's a thank you. 600 museums are giving free admission to military families this summer. it is called blue star museums and in our area they include the corcoran gallery of art and the baltimore museum of art. for more check out my blog at the financialista.com. nice thank you. >> nice thank you. well deserved, too. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >>> today a naval academy tradition may come to an end. the able superintendent says the herndon climb today is likely to be the last one. midshipmen celebrate the completion of the degree by climbing the 21-foot high on lisk. 24 received injuries that sent them to the hospital. they say it serves no useful training purpose. >>> another trade issue in economic talks between the u.s. and china. we will have more on that. >>> plus, shuttle "atlantis" has a major inspection coming up in the next half hour. with more on the lo

. >> to wisconsin and the deer crashers. two deer blasted through the glass doors of the ale house.eer like beer. the bar/restaurant was not prepared for the unexpected guests, therefore, wrestled down to the floor for their own protection. since the regular patrons were watching a basketball game at the time. a milwaukee bucks game. that's sports. i'm vip burns, now back to lou zimmerman in atlanta. sorry, i had a flashback. >>> the crisis continues in nashville. the death count in tennessee alone is now 19. we go there next. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. [ monkey screeches ] ♪ [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally conscious way, while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water heating energy bill. introducing the geospring water heater from ge with advanced hybrid technology. heating the water in your home any other way is just going to seem primitive. ♪ is just going to seem prim