. >> can you bring us up to date on yucca mountain? >> as far as i know, what is happening is that this is before the courts and we're waiting the decision of the courts. >> we understand that if, in fact, the courts rule, and we believe that this still is the law of the land, that you have to start forward. how much you would estimate it would cost to get this project back on, you know, moving forward? >> i would have to get back to you on that. certainly, if the courts order us to proceed, we'll proceed. i can get back to you on the exact details. >> we understand it's around $100 million to get started. now tell us about your blue ribbon commission. what recommendations do they have on nuclear waste? >> well, what they recommended is, first, they -- as we all do, acknowledge that we have to solve this problem. and it's very important that we do solve the problem. one of the very important things that they noted in that they spent about two years -- many, many meetings, very thorough job. so i commend them for the excellent job. but

i put yucca mountain in the same box. the administration has tried to kill this project wasting billions of dollars to accommodate senator reid, mind you, not on any either in whole or in part. as a current law of the land is for waste disposal at yucca mountain, we need to hear from you if the administration is proposing any legislative changes to authorize their recommendations. you have to make tough decisions to support the nuclear programs at the nnsa, decisions which this country has been demanding for some time. nuclear security programs are the most vital mission within your portfolio. i have significant concerns about the administration's call as a current law of the land is for waste disposal at yucca mountain, we need to hear from you if the administration is proposing any legislative changes to authorize their recommendations. you have to make tough decisions to support the nuclear programs at the nnsa, decisions which this country has been demanding for some time. nuclear security programs are the most vital

yucca. yucca fill men toesa, i believe is native to eastern sandy areas. >> say it louder? >> the yucca philementosa. >> it does grow in sandy soil. >> you mentioned two -- >> they're the two i know best, and they have been found in archeological sites all over the eastern woodlands. yucca less so, as i understand it. an alternative is the inner bark of the red cedar. although i don't think it has as much tensile strength as the other. i haven't really tested this. if i ever other. i haven't really tested this. if i ever genuinely retire which will be in the next me lynn i m millenia, i want to try it out. >> back row. >> thank you for being here, dr. roundtree, the county shows the only two reservations in the state and i find it very interesting that it once again proves that no good deed goes unpunished, because the natives are what allowed us to survive and history always affects those who write it. thank you. >> when i write a book about indian history, if i cast it from the indians and nonindians, i think i'm probably being accurate. yes, ma'am? >> what is your feelin

senators who have stated position in support of yucca mountain. we have over 16 that have never cast a vote or declared their position on what we do with high-level nuclear waste. either spent fuel or nuclear waste in the processing of nuclear energy, our nuclear weapons. we have 19 who've had a position of no at sometime in their career. so it's very, very important to continue this debate, mr. speaker, to continue to come down on the floor to talk about the federal law as is today. the nuclear waste policy act was passed in 1982. the amendment was agreed to in 1987. the amendment identified yucca mountain as our long-term geological repository to store high-level nuclear waste, but time has well past since we should be doing this. in fact, we actually pay utilities to hold the nuclear waste since it's our responsibility to take the waste. so with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from nevada, ms. berkley, for five minutes. ms. berkley:

finally, at yucca mountain -- yucca mountain is 100 miles from the colorado river. limerick is on the sck -- scuckill river which is 60 miles from philadelphia. the difficulties we've had and public policy being as is defined by law the question is why do we still have nuclear waste in pennsylvania right outside philadelphia and why don't we have it underneath a mountain in a desert? and the answer is, i know it will shock people, politics here in washington, especially in the other chamber, not complying with the law along with an administration that is in lead with those who have a final scientific study with yucca mountain. what i've done is lock at the senators from the states around the nuclear power plants that i've been addressing and why do they stand individually? well, senator casey relatively new senator has really been silent on that. although he has said as a senator from the state with nine commercial reactors and 10 million people living within 50 miles of those reactors, i can tell you that nuclear security is extremely important to pennsylvanians. o

female employees and kept them out of the loop on policy decisions and including decisions related to yucca mountain. he so happens to be a former aid to harry reid, another democratic lawmaker and has the majority leader's full support. there was a dramatic house oversight and government reform hearing in mid-december where the five commissioners were called before the committee and said what the heck is going on? the four commissioners, two republicans and two democrats basically proceeded to lamb bass him for his behavior. he was sitting in the middle of the witness table and said yo know what they're talking about, this is the first i heard about it. things are going fine. it is a busy year for us. we had to deal with the japanese tsunami and the nuclear safety and we'll sort this out. lawmakers allowed them to work on it. the one woman up for renomination in late june and this is the type of commission that if you don't get renominated by the end of the term, you have to leave, physically leave. you can't keep serving until someone new is named. he stepped in and said what's the delay,

i can tell you in a gas and coal producing state where we've gone backward with the permitting of yuccaain, we're trying to drill off the coast of west virginia. the president won't allow us do that. we're going in the wrong direction. that's why i think mitt romney's got some very good ideas. >> i want to pick up on the keystone pipeline. i know you support it. the president may support it in the future. supported parts of it. the fact of the matter is this is a pipeline that would move energy or oil and gas for oil from canada down to the gulf of mexico. and the president so far has put the brakes on its completion. >> after that, actually it would also move montana oil. i negotiated with transcanada when we gave them a permit that they would build 100 million on-ramps? >> the president stopped this? >> actually pipelines are permitted state by state. montana, south dakota, oklahoma, kansas, we've permitted it but in nebraska, they said, no, not so fast. so transcanada doesn't have a route yet. you can't have an application of route -- bob knows this -- until you have a route. as soon

of the people at yucca club that the nearer the best news over the weekend. did you know the benthams? yes i did. >> they're just people that love the sale. i was stunned. >>will: you can see the front of the yacht club but what we usually see as the moral. many of them are inside right now. we're hoping to get more reaction as the morning progresses. >>erica: depressing conditions are round area have a little cloud cover their low clouds. this to be sunshine this afternoon and winds will pick up. the temperatures will upper 60s low seventies. you need to dress in layers because right now is the upper 40's to mid '50's. by 12:00 we will see mostly sixties. as we move to the afternoon there high error temperatures in the afternoon. >>george: condition pretty good. we are not tracking any hot spots. the bay bridge is still pretty good. the back up which is to that act. the ride to the cemetery of bridges problem free. this is the lookit the ride to a friend from the golden gate bridge. the bridge is a pretty good but take a look of the traffic maps. there a mor

nevada, and i urge my nevada colleagues in the senate to do everything in their power to ensure this yucca nuclear waste pusher does not have another term. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, yesterday the space shuttle discovery flew through the blue sky over the nation's capitol on its way to its final resting place at the smithsonian national space museum in virginia. they had cheers from some but tears from others. space travel in america is history. our government has chosen to abandon the space program as we know it. j.f.k., nasa and america put the first man on the moon, but we have been the leader in the space race for years. now the sun has set on the american man space travel. now we are raising the white flag of surrender in space travel to the russians. j.f.k. might not approve. ironi

for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, yucca valley, california. >> and as for ann and her teacher they america pageant back in january. coming up, just ahead, a tour of some great homes all across the country for under $250,000. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here's a look at one of our top stories this morning. 11 news has learned that the victim of a stabbing in baltimore has died. officers were called to saratoga street just after 5:00 yesterday afternoon, when they discovered an unidentified man suffering at >> much nicer morning this morning. temperatures mostly in the 50's. it a bit of a breeze from the northwest. high temperatures today, 60 to 65 degrees.

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for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, yucca valley, california. >> and as for ann and her teacher theyuary. coming up, just ahead, a tour of some great homes all across the country for under $250,000. >>> good friday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. all yacht racing suspended this morning, following a deadly accident nearly two weeks ago. the boat crashed near the fer lon islands. four more are missing and presumed dead. racing will resume once the investigation into what went wrong is completed. >>> let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> we made it through the storm. this is the result. we have good air quality. hard to find a cloud in the sky. going to this afternoon, going into the 70s. tomorrow, the 80s. have a great weekend! [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of th

for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, yucca valley, california. >> and as for ann and her teacher theyming up, just ahead, a tour of some great homes all across the country for under $250,000. $250. >>> 8:56 is your time now on this friday, april 27, 2012. let's check in with storm center 4 meteorologist to get a look at the forecast. tom kierein, good morning to you. >> we've had a blustery wind this morning, and it's been coming in out of the northwest, gusting to around 20 miles per hour. and quite a chill still in the air. as we approach the 9:00 hour, it's only the low 50s in washington, still 40s west and north. but later today with increasing sunshine, ought to make it to the mid 60s. winds diminish this afternoon. then overnight tonight, increasing clouds, and it looks like a cloudy and cooler day for saturday, maybe some afternoon showers, it looks like maybe some moderate showers by saturday evening, ending late saturday, sun back sunday. >>> good morning, traveling 395 northbound at the 14th street bridge, a crash blocks the right lane. you're seeing a bit of a delay northbo