attorney in minnesota. he is well qualified and has a range of experiences and accomplishments that leave him more than ready to leave the atf on a full time basis. not on a temporary basis for an interim basis. he is a talented, dedicated, hardworking public servants who serve his country in the military and civilian agencies. i look forward to hearing from both of our nominees today and having a discussion about their past experiences and outlooks on the position to which they have been nominated. thank you, both of you. i will turn it over to senator grassley 11, the ranking member. >> as the chairwoman knows and as i told her yesterday i have checked into holding this hearing and request the hearing be postponed. as we sit here today it remains an open investigation by the office of special counsel resulting b. todd jones's conduct as u.s. attorney. generally when a nominee is subject to an open investigation the committee does not move forward until the issues are resolved and of course this is the sen

attorney's office in minnesota. the employee alleges that after bringing series concerns about mismanagement in the office to your attention he was suspended for five days without pay and involuntarily transferred to a new section in the office. the complaint also raises allegations about the appointment of an attorney to a supervisory position, despite concerns about her performance by federal and state law enforcement and judges on the federal bench. a special console wrote to us yesterday stating that the complaint was referred for investigation april of this year and that the investigation remains open with possibility of mediation. because of the majority schedule scheduled your hearing despite the fact that this investigation is pending. that's why i bring this matter up. you were quoted in the star tribune as saying, i'm looking for to meeting with the committee and answering all the questions. based on that i'm going to assume that you answer the questions i ask you today. mr. oswald, first question, mr. osw

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. peterson: mr. speaker, i'm now pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. costa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. costa: i thank the gentleman from minnesota. ladies and gentlemen, the farm bill usually is one of the most bipartisan things we do around here, but not today. even though many of my colleagues, unlike myself, were not farm kids, i assume they can tell the horse's head from the horse's rear, but they're totally backwards on this one. last night we received notice that previously an unreleased farm bill was going to be sprung to the floor today. what about regular order? this stunt makes a mockery of chairman lucas and ranking member peterson and the committee's work over the last year and a half. farmers, ranchers and anyone who believes in government transparency must be saying -- shaking their head, there they go again. once again, the majority has chosen to make everything we do around here p

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: mr. chairman, i now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the chair: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: well, i thank the chairman and i thank the chairman for yielding. like many of my colleagues, i support h.r. 5, the student success act. i believe that states and school districts should be empowered to set their own priorities when educating our nation's children. i also believe in supporting florida's parents and their teachers and administrators to make sure they have the resources necessary to give our children a world-class education including in civics. civics education, mr. chairman, the study of the right and duties of citizenship under our government, is an essential component to sustaining our constitutional democracy. there is no more important task than the development of an informed, effective and responsible citizenry. according to the 2010 national assessment for educational progress, that'

. >> in april, police took down a major trafficking ring in carlson nelson's home state of minnesota. the twin cities is one of the unites states' largest centers for child prostitution. a 2010 study found on any given night, 45 girls are sold for sex. the rate has begun to decline, due in part to projects like the women's foundation's "minnesota girls are not for sale." carlson nelson first learned of the enormity of human trafficking from queen silvia of sweden >> the queen spoke to me about traveling tourism and the fact that sometimes these kinds of sexual exploitation take place in hotels, motels and travel. it sounded serious, it was a dark issue, it began to creep into my consciousness. >> carlson nelson became the first american ceo to sign an international agreement, ecpat the acronym for end child prostitution and trafficking. by signing, a company agrees to a code of conduct that includes educating staff, suppliers and customers about sexual exploitation. >> i came back and spoke to my company and you can imagine the first thing people said is, marilyn, we're in the happine

my mother's families were mennonites or anabaptists that came to minnesota from russia. they were actually moving around europe doing diking and lowland-reclamation work, and they moved into minnesota. and then, their fervor caught them up in this pentecostal movement in the '20's that went through the united states, church of god, assemblies of god, two of the churches that came out of that, and my parents were there for the formation of that denomination. and my father was a man who didn't consider himself learned. he was a man who liked to be a farmer. he enjoyed his dairy farm and felt the calling. so there was a dedication. i was dedicated as a child to the service of god, and so, there was this continual centering of a greater purpose than your own. the individual effort was -- knowing my mother was a tremendous competitor, but it was about the dedication towards the one, moving towards the one. so our lives were centered around church and about doing the right service, and my mother had an attribute that she worked on every year that was a little bit different, se

tonight we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues and i certainly hope that it will be known by. many many see this is really taking a single cool verdict and suggesting it reflects the whole of society and that's not fair well again as i said all the data shows the justice system in this country is racialized from the moment of impact at least arrest more polar and white people . are convicted in greater numbers they serve sentences that are longer and there are greater numbers of people are in prisons in the united states given in terms of their population so we already have all that data and that this we see as a continuation of that trend professor from the university of minnesota thank you very much indeed for joining us live here on. thank you. well you can stay up to date on everything that's going with those post demonstrations across the u.s. by going to our website we'll bring you the latest pictures videos and reaction at t.v. dot com. dozens of londoners clashed with police outside a school building in

parts of minnesota and colorado are also under high water tonight. we have incredible pictures out of western china where dozens have been killed by the worst flooding in a half century. many more are missing after days of torrential rain and there is more in the forecast there. >> now to an investigation in our series, the war next door. the immigration debate continues local and federal agents are keeping a close eye on mexican smugglers, making increasingly risky moves on the high access to traffic drugs and bring foreign nationals into this country illegally. authorities estimate multiple smuggling runs are attempted into california every week with boat runners taking dangerous routes. nbc's mark potter has our report. >> in broad daylight, mexican drug smugglers dump bails of marijuana as they try to outrun the u.s. coast guard. it happens routinely, day and night, up and down the california coast. off baja, the mexican navy finds immigrants trying to reach the u.s. with border security making it harder to cross by land, mek can 134ugleers are i

the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i recognize congressman price from the state of north carolina for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for three minutes. . price: mr. speaker, i rise in reluctant opposition to this measure before us today. i supported the repeated rounds of sanctions that congress has already enacted. i supported them because of the threat of a nuclear armed iran and because of the intransigence in defiance of the international community. these sanctions have brought the iranian economy to its knees. they have yet to produce meaningful concessions by the iranian government. i've thus remained open to the authority of additional sanctions. as part of a broader strategy to induce the iranian government to change its course. but the bill before us today could not come as a -- come at a worse time. hassan rouhani, elected on promise of openness despite resuppression and intimidation by the iranian regime trying to eny him that ele

joining us tonight for the interview is senator al franken of minnesota. he championed the 80/20 rule which requires insurance companies to spend at least 80% of premium dollars on medical care. senator franken, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, rachel. you explained it very well. >> did i get anything wrong? >> of course not. you'd correct it if you did. >> true. >> tomorrow. no, this is -- before this provision, before health care reform, insurance companies could spend really whatever they wanted on, you said, marketing, administrative costs, profits, and ceo salaries. and what this provision says is that they had to spend 80% on actual health care and not those other things. 85% for large group plans. and you're right, their checks are now in the mail. last year it was about 13 million people benefited from these checks. you may not get the check. it may go to your employer in you're on a employer plan. people with individual plans, they saved in the last two years have saved over $2.7 billion because of this provision. and what it'

the gentleman from minnesota has 7 1/4. mr. miller: and i have the right to close debate on the amendment? the chair: no. the gentleman from minnesota has the right to close. mr. miller: on the substitute, the gentleman from minnesota closes? the chair: yes. mr. miller: thank you. i yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, one minute. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one minute. mr. polis: thank you. i want to respond to some of chairman kline's introductions. i think both sides can agree there are flaws in no child left behind. a.y.p. is a flawed formula. i think the democrat substitute is to get accountability right, not take a step back from accountability. the chairman mentioned, quote, now we have more information about the quality of teachers and schools thanks to no child left behind, end quote. we were placed after three years the teacher evaluation system. however, unfortunately that was amended here on the floor with the scalise-bishop amendment. so i think one thing we can be assured o

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes now to a member of the committee, the gentleman from nevada, dr. heck. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nevada is recognized for two minutes. mr. heck: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the bipartisan student loan certainty act of 2013. as the first in my family to go to college, and as a parent, i fully understand the value of a high-quality education and the opportunity it provides. i also know that accessing higher education is not cheap. just started paying back the student loans of my daughter and i'm still paying back my student loans for medical school. throughout nevada many new high school graduates are preparing to head to college this fall. without this bipartisan compromise, originally proposed by the house committee on education and the work force and based largely on the president's own proposal, students face significant uncertainty over their student loans. this legislation provides a permanent market-based solution that g

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and you can always look on the website for more details and i'm of course on the live updates of the protests now sweeping america all of this over the death of trayvon martin all of this and much more at azzi dot com. in the meantime on the program turkey has slammed oxys report based on information from a reliable source claiming israel used a turkish military base to launch a recent s. strike on syria has also condemned the media for even mentioning the report is the latest middle east correspondent paula. the turkish foreign minister is saying to quote him it is absolutely wrong and he's accused of spreading the story of an act of betrayal he said that turkey will never be a partner nor a part of such attacks and that the ones who claim this one to damage turkey's power and reputation he slammed the turkish media for even mentioning the report now we approached the israeli defense forces for a second time asking them to comment their reply was that the response has n

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and on our website our t. dot com we are asking whether you saying they were man's acquittal was justified was i'll take a look at how some of you have been voting so far well as you can see here on this chart the majority of our viewers approve off the court's decision seeing zimmerman's actions as legitimate self defense slightly smaller number say is a man's racially profiled the victim and instigated the violence fifteen first and at this point are concerned by this particular case and the remainder of which eleven percent are undecided and say not enough evidence was provided so do let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to party dot com. in northern ireland unionists are planning yet another parade in belfast despite a recent series of street riots the orange order has applied for permission to hold a march this weekend sparking accusations that it's seeking confrontation sara first reports. well the full no u.s. government peace envoy to northern ir

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and our our website our t. dot com we're asking whether you things are man's acquittal was justified let's take a look at the responses so far well as you can see on this chart almost half of our viewers agree with the court's decision seeing as there are man's actions as legitimate self-defense a slightly smaller number disagrees saying zimmer man of racially profiled the victim an instigator the violence and sixteen percent of this point aren't concerned by this particular case and the remainder are undecided and say not enough evidence was provided well you can let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to our website r t dot com and having your say there. you're watching r t and more news coming your way after a short break. some of these traditional chili lines they've been grid and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total destruction of the culture of new mexico by telling them i mean this is not going to impact asylum in mexico wha

protests across the country we talked to professor lisa from the university of minnesota who will be attending a rally in her studies and she believes in women's acquittal is in line with the racial bias of the entire u.s. legal system. all that data shows just system in this country is racial from the moment of impact police arrest more people older and white people. are convicted in greater numbers they serve sentences that are longer and there are greater numbers of people who are in prisons in the united states given in terms of their population so you wouldn't have all that data and that this we see as a continuation of. this man has been acquitted so now it's time for our government to hear our voice that's why i live in minneapolis the state of minnesota we will have that was and the people in downtown minnesota trying to report to share our concerns about these issues. and you can step up to date on everything that's happening with those pushed verdict demonstrations across the u.s. by going to one side bringing you all the latest pictures videos and reaction at all to. egypt

we will have two thousand people in downtown minnesota. a court to share our concerns about these issues. and you can stay up to date on everything that's happening with post demonstrations across the u.s. by going to our website that will bring you all the latest pictures and videos and reaction. egypt's military backed government is pressing on with its transition plan despite supporters of the ousted president morsy continuing their protest the government features at least two western leaning officials in key posts and u.s. deputy secretary state william burns has already met some of the new officials in the former u.n. nuclear chief mohamed el baradei has now become a vice president covering foreign offense and the country's foreign minister is x. egyptian ambassador to the u.s. . in amman opponents of the muslim brotherhood have released a document on social media they say came from the group it apparently shows the organization calling for more bloodshed and disbanding the egyptian army the middle east jones says the islamists still

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and on our website our t. dot com we are asking whether you think is every man's acquittal was justified let's now take a look at how you've been voting so far. as you can see from this pie chart the majority of our viewers approve off the court's decision seeing man's actions as a legitimate self defense slightly smaller number though say zimmer man to racially profile the victim and instigated the violence fifteen percent of this point of concern are concerned by this particular case and the remainder eleven percent are undecided and say not enough evidence is provided so do get involved and cast your vote at you know. how northern ireland unionists are planning yet another parade in belfast the spire recent series of street clashes with nationalists the orange order has applied for permission to hold a march this weekend sparking accusations that it's deliberately stirring up confrontation artie's her first reports on the international efforts to ease the standoff. we

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. a quick look now at some of this hour's other world headlines. hundreds of police reinforcements have been called to belfast in northern ireland to help restore control after five nights of riots across the city the violence began almost a week ago after u.k. loyalists were prevented from walking through a mainly nationalist area half a dozen cars were burnt and dozens of petrol bombs lobbed by protesters as police came under attack on tuesday night. protesters have rallied in the greek capital to demand an end to government budget cuts amid a twenty four hour nationwide strike that had brought the country to a grinding halt several thousand demonstrators gathered peacefully outside the parliament building waving flags chanting slogans and this comes before a vote on wednesday to set up a so-called reserve labor force of twenty five thousand people but there is concern that it could lead to more greeks being put out of work. the world student games are coming to a close

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and over on our website our t. dot com we are asking whether you saying zimmerman's acquittal was justified let's now take a look at the responses so far so what we've got at this point is most of our viewers agree with the court's decision seeing as there are man's actions as a legitimate self-defense a slightly smaller a number of people disagree saying zimmer man racially profiled the victim and instigated the violence sixteen for sand seventeen i should say are concerned by this particular case and there remain are at this point are undecided and say not enough evidence was provided so you can share with us your point of view on this issue if you haven't already by logging on to our web site r t v dot com. and i think i'm. so. already said one title of a detention center say the mass hunger strike there is real landing was some of the inmates now accepting meals the lawyers are playing down those claims though saying the hunger strikers only accepted a token amount o

we will have two thousand people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues and today on our web site r t v dot com we're asking whether you saying zimmer man's acquittal was justified some take a look at some of the responses that we've got so far well at this point almost to have all our viewers agree with the court's decision seeing as their man's actions as a legitimate self the fans slightly smaller number disagree saying they were man racially profiled the victim and instigated the violence sixteen percent at this point the aren't concerned by this particular case and the remainder are undecided and say not enough evidence was provided so you can let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to our team dot com and leaving your fold there. i think. what you are to live from moscow on the back with more news in just a moment including signs of a let up in a long running hunger strike at guantanamo bay prison stay with us. the interview. good. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has bee

we will have two thousand people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and you can always i log on to our website for more details on live updates on the ongoing protests now sweeping the u.s. over the death of trayvon martin all this on a much more at dotcom this hour. for the meantime here on the program be a former n.s.a. and cia contractor edward snowden will leave moscow as soon as he can according to russia's president vladimir putin snowden has been holed up in the transit zone of sheremetyevo airport just outside the capital now for more than three weeks and the latest from artie's andrew farmer the tone was that there is no end in sight to this edward snowden's arguing that america should take a large amount of responsibility for that now despite three days ago edward snowden saying that he was going to apply for political asylum in russia russia has yet to receive an official application of mr putin went on to say that regarding the situation with the whistleblower the situation is unclear but what was very clear was that he said

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and you can always log on to our website for monday's house and live updates on the products have now sweeping the usa with the death of trayvon martin all this and much more as i don't see don't. take a hassle and aussies are prone based on information from a reliable source claiming israel used attack us military base to launch a recent ass strike on syria on korans also condemns the media for even mentioning the altie report on his status from our middle east correspondent points here. the turkish foreign minister is saying to quote him it is absolutely wrong and he's accused of spreading the story of an act of betrayal he said that turkey will never be a partner nor a part of such attacks and that the ones who claim this one to damage turkey's power and reputation he slammed the turkish media for even mentioning the report now we approached the israeli defense forces for a second time asking them to comment their reply was that the response has not changed since the

to this group and minnesota was very supportive and very anti, you know, gay candidate who, you know, talked about, you know, hurting gay people and doing all those horrible things we tried to connect those folks with the lgbt community so show how you can do right by this community who shops there myself includes. i never heard back. i think especially, if they're continuing to, you know, expand their presence in san francisco it's only appropriate they take the time to explain what is it they're doing with the lgbt community in the of the fact that contribution was clearly a slap in the face to that community. it seems like they're doing a lot of good things but i want to know more. i know that every member of the board who's supportive of the lgbt community wants to know more from target. a was there any action taken when we conducted connected you to those groups. so unless there's any eye contact comment we can take that out objection >> to me item 4 is to consider the license to steven lee for a lounge located on gary boulevard in district 1. great thank you very much as usual

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. well of course we here in our tale is want to know what you think and you have a chance to log on to our web site an r t dot com and tell us what you think about the acquittal let's take a look at how the numbers have broken down so far for those of you who have cast their ballots as you can see here thirty nine percent that's most of you agree with the court's decision that said that zimmerman was acting in legitimate self-defense now those of you are separated by about five percentage point margin from those who believe that zimmerman actually started the fight because of the teenager's race now eleven percent in the orange right here are undecided saying there's simply not enough evidence to judge and the remainder of you tell you tell us that you're not really following the case quite closely so for those of you who are following it go online log on and have a chance to vote our team dot com. it's . guantanamo bay authorities say that some hunger striking prisoners a

we will have two thousand people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. and on our website our t. dot com we're asking whether you saying there are man's acquittal was justified well let's now take a look at the votes so far. as you can see the majority of our viewers approve of the court's decision seeing zimmerman's actions as self-defense and a slightly smaller number of those who participated say they were banned racially profiled the victim and instigated the violence fifteen percent and at the moment aren't concerned by this particular case and there are major which is only eleven for sand not enough evidence was provided so do get involved in this debate and let us know what you think on the issue by logging on to r.t. dot com. in northern ireland hedonist are planning get another a parade in belfast despite a recent series of street riots the orange order has applied for permission to hold a march this weekend are just there for us reports. well the full no u.s. government peace envoy to northern ireland richard haas back in school a

from the university of minnesota believes the man's acquittal reflects a deep racial bias within the u.s. legal system. all the. justice system in this country is racial from the moment of impact police arrest more people. are convicted in greater numbers they serve sentences that are longer and there are greater numbers of people who are in prisons in the united states or given in terms of their population so you already have all that data and this we see as a continuation of. this man has been acquitted so now is the time for our government to hear our voices that's why i live in minneapolis the state of minnesota we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues now is a look at some other stories from around the world the greek parliament has narrowly and grooved a public sector reform bill to secure at nine billion euros in financial aid international landers the ruling which will see thousands lose their jobs comes despite large scale and hysterically protests throughout the country the german finance minister is

in minnesota, the university of minnesota could lose 50 million of its federal research budget. this drop in support not only threatens research in the short term but could have devastating effects on innovation in the united states for years to come. i hear from countless students and researchers who are considering leaving the field or even the country because the funding isn't available here. if we're not going to have the funding they are going to do research in canada or some other country. we can't allow the pipeline of future researchers to dry up or move overseas. investing in medical research is the right thing to do. it's also the smart thing to do. and that's why support for this research is not a partisan issue in the senate, at least it has not been up until now. i want to thank senate appropriations committee chairwoman mikulski and ranking member shelby and the labor and health and human services subcommittee chairman senator harkin and ranking member moran for their strong leadership on this issue. i applaud the work they have done prioritizing n.i.h. funding by

." >> march 2nd, 2008, at the university of minnesota in the twin cities. it's the last day of the tightly contested big ten championship of women's indoor track. >> unless you win the national title, nobody really cares if you're 10th or 12th. but if you win a big ten title, that's a big deal. the senior is in lane four. >> i think my coaches were kind of expecting me to really put it forward and try to win that race, and i'm sure my parents thought the same thing. >> throughout her college career, heather set several school records for the track team. a win here will help propel minnesota to the top of the big ten standings. the home crowd can barely contain the enthusiasm as the gun sounds for the three-lap race. one lap down and all is going well for the nine-time all american. >> my plan for the race was just hang out behind whoever was leading it and then take it at the end. >> but as the pack finishes lap number two, something happens. >> i was cutting in to try to get to the inside lane before the first curve. i was kind of running, and then felt so

girls come from texas, minnesota, iowa. they won't even be in the state. how are you supposed to get back? which would lead you to believe, how can you be that manipulated? but again, the girls, you might have something hanging over their head. a lot of the pimps will get the girls pregnant. they have the baby, now the baby is with the pimps people or his parents, so now you can't get out because you're worried about the baby. they'll use that as coercion. you're going to have to talk to someone right now. it won't be law enforcement. it is someone that helps people that are in situations like yourself. all right? >> with over 20,000 women being sold for sex across chicagoland, sheriff tom dart realized arrests and jail time did nothing to stem the revolving door of women flooding the system. >> a police officer would arrest someone for prostitution, and they would be back on the street before the police officer filled out the paperwork. literally by the time you were done, they had bonded out and they didn't just go home for the night, they'd go back out

with the vikings then and i had actually been i've been helping out in minnesota to defeat a constitutional amendment there that would have banned same sex marriage and i had had cleared that with the teams legal department they're like yeah you know go ahead you're free to participate in this and so when i wrote the letter it was you know it got a little bigger than i expected but it was also you know i thought it was the right thing to do and it was as good you think the vikings got to because of your opinions i don't know just because i'm not i'm not in those meetings you know i don't know what do you think what i think i think my body of work stands for me i've been pretty consistent over the years and you know just looking forward to going out and punting while ensuring that i can still play did you have a good year i did i had i had consistently right on average with why normally have and you know i'd leave the vikings with every punting record raiders and all question you about your stand on these these no no they just they said you know hey don't you know don't let it be a distracti

taking you don't know the size with the vikings then and i had actually been i've been helping out in minnesota to defeat a constitutional amendment there that would have banned same sex marriage and i had had cleared that with the teens legal department they're like yeah you know go ahead you're free to participate in this and so when i wrote the letter it was you know it got a little bigger than i expected but also you know i thought it was the right thing to do and it was as good you think the vikings got to because of your opinions i don't know just because i'm not i'm not in those meetings you know i don't know what do you think what i think i think my body of work stands for me i've been pretty consistent over the years and you know just looking forward to going out and punting while ensuring that i can still play did you have a good year pointing i did i had i had consistently right on average with why normally have and you know i leave the vikings with every punting record so you go to raiders and all question you about your stand on these these no no they just they said you know hey do

fleming: yes, thank you, my good friend from minnesota. that's precisely what i'm hearing in louisiana. and in north louisiana. and again they go, why is it so complicated? fix the borders. secure the borders. and again, it's not just about the external border. remember, 40% of those here illegally do so because of their visa overstays. so we also have to have internal security too. and again this doesn't count all the other issues, the crime, the criminal acts of terrorists and other acts across the border. my constituents are 100% us on that -- behind us on that. mrs. bachmann: i yield to the gentleman from florida. is that what you're hearing too? >> i appreciate you yielding back to me. i'm hearing the same thing. close the borders, secure the border. and that's -- somebody said, what percent would you want it secured? mr. yoho: i said, well, if you're in an airplane and they only had 90% of the fuel to get from point a to point b, would you get on the plane? we want 100% security. secure is secure. and then you brought up the rule of

the jealts from minnesota will suspend until the houses -- the gentlelady from minnesota will suspend until the house comes to order. the house would again ask all members to please thick their conversations from the floor. irrespective of the members' conversation, would ask those members to take their seats so that the gentlelady can be heard. the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: thank you again. over 1.5 million jobs are connected to the great lakes and more than $60 billion in annual wages. my amendment protects the great lakes from improper and dangerous storage of coal ash. this amendment requires all disposal struck toors toe meet iteria for design, construction, operation, and maintenance sufficient to prevent contamination of surface and ground water. this amendment recognizes that the great lakes are unique. mayors and governors in eight states are working together to maintain this vital ecosystem and economy for families. businesses and future generations. even while this house considers n 80% cut to the great lakes restorative initiative. in addition,

she weighs about 100 pounds. >> the black widow. >> don't mess with her. >>> in minnesota, the state fair is offering a preview of this year's menu. among the heart-stopping items you might find on it, candied bacon cannoli. tried meat loaf. and cocoa puff breaded cheese nuggets. the fair boasts the largest attendance of any state fair in the entire united states. >> i'm looking for the fried oreos. >> you have to go for the really crazy stuff. i'll try anything once. at least a couple of bites. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, just in time for the holiday, a national landmark is set to reopen. i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day, and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore. to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full st

. >> reporter: at the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota, 63-year-old architect david cane is healthy and volunteering in a study that could help find a treatment for alzheimer's. >> begin. >> reporter: by targeting the disease at its earliest stages. >> we give medications to people, improves their memory a little bit, improves their social interaction abilities a little bit, but it really doesn't alter the long-term outcome of the disease. >> reporter: to figure out what's an early warning sign for alzheimer's versus normal memory loss, researchers at brigham and women's hospital asked 200 healthy volunteers, ages 65 to 87, to report concerns about their own memory. each also got a brain scan, looking for buildup of amyloid plaque, a protein deposit associated with alzheimer's disease. it turns out those who were most anxious about their memory also had the highest levels of plaque, meaning people can likely sense when something is going wrong. doctors are exploring this possible connection by tracking the group to see if any get the disease. >> the implication of these findings is

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota. court to share our concerns about these actions. ok let's go back to that a scotland story talking about the make or break referendum next year sing london feverish we try to keep scotland from not breaking away i'm very pleased to say we go to westminster party gardners the labor m.p. hi there barrie one of the latest polls suggest a little ball that thirty percent of scots support independence should politicians in london even be worried that at this stage. i don't think it's a matter of being worried i think it's a matter of trying to take seriously the very real concerns that there are in scotland about the sort of powers that need to be exercised locally and one of the great things that the labor government did was we devolve power we wanted to put to the regions we wanted to put out to the nation like scotland and wales and northern ireland but what's been very interesting since the nationalists have been in control in scotland is that they've actually centralized power they've

we will have thousands of people in downtown minnesota in front of a court to share our concerns about these issues. a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines this hour. hundreds of police reinforcements have been called to belfast in northern ireland to help restore control after five nights of riots across the city the violence began almost a week ago after u.k. loyalists were prevented from walking through a mainly nationalist area half a dozen cars were burnt and dozens of petrol bombs lobbed by protesters as police came under attack on tuesday night. a prominent supporter of the assad government in syria has been killed by gunmen in neighboring lebanon and now the syrian official and state media commentator was found dead at his home his body riddled with dozens of bullets lebanese security services say rebel groups in syria are the suspects the main suspects in this case it certainly raises more fears over the civil war spreading out to more countries in the region. protesters have rallied in the greek capital to demand an end to government budget cuts amid a

. >> since you brut that up, i want to tell you, next weekend we are broadcasting from minnesota. it is very interesting. what ruth was saying about the political power of scott walker just across the river, mark daton has the political power and you see a democrat ing run state and republican run state. and there is a drastic difference as to which state is moving forward. but along the lines after national sleeper, on the heels after wisconsinite being on the last ticket, do you think national republicans would accept a guy from wisconsin if he is doing the all the right things? what do you think, ej. >> i think there is one guy wh might get in the way of that and that paul ryan, also from wisconsin. and also if ryan want it run, i think he could get in walk are's way. republicanes have an interesting problem here because they've got ryan and walker from wisconsin. they got marco rubio and jeb bush from florida. so there's going to be a lot of sorting out to do. but on those demonstrations a lot of conservatives like to call themselves libertarian. many of them actually are libe

attorney minnesota. select me start over again. quote usa mn considers it nonnegotiable that its office will include the discussion of the supreme court case of the policy issues in the declination memo end of quote. if mr. perez' story were true and the issue was resolved on january the 11th, then hawaii one month later with the u.s. attorney's office lead to emphatically state that it would not hide the fact that the exchange to place? now as i just mentioned mr. perez flew to minneapolis to finalize the deal on february the third and you would think, wouldn't you, that a deal of this magnitude would be written down so that the parties understood exactly what you decide agreed to. but with this agreement written down? no, it wasn't. after mr. perez to finalize the deal the career attorneys asked if there was going to be a written agreement. what was mr. perez' responds? he said quote no, just oral discussions, the word was your bond end of quote. so let me just review. at this point mr. perez had just orchestrated a deal where th

we had one collapse in minnesota a few years ago. we have a bridge in northern kentucky that is becoming increasingly unsafe, and yet there is not enough money to repair our bridges because your politicians are sending the money overseas. it's unwise, and right now it's illegal. countries like egypt are getting billions of dollars in aid. meanwhile, they recently let a mob advance on our embassy, climb atop our embassy and burn our flag. i say not one penny more to these countries that allow mobs to burn our flag. in between cashing our checks, egypt finds time to convict 16 americans on trumped-up political charges. fortunately the americans were able to escape. they left the country or we'd have 16 americans imprisoned by egypt. luckily these americans were able to get out of the country. how do these establishment politicians respond? how will the other side respond today when they get up and plead that we should break the law? what will they say about detroit? what will they say about chicago? what will they say about the bridges

he has a hip injury brought over from the minnesota vikings. he is going to go on the unable to perform list. the raiders have all their players in. look at dj haden. the championship lost to the 49ers hasn't slowed the falcon quarterback matt ryan. he is signing the second richest contract for a quarterback. second only to aaron rogers. 103million. 59million of it guaranteed and we have been arguing about this all night. but no longer. we say, okay at&t stadium? must be a giants game. nope. >> goodnight everybody. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. c

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. >> the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. >> thank you madam speaker. this is a very important issue that we are taking up today. the number one duty of the american government is the safety of the american people of our constituents, and our own skins. we have known all too well national security is a real and present danger. it is something we have to take quite seriously. we cannot deal in false narratives. a false narrative has emerged that the federal government is taking in the content of american phone calls. it is not true. it is not happening. a false narrative has emerged that the federal government is taking in the content of the american people's e-mails. it is not true. it is not happening. we need to deal in facts. the facts are real. the facts are these. the only people who have benefited from the revelation of classified information by someone who worked for this government, who intentionally and unauthorized declassified some of the most sensitive national security information that we have, the only result is that those who are engaged

answered since 1990 has been enjoying living in the lake country of minnesota. he loved to play bridge and loved to spend time with as many of his family and his sons and daughters and grandchildren. so i wanted to let the house of representatives know that one of their former members had passed and would it be appropriate for us to have another moment of silence? the speaker pro tempore: the member may lead the moment of silence. mr. peterson: would the house please rise? thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate a cancer survivor and true inspiration and that's minnesota's own kalea "shrek." later this week i plan to attend eden praily's check for life where kayla will share her story. she just grad from eden prairie high school was diagnosed with a tomb when are she was just 2 years old. after undergoing surgery, she heroically survived her struggle with cancer. through the ups and do

attorney, minnesota -- so let me start over again. quote -- "u.s.a. m.n. considers it underlined nonnoacial that its -- negotiable that its office will include the discussion of the supreme court case and the policy issues in the decline kilnation memo -- declination memo" -- end of quote. if mr. perez's story were true and the issue was resolved on january 11, then why one month later would the u.s. attorney's office need to emphatically state that it would not hide the fact that the exchange took place? now, as i just mentioned, mr. perez flew to minneapolis to finalize the deal on february 3, and i would think, wouldn't you, that a deal of this magnitude would be written down so that the parties understood exactly what each side agreed to. but was this agreement written down? no, it wasn't. after mr. perez finalized the deal, the career attorneys asked if there was going to be a written agreement. what was mr. perez's response? he said -- quote -- "no, just oral discussions. word was your bond" -- end of quote. so let me just review. at this point mr. p