and ht has been here in the past and he is just a remarkable individual, and so we have got some good success stories but the bottom line is when it all comes down to it and the director sartipi knows that it is all about the numbers and so our goal on this for the construction aspects of the project, we have a 17 percent participation goal of sbede and lbes and i am very proud to say that we are exceeding the 17 percent goal and so we are in exception of that and the only thing that i would like to caution people is that we have large packages coming up and to take to and continue to unbundle the packages so that the people can compete and we will do everything in our power to exceed that 17 percent, and thank you, director, you were fantastic in your leadership. we would not be able to do it without you. >> thank you. >> are there any questions? or comments on this item? >> i just want to say that i am very appreciative of the additional efforts that go into securing and out reach for sbes and i know that you can't just put it out there, you actually have to do a lot of the low work

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the appropriators, wrote a letter saying, please, please, please, don't leapt it ht it ha. paul ryan can go back and say, look we got new spending cuts. we are doing great. the democrats have to deal with this latest round of sequestration. which they hate. they have something aside from a government shut down. they can have happen. they can go back and say they have got a win. >> astonishingly how sigh lelen the cuts have been proceeding. they were designing something neither side would stand. i want to move off to the affordable care act. where we stand tonight. with implementation -- always looking for perspective on this. not, i deon't want to do government earning by anecdote. what do you think the measures out there now are indicating, just too early to tell? >> it's -- some ways too early to tell. right now the law remains, the digital architecture, remains quite poor. it's not working that well. you are seeing a rise in enrollment. seeing that in the federal exchange. actually the most optimistic sign you saw out of california. currently their enrollment is going so

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washington has lost four in a row. the redskins are trying to get it together. refocus and prepare for the giants sunday night in prime time. it is a pick them game. while that happens it is interesting to watch the dynamics the redskins -- at redskins park. rg iii, not the sole reason they are three and eight. he has gotten a lot of criticism. a lot of folks say he has earned me" ands like "rg others. he spoke about some subjects including the comments made about his dad being in the locker room with him after the loss to the 49ers. >> he meant no harm. anyone who out -- out there who , i going after my dad will protect him. that is my family. he is not overstepping any bounds. i respect that. i hope that you respect that and back off. dixon is a terp again. welcome back. he was a consensus all-american and the final four mbp and led maryland to the 2002 national championship. he good karma to put around that young maryland terrapins team. rex >> thanksgiving and hanukkah falling on the same day. it is extremely rare and our top trending story tonight. -- black

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we will tell you who has been holding on to these priceless works of art all these years. d" >>> the denver nug hts a high flying preshow planned for their first home game, but it didn't quite go as planned. this is the mascot being lowered from the ceiling center court friday night. if you're watching here, what isn't happening? he's not moving because he blacked out on the way down. the good news is he was okay. he was able to walk off the court once he finally came to. by the way, the nuggets lost the game to the portland trail blazers, 113-98. >>> time now for some of the hottest videos of the day. we call it hit play. >> trapped, a 19-year-old student wedged between two buildings for nearly two days. finally rescued late last night. the nyu student had gone missing after a fire alarm went off at this dorm. >> they would not have found him for who knows how long and he would probably be dead right now. >> stuck in a space only 6 to 12 inches wide, firefighters had to break through the wall to get him. now he's hospitalized in serious condition and police still don't know how he g

yowoul so,ht. o cf3 > on.s. cf1 with iran will help to bring their loae former fbi agent robert levinson has been held hostage in iran longer than any other american. with more from this puzzling case, here's our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> please help me get home. >> reporter: no american has been held hostage longer than former fbi agent robert levinson. the once clean cut, 65-year-old florida man last seen alive in this video released two years ago appearing dishevelled in a gray prison suit. >> 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. >> reporter: there were signs of some progress with an unusually delicate statement from the white house respectfully asking, not demanding, that iran help secure levinson's safe return. >> it's the code word as a country that tends to be sensitive of how it is approached and how you ask questions of it. >> reporter: levinson was reported missing during a trip he took in 2007 to the kish island as a private investigator after he retired

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