made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 207, the nays 213. the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will be in order. committee will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, rise? mr. bishop: i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: fellow members of the house, if you would turn your attention to the back rail there, you will see the pages who have served us this past semester. [applause] the chair: thank you. mr. bishop: you're supposed to applaud after i speak. the chair: the committee will be in order. the gentleman from utah deserves to be heard. mr. bishop: thank you. these are the kids who still get up in the middle of the night at times i thought was only a rumor so they could go to an accredited h

demonstrate the trans abortive -- transformative power of islam in his life so certain aspects the nation of islam were highlighted or emphasized to highlight the contrast between the islam life and post islam wife and then there was the filter of alex fav who as a liberal in republican was not a fan of the malcolm x politics and sought a cautionary tale for a white america of this is what happens if you do not face the race problem and that is the best frame dr. marable belts to understand his faith development, relationship with africans in the middle east which is not covered at all in the autobiography, sell low of surveillance he was under buy the federal and state agencies of fbi police department. these are insights that are missing from the autobiography of malcolm x. what dr. marable accomplishes is to give us not only the life of malcolm but the social architecture to frame the life. >> host: archives and records . >> guest: i am glad to ask the question. there has not attempt of a comprehensive bio for over 20 years the last one was a book in 1991 there hasn't been that much fun f

hear from former republican senator alan simpson, who cochaired the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. >> thank you. i'm sorry i could not be here at my initial time. but we were in -- i don't know if it is meeting six or seven of the group, and it won't surprise you to know that i'm not going to reveal too much or negotiate, but i will say the following. it is a very serious process, there is a seriousness of purpose in the room. everybody at that table takes it very seriously and comes well-prepared, and goes line by line through the details. so the talks are toft believe cutoff but positive and progress continues to be made. let me just make a few general points. number one, we should be engaged in this process of seeking a bipartisan down payment on deficit reduction regardless of whether or not there was a debt limit issue. it is important for us to show the american public of a broad market's that despite our deep divisions in washington we are capable of coming together to make progress on getting our fiscal house in order and showing we can live withi

national laboratory. >> as far as our houses, our residents, our county, the lab, we're in the best shape we've been since this thing started. >> reporter: the government ordered air quality inspection. in conjunction with the eps. the los alamos lab already analyzed a sample and found nothing dangerous. officials say the air and the complex are safe. >> i do not believe there is any specific danger to the public from our activities at los alamos. the dangers from that, the danger is from that fire on the mountain. >> reporter: some long time residents are reassured. >> those people who work there, they live next door to me. they're my neighbors, they're my friends. i know who they are. >> reporter: late in the day a dangerous situation was discovered, an open natural gas line very near the ridge where the fire could crest. emergency crews were dispatched and they tried to cover the hole for protection. some evacuees are staying in temporary shelters. they're concerned about what they'll find when they return home. >> do i have a home to go home to. >> what do we do until then? how

distinction. which u.s. city has been named the nation's most sedentary? captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a recipe for disaster. as if crews in the southwest don't have enough of a challenge battling fierce wildfires burning across the region, now they're in a race to keep those flames from approaching a nuclear weapons facility in new mexico. nbc's curt gregory has more. >> reporter: a fast-moving fire continues to burn less than a mile from the los alamos national laboratory. a mandatory evacuation was ordered for the city of 44,000. >> kind of makes you nervous with all this nuclear stuff around. >> reporter: the secretive nuclear lab has been shut down. for now all hazardous and radioactive materials are protected. fire crews are working nonstop. >> i will not say -- we're doing our best to keep it off the laboratory. >> reporter: los alamos is famous, home of the manhattan project where scientists developed the first atomic bomb.

south korea and nations around the world, america has always been a beacon of liberty and opportunity. nearly everyone we spoke with in korea, on the street or the meeting room, expressed their deep appreciation to the united states and especially to our military and our veterans. they are keenly aware that u.s. service members sacrifice so much to give them a free society and a free-market economy where they can pursue their dreams. south korea is now a prosperous modern nation with a $1 trillion economy and 49 million consumers in large part because american service members one and now help preserve the peace. korea is the 15th largest economy in the world and our country's seventh largest trading partner. per capita income in south korea today is more than $20,000 annually. in communist north korea, just over $1,000 annually. a free and open economy made the difference. today, again, america needs to lead the way, starting with the president. the u.s.-south korea free trade agreement will eliminate or reduce more than 85% of the tariffs between the united states and kor

about respectable public officials. >> yeah. >> and the, there have been a lot of texans on the national scene, and so i, for instance, i do a, a what we call deadline poem for the nation every week. >> this is not an entirely a new yorker collection. >> that's right. there, there are others. >> right. >> and it's not actually every, every week, because as i've pointed out the nation publishes only every other week in the summer even though the downtrodden are oppressed every day of the year. [laughter] what could they be thinking. >> sorry, we're in martha's vineyard. i mean. [laughter] have to get tortured during the winter if you want to have anything in our magazine. >> yeah. [laughter] >> but anyway, i, i write a piece of verse, what do you call it. so, and there have been, you know, texas presidents, texas senators. i think the first two-lineú poem i wrote in the nation because i realized when i was offered $100 a poem, which i didn't think was very much until i realized that poets in the united states are basically paid by the line and the highest payer then was the new yorker at $10 a

the nation so you know the trust that. is at the moment in trying to achieve peace in the region in the they know that he is trying to save himself as an honest broker is there the possibility that the united states could veto the establishment of a palestinian state and still the general assembly would recognize that. mission of the palestinian state was already announced the 1980's by yasser. and nothing happened so this can happen again and again in this will not gain anything to the palestinians a what can what it can achieve is the continuation of the delegitimization of the state of israel and this is something that i think can be avoided only through bilateral talks do you have faith that netanyahu is serious about peace i have faith in him because for the last two years when i served my country is the israeli ambassador to the united nations a saw i watch very clearly not only what he said in the belly landing in first speech which was two states for two countries but also the way that he acted in freezing for ten months the building in the settlements which no can no govern

national character in our can-do spirit will be in jeopardy and none of the big challenges facing this country will successfully be faced. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next on booktv and renewables explores the founding fathers interests in agriculture from washington's vigilant oversight of the mount vernon estate to jefferson and adams study of agriculture and madison's understanding for conservation. she speaks at the home of 18th-century botanist john bartram whose garden was visited by delegates of the continental congress in philadelphia. it's just under an hour. .. >> d10's i never thought of a new cat as a job the nation because shaped from 1987 when i went on a seven week road trip washington d.c. two san francisco. that concerns every cliche the chairman has in the late 1980's. but what really stayed with me the most was the best fields and ovals like man had imposed its grip on nature anything seem to be a larger scale than what other issues to in zero. big houses on a large plot of land and not a lot of gardening but a big loss in but as

reached the los alamos national laboratory. crews were able to contain a spot fire on lab property, and no contamination was released. officials close to the lab earlier monday and ordered a mandatory evacuation for the surrounding community. residents packed up what they could. >> now we're just getting a few last-minute things, the cat and the hamster. >> reporter: and joined the caravan of vehicles leaving. >> we went through, took pictures of everything, took as much as we could. and getting out of town. so you know, you take all the important things, all the memories. >> reporter: for some residents the scene is depressingly familiar. new mexico's worst wildfire burned through this area back in 2000. >> the same anxiety as you did eleven years ago. you don't know if when we leave if we'll have a home to come home to. >> reporter: the fire began in the mountains and has burned more than 44,000 acres. about 30 structures have been lost. firefighters say shifting winds could make things worse. >> this fire's going to be here awhile. i do not think it's going to be a wallow fire,

here. i'm a board member of the national organization. this was conceived and organized in 1960, known as the national organization to undo the house un-american activities committee. i am here as a concerned citizen surprised by the steps san francisco has taken. there's a long diversity of opinions of dissent. this seems to a blended with the signing of the jttf agreement. your local tourist action is being served by organizations. as a result, your police department is more accountable to the federal government than to the community it is supposed to serve. the agreement also has an oversight body for the preservation of community policing. it makes any human rights complaints almost useless. they would have to go to the fbi. over the past 10 years, many arab-americans have been subject to intense and unwarranted scrutiny -- scrutiny by such organizations, like the fbi and others. it has not only been the fbi. people have been alienated from civic participation. [tone] sfpd should recall what john crew mentioned, the expos pay. >> your time is up. sorry. >> yesterday we shred

for journalism. >> the national press club this honored to once again hold the gerald r. ford awards. >> it just so happens that our club has enjoyed a close association with the 34th president of united states and his legacy print general ford spoke at this podium a record 18 times. he appeared before, during, and after his presidency. this is one example of how he enjoyed cordial but a corporate relationship with the press. it is a tribute to president ford that many of you at this luncheon today have personal recollections of his brief but historic presidency and his long public service. he has many loyal friends and associates, which says a great deal of the kind of person he was. we also send a special ring set out to former first lady betty ford who is viewing this event via c-span in rancho mirage, california. even though the press was always kind to him, the late hugh study said that ford was the only president he knew who genuinely liked reporters. apparently, the others just faked it. [laughter] former secretary of state henry kissinger, a member of the ford presidential fo

very well is joining in the fight for universal health care writes national nurses united and it's not it's nearly take i'll tell you why don't worry be happy should really be our nation saw . if you thought the recent job numbers were bad with an unemployment rate ticking up to nine point one percent take a look at the unemployment rate for teenagers based on last month's job numbers nearly a quarter of all sixteen to nineteen year olds looking for a job or even a summer job are unemployed in california that number is as high as thirty four percent it's no wonder though considering that people with master's degrees can't even find a job donalds or a recent job fair collected over one million applications for about sixty thousand job openings and nationwide corporations only hired fifty four thousand americans in may you know your economy is screwed when sixteen year olds are competing with master's degree holding engineers or burger burger flipping jobs but the bigger problem lies in the long term effects of youth unemployment studies have shown the students who graduate from coll

you can find more information about the national press club at our website, check that out at press.org. thank you and we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up tonight on c-span, a look at highlights from today's republican leadership conference in new orleans. speakers include potential presidential candidate rick perry, mike mcalister, and retired colonel steve russell who commanded the u.s. unit that captured set down hussein. another look at national security adviser brent scowcroft on u.s. foreign policy in north africana and the middle east appeared later, a house hearing on the radicalization of the american muslim community in u.s. prisons. >> this week on "the communicators," we talked to michael powell about telecommunications issues and his transition from the sec chairman to his current leadership role as head of the cable industry association. it airs every monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> mr. president, thank you very much. i feel deeply hon

uniformed members of the u.s. military being put in harm's way by this conflict. the united nations said over the weekend that there were more civilian casualties in may than in any significantle other month of this war. needless to say, killing innocent people is certainly not the way to win the hearts and minds of another country. the american people's patience is wearing thin, mr. speaker, and there are many members of this body, a fair number of republicans of the republican majority who cannot support this afghanistan policy either. i for one am tired of being told that the strategy is working and it just needs more time to succeed. how many military families will lose a father or a mother or a son or a daughter in the time it takes for this strategy to go nowhere? how many troops will be physically and psychologically damaged beyond repair? mr. speaker, i think nearly a decade, longer than any war in american history, is more than enough time to admit that the strategy does not work. we don't need simply a token drawdown. we need a fundamental change in policy and a complete r

. that's far fewer than the 232,000 jobs created in april, tom. >> tom: susie, the nation's unemployment rate notched up again, rising for the second straight month. it stands at 9.1%, back to about where it began the year at 9% in january. >> susie: it's also taking longer for out-of-work americans to find a job-- almost 40 weeks, a new high. and the nation's 14 million unemployed are getting new competition-- millions of new high school and college graduates. is the weakness in the labor market temporary or a more serious problem that deserves government action? erika miller reports. >> reporter: they are smiling now, but that could change. millions of college seniors are graduating into a job market dramatically different from when they enrolled. at 9.1%, the nation's unemployment rate is almost double what is was four years ago, and economist bruce kasmin thinks the u.s. labor market could take years to heal. >> the fact that we are not getting enough demand to actually get the labor market kicking into gear here means it's more likely we will have structural high unemployment, and i

amtrak police chief, john o'conner. that begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >>> the "national press club" awards the ford presidentialal. live coverage 1:00 p.m. eastern on the presentation and comments after the award by former national security adviser brent scowcroft on u.s. foreign policy that gets underway at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> again former national security adviser brent scowcroft coming up talking about u.s. foreign policy until then your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal.". >> host: we'll start with the union leaders website. unionleader.com and their headline about last night's debate. gop candidates blast obama but avoid attacking each other. then "the boston globe" has a similar headline this morning. their is, gop debaters target obama, not romney. that is the "boston globe" this morning. a few jabs over the massachusetts health care as well. the telegraph out of new hampshire says the gop seven target obama at last night's debate. we want to hear from republicans only. what did you think about last night's debate? who do you think is the frontrunner? how

. but the bottom line is we went in as a nation, we have started promoting democracy, we're seeing the promotion of women's rights in iraq, and it's in the best interests of the united states to have a stable iraqi government. it's not there yet. i fully believe we will be out by 2012. but i think it's important for us to stay there. >>> say that the nation is empowering the congress or the president to send american citizens, the military, into battle without a critical national security reason for doing it. does obama has mentioned, the president mentioned no critical national security reason for us to be there. this has to be imminent, and it has to be commensurate with the true national security interests of the country. >> let me put it this way. any president who decides in his own mind for whatever reason that there's a national security interest will find a way to put it to the public exactly in those terms, and le keep troops there if that is his judgment. in fact, he should keep troops there if that's his judgment. but we have been there for god knows how many years now, nine

nation up in the north in the mid to upper 90s. this is catching a lot of folks off guard. >> reporter: including in chicago where heat and humidity hovered over the half marathon. one man collapsed and died while a dozen other runners were hospitalized. down south, houston recorded 105 degrees yesterday breaking a record set 30 years ago. >> the rest of the country has all of this rain, too much water, we don't have any. >> reporter: by the way, summer won't even be here for another two weeks. frances coe, nbc news. >>> as summerlike heat scorches the west, the remnants of winter and steady spring rains are forcing folks in the upper midwest out of their homes. evacuation orders have been issued for 600 residents in southwest iowa after a missouri river levee was breached. yesterday the management team air dropped thousands of sandbags calling the job too dangerous for ground crews. the river isn't expected to crest until mid to late june. >>> overseas where agriculture officials in germany believe vegetable sprouts are at the root of the e. coli outbreak. beans and sprouts grown on a

nation. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in opposition to this amendment and i think it might be worthwhile to explain for just a moment what the small watershed program is and the small watershed rehabilitation program is all about. these efforts were begun in the 1930's, i'm sorry, the 1940's and 1950's in this body to address flooding conditions. under this program, 10,000 small earthen dams were built across the country, working in interlocking series to prevent downstream flooding by capturing floodwaters at the source. mr. lucas: like anything, after 50 years, its life expect anti-- expectancy can be expected to come to an a conclusion system of we made the rehabilitation program to extend their life span. now based on modern technologies these 50-year structures will wind up with 150-year total life expectancy in many ins

eight out of twenty eight nations members have joined the air raids meanwhile the country which is not in nato sweetness preparing to send its marines to enforce. weapons and cargo and has agreed to extend its presence in this operation in fact the latest murmurs of discontent coming from the radicals they. want to be sure as they say that. is stayed out of the political process in leave their case in a national issue while we can see that nato has intensified dramatically its military efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more unpopular and none of the sides been involved. we're reporting there from tripoli well head of france's nationalist party has told r.t. that the war in libya isn't a humanitarian issue but a mission to topple the current regime or some of what we'll hear from marina pam in just under half an hour's time. competing outside international law which is still talking no since it is no longer until an air exclusions say we are in a mission to bring down a man and regimes and in order to do say. more obviou

governess and they have the former israeli ambassador to the united nations professor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you with what you were recently quoted as saying that the united states will not veto the u.n. recognition of a palestinian state come september why are you so sure of this i do not think that the united states is not going to record what they said is the united states has their own considerations in we should not act as if the vehicle is in our pocket which you can it is not we must do oldest to avoid the with. middle of the security council nor. is a general assembly in the i think we should not trust the united states but we should. if obama was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an election that he wants to win you know if. the interest in continuing is way back i i think obama really wants. peace in the world and especially in this region which affects in what way is a good middle east in the wall in the world in a way so i believe obama's first of them co

>> tom: president obama challenges congress to "get it done" when it comes to raising the nation's debt ceiling. he says the risks of not doing so are huge. >> all of the headwinds that we're already experiencing in terms of the recovery will get worse. >> susie: meanwhile, thousands of miles away in athens, protestors take to the streets as greece marks a turning point in its debt crisis. it's "nightly business report" for wednesday, june 29. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. there is an event going on here at the new york stock exchange and there's music in the background. a new phase in the european debt crisis-- greek lawmakers passed tough austerity measures today. this opens the way for greece to receive another round of bailout loans from its european neighbors. and tom, the hope is the loans will help greece avoid defaulting on its debt. >> tom: susi

pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the state of the nation's economy has become the main battleground for the 2012 campaign. that was the president's focus today as he traveled to north carolina. and it is likely to occupy center stage tonight as well, as republicans take to the stage for their first new hampshire debate. judy woodruff has our report. >> woodruff: president obama pledged to make good on his promise to grow the economy today at an energy-efficient lighting plant in north carolina. >> we stabilized the economy. we prevented a financial meltdown,. an economy that was shrinking is now growing. we've added more than 2 million private sector jobs over the last 15 months alone. but-- (applause) but i'm still not satisfied. i will not be satisfied until everyone who wants a good job, they're offered some security, has a good job that offers security. keep up the great work. >> woodruff: the president came to push training for jobs in new industries like clean energy. mr. o bam-- obama toured the plant with ge chairman jeff imellt. before that group met o

gop would become a solidly conservative party. it made no sense for the nation to have, as he said, a democratic tweed l dumb and a republican tweedledee. he believed that the country needed two effective and responsible political parties, each ideologically consistent and united, each supporting its leaders and offering voters meaningful choices at election time. but he didn't seem to realize that the republican party, the party of lincoln, was still anathema in the south. and, apparently, he didn't understand the strong emotional and cultural ties that the south had to the democratic party. southerners believed that the democratic party was their party, and conservative southern democrats were not about to take a hike over to the gop. still, fdr was immensely popular in the south and so popular that he thought he could risk engaging in primary fights. there's a story about a southern schoolteacher and her class that illustrates fdr's quasidivine status below the mason dixon line. i wish i could tell this story with a southern accent, but as you can hear the only accent i can do i

year, montgomery county public schools have the best graduation rate in the nation. among the nation's 50 largest districts, montgomery county graduated the most students, more than 85%. that is a full 14 points higher than the national average and 9 points higher than the maryland average. the annual diplomas report show it has the second best graduation rate. anne arundel county came in sixth. prince william 17th and prince georges county 20th. >> for the first time this year, maryland's two state casinos saw a drop in the amount of money they brought in. the casino and the hollywood casino took in a combined $13 $13.29 million in may. they are focused on the long- term results. of course we are focused on today, but not just today, the next couple of days because of what is on the way. >> we have a heat wave coming this way. the dew point there tonight really not too bad. but it's really tomorrow and into thursday where we will feel the heat and humidity. so get those ready, we'll hang out. our heat alert is in effect. we have heat advisory in effect from wednesday tomorrow

increases for the wealthy in a bid to cut the national debt. >> call me naive, but my expectation is that leaders are going to lead. the republicans say they want to reduce the deficit. every single observer who's not an elected official, who's not a politician says we can't reduce our deficit in the scale and scope that we need to without having a balanced approach that looks at everything. democrats have to accept some painful spending cuts that hurt some of our constituencies and we may not like. and we've shown a willingness to >> brown: vice president biden has led talks on reducing the deficit by $4 trillion, while raising the federal debt ceiling. the talks broke down last week, as republicans refused again to support tax increases. instead, they pressed for deeper spending cuts. the president said today even medicare and medicaid might need today, the president said if republicans focus solely on spending, it will mean cutting everything from college scholarships to food inspections. >> if everybody else is willing to take on their sacred cows and do tough things in order to

course to become a full members of the unit the nation so where you know the trust. is adamant in trying to achieve peace in the region in the they know that he's trying to perceive himself as an honest broker is there a possibility that the united states could veto the establishment of a palestinian state and still the general assembly would recognize as the recognition of the palestinian state was already announced a nineteen eighty eight by yourself and nothing happened so this can happen again and again we're not going anything to the palestinians a what can. the continuation of the village imitation of the state of israel and this is. something that i think can be avoided only through a little. do you have faith that netanyahu is serious or at least i have faith in him because for the last two years when i served my country as the israeli ambassador to the united nations a saw i watch very clearly not only what is said in the by the land. for the spring which was two states for two countries but also the way that they acted in freezing fourteen months the building in the sett

viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with too close for comfort. this morning the nation's premier nuclear laboratory is under siege. fire crews in new mexico are scrambling to drive back a wildfire that's now reached within just 50 feet of the los alamos national lab. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: a fierce wildfire continues to grow in los alamos very close to the national laboratory. firefighters are working day and night to clear brush and extinguish spot fires near the sprawling nuclear research facility. >> we have not lost any structures at the laboratory or in the town site, and we don't plan on losing any structures. >> reporter: the secretive los alamos laboratory is made up of 2,000 buildingsed a nearly four dozen sites. it's home to the nation's largest supply of nuclear weapons. >> our facilities and nuclear materials are protected and safe. >> reporter: another concern. the possible release of radioactive and harmful materials. thousands of 55-gallon drums containing plutonium-contaminated waste are stored

-moving wildfire has broken out into new mexico. forced officials at the national laboratory to close for business today. up to 100 nearby homes have been ordered evacuated. the news is much more encouraging for massive fires in arizona. one fire is fully contained and the third is growing only in an area with few residents. >>> federal investigators are swarming the scene of a friday explosive crash between a truck and a train in a nevada desert. it turns out that the trucking company has a spotty safety record. cited repeatedly for safety violations. investors have pinpointed the cause of the crash. >> we will not determining the probable cause of the accident while we're here on scene, nor will we speculate about what may have caused the accident. we expect to be on the scene between seven and ten days. >> my heart felt like it was up in my throat. you know, because we didn't know if it was the end or what. >> i went to grab my purse. and she just said, out, go. and i have nothing. >> investigators say they don't get any help from the train's so-called black box. because it w

the national endowment for the arts. what are-- i mean, if art should be dangerous, then perhaps people have a right to respond and say, "let's limit government spending." what do you think? the money that is given to support the national endowment is not government money. it's people's money. i wish the government would stop referring to it as its own money. it is not. it--it is the people's money. the whole thing about subsidy for the arts in the united states comes down to the fact: do we believe as a society that we should have an aesthetically educated population? now, i have a feeling that an aesthetically educated population is probably better able to vote intelligently than one that is not, 'cause i think the arts are enormously instructive to us on how to live our lives. if whoever is running the government feels that people should not be aesthetically educated, then they will destroy the national endowment, which, you know, even the national endowment-- what, $100 million bucks a year? the per capita support of the arts in the united states from all of the endowments an

national laboratory. it's where the first nuclear weapons were developed. the fast-moving fire forced los alamos to close. meanwhile, authorities have gained the upper hand on three major fires in arizona. the los alamos fire started sunday about 12 miles from that lab. it's grown to 3,500 acres. some evacuations have been ordered. in arizona the giant wallow fire near the new mexico border is nearly 80% contained. >>> federal officials say flooding from the missouri river poses no new threat to two nuclear power plants in nebraska. the cooper plant south of omaha remains dry but the four calhoun nuclear station by omaha is surrounded by water. a berm protecting the calhoun plant has collapsed. an off site power supply is providing electricity. the head of the nuclear regulatory agency visited the plant yesterday. >> all the plants in the u.s. have been designed to deal with what we think are the largest historic possible floods and this plant is designed to deal with a flood at a much higher level than we're seeing right now. >> the cooper plant remains dry and authorities expect the bar

what the united nations security council as agreed to in just you know american law on the constitution that hasn't played into this at all i mean that's a rather odd situation isn't it considering american foreign policy and the united nations it's not such a departure from the past the united states uses international law invokes international law when it's useful and ignores it when it's an obstacle. the first iraq war was authorized by the united nations security council and the first president bush used as an argument that he didn't need congressional authorization that well the united nations security council has authorized it congress didn't except that there was a fight and eventually there was congressional authorization so the united nations nato none of this replaces the constitutional requirement or the war powers resolution requirement that the president get explicit congressional approval unless the you know unless the united states or its armed forces are under attack and as was pointed out there are multiple provisions of the war powers resolution one of the

worse. remember the heat them up get ready for round two this week. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- familynd that loved his tonight to tell us about his before a gunman life.is what thomas was gunned down mckinley thomas -- mckinley high school sunday night. we are outside with the emotional story. >> we spoke to a man who said was at the high-school thing happen.ole he described a busy friday shooting that when the started, it was chaos that turned into tragedy. of rossevastated mother to find thegles express her pain. her son, gunned down by a young man that he allegedly knew, even mentored. >> the guy was constantly shooting him away. >> this witness says that he was friday when the shooting started. the suspect allegedly got into argument with thomas, a semi-pro for a washington,m in d.c.. crawford had unsuccessfully out for that team. bad. brother still felt he was kind enough to deal with it. led to another. he ran toward the bleachers and out a firearm and got to shooting up the coach. talking at either of the two prince george county addresses li

his jobs council. that group is made up of c.e.o.s from some to the nation's biggest companies. the panel gave him five ideas to create one million jobs. they called for cutting regulatory red tape, providing more loans to small businesses, investing in energy efficiency, boosting tourism and partnering with community colleges on worker training. >> susie: president obama pledged to act on these suggestions. >> their recommendations aren't going to solve every problem we face, but slowly, steadily, they're helping us to move forward. we're going to pursue these ideas, and any ideas out there, no matter where they come from. >> susie: tonight we're likely to hear several republican ideas. candidates running for president will hold their second debate in new hampshire. they'll be pushing hard to cut the deficit as a way to boost employment. but as darren gersh reports, the evidence that sharp budget cuts create jobs is mixed. >> reporter: house republicans often make the argument cutting the federal budget is the fastest way to create jobs. here's house speaker john boehner. >> if we'

-sector experience, he is also the founder of a group called the national -- i'm so, the natural resources defense council, or the nrdc. this organization is so radically antibusiness that even massachusetts democrat congressman barney frank and john tierney think it is troubling that mr. bryson is associated with it. these members of congress have described the nrdc as -- quote -- "one of those environmental organizations that has reflection civil attacked the fishing industry inaccurately and without any real environmental basis." and it is not just the fishing industry that the nrdc reflection civil attacks. members of the nrdc staff are on record saying -- quote -- "there is no such thing as clean coal." while gas prices soar and energy jobs are needed, a spokesman for the nrdc has said, "the novment rdc has been very proud and telecommunicationive in fighting flu coal plant proposals in the united states." they've stood in the way also of lifesaving sonar technology that would enhance america's national security. why? well, out of fear that it might harm the whales. they've

addressing the nation rather from the white house tomorrow evening at 8:00 p.m. to discuss his decision about the implementing the plan for drawing down u.s. forces from afghanistan. and with that, first question. >> is that going to be from the oval office? >> we'll announce when we're ready which location within the white house that it will be, but it will be the white house. >> has the president decided on what it is he will be announcing? he has made his decision, yes. >> and what is it? >> ok, i'll tell you. no. i'll leave it to the president to make his announcement. i will make the point, however, that the president, this is obviously something -- an issue he knows backwards and forwards, something he's been engaged in intensely for a long time and this has been a process, as i pointed out, on a number of occasions in the past. it wasn't just started anew in the last few weeks. he's been chairing regular monthly meetings of his national security team, including our senior military and civilian leaders in afghanistan, since he initiated his policy in december of 2009. he has obviously i

afghanistan in an address to the nation tonight. >>> severe storms. thunderstorms and heavy winds pound the midwest, stranding thousands of airline passengers and causing widespread blackouts. >>> and status updates. a utah man who took a woman hostage has time to keep his facebook page up to date. captioning funded by cbs >>> the good morning, everybody. and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> tonight president obama lays out his plan to with draw u.s. troops from afghanistan in a prime time address to the nation. currently there are about 100,000 service members in afghanistan. that's about three times from when he took office. he will announce a phased withdrawal, it is expected. joel brown is in washington with more. good morning, joel. >> good morning to you, betty. after weighing this decision for the last several weeks the white house says president obama settled on a troop withdrawal number yesterday and tonight he'll reveal those plans to a war-weary nation. thousands of troops fighting in afghanistan will start coming home as early as next month. in a national address ton

television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with northeast twisters. tornado devastation has become a familiar sight in the midwest this spring. but new england, of all places, is dealing with twister wreckage of its own. a line of storms triggered rare storms in massachusetts yesterday, killing at least four people. for more now, we go to nbc's kurt gregory. >>> nature's power captured on camera again. this time, in springfield, massachusetts. the tower cam at the nbc affiliate shows what appears to be a towering funnel cloud whirling above the city. residents were stunned. >> we had a tornado come down and took out houses behind our building. >> reporter: several buildings in springfield were heavily damaged, large vehicles were flipped, heavy trees were toppled. thousands of customers are without power. massachusetts's governor declared a state of emergency. >> at least 19 communities have been affected so much. we have an emergency on our hands. >> reporter: many residents plan to

come, the plan by d.c.'s delegate to bring dancing to the national mall. >>> the world's largest commercial airplane touches down for the first time in washington. >>> and doug's going to have for us >>> the airplane that chesley sullenberger landed in the hudson river a couple of years ago went down i-90 in maryland today. it's being moved to an aviation museum in charlotte, north carolina. until now, the plane had been in a warehouse in new jersey. that plane ended up in the hudson river back in 2009 after a flock of geese knocked out power to its engines. >>> the world's largest commercial aircraft landed in our area today. air france is running daily service from paris to dulles. the plane is huge. it's nearly a football field in length and includes two passenger decks with four cabin classes -- l first class offers full beds and changing rooms. the plane requires a staff of 22 flight attendants. >>> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is throwing support behind people who want to dance on the mall. the congresswoman says the dancing flash mobs at the jefferson memorial this

>> captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- here are the headlines this hour. headed for trial, he is on his way to the tribunal on charges of genocide. stronger trade ties visiting india with top business executives. and germany's unemployment rate dropped to the new low as businesses continued to grow and invest. he is no longer europe's most wanted war crimes suspect. he is in the netherlands now where a helicopter transfer them to the war crimes tribunal just a short time ago. the former commander of the bosnian serb military is accused of war crimes including genocide. he is believed the man behind the massacre that left 8000 muslims dead. >> a government jet transported him to the netherlands. later, it taxied into a hangar. in at the touch of a political thriller to itw the journey began after a serbian corps refused his appeal against the transfer. the government welcomed the ruling. >> they have moral and international obligations. they need to prove that they will meet our commitment. >> he was hot in this vehicle. they tried to confuse journali

happened. >> i don't think i would want to ride the train again. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board has a team of investigators at the crash site this morning. that agency is taking over the investigation. we did reach one of their spokespersons in washington, d.c. this morning, who said they won't have another update for us until later this afternoon. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a woman is in the hospital after firefighters rescued her from a burning home. it started after 1:00 in morning on falcon drive in hercules. neighbors called 911 after seeing flames coming from the home. contra costa and other fire crews arrived and entered the home. that's when they found a woman unconscious inside. firefighters pulled her out and performed cpr. >> the fire is under investigation. there's no real signs that indicate anything other than an accidental fire. >> a helicopter took the woman to the hospital. no word on her condition this morning. >>> also overnight a man is recovering after being shot in the chest and elbow. it happened in oakland after midnight. the victim