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

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

-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

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'

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

deadline poem for the nation every week. >> this is not an entirely a new yorker collection. >> that's right. there, trerethr >> right. >>ndt'noacal every, every week, because as i've pointed out the nation publishes only every other week in thsume even though the downtrodden are oppressed every day of the year. [laughter] atou they be thinking. >> sorry, we're in martha's vineyard. i mean. [laughter] have to get ttud durg the winter if you want to have anything in our magazine. >>ea [laughter] >> but anyway, i, i write a piece of verse, what do you call it. so, and there have been, you know, texas presiden tasenors. i think the first two-lineú poem i wrote in the nation beusi aledh i was offered $100 a poem, which i di't thik s 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 line. >> so that's not bad actually. >> well, if you wre o-neoem you're the highest paid poet... >> that's it. >> ...in the country. >> yeah. >> and so i would do that wh iand g tt buzz you get from working at the abs

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.

. 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

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

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

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

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

, the radar systems and other components of foreign nations defense system on foreign soil, regardless of what we have boots and the ground, it seems to me to be hard to say it does not involve hostilities. given the limitations of our time, i would like to come back to this if we have time -- in your opinion, is this question of the constitutionality of the war powers resolution 1 that logically could or would be resolved in any article 3 court proceeding in light of the political question doctrine and immunity that might be enjoyed by one or more parties to any suit that might be brought? >> i think it's a good question. i think it's highly unlikely. there was in the vietnam era a number of cases. some cases did get into court. but the general pattern of the case law has been these suits have been dismissed on some preliminary ground. going to the earlier point, which someone is firing when there are booths on the ground, does that rise to the level of hostilities. in prior administrations, in situations in lebanon, grenada the persian gulf tanker controversy, bosnia, kosovo, all wer

all to become the first eurozone nation to default on its debts a story we're covering all night for you of course next we look at the state of the stalled israeli palestinian peace process is the subject of our latest special interview. with me i have to physically initially have the former israeli ambassador to the united nations professor thank you very much for joining us here on r t thank you wolf when 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 did not say the united states is not going to report what they said is the united states has their own considerations and the we should not act as if the vehicle is in our pocket which it is it is not we must do our best to avoid the was a motion to come. to the in the security council nor. the general assembly in the i think we should look for us the united states to report 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 it wa

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

defeat their own bill to boost the nation's debt limit. >>> and cancer concerns. experts sound the alarm on a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone on this wednesday. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. the space shuttle "endeavour" is safely home. she ended her final mission with an early morning landing in florida with commander mark kelly at the controls. "endeavour" touched down following a 16-day mission to the international space station. "endeavour's" only remaining flight will be to california, where it will go to a museum to be on display. randall pinkston is at the kennedy space center with more. randall, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. yes, indeed, the shuttle is indeed here on earth, it landed here on time and without any problems here at the kennedy space center. with the landing it is "endeavour's" final mission to the international space station. "endeavour" glided onto the tarmac in the middle of the night, marking an end to its 25th and final mission. >> it's sad to see he

how to repair the nation's we could kind of let our sky high taxes on the middle class really the way to go about it him and the end may be near for u.s. troops in libya but can a possible exit also be declared for the nation. and the department of homeland security to the greatest job in the world protecting the on from lax protection from an expensive american life. we may be nearing an end game in the libyan war world leaders including secretary of state hillary clinton are meeting in the united arab emirates to discuss how libya could have a democratic future after khadafi news reports out of libya suggest it could offer himself maybe warming up to the idea of leaving power and way to the most recent intensive bombing campaign in tripoli secretary clinton acknowledged today that people close to gadhafi have expressed interest in coming up with a deal for khadafy to step down in libya and go into exile in some undisclosed african nation. today's successful contact group meeting was a powerful statement that our coalition remains united and committed we reaffirmed there is only one

to become a full members of the unit in the nation so you know the trust that. is at the moment in trying to achieve peace in the region in they know that is trying to perceive 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 nineteen eighty eight. and nothing different so this can happen again and again in the it's. 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 building i

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

war is not the solution. for national isn't it with. later continues bombing tripoli we've been hearing heavy strikes overnight as well as during the day this week actually the libyan capital has seen the most intense a fair rate since the beginning of the operation in march with nato targeting gadhafi his compound and command and control centers in attempt to within the embattled colonel and force him out russia actually wants to see it are free to step down also who is envoy has visited libya and has met opposition leaders here and has also. duffy's closest ally and his cousin in cairo and after that mikhail margelov has said that both sides had a mutual understanding that military actions is not an option and this conflict should only be resolved through peaceful means all nato allies are in agreement with after moscow but the thing is that the real simply about how to do that the alliance is general secretary rasmussen and the u.s. defense secretary robert gates are demanding more participation more help from certain members because the reality is that only eight out of twen

saying no it presents me with the ability to declare an initiator or any where i think the national interests are involved. i can't only george orwell in one thousand nine hundred four could do the same thing as saying the ministry of war is actually the ministry of peace that's what this is about mr boehner in my judgment has actually been much too weak in the feet in imposing a sanction for this usurpation the founding fathers intended the impeachment clause to utilize a president is committing a high crime and misdemeanor when he flouts the constitution in such a grave way and in violation of his oath of office and this is what the remedy the founding fathers crafted in order to make certain no ever president would commit that same violation the second occasion but what are we dealing with a bigger issue than just obamacare i mean every single president since reagan is a vision of grenada launched a war of his own and congress hasn't declared war since world war two so maybe this is a culture of warfare i. make it legal let me give you an example there's something called a legislative veto

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

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

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 are coming from the radicals they. want to be sure as they say that they . stayed out of the political process in leaving a case in and national issues well we can see that they to has intensified dramatically its military efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more unpopular among all the sides been involved or the head of france's national party has co go to war in libya isn't that right. but a mission to topple the current regime is some of what we're here for in the past that next up. the level where completely outside international law we should stop talking nonsense it is no longer at all an air exclusion zone we are in a mission to bring down a man and a regime and in order to do so. helicopters much more obviously will send an army on the ground so it's no

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 92. the nays are 395 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 112-111 by the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 112-111 offered by mr. rohrabacher of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by

viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with the sizzling spring. across much of the nation, the heat is on. the soaring mercury from texas to new england already has many hoping these temperatures aren't foreshadowing a summer season that's still weeks away. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: with temperatures soaring into the 90s, new yorkers are trying to beat the excessive heat. >> my apartment is as warm inside as it is housed. -- outside. >> reporter: but the extreme heat can also be deadly. five possible heat-related deaths have already been reported in three states. and cooling centers for the elderly are open in st. louis and chicago, where health safety workers are going door to door checking on senior citizens. >> do they have an air condition, do they have a fan? >> reporter: record-breaking highs of 99 degrees in baltimore and washington, while philadelphia hit a record-breaking 97 degrees. blistering conditions for work crews, but not everybody was miserable. >> i like the heat. i've waited for it all winter. >>

court's final rulings of the session is newshour regular marcia coyle of the "national law journal." marcia, starting with that california statute that was tossed out, give us the genesis of this. >> okay. california passed a law 2005 that prohibited the sale or rental violent video games to anyone under the age of 18. and a violent video game they defined was one that gave the player the option of killing, maiming, dismembering or sexually assaulting a human image. it also would lack any serious literacy, artistic, political or scientific value, and would appeal to a minor's morbid or deviant interests. >> ifill: how do all of those-- that sounds pretty awful. how does killing, maiming, dismembering and sexual assault fit under the rubric of free speech protection. >> justice scalia wrote the opinion for a 7-2 majority today. he said basically california was asking the court to create a new category of unprotecteded speech. the court has found unprotected speech in only a handful of cases, things like obscenity, fighting words. he said that there was no long history or tradition i

troop withdrawal from afghanistan, highly skilled immigrants, and the national labor relations board. the house is in session at 10:00 eastern with pledges that a business beginning at noon. members are expected to finish the military construction and veterans affairs bill and begin work on the agriculture spending bill. several live events to tell you about today -- the house energy subcommittee will hear an inspector general's report and how the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission dealt with the amount to nuclear repository license application. that is on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:00 p.m. eastern, the former national security adviser brent scowcroft talks about foreign policy following the annual gerald ford foundation journalism award. also today, the senate commerce committee looks at threats to real security is members here from that of the transportation security administration and the amtrak police talk on c-span 3 at two o'clock 30 eastern. agriculture secretary tom vilsack was at the national press club monday to preview next week's mee

nations that he said have promised much and delivered little. >> those who enjoy the benefits of nato membership but don't want to share the risks and the costs. this is no longer a hypothetical worry. we are there today and it is unacceptable. >> reporter: the secretary got specific. libya. while every one of nato's 28 members voted in favor of the mission, less than a third have taken part in the strike operation. >> many allies are beginning to run short of munitions, requiring the u.s., once more, to make up the difference. >> reporter: in fact, gates said that u.s. taxpayers are bearing more than 75% of the cost of nato defense spending. and afghanistan? >> nato has struggled, at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of 25,000 to 40,000 troops. >> reporter: and those countries that do participate? many have caveats to reduce risk. for example, spain's 1,500 troops are not allowed to fire a weapon except in self-defense. and they cannot operate at night. gates says there is time for nato to reverse the trend, but he can now leave his post knowing that nato has been duly

-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

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,

of twenty eight nations members have joined the great bill well the country which is not in nato sweetness preparing to send its marines to enforce. weapons and bargo and has agreed to extend its presence in this operation in fact the latest murmurs of discontent coming from the rubbles they. want to be sure as they say that. stayed out of the political process in leaving a case in a national issue where we can see that they to has intensified traumatically its military efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more and popular among all the sides been involved. she's wary of the notion of there reporting from the libyan capital tripoli. now drops resolutions against the syrian regime are under consideration at the u.n. nuclear watchdog and the security council but so far russia is effectively been blocking a proposal to condemn president assad's government for its crackdown on protesters moscow says discussing the resolution at the security council will only escalate tensions in syria are just reported i is across the latest

tour and whether she should reimburse the national park sevls. >>> questions about the first lady and the obama girls' trip. >>> a casino in atlantic city is looking at its business strant looki[ male announcer ] strant washington, d.c. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches and a atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. ♪ lindsay has the details of tiger woods' decision. >>> at least one congressman is questioning whether sarah palin got special treatment during her bus tour at national parks. earl blooming hour sent a letter asking, since the parks' budget is so tight whether palin should reimburse the park for any expenses they incurred as a result of the visits or if they treated the palins as they would any other american family. >>> angela merke

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

proud. we're a blessed nation to have such men and women in the military. mr. speaker, this is about our oath to protect and defend the constitution, about the checks and balances our founding fathers had in mind when they broke away from an imperial monarchy. i urge my colleagues to support the rule and i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from north carolina for her remarks. much of which i agree with. and i don't always agree with her, but i especially appreciate her emphasis on the importance of the war powers resolution and how it applies here. i, again, want to emphasize the importance of the war powers resolution because i was, again, really surprised by the way the distinguished chairman of the rules committee kind of diminished what the war powers resolution is all about. i want to read to you, read to

affecting the landscape, animals of national parks. including some right here in california. what if anything can be done by the national park service to mitigate the effects of climate change? senior editor craig miller sat down with national parks director jon jarvis to find out. >> jon jarvis, thanks for taking time with us. >> thank you. >> you and i first met last fall up in glacier national park. you were talking to a group of reporters on a creek. and you said the greatest threat to the integrity of the national park system that you've ever faced is climate change. that's a huge statement. >> i believe every bit of it. glacier national park is the perfect place to do that besides being a beautiful place. gra glacier is the poster child for climate change. based on predictive models we see, within a couple of decades, the glaciers that define glacier national park will literally be gone. glaciers store water. they provide a refrigerator service basically for free for streams that support wild trout and other species. all of that is going to change. the basic integrity for our n