>> austin has tourette's syndrome, rare for a varsity athlete. scott reiss reports the neurological disorder helped define an unlikely team hero. ♪ >> reporter: if you blink, you might miss it. austin tubbs blinks often, yet misses nothing. >> i blink sporadically, which is nice, but people think i'm flirting. >> it's not something he hides. he's out front with it, but it's also something that's never been a problem. >> reporter: when austin was younger, it was a problem. the symptoms were more severe. the audience, less forgiving. >> used to be much tougher for him. the younger kid in the school, kids are in school. >> something he had to deal with and that was kind of something he had to push through and kind of learn how to handle for certain points. >> i would shrug my shoulders, bob my head, had to blow on my hands one time. that made the least sense to me. oddly enough, i was at my most still when i was playing football. when i get down to play, i am just a statue. >> run! >> reporter: perfect form and the perfect demeanor to go with it.

texas and an incredibly green city in a very red state and in austin, it was for the national league of cities, congress of cities, conference and expocysing and we were looking at bikes and at the have surpassed san francisco in size, they are the 11th and we are the 14th and the rapid growth of the tech sector and the culture and the entertainment sectors are impressive and there is a lot of similarities with the growing divides of haves and have nots like our city and a booming economy with the cranes and all over the place, and similar to the look of san francisco and the key parts of our city. and i wanted to say that i did a, over two hour bike infrastructure tour on bike, looking at probably about 7 miles of their nature bike plan improvements. and the bike bridges over water areas. bike and hiking trails, but it was pretty impressive what their department of public works and department of transportation, i wanted to thank, katherine greger who i had the time to meet with who is the complete street manager and coordinated us sharing the road workshop with a lot of other city c

that's kind of basically my take-away from what austin just said. the fed wants to be deliberate about this. that means changing the language in the statement, doing all those things to set the scene. i do think by the middle of next year, i think whenever the fed does raise rates it will probably feel overdue. therefore, the markets won't necessarily have a knee-jerk reaction to that. i think the market has things to contend with, obviously. we have another very good year, pushing a 15% return on the s&p 500 as we come to the end of the year and we have sort of melted up as you mentioned. essentially i think you have to have some of that domestic growth story really kind of validate what the market has already done. >> although that doesn't consider the idea that if things are terrible in every other market, we still look like the best house on the block. >> we absolutely do. you know what's funny about real estate? that's the house you're not supposed to buy. it tend to be overpriced. i think we can't have the u.s. being the only place where it se

we just saw your story on austin tubbs. it's so great that he got his chance on the field. >> the stars get the headlines. and austin not just a great guy but a great story. it's great that he got to play at least a snap. and today the story is about the 49ers coaches. the vultures are swarming. and by that means i mean the wolvereens. the coach is under contract for one more season but popular belief is the team will fire him. michigan has reportedly offered harbaugh more than $8 million a year to return to his alma mater. >>> you might argue the most important decision for a football coach other than whether to take an $8 million a year job is who he quarterback is going to be. bruce arians relished his decision so much he made it three times in five days. arian named logan thomas as this week's starter. and he's changed his mind all again. it's back to lindley but maybe it's not such a big decision after all. >> if your defense sets the other team out you're not going to lose. it doesn't have a thing to do with the quart

again, just two theaters, one in austin, one in atlanta. why only two? how is this -- why would this break like this with a company as big as sony? >> this speaks to how much of a scramble there's been behind the scenes at sony. for four or five days, they've been trying to come up with a distribution plan. the truth is, they would like this movie to be out wide. they would like this movie to be able to be seen by as many people as want to. and they'd like to pay for it. there's understandable security concerns. imagine if you're an online distributor and you decide to put this film out and then you get hacked just like sony got hacked. you could imagine some moviegoers might be concerned to go to these theaters because of threats from hackers. but some movie theaters are saying, absolutely not. we're not going to let vague threats from hackers affect the movies we choose to play. and one of the most famous theaters in austin is well known to film fans across the country, it's going to be theaters like that, independent theaters that are at the front of

and this is an important historic site in the city's history because this is where waterloo, austin's predecessor was. it consisted of a cluster of cabins occupieded by four or five fames, including the fame of jay carol. i'm standing about the same spot where the the cabin was, and this is where demar was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffalo herd incentive. so he and the other men jumped congress avenue, it wasn't really the avenue but in those days just a muddy ravine that led north to where the capitol now sits. the men gallupoped on their horses and rode into this herd of buffalo shouting. and shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill where the the capitol is and told everybody h this should be the seat of the future empire. >> watch all of our events from austin saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's become tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00

they begin with stephen austin. he was very successful with his rangers, fighting and not only managing to make the area reasonably safe, but when the texas war for independence broke out, the rangers played a major role in independence long enough to allow the economists to develop a strategy. they became the republic of texas for about 10 years. being regarded as the founder of the rangers, we have interesting collections being tied not only to specific rangers and what they do. also interesting is the collection of u.s. paper currency. going back to the republic of texas, when they were their own nation they issued their own currency. it is really interesting to collectors to note that the state of texas was at one point printing its own money. another thing that we have is a collection of engraved firearms. firearm engraving is really an art form that is fading out today. but back in the time of the 1850's and 1950's, it was a goal of anyone that carried firearms on a regular basis to probably have one pistol or

a famous theater in austin that's expanded to a number of other locations, film fans across the country know that brand. that's one of the theaters that's said they will show the movie on thursday. >> i want to bring in tom fuentes and bob baer. tom, the concern had been if they show this film, there were threats presumably from this group that hacked sony pictures, that there would be terrorist threats, if you will. how concerned should people be who are going to see this film on christmas day, whether in austin, atlanta or anyplace else? >> i don't see how they could carry out threats all over the country. and right now, they'd be hard-pressed to find the theaters that are going to have it well enough in advance to do something. and these theaters will have securities i.t. quick lly went from sony trying to protect itself. it turned into patriotic fervor for, how can we let this guy censor our media and what we want to watch at the movies? it turned into a patriotic almost demand that that movie be released and people get a chance to see it. >> what is your reaction when you hear this

they begin with stephen austin. he was very successful with his rangers, fighting and not only managing to make the area , but when thee texas war for independence broke out, the rangers played a major long enoughpendence to allow the economists to develop a strategy. they became the republic of texas for about 10 years. being regarded as the founder of , we have interesting collections being tied not only to specific rangers and what they do. the interesting is collection of u.s. paper currency. the republic of texas, when they were their own nation they issued their own currency. it is really interesting to collectors to note that the state of texas was at one point printing its own money. another thing that we have is a collection of engraved firearms. firearm engraving is really an art form that is fading out today. but back in the time of the it was a goal0's, of anyone that carried firearms probablylar basis to have one pistol or one rifle that was very well decorated. this were persons that did to an unbeliev

. >> you live in austin. >> yes. >> not austin, north carolina. austin, texas. which is a cultural center in its own way. can you make a case that, whatever it is that makes you want to be in austin rather than los angeles is what makes you make the film that you do? >> i wonder. i do not think it is so much geography as how your mind. >> a difference in culture though, isn't it? >> maybe. i like to be in a place -- they have called our industry a great dream industry. but, if you get too close to the industry, parts of l.a. and anywhere near the studio stystem, it kind of thwarts dreaming and is more about the business. i prefer to spend my time dreaming about stories. >> what part of you wants to go out and develop something entirely different than what someone would expect from you, just to say you might not think i have this muscle, but i do? >> i think i have done a lot of different films over the years. now that i have made mid-veteran status. you step outside of that, you are kind of honest. but i just wrapped my 19th film. so i think people have given me

the university of austin says it's missing about a hundred brains. that's about half the university's collection of brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde. one of those is believed to be that of clock tower sniper charles whitman. the austin state hospital transferred the brains nearly 30 years ago. but a psychology professor says students have been stealing the brains for years, likely for halloween brankss, not for science. >>> 4:49 right now. it is a christmas staple for most children, a picture with santa. but coming up, why one girl's holiday hopes were put on hold at a southern california mall. >>> we're tracking a major storm in the bay area. this is the third one in a week. we have had reports of flooding and traes down and it is expected to get worse. christina is closely tracking your conditions. she'll bring you the very latest. >>> and that's causing some havoc on the roadways. look, you can see the water kicking up on the eastbound direction of 580 westbound. i'll tell you why it's stopping already at the deb lynn interchange, coming u

. >> reporter: at the new marriott hotel, rising in austin, texas, the "help wanted" sign went up today. >> tell me about yourself. >> i grew up in seattle. >> reporter: among the applicants was cedric turner. >> i'm looking for a job here. >> reporter: turner, who is 40, works full time in a call center but wants to be a concierge. >> i think i can provide, you know, good hospitality, good customer service to the guests. >> reporter: marriott's scott blaylock has 700 positions to fill for the new hotel, which will be the biggest in austin. >> accounting, sales, event planning, we've got jobs for just about anything anybody might want in the hotel business. >> reporter: after ages of waiting for breakout job growth, november saw the biggest jump in payrolls in nearly three years. are we finally getting it? >> we do seem to be close to a tipping point now, although, you know, we are cautious on that. >> reporter: economist diane swonk, with chicago's mesirow financial, says the economy is not just creating more jobs. >> in fact, the composition of jobs is starting to improve a bit. we're

Él es el patinador pablo. >> hola, colega. >> y Él es el patinador austin. >> ¿quÉ pasa? >> ¿tambiÉn estÁn en la competencia de habilidad? >> sÍ, y todos intentaremos ganar eso. >> guau, el ollie dorado. >> ¿crees que podrÁs ganarlo? >> hay que intentarlo. >> debes ser muy buen patinador. >> sÍ, dÉjanos ver tu ollie. >> mmm, ¿mi ollie? >> sÍ, tÚ sabes, colega... tu ollie. ensÉÑanos el tuyo. >> ah... estÁ bien. oh. >> [rÍen] >> vaya, colega. tienes que hacerlo mucho mejor que eso para ganar la competencia. >> sÍ. >> o... tal vez puedas encontrar la patineta mÁgica. >> [rÍen] >> ¿hay una patineta mÁgica? >> no le hagas caso a esos chicos, solo estÁn bromeando. hay una leyenda de que existe una patineta mÁgica escondida en patinburgo. >> ¿ah, sÍ? >> [rÍe] pero no es real. >> ah... [suspira] ojalÁ fuera real. yo necesito una patineta mÁgica porque... aÚn no soy muy bueno. >> colega, no necesitas la patineta mÁgica. voy a decirte el secreto para ser un patinador sobresaliente. >> ¿sÍ? >> la tabla no hace al patinador, el patinador hace a la tabla

the begin with stephen f austin. austin was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only to make the area reasonably safe for settlement from indian raids, but when the taxes war for in texasnce broke out gaining its independence, by staving off the mexican army long enough to allow the columnist and build their own army and develop a strategy. as a result, texas became its own independent nation, the republic of texas, for about 10 years. >> watch all of our events for waco throughout the day on c-span. and in american history tv on c-span three. real tv-span's brings us the story of the 21st century. after the japanese attack on pearl harbor, resident frank when roosevelt asked the navy to greater motion picture that would document the historic event.

even austin yells high low. >> it goes to what karen was saying about airing grievances. we would sit down in the same idea of what was the hard part, what was the fun part, what was the the difficult part, one of of those. what made you think. >> because when you say to the kids what did you do today. nothing. >> that is true. >> every time. >> how was school. >> okay. >> this helps to get conversation going. >> i'm so stealing. that. >> yes. >> i stole in tv during the week. >> i could not do that eater no tv during week. from bob kelly's family, your christmas present, we're doing high low starting tonight. >> and bob will tell you you have to force them to give you an answer. >> you have to. >> nobody gets up from the table. >> you have to have an answer. there is a high and low. it becomes fun and tradition. when we're out in the restaurant high low. >> all right. >> what was your high point this morning. >> my high point was getting my mug from alex, as and my low point that the weather is yucky. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you. >> so the the new york daily news rele

i mean, look, a guy named tim lee who owns the theaters in austin handed out flags for everybody. he leapt on to the stage in a star studded evil kneivel suit and the whole audience sang "proud to be an american" and "living in the usa." free budweiser was given out to people. it was a huge patriotic free expression party in austin, texas, on christmas day. >> certainly looks that way. paul, do you think as douglas says you're a hero in this north korea sony saga? >> i don't look at it that way. we had a great day yesterday, thousands of people, it was our biggest day ever in the history of the theater. we've been in business since 1997. lot of thank yous, a lot of line-ups and a lot of organized mayhem and a lot of beer sold, and the crowd loved it. the crowd loved the movie and it was great to watch each show sold and packed out. it was great to watch the audience react to it and usually we don't show a movie with this sort of broad comedy type but audience loved it, thought it was great and fantastic and a great day all around. >> that's great. douglas, let me ask you about the

they move their headquarters from the state capital of austin to fort worth which was her home base and become kind of the field operation for the wendy davis campaign. one of their big mistakes, matter of fact, i think was latching onto one candidate rather than taking the long-term approach. so anyway, given that background davis runs for governor, and there were certain early signs that maybe battleground texas wasn't doing quite as well as everybody was hyping them up in the media. and the first one was when filing deadline came for candidates for 2014, november's election, lo and behold, there were a whole slew of offices in texas where neither battleground, nor anyone else in the democratic party could find anyone to run for office. if you can believe it, of the 254 counties in texas -- and we have a slew of counties, some of them are very small and some of them have, like, five million people like harris county and some have less than a hundred -- but of those 254 counties, no democrat could be found who was willing to put their name on the ballot to run for county judge which is

we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to austin, texas. >> we are in the private suite of lady bird johnson, johnson, the private quarters for the president and first lady. this is not part of a public tour. this has never been opened to the public, and you you are seeing it because of special access for c-span. it is not open to visitors on a daily basis. the remarkable thing about this space is it is a living breathing artifact. it has not changed at all since pres. president johnson died in january of 1973. there is a document in the corner of this room telling my predecessors myself and my successors that nothing in this room can change. >> we are here at the 100 block of congress avenue in austin. to my left down the block is the colorado river, and this is an historic importance site because this is where waterloo, austin's predecessor was. waterloo was a cluster of cabins occupied by four or five families, including j carroll. this is where lamarr was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffalo herd. they jumped on their horses. congress avenue -

and this, kathy had this to say to austin. it old people can't drive why is our insurance cheaper than the young kids's insurance. age range 18-34. i will drive you any day. take that, austin. thank you for all your comments. keep them coming. look at green mountain, 10% in the past month, that is a drop and half. 144, by it? yes or no. what is so good about it? charles: it has beaten all the would-be competitors forging major alliances and a tremendous amount of room to grow and expand margins. stuart: they are the coffee machine, single could you put in a little container, pushed down the handle, push the button and get a single cup of coffee and you think that is good for 2 and dollars a share. charles: modern day rivals like starbucks put the out of business. the be all come. stuart: how about amazon? that is down 5% roughly this past week, down to the low 300s. you buy it at that level not? charles: the wall street for a long time, too arrogant about never having to make a profit. i said earlier this year, had to make mon

>> guest: hormel was founded in austin, minnesota, founded by george a. hormel, it's worth noting right off the bat that the family still pronounces the name hormel. it's a german name, not a french name, as the company was sort of rebrandded in the '70s at a time when americans were discovering french cuisine. but george a. hormel founded the company and really founded it originally as just a small business where he was processing a few hogs in a week and supplying the local market in austin. but interestingly, right from the beginning, the company sort of had a way of taking advantage of economic downturns. when there was a major economic downturn in 1893, that had to do with overbuilding of railroads, hormel recognize it this was an opportunity because it meant that there were going to be lower prices for shipping, and so he could not only bring in hogs from farther away but could take advantage of the refrigerator cars that were recently developed, and as his competitors focused on that refrigerated meat, he said, well, i think there's also a market t

they began with stephen f austin. austin was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only managed to ,ake the area reasonably safe but when the texas war for independence broke out, the rangers played a major role and texas gaining its independence by staving off the mexican army long enough to allow the columnist to build their own army and a strategy. as a result, texas be game its own independent nation, the republic of texas, for about 10 years. >> watch a lot of thence from waco on american history tv on c-span3. next, air force academy about thetalks relationship between spanish and native in new mexico during the 17th century. united states air force academy. having said that, let's get to today's lesson, we will talk about the colonization of new stephanie? >> [indiscernible]

friend who is the ceo of the library foundation and the chairman of the lbj foundation library board in austin. our national archive partners are led by the affiliated libraries are here with us. and smu, clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas, texas a&m and the university of texas at austin. i am thrilled to launch the presidential leadership scholars program. a partnership between the centers of bush, clinton and bush senior and johnson. president clinton and bush will join us to discuss why the program is important but first a few discussions. i had the opportunity to visit with my friend who is also here today. about an idea for a partnership. when i moved to dallas, i became the lbj foundation library board in fact, i think this is the first collaboration ever among presidential septemberers and ongoing initiative. why did you decide to do this as collaboration and why did you present it as a theme. >> you thought it as a theme. > hi, mom. republicans and democrats within >> and i know these septemberers and the education -- the universities are associated are trem

thissed with, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to austin texas. >> we are in the private suite of lyndon and lady byrd johnson by vat quarters gore the president and first lady. when i say private, i do mean that. this is not part of a tour that is offered to the public. this is -- this has never been opened to the public. you're seeing it because of c-span's special access. vips come into this space, just as they did in lyndon johnson's day but it's not open to our visitors on daily basis. and the remarkable thing about this space is it's really a living, breathing artifact. it hasn't changed at all since president johnson died in january of 1973. and there's a document in the corner of this room signed by, among others, the then-archivist of the united states and lady byrd johnson telling by predecessors, myself and may successors that nothing in this room can change. >> so we are here at the 100 block of congress avenue in austin to my left just down the block, is the river, the colorado river and this is an important historic site in the city's history because this is

we know the fate of 100 human brains reported missing from the university of texas in austin. let's jump into the mind of cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: sure we're always joking about losing our minds, but when word circulated that the university of texas had lost 100 brains, it was sort of blind blowing. >> honestly, how could they lose 100 brains? >> i have no idea. hopefully they show up. >> reporter: adam voorhees took these photos of brains from the university of texas austin collection. they were given to the university by the austin state mental hospital some three decades ago. even as he was photographing them for a book entitled "mall formed," he was hearing that half of the collection was missing and cure rateders were speculating about where they went. >> maybe a student walked off with one. but students walking off with 100 brains, come on. no way. >> reporter: among the brains believed to be in the collection -- >> there's another shot and another shot. >> reporter: that of charles whitman, a sniper who went on a killing spree from atop the university of texas cl

texas is the only one to boost the speed limit that high in austin. they say the higher speed limit would dramatically shorten his and other commutes. you would want to be there in montana if you want to go past ainsley. >> it is the moment many had been waiting for a sneak peak inside this year's victoria secret fashion show. >> taylor swift singing her song on the stage of lingerie as the angels strut their stuff next to her. arianna grand also performing at the london event. >> i don't have kids. you can catch the entire show on tv. >> the producer is saying you don't know who that is? >> i don't have any kids yet either. >> arianna grande. >> the time now is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. pregnancy policies live with the supreme court hearing that could change worker's rights for women. what santa did to make this little girl cry. but first brian kilmeade with what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> i know she is a girl with a very good voice. >> you have kids, though. >> the number one pop artist happens to be madonna who i do know. congre

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kids come and go on a date with your spouse without checking your e-mail, read adam smith and jane austin and the direct judge report, smile at someone you don't know or like, be nice to your parents because you can never repay them for what they did for you. they don't help pay the bills, they are not on our to-do list sometimes so we don't get the satisfaction of taking them off at the can go by and nothing will happen if we don't do them that i think that they are the stuff of the good life. you might be tempted to say this has nothing to do with economics but i'd like to think that it's helped to account to get the best out of life. to get the most out of life you have to use your time wisely and economics is all about trade-offs and that if we do one thing we can't do another. the other deep inside of economics is that we as a group do things sometimes without anyone's intentions that are good and bad. the example we determined how many apples could produce and we determine whether we live in a culture of trust. economics is crucially about how we spend our time in the ultimate nonre

they really begin with stephen austin. austin was successful with his rangers. they not only managed to make forarea reasonably safe settlement from indian raids, but when the texas war for independence broke out, the rangers laid a major role in texas gaining its independence by staving off the mexican army long enough to allow the cause to build their own army and a strategy. texas became its own independent nation, the republic of texas, for a couple of years. c-span3. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, professor martha jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. the class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves

. >> reporter: uc davis associate professor mike austin says if the entire fault line were to rupture it could produce a magnitude seven quake. >> magnitude seven is about 31 times more than a six. >> that's terrible. i don't want to do that again. it wasn't fun. >> reporter: austin says the geological evidence suggest it might happen every one to few thousand years. >> oh, okay. well. i don't plan on living that long. >> reporter: again that's a historical average. to predict when it will happen again. in napa valley it is worth being prepared and to plan ahead for a much larger quake than we historically seen before. in napa, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ken, thank you. >>> she says her son's school district dragged their feet and failed their family. >> my kids have missed two weeks of school this year. >> news 2 investigates whether the school followed up on a threat. >> and download the new ktvu app, click the live icon and you can watch all of our newscasts live right on your mobile device. >>> union city police tonight are searching for a man who was apparently record

this is an important historic site in the city's history because this is where waterloo, austin's run assessor, was. it was occupied by four or five families, including the family of j carol. i am standing at about the spot where the cabin was the road this is where lamarr was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of the a buffalo herd in the vicinity. they jumped on their horses on congress avenue -- it was just a muddy ravine that led north, and the man galloped on their horses . they stuffed their beltsville of pistols and rode into the midst of this herd of buffaloes. lamar shot this in arm as buffalo for a he went to the top of the hill where the capital is, and he told everybody that this should be the seat of the future empire. >> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are continuing our conversation on the affordable care act. two longtime reporters are here with me to help with the conversation. margot sanger-katz is the upshot

you get invited to pretty good austin. parties in that's about all it is. story honor to tell a that never gets old in the telling to tell it here. the opportunity, and an honor. thank you, admirable carter, the naval institute. and welcome esteemed conferees. now later today on this stage is going to be a panel. distinction and never wore the uniform. stand here i feel like a bat boy asked to combat the lead off of the 1927 yankees. historic figures, combat stories whose lessons will resonate with you in ways i cannot guess. to of you will respond something different and i don't know of a way as an institution of higher learning, i don't know way for anybody to learn kinds of things that men did. yet to stand up comnav hero pack. medal of nav skull honor lance and there's no way to know in advance what any of capable of doing in the situations such as these men faced. ll we can do is hear their stories, reckon with them in private moments, perhaps. will power te the and the fortitude that they used through an y impossible situation, to finish mission, to s

and i wanted to also say that just remembering now, in austin, unfortunately they were not able to pass a one billion dollar transportation bond. a spread out city, verses a dense city and, we were able to pass our prop a there is a lot of differences in our electorate supporting transition, i know that a lot of effort went into proposition a and i want to thank tang and others for the support and the mayor as well. and i want to give a plug for chair avalos and i will be in new york city for this gathering of city council and local leaders called local progress. and we will be in city hall, and believe that it is on thursday, of next week. with different panels participating on a economic justice panel, with city council folks from philadelphia, and dc and other cities as well. but, we will do our best to learn about the transportation issues as we are there with progressive and liberal council members from around the downtownry as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> so we can go into public comment. >> any member? >> seeing none come forward. we will close public comment and move on to

austin. austin was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only managed to make the area reasonably safe for settlement from indian raid but when the texas war for independence broke out, the rangers played major role in texas gaining its independence by staving off the mexican army long enough to allow the colonists to develop their own army and develop a strategy and as a result texas became it's ennation, the republic or texas, for ten years. >> representatives steve king of iowa and fill lofgren of california have introduced legislation that lets federal judges choose when to allow cameras in court proceedings. wednesday the house judiciary subcommittee on courts held a hearing. this is two hours. >> the subcommittee will come to order wife objection the -- declare reeses at any time. we welcome our guests today. unfortunately, representative and chairman and the ranking member will not be able to make the meeting -- the hearing in the beginning. they may be here later on. and request of them i stated i would explain why t