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Great big mansion if we have the resources to build a hut. And i think that our system right now really needs a substantial injection of a longterm bill but also substantial growth to counteract the cumulative effect of the shortterm measures in the recent past. And one followup real quickly on that specific point. Is there a version of that proposal you are talking about that doesnt have the big tax increase on successful folks as part of it . Because going back to the spirit of my comments, im...

He been able to pitch in the big leagues before segregation was ended by jackie robinson. He pitched five years. Age 47 he won a game. The Sports Writer it is his birthday, they say whats it feel like being 47 in the bigs pitching in he said, boys, thats not the way i look add it. He said i look at it this way. How old would you be if you didnt know how old you are . Im 42. [ laughter ] im 42. Look. [ applause ] my wife whos a fulltime professor, right now in the classroom. Teaches 15 credits. N...

Again, to do it in a way thats environmentally sensitive. I think we can get that done and actually move the ball forward a bit. Thank you mr. Chairman. En in light of the fact we have governs standing governors standing by. We will wait for them. Thank you. This is an incredibly issue for new york state. Mas mass tras it nearly 8. 5 Million People bride the buses and trains in the city. Would you agree that it is important for them to receive money through the trust fund if congress were to cut...

Do. Thank you. Thank you senator. Thank you. We will recognize now senator rounds for his first introduction to this committee and how delighted we are to have him serving on the committee. Thank you mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thanks for the opportunity to visit with you just a little bit today. Coming from south dakota it strikes me that in our home state, were between 800 and 9 900,000 accept during the time of the Sturgis Rally and then we bump up considerably. It seems like as a former may...

Now witnessing is the result of of that. 20 cornered civil war and we in are sure that a, there we know whos, b, they are and c we can find them and support them and they will c they will set up a jeffersonian democracy when this done. I met with the head of the political wing of the free in in army two years ago tannable. Talked about an open pluralistic syria in which everyone would participate. It was heartening to hear him. Then i asked him when were you last in syria. He said not for awhile...

Into a series of franchises are more or less influenced by the inspirational ideology of al qaeda. But in the control of their local commanders. For example, you have one franchise in north africa, one in mali, one in the northern arabian peninsula. You have al qaeda in iraq. You have al qaeda in syria. Then of course, you have al qaeda sleeper cells that we have seen pop up in europe, australia, and god forgive in n god for bid in canada and United States. The residual legacy of bin laden still...

You know, to expand our airports, we are increasingly relying on passenger facility charges for the capital we need. How can we support the administrations proposal to raise that cap and how can we support your efforts and vice versa on that . Well, this is a vitally important issue. Right now, theres a its a 4. 50 cap on the pfc charges. We proposed lifting that cap to 8. Which would provide these are moneys that airports can use flexibly to improve their facilities. It takes a little bit of th...

Next week. What are some of the details of this bill and what does it tell you about the overall strategy of House Republicans on immigration . Right at the start of the week, this is a tough Border Security bill. The chairman is calling it the toughest Border Security bill that has been out there and this is the first foray republicans are trying to take on the immigration bill or issue. Republicans have been very displeased with president obama plus executive action from late less cheer when t...

Department of Homeland Security into rain in a executive overreach. That is it. It is simple. There is no reason for democrats to block it. Politico reports that Senate Democrats intend to to block the homeland spending bill. One democrat who has spoken out against it is Senate Minority whip dick durbin. He called for a clean appropriation bill while speaking for the american advocates group, americas voice. You can watch tuesday at 2 30 eastern. As always, we will have coverage on cspan3. Next,...

Lets first check in with kron 4 chief meteorologist Jacqueline Bennet how does it look for the weekend . We do have sharply reduced visibility at this hour will see foggy and a number of locations satellite and radar pictures showing that its funny now we do have one shower rod is a cold front here but theres a wood for a warm front in ahead of it. Repairs are underway in San Franciscos Richmond District where a huge sinkhole opened yesterday when a pipe ruptured. The road collapsed when a pipe ...