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east coast port you could drop it like all the way into ohio. if you could just get to those great lakes from the sea. for centuries that was a pipe dream. for the u.s. and canada in terms of what that would mean for international commerce. but then in 195 4 our two countries came up with a big thinking solution. and that is called the st. lawrence seaway. together canada and the u.s. built a series of canals and dams and locks that turned the saint lawrence river in canada into essentially an on-ramp to the great lakes. it's essentially a giant highway that connects the atlantic oce...

a lot of -- >> i'm smart enough not to try to make the drive back because we live on opposite sides of the city. it is safer for me to crash than it is to drive home. >> she does have quite a few bedrooms. >> it is like a little bed and breakfast. >> stephanie: we had multiple friends stay. >> one made eggs in the morning. it really was a bed and breakfast. >> stephanie: it is becoming prom weekend every weekend. all right. here she is, the prom queen jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. happy monday. at least 40 people had been injured in a powerful blast in the czech capita...

amendments because the advantage to being the majority leader because you have the ability to schedule. i just want everybody who's following this issue to understand, if to i were setting the agenda, the next item up right after this bipartisan jobs bill would be the xm bank. >> my amendment sponsored by democrats and republicans was a partisan maneuver. they're not about to take the xm bank unless it's part of the overall package. so that's why we're doing it this way. he's not the leader, i am. and we have a number of very important issues that we have to deal with. and even thoug...

for the worse they looked foolish. >> let me ask you about one of the looming concerns. we heard a moment of that a moment ago. that is the potential of higher gas prices, oil prices, energy prices overall and the impact it would have on any economic recovery. >> the higher gas and oil prices go, the greater the impact on the economy. you know, there's an estimate that for every $10 increase in the price of gas, the economy will expand about .2% points this year. >> i want to ask you about the twitter feeds and for those who want to follow you where can they follow you? >> on twitter...

simulcast with c-span radios, washington today. tax reform or whatever they may be, i hope that they are, you know, considered and wisely chosen, but it is also important to realize that we have the long-term of keeping the fiscal policy sustainable and you have to think of those two things together i think. >> before the house financial commit services committee, chairman ben bernanke talking about the job market and the overall u.s. economy and stocks closing in the red today as ben bernanke dashing hopes for further monetary stimulus during his speech and testimony before congre...