missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their language, just different ways of pronouncing the same word. that is where we have the problem with the word different. different isn't a synonym of the word wrong. we have to be careful how we use it and our children. it answers the question, why do you write that? i write to tell the story. one that has fallen through the cracks, one marginalized by main stream history. either misrepresented or represented to the way in which it is a stereo typical, write to take those stereotypes, reshape them and give them back to you dressed in a new dress. i mean when i say different is not a synonym for wrong, it means that we should celebrate those things. everyone in this room is different in some way. but you should not feel bad about that. your uniqueness, as my grandson who loves to make up words, that is your wonderment. [laughter]. it

it was a great day when we won the missouri senate and the missouri house of representatives. so i know how to win elections, i know how to win them in tough battle ground states like missouri and have had great success in doing that. most recently after returning from my u.s. ambassadorship in luxembourg, i signed on to chair roadway blunt's senate campaign and that was a marvelous 14-point margin victory. kind of unheard of in a state like missouri. "politico" named us as one of the top 10 in the nations, along with some democrat rations in there, too. that was a marvelous opportunity for me to get back in and do what do i best which is win races for the republican party and for the g.o.p. candidates out there. so it's fundraising. it's political savvy. it's also management skills. you have to be a good crowe in order -- in order to run the national republican kevment i've had great experience doing that. i come from a business background. i'm the daughter of a small business owners out there, i have worked in the business field before entering politics and you've got to be

it was a great day when we won the missouri senate and the missouri house of representatives. i know how to win elections. i know how to win in talk battleground states in missouri. i had great success in doing that. after returning from a u.s. ambassadorship in luxembourg, i worked on a senate campaign. that was a marvelous 14. % -- 14% victory. "politico" name did is one of the top 10 in the nation. that was a marvelous opportunity to get that and do what i do best, which is when races for the republican party and for the gop candidates out there. it is fundraising, it is political savvy, and it is also management skills. you have to be a good ceo in order to run the republican national committee. i have had great experience with that with a business background. i am not daughter of a small business owner. i have worked in the business field before entering politics. you have to be a good ceo and put in the kinds of checks and balances and ethical leadership for the people they work in with and for you. they are only as good as the top leadership. ceo skills are very importa

the twisters hit four states, including missouri. in a matter of minutes, dozens of homes were torn apart. utility poles were ripped out of the ground and three people were killed. there were also three deaths in cincinnati, arkansas, a small town near the oklahoma border. a tornado hit before dawn, tearing roofs off houses and leaving a trail of destruction. don teague is there tonight. don, what's the situation? >> reporter: good evening, harry. we now know about 24 homes were destroyed here in cincinnati. i'm standing in what was the living room of one of those homes, a two-story house. you can see it's gone. in fact, most of this house ended up a couple hundred yards away. if you can see that tree behind me, there is furniture from this house in that tree. but even more amazing, there was a man who was in the bedroom where i'm standing. he was picked up by the storm, thrown something like a quarter of a mile away, landed and was injured but is going to be okay. an amazing story of survival. still, there is just devastation in thi

the gentleman from missouri. mr. graves: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stivers: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding time. i rise in support because doing otherwise would be supporting the job-killing status quo and that is unacceptable. whether we start over or work to fix the current law, we must act. i'm committed to work in a bipartisan to support reforms that we agree on, such as helping people with pre-existing conditions get access and allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plan but i want to eliminate the mandates and 1099 requirement in the legislation. small business owner from my district called the other day and wanted to talk to me about the burdens of the 1099 provision and called it a nightmare and will increase her burden by 12 times. we need to lower health care costs for families and allow a more patient-centered approach and not placing burdens on the backs of small busines

a deadly storms flat in homes and killed seven and arkansas and missouri. if the national weather service confirmed several tornadoes did come out of the system. it shall be shows as the destruction. >> i better start to 2011 for residents of sunset hills missouri, a small town was hit hard by the new year's eve line of violent weather reported from arkansas and mississippi >> the storms were especially tragic for duane price of missouri, his elderly mother is in the hospital but a friend in the house with her when the winds hit was killed. >> there were both sitting in the living room when it hit. my nephew and friend were outside and said they saw the house is exploding. it >> everything started rumbling underneath me. police injured by the storm also has a revenue story to tell. i got picked up at least three times and a walk before i came to a slamming called up against a small tree up behind the house. >> this is what's left of his home. officials are assessing the total damage from the storms, missouri's governor declared a state of emergency differen

as many as 20 so far, from arkansas to missouri to illinois. and erin hayes leads us off in suburban st. louis tonight. erin? >> reporter: david, this storm system was swift and fierce. and where its tornadoes hit, they hit hard. this is the sunset hills neighborhood of st. louis. here and in several states tonight, the storms have brought devastation. here, it looked as if a bomb exploded. the deadly twisters hit first in northwest arkansas, obliterating this house in the tiny town of cincinnati, killing an elderly couple inside. another man died in a nearby barn. >> hand sticking out. he had blocks all over him. his head was bleeding. we dug him out and then we just started looking for the other people that were missing. >> reporter: then, the violent weather moved northeast into missouri, killing three more. in sparta, jessica barnes and her 3-year-old son survived a terrifying tornado. >> i placed him in the tub first and then laid on top of him and when we came to, he actually was on top of me, and first thing he said was, my house is brok

arkansas, missouri, illinois and oklahoma. at least six people have died, and there is tremendous damage. homes destroyed, roofs ripped off, and trees and power lines down. it's all due to a huge ms of warm and unstable air that swept across the middle of the country, from the gulf coast all the way north to michigan and wisconsin. we are covering all of it tonight starting with michelle hofland in sunset hills, missouri, just outside st. louis. good evening, michelle. >> reporter: good evening. the first reported tornado touched down in arkansas early this morning, killing an elderly couple and a farmer as he was milking his cows on his dairy farm. it was just the beginning of a deadly day. the violent winter storm that tore through the nation's midsection hit the town of cincinnati, arkansas, particularly hard, killing three people in a town of about 100, and injuring more than a dozen. >> this is our house. this is all that's left of it. >> reporter: tammy borden's boyfriend was inside their century old house when the storm

the gentleman from missouri. mr. graves: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stivers: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding time. i rise in support because doing otherwise would be supporting the job-killing status quo and that is unacceptable. whether we start over or work to fix the current law, we must act. i'm committed to work in a bipartisan to support reforms that we agree on, such as helping people with pre-existing conditions get access and allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plan but i want to eliminate the mandates and 1099 requirement in the legislation. small business owner from my district called the other day and wanted to talk to me about the burdens of the 1099 provision and called it a nightmare and will increase her burden by 12 times. we need to lower health care costs for families and allow a more patient-centered approach and not placing burdens on the backs of small busines

importantísimo para los inmigrantes indocumentados que ahora se complican más todavía la corte suprema de missouri falló a favor la madre pero no quiere decir que recibirá automáticamente a su hijo, no, tiene que ir de nuevo a juicio. la madre biológica, padres adoptivos aquí y todos quieren quedarse con niño. >> los 7 jueces dictaminaron que el estado de missouri cometió graves errores para entregar el hijo de encarnación en adopción a una pareja mientras la madre cumplía condena en una cárcel después que fuera irregulararre están devolviendo el corte aúna corte inferior. >> por parte de esta decisión es que la corte suprema del estado de missouri reconoció que esta mujer encarnación tiene el derecho de estar con su hijo. >>> el caso de encarnación, encontraron que hubo irregularidades por ejemplo conflictos de intereses porque padres contrataron al abogado que representó a la madre biológica y la deporte arrogante que pasará ahora o cuanto tiempo más va a tomar el caso. >> la corte ha indicado quieren que este case resuelva lo más pronto posible obviamente todo el mundo ti

the threat through arkansas and missouri yesterday. half a dozen tornados left dozens of people homeless. >> reporter: survivors of fast- moving storms in the midwest and southeast dug through the remnant of their possessions saturday. >> i don't know what to say. i'm in a state of shock. >> reporter: heart lan stands perused emotionally and physically. he dove under his tractor for cover while the storm destroyed the building around him. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: his wife ran inside, only to get knocked down by a refrigerator. it may have saved her life. >> this is where i survived, under here. >> reporter: missouri governor jay nixon heard stories of survival as he toured the damage. >> ran into that door. >> reporter: the family told them they merged from the basement after the storm barreled through, and nothing was left but the foundation. the governor described the path of the tornados. >> the tornados stayed on the ground 6 or 7 miles. other than that, it was like it was bouncing along the way. when it touched down, the deva

anthony. >> mason: cynthia bowers in sunset hills, missouri. thanks, cynthia. the first of the new governors elected last november were inaugurated today. rick schneider took the oath in economically distressed michigan while democrat andrew cuomo was sworn into the job his father, mario, once held in new york. new mexico inaugurated the nation's first latina governor, republican suzannea martinez. the biggest freshman class in more than 70 years will be taking the oath of office in the u.s. house of representatives this coming week. most of the new members are republicans committed to making congress change course. bob orr in washington sets the scene. >> reporter: freshman florida republican allen west arrived in washington with an agenda and an attitude. >> the whole place is abuzz already about what is about to happen. >> reporter: west, like many of the 87 new republicans who will be sworn in wednesday, is vowing to shrink government spending and he's taking a hard line. >> compromise is not something they think is a great thing if you surrender your princ

under here. >> look at that. >> reporter: missouri governor jay nixon heard stories of survival as he toured the damage. a family told him they emerged from their basement after the storm barreled through and nothing was left but the foundation. the governor described the path of the tornadoes. >> the tornadoes at one point down in franklin county stayed on the ground about six or seven miles but other than that it was almost like it was bouncing along the way but when it did touch down the devestation was complete. >> reporter: the storm that produced at least a half dozen tornadoes was deadly in southwest missouri and northwest arca. residents made progress cleaning up many neighborhoods. the curbs now look like hedges. but what looks like cob webs or cotton candy is actually insulation torn out of destroyed homes. now the residents of mississippi and arkansas are leaning on each other. >> i've got lots of friends, lots of help. >> reporter: as they come to terms with a new year's they will never forget. cbc news. >>> how about this? a rare sighting. >> oh, baby. he is sky hopping.

representative william lacy clay, first districts, missouri. representative david scott, 13th district, georgia. representative g.k. butterfield, jr., first district, north carolina, second vice chair, congressional black caucus. representative al green, 9th district, texas. representative gwen moore, fourth district, wisconsin. representative yvette d. clark, 11th district, new york, secretary congressional black caucus. representative keith ellison, fifth district, minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district, georgia. representative laura richardson, 37th district, california. representative andre carson,

. >>> seven people confirmed dead from a series of tornadoes that swept through arkansas and missouri a half dozen hit the states friday. michael on the clean up that has just begun. >> survivors of fast moving storms in the midwest and southeast, dug through the remnants of their possessions saturday >> i don't know what to say. state of shock. >> he stands bruised emotionally and physically he dove under his tractor for cover after the storm destroyed the building around him. >> unbelievable. >> his wife kathy ran inside only to get knocked down by a refrigerator it may have saved her life. >> i survived under here. >> the missouri governor heard stories of survival as he toured the damage. a family told him they emerged from their basement after the storm barreled through nothing was left by the foundation. the governor described the path of the tornadoes. >> at one point in franklin county they stayed on the ground 6 or 7 miles other than that it was like it was bouncing along the way when it touched the devastation was complete. >> the storm that produced a half dozen tornadoes w

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, and the gentlelady from new york, mr. velazquez, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. grave grave thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2, legislation to repeal the job-destroying health care law that was rushed through congress last year. the american people have repeatedly voiced their frustration over the way the health care law put the american -- or put the government between patients and their doctors. they have protested this law, they have demanded that reform of our nation's health care system focus not on bigger government, not on more bureaucrat, but on targeting commonsense changes that encourage competition and better choices. instead of listening to the people, washington gave them a law that piles more than $500 billion in tax increases o

. >> video posted on youtube.com caught one tornado as it struck fork leonard wood in missouri. across the region, the new year begins in misery for many who must pull together the pieces of their lives. >> not much we can do with mother nature's fury. these large oak trees. >> dozens of tornados crashed the holiday in five states spreading death and destruction. >> our whole house started shakin', the windows started busting out and it was gone. >> took residents by surprise with little time for warning or escape. in this youtube.com video from missouri, ominous clouds bore witness to the approaching twister and sirens wailed the warning. >> there were boards laying on top of us and i somehow managed to get them off me and screamed out for help from my neighbors. >> missouri's governor got the first-hand look at the damage. >> dozens and dozens of people either staying at hotels or with friends and as the folks come back they have to be housed other places, too. a very long, broad and quick-moving storm. >> the tornados fuelled by warm air very unusual for this time of year tou

the sudden storms killed seven people in missouri and arkansas. dozens were injured, and many others have no place to call home. the national weather service says the tornado packed winds as high as 160-miles-an-hour. here's more. >> reporter: video posted caught one tornado as it struck in missouri. across the region, the new year begins in misery for many who must pull together the pieces of their lives. >> not mump we -- not much we can do with mother nature's fury. >> dozens of tornadoes crashed the holiday in five states, spreading death and destruction. >> my whole house start shaking. the windows started busting out, and then it was gone. >> the freak storm took residents by surprise. in this video, ominous crowds bore witness, then sirens wailed a warning, this woman and her young son barely got out alive. >> some doors were laying on top of us and i managed to get them off me and screamed out for help from my neighbors. >> three people were killed in this small arkansas town of cincinnati. >> start looking for the other people that were m

, missouri. his elderly mother is in the hospital but her friend was killed. they were both sitting in the living room when it hit. my nephew and his friend were outside and he saw houses exploding, blow down here into the road, and my mom and friend were in the house. >> everything started rumbling underneath me. >> i got picked up and down at least three times i know of before i come to a slamming halt up against a small little tree up behind the house. >> this is what's left of stevenson's home. they're assessing the damage of the storm. i'm shelby lynn reporting from atlanta. >> our new year could start off a little wet and also with a little bit of snow. >> that cold weather pattern remains in place. looks like another round of showers tonight as we head into sunday. right now the maps, some coverage out there with scattered showers out toward antioch and right around the fairfield area. you can see some activity for richmond, oakland, hayward. there's some light showers up in the sonoma cou

and was appointed to the missouri court of appeals western district of missouri where he served for five years. in 1991, he was appointed by president george herbert walker bush to become a u.s. district court judge for the western district of missouri where he became chief judge in 2007. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable fernando j.gatan, jr. [applause] >> i'll ask if you would stand and raise your right hand and repeat after me. i and state your name. do solemnly swear or affirm. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i will take this obligation, freely and without mental reservation of purpose of evasion. that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter so help me god. congratulations. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the congressional black caucus of the 112th congress. [applause] [applause] >> entering her seventh term serving california's ninth congressional district, congresswoman barbara lee's

deadly storms flattened homes in arkansas and missouri during the final hours of 2010. seven people were killed and dozens more injured. shelby lynn has more on the after math. >> reporter: a bitter start to 2011 for residents of sunset hills, missouri. the small town was hit hard by the new year's eve line of violent weather reported from arkansas and mississippi up to the midwest. >> our money was in a black and white billfold. >> reporter: the storms were especially tragic for dwayne price. his elderly mother is in the hospital. but the friend in the house with her when the storm hit was killed. >> they were both sitting in the living-room when they were hit. my nephew and his friend were outside and he said he saw the houses explode down into the road and my mom and her friend were in the house. >> reporter: jason stevenson was injured by the storms also has a rivetting story to tell. >> i got picked up and down at least three times that i know of before i come to a slamming halt up against a small little tree up behind the house. >> reporter: this is what's left of

you are in missouri? -- ann wagner is from missouri. >> yes, i am. i supported her early on. there is a couple of close sources to cino's campaign that a call from john boehner to michael steele came shortly before michael steele conceded. that is what a couple of sources have said so far. cino that had a better shot than this. i am a young republican. >> how old are you? caller: i am 19. we do a lot of work for a lot of different candidates. any share that can help us as effectively as they can will early boost to the party as a whole. >> we appreciate the call, we go over to mt. pleasant, is that right? and this is a shot from outside the actual meeting room. we are taking your calls from republicans only. what do you think about the voting so far? what do you think about chairman steele has released his delegates? we will have those remarks for you in a bit. you can follow all of this on our website at c-span.org. let's go to michigan and talk to susan. okay, we will try wisconsin with brian. >> i am a chairman here and -- has done a great job here in wisconsin. keeping a

died in robertsville missouri an hour west. the governor declared a state of emergency. >>> here in the bay area, we are looking at chilly temperatures and scattered showers. as you can see on the radar, they are moving off to the east. we see some yellow and that means heavier showers in the south san jose area. >>> let's check our weekend forecast with rob may edda. >>> we are seeing a pretty cool start to the morning, one including a little bit of rain and the potential for low snow especially out to the north and east bay higher hill tops. we are likely to see more rain come spilling in later. sunday morning, a rainy start before things dry out heading into p monday. the latest rainfall totals. we have had a lot of rain through december carrying over into january. most of the bay area from mountain view northward, quite a ways above where we should, 100% to 150% of average for this time of year out towards the north bay. we will be adding to these totals, the times as we go through the next couple of days. we have this cut-

the twisters proved deadly in missouri and arkansas. the governor on saturday towards the damaged area and the suburb of sunset hills says that the devastation was complete and many homes are no longer livable. the damage is expected to cause very steep. >> pilot error sending fighter jets of over the country yesterday. it forced an evacuation of capital workers after a plane hit i'm restricted areas. the pilot says he switched to the wrong frequency. the plan that led it frequently and safely. they rushed the fighter jets to the capital but the plane had landed before could be intercepted. >> was not palatable form or indicated with political ads. you're going to meet fred davis who participates with those ads. he says he wants to make you sit up and take notice. he's considered a bureau of public politicians despite his penchant for reverend and the wall. from his hollywood home he tells us to cut alan the messages will be remembered. >> i am not a witch. i've nothing you ever heard. i am you. >> he says christine o'donnell now regret

louis, missouri. >> good evening. this was an extraordinary system in many ways. for one thing, it struck during the one week of the year when tornadoes rarely strike, and it races along a 300 mile path over the course of an entire day. tornadoes hit hard and fast in the st. louis area where residents today picked through what is left of their homes. scott had hidden from the tornado in his basement but says the tornado followed him there. >> wood and lumber and tree limbs were coming down the basement stairs, so i dove in front of the washer and dryer and stays there. it was over in about ten seconds. >> his family is safe, his house is gone. their neighborhood unrecognizable. >> everybody's house is pretty torn up and bad. it's just, you know, a disaster. >> it was part of a ferocious storm system spawned when an extreme cold front slammed into a massive almost tropical air. a mix that sent tornadoes out in swarms. it was a powerful f-3 tornadoes dropped from the sky and slammed into this neighborhood, but because they had plenty of warning, sirens had gone off

a grueling journey to justice with prisoners began; first on the still partially frozen little missouri river, then over land on a gumbo trail from killdeer to dickinson. to stay awake and guard his prisoners, roosevelt reads the recently published english translation of leo tolstoy's masterpiece "anna karenina." when finished with the classic, he asked finnigan if he has a book, and surprisingly he does. finnigan's book is a dime novel about jesse james. nevertheless, roosevelt borrows the book, and for 3 harrowing and exhausting days, either walks or reads as he heads his captives to dickinson and justice. turning his prisoners over to the sheriff, the wealthy new yorker proudly accepts $50 for his law enforcement efforts, and then looks for a doctor to treat his badly bruised feet. dr. victor stickney later wrote: (man, as dr. stickney) "he was all teeth and eyes, but even so, he seemed a man unusually wide awake. you could see he was thrilled by the adventures he'd been through. he did not seem to think he'd done anything particularly commendable. but he was, in his own phrase, 'ple

she raised money for the missouri republican party and has outlined an aggressive fund- raising plan that includes immediately convening past and present rnc finance chairmen to create a new team 120 program for maxed out donors. that will include regional groups and has the political savvy to lead our party in this crucial election. having served as a party official and campaign official, she has been a customer of the rnc and she knows what we need to deliver the state's and to the campaigns in order to rid -- to elect republicans to office in 2012. she will run a tight ship at the rnc, and instituting management changes that the committee will structure are committing more like a business. ann knows what it takes issue will run it like a ceo. she will be -- she will run a member-oriented committee. she is not the candidate of any presidential campaign or any special interest or vendor. she will be a co-chairman and a members member. she will be a servant-leader. she will bring the full package still said to the rnc. ann as the average of talents and skills that fit the committee a

we certainly do not do that in missouri. and i think it is important that the right to life coalition and all coalitions have a seat at the table to discuss everything, all of the things that go into the messaging to win a good, healthy election. we do this in misery whether it is direct mail pieces, regional radio. -- we do this in missouri whether it is direct mail pieces, regional radio. the right-to-life organizations out there should always have a seat at the table, whether it is platforms, canada retirement or winning elections. >> over the last 50 years there has been a series of waves of immigration of activists voters into the republican party. in the 1960 topos the goldwater voters -- in the 1960's with the goldwater voters in the most recent years the tea party. how do you keep the republican party open to the next waves of who can be added to the party strength and what groups to use seat critically available that we ought to be pursuing? maria cino. >> i will try to the sec that multifaceted question. first of a

missouri was hit by 13. twisters touched down in illinois, arkansas, and oklahoma. >>> in egypt, a deadly bomb attack outside a church. a christian church in alexandria. 21 people were killed after a new year's mass. that prompted christians to attack a nearby mosque. >>> in australia, more people are being evacuated because of rising flood waters. 22 towns of western australia have been isolated by floods. residents of two whole towns had to be removed. the flood zone covering an area larger than the entire state of texas. >>> millions of americans stayed out late to celebrate the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. more from mike marusarz. >> reporter: 32,000 lights twinkled as hundreds of thousands of thrill seekers watched the ball drop in times square. boston's skyline lit with midnight fireworks. a dazzling display above one of america's oldest sea ports in baltimore. and in philadelphia, sugarland casino doubled down. they presented an eye-popping party. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: lady luck s

a violent line of tornados has ravaged parts of arkansas and missouri. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: nature's fury in small town america on the final day of 2010. an outbreak of tornados in the midwest. this is cincinnati, arkansas, where at least three people were killed in the tiny town of 100. a twister touched down around 6:00 a.m. homes and farm buildings reduced to rubble. >> tornado come and blew my house down and threw me across the street. >> reporter: among the dead, aw farmer who was milking his cows. residents are stunned. >> never around here. >> reporter: moving northeast, the powerful storm system produced at least seven tornados that tore up missouri, leaving at least three dead. this is robertsville, missouri, about 40 miles southwest of st. louis. homes and a church destroyed. devastation everywhere. >> we knew there were storms coming. and as we heard the winds start picking up it sounded just like a freight train like they say. we rushed outside, kids down in the basement. >> reporter: more destruction outside fenton just o

akin: we're not proud of everybody from missouri. mr. bishop: that doesn't represent your thinking, anyway. what happened is within a short period of time, using world war i as an excuse, the top rate was at 75%. we found out that the actual amount of money coming into the country was in a decline. not an incline. so when president coolage came into power and initiated the first tax cut business reducing rates across the board, the amount of revenue coming into the country actually increased. the same thing happens when president kennedy tried it, president reagan, president bush, because what we found out were people with money were not stupid, they had money for a reason. and it was not that they were avoiding their taxes, they just found an alternative way of investing, in the case of world war i, it was a lot of municipal funds going in there that were not taxed, or they simply did not invest their money, they sat on it until such a time as they actually had control of their money again. so, the bottom line is here, if we look at the

. >> video posted on youtube.com caught one tornado as it struck leonard wood in missouri. across the region the new year begins in misery for many who must pull together pieces of their lives. >> not many we can do with mother nature's fury. >> dozens of tornados crashed the holiday in five states spreading death and destruction. >> our whole house started shakin', the windows started bustin' out and then it was gone. >> the freak storm took residents by surprise with little time for warning and mistake. ominous clouds bore witness to the approaching twister then sirens wailed the warning. this woman and young son barely got out alive. there were boards on top of us and i managed to get them off and screamed out for help from my neighborhoods. >> missouri's governor got a firsthand look. >> dozens of people staying at hotels or with friends and as the folks come back, they have to be housed other places, too. a very long, broad and very quick-moving storm. >> fuelled by warm air very unusual for this time of year touched down from arkansas across southern missouri and up t

. >> host: joseph from missouri, you're on the air. >> caller: hi, i teach history at the university of missouri and there's a pivot point in the iraq planning was the military add viers had a different opinion of the size of forces needed. how could bush better navigated this part of the decision making process or is it just a matter of not enough experience? >> guest: well, i do think, you know, this -- we talked a little how the book doesn't talk so much about the debates over intelligence and what was known. it doesn't talk about another aspect which has been a focus of critics, that the state department was warning early on not with troops, but in terms of civilian reconstruction that the nation would be committing a lot more to rebuilding iraq once saddam hussein fell. there was also the debate about troop levels with some including in the republican party saying you need a much bigger commitment to make sure that, you know, this did not fall apart, similar with afghanistan. he talks a little bit about that, but i don't -- i do think he tends to avoid some of the tougher parts

four people were killed in missouri and three in arkansas. >>> in australia the week of flooding from torrential rains there has claimed its first victim. a 41-year-old woman was swept away and drowned as she tried to cross a river causeway in western australia. about 200,000 have been affected by flooding. many of them forced from their homes by rising water. >>> in egypt, christian worshipers held sunday services today just following the suicide bomber attack on a church in alexandria that killed 21 people, and that was just the latest in a series of violent attacks against christians in the middle east that has many here concerned that the christians around the world in that part of the world are being targeted by terrorists. more from abc's linsey davis. ♪ >> reporter: new year's mass was just about to end when a powerful explosion erupted in the street outside this christian church in egypt. the apparent suicide bombing killed at least 21 people and wounded 97 more. "i need to know why," this wounded man said. "people came here to pray." tensions between muslims and christians

her father, august, born in missouri in 1852 -- leaving missouri in 1852 and traveling across the plains to sacramento. i try to imagine the difficulties by great- grandfather confronted as he left germany and came to america, and then crossed the plains into california. let me read from the diary that he kept through his long trek westward. on june 26, we came to the first 21 miles. we went there to at night and rose 18 hours ago. july 26, we came to the second largest buyout. here we lost seven oxen which died of thirst. thousands of cows, horses, and mules were lying about dead. the discarded wagons by the hundreds were driven together and burned. we saw when standing them would never be taken out again. more than 1000 guns had been broken up. here on this 40 miles, and treasures that can never be taken out again. we can only imagine what it took for august to leave his family and home and travel across the ocean to america, and across the country, often too dangerous and hostile territory, in a wagon train. but it gave me this. overcoming every single obstacle, in less than a few yea

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, and the gentlelady from new york, mr. velazquez, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. grave grave thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2, legislation to repeal the job-destroying health care law that was rushed through congress last year. the american people have repeatedly voiced their frustration over the way the health care law put the american -- or put the government between patients and their doctors. they have protested this law, they have demanded that reform of our nation's health care system focus not on bigger government, not on more bureaucrat, but on targeting commonsense changes that encourage competition and better choices. instead of listening to the people, washington gave them a law that piles more than $500 billion in tax increases o

una masa de aire helado cobró tornado y por lo menos 6 personas murieron en el norte de arkansas y missouri y tras heridas. >> tenemos aire frío en altura con veeblts fuertes del oeste del oeste y sur este y aire cálido desde el golfo de méxico y otros ingrediente que permiten inicio lugar rotación de tornado no es un fenómeno ajo enoja la época y ni tampoco al sistema que está ocurriendo. >>> el mal tiempo de hoy es producto de la tormenta que trajo vientos lluvias y nieve a california. y el frente se ha movido hacia el centro del país. >> tiene la parte fría hacia el norte con nieve, flan cies desde la porción norte de kansas y arkansas y dakota y minnesota y sector intermedios al surtenemos tiempo severo. >> gran parte del país es un buen día para pasarlo dentro. >> sobre todo un día para no manejar en dakota del norte nieve y visibilidad cero causaron un accidente en cadena considerando a cien vehículos. >> usa el sentido común que velocidad sea a 65 millas por hora no significa que ir tan rápido. >> buen jos aún en el sureste hacia tiempo que muy arizona na veían tant

cleanup is under way since the southwest a fun homes and killed least happened in arkansas and missouri. the national weather service is confirmed several tornadoes can but the system. shelby shows as the destruction. >> a better start to 2011 for residents of sunset hills was sorry, the small town was hit hard by the new year's eve of violent weather that was reported from arkansas and mississippi up to the midwest. >> the storms were especially tragic for grain price of missouri, his elderly mother is in the hospital with a friend of the house with her was killed. >> my nephew and his friend were outside and said that it they saw the house exit loading and my mom and friend were in the friend. >> injured by the storms also has a ribbing store to tell. >> i got picked up and down at least three times that i know of before i come to us slamming halt to up against a small tree behind the house. this is what's left of his home. azeris governor has declared a state of emergency to free up funding to assist victims. >> coming up next the top stories sports stories of the year and not surpri

violenta línea de tornados que devastó tornados en oklahoma missouri y arkansas. desuyeron casas edificios y botes, y derribaron postes de energía. zuliana gonzález nos cuenta la historia. >>> a las 6 dea mana en arkansas las autoridad de emitieron una alerta detornado . >>> 9 minutos después, tocó tierra en medio de cincinnatti un pequeño pueblo cercano a la frontera con oklahoma en cuestión de segundos,odo se hizo escombros. y 3 personas murieron y otras 5 estarían en estado crítico. los cuerpos de socorro tardaron en llegar las carreteras quedaron bloqueadas por cable de electricidad. varias edificaciones sufrieron daños entre ellas la estación lol de bomberos. >>> la tormenta atravesó el estado de missou. los tornados causaron la muerte de 3 personas y dejaron sin electricidad a cientos más. los vientos derribaron casas y arrancaron árboles. las autoridades declararon estado de emergencia. >>> se necesita una tremenda cantidad de fuerza para causar algo así. >>> la humedad del golfo de méxico impulsó vitos del sur que provocon una alza inusual

these jobs aren't going to missouri. this tanker wouldn't be built in missouri. it will be built in another state. there was fraud. there were criminals. the process was not fair with all due respect. it wasn't -- they hadn't bent over backwards. after the fraud was found because in a very unusual move on of our major defense contractors filed a protest and independent auditing agency said it was very unfair and that happened in 2008. they stacked the deck and from my standpoint they were embarrassed. pierre force was embarrassed that they allowed fraud to go on in this kind of competition and overcompensated and said we are going to make sure you don't get it and they put out a proposal that the gao said every single basis was unfair. that is how we got here. we have an independent evaluation. i want to make sure the record is clear because i don't care where the jobs were going to be. i don't think the department of defense should treat companies equally if one is subsidized by a foreign government. it is a bad precedent. i don't think we should be doing it. mo

. >> i am a sophomore from street louis, missouri -- from street louis, missouri. i want to know what real impact you expect your efforts to have on international policy. >> interesting question. somebody said, would you like to debate? if you are interested to know what i thought, read the book, so i do not worry about my legacy, because i am still studying theodore roosevelt or harry truman, and there is not going to be an objective history done on this and ministration for a long time. it is impossible for somebody who covered the white house as a correspondent to ride in and check if analysis of my presidency -- to write an objective analysis of my presidency, so i am confident about the legacy. residents are trying to shape their legacy, but their legacy has been shaped. is done. someday i believe it is going to be a fully established democracy in the middle east. i believe it will have an affect on other nations, but it will take time for that to play out. i recently went to korea and gave a speech for 60,000 practicing christians, and that is not a given the

. >> soldados que permanecieron casi un aÑo a en afganistÁn regresaron a missouri, fueron recibidos con aplausos y muestras de afecto. entre los soldados se encuentra una joven de 21 aÑos maÑana podrÁs cursar a un presidente, dÍa -y a un hispano que sueÑa con un oscar. >> este domingo barack obama irÁ a brasil, hablamos en exclusiva con el presidente de el salvador. >> son los paÍses con los cuales puede fortalecer una estrategia. >> miguel del valle quiere ser el prÓximo alcalde. >> desde el individuo mÁs responsable por bloquear la reforma migratoria en esta naciÓn. >> nos dicen cuÁntos muertos podrÍa haber en mÉxico al final del gobierno de felipe calderÓn. >> asÍ como vamos va a terminar con 50.000 muertos, con esta misma polÍtica. ♪ >> y la actriz adriana barraza nominada al oscar nos dice quiÉn la ha discriminado. >> tenemos en el mundo un escalÓn por debajo de lo que es el gÉnero masculino. >> todo este domingo en al punto. >> hasta aquÍ las noticias por esta tarde, por supuesto esperamos que nos puedan acompaÑar en nuestra segunda ediciÓn, hasta el moment

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bake -- january 5, 2011, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. akin: thank you, madam chair. i appreciate an opportunity to talk about a subject that i think has been on a lot of americans' minds over the past, particularly the last couple years, and it's the subject of spending cuts in the federal government. now, most people are perhaps tuned in to some other planet, they realize the federal government is spending more money than we take in so we are running all these deficits. therefore the idea is that we need to do some spending cuts. so that's what we wanted to talk about here for a little while. i'm joined by some good friends and very trusted congressmen on this subject. just to try to frame what we are talking about a little bit, and i usually have some charts to go along with this, but the charts haven't been printed yet, if you take a look, these are pretty simple numbers, if you take a look at the spending projection for 2011, it's $3,834 billion. and the i

missouri is putting something together. hawaii have had theirs for quite a while. chicago is doing the same, so it is catching on. we still have ongoing community outreach, providing training upon request to anyone that may ask for it. we are working with community- based organizations, some of which are attending this hearing today. what is the outcome of all that we have done? we now have a well-educated community on bedbugs, and that led to an increase in the number of complaints. it would be good to know that dph versus people who cannot afford to prepare their rooms for bedbugs. that money is under the control of the community-based organization. enforcement protocol -- we respond to all complaints, regardless of whether or not the person complaining has identified themselves. we document all the violations, and we issue notices of violation. we may issue citations, and i would say that the above protocol applies to all regulated facilities. what we do when an individual calls in to the health department -- we received the complaints, collect the important inf