wu of oregon. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 17, 2011, the gentleman from oregon and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. wu: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment prevents funds under the continuing resolution from being used to provide the federal energy regulatory commission or ferc, with exclusive authority to site, construct, expand or operate an l.n.g. terminal. simply put, it ends overbearing legislation and gives local government and private property owners a say in l.n.g. sitings. this is a state's rights' issue. ferc's overbroad regulatory structure is preventing states and local communities from having any input let-alone decision making over private property. there are proposals for construction of l.n.g. proposals and i have heard from my constituents they are frustrated by ferc's intrusive projects and unclear time lines. more importantly, their voices are not being heard on decisions that affec

he gives the week's address from the intel facility near portland, oregon. he is followed by republican tom price with the gop address. representative price talks about the 2012 budget request and the need to cut government spending to create a better environment for job creation. his remarks followed a series of amendments passed by house republicans earlier this morning that would reduce 2011 federal spending by $61 billion. >> i am visiting england -- intel in portland, oregon. they are building everything from desktop computers to smart phones. but these workers are not just manufacturing computer chips. they are showing us how america will win the future. for decades, intel has led the world in developing new technology. but even as global competition has intensified, this company has invested, built, and hired here in america. 3/4 of intel products are made by american workers. as the company expands in oregon and arizona, they plan to hire another 4000 people this year. companies like intel are proving that we can compete, that instead of just being t

obama is leaving this morning headed to oregon. now, here's a look at the president's arrival last night to the cloudy and rainy bay area. he is here on the west coast to promote his agenda to make the u.s. more competitive globally pushing for new spending on innovation, education, high- speed rail and faster internet service. last night he had dinner with 10. big-wigs, a very successful silicon valley valley companies like 26-year-old facebook founder mark zuckerberg apple leader steve jobs and google's ceo. there were massive security measures and excited neighbors there. also, some closed roads in the area. but one neighbor we spoke with didn't seem to mind. >>> that's important, isn't it? and i think those are good people for him to talk with. we need to keep our competitive edge and our prosperity of our society and it's exciting progress and technology so that's good. >> reporter: some of the other big names at the dinner, the ceos of yahoo, cisco systems, twitter, netflix and oracle. so today, up in hillsborough, oregon, ob

president obama on his tway to oregon -- on his way to oregon after leaving the area. >>> 8:47. we'll have more on "mornings on 2" right after this. stay with us. >>> this is video of what we showed you live just moments ago. president obama arriving at sfo and quickly boarding air force one from his motorcade. he, of course, was in the bay area for a tinner -- dinner last night with top leaders from silicon valley to discuss job growth and he spent the night at the westin in millbrae. he's now heading up to oregon, where he will tour a plant of intel chips that are being made there. new video, we just want to show you once again, air force one, and members of the mediation the white house press corps getting on the plane of the -- getting on the back of the plane. >>> in about ten minutes from now, members of the military who died in the wars in iraq and afghanistan will be honored in san francisco. now memorial will be held at the marines memorial theater on sutter street. >>> also, felony charges could be filed against a walnut creek police detective who is acked of having --

ford beats oregon state as cal is beaten in cal state by oregon. the raiders spent $50 million today? how did they do it? cornerback stanford routter agreed to a new deal 33 1/2 million dollars, john henderson reportedly signed for 2 years at $8 million, final he the raiders placed a franchise tag on linebacker cameron wembley which means the d lineman will make about 10 million next year. i have my hand the thursday night top 5. the sedentary women, sedentary women looking on as the men beat western illinois. they improved 1-28 avoiding what would have been the winless season. the women are 0-23. they are a combined 1-151 the men and women. number 4, lebron james with the highlight reverse. too bad he couldn't reverse the core. the bulls down the heat despite that beauty. ricky fowler doing his best fall a creamer impression. his second on a par 505. you kidding me? crushed phil mickelson, beat lefty 6-5, that means it was over on the 13th hole after the tap-in eagle. watch your team. watch your team. look out. it's so hard it broke the glass. and

oregon state leading by 6 at the half. but just like thursday night in eugene the bears responded with a big second half outscoring oregon state 49-32. allen crabb scoring a game high 26 points as cal rallies back to win 87-76. >>> san diego state fans tried everything to rattle the nation's leading scorer. the guard scored 43 points in the team's first meeting and torched the sixth ranked aztecs again today. knocking down 4 of the 14 threes including one from about 13 feet. byu led by 3 at the half and pulled away in the second half. zimmer gets in the lane for the hoop and foul. he leads the cougars with 25 points and for the second time this season byu wins. >>> looking like the giants have their sights set on winning the cactus lead. jonathan sanchez did a vintage jonathan sanchez performance allowing four hits and a walk but no runs in one and two thirds innings. the slimmed down pablo sandoval had a big day at the plate with an r.b.i. single and a two-run homer. the giants beat the dodgers 8- 3. more good news. only

and he is going to go to oregon tomorrow. some of it is critics are saying that this is a pre-election visit. that he wants to meet some of the heavy hitters of silicon valley. others are just saying that this is about business. he has talked about innovation in the state of the union address. he would like to talk to one on one about the people that make the decisions to create jobs. in silicon valley. of course, google eric schmidt, steve jobs from apple will also be meeting with the president. and it is a private visit. there are no public events scheduled. again, it is a short one he will be departing tomorrow morning going to oregon. and as we can see there is no rainfall. he is actually landing at a very good time to get a break in the weather. dan kerman is there. he mentioned that a local dignitaries are there with the san francisco mayor, ed lee dan? >>reporter: yes, right now walking towards the bottom of the ramp is former san francisco, mayor gavin newson. he is joined with attorney general, pamela harris. and new

he is headed up to hillsborough, oregon. here's a look at the president's arrival last evening to the cloudy and rainy bay area. he is here on the west coast to promote his agenda to make the u.s. more competitive globally. he is pushing for new spending on innovation, education, high- speed rail and faster internet service. he is also looking for ideas on how to create more jobs through technology. so last night he had dinner with the innovators 6 some successful silicon valley valley companies looking for ideas. 26-year-old facebook founder mark zuckerberg, apple leader steve jobs, and google's ceo, eric schmitt. some other big names, the ceos of yahoo, cisco systems, twitter, netflix and oracle. >> he doesn't really care how facebook works or how they are going to design the next iphone. he is here to see how these companies grow in the middle of the worst recession ever. we are having great years. facebook exploding through the recession. apple exploding through the recession. and many others. google, booming through the

in eugene, stanford knocks off oregon. oweapon led the carnal with 31 points. >> college hoops, byu visiting san diego state, and jimmer fred -- fred --. second half, jimmer to the rim. he had 25. san diego state's only lost twice this year, both against byu. >>> let's tee it up. match play championship. i love match play. you against me, not the golf course. you can be five down and recover, but five strokes, that's a different story. bubba watson, five down and eight to play against holmes. bubba was brilliant down the stretch. moves on to the semifinals. luke donald facing matt kuchar. he wins two matches, playing only 27 holes, advances the finals. as for baba, he meant martin okaymer, and kaymer, the new number one in the world with that victory. he will meet luke donald in the finals on sunday. >> this story may be our last for the 49ers before next week's deadline lockout. the celebrity crabfest in union square. they cracking some crab for charity at the 49er foundation. a great time, and watch local celebrities emb

the game this monday is between the auburn tigers and the university of oregon ducks. to be fair, we flipped a coin and the winner of that coin toss was the university of oregon ducks. so, ladies and gentlemen, i give you the music video world premiere of "we are the ducks," featuring the vocal stylings of mr. sebastian bach. [ cheers and applause ] [ screaming ] ♪ ♪ game day in eugene and the kickoff time is set as the sun rises over the willamette ♪ ♪ wearing yellow and green -- feeling -- we cheer many rivals have come -- ♪ ♪ we are the ducks from oregon, we'll fight to the end ♪ ♪ and we're here to play -- to win -- we're the ducks ♪ ♪ ♪ our boys are prepared with coach kelly in charge the secret spread offense on cue cards♪ ♪ shoulder to shoulder we yell and we sing as we lift up our ducks to victory ♪ ♪ yeah, we -- don't -- with the ducks ♪ ♪ we are the ducks from oregon we'll fight to the end ♪ ♪ and we're here to play and play to win we're the ducks from oregon we'll fight to the end ♪ ♪ and we're here to play we play t

now headed off to oregon. president barack obama is naming one of his critics to an advisory council responsible for finding new ways to promote economic growth and bring jobs intel corp. ceo paul otellino to the jobs and competitiveness council during a visit to the company's semiconductor manufacturing facility in hillsboro, ore. as recently as september, otellini complained created too much uncertainty for businesses and had failed to spark job growth or boost consumer confidence in the economy. >> darya: pay iran that time there force one had a problem and another plaremember when thm with air force one and had to have it plane coming. >> george: they actually haven't equally plain i don't know if you can see it there. they can't comment on a presidential motorcade. we spoke with chp this morning. they couldn't say if there were on the freeway what they did say was this was the largest, entourage they will ever see when the president travels. the group that he had today was as large as it ever gets. >> dar

the bears make it a weekend sweep in oregon. they beat the beavers 87-76. 16-3 overall. 9-8 in the pack ten. stanford got 31 from josh owen in an 88-71 over oregon. the cardinal an even 500 for the season. >>> karim abdul jabar was there before the pavilion gets a facelift. malcom lee misses in close but reefs nelson was there for the put-back plus the foul. nelson had 27. bruins on the 22-2 run. arizona never recovered. textbook pick and roll there. jones finds joshua smith. the game they were able to empty the benches. fittingly the last basket was by john woodin's great grandson tyler who was a walk-on. that's his mother and grandmother taking in the moment. the bruins roll 71-49. the two teams now tied atop the pack ten at 12-4. >>> mike and duke at top ranked virginia. they are top ranked that is at virginia tech and trying to make a case for the ncaa tournament. down five with five minutes to go they narrow the gap. allan misses but victor doesn't. virginia tech within three. in front by two now. malcom is about to put the

♪ >>> president obama landed in oregon within the past hour. the latest stop after his quick visit with silicon valley ceo's. >> he'll continue his push to keep spending on hi-tech initiatives even as republicans move to slash the budget. terry mcsweeney joins us from san francisco international with more. terry? >> yeah, very short stay for the president. he came here to the bay area to talk about education and jobs. he's going to portland, oregon, to talk about education and jobs and he'll take a tour. we'll take a look what he's going to be touring in a few minutes. a tour of what they describe as the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world. it's just outside portland. check out the company's initiatives to encourage young people to become hi-tech scientists and engineers. maybe not such a great idea for california considering oregon is ratcheting up a hi-tech corridor up there and while he's there he's going to ask for help. under cloudy skies president obama left sfo about 8:45 just 16 hours after arriving. this was an

if are you watching us on news channel 8, portland, oregon, peer through a pair scope and explore the u.s. navy's last nonmoouk submarine at uss blue back, the real thing, as the oregon museum of science and industry, and that's your pacific event of the day. >> thank you, bill. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. three new films at the box office this weekend have experts scratching their heads when choosing a clear favorite. big mama's "like father, like son" see hes martin lawrence back and will draw upon its built in fan base to open at around $20 million. the heavily marketed suspense thriller "i am machine four" is expected to debut at around collars 20 million. in the third debut film, niecen -- liam miessen airs in "unknown" about a man who wakes up in a coma with his identity stolen. it's targeting about $20 million. >>> finally, the 83rd academy awards this month will have new envelopes designed with a red lacker lining featuring the oscar and then hand stamped with the gold leaf. very fancy there. this comes to us from wxia 11 alive news in a

why silicon valley jobs are being exported to places like oregon. we're going to have that coming up tonight at 6:30. >> well, president's plane made it in just fine, but not the case for everybody. because of the storm, there's two and three hour delays for arriving flights, that, of course, having a domino effect, delaying several flights out as well. for most of you, this is the story of your day. downtown video from san francisco. wet day. at the beaches, a high surf advisory was in effect for most of the day. some very high tides causing flooding in the also lido area, of all places. this is mt. st. helena. plows had to work double time to keep the roads clear for drivers. power has been restored to bay area customer as the storm eases up tomorrow. according to pg&e, there are 4500 customers in the dark, so to speak. let's check in with roberta. >> this has been a one, two, three punch. storm no.3, still in the bay area. it's producing mostly cloudy skies over the city of san francisco. average high, 61 today. 51 degrees with over an inch of ra

oregon state led by 6 at the half. but just like thursday night in eugene the bears with a big second half outscoring oregon state 49-32. freshman allen crabb scoring a game high 26. >>> san diego state fans tried everything to rattle the nation's leading scorer. none of it worked. the byu guard scored 43 points in the team's first meeting and torched the sixth ranked aztecs again today. knocking down 4 of their 14 threes including one from about 30 feet. byu led by 3 at the half and pulled away in the second half. zimmer into the lane for the hoop and the foul. leads the cougars with 25 points. and for the second time this season byu beats san diego state. >>> the giants have picked up where they left off last season. yesterday they won their spring training opener and today they beat the dodgers 8-3. of course we are still wait on highlights, but i'd imagine the team kind of looked like their locker something like this. the slimdown. pablo sandoval hitting a two- run homer. only 33 more days until opening night. >>>

with the win over oregon they sit a new record 60th win at maples pavilion. maybe the stanford band is the lucky charm. i think it's the cardinal talent. jocelyn with the strong post move and one. stanford up 31-10. then off the great outlet from kayla pedderson. poland, two of her 20. later in the half, pedderson, driving, baseline, converts. and it's then the freshman, ogwumike. going up strong for two stanford rolls, wins its 11th straight pac-10 title. >> i'm proud of the program and proud of the young people like tony that are part of this. it's not easy. to stay healthy, come out every night. if it was easy, more people would do it. mike pike we'll take a brief time-out. on our return, cactus league. the g-men's pull out >> mike: cactus league action. giants and dodgers, split scwawvmentd there's some hating going on. sanchez got the start. went 1 2/3 innings, no hits and no rups, pablo sap -- sandoval provided the offense. the panda looks like he is back. then nate schierholtz is trying to hold on to his job. the giants blast the dodgers 8-3. let's tee

jorge gutiirrez and cal trailed oregon by 11, outscored the ducks 21 in the second half. cal wins by 10. stanford lost to oregon state tonight. >>> we have nfl news. good news for raider fans i guess. quarterback stanford routt agreed to a three-year contract with the raiders for 3 1 1/2 million, are you kidding me? 6 career strengthses. interceptions. they put the one there. fowler crushed phil mikkelson at match play today. he was 8 under through 13, he beat him 6-5:00 you know what that means? >> he likes wearing pink. >> he was up by 6 holes with only 5 left to play. that is a thrashing of major proportions. >> mickelson just couldn't see. he was blinded by that hot pink. >> we'll see you at 11:00 and tell you if it is snowing yet. ores, we don't make you come back to save. get ten dollars off when you spend twenty five on-the-spot, with no exclusions! no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn ten dollars off on the spot when you spend twenty five storewide. and, unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get ten dollars off when you spend twenty five on-the-s

that was oregon. not portland but oregon. >> thanks. in them that are hills. >> google has come up with a way to make cooking easier. called recipe view and÷6m+ on line today. basically it is click it and cook it. story tonight from don sanchez. >> hundreds of chefs 25 restaurant on the google campus try to come up with healthy interesting food for google l employee daily. searching the internet for creative cuisine got easier with a single click. >> you now have a recipe to click on and gives you a lot of extra capability you wouldn't normally have right at your finger tip. >> chili. normal search function 76 million results everything from recipe to restaurants to beer. who has time for. that but click on the rest pee icon and new world opens up. >> slice dies by cooking technique. and amount of time it takes. calorie content. >>reporter: slice and dice. chef talk. >> like say you have a whole chicken in the refrigerator. a chicken breast. type in chicken breast and asparagus. i'm on a budget for time under 30 minute. what you ask fo

crush oregon state whale cal falls to oregon 60-46. davis busy today throwing money around. quarterback known for his speed ran to the bank. he gets a 3 year extension at more than 10 million a year. a lot of people scratching their heads over this. has total of 6 interception and 2less season but not regarded as lock down corner. contract misunderstanding may have led to big raise when raiders buying back his option the nfl disallowed it so they put the franchise tag on him so he gets it bumped up to continue and half million i don't know. >> that's a good day. >> that's nice. >> thank you very much. >> things don't work in your favor that often. >> incredible. >> "nightline"is next. for all >> incredible. >> "nightline"is next. for all of us here, see you >>> tonight on "nightline," dazzle factory. they command an enormous fan base and a market worth billions. but how do kids go from head shots

you represent the state of oregon. you said that oregon is a sovereign state, i'm trying to summarize your testimony, in charge of promoting the health and welfare of its citizens. do you have any concern about the constitutionality of the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance? >> none whatsoever. >> thank you. now, as attorney general, were you asked or did you -- on your own review, the legal basis for the affordable care act? >> yes, i have, senator. >> you think it intrudes on oregon's responsibility to protect the health and welfare of its citizens? >> senator, i think it greatly assists the ability of the state of oregon to protect its citizens. >> thank you. and professor fried, having been here actually from the time of president ford, when you were solicitor general for president reagan, i almost feel like i should call you solicitor general, but do you believe the requirement in the affordable care act individuals purchase health insurance represent unprecedented extension of congress' author

i believe he's on to oregon for the next step. air force one is getting ready for the president this morning. in the meantime it is the long president's day weekend. and the sierra is getting plenty of snow. >> lots of folks head out. ski resorts say winter storms bring several feet of snow. highway 50 at comino heights looks nice out there. >> reporter: yes, these beautiful row? flurries are just like a postcard here. if you are headed to the ski resorts, you are going to face treacherous driving conditions on highway 50. probably for most of the day today as we probably see snowfall later today, too. some good news to tell you about that really only came through in the last half hour, avalanche controls were in effect very early this morning. those just got lifted out here. a relief for big rig drivers who were all morning pulled over on the side of highway 50 just waiting to get their loads into lake tahoe. can you tell why? look at the ground. i'm walking in about six inches of snow here at comino heights. that's obviously the

heading up to oregon and touring intel out there. this is all part of a nationwide push talking about the economy, talking about forward thinking business, talking and showing off success and that is one of the reasons he is here in the bay area. >> it is such a spectacular plane. a boing 747 completely reoutfitted on the inside. it's basically a flying white house. president obama should be stepping off momentarily. again it's just a very, very short trip. he actually will be leaving at 8:45 tomorrow morning heading out to an intel office up in oregon. while he's here they'll be talking about jobs and how to bring this country out of the recession. the list tonight of people who he will be meeting with, by my count at least three billionaires, possibly many. a number of millionaires as well. i mean the wealth at the meeting tonight is just outstanding. and the powerful some of the most powerful and wealthiest people here in the bay area. let's go out now to david stevenson who is out there near the tarmac at sfo, david. >> frank, ye

a san francisco family vanished during a holiday road trip to oregon. james kim and his wife were traveling with their two young kids. they took a turn and got lost in a blizzard in the oregon wilderness. nine days no sign of the family. and crews searched for them. >> we believe they were in peril. >> in an exclusive interview with abc news katie kim tells her story of survival and what happened to her husband when he left to find help. tonight on a special edition of 20-20 start agent 9:00 p.m. >> news about things around the house. package might say they're eco friendly but researchers report l.e.d.light bulbs sold for displays contain high levels of potentially harmful substances. l.e.d.uses less power than traditional bulbs. researchers at uc davis do point out the bulbs only pose a danger if one breaks. >> a young military widow founded a program to help other widows is preparing to host a group of women in a weekend pampering retreat. and one of the hosts is john's girl in san francisco. she founded american widow project at age 21 after her army

. >>> day two of president obama's west coast technology trip took him to oregon. he took off from san francisco early today. following last night's private technology summit with 12 silicon valley leaders who included mark zuckerberg, erik smith of google and carol barts. today in oregon, the president praised intel for its program. >> the baja coast rocked this morning by an earthquake. seismologists measured the quake at 5.1. they say it hit 12 miles from mexico. the quake so strong it was felt from southern california to yuma, arizona. >>> next up, a funding battle gets personal. >>> and a different kind of gender bias in the workplace. what women are doing behind the desk that could be setting them up for health problems, plus the one thing that could fight it. zblncht. >>> and the big thing from the airlines that could mean more deals. >>> and more potential flight delays with rain staying with . us us. here's some much needed rainfall in san jose with cold temperatures. 40s across the entire board tonight. we're also tracking heavier rainfall across fremont

. >>> well, if are you watching us on kpw in oregon, feed heart-shaped treats to the animals on this valentine's day, including tigers, lions, and sea otters at valentine's day animal enrichment at the oregon zoo. it's like me feeding you chocolate. >> itself actually wondering where was my box of chocolate this morning. >> i left it up there with the crew. did they eat it? >> thanks, bill. i won't hold my breath. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. last night's big grammy winner was lady antebellum. they won five awards, including record and song of the year for need you now. arcade fire won the biggest award, album of the year, for the suburbs. and the night's big upset, jazz bassist and singer esperanza spalding beat out justin bieber for best new artist. >>> elsewhere, the box office roared back to life this weekend thanks to three new films. adam sandler and jennifer aniston's "just go with it" squeezed out a victory with $31 million. it's seen at a clear shot of earning back the $80 million it cost to make. in second, never say never f

it's been eight months since 7-year-old kyron horman disappeared from his portland, oregon, school. from day one, his mother has insisted that her son will be found alive, but does she still think he's alive all these months later? we're going to be talking to her live about where the search for kyron stands and why she's in the town where his stepmom is currently living. >>> but we're going to start this morning with an escalation in those huge protest at the state capitol in wisconsin where the governor has been trying to cut pay and benefits for the state workers. now, the tea partiers are entering the fray. this is turning into ground zero in a battle that could be coming to your state capitol sometime soon. our barbara pinto is in madison, wisconsin, this morning. barbara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this was the loudest and the largest demonstration we've seen here all week. and some of those protesters are still camped out in the capitol overnight as the furious debate over solving this state's budget battle drags into day six. more than 50,000 protes

democratic congressman david wu of oregon is facing calls to resign this morning following reports of erratic and unprofessional behavior, including sending a photo to staffers last fall showing him wearing a tiger costume. wu has apologized but both the state republican chairman and one of oregon's largest newspapers says he should quit. >>> in a major policy shift, the obama administration has decided that a federal law deciding marriage between a man and a woman is unconstitutional and will no longer defend it in court. >>> meanwhile, hawaii's governor has signed a bill into law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples. making hawaii the seventh state to extend such recognition to gay couples. >>> new zealand's death toll has risen to 98 and the earthquake shook loose a 30 to 40 million ton block of ice from a glaser, now an iceberg in the lake, it's the size of 20 football fields. here's a look at how wall street will kick off. the dow opens at 12,105 after tumbling another 107 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 8. the nasdaq slid 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morn

maybe you even need two of of them up in northern oregon and the coastline of northern california. the reason i say that, it's pretty windy out there too. now, as far as seattle goes, could even get a stray thunderstorm with some of the instability moving in. cooler temperatures than yesterday. we stayed dry from l.a. to phoenix, but along the coastline, you may get drizzle every now and then, and that same forecast holds true for wednesday. some significant rain events. some getting as much as four inches in northern california. sdmrimplgts well, if you are watching us on khnl news now it's honolulu, hawaii. visit members of an endangered seal species that can only be found in the aloha state. the monk seal habitat. that's your pacific event of the day. see, i didn't even know that. >> good excuse to go down and visit. >> he looks cute. throw him a couple of fish. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. the jeopardy battle of man versus machine stands tied. the ibm computer heads out to a lead, but brad rudder eventually caught up, and the match

., i'm edward campbell and planning deck tore for portland oregon and i'm here on behalf of our water bureau who sends his regrets. i'm very glad to be here today before i start on the story of portland i want to say the morning session has painteded a picture for me of the scale of issues you face here in california and i hope the story i tell you about portland which we are a drinking water only utility and 80 miles away from the pacific ocean that there are lessons that can be useful to you but our issues pale in comparison to the issues your dealing with here. first a quick description of our system. its the largest one in oregon serving about 8 hundred thousand people. 25 percent of the state and average a hundred million gallons of water a day. our primary source is the bowling river in the cascade mountains east of the city and two reservoirs and ten million gallons of usable storage. we have a secondary ground storing source on the south side of the colombia river and we have capacity to serve our base needs just by ground water some you can count portland among those that bel

district judge for the district of oregon. this is the third congress to consider mr. hernandez' nomination. president bush nominated judge hernandez to the seat in the 110th congress. unfortunately, his nomination stalled in the judiciary committee, although he had the full support of every republican on the committee. after pending for over five months with no action, his nomination at that time was returned to the president. this vacancy has been designated a judicial emergency. therefore, i would have expected his nomination to have been made very early in the 111th congress. however, he was not sent to the senate until july of last year. because of that delayed nomination, the senate was unable to complete action on the nomination in that congress. so, at the close of the 111th congress, the nomination was again returned to the president. mr. hernandez has been rated qualified by the american bar association. he received his b.a. from western oregon state college and his j.d. from the university of washington school of law. after graduating from law school, he ser

he will go to hillsborough oregon. he will meet with intel ceo. he is scheduled to give him a tour of one of the most sophisticating chip manufacturing companies in the world. ment cooing up at 5:30 i will try to find out when the president will arrive and how. we understand he left here in marin-- marine one. we expect the same thing. >>> this morning highway 29 from calistoga to lake county remains closed because of snow. the chp decided show shut down the road because of large spinouts and crashes. the chp tells us here emergency pothole repairs will be made on southbound 101 near santa rosa. that starts at 9:30 this morning. >>> today is get away day for the president's day holiday weekend. and with all the snow sierra bound folks are in for a tough drive. we just checked with cal tran. chain or snow tires are required on both interstate 80 and 15. same goes for 88. sections of highway 88 are closed because of avalanche close. that is a popular route to the kirkwood ski area. snow will continue off and on today and a winter storm warning is in

all areas, actually washington and oregon state. south of medford, though, you should be sunny during the day today. san fran to sacramento, san jose looking good. phoenix good at 71, and now we're going to finally settle into a pretty nice weather pattern out here. a little cooler as that front clears. san francisco on tuesday. looks cooler. also l.a. the cold front is going to come through dry through california. if you are watching us on kgw in portland, oregon, watch polar bears swim in an arctic exhibit and learn about bears in the wild at be cool at the zoo, and that's your pacific event of the day. >> that was really cute. he is pretty cool. >> i want to go see him. >> no trouble being cool there. here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. super bowl weekend always at the box office, but despite the usual dip, one thriller managed a respectable total taking the top spot with ease. the roommate featuring leyton and minka kelly. the 3-d under water cave adventure "sanctum" couldn't live up to modest expe

the president is on his way to oregon to check in and take a look at a chip fabrication company then it's back to washington, d.c.. reporting live at sfo kraig debro. >>> time now is 6:33. this weeks storms has generated tons of snow up in the sierra. a lot of people will be hitting the icy roads heading to those resorts. allie rasmus has been up there. i see a lot of snow around you. >> reporter: there is a lot of snow around me but right now there is no snowfalling at all. right now as soon as this truck that just chained up moves out of the way we will walk over kind of out in the middle of the highway so we can show you the long lines of cars and taillights as all of these vehicles lined up here get chained up. we're a mile away from the chain inspection check point. trucks and cars are pulling over on the side of the road getting their chains on. chains are required for all vehicles expect for those with four wheel drive and snow tires. if we pans camera around to the other side of the road you can see some of the chain installers the guys in the yellow suits helping the drivers

portland oregon against tom metzger the lawsuit was brought against me because morris dees and a.d.l. saw that we were making great headway i mean we're appearing on all the big t.v. shows and i was running for office and winning elections and stuff like that he said what are we going to do about this guy actually lived in southern california and his white area resistance group war was based in southern california but he and his son had very strongly encouraged skinheads in portland oregon to quote unquote take back their community and had produced all kinds of literature shown what they meant by that very shortly after metzger sent a representative up there portland to talk to some of the skinhead groups several people in fact murder and graduate student the accusations brought against his were totally baseless really because we didn't have any members or any cards or anything and we had no agents. you know i could get a decent jury. so all they won the case and i never advocated killing any black person i think that that case was very important it essentially you know destroyed matt

based in southern california but he and his son had very strongly encouraged skinheads in portland oregon to quote unquote take back their community and had produced all kinds of literature shown what they meant by that. very shortly after metzger sent a representative up there to portland to talk to some of the skinhead groups several people in fact murdered meet the opie and graduate student the accusations brought against this were totally baseless really because we didn't have any members or any cards or anything and we had no agents. you know i could get a decent jury so all they want a case and i never advocated killing any black person i think that that case was very important it is sensually you know destroyed matt starr and his attempts to create really a unified group that would have undoubtedly spread you know if i would submit among the rest of us that kind of put the southern poverty law center on the map it made the place very well known and it took me a poor time ten twelve million they said the press always used to ask me what did you do i said well you know i wrote him a

both washington and oregon kicked off recovery month with ceremonies on each side of the interstate bridge. the events featured stories from people in recovery, elected officials, and a reading of the proclamation from the governor's office. native american drumming groups played as members from the two states joined hands across the bridge and recited the serenity prayer. the festivities continued afterward with tons of food and music. members of the reno sparks indian colony enjoyed a collaboration of festivities by celebrating recovery month and national indian day. two fun-filled days of sober activities focused on celebrating recovery and cultural identity. activities included cultural presentations, dance performances, poetry readings, and a community barbecue. members of the recovery community in laredo, texas, participated in sober fiesta, 2009. in addition to local persons in recovery, treatment providers and recovery organizations from mexico were also invited to attend. the fiesta consisted of an informational fair, followed by talks from people in recovery and local leaders. th

he boarded air force one at sfo, traveled up to portland, oregon. he visited an intel plant that's being expanded there. san jose's mayor points out, the brains are here. but the tax incentives to build and create tech manufacturing jobs are in neighboring states such as oregon. >>> a personal revelation on the house floor. >> the gentleman from new jersey has just put my stomach in knots. >> the unexpected and emotional speech by representty jackie speier. >>> a convenient new stop for commuters. how soon bart will open its doors to a newest dublin station. >> and it's a bird, it's a plane, and that's something terrorists should fear. ,, ,,,,,,,, >>> whoops! this is not a parking position the owners of the house are used to nor do they want t firefighters say that it was a 69-year-old woman who lost control of her suv and drove right into the side of the garage there. by the way, she snapped a gas main in the process. the accident happened early this morning on oak street in hayward. now, the good news is, nobody was hurt. still no word though on w

you represent the state of oregon. you said that oregon is a sovereign state, i'm trying to summarize your testimony, in charge of promoting the health and welfare of its citizens. do you have any concern about the constitutionality of the requirement that individuals purchase health insurance? >> none whatsoever. >> thank you. now, as attorney general, were you asked or did you -- on your own review, the legal basis for the affordable care act? >> yes, i have, senator. >> you think it intrudes on oregon's responsibility to protect the health and welfare of its citizens? >> senator, i think it greatly assists the ability of the state of oregon to protect its citizens. >> thank you. and professor fried, having been here actually from the time of president ford, when you were solicitor general for president reagan, i almost feel like i should call you solicitor general, but do you believe the requirement in the affordable care act individuals purchase health insurance represent unprecedented extension of congress' author

today he is headed to oregon. here's a look at his arrival here in the bay area yesterday to the cloudy rainy bay area. he is on the west coast to promote his agenda to make the u.s. more competitive globally pushing for new spending on innovation, education, high- speed rail and faster internet service. last night he had dinner win innovators like mark zuckerberg, steve jobs and eric schmitt at the private home of a venture capitalist, which meant massive security measures in the neighborhood. so excited people as you can see there. [ yelling ] >> reporter: and closed roads. neighbors didn't seem to mind. >> it's important, isn't it? and i think those are good people for him to talk with. we need to keep our competitive edge and prosperity in our society and exciting progress in technology so that's good. >> reporter: the other big name invitees, the ceos of yahoo, cisco systems, twitter, netflix, and oracle. so today he had headed up to hillsborough, oregon, and is expected to name somebody who has been a harsh

from san francisco international about 8:30 this morning headed to intel just outside of portland, oregon. but last night here in the silicon valley, he met with the nation's hi-tech brain trust. take a look at pictures of the president as he arrived at sfo being greeted by former mayor and now lieutenant gavin newsom, san francisco mayor ed lee and then it was time to get down to business. president obama heading over to the woodside estate of venture capitalist john door. the guests at the estate. steve jobs, google ceo eric schmidt, facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg. larry ellison. cisco's john chambers, yahoo's carol bartz, discussion how to promote jobs in hi-tech and green tech. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly, then that would be i think an important part of the future. >> be great to be a fly on the wall at that dinner and discussion there at the estate in woodside but instead the white house released this picture, the president and mark zuckerberg and others