garrett of new jersey. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. if we kohl have order, please. the chair: the committee will please come to order. please take all conversations off the floor. the gentleman may proceed. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. our top priority in this congress should be to support a robust economic recovery and put america back to work. that is what the democratic plan does. it reduces the deficit in a steady, predictable way without slashing important investments in our kids' education and strategic national investments. without ending the medicare guarantee. and without putting seniors, disabled individuals, and kids at risk who rely on medicare. and it reduces the deficit in a balanced way by $1.2 trillion more than the president's budget, and achieves primary balance in the year 2018. the republican plan we are discussing is a narrow vision of america. a place with n

my interview with governor chris christie of new jersey on fixing america's schools. his two-fisted style. and does he want to be president? >>> and, everyone needs a hug. a wide-eyed, orange zoo baby, and the human hands saving her, with a 24/7 squeeze. >>> good evening. as we come on the air a lot of news breaking tonight, including all that wrangling to head off a government shutdown. and we'll be giving you the latest on all of that in just a moment. but first, gasoline prices. the issue putting so much stress on american families. everybody driving a car, everybody in a carpool. and today, gasoline prices were up for the 15th straight day, hitting $3.71 a gallon. oil at a two-year high. the president felt compelled to weigh in. and abc's barbara pinto is in chicago for us tonight. and tell us what the prices are at that station, barbara. >> reporter: diane, it's a whopper here. while most of the nation braces for $4 gas prices, that is a painful reality here. take a good look. $4.29 for a gallon of regular unleaded. $4.53 for a gallon of premium. out on the west

three of us served in of the new jersey legislature. john adler was a great new jersey senator. he was everything but a harvard man. in other words, he didn't act like a harvard man. you could connect with him. he was a human being, above everything else. he was tenacious on the campaign trail, but more valuable as a public servant. he took what he did very seriously. he was sincere, very hard working, he did his homework before each vote. he would never allow anyone to lead him by the nose to vote, very independent their, not unlike pallone and lance. not a trenton guy, not a washington guy. came here to do a job. and i could not believe when i heard the news, a 51-year-old young man, compared to me, he's a young man. he had so much to give and he gave it. and he really loved the public whom he served. he will be greatly missed by democrats and republicans on this floor. to his wife shelley and four beautiful sons, jeff, alex, andrew and oliver, you have friends here. this is by no means the end. so growing up in haddenfield and coming to washington, it was no different to john

and we're from new jersey, and when you're from new jersey what that means is, you give as good as you get. and so, you know, being cc'ed means if somebody wants to take a shot, i'm going to take a shot right back and you nope what, let me tell you this, you know what, it's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country. we're here to bring the country together. >> reporter: do you want to apologize to the teachers if your tone seemed disrespectful to them? >> if you treat me with respect, even when you disagree with me, i'll treat you with respect back. as the teachers, let me say, really clearly, on election night, one of the few people i thanked on election night were my teachers from livingston, where i grew up here in new jersey. the rules are set up to get people fired are so -- >> reporter: one of his central issues, teacher tenure. the unlimited job security that he says keeps even failing teachers from being fired. >> why is it that teaching is one of the only professions left where we don't award excellence and there are no consequen

of new jersey. she quickly became the attorney general of the state of new jersey and served in that position from 2007 until 2010. and in that role she headed the 9,000-person department of law and public safety, supervised eight divisions in the state and multiple commissions and boards including the department of criminal justice, the department of law, the department of securities, the bureau of securities, the division of consumer affairs and the division of civil rights. as the chief law enforcement officer in the state of new jersey, she held a power that's rare for an attorney general. she oversaw and directed criminal cases throughout the entire state, and she oversaw the 21 prosecutors of the county prosecutors in the state of new jersey and the 30,000 state and local law enforcement officers in the state. and in this role she spearheaded criminal and civil investigations into a whole variety of matters including street gang violence, gun violence and trafficking, securities fraud, mortgag

to the people of new jersey. i am still in shock at his passing. he did not deserve to die young. he was such a good man. i want to convey my thoughts and prayers to his wonderful wife, shelley, and to their four sons, jeffrey, alex, andrew and olver, on the passing of this great and good and wonderful man, john adler. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. shimkus: i want to congratulate a native southern illinoisan and a living legend in the sport of basketball, mr. jerry sloan, who retired recently as head coach of the nba's utah jazz. jerry never forgot his humble roots. throughout his playing and cofling -- coaching career, he a down to earth demeanor and an unassuming style. he ended what was the longest tenure of a same team with an active head coach in the four major sports leagues. is he third on the all-time nba wins lists with 1,221. jerry was an outstanding athlete, p

i yield become. >> the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett. >> i understand the gentleman's passion and he said he could give us a list of everyone of our districts as to how much we received. i wonder whether he could give us a list of how much each of us has sent to washington and not gotten back that new jersey is a donor state to the federal government and at the end of the day we're subsidizing everybody else around the table. so, if you like going back to your constituents and saying the reason they don't have all the fire equipment they need, the reason they don't have the police equipment is because you spred legislation -- supported legislation it send the dollars to other states as opposed to keeping them in new jersey as mr. mcclintock says on the local levels those are the figures i to see.ke >> 20 seconds. >> if we depend on mr mr. mcclintock and mr. garrett, been fighting to get more returned to new jersey. when a forest fire occurs in the last 30 or 40 days i don't sit here and say that is not my state. how dare you say

we came to or police budget and there's something in new jersey called binding arbitration. arbitrators have a set of rules making decisions based upon what's going on around the state. here i'm sitting at the stable saying i can't afford to give you a sizeable rate, worse economy in my lifetime, difficult times, unions are taking zero in terms of raises. i need you to take it as well. no, we need to go to arbitration. the lawyers took me acid and said mayor you can't afford to go to arbitrate trairks. the town gave 5 or 4% increases and in binding arbitration you will be held by those standards. these are rules that are just not fair . >> charlie: what did you do. >> we ended up in a contract we couldn't afford. when wean got sort of the cutbacks from the state, we ended up having to do what was unconscionable to me, leave off police officers in our status. patterson, trenton. they're all going through the same thing. cities that historically seena lot of violence -- the reality is we were put in a position where we couldn't wind. this isn't blaming past administrations the

jim axelrod, cbs news, perth amboy, new jersey. >>> coming up later on "the early show," the latest on the wicked weather hammering the nation. >>> plus "the early show" is in london for the royal wedding, looking at the english custom of afternoon tea. >>> and grammy nominee natasha bedingfield performs her chart topping hit live from london's tower bridge. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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they are now in an agreement with new jersey to barge to a new jersey planned build. i do not have that in my notes. we have that in the file in the office. the agreement is to go into place in 2012. it is between two ports. supervisor avalos: honolulu to washington state, it does not seem like we're talking about a barge. it will be more like a container ship. >> that is right. we were trying to find anything with a ship. supervisor avalos: one of the ideas the port brought up was that currently we have the bay bridge under construction. there are a great deal of barges used to bring construction material to the bay bridge. that might be available in future years. you have certain conditions that could be optimized for future use of the same vessels. in new york, are we talking about containerships or something comparable to what is done in the bay area for a bridge construction? >> it is not containerships in new york. it is barges. i do not know how they compare in size to what you have here. supervisor avalos: were you able to explore environmental conditions abou

here's a 3-year-old's reaction when he was told he could not be the governor of new jersey! [ sobbing ] >> i want the governor and i can't! because everyone tells me that i'm too small to be the governor of new jersey. [ crying ] >> you don't have to be so sad about that. >> this was shot when jesse's parents were on the way to vote in 2009. it's gone viral. he had another meltdown when he heard he couldn't vote! [ laughter ] >> that video got a little response from new jersey's governor chris christie, who tweeted, don't worry, jesse, people gave plenty of reasons why i couldn't be governor, although being too small wasn't one of them. >> well, he has a few years. [ laughter ] >> down the road. >> he has a lot of determination. he is dreaming big. they didn't tell him he couldn't be the governor of california! [ laughter ] >> he can be on the ballot in about 40 years. >> get your driver's license first, jesse! >> everybody is talking about the weather. the biggest feature tomorrow will be wind and the

it didn't hurt it had some of the best primary in new jersey. daddy was always a meat and potatoes kind of guy. my sister linda, the youngest, i've come to town from fort meade maryland. she was an oral surgeon. she was in the dental court and an army major. my sister jeanette had finished medical school after getting her degree in psychology. daddy had expected her to be the first dr. thornton. the first to be stethoscope around her neck. but she rebelled and on her own way so he must have been thrilled when she finally got her medical degree, even if they came later than he had hoped. it had been a while but we were all there, just him and his girls again, the way daddy liked it. no kids. the waiters dash tighter reins a little surprise before the main course. the maÎtre d' came to the table and announce there's a call for dr. thornton. some serious buyers turn to see who was doctor thorton. jeanette, linda, and i rose from our chairs and as we stood up, the look on my father's face could have lit up the entire eastern seaboard. there wasn't

the new jersey turnpike pretty busy. these are workers trying to remove the bear, in a safe manner without harming anyone on the ground or the bear himself. these are live pictures from new jersey, bear stuck in the tree in new jersey. >>> animal control officers in san jose are busy searching for two pit bulls that killed a dogs and injured and week the dog's owner. the dog owner, dawn wilson, says shadow, the husky mix was attacked in kataldi park. ms. wilson tried to fight off the pit buts but the pit bulls bit her. when she went to the hospital, she need stitches her dog was so badly injured. it had to be euthanized. miss wilson says she's worried about her neighbor's safety. >> my concern is they might go over a small child. >> animal control is investigating all this -- all of this. she says the dog that attacked her and shadow did not have dog collars or dog tags. >>> we need to quickly go to sal for one more check on the commute. >> biggest problem, northbound 280 near 380. a crash is blocking two lanes. overturn

we are actually in lindenhurst, new york. although there is a lindenhurst, new jersey. we're here on long island. and right now, we're rescuing a left-hand turn lieutenant's house, a mr. fix-it, taking care of his family and then his father got sick, had a baby, life threw him a number of curve balls, and his wife wrote in, listen, he's never going to ask for help. and that's what we're here to do. the family does not have a living room, they will in a short week. that's what we're doing now, knocking down walls, opening up a space, putting in a bathroom over here for them. whoa! watch the sawhorse. yeah, so -- as you can see, we've got lots of people working around us right now. and that's just what it's about on the rescue, having contractors, having spaklers, having painters, tile guys all here at the same time, working on top of each other, but everybody working for a common goal, and that's to help people who can't do the job themselves. >> obviously, it takes a whole army. give us highlights from the season to come. what are we going to see? >> great stuff coming

we all went to mama's college in new jersey. why? because it was five minutes away from long branch, new jersey. we lived in long branch, and father said that's as far as he wanted to go. we planned howard, and he said no, that's too far away to keep the band together. you can go to college, do well, but the dream still had to be realized. i went to a small teacher's college, but my professors here were dedicated, and from that university, i went to columbia, college of physicians and surgeons which was basically a quantum leap to an ivy league university, the first college to award the md degree in the colonies. this is when i wrote the second book, "something to prove." i want to read some excerpts because you think you got the brass ring, you are a doctor. i'm a doctor from columbia, what do you do? again, i just wanted to read to you what doctors do, and this is from the first chapter, first page of something to prove. chapter one, the subbasement and the grass ceiling. new york hospital cornell medical center, early 1980s, "i kn

jim axelrod, cbs news, north brunswick, new jersey. >> couric: we have an update now on our investigation of an adoption scam. roxanne jones offered her babies to would-be parents if they paid some of her living expenses but now prosecutors say she admits she wasn't even pregnant. jones was arrested after being confront by our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian. today, she was hit with 12 federal charges of fraud. and coming up next, it's chip's nation but it's filled with the american spirit. 7 stop it. the part of the project they see as the ultimate insult. next >> couric: and finally tonight, america isn't just a nation. it's also a family. and like a family, when one member is in need, the others come to help as they did for a boy named chip. mark strassmann has tonight's "american spirit." >> reporter: on this church soccer field outside atlanta, you're watching a nation rise up. chip's nation. an army of hundreds rallying around chip madren and his family. last august, the 14-year-old was suddenly in crisis. leah and ken madren's son had aggressive stage four brain ca

the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield now a minute and a half to the ranking democrat on the labor health appropriations subcommittee, ms. delauro. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. delauro: i urge my colleagues to vote against this measure. it will endanger the health of the american people we included the fund in the affordable care act because we know it -- preventive health care reduces health care costs. preventable causes of death such as tobacco smoking, poor diet and physical inact tiffity, the misuse of alcohol have been estimated to be responsible for 900,000 deaths annually. nearly 40% of total yearly mortality in the united states. further, seven in 10 deaths in america are from chronic diseases and by 2020, the u.s. may spend $685 billion a year on these chronic diseases. this fund works to bring down these numbers and to help americans live longer, healthier lives. preventive care is responsible. one example would be impacted by this misguided legislation i

davis, abc news, north plainfield, new jersey. >> keeping busy and new balance shoes. >>> that is all for us. thank you for watching. we're always on at abcnews.com. don't forget to watch "nightline" later. for diane sawyer and all of us, at abc news, have a good night. >> tonight the cell phone video that got a man in trouble with the police . what happened next probably shouldn't be heard. >> and a new 500 page report on the san bernardino pipe line disaster. we will have information from first people on the scene. >> million dollar resignation of the general manager of bart and the mystery that surrounds her departure or not. >> the 3 d video game technology that is a household tool for recovering stroke victims . >> this is abc 7 news at 6:00. >> i am going to take the phone because that is evidence . >> i feel like that i was very much violated. >> he was recording the arrest of juveniles in his neighborhood and wound up being place indeed handcuffs. how far can police go. >> the officer tried to take the cell phone and when he didn't hand over, he picked up the cuffs. here's the

>> what did what he party at greenwich new jersey, was in that before -- >> i'm sorry. i can't hear you. >> the tea party at greenwich new jersey, didn't that happen before the boston tea party? >> which tea party? >> the one at greenwich new jersey. >> no, afterwards. >> it was another tea party i didn't mention the dumped tea at greenwich new jersey which most people have never heard of and i never heard of until i did this book but it's along the delaware river in philadelphia. yes, ma'am? >> can you talk about what source is used for writing the book, or the new ones or the interpretations or? >> well, nothing is new and the sources are almost endless, the equivalent of three of those shelves over there. the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are i think seven volumes and diaries of four volumes, the writings of sam adams and of thomas hutchinson, all of these people were prolific writers and kept their correspondence. so it's rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all of this information be disclosed, why was a dormant for so long? >> let's

and, you know, i live in new york city and i work in new jersey and i've seen i.c.e. discretion used in very different ways on the new york side of the river versus the new jersey side of the river and i think, you know, the same person having dependent where they came from is problematic for our big picture and that is not to say we should use the harsher approach but we should really be looking more broadly at an approach that recognizing the individual in each of these cases. so as we move forward -- we meet frequently with i.c.e. officers in new jersey. i've been in the i.c.e. -- many of us have been in the i.c.e. office and to walk in there and a packed room of faces of people who are in there for a regular check-in at which they might be arrested. they might not be arrested. the fear that people have going into those check-ins, the crowded room, the sense of terror that you feel when you walk into the waiting room at the deportation office of i.c.e. in new jersey knowing that these are people who are walking free on the streets, even if they had a criminal convi

they are now in an agreement with new jersey to barge to a new jersey planned build. i do not have that in my notes. we have that in the file in the office. the agreement is to go into place in 2012. it is between two ports. supervisor avalos:

these mark the birth places of all her children. >>> we're in nearby trenton, new jersey, one boy's tears of sorrow led to a big win for little guys all over. >> that was jesse on election day 2009 after being told at the age of 3 he was too young to be governor. well, the video went viral and now the pint sized politician's dream has come true. jesse was made governor and his twin, brandon, lieutenant governor just for a day. but his mom says he may not have gotten the vote since he said he would raise property taxes. >> i saw an interview. now he said what he wants to do is be a rock star next. >> let's get steven tyler on the phone. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. h >>> you might not be able to get a piece of william and kate's wedding cake on april 29th but how about a cookie? a company in london has created a series of home-made royal wedding biscuits, as they're called in england. designs include crowns, carriages and other royal imagery. the company has been shipping orders of the sweets all around the world,

jersey, where brother brook comes out of the public sector new jersey here tonight and the cwa vice president had a huge rally in trended confronted with a charming fellow chris christie. i don't know if you saw his mug on the cover of "the sunday times" magazine a week or two ago. the guy has a voracious appetite clearly for a number of things. contracted sessions are a number number -- one of them. but in new jersey and all these other states, afscme, the ft, the uaw all following the lead of seiu, have organized in total five, 600,000 home-based workers, home health care, home daycare providers in the last 10 years, the biggest source of new union membership and have gained a very precarious foothold in the public sector for these workers who work in nontraditional work bases, predominantly female, nonwhite, often immigrant workers, many as in the case of our joint bargaining unit, childcare providers in new jersey would ask me. still trapped in the post-clinton world of work here. they are women on temporary assistance for needy families. so lots of this day, if you can call it

lightning embedded with this as well, for there to the north through new england new jersey, new york, vermont, new hampshire severe thunderstorm and effect. we will follow this through the day, don't be surprised if we see airport delays. we are watching that. here locally is mild. 50 degrees in san francisco 53 in oakland, 43 in san rosa, 50 in san jose, future cast 4 showing 21 mi. more sustained winds at san francisco, by foreign the afternoon those wind speeds increase steady with 40 mi. an hour gas off the coast. by 7:00 a.m. those winds are still very strong. windy today in cooler. 68 in san rosa, 68 vallejo, napa, 61 in san francisco four year high, as we slide the maps 664 livermore. let's get a check on your ride with george. >> george: we are not tracking in the hot spot right now, normally we start with those. at the bay bridge we are getting word there may be a problem on the upper deck with an accident. so far meter lights have not been activated, this is a first report but it could mean problems later on. good ride across the san mateo bridge lighter than usual traffic

>> the one at greenwich, new jersey? >> no, afterwards. >> afterwards? >> yeah. that was another tea party. i didn't mention they dumped a tea ship at greenwich, new jersey, which most people have never heard of, and i must admit i never heard of it until i did research on this book. [laughter] but it's on the delaware river opposite philadelphia. yes, ma'am. >> could you talk about what sources you used for writing the book? are they new up withs or re-- new ones or reinterpretations? >> well, nothing is new, and the sources are almost endless, about the equivalent of three of those shelves over there. obviously, the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are, i think, seven volumes and the diaries are four volumes. the writings of sam adams, the writings of thomas hutchinson. all these people were prolific writers, kept diaries and kept all correspondence. so it's a rich pool of research. yes, sir. >> all of this information you've disclosed, why was it dormant for so long? >> well, it's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces. and th

i would love to yield to the gentleman from new jersey. mr. andrews: i thank my friend and thank him for his passion. i thought i heard the gentleman say a minute ago that every job created in the public sector sucks away money that could create a private sector job. did the gentleman say that? mr. woodall: to be clear, mr. andrews, i absolutely said, the government cannot create jobs. it can hire people that would otherwise have been hired -- mr. andrews: if the gentleman would yield. i would ask him if he would apply that definition to our people in the military. are their jobs -- mr. woodall: i'm thankful for bringing that up. i intend to speak to that. it's critical important. it's been ignored throughout this whole debate, do you know what happens in a government shutdown? those heroes of this country do not get paid. i understand that. in a government shutdown, this is a bill to provide a special rule so that we don't get paid, but by the ordinary function of law, our men and women who serve this country at home and abroad in uniform, do

i want to be the governor of new jersey! his parents said all of this happened after they took their twin sons with them to vote. little jessie got there -- there got so mad when he said he couldn't vote. >> i got a different story. my husband took our son to vote in the morning and i took him in the afternoon and my son said, we're here to vote again. and the guy is like, excuse me? >>> a horrible act of animal cruelty involving an old dog and young people. >>> what charity event is share everything the weekend with the oakland as -- is sharing the weekend with the oakland as. >>> well, good morning. welcome back. last night, the giants started their new season in los angeles. tonight the oakland as kick off their 2011 season at home against the seattle mariners. kraig debro has a preview. he also has the best seat in the house for opening night. >> reporter: not all sports. i don't like curling, for instance. there are a few times when you get to be in the oakland coliseum or any stadium at sunrise. there are few sites mor

lewis grew up in willingboreo new jersey and won nine olympic gold medals over three olympiads in 12 years. how about that? >>> coming soon to a book store near you, the authorized biography of apple ceo and founder steve jobs. and the book of jobs will hit store shelves early next year. other books have been written about jobs, but not with his approval. >>> prince william and his bride-to-be made what is expected to be a final public appearance today. charlie d'agata says that the royal wedding clock ticks down, we're learning some of the names of the 1900 invited guests. >> reporter: it is their last official engagement until they walk down the aisle. with less than three weeks to go, prince william and kate middleton are not showing last- minute jitters about the big day. the couple visited northwest england to open a school and launch an award for an educational charity. fans stood in torrential rain to get a look at the royal love birds. one woman said prince william told her he hoped he wouldn't be responsible if she got hypothermia. the skies cleared when the prince and his b

the system expected to dump several inches of snow on areas in northwest new jersey, eastern new york and around new england. rain is in the forecast for other parts of the region. >> anny is up next with the weekend forecast. >> and angie is checking the roads. plus, we'll have this story. >> would you spend $200 to watch your child graduate? one local high school is asking parents to do it. i'm wa peggy fox. we'll tell you who is and why. restora helps heal my symptoms. s cortizone-10 -- feel the heal. more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. >> happy friday. >> not a great way to start off a new month. >> no april fools joke. we have snow out there this morning. it is light stuff though. not expecting a whole lot in accumulations. maybe some of the grass will see it. except for areas around baltimore. they're getting some more serious snow. but yeah, in our area, we'll talk about some chilly conditions out there and kind of a yucky day. here is a look at our bus stop forecast. as you're getting the

criminal charges are filed against the roommate of the gay new jersey college student who committed suicide. and it happened one year ago tonight. survivors remember the explosion of the deepwater horizon. >> i really thought i was going to die. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening. katie is on assignment. we begin tonight in one of the most dangerous places in libya-- misurata. for weeks, moammar qaddafi's forces have been pounding rebels there with everything from mortars to cluster bombs. the hospitals overloaded, doctors overwhelmed. covering the story is extremely dangerous, and today two photojournalists were killed. tim hetherington, a citizen of both the u.s. and britain. he was nominated for an oscar for his documentary "restrepo" about american soldiers in afghanistan. and american chris hondros, a new york-based photographer for getty images. misurata is the last city in western libya caught in a tug- of-war between qaddafi's forces and the rebels. allen pizzey is one of

of airports and through in york, new jersey. with two- 2.5 hours. halting these airlines on the tarmac. that is going to cause a ripple effect across the country. expect delays at bay area airports because of that. temperatures, are warming up, considerably. san francisco, 54 in oakland, concord, mid '50s and the south bay. how napa of is now 53. it is now 11 degrees warmer and we will continue to get warmer. the highs should top out into the upper 60s. is mitch cooler than yesterday but still awfully nice. a 68 in santa rosa, and still 60s to open, and even in the south bay, 66 degrees in san jose. a quick look at the your kron 4 7 day around the bay a great look on tap for this weekend with nearly 80 degrees. more so on and sounded and saturday but monday-wednesday will be nothing but sunshine. sunday--will be warmer. 8:36. george? mammal let us start with a check of the bridge. let us start with the bridge. through walnut creek it does not look bad. the bay bridge and even know there was an early morning accident there are st

william paterson countered with the new jersey plan. >> the delegates rejected the new jersey plant them about the small states had enough boats to keep the virginia plan from succeeding. >> the convention split 5-5. the delegates appointed a special committee. to solve the dispute. >> the compromise determined how the legislative bans -- branches run today. >> a compromise in apportioned the house by population and gave the senate a quality. >> this would be known as the great compromise. >> the great compromise is one of the more. momentous events in our country's history. >> this helped create the government of checks and balances that we have today. we have a political climate today like the founding fathers would many opposing viewpoints. we can agree -- >> is imperative that we work together to find a compromise. >> people need to compromise. >> compromise. >> legislation is the art of compromise. >> compromise is not always the best solution. imagine what may have happened of abraham lincoln compromised the south? we must find a proper balance between compromising and standing fir

, which leave consequences for the new jersey economy. asthma attacks triggered by air pollution cause scores of premature deaths in my state each year. aaron mcclosky, christian mcqueno, saman matheo bring these statistics to life. while their causes of asthma are many, air pollution is their common trigger. the clean air act directly impact their health, their quality of life, and even the ability of their parents to keep a job. for them and for thousands of children like them, weakening the clean air act will mean more days quaestorred in their homes and emergency rooms and those visits to those emergency rooms. this amendment, the mcconnell amendment, the one i call the dirty air amendment, is the first of many amendments that we can expect to see that are aimed at preventing the federal government from regulating polluters under the clean air acact. caring about children's health means not allowing polluters to place profits ahead of people, ahead of the well-being of our children. and i mean all children, no matter their race, ethni

speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for four minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i listened to what the gentlewoman from on the other side said and i was really amazed because she was harking back to when we had a democratic president, bill clinton, and a republican congress. and how we worked together to accomplish certain goals. well, that's exactly what's missing now. if you listen to what my colleague from massachusetts said, he said, once again, the president is calling the speaker , the republican speaker and the majority, democrat majority leader in the senate back to the white house to try to work something out. that's what's happening here. but it's the house republicans and their leadership that refuse any kind of negotiation. they keep saying, they are going to work it out, but they don't. they keep insisting on this draconian h.r. 1, this continuing resolution, that really hurts america, kills jobs -- i will not yield at this time

he lives in new jersey. >> my prors and sisters >> i have three brothers and a sister who is 1 years younger than i am. >> when you were growing up, what were the influences in your life? >> the biggest influence has to be from a catholic church. i'm from a very large, strauling irish catholic family that was very involved in its own ethnicity. i mean it, was inkred tobl me when i got to college and found out there were people who didn't know exactly where their families had come from and feel that meant exactly something about them, and the church was such a huge influence in all of ur lives. i went to catholic school for ten years. that i would say that that was the single biggest influence other than my mom and dad. >> what kind of influence did it have on you? >> i think a way of looking at the world >> in an odd way, i think i'm a liberal because i was raised catholic with the sense that you had to be fair to other people and you had to help take care of people who were less fortunate than you were, and that everyone was sort of your neighbor, and you had an affirmative responsi

older woman in new jersey is keeping in shape working full-time with children. she's new jersey school teacher and at age 97 she still on the job. here's lindsay. >>reporter: growing old grac gracefully nothing new to agne agnes. she's had 97 years to learn. >> today we are making l banana bread. >>reporter: granny is what everyone calls her. this is how she spends most of her time. >> putting a teaspoon of vanilla in here. >>reporter: dash of energy persistence and work ethic. >> whatever she makes a recipe she adds one little touch with just love to it. >>reporter: mix it all together and you have the woman who is believed to be the nation oldest full-time teacher. >> ready to work day. i a&m sure am. >>reporter: discovery her daughter made when she filed her taxes. >> they said she still has a w 2 form i said yes. when was she born i said 1914. >>reporter: she was a teenager during the great depression. when her husband went off to world war ii she took care of the kid. something she has become very good at. what is your secret ingredient. at 97 years old sti

in northern new jersey, residents there are begging for relief from flooding. rivers there are still high from the weekend deluge. all of it weeks after more historic flooding. homes are damaged and roads are closed in the city of wayne. the same area was flooded back in march. hundreds of people were evacuated then. and many homeowners are simply ready to call it quits. and there's even more rain in the forecast today. >>> also this morning, a daring rescue north of washington, d.c. after the rain-swollen potomac river proved too much for a kayaker. the 31-year-old woman tried to land first on the virginia side. then, tried for the maryland side. but before she got there, her boat overturned. she grabbed a tree branch and hung on for 30 minutes before police could pull her out of the water. >> lucky woman there. pretty dangerous. >>> taking a look at this morning's weather from all around the nation. north and west of today's severe storms, look for up to six inches of snow from the dakotas to the upper peninsula of michigan. the northern rockies get up to a f

we watch as gas prices go up 11 cents just this morning in new jersey. could we all be facing $6 a gallon by summer? >>> breaking news. startling new information about what caused the southwest airlines 737 to peel open like a can in mid-flight this month. >>> made in america. the u.s. air force searching for an item made here at home. and you, our viewers, come to the rescue. >>> and, seen but not heard. women buy half of america's movie tickets. and have you ever noticed how much the women on screen really get to say? >>> and, a love story surprise, from our "person of the week." >>> good evening. when we began this week together, gasoline prices were soaring past $4 a gallon in state after state. and since then, we have seen a geyser of additional hikes every single day. some experts now wondering if the u.s. could actually have $6 a gallon gas by the summer for the first time ever. take a look at what's happened to gas prices. in just the last three months, you can see that spike. so, why won't they stop? jim avila started us off on monday and he is

on the new york side against the new jersey side. the same person having it depend on where their case lands is problematic for our big picture. it is not to say we should use a harsher approach but we should look at an approach recognizes the individual in each of these cases. as we move forward, we need -- meet frequently with i.c.e. and many have been in the office. to walk in there and to see a packed room of faces of people who are in there for a regular check again, at which they might be arrested, they might not be. the fear that people have going into those chickens, the crowded room, the sense of terror that you feel when you walk into the waiting room at the deportation office in new jersey, knowing that these are people who are walking free on the street. even if i had a criminal conviction. the system has determined they are eligible to be released and they can be living amongst us. i.c.e. and the laws have decided these people must move about. when you feel that terror, that fear of permanent separation or often permanen

we moved down to another housing project in long branch, new jersey. in that neighborhood, 50% of all of the girls of color were pregnant by the time they were 16 or 17. they were on public assistance, and they were unwed. that was just the fact, that was just the statistics ever our neighborhood. now we have to go back 50 years ago, over 50 years ago before affirmative action, title ix, and basically, if you weren't a boy, you were dead meat. my father was ridiculed, as sized, and taunted for not having a son. what kind of person are you? he said, that's okay. my kids are going to be doctors. they laughed even harder. it was crazy that we'd ever be anything that what our poverty would allow us to be. we didn't look like vanessa williams, or mariah carey, or the fair-skinned movie idols. we looked more like the sisters of buckwheat. we didn't have any role models when i was growing up. we didn't have any role models other than a black woman with a big bag of laundry, we had basically people on one knee in black face. yes, in black face on singing. and

>> well, here in new jersey we're very close to new york city here in new jersey, they're actually $3.73 a gallon. or i should say $3.72 a gallon. but what we're looking at potentially in the summer driving season is prices even higher, because historically speaking, prices hit their peak around the memorial day weekend, and this year we're up about 70 cents a gallon already on the year. if you go back to 2008, where prices were at their peak, $4.11 a gallon for the year at their very peak, in 2008, we're actually still $1.13 away from that. they were up $1.13 that year. >> but they are still rising. you saw them jump just 11 cents this morning alone in the time that you've been there. how is all of this impacting the american family, and how they're dealing with their personal pocketbooks, and the economy? >> well, when you look at the cbs news poll, 80% of people think that the economy is in bad shape, or somewhat bad shape. 39% of them think that it's going to get worse. and what you see is that, as gasoline prices, which are up 6% this year, also, as food prices are up 6.5% for the y

high wind and heavy rain is expected to bring 6 inches to 12 inches to new jersey, new york, connecticut, massachusetts vermont, new hampshire and maine. in the west cause scorching temperatures are a welcome change for california. >> we are ready to hit the hiking trails. >> luckily, we do not have the freezing cold or the extreme heat. >>> new the police is asking the public's help to find a two missing teenagers. they were last seen together yesterday afternoon outside of richard montgomery high school. neither has made contact with their families. anyone with information should call police. >>> new developments about a woman facing child of let charges. one man tried to warn social services about christina moreore. but he's not sure what was done with those warnings. >> they had to video twin boys seven and half years ago. after they broke up she went into a personal tailspin. since then, he has been warning the authorities that she has no business being a parent. >> i give her credit for being that determined to get out of that room. >> a four-year of a skit from this room and ran f