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month ago that what politicians need is more money, but here comes the suprem court, opening the floodgates. people may just get so revolted that there is finally some kind of popular uprising. one of the tragic up -- tragic aspects is that people are so cynical about politicians in washington and so convinced that there will never do the right thing and that they do not complain. >> i guess the question is, whether or not president obama kendeigh and will be that voice -- obama can be and will be the boys. he changed his mind when he couldn't raise $750 million without having to take that government match. he could really be the champion for campaign finance reform. >> i wasn't trying what he did in the state of the union address -- i was intrigued with what he did in the state of the union address. he keeps assuring me that the president is serious about this. there is so much going on and there are so many problems. the economy is such a huge problem to begin with. it is hard to see where he finds the time and energy to take on these things. he has already taken on more than i thought wa
month ago that what politicians need is more money, but here comes the suprem court, opening the floodgates. people may just get so revolted that there is finally some kind of popular uprising. one of the tragic up -- tragic aspects is that people are so cynical about politicians in washington and so convinced that there will never do the right thing and that they do not complain. >> i guess the question is, whether or not president obama kendeigh and will be that voice -- obama can be...
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. >> your vehicle could be considered and we will within the next hour open up the floodgates for our customers to schedule appointments anytime seven days a week, 24 hours a day that best suits their schedule. >> the first customer to get the fix francisco who came in for an oil change and left as a minor celebrity. >> i come to change the oil and they say, well, the car have problems. they say it is fixed already. that is good. >> that is good. in the midst of the recall transportation secretary ray lahood saying at one point today people concerned about their toyotas should stop driving them but then quickly backtracked on that. tonight more questions for toyota specifically complaints about the brakes on the popular prius hybrid. >>> metro is taking a closer look at how it spreads the word after an accident. that decision comes after a maintenance vehicle skidded on icy tracks over the weekend hitting another rail truck. nobody hurt but metro's own safety office apparently didn't know about the accident for more than 30 hours. >>> this weekend's winter weather pushing back plans t
. >> your vehicle could be considered and we will within the next hour open up the floodgates for our customers to schedule appointments anytime seven days a week, 24 hours a day that best suits their schedule. >> the first customer to get the fix francisco who came in for an oil change and left as a minor celebrity. >> i come to change the oil and they say, well, the car have problems. they say it is fixed already. that is good. >> that is good. in the midst of the...
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. >> within the next hour we'll open up the floodgates for our customers to schedule appointments any time seven days a week 24 hours a day that best suits their schedule. >> reporter: the first customer to get the fix, francisco careas who had come in for an oil change and left as a minor celebrity. >> i come in for them to change the oil and they say well, the car has problems. they say fixed already. that's good. >> we're telling our customers plan on an hour by the time we check the vehicle in. we want to put it in the shop and complete the recall repair for a0a the sticky pedal and we want to also do a complete safety inspection and return the vehicle back to the customer and if for peace of mind, if nothing else, it's got to be worth that one hour. >> reporter: okay. so it's all happening right now at darr cars toyota. one very anxious corolla owner had her car towed in here today. >> that was our scott broom reporting. we learned today that toyota has received more than 100 complaints about brake problems with its popular prius hybrid model. the prius is not included in the rec
. >> within the next hour we'll open up the floodgates for our customers to schedule appointments any time seven days a week 24 hours a day that best suits their schedule. >> reporter: the first customer to get the fix, francisco careas who had come in for an oil change and left as a minor celebrity. >> i come in for them to change the oil and they say well, the car has problems. they say fixed already. that's good. >> we're telling our customers plan on an hour by the...
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dred scott. >> last week our supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgatesor special interests. including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our electorate. >> whoa, what's got this trio of patriots so riled up about the end of free speech in america? ironically it's a supreme court ruling about a political film >> well, you know, one of the interesting points of our conversation, i think, is that we're not really talking about citizens united or even mccain- feingold. because mccain-feingold came online in the early 2000s. but, you know, the... if what we're talking about here is the apparent corruption of congress, then we have to look at something different. congress has gotten worse and worse ratings since mccain- feingold. it has gotten worse and worse ratings since the watergate era campaign finance reforms went into place. i... what i would argue is that we have too many campaign finance reforms. they do stifle free speech. that's what they're designed to do. particularly political speech. always a problem. and then my question for larry
dred scott. >> last week our supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the floodgatesor special interests. including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our electorate. >> whoa, what's got this trio of patriots so riled up about the end of free speech in america? ironically it's a supreme court ruling about a political film >> well, you know, one of the interesting points of our conversation, i think, is that we're not really talking about...
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overall, the supreme court goes a decision -- supreme court's decision opens a floodgate. it helps recapture the congressmen -- recapture. the congressmen and i will be working diligently to repackage those holes as quickly as possible. >> i want to thank my friend chuck for all his leadership on this issue and leading together so quickly to respond to what was a radical supreme court decision that does open the floodgates to big corporate special-interest money being pumped directly into elections in an unrestricted manner. we do need to move very quickly to blunt to the corrosive impact that the decision will have on our democracy. i want to thank senator schumer for his leadership. thank the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, for putting together a task force. i want to thank the members of the task force and others that have participated because we have taken the ideas of the task force and the ideas for many bills you have probably seen it and have been introduced, incorporating many of them within this framework. i want to talk briefly about the two provisions deali
overall, the supreme court goes a decision -- supreme court's decision opens a floodgate. it helps recapture the congressmen -- recapture. the congressmen and i will be working diligently to repackage those holes as quickly as possible. >> i want to thank my friend chuck for all his leadership on this issue and leading together so quickly to respond to what was a radical supreme court decision that does open the floodgates to big corporate special-interest money being pumped directly into...
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the red, white, and blue scored just minutes into the game and then the floodgates opened. they had six goals in the first. they advanced to play the winner of tonight's's game between -- tonight's game between canada and slovakia. >>> there is controversy and apology for the celebration that followed. the canadian team came back out on the ice, smoking cigars, drinking -- not in the locker room, but on the ice. the olympic committee says to celebrate in the clubhouse. marie-philip poulin is under age. she is seen on the left with a beer. she is only 18, not old enough to drink in vancouver. the executive director was curious. he says you celebrate in the locker room, but not on the ice. the canadian olympic committee has apologized. >>> the georgetown women are hoping for a celebration of their own. they will play uconn tomorrow. they are ranked no. 1 in. georgetown is not intimidated. they are traveling with a little attitude and a lot of confidence. >> we had a great practice today. this is what you live for. who else can go here? who else can go in here and defeat them
the red, white, and blue scored just minutes into the game and then the floodgates opened. they had six goals in the first. they advanced to play the winner of tonight's's game between -- tonight's game between canada and slovakia. >>> there is controversy and apology for the celebration that followed. the canadian team came back out on the ice, smoking cigars, drinking -- not in the locker room, but on the ice. the olympic committee says to celebrate in the clubhouse. marie-philip...
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overall, the supreme court decision to open up a floodgate to a torrent of corporate money.s the bad news. the good news is that there are solutions that can help repackage -- re-patch the dam. we will work diligently to patch those holes as quickly as possible. chris. >> thank you, senator schumer. i want to thank my friend for his leadership on this issue and for moving together so quickly. it was a radical supreme court decision that does open the floodgates to big corporate special interest money being pumped directly into elections in an unrestricted manner. we need to move very quickly to blunt their gross of impact -- their gross of the -- the corrosive impact that will have on our system. i wanted think the members of the tax forced -- a task force. -- i want to thank the members of the task force. i want to talk briefly about the two provisions dealing with preventing foreign interests from dumping millions of dollars into u.s. elections. as he pointed out, you have many u.s. corporations that are based in the united states but controlled by foreign interests, wheth
overall, the supreme court decision to open up a floodgate to a torrent of corporate money.s the bad news. the good news is that there are solutions that can help repackage -- re-patch the dam. we will work diligently to patch those holes as quickly as possible. chris. >> thank you, senator schumer. i want to thank my friend for his leadership on this issue and for moving together so quickly. it was a radical supreme court decision that does open the floodgates to big corporate special...
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overall, the supreme court's's decision -- the supreme court's decision opened up the floodgates to a torrent of corporate money. the good news is there are solutions that can help repackage the dam. congressman van hollen and i will be working diligently and quickly to patch the holes as quickly as possible. >> thank you become a senator, and i want to thank my friend chuck for all of his leadership on this issue and moving so quickly to respond to what was a radical supreme court decision that does open the floodgates to big corporate special interest money being pumped directly into elections in an unrestricted manner. we do need to move very quickly to blunt the corrosive impact that decision will have on our democracy. i want to thank senator schumer. i think the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and the members of that task force because we have taken the ideas of the task force in addition to the ideas -- ideas for many bills receive introduced in the house and incorporated many of them within this framework. i want to talk briefly about the two provisions dealing with preven
overall, the supreme court's's decision -- the supreme court's decision opened up the floodgates to a torrent of corporate money. the good news is there are solutions that can help repackage the dam. congressman van hollen and i will be working diligently and quickly to patch the holes as quickly as possible. >> thank you become a senator, and i want to thank my friend chuck for all of his leadership on this issue and moving so quickly to respond to what was a radical supreme court...
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the supreme court decision will begin to open those floodgates of special corporate money and it's not quickly. >> what provisions would apply to unions as well -- >> every provision will apply to unions. every single one. and to 501c3's and we don't want corporations to hide behind them. >> can you talk about the option of approval. >> that's one of the difficult issues and because in both our bodies, the banking committee has jurisdiction over the hair sholder issues. we're working with our colleagues there to see what we can come up with. yes? [inaudible question] >> we believe we will get republican support here because it's hard for me to see why american people would allow foreign corporations to flines or even domestic corporations to try and use this new supreme court decision to get government contracts and money. we tried to limit this. we could have gone broader, but we are trying to limit it to the areas where there is broad consensus and we are hopeful we can get republican colleagues to be supportive. we spent most of our time drafting this legislation. we wanted to leave
the supreme court decision will begin to open those floodgates of special corporate money and it's not quickly. >> what provisions would apply to unions as well -- >> every provision will apply to unions. every single one. and to 501c3's and we don't want corporations to hide behind them. >> can you talk about the option of approval. >> that's one of the difficult issues and because in both our bodies, the banking committee has jurisdiction over the hair sholder issues....
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. >> i think this is going to open a floodgate of appeals and new trials. people who were convicted and did jail time for what looks like to be flawed scores. >> reporter: it's a matter of figuring out how many of them went on the toxicolizer machine. >>> the other big story, a runaway teenager forced into prostitution. tonight to people are under arrest in virginia for turning her into a victim. the girl ran away from home in california and police say one of the suspects found her, took her to new york and eventually they brought her to prince william county. fox 5's maureen umeh is live in the newsroom now with the details. >> reporter: the 17-year-old was a runway i from -- a runaway from california. she became friends with one of the suspects and before long was brought to new york where she was introduced to a life of prostitution. prince william county police don't know if the teen originally greed to be a prostitute. in the three months this he was with the two suspects, they frequently transported her to the maryland and virginia area for work. the
. >> i think this is going to open a floodgate of appeals and new trials. people who were convicted and did jail time for what looks like to be flawed scores. >> reporter: it's a matter of figuring out how many of them went on the toxicolizer machine. >>> the other big story, a runaway teenager forced into prostitution. tonight to people are under arrest in virginia for turning her into a victim. the girl ran away from home in california and police say one of the suspects...
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. >>> insurance giant aig may be reopening the public floodgate fury.d out $100 million in bonuses to its workers today. the obama administration pay czar says the payouts are based on contracts from years ago. so, little can be done. >>> well, the doctor who was with michael jackson the day he died is expected to be charged as early as today in connection with his death. dr. conrad murray's lawyers met tuesday. our lisa fletcher caught up with one of them. >> reporter: seven months after michael jackson's death, the l.a. district attorney is expected to level involuntary manslaughter charges against dr. conrad murray. >> they have a strong case. they've obviously been very meticulous in putting it together. >> reporter: murray is expected to surrender in an l.a. courtroom today and post bond. he faces up to four years, if convicted. but murray may never see a prison cell. >> he clearly did not intend to kill michael jackson. it was a terrible mistake. i don't see this as a state prison case, should he get convicted. >> reporter: the coroner ruled jacks
. >>> insurance giant aig may be reopening the public floodgate fury.d out $100 million in bonuses to its workers today. the obama administration pay czar says the payouts are based on contracts from years ago. so, little can be done. >>> well, the doctor who was with michael jackson the day he died is expected to be charged as early as today in connection with his death. dr. conrad murray's lawyers met tuesday. our lisa fletcher caught up with one of them. >> reporter:...