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james barnes of "national journal." michael duffy of "time" magazine. and nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere. from the battle space to cyber space. >> around the globe the people of boeing are working together. to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> corporate funding is also provided by prudential financial. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the 2012 presidential campaig

own polls for its own post-game analysis when reporting post-debate instead use data from a national journal poll given to the insiders they've taken from five other major polls were supposed to be show dr paul at thirty one point zero seven percent at fox news eighty three percent at c.n. b. c eighty seven percent that we come for a texan fact they might be a little biased there with the audience ninety three point three one percent but even c.n.n.'s own poll seventy eight percent ok so let's be fair the only polls can be skewed like any other form of polling but here's the skewing that c.n.n. came up with there you go romney fifty one percent down to paul at zero how did they get away with this they didn't invent the numbers as they might as well have instead they reported on a national journal online poll that had all of fifty four poets and according to the baltimore sun it was reported that ron paul clearly won audience favor in new hampshire an analysis of audience reaction shows paul was applauded twice as much as any other candidate on stage throughout the two hour debate paul was ap

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capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere, to the battle space to cyberspace. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> corporate funding is also provided by prudential financial. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and from contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the unemployment rate kicked up again last month from nine to 9 .1% and ago -- although 54 thundershowers -- 54 thousands were added to the roles, that was less than expected. the president pointed to the auto industry rescue. >> today all three automakers are turning a profit. that hasn't h

voting analysis conducted this year by the national journal found woolsey to be the 33rd most liberal member of the house. >>> starting this friday it will cost more to ride caltrain. fares are going up 25 cents on july 1. the agency hopes the increase will help balance a $30 million budget shortfall. caltrans official -- caltrain officials say without a dedicated funding source, the only way the agency can survive is with repeated fare increases. >>> a san francisco community group is trying to push the idea of a free muni system. the group called power today will ask riders at mission and geneva whether they would like muni to be free. they plan to display results in two large jars marked yes and no. power members say thousands of san franciscans, especially low-income families and students rely on public transit but can't afford recent fare increases. imagine the yes jar is going to be bigger. >> i imagine so. but as to how much they went to pay in taxes to fund that, and -- >> yeah, exactly. a little different there. whether or not you want free or not, the transit rides are less

voting analysis conducted early this year by the national journal found her to be the 33rd most liberal member of the house of representatives. >>> tl more to break bring you hear tonight. former illinois governor blagojevichvich is stunned just ahead what he had to say after learning a jury convicted him of 17 corruption charges. >> also l salute just horror. fwhol my neighborhood could be doing something like this. >> neighbors in oakland are shocked after learning someone in the area is targeting a protected species of birds. >> cal train ticket will cost you more. why the agency says we can expect fares to keep on climbing, too. all of that coming up then later on "nightline". >> i'm come up next on "nightline". natural disaster threatening u.s. nuclear facilities. could what happened in japan happen here? l. >> plus we have the incredible story of an accidental world traveler. penguin rescuers hope to give a cool trip home on#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t#t >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> former illinois governor glaing fa

to help us with questioning -- alberto sanchez, budget and appropriation reporter with the "national journal and ian swanson, news editor at "the hill" newspaper. ian, go ahead with the first question. >> thanks. >> glad to be here. we've known each other a few years. >> yes, and i'm looking forward to the talk today. i'm going to start out with a disappointing topic, at least -- the labor department today put out a report for jobs figures for may that found the economy only added 54,000 jobs last month. this came, of course, after a slew of other bad economic news, on housing, other private sector forecasts on jobs and manufacturing. i'm curious how worried you are that we are approaching the possibility of a double-dip recession. >> i would not say double dip is at all likely. i think it is clear that we have an economic challenge continuing. that is why i am really disappointed when -- in the house. they've lost sight of that, and any effort to try to do something to stimulate the economy is just shunted aside. and the answer seems to be cut the deficit, and that will somehow work miracle

together to bankrupt this country all right well thank you very much they need three costing us the national journal is talking to us from athens thank you. all the struggle in athens to keep the euro alive has summoned nations who have long wanted to join the e.u. asking a new question is it even worth it artie's time barking reports that you keep turkey is an aging mine are not in europe turkey's police is not in serbia you are in the union to peace started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. it was made me you can see that in one thousand newly but since then from some germany who remained opposed continued still in negotiations turkey. the european union. have actually stalled the. relationship for such a long time that turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want immigration first will they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber there. and second will they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of french german condominium is already under chall

journalism. >> the national press club this honored to once again hold the gerald r. ford awards. >> it just so happens that our club has enjoyed a close association with the 34th president of united states and his legacy print general ford spoke at this podium a record 18 times. he appeared before, during, and after his presidency. this is one example of how he enjoyed cordial but a corporate relationship with the press. it is a tribute to president ford that many of you at this luncheon today have personal recollections of his brief but historic presidency and his long public service. he has many loyal friends and associates, which says a great deal of the kind of person he was. we also send a special ring set out to former first lady betty ford who is viewing this event via c-span in rancho mirage, california. even though the press was always kind to him, the late hugh study said that ford was the only president he knew who genuinely liked reporters. apparently, the others just faked it. [laughter] former secretary of state henry kissinger, a member of the ford pre

escalating violence in constitution square with dozens reported injured or detained by police and national journal. the government is living apart from the needs of the people. it's calmer now than it was before but it's still extremely violent even right behind me right now there are clashes with police going on. an interesting thing is some some bikers who actually rode down yesterday from northern greece and more and more people got on the on the bandwagon as they came down the road by parliament that's again people get very excited when they come through it's very hopeful so it's i think it's a mixed there's a mixture of excitement of hope because of the the response but also there's a there's a concern a fear because there's a lot of violence and and that's a concern not only for the protesters obviously who have been injured but also for the government because with these with this type of violence it becomes much more difficult for them to pass a starting measures and privatization schemes that are widely unpopular in this country the first memorandum according to scholars here in greece for

is met with resistance with more than three hundred people injured in two days of riots the national journal is to me that it is in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to amass a number on the street in front of constitution square and on the on the streets perpendicular as the sun begins to set and the heat there's a pates it becomes a lot easier for people to gather here and that's what we've seen in the past in this we're seeing and tonight there are some economists in greece and other people who are proposing solutions but those solutions that are really being proposed for the most part are solutions that require a cooperate of party like the e.u. and the i.m.f. to cooperate to restructure the debt right now the principal problem for those people people trying to tad decayed for a solution like that is that they don't have a willing party they don't have an i.m.f. or an e.u. that wants to restructure this debt so right now the only viable option available to greeks that peopl

ford journalism prize for reporting on national defense 2010. our winner is shane harris. the judges were national -- the him forewjudges selected distinguished reporting on national defense. the judges felt the the body of work submitted by mr. harris showcase some of the most important crosscutting challenges of our times. often writing about issues with which the nation is still coming to grips. his story on the laws of war raised important questions about standards of warfare and the age of new technology. the judges noted that his article anticipated issues that are being raised today in the conflict in libya. in hacking the bad guys, he highlighted america's struggle to cope with a new type of warfare that will impact the nation's security as well as its economic competitiveness. his gripping tale of waste and delay highlighted a decades-long struggle to purchase a new generation of fuel tanker. noting that today's tanker pilots are flying airplanes first flown by their grandfathers' and the pilots who will fly the next generation of tanker have not been born yet. hi

>> we teamed up with the national journal. look at this.siders, republican strategists. this is their living. take a look at this. the winners by far, mitt romney but strong second place, michele bachmann. first on the losers list is tim pawlenty. a lot more to debate. time for plenty of people to recover. when the next debate comes we may have more candidates on the stage which we didn't have last night. stay tuned. >> thanks, paul. >> request granted. congressman anthony weiner is off the job. no, he hasn't resigned. the house granted him a two-week leave of absence now president obama is weighing in. >> b ultimately this is a decision for him and his constituents. i can tell you, if it was me, i would resign. >> well, kate bolduan son capitol hill. kate, how do democrats meet for the first time today since the scandal broke? what are you hearing? >> we're hearing, this is the first time the house democrats are meeting since the scandal broke, as you said. the meeting is going on. as members come and go as they need to. what we're hearing

. >> ron bronstein wrote recently about a "national journal" poll that said two-thirds of african-americans in the u.s. said that barack obama's policies would significantly help their advancement, the number for whites was 21%. hispanics fell somewhere in the middle but there was quite a gap -- >> there's a gap and those numbers have gone down actually in terms of african-americans saying that obama's election creates more opportunities for african-americans. it's down. it's gone down a bit since his election and certainly in my own surveys, it's not as high as 70%. it's closer to around 30%, 40% who are saying that it's going to help them. but i also think that the obama election is not just -- it's not just one phenomenon that accounts for all of this. i think it takes place against a backdrop of many things. it's certainly a huge event. and one that for at least many people of color and others as well indicates that things may be possible in this country that a lot of people thought wasn't possible even a few years ago. it's an event which sort of -- i call it, you know, the final revel

the president's approval rating is on the rise again, according to a new poll from the national journalhows obama has a 51% approval rating, just two points shy of the number he won about back in 2008 election. jonathan, alex? is he returning back to form? >> well, you know -- go ahead, alex. >> i have to say, i don't think we're going to see numbers like we did in 2008, because the american public is far more seasoned. he came in with a message of hope and change. it's difficult for him to have the same optimistic message. and i think at the end of the day, you know, the american public is going to vote on what it feels. if it feels the country is headed in the right direction, then obama is in good shape, but a poll a year and a half out, i don't think it's representative. >> jonathan? >> polls are snapshots in time. anyone trying to predict boom or gloom based on polls right now is doing everyone is disservice. >>> i think what we'll have to see what the public says. thanks for your time tonight, alex and jon. that's our show. thanks for watching. "hardball" starts right now.

national journal political insiders, 51% say mitt romney won the debate, 21%, though, bringing you innd, say you won the debate. how are you feeling this morning? >> well, we're feeling great. we're looking forward to getting to all of the states and taking our message of job creation and turning the economy around. but we are very pleased last night, ali. i also want to thank cnn, cnn was a wonderful host last evening. >> thank you for that. are you surprised by how surprise dd some people seem toe with your performance? >> you know, i wasn't thinking about performance. i was really just thinking about president obama and what we can do to make sure that he is a one-term president because frankly, he hasn't done a great job serving the interests of the american people. so that was really my focus last night. >> let's talk about that. you mentioned that he's a one-term president. i happen to know you're good with numbers, given your background. i know you won't see these polls but i'm going to put them up for our viewers. a cnn/opinion research corporation poll taken last week. republ

the strength of the economy and engage prospect with future and see prospects for themselves a national journal poll said that two-thirds of african-americans in the u.s. said the barack obama's policies would significantly help their advancement the number for whites was 21%, hispanics fell somewhere in the middle but there was quite a gap. >> it's gone down in terms of african-americans saying that obama's election creates more britain these for african-americans. it's gone down a bit since this election and certainly in my own survey it's not as high as 70%. it's closer to a round of 30 or 40% who are saying that it's going to help them, but i also think that the obama election is not just one phenomena that accounts for all of this. i think that takes place against the backdrop of many things. it's certainly a huge event and one that for a least many people of color and others as well indicates things may be possible in this country and a lot of people felt were not possible even in a few years ago. it's an event which sort of i call it the final revelation in a series of things that happen

ford journalism prize distinguished reporting on national defense in 2010. our winner is shane harris. the judges for national defense have selected shane harris of the washingtonian as winner of the 24th annual gerald r. ford prize for distinguished reporting on national defense. the judges felt that the body of work submitted by mr. harris showcased some of the most important cross-cutting challenges of our times. often writing about issues with which the nation is still coming to grips. his story on the laws of war raced important questions about standards of warfare in an age of new technology. the judges noted that his article anticipated issues that are today being raised in the conflict in libya. in hacking the bad guys he highlighted america's struggle to cope with a new type of ware fair that would impact the nation's security as well as its economic competitiveness. his gripping tale of waste and delay highlighted a decade's long struggle to purchase a new generation of fuel tanker. noting that today's tanker pilots are flying airplanes first flown

marcia coyle of the "national law journal" is here to explain the significance of the decision. marsia-- marcia, remind us what was involved in this case and how it got. to the high court. >> the police suspected a 13-year-old boy was involved in two break-ins in a residential neighborhood. and they went to his middle school. they had one of the uniformed officers that actually served at the school take him out of the classroom and take him to a conference room within the school. in that conference room, which was closed door conference room, was-- were two police officers, an assistant principal and an administrative intern. the police officer who suspected the boy of being involved began the questioning. questioned him for about 30 to 45 minutes. knew how old he was. after the boy admitted that he was involved in the break-ins along with a friend, the police officer then told him that he had the right not to answer any more questions and was free to leave. the boy's lawyer later tried to have the boy's confession statements suppressed at trial claiming that his miranda rights

. >> we're back with our reporters, alberto sanchez of the "national journal" and ian swanson with "the hill." ian, let's just begin -- the congressman talked -- and we're talking on this friday afternoon -- he talked about a meeting that he and the democrats had with the president on thursday. and as they go forward with negotiations over what to do about raising the debt ceiling -- august 2nd is the deadline -- what did you hear from him? >> what i heard was a lot of confidence that democrats feel the president has his back on medicare and he will not agree to any benefit cuts with republicans. republicans say that they have to have that as part of the deal. they have a lot of leverage on the president because he wants to see the debt ceiling raised. but representative levin sounded very confident that there is not going to be a deal that will disappoint he and other democrats. >> it sounds like they are making a stipulation there -- medicare benefits. does that mean something dealing with medicare is on the table? >> i would not rule it out. senator mcconnell has been very adamant th

at the national journal i want to thank david bradley, john sullivan, who i don't think could be here today, charlie greene and my former editor, charles, now that the "washington post" where he's doing terrific work. patrick really was sort of just a partner with me for five years in reporting so many of these stories and was a constant companion and advocate so thank you. now my new home at washingtonian and my very dear friend and now my boss who has charted an ambitious course for the publication and a year ago asked me if i would like to come over and write a good magazine stories and have that be my full-time job and i said that's a great, i'm glad that job still exists. [laughter] so think you very much for setting a high standard for us to follow and for being there to support me. i share this with all of you. thank you very much. [applause] >> this is a new thing we're doing this year and our panel on defense asked that we do this and it's kind of an honorable mention for a group that really stood out, and this year we want to just recognize them and ask them to stand and the

wilson from "national journal." good morning. what have you found out about why his staff members left? guest: he had a rocky blowout a couple of weeks ago when he announced his campaign. he sort of announced and unannounced and then bree announced. it is probably the worst rollout we have seen niki 2012 -- we have seen in the 2012 run so far. then he promptly went on a vacati to breeze. -- greece. he did not look like he was going to be willing to go to iowa and at other places to woo voters. a lot of his staff had just come on to the campaign recently. i think it is most telling backed his spokesman rick tither and the south carolina aisor, signals a disapproval of the way he was going to run a presidential campaign. host: 16 of these lawmakers visor's left. -- and advisers left. how typical or a typical is this? guest: is not terribly usual rembert, ronald reagan left a remember,ber of -- brambl ronald reagan left a large number of staffers before he became president, but it is not normal. newt gingrich is not the force in nee

a national journal political insiders poll gives mitt romney a slide edge after last night's matchup.ates took it easy on each other but they took aim at president obama. >> clearly, president obama has failed in leadership. >> this president has failed. >> his report card right now has a big failing grade on it. >> any one of the people on this stage would be a better president. >> so what did those who watched the debate think about this republican showdown? several of our correspondents spoke with viewers to get their reaction and some thought that the candidates side-stepped the questions. others were encouraged by what they heard. >> the idea of getting less government and less taxes, that's what i've heard and that's what i like so far. >> i don't think i would ever support romney because he's not answering any questions and only saying what's wrong. what will he do when he's in office? no one knows. >> to me, it's just been political posturing, getting their big talking points out, you know. they got to check those blogs. i haven't heard anything about me. >> president obama ha

wilson from "national journal." good morning. what have you found out about why his staff members left? guest: he had a rocky blowout a couple of weeks ago when he announced his campaign. he sort of announced and unannounced and then bree announced. it is probably the worst rollout we have seen niki 2012 -- we have seen in the 2012 run so far. then he promptly went on a vacation to breeze. -- greece. he did not look like he was going to be willing to go to iowa and at other places to woo voters. a lot of his staff had just come on to the campaign recently. i think it is most telling backed his spokesman rick tither and the south carolina advisor, kate dawson, left. they have both worked for him for a number of years and their departure signals a disapproval of the way he was going to run a presidential campaign. host: 16 of these lawmakers visor's left. -- and advisers left. how typical or a typical is this? guest: is not terribly usual rembert, ronald reagan left a remember,ber of -- brambl ronald reagan left a large number of s

just briefly, national journal have to think david bradley, john fox sullivan, charlie greene and my former editor, patrick pexton of the "washington post," where he's doing terrific work. patrick was a partner with me for five years in reporting so many of these stories and this is a constant companion had to kick him as a thank you. .. >> this is a new thing we are doing this year and our panel on defense asked that we do this, and it's kind of an honorable mention for a group that really stood out, and this year we want to just recognize and ask them to stand up and they did such of fine work. reporting on national defense in 2010 a special mention the judges for the national defence have selected an gerdemann and brendan's staff writers for the military times special mention for the 24th annual gerald r. ford prize for national defense. and i know one of them is in the room here. i don't know if brandon is -- if you could stand up we will give you a round of applause. [applause] >> thank you very much. mark? >> thank you come steve and congratulations again to this year's winners

. >> on today's washington journal national economics correspondent kevin hall on unemployment figures. and auto industry bailout with justin died. and a look at the student loan application process with the national association of student financial aid administrators. washington journal begins at 7:00 eastern time on c-span. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. watch key public policy events and the latest nonfiction authors on booktv. you can get our scandal that our web site at you can join in the conversation and social media sites. >> this year's commencement ceremony at colorado college. you would hear from the commencement speaker mark fiore, pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist. fiore is the first internet animator to win a prize for editorial cartooning. is animated cartoons are at the san francisco chronicle. his commencement address, just over 20 minutes. ♪ >> thank you very much for that kind introduction. thank you, president celeste, thank you to that jenna lee group of trustees out there somewhere

host: on the cover of "the national journal,"it has characters, mitt romney, newt gingrich, and representativeachmann as well as others in the field. if you go with the presumption that former governor romney is the front runner so far, then who has to do the most to get closest to him during the debate? guest: an interesting question. the way that i look at it is right now the people that are in there, they will be mixing it up, but the field is so unfinished. we're looking at the possibility of rick perry, a very likely possibility that the texas governor will get in. what we have seen in the last couple of months or the last couple of weeks with the way that sarah palin has been behaving, there is a very good chance that she could wind up getting in. if either of those things happen, it as such a complete game changer for the field, that these debates that we're looking at -- they are perfectly interesting to look at if you like to watch ron paul takes center stage. but i do not think it is a realistic feel right now. host: george zornick, same question to you. guest: the most that tim pawl

here, as always, to walk us through how the justices ruled and why is marcia coyle of the "national law journal." let's start with that wal-mart case, big case. >> yes. >> it fell apart on what grounds? >> well, first of all this case was not about whether wal-mart discriminated against women. the court didn't face that question. the question before the court was whether these women, current and past employees, could join together in what's called a class action to claim that wal-mart discriminated against them in pay and in promotions. so there were really two major parts to the decision, gwen. the first part was the lower court had approved a class action for these women. was it a proper class action under the federal rules. the court lead by justice scalia unanimously said no, it was formed under the wrong federal rule. this was a class that did not allow monetary relief. and these women were seeking money relief, back pay. but the second part of the decision, and potentially more significant, the justices split 5-4. more along ideaological lines. that part of the decision really had to do w

discuss the court's final rulings of the session is newshour regular marcia coyle of the "national law journal." marcia, starting with that california statute that was tossed out, give us the genesis of this. >> okay. california passed a law 2005 that prohibited the sale or rental violent video games to anyone under the age of 18. and a violent video game they defined was one that gave the player the option of killing, maiming, dismembering or sexually assaulting a human image. it also would lack any serious lieracy, artistic, political or scientific value, and would appeal to a minor's morbid or deviant interests. >> ifill: how do all of those-- that sounds pretty awful. how does killing, maiming, dismembering and sexual assault fit under the rubric of free speech protection. >> justice scalia wrote the opinion for a 7-2 majority today. he said basically california was asking the court to create a new category of unprotecteded speech. the court has found unprotected speech in only a handful of cases, things like obscenity, fighting words. he said that there was no long history or tradition in

here now for a look at the roberts court, newshour regular marcia coyle of the "national law journal" and tom goldstein, founder of the web site scotus-blog.com. we can divide this year up in a pretty big chunks. starting with the free speech cases, marcia, how significant were they in moving the ball? >> okay. there were four cases that i think you recall were first amendment cases. that seem like a large number but this court has had generally between two to three first amendment cases almost every term in recent years. this court is also a very strong first amendment speech court. put aside for a moment the campaign finance cases. generally you will find justices on both sides of the ideological divide, protective of speech under the first amendment. three of the cases you mentioned the military test, the violent video game case and then another case that... which i think is is a very significant case. it involved the court's first data mining venture here. the court looked at a vermont law that prohibited pharmacies from selling doctors' prescriptions, pre-scripting information to