the stanford case, we've talked about the sec and the failures of the sec in the stanford case.as i understand it, it was a financial product, not a security. and that it was actually advertised as a foreign-based product. i mean, at -- it, you know, what effect did that have on the sec, you know, their jurisdiction on it was somewhat, you know, clouded, i would think, and i'm just trying to get a handle on that. can anybody comment on that? >> i'm not sure -- i'm not sure i articulated that right. but it was not a security, it was a financial instrument. >> yeah. there were, certainly, when the sipc issues came up, the claim was that they were banking and financial entities, not brokerage firms and, therefore, there was no coverage. but if i'm not mistaken, the sec did file a lawsuit in which it alleged fraud a on the part of an entity it claimed was acting as a brokered dealer. and so i think the sec, um, found jurisdiction. the real issue was what happened between, um, the years when this ponzi scheme was going and when it finally came to light and whether or not the process

the headed the sec testifies before congress about sec oversight and funding. after that, a medal of honor ceremony. >> watch more video of the candidates. check the latest campaign contributions to c-span's website for 2012. it helps you navigate the political landscape with the twitter feet and update from the campaigns and the latest polling data plus links to c-span media partners in the early caucus states. it is all at c- span.org/campaign2012. >> country should take courted in action. christine lagarde spoke at the woodrow wilson international center for about 55 minutes. this was a first major speech in washington since taking over as chief this summer. >> good morning. good morning. i am director and ceo of the wilson center. we are honored to host christine lagarde, and the new chief of the international monetary fund for her first public speech in washington, d.c. i am pleased to recognize many of my congressional colleagues who joined director christine lagarde at breakfast earlier this morning. some of them are here. some of them had to go back to

before congress about sec oversight and funding. after that, the medal of honor ceremony at the white house. quex in an election marred by a moral scandal and corruption, james blaine lost in 1884. he is featured in "the contenders," friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern. learn more at our website. >> nests, john boehner spoke at the economic club of washington, d.c.. he is introduced by the organization's president, at this 50-minute event. [applause] >> could i have your attention, please? we are very honored today that the 61st speaker of the house as our special guest, john boehner. [applause] as speaker of the house, he is second in line to succeed the president, but he got to this position from very humble roots. he grew up in the cincinnati area and has 11 siblings, 12 children in the family, a 1- bedroom home, and one bathroom. he was a football player and played for the legendary coach. then boehner went to the xavier university and worked his way to the school, and after doing so he went into the business world, joined a small packagi

we need to get this to the sec. we need to enhance them and link them with other regulators with the sros, with the exchanges, so the market regulation, markets to we see what's happening in real time in the markets, if there's a manipulation going on. stop it now before, and likewise when we do our rulemaking, trading and markets a, we see what's actually happening in the markets and our rules respond to that and not to what we imagined theoretically might be happening. so efficient capital formation, real-time market surveillance, computer-based technology-based, real-time surveillance. and then lastly, congressman chairman, the enforcement tools, enforcement beefing up enforcement with the tools they need, tools, surveillance tools that they need and the enforcement tools they need and streamlining of their investigative litigation processes. part of which have been done recently, and dodd-frank, tactical things like that, sound picky and arcane but are really, really important to make the program run well and ru

the congress and the sec decided to make war spectrum available and provide it to independent companies. that is how sprint was able to enter the business. after spreads and other companies began to enter the business, you begin to seek a greater variety of handsets, more innovative services and plans. before, there's just a plan. you pay basically the same thing, and a matter which carrier you got under the duopoly. nobody wants to go back to those days. >> t-mobile and at&t have said they would have a tough time competing on their own if this merger does not go through. t-mobile would have a difficult time competing on their own if they don't merge with somebody. >> t-mobile is profitable today, if you look at their 10 k from 2010. they are enjoying healthy profit margins. i certainly believe that t- mobile is able to compete. so do other carriers. that is called competition. we are taking competitors from each other, but as sprint has been able to turn that around, certainly t-mobile can do the same. >> would it spread be interested in combining with t-mobile -- would sprint be inter

texas a&m is joining the sec. this includes -- concludes today's installment of initials i don't understand. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] [audience chanting "stephen"] >> stephen: thank you. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. i just... i cannot thank you enough. we have been on vacation, and for the last two weeks i've had the chant that to myself. welcome to "the report." good to have you with us, everybody. nation, it's hard to believe, but this sunday is the tenth anniversary of september 11th attacks. which means we can't be more than five years away from finding saddam's wmds. [laughter] since that tragic day, the american government has done whatever is necessary to safeguard the home hasn't from enhanced interrogation to inventing the phrase "the homeland." [laughter] we even tried to find common ground with muslim extremists but electing one of them president. [laughter] over and over... over an over this man has pr

the sec has subpoena power. it has ability to, and it should be working closely with market participants to get this information should the government have that separately in other ways. we don't always do everything in the government relevant many. there is sometimes working in the private sector to make sure things are kept up to date and more importantly, the extra, which is hard to get and is costly, that the government can tack into that when it needs it. >> if you were to call out one or two actual activities that slows down or is a barrier to smaller organizations gaining capital, gaining economic growth, producing jobs, which we're all fixated on here, what is that activity? as a policymaker, how would you change it. >> the major one frankly, we all know it is important to have people out there in the private securities. the government can't be everywhere, and you have to rely on, to a certain extent on people out there to police the markets. on the other hand, in the united states, i think it is hard to

if there are officers identified after the committee has voted on them, but areas and not standing o sec complaint, because it is my understanding that once the committee votes, the names are all out, and the universe essentially knows about it. i could be wrong about that, but i know this is a handout for tonight, so if after the list is made public there is a question brought up about certain individuals, i wonder how that would play out and what our thoughts are on that. >> i could not agree more. once the list is published and i received a list common -- i received the list, it is public, and i would not be able to speak to any officer about, this officer had a complaint. it would be something we would talk about in advance of the agenda. >> thank you for the clarification. in terms of the committee and the vote, the officers after they walk out of the meeting, is there a discussion about who is voted on? does that become departmental knowledge? >> yes. >> that is my concern. once the vote occurs, names are fairly public unless there is a step taken to ensure confidentiality until th

the sec says, stop, the beer lovers started figuratively throwing beer mugs at sec and they're goingames. >> as a pabst drinker, i didn't say on the subject. but a bid for the reelection campaign to report on fellow citizens who were criticizing the president, a lot of response, it wasn't necessarily what the obama campaign expected. among the comments i saw six atm's in an alley killing a job. it looked like a hate crime. another one said quote, the g.o.p. won seats in new york and nevada i expect interference by sane people. >> solyndra for proving at least there's one at least one green boondoggle that liberals won't support. democrats are running away from this company only after it went bankrupt and defaulted on a half billion dollar government loan, but you have to take progress where you can get it. >> paul: thanks, joe, that's it for this week's edition of the journal report. thanks to my panel and for all of you, paul gigot. hope to see you all next week. . >> jon: on fox news watch. >> american jobs act. >> pass this bill. >> president obama taking his show on the road. pit

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one had to do with a memo that made it to the press, may have violated sec rules. in san francisco, i'm emily chang for bloomberg west. >> and i know you had an analyst talking about the plan. what is his take on this? >> and there is a lot of controversy. we had senior research analysts in new york on our show today. he said that based on reports he has seen, we have to assume groupon and sec have come to an agreement and that this will get its ipo out of the door. he says it's likely this will happen by the end of the year. and still could it have serious consequences? he says that he doesn't seem to be a significant problem. you'll appreciate this. we interviewed the new giants eco, talking about how giants are one of the high tech teams. all he would say is that he wants to spend more time with his kids and that is it that is the city. they're sticking to it. thank you. >> and there is a little more to it. you don't just decide i'm boing to retire. >> i need more time with kids. >> yes. yes.. >> and there is -- spencer is our old kid. >> and temperatures were b

all i can say is sec. "morning joe" starts right now. >> the problem is that this kind of vilification and over-the-top rhetoric closes it door to the possibility of compromise. it undermines democratic deliberation. it prevents learning since after all, why should we listen to a fascist or a socialist or a right wing nut or a left wing nut. it makes it nearly impossible for people who have legitimate but bridgeable differences to sit down at the same table and hash things out. it robs us of rational and serious debate, the one we need to have about the very real and very big challenges facing this nation. it questions our culture and it can send signals to the most extreme elements of our society that perhaps violence is a justifiable response. >> you know what? everybody here is going to vote -- if we go back and we keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son of a pitches out and give america back to america where we belong. >> wait a minute, i'm confused. let me do the math here. >> let me write it

according to the sec, they don't have to disclose they're billion arizona.ance glory holes. you stick your money in the hole, the other person accepts your donation, and because it's happening anonymously, no one feels dirty ( laughter ) so, clearly, i needs me a sugar daddy. it's time to play the don'tating game! ( cheers and applause ) welcome to the donating game. let's meet our host, kevin kline ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you very much. >> stephen: i should explain. excuse me, kevin. i should explain. one of the reasons i need a billionaire is that i have blown a lot of your cash hiring oscar winner kevin kline to host this game. >> i don't come cheap. ( laughter ). >> stephen: al all right, tonight we have three eligible anonymous billion wheers will have a chance to put their money where your mouth is, stephen. anonymous billionaire number one has a global media empire. he enjoys sailing. his hot young asian wife, and crippling the british government with scandals that spread like crabs at a youth hostel ( laughter ) please welcome bil

but that's what our former chairman did, and the sec saw right through it, there was no matter to their claim so, you know, they're trying to fight back right now and trying to say that some things are inaccurate in the book, and i would just say, you know, these are the same people who lost their post because of their dishonest tactics. so, you know, dishonesty and trick erie is not off the table for them. but, thankfully, we have a new leadership and new people involved in the party who are, you know, mending those bridges. and as far as is the rnc, you know, chairman steele was great. he called me the day after the primary, he personally came to delaware, and i talk about that in the book. so i hope at least with the rnc we still have that good relationship. and like i said earlier on fox, you know, and on cnn, i extended the olive branch to karl rove and said, come on, let's kiss and make up. so hopefully we will, and, hopefully, we can all get behind whoever it is that wins the nomination and make sure we're talking about the issues at hand and make sure we're holding barack obama

. >> among the case is being launched in the next supreme court court, the sec enforcement of decency roles. they are previewing the upcoming supreme court term, which begins october 3. the american constitution society posted this discussion in washington, d.c. it runs 90 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i would l

the sec staff is also a war plant -- a war planner and if need be a war executors. understand the use of force and the components of the u.s. military. has to be a diplomat, especially with so many military regimes a round the world, it is the secdef that gets called on to deal with some of these military regime leaders and others, to. and, of course, the secdef is a member of the national security council and therefore is an adviser to the president on the big issues of war and peace. within the pentagon itself the secdef has charge of, and most of these are really fettered on his office, half a dozen simultaneous very complicated processes. one is the budget process, and at any given time the secdef is trying to juggle this year's budget, what are we signing checks for. next year's budget that they are defending on capitol hill and trying to get resources for, and planning for future your budgets. that is hard enough in itself. but the secdef also has to handle weapons acquisition which follows a different process from the simple budget process. personnel, what pe

>> the government -- the sec is part of the -- >> greta: fcc or sec?>> a private self-regulatory organization. the government requires me to be a member. it is not technically the government, but the government requires me to be a member of this organization in order to be a breaker. a lot of regulations that the company is enforcing come from washington. one of the worst was the patriot act. the anti-money laundering provisions of the patriot act cost me a fortune they turned me into an unpaid irs agent and fbi agent spying on every one of my customers. if any of my customers looked like they were doing something suspicious i have to turn them in to the government. if i don't that's a crime. >> greta: the thing that is so confusing, the lawyer got in trouble for spending time downloading porn at government expense. meanwhile madoff commits the most incredible blunder where there is no -- i've had the two extremes one trying to strangle a successful business that wants to expand. and the situation here that is deplorable. >> i wish they were all just w

which brings us to my new segment "this week in national sec-oward-ty. folks, whenever the terrorists have come up with a new way to attack aair travel, the tsa has found new and innovative ways to overreact, so travelers can then relax and enjoy their two-foot by two-foot space next to a crying baby in a pressureized tube hurdling 40,000 feet in the air. but all this security is about to disappear thanks to homeland security chief janet napolitano. >> we hope that we will be able to make it easier for travelers. you won't have to take off so much, your shoes, your bell, everything as you go through the machine. >> stephen: what? if we don't take our shoes off, how will we know which little piggy went wee, wee, wee all the way to an al qaeda training camp? has napolitano forgotten about the shoe bomb center he's not just an isolated nutd job. all terrorists have worn shoes at some point. that's why it's called shoe-ria law. and thanks to our vigilance, up until now america hasn't suffered another footwear-related act of war, except for jimmy choo's fall

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that people back home people here in israel have no clue of what's going on the sec there is there's a secret agreement between civil society and military. we know there's going on there but please don't bring it about you know we want to live our life without. without knowing what it takes to have a peaceful life. or here just to talk about what we did. because we feel this is the this is one of the most important pieces from the puzzle that is missing in a discussion and debate here in this area. we try to talk about the small stories that make the big problem to make big picture try to talk about what does it mean occupation how does a cloak on a daily basis. how do you do it as an occupier forty years of occupation according to the u.n. there are today more than five hundred checkpoints and obstacles in the west bank where these trailers soldiers control and hinder palestinians the biggest checkpoint is located between ramallah and east jerusalem on occupied land. the checkpoint is called. the i had group of israeli women and here eyes that nobody knows what's going on so we deci

they go into the treasury'suries general fund and the amount collected by the sec budget were diverted to other government programs. 2002, so, in 2002, congress change tho treatment of the fees so they would only go to a special w appropriations account solely for the sec.however, sec would have access to fees. however should they collect more than its appropriation.againnget in the.frank bill, they requiree some of the seas to go to the general treasury and others as they complained, they still e don't have access to their funds. p that's like the pto. if congress chooses not to provide all the funds.t and thef initiator will appropriation, they'll have them. in 2012, budget justification from the securities and exchange commission noted significant challenges. >> the senate went on to a proof and sent to the president the patent and trademark bill earlier today. we go live now to the senate. the centers got there and walk over to the house side of the capitol to hear president obama speak about his jobs plan plan e a joint session of congress. after his speech, the senate will come b

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the justice clearly stated in her dissent that the majority holds that the sec and the state system, the system that produces honest government, working on behalf of all honest people, clashes with the constitution. it seems the we have this very case coming to us in san francisco. questioning and a weakening of the public financing laws that we have put into place. while i understand my colleagues who put this forward in to avoid litigation and pay attorneys' fees, they want to further weaken democracy. i feel we did not fully examine our more comprehensive amended which would eliminate the trigger element of our public financing laws. but also make reforms that would strengthen our original intent in trading public financing laws. which is to decrease public perception of opportunities of abuse for deep pocketed contributors and insure the integrity of our electoral process. supervisor farrell: colleagues and members of the public, to read it -- to reiterate for last week. this has to do with the supreme court's recent decision regarding arizona as public financing laws. i would li

on monday the government will hold a cabinet meeting to decide parliamentary sec tars and other officials. noda is set to express his resolve to reconstruct areas. he'll also exchange views on decontamination work. noda said his top priorities will be speeding up the recovery from the march 11th earthquake and tsunami and containing the nuclear accident in fukushima. he also pledged to tackle japan's economic crisis including the valued yen and fiscal deficit. >>> the government will look into a tax increase to rebuild areas devastated by the march disaster. the first task facing the new government is to quickly compile the third supplementary budget for the current fiscal year. the government hopes to raise about 10 trillion yen or roughly $130 billion from a temporary tax hike. the government's tax commission is expected to meet on wednesday at the earliest with new finance minister jun azumi chairing the panel. to increase income and corporate taxes. he will also consider raising the taxes on tobacco and alcohol and possibly the consumption tax. >>> in a meeting on sunday, japan's new

security council sec. tear nikolai petrushev traveled to two of the islands sunday. he went to kunashiri island. the foreign ministry director-general said the act was unacceptable and reiterated the position that the four islands are japan territory. bely replied the trip poses no problem. >> translator: russia's stance is incompatible with that of japan, so we expressed our regret. we can't accept it. >>> japan's women's soccer team returned from china on monday, after earning the right to appear in the 2012 olympics. fans were on hand to welcome nadeshko at narita airport. the squad went undefeated in the quarterfinals with four wins and one draw. nhk world's hiro morita talked with the captain when she returned from china on monday evening. >> translator: congratulations on qualifying for the olympics. how do you feel right now? what impression are you bringing back from the competition? >> translator: after returning from the world cup we immediately played matches in the lake and went to the asian qualifiers, five matches in 11 days was very intensive. >> after

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elsewhere looking at 300 for northern sections then central sec tees and this area has ben scene a lot of rain already. more to come. so you do want to stay well alert above the situation. >> all right, well as sakai mentioned, the typhoon is approaching easterna pan. nhk is at one of the biggest train stations in tokyo. we heard from the the last hour, how is it looking now? >> well it is still calm here. in front of train station in central tokyo, it began raining last night but the rain and wind aren't so strong at the moment. this is the busiest station in tokyo at this time of day. can you see commuters carrying umbrellas as they head to walk places. the typhoon is still far away from tokyo. but it has already caused traffic disruption. the sign board says, the trains have been cancelled between the northern prefecture and northern japan. the travel has also been affected, more than 200 domestic flights have been cancelled so far. as the typhoon comes through though, more rain is on the way. including downpours of 18 millimeters per hour. a woman told me she is planning to visit n

it's a center for pro taliban militants as well as other extremists and sec tarrian groups, all part of a complex web of violence in pakistan. >>> in neighboring afghanistan, august has been the deadliest month for u.s. troops since the war started there nearly 10 years ago. the upswing in violence comes as international forces begin a gradual withdrawal and raises questions about the long-term stability of the country from the pakistani capital islamabad, we get this report. >> reporter: on august 6, 30 u.s. service members were killed when taliban insurgents shot down a helicopter transporting coalition forces. according to a report by the associated press, 66 americans died in afghanistan during august. that's the most fatalities in any month since the u.s. began its military campaign against the taliban after the september 11 attacks in 2001. previously, the worst month was july last year, when 65 were killed. in a speech on tuesday, afghan president hamid karzai renewed the calls for peace. >> translator: we repeatedly ask the taliban and those who have guns on their shoulders t

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that is the level where they say it exceeds the sec levels, and you could regulate.side of that is outside of what the city could regulate. as for the defense, again, i will let bill speak to it, but i did measure with a tape measure. it is 56 feet. the misunderstanding has been explained and address. with the appellant, it is an agreement to disagree, i guess, about the distance. it is 56 feet. i will show you on a scale. i also say that at&t has done extensive public our reach. there has been a hoa meeting. bill has gone into measure levels in the apartments. you also of signatures on a petition from non merchants as well as merchants and others, so there has been a lot of outreach on this side, and a lot of effort has gone into making sure we have done it right. this site was redesigned. that is actually true. after going out to look at the site. it was redesigned after trying to make sure that it is in compliance. at&t has done the right thing. as for alternatives that were discussed, caltrans has a one- story building. i will let bill speak to whitmore. it does

under the purview, when exports and help in tax-cut the question is does the proposal comply with the sec guidelines? -- when exploring health aspects, the question is does the proposal comply with the fcc guidelines? after a short presentation from the project, the board of held it 11-0/ . there were a couple of questions that were out of the purview that i wanted to share with you. supervisor kim would like to have a copy of the department of public health report for this site so she can see what the actual radio frequency levels are after the installation. this is normally done, but not normally provided to the supervisor. the projected levels are conservative, and the actual levels will likely be lower than what was projected. we further explained that the city through the department of public health has the order to comply immediately. second, supervisor campos has specific questions about how the rooftop workers would be informed so they could take the proper steps to ensure they could to work safely in the area. planning staff committed to getting back to both supervisors on these

let me note that i have met with the new sec -- the new executive director for the sfmta, and he has indicated to me that he understands the gravity of this issue and that he is going to take all the steps that are necessary to address it. i know that he wanted to be here. there is a tjpa meeting right now that is happening, and depending on when that ends, he may be able to be here. but i see that ms. bose is here. so i would like to ask you to please come forward and to talk to us about this issue of overtime. because it is a pretty significant issue. again, in the last few years, we have seen pretty significant cuts to service in this system. in my view, to be able to restore a lot of those service cuts, we have to get our hands around this issue and tackle the issue of overtime. i think we owe that to the ridership. >> thank you. the director of transportation would have liked to been here, you're right. because he's committed to do what you suggested, looking at the overtime issue. it has been a significant issue for the mta. i know the new directors committed to not only lookin

throughout the trial the jury will not be sec questerred and the public will be able to follow every argument since cameras are allowed inside the courtroom. in los angeles, sandra indoe. >>> san francisco is considering a new bill to make it easier for building owners to provide access to the disabled. confusion, cost and lawsuits made it tough for businesses to compile with the americans with disabilities act. today the supervisor introduced a bill to reduce the number of lawsuits. the bill would prior advertise the permit for improvements and also requires landlords to spell out plans before a lease is signed. the san jose city counsel voted to approve and tax medical marijuana clubs. the 8-3 vote came after years of study and debate and calls for limiting the impissing 140 medical marijuana clubs to ten. those dis-penitentiaries will penitentiaries will be chosen through an application process. >>> an added attraction today, a tour of the eastern span of the bridge. people attending the month long festival in san francisco got a chance to see the work in progress from underneath