u.s. court of appeals judges say activists with anti-whaling group, sea shepherd, is conducting piracy. it comes amid sabotage effort buys japanese whaling ships. the court said those who ram ships and damage propellers and rudders are pirates, no matter how high-minded they perceive their goals. an injunction prohibits the group from attacking whaling ships and their crews. they were responding to an earlier ruling by a u.s. district court. in that decision, judges issued an injunction against sea shepherd. -- judges rejectsed inusualing a preliminary injunction against sea sheppard. the question is whether the anti-whaling group will abide by the latest court decision. >>> scientists in russia have gotten their hands on an almost intact brain of an animal that lived 39 million years ago. they removed the brain from the carcass of a mammoth discovered in the siberian tundra. she is believed to have been about 10 years old when she died. the carcass was about 3 meters long and partly covered with soft hair. the academy of scientist released photos. they cut open the skull and put the ex

u.s. court of appeals ruled in favor of applauding the spending limits this however could go all out the window now that the supreme court has agreed to hear the case the plaintiffs when campaign spending limits are gone probably forever so ask yourself are you willing to sit idly by as your voice is forever silenced by someone else's screed. there's nothing more unnerving than seeing the collusion of the us military and our leading edge acute educational institutions and no i'm not talking about programs like the r o t c i'm talking about something that's a much more pervasive and disturbing this spring yale university will welcome a brand new training center on its campus. that according to the yale daily news will coach u.s. special forces on interrogation tactics you heard me right yeah i was going to host a campus center to teach military personnel how to detect lies and as disturbing as that is it gets worse because guess who the guinea pigs are in this experiment immigrants. and why the chiefs like high interest head in the project so that he hopes that by having soldiers practice this i

u.s. court of appeals.night, there is a public meeting in los gatos where the debate over a gun store will continue. tempular sports opened two weeks after the newtown school massacre and some residents say the timing is bad event if not intensional. the owner said he's received a death threat tuesday at his home. >>> and president obama will use the icon my as his main focus in the state of the union address tuesday. >> and gun control will remain a part of the speech, the emphasis will be on job creation and wage growth and that is something that most americans want to hear about. and can you watch the address here. >> a new commander took over in afghanistan and high will be the last commander and that is because most troops are scheduled to withdraw by the end of next year and -- >> meanwhile on mars, the curiosity rover made history this month. the robot drilled into a rock and collected a sample. they were beamed back to earth yesterday. the rock samples may have proof that there was once weather on t

u.s. court of appeals.ght there's public meetings in los gatos where a debate over a gun store is continuing. tem mrer sports opened just weeks after the new jun town school massacre and some residents say the timing is bad even if it's not intentional. the owner received a death threat at his home last tuesday. >>> tomorrow the next big push to end gun violence by vice president biden. >>> that's right. still to come, the changes to try stroenten gun laws in california as well. our political insider sounds off. >>> and vote december layed on the boy scouts gay member ban. now the organization will likely feel pressure from both side of that debate. we have an expert joining us live in studio next. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. . >>> good morning. grab a jacket before you head outside. these are your current temper

of love for a bay area oyster farm. >> reporter: good news for the drakes bay oyster company and good news for people who like oysters all around the bay area. 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals ruling that this oyster company can operate for the next three months and maybe far longer than that. it was a cause for celebration at drakes bay drakes bay and that means it's time to barbecue oysters. three federal judges ruled today that the company can operate while its appeals case is being heard. then, three months from now, another judgment may keep the oyster farm afloat for another year. >> they could rule at that point only that we can't be shut down while the lawsuit is under way. and then, at the end of the lawsuit, which will be however long, a year, year and a half, then final decisions will be made. >> reporter: after a lengthy analysis, the national park service decided to terminate the oyster farm's lease on park land last year, effectively shutting down the 80-year operation to return drakes bay into a natural wildness. but owner kevin lunny has sued to keep his business running and now is battling interior secretary kenneth salazar in a court battle. >> he doesn't

u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. mr. kayatta was originally nominated for this position more than a year ago. he was approved by the judiciary committee on a bipartisan vote last april. unfortunately, despite his exceptional qualifications, his nomination was stalled by election year politics. well, that is finally behind us, mr. president. i'm pleased that the president has renominated mr. kayatta, and i want to thank the chairman of the judiciary committee, my colleague from vermont, senator leahy, the ranking member, senator grassley, and indeed all of the members of the senate judiciary committee for acting promptly and positively in favor of mr. kayatta's nomination. let me also express my gratitude to the two leaders, senator reid and senator mcconnell, for moving his nomination so quickly to the senate floor. mr. president, mr. kayatta is an attorney of exceptional intelligence, extensive experience and demonstrated integrity. i cannot tell you how highly regarded he is in maine's legal circles. in fact, if you as

court this week. and after months of problems, the boeing dreamliner is put to >> home run king barry bonds returns to federal court this week. on wednesday the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals sitting in arizona will hear arguments in bonds' bid to overturn his felony obstruction of justice conviction. our media partner, the contra costa times, reports bonds must convince two member of a three-judge panel that he was convicted simply for giving a rambling answer that had nothing to do with the steroids probe he was facing. the prosecutors will argue bonds gave intentionally false, misleading or evasive answers to a grand jury when he testified back in 2003 about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. >>> a growing list of hot issues in washington will be addressed by two powerhouse round tables this morning on abc's "this week." the final preps for president obama's state of the union address on tuesday, the growing drone drama, and plus the buzz over potential presidential contender chris christie's waistline. don't miss "this week" this morning at 8:00 right here on abc7. >>> well, the giants start spring training on tuesday. yesterday a capacity crowd filled at&t park f

of problems, the boeing dream liner is put to the test in washington state. >> home run king barry bonds returns to federal court this week on wednesday the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals sitting in arizona will hear arguments in bonds' bid to overturn his felony obstruction of justice conviction. our media partner, contra costa times, reports bonds must convince two member of a three-judge panel that he was convicted simply for giving a rambling answer that had nothing to do with the steroids probe he was facing. the prosecutors will argue bonds gave intentionally false, misleading or evasive answers to a grand jury when he testified back in 2003 about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. >>> a growing list of hot issues in washington will be addressed by two powerhouse round tables this morning on abc's "this week." the final preps for president obama's state of the union address on tuesday, the growing drone drama, and plus the buzz over potential presidential contender chris christie's waste line. don't miss "this week" this morning at abc7. >>> a controversial contest to see who can till the most coyotes is underway. the contest went ahead of a opponent failed

u.s. court of appeals for the tenth circuit. because of this filibuster, something that stopped robert bacharach way last year, a man who came out of the senate judiciary committee unanimously, all democrats, all republicans voting for him, the people of oklahoma, colorado, kansas, new mexico, utah and wyoming have been needlessly denied his services as a tenth circuit judge for seven months. now, the judicial vacancies have again risen to almost 90. we have dozens of judges that get blocked for month after month after month, and then the republicans finally allow a vote on it, it passed with 90 votes or 95 votes or 100 votes, but every time that happens, the federal courts have diminished. every time that's happened, aside from the fact that the people of america wonder what in heaven's name we're doing in this body, anything as foolish as that, but the courts, the federal courts are supposed to be so impartial and outside of politics, they appear to be mixed up in politics. how does anybody, from any of the states i mentioned,

u.s. circuit court of appeals in san francisco, a panel of three judges, to overturn his 2011 felony conviction of obstruction of justice investigating the illegal investigation of performance-enhancing drugs. bond gave a rambling answer when asked if his personal trainer had given him anything to inject himself with. the former giants slugger was trying to mislead the grand jury with the rambling answer so they convicted him on the obstruction charge. bonds lawyers will argue that his answer may have been unresponsive but it was truthful. even though he told the truth his answer was still immaterial to the grand jury investigation. it didn't have bearing on the findings. legal analysts tell the associated press it's hard to get a verdict over turned in federal court. in this situation there is a lot of respect for a judge who oversaw bonds's perjury trial. one reason the judge hardly ever has her cases over turned. reporting live in san francisco, bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. in the meantime, bonds former team is starting its quest for another world series cham

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al-qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with and it can work again take a stand and tell the powers that be that are online rights are not negotiable. you're juggling john. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another well behind that which is how to influence the institutions to steer clear of provocations don't answer any question. came into the office

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al-qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with and it can work again take a stand and tell the powers that be there online rights are not negotiable. wealthy british. right. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. download the official publication yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't sit well with y

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with and it can work again take a stand and tell the powers that be there online rights are not negotiable. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. play. little. funny it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've go

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al-qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with and it can work again take a stand to the powers that be that are online rights are not negotiable. it.

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al-qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with so they can work again take a stand and tell the powers that be that are online rights are not negotiable.

hold on any other provision of law meaning a little something called the fourth amendment or the precedent set by u.s. versus war shock or the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his emails and that unwarranted searches of emails is a violation of the fourth amendment look guys i agree that there is a cyber threat of course but it's not coming from china or al-qaeda the only cyber threat this nation faces is the government passing legislation that kills online privacy and net neutrality one sort of for all good thing it's not too late to call your congressman and tell them to vote against this legislation look at work before with so they can work again take a stand and tell the powers that be that are online rights are not negotiable. my juggling geog. do hack work and get caught when lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together that's where the problem of corruption comes from. i don't know the document's. keep up a smart look. there is also. another well behind that which is how to influence the institutions steer clear of provocations don't answer any question. came into the office and fo

court and his attorney suggested to stay out of court today. in the weeks, possibly years for a decision whatever is decided, this will be appealed to possibly to the u.sthe ninth circuit court of appeals and ted francisco, dan kerman, kron 4. >> jacqueline: along the coast where we did not see much clearing. this bay bridge toll plaza is clear but closer to the coast we are seeing reduced visibility. those clouds have not quit. as we take a look at current temperatures it is fairly mild. even dropping to the low 40's and 30's at this hour. you can see we are hovering near 50s in the san francisco, kitties in antioch.will be warmh 50s--with fog but it should clear will say warm on friday but we are going to see some changes. details coming up... [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, tide is $5.49 for 50 ounces. that's under 20 cents a load! skip the warehouse. charmin is $8.99 for 16 double rolls. and chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every wee

u.s. court of appeals for the sixth circuit, held that the direct assistance to the churches did not violate the establishment clause. judge sutton said and i quote new york pertinent part, detroit sought to fix up its downtown not to establish a religion and it will general -- and as will generally be the case when a government program allocates generally available benefits on a neutral basis, and without a hidden agenda this program does not have the impermissible effect of advancing religion in general or any one faith in particular. by endorsing all qualifying applicants, the program has endorsed none of them, the court went on to say, and accordingly it has not run afoul of the religion clauses that means even-handed, neutral laws generally, but not invariably, will be upheld so long as the government benefit is neutral and generally applicable on its face, it presumptively will satisfy the establishment clause. h.r. 592 exhibits no government preference for or against religion or any particular religion since it merely permits houses of worship to receive the same type of generally ava

u.s. court of appeals on c-span2. we are live today on c-span3.and discussions about iran's nuclear program hosted by the arms control association. that starts at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking to build to sabotage our power grids, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy back you hear a lot of different concerns but interesting enough i think, you know, one of the concerns that we here and you see reflected, great, you have shared information with us about stuff that happened three months ago. but what about now? that's one reason we are trying to increase our time and it's so we are out ahead of the issues but we're making progress in that. i think that we are, over the last year, we have really improved our ability to share information faster with the private sector. i also hear concerns from different

u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit.o a dormant commerce clause challenge to the california low carbon fuels standard. district court judge in california held that it was unconstitutional, environmental defense fund and others disagree respectfully with his analysis and his holding. and succeeded working joined with the state of california to lift the state to impose on the enforcements of the low carbon fuel standard in california. the program is being implemented pending judicial review. it was argued in october and we suspect a decision shortly. one just additional comment about david doniger's observations. the section 111 the program, and it is a program that actually has been administered in a number of instances as to existing sources. including landfills in 1996, and so we do have some tested basis for understanding how the operates and how that works. it will need and require unprecedented state and federal collaborations. i think it's incumbent on all of us to think about the state and federal partnership in a

attorneys continue to appeal and said his conviction on his record is invalid and made a number of arguments the military goes court upheld the conviction. then he got to come into the regular u.srt system, and made a number of arguments in october and the d.c. court of appeals vacated the conviction of salim hamdan because the panel said material support for terrorism was not a war crime read it may be a crime under domestic civilian law, but never has been understood as a war crime at the time that's salim hamdan committed this act. they vacated the conviction. this tremendous case that began this project in 2004 when salim hamdan was first brought into court, which is supreme court once, when back to trial and not comment on the conviction from both obama and mccain to the 2008 campaign, all of this went through and in the and it turns out to be a complete legal nullity because the conviction was invalid. >> the jenna kernel stuart couch, could you discuss the case of the austrian egyptian prisoner at guantanamo, and if you could sum up how you feel today having participated in and then pulled out of the prosecution at guantanamo because of the issues of torture? >> the case

of congress and most tv executives. but we had this debate over that word because tonight the u.s. 11th circuit of appeals and the georgia courtonce again staid the scheduled execution of warren hill. mr. hill is on death row for killing his cellmate with a wooden ford while serving a life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend. no one's agriculturing mr. hill is in great guy who should be set free. the u.s. supreme court ruled in adkins versus virginia that executing the developmentally disabled violates the eighth amendment's prohibition against cool and unusual punishment. they left who is deciding who is disabled to the states. his i.q. is 70 which constitutes intellectual disability. only 3% of the population are at that level which makes one prone to impulsive actions in times of stress. mentally disabled people are not considered capable of understanding the consequences of

u.s. supreme court has denied the -- the u.s. supreme court denied a stay of execution. warren lee hill has received a stay of execution from a federal appealsas i indicated t supreme court said they weren't going to hear this but it was the federal appeals court which decided at the last moment that they would put a stay of execution on warren lee hill. he was set to be executed at 7:00 eastern time by lethal injection. he has an iq of 70 and his lawyers had argued that that meant he should be deemed mentally disabled and spared under a 2002 supreme court decision that bars the execution of mentally disabled inmates. obviously we don't know the exact reason for this st of execution from the federal appeals court, but they have given him a stay. >>> we have more breaking news. we are continuing to monitor a massive gas explosion in kansas city. our affiliate kshb is reporting a car hit a gas line, sparking the fire. we now know what caused it. five people have been injured. in case you're familiar with the area, we're told this is in a country club plaza in that part of kansas city. this is a live picture of what you're seeing now, gives you

of the u.s. armed forces is officially calling it quits. marine general john allen met with president obama to hand over his resignation today. >>> today a federal appeals courtt prisoner that are part of the pagan religion can use a chaplain. catholics, muslims, jewish, profession -- protestants -- have chaplains. >>> u.s. security firm claims that it traced massive number of hacking attacks. hackers in that building have stolen hundreds of information from american corporations, organizations and government agencies. chinese leaders are denying the allegations. they say that china is also a victim of cyber attacks that have originated in the united states. >>> we all know the dangers of lasers pointed at pilots but did you also know that pointing a laser on people on the ground can be very dangerous and cause serious damage. that's happening more than you might think. david stevenson reports. >> reporter: thompson spends long hours in front of a monitor designing computer graphics. thompson and other passengers boarded a smaller sailboat for a sunset cruise. he says someone in an apartment building .25-mile away began hitting the boat with a laser. >> i fel

say judge on the fourth circuit court of appeal, a younger brother named maur is, a state court judge. a younger brother who helps run the street crimes division for the u.s. attorneys office. those are the four in public life. >> my father of course who was the mayor and secretary of housing in urban developing and a judge on the court of appeals. most of us were sane an stayed out of politics. >> thanksgiving must be fun. >> it gun fun. we have a good timing to. a very close family. >> thank you for coming. >> great to be here. thank you. >> thank you. the mayor of new orleans, back in a moment. stay with us. >> jim nance here, a five time national sportscaster of the year. from age 11 his dream was to work for cbs. 2013 parks his 24th year for the network. on sunday will call the action in the super bowl here in new orleans. more than 100 million viewers across the nation are expected to watch. the game kicks off the beginning of a 70 day journey in which he will announce the super bowl, ncaa final four and the masters. i'm pleased to have my friend jim nance back on this program. welcome. >> i love being on this program. i really do. there is nothing

u.s. supreme court has denied a stay of execution for georgia inmate warren lee hill. he still has one more avenue of appealircuit court. but hill accepted the sedative given before the walk to execution chamber. new budget plan from simpson-bowles. how it fits in with the looming sequester. we will talk about it all with the fox all-stars when we return. great, everybody made it. we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. i'm here to pick up some cacti. it should be under stephens. the verizon share everything plan for small business. get a shareable pool of data... got enough joshua trees? ... on up

let me talk about the supreme court here, this rejection of an appeal in this drug case and what caught our attention is that u.stice sonia sotomayor, she used her comments on the case to speak out on what is described as racially insensitive remarks by the federal prosecutor. she accused this prosecutor who she did not name of fanning the fames of fear and prejudice. and my question to you, sunny hostin, how unusual is this for a supreme court justice to use remarks in this kind of way, to basically put someone in their place? >> it is very unusual, a lot of times the supreme court decides not to take appeals and they don't give any reason for their decisions whatsoever, brooke. they're talent on it. the fact that not only she sort of made these statements, justice breyer signed on to them also, but what she specifically addressed was the issue that a federal prosecutor, i was a federal prosecutor, so i'm surprised this federal prosecutor said this in questioning in texas said, you got african-americans, you got hispanics, a bag full of money, does that tell you a lightbulb doesn't go off in your head and say t

u.s. supreme court after the 2009 conviction of the maryland man for rape and murder was overturned on constitutional grounds. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with details and sherrie what did the appeals court say a year ago that got us here today. >> reporter: the maryland dna collection act is a law that allows officials to take the dna from those who have been arrested, but not convicted of a serious crime. so now the question is, is it constitutionol on whether the state says once arrested you lose the privacy right. today the u.s. supreme court will figure that out as the case of alonzo king takes center stagech he was arrested in 2009 on assault charges. police took dna and the sample matched dna collected from the victim and police then linked him to a 2003 rape. king's lawyers moved to suppress the evidence of the dna match saying the initial draw violated his constitutional rights. but the lower court found king guilty of first degree rape and sentenced him to life in prison. last april, the maryland court of appeals ruled against a key provision of the law opponents of the law say it runs over 4th amend ment ban on unreasonable serp and seizure. >> at the -- search and seizu

court of appeals, however, ruled that king's constitutional protection from unreasonable searches made the dna evidence inadmissible. the maryland attorney general's office appealed the case to the u.s. supreme court. >> dna is the 21st century fingerprint. so we immediate to be able to solve cases, cold cases, we otherwise couldn't solve. some criminals leave fingerprints at the crime scene and some people leave identification on video of their picture and some people leave dna. we immediate to be able to use the tools and technology to identify who those people were. >> reporter: lawyers representing king argue the intrusive search violated his rights. >> fourth amendment in our view presumptively requires that when the government conduct as search, it have either a warrant or some level of individualized susz pigs. in this case, the government had neither. the government conducted the search in this case for the valid purpose of investigating other crimes for which the government lacked individualized suspicion. >> reporter: questions asked by the supreme court justices today seemed to indicate that they are concerned about setting limits on dna testing. they asked, for example,

appeal his conviction all the way toth u.s. supreme court. in san francisco rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san carlos police have issued an alert to residents to be aware of thooef carslying out a rash of brazen daytime burglaries. four have been reported in a 48-hour period on cliff ton avenue. investigators say in each case the robbers kicked in a door to get inside but no one was home. the thieves made off with electronics, jewelry, camera equipment, money and other valuables. >>> a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl and dumping her body in a fairfield park appeared in court today. anthony jones did not enter a pleas and due in court again next thursday. he is chargeed with the kidnapping murder and rape of 13-year-old genelle conway allen. the judge said he's under the assumption prosecutors will sheik the death penalty against jones. today we also learned in the days before his arrest jones restrained wife filed a restraining order against him saying she thought he would kill her. >>> santa clara county today announced a new gun buyback program. it's going to be held march 2nd at the santa clara county fairgrounds. the county is going to pay $

court of appeals for the d.c. circuit one level down from the u.s. supreme court says you had no business appointing them. the senate was not in recess and those appointments were unconstitutional and the decisions they've made are of no value now. because it's as if they were never on the board and those all get thrown out and they know more decisions from them because they're unconstitutional and yet, the board is still in session and they're proceeding as if that never happened and president obama says by the way, i'm renominating them to go through the formal senate process that they never had the first time because harry reid never got them a committee hearing. >> it's starting to seem just a bit like the president doesn't have much regard for that co-equal branch of government stuff or checks and balances. he has a very specific agenda at work here, and that is to move straight ahead with the nominations of sharon block, robert griffin. there's only one, the chairman, mark, mark gaston pierce who is lawfully confirmed by the united states senate, it's-- >> supposed to be five on there. right now thr