supreme court decision and the city of rancho palace estates versus abrams that ruled in these types of lawsuits, t-mobile is not permitted under law of obtaining any monetary damages from the city or any attorneys' fees from the city. and neighbors are willing to pay for the experteds and there are no compelling reason to settle the case and bill sanders can go on at length about the abrams case and there are no compelling policy reasons to settle. claudia wilkins is an intelligent, thoughtful judge with a track record and a willingness to stand up for very powerful vested interests. and perhaps most important of all, the neighbors who have shown up today are unanimous in not wanting the city to settle this case, and of course, you are ultimately the elected representative of these folks. thanks for your time. and please vote to deny these settlement. thank you. supervisor kim: is there any other public comment? we had a motion to convene into closed session and we can do that without opposition. we are asking all members of the public to exit the room at this time. thank you so muc

stephanie abrams, thanks for the practical advice. we appreciate that. >> sure. >> if you are just joining us here past 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, here's the very latest. hurricane irene has made landfall north carolina, and.definitely moving north along the east coast. right now fierce winds and heavy rains are slamming the state of north carolina. irene has technically weakened slightly, but the forecasters say this remains ae very dangerous category one storm, and the weather channel reports a wind gust topping 115 miles an hour as reported. that would bump it up to a cat two. at least 200,000 customers in north carolina are without power. that number is expected to grow as the storm tbz its track up the eastern seaboard. here's what homeland security secretary janet napalitano told me moments ago. >> we still think of this storm in three phases, preparation, response, and recovery. obviously now with landfall in north carolina, we are watching the storm from a response perspective, but people who are further north up the atlanti

abrams actually contradicts himself further.as no question whether the operation would bring down gadhafi, it was only a matter of climb. that claim is the opposite of the stalemate if you look at the pundits who backed the iraq war or the neocons who advocate intervention and complain there isn't enough troops on the ground, it seems the records have no impact on their influence. like bill crystal who said we would be greeted as liberators, or sean hannity who said we would be out of iraq by 2005. i'm not saying 14eshd be shut out of the debate, but you would think that the media would at least -- and they would somehow feel -- >> pundit accountability, i this could del dangerous topic, but i think you're entirely right. dural the iraq war when the statue was toppled, this was after many said that the clinton administration had hollowed out the military. bill clinton had been the only one in office between 1992 and 2000, so he built the military that actually won in iraq, so i wrote a column saying clinton military triumphing i

nancy grace and dan abrams are here in the studio live to weigh in. >>> the ultimate countdown to the so-called american royal wedding. the invite list packed with celebrities. cameras tracking kim kardashian's every move. we've got all the details from the dress to the guests. >>> ah, good morning, america. george is getting a little head start to this -- our holiday summer weekend and buckle up, josh elliott is by our side. we have a lot to get to as always, including the latest on the markets after a stable week that big tumble is continuing. dramatic sell-offs already in asia and europe this morning and there may be more wild swing as head, unfortunately. >> you thought we could get to the weekend without the pendulum swing. >> also, we're going to take a look at a honeymoon gone horribly wrong. a fatal shark attack in one of the world's most exclusive island paradises. the bride speaks out today about those terrifying moments when she realized something had gone horribly wrong. >> couldn't imagine. >>> we'll shift gears and send you out on the weekend with a smile on your face, w

dan abrams, always great to have you on. to paul deanno. >>> the severe threat for saturday is not in pittsburghh where it is, portions of indiana and illinois. severe thunderstorms with small hail is possible in those locations. the tropics heating up now, we could have the first hurricane of the season. itits name is harvey, and likel to make landfall in belize today. before moving inland and dissipating. that's not the only thing. in the eastern caribbean, we're watching a tropical wave which may become our next named storm in the next 24 to 48 hours. dallas today, 107. houston, 31 days in the triple digits this year. 101 for the high today, dan. >> those numbers are incredible, paul. thank you. have to have you with us this saturday morning. >>> as we said earlier, lock up your daughters, america. prince harry is planning a visit to this country and it's going to be an extended one. and reportedly, he is single again. i hear that from bianna golodryga. abc's miguel marquez is in london with more on the big trip. miguel,

owner steve abrams took over the company in 2007 and expanded the business with seven other company-ownedone store in dubai. the dubai magnolia is run under a different type agreement but will soon fall under the franchise umbrella. >> why now do you want to open up the business to franchisees? >> we anti want to bring it throughout the world, we can't geographically and culturally go around the world and make this happen. it's impossible to be in dubai or korea or spain and understand the nuances of each culture. about a thousand franchise requests in the k i have about 20 on going negotiations going on. >> reporter: this man represents a franchisee in qatar, expected to be the first to open in january 2012. he says the bakery is the perfect fit for his region of the world. >> the qatari people and people in the middle east, new york is one of their favorite destinations. they come here quite often. the name magnolia bakery is familiar to everyone. >> reporter: not only do new yorkers come to magnolia bakery for the incredible desserts and cupcakes, but people from around the world, braz

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first amendment and always been floyd abrams. when the citizens united case was argued in 2009 i was relatively young lawyer along with a relatively couple young lawyers was writing amicus brief on fairly narrow issue in that case. arguing essentially that the government's construction of the press exception was a little too narrow in that case. we were pretty sure we were right. the government was overreaching. i think fair to say morale was low. politics of the case as everybody remembers were nasty. movie was terrible. and lawyers and judges who we liked and respected an awful lot were telling us the ftc was totally within its rights to regulate this documentary. so i can't tell you how it made us feel, how happy we were to get senator mcconnell's brief in the mail, written by floyd and susan buckley his fabulous partner at cahill. i still remember the last line the not the least because i rip it off every chance i get. the opening sentence of the conclusion, sometimes a case helps us see just how far off the constitutional co

on the situation in syria and what can be done by the international community i spoke to elliott abrams who is now the council of foreign relations. first of all start off by talking about these reforms that president assad has promised. you are smirking. what do you make of them? >> i'm with the french on this. there is a new law that says we can have a multi-party system but the constitution of syria article 8 gives the baath party exclusive rights in the political system. until and unless he changes the constitution, this is not serious. >> it is meaningless? >> it's hypocrisy. you change the law on the day you kill 100 people in hama? >> what can the u.s. international community. they don't want to get involved militarily. what can they do? >> there are some things that can be done. i would like to see oil sanctions imposed. this regime gets most of its money from oil. it ex ports about 150,000 barrels a day mostly to france, germany, italy, the netherlands. 150 barrels a day isn't much in the world market. it means a lot to assad. stop buying syrian oil. why doesn't the u.n. agree

we are joined by stephanie abrams of the weather channel here with the forecast. steph, nice to have you. >> nice to see you guys as well. let's talk about that heat. heat advisory stretching through the center of the country, including dallas where we have had 30 straight days of 100 plus degree heat. the record by the way is 42. that streak continues today at 106 degrees. otherwise there is a threat for stronger storms through the northeast and portions of the upper midwest. now here's a look at what's >> the map you saw may make you appreciate the temperatures you'll see around the bay area today. inland spots only low 80s here for the first day of august. we're talking 83 livermore, closer to mid-80s around los gatos and around morgan hill and gilroy, upper 70s san jose, 60 san jose and oakland. we'll warm up the middle of the week. temperatures running mild for this time of year. we'll cool down slightly thursday into friday. low clouds to follow us into next weekend. >> matt, over to you. prince wi and kate turned heads once again at another royal wedding. n

a response from robyn gardner's maryland boyfriend, richard forester and our legal analyst dan abramschard, let me begin with you. there's a lot of detail hear and corroborates what we heard from several other witnesses that robyn had been drinking that day and according to our source robyn was also taking pills that day. does that sound believable to you? >> no, it doesn't. i've never known robyn to take any sleeping pills in the middle of the day, nor do i know why anybody would take sleeping pills during the middle of the day. but, you know, let's go with his word for just a second here. so you say she was taking sleeping pills and then you give her vodka and then you take her snorkeling. really? why would anybody do anything like that? you know, obviously i don't believe what he's saying nor do i think anybody in the world believes it so the important thing right now is to find robyn, find the truth and get justice. you know, let me just say, you know, i loved robyn with every fiber of my being. i miss her more than words can express. you knkn, she's -- my heart's counterpoint, ok

. >> jim, let's go right now to our abc news legal analyst dan abrams. this is so strange. guilty, they have to say they're guilty but they get to walk out? >> reporter: that's right. and the prosecution is basically saying, the case is over. case is closed. we're not looking for anyone else. and yet, i can tell you, there's no way these prosecutors would have let three men walk out the door, including one on death row, if they believed that at a retrial, they could even get anywhere close to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> but why wouldn't they be out looking for someone else anyway? >> reporter: because, as far as the prosecutor is concerned, you heard jim say it, they say the case is over. they've got the right guy. they had the case solved. but considering all the new evidence that's come forward, considering witnesses who recanted their original accounts, it's very hard to believe that these prosecutors don't have very serious questions about what happened. >> will be interesting to see if anyone else takes up the search. >> reporter: absolutely, including document

but if i walk across this way, and you'll see my colleague, stephanie abrams from the weather channel, the winds are a little stronger over here. so again, there, a little bit of a break, here we're out in the open and the winds are, there goes the hat. the winds are a little stronger. >> al, thank you for speaking with us, i'm glad you and stephanie are there with us together, the dynamic duo. and we'll check in again, see you, al, thank you. >>> let's go from there now and get a check on the situation in new york, that's where nbc's amy robach is standing by in manhattan's battery park city, right there close to the tip of the island. amy, you were getting buffeted about earlier. how is it now? >> we've gotten so much rain. i mean it's just nonstop. it hasn't ended and it's not going to end for some time. we know that to be the case as we're watching irene come up the shore right at high tide. we've been keeping a close eye on the water levels behind the staten island ferry building. the water has come up tremendously over the last few hours, right up on the edge and the concern is

stephanie abrams is filling? >> do i get to vote in "chicken fried."eir birthday today. you're turning 12. almost a teenager. what are you most excited about? >> almost driving. >> happy birthday to you. we'll leave it at that. >> all right. >> let's have a look at our weather here and find out we have beautiful birthday weather. everywhere except for the midwest. storms today. happy early birthday. celebrating now. just extend it, who cares. we should see that threat for severe wea >>> it looks like it's going to rain outside your front door. we have overcast skies and actually some drizzle coming down it's that really deep marine layer. that will make for a really comfortable afternoon. 77 degrees in san jose. 66 in san francisco. you'll probably be dealing with that cloud cover until 2:00 p.m. today. otherwise, we're seeing the sun shine through already. 81 degrees today in gilroy. we continue to stay nice and mild and below seasonal averages all week long. 93 today. >> 93, willard, not quite, but just soon to be there on your list. >> i love her. s

you're talking i could think of a president johnson and admiral allocate allocate-- mccain the general abrams and the observation is that are we so stupid that we keep going through this every generation? you talk afghanistan and iraq we have the same conversations of the unnumbered are we really that stupid? >> it is a very good question. not so much stupid but these things are emotion no. that is why i talk about fear and guilt and optimism. there is nothing wrong with their brains but it has to do with their culture and our roles but. wrote in a way if you are a commanding general of our ambassador there is a limit. in fact, i have enormous respect and admiration or general eikenberry. but i notice as soon as he began to criticize, whom ever bred day would leave period -- impressed and they now pay is up to it. of i think he will be proved to be vindicated in 20 years. but as soon as you begin to say those things something meighen's you are stretched. it is not a question of intelligence. we have an argument with general petraeus and he can chop you up 75 ways. and he can show with this is

abc news legal analyst dan abrams disagrees saying that the role of the prosecutor includes deciding which cases should go to trial. >> prosecutorial discretion has to be taken really seriously and it means that prosecutors don't just throw everything to the jury, but they have to think long and hard, do we believe in this case and do we believe we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt? >> reporter: now, if the judge accepts the dismissal recommendation and it would be highly irregular if he did not dominique strauss-kahn's bail would be dismissed as well and his passport returned. and free to return to france where french prosecutors are deciding there to charge him with a separate assault. >> he's still got a civil suit pending in the u.s. jim, thanks very much. >>> let's turn the other stories developing right now and bianna golodryga in for josh elliott this morning. good morning again, bianna. >> good morning, everyone at home. we begin with a scare for people in colorado. shaken from their sleep after the strongest earthquake to hit that state in 40 years. the 5.3 quake struck

jon: he will yacht abrams was a national security adviser to george w. bush.ou. >> thank you. jenna: interesting to hear from he will yachfrom he will yacht aeu brahms, we should turn our attention to syria. human rights groups are reporting more than 2,000 syrians have been killed in the violence. leland vittert is live watching this story. >> reporter: it's interesting there are a lot of similarities in the narrative between what is going on in libya and what is beginning to happen inside of syria. bashar al-assad is basically saying to his troops, crush this rebellion as whatever the price and the violence is really overwhelming. they've taken on a new two prong approach there. they have gunmen walking the streets randomly killing people, that has happened today. the military is trying to white wash and cleanup a lot of what is going on ahead of a u.n. security group coming to inspect parts of the country. the opposition is getting a lot of support from all over the world, the u.s. and a number of european countries all said that bashar al-assad must step d

our "gma" legal analyst dan abrams standing by to analyze what it means for the investigation. of abbie boudreau's interview of steve powell, who claims he a flirtatious sexual relationship with his son's wife. >> reporter: in their latest attempt to find out what happened to susan powell, late thursday, investigators searched the home her husband, josh powell, shares with his father, steven. even executing a search warrant for these old journals which belonged to susan. josh powell claims the journals provide insights into susan's instability and why she may have disappeared. even though much was written when she was a child. what do those journals tell you about susan's life growing up? >> susan was very emotionally abused as a child. her mother has some very -- she has a very angry personality. her father is very manipulative. >> reporter: the search comes on the heels of shocking allegations susan's father-in-law, steven powell, made to "gma" yesterday, including he and susan shared an unconventional relationship. >> i had a relationship with her that was probably a little

let's bring in our "gma" legal analyst dan abrams for more on this.cant development yesterday being held for 16 days, the judge ruled giordano had inconsistencies in his story. >> remember, the judge is part of the investigation. this is an investigative judge so this is a judge who is essentially saying we got something here. not enough yet clearly to charge but they have something and, remember, eight days is ordinarily what you get. the fact that the judge is immediately saying let's give you two of those eight-day periods tells you they think there is a real reason to hold him. >> they still don't have any hard evidence of where robyn or her body may be. so how much longer can they hold him? >> they got the 16 days. then they can apply again to hold him for 60 days. they'll need a little bit more evidence to hold him for 60 days. in the holloway case that's what we saw, a number of witnesses held for 8 days then 60 0 ys and then ultimately released so at some point they have to charge him or not. >> meanwhile, giordano at first was cooperating say

not just davy crockett but while west 365 from abrams. another brand new book and the real issue. my rascal son in the center, pretty boy, charles austin floyd. it is not brand new. it was published many years ago but has been out of print until now all, until now meaning my original editor robert wilde, the best nonfiction editor in the country moved from st. martin to norton, a great house and he brought pretty boy back. it was the second of my surprise nominations. it is a book that needs to be back in print and it has been optioned for major motion picture as has my more recent biography of billy the kid, an endless fried. i would be remiss if i didn't share with you at least a spoonful from charlie floyd who hated to be called pretty boy. this is really a social history. where this book ends, steinbeck's immortal the grapes of wrath begins. you go from nonfiction to fiction and if you read the grapes of wrath which i assume you have at least once and are planning to read you know that the jobs -- jobs talk about charlie floyd because they came from sequoia county in oklahoma

. >>> our "gma" legal analyst dan abrams joins us now.ost seemed as if jeffs is treating this like a political platform with that 30-minute speech than a courtroom. >> of course, the evidence against him is overwhelming. they've got dna evidence. they've got photographic evidence. they've got audiotaped evidence that all of this happened. he's not responding to the question of dihe sexually assault these girls? i mean, imagine a fraud case where they presented enormous amount of evidence against someone for fraud and the response is i'd like to eat cereal. he's not responding to the actual allegations. >> he can't because of the tapes. >> that's the point. this is a court of law. and the sorts of argument he's making, broad religious prosecution arguments, are the arguments you make to a judge. to say throw out the charges. and, of course, that was rejected. >> boy, the judge certainly seems to have no patience at all for jeffs here. jeffs, when he's asked to call up witnesses, as clayton pointed out, has someone come up and read the book

legal analyst dan abram says there are two factors at work. >> considering all of the new evidence that has come forward. considering witnesses who recanted their original accounts it is very hard to believe that ness prosecutors don't have serious questions about what happened. there is no way these prosecutors would have let three men walk out the door including one who was on death row if they believed that at a retrial they would even get anywhere close to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >>> now, to a judge's ruling. work life balm coulds up frequently. a court said basically don't expect your company to help, none of us is legally entitled to have it all. sharyn alfonsi dials into the debate. >> they said after they had families they were punished and passed over for promotions. a judge said there was no companywide discrimination and mandated the law does not -- writing the law does national mandate work life balance and making a decision that preferences family over work comes with consequences. does that surprise you? >> yes, it does. it seems like a step backward. the best and

. >> he was the president before abram lincoln knew the union was desolving and southern states might succeed and basically went to lunch every day with his niece who ran the white house for him as mr. -- >> impressive. very impressive, mr. o'reilly. >> bill: what do you think 15 years on the air here, 13 as number one. you are looking at -- what do you think? >> this is a man who makes a practice of self-educating outside of his professional responsibility. >> bill: read my book coming up is a good chance to plug it "killing lincoln" going to shock you in september. going to shock even you mr. rove. thanks for the analysis. we appreciate it next on the run down juan and mary katharine will weigh in on whether president obama is done. finished, out of here. bernie goldberg angry about some of the media coverage of the crisis. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ smetimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announc ] flick, stack, and move be

not just crockett, not just david crockett from norton, but also the wild west 365 from abrams, another brand new book. and then the reissue. my rascal son right in the center, pretty boy, charles arthur floyd. it's not brand new, it was published many years ago but, unfortunately, it's been out of print until now. until now meaning my editor, probably the best nonfiction editor in the country, moved from st. martins, my old house, to norton. a great house, by the way, norton. and he brought "pretty boy" back. and it's important to me because it was the second of my three pulitzer prize nominations. it's a book that definitely needs to be back in print, and it has been optioned as, for a major motion picture as has my more recent biography of billy the kid. billy the kid: the endless ride, another norton title. so i'd be remiss if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoonful from this rascal son, from charlie floyd who hated to be called "pretty boy." this is really a social history. where this book ends, steinbeck's immortal "the grapes of wrath" begins. so you go from nonfiction to f

i could think of, one of the things i was thinking of, president johnson, admiral mccain, general abrams just the observation. are we so stupid we keep going through this every situation? you are talking afghanistan and iraq. we had the same conversations about vietnam. are we really that stupid? >> was a really good question the answer is not that we are stupid, but that these things are emotional. that's why i'm talking about here and guilt and optimism. there's nothing wrong with the brains of the generals, senior politicians, ambassadors. it is something to do with our culture, and our roles. this is why i want to be a little pretentious. in a way if you are a commanding general or if you are an ambassador there is a real limit to how much you can do. i have enormous respect and admiration for a general itinerary he became the ambassador. but what i noticed is as soon as he began to criticize the strategy he went from being destroyed general who everybody was very impressed by. now he is criticized. not really up to its. maybe he is not releasing it. and the idea is by no longer -- n

discuss that you see the torque of these wheels and so many typical car's on earth like a jeep or an abrams tank. you can see the port of these wheels is analogous to what a tank can deliver. the image of a nuclear power source on this mission that will travel farther to high latitudes flown on the voyager missions when they were still going after 34 years. for the first time in fifteen or 20 years they turned the voyagers the other day and took measurements for six hours and turned back and found out they kept on trucking. at the edge of the solar system where the sun's influence ends in a big bubble where the boundary ends and in a few years they will be in true interstellar space. you have the cassini mission of flying around the saturn system for six years still going strong and next is pluto. we will get there in 2015 for the first close-up images ever of that planet. we discovered -- this gives you a sense what these generators look-alike. there are no moving parts. they have graphite shells and protection designed to survive access and work on the order of 15 to 20 years minimum. you

stephanie abrams is live for us in long beach, new york, and that is one place that has been suggested get a direct hit. good morning to you. >> it might, alex, and even if it's a little east or west, i don't think it's going to matter all that much. what will matter is if it takes a big jog to the west and we get that complete on shore flow. you have the forward motion of the hurricane. the winds on the east side go from south to north. you get that double forward push. if it goes a little bit off to our east, we're going to be on the west side. the hurricane is going forward. the winds are actually going from north to south. that can help with the surge situation here. let me show you how they have the pair here on long beach. the city of long beach, you see they have built these sand dunes around the lifeguard stand. you can see lifeguards are standing on top of them right now, as well as surfers. a ton of surfers in the water here, but i need to caution everyone because we have already lost some surfers in the south due to them being in the water with hurricane irene. some numbers

donald abrams is an oncology physician who conducted some of the center's clinical research.he cannabis plant is a complex mix of substances, but he believes this is a medical benefit, not a detriment. >> i'm a cancer doctor, and i often suggest to my patients that they consider marijuana for their loss of appetite, nausea, pain, depression and insomnia. it's one medicine they could use instead of five. >> reporter: critics like dr. voth are highly skeptical of claims it can treat just about everything. how is it possible that one plant has the potential to treat so many different ailments? intriguing answers started appearing in the early '90s, when researchers pinpointed receptors in the brain and the body that bind with cannabis. receptors can be described as locks on the surface of a cell, and when the correct key binds with the correct lock, or receptor, it opens the door and delivers messages. sometimes, the messages are urgent-- for example, that the body is feeling pain, or that there's an invader and the immune system must attack. researchers believe cannabinoids can

. >> maggie abram, the senior political reporter for politico. mitt romney was supposed to be the sort of moderate, mainstream, more, quote, conventional candidate in the republican field. feeling pressure from the right? >> oh, i think that two national polls showing that he is no longer the prohibitive front-runner, if the front-runner at all, is very worrisome to him. i think he's going to have to be very careful about what he says on the campaign trail, and i think every word is going to be watched going forward to see if you are seeing a shift to the right to sort of appease the tea party conservatives activist base that tends to vote in these primaries. his supporters argue he didn't change his position at all, and this is very consistent with what he's said in the past. i do believe there's a shift in emphasis about whether he believes humans caused the earth's temperature to change. i think, again, we are running in a presidential race in what is going to be analyze the very, very closely. >> isn't that a big problem for romney because in

military is deploying a company of m-1 abrams tanks to marines stationed in the northern helmand province now, let's get one thing clear first. these aren't just any tanks. no. these things are monstrosities. they each weight 68 tons. they're propelled by a jet engine and they're equipped with 30-year-old precision firepower. so why in a mountainous dusty country like afghanistan would you try to have big tanks rolling around? well, if you listen to military officials, they'll tell you that it's simple: awe, shuck and firepower. it's all part of the campaign to show how strongly they've been beefing up military operations and not the unconventional counterinsurgency type. no. i'm talking very conventional warfare. bomb and kill, shock and awe. forget about hearts and minds. >> you call you call that segment, "fireside fridays." >> yes. >> what's that about? >> fireside fridays is my chance every friday i'll pick something that something that we may have been reporting throughout the week and maybe i want to wrap up on it or it's just something i want to take out a personal moment just bet

. >>> let's get more from our gma legal analyly dan abrams. how critical is this piece?> he tied himself to this story that they went to snorkeling. if he said that i don't know what happened to her, she disappeared. he's put himself in a particular place at a particular time and every witness and piece of evidence that they can find that undermines that becomes significant. >> if they can disprove the snorkeling is that enough to arrest him? >> it's probably enough if they can make it clear that his story isn't true. >> of course, right now, investigators will be looking hard at the background of this eyewitness? zblut sli. any high-profile case wherever it is, if someone comes forward in the midst of an investigation, people come forward with a new piece of evidence or information, authorities have to spend time to make sure they're credible. >> meantime, the search is beginning this morning, it's been three weeks. >> the search was based on his story, his account on where they supposedly went snorkeling. if you discount that story and you start from scratch, let's ass

the united states district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania and was a law clerk with abrams and of philadelphia civil division. he is a graduate of philadelphia university and received his ph.d. bobby witt from university school of law where he was editor of the villanova sports and entertainment law journal. thank you for being with us. >> i would suggest the law has not had an opportunity to evaluate this. it has not weighed in quite yet. liability surrounding technical communities is all over the place. i think it creates some interesting -- what i will call exotic legal issues. first amendment issues. jurisdiction issues. privacy issues. but at the end of the day i think the number one issue is not going to be exotic but the mundane. i think it is going to be state court law. it will be negligence claims from people who were injured from misinformation or by failure of technical and volunteer community response or of the emergency response community to respond to a call on social media. i think the question becomes what do the does the technical and volunteer community o

floyd abrams. if you do not believe me, trying googling mr. first amendment., every single hit going back decades leads you to floyd abrams. first amendment guru is also marginally found. he has argued dozens of first amendment cases. i will not list them for you. because of the reasons we are here today, i will mention a few that are near and dear. there was the case that led to the boilerplate, "prior restraints on free speech are a violation of first amendment rights." the government may never punish the publication of truthfully acquired information. these are quoted in every brief dealing with first amendment rights. you can thank floyd. because i do not really need to introduce floyd, i will tell another story. i do not know how many people are familiar with something called the mayan set list. the class of 2014. tackles' about clea have never -- czechoslovakia has never been a country. i will tell you what it is like to be a young lawyer in a world where there has always been a first amendment. when the citizens united case was argued in 2009, i was a y

. >>> joining us live is "gma" legal analyst dan abrams.f this lead really does pan out to be true, it's huge for the fbi. >> remember, this is the only history. hijacking in u.s. every other one they know who did it, et cetera. so, this would be enormous. but it's also because, as pierre pointed out in his piece, this has the makings of a movie. the whole story about parachuting out the back, never being able to find him with all the money, clues left as this investigation has gone on. so, certainly the fbi is saying publicly thahathis is not t high priority for them. nevertheless, you've got to believe that in a case where they've been looking at it for 40 years and the only unsolved hijacking that they'll looked long and hard at it. >> is there a statute of limitations? >> you need to show there was an actual accomplice. the authorities are saying that the statute of limitations wouldn't necessarily be an issue, meaning over the years as they've looked at the case and vestigated it said statute of limitations wouldn't be an issue. but th

. >>> "gma" legal analyst dan abrams joins us now. yesterday you called this.ou thought it would be a quick verdict but under four hours. what was the most critical piece of evidence? >> the fact that there was no defense. the bottom line is that the prosecutors were able to present dna evidence, photographic evidence, audiotaped evidence, that he sexually assaulted two girls. the defense, nothing. the defense was basically, this is persecution of me based on my religion. no actually response to the claims of sexual assault. jurors asked to hear the audiotape again of him sexually assaulting the 12-year-old. people started to think, whoa. if they're now going back and asking to hear that again, this is going to be a long deliberation. they listened to audiotape and came right back. >> they'll be back at the courthouse, the penalty phase begins. what can we expect? i hear there will be more evidence presented? >> remember, this case was just about sexual assault. the evidence that came in strictly about that issue. now, you can bring in some other issues when yo

we'll bring in "gma" legal analyst dan abrams now and, dan, the insurance policy, not quite sure abouthat. travelers' insurance is pretty common. >> if the authorities come to believe this could have been premeditated it could change everything because instead of looking for what might have happened down there to lead to an incident they can start looking, again, at his computer records. they can start looking at what happened before he left to say how did he prepare for it, what did he do to get ready for it, et cetera, so that really could change the entire direction of the investigation. >> it could make all the difference. let's dig deeper into some things ashleigh brought up, the fact that he is being interrogated for hours without an attorney. >> yeah. the difference is he can still say i don't want to answer those questions, which apparently the investigators have said he is doing. he is saying i'm not going to answer any old questions. i'm only going to answer new ones. in the united states, though, if he said i don't want to answer any more questions they'd have to stop asking

in 1973 as chief of staff of the army, general abrams led is out of the vietnam conflict, he said that it was the enduring role of the army to ensure that america remains immune from coercion. that benchmark remains as true today as it was 38 years ago. it applies of course not only to our army, but to all our services. i look forward to working with the joint chiefs with our civilian leaders and with the members of this committee to adapt the united states military to a new fiscal reality while ensuring as my primary responsibility that america remains immune from coercion. should you confirm me as chairman, you have my solemn commitment to those tasks. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general dempsey. general, the committee has a series of standard questions that we ask all of our nominees. have you adhered to applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interests? >> i do. >> do you agree to give your personal views even if those views differ from the administration in power? >> i will. >> have you siemed any duties or undertaken any actions wh

and "gma's" legal analyst dan abrams joins us now. back together again.r her, the practical logistics of having to show up are far -- it's a far bigger deal than for your typical defendant. >> they don't want to go to her because -- >> exactly. they don't want to look like they're giving her any special accommodations. while in cases like this you might be able to work it out and say, okay, the probation officer will come to you, et cetera, no way they're going to do that, i don't think, in this case because they don't want to be seen as giving her any kind of special treatment. >> isn't it more than just logistics because she can't drink. there's certain stipulations. in excess. so she'd be watched a little more closely than she would otherwise. >> she would, there's no question, but let's assume for a moment she won't be drinking in excess or doing drugs, then it wouldn't be a big problem for her. the problem is going to be that everyone will have to know where she is. >> that is the million-dollar question right now. all right, dan, thank you very much

them brand-new books, not just crockett, not just david crockett but also the wild west 365 from abrams, another brand-new book. and then to reissue, my rascal son right here in the center, pretty boy charles arthur floyd. the pretty boy book is not brand-new. was originally published many years ago but unfortunately it has been out of print until now, until now meaning my editor the original editor robert wild, probably in my opinion the best nonfiction editor in the country, move from saint martin's, my old house, to norton, great house by the way. and he brought pretty boy back. it is important to me because it was the second of my three pulitzer prize nominations. it is a book that definitely needs to be back in print and it has been optioned for a major motion picture, as has my more recent biography of really the kid, another norton title. so i would be remiss if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoonful from his rascal son, from charlie floyd, who hated to be called pretty boy. this is really the social history. where this book ends, steinbeck 's "the grapes of wrath" begins.

first of all, on my right, floyd abrams, david sellers, water bush. they all had the privilege of hearing what i am about to say. i will ask floyd to elaborate just a little bit on the notion that in the near future, the first amendment law very well be made with curious individuals. i did not know what it meant that the time. >> it means that with new technology, the people who are born to get in trouble, the people who are born to get sued, the people whose cases are going to be great cases may not make great newspapers anymore. individual bloggers and it is all the more important to try to ensure good representation of those people and to ensure first amendment protection is genuinely available for all. one of the great things that occurred, looking back on it the last 40 years of the last century, the establishment press as it was then willing to take very strong stances and court defending first amendment rights that had not been the case before. there had not been many cases before. it had not been the case before. it matters so much who the lit

them brand-new books, not just crockett, not just david crockett but also the wild west 365 from abrams another brand-new book. and then to reissue, my rascal son right here in the center, pretty boy charles arthur floyd. the pretty boy book is not brand-new. was originally published many years ago but unfortunately it has been out of print until now, until now meaning my editor the original editor robert wild, probably in my opinion the best nonfiction editor in the country, move from saint martin's, my old house, to norton, great house by the way. and he brought pretty boy back. it is important to me because it was the second of my three pulitzer prize nominations. it is a book that definitely needs to be back in print and it has been optioned for a major motion picture, as has my more recent biography of really the kid, another norton title. so i would be remiss if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoonful from his rascal son, from charlie floyd, who hated to be called pretty boy. this is really the social history. where this book ends, steinbeck .. 's "the grapes of wrath" begin

them brand-new books, not just crockett, not just david crockett but also the wild west 365 from abrams, another brand-new book. and then to reissue, my rascal son right here in the center, pretty boy charles arthur floyd. the pretty boy book is not brand-new. was originally published many years ago but unfortunately it has been out of print until now, until now meaning my editor the original editor robert wild, probably in my opinion the best nonfiction editor in the country, move from saint martin's, my old house, to norton, great house by the way. and he brought pretty boy back. it is important to me because it was the second of my three pulitzer prize nominations. it is a book that definitely needs to be back in print and it has been optioned for a major motion picture, as has my more recent biography of really the kid, another norton title. so i would be remiss if i wouldn't share with you at least a spoonful from his rascal son, from charlie floyd, who hated to be called pretty boy. this is really the social history. where this book ends, steinbeck 's "the grapes of wrath" begins.

it has bought a number of abrams tanks, the best tank in the world, but they do not know yet how to use them, maintain them, employ them, so it is in iraq close the interests -- iraq's interests to continue to have a small number on the ground to provide that intelligence for the campaign and training for conventional war. >> we are talking with a retired army lieutenant colonel and now president for the center for new american security about the fresh violence erupted in iraq. if you want to get involved in the conversation, numbers are on the screen. we have a special line for iraq veterans. 202-737-2579. that is the special line we have provided for iraq veterans or folks who are active duty and have had experience in iraq if you want to give us a call and share some of your experiences and let us know what you think about what is happening now. our first call comes from raleigh, north carolina, on our line for democrats. caller: i was wondering how many troops would be left if they decide to stay after the original the part -- departure time. the second, i wanted to make regarding t