just look at todd akin.he truth is i was a reagan conservative for 12 years in the state house and also in congress. never pretended to be anything but a reagan conservative. so i'm an example that, yeah, you can get elected. second of all where they took that is -- and this is why firing back is relevant -- and that is you go to a place like mississippi and the senate leadership in mississippi is putting money into the senate primary race in order to pick the candidate they want. that's not a good idea. you should not use republican money against republicans. second, you're a republican in mississippi and you're not backing a guy that the establishment wants, you're going to be irritated and not want to work for the party because the big guys in washington have jumped in and said we don't want primary elections. we want selections and we're smart enough to know who you should elect. it's insulting to the grassroots so i stand against that. >> you mentioned carl rove and comments he made. among those conserv

look at todd akin. the point of the matter is, i was a reagan conservative for 12 years in the state house and 12 years in the u.s. congress. never pretended to be anything different than a reagan conservative. and so i was re-elected with great re-election numbers. so if i'm an example, anybody who is a conservative or christian that wants to run for office, i'm an example that you can get elected. second of all, where they took that then is in -- this is why firing back is relevant and interesting reading, quick read and that is you go to a place like mississippi and the senate leader palestine mississippi is putting money into the primary race in order to pick the candidate they want. and so i'm saying, that's not a good idea. one, you're wasting money early. you shouldn't use republican money against republicans. you should use it in the general election. second of all, think about. i say you're a republican in mississippi and you're not backing the guy that the establishment wants. you're going to

or in van akin's case, dozens of them.f 40 fruit has been growing for nine years. 14 are installed around the country. most in public places like this one at the center of the syracuse campus. >> that's burgundy. >> reporter: alive and edible. van akin says his project has grown beyond expectation. perfect. >> there's a pastor in norfolk, virginia, that did a sermon. and a big part of the sermon was using the tree of 40 fruit as a symbol. and to me that was amazing that it reached that far. >> reporter: there's something about it that's biblical. >> oh, definitely. you know, i liken it to the tree of life. it's the beginning of a story. >> that was jeff glor reporting. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll go live to iraq in the aftermath of the u.s. airstrikes. we'll also get an inside look at isis. >>> plus, more on the latest amazon.com controversy. >>> and charlie rose shows us his chops with the pops. the "cbs this morning" cohost acts as maestro for the legendary orchestra. that's the "cbs

remember todd akin, the political byword todd akin? well, he's been very quiet for the last two years. one of the things we've noticed is that every day we subscribe to google alert like everybody else does. i always subscribe to todd akin to sue people are saying about them. it has never stopped. the criticism, you know, he's treated like a pariah for an interview he gave which lasted all of about 20 seconds was the controversial portrait and, of course, he lost a senate race in missouri as a result that everybody, you know, putting distance between themselves and him. well, he's coming back after two years of being very quiet. and in july is going to come out with a book called "firing back" published by wnd books. and i have to tell you, i think it's going to be, we've done some preliminary work with immediate. so far does not a single news agency, network that does want to have todd akin on to talk about. you know what i'm talking about, peter. so that's coming out in july. we've got a very interesting and diverse series of books.

he made a comment about todd akin. i think he's crazy so i was wondering if he could talk about what republicans and conservatives can do to keep people from like todd akin from running and running our stereotype? >> maybe i'm wrong but i don't think anyone saw it coming. he was endorsed by national right to life and wasn't endorsed by the sarah palin and it was a democratic person. richard mourdock turns around and starts talking about a pregnancy in the case of rape being a gift of god after the akin thing and by the way is just a political commentator i argue both of those points. that is why you should never ever run for any office. one thing i think tea partiers and they say that generically about people who have not been involved in politics or are suddenly getting involved in politics. one thing that they have to learn is these are very different skills. being a politician running for office. he conceded. democrats have a lot of good politicians and i don't mean about their ideas. just in political skills and i

red shirt because custer did wear a red shirt and mcgillicuddy kept a journal and he was partially akin to his cartography skills and he always wrote details. very detailed notes. and he had heard about this and he had that impression in this includes events that happen in little big one in late june of 1876. he treated some of the men who had obviously not been with custer, but other individuals that were there. and he had come in to the reservation and then in the spring of 1877, they finally came in and surrendered and they had been out all winter and they were struggling and his wife was very ill and so being a surgeon at the camp, one of his goals was to take care of these individuals that were coming in. and so the wife of mcgillicuddy was also working and she would go out to the indian camps with him. so it was a doctor visit and a friendly visit. he got to know the people. and so mcgillicuddy said we became friends and he knew crazy horse quite well and he was an immediate member by the time he was arrested and brought into camp robinson in september 1877. there are descriptions

eight years, republicans have a good chance in 2016 provided a ransom in slightly better than todd akin we have a very good chance. especially when they talk a lot about obamacare. so far i think i added up approximately 1 million hours trying to find a health care plan for myself. and self employed some of the few americans actually subjected to the provisions of obamacare. the entire time i was mumbling about my liberal friends who unfortunately is a hypochondriac in there for what the entire national budget spent on health care and that is blogger nikki crouse. for all 1 million hours second big screw you, screw you, you said it was going to be great. and the title of my column was screw you, nikki crouse. as i was sending it out i forgot to mention to him that it was coming. so i sent him an e-mail by the way, i imagined you in my column this week. he read the column in the column and he said yeah can you make good points, but what is so brilliant as you are going to have it available in the country poured into obamacare pages to find a good plan for you now. but i mailed him back a

akin the day of henry clay it was a big deal. the problem was, there was a good you look confusion between industrial hemp and some other crop that was a bit more controversial and it took a bit of explaining. that was worked on in the general assembly and, ultimately, as a result of the commissioners work and others on a bipartisan basis, the state made it possible for us to try something new. but that was not enough. it was not enough. it had to be permitted at the federal level. had the same kind of challenge that you did in frankfurt of convincing my colleagues that this was something different from the other crop that first came to mind when you brought the subject up. what i did was talk to the conferees, the people that the leaders put on the bills to write the final bill, to talk to the conferees about my desire to have this end of course their desire to be on the conference report would help. so, i found some new into z as him for something they had no interest in in the past. what we were able to achieve was the permiss

then a conversation with former missouri congressman todd akin.11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a." the british parliament is in recess this month. "prime minister's questions" will not be seen tonight. president obama announced new efforts to expand the program and renamed it the mandela washington fellowship. it is made up of 500 of promisingn african young leaders. students attend a program focusing on entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and public management. the summit was held prior to president obama hosting african heads of state this week at the white house. his townhall with the young leaders ran just over one hour.

monroe akins is behind bars.. accused of assaults on at least six women. of the victims picked him out of a lineup. he's also being investigated in a series of other sex attacks. akins is being held on 750- thousand-dollars bail. he's due back in court today. prosecutors dropped 17 felony counts against state representative lashawn ford. ford pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor tax count instead. the west side democrat made the plea yesterday morning related to a false income tax return for 20-07. prosecutors dropped much more serious charges, including bank fraud. he faces a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a one hundred thousand dollar fine. former white house press secretary james brady has died. he was paralyzed in 1981, when he took a bullet for president reagan. since then his name was attached to gun control laws and campaigns. brady's family says he died from multiple health complications. he was 73. a possible candidate for mayor says rahm emanuel has it out for eight aldermen who have stood up against him. second ward alderman bob fior

that kind of sense then the net benefit to the community in the broad sense - >> i think it's more akin to putting a camera at every intersection we have a law and can go and enforce the law we're putting a camera at every intersection and a rad oar dethe course. >> that is only for people that violates the law we don't go around and ticket everybody so the same thing that we put on all the stores including not the ones in violation i think the resources - >> i don't think the highway patrol catches everybody but just the presence has a motorist respect the speed limit. >> well. >> i think we agree to disagree it's not the use of resources if we go out and check everybody. >> okay. commissioner. >> i want to go back to the expenditures what you called revenues in my opinion, of course, you're talking on behalf of the small businesses the revenues and expertise so navigate you're spending public money for a 3 hundred and 98 thousand and our business money for the other. i see it as a if you added it comes up to 7 - i mean, i don't want to go to the nitty-gritty of adding up numbers but i

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there also a quote from the article, more than a few republicans see chris christie something akin to bruce willis' character in the 6th sense, the lastman to realize he is no longer alive. >> chris christie is not over it yet. 7 1/2 months ago we started the bridgegate scandal, you have 17 months before the remaining caucuses start, a lot of time for forgiveness and re-evaluate and rebrand and chris christie whether a he has to do with his brash style which used to be cute and attractive, not as much, because he has been branded as a bully, he has been to be a maverick and come up with clear ideas, among republicans he is leading. 1%. >> it's a vacuum in terms of nobody -- listen to what a christie confident dant said, if we nominate rand paul we'll get mondale. >> in this environment with what's going on internationally, being a libertarian he is done, latest poll he was 13 next guy was rand poll. jeb bush could close the void. i'm not saying chris christie emerges. >> mitt romney. >> that's a possibility. >> that's a possibility. you just don't know. some of his folks are pushing.

what he wants is to make turkey akin to france or the united states, and to do that, his party needs a majority in the election next year. he has never done that. the alternative is a referendum, but, again, opinion polls say there is very little support to turn turkey into a presidential system. >> is eu membership still a priority for erdogan? >> it could be a new way forward, but nobody is really hoping that, because they are very preoccupied with the conflict in iraq and syria. >> ok, reconciliation and changes ahead for turkey. we will be looking at that in the days ahead. dorian, thanks a lot. >> and his vision of a new turkey includes more growth. since he was elected, the economy has grown at blockbuster rates. >> let's take a closer look, because there are cracks in the foundations. in the past few years, growth has slowed. fitch says with the electoral victory and the proposed constitutional changes could spook investors and threaten the economy. >> istanbul is the biggest turkish city and main economic hub. many firms are located here. under the rule of erdogan, it has bee

law, the new measures states any site with more than 3000 visitors will be centered a media outlet akin to a newspaper and be responsible for the accuracy of information published. internet companies will be required to allow russian authorities access to users' information. on this, we speak with the prominent russian blogger. thank you for joining us. have you registered? >> no, i have not registered and have no intention of registering because this is totally unconstitutional under article i of russia's constitution, don't need permission from the government to express my views. this is about freedom of speech. doesther thing is the law not oblige me to register. it says registration is the obligation of the government, to create a list of bloggers who have more than 3000 visitors in a day on average for the last three months. that is what the law says. >> colleagues of yours, do they have the same position and also refuse to register? >> i'm not expecting anyone to register voluntarily unless he is especially pro-government and toling to show his loyalty the new unconstitutional law

>> yeah, i think this episode is more akin and really kind of connecting to dr.ris's piece from the "washington post". this piece is much more akin to emmitt till in that we have the same issue of community trauma that is brought to us by the visual image of a young person in tragedy. with emmitt till it was the open casket, with michael brown, it is rather the image of his body laying out for four hours on the ground, in the midst of his neighborhood with trauma for the neighbors and children and young people of that community. but then for the millions of us who have seen it on social media, have seen that image, this is not something that is normal for the average american to see. so when they see that image, and juxtapose that image, of young people around michael brown's age going out to make their voices heard through public protest and see them being responded to by a militarized police force, coming upon them, then it does raise the question about whether this is the america that we desire. and so i think those two traumatic images juxtapose to one anothe

akins is a primary suspect in the remaining three incidents in park forest. those investigations continue. a 16 year- old girl walking home from school was the first to be attacked on the evening of march 18th as she walked through winnebago park. she says they can put his arm around her shoulder and asked if she had a boyfriend. he then put a small knife to her stomach told her not to straiscram. three other teenage girls or all report being groped as a walk alone. in one attack prosecutors say he claimed he had a gun. two women leave and attacked as they walk to and from the station. >> having the vehicle description and suspect description allow us to go and look for the person of interest. looking into it further. he was picked out and multiple windups. >> am happy that he has been caught and he deserves to go to jail for the rest of his life. he is a sick man. >> there was also a similar attack reported on april 24th. police say he has not been identified in that case. >> please also tell us that he has a significant criminal history that includes arrest

it is called, this is seattle and this is called the kane county water taxi, but it is really more akin to a ferry service. they operate on a fixed schedule and a fixed route and there are three locations and downtown, seattle, and yeah, downtown, seattle and the island and west seattle and you can see here a picture of one of the vessels they do look more like a ferry and 172 passenger and so really, despite the name, maybe not, the best model, for what we are talking about here. and just a summary of some of the things that we found through the case studies. and we have seen a variety of vessels and there is no single model. and but in terms of, you know, success factors i think that we saw, a broad network of destinations and facilities spread out over the large area is a key, and serving both residents, and that could be, commuters, or, employees, and as well as the visitors. and important forming strategic partnerships with the visitors serving the organizations such as hotels or, you know, local businesses and government agencies and then, of course, having comparative pricing as

mid- 80s is akin to the weekend. >> for the moment we're going to keep the shower sockless and introduceof a thunderstorm next week. an eye towards all of the model week. an eye towards all of the model guidance. in the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. woman: my baby, he's not breathing. is he choking? i don't know. i came to change his diaper. he wouldn't wake up. man: this kid wears diapers? he's a quadriplegic. help him! clear his airway. you want to give a hand with the o2? pupil's fixed. you got a pulse? this kid's blue. his temp is way down. mom, what's wrong with mikey? i don't know, honey. this kid's gone. you're not giving up! we're not stopping. there's something wrong here. i think you need to call homicide. woman: increasing the rate. are you guys the detectives? we're undercover-- special jaywalking duty on 14th street. he's got writer's cramp. must've given out 20 tickets. what's this about? micha

eight years republicans have a good chance in 2016 provided they run someone slightly better than todd akin. we have a very good chance especially if they talk a lot about obamacare. i have so far this year spent i think i added it up and it was approximately 1 million hours trying to find a health care plan for myself. i'm self-employed so i am one of the few americans objected to the provisions of obamacare. the entire time i was mumbling about my liberal friend who unfortunately is a hypochondriac and therefore once the entire national budget spent on health care and that this blogger make a cap. for all 1 million hours i kept saying screw you mickey kaus, screw you mickey callan the title of my column was screw you make it callous. i realized i had forgotten to mention it to her that it was coming. i sent him an e-mail saying by the way i mentioned you in my column this week. he read the column and he said you make good points but what is so brilliant about this comment is you will have every liberal in the country pouring through obamacare webpages to find a good plan for you now. i e-

that made it more of a poison, more akin to poison gas over which there was a taboo about the use, itably would've changed the entire dynamic of decision making. the only nation that extensively used poisonous gas in the battle of world war ii was japan primarily against the chinese from '35 to '45. the germans used gas, but we know the context that was. there was clearly something about gas and the idea of poison that at a visceral level would've had a profound effect on marshall, stemson and truman than the notion they had that it was just a bigger bang. >> and we have one final and it will be a final question from the special question. >> thank you. i have a specific question, but before i talk about it, can i just express my general comment. i listen to you people. i realize you seem to share the similar view and perspective. and i was thinking that in this country, there are a lot, many other historians and other experts who do have very different viewpoint on the issue we're talking about. and i think it would be a great service to american citizens to have this kind of symposiu

a power grab is underway in iraq as islam akin surgeons continue in their fight not only for landon supporters but also for the country's most valuable resources a mist heavy fighting the islamic state militants are also looking to capture key dams in the country over the weekend isis launched a three pronged attack on the hood either down which regulates the flow of the euphrates river and western iraq and also generates hydro electricity the militants are also fighting to seize the mosul down the country's largest along the tigris river in the north the hydro power dam is near mosul the second largest city in the country which fell to the militants back in june so what could this looming water war mean for the future of iraq i was joined earlier by daniel pipes president of the mid east forum and i first asked him what the appeal is for these insurgents well in brief if you control the dams in iraq you control who are the true rivers euphrates and tigris are the lifeblood of iraq. there the source of water of course an electricity. there's no there's no wrong too. rivers and the biggest in i

why doesn't it exist in a broader scale where every person in california has access to it akin to thember alert. and we get the alerts and hear about it on the news. why doesn't everybody have access? >> we would like to spread access. but be careful not to spread it before it is easy. if they are released too early they can cause problems. and the early warning systems are issuing kwarnings when there are none and sometimes there is missing them. we haven't released them widely. >> that noise that they heard was an example of the early warning system. few other countries have access to that where earthquakes are a problem. >> that alarm gets your attention. >> it certainly does. >> and the military is testing a new experimental missile and super sonic weapon designed to protect any point on earth in half an hour. >> and plus, british intelligence coming closer to finding the masked man seen in the horrific murder of james foley. details on the key suspect as the foley family said good by. >> and in missouri another son laid to rest. friends and family and supporters of michael brown

author of the "star-spangled banner" with clarity, precision, and passion, a literary performance akin to a great soloist nailing the high notes in the land of the free and the home of the brave. marc leepson is a journalist, historian, and author of eight rooks -- books. marc is a former staff writer for "congressional quarterly" and has been a freelance writer since 1986. he has written for many newspapers and magazines, and is arts editor and columnist for the newspaper published by the vietnam veterans of america, he teaches u.s. history at lord fairfax community college in virginia. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome marc leepson. [applause] >> thank you, david. thanks for inviting me to be here today. thank you all for coming. i'll knock off early so we can see the rest of the soccer match. no, i won't. it is my pleasure to talk to you today about this book that i wrote. it is the first biography of francis scott key in more than 75 years, and it is particularly important because it is coming out this year, 2014, the 200th anniversary of him writing the "star-spangled banner."

for representative akin, one of the problems was, as he said, i have been saying this for years. i hate to disappoint you, but you're an obscure congressman and no one knew you were saying this stuff. it reinforces what he was talking about. no one knew you always have that position. i think one huge category of crises, and some of the hardest ones to handle, our when your candidate violates a cultural norm. it does not mean they did anything wrong. it is their value. that is really hard to handle. to 1988, wherek the bush campaign tried to paint a picture of michael as weak area this is a picture, worth 1000 words. as we look at this moment, you can see is wearing the helmet, riding this tank. what happened? why was is a seminal moment in his 1988 campaign? >> first of all, i think we have this all of the time. candidates should be candidates and officeholders. every once in a while, you have candidates who will do work days. even there, they really are a collector. needs to stay in their role. i think that often allows you to character but -- caricature. i think people were alr

i would almost say it is akin to the murderess row on the 1927 yankees. think about the team in place between the news corp. side with mr. murdoch and chase carey and james murdoch and dinner rice -- peter rice and the executives on the the divisions and time warner side, i don't know if jeff would stay but he is an incredible executive. the folks at cnn, jeff zucker, if you were to stay, at turner, hbo, just unparalleled talent in that combined company. always of the question whether anybody stays. since we don't know how this is going to end yet, and you have worked for both rupert murdoch and jeff bucher is, how do you think this wind? > -- this will end? -- getsrupert debt is his sights set on something he does everything he can to get it . i don't think in this case -- news corp. is looking for a certain price and time warner is looking for a certain price. i think there is incredible synergy and the company is. i think you can run multiple studios and multiple cable networks and use the leverage of the combined company to take some back office expen

i would almost say it's akin to the murderous row on the 1920's yankees.eam in place between the news corp. side with mr. murdoch and chase carey and james murdoch and peter rice and the executives who run the divisions and on the time warner side, i don't know if jeff would stay but he's an incredible executive. the folks at cnn, jeff zucker, if he were to stay, at turner and richard clapper from hbo -- just unparalleled talent in the combined company. >> it's always a big question whether everybody stays after a deal gets done. since we don't know how this is going to and yet and you have worked for both rupert murdoch and yet you guess, how will the story end? >> the one thing about news corp. and rupert is when rupert gets his sight set on something, he does everything he can to get it. i don't think in this case, news corporation is looking for a certain price and time warner is looking for a certain price -- i don't think there will be a rationality. i think there is incredible synergies in the companies and you could run multiple studios and cable n

host: and todd akin talks about it in his book firing back. appreciate you joining us this morning. guest: john, thank you very much and best wishes to all your listeners. host: up next, crystal williams talks about capital hill. first, all weekend long on book tv and on american history tv, we look at the places and people that our c-span cities tour producers have looked at in 2014. we'll take you to jackson, mississippi where we go to the home of medgar evars to learn about his life and his death today at noon. host: crystal williams joins us now. after a busy week after dealing with the situation on the border in congress, i want to start with this plan that was passed last night by house republicans and get your reaction. guest: yeah. well, the house passed it and that's the beginning and end of it. the funding is, first of all, inadequate and second of all in the wrong place. it's basically military and law enforcement funding in response to a humanitarian situation and that just seems very misplaced. what it doesn't do is provide adequate funding to take care of the children

. >>> 20 minutes until 7:00 on your saturday morning, as we take a live look at akins oval in philadelphiasome wondering if we are going to see rain today and the answer for some of you, yes, you are seeing it right now. although the clouds will remain throughout the day, it will be nice and cool and should be a good day for outdoor plans. highs in the 70s today. can you believe that? 70s in august? >>> homeland security department is urging businesses of all sizes to scan their point of sale systems for a software, backoff. earlier this month ups found infected computers in dozens of stores but is not aware of fraud because of that. there could be more setbacks for the launch of iphone 6. there is an issue with the design panel. that may push the production and release date back. apple is holding a news conference on september 9th, and that's usually when the new iphones and ipads are unveiled. >>> and then there are claims about misrepresented amounts of sugar in one product. a south jersey law firm announced it's suing whole foods and the class action lawsuit claims the company is law c