our goal is obviously not to have atd be used as a back door to absconding. and our goal also is to make sure that we have available the beds we need for detention and so the budget request, as we move the atd resources back into detention, that i as a secretary would be allowed to do so. >> is there any serious looking at using contracted facilities, private facilities? >> for? >> for detention. >> we do have some private facilities used for detention. we do contract with some, ze any expansion of that for cost purposes? of course we'd expect them to vid adequate care but have we looked at using our own facilities versus -- >> well, public entities being like sheriff offices who run jails, it's private/public in that sense. but we're always looking at costs and bed costs and bed availability as we make this determination. >> are there any studies on that, between the contracted facilities? >> i will look for you. undoubtedly they are on a project by project basis because they bid compete for the contracts but whether there's kind of something overall that wo

atd run as -- a variety of ways you can do it. everything from kind of a reporting mechanism on a regular basis all the way to wearing a bracelet and having to call in at certain intervals and the like. so there's a broad range of ways that it can be done. our goal is, obviously, not have have atd be used as a back door to absconding, and our goal also is to make sure that we have available the beds we need for detention, and so the budget request includes language that as we go through the year, if we need to move some of those atd resources back into detention, that i, as the secretary, would be allowed to do so. >> is there any serious, looking at using contracted facilities? private facilities? >> for -- >> for detention. >> we do have some private facilities used for detention. we do contract with some, yes. >> any expansion of that for cost purposes as well? of course, we expect them to provide adequate care, but have we looked at the cost comparisons for using our own facilities versus contracted private facilities? >> well

our role is obviously not to have atd used as a back door to absconding. our goal also is to make sure that we have available the best we need for detention, so the budget request includes language that as we go through the year, if we need to lose some of those resources -- move some of those resources back into detention, i would be allowed to do so as the secretary. >> is there any serious looking at using contacted, private facilities for detention? >> we do have some private facilities used for detention. we do contract with some, yes. >> any expansion of that for cost purposes as well? we expect them to provide adequate care, but have we looked at the cost comparisons for using our own facilities were subcontracted and private facilities? >> a lot of work contracts are with other -- we have a mix of private and public in that sense, not just federally operated facilities. we are always looking at cost and bad cost and availability as we make these determinations. >> the cox comparison between the contractor facilities? >> undoubtedly they are on a pr

others say it promotes sex and may e courage the spread of atd's. >> that's what people said 25 years ago when we started promoting condoms and largely in response to what was the new hiv aids crisis. i think it's an old argument that gets brought up every time there is some new technology to help people have more responsible sex. >> reporter: they say that this right now is under consideration but probably a year or so away from happening. think are still researching vending machines to see what would be practical and make sure only those offer the age of 17 would have access. abc 2news. >> thank you. a new study found fewer teens getting pregnant. researchers found in 2008 only 6.7% of 15 to 19-year-old's got pregnant. that's the lowest level in 30 years. >>> now to the very latest in that disturbing murder suicide case in washington state. four days after he killed himself and his two sons, josh powell's sister is speaking out. jamie has more on that revealing interview. >> reporter: up until now we have only heard from police or members of susan powell's family but now josh powell

. >> reporter: he won big in nearly every category of voters, atd edged rival newt gingrich with groups the former speaker groed to win, the very conservative, evangelicals and tea party supporters. thd look at this statistic, among voters who said beating president obama was the most important factor in their decision, romney won 70% of the voted. .hat widespread support even had romney's wife ann looking ahead. ed now that we have all of you excited and energized and volunteering, we're going need you again next november. >> reporter: but despite that decisive win, this race is far from over. ron paul and rick santorum have been out campaigning hard here in colorado. and and the other states that are coming up next. and then there is gingrich. he's vowing to stay in this shing until the bitter end. d.w with the gingrich campaign here's my colleague chip reid in mvada. nevada. >> reporter: jan, last night here in las vegas newt gingrich did not concede his loss to mitt romney. instead he came out swinging, rejecting calls from a growing chorus of republicans who want him to stop the at

. >> see you get sent home tonight by "castle" atd 10:00. >> let see what's coming up on at 6:00. >> gordon peterson is live with a look. >> something else to worry about, those huge overhead highway signs. it could one fall down and hit you? where there are now concerns safety in the area. a historic anniversary today. ago today john glenn went into orbit as the first flight in orbit. maureen and i will see you at 6:00. week is shaping up to be so beautiful. tell us more about it. >> the temperatures will be trending upwards. we will get into the upper 60's later this week. let's take a live look outside. the amount of daylight lengthens each day. across the basin and downtown, wind is light, the sky is clear, and we are in the mid 40's right now. 51 in quantico. will drop down into the 20's tonight. . trend in thise city. definitely down to the mid 20's in the outlying areas. dominating and that move off tomorrow. high cloudiness will move in later in the afternoon. minnesota, this moving in. be here is a representation on the satellite-radar. it will stamp to the north and west. c

do we atd syrian opposition? do we give them humanitarian assistance? do we provide buffer zones? all these questions have not been answered, and that's what the administration is working on right now. >> there's some concerns about the broader civility of syria in terms to the degree of which it will hold together through this. there's a big sectarian divide between the majority of the country and the assad ruling clique and concerns that what we're see is the beginning of a genuine and terrifying civil war. how worrisome -- how worried are you about that? >> i think the civil war is erupting and beginning right now, and that's something that u.s. officials are starting to ago knowledge reluctant lu because it's not just a nightmare but for the people of the region as well. they say syria is not libya. libya was sort of self-contained, and syria the violence has a potential of spreading to all sorts of different countries. that's real. that means that the assad regime, as they are protected by russia and china for the time being, feels imperative and feels the pressure and they w

administration to work with catholic universities and hospitals to try to, and i'm going to quote from the atds, allay some of their concerns. when pressed about what that meant, we didn't get a direct answer. it's not clear what that means to allay some of their concerns. there does seem to be a willingness to compromise that's coming out both yesterday and today. as you pointed out, martin, pressure is mounting on this white house from members of the catholic community with clergy all over the country urging their condition agrgregates to . >> this seems like it was bound to occur. >> reporter: i think they knew it was going to be an issue no matter how they decided and ruled in this instance. a lot of political analysts say they were choosing between catholics and women. that point can be debated. a couple of statistics that are interesting to think about that may have informed the administration's decision. one is that statistics show the majority of women who are sexually active do use contraception including about 98% of catholic women are saided to have used contraception. that's one in

a >> host: one of your colleagues just died to was the: first black professor of law atd harvard. >> derek bell. derek bell. the first black member of the me harvard law school. >> host: is that fair to say? first black professor at harvard law? >> i think it is if what you're trying -- if you're writing a story and you're talking about his place in the history of legal academia or his place in history of our law school then, yakima the fact that he was the first black tenured member of our black harvard law school>>ut faculty, then it's significant.w on the other hand, if we simplya were talking about a subject, let's say affirmative action ori let's say the war on drugs or let's say anything else, we are talking about the dues of derekw bell, well, it's just derekerek bell.lse. i don't think that the raciali identity should in antity unexplained way be part of the story.. >> host: next call comes fromoma john in chicago. thank you for holding. you're on book tv. >> caller: i just for your information, like stock in racial terms all the time. that's all racial constantly. so you kno