if they feel that athe conditions aren't good enough for that, they'll suspend play. so there will be no lift, clean and place at any point during the u.s. open. >> right now, who do the conditions favor? >> i think they favor guys who can just roll with this. who don't get bothered by having to get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning and warm-up, and then maybe not play or have to wait or play a few to get back in. so it's guys who can deal with this. there are going to be a lot of long days. a bunch of guys never even teed off. so they're looking at trying to get their first round started and then maybe the second round. it's going to be a a long weeke, so nobody that can deal with that will be farther ahead than anybody that gets agitated by the whole thing. >> is that an advantage, given what the weather was? or is there no real advantage for not teeing off, considering you're going to have to do maybe double the work on friday? >> yeah, i think you can look at it both ways. guys who got off to a bad start today are certainly going to think that it's a disadvantage that t

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abolition of the death penalty, of 1have the lawyers, the police lieutenant who is responsible od athe torture of 100 black men outside chicago, total impunity tier a 25 year period. these activities came together so that 6 years after this demonstration the republican governor of illinois put a moratorium on execution. >> don't forget the writers of the tribute. >> so much credit to go around for how this happened in a short period of time but it is an example we should remember because it would have been unimaginable in 1991. it was unimaginable, no one could have said here is the strategy and here is how we are lic,. to do it, but shipping the way, doing some things, speaking broadly to the public, assuming people can be convinced by the fact, not just by your passion, and uniting as many forces as possible, it is an extraordinary example. tveryone in illinois is happy we ane not resumed execution. it is a wide consensus that the death penalty is just an example of our broken criminal justice system and we have to fix that. >> there have been some remarks attributed to you regarding

that the great predominance of evidence has not established any link between aspertame and the dens aths that you speak up. he remains very proud of bringing that product to market. it had been in regulatory limbo when he took over at searle. he tried very hard to get permission to market that. host: that company was instrumental in the development of hdtv. guest: that is right. he has an impressive career in business as being an agent of change. he took companies that were struggling and turned them around. he made them successful. he also brought to market very significant products. host: he did not enter private industry until his 40's. he had been in government service before that. would he have been happy to stay in government service? guest: i think he would have been. he did not see an opportunity at the end of the ford administration to run for president or governor. he was not ready to run for president. he also believed in people moving back and forth between government and industry. host: let's here from florida on the republican line. you are on the democrats' line, correct?

need an ambitious program, we want to have successful negotiations in copenhagen, and we want to make athe best use of our time. once again, a warm welcome to you, and we are so glad you and the members of your team have taken the trouble to come here. >> thank you very much, everybody. good morning. it is wonderful to be here in the beautiful city of dresden, which obviously is steeped in history, and as chancellor merkel discussed, has overcome great tragedies, and is now this beautiful city full of hope. so i'm very grateful at not only changs lower -- chancellor merkel, but to the german people for their hospitality. germany is a close friend and a critical partner to the united states. i believe that friendship will be essential not only for our two countries but for the world if we are to make progress on some of the critical issues that we face. whether it is national security issues or economic issues or issues that affect the globe like climate change. chancellor merkel, as she mentioned, and i have had a very productive discussion. we continue to work closely together to confront

the senator and i do that every day, try to respect each other's needs and make athe senate function appropriately. here the democratic senate is proceeding in a heavy-handed fashion, and is ignoring the minority's need for a fair process. it serves no purpose other than to run the risk of destroying the kind of commity and cooperation that we expect of each other here in the senate. all of which was granted in the case of chief justice roberts and justice aleto. because of this, it will now be difficult to achieve the kind of cooperation we need and expect as we try to deal with the nation's business. i would hope they change there are decision and allow us to work on a thorough review of this lengthy, lengthy record that the nominee possesses. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> senator from arizona. >> i would like to join the ranking member of the committee on which i sit as well as the distinguished minority leader in asking the question why we have to set a date right now on the hearing for judge sotomayor. there is no reason for us to do that because there is no way to know a

document and one who believes that what we do in this house and in this congress is unconstitution ath according to that original intent. supporting our military personnel is critical for the security of america. we are not doing what we are supposed to do for our veterans. we have broken promises over and over again. the veterans are not getting the benefits that they've been promised. and i think that is immoral and verges on criminal because we have bloken as a federal government the -- broken as a federal government the promises that we have made to the veterans and military personnel in america. we need to fulfill those promises. we need to do what we have said we would do for them and that's to take care of them, to take care of their spouses. we need to do so for their lifetime. on the other hand what we are doing here is we are going further and further down the road away from the constitution , the original intent. we are stealing our grandchildren's future by spending more and more money that we don't have. it's right and good and proper for us to spend money on national defe

athe caller from louisiana talkd about a small refinery in his district, is getting ready to build a much larger plan. he pointed out to the committee that that company is on hold right now waiting to see if this legislation is enacted into law. if it is, it will not build the plant in the united states, it will build a plant in mexico. there is evidence upon evidence upon evidence that this in fact will kill jobs. it may create some green jobs, but the net cost of jobs -- and that is pretty obvious. if you start paying for something that you have not had to pay for before, that will hurt job growth. there is no question about it. and it is not just charles river and associates. there are many other organizations that have predicted that. the 2.3 million to 2.7 million is at the high-end, bennett many jobs will be lost. americans are thinking that is this the right time to do this? energy policy that focuses on our economy, and i think you can deal with the issue of global warming, the deal with it when the evidence is better. as i pointed out, it is getting worse rather than dealing

often fall short of properly providing for the health care needs of women there is too much fragment athes of care and not enough clinicians with the current training and experience. child care considerations aren't being met adequately for male or female veterans and currently, the v.a. does not cover care for the newborn child of an eligible veteran. to answer these challenges and others, h.r. 1211, takes a number of important steps to help the v.a. provide the services and care our women veterans need and sets the v.a. on a path to better care in the future. h.r. 1211 authorizes the v.a. to conduct two important studies. first they study barriers to health care women veterans experience. it will examine the full range of barriers, including the lack of comprehensive primary care, the sensitivity of providers regarding gender-specific issues, the stigma of seeking mental health assistance. the second is a comprehensive study of the women's health program with the goal to improve services at every v.a. medical center and it works to improve the sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress diso