welcome back to the show and now more of the debate between max blumenthal author of alliance of life and love and in greater is going morton klein the president of the zionist organization of america. i've heard a lot of a lot of heated rhetoric also coming from the israeli establishment too and considering that gaza is completely closed off the people have nowhere to go don't you think that the way that this campaign is being waged amount to collective punishment and isn't civilians. so i said these civilians voted in this terrorist nazi like terrorist group they get they rent out their living rooms for rocket launchers israel wants them to leave their homes where the rocket launchers are leave the hospitals leave the mosques where rocket launchers and missiles are there warned ahead of time egypt they have an entire border aligned with egypt. egypt does not let anything to go in because they know hamas is a terrorist regime that threatens egypt themselves israel has let virtually everything go in except for missiles and or momentary him but he goes in through they receive it throug

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featuring a debate between morton klein president of the zionist organization of america and max blumenthal journalist and author of the lie of life the most and in greater israel now given the time difference between here and jerusalem this interview had to be pre-taped so to maintain the integrity of the debate we've made absolutely no edits aside from cutting out delays we experienced from the studio there check it out. let's start by giving each of you a minute to provide an opening statement on what you think is the primary cause of the current conflict between israel and palestine max let's start with you. there is no conflict between israel and palestine israel palestine is a single unitary state and it is a conquest being carried out by the jewish state in order to dispossess and ghettoize as many palestinians as possible it's been going on for seventy years the population of the gaza strip or eighty percent refugees living in the second most overcrowded area on earth they are the victims of this ongoing campaign of dispossession and that's the root of their resistance when they tur

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senator richard blumenthal chaired this hour, 40 minute hearing. [inaudible conversations] >> this hearing is open, and ask as you know -- and as you know, my name is richard blumenthal, i'm senator from connecticut, and i am here, regretfully, in place of chairman rockefeller who has an urgent intel, intelligence matter and, therefore, could not be with us at the opening. i don't think he'll be able to join us, but his absence is in no way a sign of any lack of interest in this subject. in fact, i've talked to him in some detail about this hearing, and i know that he would be here if he could be. i want to welcome all of our panel here and all of the folks who are attending. this subject is one very, very close to my heart as a former attorney general for a couple of decades in connecticut. i had first experience with cramming, both wireless and land line, and worked with at least one of the members of this panel, attorney general sir rell, and i'll be introducing him in just a moment. as many of you know, the telephone industry decided to get int

blumenthal -- senator blumenthal. >> thank you very much. ask justice mccaffery, he said judges have to provide a level playing field. the less when an abuse victim quests a temporary restraining order, or you believe judges do provide that level playing field or do they hand out tro's casually and willy-nilly? >> all jurists i am aware of take this very seriously, especially when it comes to victims. in pennsylvania, we have been on the cutting edge of protecting women that have gone through these types of traumatizing events. to us, it is far more than just handguns. it is all domestic violence. yes, judges do take it seriously. withve a police department directive 90 that makes sure our officers follow up on all domestic abuse allegations. the bottom line is it is one of our most important criminal investigations. the short answer is they take it very seriously. >> dr. malcolm, do you dispute that? >> whether they take it seriously? take it seriously and require a showing of fact indicating dangerousness and threat. >> i am sure that is w

you to senator blumenthal for his work in this area. tragically we have had a number of major shootings that have killed multiple people in the last few years. we see newtown to nevada there is more to be done in terms of closing loopholes and our background check system. i would point out that some of the issues raised are good ones about the record-keeping. in states that do require a background check for private handgun sales, 38% fewer women are shot to death by their intimate partners. i havermer prosecutor seen firsthand how domestic violence and sexual assault can destroy lives and tear apart families. i ran an office of over 400 people. i was charged with protecting domestic violence victims and enforcing the gun laws. it was one of my major priorities for those eight years. one of the things i learned as a prosecutor is there is still more work to be done. this over the of christmas holiday in 2011. i went to one of the saddest funerals i ever attended for officer sean schneider. he was a lake city police officer with three chi

and i understand senator blumenthal is filling in and thank you for that. there are legite uses for this such as providing charity cost, download a new app or service and bill directly to the mobile telephone bill. but despite the efforts to implement regulations to prevent cramming parties have taken advantage. cramming isn't a new thing. in the late '90s, congress devoted time to cramming on landline bills. we held an investigation in 2011 showing the investigation and the problem. some states enacted laws to eliminate the third party billing to prevent cramming on landlines and most carriers have ended the third type parties on landlines. but concerns are raised about fraud in wireless bills. the topic of the hearing and the chairman's recent investigation. three partries are involved in this. the third party content provider, the billing agrigator and the customer. all could do more to protect from cramming. it is challenging to accurately measure how many people have been affected by this. i appreciate the number of actions that have been taken to prev

senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr.chairman, and thank you for championing this bill which i am very, very proud to cosponsor. thank you for having this hearing which gives us an opportunity to really, not only express our support and sympathy, but also to make you a part of the crusade for this legislation which will really in a sense make something good come of your horrific experiences. and i have a family who is a constituent family in greenwich who suffered are tragically, a loss that in some ways is reminiscent of yours, and loss that still is with them. george smith the iv vanished, literally disappeared sometime overnight going into july for of nine years ago. he remains missing since the 2005. there was blood on the ship when it went into a harbor. the crime scene was never secured, let alone adequately investigated. his death remains a mystery today. much to the understandable consternation of his family. is deaf -- his death is with us still in connecticut. it is a grievous reminder that the rights of people

forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. >> thank you senator blumenthal. ranking member and members of the committee, on behalf at ctia, thank you for the opportunity -- was made from the song. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing and address the steps of the wireless industry to address the cramming. at the outset i want to be clear cti and its members share the committee is concerned, regulators concerning the public concern about cramming tracing the unauthorized misleading or deceptive third-party charge on a consumers why your list bill is wrong and simply not acceptable. that's why in november of 2013 wireless carriers ended their support of the premium sms services except for the charitable and political giving in to the calling services. moreover, the carriers allow customers to block all third-party charges and work to makorder tomake it easy for cono obtain refunds for unauthorized charges. c. t. i originally became involved in the industry efforts to please be sms through the association's role as the common short code

chairman. >> thank you, senator blumenthal.or knell soften, i think you had -- knell soften, i think you had a question. >> earlier in my comments i noted the toxicity of the concentrated nicotine in an e-cigarette refill liquid. let me ask the two gentlemen, mr. healy and mr. weiss, in addition to the nicotine, what are the other ingredients in the liquid nicotine? >> speaking to the blu product, the five key ingredients are propose line gliokohl, glycerin and vegetable glycerin, distilled water, nicotine and natural and artificial flavors. >> and in our product it's glycerin and also flavorings. >> any of those other than the nicotine harmful sub standses? substances? >> we've tested our products, and we support the fda's hphc harmful and potentially harmful constituent testing for these products, and we've submitted our results to the fda and are very comfortable with the results that they are orders of magnitude safer than combusted cigarettes. >> but as to the substance itself being harmful or not, i didn't understand your

don't be a part of this because you will regret it. >> senator blumenthal?> like the previous colleague, i am tremendously respectful. i'm not going to go so far to say that i am a during that we love you and happy birthday. >> your daughter is great. like all of your children, they are a better generation to generation. so, but i also want to thank your staff and our staff for the excellent work that they've done in putting together this really profoundly important hearing, and it does have a very haunting feel. the difference is that you -- i find in his testimony defense of denial that i cannot accept and the reason is that it is defined by the numbers. the latest report by the legacy foundation shows 18 million teens were exposed to blues, print and tv ad within a six-month period allowed. it shows that they are reached 3 million teens. it's the logical effect of what they do and they know those effects and you know that you are reaching children and teenagers. i've seen th a movie before. it's called big nicotine comes to children near you, and you are

senator risch ard blumenthal -- richard or blumenthal chairs while senator roy blunt is ranking member this is just under two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm going to call the hearing to order an

thank you very much. >> senator blumenthal of? >> thank you.nk you to champion this bill which i am very proud to co-sponsor and thanks for having this hearing that it gives me the opportunity to not only express our support in sympathy but make you a part of the crusade for this legislation that will have a good cup of your horrific experiences. i have a family that is a constituent that suffered tragically, a loss in some ways reminiscent of yours that is still with them them, george smith vanished literally disappeared sometime overnight to going in touche july 4th 9 years ago. he remains missing since 2005 then there was blood on the ship when it went into a harbor and the crime scene was never secure the loan investigated his death remains of mystery today's much to the consternation of his family. his staff is with us still in the connecticut. a reminder the rights of people who suffer the victims of crime are completely and inadequately protected and as you have reminded us that is the reason that these kinds of limitations make as a moc

i particularly want to thank senator blumenthal and his staff. they provided some valuable constructive suggestions as to what this protocol should look like, and indirectly i must thank the senator because the senator was critically important and very instrumental in the design and administration of the 9/11 victim compensation fund, which proved to be a precedent for much of what is in this protocol. i want to publicly thank the senator for his work many years ago in the drafting of the 9/11 victim compensation fund. accompanied by miss camille by rose, who has worked at my side in the drafting, design, and administration of the 9/11 fund, the bp oil spill fund, one fund boston marathon, the virginia tech memorial fund, etc. she is also here to answer any questions the committee might have about the administration of this program. it's a bit premature to be talking about this program because we do not begin receiving claims until august 1, a few weeks from now. we are right on track. this protocol will form the basis for the submission of claim

democratic senator richard blumenthal saying the president, quote, owes the american people a better,ler explanation. harry reid saying the strikes were the correct action, quote, i also support the president's decision to launch air-strikes as long as no combat forces are on the ground. kirsten powers is a fox news contributor and served in the clinton administration. kirsten, welcome. >> good to be here. >> what do you make of this? it is a very delicate line for the president to walk. there is pushback from some within his party, not necessarily unhappy about what he's doyne but fearful for where it has the potential to go. what does he do now? >> well, i think there have been only a few people who have spoken up like senator blumenthal who's been critical of what the president has done. but overall, i feel he's gotten a lot of support, at least from people in the democratic party, nancy pelosi, senator levin, elliott engel, the people actively involved in the foreign policy decisions of the democratic party. so i think he's got a lot of support for this. and i think as long as it

senator richard blumenthal chaired this hour, 40 minute hearing.audible conversations] >> this hearing is open, and ask myeyou know -- and as you kn i am here regretfully in place of chairman rockefeller who has an art -- urgent intelligence matter and therefore could not be with us at the opening. add up think he will be able to join as, but his absence is in no way a sign of any lack of interest in this subject. in fact my talk to him in some detail about this hearing in nine now that he would be here if he could be i want to welcome all of our panel here and all of the folks who are attending. this subject is one very, very close to my heart as a former attorney general for a couple of decades in connecticut. i have firsthand experience with cramming, both wireless and land line and work with at least one of the members of the panel, attorney general william sorrell, and i will be introducing him in just a moment. as many of you no more than two decades ago the telephone industry decided to get into the payment processing business. the bright id

senator richard blumenthal chairs the subcommittee on safety and security while senator roy blunt is ranking member. this is just underir two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm going to call the hearing tg order. and apologize, first of all, for a little bit late start. we just finished a vote, which i just did, and i'm sure that we'll be joined by others of our colleagues for this very important hearing. today this subcommittee is focused on safety, particularly as it relates to trucks on our nation's roads and highways.this this issue ising something that -- this issue is something that i have cared about deeply throughout my career, and i appreciate senator blunt's commitment as well. i know he has been very, very focused on issues relating to safety. issues that divide us, but there is so much more that we have in common x be that's why we're having this hearing, that's why we're joined by witnesses who are really experts on this topic from across a wide spectrum. the administration, safety advocacy, law enforcement and the industry, the trucking industry and the men and wom

i appreciate your time and senator rich r art blumenthal and i want to go back to terence moore. what does this do with organizations in the league, mr. moore? i mean, coming up on the end of training camp right now. i know that there's a lot of counselling that goes on with these players when they're new into the league. when an athlete comes to you today, they bring their agent. they bring their accountant and they bring their advertising guy and the next corporate deal that they're going to do. they come to you today as a commodity. and they're don't just come from some school, you know, this has to be managed. so what's the responsibility of coaches and teams and the way they manage these players at this point in the wake of this? >> if you are a general manager or an nfl coach right now immediately you are getting all these guys in the room and telling them to cool it it, stop it, be about business because we cannot afford to lose you for six weeks, okay some besides the fact that they'll get zapped as par as pay is concerned, you're going to hurt the team. people were talki

senator blumenthal and i've introduced legislation, the fans act. we think we have some leverage. we think the economics will drive the issue in the nfl will realize it is in their best interest to do away with the blackout rule altogether. since 2009, over 100 games have been blacked out. , communitiesms that support their teams. not only through emotional commitment, but also through taxpayer dollars and stadium reconstruction. the venues more profitable for nfl teams. the nfl should do away with a blackout rule altogether. >> how did this role come to be? >> it made sense at a time when this was 1975. experienceme viewing is very different. today, with audio and visual game watchinge experience has been increased tremendously. stadiumere was little advertising going on. now you see stadiums are replete with advertising which diminishes the economic benefit to the team and the league and trying to market advertising. when i was a kid you got a maybe $.75. today fans are wearing authentic jerseys in the stadium. that is a result of the frequency that comes with access to the bran

senator blumenthal and i have introduced legislation in both the house and senate, the fans act, which would remove the nfl's antitrust exemption for blackout toes. so we think we have some leverage. but i think the economics of this will drive the issue, and the nfl will come to realize it's in their economic best interests to do away with the blackout rule a altogether. since 2009 over a hundred games have been blacked out in the nfl and, again, these are teams -- communities that support their teams not only through their emotional commitment, their financial commitment, but also through their fax payer -- taxpayer dollars as well in stadium reconstruction to make these venn venues that much more profitable for the nfl teams. so at very least, they should do away with the blackout rule altogether. >> host: so how did this blackout rule come to be anywaying? >> guest: well, it made sense at a time where -- keep in mind, this was 1975, and the home game viewing experience was very, very different. today, as i said, with audio and visual technology, surround sound, you know, the game,

. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for having this very important and enlightening hearing. and thank you to the members of the panel for country bidding so importantly to our discussion, and each of you has really been extraordinarily insightful in your own way based in part on the experience and research that you bring to this table. and just to add to the chairman's question, money money money is often very important. but it's also how the money is spent. and also what can be done to prevent cte. one of the areas as education or the core eastern institute at the university of connecticut has released, as you know, a list of nine recommendations for blessings the incidents and reducing -- lessening the incident of long-term traumatic brain injuries and expense of the state and adopting those recommendations is very, very mixed. connecticut has implemented only 4. most of the states have implemented a few of them. so there is a lot of work to be done here in educating parents, trainers, but als

senator blumenthal is worried that this will lead to military in iraq. the president insisting that is not the intention. that thereby no combat troops on the ground and josh earnest saying even as we support iraq we are not going to return to fight in iraq. david. >> as we see video problem talking it jordan's king a abdullah about the effort. any difficulties as far as getting aircraft to them and dropping humanitarian aid. >> reporter: we understand that it all went smoothly. they came in and out at a very low altitude. the pentagon release information about the air strike after th planes were out of the area. today the state department officials indicating that the u.s. is also talking to other countries about helping in the humanitarian aid. as you mentioned they did call jordan's king abdullah to talk about the humanitarian crisis. the british government indicated it will be dropping relief supplies in the next few days. and at the state department today saying the u.s. will likely continue it's humanitarian drop and they say they have full authori

armed services committee member richard blumenthal of connecticut, warning white house in strongly worded statement, saying i opposed open-ended military commitments which president ace actions in iraq could become. the president owes the american people a better, fuller explanation and scope of strategy of military actions. reports that the airstrikes will expand in the coming days on the, the president and his aides promising that u.s. ground troops would not be returning to iraq. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry at the white house with our report. >> as president obama worked the phones today, reaching out to jordan's king abdullah who is fretting about isis militants spreading in into his kingdom, aides pressing over and over a president who ran against a dumb war, sticking with limited u.s. mission that it is up to iraqis to stop islamic militants. >> this is threat we can not confront for them. this is threat only met and defeated by a unified iraq. >> republicans counter the president needs to ramp up assault on isis and makes sure the u.s. defeats them now. >> the

i particularly want to thank senator blumenthal and his staff. they provided some valuable constructive suggestions as to what this protocol should look like, and indirectly i must thank the senator because the senator was critically important and very instrumental in the design and administration of the 9/11 victim compensation fund, which proved to be a precedent for much of what is in this protocol. i want to publicly thank the senator for his work many years ago in the drafting of the 9/11 victim compensation fund. accompanied by miss camille by rose, who has worked at my side in the drafting, design, and administration of the 9/11 fund, the bp oil spill fund, one fund boston marathon, the virginia tech memorial fund, etc. she is also here to answer any questions the committee might have about the administration of this program. it's a bit premature to be talking about this program because we do not begin receiving claims until august 1, a few weeks from now. we are right on track. this protocol will form the basis for the submission of claim

. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you, madam chairman. dr. oz. dr. oz, i want. dr. oz, appointed through a cuevas and globe chart raised. i understand -- in response to one of the questions that perhaps is a mistake. so wondering would you consider creating a sort of master list of brands that would be helpful to consumers? because after all, you have the immense power of your voice and credibility that would be helpful to consumers if you create such a master list of brands that you feel do work and are helpful. helpful. >> i would love to do that. i've been speaking to people i trust in industry about how to go about it. my best estimate and a love for other members to offer this is public 80% of the products which are made by 20% of the companies are high quality, reputable products by people who really do their homework and our audited image of the ways. good manufacturing processes and the like. 20% of the products are made by a lot of the companies, theoretically 80%, who really aren't that good. they are fly-by-night. the quality issues are of major concern t

senator richard blumenthal, from connecticut, women members of the u.s. house and senate, doctors and -- with -- and the bill's proposed action, with provided remarks. this is just over two hours. >> welcome. thank you for joining us today. thank you to our witnesses, thanks to our ranking member senator grassley and most especially to senator leahy, the chairman of the judiciary for giving me this privilege of chairing this hear. we are convened today to hear testimony regarding the women's health protection act, removing barriers to constitutionally protected reproductive rights. our first panel consists of a number of our checks who have positions and views on this issue. as well as my check, senator baldwin from the senate, who is my co-sponsor in the measure that's not pending before the senate and has been a leader for a long time in this area. we have support from more than 30 of our senate colleagues, and my understanding is that the companion measure. >> co-sponsors in the house or thereabouts. >> the reason for this big is essentially is the cas

just going on some of your -- >> attorney lopa blumenthal will be discussing that audiotape and get the attorney's response when we have it. >>> we will have much more on this later this hour as well. >> michael brown's mother gets support from two mothers who also lost their sons to gun violence. don lemon spoke to the three of them. we'll have that interview coming up. >>> plus, a grim assessment on the time line for containing the deadly ebola outbreak. all the latest on this major story next. >>> and later will the ukrainian and russian leaders meet amid more fighting, more accusations and a shake-up in ukraine's parliament? [rob] so we've had a tempur-pedic for awhile, but now that we have the adjustable base, it's even better. [evie] i go up...heeeeyyy... [announcer] discover how tempur-pedic can move you. and now through september 7th,save up to $500 on a tempur-pedic mattress and adjustable base. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. we put members first, join the nation. nationwide is on your side. >>> health officia

[laughter] >> i don't want to be disrespectful to senator blumenthal who, i think, was here before me earlier. would you like to -- no. >> i will ask my questions now only because i have to preside -- >> oh. >> and if you would yield for five minutes, i would really appreciate it. >> i've already been put in my place once. you're more senior than me, i will yield sir. >> yeah, but you're bigger than i am. [laughter] let me thank you, mr. chairman, for having this hearing which very sincerely is, i think, a very important one, very significant for the future of academic institutions. i want to thank all of the folks who have come to enlighten us, and thank you to senator nelson, by the way, for having that hearing on concussions which was very enlightening. i want to begin by saying for what it's worth i think the law here is heading in a very unfortunate direction, as dr. emmert and i have discussed. i think that the law is heading in the direction of regarding athletes at universities more and more as employees. and that is because of the growing asymmetry and inequality of bargainin

>> so joining me now, attorney lopa blumenthal who is the attorney for the man with the tape and theetired chief deputy u.s. marshal. were you able to hear the shots? >> yes, i was. >> and what do you think? >> i think it sounds like a pause in there. >> how significant is it if it is a pause in the shooting? >> very significant. that means somebody had time to think and then fire again. >> yeah. do you agree with that? >> i do. >> why so? >> that was what caught my attention initially. exactly as the officer said, it shows a point of contemplation. >> chris? >> i echo their sentiments as well regarding the pause. there are a lot of other details in this audio. if you notice the decibel level of the shots doesn't really change which suggests either the officer was not advancing at all or that he was advancing very slowly which goes to disprove the theory that there are allegations that there was an altercation. moreover to disprove that theory, if michael brown was involved in an altercation, i don't think the officer could get off that many shots. maybe one or two but not that many.

i particularly want to thank senator blumenthal and his staff. they provided some valuable constructive suggestions as to what this protocol should look like, and indirectly i must thank the senator because the senator was critically important and very instrumental in the design and administration of the 9/11 victim compensation fund, which proved to be a precedent for much of what is in this protocol. i want to publicly thank the senator for his work many years ago in the drafting of the 9/11 victim compensation fund. accompanied by miss camille by rose, who has worked at my side in the drafting, design, and administration of the 9/11 fund, the bp oil spill fund, one fund boston marathon, the virginia tech memorial fund, etc. she is also here to answer any questions the committee might have about the administration of this program. it's a bit premature to be talking about this program because we do not begin receiving claims until august 1, a few weeks from now. we are right on track. this protocol will form the basis for the submission of claim

chairman. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator vitter. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you both for your service. certainly i want to express strong support for fixing this problem, absolutely as soon as possible as well. i voted against the budget deal in december, and this issue was the single biggest reason why. so we need to get it fixed. and i want to express strong support for fixing it in a way that doesn't increase the deficit in any way. that would be doing through two steps what a huge majority of us vowed absolutely not to do. and so that would be a failure as well. so i'm very hopeful we will get this done. i just have one question for both of you. this provision essentially treated folks in uniform fundamentally differently and worse than federal, civilian employees, all other federal civilian employees. it sort of penalize them retroactively on this issue, while the change was made for all other federal employees was prospectively only. do you think there's any justification for that different treatment? >> i think it was surprising. i don't think th

while the recording has not yet been confirmed as the actual shooting, the lawyer, lupa blumenthal toldbc news the fbi has a copy they're working to identify and speaking with their client. she'll be on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" tonight. they do confirm they're collecting audio and video of the fatal incident on tape which the lawyer played for nbc's ron allen. you can hear what sounds like gunshots in the background of the man's amorous message. >> you are pretty. you're so fine. just going over some of your videos? >> we counted what seemed to be a burst of six gunshots followed by a three-second pause then four more shots. this point, we don't know happened immediately before or after, and whether it's the shooting of michael brown. the lawyer tells him she's confident it's the real deal. >> no doubt in your mind this is real? >> absolutely not. he's a very solid citizen, you know, he's, i think that if it came to testifying, he would be a very reliable witness. and he has no reason to make it up. >> law enforcement officials told nbc news it's impossible to know at thi

. >> you know, neil blumenthal, warby parker, added one more to that, which is deyoald rant.ave the deodorant to save from being stuck in the airport. slather it on. liz: gary, i know there's a lot of sweat ec bity in cha you've -- equity in what overdone at southwest, but you have knocked it out of the ballpark, stock up over 105%. you beat on both the top and bottom line for the quarter. 6% surge in passenger traffic. i need to know from you, though, there are so many negative headlines. you're basically a domestic carrier although you just started the caribbean destinations as well. do you notice that people are deciding now to fly more domestic than internationally after all of the tragedy and, frankly, the war zone news that we see? >> you know, i don't know that we have any immediate visibility into that just because of our network. we're 99% intra-u.s., so we don't have any firsthand experience there. liz: right. >> i will tell you that the travel environment domestically is very strong. it's very consistent. the first time we've seen this kind of steady demand really

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