this is not a bob ross session. bob ross is a fantastic artist, but this is not no 15-minute escalade. this is serious art here. how much time do i have? >> some inmates struggle with how to serve time, a problem steven robbins has mastered. >> art is my sanity and my salvation. i mean, that's what keeps me stable. this is all paint. this is not acrylics. you have to let this dry. that's how i do it. i don't try to put too much of a buildup on the paint because i want to control it. creativity, i got you, no problem. >> as one of the prison's more senior residents, robbins also sees himself as a bit of a father figure to some of the new inmates, as austin knight will soon discover. >> knight? >> yeah? >> ready to go? >> after completing the classification process, it's time for knight's transfer to general population. >> got everything? >> i'm going to "d." i wanted to get out of there, intake as soon as possible. be able to get some air now. i'm a little nervous. but other than that, it's more excitement than anyth

oklahoma city bombing and rejected on civil liberties grounds on a bipartisan basis by people like bob bar and rossartlett. and so we know that the patriot act was passed under tremendous pressure and the government and the members of congress did not have time to read it. host: cliff, was the patriot act passed in a rushed manner? guest: it cuzz passed with some urgency considering what happened to us and the perception that we had basic gaps in our law enforcement, in particularly the wall that had been built up between intelligence gatherers and law enforcement. and there was some urgency to get that fixed. i think the patriot act fixed that. and maybe it passed hastely but there was a reason to move quickly. and it has continued to pass under republican administrations but it was passed in a democratic administration as well, it passed with strong democratic support among those in favorite of passage were john poddesta, chief of staff to president clinton. so the patriot act was put into effect, is still in effect. and i think that's a very important -- it's one of the reasons, i don't mean the

the other problems with the ross material that didn't have been announced in january of this year that fell apart in may and it's just been it's just been such a hard time for bob dudley we were talking about this earlier the c.e.o. of b.p. who you know took over after all the problems in the gulf of mexico when he came from a b.p. he was the been sent out there to try to sort all that out the first time and now he's back in london and now he has to have yet another headache was russia. horror be he either serious we're supposed to feel sorry for b.p. because they've been through a lot after the oil spill the gulf i mean come on i was back in graduate with some savvy to paint b.p. as them so i have some sort of corporate victim out there but domestic news sources also decide to sprinkle their own two cents on this story as well the new york times headline for this story reads memo to exxon business with russia might involve guns and a lock all of its guns and a lot of us you know this raid must have been pretty intense i think of luck. ok i know that we can show you that much there but that's also because there wasn't really much to show there was no guns there

bob dole, bill clinton ran for re-election against the radical shut down the government republicans who were in control of congress. in 1996, with his daughter safely married and the cia nowhere to be seen, ross perot went for it again for president. he still got 8% of the vote that year but bill clinton took the election running away. the republican congress shutting down the government in 1995 was the best thing that any american not named ross perot ever did for the prospects of electing bill clinton president. that was president 1990s. and the 2000s, there was a reason what we're going through right now all feels familiar. democratic president gets elected elected, in the first midterm after that, yeah, it's a big republican win. big republican wins in the 2010 midterms. republicans take the house. then what does the republican majority in congress do with their big new majority? what do they do almost right away? >> it is a night for anger and recrimination in washington and around the country as the clock ticks down to a shutdown of the u.s. government. >> shut her down! just three months after the republican majority house gets sworn in under john boehner, they put the country up again

ross. a hamstring injury. he could miss a week. madison baumgartner. after starting the year is 0-6 he is now at 12-12 in the kids when the back. right now bob won five. dairies diego. the highest-paid pitcher in history came in to mop up when it was nine- one. he pitched a scoreless ninth period the giants and the diamondbacks. the giants are 5 back in the wild card and six back in the west with 11 games to play. a lot of things going on today in the oakland coliseum. star wars night. they had fireworks. 31,000. the score was tied 1-1 and look what happened. a power outage. you have fire trucks, star wars i and delights for 16 minutes. her act this night, a lot of strange things. detroit wrapping up their division. jose bob verdi, his 47th consecutive save. tigers or when a three-one. they celebrated a little bit at the coliseum tonight. their first division title since 1987. the tigers are got a run 23-5. there they are. there will be a lot of guys coming over to mark. >> and there will be a lot of hangovers in the detroit dugout >> . still to come in this a day and hour, a lot more news including what they are saying about the hair stylis

ross perot ran. who would be the ideal guy? colin powell, evan bayh, chuck hag hagel, bob kerry?ne of the things that would make this so viable is that the media would be a great accomplice. because they want it to happen. >> so it's almost -- >> like i say -- >> free press off this. >> they will go -- >> but inside the echo chamber and not necessarily -- >> what do you mean? this is a potential party or ticket that people up and down the east coast would find very appealing. that would take a percentage of independents -- >> and then would vote for obama. >> the republican party or the democrats, both parties could be hurt by this. but it is not -- >> this is not -- >> i can see america voting for an independent candidate. the blocks are too strong. >> if bases aren't solid, the republican, democratic party have historically low support like 20%, people by a margin of 50% or more want an independent ticket. they'd like a unity ticket, which an organization called americans elect right now is doing -- they've had half the signatures that they need to be on 50 states, and they're