bork's character. for the most part, this was about the law, was it not? >> it was. and, you know, there is a verb that came into usage -- >> borked. >> getting borked. and it is interesting, that word has different meanings to different people. to conservatives, it means being tarred unfairly, being abused by the congressional hearing process. democrats, to this day, are very proud of those hearings because they say, bork was rejected because his views were too extreme -- too extreme in their conservatism. so this is a subject that still gets a lot of people angry. all these years later. because the issues are still very much on the front burner and they are hot button issues in terms of privacy. that dispute he was having with joe biden was about a case called griswold versus connecticut which said that states could not ban married couples from buying birth control. and bork had been critical of that decision and biden was incredulous he could be critical of that decision. and those fights are still

, judge robert bork died today at the age of 85.id the companies had a right to sterilize the female employees or fire them. after he says that segregation had the right to stay legal, after all of that, maybe the most amazing thing about robert bork's career, on the basis of that career, he was nominated to be a supreme court justice. >> bork again stuck by his position that the constitution does not bar the government from regulating personal marital right. >> it may well, i have seen arguments to that effect, but i have never investigated that. >> well, as i said earlier, judge, we're going to see a lot of things start to come up in the law we're going to have to face that relate to marital right to privacy. just the way technology is changing. and we're going to have everything from legislation, i predict to you, in the next 20 years, i predict on everything from test-tube babies to cloning. >> oh, i think we are, i don't know what the answer is because i have never thought about it. >> i think the constitution is more expansive

to bork a nominee. judge bork never made it to the highest court in the land.d my name became a verb. that's one form of immorality. but it's not his only claim to fame. james rosen in washington tonight. james? >> shep, conservatives across the disciplines of law, academia and public policy tonight are mourning the loss of a man they call a giant. robert bork was one of the most influential legal scholars of the past 50 years supreme court justice antonin scalia said in a statement. contact on legal thinking this the fields of antitrust and constitutional law was profound and lasting it was in the summer much 1987 that senate democrats allied with liberal advocacy groups that paint judge bork as a far right wing threat to blacks, women and free speech. he was ultimately defeated by historic margin. bork had first gained notoriety as the justin department official carried out president nixon's order to fire the watergate special prosecutor archibald cox who was seeking access to the white house tapes. the attorney general at the time and his deputy had both res

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bork was born in 1927, and graduated from the university of chicago law school. his economic libertarianism morphed into law-and-order conservatism during the upheaval of the 1960s. in 1982, president reagan named him to the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia. there, he applied his conviction that the founders' original intent in the constitution did not include a right to privacy, abortion rights and some civil rights protections. and then, came the fight of his life. >> i today announce my intention to nominate. >> reporter: bork's supreme court confirmation hearings unfolded in september 1987 and heralded a historic struggle over the ideological composition of the federal courts. >> the judge's responsibility is to discern how the framers' values, defined in the context of the world they knew, applies to the world we know. >> in robert bork's america, there is no room at the inn for blacks, and no place in the constitution for women, and in our america there should be no seat on the supreme court for robert bork. >> it is hard to understand why

bork had first gained notoriety years earlier as president nixon's solicitor general. on nixon's orders, he carried out the so-called "saturday night massacre" in october 1973, firing watergate special prosecutor archibald cox who'd sought access to the white house tapes. >> the president said, "it is my expectation the department of justice will continue with full vigor the investigations and prosecutions." >> reporter: robert h. bork was born in 1927, and graduated from the university of chicago law schoo his economic libertarianism morphed into law-and-order conservatism during the upheaval of the 1960s. in 1982, president reagan namedo him to the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia. there, he applied his conviction that the founders' original intent in the constitution did not include a right to privacy, iviltion rights and some soghts protections. and then, came the fight of his life. >> i today announce my intention to nominate. >> reporter: bork's supreme court confirmation hearings unfolded in september 1987 and heralded a historic struggle over

robert bork was 84 years old.jeff toobin later in the show to talk about bork and his legacy. >>> president obama takes first steps towards new gun control laws. he promised the changes sunday at a heart wrenching vigil and next hour mr. obama will announce that vice president joe biden will lead the effort to form new policies to rein in gun violence. one of the toughest questions investigators will try to answer is why did this happen in the first part, this terrible tragedy in connecticut? where did adam lanza shoot and kill his mother and 20 children and six adults inside sandy hook elementary before turning the gun on himself? those who knew him described him as quiet and socially awkward. he was a fan of video games. he did not have a criminal record. it is hard to believe that anyone would really commit something this terrible. mary ellen o'toole, a former fbi profiler and joins us from washington. good morning. thank you for being here. >> good morning. thank you. >> i think that so many people are just tr

your thoughts on robert bork?> i don't think i ever met anybody who's public perception was farther fromy. if you remember back 25 years when this nomination dominated the news the hyperbole, really slander thrown at judge bork at the time painting him totally retrograde monster, meeting him, talking to him, gave you the opposite experience. a thoroughly decent man, a smart man, man of principle. never was there a man, rarely a man in public life treated more unfairly i think, painted more falsely than judge bork. it was sad. bill:. martha: alan, he was originalist, which was his way of viewing the constitution. >> yeah. martha: as you look back on that contentious proceeding what do you make away from it and reflect all these years later? >> i had a chance to interview judge bork a few times in my radio career. certainly i was not his side politically. i remember ted kennedy saying at time there was no place on the court for judge bork because his views seemed outside the mainstream. in fact in one of his books h

bork. >> 45 minutes after president reagan sought to elevate bork kennedy launched blistering attackte floor. >> robert bork's america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks would fit

now of course one of his great legacies, the term getting borked. that was coined after his failed confirmation process and it's now used to refer to any nominee who is rejected after suffering a political assault. robert bork was 85 years old. >>> business news, the dow closed down nearly 100 points. for more on this and the rest today's business headlines, let's check in with cnbc's karen cho live in london. karen? >> good morning. we are seeing quite a bit of action out there as investors read the late e from congress. we're sitting up for a slight tick higher in u.s. markets. a bit of a recovery trade after that sell-off yesterday. one stock we're keeping focus on is the stock exchange. it's ticked higher by 12%. this is based on reports that rival operator intercontinental exchange could be about to make a play for the nyse. this may feel like an old story. it is the second time around, about two years ago ic teamed up with the nasdaq in a bid for the nyse. this was blocked because regulators were concerned about all stock offers being under on

this interview was taped at judge bork's home in virginia. judge robert bork died on december 19, 2012. >> host: why did you, why did you collect "a time to speak," and is this just a book for lawyers? >> guest: well, i tried to do the articles in one year or because the intercollegiate studies institute approached me and asked me to collect, to make a selection they could publish. so i did. and, of course, this is not a book for lawyers. finish some of the comments i have so far on early readers like the two articles at the end about martinis which is not exclusively a taste for lawyers. no, it's, it's written -- i don't think there's any legal jargon in that whole book. i remember when i first published an article with "fortune" magazine calls the crisis in antitrust, which is in there, they showed it to their outside law firm, sent back word that i was not a lawyer, i was a fraud, because lawyers don't write that way. so they -- [laughter] they got nervous and called my old law firm and was assured that i was a lawyer. [laughter] but i don

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the scalia and bork and the idea was they were going to go with scalia first and then bork later but got turned around in the reagan white house is the way i understand it. but this was the -- really the beginning of the politization of the american judiciary where you had a mounted grassroots campaign that started with ted kennedy's fiery speech on the floor of the senate going after senator bork. i was here at the time and part of the fight to help judge bork win confirmation. we obviously lost. we ended up with the verb being borked as a result. so all judicial nominations now have been politicized. >> all right. craig, thank you. mark, thank you. >>> up next, a look ahead at the markets with cnbc's brian schactman. we're back in just a minute. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> jets coach rex ryan announced that third string quarterback greg mcelroy will replace sanch

bork a polarizing figure.e was accused of being a hatchet man for president nixon when he fired archibald cox. president reagan nominated him to the supreme court in 1987. but he was rejected following contentious senate hearings that spawned the term borked, unfairly tacking someone's reputation and views. robert bork was 85 years old. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer progresso. you gotta taste this soup. five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. >>> on looking at a range of things we're going to do with so this issue of gun violence i

. >>> breaking news, we've just learned that robert bork has died, a legal scholar best known for being supreme court by president reagan in 1987 that nomination failed. he's also known for his role in the saturday night massacre during the nixon administrator when he fired cox and the attorney general of the u.s. would not and resigned in protest robert bork was 84-years-old. >>> more on the school tragedy in connecticut, two hours from now, president obama is scheduled to hold a briefing at the white house to make a new announcement about gun control. katie marzullo joins us from the newsroom. house democrats also taking action this morning. >> reporter: there are three announcements out of washington, d.c. this morning as lawmakers look to prevent more mass shootings. 7 a.m. senator boxer will talk about new legislation. at 8:00 house democrats calling for ban on assault magazines. 8:45 president obama will outline steps his administration will take to tighten again restrictions. the president is putting vice presidented by anyone charge of that effort. in connecticut today, more fun

. >> i just want to say that was a great tribute to robert bork.ions of christian conservatism. are you really upset that there is a proliferation of references to sexes? am i misunderstanding? >> you are miss con trueing it. misconstruing it and i think there will be an apology during half time. you always have to have somebody that says hold on a minute. if you don't have somebody that says hold on a minute, everything is game. i play the role of somebody that says okay now we have a commercial in which the idea of a sex tape which was reel -- reel law gated to the world of paris hilton. it is part of a commercial in prime time which kids could see. i am not offended by it, but the idea for me suggests that we are moving further down the road where we really don't care about who we are talking to. >> we are slouching toward gamora, as somebody might have said in the past. >> who said that? >> robert bork. i don't know if you are not reading these books. >> this is what i hate about you. you actually are fairly literal. >> is that considered liter

we've used the phrase borking. we've gotten around to the notion we have to do this with supreme court justices because it's opposed for life. but until recently, the president was given the leeway that he gets to run his administration and his cabinet the way he wants. and the only reason that a nominee would be knocked back, if there is some question of gross ethical, legal, or moral constraints. and we're seeing this now again and again where these -- it's an overused word, but these picks are being politicized to everybody's detriment. >> i know. steve, you know, here's where i think it is unfair. going back to the '90s and going after a person's on the record comments about gays, it doesn't give a person any allowance for growth. we've all grown on the topic of gay rights and gay marriage. i have grown. i've moved from being skeptical to being all for it. i think i'm like so many people on that subject. especially younger people. and to hold a guy to what he said back at doing don't ask don't tell as national

but borke did not get the seat. who did?> we're not going to -- i'm just going to concede. >> bill: you don't know. >> no. >> bill: i was reminded borke didn't get it. then they nominated a guy named douglas ginsburg. ginsburg didn't get it either because it was revealed that he smoked pot while in college. >> wow. >> bill: he withdrew his name. >> how our times have changed. >> bill: yes and then judge anthony kennedy from sacramento was nominated and now we have justice anthony kennedy. >> and now i'll know next time that comes up, i'm going to be the savior for my team. >> bill: all right. so president obama with a task force on guns. and both sides far far apart on the fiscal cliff. no plan b. but first get the headlines from dan. >> this is the "full court press." >> things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. president obama has compared his experience on election night to that of a wedding. in a new interview with "people" magazine coming out this week, the president says november 6th was like a

. >>> funeral services were held today for former federal judge robert bork. bork bide on monday. he was 85 years old. he is well-known for the nomination to the supreme court which set off one of the fiercest battles on capitol hill. he also is known for president nixon ordering him to fire one of his aides. >>> and shopper, if if you are not finished, you are not alone. >>> and a new easy way to make weapons is in the works and stirring up some more controversy. that story and much more coming you on the news at 10:00.  >>> police in prince george's county are investigating a deadly car crash that happened around 12:00 this morning that happened on the 9700 block of adelphi road. this is the busiest day in the christmas holiday and the weather is not making it easy for travel around the country. in fact, snow and wind have made travel difficult for people around the country. >> approach, line up, 335 >> reporter: the annual migration home for the holidays, not so merry for many this year. >> they have been giverring us the run-around. we are stuck here until sunday. >> i l

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conservative jurist robert bork who served during the watergate crisis and was called by reagan.day at the age of 85. bork's 1987 confirmation hearings led to a pitched political battle in which he was turned down for a seat on the court. just this year he served as an adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign. democratic senator daniel inouye who served in congress since hawaii became a state in 1959 died on monday at the age of 88. and tomorrow his body will lie in state at the capitol rotunda. a decorated second world war veteran. we give thanks for the service of both these men. stay with us. we'll have much more ahead. ♪ ♪ if it wasn't for you ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove [ male announcer ] zales is the diamond store. save 25 percent off an amazing selection storewide, now through monday. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ malennouncer ] progresso. you gotta taste

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the depression to the end of the cold war with was the heyday. >> do you buy that it started with bork>> "lincoln" the film proves there's been dirty politics for quite some time. >> and it can be nasty. >> a little bit. a little bit. >> and alexander hamilton had something to say about it. >> yeah. >> you had a point on judges. >> it changed this whole industry of people who research and run ads. >> do you think it's neutered our picks now that both -- whoever is in the white house look for it. >> they look for blank slates. >> they're just, like, pure and whoever doesn't say anything. >> whoever has never said anything ever. >> shameless plug. jennifer, you first. >> great book out "saturday people, sunday people" about jews and christians living in the middle east. really good for the holidays. >> flax for flax who wear flak jackets. >> it's the second annual. troops need you.com and donate and help our fellow flacks. >> i would like to go extra shameless and i love this tie, i'm plugging this tie because my mother gave it to me. it's my favorite tie. >> thanks for joining us on "th

there was only judge bork at that time solicitor general bork and he had to do something it is not wellk he was working on where he points out that eliot richardson said bob, you have to stay there because someone has to take care of this place. >> steve: true. >> and he did fired archbald cox and replaced him another that did are >> steve: thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> steve: and 111 minutes before the top of the hour on this friday. coming up, a major break for the marine veteran held in the mexican prison for no good reason on trumped up charges and he may now be out before christmas. that would be terrific. plus, ♪ he's a mean one. that's right the grinch. he has designs on ally. she will have a interesting conversation with the harry one, next. ♪ ♪ military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >> allyson: ca

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nbc news confirming that legal scholar robert bork has died. he was a former solicitor general who became acting attorney general during the nixon administration's so-called saturday night massacre. he's probably best known for his failed bid to be confirmed for the supreme court. robert bork was 85 years old. hes starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve art

. >> care bork also appreciated the apology and has chosen to take that money and donated it to families. >> i think it is great. everybody need some help. >> there is one more thing he needs from us -- forgiveness. >> i would say the apology is accepted. we don't hold any bad intention against anyone. >> what a nice story. it was weighing heavily on the person. >> 5:28. a christmas morning shooting in anne arundel county. >> we will have details coming up. >> we are keeping an eye on the radar. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i am jennifer franciotti. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. ava is tracking the weather. >> it makes all the difference on the roads. it is minnick rain in southern maryland. -- it is mainly rain in southern maryland. you can see the splotches of gray. that is showing how the snow is trying to build in. 36 degrees downtown. possibly some minor accumulations across the baltimore area. then a rain event. >> that is a bad deal for the roads. >> let's

. >>> also, former federal judge, yale professor and conservative icon, robert bork, has passed away.e found himself in the center of a bruising battle when ronald reagan nominated him to the supreme court in 1987. he was rejected, pummeled in confirmation hearings, by senator ted kennedy and other democrats. he was 85 years old. >>> "zero dark thirty" is now facing criticism from a pretty powerful group of lawmakers. senator john mccain, dianne feinstein and carl levin are calling the film misleading and grossly inaccurate. in a letter to sony pictures, they were especially bothered by the suggestion that torture produced the tip that led to the military capture of bin laden. >>> america has a new ally in the ongoing conflict of north korea. she is south korea's new president-elect, nicknamed the ice queen. she won yesterday's election. her father was president in the '60s. >>> a familiar honor for president obama. he is, again, "time" magazine's person of the year. an editor said, we are in the midst of historic, cultural and demographic changes. and obama is both the symbol and in

you may know the name robert bork. an icon to conservatives. his bruising and failed supreme court confirmation made him a household name. he has died at the age of 85. he was the yale professor nominated by president reagan, famously pummeled by democratic senator ted kennedy. a reminder of another fiercely partisan time, 25 years ago. >>> and still ahead on "world news," our abc news search for solutions. are more guns in schools the answer? the real push to arm teachers tonight. we know all your investments may not be with fidelity, but we can still help you see your big picture. with the fidelity guided portfolio summary, you choose which accounts to track and use fidelity's analytics to spot trends, gain insights, and figure out what you want to do next. all in one place. i'm meredith stoddard and i helped create the fidelity guided portfolio summary. it's one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve,

was happening in one thousand nine hundred nineteen eighty eight twenty five years ago when judge bork was the victim of this type of issue long long time ago right right interesting i want to talk about another aspect of this bill one part of the bill that was cut right before passage would strength and of privacy protections for citizens by forcing law enforcement to get a warrant in order to search e-mail just like you would need a warrant to search somebody's personal property at home that part of it was cut why is that. well i think the key word here is there's a lot of political maneuvering going on as you know with the fiscal cliff and everything else inside the beltway right now and you have senator leahy who is saying look i've got the video privacy protection act pass congressman good good good law for thank you for working with me on that now when the new year is coming i want this electronic communications privacy law changed so it requires a warrant for everything and i'm doing something for you you do something for me that i think is what's going on behind the scenes from

conservatives of law and academiciing judge bork as a man they called a giant .ate demoncrats portrayed him as a political threat. he was 85 years old . i am harris faulkner this is a fox report marine veteran shackled to the bed is safely back in the united states. john hamar who served in iraq and afghanistan trying to enter into mexico with an antique shot gun that belonged to his grandfather. the last shooting victim laid to rest. mourners for six year old emily parker and six year oldnana pargrez green. n dollars ra broke silence and reacademies is pouring in. and that was in the press. and in the tabloids the the new york post and it was video game makers and refused to discuss and saying more weapons are duplicated from the school. it is the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is be to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. according to a gall up poll released this week 53 percent agreed saying some whative and 12 percent said not effective

which is thomas moore, a good, bob bork sentment for guiding yourself in washington.ad as little bad as you can. the other quote from thomas moore, you must not abandon a ship in the storm because you cannot control the winds. it love. that must not abandon the snip the storm because yaw cannot control the winds. dying a week before christmas. pay respects to him here. naughty, how about baby boomers. the baby boomer generation. we are the greatest generation to save us from the naziism and in a way to won the cold war as well. ronald reagan, not a baby-boomer. we have become close to bankrupting the country and not a good job of leadership and i hope the kid's generation is more like their grandparents. than like us. for me, happy to dump on the fellow baby boomers. >> going to be around a long time. you have to deal with us. juan? naughty or nice? >> start with nice. i think nice goes to david axelrod, who ran president obama's campaignment you might at first think i am talking about the success, this is the second time. he shaved off the mustache to raise $1 millio

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what i can't tell you is what i know does and does not bork.in the united states senate for almost seven years and at no time was i ever privy to any of that information nor did i want to be. frankly, listen, do i like torture? no, i think it's probably bad. i think i'd also -- i don't like drones per se but they make america safer. at the end of the day, this is a movie. it's drama. i think all this hullabaloo by these three senators, two of which are democrats, john mccain, an american hero who was tortured, i think it's all a bunch ado about nothing at the end of the day. it's a movie. it's a drama. it was not meant to be a documentary. >> you're right that it's a movie, but it's supposed to be a record of what happened, but the drone program is not making us safer? we're killing lots and lots of people who had nothing to do -- >> this is called -- >> and what happened in the torture program did not take us safer. it gives al qaeda fodder. it gives them a way to recruit. it confirms that our people when they are captured, they will be treate

in our america there should be no seat on the supreme court for robert bork. >> joining me now, nationalll lawrence who is out with a new article on congress' growing influence on presidential picks. thanks important being on the show. we appreciate it. >> good to be here, luke. >> we are seeing a level of blocking of the president's nominees for a cabinet position over the last three administrations that's unprecedented in history. i'm going to put it up the screen here. we have failed nominees. seven rejected by congress. 13 withdrew nominations. 20 in total. that's throughout history. entire history of this republic. look back over the last three administrations. search rejected or withdrawn. roughly a third have come in the last three administrations. why is it so difficult these days for a president to get their choice which is afforded to them by winning the election into a cabinet position? >> well, winning doesn't mean as much as it used to. i think it is a reflection of the polarization of the country in general. and just the -- sort of perfection of obstruction techniques in th

. >> how fascinating, though, ted kennedy, if you look at the bork hearings, if you look at what he said george w. bush during the war, he can be as polarizing as anybody, and yet there was still the personal connection with his father and even with 43. they still remained friends through it all. >> before the war began in iraq, ted kennedy and george w. bush were quite close and worked together on education, joe. >> yeah. no doubt about it. in the beginning. willie. >> and a legacy with health care. >> and obviously you can't overstate the cultural influence that the kennedys had as a family. a lot of people sort of seeing this as the end of the jfk, rfk camelot brotherhood. so very symbolic moving on for the country. >> but isn't it something that a guy that got elected to the united states senate in the early 1960s -- >> 1962. >> in '62 is now in the top ten of the 21st century's most influential americans. >> okay. let's move on now and reveal 7 and 6. at number 7, secretary of state hillary clinton. hillary is full of firsts. at the turn of the century, she went from first lady to s

the vppa was passed by congress in the wake of judge robert bork's 1987 supreme court nomination battle, during which a local washington, d.c., newspaper obtained a list of videotapes the bork family rented from its neighborhood videotape rental store. this disclosure caused bipartisan outrage which resulted in the enactment of the video privacy protection act. the commercial video distribution landscape has changed dramatically since 1988. back then the primary consumer consumption of commercial video content occurred through the sale or rental of prerecorded video cassette tapeless. this required users to travel to their local video rental store to pick a movie. afterward consumers had to travel back to the store to return the rented movie. movies that consumers rented and enjoy were recommended to friends, primarily through face-to-face conversations. with today's technology, consumers can quickly and efficiently access video programming through a variety of platforms, including through internet protocol-based video services, all without leaving their homeless. this bill is extremely

robert bork, great man. stuart: all right, mike reagan, thank you very much indeed mike.you. stuart: a california highway patrol chief made nearly a half million dollars in 2011. now while he gets a six figure pension, union defender phil dine is next. stuart: the big drop in gas prices continues. right now we have an average gallon of regular down to $3.22 a gallon, off another penny overnight. missouri, the cheapest gas in the land at $2.96. oklahoma also below 3 bucks a gallon. the price of oil, that's been steadily rising. 88 -- i'm sorry, $89 a barrel as of right now. as for gold, flat today after that big drop yesterday. it's actually up 3 bucks at 1673. the dow industrials down 17 points. remember the dow had back-to-back 100 point gains the last couple of days. word this morning from fitch, the united states triple a rating could be at risk if there is no deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. all right, everyone, we're back in 90 seconds with our union defender. his name is phil dine. what will he say about the california cop with that massive pension and the fight in m

we're learning former solicitor and supreme court nominee robert bork has passed away from heart disease this morning. he was nominated to the supreme court by ronald reagan, only to be rejected by the senate after a contentious debate. he was a yale law professor to taught bill linton and hillary clinton. he was 84. >>> new details -- >>> 7:15. in syria, the new military commander of the rebel says he's closely monitoring the syrian government's chemical weapon sites but right now they don't have what it takes to seize and secure them. the new rebel commander who defected from the syrian army says he's very afraid that president assad will use the chemical weapons on his own people. syria reportedly has one of the world's biggest chemical weapons arsonnals. >>> happening right now in washington, d.c., a closed door briefing at this hour is focusing on top-secret information about the deadly attack on the libyan consulate. here's more. >> reporter: the panel called the security at the consulate in benghazi grossly inadequate and the panel blames lack of security for the deaths of chris s

. >>> former solicitor general robert borke has been laid to rest. former federal judge i should say. he was nominated by president ronald reagan, but the senate rejected the nome make with a consider -- rejected the nomination by a wide margin. he was battling heart conditions and pulmonary disease. he was 85 years old. >>> it is going to be a special christmas for the family of john hammer, the former marine who was releasedded from a mexican jail on friday night after two members of congress took up his case. hammer was detained in august after he ran up against mexico's strict gun laws. he was jailed for trying to carry an heirloom rifle across the border even though he tried to declare it there. his relieved mother says she can't wait for him to get home. >> it was like my first night that i slept all nightlong without getting up. it was the thought of not wondering what is going on with him, can anyone hurt him tonight, those kind of thoughts. >> hammer's mother says he has a stomach bug, but appears to be doing okay. john and his father are ex