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it's boswell's base and they lean democratic.t iowa is mostly rural and republican. small town, america. the birthplace of both john wayne and johnny carson. right now, it is the only race like this in the nation. republican and democrat incumbents in a duel to the end. >> you put a gun to my head i couldn't tell you who wins. >> normal lek year you get so few party seats switching hands. this is going to be one of those races. this is going to be the race, money pouring in from both sides. will this be the most expensive race you have been involved in? >> it probably will. >> how much will the winner or the close loser have to raise in this case? >> i don't know. >> we have heard $3.5 million aside. >> it's possible. >> together, $7 million. >> at some point voters would say give me the money because $7 million can buy a lot in des moines, iowa. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> for boswell, it will mean raising twice what he spent a year ago. this next race, you spent $1.5 million in the last race. in next race -- >> going to c

fox's craig boswell reports. >> mitt romney is in south carolina ahead of tomorrow night's gop debatediscussing veterans issues. >> how about job prospects? what have you found? >> romney is near the top. but it is far from a done deal. a majority of south carolina gop voters say they are still undecided. not to mention, romney placed fourth there in 2008. however, huge debate gap by rick perry and sexual harassment allegations against herman cain are opening up opportunities, not just for romney, but also for newt gingrich. >> there's the mitt romney and the i'm not mitt romney. we have two top contenders for the second category. newt gingrich and herman cain. >> and michele bachmann is also there today. president obama marked the holiday laying a wreath at the tomb of the unnope and during the remarks touched on part of his jobs bill that provides tax breaks for those hiring veterans. >> on this veteran's day, i ask every american, recruit our veterans. if you're a business owner, hire them. >> president oh bam many obama -- saturday's gop debate in south carolina will focus on nati

boswell: how much time is left? the chair: the gentleman from iowa has a minute and a half remaining. mr. boswell: a minute and a half. well, thank you very much. thank you for pointing out those astute remarks that apply to workers. my friend from minnesota, i recall we both have led troops and i am proud of you for having done that. i am proud i had the opportunity. you know, i see these topics -- top c.e.o.'s, where are their troops? their troops are the workers. thank heavens we have those people being entrepreneurs but they have orders to get the job done just like you and i had to have troops to take the objective. what's the difference? our troops had to be well-fed, trained, equipped, morale had to be good and then we could take our objective. any sergeant, lieutenant, colonel that can't take the objective without troops, then how do those we appreciate, we lie on them, but they have to have those workers, they have to treat them fairly and realize they, too, want to have the american dream. and i'm concerne

fox's correspondent craig boswell has the -- a verdict.ox's correspondent craig boswell has the latest from the l.a. >> reporter: a tense day outside the los angeles county courthouse in anticipation of a verdict, but it was not identified today. after hearing seven weeks of testimony deliberations were begun behind closed doors this morning. dr. conrad murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. if convicted, he faces a possible sentence ranging from probation to four years behind bars and the loss of his medical license. intense arguments between the prosecution and defense continued in the final statements yesterday. >> the evidence in this case is overwhelming. the evidence in this case is abundantly clear that conrad murray acted with criminal negligence, that conrad murray caused the death of michael jackson. >> what dr. murray gave michael jackson absolutely would not have harmed him without an unusual intervening circumstance. >> reporter: jurors heard from 49 witnesses and had more than 300 pi

fox's craig boswell is in los angeles at the man shot are trial. >> reporter: during closing arguments, district attorney david wald ron telling the jury dr. conrad murray was reckless with michael jackson's life when he give the singer an overdose of propofol. >> i'm certain they would figure out a way to blame if on michael's son prince. >> reporter: attorneys for dr. conrad murray argue it was jackson who gave himself the fatal dose of propofol. the defense attorney said prosecutors have not proven that dr. murray committed a crime. >> dr. murray had no control over this situation because what was happening in the background, he was just a little fish in a big, dirty pond. >> reporter: the prosecutor painted murray as a selfish and reckless physician. he cited evidence showing murray did not call medics after first finding jackson unresponsive. >> you heard from the experts in this case. no one has ever seen propofol administered outside of a hospital setting, let alone in a bedroom. >> reporter: throughout the presentation, dr. murray stared at the projected images opposite the jur

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fox's craig boswell has the latest from los angeles. >> reporter: attorneys put an exclamation pointstimony after dr. murray decided not to testify in the manslaughter trial tuesday. the star propofol witness dr. paul white. >> is there a difference of standard care and standard actual practice? >> yes. standard care is the ideal, what we would see for every patient. but there are many circumstances where it's not necessarily possible. >> reporter: the defense sticking to the theory that michael jackson injected himself with the fatal dose on june 25, 2009 after the pop star had already inguested large ajts of sedatives -- amounts of sedatives. the state revisited the contention that dr. murray gave jackson an iv drip for three hours and reckless by leaving the scene unattended. >> in your opinion, does this rule out the hypothesis put forward by dr. white? >> absolutely. >> and consistent with the hypothesis put forward by yourself? >> it actually suggests that michael jackson was given more propofol. >> reporter: after 22 days, prosecution and defense attorneys spent the remainder

i'm craig boswell in washington.is morning, the icc opens, linking i-370 with i-95 in prince george's county. officials are hoping this will ease commutes. >>> kevin mccarthy with miss piggy and kermit the frog for good reason. they are talking about the new muppets movie. pretty fun interview kevin got with them and we're going to share that coming up later. stick around for good times. it's 8:00 now on this tuesday morning. almost had me saying wednesday already. >> i know. i thought it was wednesday. >> well, it's a short week. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm alison seymour. who is better than kermit? he is better than a lot of humans i know. >> absolutely. >> without a doubt. >> maybe not miss piggy. >> i like fozzie bear. >> the comedian in the group. >> i'm looking forward to the movie. my son is not, but he's going. >> then he'll know. >> rain showers moving through. looks like we have a good batch of rain coming through later on this morning off to the west. scattered rain showers through the morning and indeed th

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4th joining us to some of the cast of this production including its leeds bryan fenkart and felicia boswellwhat's great is that it's a story of life in memphis and how racial boundaries were broken ... the music is very rock r&d and gospel based on the dancing is phenomenal with all that frenetic energy >>as you are touring the country do you get great response >>it's amazing we have only been on the road for one month with the touring company and we have been getting great love and support from the audiences it's been unbelievable ... >>how do you guys keep up your energy? >>when you love the production it just makes it easy we love what we do and we're really proud of this project >>what to know about this song? >>this is the finale to the show it's the culmination of everything that happens along the story line so you really need to see the show but you will get a good taste of it from this number. [music from the cast of "memphis"] we are not sugarcoating this one tom skilling it's just a miserable day out there ... >>it made me want to roll over and go back to bed this morning not a be

craig boswell in lower manhattan. you very much, meanwhile, one of those occupiers who had just been arrested hinted at possible violent action today. >> they got guns, we got parties. see what they got. a few days worth of a molotov cocktail. >> molotov cocktail at macy's. >> stuart varney, they're out of the park but they're going to create chaos from the brooklyn bridge to the lincoln tunnel. >> they said they're going to try to. they're going to -- they got 16 subway stations to take their ma message there. they're going to hold a big rally in the financial district trying to disrupt people to go to the new york stock exchange. they're going to march across the brooklyn bridge and they're going to bring out tens of thousands of people. let's see what happens. >> you knowing -- you think they're done? >> i do. i think it's dead or at least dying. >> i heard bill o'reilly talk about the same idea last night. here's why it may not be the case. occupy wall street has a whole bunch of friends and mainstream media and t

reporter craig boswell is following the case and joins us now with the attorney's closing arguments. >> good evening to you, the defense and prosecution got in their last shots today. the prosecution well over two hours. it's now up to the jury to decide. during closing arguments district attorney david walgren telling the jury dr. murray was reckless with michael jackson's life when he gave the singer a deadly dose of propofol. >> if he had a way to do it, i bet you he would find a way to blame it on michael jackson's son prince. >> reporter: defense attorney ed shernof said prosecutors had not proven that dr. murray committed a crime. >> dr. murray had no control of the situation. because what was happening in the background, he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: prosecutor david walgren sited evidence that murray did not call medics. and placed on the stand doctors. >> nobody has ever seen propofol administered outside of a hospital setting, let alone in a household. >> reporter: dr. murray maintains he was trying to wean jackson off propofol. judge pastor re

reporter craig boswell is following the case and joins us now with the attorney's closing arguments.good evening to you, the defense and prosecution got in their last shots today. the prosecution well over two hours. it's now up to the jury to decide. during closing arguments district attorney david walgren telling the jury dr. murray was reckless with michael jackson's life when he gave the singer a deadly dose of propofol. >> if he had a way to do it, i bet you he would find a way to blame it on michael jackson's son prince. >> reporter: defense attorney ed shernof said prosecutors had not proven that dr. murray committed a crime. >> dr. murray had no control of the situation. because what was happening in the background, he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: prosecutor david walgren sited evidence that murray did not call medics. and placed on the stand doctors. >> nobody has ever seen propofol administered outside of a hospital setting, let alone in a household. >> reporter: dr. murray maintains he was trying to wean jackson off propofol. judge pastor read j

. >> craig boswell reporting new york city. >> occupy dc getting in on a day of protests. >> they along with several other protest groups are planning to march to the key bridge. stacy cohen is live at mcpherson with that. >> for us here in washington events are taking place later in the day in fact if i step outside you can look at the encampment of the occupy dc group here in mcpherson square. we have a sea of tents, a few people milling about, all is quiet, they are getting rest for later in the day we toured through the camps early this morning talking to people they have a media tent where they prefer to give interviews from a centralized location, they were not even up and moving last check. there is a march later today, beginning 2:30 p.m. to the key bridge occupy dc movement according to their website is part of this march, from the square to the key bridge where they plan to demonstrate about the effects of aging infrastructure in our city. there are other groups that have claimed involvement as well. our dc is one of them their spokesperson called to say they were the first gr

live in los angeles craig boswell. >> members of the jackson family quietly cried in court following reading of the verdict and as they left the courthouse jackson's sister had this to say. >> think of the verdict? >> wonderful. absolutely justice was served. >> reporter: fans outside the courtroom cheered when the verdict was announced. a statement on the michael jackson website said justice has been served. >> today's verdict has been a hot 207 topic on facebook, the jury got it right. sue disagrees okay, we all liked him but come on, he was on a road of destruction. did murray handle it wrong yes but i don't think he should have been found guilty. tell us what you think on facebook. >> a woman from chicago today went public and accused of herman cain of making a crude sexual advance. she talked about the incident that she claimed happened in july of 1997. very said she went for help finding a job and he groped her. >> i was very surprised and very shocked. i said what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. this isn't what i came here for. he said you want a job right? >> she

live in los angeles craig boswell. >> members of the jackson family quietly cried in court followingding of the verdict and as they left the courthouse jackson's sister had this to say. >> think of the verdict? >> wonderful. absolutely justice was served. >> reporter: fans outside the courtroom cheered when the verdict was announced. a statement on the michael jackson website said justice has been served. >> today's verdict has been a hot 207 topic on facebook, the jury got it right. sue disagrees okay, we all liked him but come on, he was on a road of destruction. did murray handle it wrong yes but i don't think he should have been found guilty. tell us what you think on facebook. >> a woman from chicago today went public and accused of herman cain of making a crude sexual advance. she talked about the incident that she claimed happened in july of 1997. very said she went for help finding a job and he groped her. >> i was very surprised and very shocked. i said what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. this isn't what i came here for. he said you want a job right? >> she is t

craig boswell, fox news. >>> a texas judge won't face charges because the statute of limitations hasassed. the judge's daughter posted this video to youtube last week showing him repeatedly whipping her with a belt shot back in 2004 when she was 16. he was punishing her over using an illegal file sharing program on the computer. she's now 23 hoping her dad judge william dams will get help. no charges will be filed, but the state commission on judicial conduct opened an investigation. >>> businesses in california are reeling from the -- businesses in oakland, california, are reeling from the occupy protesters movement. police came in in riot gear and protesters began throwing firebombs, metal pipes and bricks. the mayor said a small group turned a peaceful day into a violent night. >> the group of very violent protesters tried to take over the situation. we were able to arrest them and protect our city. >> oakland became a rallying point last week after an identify rack war vet was injured when protesters and riot -- after an iraq war vet was injured when protesters and police were in

her only neighbor, boswell grant, was shocked when he sawed home surrounded by cops. >> i saw the policeome down the street there. >> reporter: over at the airport, officials won't say exactly what her husband does, but they do say he doesn't work for either port authority or tsa. as for bilinge, the 36-year-old its now facing a felony bomb threat charge. >> if you don't get your butt home, i'm going to blow up planes, baby. >> she loves him, she misses him. >> that would have to be love. >> went a little far. >> just a touch. false bomb report, arson, threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction on federal property. the charges she is facing because her boo was working late. ha-ha. ooh, women. all right. >>> coming up next, bombshell claims involving a controversial british tabloid. >> did the paper pay for secret surveillance of prince william? and a long list of celebrities? you are watching "world news now." es? you are watching "world news now." and a long list of celebrities? you are watching "world news now." ♪ when life gets busy... there are days where you want to give your i

also appearing, iowa senator tom harkin and i'm congressman leonard boswell.e dinner is live from des moines tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> condoleezza rice, george mcgovern, randall kennedy and jim blair headlined this weekend as booktv brings you the 20th annual miami book fair international. and when the melting pot has been thrown out, you're preaching multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. the guinness book is suicide of a superpower. from new york city, the 67th annual national book award. find a complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> today, the house national resource can be held here looking at the arctic national wildlife refuge and the potential for oil production in the area. you can see the hearing in its entirety starting at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. in the meantime, here is a portion. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the meeting will come to order. the chair notes the presence of a quorum, which under rule three is two members. the committee meets again today to resume its september

first night, saw it with katrina boswell from cbs. we were gaga. >> did you faint or something like that? people passing out? >> no. >> there are strobe lights. red, white and black. do you remember the scene? >> i don't remember. >> she blacked out briefly! >> maybe i did. >> so anyway, people are having seizures as a result of the strobe lights. people have gone to the hospital after seeing it. >> those two would do it for me. >> tmi, but that's okay. ♪ born to be wild [ female announcer ] is your medicare plan keeping up with you? ♪ since you've never been one to slow down, now through december 7th, you won't have to. it's faster and easier than ever to switch your medicare coverage to anthem blue cross. ♪ we've created medicare solutions that are just right for you. we have plans with low monthly premiums. plus you have the freedom to choose your own doctor and the comfort of knowing you are protected from high out-of-pocket costs. but this is a limited time offer. so call today to schedule an in-home visit, attend a local seminar

boswell of iowa. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 181 -- the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 181, the nays are 239, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 3, printed in house report 112-291 by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in house report number 112-291, offered by mr. walz of minnesota. the chair: a recorded vote has been reques

your iowa gop makes sure that tom lathum retires leonard boswell once and for all.ry poor decision to move to ames with your liberal beliefs and think that you're going to beat our steve king. [cheers and applause] but folks, you know, it's not a reagan dinner without remembering and reflecting upon what i believe is one of president reagan's most admirable traits, that unshakable belief he had not only in the american people, but the promise of the american dream to anyone who wanted to seek it and earn it, and, you know, being the son of an iowa farmer, grandson of a john deere factory worker, i was raised with perseverance, hard work, and responsibility, but it's not all. even though i grew up in a farm, my opportunity in the worlds were limitless. why? because i was an american. it was that promise, the uniquely american promise that you were only limited 234 this world -- in this world by those gifts bestowed upon you by your creator and how you choose to use them. that's the american promise 689 that's what we're fighting for today, and americans know it. amer

here is a little bit of tom boswell's column on the front page. this is in "the washington post" this morning. durable, north carolina. michael, go ahead with your comments. we're listening, michael. caller: i think coach joe paterno is being used as the fall guy. if this was reported back in 2004 and nothing was done about it, i think a higher authority, people should be held -- accountable. it to kick him out without a full investigation is ridiculous. and i think they got a lot of pressure from the governor of pennsylvania that got involved. i think it is a shame for the university. that is just my comment. but i just think he is a fall guy. you always have to have a fall guy in a situation like this. host: a viewer tweets in -- from "usa today's" cover story this morning -- >> mr. curley has also been fired from his job as an athletics director. caller: my thoughts on this -- number one, i believe that every coach, teacher, athletic director, social worker, anyone dealing with children are mandated reporting. at least that is what they are her

boswell: we took it on. and we worked with downtown. we worked with everybody across the state and we came up with a solution. and it's working. we have -- there's money in the bank in iowa, the unemployment rate is around 6% and that's something we need to be striving to achieve here. we need to go through the steps. how do we include the revenue side of it? it's working and it will work here. we can do this. let's work together. i urge an aye vote and yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. costa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. costa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the bipartisan balanced budget amendment, and i want to thank my colleagues, congressman goodlatte and others who have worked on this effort and really urge my colleagues that this is the time that we need to come together to act on behalf of the better interest

congressman leonard boswell. cristy vilsack. congressman braley.applause] >> is everybody having a good time tonight? i want to thank suit are at inviting my former drill instructor to be the keynote speaker tonight. you are going to get a chance to hear him speak in a few minutes, but what most of you do not know it is rahm emmannuel actually believes that at holiday classic, "oh, come emanuel," was written in chicago 100 years ago. we want to start by closing your eyes -- everybody close your eyes, do not open them until i tell you -- i want you to think back to that magical night in denver in august 2008 and i want you to hear those fireworks exploding over head at mile high stadium and i want you to smell the smoke in the air. i want you to see the sky and exploding in color and i want you to feel the electricity in that stadium. now, i want you to imagine what we could do together if we all still believed in hope and change. i want each one of you to think about what you are going to do in the next year to bring that back -- that magic back to

your iowa gop makes sure that tom lathum retis leonard boswell once and for all.d by no means least, your iowa gop will make sure kristy vilsack and the liberal pals -- [laughter] will know that it's a very, very poor decision to move to ames with your liberal beliefs and think that you're going to beat our steve king. [cheers and applause] but folks, you know, it's not a reagan dinner without remembering and reflecting upon what i believe is one of president reagan's most admirable traits, that unshakable belief he had not only in the american people, but the promise of the american dream to anyone who wanted to seek it and earn it, and, you know, being the son of an iowa farmer, grandson of a john deere factory worker, i was raised with perseverance, hard work, and responsibility, but it's not all. even though i grew up in a farm, my opportunity in the worlds were limitless. why? because i was an american. it was that promise, the uniquely american promise that you were only limited 234 this world -- in this world by those gifts bestowed upon you by your creator

your iowa gop makes sure that tom lathum retires leonard boswell once and for all.nd the liberal pals -- [laughter] will know that it's a very, very poor decision to move to ames with your liberal beliefs and think that you're going to beat our steve king. [cheers and applause] but folks, you know, it's not a reagan dinner without remembering and reflecting upon what i believe is one of president reagan's most admirable traits, that unshakable belief he had not only in the american people, but the promise of the american dream to anyone who wanted to seek it and earn it, and, you know, being the son of an iowa farmer, grandson of a john deere factory worker, i was raised with perseverance, hard work, and responsibility, but it's not all. even though i grew up in a farm, my opportunity in the worlds were limitless. why? because i was an american. it was that promise, the uniquely american promise that you were only limited 234 this world -- in this world by those gifts bestowed upon you by your creator and how you choose to use them. that's the american promise 689 t

including west, and democrat from pennsylvania, and charles and you can read them, boswell, and bass,s against congressional rules. and there are also laws but trading on legislative information is a little bit different than trading on corporate information. there is vagueness in the law. but these gays know it is wrong. they absolutely know it is wrong but with the anti-wall street sentiment it is a liability so we are sponsoring new rules that will not be enforced. >>dave: and both sides including boehner and nancy pelosi. >>peter: are you surprised nancy pelosi has her hands in this? >>alisyn: but if this is a bipartisan infraction, everybody takes advantage of information they get because of their position and they then cash in on it. >>guest: it is like college football, the colleges don't have enough money to we corrupt our sells to raise money and in congress well, we don't get paid enough $175,000 a year so we are entitled to more so we get speaking fees and we can do insider trading. this is cynical behavior. >>dave: weigh in on what is happening, no one giving thanks for th

congressman leonard boswell and i would democratic party chair will also speak. live coverage tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> there is a story that i was told from the administration that when obama was given the first budget and there were some 6000-7000 earmarks, his first impulse was to veto the budget. he was told by lobbyists that he could not do that. i think if he had vetoed that, it would have ended the tea party. had he signaled his fundamental desire to change the system and change the way washington works, he could have continued to rally the reform movement that now breaks out literally all over the world because of the frustration with the way democracy does not function. >> money in the influence on washington, sunday night on c- span's q&a. >> on friday, the house fail to pass an amendment to the u.s. constitution requiring a federal balanced budget. the vote was mandated under the debt limit law passed in august, the same law that created the joint deficit-reduction committee. but two-thirds majority vote in