bruce address that very well. -- bruce addressed that very well. the globalization of the economy has created more wide- spread opportunity. there are much more sophisticated criminals. these crimes can be quite complex, particularly when you deal with some of the on-line nuances of these offenses. there is new technology out there. there are improve messages -- methods of manufacturing, packaging, and shipping. in addition to the growth of organized crime, they have emerged in cyberspace. if you think about it, that distant 24 hours a day, seven days a week to communicate, to engage in their financing, and be involved and other activities. you can buy a pretty nice computer today and doom. you are part of it. organized crime groups are less centralized. they are less ordered -- less worry about hierarchy. their connections to violence or corruption are not always apparent. they do not need it to achieve their activities. we have identified a lot of problems. what are we doing about it? i can tell you that the department of justice is incredibly co

this is something that bruce has mentioned. folks who work on investigating i.p. crimes and people cannot always talk to each other because they have not paid attention to those kinds of issues. " we're starting to do is bring these groups together and provide training to each of them on each of the topics so that everyone can melt -- even if you do not have the expertise, you can pair up or talk to somebody who does. if you do not know too much about i.p., you have a resource on the other side and you can work together. we have also prioritized a lot of manufacturing occurs overseas. the u.s. is not immune from bad behavior in committee intellectual property offenses. -- most of kerr's overseas but most occurs overseas. we tried to strengthen those relationships. we do this through our program. there are so many different acronyms it is hard to keep them straight. we have two, one in thailand and the other stations in bulgaria. they are the cornerstone of our international effort. they are critical to the kinds of work we do. they are there in a country regionall

for now, i'll turn it over to andrea. >> thanks, bruce. i want to thank the center and for the invitation here. i want to compliment them on this excellent logo. the eagle in the center is aggressive. i am concerned he will fly out of the screen. we have heard a lot about some of the challenges and growth of organized groups engaging in intellectual property crime. we know why we're starting to focus on this area. organized criminal groups are turning to intellectual property as a means to finance other illicit activities or for profit. it has an impact on our global security and very often engaged in intellectual property crime are also talking gains in loss of other dangers of fences. human smuggling, drugs, guns, and so on. so what is the allure? what is the alluue to organized crime? why are they turning to i.p.? you have heard everybody say it is low risk. there is very low manufacturing or entry costs. minimal start up costs. it's like they're going to get their manufacturing facilities up to code. there not paying taxes or providing

. >> i remember bruce jenner. >> coming up, the morning's financial news. >> three days of rain bring about deadly flooding in brazil. >> fire in the southwest. wild fire troubles increased. >> some lane closures still in effect on the j.f.x. we'llll >> and welcome back. it is 77 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. a beautiful monday morning. we're waiting for summer to kick in. we are officially now turning into the summer season. we'll keep the heat in the forecast. the humidity has come down in the forecast. 72 degrees at the airport. the dew points are running in the boer end of the 60's. most people feel uncomfortable when the dew point reaches 70. we're still forecasting temperatures close to 90. clear skies with a few high, thin clouds will likely moved in this afternoon. we're watching some thunderstorms off to our west. some of the clouds will travel westbound into the mid atlantic region. i think all of the rain will stay out there until we get to tomorrow and wednesday. high pressure in control right now. high pressure moving through new england will keep thing

my mother was actually in musical theater when she was younger, and my dad was in a bruce springsteen band for many years. he was a real jersey shore boy. and they were always very supportive. they always -- you know, i think more than anything in my house growing up, my parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me and my sisters. so as long as i worked hard at whatever it is i wanted to do, they were okay with me doing it. but if i was ever lazy, i would -- i would reckon that they would perhaps not want me to do it. >> larry: there has been a lot of stories and stories so often wrong about your health. how are you? >> i'm okay, thank you, larry. how are you? >> larry: i'm okay. i mean, you look great. there was a story about lupus or something? do you have lupus? >> you know, lupus is in my family, and it is genetic. it's funny because my mother told me the other day that my fans were quite worried about me because they did talk about the fact that i was tested for lupus. and the truth is i don't show any signs, any symptoms of lupus. but i have tested borderline positive for th

talk radio host tammy bruce -- tammy bruce of the death of right and wrong and, and barnes is the new black, my year in a women's prison. >> i said -- my god, this president is going to be in peach. this is about eight weeks into the break-in. woodward said we could never used the word impeachment around the newsroom, lest anybody think we have some kind of agenda of. but the awe of that moment stays with me. >> c-span's video library -- mark woodward and bernstein for more of of this year and would all keep players -- other key players said about the break-in and cover-up. c-span video library, free, on- line. we've got three new c-span books. "abraham lincoln," the "supreme court is a tiered and "who is buried in grant's tomb?" to order, go to c-span.org /books. each one also a great gift idea for father's day. >> "washington journal" continues. on years -- host: on your screen is thad bingel, he served as chief of staff for board of protection from 2007 through 2009. talking about affect of the securing our southern border, and in particular with news the president today will be me

and finally, the third case involved an alaska state legislator, bruce why rock. he hasn't been convicted. he's scheduled to go on trial. a lower court said his trial could go forward on a charge of honest services fraud because he failed to disclose the government charges that he was looking for work from an oil company that at the same time was lobbying him in the state legislature on tax policy. >> brown: all right. now you used the key phrase there three times "honest services fraud." now, we're going to put up the... it's a short law and it says "for the purposes of this term, scheme, or artifice to defraud includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the spwapbgable right of honest services." what does that mean or is that what the supreme court had to decide here? >> actually, that's part of what the court had to decide. justice ginsburg wrote the main opinion and it came in the skilling case and i think she gave perhaps the best way to explain honest services fraud. she read a summary from the bench and she said here's an example. a mayor takes a br

his career in the last two decades really this bruce the assumption that lawyers go into law because they cannot do math. in fact, it can has done the opposite and made a career out of working with a rather important numbers. most visibly, i think the administration of the september 11 claims fund, but he has had numerous other experiences with similar kinds of funds. he was the administrator for the virginia tech fund and even before september 11, have been involved in other funds . he was able to figure route how to administer all of that in a fair handed an even-handed way. that has led to his two most recent assignments. one prior to a couple weeks ago, he came to be known as the executive pay is our -- czar. he was the secretary for special compensation in which he was looking at the issues related to executive compensation of various institutions being bailed out and whether there was a need to limit that compensation. then, not surprisingly, in light of his record, the president turned to him about a week ago to be the administrator of the bp oil spill claims fund, the money t

talk radio host tammy bruce on the death of right and wrong. and hyper kermin on her experience in the american legal system. "book tv" prime time, all week and every weekend on c-span 2. >> i said, oh, my god, this president is going to be impeached. this is about eight weeks later. but woodward said we can never use that word impeachment around this newsroom lest anybody think that we have some kind of agenda. but the awe of that moment stays with me. >> search for watergate with c-span's video library. see what other key players have said about the break-in and cover-up. explore washington, your way. the c-span video library, free online. >> now national security agency director general keith alexander. he's also in charge of u.s. cyber security, which was officially activated last month. this event from the center for strategic and international studies in washington is about an hour. >> with experts like jim lewis, ceases is continuing to show leadership in this field. again, the report served as a key thread of continuity across two admin

next call is springfield, missouri, bruce on the independent line. caller: good morning. why are we doing business with china first of all? they are and always will be -- why are we not building more companies in this country to bring jobs back? we have people out of work, many people out of work. the country has gone downhill since world war ii. and it has been taken on the aspects of rebuilding every other country in the world and giving money to all other countries. we borrow money from china to give money to other countries. it does not look like our government has done their job to protect our country from these overseas industries. host: not an uncommon refrain. guest: well, if you take the long-term perspective it certainly is true the united states is a less dominant force in the global economy than 50 or 60 years ago in a period after world war ii when most of eur e europe, the soviet union and so forth were devastated by the war and we survived in a relatively strong position with a very strong industrial base one that grew substantially during the second world

are there conversations with the mexican government about the extradition of the television producer bruceeresford-redman? >> my understanding is we have not received an extradition request. >> thank you. hold on. two more. >> on cuba, any reactions, or what reaction does the u.s. have to cuba's transfers of political prisoners to prisons closer to their families, conditions that they have been negotiated by the catholic church? >> let me just broaden that point slightly. we continue to hope that prisoners of conscience will be released rather than just relocated, and as soon as possible. >> thank you. >> wait. hold on. hold -- >> let me follow up on jill's question on iran, the iranian resolution. could you be a bit more specific with regards to the timeline, when you, approximately, hope to introduce it for the vote? are we talking about a week? two weeks? >> well, again, the president said he'd like to see this done by the end of spring? is that june 20 or 21? >> twenty-one. >> [laughter] so sometime between now and then. >> do you have any update on the status of this american lawyer w

are there conversations with the mexican government about the extradition of the television producer bruce beresford-redman? >> my understanding is we have not received an extradition request. >> thank you. hold on. two more. >> on cuba, any reactions, or what reaction does the u.s. have to cuba's transfers of political prisoners to prisons closer to their families, conditions that they have been negotiated by the catholic church? >> let me just broaden that point slightly. we continue to hope that prisoners of conscience will be released rather than just relocated, and as soon as possible. >> thank you. >> wait. hold on. hold -- >> let me follow up on jill's question on iran, the iranian resolution. could you be a bit more specific with regards to the timeline, when you, approximately, hope to introduce it for the vote? are we talking about a week? two weeks? >> well, again, the president said he'd like to see this done by the end of spring? is that june 20 or 21? >> twenty-one. >> [laughter] so sometime between now and then. >> do you have any update on the status of this american lawyer

his career in the last two decades really this bruce the -- disproves the assumption that lawyers gointo law because they cannot do math. in fact, it can has done the -- can has done the doneken -- ken has done the opposite and made a career out of working with a rather important numbers. most visibly, i think the administration of the september 11 claims fund, but he has had numerous other experiences with similar kinds of funds. he was the administrator for the virginia tech fund and even before september 11, have been involved in other funds. he was able to figure route how to take a complex litigation and compensation money and figure out how to administer all of that in a fair handed an even- handed way. that has led to his two most recent assignments. one prior to a couple weeks ago, he came to be known as the executive pay is our -- czar. he was the secretary for special compensation in which he was looking at the issues related to executive compensation of various institutions being bailed out and whether there was a need to limit that compensation. then, not surprisingly, in

. >> this is sunday edition with bruce lindsey. >> in the sunday edition, >> i am a democrat. >> a congressman faces a challenger. >> i believe the people come first. >> a conversation with jim matthiessen and clear right in this addition. -- with jim matheson and claudia wright. >> this is not want to be a formal debate, but rather a conversation in which our guests will be able to differentiate their opinions. i have asked them to give a self introduction and i will ask jim matheson he would go first. >> you know me. you know that in my time in office i've always put utah first, and i am proud of the fact that i approach every issue with the notion of solving problems and making progress. i've listened to people in utah and they've helped guide me in how to make progress on issues. so whether it's stopping foreign radioactive waste from coming to utah or whether it's resolving very contentious public lands issues and moving the first major blm wilderness legislation in 25 years. whether it's standing up for utahns who are looking for jobs in this down economy, as the only member of our deleg