city.ctually, a city can do what it wants withs its assets because the federal government is not permitted through the bankruptcy courts to really take control of a city's assets. host: our guest, julie more jello-o, professor. and we're talking about city's facing debt crises. the numbers to call, are on the bottom of your screen. and independent callers, there was a recent piece, cnn money.com three american cities on the brink of broke. several downtroden cities are on the verge of defaulting on their debt. talk to us about how cities get in this fix. guest: let's focus on a city that's currently in bankruptcy, valet ho, california. one of the states reasons for their troubles was very generous employee benefits packages. and in fact, just yesterday in the "wall street journal," there was an editorial about the problem that many california cities are in. and it is mainly because of generous, for instance generous pension packages. so that is one reason for cities that currently are in tr

the quintessential city of the future? apparently o. so what is it that makes this place a model for sustainability buol believes the model starts with community input. shortly after taking office, he formed a citizen task force to draw up a blueprint for sustainability. >> and they brought that back to the city council for our approval and i think they hit a home run. today that plan is looked at by other communities as kind of a benchmark. >> reporter: it's great to have benchmarks, but you also need the bucks. dubuque has been effective at combining the two. >> citizens of dubuque, you hear proclaim the week of may 8 to the 15th, 2010, as americorps week in the city of dubuque, iowa. >> reporter: when we were here, we witnessed one small example. the city council recognized these young americorps volunteers here for a door-to-door campaign to install energy saving devices court zi of the environmental protection agency. >> i want to make my house efficient. >> reporter: candice ewe dalely is a 25-year-old born and raised in dubuque.

police found the 42-year-old city in a yard in colombia. it is about a mile from the group hold he wandered away from onset of a. he was taken away to a hospital for evaluation and appears to be in good condition. >> matthew evans was convicted of stabbing anthony conaway. prosecutors charged evans with first-degree murder and conspiracy. >> the husband of a frederick woman is claiming police misconduct. the man believes authorities should have entered the home sooner. veronica perkins was killed last thursday after police barricaded her home. a trooper fired several shots when a gun was pointed at the police officer. police say the incident remains under investigation. >> it is day 63 of the oil leak in the gulf of mexico. bp may have underestimated the amount of oil coming out of the well. we turn to kate amara in our washington bureau. >> a democratic congressman said the new document raises a new question -- was the oil spill much worse than bp let on? 4 million gallons of oil could pour out of the deep seat well each day, according to

i believe in a strong city. i do not want to undermine that city. i fully understand its importance and i want to be an even more vibrant powerhouse for the u.k. and for europe. the way ahead for us in the city is clear. we have to work with europe, shape the g-20 agenda, engage in constructive dialogue with governments to ensure london remained the economic powerhouse of europe, and contributed leadership on banking and financial services to the benefit of the whole you -- eu. you will not be surprised to hear that i have some observations. we need to move away from singling out banks to blame, and by implication, the city. based on my visit to some 13 countries as ambassador for the fans in mental services industry, i can tell you that the city is filled -- still the envy of the world. but that reputation is not god- given and there remains more to be done. financial-services are more mobile than most other sectors of the economy. if we tear down what we spent generations building up, the winds will howl and are hungry rich competitors in the far

so you have to imagine that -- new york city. so you have to imagine that a fair number of city council members are tied financially to union donations. >> how long is this documentary? >> it's 80 minutes. >> is it available on the web yet to buy or do you have to wait to get to the theaters? >> it's in theaters right now. we're in washington, d.c. this week. and then we're opening in denver. we're also in palm springs, new york, and l.a. an then it will be available in dmb vd starting in august. -- dvd. >> how much will it sell for? >> i don't know. that's a good question. >> and how many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew. we had about seven people shooting the film and we have a pretty small team now. we're all wearing a lot of hats. >> did you edit it yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that, but i didn't have the budget somewhat reflects my doing lots of things. >> we want to go to another clip. we're running out of time. here is eva talking about the

and they see these beautiful shots of a city. you can tune on any game that we have and you're going to find examples of this. >> reporter: the value of the imagery? priceless says cleveland mayor frank jackson. >> there's no way you can pay for that kind of marketing in china or in europe. >> reporter: or anywhere in america. >> anywhere in america you couldn't pay for that. >> reporter: no wonder local cleveland officials and celebs actually made a "we are lebron" internet video pleading with their 26-year-old meal ticket. ♪ please stay, lebron, we really need you. ♪ no bigger market's gonna love you half as much. ♪ as we do >> reporter: copyright issues have since removed the video from most web site, but clevelanders refused to be silenced. >> lebron, you should stay because we love you and you love the city. hands down, that's it. end of story. >> stay, baby. we love you, man. we love you. >> reporter: and you need him? >> and we definitely need him. >> reporter: major jackson, now in his second term, has resolved to revive

she is a former city council member. she is quite politically active and when she lost her run for borough president, she decided to go ahead and open schools, and do what she thought she knew, which is that all kids can succeed. >> and she is a democrat. >> shias. >> another clip showing us one of your families that you found. >> mom. ♪ >> she's got to take care of me. >> when did she lose her hearing? uridine very young, when she was 2 years old. >> was the her home? >> she is a single mother and she lives down the street from me and so i see are a lot. they are in challenging circumstances. she is single, a death mother, she adores her daughter and understands that education is the key to our daughter success, like all the families had sought. she does her best to provide her daughter a better school than that was being offered in her district. >> what did she do for a living? >> she does not work right now. >> and that little kid, i've seen the whole documentary, she does a lot of signing. >> she was very helpful. it

now our task is to make this ruling real city by city block by block state by state throughout the country so all citizens can experience this freedom. >> ifill: sounds like more lawsuits. >> it will be a lot more lawsuits. that's the main thing. this is good' for lawyers and criminal defense attorneys who are trying to get their clients off. a couple things quickly. first of all it's not a surprising decision. chicago basically lost once washington d.c. lost. the same five justices that ruled against washington d.c. are still on the bench. i heard the arguments in the heller case as well as the mcdonald case. it was obvious they were going to rule that way. it's a very limited decision. chicago and oak brook are the only communities left in the country that have anything approaching a near handgun ban. it was washington d.c. and then chicago. there's nobody else that's directly affected by this. but the crucial part and it's really a narrow scope for the second amendment that they talked about. justice alito talked about a... the second amendment gives you a right to have a gun in the hom

. >> >> i think the union is a force in new york city as it should be.ink the union is here today and it is not going anywhere and to say you can get rid of it is a mistake. i am a unionist and my husband ran the largest union in new york city and i believe it is important. i believe by collective bargaining you get the best deal for everybody. >> the teachers' union contract is 6000 pages in length. it lays out all the things that teachers cannot do. it prescribes almost every aspect and limits prep time to 50-minutes per day. we think teachers need three prep periods per day to be prepared for that would be a violation of contract. we also think we should be able to work palaver to live with teachers -- collaborative lovely with teachers. we have an open-door policy and we watch teachers teach. that is prohibited in the union contract. it is hard to run a school where everything is pre-determined. what you need to do is you need to constantly refined the school of design and school schedule. if there is a problem today, we can fix it by the end of the

military police to secure the city itself along with other u.s. forces and civilians that will work together with the impressive canadian reconstruction team operating in the city. as you've heard general mcchrystal explain, the concept is to provide the kandahar is a rising tide of security, one that will expand overtime and establish the presentation of improved security on which local afghan governance can be built and improve services and other areas as well. the one they did nothing easy about any of this. -- there will be nothing easy about any of this. the going was likely to get harder before got easier. that has already been the case as we've seen recently. it is essential that we make progress in this critical southern part of the country, where in fact and 9/11 attacks were planned by al qaeda during the period when the taliban controlled it and the rest of the country. . >> and to help achieve greater equality as well as greater quantity, we have directed a much greater partnership with the ansf, an emphasis that is on display daily th

china is trying to forestall just a rush into already overburdened cities.re isn't enough housing. there's not enough jobs. how are you going to keep them down on the farm is not just an old punch line, it's a real question. >> lehrer: okay. ray, thank you very much. good stuff. >> woodruff: : and to another story affecting millions of chinese, as well as one in 10 asian americans. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels looks at the disease called hepatitis b. >> good morning, how's your appetite? >> reporter: 46-year-old craig zhang is recovering from an operation to remove a taou ngor in his liver. a result of his life long infection of hepatitis-b. it's a disease that strikes asians 100 times more than non-asians. >> the incision is well healed. looks good. no problem. >> reporter: zhang surgeon, stanford liver surgeon samuel so was concerned about a c.t. scan that revealed several new growths. >> on this side, you can see one, two, three, four. >> reporter: the hepatitis-b virus is found in blood and bodily fluids. many people can live with the virus a

military police to secure the city itself along with other u.s. forces and civilians that will work together with the impressive canadian reconstruction team operating in the city. as you've heard general mcchrystal explain, the concept is to provide the kandahar is a rising tide of security, one that will expand overtime and establish the presentation of improved security on which local afghan governance can be built and improve services and

cities. at least 30 cities are so-called "sanctuary cities," where local government officials refuse to enforce the law on immigration. the gangs operate openly. one sanctuary city is albany, the capital of new york state. it is the east coast epicenter of the kind of dishonest debate, abuse of the rule of law, and abandon of -- abandonment of the people that i have been telling you about this morning. if you want to see where it leads and where it costs honest people like you, watched this video showing what life is like and what life is worth in albany today. look at this for just a minute. >> drugs, guns, illness. >> drug laws mean nothing. gangs know they can beat the system. >> they run back down the scene -- they run down the street and get their gone right back. >> it looks good from the outside wall locations are bleeding to death on the inside. >> the better off the gangs and the criminals are. >> the system does not meet the challenges. >> albany, the state capital of new york, wher

kabul is a bustling, busy city. roads, bridges, and other infrastructure have been repaired and built. commerce is returning to the parts were afghan forces are present. in places where the government remains weak, efforts like the solidarity program, supported by civilians and troopers, have helped local councils achieved modest cash grants to pursue projects. our work in afghanistan will need to be fully resources. it is essential that the supplemental funding measure before congress be passed. this committee and the senate has pat -- have passed it. it was heartening to hear speaker nancy pelosi's call for the house to do the same. i also ask for your continued support for the emergency response program. they are often the most responsible -- the most responsive to needs. indeed, it is often the only tool to address issues in certain areas. our commanders appreciate your appropriating funds each year. as i close, i would like to once again note the extraordinary work been done by our troopers on the ground in afg

byhe same token, if it's a city ordinance that's being violated, can state highway patrol enfoe city ordinance and i'll suggest that yes,hey should do that. they should do that when that becomes an obtion of their job, when there's a law being broken in front of them, they should enforce the law. ifhe speed limits are written by either the ste or th city, or perhaps the county on county roads, does th mayne the county sheriffs and his people can only enfor speed limit laws on state highys and county roads butot on ty streets? it borders othe ludicrous at -- to make the argument that immigration law has been federal and the only people who can enforce it arfederal officials, only the ones trned in i.c.e. and border paratext. it's ludicrous to beeve that. there has to be a networkf law enforcement working in conjunctiofrom city police to county sheriffs to departments of criminal investation, all our federal officers working in cooperation with each other with great, profound respect for the nstitution of th unid states, for the laws that a duly paed here in the unitestates congress, a

ordinary citizen who is are committed to the city's futures. and what you're starting here is more than just a project to repair a road. it's a partnership to transform a community. mayor coleman was describing for me how all these pieces fit together on the way over here. so the city is using recovery dollars to rebuild the infrastructure. and because of that in part, the hospital is expanding its operations to take even better care of more people, more children here in columbus and throughout ohio which means they're hiring more people. so together, you're creating more than 2,400 new jobs and sending a powerful message that this neighborhood will soon be a place where more families can thrive, more businesses can prosper, chick development that's being sparked today is going to continue into the future and my understanding is because the hospital is now growing, that means they're putting money back into the neighborhood for housing and other facilities so that the entire community starts rebuilding. ultimately, that's the purpose of the rec

people are moving into the cities. they're moving away from the countryside. 10 to 12 million people a year. that's projected to go on for at least another decade. those people are coming into the cities. increasingly they're getting white collar office jobs and getting up in the morning, they're getting the subway to work and the elevate tore the office. they're siting in a cubicle all day. they're getting the elevator downstairs and the subway home and they're sitting in front of the television at night and ordering in food. they're leading a much more sedentary lifestyle than they used to. many more people are driving around in cars where they used to ride by cycles. for children, sport is not a major part of the school curriculum because of the concentration on exams. in general from toddlers up to elderly people, people are nor sedentary in the cities than they used to be . >> suarez: fast-moving china will get first to wherever the developing world is going and won't be alone in a fatter future. the world health

they nicknamed it "the lost city."mestone formations can stretch up to 180 feet high, some of the tallest undersea spires known to man. >> ballard: look at that. see that upside down pool? >> logan: they form overhangs that trap hot alkaline water rising from vents in the sea floor, creating what look like upside-down pools of water. >> ballard: see the shimmering water? how many other such discoveries are waiting to be tripped over? i vote, a lot. >> logan: the skeptics might say, "so what?" >> ballard: so what? >> logan: so we didn't know this exists. what did that give us? >> ballard: this is showing us that life can exist at far greater extremes than we ever expected, which again increases the probability of finding it elsewhere, not only in the universe, but elsewhere within our own solar system. >> logan: the oceans cover more than 70% of the earth, but most of that has never been explored. bob ballard is leading a revolution in undersea exploration to change that. it started with an idea he had 28 years ago. >>

there are many teaching hospitals in new york city. they've been devastated by cuts on the federal and state level. whether it's dish payments, or in the health care bill that we passed. we had a whole fight over do gooder states provisions, things like that. they've been decimated back and forth. new york has 15% of the teaching hospitals. we train 15% of the doctors across the country. it's a really big thing for us. i kkow you said that it wasn't a $3.5 billion cut per say. and these teaching hospitals would still receive funding if they showed their further erg goals. but the yet to be established goals by the secretary of h.h.s. and the new york city teaching hospitals are very worried they would lose up to $450 million annually. and you know, that's just really untannable. i understand that, but what you said before about you want to make sure there's quality. of course you want to make sure, but at some point you can't get blood from a stone. i think these hospitals are just about at that point. and they are some of the best hos

i saw the effects of trying to do it dramatically in my city. we had damaging effects and the city. yes, we need to get our concessions but get them the same way they earned them, incrementally, year by year, hammering down on negotiate concessions and that is happening and i will continue to do it. >> the governor has said that union contracts have not been negotiated properly. >> senator chafee set the world speed record for a contract in warwick where he jacked up the we need to look at the towns and say that you cannot be handing out these increases and raises. there is a sense out there, i hear it loud and clear, that people who are paying taxes and working longer and harder for less field is a sense of entitlement for people to work for the government. people who work for the government work hard, but we need to change the attitude and the structure of what is going on with the pay and benefits. that is why i came up with a detailed pension plan that will save real money. that occurred in a governor i will i will stand up to the leaders of the union and say the spending has to

knowledge of communities throughout the city. so, i thank you for this opportunity to testify. >> i am sorry. thank you, ms. donahue. >> thank you for inviting me to testify today on the national challenge of turning around our low performing secondary schools. i will focus on middle and high schools. and in the 21st century, we have to provide students pathways from secondary schools to post secondary success in college, the military, or through job training. there is no work to support a family if you do not graduate high school and have the ability to receive further training. we cannot have a society where people are cut off because they do not have the opportunity to attend school and be prepared for success. the reason we find ourselves in this situation is far too many of our middle and high school schools -- the ones that serve minority and low-income populations are designed to fail. the educated primarily low income and minority students, and they produce a high of the dropouts in america, essentially the underclass. th

this is not just about the city of london. it is about the fact that millions of people in our country work in financial services, providing good service, and we need to help them. >> onee of the projects that stands to be affected by the decision of the government to put 600 million pounds of housing investment on hold is the economic recovery. [unintelligible] will the prime minister tell me what priority he will attach to the regenerative affect of the >> eeerybody wants to see regeneration continue in birmingham. i paid tribute to the birmingham city council. we want to see that regeneration continued. the problem with the the previous government's hoosing commitments made a particularly hot social housing is that they simply were not funded. one of the things we have been able to do in making the 6 billion pounds of cuts made this year is to cut back some of that money back into social housing scheme which the last government promised but never funded. >> has my right hon. friend had the opportunity to reflectton the comm

we have officers not only in mexico city but in cities throughout mexico, and we have an extraordinary level of cooperation with our law enforcement partners in those places. and it's because the idea of thinking about border security simply in terms of the line in the sand just is outdated. as the deputy commissioner said, it is all about flows, flows of a lot of things that we want to encourage, trade, lawful travel, and flows that aren't so helpful and lawful, and that we need to pay a lot of attention and try to shut them down. >> chief davis, did you want to add anything to that? >> no. well, just one quick thing, and that is the fact that, again, we're talking about relationships. we've heard how they are working with our partners both in canada and mexico. we have seen that there's much better cooperation between ice and local law enforcement officials because of the fact that they've recognized some of our needs in terms of how we're working with our communities and trying to mitigate those issues that come up whenever you're talking about custom, or excuse me, immigration enfo

prior to that, he was in the state house in jefferson city. as a member of the house and senate armed services committees, senator talent was directly involved in some of the most critical debates and decisions regarding national security policy, both prior to and immediately after the 9/11 world that we live in today. here at heritage, jim talent specializes in issues involving foreign policy, military readiness, and his old favorite on the domestic front, welfare reeorm. he's one of the most astute commentators in the conservative realm of ideas, we're privilege to have had him with us as our colleague, jim will you please come up and introduce our distinguished speaker? [applause] >> my thanks to dr. fulmer for giving me the privilege of introducing our honored guest who is a fellow missourian, which is the reason i have the privilege of doing this, and a man who has accomplished so much across such a wide range of responsibilities and offices over the years that it would embarrass him for me to try to list them all, and intrude in his spea

peter's square in vatican city. he vowed to ensure that such abuse is ended, once and for all. >> we promise to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again. and that in admitting to-- ministry we will do anything we can to the authenticity of their vocation we will make every effort to accompany prooetss on their journey so the lord will watch over them in troubled situations. >> sreenivasan: hundreds of cases of sexual and physical abuse by priests have been reported in europe and the u.s. benedict has been criticized for his handling of abuse cases when he was archbishop of munich, germany, in the 1980s. russia has reversed itself and will not deliver air defense missiles to iran after all. that word came via the french president's office today. it said russian prime minister vladimir putin has agreed the sale would violate a new round of u.n. sanctions. just yesterday, the russian foreign minister said the missile sale would go through. wall street ended the week on an up note. the dow

if you go into some of the cities yoo will see hotels. you will have an important strategic allies there. the main thing that surprises you is they always bring up the agent orange issue. it is not something that you and i think about that much, but whether it is a tiny village or whether it isn't saigo in saigoy say we still have that agent orange problems. this is very important to solve its. i hate to keep minimizing, only in washington could to minimize $30 million. he's the type of things that corporations are supplemented by the u.s. government. i think symbolically even though the u.s. military wants to help clean up, they do not want to except legal responsibility for it. that is what this report does. this is just a gesture that we will all chip in and get this cleaned up. host: let's go to phone calls. salt lake city, utah. caller: i wanted to ask you a question. i more or less of the situation this way. and i was wondering with the knowledge you have if you felt this was accurate. i see this as being something like this. there

caller: it is a bypass around the city.othing is connecting the two inner stays together. -- interstates together. host: what do you think is holding it up? caller: i think it is the government. that is what i think it is. host: we will take another look and what the president had to say yesterday in columbus, ohio, as he marked the 10,000 work project launched in the stimulus pratique -- package. >> they have put thousands of these workers to work. the local restaurants around here benefit from these crews being here to work. it means that instead of having to worry about where the next paychecks will come from, americans across the country are helping to build our future and their own future. as my friend joe biden has done a good job overseeing the recovery act would say, this is a big deal. and i think it is fitting that we have reached the smallest town. this is a perfect example of the ordination that the be coverage act is driving all across the country. host: we are talking about evidence of stimulus spending in you

you think a colored man could become an electrician in new york city? >> brown: this is a funny man. this is a natural story teller. >> of the highest order. >> brown: does that help you put it out there? >> it's fantastic. it's fantastic. i wish i could tell stories as well as i know he did. >> brown: as an actor doing a one-man play like this, you go from being an elderly man to young. you have to put... present what is in essence a 90-minute speech. how do you pull that off on stage? >> well, that's why i'm the actor. (laughing) that's why they call me an actor. we do that. you hear this thing, you know, the one-man show, the one-person show, blah, blah, blah. i have a scene partner. my scene partner is the audience. i get a new scene partner every night. and i have to sort of read the room, you know, and sort of check the temperature of the room all the time to know where or how to take the audience on the journey that i'd like to take them on. >> brown: nobody else on stage to playoff of. >> but someone certainly to play with. and to listen to. >>

then in 1995, we had the oklahoma city bombing. which was cause for some individuals, and the time that we were out there and the families that we visited with, and the 15 search and rescue teams that i brought in, it was probably hardest disaster that i ever had to deal with. because we brought out 168 victims out of that building. but today around federal buildings, you see they've mitigated that risk now. they've put the barriers up where that cannot happen. but every event we have, we learn lessons. and we learn from our mistakes of the past and hopefully can prevent a lot for the future. but when you think about in arkansas, you think about our schools, think about our hospitals, think about our nursing homes, you think about communities and the risk that they face from earthquakes, tornadoes, no hurricanes hopefully, but we lost 13 trees at the farm from hurricane katrina, so it does have damage. but we can minimize that risk. this exhibit, when you see this and you walk around and look at this, this is real. and people's liv

the city is in the process of offering buyouts to over 300 homeowners.rris is hoping to be one of them. >> i'm just at a standstill. i can't move on. i don't have the money to move on. i don't have the money to pay for the outside living because you have to live somewhere else. you can't live in the home with the mold . >> brown: and when it got that high, had you ever seen anything like that? >> no. i've seen the river high but nothing like this. >> brown: nashville mayor carl dean joined us on the shelby street bridge over the cumberland. >> we had homes that were flooded, in the floodway, and some suffered more than 50% damage. and we'll be worked with people to determine whether those buildings will be bought out. other people have had extensive damage, whether in the flood plain or further we from the river. and their damage is such that the money they're getting from fema is not enough to totally restore those buildings, and we're going to work with nonprofits and banks to try to find ways to help them. >> brown: in fact, signs of that movement abo

cities who may be filing for bankruptcy. and audubon society member will talk about how wildlife is being affected by the gulf oil spill. that program comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow. before we make our final exit, we have to say goodbye to a trusted colleague of ours. tricia has been a trusted colleague and a phone screener but a right hand person for our staff helping with responsibilities that make this response -- this program run. we wish her well as she takes on a new career. she has been good to work with and we hope you do well. that is it for our show today. i will see tomorrow at 7:00, goodbye. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . ÑsÑs >> c-span, our public apfairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. and you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and you tube. >> hearing now on the future of the national park system. you will hear from several witnesses including the director of the national park services. th

military police to secure the city itself, along with other u.s. forces and civilians who will work together with the present canadian provincial reconstruction team that has been operating in the city. as you have heard general mcchrystal explain th, we have o expand thii overtime and establish the foundation of improved security on which local afghan government can be built. and that will enable and burbots in the provision of basic services and other areas as well. there'll be nothing easy about any of this. indeed, i noted several months ago during my annual hearing -- >> you're watching general david petraeus testifying earlier at a senate armed services committee hearing. we're going to leave that. during his testimony, the general became faint and was ushered out of the rebel new returned later to a round of applause, and appearing to feel better. the chair recessed the hearing until tomorrow morning and 9:00 a.m. eastern. the u.s. house is just gavel back into business. one-minute speeches first, followed by a couple small business bills. l

i mean, new orleans is a remarkable place, and a city of memory and place where it does not erase the past, no matter how painful the past is, and they incorporate the past. it is like walking down the streets, it is you see the past alive in the present, and i think that this city, new orleans will continue. the gulf coast will continue, but lives here are hanging in the balance, and the way of balance is hanging in the balance, and you know, there is no clock on this. there is no telling of when this will end. >> larry: don't forget our big special two hours of all of the participants that you see here and many, many others will be with us on monday night. ryan seacrest will be back to co-host as well. accused killer joran van der sloot, and can he help solve the natalee holloway case? some developments in that case. huh? ♪ where do gummy bears hide? under the seat. look! yeah! ♪ [ telephone rings ] [ male announcer ] the all new chevy equinox. [ man ] guess who? dad! [ man ] enjoy the trip! okay, daddy! [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] a consumers digest best buy. with a 100,000 mil

it is a city of memory.is a place where it doesn't erase the past, even how painful the past may be, incorporate the past, like walking -- walking down the streets, you see the past alive in the present. and i think this city, new orleans will continue, the gulf coast will continue, but lives here are hanging in the balance and a way of life is hanging in the balance and there is no clock on this. there's no telling when this is going to end. >> don't forget our big special, two hours, all the participants you see here and many, many others are going to be with us on monday night. ryan seacrest will be back, kind of co-hosting as well. >>> accused killer joran van der sloot, can he help had solve the natalee holloway mystery? some sensational developments in that case, next. pain is keeping him up. with advil® pm she's spending less time awake with aches and pains and more time asleep®. advil® pm. the better night's sleep. imagination and reality have merged. because of one word, a new generation-- a fifth g

in all of our efforts, we and president karzai are emphasizing the importance of include city on the part of the afghan government and its leadership. especially in linking local governing structures to the decision making in financial resources in kabul. much more needs to be done to help the afghan government as irresponsibility for addressing the concerns and needs of afghan citizens. the national consultant of peace held at earlier this month was a constructive step in this effort, providing an opportunity for president karzai to address some of the political tensions that fueled the insurgency and promote reconciliationnand local reintegration as means to contribute to a politicall resolution of some of the issues that exist. the council he conducted on sunday further this process, and the effort to set political conditions for progress. another critically important part of our joint civil military campaign in afghanistan is promoting broadbased economic infrastructure development. we have seen improvements in the government's ability to deliver basic services such as electricit

province, thh troubling behavior of key power brokers, the performance of the afghan police in the city, and the counterproductive contracting practices that we are dependent upon. meanwhile, it is very troubling that president karzai has decided to remove his minister of interior and his head of intelligence, two of our most important partners in his government. i know them to be upstanding and effective. i do not know what president karzai made this decision. the explanation given y his former intelligence chief, which we read in the newspaper this weekend, seems to have a ring of truth to it. president karzai no longer believes that the and not a states will succced and he is shifting his results as a policy of accommodation with the taliban and the pakistani military. if true, this could be very dangerous. that is the larger trend that underlines all the others. a loss of confidence n it seems to be shared by both our friends and enemies in afghanistan as well as its neighbors. as our witnesses know, this is a battle for the false and allegiances of people. it demonstrate those sitt

what if it is the whole city? what happens if they get a nuclear weapon that they are able to plan and moved into our country? then we go back and say, we should have been doing something to stop them from doing this. and i think sometimes we lose sight of that and as a nation and its leadership looking over at the capitol, instead of fighting each other, we should remember what that week was like when we all came together and i think we have not done the job as democrats and as republicans and as leadership out of the white house to explain to the american people the importance of what we're doing. host: commerce buck mckeon meant -- congressman buck mckeon, thank you free time. we'll turn our discussion to the supreme court ruling on gun rights and the debate over the rights to bear arms. the confirmation hearings for elena kagan are underway right now on c-span3. live coverage also on c-span radio and c-span.org. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright

in new york city, they have these high-rise buildings in midtown. years ago we used to call them vertical flea markets. multiple floors or compromise with counterfeit goods, whether it was movies, books, every type of product you could imagine were in these buildings. we look -- we did an undercover operation. to get into the building, to rent a room, we had to pay $25,000 key money. then you have to pay the rent. look at the flow of the traffic going in and out, with vans to come in, fedex packages, look at the amount of cash we paid just to get the room, it is a tremendous amount of money, at least equal to what you see on the narcotics trade with much less risk. >> one of the reasons it is important to understand the nexus between organized crime and whatever product is that law enforcement will allocate resources based on the privatization of the product that is known. to the extent we can show organized crime is involved, it means they have access to better international transportation routes, they are connected to other countries and cities ar

it is a gem in the city of memphis, tennessee.re fortunate to graduate from the christian brothers university today. make a difference to that one person. 90. -- lanky. >> thank you, amy. good morning. class of 2010, border trusties, faculty, staff, students, parents and guests. it is impossible for you to uerstand that story that i feel at this moment, how prevalent -- the joy that i feel at this moment, how privilege. to addre you today, i am truly honored. when the president called me to inform me of this opportunity, i was stunned to the extent that i asked that i might have some time to export -- some time to respond during my hesitancy had nothing to do with the quality of the event for my availability. it was a certain request for a ton to decide if i thought i deserved this honor, and most of all if i could justify your onfidence in me. upon hearing my request for more time, as your president was thinking, oh, no. we have made a mistake. what was i thinking? well, the president, after the next few months your worst fears m

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clair is joining us from new york city on the independent line. caller: as far as people having guns, i like to suggest -- it is outrageous [unintelligible] i also think they should take the survey. [unintelligible] it is awful to have a gun anywhere. it is only allowed may be in the mideast or far east. it is awfully dangerous to have it even within families, children. this has happened several times that a child takes the father's rifle and shoots children and the school. host: of you are listening on the radio, here are the numbers -- we are talking about yesterday's 5-4 decision by the u.s. supreme court and the final day for justice john paul stevens. we will show you the letter he wrote to a colleague, and moments from the final day inside the chamber. if you want to get more on the elena kagan nomination you can go to c-span.org/kagan. we are keeping track of all the developments in the hearing, and will explain some terms as they come up in the questioning. it is the second day of questioning. back to the ruling and more editorials. this f

>> i'm based in new york city. i live in the great state of new and i have an office in chelsea in new york city. dead crated -- dedicated crew. i'd say the core group is about six people. it stands massively to be about 50 by the time you bring in cinematographers, assissant editors, the people who mix the film, some of the outlying researchers. we employ people sometimes in different places aal over the world to do this or that ffr us as we're putting somethhng together. >> here's some more familiar faces. it's a republican national convention. don't have the year. maybe you can remember it. and some faces that we haven't seen for a while. let's watch this and get your reaction to it. >> ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the college republican national committee, jack abramoff for purposes of addressing the convention. >> part of me wanted to give a rarara, we're all young people. they rejected my speech, and i got up to the podium, and their speech went up on the teleprompter. >> fellow republicans, i come b