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now it has been a one year since the supreme court's ruling on the citizens united case so all of back as to how this ruling has changed the way that washington operates and the effects that it's had on the rest of the country next new reports show the afghan towns being destroyed due to u.s. troops using thousands of pounds of explosives to wipe them off the map while the military says that there are no civilian casualties with this method we can't help but wonder is this really the best way to win hearts and minds in afghanistan we're going to speak with mother jones out of there out of weinstein then a legend russian arms dealer viktor booth made an appearance in court in new york city today two months after he was extradited to the u.s. from thailand so we'll have more from artie's as they see a chicken on why he's in court and we'll hear reactions from his family on the accusations also you probably heard about m.t.v.'s new hot show and it's now the jersey shore it's skins this is a originally a british soap but now it's hit the states many parents are none too happy about the con

but under the agent of the citizens united decision, corporations and individuals can contribute unanimously to any campaign and we saw evidence of that on both sides. now i've seen every iteration of reform during the last 50 years in the united states of america. some of it was good and some of it didn't achieve its mark. this particular measure had some limitation and at the same time did permit people like eugene mccarthy or jimmy carter, pat buchanan, pat robertson, jerry brown, jesse jacksonner is, just to -- jesse jackson, just to mention a few, and just recently my good friend, dr. ron ball, gave them an opportunity to put forward -- ron ball, gave them the opportunity to put forward their -- ron paul, gave them the opportunity to put forward their ideas. for most candidates public funding from the presidential election campaign fund has been the source of sorely needed funds at crucial points in presidential races. to make matters worse, as has been pointed out by ms. slaughter and myself and others, the legislation we're considering today is a repeal or repeat of the disastrous cit

rigell: all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and the state wherein they reside. no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt. mr. watt: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. mr. wittman: section 2. representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants o

i thought that the citizens united decision by unfairly ratcheted up the citizens united race.t: john, good morning. caller: the american people have been pushed into a corner. it has gone to the point where, to me, many more things are going to be happening. people pushed into corners where other things are going to happen. the shooting that happened not long ago, to me it just seems like slavery. this is like letting the wolf in the henhouse. if congress can only do their job for a certain amount of time and then they have to go out to get their constituents to get money. if you take money out of the deal, i think that more of the american public could be heard. when you have these corporations lobbying copper when does the small business come in? host: lots of good points there. central to what our task force was looking at and what we want to be talking about. the practical answer to your question is that they do not have the resources to hire their own lobbyists. so, they would probably go to a trade association with other small businesses. and then they wind up fighting i

"all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside." critics argue that the 14th amendment was intended to apply to newly freed slaves, not children of illegal aliens. their solution some. >> i think that at least one parent should be in the country legally before we automatically make all of the children instant citizens. >> 14 states are looking to make that solution a reality. lawmakers from five states unveiled measures this week to deny birth right citizenship to children born without at least one parent that is either a legal citizen or legal resident. nine other states will soon follow suit. the total list, alabama, arizona, delaware, idaho, indiana, michigan, mississippi,' montana, nebraska, oklahoma, pennsylvania, texas and utah. the goal is not to change the 14th amendment in state legislatures. the inherent behind the state measures is to spur a legal challenge that will beresolved before the united states supreme court. question. as a practical matter, how can indiv

. >> supreme court decision in citizens united which took the cap off of contributions, many of them anonymous of corporations and unions, flooding the political process. >> monica. >> building a mosque at ground zero which would be a huge victory for the insidious stealth jihad happening now in america. >> mark. >> trillion dollars in tax cuts without putting anything in for subsequent reductions in government expenditures to balance off the revenue losses. >> worst idea of 2010, president obama's rejecting vice president joe biden's advice to limit the u.s. military role in afghanistan through surgical operations, all technology, notably drones, and rejecting biden, obama has de facto committing to keeping military forces in afghanistan until late 2014. worst idea of 2010. okay, sorry to sea you go, pat. >> al hag, our friend in boston, the white house days, and joe soben, the best con serbive writer of his generation. >> the gore marriage. they announced in june after 40 years that they're separating. sorry to see that go. >> general stanley mcchrystal who is still very much with

thank god obama mention citizens united and the leader shook his head no. you can call her back if you disagree with me. host: we will leave it there. there'll be a lot of eyes on which justice is show up in which do not. guest: will justice roberts be there? i have some but said they doubt it. if justice roberts the show up, he can do so with the knowledge that now democrats after having gone through the midterm elections have decided that they may in fact move toward some of the independent expenditures operations that were legalized and citizens united. they unilaterally disarm on that front because the democratic party took a stand that this is wrong, but now it appears it will be some what affirmative for the next election cycle that it will go down that road. justice roberts could sit there with assault satisfied look on his face. satisfied look- is f on his face. i think you are right about gun- control. indications from the white house are the answer is no. robert gibbs has been very reluctant to describe anything that is under investigation, but ma

rigell: all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and the state wherein they reside. no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt. mr. watt: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. mr. wittman: section 2. representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants o

they can take money now since citizens united on a much larger and different scale.nd i think they can enhance our efforts. i think we can all work together to get things done. but it's important that we get out and talk to these donors, reinvigorate them, reengeage them, most importantly, in this process. and i plan on doing that from day one. >> how would you specifically assess the tenure of michael steele over the last two years? >> michael, i've worked with him when he was a chairman in maryland, i think he's a great patriot, a wonderful man. i thank him for his service at the republican party, i campaigned for him when he ran for lieutenant governor even. we're grateful for the work that he's done and the great victories that we had in 2010. but i think we need some new leadership and a new direction going forward. one that focuses much more on fundraising and the needs that the party has in that regard. so i'm hoping that i can bring those kinds of skills, whether it's fundraising, whether it's winning elections, whether it's the kind of experience that i've h

winning the future is similar to when i hear that i think one dollar one vote or you might notice citizens united is that really democracy i don't know in the name of the speech is probably a clue about where they're coming from yeah yeah i mean what about working on the future what about investing domestically what about investing in education i just don't think that winning perhaps you know is the right term very quickly and there's going to be a republican or a bottle and then a tea party or a bottle to the rebuttal and to the state of the union tonight are you really looking forward to michele bachmann i don't know looking like a freak again. i'm looking forward to it i mean how divided is the republican party that there are actually had multiple rebuttals and michele bachmann the last week has made it very clear she wants to run for president i believe sarah palin's chances are completely out the window will this speech do the same to michele bachmann i don't know i'll be watching it closely i can't wait very quickly totally inappropriate if you were to play a drinking game what's the one wo

spend money on campaigns it's part of the first amendment that's why i was so excited by the citizens united case that's why i don't demonize businesses for spending my that's what do you guys use for spending money i would just like to see transparency throughout the whole thing. and on the issue of spending money unions actually represent people corporations don't represent anybody i mean there's supposedly people because they don't know shareholders and employees that are a little nuts typically don't actually have votes but let's get back to the base this year republicans are not willing to take on the real issue which is workers are not making enough in this economy and wall street has not been reformed and instead they're going to target unions they're going to target you need to because so many people are not in them anymore because of union busters that you know intimidate people you know you get fired you know if third of the time somebody gets fired when you try to join a union and so as a result so few people are in them now that they don't feel any relation to them and so it's ea

i make your view from back tomorrow it will be the one year anniversary of the supreme court citizens united ruling that's the one that let corporations train freely in elections because they're people too so we're going to take a look at how that decision affected politics in america over the last year and i think that by looking at what happened in november we already know the answer to that now in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of your own a show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other nights we can always catch all the you tube dot com slash the longer show where we post the interviews as well as the show in it's entirety coming up next is the news with the latest headlines from the u.s. and around the. very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier territories was to do with. doing what we call making our presence felt to go out. there and knock on some doors for the othe

resources in the hands of those who oppose the locker see at this point cut especially after citizens united, how they took down russ feingold, for every tv ad for russ feingold there were five or six at trashing him and we didn't even know who pay for them. "the new york times" just felt 40% of the chamber budget about $83 billion was paid for by the pharmaceutical insurance company and de use the chamber of commerce as the attack dog and we never knew until now. >> first two chapters of your book as you are leaving out the different elements of a real powerful movement that the first world war destroyed, the only a goal of people of faith that he mentioned was really the social gospel and the theology of walter roshenbuh. the evangelicals, the call themselves littleness at time, such as william jennings bryan. >> he wasn't a fundamentalist, he was an evangelical. there's a difference. >> i wonder if you can comment on today figures such as jim wallace -- could we see a return of the fundamentalists -- >> fundamentalists and evangelicals at that time were at war with each other because a fu

citizens united. the nail in the coffin of ending the united states as we knew it and becoming an official corpor atocraphy, olegophraphy, you name it. host: why do you think? caller: rove and his gang, coke, all those folks, piled up the money. foreign sources. didn't matter what the sources were. they are going to be able to do that until the congress can change it. everybody is captured rbling the house, the senate, obama, the supreme court. we're in deep trouble. host: pennsylvania, on the line for democrats. caller: i think the biggest story of 2010 was the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell". this is a giant step forward for americans. host: what do you see as the significance of "don't ask, don't tell"? caller: it extends the first part of equality to glbt americans. this is one step forward in the push forward equality, and you have to recognize that throughout our history, glbt americans have been discriminated against, they have been oppressed, they have been fired from jobs, thiff been ostrec

the first sentence of the 14th amendment about the question of whether people born in the united states are citizens of the united states. it's going to be a busy year on the court? >> it is, although some of those issues may come to the court -- it takes a while. it may not come to the court for a year or so. but you were talking about the state of the union address, and there is going to be this interesting dynamic between president obama and the congress where they're trying to, maybe trying to repeal health care reform. but then you have, you'll also have a group of supreme court justices in the audience who also, who may hold the final say on health care reform unless it's ree peeled. and i think there's a bit of suspension as to how many justices will attend. you may recall last year's, president obama kind of chewed out the supreme court. the justices were right there in front of him for the citizens united decision which repealed or overturned a part of the campaign finance laws and allowed corporations and unions to make unlimited expenditures in campaigns. president obama criticized them,

and the resources in the hands of those who oppose democracy at this point, especially after citizens unitedo how they took and russ feingold for every add on tv, russ feingold there were five or six ads trashing the guy and we didn't even know who paid for them. the "new york times" just found that 40% of the chamber of commerce -- about $83 billion was paid for by the pharmaceutical insurance company, and they use the chamber of commerce as the attack dog. and we never knew until now. stuck in the first few chapters of your book as you're laying out the different elements of a real powerful movement that the first world war destroyed, the only angle of the people of faith that you mentioned was really the social gospel, and the theology of walter -- [inaudible] >> soy. and i wonder if you could -- something was notably absent was the evangelicals, they call themselves the fundamental at the time. >> he wasn't a fundamentalist. there's a difference. >> all right. so i wonder if you could comment today on figures such as jim wallis. could we see a return of the fundamentalism that the social

in strong opposition to this measure which along with the supreme court's radical decision in citizens united takes our nation's campaign finance system in precisely the wrong direction. less transparency and less information for the voters. americans from across the political spectrum, democrats, republicans, independents, want less special interest money in politics, not more. they want clean, transparent and competitive elections and campaigns where candidates, those of us in thiroom, presidential candidates, rise and fall based on the quality of their ideas, the strength of their arguments and their ability to attract support from the votes that are they seek to represent. what they don't want, what they don't want are campaigns decided byow much secret money flows into an election from secret outside groups. and they will no longer tolerate, i believe, those politicians turning around and saying to those citizens, you have no right to know who's paying for what in our political campaigns. you have no right to know who is paying for those tv advertisemts that you're watching. let's rememb

thank god obama mention citizens united and the leader shook his head no. you can call her back if you disagree with me. host: we will leave it there. there'll be a lot of eyes on which justice is show up in which do not. guest: will justice roberts be there? i have some but said they doubt it. if justice roberts the show up, he can do so with the knowledge that now democrats after having gone through the midterm elections have decided that they may in fact move toward some of the independent expenditures operations that were legalized and citizens united. they unilaterally disarm on that front because the democratic party took a stand that this is wrong, but now it appears it will be some what affirmative for the next election cycle that it will go down that road. justice roberts could sit there with assault satisfied look on his face. satisfied look- is f on his face. i think you are right about gun- control. indications from the white house are the answer is no. robert gibbs has been very reluctant to describe anything that is under investigation, but ma

rigell: all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and the state wherein they reside. no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt. mr. watt: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. mr. wittman: section 2. representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants o

citizens. anyone born in the united states shall be a citizen thereof.on't have it in front of me, but it strikes me having read it today it doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. >> i say george will knows what he's talking about. >> okay. >> his idea is it's people who are born here and not subject to any foreign power essentially and that the wording of it is referencing, though it doesn't say that, it would imply that kids of illegal immigrants are actually under the jurisdiction of a foreign power and, therefore, it's not just that they were born here. >> look, he's a smart guy and somebody could take it to the supreme court and, you know, who knows what these guys will find. my own amateur reading of it is it seems to me to be pretty clear people watching our show can go and call it up on their google or whatever, ipad or whatever they've got. >> do you have an ipad, ted? >> i do but i don't know how to work it. my son's got it. >> all right. we're going to take a quick break. we'll have more with ted and debbie and james carville from new orleans. a

>> you were thinking of the case that came up with the citizens united and i joined john stevens andvery instinct i had about being cautious suggest that i should go no further than that in trying to answer your question. [laughter] [applause] >> i think we had a good time and we are grateful for you for joining us. [applause] >> stephen breyer is an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court. he was appointed to the court in 1994 by president bill clinton. to find out more about the court, visit supreme court.gov. some of the authors who touched upon it through their work. this weekend on booktv, we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut but more a library. >> kurt vonnegut is perhaps the greatest american writer. he was a world war ii veteran. he was a hoosier. he was a satirist. he was a political activist. he was a husband. he was a father. he was a friend. he was a friend to his fans. he would write back to his fans. he wrote more than 30 pieces of work, including novels, short stories, some of his more familiar books are slaughterhouse five, whic

>> you're thinking of the cases that came up with citizens united, and i joined john stevens dissentin that. and every think i have been cautious suggest i should go no further than that in trying to answer your question. [laughter] [applause] >> we had a good time come and we are grateful for you joining us. [applause]teph breyer is an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court was appointed to the court in 1994 by president bill clinton. very encouraged that people are now starting t >> thomas kuhn what you think about hip-hopfu now? like oursev >> it has sunk to new lows. tho >> iinspiration for this book have started thinking about the idea of -- >> sunk to new lows he said. thg >> i do. i started writing this book -- i wrote the op-ed in 2007, and neither the dominant artist at the time, not the sole artist, but the artists that were really driving the media coverage of the genre and that were really d gangsta rap stars of the early '90s, jay-z or biggie.pare that such a decline in artistic quality, alone even in domestic. >> so you're cool with big? suc >> i'm not cool with bu

that anyone born inside the united states or a territory of the united states like puerto rico or guam will automatically become citizens of the united states. birth right citizenship applies even if both parents are illegal immigrants. as long as the child is born in the u.s., the illegal status of the parent does not matter. supporters cite the u.s. constitution, in particular the 14th amendment which dates back to 1866 just after the civil war. "all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are cicizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside." critics argue that the 14th amendment was intended to apply to newly freed slaves, not children of illegal aliens. their solution some. >> i think that at least one parent should be in the country legally before we automatically make all of the children instant citizens. >> 14 states are looking to make that solution a reality. lawmakers from five states unveiled measures this week to deny birth right citizenship to children born without at least one parent that is either a legal citizen or legal resident. nine o

once someone has married an american citizen or resident with ties to the united states, her interest in living here and her spouse's interest in having her live here all assume a new importance, and they greatly outweigh any interest the state has in departing a -- deporting a person in order to enforce immigration laws. so even if you think as i'm assuming here that the state is entitled to enforce it immigration laws, it's not right to do so without regard to the harm that is done by deportation. if an irregular migrant marries a citizen or a legal permanent resident, he or she should no longer be subject to deportation. miguel sanchez should have a legal right to stay. now, the final element in grimmond's case, the sheer length of time she had lived in the u.k., is also powerful. suppose she'd arrived in the britain at 20 rather than 4, would anyone really think that this difference would make it acceptable to deport her 60 years later? grimmond's case clearly illustrates there's some period of time beyond which it's reasonable to deport people who have settled without legal autho

the supreme court decision in citizens united last year was, i think, by far the most significant, wideg, horrifying decisions that we've had in a very long time. that gives corporations unlimited right to influence our elections. which means given their economic control, the right to control our elections. it's a very incredibly dangerous development. the earlier question about the ruling in the case of the humanitarian law project case, it was called humanitarian law project versus holder, that case was a very dangerous case because what it says is not only that it's illegal to give money to an organization that's been defined as a terrorist organization. that's bad enough if the money is to be used for a school or health care or something else. but it also says that it will be illegal to provide services up to and including legal representation. so a lawyer fighting to get them off the terrorism list, for example, could be charged with terrorism. something like the teaching a class in how to do nonviolent activities, to be an alternative for an organization that perhaps has used viol

>> you are thinking of the case that came up with the citizens united. and i joined john stevens dissent in that. every instinct that i have about being cautious suggests i should go no further than that in trying to answer your question. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> i think we've had a good time. and we are grateful to you for joining us. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> stephen breyer is an appropriate -- associate justice of the supreme court. to find out more visit supremecourt.gov. >> you are at the national press club talking to eugene robinson about "disintegration: the splintering of black america." can you explain this? >> it seemed to work out that way. for an arbitrary number, it was clear this was -- one group was the mainstream of the middle class back america. it was clear that one group was the abandoned nonmiddle class black america. and the other groups were, you know, i did think that the existence of a small but very powerful elite was something new. an

rigell: all persons born or naturalized the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and the state wherein they reside. no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt. mr. watt: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. mr. wittman: section 2. representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers a state, orhe members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of suc

citizen. it's not a 14th amendment. >> shall i read it for everyone? >> all persons born naturalized in the united states are subject to the jurisdiction are citizens of the united states and state where in they reside. no state shall make enforce any law that abridge privileges of -- >> which was originally written again protect the children of slaves and didn't even apply to -- the two senators that i'd like to -- original senators who cowrote that amendment were jacob hower of michigan and senator cohen of michigan. said in this bee date, include persons born to foreign aliens, et cetera. that right there shows that you their original intent had nothing to do with illegal immigration. this was 1868. illegal immigration was not a factor back then. >> second part of what you read is also very important. no state. >> clarify for me, because i thought it was in the body of the constitution not -- not in the -- >> that's why the 14th amendment was necessary. remember, the framers which -- who were not clear on blacks were dealing almost exclusively with nothing but immigrants. albeit white male immi

obviously you feel a mistake was made as citizens united. what does that feel like? if you only fight them at the conference table, maybe i could've made a difference. it must be a strange feeling to be on the outside looking in. >> the outcome of you have accept the fact that people are going to be serving there for different periods of time. you're not going to be there forever and other people may disagree with some of the things you have believed. so you just can't approach it in the standpoint that you will never be disappointed or concerned. it's very possible you will. >> there is one possibly radical answer to your question. i have this joke about the young and the old gore talking at the end of the day and the young psychiatrist looks exhausted and the older guy looks as fresh as it did then the cost. the young doctor says, you know, how can you seem so fresh? how can you stand listening to these patients all day long? everything is wrong. you sit there listening to them. why does that get to you? the docto say here's the secret, who listens? last night and

citizens united had to do with the estion of whether or not one los his or her first amendment protectionsof free speech, particularly with respect to expressions of litical nature, merely because ey associate with another person. the supreme court told us that you do not in fact lose your first amendment rights because you happen to say it jointly with someone else. so, as a matter of fact, they pointed out that some people with the least amount of influence in a society actually expand their influence in the political debate by joining with others. and then the question of the supreme court, that the supreme court answered was that if that association happens to be corporate in nature, happens to be a union, happens to be a for-profit, happens to be a not-for profit, whether that changes the dynamic of contemplated by the first amendment protections and they told us it did not. so let's g of that canarrd rig abay. this has nothing to do with corporate contributions to campaigns or foreign contributions to campaigns both of which remain illegal with criminal sanctions under the law. let's

to the first sentence of the 14th amendment, the question of whether people born in the united states are citizensed states. a busy year in the court? >> is, although some of those issues make -- if his, although some of those issues take a while. -- it is, although some of those issues take a while. it will be an interesting dynamic between president obama and the congress where they are trying to may be repealed health care reform, but you will also have their group of supreme court justices in the office who may hold the final say on health care reform, unless it is repealed. i think there is a bit of suspense as to how many justices will attend. you may recall last year's -- president obama kind of chewed out the supreme court, that justice is right in front of them, for the citizens united decision which repealed or overturned the part of the campaign finance laws for corporations and unions to make unlimited expenditures in campaigns. president obama criticize them -- and that justice is as is their custom did not react. the sit there because they're not supposed to politically. but the demo

united states. >> no person, except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to be office of president -- >> except obama! >> we're going to have more on that disruption in just a moment. first, though, we begin with our exclusive interview with the new speaker of the house, republican john boehner of ohio. his first interview as speaker on his very first full day on the job, insisting to us, as he did in his speech yesterday, that even though he woke up this morning second in the line of succession behind the president, he hasn't changed. >> i'm just a regular guy with a big job. i'm humbled to have the opportunity that i have to be the speaker of the house and have the confidence of my colleagues and the american people. but it's a humbling experience. i'm glad i'm there, though. >> what one thing are you willing to go down in flames on? what one issue is so important to you that if you knew in advance you would make the deal you would be a short-term two-year speaker of the house? >> i believe my number one responsibil

after that the united states state department and embassy wanted to evacuate all united states citizens out of pakistan saying it's dangerous here but i had a lot of work to get done so. i called my wife and asked her what should i do and she said stay there with the people you love. finish up your work because you need to be over there right now. and when i was in pakistan after 911, everywhere i went i was touched by outpouring of empathy and hospitality. i remember a poor elderly widow that brought me five precious eggs and pushed them in my palm and said bring these back to the widows in new york suffering. this is all i have to share with them. i was invited for prayers of piecen the mosque and every whether i went people apologized even though they didn't have anything to do with it. finally it came time and i went back and when i got to corefa, hangele had passed away. i went to his grave and stood there look at his box in the ground and thought, how can i go on, this man had become my father, mentor and guide. he told me to sit down and be quiet and take a bath and so many thing

. >> no person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the united states, at the time of the adoption of the constitution, shall be eligible to be in the office of president. you need to show -- >> except obama. except obama. >> that woman shouting from the visitors' gallery was described as a birther. she was removed and arrested. >>> there was also an interruption during the health care hearing. it was adjourned so two republican congressmen could be sworn in. it turns in pete sessions of texas and mike fitzpatrick had missed the official swearing-in on wednesday. they tried to take the oath in front of a tv in front of the capitol visitors' center. but it didn't count. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. aside from the northeast storm we told you about, look out for about six inches of snow in the mountains of west virginia, tennessee and north georgia. up to a foot of lake-effect snow from michigan to inn. a dusting around the twin cities, chicago, detroit and cleveland. and rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. >> 48 in seattle. 38

there are thousands of undocumented citizens of the united kingdom in america, and the united kingdom government has no interest. i would urge you to press that. there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bill. at would price do we have comprehensive immigration reform. i would ask the question at what price can we not have it? >> so you would give them all the bad stuff just to get the good things? >> no, i wouldn't. but i'm reminded of what voltere said, which is let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. by holding out for the perfect, there are 12 million in a bad way in this country. >> what is the difference between imperfect and the atrocious. >> i would ask you to not let the perfect outway the we. thank you for having this commission tonight. someone once said that what leads evil to triumph over good is that good men do nothing. i think you for doing something good and not letting the evil win by sitting down and doing nothing. thank you. >> thank you. i will probably get in trouble for letti

the oath of naturalization, i often go and give a little speech and welcome them to being citizens of the united states of america. it's a proud time. i present them constitutions and i sign them. i want them to revere it the way i do, the way many of us do, but they conflated the term immigrant with illegal immigrant and then they have the audacity to accuse people of being anti-immigrant when everybody i know to pro-immigrant, pro-legal immigrant and everybody ought to be anti-illegal immigrant but that's how they use the language to distort the argument and get people confused on where they stand on the issue. so they did that with health care and health insurance. then barack obama was establishing his credentials on health care and began to convince the american people that we had 47 million people if that are uninsured in this country. well, actually, that may be true, may have been true, and you can start down through that list of 47 million and start to subtract from that the numbers that are here that are here illegally. that's at least 12 million, 12.1 million, i believe it's more than

citizens united had to do with the question of whether or not one loses his or her first amendment protections of free speech, particularly with respect to expressions of political nature, merely because they associate with another person. the supreme court told us that you do not in fact lose your rst amendment rights because you happen tsay it jointly with someone else. so, as a matter of fact, they pointed out that some people with the least amount of influence in a society actually expa their iluence in the political debate by joining with others. and then the question of the supreme court, that the supreme court answered was that if that association happens to be corporate in nature, happens to be anion, happens to be a for-profit, happens to be a not-for profit, whether that changes the dynamic of contemplated by the first amendment protections and they told us it did not. so let's g of that canarrd right abay. this has nothing to do with corporate contributions to campaigns ororeign contributions to campaigns both of which remain illegal with criminal sanctions under the law. let's get

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for the citizens of the people's republic of china and the citizens of the united states of america. may they grow together in friendship. may they prosper together in peace. >> reporter: the night featured celebrity guests, from designer vera wang to barbra streisand. the day was all business. >> we want to sell you planes. we want to sell you cars. we want to sell you software. >> reporter: president hu promised his country will buy $45 billion worth of u.s. products. the white house says that will support nearly 225,000 u.s. jobs. >> everyone is very interested in becoming involved in china. and i think china is responding, as such, with an increase in consumption. >> reporter: president hu's four-day trip to the u.s. is also prompting criticism. protesters at the white hon rig decried china's human right situation. democrat senate minority leader, harry reid turned down an invitation to the state dinner. president hu said in a joint press conference, a lot still needs to be done in china in terms of human rights. the white house thinks that is the first time the chinese leader ha

i think being a citizen of the united states we have a right to keep, carry and bear arms. >> gun sales are up 65% in ohio, 38% in illinois, 33% in new york, and 16% here in california. bloomburg news citing fbi stats says the 5% average national sales increase amounts to nearly 8000 handguns. >> don, thank you very much. police are searching for suspects in a murder at a popular tourist spot in san francisco. 23-year-old shot to death at the twin peaks vista point. they got into an argument with another group an shots were fired. he was hit several times and he died at the scene. police are looking for two or three men in a white honda odyssey. >>> investigators have their hands full with two murders in bay point in 24 hours. a 17-year-old boy was killed and two people wounded in a shooting in a residential neighborhood about this time last night. police have made no arrests and still trying to piece together what happened. a 49-year-old man was stabbed to death earlier in the day. police do not believe the crimes are related. >>> oakland new mayor continued her campaign this weekend t