clarence thomas was here. amazing things you go through. i met anita hill. i met her -- legacy to people why don't you move on? what is the purpose of keeping tabs seeding? there are the cedars and the seekers and i prefer the sea comes. anyway, bill clinton. he's up for the library of congress. another guy of there a real wizard and the staff, ronald reagan's staff wanted that guy so i am assuming next to ronald reagan i said i really love the guy. i in his diary a lot, i tell you. i said i think you want to think of this guy billington. he said yeah? why would that be? i said he hates commies. [laughter] and i said not only that, he knows russian fluently. he can tell just exactly when those sons of bitches are saying and he said really? three days later -- [laughter] still the library of congress. [applause] great story. john dingell, where is that rascal back there? he and i -- [inaudible] i know, but i can't stop. [laughter] week used to meet on the conference committees, and he would say look, we are going to get this done. and i said who are you going

. >> ginni thomas, clarence. and you know jim billingson, of course. this is clarence thomas. how dear of you to -- oh, elizabeth. you're dear to come. [inaudible conversations] >> and bob would be here -- [inaudible conversations] >> he doesn't want any part of this. anyway, we loved your christmas card. you didn't have to do that. >> well, you know, we were -- [inaudible conversations] we made it to deadwood. >> did you go to that wyoming game at laramie? >> no, no. did you go? >> no, i didn't get down to it either. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, what are we doing? [inaudible conversations] >> this is bizarre. oh, annie. this is more fun than i've had -- [laughter] >> bill, you ornery old -- >> senator. >> he's the doctor. [inaudible conversations] >> they haven't got me, but they're 80. did you see annie? >> no, i'm going to go look for her. that's what david said to me -- >> how is david? >> he's good. >> i just said hi to norm. >> anyway, we met as 12-year-old boys. at the japanese relocation center. he was behind barbed wire. [inaudible conversations] he'll never for

el juez clarence thomas indico que el congreso tuvo la intencion de incluir el fraude tributario comoelito agravado y motivo de deportacion. jose pertierra, abogado de inmigracion con muy poquitas excepciones, si tu eres residente permanente y estas condenado a 1 felonia con agravante, estas frito. o sea, cierra el libro porque te deportan. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. abogados de inmigracion dicen que esta ampliacion de lo que es la definicion de 1 felonia o delito con agravantes viene ocurriendo desde la decada de los 90. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision." el presidente barack obama fue el invitado de honor, hoy, durante la ceremonia de inicio de construccion del nuevo museo nacional de historia afroamericana... el mandatario indico que mostrara la historia no solo de tragedia pero tambien de celebracion de vida... el museo estara localizado entre el monumento a washington y el museo de historia americana.. entre los invitados tambien estuvieron michelle obama y laura bush... los candidatos que buscan la nominacion presidencial republicana se alistan para

el juez clarence thomas indico que el congreso tuvo la intencion de incluir el fraude tributario comoagravado y motivo de deportacion. jose pertierra, abogado de inmigracion con muy poquitas excepciones, si tu eres residente permanente y estas condenado a 1 felonia con agravante, estas frito. o sea, cierra el libro porque te deportan. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. abogados de inmigracion dicen que esta ampliacion de lo que es la definicion de 1 felonia o delito con agravantes viene ocurriendo desde la decada de los 90. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision." los fieles del cristianismo conmemoran una importante fecha.. ya regresamos...mas ades la segunda parte de la serie sobre la proxima visita del papa america latina... ya volvemos... y se esperan temperaturas primaverales durante el dia de maÑana... de cuantos grados se trata le informo despues de la pausa comercial... y recuerde que todas las noticias que presentamos aqui puede accesarlas a traves de nuestra pagina www.noticiasdc. com... y tambien nos consigue en twitter y facebook bajo noticias dc. ya los cat

i don't want to say old justices, clarence thomas and anthony scalia and david sutter said cameras would only roll over his dead body. there seems to be a generational gap. it is important to point out that even the justices who are the most keen to having cameras have made it clear that they would never impose that on their colleagues. if their colleagues are not happy with cameras, they are not going to impose it on them. >> so as you point out, the idea of the legislation has gained momentum. there is support between democrats and republicans in both chambers. where does it go next and what time line could we look at in congress? >> i have heard that the senate might bring it in this spring. most likely after oral arguments. the sponsor of the house bill made an interesting point that it is not accurate in his mind to view it as this is the last hurray. he thinks to the contrary. however the supreme court rules on this issue, there will be such public outrage on one side or the other if it strikes down or it upholds it that we are going to see this push continuing in the coming years.

happen with clarence thomas in a certain way, right, you know? in a more evil way, many of us have gotten comfortable because rock is in the white house, but he cannot be most effective unless we are on his ass, right? we voted, so i will go home now, and see you in four years. the republicans, the tea party, all these folks, they are on his ass, so if you believe that all that there is power in that position, and there are folks that make convincing arguments about a black face on white supremacy, so there is complications, but can progress be made? can progress be made with that position? absolutely. but while we honor and acknowledge that, we have to look at the masses of folks, and i think jamal represents the conditions of the masses that we need to be focused on. >> did you want to say something? it looked as though you were starting to say something. >> i will say, he said the same thing i was thinking. people ask me how i feel about having an african-american president. i said i had ambivalent feelings. on the one hand, i know that he is

conservative justice samuel alito, who's a lot more skeptical of racial preferences, like justice clarence thomas, who has long believed those preferences do more harm than good, stigmatizing people like him. telling abc news, once it is assumed that everything you do, achieve, is because of your race, there is no way out. >> and terry is at the court tonight. when are they going to decide this, terry? >> reporter: well, diane, there will be arguments up here this fall. a decision by the summer of 2013. while this case focuses on affirmative action in higher education, it could affect affirmative action in hiring, government contracting, and other areas. just as the great case of brown versus board of education, focused on desegregating public schools, it had such a moral legal effect, it changed the country. and this case could, too. >> sweeping results. thank you, terry moran. >>> another big supreme court decision, playing out before our eyes. the ruling that opened the door for mysterious billionaires to spend enormous amounts to influence the presidential race. today, some of their identitie

side as there was in the lower courts in this case from justice kennedy away across assuming clarence thomas has maintained a six year silence on the bench now in oral arguments rules with with his conservative brother brother and as he has most likely in his entire career in the court it's looking like it's going to be a five to four case for corporate unity so you think you're already making the prediction now right that it's going to go the way towards you know one of the things that i think this is pretty interesting and i think just as brian brought this up today too is that do we want to have this supreme court for the world should we even have such a statue where if something happens in another country it gets to come to our courts and we have a say on it but you know i would do you think about something that should be. debated deliberated at some point just here they're being obvious hypocrites because they're ok with it applying to individuals just not sure if it goes for companies well it should be debated really and there is there is an open question of whether or not there should

also during his presidency he nominated judge clarence thomas to the supreme court.ties act into law. >> d.a. -- a.d.a.ensures employers can not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities. >> george bush firmly believes the bonds of trust and cooperation. it's fwoft get on the phone and talk to someone. >> president bush would call his foreign counter parts. >> he would say why don't we put in a call to president x. it makes my job easier. >> the president from france known for a stoic, formal individual. the reagan administration had a hard time getting a t.. thaw in relations to france. president bush invited him to his home. no tech ties and very informal. it helped the united states improve dramatically its relationship with france. >> bush invited other foreign leaders to his home m maine. his style of personal diplomacy. but the test came when iran's saddam hussien invaded neighboring kuwait. >> when saddam first attacked kuwait his approach was to go to nata and go to the un to. talk to friends and allies about the international coalition. >>

also during his presidency, bush nominated judges david suitor and clarence thomas to the supreme courtnd he signed the americans with disabilities act into law. >> it insures that employers cannot discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities. >> george bush firmly believed in handwritten notes, developed bonds of trust and cooperation. it is very easy to then get on the phone and talk to someone. >> president bush, the former u.n. ambassador and emissary to china would routinely call his foreign counterparts. >> he would say, let's put in a call to the president. and the reaction was very positive. s it made my job infinitely easier. >> president mitrand of france, a very stoic and formidable individual. the reagan administration had had a hard time getting a thaw. but president bush invited him to his home in maine. no neckties, very low key and informal and it helped the united states improve dramatically its relationship with france. >> bush invited other foreign leaders to his home in maine, an example of his style of personal diplomacy. but the real test came when

justice clarence thomas was the target of a racially motivated threat.ed a bullet through the window of judge harry blackman. >> some motivated individual that is determined, he or she, they have -- there is a potential that they could get to one of our public figures, yes. >> experts say justices at the federal district court level often face greater threats than supreme court justices because they deal firsthand with the criminal element. they point to the case of district judge joan leftco who found her husband and mother shot to death inside her home in chicago in 2005. the assailant was believed to have been someone who had a lawsuit dismissed by the judge. so are top judicial figures being adequately protected? that's an answer we don't have tonight. >> we don't. brian todd, thank you very much. back to this hour's top story, whitney houston's funeral services. up next, a unique look at one of her most famous songs. for a limited time, passages malibu will be giving away free copies of the alcoholism & addiction cure. to get yours, go to ssagesmali

>> they were engaged in 1992, take yourself back to the year, anita hill-clarence thomas hearings, menting on the committee room who didn't get what women's lives are like. we're not talking here about abortion. we're talking about the range of health care. >> why are they doing it? >> i think a party moved so far to the extremist right you have rick santorum saying in the case of rape and incest he wouldn't allow abortion. but i want to mention five women from five states who were never elected elizabeth warren is one, tammy baldwin from wisconsin from connecticut, nevada and hawaii. if this is the year to have women's voices, critical mass heard it's a yhy, women historic year and the republicans are going to make it the overreach, you've seen on it hey bore rights. now seeing on it women's issues. >> heidi from north dakota the former attorney general. >> that's right. >> she was the tobacco lawsuit, fabulous legal mind would be great in the senate. here is senator rand paul from kentucky to make the fight about economics. >> you should not be forced to buy insurance that goes again

it's a reminder from 1992 when the people looked at the clarence thomas hearing and they saw an all malemittee here in the senate, we had the year of the woman. and i've been predicting for months now, even before this, that 2012 will be the year of the woman. and that picture is going to become an iconic photo, my grandson, i said to him who is 16, what is wrong with this, they are talking about women's health care, what is wrong with this? and he said they are all dudes, grandma a. that is from a 16-year-old. it brings it home. >> i was at the hearing and i cover covered covered the thomas hearings and it was a earth shaterring moment, it was the year of the woman. and i remember that joe biden was on the panel and the late ted kennedy. you had a lot of people that were trapped in the way of thinking. and it was really an extraordinary moment watching that going on. >> it was. it was. and there's anita hill being asked personal questions and not one woman on the panel. and then, darrol issa has a chance to have a panel that reflects difference views, it could be male/female and he choo

also during his presidency he nominated david souter and clarence thomas to the supreme court and signedties act into law. >> the ada ensures employers covered by the act cannot discriminate against qualified individuals with disability. >> he believed in handwritten notes developed bonds of trust and cooperation. it is easy to get on the phone and talk to someone. >> president bush the former u.n. ambassador and emissary to china would routinely call his counterparts. >> he would say why don't we give a call to the president x. the reaction was positive. it made my job infinitely easier. >> president of france known to be a stoic very formal individual and the reagan administration had had a hard time getting a thaw in relations with france. president bush invited the president of france to his home no neck ties and very informal. it helped them improve dramatically the relationship with france. >> he invited other foreign leaders to maine an example of bush's style of personal diplomacy. the real test of his diplomacy came when eye rack's sadam hussein invaded kuwait. >> when sadam fir

each of the justices had questions except for clarence thomas, and they asked that they question. lies protected under the first amendment? this is the same supreme court, by the way, that upheld others saying god loves dead soldiers. so i think at the end of the day, even though this is so emotional, can you imagine what alvarez did here, terrible, disgusting, but i think it's going to be a close vote. either 6-3, 5-4, affirming that the stolen valor act is unconstitutional. >> how about that, richard? people lie all the time of things that are of no real consequence except hurting somebody's feelings. is this a really slippery slope? >> yeah, and that's exactly the argument that was made here against the act, richelle, is that just a mere lie with nothing more should not be punished. in this case it's potentially punishable by incarceration. in 2012, it's ridiculous. this valor act -- i mean the integrity of the military, we all look up to the military and they have incredible integrity. if somebody lies about medals, that does not lower the integrity of the military. if somebod

i did find clarence thomas was a guest at the university of georgia and rick perry of course was at the texas a&m game but i enlarge their was not anything too surprising. let me say, i have got myself three minutes and 25 seconds left so let me see what i can do. if you want to ask a question i know there has been a lot of controversy. let me go to the article, there. caleb branch is the unc graduate and wrote an article in the atlantic basically saying the players ought to be paid. there has been a lot of controversy. if you look in "the new york times" this sunday magazine two sundays ago basically said we ought to pay them and this is how to do it. what i came up with is sort of to findings. number one, you can't look at the way players are treated and say that is fair. so there is a great deal of unfairness. if you look at the additional revenue that the university gets from having a draft quality football player, it's half a million dollars a year and a draft quality basketball player is $1.6 million a year every year that young man is in school. how much are they getting paid? le

conservative justice samuel alito, who's a lot more skeptical of racial preferences like justice clarence thomasose preferences do more harm than good, stigmatizing people like him, telling abc news, "once it is assumed that everything you do achieve is because of your race, there is no way out." and while this case focuses only on affirmative action in higher education, it could affect affirmative action in hiring, in government contracting and other areas. because just as that great case of brown versus the board of education desegregated only the public schools, it had such a moral and legal effect it changed the country back in the 1950s. this case could, too. terry moran, abc news, the supreme court. >> walking a fine line. and arguments could begin this fall with the decision maybe as yerl a as next year. >> it's one of those hot debates that the country has had for many years now. and you've heard terry mention the most important part is since the last decision in '03 justice o'connor is off the bench and justice alito who obviously leans right is on there. so the court itself could make

justice clarence thomas was threatened -- justice harry blackmun was threatened. >> some motivated individualhe, there is a potential that they could get to one of our public figures, yes. >> bashom and other experts say justices at the federal district court level often face greater threats to their security than supreme court justices because they deal first hand with the criminal element. they point to that case of district judge joan lefco who found her husband and mother shot to death inside her home in chicago in 2005. the assailant was believed to have been someone who'd had a lawsuit dismissed by the judge. it all boils down to questions still being asked, are top judicial figures being adequately protected? jessica, we may not know the answer to that tonight. >> in the wake of this incident you just talked about in chicago, are federal judges getting more protection? >> that did not change after that incident. but it's balancing act. if a federal judge feels some kind of a threat and they want more protection they will get it from the marshalls. as for 24/7 guard, no. >> wow. interes

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the question out diversity, i asked that question and i was told that clarence thomas was invited d could not make it. [laughter] about the shelter, i have no idea. i think the problem is there are more spaces for women in san francisco than there are four men. i think that is the reason why men are given the space here. i am not positive. we will have to find out. >> i am with the freedom socialist party. we are also running a candidate for president. i know, mr. anderson, we have the people freedom party and you're trying to get on the ballot. as you are aware our party and another socialist party was kicked off by the secretary of state for no reason. we are appealing it. can youddress the fact that you have to be a millionaire to run for office in this country and the fact that socialists are being discriminated against. we cannot collect socialism but we need to advocate for it in a democratic system. if anyone wants to speak on the tactical strikes, i would be interested in what you have to say. >> i want to clarify that clarence thomas is has nothing to do with the supreme court sk

the or claremont institute and through a series of serendipitous events i got to talking with clarence thomas who sort of hired me as a think tank and subsequent he we hired two other political theorists. and we did some real thinking, read serious books. it wasn't policy oriented or very specific at all, but he deepened his understanding of american political principles, and then he could go out and choose among what the real think tanks were actually doing. so i guess i'm asking, well, what -- who reads your stuff and what effect does it have? and thomas acknowledged his debt to those of us who worked with him in his autobiography and various other forums. >> well, you -- >> tevi, we're going to give you the last word here. >> you asked a question that goes to the heart of any think tank scholar or any writer which is who reads your stuff, and is there any value to it? [laughter] it's an existential, difficult question that is challenging to all of us. one of my former bosses when i told him i was going to the think tank world after working government, he said, you know, this that world you

sense i got to talking to claris -- through a series of serendipitous events, i got to talking to clarence thomas. it was not policy-oriented or very specific at all. he deepen his understanding of american political principles, and then he could go out and choose among what the real think tanks were actually doing. i guess i am asking, who reads your stuff what effect does it have? and thomas acknowledged his debt to those of us who work in think tanks in his autobiography. >> ask a question that goes to the heart of any think-tank scholar, who read your stuff and is there any value to this? it is an existential question that is challenging to all of us. one of my former bosses said in that world you are only good as the last piece you write. >> we have come to the end of our discussion, and i would say that one piece of evidence of the value of think tanks has been these wonderful presentations. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tonight, the world economic forum at 8:00 eastern here

but some of these same liberals, so-called, took that position, gee, if clarence thomas' wife has a position, he must be disqualified. . . the hypocrisy goes on and on. hopefully justice kagen will tell us all of the emails, allow us to see all the emails that were sent, all of the consultations in which she was a part. then we'll see the truth. this bill required the spending of $105 billion at a time we didn't have $105 billion. we're having to borrow over $42 billion, $43 billion of that from other places. including china. china doesn't mind seing this happen. i think they realize it will help bring down this nation financially. the president said it would cost less than $1 trillion to implement. well, the first c.b.o. score came back over $1 trillion, director of c.b.o. called over to the white house said it's more like $800 billion. once he gets in place, he said, we had a mathematical error or two, it's over $1 trillion. that's why c.b.o. deserves to have a plus or minus error, margin of error, of 25%, plus or minus. we keep coming back to this one thing. this bill is not nearly as muc

i agree with supreme court justice clarence thomas when he wrote in his dissenting opinion, somethingas gone seriously awry with this court's interpretation of the constitution. those citizens are safe from the government in their homes, the homes themselves are not safe. that is why i supported an eminent domain amount to the mississippi constitution, mississippi initiative 31, with 73% of michigan voters approved last november. i urge my -- mississippi owners approved last november. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> ask unanimous consent to rise and address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. this week is rare disease day which takes place on february 29. i want to acknowledge the work of the national institute of health and their effort to bring down rare diseases. i also want to acknowledge the thousands of americans who are afflicted with diseases who

three series of serendipitous events, i was talking to clarence thomas. he sort of hired me as a think tank. subsequently we hired two other political people. we did some thinking. we read some serious books. it was not policy oriented or anything specific at all. he deepened his understanding of american political principles. he could go out and choose among the what the real thing tanks were actually doing. i guess i am asking -- who read your stuff, and what affect doesn't have? thomas acknowledged his debt to those of us who work with him in his autobiography and various other forms. >> you ask a question that goes to the heart of any think-tank scholar or writer. who read your stuff, and is there any value to it? it is an existential and a difficult question challenging to all of us. he said, in that world you are only as good as the last piece you're right. >> we have come to the end of our discussion. i would say one piece of evidence for the value of one think tanks to have been these wonderful presentations we have had on the panel. thank you ver