and thus hitting connelly. then he calmed down and delivered the final shot in frame 313. >> dr. wecht, where is mark fuhrman wrong? >> the film clearly shows connelly being struck at approximately 1.5 seconds after kennedy has been hit the first time. as far as i know, that has been indisputable even amongst the warren report defenders and supporters. that is what gave birth to the single bullet theory. that is what created the need and arlen specter as junior legal counsel seized upon it. so how bill o'reilly and mark fuhrman make all of a sudden, particularly bill o'reilly's comments, that, well, oswald was a good marksman, the last i heard he had flunked his first marksmanship test in the u.s. marines, got the equivalent of a c score the next time around. the last i heard, it took 2.3 seconds in the hands of the most skilled marksmen that the fbi and the law enforcement people could round up to shoot, unload, and reload, and shoot again without allowing time for repositioning and reaiming. and then all of a

and thus hitting connelly.nd then he calmed down and delivered the final shot in frame 313. >> dr. wecht, where is mark fuhrman wrong? >> the film clearly shows connelly being struck at approximately 1.5 seconds after kennedy has been hit the first time. as far as i know, that has been indisputable even amongst the warren report defenders and supporters. that is what gave birth to the single bullet theory. that is what created the need and arlen specter as junior legal counsel seized upon it. so how bill o'reilly and mark furman make all of a sudden, particularly bill o'reilly's comments, that, well, oswald was a good marksman, the last i heard he had flunked his first marksmanship test in the u.s. marines, got the equivalent of a c score the next time around. the last i heard, it took 2.3 seconds in the hands of the most skilled marksmen that the fbi and the law enforcement people could round up to shoot, unload, and reload, and shoot again without allowing time for repositioning and reaiming. and then all of

jerry connelly, barbara lee, chris coons. i want to start with you, congress him would, and ask to react when he says i challenge anyone going to vote no, which you have said you intend to do, to take a look at that video of the children dying of what appears to be of a sarin gas attack and think about their vote. has that video given you pause? >> candy, for me, first of all, these crimes against humanity, these error risk attacks, the use of chemical weapons, it's who are ren dwu horrendous, outrageous. so i don't think any of us would say we don't support an effort to bring those accountable and it appears and i think the evidence is very clear that it's the assad regime, that we do not hold them accountable in a very forceful way. these images, the tragic deaths, the terrible violence that's taking place is unconscionable. what i worry about is more retaliation, more use of force. more efforts to escalate the war by other continues in the region. so i worry that the unintended consequences could even be more stark and dir

es espn's chris connelly has the story. >> reporter: 30-year-old teddy kremer is a die-hard cincinnatihose shear enthusiasm has electrified your team. >> if you see teddy, you can't be mad ever again. >> reporter: at birth, teddy was diagnosed with down syndrome. a geneticist spoke to the family. >> she said, you might want to think about institutionalizing. >> we weren't going to do that. >> reporter: a charity event, honorary bat boy for teddy's beloved reds. they bid on it and won. >> i was so happy. i was so, so happy for it. >> reporter: that night, teddy's joy and energy captivated the team. captured in this iconic image. >> that picture ran the next day. and the teddy story kind of blew up. >> he believes when he's here, we're going to win. and half of winning is believing. >> reporter: and believe, he did. when the reds asked him back to the dugout a second time. that night, after todd fraser struck out in the second inning, teddy offered encouragement. >> he comes in the dugout. i said, it's okay. >> reporter: then, with frazier due up again, teddy had something to say. >> wha

from our friends at espn and e60 abc's chris connelly and the bat boy who is america strong. >> reporter teddy kremer is a die-hard cincinnati reds fan, whose sheer enthusiasm has electrified his team. >> if you're mad and you see teddy, there is no way you can be mad ever again. >> reporter: at birth teddy was diagnosed with down syndrome. a geneticist spoke to the family. >> she said you might want to think about institutionalizing. >> we were not going to do that. we were not going to do that. >> reporter: with their constant support teddy grew up with a love of sports as big as his perpetually upbeat personality. >> sometimes people can be mean sometimes. >> well, i just walk away. walk away, do something else. >> reporter: at a charity event an item in a silent auction caught the kremer's eye. honorary bat boy for teddy's beloved reds. they bid on it and won. >> i was so happy, so, so happy for it. >> reporter: that night teddy's joy and energy captivated the team, captured in this iconic image. >> that picture ran the next day and then the teddy story kind of blew up. >> go, baby.

inspectors in and neither has one of the railroad companies that transports the fertilizer chemicals now connelly declined to name the factory that won't let him into his navy factories that won't let him in he said quote in their defense they may have a very good reason the people who live close to and work in these factories might want to learn what that reason is though. and speaking of factor is are you interested in learning the latest on the workers' rights and struggles then ten tonight at seven pm for the special edition of the big picture called labor picture the entire show will focus on the state of labor in america so tune in for this very special post labor day programming. and landowners in north carolina may soon be forced to sell energy companies the rights to the natural gas underneath their properties in a rally last week state officials approved a non-binding proposal or proponents argue it would protect local residents from being uncompensated for gas inadvertently extracted from their land however environmentalists argue that the fracking recommendations force property owners

. >> and joe connelly. >> we got ryan. do it all -- >> can't do the whole competition by himself. >> run and do the push-ups. >> just piggy back -- >> let's test the matchup. so me, you and d combined. little guy talking. >> where is caden? got you! let's go! >> is tonight one of your nights to work, because i lost track this week? >> yeah, i go in at 4:00. >> you know i can't stand when you do that, right? >> i know you hate the fact that i do details on my days off, but i try to spend, you know, as much time as i can with you and the boys during the week. so it is like when i have a day off i have to do something like overnight. >> yeah, but the boys are growing up so fast, the next thing you know, they're teenagers. and you wake up and you know, you say i worked and worked and missed out on certain things. i know we need money, but they need you more. especially jaren. >> the biggest challenge about being a dad is juggling work, and my two kids, jalen and caden. my son, the oldest, was diagnosed with autism. he is the m

. >> congressman connelly, can you make the case here to congressman meeks for why you would like hisupport on the version of the resolution that you are working on? >> yes, i think the overhang of iraq is profound. we were given shoddy and misused intelligence in some cases, a fabricated intelligence to justify the move into another country. and i think everybody feels burned by that experience. that is not the case here. we do not have a case of a president wanting to invade another country. we do not have shoddy intelligence, as greg said. i think that is not in question, and i think the standard we set, i don't think it is the only time the united states gets militarily involved in a situation, including limited strikes with tomahawk missiles, not troops on the ground, is when our direct security is threatened. that is the 1930s standards. we have a responsibility to uphold international law. if we do not act in a limited fashion, only with respect to chemical weapons, i guarantee you, bashar al-assad will use them again. and we will be condemning thousands of lives to a terrible

margaret connelly has the story. >> reporter: police opened fire near the heart of times square and then took place on the corner behind me. police were trying to ab due an agitated man who was darting through traffic. >> oh, my god! go, go, go! get down! get down! >> reporter: crowds panic as new york police officers fired three shots missing their target and hitting two bystanders instead. both were women. one took a bullet in the right leg and the other was grazed in her backside. >> don't shoot no more! >> reporter: witnesses say police were chasing a man who looked confused. >> the guy was like wantedering in the street like he was lost and he's a pretty big guy. there was one officer that was trying to get him to come out of the middle of traffic and he -- i don't know. it looked like he was on something. >> reporter: police say it looked like the man wanted to be struck by traffic, but then they say he intended to point a weapon at officers. >> he continued to elude the officers and they, at some time, he reached into his pocket and took out his hand and simulated as if he was sh

they concluded on the first shot hit kennedy and connelly. second shot missed and struck near a bystander and the second shot killed him. >> two of us believe it hit the governor. the other person who believes it was tell mely connelly who was sitting next to him. the third shot was a fatal wound. >> i believe there were two mistakes that the warren commission made they didn't call sam, who was the driver of the followup car or emery roberts, the shift leader because sam kennedy had to keep his icon substantially on the presidential limousine. and sam saw all three shots find the mark, and emery saw all three shots find the mark. unfortunately, they weren't asked to testify. >> if must have been difficult keeping up with facts like these and separating the facts from the silly stories out there. how did you go that? >> a lot of long days. [laughter] jerry and i talked about this a lot. i read something or read reports, and i would say, jerry this contradicts what you're telling me or which clint is telling me. i came to realize that these wer

chris connelly, abc news, cincinnati, ohio. >> one of his many talents.h personality. you can tell. >> an avid ballroom dancer. >> wonderful. >> one of the things that ended up on the editor's floor when they did this piece. there is no way to include he is a ballroom dancer because it is sports driven. >> that is a great photo. >> brings so much inspiration to the dugout. >> great innocence. terrific. >> really great. love that story. . >> realleat. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. ld news now" informing >>> making news in america this morning -- on the prowl. chilling, new video of the navy yard shooter. pictures of the weapon he used. and a new timeline on how it all went down. >>> coordinated attack. new details on the mall rampage in kenya, including a surprising revelation on how the terrorists planned the whole thing. >>> pint-sized hero. cool and calm under pressure. a young boy jumps into action during an emergency. >> well, i feel like a hero. >> what he did that saved several lives. >>> and pres

connelly, jr. >> james lee connelly. >> jonathan m. connor. >> kevin patrick conners. >> kevin f. >> a special person told me you are not god you -- [inaudible] >> my beautiful sister, we miss you every day. [speaking in foreign language] >> ruin [names being read] my uncle dennis p. gearman. i love and miss you very much. >> my uncle captain danielle. we love you and miss you very much. >> robert james crawford. >> terra kathleen. >> joe ann mary. [names being read] [names being read] [names being read] >> my brother, my hero, timothy patrick. on behalf of your wife, your kids, our dad, your family and friends, we miss you every day. >> and my uncle, kevin james murphy. we love you, we miss you, and we know how proud you would be of your children and the people they have become. [names being read] [names being read] ♪ [names being read] [names being read] ♪ [names being read] [names being read] i was reminded steam would come of your ears and we could call you rhino. we love you, rhino. god bless you. >> and my son, christopher michael duffy. chris, we miss you, we love you. and

leaders of the world's top twenty connelly's have gathered in st petersburg for the g. twenty summit to tackle some of today's biggest challenges. clarges worries if she is in our g twenty city or in st petersburg with all the very latest updates on what's going on at the summit over to. marina thank you very much indeed auntie continues to broadcast live from the twenty third g. twenty summit in the venice of the north russia's northern capital of course the one and only peter's book now the g twenty is supposed to focus on predominantly economic issues however many have been saying in recent days and weeks that the whole issue with syria is now taking center stage let's delve deeper into that now on tuesday so now it is actually at the exact venue of the g. twenty summit can join us live here on the program the new suits who are here by the river so i hope you can hear me ok syria the g. twenty global economic so what is first and foremost on the table today. both fiscally on the agenda of course is the reforming of the financial sector but none of the leaders whether

now russia's historic city of same but as burke is hosting the leaders of the world's top twenty connelly's were they will take on some of today's biggest challenges. now u.s. intentions to get involved into syria's war will no doubt dominate the sidelines of the g. twenty this year let's get more from what's going on there right now here's alexie your chef ski and russia's second city for us either alexi well although the summit hasn't started officially yet we know that there have been some discussions on the margins and what have you heard what's happening. well we do know of several high level meetings already one of them was between the russian president and his chinese colleague obviously there has been no press statement on the outcome of these talks but we have almost clear certainty as to what was discussed at the table there first of all this was an economic issue the multi-billion dollar oil deal between russia and china which was signed in june but apart from that of course the sides have definitely discussed the syrian conflict which is clearly dominating the agenda here at the

. >> connelly? and then we have our newest additions today, lawton and chandler.erally and figuratively. try and take care of these guys. teach them some police work. >> they might get you -- >> i definitely feel like it's that time to be the more tranquil soccer dad. there is a bigger goal than myself at hand, which is my family. >> you got a lot of rules. >> dude. can i command? >> jeez. >> i don't know if this is going to work. >> oh, it's going to work. we're going make it work. this is a marriage. [ barking ] >>> search warrant today for the gangs unit. suspect is -- four young children in the apartment. 8 to 11. there is a gun inside, but we're just concerned about the four kids. ♪

bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld connelly's or rice colin powell and paul wolfowitz is that these six defendants planned and waged a war in violation of the nuremberg principle against aggression so she's alleging that the war was planned starting in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight small nonprofit called the project for the new american century which donald rumsfeld dick cheney and paul wolfowitz were members of and that after they planned the war they these people use nine eleven as a cover as an excuse to scare and mislead the american public and the international community to support a war and then she alleges that the war finally when it happened did not have proper legal authorization under various treaties including the u.n. charter the caliber and packed in the nuremberg charters so that's the heart of the case and it we you know the case was filed in march and as you mentioned in august on the part of justice filed this westfall acts are to fit cation which is a request to the court that these six defendants be essentially immunized from from civil proceedings ok and i

chris connelly knows. >> just get me home. i'll do the rest. >> reporter: relentless.bout dark? >> no replacement for displacement. >> reporter: the series "breaking bad" concluded its run sunday night with a characteristically intensify nationally. a cataclysmic less is more. hailed by the show's now bereft fans, who tweeted approval online seconds after the final frame. >> do it. >> the finale of "breaking bad" is most definitely going to rank very high on top five lists of all-time great series finales. it ended in a way that was satisfying and incredibly emotional for the audience. >> reporter: they suggest walter white and company will take their place along the best of all-time farewells. shows whose signing off left their devoted fans with a sweetly nostalgic taste in their mouths. "m.a.s.h.'s" 1983 ending among the most-watched television events in the history. >> i'll see you back in the states. just in case, i left you a note. >> reporter: "friends" faded out in 2003 after ten seasons with a ross and rachel reunion. >> did she get off the plane? did he get of

margaret connelly is following the story from new york. so new jersey already has civil unions. before this decision from this judge, what's the change here? >> victor, benefits. a new jersey judge says civil unions are not enough for same-sex couples, and ruled to allow same-sex marriage. couples will be able to tie the knot, and this would make new jersey the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage. there was a rally to celebrate the decision by a county superior court judge. before civil unions didn't legally allow federal benefits like certain tax breaks and health care, the same benefits that heterosexual couples get. it draws on the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. we spoke about this with cnn legal analyst paul cal lan. >> she's yoot the supreme court's decisions handed down earlier, very technical decisions that open the door just a crack to gj, and she's used the rationale of those decisions to say -- because equal protection of the law requires that all new jersey citizens be treated the same. >>> this comes a year after governor christie vetoed a bill to legali

this is john connelly, his control agent, doing life two convictions completely different story. now i told the story in my book "cover up" about him. and i introduce a whole story. scarpa, junior, senior, the whole thing is in the second book "cover up." the brooklyn da calls in me september of '05. the book came out in you're, they called me in a year later. the congressman from massachusetts who was a prosecutor who knew the bulger case also contacted them as did angela clement the forensic investigators who got a lot of files. the con influence of the three of us. resulted in on the 30th of march 2006, came up from sarasota, florida. he retired with a full pension and indicted on four count of murder. on the right, the picture is a night before surrounding. but the next day after he was a million dollar bail was set for him. okay. 50 x agents supported him. they surrounded him as he walked down adams street. there was a scene unlike ever scene. they were pushing people away. they were like soccer hooligan at the uk soccer match. straight arming guys protecting him while the r

joining me for more is ceecee connelly, she's the co-author the "landmark, the inside story of america'shat it means for us all" and specializes in guiding companies through the implementation of the affordable care act. thanks for being here. >> great to be here. >> if you are a small business, what do you need to know? >> well, an awful lot. but the good news is there's plenty of time, so we're all focused on that october 1st. i think of it as opening day. this is a game that's certainly going to go nine innings. some of the things that small businesses need to think about, as you already pointed out, the threshold. if you're under 50 workers, you don't have that requirement, it's an option. but we know that a lot of small businesses today, about 71% of small businesses today do provide some health insurance for their workers. they think that it's an important benefit to provide and keeps them competitive. so what those folks are going to be looking at are different options now available to them. they may be able to go onto this, it's called the shop exchange, specifically for small bu

one man he doesn't have to convince, jerry connelly, he has been hearing loud and clear from constituents and tonight he'll be at that closed door briefing. thank you so much for being on the show. you are in favor of a strike on syria but i imagine you have constituents calling you and saying they don't want that. you have a president who needs your support. and a lot of americans across the country against the strike. is this one of the most difficult votes you've ever had to do and why are you in favor if constituents are saying they don't want it? >> well, first of all, i think the "washington post" story really did not capture the flavor of my constituents or that particular meeting. i didn't face any ire. are people concerned? absolutely, do they want to share it with their elect representative? yes. i've staked out a position that is not that of the white house. i will not support the resolution as drafted by the white house. i am working on a resolution, an alternative resolution that narrowly constricts what is being proposed to the terms laid out by the president himself. we're

john connelly his control agent doing life. two convictions. completely different story.the dplan montana knew the bulger case contacted them. as did angela. the forensic investigator who got a lot of files and the con influence of the three of us, them reading my book. resulted in him on the 30th of march, 2006, was came up from florida where he retired and full pension and indicted on four counts of murder. and on the right. that's a picture. but the next day after he was a million dollars bail was set for him. okay. 50 exagents -- supported him. they surrounded him as they walked down adams street from brooklyn supreme court. there was a scene unlike you have seen. they were pushing people away. nay were banging guys out of the way. straight arming guys protecting him while the reporters asked question. they called it body checking. chuck grassley of iowa mentioned it at the jew -- judiciary committee meeting. but just the tactics were pretty wild. there was the trial started in, like, october 15th 2007. headline like this every day in the new york tabloids. agent of d

connelly wrote in the auto biography my guess is kennedy would have withdrawn shortly in to the second term. he was less charmed by the generals. that's certainly true. than johnson and less susceptible to the pressure. i believe he concluded that the war was unwinnable. walt served in both administrations. first, as an advisers to kennedy in the white house and the state department, and finally as johnson's national security adviser. he was a waivering hawk on vietnam who pushed for more robust american commitment. while riding a sky lift in aspen, marine told me a couple of years ago, he turned to her and said i'm doing better with johnson. kennedy wouldn't listen to me about vietnam. anyway. there's more about it in the book. >> anything about george bundy? >> i have mcgeorge bundy? >> he's here. i mentioned that because he was a -- >> yes. yes, yes. >> 1993, arthur wrote in the diary that george told him, quote, on reflection he didn't think jfk would have ever sent ground forces to vietnam war. >> thank you. yeah. >> hello. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. this is a question that

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ed, representative jerry connelly earlier today, democrat, said mass psychosis has taken over the republicansis it? >> no, it isn't, martin. and this really has been a remarkable day. if you are a progressive or liberal and counting on this president to stand up to the republicans, you've got your hour. i believe the president is going to come out in just a few moments and say that we've gone as far as we're going to go. and this is the way it's going to be. i've been elected twice, the people are behind me. there's no survey out there that says we should move any further on this. we have found out today that harry reid definitely has a spine. that he has drawn his line in the sand. and this has really put john boehner's back up against the wall. he has to pick a side. is it going to be the minority of the tea partiers in his caucus or will it be the american people? and make no mistake. that if this shutdown takes place, boehner is going to be under immense pressure after the shutdown to hold his ground from the tea party crowd, and from the zealots over on the right. and this shutdown may b

chris connelly knows. >> just get me home. i'll do the rest. >> reporter: relentless. >> no replacement for dislamt. >> reporter: the series "breaking bad" ended with an intense finale. a cataclysmic less is more. hailed by the show's now bereft fans, who tweeted approval online secs after the final frame. >> do it. >> the finale of "breaking bad" is most definitely going to rank very high on top five lists of all series finales. it was satisfying and incredibly emotional for the audience. >> reporter: they suggest walter white and company will take mare plays along the best of all-time fare wells. "m.a.s.h.'s" 1983 ending among the most loved. >> i'll see you back in the states. just in case, i left you a note. >> reporter: friends faded out in 1993. >> did she get off the plane did he get off the plane? >> i got off the plane. >> reporter: not every last episode earns a chorus of contentment. >> don't go nuts. >> it's fine. it doesn't have to be about nothing. >> reporter: some found the 1998 seinfeld farewell atypically zany. >> why would we want to help somebody? >

margaret connelly is live for us from seaside height, new jersey.ficials been able to investigate the area properly, even this, while this overnight flare-up reportedly happened? >> reporter: fred, you know, the area is still under investigation now. we talked to representatives from the prosecutor's office. they're saying that these kind of recurrentes of flare-ups, that is normal. you can look at the damage behind me. this was a fire raging for about nine hours. firefighters were spraying it down with water as early as this morning. remember, the fire started on thursday. you can still see some of the debris smoldering there in the background. investigators are back there, also. they're going through all of the debris. they are looking for evidence. they're trying to figure out what caused this fire. but we also are hearing from them that we may not know what the exact cause was for days to come. fred? >> and you had a chance to talk to a number of people there who lost their businesses now. what are they telling you? >> reporter: yeah, a lot of t

. >> reporter: congressman connelly says he is definitely hearing from constituents, hearing from people. that's what they're hoping to do back here in front of the white house as people will be gathering. they'll be here for the next couple of hours. we will keep you posted with live reports as we see what they are saying about syria. >> all right. emily sha mchmidschmidt, thanks. >>> as congress makes up its mind on whether to take action against syria, anti-war groups are getting ready to stage protests in times square in new york today, and even many syrian-americans are against a military action. our rosa flores has more. >> reporter: the unrest in syria is thousands of miles away, but the fear of war is felt right here in the u.s. by syrian-americans like dr. mussa. he skypes with his family in syria every day. >> she's a physician in a hospital in damascus. >> reporter: and says american military action in syria is personal. >> i feel that every second of my day, when i sleep i'm closing my eyes and i'm saying tomorrow how many am i going to lose? it's not politics. it's human bei

connelly be given the same amount of time. >> absolutely. i thank the chair and the ranking member.i welcome the panel, and i do want to say the family members -- i have heart ache for your loss. i lost three constituents at the navy yard last week. i'm old enough to remember lebanon. i lost a good friend in that embassy bombing in the early '80s. and of course, we lost also a marine amphibious unit well over 100 lives were lost. i don't remember, mr. pickering, an arb at that time. was there an arb? >> no. it was before arb became a practical -- >> right. we lost our embassy dozens of deaths, we lost the mau at the beirut airport with over 100 deaths young marine. i don't remember any investigation or any charges. i don't remember the democrats exploiting ronald reagan's management of the that incident. we understood it was a national tragedy and try to come together. i say to four of you, i deeply regret the hearing. it's -- in to benghazi, where apparently there's an agenda. the agenda isn't getting at the truth. it's getting at somebody. in fact the chairman used the word got wh

university of california or i would be appointed shortly thereafter and when uc under the leadership of connelly, eliminated consideration of race and ethnicity in their admissions procedures and the following year he followed up with a statewide initiative in california, proposition 209 which abolished racial preferences across the board for state programs, including college admissions and he then went on to replicate that measure in many other states or several other states at least. one of them was michigan. and that is where this case called, as don informed us schuty, the attorney general in michigan, comes to us from the sixth circuit court of appeals which includes michigan. michigan we heard of before in the affirmative action context because in 2003 there was a pair of cases where justice o'connor essentially said that you can't have a strict numerical advantage for minority students, you can't automatically give them 50 points on the score to get in to school. but you can, as a part of a holistic, not very clearly defined but a sort of holistic measure of an applicant's worth take thei

university of california or i would be appointed shortly thereafter and when uc under the leader shf of connelly eliminated conversation of race and ethnicity in their admissions procedures and the following year he followed up with a statewide initiative in california, proposition 209 which abolished racial preferences across the board for state programs, including college admissions and he then went on to replicate that measure in many other states or several other states at least. one of them was michigan. and that is where this case lled, as don informed us schuty, the attorney general in michigan, comes to us from the sixth circuit court of appeals which includes michigan. michigan we heard of before in the affirmative action context because in 2003 there was a pair of cases where justice o'connor essentially said that you can't have a strict numerical advantage for minority students, you can't automatically give them 50 points on the score to get in to school. but you can, as a part of a holistic, not very clearly defined but a sort of holistic measure of an applicant ds worth take their r

university of california or i would be appointed shortly thereafter and when uc under the leader shf of connellyliminated conversation of race and ethnicity in their admissions procedures and the following year he followed up with a statewide initiative in california, proposition 209 which abolished racial preferences across the board for state programs, including college admissions and he then went on to replicate that measure in many other states or several other states at least. one of them was michigan. and that is where this case called, as don informed us schuty, the attorney general in michigan, comes to us from the sixth circuit court of appeals which includes michigan. michigan we heard of before in the affirmative action context because in 2003 there was a pair of cases where justice o'connor essentially said that you can't have a strict numerical advantage for minority students, you can't automatically give them 50 points on the score to get in to school. but you can, as a part of a holistic, not very clearly defined but a sort of holistic measure of an applicant ds worth take their r

. >> dick connelly. i'm here in from chicago because -- [applause] you're right chicago is an hour behind detroit. they're going steal their pension including my brothers who is the city -- [inaudible] retired. and the only alternative is to bankrupt wall street by passing the glass stegall bill -- [inaudible] my question concerns honorable senator conyers, and the pastor here. we have a pamphlet here that i would like to get out to everybody. i would like per emission to get out to show how detroit can one again become the workplace, the manufacturers for the whole nation. i ask permission to pass it out. you know, i was -- >> thank you, sir. we appreciate it. thank you. congressman conyers want to respond. thank you. >> can i point out, sir. we want to renew the glass stegall act. i'm a cosponsor of it. but i do not need -- [inaudible] to explain to me what i should do what i'm already doing. [applause] [inaudible] >> wanted to respond briefly. >> i want to make a quick remarking about glass stegall an