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holder was a litigation partner at covington and burlen llp in washington, d.c. mr. holder, a native of new york city is a graduate of columbia university and columbia law school. mr. holder, we appreciate your presence today. look forward to your testimony, and, please begin. >> well, good morning, chairman smith, ranking member conyers and distinguished members of this committee. i appreciate the chance to discuss some of the key accomplishments that have distinguished the department's work throughout this administration, and to outline our plans to build upon this particular record of achievement. prime ministerially i'm proud of the work done by the department's 116,000 employees as well as our government and law enforcement partners worldwide to help fulfill the promises that i made before this very same committee about three years ago. shortly after i became attorney general i pledged to strengthen the department's efforts to protect the american people from terrorism and other national security threats to ensure that every decision and every investigation and

burke marshall 14 years before when i was just a kid before i graduated law school when i worked at covington and berling for the summer. and he was a partner. that was during the year that kennedy was running for president. this was 1960. kennedy hasn't yet been elected. i worked the summer of 1960. he was elected november of 1960. i knew burke slightly. he was a partner, a young partner. i was a second year summer associate. but i had great respect for him and he was a wonderful assistant attorney general. i knew from my justice department days because i was in the justice department the same time he was. i was in the u.s. attorney's office in new york, he was in washington but i knew of him then. and he was a wonderful adviser i think to doer. i kept in touch. i met him from time to time over the years after the impeachment normally at doer's farm. he was just a good guy. he's also dead now. he just died a few years ago. a wonderful guy. >> can you remember some of the effects that his influence had? >> no, not specifically. i just thought he generally was cautious and he gave good advice.

. >> john covington, jr., a vietnam veteran, marine, a lawyer and minister. silent march, i spoke to actor j.d. williams who put a drug dealer preston o de broadus on the hbo series, "the wire." >> i am here to support the stop and frisk. i was invited by the naacp. i am sad to to this policy also. >> have you ever been stopped and frisked? >> luckily, not in manhattan. i am from new jersey. we do not have the same policy, but to have a high racial profiling incident rate. i have been stopped, but not in new york. that feeling is always there with black man. >> how do you feel when you get stopped? >> like anyone would feel when they are violated. robert, humiliated. a sense of selflessness. it turns to anger. anger turns into a rage when you are abused or misused so many times. even when it is not you directly, you feel angry for the people it happens to. it is an accumulative effect. short answer, you feel bad. >> how are you? >> 30 plus print a >> how many times have you been stopped? >> i probably could not count. on foot, maybe less than 10. but like i s

host: bob, thanks for the call from covington, georgia this morning. more things on the recall effort in wisconsin. what to note that tom barrett was on the sunday shows yesterday. tom barrett is running against scott walker in wisconsin in that recall. he predicts that "i am going to win it" on cnn "state of the union" on sunday. mr. walker leading the challenger by seven points. that's according to "the washington times." one other poll came out last night from a democratic polling firm in north carolina. does a lot of polling a lot of other places. t at 50-47, walker leading. lou on the democratic line from highland park, illinois. good morning. caller: good morning. i am very much against taxing people on the miles that they drive. i think there are a couple of other places they could tax where it makes more sense. why not tax everybody exceeding the speed limit or running stop signs or red lights in america? i think that's a terrific way to raise money. host: of we already do that in the form of tickets? caller: they could use more electronic cove

holder was a litigation partner at covington & burling. he lives in washington with his wife and their three children. please give a warm welcome to our attorney general this afternoon, mr. eric holder. awe awe thank you. good afternoon. i heard a much better good afternoon when i was bang stage. what's up? >> what's up? >> there you go, something like that, you know? oh, i don't believe he said that, ok. i want to thank you, nick, for that kind introduction, and also congratulate you for being named the youth of the year. it's a special privilege to share a stage with such an extraordinary young man this afternoon and an honor to welcome and you so many other aspiring leaders, determined advocates, and distinguished guests here to our nation's capital. just as you all understand, everybody here is out of school for the summer? i got bad news. this is something that actually you're going to be tested on, the speech that i'm about to give. so, i would expect you all to be taking notes, paying attention, and i hope you do well on the test. t

holder was litigation partner at covington and turlington l. e. wash d.c. mr.holder, needed of new york city's graduate of columbia university and columbia law school. mr. holder, we appreciate your presence today and look forward to your testimony and please begin. >> good morning, chairman smith, ranking member conyers and distinguished members of the committee. i appreciate the chance to discuss the key, schmidt had distinguished the departments were throughout this administration meant well lennar plan to build upon this particular record of achievement in particular, the work done by the department's 116,000 employees as well as our government and law enforcement partners worldwide to help fulfill the promises they made before the same committee two years ago. surely after he became attorney general at place to strengthen department's efforts to protect american people from terrorism and national security threats to ensure every decision and every investigation and every prosecution would be guided by the facts, by the law and nothing else. it also reaffir