. >>> in washington, d.c., are set to vote this afternoon in the confirmation hearing for the supreme court justice nomine she's widely expected to be confirmed by the end of the hearing today. she has the support of almost the entire democratic caucus and enough republican support to avoid a filibuster if confirmed she will be the third woman on the high court. she will also be the first justice without prior judicial experience. since late chief justice william win equivalent. >>> today the u.s. attorney general announced charges against more than a dozen people for suspected ties to somalian terrorists. eric holder spoke from washington, d.c. about the indictments. 19 people from three states, including california, are now being charged with giving support to the terrorist group al shabab. he said most of the citizens are u.s. citizens that some have traveled to somalia for training. two of the suspects have been arrested. >> these indictments and arrests in minnesota, alabama and california shed further light on a deadly pipeline that has rooted funding and fighters to al shabab f

see you know is there any connection with these guys from you know maybe the monitor from before d.c. are there oh yeah because people constantly moved. to you. or. i once a i wanted to let them know. for me the most crucial. way. maybe. it seems hard to talk about what happened to them in guantanamo. especially for men. maybe because he's devoted two years to keeping silent. i was born more tortured physically. comp aerated with americans told them all they wanted to know. for about six months but it was too much so i stopped talking with them for two years. they started using the methods you heard about. i've been in the interrogation room i was kept in there for twelve fourteen hours. and they put on air conditioning and about thirteen degrees below zero. my stupid you're talking to the god. and this caused loss and we have you and the next thing is being someone who's next to you on this kind of suffering so yeah i did the same thing. my name is sergeant andrew slammed. enough for thirty eight military police company from early kentucky. and to get this. i think that they're like this

this fear and who's fueling xenophobic attitude and is it just me or does it seem like people in d.c. are saying some pretty outrageous comments these days we're going to find out why press secretary robert gibbs accuse the political left of being on drugs and what that professional left had to say to that radio host and wonkette blogger sarah betting casa will join me for that discussion and then we're going to take another in-depth look at our economy the fed says we're in trouble so after weeks of speculation is this confirmation that we really are doomed well as business insiders gregory white for his opinion on the state of the economy and all be joined by relationship expert diana falzone i'll get her opinion on everything from snooki cozying up to john mccain to eminem angry on his new music video which some say glamorizes domestic violence that's all the end of the show now let's move on to today's top story. just a week after obama gave a speech touting the end of the iraq war and the on time withdrawal of american troops comes news that al qaeda is already in that and according

the people who run this country in washington, d.c. are wrong. the road they have a son is a wrong road. politicians don't create jobs. jobs are created by everyday people from all walks of life who start a business or expand an existing business. the job of government is to make it easier for them to do that, not harder. that is not what they are doing. our government cannot continue to spend more money than it takes in. soon, we will face a day of reckoning. the world is a safer place when our country, the united states of america, is the strongest country in the world. the road that washington has also on will rob us of these things. i and where i began this speech, by telling you the choice is in florida. if you like the direction that washington is taking us, i am not your candidate. i am running for the u.s. senate because i think washington is wrong. i want to stand up to what they are offering and i want to offer in its place a clear alternative, that will leave what my children deserve to inherit. what every american before has inherited

are improving 30,000 miles of road with this summer. if you think about it, that is 10 round trips between here and washington, d.c. we are improving safety, the infrastructure, and at the same time, creating jobs. it is also about making our communities more livable so that parents can have a stiffer ride to their kids' school. people can travel from point a to point b and spend more time with your friends and families and less time stuck in traffic. as i mentioned, of course, we are creating jobs. local suppliers come all local stores, restaurants, will benefit from this investment. overall, the recovery act is responsible for 2.5 million jobs throughout the country, with and the thousands of towns created solely with and transportation sector. while the recovery has not reached every business and home, we believe strongly we are heading in the right direction. doyle drive is one of the largest recovery tax in the country -- or cover act projects in the country. california will receive more recovery act funding than any other state. almost $2.6 billion. the money is committed to 943 projects with hundred and divid

there are exciting the haves now and the have nots. you know it's playing out here in d.c. to record up so much for being here thank you very much all right so to come on tonight's show two candidates are taking their political protests so far that they're starving themselves but this sounds like more of a ploy for attention but a real form of protest to me i'll get my thoughts when we come back and snooki mania is sweeping the u.s. but how the reality star become such an american icon we'll look into the issue and find out why this overly spray ten young woman has become a worldwide phenomenon. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world acknowledging update on r g. c two showing the military because i thought that it was my duty that it was something that i could do to help my country. my government that it is necessary for america to vietnam there was a lot of drug abuse there was a lot of murder of american officers soldiers there were a l

d.c. they are an organization devoted to improving treatment for the severely mentally ill. that is where i got that from. the 15 beds 100,000, i called down to pes yesterday preparing for the stock. i asked how many beds were available. there has been a reduction. maybe john is around. can john answer that question? >> would you like to step up to the microphone, please? >> as of about 56 years ago, san francisco general had roughly 80 -- as of about five or six years ago, san francisco general had roughly 80 beds, in addition to the beds in the jail's psychiatric center. at that point, cpmc had unit of about 15 beds. st. francis had an inpatient unit. langley-porter had a unit. st. luke's had a unit of the least 20 beds as well that we could frequently to admit to. since that time, we've cut down to 40 cubebs at san francisco -- 40 acute beds at san francisco. we could be down to 23 the budget process as of march 16. there could also be a couple of step down units. the unit at st. luke's has closed taking others out of the picture over the past few years. >> think you. --

these are the things that i am repeating to everyone on our team to read going, seeing, knowing, talking to the designers on the other end. d.c. is great, but they do not have anything built. the one thing that was mentioned to me, biodiesel. we are pretty much the only ones doing the complete cycle. we do get approached to use our facilities occasionally as a testing laboratory. it is always an exciting thing. this one does complement, so we will be looking at what the best use of fog is. i want to move to the next thing. >> i gather that as you come forward with a project alternative, you would detail the technology. as part of the process, this would be analyzed? >> air quality, water quality, everything, yes. that is our intention. >> the other piece in there that we do not necessarily see -- when a design team was put together to develop alternative, their work scope could specify how aggressive we needed to be to look at alternatives. as an rfp for an outside consultant, that is not something that we would see. if we wanted to be a part of the routine design effort, that is direction we might give to staff. >> one last

there are folks who are 100 -- over 250 rich and poor who came to washington, d.c. to ask our government to cash a check and that was marked insufficient funds. dr. king said to cash a check that would give this the riches of freedom and the security of justice. we are also gathered here today to renew and rededicate ourselves to completing dr. king's dream, to make real the promises of our democracy and open the doors of opportunity to all god's children. can i say amen? dr. king gave his i have a dream speech here in the nation's capital. he declared that 1963 was not an end but a beginning. change was needed to achieve his dream of economic and social opportunity for all our citizens. dr. king urged his followers that day to stay positive and return home and start working on change. dr. king, in the 1963 march, said this situation can and will be changed. they left this city determined not to wallow in the valley of despair. they followed dr. king's leadership and said to focus and change. everybody remember 2008. what did we do? we've voted for change. we voted f

d.c. and wonderful suburbs which are filled with, you know, biotech communications. just wonderful universities and it's really a booming area outside of all of the federal spending. >> how about the boom in austin, texas, coming in at number one. you say it provides a great home for entrepreneurs and small business owners? >> yeah, i think austin is the proto typical business going in the next decade. it's got education and it's got a lot of public, private partnerships. the government does play a role, but it's very judicious. so the government, for example, has a capital funds and so they'll fund things, but they're not going to get their fingers in because they know that austin is this tremendous place for innovation. also, it's like the music capital of the country, and that actually spurs innovation among businesses. >> that's fascinating. why is that? >> well, programs. the same kind of thought process that goes into creating music, melding music is the same kind of thing that you do when you do programming. >> any city that wasn't on the list that surprised y

but the people running this in washington, d.c. are wrong. road they have a song is the wrong road. our economy is not creating jobs. politicians cannot create jobs. jobs are created by everyday people from all walks of life to start a business or expand an existing business. if the job of government is to make it easier to do that, not harder. but that is not what they are doing. our government cannot continue to spend more money than it takes and orson we will face a greece-like day of reckoning. the road that washington has is on right now will rob us of these things. i in where i began this speech, by telling you what the choices are here in florida. if you like the direction of washington is taking us, i am not your candid. i am running for the u.s. senate because i think washington is wrong. i want to stand up to what they are offering and i want to offer in its place a clear alternative, a clear alternative that will leave my children and yours what they deserve, and what they deserve to inherit, what you and i inherited, what every am

d.c. something needs to be done. there are many things that black man can do. we have to look at what other folks can do. the contractors of this city do not live in washington, d.c. blue sky is one of the few contractors that hires residents of dc i would like to command eleanor holmes norton for black men and women who are coming out of jail. we need to look at that and do something about it. we need to talk to the city council and encouraged administrators to enforce that particular law. >> thank you. the gentleman here on the left the. >> i have a question about the new form of employment discrimination which involves credit reports. if you have a bad -- bad credit score, you cannot get a job. stupid for you can be qualified and have 10 degrees but if you have a bad credit score, you don't get the job. somebody needs to start legislation to make that illegal. that is the most insane thing you can do -- you can ever do. you can only get a good credit scored if you have a job. how do we address that? >> dr. walters? >> we just passed a financial services piece

welcome to the ilona show we'll get the real headlines with none of the mersey are coming alive out of washington d.c. now many are shocked over the brutal killings of six american aid workers in afghanistan the taliban have claimed responsibility for for those who know the region and the culture something you are just doesn't add up so we'll speak with a defense contractor who knew some of the victims to get his take on what may have happened next we're going to ask how much politics plays a role in the u.s. prison system it seems the parole for inmates in california is a usually decided by the governor rather than by the justice system so why are we so quick to incarcerate and show no mercy in this country all sit down with a criminologist to discuss the issue and as many rally this weekend to free bradley manning we have to ask how the twenty two year old army private specialist will look years from now will he be considered a hero for exposing military secrets we'll speak with georgetown university professor christopher chambers then we're going to look in depth of the recent media coverage surro

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very different narratives reflecting the future of struggling americans in peril and hospice are to washington d.c. . meanwhile the white house says it's convicted the u.s. a cop convinced rather the u.s. economy is recovering that's right the fact that unemployment rate is still near ten percent and major problems are troubling the real estate sector well from the trends research center says the administration is spinning the story. what they're trying to do is to convince the public that if they'd only build their confidence and they would go out and spend more and that is businesses had more confidence they would hire more he is a cause that in. why did they create they dumped in nearly eleven trillion dollars that was led spent and guaranteed to stimulate the economy the job numbers are terrible way the way below what they had forecast let's look at the two losing wars america is fighting what's the word they use where making progress progress is the white house favorite word every time they are losing it's the same old story it when it's the war more men more money more time and whether it's

d.c. america, we are here to reclaim the dream that is true. trying to achieve the dream of full democracy and voting representation. that is our message to the rest of the country. we're trying to achieve that dream. earlier this morning, we were down to the tea party and we handed out tea bags. on the tea bags it said end taxation without representation in d.c. and people took those bags. they're like, oh, yeah. end taxation without representation. and they were tea bags so the tea baggers were all excite about them. but here's the thing antithat, folks. the tea party wasn't about taxation. it was about taxation without representation. we've had us a tea party in washington, d.c. for a very long time. so we're here to demand democracy. if you have the sign hold it up. i am d.c. i demand democracy. i am d.c., i demand democracy. i am d.c. i demand democracy. give it up d.c. thank you. >> a little of the d.c. flavor. let me welcome and bring to the podium the chairman of the d.c. city council mr. vince gray. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcom

dollars a month these are low income and moderate income families that are being abused this way when you look at the wealth divide in d.c. a big part of that is the two cities that exist here to tale of two very different narratives reflecting the future of struggling americans in peril office are to washington d.c. . let's take a look now at some other stories dominating world news this thursday the last u.s. combat brigade is leaving iraq two weeks ahead of the official exit date leaving another six thousand troops to withdrawal by the end of the month however a fifty thousand strong american military contingent will remain in the country for support in training until the end of twenty eleven they'll have the power to use their weapons in self defense were at the request of the iraqi government during the seven your presence in iraq more than four thousand u.s. soldiers died according to figures from the pentagon. at least thirty eight people have been killed and thirty seven injured when a crowded truck fell off a mountain into a gorge in northern india eight people remain in critical condition at least in villagers

d.c.. >> what are michael kaiser things that are done by board members? what you do to keep them interested? >> the most important thing is to not keep -- to treat the board like a monolithic body. the board is not the board. they are a group of people with different interests and passions. my job is to get it to one-is to get each one excited. -- to get each one excited. if i can get them to get excited about it, they will start to feel much closer to the mission of the organization. >> in your new book, i read briefly where you were asked to serve on the opera board. >> i wanted to be a staff member, not a board member permit it was my fault, not their started i believe that board members-not theirs. i believe that board members -- not theirs. i believe that board members get frustrated. i was frustrated because i want to be a staff person. my passion was coming through. this is what got me to become an arts manager and that's what i sold my business and moved into arts management. >> there are a lot of things that you have done. the kansas city ballet.

d.c. p.s., yet the reality is i was fearful because principals i think are working in a culture of fear andhat translates into a very hostile work environment for the majority of teachers in d.c. p.s.. >> reporter: it's too early to tell where michelle rhee's new evaluation system will result in better schools. fact, she might not be around long enough to find out. her boss, mayor adrian fenty is facing a tough primary challenge in september. if fenty loses, rhee may be out of a job. a new mayor and a new chancellor could alter or even abandon many of her initiatives including impact. >> woodruff: finally tonight, the story of a new orleans musician and his efforts to keep a musical tradition strong, five years after katrina. jeffrey brown has our profile. >> so you can see where the water line was at the top of the door. >> brown: you mean the line right there. >> that's the highest point. that was at least nine feet sneef. >> brown: we first met michael white soon after hurricane katrina had destroyed his home in new orleans. as both musician and scholar, white had long been one of the be

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d.c. which did surprise me a little bit. let me think about all the parks that are in d.c. >> and the bike paths and people are very active. or maybe they just lie more. >> what a surprise more, they lie more in washington, fancy that. >> you know -- i'm going to wipe my hands on the -- >> don't, don't! >> i am. i need something. what? >> we should tell what the man-kini is. >> that's fine. here's okay with the man-kini. these are supposed to be derriere-lifting undergarments. you're holding the one for men called a maniki. you put your cheeks in the back. i want jerry -- stop picking on jerry. would you slip this on, honey? >> leave jerry alone. >> don't give that one to jerry. >> he says, put the other one on. >> i like how you say to jerry -- >> jerry said, you put the other one on. jerry is a kinky guy, we love him. >> you tell me if these tiny little spindly straps can hold up someone's backside. >> yours, not mine. >> anyway, they're supposed to lift. >> and they're $29.95 at maniki fashions.com. thank you, sweetheart. >>> you know who else has a big business

. >> dan: the cardinals are in d.c.eekend to play the nationals. >>> iraq's prime minister has put his country on its highest possible alert for terrorist attacks. it follows intelligence that suicide bombers have entered the country and plan to strike several tarrings over the next few days. already this week more than 50 people have been killed in a series of shootings and bombings across iraq. the attacks coincide with the united states pulling its forces out of the country. >>> president obama used his saturday to highlight the fact that all u.s. combat troops have recently been culled out of iraq. >> but the bottom line is this. the war is ending. like any sovereign independent nation, iraq is free to chart its own course. >> dan: the troop withdrawal fulfills a campaign promise made be the president. >>> president obama is planning a major speech on iraq on tuesday night, and we will carry that live right here on abc-7. tune in for a special report starting at 5:00 on tuesday. >>> coming up, how america will mark

are other folks doing jobs that we know how to do. when i was growing up, all the guys had a hard hat. they were building seven washington, d.c. we know how to do the work. these jobs that you are talking about such as landscaping, those are things we can do easily and readily. it is a matter of you getting a certain licence 3 they cdra in doing the work. -- license through the cdra and doing the work. >> i do not want you to talk as though you have a choice. we do not have a choice. we do have to confront the work system with a degree of skill that will enable us to do what we need to do. we are going to run across raise some -- racism. there is racism. we are going to have to fight that is a mandate that we have to deal with. we will have to carry all of these things on our shoulders that we will always carry. we will deal with our families. we have to push back against anyone who is pushing against the spread of -- against us. i understand your question. we do not have any choice. >> thank you. >> i want to address this question basically to -- my confusion is that there is no shorconfusion is that there is o shortage of job

. >> dan: the cardinals are in d.c.ay the nationals. >>> california prison authorities say seven inmates were wounded in a riot at folsom prison. guards fired rubble bullets into the crowd of inmates to break up the rioting, but that didn't work. they err resorted to arrival -- rifle fire. no prison guards were hurt. >>> in san francisco, two muni buses collided in chinatown. the driver says the problem start when he went to investigate a malfunctioning wheelchair platform. the bus lost control and rolled 100 feet down a hill and crashed interest a second bus. we want to show you a photograph of the accident we found on twitter two passengers were slightly hurt. >> trash collectors say they picked up the garbage that piled up on the strike on the peninsula. 300 trash collect you'res walked off the job on thursday in support of a walkout by landfill workers. little or know garbage was collected. >>> a terrorist alert goes up in iraq. also, mexicana grounds it planes. what to do if you still have a ticket. and five years

the people who are running this country in washington, d.c. are wrong. the road they have us on is the wrong road. our economy is not creating jobs. politicians do not create jobs. jobs are created by every day people from all walks of life who start a business or expand an existing business. the job of government is to make it easier to do that, not harder. that is not what they are doing. our government cannot continue to spend more money than it takes sand, or send we will face a greece-like day of reckoning. we may face a world where the united states is not the strongest country in the world. the road to washington has on right now will rob us of these things. i want to tell you what the choices here in florida. if you like the direction that washington is taking as, i am not your candidate. i am running for the u.s. senate because i think washington is wrong. i want to stand up to what they are offering and i want to offer in its place a clear alternative that will leave my children and yours with what they deserve, what they deserve to inherit, wha

to have hospice are to washington d.c. . and joining me with more on her story is jihad now jan one of the interesting things that we talked about. is that. is actually pretty successful and helping these people get help refinance their loans stay in their homes meanwhile we know that many of the obama admin. programs have not been i mean for one example one of the programs was supposed to help three to four million people by two thousand and twelve so far only three hundred eighty nine thousand of those people who are eligible loans have actually been modified i mean that is a tiny proportion why is there this disconnect more and thanks for mentioning the thing that's very important this discussion of course the program we're talking about as i mentioned in the story which is the home affordable modification program which as you mentioned was supposed to assist those imminent risk people who are in danger of foreclosures now why is that not working and why is it actually helping out more whites than it is blocks that actual

d.c. all the wealth and all the power are coming here. three of the richest counties in this country are commuting distance to washington, d.c. they see the money is coming here. they see the power is coming here and they have more say in their state legislature than they do here in washington, d.c. >> they want their share of the federal funds. >> or they want to be left alone. >> let clarence in. >> what president obama on several occasions has been out there at ribbon cuttings and right there in the audience. right there in the front row are republicans who voted against stimulous, but they are out there ready to be part of the ribbon cutting. that's the reality of life. >> there's hypocrisy involved. >> no doubt about it, clarence. there's no doubt about it also, john, that this is a very powerful move. the governor of texas said, we are going to think about succession. huge reaction from the tea party folks. a lot of folks are antithe federal government. >> let me in here. >> the states can require motorists to buy insurance. correct