david barron is not responsible for the administration's delay in releasing the memos he and others in the office of legal counsel were directed to produce. and mr. barron is certainly not responsible for the administration's drone policy of the decision to authorize an attack. he is a lawyer who was asked to do legal analysis for his client, the president of the united states. entangling david barron's nomination with the policy of drone deployment is unfair to him, unfair to the people of massachusetts, maine, new hampshire, rhode island and puerto rico who need the vacancy on the first circuit filled by someone as qualified as david barron. i believe that david barron will be an excellent judge, and that is why he has my support. i also rise today to commend the senate on taking final action on the water resources reform and development act known as wrrda. today's bill includes the $310 million boston harbor dredging project which will deepen boston harbor's main navigation channels. boston harbor is an economic anchor for the entire new england region and this investment will help

senate voted thursday to advance the nomination of david barron to sir on the u.s. rt of appeals for the first circuit. mr. barron has written legal memos justifying the use of unmanned aerial drones. next, senator rand paul explained his opposition to the nomination while senator ron wyden defends mr. barron. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today in opposition to the killing of american citizens without trials. i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise today to say that there is no legal precedent for killing american citizens not involved in combat and that any nominee who rubberstamps and grants such power to a president is not worthy of being placed one step away from the supreme court. it isn't about just seeing the bear in the memos. some seem to be vacated by the fact that oh, they can read these memos. i believe it's about what the memos themselves say. i believe the barron memo's at their very core this respect the bill of right

david barron to be a federal court of appeals judge. i want to commend my friend, senator rand paul, for his excellent remarks earlier today and his leadership against mr. barron's nomination. i have known mr. barron a long time. he and i were classmates in law school. he is a smart man. he is a talented man. he is a professor at the harvard law school, and a well-respected professor, but mr. barron is an unabashed judicial activist. he is an unapologetic and vocal advocate for judges applying liberal policy from the bench and disregarding the terms of the constitution and the laws of the land. if the members of this body vote to confirm him, we will bear responsibility for undermining liberty and undermining rule of law in this country. it is well known that mr. barron is a senior official in the obama justice department authored memos allowing the united states government to use drones to kill american citizens abroad who were known or suspected to be terrorists. without any trial, without any due process. and to date, we still don't h

david barron puts forward memos that justifies killing american citizens without a trial. i can't tell you what he wrote in the memos. the president forbids it. i. barron did not write or cite any legal case to justify killing an american without a trial. because no such legal precedent exists. it has never been adjudicated. no court has ever looked at this. there has been no public debate because it has been held secret from the american people. barron creates out of whole cloth a defense for executing american citizens without trial. the cases he cites, which i am forbidden from talking about, which i am forbidden from citing to you today, are unrelated to the issue of killing american citizens because no such cases have ever occurred. we have never debated this in public. we are going to allow this to be decided by one branch of government in secret. and yet the argument against the barron memo, the argument against what barron proposes should be no secret and should be obvious to anyone who looks at this issue. no court has ever decided such a case. so barron's secret

they are dealing with national security and the nomination of david barron. the senate advanced his nomination by 5 -43 vote and the headline here, barron nears confirmation with that advancement vote. what's the issue, though? why was there opposition to david barron? >> the role he played in authoring a memo that lace out the administration's justification for drone strikes abroad, the drone strikes used against terrorism suspect. that has been a very controversial tactic. rand paul who has been a persistent critic on the administration has been the loudest vote in this debate. >> circling back to the white house and to the n.s.a. surveillance issue. they want david barron's nomination to pass. what is the bill in the house? >> they endorsed it and said the compromise language that appeared this week seems to have emerged after a closed-door meeting between white house officials and house leaders. you.b, thank follow his reporting on twitter. thanks for joining us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national cap

the man's name is david barron, he's the former acting assistant to the united states.wrote the memos what the white house calls the legal basis for the controversial drone strikes something that p napolitano said was controversial. captain harris, lawmakers from both party, criticizing this nomination, right? >> that's right, democrats and traditional supporters on the left, they're on the same page to enforce david barron's legal opinion before the senators vote on his nomination. >> there are very few decisions that come out of the justice department than more controversial than authorizing to kill a u.s. citizen away from the battlefield. >> mark udall joined by the republican congressman ron wyden, and for al awlaki killed. senator rand paul is taking the debate a step further. writing in the "the new york times" the american people deserve to see the redacted verges of this memo so they can understand the legal ramifications for the extraordinary exercise of executive power. what's striking in his reporting, not even congress knows for sure how many legal memos we

republican -- republican senator rand paul threatened to filibuster the nomination if the memo's author david barronn the court of appeals of the first circuit. barron's expected to come up for a vote this week. validaid there is no legal precedent to justify the killing of an american citizen not engaged in combat. there's a role battle going on in the senate right now. talk about the significance of the obama administration not appealing the court decision. >> significant on several points. one is the decision the second circuit, written by one of the most famous appeals court judges , basically took the government to task for its attitude toward secrecy. so the government is keeping this secret but they're going before audiences and talking about in detail the doj is releasing a detailed white paper. you can't have it both ways. either it is secret or it is in the public sector and can be discussed. there's this fundamental criticism which -- the second major point really has to do with david barron. an important figure, i think, a lot of people are critical of his decision, particularly his .pin

david barron is currently a professor at harvard law school. he's a nationally recognized expert on constitutional law and the operation of powers, administrative law and federalism. he clerked on the u.s. supreme court for justice john paul stevens. in fact, i recall whe justice stevens had so much regard for him that he attended mr. barron's nomination hearing. and i have full support for mr. barron's nomination. it's almost like he sent to central casting for who should be a court of appeals judge, who could be the most qualified to be a court of appeals judge. i have not seen anybody with better qualifications by either republican or democratic presidents. now, let me respond to some of the criticisms levied against him. with respect to the so-called drone memos, as well as allegations he would not be an independent judge. and i reject both those. over the last few weeks, i've spoken extensively about the issue of the drone materials. refer specifically to my statement on may 14 of this year. now, senators may disagree with the administrati

for these reasons i cannot support david barron. i cannot and will not support a lifetime appointment for someone who believes it is okay to kill american citizens not involved in combat without a trial. thank you, madam president. i yield back my time. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the clerk will the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of david barron of massachusetts to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of david jeremiah barron of massachusetts to be united states circuit court judge for the first circuit shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote

president obama nominated david barron to be a federal appeals court judge. with members of both parties threatening to block his confirmation. the obama administration said it would release parts of the memos to the government. significantly the document makes the legal case for droning an r anwar al awlaki in 2011. he was a united states citizen and accused al qaeda leader at the same time. last year, president obama said in his speech it was indeed legal and drone strikes have saved lives. some laurels demanded to see the legal justification for themselves before they put the man who wrote it on one of the nation's highest courts. one of the biggest critics is senator rand paul. he said a promise to release the memo is not the same as releasing the memo. >> they're releasing this memo under duress. my guess is they're releasing this memo pause they need a few more votes and will get a few more votes by releasing these memos to the public or promising to release. they will not release the memos justify i justifying killing a u.s. citizen. you have to go fro

david barron, former justice department official, will serve on the fifth sick it -- fifth circuit court of appeals despite opposition over his role in the killing of u.s. citizen anwar al-awlaki [captioning made possible by democracy now!] . the internal revenue service is delaying the release of new rules aimed at limiting political activity by tax-exempt groups. the delay means the rules will not be in place before the next election. the agency said it is revising the rules after receiving a record number of comments. last year, the irs faced a scandal over accusations they get extra scrutiny to right-wing groups. the fbi and a number of other federal agencies will soon begin recording interviews of suspects under custody. the fbi agents have previously been banned from making such recordings without approval. attorney general eric holder announced the shift on thursday. >> creating an electronic record will ensure we have an objective account of key investigations and interactions with the people who are held in federal custody. it will allow us to document detained individuals are a

reports that sen palmer has informed senate majority leader kerry reed he will place a hold of david barron the nominee to the first circuit court of appeals. it was formerly employed at the justice department's office of legal counsel where he reportedly wrote the legal justification for the administration's target interim strike that killed in action tomorrow i'll call blocking in two thousand to eleven. sen poly is now demanding the full release of that legal justification telling the majority leader in a letter. the constitutionality of this policy has been the subject of intense debate in our country since its implementation the disclosure of this document will not only clarify that they will also allow the senate to gain critical insight into disrepair and judicial philosophy. the sensex on capital hill with more for show or who pervert of this region's kentucky derby. sen rainfall continues trying to puncture holes in the obama administration's wall of secrecy. this time he's demanding release of a secret department of justice memo first reported on back in two thousand and eleven. w

the author of that memo, david barron, was nominated for a federal appeals court judgeship... the senate is expected to confirm him today. a white house aid will go to phoenix, to look into the revelation that a veterans saying that certain bacteria can live on airplanes for many days. m e r s a can live four days in a pocket seat. e. coli can live on tree tables for three days. passengers who used alcohol based wipes are used hand sanitizer after their flight were less likely to contract these problems. just like those kids to spread their peanuts out on the tray and then they put their leftovers in the pocket. >> to is a good day to catch one of those flights. storms and a roof over night. we continue to see showers and thunderstorms moving through the county's going towards kendall county very shortly. 80 will be one of those areas that have trouble spots. this storm is creating some help. wind gusts as high as 50 mi.. this storm will reach about 50,000 ft. in the atmosphere. at 67 we know it really means business and becomes pretty severe. that's what we saw yesterday. thi

president obama now put forward david bea barron. i can't tell you what he wrote in the memos. the president forbids it. i can tell you what david barron did not write, killing any american without a trial because no such legal precedent exists. it has never bee been attitude dictated. no court has ever looked at the center has been no public debate because it has been held secret from the american people. barron creates a defense for executing american citizens without trial. the cases that he cites, which i am forbidden from talking about and from citing to you today are unrelated to the issue of killing american citizens because no such cases have ever occurred. we have never debated this in public. we are going to allow this to be decided by one branch of government in secret. and yet, the argument against the amendment and against what he proposes should be no secret and should be obvious to anyone that looks at this issue read no court has ever decide to case. so, the secret execution relies on cases which upon critical analysis have no pertinent to the case at hand. am i

and the president's traditional supporters on the left are banding together to force access to david barron's legal opinions before his nomination. >> there are very few opinions that have come out of the justice department that are more important and more consequential than an opinion authorizing the president to kill united states citizen away from the battlefield objections were taken over the obama administration's secrecy over the drone legal opinions to the senate floor -- >> without full disclosure to the full senate of all materials on this nominee's involvement in the legal case for the administration's drone program, this nomination should not proceed. >> asked about the nomination, white house spokesman jay carney saying barron is highly qualified. what's stunning in this case based on our reporting is no one can say for sure how many legal opinions were written for the drone program. the aclu says they believe there are at least 11 memos and four have never been seen by congress. gretchen? >> very interesting. catherine, thank you. for more on why this nomination is a good or a ba

many senators said they would block the nomination of david barron unless the memo was released. >>>of several primary races that have national implications. here's abc's shushannah walshe. >> reporter: the super tuesday of 2014, six states voting and the primary day that helps determine who could win big in november's midterm. in kentucky, it was a crushing tea party loss of senate minority leader mitch mcconnell beat his point, businessman matt bevin by a wide margin. >> a tough race is behind us. it is time to unite. to my opponent's supporters i hope you join me and know that your fight is my fight. >> reporter: he preached party unity and aimed at his fire at his democratic opponent alison lundergan grimes. >> if you look at my democratic opponent this year, it's clear she'd be no different. she's a partisan's partisan who's been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. alison lundergan grimes is barack obama's candidate. >> reporter: that race will be a brawl to the end. in the shocker of the night, former congresswoman and clinton inlaw marjorie margolies was toppl

david barron wrote them when he worked at the justice department in 2009 and 2010.the department agreed to release a censored version of one document, to help ease his confirmation. barron will join the federal appeals court in boston. in the house, republicans and democrats united to pass a $600 billion defense bill. it spares some aging planes, plus ships and bases that the pentagon sought to retire or close. the bill also bars moving terror detainees from guantanamo to u.s. prisons. that provision has prompted a white house veto threat. the senate is considering a similar bill. russia and china vetoed a u.n. security council resolution today, asking the international criminal court to investigate war crimes in syria. the u.s. and 60 other nations supported the proposal, offered by france. russia argued the focus should be on a political settlement, but u.s. ambassador samantha power condemned the veto. >> sadly, because of the decision by the russian federation to back the syrian regime no matter what it does, the syrian people will not see justice today they wil

grassley: i'd like to spend a few minutes to speak about harvard law professor david barron's nomination to the first circuit. i would do this by addressing some aspects of professor barron's record that i find particularly troubling, and at the end of the day i believe his record reveals a nominee who simply doesn't belong on the federal bench. i also would update my colleagues on the administration's ongoing efforts to withhold material that is relevant to this nominee from the american public as well as it appears from the senate. unfortunately the white house refuses to confirm it provided the senate with all barron related drone materials. as i stated two weeks ago, every senator should be provided access to any and all barron memos related to the drone issue. but before i turn to barron's drone materials, i would discuss with my colleagues some of the other problematic aspects of this nominee's record. i reviewed the record. it's a record of legal reasoning and policy positions that are far outside the mainstream of legal thought. professor barron's record is even outside the mains

the release of the document is hoping to ease senate confirmation of david barron who wrote the paperresident obama nominated barron to fill a vacant seat in boston. a senate vote on barron's nomination is expected this week. the memo with him not be released immediately, because officials still need time to redact classified information. >> the administration dropping the hammer imposing as you have sanctions against russian. tuesday, the treasury democratic restricting 12 russians, but the list didn't tie the sanctions to the crisis in ukraine. restrictions fall under an act which freezes the assets of people accused. in 2009, a whistle blowing russian lawyer died in prison. >> the stage is set for some high profile senate races this fall following primaries held in six states tuesday. voters went to the polls in pennsylvania, kentucky, arkansas, georgia, idaho and oregon. in georgia, david perdue, the former c.e.o. of dollar general advanced to a run off election. libby casey live in washington, d.c. lets focus on mitch mcconnell's win in the race in kentucky. mock connell spending

>>host: the senate dealing with national security with the nomination of david barron to the first circuit the senate advanced the nomination 52 / 43 vote. what is the headline here? why was there some sense of opposition? >>guest: the role he played to author a memo justifying that lays out the administration is justification for the drone and strikes abroad targeted against counter terrorism suspects that has been very controversial tactic. rand paul who was the persistent critic has been the loudest voice of that debate. >>host: circling back to the white house from obviously there but the barron nomination to pass what about the nsa bill in the house? >> they endorsed it that the compromise language said appear this week seems to have emerged after a closed door meeting between white house officials and house leaders. >>host: homeland security >>> this hearing will come to order. today, as we meet here, we have nearly 300 young girls from chibok in northern nigeria that remain boko haram kidnap victims. it has been five weeks since they were abducted. with every passing minute makes th

. >>> on the president's nomination david barron to a federal appeals court judgeship he is the authorf senators said they would fight the nomination unless the memo was made public. >>> the president is about to sign a controversial declaration naming the organ mountains in new mexico a national monument. veterans applauding the move to protect the region but others call it a presidential land grab. >> thanks, steve. john f. kennedy jr. was america's first son pictured here saluting his father's casket as age 3, growing into america's golden boy and marrying a beautiful woman but a plane crash marked another fatal tragedy within the kennedy family. 15 years since his death one of jfk jr.'s friends is revealing a look into house and senate life beyond the camera. it is all in a new book. author matt berman joins us. you were the creative director for "george" magazine. you guys worked so closely together. you walk through the covers which everybody talked about and really tell us a side of john jr. that we haven't heard before. he was a normal guy. how? >> that was kind of the goal of

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senator reid's decision to schedule a vote on baron released this scathing statement i've read david barron's memos concerning the legal justification for killing an american citizen overseas without a trial or legal representation and i am not satisfied there is no valid legal precedent to justify the killing of the american citizen not engaged in combat therefore i shall not only oppose the nomination of david baron but will filibuster the american civil liberties union has called for a delay to parents confirmation vote as well but majority leader reid scheduling a vote for baron is a good indication that there's enough support in the senate for confirmation and with new filibuster rules there's really not much senator paul can do about it except to lay a vote for. days tops but in the end senator paul might get at least part of what he wants which is the release of the drone memos to the public that's because the second circuit court of appeals ruling last month ordered the white house to release the memos the debate is now occurring within the administration over whether to comply with t

will not only clarify that debate it will also allow the senate to gain critical insight into david barron's judicial philosophy now r.t. sam sachs is on capitol hill with more for us. fresh off of courting rupert murdoch at this weekend's kentucky derby senator rand paul continues trying to puncture holes into the obama administration's wall of secrecy this time he's demanding release of a secret department of justice memo first reported on back in two thousand and eleven that laid out the legal argument for the drone killing of american citizen and we are all a locket efforts to force the obama administration to hand over that memo culminated last month when a federal court in manhattan held that the government can no longer claim secrecy privileges over that memo and ordered portions of it to be released and now as the author of that legal memo david baron is under consideration by the senate for a lifetime appellate court seat rand paul is using the powers he has as a senator to add more pressure on the obama administration to release the memo this is a common tactic for the senator from

david barrett not because the members haven't been released but because he doesn't agree with david barron's legal analysis that shows that an american citizen can be killed not in combat and without a trial. well all the president obama's drone strikes were a big topic today on the health of two thousand and one authorization for use of military force was discussed in the senate foreign relations committee today it's thirteen years old now what does the white house and congress want to do with this authorization moving forward but that's going to be remain to be seen last year president obama talked about how he wants congress to refine the authorization for use of military force or this was what congress approved back in two thousand and one after the nine eleven attacks to give the president authority to use military force against those who perpetrated the attacks that included al qaeda and the taliban it's since been expanded over the last thirteen years to include outside of the taliban and associated forces and it underpins for drone strikes that we see the president carrying out all a

david kudla is with mainstay capital, named to "barron's" top 100 independent advisor list for five consecutive years. david, welcome. congrats on that. >> thank you. >> give us the broad read on what we've seen in the markets. what you think the message is as yellen speaks, stocks go up? >> yeah, as yellen speaks, stocks go up. as we look at the broader market environment right now, you know, today not withstand, we've seen some of the high fliers come back a little bit -- >> a little bit is an understatement for some of them. >> yeah. but when we look across at the sectors that we think are attractive, the high fliers of 2013, investors should be -- should be pulling back on those, should be looking at some of the large cap value plays, looking at sectors like energy, looking at other areas to move into, like high yield bond, preferreds, reits, for defense in this market environment. >> you're saying that don't be tempted by the big pullbacks that some of these names have had. you didn't use the word falling knife, but some of these may have a lot further to go, so don't look to get in now? >

david aaron to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. while serving in the justice department's office of legal counsel, barron helped write at least two memos that underpinned the government killing of the american-born cleric anwar al-awlaki. but senators, including mark udall of colorado and rand paul of kentucky, has said they will remain opposed to barron's nomination unless the memos are released to the public. several new york city council members are calling for leniency in the sentencing of occupy wall street activist cecily mcmillian following her conviction of assaulting a police officer. she says she struck out in suitably with her breast was grabbed from behind. she faces up to seven years in prison at her sentencing next week. on monday, a council member was among five to voice support for cecily mcmillan. she was joined by the national lawyers guild. >> this is the time we have to make sure our women are treated with the midi, with respect. we have to make sure that all law enforcement respects women, the specs all individuals. we cannot any longer continue to have our women attacked in ways that are dangerous, the harmful, th

barron's. merger activity, deal premiums are little bit below the long-term average. i think there will be another leg up but we're starting to -- >> david boockvar, is that his name. melissa: peter. >> peter put out a interesting analysis about the vix. the vix as low as it was now was back in 2007. melissa: 2006. melissa: right. >> before you know what hit the fan. melissa: definitely pays to run a company. new study says average ceo raked in a cool 10 1/2 million dollars last year, just like me. no. while ceo compensation is linked to stock performance, staples is buck the trend and rewarding executives extra cash despite the company's poor performance this. is always a rub, right? they had reinvention cash award in 2013. i can't believe they called it back, despite the company's poor performance, two years of failing revenue and declining store traffic, they have to retain the talent. jack, do you buy it? >> i'm not worried about ceo pay. it is cyclical thing. melissa: you're not worried because you don't think it is too high or not -- >> i worry much more about the bottom, not people making enough money. people talk about making min

informed senate majority leader harry reid that he will place a hold on david baron a nominee to the first circuit court of appeals barron was formerly a lawyer at the justice department's office of legal counsel where he reportedly wrote the legal justification for the administration's targeted drone strike that killed american and more lucky in two thousand and eleven senator paul is now demanding the full release of that legal justification tell. the majority leader in a letter the constitutionality of this policy has been the subject of intense debate in our country since its implementation the disclosure of this document will not only clarify that debate it will also allow the senate to gain critical insight into david berent judicial philosophy r.t. sam sachs is on capitol hill with more. fresh off of courting rupert murdoch at this weekend's kentucky derby senator rand paul continues trying to puncture holes into the obama administration's wall of secrecy this time he's demanding release of a secret department of justice memo first reported on back in two thousand and eleven that laid out the legal argument for th

david baron but will filibuster . the american civil liberties union has called for a delay to barrons confirmation vote as well but majority leader reid scheduling a vote for baron is a good indication that there's enough support in the senate for confirmation and with the new filibuster rules there's really not much senator paul can do about it except delay a vote for a few days tops but in the end senator paul might get at least part of what he wants which is the release of the drone memos to the public that's because a second circuit court of appeals ruling last month ordered the white house to release the memos the debate is now occurring within the administration over whether to comply with the decision or appeal it also of note the law that underpins all of president obama's drone strikes the two thousand and one authorization for use of military force is scheduled to be scrutinized next week in the senate foreign relations committee reporting from capitol hill in washington d.c. sam socks are to. this week men on hunger strike in guantanamo bay have asked a u.s. court to intervene to stop the military from destroyin

standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of david jeremiah barron of massachusetts to be united states circuit judge for the first circuit, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule it 22 -- rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move we proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. the -- all in favor say aye. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 449. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 449, commemorating and honoring the dedication and sacrifice of the federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty. the presiding officer: is th