i think -- are defense-based shows. i think you are right. >> that is in large part the innocence movement, proving to injuries that they have gotten it wrong time and time again. this innocence project is based in new york. 300 individuals exonerated on dna evidence. people are starting to wake up to the important role of criminal defense attorneys, but jonathan is right. that court tv, we cover cases where public defenders and criminal defense attorneys are in court. we do not choose the cases based on either or. we see fine lawyer ring from both. often, the best lawyers a vcr from the public defender's office. they do not know the difference. >,7ythey do not know if it is cg albie, one of the best lawyers we have ever put on tv. they do not know how a public defender differs from a criminal attorney. i am shocked that the public has a lack of understanding among the public defender does, how we should be resources. this is a critical reason why i am here today. >> what i heard jonathan to just is that public defender

it was about criminal defense attorneys. there was a cultural response on the part of news media and entertainment media to what the audience wanted to see. >> good segue. jonathan, from the commerce report of the operation, would you agree that the media contributes to -negative perception of the public defender? >> law and order has been running for 20 years in various forms. the media reflects what the public wants. that is my first point. my second point is, i was a federal prosecutor. like any other federal prosecutor, i came to admire, respect, the impressed with the quality of work that public defenders did. the best lawyers in washington, d.c., los angeles. for the most part, those in the public defender's office for the best. the third is, you have a great product but you do not sell it. vkrmall of the media reflectiof defense lawyers come from those loudmouth, buckskin where ring, and absurd -- you know the type. barnum and bailey private defense lawyers who claim there is some sort of mission -- they are some sor

i think -- are defense-based shows.i think you are right. >> that is in large part the innocence movement, proving to injuries that they have gotten it wrong time and time again. this innocence project is based in new york. 300 individuals exonerated on dna evidence. people are starting to wake up t

defense. that's why republicans said they were blocking this bill today. that's not why they blocked this bill. what you see here -- do we have that scroll? scrolling before you on the screen right now. these are all amendments that republicans have attached to defense authorization bills just in the past few years, banning internet gambling, opening up the arctic national wildlife reserve to oil drilling, allowing concealed weapons to be carried across state lines, increasing fines for broadcasting indecent material on television. oh, the humanity. toughening up campaign finance regulations. all of these things have been attached by republicans to defense authorization bills in the past. do any of them sound like they have anything at all to do with funding the u.s. military? no, they do not. today republicans objected to the potential of the dream act, an immigration bill being attached to the defense authorization bill. but three years ago, it was republican senators orrin hatch and bob ben

i think part of education people about criminal defense lawyers, public defense lawyers, is educating people about the source of crime. they need to understand if the constitution does not work for everybody, it does not work. >> so how do we educate them? >> you bust rush limbaugh. he learned there is a fourth amendment to the constitution. seriously, how do we do it? i am not sure. one of the things that i struggled with, in particular, in robert blake's case, when i got into the case, i was determined not to get caught up in the media and to be the same person at the end of the case as i was at the beginning. i think of lawyers need to be lawyers, not try to be entertainers. you would know better. >> just so you know, i covered him while he was trying that case and desperately tried to get him to come to me during the case. i felt it was so important for the public to understand the constitutional issues that were coming up, but he rightly wanted to remain focused on the client and case at that time. so how do we educate the public while remaining true to the cause of the work? >>

it was about criminal defense attorneys.there was a cultural response on the part of news media and entertainment media to what the

i am opposed to bringing up the defense bill right out in before the defense department has completed its defense bill right now because we need to know the views of the men and women who are serving in the military in uniform. give them a chance to tell us their views, whether you agree to or disagree with the policy, whether you want to keep it or repeal t the senate should not be forced to make this decision now before we've heard from our troops. we've asked for their views, and we should wait to hear from them. and all four service chiefs have said the same thing: let's conduct the survey, let's get it dorntion and then act on whether to repeal or not repeal. there's one other aspect of this, mr. president. this is a blatant political ploy in order to try to galvanize the political base of the other side which is facing a losing election. that's why the majority leader said we would take up don't ask, don't tell, take up the "dream" act and then take up the issue of secret holds and then address the other issues after the election. i wonder why the majority leader would have thos

in late june we laid out the mandate to the defense acquisition work force and the defense industry describing how the department can achieve this better buying power in contacted activities, and on september 14, after several months of intensive work within the department with our program managers, system commanders and so forth, and also with our partners in industry to accomplish this work and perform it for us and outside experts, i issued specific guidance on how to implement that mandate. i with like to submit that guidance. the june 28 mandate as well, and all the materials that accompany them for the record and supplement it briefly. we are now moving figure sleet and implementation mode and taking each of those items that were in the guidance and making them happen. let me just summarize the high points of those points of guidance in five categories and a specific example so you will have some idea of what we're trying to get at. first, as we begin a program such as the ohio class replacement, the joint family of systems for long-range strike, the army's ground combat vehicle, and eve

the criminal defense bar, public or private, needs to be unified. when you are unified, it increases your numbers and increases your financial base with which to try to do the kinds of media efforts, contribute to the media like you are talking about. >> i wanted to pick up on something. i agree entirely with jerry. i agree with your focus in the blank case -- blake case. although we try to get the interview and tried to distract you in the cause, you are right to focus on the case. in the end, we had a conversation after verdict. in the end, it is important to be concerned about the image, not during the case, but in general, of public defender offices and criminal defense attorneys. i think it is also important to make a distinction. while i agree an effort should be made to show the difference between criminal attorneys and public defenders for this reason. when we would ask people about this distinction -- first of all, people can recite law-and- order language in the criminal justice system -- and they can recite that but not the sixth amendmen

i came from a car rear as a criminal defense attorney.the bis filters into the programming, reporting, coverage of cases. most of the cases do not have a camera present. even when the camera is present, it cannot entirely help to filter of bias. how many of you can sit at home and watch the robert blake trial from gavel-to-gavel, even if it is televised? when the camera is not present, you must rely on the boarding -- the reporting. i have had many instances where i was reporting on a trial and i will listen to my colleague on my right and left and wondered if they had been in the same courtroom that i was in. their sense of what happened in that room was very different from my own. i often feel that they're pro- prosecution bias is present. there is an assumption that they must have done something wrong or they would not have been charged in first place. maybe that is human nature, but it certainly makes its way into reporting. i also think in our last 15, 20 years of political context, because of the wave of crime, violence, and we can

and the defense minister explained his plan. guttenberg needs the support of parliament to implement the proposed reform which foresees reducing the size of armed forces and making the military more efficient and better equipped for foreign missions. >> at the moment, we are looking at a model 4, which means a lower limit of 163,005 hunter servicemen and women. i want to stress that this is a lower limit, but one which allows us to meet our alliance commitments. >> guttenberg plans to slim down the military by putting compulsory military service on hold, but young men would be able to volunteer for 23 months. after the meeting, the opposite complained the ideas were not clear and not realistic. >> it will not be possible to save 8.3 billion euros, cut 40,000 soldiers, and meet commitments. >> guttenberg has his work cut out to convince the opposition, and there is also resistance within his own party to finishing compulsory military service. >>> germany's recovery is still moving along. >> in the right direction. despite the wor

russia shelves the supply of missile defense systems to iran falling into in step with the latest u.n. sanctions. and we bring you the latest from the united nations is some. russian nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place with you all the latest just ahead where. i'm broadcasting live from the heart of russia's capital. certainly glad to have you with us the arctic's untapped natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the icecap it's estimated that billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the arctic nations are keen to secure their share some of the finest scientific minds have gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out parties reports fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the internal world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic seabed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but

and the defense minister explained his plan. guttenberg needs the support of parliament to implement the proposed reform which foresees redung the size of armed forces and making the military more efficient and better equipped for foreign missions. >> at the moment, we are looking at a model 4, which means a lower limit of 163,005 hunter servicemen and women. i want to stress that this is a lower limit, but one which allows us to meet our alliance commitments. >> guttenberg plans to slim down the military by putting compulsory military service on hold, but young men would be able to volunteer for 23 months. after the meeting, the opposite complained the ideas were not clear and not realistic. >> it will not be possible to save 8.3 billion euros, cut 40,000 soldiers, and meet commitments. >> guttenberg has his work cut out to convince the opposition, and there is also resistance within his own party to finishing compulsory military service. >>> germany's recovery is still moving along. >> in the right direction. despite the worri

i am opposed to bringing up the defense bill right out in before the defense department has completed its defense bill right now because we need to know the views of the men and women who are serving in the military in uniform. give them a chance to tell us their views, whether you agree to or disagree with the policy, whether you want to keep it or repeal t the senate should not be forced to make this decision now before we've heard from our troops. we've asked for their views, and we should wait to hear from them. and all four service chiefs have said the same thing: let's conduct the survey, let's get it dorntion and then act on whether to repeal or not repeal. there's one other aspect of this, mr. president. this is a blatant political ploy in order to try to galvanize the political base of the other side which is facing a losing election. that's why the majority leader said we would take up don't ask, don't tell, take up the "dream" act and then take up the issue of secret holds and then address the other issues after the election. i wonder why the majority leader would have thos

meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran although. we bring you all believe just ahead. hello it's midnight here in moscow this is r.t. thanks for being with us the. top story in the arctic some tough natural wealth as a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea in the arctic nations are keen to secure some of the finer scientific minds of moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break. the reports. fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the entire world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic sea bed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie so we're going to work today we really need a national geography a geography that would help us assume the national interests of the territorial dispute tottered on the brink of

i am opposed to bringing up the defense bill right out in before the defense department has completed its defense bill right now because we need to know the views of the men and women who are serving in the military in uniform. give them a chance to tell us their views, whether you agree to or disagree with the policy, whether you want to keep it or repeal t the senate should not be forced to make this decision now before we've heard from our troops. we've asked for their views, and we should wait to hear from them. and all four service chiefs have said the same thing: let's conduct the survey, let's get it dorntion and then act on whether to repeal or not repeal. there's one other aspect of this, mr. president. this is a blatant political ploy in order to try to galvanize the political base of the other side which is facing a losing election. that's why the majority leader said we would take up don't ask, don't tell, take up the "dream" act and then take up the issue of secret holds and then address the other issues after the election. i wonder why the majority leader would have thos

[applause] how can defense attorneys or people who work in the system make that known and worked with journalists? >> i generally bring everybody out to lunch or to a bar or to both. journalists and police officers have this classic cold war, and there was even a cold war between defense attorneys and journalists -- certainly between prosecutors and reporters, and i find if i write a story they cannot just come back and say, this is wrong, and this is wrong. if they are faced with the fact i have busted my butt to get everything right and have gone to them and really tried hard to represent my view points, then they do not have an argument about going to a bar with maie. we have people whispering to us, and that is part of the dynamic, but i find once you develop a reputation for trying hard to understand all the things you people learn in hastings and asking stupid questions over and over again -- is there a police called in continent? -- plea called in continent? if you ask the questions, eventually they explain. even the judges in santa clara county who were giving the colloquies,

that is not provided to the indigent defense providers. federal grants are almost all directed toward prosecution and law enforcement. so the problem to have vast resources that i'm facing right now is that you have grant funding the police department, the sheriff's deft, the district attorney's office. there is a share that -- etc., etc. that share, which for them is a portion of their funding is almost my entire funding so when you say you're going to cut 13% off everybody equally. well, 13% for us is more than 13% of their entire budget than for the other agencies. now the problem is that's the ripple effect we just had here. now they still have their investigators because they have other agencies that provide the investigation. we don't. our investigators are the ones that have to be trimmed off because we can't pay for them. our attorneys, again, they are paid for by the county. we have to cut back our attorneys. meanwhile, the prosecution, yes, they may have to cut back the attorneys. there are a lot of attorneys still being funded b

offensive or defensive potential of off iran and number two where the minister of defense of iraq is all my respect to him blames russia for being a reliable partner i believe that they should start from this something else and i believe that iran has behaved as an unreliable partner each time we proposed certain solutions for the nuclear program of iran like the enrichment center in. like some other solutions which were absolutely rejected by iran which were never supported by. this sort of this or this country and which. russia of the previous times in a very difficult situation and i am very sort of that iran did not use this unique opportunity of having russia is a real partner of iraq thank you thank you very much for being with meet with us mr carson chairman just a reminder that my guest today was the chairman of the state duma international affairs committee and that's it for now from all of us here if you would have your say and spotlight just drop me a line we'll be back with more first hand comment on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay and party and take

when the defense bar can start to work with victims rights movements. it is very hard to get the defense lawyer to think in those terms, but i think that is where we need to go. >> lawyers share some of the responsibility of their poor image, no question about it. there are some good ones, some bad ones. a very sad thing for me is that the law has become a media event, as opposed to a profession. there are lawyers to prostitute themselves on television, lawyers, talking about cases where they really do not know what is going on. they do a disservice to the public and to the profession. we need -- if lawyers are going to participate in the media, and they should -- whenever i thought there was something negative, i responded. between 70% and 80% of the prospective jurors believe he was guilty, before a single witness was called. so the media does affect things, but lawyers have to take responsibility, too. lawyers have to rise above their ego. that principle which motivated them to become lawyers in the first place. it is not like we do not bear responsi

missile defense system. a chechen man. who is wanted by russia on terror charges is said to have arrived in poland despite a warning he could face arrest if he sets foot in the country russia wants him extradited but he's been sheltered by political asylum in britain where the courts have rejected moscow's request. the u.n. is to decide on a russian canadian territorial dispute in the arctic with ownership of the areas rich resources at stake moscow says it has scientific evidence to back its claims. coming up next it's the kaiser report with max kaiser and co-host stacy herbert today our financial experts are looking at japan a huge economy with big problems too that's next right here on our. and this is the kaiser report you know those bankers they're getting squeezed from two sides number one the basel committee wants to raise the reserve requirements thus putting a lot of the ponzi scheme ing out of business they are resisting that reform and then you've got the law you've got into or paul trying to chase down some of