president bush, to his everlasting credit, did and pushed to do, and with the support of leaders like dick lugar, who was able to accomplish things. it was a positive step. i agree, that was not the place for a syrian statement. i don't know what the syrian statement is, quite frankly, in berlin or anywhere else. >> when does the president assure his allies that we are not spying on them? >> to do it publicly -- >> don't worry about it. >> when i was in germany, we learned that the french had an agent inside the american embassy in and bonn and had had him there for 20 years. we do things to each other. but we don't talk about them publicly. now, he had to say something. the world had heard the story, so we had to say something. >> it is an unhappy twist of fate that in a country that was famous for spying on all of its citizens in daily life, a country that would be particularly sensitive about this, that is where he goes and where all of his meetings are, and that he would be forced, in some sense, to deal with this issue there. do i think the germans do the same thing? absolutely. do i think

dick lugar did dealing with extractive industries a as a wet virginia argued because it involved over governance but, unfortunately, didn't support the bill in the end. so i regretted, norm in a process having been through many of them over the years that a minority if you get provisions in the bill, significant once, you may not like everything else but your inclination, a major idea of yours has been incorporate the that didn't happen and i regret that didn't happen but you think it's important when talking about the history of the legislation that there are significant provisions in that bill that were crafted and written by the minority. that's not insignificant in my view. now, the filibuster. i'll be quick on this one. i served under every imaginable configuration that you can in congress and the white house in 30 years. every imaginable one where i was in the majority, minority, presidents, republicans, democrats. as it was a rubik's cube and you could move it around every possible configuration to i served them one time or another. and i'm a great believer that the bicameral i

dick lugar door locks. --they glued their door locks.partment manager was also victimized by the couple. >>maureen: the macy's lawyers say they are very remorseful for their actions saying they let their emotions egos get the best of them when they tried to turn their apartment into a condo. and the financial burden took over. >>james: president obama and his family had returned from their trip to europe. mr. obamas business trip started on monday with the g eight some and northern ireland. after the summit, he went on to germany, where he met with germany's chancellor and president and delivered a speech at berlin's brandenburg gate on wednesday. in the speech, he said he would ask russia to join the u.s. in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads. one potential juror in georgia zimmerman second- degree murder trial belongs to the national rifle association. another says she was the victim of a violent crime that is constantly on her mind. a third is a competitive arm wrestler. the 40 members of a possible triple shared person