we are going to go with questions with commissioner dickson in a minute.e of our town hall meetings? raise your hands. before i go to questions, i usually start with a couple of comments, an hour or so's worth. he thinks some serious. the gentlemen in the third row, his face got all pale. that is not what we are going to do at all. this is part of the pledge that i made to organ back in 1995. -- to oregon. i said if i was chosen as the first new united states senator in 30 years, we would have an open community meeting in every county every year that i served in the senate. so that is what we have done. we have met more than 500 times. for the next 90 minutes, we will practice pure, unfiltered democracy. commissioner dickson is just going to go into them all and hauled out a name. -- call out a name. you will give me your assessment of various issues. i will try to give you my response back. but we will do it democracy the way the founding fathers wanted us to do it. that is what is going to happen. we have a couple of formalities i have to take care of on

mayor sheila dixon, here to talk about that is university of maryland school of law, professor larry dicksonfor coming in. how does this transition go? >> because the difficulties did not arise out of the management of city government or any false doing, she's not required to make any substantial changes. of course, every major is able to have their own cabinet and put it in place. she doesn't have to do any house cleaning. >> what does it seem between the close relationship? when does that do with baltimore. >> more to do with the strength of the delegation there. baltimore didn't suffer as far as i can determine one dime as a result of that. i think what baltimore gets is mainly form law driven and to the extent, a lot is the delegations to analysis. you taught govern owe mali. and the new mayor coming in. the way to become a political power t.o. is to become a law student. >> that's true. we have had a lot of lawyers. smoke, shaffer all mayors. stephanie raul inns blake is already a lawyer. she comes from a strong family. she is the daughter of a doctor. she comes from a strong background

we are going to go with questions with commissioner dickson in a minute. of our town hall meetings? raise your hands. before i go to questions, i usually start with a couple of comments, an hour or so possy worth. ççó's worth. he thinks some serious. the gentlemen in the third row, his face got all pale. that is not what we are going to do at all. this is part of the pledge that i made to organ back in 1995. i said if i was chosen as the first new united states senator in 30 years, we would have an open community meeting in every county every year that i served in the senate. so that is what we have done. we have met more than 500 times. for the next 90 minutes, we will practice pure, unfiltered democracy. commissioner dickson is just going to go into them all and hauled out a name. you will give me your assessment of various issues. i will try to give you my response back. but we will do it democracy the way the founding fathers wanted us to do it. that isç what. happened -- what is going to happen. we have a couple of formalities i have to take care of

that, then he should protect the president but he doesn't he does everything he can to make sure dickson does not survive. we have looked at lighthouse tapes after the smoking gun tape and we saw a time and time again haig gave a price that was detrimental. nobody else has reported on this it is clear nixon is guilty you will read that richard nixon was directing the cover-up march 19732 projected gordon strong who he had just learned was involved in the break-in. he was an aide to bob and therefore he believed that would lead to aldermen so therefore he was trying to concoct a phony report saying we will put a public to cover up the involvement. we have broad strokes i think it'll be interesting if you see the journey. >> host: what of the things you mentioned this nixon was maneuvered out of office but he did a lot of things to set up his own downfall can you describe what goes at that? to my personal they nixon reminds me of woodrow wilson who i also wrote about who simply could not fire his friends even when he knew he ought to. that is one aspect of it. but the problem with nixon wh

we are going to go with questions with commissioner dickson in a minute.gs? raise your hands. before i go to questions, i usually start with a couple of comments, an hour or so possy worth. ççó's worth. he thinks some serious. the gentlemen in the third row, his face got all pale. that is not what we are going to do at all. this is part of the pledge that i made to organ back in 1995. i said if i was chosen as the first new united states senator in 30 years, we would have an open community meeting in every county every year that i served in the senate. so that is what we have done. we have met more than 500 times. for the next 90 minutes, we will practice pure, unfiltered democracy. commissioner dickson is just going to go into them all and hauled out a name. you will give me your assessment of various issues. i will try to give you my response back. but we will do it democracy the way the founding fathers wanted us to do it. that isç what. happened -- what is going to happen. we have a couple of formalities i have to take care of on my end. already, you

we are going to go with questions with commissioner dickson in a minute.an back in 1995. i said if i was chosen as the first new united states senator in 30 years, we would have an open community meeting in every county every year that i served in the senate. so that is what we have done. we have met more than 500 times. for the next 90 minutes, we will practice pure, unfiltered democracy. commissioner dickson is just going to go into them all and hauled out a name. you will give me your assessment of various issues. i will try to give you my response back. but we will do it democracy the way the founding fathers wanted us to do it. that isç what. happened -- what is going to happen. we have a couple of formalities i have to take care of on my end. already, you will see in the course of the next 90 minutes that folks have differences of opinion on the host of issues we all know that health -- we all know that health care reform is a very non controversial topic. i am sure we will see that again today¤ c13 we will have plenty of differences. but one area w