dr. thomas. what's going on? >> how are you doing? >> all right. good, good. deep breath in and out for me. >> reporter: dr. pete thomas is a black pioneer. >> what sort of medical problems did you have before you got shot? >> reporter: he's committed to the health and well being of black men, whose life expectancy is eight years less than the national average. >> we're going to start to work with your diet. okay. what's going on with your leg? stop smoking. >> reporter: dr. thomas has found an innovative way to get health care to black men and to get black men to the doctor. it's called project brotherhood. >> you had the courage to come in and see the doc. i appreciate you. we know how to get men to the health centers, and it's not by advertising free colonoscopies. >> it's free. you know what i'm saying? >> if i can get everybody to come down there. >> reporter: project brotherhood begins here in this and in many other chicago barbershops. >> this is a great thing to be able to share with people. >> reporter: why barbershops, why are they so critical to you?

dr. peter thomas. and we want to hear from you as well. >>> has the president's second 100 days been better than the first? it is your chance to weigh in. starting tomorrow, vote at cnn.com and be sure to tune in on thursday 8:00 p.m. eastern to see the president's final grade. it's part of cnn's national report card, the second 100 days. >>> new information to report this weekend about the motive or motives in the murder of a florida couple. >>> plus gunfire sprays a crowd outside a chicago church. police are pointing to gang violence. two chicago activists join us live. >>> and new fuel to keep the federal cash for clunkers program alive but for how long? >>> plus, we want to know what's on your mind tonight. twitter, facebook, myspace or ireport.com is how you get on the air. >>> robbery has been the presumed motive for last month's murders in pensacola. as the investigation unfolded, police hinted at more than one motive. i spoke earlier with cnn's susan candiotti. susan, what are you hearing about

dr. thomas [unintelligible] dr. friedman, thank you for your time today. >> good to be here. >> joining us is lauren with the associated press and maggie fox of reuters. thanks for coming in. maggie fox, you get the first question. >> dr. friedman, i will start off here. this week, the president's council of science advisers issued a report on swine flu, h1n1 flu. it gave a clue as to what the impact of the united states would be. can you tell us how the cdc to seize the various aspects of that report and whether you think some of the numbers might have been overblown or exaggerated? i think one of the numbers was that 90,000 people could be expected to die this flu season. . . >> how can we plan to surge up when those plans are underway? what can we do to vaccinate people as quickly as possible when vaccine becomes available? how could we make sure people have underlying health conditions like asthma, diabetes, and you might get very sick from the flu get rapidly treated if they did sick and fluid circulating, at t

dr. thomas frieden. he serves as their director. joining also is maggie and lauren. >> just to follow up on that. would it be a fair assumption to say that over 2 million, 5 million americans already have been infected? >> one of the things that we will do in the fall is to track more closely than we have till date the number of people who have the infection based on telephone surveys. that will help us get a national number. right now we're confident it's more than a million. the fact is that what the number is isn't so essential. what is essential is that we prepare we will prel for having potentially quite a few cases in the winter. >> this is going to be hard to track. can we talk about some of the challenges in tracking it. i understand some of the reports that people who are infected don't have a fever sometimes, that their symptoms are a little bit different. people are asking questions like well, if i think i was infectd this spring, does it mean i don't need the vaccine in the fall? isn't this input a little bit important i

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dr. thomas autuchi conducted autopsies on the cielo drive victims. >> the only time in my career he walkedm is when dr. -- he cut open sharon tate's stomach and removed that baby. i had chills go up and down my spain. i turned around and walked out. greta: a jail house confession breaks theaksthth - hi, i'm halle berry, and as a new mom, i can tell you that childhood is a magical time. but for children with diabetes, life is not quite so carefree. the barbara davis center for childhood diabetes is fighting hard to find a cure. know the signs: irritability, excessive urination, weight loss. if you have any of these signs, please call your doctor. early detection can save your life. give to save lives and reach for the cure. call now or log on to childrensdiabetesfoundation.org. greta: august, 1969. with no suspects, nor motive, the tate-labianca murders had the city of los angeles paralyzed with fear. >> everybody felt like they might be next. >> it was almost like los angeles was having a nervous breakdown. greta: at spahn ranch, deputies of the los angeles county sheriff's department came

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dr. thomas frieden on "newsmakers" and on on"q. and a. " a look inside the health care system with dr.ohn garrett of the health care center. >> this morning victoria kennedy greeted members of congress at the j.f.k. presidential library in boston. they had gathered for a brief memorial service before the casket was moved from the library to the boston basilica for the funeral mass. we'll watch for a few moments. >> after members of congress gather forward that brief memorial service the casket containing the body of senator kennedy was taken from the j.f.k. library to the boston basilica for the funeral mass. we'll watch for about 10 minutes. ... >> president and mrs. obama were present. these are pictures from inside the boston basilica before the funeral mass began. >> after members were seated inside the church, here's a look as the motorcade and to the sanctuary. [bells ringing] [no audio] >> earlier today, family, friends, and colleagues of the senator edward kennedy gathered for a funeral mass. also, in attendance, former presidents jimmy carter, bill clinton, and george w. bush.

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dr. thomas armstrong if you want to stop by there, 7:00 this evening. next several days, rain showers.t chance it might be thunder before mu down in southeast virginia. tomorrow cool rain showers. a delightful day on friday. heat and humidity be coming back as we head on into next week. right now, doppler, nothing being picked up. i think we'll be seeing somey 11:00, 12:00. back to you. >>> firefighters up in boston pulled a -- i'm sorry -- accomplished a high-rise rescue for two stranded window washers. the window wears were stuck on a platform dangle, 370 feet above a business disstrukt. they were stuck atop the 40-story building but not close enough to the top to climb up on the roof their own. firefighters cleared spectators down below and broke out windows on the 37th floor and took the workers inside. neither of the window washers was seriously injured. >>> it took a couple of tries but a beached whale in iceland is now back at seat. it's 50 feet long. it became a stranded recently for some reason and the harbor patrol first attempted to help the whale to the open water and could

dr. thomas noguchi and his staff conducted autopsies on the victims. >> it's the only time in my career thatalked out of an autopsy room was when dr. noguchi cut a stomach open and removed that baby. i had chills go up and down my spine. i just turned around and walked out. greta: 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow night, "summer of evil." the manson murders. don't miss it. up next, "the best of the rest." the former mistress of john edwards was up to something today with her baby. we don't think senator edwards is going to like this one. a pelican in idaho is getting poor cell phone service. this will make sense, trust me. you'll never know what you might find in an inmate's rolls of fat. we honestly couldn't make this story up if we tried. did you know just one sheet of bounce outdoor fresh gives you more freshness than two sheets of the leading store brand? wow! who knew? bounce... greta: you've seen our top stories, but here's "the best of the rest." no matter which way you slice it, it's never a good sign when your former mistress slips in the back door of a courthouse where a grand jury is si

dr. thomas freeden, the new director for the centers of disease control. and amongst the many things he talked about with our reporters is that of swine flu. this week the report gave an estimate on what the impact on what the united states would be. can you tell us a bit on what the cdc sees and whether you think some of the numbers might have been overblown or exaggerated? i think one of the numbers given was as many as 90,000 people could be expected to die from h1n1 flu this flu season. >> everything we've seen in the u.s. and around the world to date suggest that is we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change. but the presidential commission did a terrific job of giving an overview of what are the challenges in addressing h1n1 and what are some of the thing that is we need to do. many of those things are under way now. many of them are difficult. addressing influenza is hard. influenza is one of the least predictable of all infectious diseases. and that means that among other things we need to do lots to get ready in terms of our heal

dr. thomas insel, the director of the national institute of mental health.e is not a stranger to this subcommittee. dr. insel, welcome. your statements will be made a part of their record in their entirety. we ask you to go ahead and proceed, as you so desire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is a real pleasure and honor to be here with the other panelists. i know this a very busy time for you and your colleagues. we greatly appreciate you taking time in the middle of the summer before recess to hear about the latest research and challenges with autism. i will try to review the progress. the testimony will be submitted for the record so rather to than just reading that, i will take you very quickly 33 questions. what do we know at this point? what do we need? and what are we doing? we will summarize those quickly. to get you on track, let's make sure we are on the same page in what we're talking about. autism by definition starts by age three. we are talking about three different kinds of symptoms that characterize autism, reduced social behavior, abnormal lan

dr. peter thomas who advocates for uninsured black men. wasn't you to weigh in on this. send us your question, comments an concerns. >>> the president's second 100 days have been like the first, better than the first? here's your chance to weigh n starting tomorrow, you can vote at cnn.com and be sure to tune in to see the final grade, part of the national report card, the second 100 days. >>> she was ushered into office after her husband was murdered. the world mourns corazon aquino. so many clunk, so little cash, the government comes to a rescue. how long can it last? >>> plus this -- [ screaming ]. >> some people will just about anything to get your attention find out why. >>> and also tell us what think about your reporting here, twit, facebook, my space or i-repo i-report.com. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal

dr. thomas frieden, and on "q & a"," dr. john garret.s month for veterans of post traumatic stress, and if the v.a. could be ordered to speedup the claims and process. in 1959 in the heat of the cold war, soviet premier took a tour, this is recalled. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next minutes we want to open the phone lines, for the republicans and democrats, and the number for independents is on your screen. at the top of the hour, conversation with dan balz and haynes johnson, they are co-authors for "battle for america 2008," and to talk w÷ú about the moments that shaped the 2008 campaign. and from "the washington post", a story of expanded sick leave, would cover swine flu caretakers. >> the piece goes on to point out for federal employees they would be eligible to use accrued sick leave if they detect that their presence in the workplace would jeapordize a worker. that's in the washington post, and also is a story that continues to develop with the meeting next month in new york, and top officials are saying no to

dr. thomas frieeden. we will have a look inside of the u.s. hospital system with dr. john garrett.s the debate over health care continues, c-span's healthcare have is a key resource. go on line and follow the latest tweets. what's the latest events, including town hall meetings. and there is morning @ c- span.org/healthcare. >> from anchorage alaska, senator murkowski and holds a town hall meeting. this is almost two hours. >> outside, we have a beautiful alaska evening and all of you have chosen to be here. i can only represent you well in washington d.c. -- in washington, d.c. when i know well what you are seeking as we discuss health care tonight, health care reform, health care issues, health care insurance, it is important for you to be here and much more for me to be here to listen to you. as much as i would love to stand here and spend the next two hours telling you about everything that is in the health committee bill and not in the house bill, we can do that at another time. what i would like, tonight, is to hear your comments. so i am going to have to put a leash on mysel

dr. thomas frieden, director of the centers for disease control. on "q&a" a look inside the u.s. hospital system with dr. john garrett. the federal communications commission voted unanimously to launch three separate inquiries into the wireless industry. this portion of the hearing examiner's truth in billing rules, which require communications companies to clearly identify and describe charges on consumers' bills. we will hear first from the chairman of the fcc. this is about 20 minutes. >> madame secretary, if you could announce the next item on the agenda please. >> thank you for working on this important notice. but today the consumer and government affairs bureau presents to you a notice of inquiry on consumer information and disclosure in an effort to ensure that american consumers have access to information they need with our communication services. i want to thank step as well as all the bureau's and ochses to have collaborated with us on this item, including the wireline competition bureau, wireless telecommunications bureau, and others. with me are the chief of our polic

dr. peter thomas who advocates for uninsured african-american. we want to hear from you, as well. make sure you send us your questions, your concerns and your comments. >>> the president's second 100 days been better than the first? it is your chance now to weigh in. starting tomorrow, you can vote at cnn.com, and be sure to tune in on thursday night at 8:00 p.m. to see the president's final grades as part of cnn's national report card, the second 100 days. >>> and remember the thousands of protesters on the streets of tehran? well more than 100 are on trial today. amideast expert ponders their fate. plus, it is not a story from the 1960s. claims of separate rest rooms for blacks and whites, on the job, now come to a lawsuit. it is just one of the topics we'll talk about this hour during our panel on race. you don't want to miss it. no-holds-barred. and you can join in it on it. twitter, facebook and i-report.com is how you get your comments to us. when you take a bigger, thicker slice of the best potatoes, people notice. introducing alexia crunchy snacks. a giant leap for snack k

dr. thomas friedman, director of the centers for disease control on newsmakers. then there will be a look inside the u.s. hospitals. cohen said the supreme court to see those -- go inside the supreme court to see those rarely seen places. the supreme court is home to the nation's highest court. senator ted kennedy served nine times, serving 47 years in the senate. senator kennedy served on seven major committees, armed services, and the judiciary committee. in 1980, senator kennedy unsuccessfully challenged president carter for the presidential -- for the democratic presidential nomination. president obama spoke about ted kennedy this morning from martha's vineyard where he is vacationing this week. i wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an extraordinary leader, senator edward kennedy. over the past several years i have had the honor to call teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread. since teddy's diagnosis last year we have

dr. thomas insel, director of mental health directornih. he has been here many times.h all the people testifying today, your statement will be made a part of the record in its entirety. proceed as is a desire. [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is a real pleasure and honor to be here with the other panelists. i know that this is a very busy time for you and your colleagues, and we greatly appreciate your taking time in the middle of the summer just before recess to hear about the latest research and the latest challenges with autism. my brief is to give you a quick update on research since we last met, a little more than two years ago. this has been an extraordinary period with all lot of exciting progress. we will review that. the testimony, i hope, will be submitted for the record. instead of reading that, i would take you quickly through three questions. what do we know at this point, what do we need, and what are we doing? we will summarize them as quickly. tickets to one track here, let me make sure we are all on the same page in what we're talking about.

dr. thomas kamp. every year, we see increase in health-care costs. in recent years, we were looking at double digits in health-care costs. i think it is important for everyone to understand that these increasing health care costs for service to look at other courses services such as fire, police, plowing the streets of snow. this makes it more difficult for us to provide those core city services. i think it is absolutely critical that we were to manage health-care costs. on one everyone to understand that if we don't bring down those costs, if we don't look at how we provide health care in this edition, it will bankrupt us in many ways and cause us to fail to provide many of the services that i think everyone in this room holds dear. we need the streets to be plowed so we can get to work. businesses require an individual's require it. thank you for your work and i am glad that you are focusing on cost and bring those costs down. i think a public auction would bring costs down. [applause] [booing] >> thank you. i will leave it there. [applause] >> my

dr. thomas kamp, with the city council, third district rep. every year at the city level we see increasing health care cost. in recent years, we were looking at double digits, close to 40%, 50%, annual increases in health- care costs. but i think it is important for everyone understand that these costs, these increasing health care costs, force us to look at other city services, such as fire, police, the basic elements. it makes us more difficult to provide those city services. i think it is critical we work on health care cost, and i thank you for your work in that direction thus far. if we do not bring down costs and look at the way we provide health care in this nation seriously, it could effectively bankrupt us in many ways and cause us to fail to provide many of the services everyone in this room holds dear. we require the streets to be clean to get to work. individuals and businesses require it. thank you for your direction and i am glad that you are focusing in on cost, bring costs down. i think a public auction, if we could see somethi

dr. thomas friedman. onto neck, a look inside the hospital system with dr. john garrett. as the debate over health care continues, cspan's healthcare had is the key resource. watch the latest events, including town hall meetings and share your thoughts on the issue with your own citizen video, including video from any town halls you have gone too. there is more. >> year is one of the town hall meetings with virginia democrat, gerry connolly. this is just outside of washington, d.c. this runs about two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i cannot figure out how to get this many people to my meetings. [laughter] i do want to welcome everyone here today. certainly congressman, nearly -- certainly congressman connelly. we find ourselves as a community very often right in the middle of some of these discussions and debates and part of the political process. it is a very exciting place to be. i have no doubt that today will be a model for how to do one of these comet to have one of these discussions and a town hall meeting that others will try to duplicate. thank you for your s

dr. thomas friedman. on tuesday, a look inside the u.s. hospital system with dr. john garrett. now a health care town hall meeting with don edwards of maryland. she is a member of the congressional progressive caucus. many have said they will not vote for health care without a government-run insurance plan. this took place in germantown, maryland. it is about 1 hour 40 minutes. >> how is everyone this evening? [applause] excellent. well, ok, first of all, an introduction because i know some of you but i do not know all of you. i am congresswoman donna edwards. i represent maryland's fourth district. it is good to be able to read we did welcome you all this evening. i see a special crowd of people who are interested and excited to talk about health care reform. and i am glad to be here with you this evening. i am glad you chose to spend your evenings year as well some of you know that i have been having conversations about health care and health care reform for a couple of years across our congressional district. those have been very invigorating conversations and spirited conve

dr. thomas freeden.ng. >> the white house puts out the warping that 90,000 people could die from the swine flu. you guys backed off the numbers. what are we to believe? >> actually, there's no disagreement between the reports that the presidential commission commission put out and the cdc. we've been saying all along, influenza is very unpredictable. it can also be very severe. we're concerned because in past pandemics, you've had a mild spring wave followed by a severe fall wave. we agree completely -- there's a need to prepare for various scenarios, including very bad ones. >> so, included in one of those scenarios, 90,000 people could die from the swine flu. >> that's one of the things in the range of possibilities. and that's why we're focusing so much on preparation. we need to do a lot to get ready. we need to make sure that at this point, we track where flu is and the report had excellent recommendations along those lines. we also need to ensure that when flu is here, people who have underlying co

dr. thomas insel. va.. ms. dana however some from iowa. i think we covered all the aspects of you want to cover on autism on these two panels. first we will open up. as with all of the people testifying this morning, your statements will be made a part of the record in its entirety. we will ask you to go ahead and proceed as you so desire. >> i am honored to be here the other panelists. i know this is a very busy time for you and your colleagues. we appreciate your taking time here in the middle of the summer to hear about the latest research and the latest challenges with autism. the brief is to get you -- you a quick update on the research as we last met which is a little more than two years ago. this has been an extraordinary. with a lot of exciting progress. we are going to try to review the. the testimony i hope will be submitted to the record. rather than reading that, i thought i would take you very quickly through three questions. what we know at this time? what we need? what do we doing? we will try to summarize this very quickly.

dr. thomas frieden the director of the centers for disease control.r, a look at the canadian health-care system with former president of the medical association. >> tomorrow, three doctors from virginia hospital center in arlington, va. tell personal stories about treating patients. you'll hear from dr. stephanie [unintelligible] >> the charges anywhere from 1800-$2,000. it -- a $200-$2,000. it is usually between $650-$750. >> also an internist thompson about patient care. >> patients have an tendency to go to the internet and try to figure out what is wrong with them. without the medical background and grounding experience that we have, they always get it wrong. they usually think they have some horrible disease. if there is the thing that i would say, it is that patients should not be trying to make their diagnoses on the internet. >> join us tomorrow and join all three doctors from virginia hospital center in arlington, va. as they share their personal stories about treating patients and their views on health care legislation. that is at 8:00 p.m.

dr. jennifer ashton explains. >> reporter: former fire chief thomas r. was 54 years old when abdominal pain sent him to the doctor. he was shocked to hear, you have colon cancer. >> i'm certainly willing to try anything. >> reporter: a new study out tonight shows that something as simple as aspirin may help with his fight. the study looked at over 1200 colon cancer patients. those who took aspirin as few as two adult aspirin per week after their diagnosis, reduced their risk of dying of the disease by 29%. the use of aspirin may turn out to have a very significant benefit in terms of improving survival. report more than 80% of cone lon cancer tumors produce an enzyme called cox 2 which triggers the cancer cells to grow. the theory is that aspirin blocks cox 2, preventing the cancer from spreading. today tom is finishing his last round of chemotherapy and is feeling strong. he's excited by the possibility that something found in most medicine cabinets might be able to help him and other patients fighting colon cancer. >> if aspirin will help, i'm going to

dr. maisel. now we'll turn to professor thomas mcgarity who holds the long-endowed chair in administrative law at university of texas school of law. he has taught administrative law, environmental law and torts at texas law school since 1980. professor mcgarity received his ba in 1971 from rice university, his jd in 1974 from university of texas. after a clerkship with the honorable william e doyle of the tenth circuit court of appeals, he served as attorney vizner the office of general counsel of the epa. professor mcgarity has written extensively about administrative law and published "the preemption war: when federal bureaucracies trump local juries." professor mcgarity, @@@@@'6#+g"r in areas that are subject to traditional state regulation. and this reflects our federalist system where we have a federal government but we also have 50 state governments. medical devices were not regulated at the federal level at all until 1976, when the shield tragedy motivated congress to enact the mda of '76. the purpose of the statute was to protect the users of devices to ensure they did not enter the marke

. >> reporter: while pastor thomas is working hard to stop the crime reverend dr. matthew jones says all churches are not working quite so hard. jones is the president of united baptist convention of maryland. he coordinates the efforts of churches in the state. >> i think that the church is not quite measuring up to meeting that ultimate standard. i think that the church needs to regain its confidence. >> reporter: dr. jones says the community needs to focus on preventing crime rather than controlling it. he believes we need to hear from the community on how to handle the violence and offer more jobs for adults and recreation centers for youth. he encourages law enforcement to act rather than react in churches to -- and churches to get more involved. >> maybe we need to focus on preventing crime rather than controlling crime. and this is -- this is what he was thinking. maybe we need to act rather than to react. >> reporter: even with the senseless shootings and killings these men know things will get better somehow, some way, because there's always faith. >> we r

. >> alysin: file perp procedures disappear under resin thomas health-care proposal. we're back with drmarc siegel two finish the list. these are again in case people missed the earlier session wide procedures are threatened. >> are threatened because they will try to cut down on costs. the president and congress are talking about cutting costs. to do that you have to decide which treatments are essential and which aren't. i don't think the government or government regulating insurance companies should be making that decision. >> alysin: here is a treatment that sounds essential. this sends a shiver down everyone's going to think this would go away. targeted chemotherapy treatments should mark. >> the problem is they're not one-size-fits-all. in other words insurance is one-size-fits-all, but these treatments don't work for everyone and their expensive. how do you rationalize covering them. targeted chemotherapy means treatment based on genetics. works for some but not others. with breast cancer we have her something that only works in 20% of people. when it doesn't works 80% of the tim

thomas gave the keynote address for the american s.a. award last march in washington. he talked about what it means to be an american today's society. >> thank you, dr. templeton, for reading all my words. that gives me a pass. and thank you for your kind introduction. i would like to thank each of you for coming out in the middle of the week. this is a rare sighting, for me to be out at this point in the week, certainly during a sit-in week, but this is an important evening. i would like to thank my bride for being here. one great thing about -- [applause] we have been a team for a while, we enjoy each other a lot, and i must admit, i admire my wife, because she has never lost sight of the principles she came to the city to defend. i would like to take my hat off to my friend, juan williams. i have known him a long time. and the one thing, with all the disagreements, growth, and issues, he has always been honest. in this town, that counts for a lot. [applause] during difficult times, he was courageous and i admire honesty and courage, especially in this city. we should probably preserve and protect that rare commodity. what i would like to do this

dr. maisel. now we'll turn to professor thomas mcgarity who holds the long-endowed chair in administrative law atuniversity of texas school of law. he has taught administrative law, environmental law and torts at texas law school since 1980. professor mcgarity received his ba in 1971 from rice university, his jd in 1974 from university of texas. after a clerkship with the honorable william e doyle of the tenth circuit court of appeals, he served as attorney vizner the office of general counsel of the epa. professor mcgarity has written extensively about administrative law and published "the preemption war: when federal bureaucracies trump local juries." professor mcgarity, welcome. >> thank you very much, chairman and members of the committee. i'm happy to be here. i am very pleased to be here and to share my thoughts on this very important bill with you. i am, of course, expressing my own views on this matter, not those of the university of texas. the supreme court has frequently invoked what it calls the presumption against preemption in areas that are subject to traditional state regulation. a

dr. maisel. now we'll turn to professor thomas mcgarity who holds the long-endowed chair in administrative law at university of texas school of law. he has taught administrative law, environmental law and torts at texas law school since 1980. professor mcgarity received his ba in 1971 from rice university, his jd in 1974 from university of texas. after a clerkship with the honorable william e doyle of the tenth circuit court of appeals, he served as attorney vizner the office of general counsel of the epa. professor mcgarity has written extensively about administrative law and published "the preemption war: when federal bureaucracies trump local juries." professor mcgarity, welcome. >> thank you very much, chairman and members of the committee. i'm happy to be here. i am very pleased to be here and to share my thoughts on this very important bill with you. i am, of course, expressing my own views on this matter, not those of the university of texas. the supreme court has frequently invoked what it calls the presumption against preemption in areas that are subject to traditional state regulation.

thomas kean says the attacks were inevitable. then a federal appeals court says they cannot detain jose padilla indefinitely without charges and the chief u.s. weapons inspector in iraq drkay who announced he found no weapons of mass destruction there announces he'll resign his post. december 21st, 2003, four days later, the sunday before christmas -- >> today the united states government raised the national threat level. >> homeland security again raises the threat level to orange claiming credible intelligence of further plots to crash airliners into u.s. cities. subsequently, six international flights into this country are canceled after some passenger names purportedly produced matches on government no fly lists. the french later identified those matched names. one belongs to an insurance salesman from wales, another to an elderly chinese woman, the third to a 5-year-old boy. number six, march 30th, 2004, the new chief weapons inspector in iraq tells congress we have still not found any wmd in that country. and after weeks of having refused to appear before the 9/11 commission, condoleezza rice relents and agrees to testify. on the 31st, four blackwater usa contract

dr. brady. [applause] >> thank you, sally. that was one of the most fun introductions i have heard in a long time. i have to say that i agree with the quote about thomasant to begin, but i feel i should just throw it in. the idea that if one writes about women, first ladies or whomever, that that somehow is second-class history, that it has to have a modifier in front of it about women's historian as opposed to just and historian. when you write about women, you write about life. this is the same as if you write about men. neither should be favored over the other. also, i think firefighter years will go by with peace and harmony and a lap -- wonderful life. many historians say there was peace. then there will be five minutes of war and there will be three chapters. we write about daily life. in many ways, i think that is real life is what we read about. what better place to talk about martha washington then here at mark vernon. she was the first -- mount vernon. she was the first of the first ladies. the title had not been invented. she set the pace. she has been largely forgotten until now. all anybody knew about her basically was the gilbert stuart

thomas gave the keynote address for the american s.a. award last march in washington. he talked about what it means to be an american today's society. >> thank you, dr. templeton, for reading all my words. that gives me a pass. and thank you for your kind introduction. i would like to thank each of you for coming out in the middle of the week. this is a rare sighting, for me to be out at this point in the week, certainly during a sit-in week, but this is an important evening. i would like to thank my bride for being here. one great thing about -- [applause] we have been a team for a while, we enjoy each other a lot, and i must admit, i admire my wife, because she has never lost sight of the principles she came to the city to defend. i would like to take my hat off to my friend, juan williams. i have known him a long time. and the one thing, with all the disagreements, growth, and issues, he has always been honest. in this town, that counts for a lot. [applause] during difficult times, he was courageous and i admire honesty and courage, especially in this city. we should probably preserve and protect that rare commodity. what i would like to do this

dr. thomas friedman, director of the center for disease control, on newsmakers. and a looinside the u.s. hospital system with dr. john garrett of the virginia hospital center. as the debate over health care continues, c-span's health-care hub is the key resources. go online, follow the latest tweets, video ads and links. watch the latest events including town hall meetings and share your thoughts with your own citizens video including video from any town halls you have gone to. and there's more at c-span.org/healthcare. >> since yesterday evening at the jfk library in boston, folks have in paying their final respects to senator ted knedy who diedate tuesday at his home in hyannis port, mass.. he will lie here in repose until 3:00 p.m. eastern or so today. a memorial service here at 7:00 p.m. eastern will be live on c-span, funeral services and burial saturday at arlington national cemetery. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence]