george hamilton began working as a counselor here 15 years ago >> when i went to that first group, there was an engineer, there was a military person, there was a minister of a large church. and so my impression was shattered because this was not what i thought batterers were all about. >> okay, for the new person, what we'd like for you to do is talk a little bit about the situation that led you to being a part of the program. >> as part of their sentences, these men have been court ordered to attend group sessions for 26 weeks. >> me and my wife got into it pretty much. we got into a fight and now i'm in these classes. and they finally gave my sentencing and i'm doing 365 days of weekend time, which comes out to three and a half years to complete. >> whistles >> is this your first time offense? >> no. >> the group is designed to interrupt the cycle of violence and teach the men new behaviors >> i am powerless to change it. that is probably one of the most challenging, one of the most difficult thing to do. why is it so hard to admit that i can't make this person do what they don't want

and i think the founders would be astounded utterly a standard to a man elbridge gary alexander hamilton georgewashington thomas jefferson james madison you name one of the founders that we know may be a standard we had throwed some bastard out every generation and we've we've just not used that clause properly it certainly should have been used against george w. bush if there was anyone who should have been impeached successfully removed from office it was george w. bush so in that vein the nature of those crimes in my view and i think we need that six thousand plus page report from the senate select committee i think we need to panetta report we need these things out so we can look at them as americans with that in mind i think president obama made a grave mistake in not doing something about the previous administration's high crimes and misdemeanors and if you were to draft that bill of impeachment what would it specify i'd have to have those six thousand pages and then i think i'd have adequate material to frame those articles so we don't even know the full extent of i think the fright on j

hamilton had found it. it was unconstitutional but the president was george washington and he did whatever he had to do to keep the government running. he faced another crisis and the conflict with congress with the outbreak of the anymore in the ohio territory the following year. again congress was out of session and the indians were considered foreign nations been. the indians had attacked and defeated the force of americans and were attacking sadler villages and farms. the constitution is quite clear. it gets congress and only congress the power, and these are the words of the constitution, the power to raise and support armies and to declare war. washington refused to stand by and do nothing while indians slaughtered his countrymen. in a clear violation of the constitution, he drafted troops into the arm and sent them to war without congressional knowledge or sanctions. when congress finally reconvened, its members saved face by passing the militia act which gave the president the legal right to do what it already done illegally, similar to the passage of the patriot act of years ago which legalized all th

hamilton had founded. it was unconstitutional, but the president was george washington, and he did whatever he had to do toep the government running. he faced another crisis and a conflict with congress with the outbreak of the indian war in the ohio territory the following year. again, congress was out of session, and the indians were considered foreign nations then. the indians had attacked and defeated a force of americans and were attacking settler villages and farms. now, the constitution is quite clear. it gives congress and only congress the power -- and these are the words of the constitution -- the power to raise and support armies and to declare war. washington refused to stand by and do nothing while indians slaughtered his countrymen. in a clear violation of the constitution, he drafted troops into the army and sent them to war without congressional knowledge or sanction. when congress finally recon seen screened -- reconvened, its members saved face by passing the militia act which gave the president the legal right to do what he had already done illegally. similar to passage of the patriot ac

george ball, michael, and what we wrote was also exon knowledge inside the beltway. bill clinton said a-pack was, quote, better than anyone else lobbying in this town. politicians as diverse as lee hamilton, chris clollings, barry goldwater, and newt gingrich had written or spoken about the power in the past. even passionate defenders of israel like jeffrey goldberg had written proudly about clout. we provoked an extreme reaction, partly because we provided more depails about the lobby's influence, and partly because we were both rather middle of the road boring figures from well-known universities, partly because we were not left wing, we were not muslim, not arab, not married to palestinians, and partly because it was obvious in the wake of 9/11 and the iraq war that something had gone badly awry in u.s. middle east policy. now issue turning to what we didn't say. the rather hysterical reaction to the work confirmed our point. it was difficult to have a calm reasoned fact based discussion on the topic because most of our critics could not fine fault with our logic or fault with our elfed. they accused us of saying things we have not said, and in most cases, things that were the exact o

george ball, michaelmas it. what we wrote was also common knowledge inside the beltway. bill clinton had said that aipac was quoted better than anyone else lobbying in this town. politicians as diverse as lee hamiltontz hollings and barry goldwater, newt gingrich and richard gephardt had written or spoken about aipac's power in the past. even passionate defenders of israel like jeffrey goldberg and alan dershowitz had written a proudly about the lobbies clout. yet, we provoked an extreme reaction partly because we provided more detail about the lobby's influence. partly because we were both rather middle of the road boring figures from well-known universities. partly because we weren't left wing. we weren't muslim. we weren't arab. we weren't married to palestinians. and partly because it was obvious in the wake of 9/11 and the iraq war that something had gone badly awry in u.s. middle east policy. now, let me turn to what we didn't say. the rather hysterical reaction to our report confirm one of our main reports but it was difficult to have a calm reason fact-based discussion on this topic. because most of our critics could not find fault with our logic or fault with her evidence, they accused us