and we'll talk to marc ginsberg.irst up, this news update from c-span radio. >> it's 8:32 eastern time. comments this morning on the presidential election from former secretary of state colin powell. speaking earlier on nbc's "the today" show, he declined the endorsement he gave barack obama then a senator four years ago when he called president obama, "a transformational figure." he did credit the president with stabilizing the financial system and, "fixing" the auto industry, but he said he should have spent more time on the economy. as for mitt romney, colin powell calls him a viable candidate and says he's still listening to republican proposals. meanwhile, arkansas and kentucky hold their state and presidential primaries today. a total of 81 delegates are at stake in the g.o.p. president a.o.l. primary which is expected to bring mitt romney closer to the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the g.o.p. nomination. mr. romney has 992 delegates, according to abc news. and the chief of the united nations nuclear agency,

. >> we start today with mark ginsberg, former u.s. ambassador to more rock coe, an expert on foreign policy, and lieutenant schaefer, former army intelligence officer now a defender for advanced studies. mark, let me start with you. people are already asking questions or drawing comparisons to libya where we intervened in part to prevent a massacre. we now have thousands and thousands dead, a recent massacre just the other day. how should america be thinking where we are now versus our engagement in libya? >> short of putting boots on the ground, which i do not favor, there is plenty more that this administration should be doing and can be doing, and i don't believe the president is being served well by basically making the argument that further militarization, as the press secretary just said, is not feasible. we could be doing more such as delineating this regime, helping the turks in the arab league, and number three, putting in a security council resolution on the table, basically trying to stop the russians from providing more mi

still ginsberg, the director of the park, thank you.uld not be here today without leadership and guidance of the port commission represented by kimberly brandon. the director of the office and workforce development, my duties include the interest and development, business attraction and retention, small business development, international trade and commerce and workforce development. when you listen to the job description, you understand why this is so important. this is not only a breathtaking spectator event that will mark us internationally, this touches on nearly every aspect of what we do to improve the economic climate of san francisco. the america's cup will help us nationally and internationally. it creates business opportunities and jobs. the contribution to the economy is obvious. visitor's events, international television exposure, tax revenue, the less obvious but just as direct of impacts of this event will last way beyond the 34th america's cup races and the 5th america's cup races and the 36th and the 37th. [applause] >>

that is why i am working with the general manager phil ginsberg. see that they are planning to spend those dollars on youth recreation payments associated with this please that are in the neighborhood, and to benefit those that have been impacted for years. i believe you have received had a letter that he sent to you. articulating a proposal in which -- i would feel comfortable at the language of this letter was codified in a resolution and i would be happy to work with you, mr. chairman. the weekend debate and discuss this on tuesday that the board. supervisor farrell: is there a problem with language here? i don't think anybody has a problem with the substance. supervisor cohen: i can read into the record of the as a key with you, it is non-substantive. supervisor farrell: what the language is specifically -- and they can apply a non-substantive thing. supervisor cohen: what i am suggesting is language be added to the resolution for us to vote on, and this language is strengthening the fact that the money that has been allocated for what is descr

ginsberg? brecht's i want to give a shout out to be friends of the playground you have been very patient. it is helpful to have friends and groups around particular playgrounds and clubhouses and parks. thank you for everything you do. >> with that, seeing no comments come i cannot entertain a motion? >> so moved. greg second. >> all in favor? opposed? it is unanimous. >> item 9, memorandum of understanding and gift acceptance for water from playground at ssu beman ssusue bierman part. >> the afternoon. i'm abigail from the rec and park's renovation team. i'm asking you to approve a memorandum of understanding between the san francisco park alliance, the friends of waterfront playground and the wrecked part for the construction of the waterfront playground and to accept a gift on behalf of the friends group. it is valued in the

late in 2011, i got phil ginsberg and puc staff consultants and others to look at the report and see what we could bond against in the 2012 bond. we met to talk about road diet projects out at the lake. i've been a member of the working bond committee and in that bond will be $2 million for lake merced, the first time any money has been in a rec & park bond for lake merced. i don't want to jeopardize those funds. the lake could be eligible for $10 million in small or large community projects. the problem i see right now is the language in the bond says lake merced is under the jurisdiction of rec & park. my recommendation is you either ask them or supervisor elsbernd to add it into it and a new section titled lake merced renovation and development, approximately $2 million, be added to the bond language. that would put you on equal status of your fellow commission, the port of san francisco, which is getting $35 million out of that bond and they got $30 million in the last. but they manage their own project. onto the mou. it has already been mentioned that you ought to look at the tr

justice ginsberg hit the nail on the head and said these people don't understand what it is like in the real world and challenge congress. the ball is in your court. you can correct this injustice. congress heard her loud and clear. that was may 2007. lawyer said you do not have to respond but i had worked the case, we had nothing to be embarrassed about. the arbitration case settlement could year allowed me to come back to-- per week with the old rate of pay. i don't want to learn any more money. i just want what i've lost. i would be in the mailroom saturday night and sunday night. we will let you work in a jar. i said no. he has been there just long enough to transfer. he did. he does not work there anymore. within two weeks my lawyer bought me a plane ticket and said you are testifying before the house twice before the house and the senate and the opportunity to testify before bet ted kennedy's committee. terrain the confirmation hearing of what they said the other showed how they had voted. they did not appear to be the same individual according to senator kennedy use words. my cas

justice ruth bader ginsberg vocalized her dissent to the ruling from the bench. in 2009, president obama signed the lily ledbetter fair pay in restoration act act. his first official bill paid as president. this is just over one hour. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> i have to tell you right off, i have a little hearing problem with my ears. i flew 12,000 miles in march, i have a ruptured blood vessel in my ear. but everyone says i'm talking okay. i still have the southern drawl. "the new york times" stated early on in my battle that i have a southern drawl, if you get past her, she's got a good story. i do. the reason i have remained having a good story, i am not in one special as a person. it touches everyone in this nation. there is not anyone exempt. if it is not you yourself, it is someone in your family, your sister, maybe your mother or whatever. but it is ruining this country that women are so mistreated in their pay and their benefits. it is like what the president said when he signed the bill into law. it

caller: i want to say, bravo, marc ginsberg. i see that you have been very busy. this is exactly what is needed. i have long fought for over 10 years that media is the way to reach people before they are radicalized. it would help prevent them from becoming radicalized if they are aware of the other side. i wanted to say, have you tried to offer or show them the truth about radicalization? or are you trying this approach first? if everyone could sort of take a peek at that, i have also heard on british tv interviews with many arabs who are saying, wow. that is a wonderful. this dialogue of eight people and a variety of women speaking with the radicalized people and having a debate. that is exactly what we need to see all the sides and not just one. thank you guest:, first of all for your kind words. it is very much appreciated. we did a documentary called "back from the brink." was directed at the very heart of your question. how do we approach d radicale-i station? -- de-radicalization? we essentially confront the radical dogma whether it is gangs or muslim who a

now, the well-known officer was not injured when he crashed his car along rte. 1 near bling ginsberg,say his blood alcohol, 0.13, well over the legal limit of 0.08. this morning his police powers have been suspended and his department issued gun has been taken away pending an internal investigation. he could definitely lose his job. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. them also in belize news, a fairfax, a police officer on administrative leave after shooting a man he said attacked with a sword. it happened saturday night. officers tracked down a man in springfield who was wanted on charges of disturbing child pornography. police say when he found me pulled a sword and ran toward him. police say he was shot after he ignored the offices demands when he surrendered. >> back to work today for the jury in the john edwards conspiracy trial. today the 12 men women continue to deliberate the former presidential candidates fade. the faces up to 30 years in prison when heat -- if he is convicted. also today in new jersey judge -- sentencing for a former rutgers to the -- ravi could face

. >> sports psychologist richard ginsberg says the growing enthusiasm for soccer from parents and coaches for them, so sometimes we lose perspective. it doesn't make us terrible people. it just makes us human. >> over the years i got so involved with it, it really became something we shared. >> jim thomas started to coach his daughter, hannah's team when she was just five. he's excited she's recovered from her injuries and has just been cleared by a doctor to play again. >> it was like a whole new horizon we were having a chance to get back in and rejoin an activity that was such a big part of our lives prior to the concussion. >> interesting you use "we." that's both of you? zool absolutely. >> i'm a soccer mom and i have two kids that play soccer and i love it, but it's a game. >> it is a game. >> at some point you wonder whether you have to say to a kid, this is just a game. it's not worth your health. >> i've said that. i've asked her if she agrees with the statement. she says yes, it is just a game, but, dad i think i can do it. dad, i really want to do it. >> she said she got some d

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ambassador ginsberg, we're rational, are they?> no, not at all the idea that they want to protect the regime from disintegrating, no doubt about that. if the ayatollah woke up and had the bomb, he would be happy he had the bomb. the key, of course, not just an exi stential threat to israel. all options on the table, the president of the united states declared. the national security threat to the united states and the president is going to have to back those words up with deeds if, indeed, we and the israelis get to the point where that intelligence is irreversibly, irredeemably clear. >> we'll have to see. >> and it's just allowing them to buy more time. >> yes. we've learn thad much tonight. marc ginsburg, ken timerman, john batchelor stays for the rest of the show. >>> coming up, a late-day dive on stocks on eurozone anxiety. the fallout if greece fails. and you may want to turn your eyes from europe to china. the once-hot economy is turning ice cold. could china be the next economic heart stopper for our economy? "the kudlow re

ambassador to morocco, mark ginsberg. and david corn, an msnbc analyst and the bureau chief of mother jones. ambassador, if i can begin with you. you know better than any of us how complex and vexing it is for the administration. a year after bin laden's death, senior al qaeda leader killed, and troops out of iraq and the president planning to withdraw from afghanistan by 2012. he cautions against celebration but these are, are they not, considerable achievements for this president? >> no doubt for a young president who was untested in the annals of national security. the relentless pursuit of our pursuit of al qaeda has been a singular achievement for this president. i've given him an a plus in the writings that i've written in the "huffington post" for his singular focus on not only going after osama bin laden, but the relentless drone strikes that have decimated the operational structure of al qaeda. as well as his relentless pursuit of terrorists wherever they may be. whether it be somalia, yemen and elsewhere. there

ruth bader ginsberg wrote the decision. i want to paraphrase.curity is intended to benefit primarily those deceased wage earner actually supported in his lifetime. what about that? you are not actually supporting a child that has yet to be conceived? >> they are called survivor benefits. you need to exist to survive. >> gregg: those children are surviving after their father's death even after they are born after? >> yes or no because the issue is at the time the congress enacted this, became law in 1939 last was ratified in 1965 when it was changed around, but the justice was perfectly correct in her interpretation. it was unanimous decision by the justices. social security administration says survivor benefits exist for the purpose to help people when there is loss of primary wage earner, not because we just wanted to make a helpful benefit for all parties in the future. i think they came down... go ahead, i'm sorry. >> gregg: it seems ineastbound tackle if the children are conceived before the father's death and born afterwards and because the

johnny isaacson joins us to look at the housing market and will discuss middle east diplomacy to mark ginsberg who was ambassador to them in the 1990's. washington at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> there are people looked at what happened with j.p. morgan. and they say here's a company who made a decision. fired the people who were responsible. this is how it's supposed to happy. >> i take some cre for it. it's because government has played a role. if this had happened five years ago, if j.p. morgan, i think you would have seen much more concern. what we did in the discussion we past and through other things. wants to require the financial estimate. so one of the things that we have is you have to have more capital. that helped give people reassurance. >> this pass-week. barney frank talked about the $2 billion loss. as well as the state and u.s. world economy. watch his comments online at the c-span video library. the navey is changing the composition of its surface combat fleet, building more complex destroyers an introducing a class of new vessels. >> this is a little more than an hour and a half. >

ambassador ginsberg. what's next for you? >> guest: we want to see how much money we raise tonight and go on to finish generation entrepreneur our television series of training. we'll wind up doing more educational program focusing largely at this point in time on women and issues involving the young demographic that's changing and reaching out to them and helping to educate them on energy tremendous personal opportunities. >> president of laylina. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> that always for "washington journal" we'll be back at 7:00 tomorrow mornle. we'll head into the house of representatives and the urban affairs committee where j.p. morgan chase will look at loss and financial regulation oversight. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the spe

martinsburg, who was ambassador to morocco in the 1990's -- will discuss middle east diplomacy marc ginsberg. eckstrom 1971-1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded his phone conversations and meetings. this weekend, you are more of the nixon tapes, saturday at 6:00 p.m., with conversations between the president and cia director richard helms, and also j. edgar hoover. >> i am going to make a statement about freedom of the press. my inclination is not to say so. [unintelligible] >> she should remain absolutely silent about it. >> we are straining at c-span radio.org. >> null form on how political campaigns use technology and how it has evolved since the first president critics and the first computer was used to predict the presidential election in 1952. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> election 1952 introduced a new word, univac. the computer became famous overnight. many people here may remember the mere word became as synonymous with modern computing in the 1950's as the word google is to modern web searching today and you can see that in our exhibition. election nights are the sm