c-span: patrick griffin (ph). >> guest: patrick griffin. patrick griffin was a much-loved physician in manhattan. some of this doesn't bear telling, just because of its stomach-turning aspects. but patrick griffin was accused by a patient who was angry at him for not helping her with her phony lawsuit against some institution, of sodomizing her while he was performing a colonoscopy on her. and anybody who knows anything about a colonoscopy knows that the nature of what goes on -- remarkably revolting things happen. and the idea that this man committed oral sodomy on her... in any event, patrick griffin was convicted, and by the marvel -- marvelous talents of his appellate lawyer, he was able to prevail. they had a second trial. anybody who ever gets to a second trial is in grave danger because the statistics will tell you a jury is going to convict you something like 60 percent of all people who go back, but not in this case. it was something too grotesque. all of these people i'm telling you about are haunted by all of this. and then there

griffins mother has now died, surprised? and he is now back heading back towards the cape with two earned in his car instead of one. is once rocksolid marriage crumbling before his eyes, his beloved daughter is ready to disown him despite the fact that he has cleaned out his entire retirement account to pay for the wedding. and his wife's younger brothers both marines are both threatening bodily harm. whereas i am now feeling pretty good. why? because it has occurred to me if i can somehow coax another 75 pages out of this material, that i will have something that could be blocked off on another unwitting publicists as a novel even if it wasn't. really, you have no idea how this idea thrilled me. even better, whatever i was working on now had found a rhythm of its own, and so by god had i. maybe you don't know this, but when a writer locate his lost mojo, the very next age in the process is full-blown strutting tuberous. what the hell, i thought, turning on my blinker and merging left with the other traffic. why not put the

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griffin, please. >> chairman reed. senator bunting, members of the committee. i am kenneth griffin, president and ceo of citadel investment group and i appreciate the opportunity to testify and share our views regarding effective over sight of the otc derivatives market. the appropriate oversight is of paramount importance to at the safety and soundness of our financial system. the events of recent months have made it abundantly clear that large financial firms are not too big to fail but, rather, too interconnected to fail. the idea that if extreme measures must be taken to prevent the failure of a single firm such as bear stearns, which had just over $10 billion of shareholders equity, and a few thousand employees drives home the point that greater regulation of our financial markets is warranted. derivatives serve an incredibly important role in our financial markets, current rules exceed several hundred trillion dollars and reflect the importance role of these risk transference contracts. the commercial justifications for the market are well established and

. >> oh, what a move by blake griffin. >> all you have to do is find it. >> blocked by thabeet. >> in the nba draft, tonight, 7:00 p.m. on espn.ght afth >> i like what he does on the gh field. >> i enjoyed that a lot.t afterh >> the last night of the regula. gh season. >> fast asleep.t afghter th >> it madeis me stop and go...ge ght afteower. >> mike andr th mike. gh >> on mike and mike thiss morning, timmy legler was in for f regular partner mike golic. three quick questions about tonight's nba draft. not counting blake griffin, who is the one player you think is a most ready to step in and make an impact on nba level?n >> two, tyreke evans and stephen curry. evans has an nba body.ak he's ready to take contact righ, now. a very smart player. curry, a guy with that kind ofta scoring ability will be find in the nba. he's going to be a gem. if he goes to the right system, which i think he almost any of the teams up top need his scoring. >> how about the guy who you know is going to go high who makes you nervous?ou ou i'm concerned about ricky rubio. some of the things you do on the film

edna griffin won. the lunch counters were desegregated and who -- who -- but a handful knows of edna griffin or john bib intvment or len nard hudson? it is only because of the extraordinary acts of bravery by ordinary americans like these in all corns of this country that the mightiest walls of oppression have been torn down. as this nation formally apologizes and acknowledges slavery and jim crow, we must also recognize that this nation owes these individuals most known toll their friends and their family, an enormous debt of gratitude. 's awe make this formal apology, moreover, we must acknowledge and celebrate the deep lasting contributions that slaves, former slaves, and their decendants have made to this country in every field of human endeavor: law, literature, science, medicine, arts, business, education, sports, politics. indeed, the list goes on and on. and six months ago an african-american took the oath of office as president of the united states for the first time in our nation's history. i

and on monday blake griffin was introduced to a nun of his newest admirers and fans. only the third number one pick in franchise history, he'll be called on early and often. >> i'm not nervous, i'm excited about it. >> with that comes responsibility, and it's something that i embrace, it will make me work harder and even more focused, so it's something that i welcome and i'm really looking forward to it. >> the past two weeks have been crazy. it's been a whirlwind but it's part of the process. it's a lot of fun and it's something i'll never get to experience again so it's nice to have everything settled now. >> from their days as the buffalo braves the clippers franchise has a long history of selecting forwards high in the draft. back in 1972, the braves selected bob mcadoo second overall. he won the mvp for the braves in 1975. other notable selections include terry cummings, danny manning, lamar odom and darius miles. >> the angels have won five straight and sit atop the a.l. west. a game and a half ahead of the rangers. they begin a three-game series in arlington. c

at least as i read the federal cases, griffin, wrote, those cases are clearly distinguishable in the sense that in those cases, there was an announced procedure before the election. the election officials change certain the rules. we have a statute. as we read these cases, my question to you is do you contend that the election officials engaged in widespread misconduct by announcing an election procedure before the elections, that there was reliance by the voters and a material change after the election? >> no, your honor, but there was a material change after the election because classic minnesota law, the trial court changed the game after words. >> your argument seems to me that not the election officials that change the rules, you are saying that the panel violated due process by saying we are going to have a mandatory but e how do you get around federal cases that rely on fraud, broad gauge or widespread misconduct, in this case where we have findings that there's no evidence of fraud or misconduct. isn't there, under normal standard of review, the question is whether or not tho

griffin, please. >> i would take a step back on the question and go, how do i simplify the regulatoryversight problem as much as possible? and central clearinghouses create a tremendous opportunity to reduce the size and scope of the regulatory oversight problem. first of all, their notion in existence today dramatically overstate the amount of economic risk being transferred but do not overstate both the operational risk and credit risk inherent in the system. central clearinghouses would dramatically reduce because of their inherent netting the amount of notional risk in the marketplace and that reduces both operational risk and materially reducees counterparty risk. the market understanding of clear products is dramatically higher than the market's understanding of the paper contracts that define the market today. as pointed out, we worked on reducing settlement problems in the system today but we need to go back only a few years to when dealers had weeks and weeks of backlogs of unconfirmed and unprocessed trades. >> mr. pickel. >> i would focus on systemic risk issues and how do

griffin i will wrap up with this, mr. chairman, i appreciate your patience. nobody is going to disagree with you were last speech. that is about as motherhood and apple pie as we can get. nobody disagrees with that. it's like i said, i just want to know if this is where we are headed what impact is it going to have on the marketplace from the small to the very large. my experience is the very large survive and they get bigger. >> actually, you would be surprised where every analysis on this ends up. today the largest dealers have the defacto monopoly in the business. it's because of their credit rating privilege as credit intermediaries to almost every contract they durham extraordinary economic profits. where there is a clearinghouse for it simply in the options market, the occ act as a clearinghouse for all listed transactions. you find there is a vibrant, incredibly vibrant market of small trading firms that had a tremendous amount of liquidity to the marketplace. citadel for example the single largest in the united states. we started from scratch seven ye

. >> we have peter griffin. for all of you guy whose don't know who peter griffin is, "family guy." >> look at the resemblance there. >> i'm just not seeing it. >> now, we know that you have been called to look alike some people. i'm doing look alikes here and has anyone ever told you look like anyone? >> my ex-wife thought i had john cue sack's mouth. >> a lot of us think you look like that. >> are you using my body again? who is that head again? >> you look like the guy from wiggles. >> i have heard that. >> it is a matcho-looking group, so i can see why people make that mistake. >> my daughter is 1 and she watches the show. >> i am popular with the 1-year- olds. >> media look alikes with other celebrities. have you ever been told that you look like anyone? >> the guy from the bare naked ladies. >> a rock star? you look like a rock star? >> a rock star. >> in the clubhouse he had a different view, we thought you look like this guy. we actually came up with this. how do you feel about that? >> not bad. i can ta

senator hutchison. >> yes, and i want to especially say good luck to griffin. i am very impressed, and i am going to make this statement publicly. tonight, i am going to be watching the university of texas longhorns in the college world series. and i am asking you right now to consider going to the university of texas and playing baseball because i know you have a future. so consider it a recruitment. good luck tonight. mr. mcdowell, i want to ask you a couple of the questions. first of all, on the fairness doctrine, that is something that is very important to many people. and reinstating it is something that everyone i know thinks would be a bad idea. and i wanted to ask you if you see any signs of commission -- the commission moving in that direction through the localism effort and what is your view about what is going on? >> first of all, senator, i have spoken out for quite awhile about my concerns about any reimposition of the doctrine. some call it the censorship doctrine, others the speech doctrine. i call it the doctrine in order to be fair. but i belie

ninth circuit, griffith, i think it is the ninth circuit that summarizes and said -- even looking at griffin and row, a general pattern emerges from all of these cases. mere fraud would not render an election invalid. two elements must be present. you have significant disenfranchisement as a result. you say -- there are a number of courts -- would you agree there are a number of course the tigger position are going a different direction? >> we have significant disenfranchisement, your honor. there is a geographical difference here. depending upon where you sleep, that depends upon whether your vote gets counted. that is correctable. >> again, assuming that the panel got it right on the law, do not we have a problem with not so much disenfranchisement, but allowing the ballots which should not have been counted on election night -- we have a dilution problem do not we? >> it is worse than that. that says you can do it proportionate reduction which is a fictitious remedy anyway. you have the inability to say you got the most legally cast ballots. >> and no one has challenged those ballots -- >

. >> espn.com, nba insider chad ford sees blake griffin going number one. also sneaking into the top ten stephen curry. >> kevin o'neal is back coaching in the pac 10. he was hired at head coach of usc. tim floyd vacated the position amid scandal less than two weeks ago. o'neal brings 13 years of collegiate and nba coaching experience to the men of troy. and in 19 3 he led them to their first ncaa tournament berth in ten years. last year he served as assistant coach and spes assistant to the gm with the grizzlies last season. >> roger federer's nemesis will not be defending his wimbledon title. what does that mean for federale ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> forthe first time since 2002, a wimbledon title will now defend his title. >> i was slightly prepared he wouldn't play. it doesn't come as such a big surprise. of course it's very disappointing for the tournament and also for myself. we've been at the top pore the very long time. when you talk about golf, you talk about tiger. when y

people like casper holstein, congressman payne mentioned raymond jones, emil griffin, tim duncan, many, many others. one, denmark vecsey, was born in st. thomas and settled in charleston, south carolina, one of my favorite cities. settled interest in 1783. 17 years later he brought his freedom and inspired, i'm sure by the 1733 african rebellion of st. john and the 1791 successful african rebellion in now haiti, he also planned a well-known slave uprising that was to have taken place in 1822, but was thwarted. i would be truly remiss if i didn't speak briefly about alex ander hamilton who was born in what is now the independent nature of st. kitts and who spent his formative years in st. croix before coming to new york and eventually becoming, quote, arguably the most important figure in american history who never attained the presidency but had a far more lasting impact than many who did. alexander hamilton is credited with having been washington's aide to camp, a revolutionary war hero, a member of the constitutional convention, the leading author of the federalist papers and head of

avoid a problem under the due process laws and under the case of a roe versus alabama and briscoe and griffin is to have the court enforce the law as it is written and this court has made crystal clear through a series of cases that when it comes to absentee -- the requirements for absentee voting, there is mandatory requirements with the voters responsibility to comply with those provisions. and the clearest way to -- cannot counsel, i want your sides to that and a lot because that's a question i asked contestants to address on rebuttal. so when you cytec, what is your authority that it is mandatory and, in fact, the change would be to a substantial complaint instead of strict compliance? >> i would point you to wickelman, the city of lendrum in which this court said and i quote the provisions of election laws for required acts to be done and imposing obligations upon the lecture which are personal to him are mandatory. he is personally at fault if he violates them or get his voters rejected for such violations it is because of his own fault, not that of election officials. such provisions p

and also my wife griffin who is suited up to play in the beginning of the vienna little league town championship, their tournament. so he's been hitting in the .700's all season. applause is welcome. he pitched a no-hitter. and as you can imagine his coach is very eager to have him time tonight for the start of the championship. he came in suited up. he will leave shortly after my opening statement. my beautiful daughter mary shae. our youngest son cormic who calls himself coco. my sister, and my nephew clewiston. and my brother-in-law donny motes. >> sh and of course i oh everything to my parents. my father passed a way this february. our thoughts and prayers are with them but, especially today. i would also like to extend my public congratulations to senator againachowski. and if we are both confirmed, i look forward to working with him in the same manner i pursued in the past years. years. furthermore, i want to acknowledge the warm friendship and support i've received from acting chairman mike kopps and commissioner jonathan addlestein. i've enjoyed work with them and especially in the past