this could hurt candidates in smaller independent parties and freedom parties that normally have representation on the november ballot. because of the new rule, most likely won't be able to beat out say a democrat or republican who typically garner the most votes. the only exception to the new rule is the presidential race. this morning in santa clara county, registrar of voters, we have seen a slow trickle of voters, no surprise considering turnout predicted to be half if not less than half all registered voters.

independence party leader and member of european parliament nigel for raj will tell us why and fingers point at germany to save europe but the core isn't immune to the problems of the eurozone in fact new figures show the number of people out of work in germany is creeping up by seven thousand in june and pollsters find support for the euro may be fracturing to the core and. fact as of air time it looked like germany was going to exit the euro the euro two thousand and twelve at least and we'll look at how this all impacts the crisis and the supreme court upholds the health care law in the u.s. advocated by obama known more commonly as obama care of corning is the us president . today's decision was a victory for people all over this country was. but who is it a victory for really who really won big today we'll talk about it let's get to today's capital account. another in you some it is going on in brussels today and tomorrow where leaders will try to solve the eurozone crisis now they haven't been successful in doing so over the course of the last eighteen summits so what you may ask

this is part of the politics for the people series hosted by the new york city independence party. this is about an hour and a half. >> hi, everyone. i'm cathy stuart. i'm the chair of the new york county independence party and the founder of politics for the people. it's great to have you all here with us tonight. and i want to give you all a special welcome to our c-span audience. let me start by thanking martin huckstra, e.t. williams and david nolan for underwriting the cost of this evening's event. tonight, we're going to be looking at the people versus the parties. and we have with us two of america's leading advocates for a restructuring of our political process. jackie salek and normer congressman nicki edwards. jackie is the nation's leading strategy and organizing center for independence with a network in more than 40 states. she's a frequent television, radio and print commentator on independent voters and politics. jackie has a book coming out this summer entitled independence rising. outsider movements, third parties and the struggle for a post partisan america. >>> mi

. >> three men from the american independent party alleged president obama is not a naturally born citizen and not allowed to serve as president. the men took the case to a supreme court after an appellate court ruled they did not find legal standing. >> hosni mubarak's help is on the decline. doctors have used a defibrillator on him twice and he is on the ivy feeding trip. the former president was sentenced to life in prison two weeks ago for corruption and is being treated at a prison hospital near cairo. >> some road work tighten things up on the beltway this week. we will tell you where to avoid. >> a critical part of the u street corridor to be torn up. >> we will talk >> a big day in virginia tomorrow. their primary elections take place. >> leading the polls george allen. talked with the leading candidate. >> four candidates vying for that gop spot. if you listen to those leading the polls, this is a two-man general election race. we have a preview of what we may see from here till november. >> marking of territory george allen hopes tomorrow is nothing but a formality. he admitted t

this could hurt candidates in smaller independent parties and freedom parties that normally have representation on the november ballot. because of the new rule, most likely won't be able to beat out say a democrat or republican who typically garner the most votes. the only exception to the new rule is the presidential race. this morning in santa clara county, registrar of voters, we have seen a slow trickle of voters, no surprise considering turnout predicted to be half if not less than half all registered voters. >> it is typical. during the primary election, there's between 40 to 50% turnout, give or take what's on the ballot, and where we are in the presidential primary, but since the presidential primary is pretty much wrapped up, i don't think they're bringing increased turnout. >> turnout 50% at the highest, so majority don't vote. you're not one of those, not apathetic. why not? >> because i think it is my duty as an american to vote, that's why. >> been doing this forever? >> forever. >> i truly vote because it is the right for everybody, american people. i can't do it in my country, no

the communities are operated and trained by independent parties. the cap focuses on the four things i mentioned earlier -- violence prevention, public education, and engagement, and public safety. they go through training. they are bilingual. they speak a total of nine languages. we measured all of their work results. the training is pretty extensive and is conducted in partnership with the mta and the other agencies. >> i appreciate that. with the program, i know that one is with support of the community. i know you have been getting requests for support. i'm not sure if you saw that request. >> yes, it does.

the communities are operated and trained by independent parties. the cap focuses on the four things i mentioned earlier -- violence prevention, public education, and engagement, and public safety. they go through training. they are bilingual. they speak a total of nine languages. we measured all of their work results. the training is pretty extensive and is conducted in partnership with the mta and the other agencies. >> i appreciate that. with the program, i know that one is with support of the community. i know you have been getting requests for support. i'm not sure if you saw that request. >> yes, it does. that is one of the things we hope to do. we have metrics built into the program. it is conducted in partnership with sfpd. >> quickly on the analyst position. i am not sure if you saw that request and i am wondering if it is something this can support. this is not blame for anyone. it would be -- the thing that is important, i wanted to move forward with some legislation around soft story buildings and i was asked to hold off. i have not seen

actually, i have two invitations for everyone here tonight on may 5th, the new york city independent party is hosting a theater night at new york city's premiere political theater. we'll be seeing a wonderful musical written by fred newman, entitled "sally and tom" the american play. and examines the inhumane compromise our founding fathers made. as mickey edwards said, jackie salit plays james madison in her production in her theatrical debut. >> mickey asked me if i was going to sing tonight but i'm not. >> i tried. >> come see the show, i will. >> you understand the debut means there's going to be more to come. >> i hope so. i definitely hope so. but the play is wonderful. the music is just totally engrossing. it's very thought-provoking. jackie is dynamite. and we have tickets on sale as you leave this evening, you can check in at the registration table. i hope you'll come join us. my next invitation is to join me in taking politics for the people national. i began politics for the people over a decade ago to bring these kinds of dialogues to independent-minded new yorkers. in january

my father is a vice president of the independence party. and he has been involved in many anti-nuclear demonstrations. just what am i going to say to them when they ask what did you do to get my country into the situation it's on that's what i worry about. we were of the atom bomb generation. paddle your boat down it's on have a good time don't worry about anything else will look after your country. france is keeping its nuclear arsenal because it needs the nuclear deterrent to discourage various threats to its vital interests. it is the doctrine that was established in the sixty's and it is still valid today. that their leaders of the church and i've been one since one thousand nine hundred sixty three we have never agreed with nuclear testing. but we cannot agree to weapons of mass destruction this it's not possible they are surviving it's not just since the french tests we were against the american nuclear tests in the marshall islands. long before france in one thousand nine hundred six the united states and then great britain chose the

wallace is he sort of floodses in and out of the democratic party and he runs with the american independent party. >> fourth. first time he gets liyndon johnson. the first time the term backlash was coined, the idea that white would wield the democratic party and vote for a george wallace in the primaries and then my great in time to vote for goldwater that fall were to become conservative republicans. >> most of 18th is hubert humphrey. what comes to mind. >> just a lot of heartfelt emotion for -- >> you liked him. >> our daughter was graduating from the university of pennsylvania and we went very happily to the graduation and 3 1/2 hours later after his 1 1/2 hour graduation speech, we left. but nonetheless, hubert humphrey to me was indeed the happy warrior, which is a name given to al smith who i don't think -- >> by? who says the phrase happy warrior at the '28 convention? >> fdr. >> a speech written for him. which was fun any because smith was no kind of happy warrior, but fdr was and hubert singcerty was. >> 1948, he leads the walk out -- he prompts the walk out of the dixie accurates. he

television is a platform for big media, it's difficult for candidates today to mount successful independent parties. on the one hand, that's counterintuitive and because of the way that the media works, on the other hand, because of the way the media works, they can been discredited. and so you could produce a rouge debs out of the terra haute, indiana, who could build upon them without being attacked outside of print media. which is difficult today. any real contender today eventually has to go up against big money and big media. that's very difficult to maintain a strong edge. >> c-span to be the only network and everyone can take part and you wouldn't have to worry about ads. >> i want to go back to your the endorsement of wilson. that was a moment that you said began to attract african-americans. how do they view this? >> terribly. there was a huge disappointment for any number of reasons. probably the most sell rated was wilson's betrayal of african-americans was one of the first hollywood blockbuste called "the birth of a nation." it celebrated redemption, the world of the klan and the reremo

independence party believes that ultimately it's merkel who dictates what gets decided it is perfectly clear that the brussels machine does dance to the german team and smaller countries are very frightened of going against really in the end what angela merkel says the focus always is on germany you know will merkel blink or not the argument that somebody should take charge is the argument david cameron keeps putting out it's the argument that says that all the member states of the euro zone should abolish their democracies should have their independence surrender their birthrights and give it all to a super bureaucrat you know herman van room poit or mr barroso or somebody as incompetent as that and some by some magic formula giving away control of everything to one person will solve everything look the eurozone is a fundamental misconstruction between economies that are so different and economic and monetary union between them was never going to work we will stagger on after this conference i think without much conclusion at all. during the surge is said to have received a summons sa

an independent third party inspection and verification system to make sure that no u.s. taxpayers dollars are used to support businesses that employ children in the worst forms of child labor. now we've had some progress in that, but as we tend now as we'll turn this over to them, we're not setting up a mandatory verification system. we were kind of doing a pretty good job. now that we're handing it over in our agreement, we're not making an agreement to make sure they adhere to the independent third party verification system there. i know it's a small thing. you have a lot on your plate, mr. secretary. talking about all of our budgets and things like that. to me, this is just, again, one of those areas where we can do a lot of good while also supporting an industry in afghanistan and again, i would ask you to look at those contracts that we have to safeguard that verification and that third party verification system in afghanistan. >> i know we're aware of your concerns in this area. let me ask bob hill to comment on that. >> senator harkin, i think you are referring in

independence party believes strongly that eurozone countries will not be able to deal with their problems until they want to. look the eurozone is a fundamental misconstruction between economies that are so different in economic and monetary union between them was never going to work the only way forward for greece spain and portugal and such countries is to recognise that the euro is a mistake to break away from it to get their own currencies back to have a composite devaluation and to get their own democracies back that is the only way forward what we're doing here if we keep propping up the euro we get rid of our ways of preserving a reinforcing failure what we're doing is guaranteeing a miserable future not just the tens of millions of people who falls below the poverty line but actually we were pay a very heavy social cost for this too in terms of insurrection and violence and of course want to. follow all the reaction to the agreements of the e.u. summit actually doing so twitter feed including some jokes by journalists after angola merkel gave into the demands of italy and spain at

independence party which has always been a big supporter of julian assange is particularly in this case and you came to this really you and i both have been following this since the very beginning you came to this really in the wake of the the extradition treaty that's in place with the european union it's actually called the european arrest warrant and i wouldn't even even qualify it with the term treaty it's a form that somebody fills out and as long as the forms filled out correctly there is no other judicial recourse the interesting thing is of course that we've discovered the form hasn't been filled out properly in sweden it's been filled out by a prosecutor i think very clearly states in the regulations and this is why he was asking to go to the superior court to clarify this point it's very clearly meant to be filled out by a magistrate or a judge not a prosecutor a prosecutor is the person whose job it is. however you can and we feel that you know this is an additional thing deeply a showing that the court in britain is not wanted and soon to that and i'm due to show you that so

based on input from an independent third-party, the 1% operating margin was highly unlikely. however, based on new projections about resident, -- residents, cpmc is lower than previously reported, although not quite at the 1% threshold. the city was to make sure that it is one that is unlikely to be met because the continued operation of st. luke's is one of the most important provisions in the amendment. the goal had been to come to monday's hearing with a solution in hand, not just a problem. although this did not happen, staff is helpful to have a new solution to the provision soon, understanding the development agreement would not move forward until there's a solution to this provision. president chiu and supervisor campos regretted that they had not been informed as soon as city staff knew about this change. they acknowledged the agreement would not go forward without insuring st. luke's operation. the next hearing is scheduled for july 9 and that is focused on transportation in the public realm. all reports have been done by the budget analyst and the comptroller's offi

former maryland senate candidate alan keyes was among three independent party politicians who had broughthis challenge. a previous ruling decided they did not have the legal standing to file the lawsuit. >>> on wall street today, stocks tumbled in the final minutes of trading. they did so over continued fears about a global economic slowdown. the dow jones industrial average fell 143 points. the nasdaq finished 49 points lower. the s&p 500 lost 17 points. >>> in fair tax county, school board officials think students should be able to sleep in a bit longer. they are considering a plan that would start the school day after 8:00 in the morning. tracee wilkins describes why. >> as it stands, some fairfax county high school students are getting to their bus stops at 5:45 in the morning, so they'll make it to school by 7:20. some parents say it's too hard on the kids. >> getting up so early, they can't concentrate. they get sleepy during the day. >> last april the fairfax county school board agreed that it would be better for high school to begin after 8:00 a.m. that's where the discussion ende

given that there is a change in these numbers, we do agree that an independent third-party audit would be warranted to make sure we are not surprised by future numbers? >> i think we are, again, talking to cpmc

there is one independent islamic party that participates in the parliament in tajikistan. however, i would say we need to do more to open civil society there, and to improve the human rights of tajikistan. if confirmed, this will be a top priority. we have national security interests there, but our interests in improving the human rights and the rights of people of tjikistan are also important. >> the reason i ask the questions in that order is the influences governmentally from china and from russia we have illustrated our own ideas and espoused those i'm just curious in terms of the complexity. as we will end with regard to our thoughts about their governess or elsewhere where they can be helpful. with recognition of the cross current, historically as well as presently. has there been a trend towards the human rights aspect and towards developments that we would find compatible with our ideas of governments? >> as i mentioned, i don't think the trends have been perhaps as extensive as we would have liked. they don't share the same history of democracy that we do. they're

given that there is a change in these numbers, we do agree that an independent third-party audit would be warranted to make sure we are not surprised by future numbers? >> i think we are, again, talking to cpmc about an agreement that would make the concern go away for being able to close st. lukes. projections are guesses. we cannot ever promise that they are right. the first time that we looked at them, they were very far from being a problem. we were very comfortable. when we looked again, they were comfortable. what we are looking is a different approach. we do not have to worry about those numbers being correct. i do not think we can stand up here and say that those projections were going to be correct. supervisor campos: maybe we can hear from the cfo to get some more assurance? >> sure. >> thank you, supervisors. greg wagner. as was pointed out, part of the reason we were having this discussion is we want to make sure that our concerns are addressed, and that is why we are revisiting this discussion. but just to give you a little bit of background on what we have done, we have s

do not deserve a strike and if everybody's time and energy is focused on working with the independent third partyon ground to achieve both directives. >> trying to sway teachers too. in a letter he says we must continue to negotiate in good faith and wait until the final compromise proposal is released before moving forward with an action that will impact every teacher and student in the district. most importantly a strike would hit our students the hardest but the fact finding report due out mid-july will only address compensation issues not other sticking points including class size and resources for students. the current contract expires june 30. even if teachers do vote to authorize a strike and no deal is reached, the earliest they could go on strike is the end of august. last time that happened 1987. the timing of the vote is critical, though, before the end of the school year. the union wants to make sure members are available to cast a ballot including those who will be retiring at the end of this school year. >> thanks a lot. >> the f.b.i.'s 10 most wanted fugitives list now has a local

people because they are people who maybe are not had with both parties, have been libertarians or independent party. but they're coming in. you need a bigger party. that was pretty impressive to me. there isn't a continual battle. the battle goes on but there have been some things that we continue to fight. when we fought the patriot act is you've got more no votes them ever got before. i don't think those 28, 30 votes. but still a growing movement of people who are concerned about the fourth amendment. and i said over and over to people, both in my campaign as well as when i have gotten there, is you have to believe in all of the bill of rights. so me conservatives love the second amendment. there are second amendment rallies of groups. there's hardly fourth amendment rallies and groups. but you can at the second amendment you don't believe in the first amendment. you can't have the second amendment if you don't believe in the fourth amendment. so i think there is a growing movement. i think there's a movement within the republican caucus that i have lunch with everyday that is becoming more liber

there is one independent islamic party that participates in the parliament in tajikistan. however, i would say that we need to do more to open civil society there and to improve the rights, human rights of the people of tajikistan. and again, if confirmed, this will be one of my top priorities. we do have national security interests there, but our interests in improving the rights of the human rights and the rights of the people of tajikistan are also extremely important. >> the reason i ask these questions in that order is that currently there are influences governmentally from china and from russia quite apart from historical problems in tajikistan. we have, as you have illustrated, our own ideas about what would be ideal for the people of the country and espouse those. and secretary clinton's visit is a good example, high profile. i'm just curious in terms of the complexity, as we weigh in diplomatically with regard to our thoughts about their governance, at the same time hoping for support in afghanistan or elsewhere where they can be helpful. this requires diplomacy w

. >> we have not paid for an independent third party review to come in and assess the program. >> last point is, the card is a real issue. we have about 2.1 million people with a card, overtime will expire. do you commit yourself to addressing that expiration, the photos times -- >> yes. yes. >> thank you. >> thank the gentleman. chairman recognizes mr. richmond for any questions he may have. >> i thank you mr. chairman and to the ranking member. i'll go straight to congressman thompson's last question, because i think he was kind of rushed and wanted to get the commitment. i represent new orleans louisiana and the port of south louisiana, port of new orleans, five or six major rail lines, and this issue is very important for us. when you look at the loss of time, of people going to renew the card and having to go twice and i think the major issue is the need for renewal and the need to go twice in order to get the card. is there a plan in place to address both of those issues, especially because we don't have the readers. >> yes, congressman, and thank you. recognizing the important,

parties. independence, constitution party but they come in. you need a bigger party. something you never hear is at one point blessed are the war makers. it says blessed are the peacemakers. and have you ever heard another candidate say that? there is a continual battle. there are things we continue to fight. the patriot act had more votes of no than ever before. people are concerned. people in my campaign say you have to believe rand paul of the amendments. not enough fourth amendment rallies and groups the you cannot have the second amendment if you did not believe in the first for the fourth. there is a growing movement within the republican caucus i have lunch with every day becoming libertarian. the term conservative was used up. the president doubled the debt with the republican congress. it was going wrong direction. the term conservative became less bellevue. we still have the fights like the defense authorization act. we did not win but got close. dianne feinstein says citizens could not be held from the united states to guantanamo bay. she was going to withd

we would still have an independent or neutral party and a spending plan for consultants. and last -- moving to page 70 is the neighborhood empowerment position, the community development specialist. that would work with the mayor's office. this is responding to the solution of the redevelopment agency and the community development programs that basically ended when the redevelopment agency was dissolved. particularly in the bayview neighborhood, the south of market area. this position would provide technical support to the bayview pact and would also help with the midmarket. there is definitely needed community outreach with these bodies, and possibly developing a citizens advisory committee in this area and in this position with outreach to the community will provide the needed technical support. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. with respect to the earthquake preparedness position, can i just ask is that a $60,000 saving over two years? if i am not mistaken? >> let me turn back to that. supervisor wiener: correct me if i'm wrong