as jeff said, we have amendments partners worldwide and as jeff has also said, we are a global carrier. -- we have many partners worldwide and as jeff has also said, we are a global carrier. >> do we coach -- codeshare across the world? >> yes we did. -- as we do. >> you said there were probably not be any changes on the front line employees. what about the back line? >> what you refer to are the headquarters. in any merger, there are efficiencies as a result of job redundancy is in headquarters jobs. we will have the typical efficiencies of any merger would you have two headquarters doing the same job. there will be reductions in jobs in houston and chicago. there will be jobs that will move from houston to chicago and there will be jobs that remain in houston, but the vast majority of jobs will remain as there are today because we are such complementary carriers and we have such very little overlap. the front line employees are not really affected. the precise number is not known at this time because we are in the early process. that will be a relatively small number. >> will you use

>> it pains me to talk about england, jeff. i love the team as much as the second sadomasochist from england. but the joy to watching them is like rubber necking. it's a very complex situation. i'm sure a lot will come out in the media after they are booted ingloriously from the tournament. never overpaid. algeria squeezed the arrogance out of the team in their last game and a mixture of ego tism run amok and the italian manager whom they imported to bring style and a technical ality to the game, something has gotten lost in translation. that team, it saddens to me say is falling apart. >> brown: now you have those great teams and maybe not everybody is sad to see them go down as you are. but the african teams have been disappointing. there's the chance that none of them in fact will go through the next round. >> it's absolutely true. going into this tournament, one of the great story lines was that this was the african world cup. the first to be played on the african continent. so many teams... this has almost been the world c

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of course, jeff, there was a strong dissent by four justices. just as those same justices dissented from the original second amendment ruling two years ago. justice stevens wrote separately as did justice breyer. first they disagreed with justice alito's historical analysis of a right of self-defense. they said that the second amendment, the framers were really first concerned with disarming the militia and self-defense was a secondary concern. justice breyer said that he didn't feel that you can say this was a fundamental right deeply embedded in american history and tradition because there is a lot of disagreement. there is no consensus about gun rights in this country. he felt that state legislatures, not courts, were the proper place to work through these issues. >> brown: so this gets sent back to the lower court, right? >> yes, it does. the court did not really rule specifically on the constitutionality of the chicago and oak wood park gun ordinances. it dealt with whether the second amendment could apply to the states. now it goes back to

>> reporter: well, jeff, brazil really is on a role. it's not just all the luxury apartment buildings that line the beachs, or this lagoon behind me-- which rio has always had for its wealthy. it's the new or newly refurbished neighborhoods something very, very modest where the new emergeing middle class is moving. this is still a developing country. you have tens of millions living in poverty in shant shantytowns. health and education are still a challenge here. but there have been tens of millions who have come out of what they call extreme poverty in the last decade or so, and just today it was announced brazil's growth rate for the first quarter of this year-- which the u.s. is less than 3%-- was 9%, the fastest pace of growth in 15 years. >> brown: now one key area of growth is the energy sector, and that's what you're going to be reporting on for us. tell our viewers what you'll be lobbying at. >> reporter: well, i don't know, jeff, we always think of brazil for its pioneering ethanol industry, a renewable resource. 15% of the cou

i thought jeff sessions was kind of being an ass hat. >> because he pointed out the obvious? >> he was way over the top. he was reciting her record. if it's over the top, take it up with her. >> she was working in the clinton administration. that doesn't mean those are her views. that was like a jeff sessions strategy. >> i take that as a compliment, thanks. >> larry: penn, it's your turn. >> i agree with james. it feels great. i might do that more often. it feels warm and cuddly and comfortable. confirm her. it's the president's choice. he made it. the who cares what i think. who wants to see people read long speeches and grandstand. >> i take it back, larry. after what you said she said in 1995, i would appoint her as president. i'm more for her now than i was before after i realized she said that. the. >> larry: let me get a break. we'll discuss the supreme court decision. today if you live in chicago, despite a 28-year-old law, they threw it out today. you can have a handgun. we'll talk about that after this. [ male announcer ] at toyota, we care about your safety. that's

on day two of the hearings and in short order she was being pressed by alabama republican jeff sessions. he attacked kagan's decision as dean of harvard law school to block military recruiters. she had objected to the military's don't ask don't tell policy against gays in the military. >> they were stone walled. they were getting the run-around from harvard. by the time they realized that you had actually changed the policy, that recruiting season was over. and the law was never not in force. i feel like you mishandled that. i'm absolutely confident you did. >> senator sessions, if i might, you had suggested that the military lost a recruiting season but in fact the veterans organization did a fabulous job of letting all our students know that the military recruiters were going to be at harvard during that recruiting season and military recruiting went up that year not down. >> reporter: but sessions disputed kagan's version of what happened and whether her actions actually violated federal law. >> i know what happened at harvard. i know you an outspoken leader against military policy.

so, marcia, when we hear the ranging republican on the committee, senator jeff session, say-- he said at the end of the hearings today we don't know if you're closer to ruth bader ginsberg or chief justice john roberts. did she truly leave it that wide open? >> i don't think she did, judy. i think at one point when she was being asked about her beliefs, she didn't want to give personal opinions because, quite rightly, she said you set those aside when you judge, but she said to learn about her look at her life in the law. she has worked in two democratic administrations. and you can take something away from that. and i believe she did say at one point that her views are progressive, which i would understand -- and i guess many people would understand-- that she is a liberal, and i'm sure that everyone on the senate judiciary committee knows that. so i don't think it is as wide open as that she would be another john roberts. >> woodruff: marcia, wean because she has not been a judge before, there wasn't a body of opinions for the senators to look at, but they certainly did look at her

. >> i want to ask a question that jeff sessions has been critical of elena kagan's position regarding military recruitment relating to discrimination against gays when she was dean of harvard, and saying she was being hypocritical by criticizing that policy but not criticizing harvard from mexican money from members of the saudi royal family for a center. what do you think of that? >> if i was on the board of overseers of harvard, i am not sure i would be that eager to except saudi money, even though i think the idea of having real studies of islamic life, islamic religion, islamic society is a good one to have in this country. that was not a decision she made. i think that is a bit of stretch. are they going to ask questions about recruiting? sure, we have all talked about that, but in my mind that is a tempest in a teapot. the military is able to recruit on the harvard campus all the time when she was the dean. it was under one condition prior to the supreme court decision, under another one afterwards, but they were always able to recruit. of what i found about her attitude was eve

jeff sessions, the top republican on the committee, has been critical owea kagen's position against gays when she was dean at harvard and tried to link that saying she was hip crlcal but by not criticizing harvard from accepting money from members of the saudi royal family. what do you make of that? >> first, it it wasn't vell as co. if i i was on the board of overseers of harvard, i'm not sure i would be that eager to accept saudi money even though i think the idea of having real studies of islamic life islamic religion, islamic society is a good one to be having in this country. but that wasn't a decision that she made. i think that's a bit of a stretch. are they going to ask questions about recruiting? sure. they've all talked about that. in my mind, that's a tempest in a teapot. people, military would recruit on the harvard campus all the time. that she was the dean. there were, it was under one condition prior to the supreme court decision. under one afterwards. but they were always able to recruit. where i found more her attitude is every thanks giving she would have a dipper for a

jeff bej.f.x. southbound looks . 29 at 32 looks great. we can switch over to a live view of traffic in the white marsh area. there was an earlier truck fire. it is now off to this side and not creating any traffic problems. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. hot weather over the weekend brought out a lot of hot tempers with a rash of shootings. >> 10 people were shot on baltimore streets. kim dacey is live with that story. >> we just learned of two more shootings, one of last night and one early this morning. the one this morning was fatal. police are trying to determine if any of the shootings are linked from early saturday night to early sunday morning. 10 people were shot. many of the victims were young. there is a program. inner-city teenagers and young adults watched an episode and hopefully learn from mistakes their characters make. >> we wanted people to make better choices. it is the environment they are exposed to and live-in that is so negative what a good choice looks like. >> rewired is holding some summer w

jeff, a democrat from parkersburg. caller: i am a first-time caller. host: welcome. caller: i felt strongly about calling c-span before but never like this morning. i went to bed last night expecting the sad news unfortunately. i was lucky enough to meet senator byrd in 2006 while he was on the campaign trail in west virginia. and anyone who was ever lucky enough to see him speak live, he would we've wonderful stories, ann quite frankly, at the start of the story i wondered, where is he going with this, but he kept my attention and he would pull it all together about his humble upbringing and wonderful wife and his experiences and wrapped it up with a one of the most brilliant political speeches i have ever heard. host: thank you for calling in. we appreciate it. 202-628-0184 is our west virginia line. again, from wikipedia -- just to point out, he did oppose cameras in the senate for a couple of years prior to that until he wanted to make sure the senate did not become the invisible branch. william, tallahassee, florida. caller: how are you doing today? i just want

jeff freely is one of them. his website makes it easy for people to figure out and track the money within congress. not what congress is appropriating money for, but literally how much a committee is spending on running the committee, how much a congressional office spends on flowers, transportation, on the tvs that that by and on staff salaries. >> what is the source from him for that? >> the house and senate at the time, i think it was every three months, had to publish information in these eight binders. probably one quarter's worth of information was probably six or seven phone books worth of information. >> this company is under stormy media which goes and gets information that is free to them and then they charge for it and published it. >> when you complain to congress about the lack of public information, a lot of times they say the intermission is there. you just need to go to this office, sit in this room, and go through these binders. what jack does is take that information and put it on the web. >> i

the ranking republican, jeff sessions, says kagan has serious deficiencies citing her liberal leaningseen a judge. he's not ruling out a republican filibuster. others say she's brilliant, qualified and mainstream. >>> a judge in peru has upheld the murder convention of joran van der sloot which means he will stay in jail pending his trial. the 22-year-old is charged with killing a young peruvian woman. he has said authorities violated his rights during his confession. van der sloot also a suspect in the natalee holloway case, but he hasn't been charged. she is the alabama teen who disappeared in aruba five years ago. >>> those are the headlines. i'm drew griffin. ♪ you touched my life with your heart, smile even though it's breaking when there are clouds in the sky you'll get by ♪ ♪ if you smile through your fear and sorrow ♪ >> larry: how were you able to perform so well at that funeral service? at the memorial service. i mean, you were incredible that day. where did you get that from? >> strength of wanting to do something for him. and i asked my mother, my other family members didn'

host: jeff, democrats line. you are on. caller: good morning. this -- this bill down there -- this spill down there is devastating, i know. i believe in god, but i am not the type of person who goes around and lays my religion on my sleeve. but the evil that has been going on in this country, i think people should stop and think. those people down there, those southern states, they hate obama, i don't care what he does, he will never get credit for anything. this thing is just going to destroy the gulf down there. host: again, "the financial times," first of all they tell there is a new sentry down there to sniff for oil. an undersea robot -- that is a reuters report. long wait before bp knows the total bill. analysts predict final bill of $49 billion. they write -- move on to westwood, new jersey. this is herald, republican line. caller: this is westward, new jersey. i also believe in god. to me, god is a god of mercy but also a little bit of justice -- or let's say a lot of justice. when it comes to this, we certainly cannot hold president oba

mayor jeff collier... >> there's plenty of response teams that are here. we've got a lot of personal in place air, lot of equipment in place. and they're here and have been here and ready to go. >> lehrer: the alabama national guard is now flying surveillance missions along the coast. checking for oil. >> we constantly reevaluate. you assess daily, assess daily, hook to the future, and plan what's tomorrow, what's the next day, the next day down the road. and then each day, you have to readjust your plan based on what's happening on the ground. it's just like on the battlefield. >> lehrer: and in florida, governor charlie crist said the leading edge of the oil slick could arrive at pensacola's beach before the day is out. >> our state resours have determined that the oil sheen , with it are thousand of tarballs. skimers have been deployed near pensacola. the goal is to remove that oil from near-shore waters and prevent and minimize any potential impacts to our state. will be. >> lehrer: as the oil spread, the federal government again expanded its closure o

. >> you can watch more of jeff's interview with maurice hines.o, excerpts of the manzari brothers dancing. find out about another wind energy project in baja, and we posted a video timeline tracking president obama's comments over the past eight weeks. tomorrow we'll live blog b.p. c.e.o. tony hayward's testimony on capitol hill. all that and more is on our web site. gwen. >> ifill : and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm sglen ifill. >> and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you tomorrow and here on line. good night, and thank you. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.o

plus, on our arts blog "art beat," jeff talks to barbara pollack, author of "the wild, wild east: an american art critic's adventures in china." and a reminder-- we'll bring you the latest on the gulf oil leak all weekend online. we've updated our interactive ticker. it estimates the amount of oil that has leaked so far. and you can watch the live video feed from the ocean floor as attempts continue to bring the crisis under control. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

now, back to jeff. >> brown:and we turn to the arrests once again of americans linked to foreign terroristgroups. >> brown: they called themselves the youth, a band of al qaeda linked jihadists who waged a campaign of violence in somalia. at new york's kennedy airport saturday two american citizens were arrested for allegedly trying to join them and attack americans. and today mohammed mack houde allesa and carlos eduardo el monte appeared in federal court. neighbors in new jersey were shocked to hear the news. >> it's scary because i was here for 9/11. i was in to we are 2. so it's really scary that there are possible terrorists living across the street from me. >> brown: officials say the two drew inspiration from radical american born cleric al-alaqwi the same fan linked to faisal shahzad arrested for trying to set off a car bomb in times square. and to major hassan, the army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at ft. hood texas last november. outside the courthouse today the prosecuting attorney told reporters that the phenomenon of home-grown terrorism is a growing threat. >> yo

find more of jeff's interview with actor laurence fishburne of "thurgood." and on the oil spill, special coverage of the president's oval office address tomorrow, on air and online. we'll stream the president's remarks live and ask experts to react. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

jeff sessions -- this is what jeff sessions has been saying. both sides would say that they want to have a thorough confirmation process, a process that is a debate, not just a rubber stamp. at the same time, president obama has made it clear he wants her on the court by the time the court comes into session in the fall. congress will go on a summer vacation after the first week of august as they always do, so they are on a schedule. patrick leahy of the judicial committee set the hearing date of june 28 to keep them on that schedule, so she could have her hearings, which will take one week, and then be debated by the senate, and be confirmed before the first week in august is out. so as much as both sides want to have a debate, there is a deadline. i think a lot of republicans are uncomfortable with that right now. host: we are going to be there live and on the senate floor when they take it up. any part of you that thinks the time table will slide? guest: there is a chance. republicans have now ratcheted up their warnings that they will ask f

let's take a look. >> jeff sessions has doubts about elena kagan's position about days. she said she was being hypocritical by criticizing gays but not accepting members from the royal family for an islamic center. what do you make of that? >> it was not a law school that accepted money from the saudis. if i was on the board of harvard i am not sure i would be that eager to except saudi money. i am interested in having studies of islamic life. that is a good discussion to happen this country. i think that is a bit of a stretch for her. there were questions about recruiting. everyone has talked about that. in my mind, that is the tempest in teapot. the military were able to recruit on the harvard campus all the time. this is when she was the dean. host: what do you think? guest: there are a couple of things that the senator said that were misconstrued. there were recruiters that were not allowed on the campus but were not kicked off the campus. they have an official system where they allow all the groups on campus to recruit. the military was an excluded from that. the on

host: jeff on the independent line. caller: is not the jones act preventing nation's from skimming the gulf, and does that not contradict your earlier comment? guest: no, sir. on a major proponent of that. for those of you who do not know, the jones act, most countries deserve comers areas on the coast line, but in the case of the water, that has not been subject to the jones act, so transocean was able to bring paiin an oil rig that was builtn korea, under a swiss company, at the bottom of our seas. take the time to look at the difference between being a u.s. flag vessel and one registered elsewhere. in the case of a u.s. plan to vessel, the coast guard can inspect everything, and of the weight and test it. in the case of a foreign vessel, they look at a piece of paper signed off by somebody. i guess that is good enough. in this case, it was not good enough. everybody is entitled to their opinion. i will be going home this weekend and i will be swimming in the mississippi sound. i am hoping that we do not get any oil t

the last is jeff calling from 29 palms, california. service member on the line for active duty military. go ahead, please. caller: i just wanted to call and comment on mcchrystal's resignation and petreaus's upcoming appointment. i know i heard some commissioned officer called in earlier -- i am personally in the marine corps and i just wanted to call and give the junior enlisted members opinions. i am also in the infantry, which is a big divide. we support mcchrystal and we are all pretty sad to see this happen. host: can you explain why? can you explain why you are said it is happening? caller: pretty upset because i was kindred spirit with general mcchrystal more so than a lot of the senior leadership. he did a lot of good stuff in afghanistan. and like a lot of my seniors and marines i look up to, they look up to him and have nothing but good things to say about him and what he did. host: how did you process the officers dissension with civilian command? caller: i mean, i guess you can just chalk that up to that is how the officers

it just really irritates me that people like jeff sessions are coming out and talking about activistjudges but when they put roberts and alito, the activist judges to me as a liberal. host: thanks. jess bravin. guest: activist judges is a term that gets thrown around a lot. actually president obama in his book "audacity of hope, " he said an activist judge is a judge that rules against you, in effect. as a journalist would try to stay away from that term because it has become just a synonym for, a judge would disagree with. republicans have often claimed that liberal decisions are activist decisions, this year we hear it conservative decisions are activist decisions. we prefer to stick to what the decision said and referred to our own judgment about whether we think that is an with precedent. in terms of who the democrats and republicans have appointed to the supreme court, again, with the citizens united and many of the decisions that the president and democrats have criticized, they have mostly been 5-4 decisions, with four justices, is agreed that number, disagreeing with the majo

resolution 33 was introduced by the chairman of the senate energy and natural resources committee, jeff bingaman, which raised concerns of the constitution of the united states virgin islands. in order to adopt their own constitution, congress in 1976 enacted legislation to authorize the people of the virgin islands and guam to convene constitutional conventions and write their own local constitutions. this act, public law 94528 sets up parameters that the supremacy of the united states constitution must be recognized and adhere to as well as a process of federal review for any proposed amendments. review of any proposed constitution, including 60 days periods for both presidential and congressional reviews. we are at the very end of prescribed time for congressional action. the u.s. virgin islands, an unincorporated territory, acquired by the united states from denmark in 1917, is one of only two u.s. states and territories that does not have a constitution written by the people that determines its basic governmental organization and structure. instead, for more than half a century, th

what are you hearing from the ranking republican of the committee about his strategy and does he, jeff sessions, does he represent the republican voice on the committee? >> he does. i think he is clearly the point man on this. and he i think has been careful as he was with the hearings last year to say publicly that he is not prejudging anything. he wants to be fair, thorough. but he is starting to push back a lot more forcefully now as the hearings approach about concerns he has about elena kagen's political views, about the role that may play in her judging. and as you heard, this whole issue of military recruitment and the harvard controversy and what that might say. i think we're going to hear a lot more from him about that and it may be a snrtpiece about what republicans try to do to try to highlight the hearings. i wouldn't be surprised from some military folks who have strong views about how it made them feel that the harvard made the decision that it made in that case and dean kagen did. >> you're the co author of a new biography. >> of justice william brennan, who senator leah

jeff murvis with "science" magazine. i want ask you something about higher education. the national academy began a study looking at the challenges facing research universities. i want to know, what is your perspective as a former university president? do you think universities are prepared to take advantage of this increase in productivity that would come from this new opportunity for broadband? if not, what do they need to do to better take advantage of what is coming? >> i would make two points. one is that i highlighted -- i highlighted in my speech the idea that, in a world where so much as mobile, competitive advantage cannot really reside in an individual. it has to reside in something collective. that is why, if you look at american university's and the top -- universities and the top 10 companies today compared to a century ago, there has been a complete turnover. the top 10 universities today and a century ago -- the list is very close. why is that? strength, for university, is the faculty who come there because of the students who come there because of the fa

jeff, democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i do not think that the president should be showing more emotion. i think that he should remain, despite fierce urgency of any situation. he is supposed to reassure the country. however, i do not think he is being a good leader. the government needs to take over and direct bp rather than listen to them. i think that what america needs to do is realize that oil is really a bad choice for energy and we need to take this opportunity and seriously make the best ever we can to wean ourselves off of oil as an energy source. it is useful as a lubricant and other manufacturing things about as far as a fuel source is terrible. let's make this the best opportunity we have to get off of all oil. halhost: steve, caught would, gd morning. caller: all of these people saying get off of oil? everything we have runs on oil and we will have to rely on it for 50 years. just like rohm emmanuel saying that a crisis should not go to waste, i have got a feeling that this oil situation is going to have obama

you'll hear from patrick leahy and jeff sessions.the host will talk to guess including texas senator and new jersey democrat robert menendez. also, senate armed services committee jack reed, democrat from rhode island, and georgia republican, saxby chambliss. you can listen to all of those talk shows starting at noon eastern on c-span radio at 90.1 f.m. in the washington, d.c., area. you can listen live on the web at cspanradio.org. you can follow us on facebook and on twitter. >> tonight on c-span2's "book tv," sarah ellison. after that, the discussion with the reporter who was caught for 45 days and kept in a cell. after that, bill bennett -- the author of more than 20 books for adults and children. you can run the entire schedule at booktv.org. join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> what is the internet? monday, a look at the fcc's efforts to reclassify the internet with two members of the house communications subcommittee -- john shimkus and mike doyle. that is on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> this is

jeff, democrat. jamestown, tennessee. your turn. caller: i would like to speak on the gulf oil spill. why has someone not tried the -- on this problem that we would have. it is used when you have a hot line. it will take care of the problem. host: sir, do you have a caller: only that i have worked for the city of jamestown, and we did hot taps. i was not in charge of the gas but i had seen it done many times. host: thank you for calling. are you retired? caller: yes, sir. host: june 28, the elena kagan nomination hearings began. this week on our newsmakers program is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, patrick leahy. we just take this interview with him yesterday, and here is a sneak preview. >> republican senators with a variant like -- much like you to push of a hearing back after the july 4 recess. any circumstance where you would delay the hearing if they ask you? >> i can't think of anything of hand. i am always open to suggestions. trying to do it so nobody could say we are being partisan. taking the schedule for t

i appreciate jeff for being here. all of you for showing up today and giving us your considerable expertise. i sadly report that i understand we'll have votes at about 10:30, so there will be an interruption on this. we'll try to make it as brief as possible and get back here for that. so today we continue our oversight on the united states government contracting in our conflicts overseas. we'll ask the important questions, who's getting the taxpayer money, and how are they using those funds once they get it? last week, this subcommittee held a hearing that examined the results of an investigation into afghanistan. that uncovered distressing details about how taxpayer money is funding corruption in afghanistan and how the contract is undermining united states counterinsurgency strategy. equally troubling is the finding that the united states officials charged with oversees this contract had no visibility. in most cases, officials did not know who the subcontractors were, let alone who they employed, how they functione

host: jeff, republican line. caller: i have seen your guest for quite some time.he has a point of view -- it does not matter, he will advocate from the liberal side, just like rush limbaugh would advocate is from the right side. the fact of the matter is, he has been around for a long time. part of the problem, this guy lives in the bubble we call " inside the beltway." i'm no to party, but it is no different than any other movement that takes place. the individuals do not want to eliminate government, but they said government spending is out of control -- i am no the tea party. the voters under george bush, they need to get away from democrat and republican and understand the specific role of a pro-government and state governments. once you understand those things, you will realize that politicians will tell you anything and play on your emotions instead of doing their jobs. when you're dealing with the catastrophe in the gulf, bp has admitted it is their fault -- they have not denied anything government has asked concerning money, but you expect government to de

"st: >> in this morning's richmond times dispatch" there is an article by jeff schapiro.ack to the phones. pennsylvania, independent line. caller: i do not see any signs of anything going on. host: where is your city? caller: [unintelligible] host: nothing has changed? caller: i do not see much. this place has been forgotten about for the last 20 years as far as i'm concerned. host: inglewood, ohio, republican line. caller: last fall they had a black top job they did. it took about three days to do. i guess they paid a company $200,000 for it. the town i lived in has a surplus of money, they will pay for it themselves. that is all i have to say about it. host: talladega, fla., democrats. caller: good morning. i was calling about the construction here. we have two big projects on hold for years in my town. there has of been anything going on around here. those projects are still on hold. host: are they road or building projects? caller: it is a bypass around the city. nothing is connecting the two inner stays together. -- interstates together. host: what do you think is ho

good morning, jeff. set the stage on how this trial is expected to unfold. guest: finally expecting it today after all of the reality tv and the defense attempts to delay. we are really expecting quite a political show to unfold in chicago. we will get to see years of the blagojevich but ministration laid bare from the time he was elected in 2000 -- blagojevich administration laid bare from the time he was elected in 2002, and all of the activities -- the pay to place game -- paid to play scheme. we will watch that sort of grow into the period that the country kind of came aware of it, -- became aware of it, the alleged sale of the senate seat that barack obama vacated when he was elected. host: what are the most serious allegations, the charges by the government, and what is the possible penalty? guest: he is charged in a 24- count indictment but the most serious charge is probably the racketeering conspiracy scheme, which is pretty broad, that before he was elected he conspired with a close group of associates to basically sell the powers of his office, th