i move to nominate jim gray as vice president of the united states. >> jim gray has been nominated. applause] >> i'm scotty bowman from michigan. i nominate lee wrights for vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> josh capps from connecticut, i nominate jim burns as vice president of the united states. >> jim burns has been nominated. further nomination from the floor? seeing none, i will close--no, sorry. i see one more. >> i'm mary o'connor from minnesota. i nominate sam sloane for vice president. >> sam sloane. [applause] >> i'm sorry, i've been informed by the secretary that he is not eligible. further nominations? shawn fox, california, i nominate jim gray for vice president. >> sorry? >> i nominate jim gray for vice president. >> he's already nominated. >> i take that as a second since he was already nominated. >> if you would like to nominate, please someone come to the microphone, please. >> all right, i've been informed that nominations are supposed to be in writing, so those who have done the nominating, presumably you've already contacted the secretary

we expect to hear from jim gray, a longtime opponent of marijuana laws. he could see it challenge from jim burns, who had expressed a desire to be considered. also lee wrights, who we saw was gary johnson's main competition for the presidential bid. if you want to learn more, just go ahead and check out our coverage online at the c-span video library. >> with the report from the credentials committee, emily, if you are in the room, could you start making your way to the front. i would also remind the delegates, please turn off your cell phones are put them in vibrate mode -- or put them in vibrator mode. -- vibrate mode. are you ready? ladies and gentlemen, the credentials chair. >> thank you, everyone. good afternoon. mr. chairman, as of 1:06 today, there are 631 delegates and two alternates registered for a total of 632 votes. the core of mr. hundred 53, the majority 315, -- on behalf of the credentials committee i moved to have the role of voters include those numbers. >> it has been moved and seconded. beat anyckson's objections to accepting the report

so, this is your decision, but i want to execute the following, and that is, please consider jim gray as my running mate. i believe that he affords the best opportunity to winning, and in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice presidential candidates, and without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyone else. i go back to the year 2000 when i met jim gray for the first time, which turned to be returned out to be the first of one dozen times, -- which turned out to be the first of one dozen times, and he was very outspoken on the war on drugs. he brought an expertise on this as the superior court judge in california that was just undeniable. it is not just drugs. jim gray ran as the libertarian candidate for senate in california, and i think he does a terrific job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs, because back to the criteria for our candidates, that needs to be the number 1 criteria. this is your choice. i recognize that this is your choice, and all i am a

i go back to the year 2001 imad jim gray for the first time. -- when imad jim gray for the first time jim gray for the first time. he was very outspoken on the war on drugs. he was more outspoken and he brought

i go back to the year 2000 when i met jim gray for the first time, which turned to be returned out to be the first of one dozen times, -- which turned out to be the first of one dozen times, and he was very outspoken on the war on drugs. he brought an expertise on this as the superior court judge in california that was just undeniable. it is not just drugs. jim gray ran as the libertarian candidate for senate in california, and i think he does a terrific job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs, because back to the criteria for our candidates, that needs to be the number 1 criteria. this is your choice. i recognize that this is your choice, and all i am asking you is to just give jim gray a listen, and if you do that, you will understand what we have come to the conclusion on, that this affords us the best opportunity to win, and that is what the goal needs to be, to actually win in november. thank you very, very, very much. thank you. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >>

vote for gary johnson and jim gray. let's make this happen. we can make a difference by being the difference. [applause] >> this morning on "washington journal," michael scheuer. then, at harvard institute of politics director will discuss a new poll by his institute that shows president obama has widened the gap between 18-29 years old. anthony potts will talk about north carolina as a battleground in the election and the upcoming convention in september. "washington journal," every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. this week on "news makers," richard trumka. he is interviewed by a washington post white house correspondent and the labor reporter for the wall street journal. newsmakers airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i have seemed to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me and i have always cared about the country. "the greatest generation" gave me a platform that was unanticipated. i thought i ought not to squander that. i ought to step up as a, not just a citizen and journalists,

all i am asking you is to just to give jim gray a lesson. if you will do that, you'll understand what we have come to the conclusion on. a this -- this affords us the best opportunity to win. thank you very much. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] >> we will have more from the libertarian party's convention tonight at 9:00. >> this week, the white house cyber security coordinator howard schmidt talks about the attempted cyber attacks against the dyu.s. >> howard schmidt, what is your responsibilities at the white house? >> i am the cyber security coordinator. when we look at the broad issues of security around technology, my role is for the -- is to coordinate this across the government to make sure we are working with the private sector and international partners. >> how do you do the threat -- the threat of cyber theft? >> we look at state versus nation states, there is an increasing threat from some countries around the world. on the other end of the spectrum, we start looking at credit card fraud, identity theft. as we move our

jim gray was chosen as the vice president.ll show you highlights of the convention beginning with the nominating process and speeches from the candidates. >> i sat down with them afterwards for an hour and a half. i decided i had to vote for a libertarian party candidate. one of the first things i loved about him when he came to san jose and we all went down to the airport and in those days you could go out to the tarmac, believe it or not. roger macbride came in on a rented played named the know force one. has this guy not aged in 32 years? he is as good looking as ever and has set up here where it counts. he has been a delight to work with. he is supportive of the libertarian party. we have some procedures that i would like to read to you to indicate how we will select our presidential nominees. before you do that, please turn turn your cell phones off. jake over here will turn on your microphone so you can speak. of course, we are being covered by c-span. we thank them for covering our convention. rule no. 7, nomination of

vote for gary johnson and jim gray. let's make this happen. we can make a difference by being different. >> i have seem to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me, and i've always cared about the country. the greatest generation right in that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i ought not to squander that. so i ought to step up as not just as a citizen and journalist but a husband, father, and grandfather. if i see these things, i ought to write about them and try to start a dialogue, which is what i'm trying to do with this book about where we need to get to next. >> in his latest, "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream, and sunday live in-depth your questions, in his half dozen books he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. "in-depth" on c-span 2s book tv. >> president obama's weekly address he talks about the u.s. negotiations and the economy. >> this week i traveled to afghanistan to thank our troops serv

live in greensboro, north carolina, i'm jay gray. jimback to you. >> thanks, jay. >>> feels like summer out there today. doug is down at nats park. doug? >> reporter: it feels like summer but i tell you what, spring is going to make a return. we are in for some fantastic weather over the next couple days. right now here at nats park a beautiful night. current temperatures around the region still sitting close to the upper 70s to around 80 degrees right now. and with lower humidity today it's fairly comfortable out here. just wait until you see the weather we'll get in here during the day tomorrow. the wider view of the radar showing a little bit of a frontal boundary making its way right now through pennsylvania. you can see showers and even a few thunderstorms associated with that. that same front will move through our region over night tonight. as it does, well it's going to bring us some, maybe some of the best stretches of weather we've seen in a while. we'll talk about that as we head into the end of the week and the weekend. plus w

this is from our twitter page -- jim gray is still libertarian vice-presidential nominee is a judge froms is how he expected the nomination. >> you will never regret this. i've never been excited about something i've been involved with. the work is now beginning and we have the best candidate i can think of to lead his party ticket and i will do my part as well. however, let me tell you our strategy -- we need everybody in this room to take this election personally. we need you to get our information, to pass it around your circle of friendsyouryour emails, what ever it is and tell them to take it personally as well and when that happens, we will start polling. we are now about 7% and then we will start calling around 15%. what happens is that governor johnson will be in the presidential debates with obama ann romney. host: he is the libertarian vice-presidential nominee and all of our coverage this weekend is on our website at c-span.org. we will turn our attention in a couple of minutes to the anniversary of the raid of osama bin laden from last year. it included a treasure trove of do

gray. an assistant treasurer for his 2010 campaign is charged with faking donation records and destroying evidence. tom sherwood joins us now with the story. >> reporter: jim, this is a major development in this scandal. the treasurer, he could face up to 20 years in prison. for more than a year, federal authorities have been investigating gray's campaign finances and allegations of a shadow campaign of fake documents and unreported spending. it began in march, 2011, with allegations by former minor candidate suleman brown, that he was paid by gray operatives to attack then mayor adrian finty on the campaign trail in 2010. now in the first public action the u.s. attorney's office is charging the gray assistant treasurer thomas gore for making three straw donations and using fake names on the donations. say the candidate who got the fake donations was suleman brown. more seriously u.s. attorney ronald machen is charging gore with destruction of evidence including a spiral notebook. thomas gore who has indicated he plans to plead guilty to the criminal information papers, faces up to 20 years on the destruction of evidence felony. attorneys say that could gi

gray has more. >> reporter: the pace of the trial increased dramatically for the defense. >> it was speed defending, five witnesses in the morning session. >> reporter: a group than cludded former mooib agent jim walsh ho ho told joors fred barron deposited tens of thousands of dollars in rielle hunter's account, undercutting the government's claim it centered on his run for the whites house. former commissioner scott thomas took the stand, his testimony was limited. outside the presence of the jury, thomas told the court "this is a clear cut case that the payments were not campaign contributions and that edwards had not violated the law" the judge ruled the opinions were inadmissible. >> he was able to tell the jury how complex the federal election laws are and in his 38 years of experience, both at the commission and in private practice, that he has never addressed the situation where a third party has asked to pay the debt of another third party. >> reporter: we also learned the defense is not likely to call the woman at the center of the legal and political soap opera. >> they have previewed to the judge the witnesses they intend to call. rielle hunter is not on the list. >> reporter: edwa

jim, pat? >> now to a developing story in the district. today federal prosecutors charged a former campaign worker for mayor vincent gray. thomas gore who worked on gray's 2010 campaign is accused of making illegal donations to mayoral candidate suleman brown. prosecutors say he also tried to destroy evidence of those donations. these are the first criminal charges connected to gray's campaign after a year-long federal probe. tom sherwood will have the very latest on this investigation. it's coming up right here on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. >>> tomorrow marks exactly a year since the country's deadliest single tornado in decades. 161 died in joplin, missouri. tonight is graduation night and president obama plans to make an appearance. >> reporter: a year after her home was ripped to shreds fourth generation joplin resident jeanne george is finally getting it fixed thanks to americorps volunteers. hers is one of approximately 8,000 homes and 2,000 other buildings crushed by the category ef-5 tornado that tore through joplin last may 22nd. in 40 minutes it killed 161 people, injured 900, and destroyed or damaged 75% of the c

gray has more. >> reporter: the pace of the trial increased dramatically for the defense. >> it really was speed-defending, five witnesses in just the morning session. >> reporter: a group that included former fbi agent jim walsh who told jurors texas millionaire fred barren conti e continued to deposit tens of thousands of dollars into rielle's bank account long after edwards' campaign. also today, scott thomas took the stand. though his testimony was limited. outside the presence of the jury, thomas had told the court, quote, this is a clear-cut case that the payments were not campaign contributions and that edwards had not violated the law. but judge katherine eagles rue those opinions were inadmissible. >> he was able to tell the jury how complex the elections laws are and in his 38 years it in his experience in private practice and in the commissions, he has never addressed the situation where a third party is asked to pay the debt of another third party. >> reporter: we also learned the defense is not likely to call the woman at the center of this soap opera. >> they have previewed to the judge the witnesses they intend to call between now and then. rielle hunter is not on that list. >> reporter: e

jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the developing story in the district where federal prosecutors today charged a former campaign official for mayor vincent gray. an assistant treasurer with the 2010 mayoral campaign is now charged with making illegal campaign donations and felony destruction of evidence. tom sherwood has details. >> reporter: for more than a year federal authorities have been investigating gray's campaign finances and allegations of a shadow campaign of fake documents and unreported spending. it began in march, 2011, with allegations by former minor candidate sewell mon brown that he was paid by gray operatives to attack then mayor finty on the campaign trail in 2010. now in the first public action the u.s. attorney's office is charging that gray assistant treasurer thomas gore made at least three straw donations to an unnamed candidate for mayor and used fake names on the donations. sources say the candidate who got the fake donations was suleman brown. more seriously u.s. attorney ronald machen is charging gore with destruction of evidence including a spiral notebook. thomas gore, who has indicated he plans to plead guilty

gray is in greensboro, north carolina, today. jay, what was said in those closing arguments today and what can we expect next? >> reporter: doreen and jimeresting because they may define the case. as much because of who we didn't hear. we didn't hear from john edwards. we did not hear on the witness stand from his daughter kate or mistress rielle hunter. the prosecution went out of its way to cite the law today and say john edwards knowingly took this money to help further his campaign and help him gratify his ego and his greed as a politician. the defense got a chance to fight back and they said, look. while john edwards was a bad husband and lied to his family, he did not break the law and did not think that any of these gifts from wealthy friends to move his mistress around the country and hide her pregnancy was done to help his campaign. instead, he says that it was done to hide it from his ailing wife who later died. so very important arguments today. the judge will give some instructions to the jury tomorrow morning and then they will begin their deliberations after five weeks in a crowded courtroom they will be alone, isolated as

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gray pleaded guilty to a crime. >> prince george's county woman who is in her 70s is scammed out of thousands of dollars. good evening, everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jimwe go to the latest in the presidential race now. new polls in virginia and two other important states suggest that president obama is holding a slim lead against his challenger, mitt romney. while that is good news for the president, the polls may contain

gray's proposal to extend bar hours. the mayor wants to keep bars open an hour later as a way to generate revenue. chairman kwame brown and ward one council member jimham say the city does not need to make alcohol more available. graham said extending hours would only add to neighborhood noise and other problems. >>> d.c. council rejected a plan to repay city workers for furloughed days. the council voted 7-5, defeating the bill. more than 20,000 city employees did not get holiday pay four times last year. council imposed the furlough days to make up for a budget shortfall. the district ended the year with a $63 million budget surplus. >>> the fbi says it's followed up on hundreds of tips in search for a former d.c. elementary school teacher accused of taking pornographic pictures of children. the fbi added eric toth to its ten most wanted fugitive list last month. he taught at a school on the grounds of the washington national cathedral. he lost his job in 2008 amid allegations that he used a school camera to take pornographic pictures of children. he vanished without a trace. the fbi says it's pursued every lead in this case, including an extensiv

gray, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> breaking news. a terror plot foiled by the cia. >> more sophisticated bomb was built to be set off on a plane headed for the u.s. good evening. i'm jimzler. the bomb plot was foiled. julie carey joins with us more on the

[applause] he was here this morning to tell you what he thinks about jim gray. to me, that is the most important thing. we have to have the very best team we can put out into the field to advance the cause of liberty and to seek the offices of president and vice president. i have known jim graham for quite a number of years. it is a terrific a jurist in orange county, i held him in the highest respect, and i have to say since he got his undergraduate degree at ucla and his law degree at usc, and since i got my eye graduate degree at ucla and my law degree at usc, i figure he is qualified. gm has done great work as a libertarian candidate. in 2004, he ran against the evil barbara boxer in california. i found jim to be always open to ideas and to learn and to figuring out the best way to do the job of being a libertarian candidate. so it gives me -- i am very honored, and it gives me great pleasure to second the nomination and to introduce jim gray. [cheers and applause] >> my name is judge jim gray, and i am seeking your nomination to be the libertarian candidate