jonathan shapiro on behalf of the united states of america -- and the defense lawyer had to say joe smith for this shmuck -- you get a sense that the system has bought into it. if you convict an innocent man, you have committed a far worse crime than any other crime because you have let the guilty party off scot-free. that is incorrect incredibly -- an incredibly important message. if anybody is waving the flag, it ought to be the public defender's office. their reluctance to do so, somehow, the sense that if they do so in will make them seem pro-government or some kind, i have never been able to fully grasp. >> let me ask a question. should we remake the image of the public defender in to the public crusader? is that what we want to do, do we need to, should we? >> i certainly think so. i bought into the public crusader thing when i was a child. ironically, here i am, not serving as a criminal defense attorney or public defender. i wanted to be a criminal defense attorney from the age of eight years old. i saw perry mason when i was a child. my father used to take me to the court house t

man omen oh had a team high 25 points, they took joe smith number 1 overall.dn't take that man. mcdyess still turning dunking at age 36. david lee, 12 boards, eva longoria's ex-doesn't seem too distracted. i guess erin berry was in the house tonight. easy of the warriors. >>> by now you know the bears super bowl hopes went up in flames to the super bowl packers. now something else is on fire. >> going gets tough, just quit. jay cutler did. >> bears fans are burning. quarterback jay cutler's jersey. he came out of yesterday's game with a knee injury that fans and nfl players thought he should have played through and it started getting ugly. via twitter maurice jones, jacksonville running back, said all i'm saying is he can finish game on a hurt knee. i played the whole season on one. >> the cardinals darnell dockett tweeted if i'm on chicago's team jay cutler has to wait until me and the team shower, dress and leave before he comes in the locker room. now after an mri was performed cutler did sprain his mcl and his teammates are unset with the second guessing.

really interesting stories is that within a minute after the shooting, dallas police officer joe marshall smith ran towards the parking lot towards the grassy knoll and fence area. he encountered a man. smith had his gun drawn. he encountered a man who identified himself and flashed some credentials he was secret service. yet, there were no secret service on the ground. any idea what -- who that person could have been? clearly he had some identification that looked official to the officer. any idea what that could have been? >> i have no idea. >> i don't know. >> i'm going to have to keep digging, aren't i? >> it wasn't a secret service agent. >> no, that you can be assure of. there was no agents in the area. other than on the motor. >> they have a story out, somebody passed the story that somebody had lost their identification. so the secret service reissued in '64 new commission books that is absolutely false. >> president kennedy's car was struck down to the frame and rebuilt. it was, i guess, i assume bullet proof or at least bullet resistant. and it was used by president johnson. did he ev

talk to joe smith in redding ohio why it is one person to set the budget for the entire congress and not have an open vote on that? >> the democrats in the house last year did not pass a budget, did not pass any appropriations bills. that has left us in a position where there is no spending limit under the law. between now and the time a new budget is enacted by the house, someone has to set a spending limit. under our rules, we decided chairman of the budget committee was in the best position to do that. but it is only until a new budget is enacted. >> you put out a statement on the debt limit. could it be more specific on what you need to see happen on spending in order for the debt limit to pass the house? could you envision the valves not voted on that? >> the debt limit issue is out there. the reason we have to increase the debt load that is because washington good to gis to spend more money than we bring in. if the house is going to move an increase in the debt limit, i think we have a responsibility to cut spending and make changes in the process by which we sped the american

talk to joe smith and ready no idea why it's okay for one person to set the budget level for entire congress do not have a democratic vote on that. >> as you are all aware, the democrats in the house last year did not pass a budget, did not pass any of the appropriations bills, which has left us in a position where there is no spending limits under the loan. and so between now and the time that a new budget is in a decrepit house, someone has decided a spending limit. and under our rules, we decided the chairman of the budget committee was in the best position to do that. but it's only an effect until the new budget -- a new budget is in the lead. >> you put out a statement. could you give be a little more specific -- could you envision the house voting for the next year? >> as you're aware, the debt limit issue is out there. the reason we have to increase the debt limit is because washington continues to spend more money then we bring in. at the house is going to move an increase of the debt limit, i think we have a responsibility to cut spending and to make changes in the process by which

more on smith in a moment. hawks down two. joe johnson forced it in overtime. ne point lebron scored 15 straight for the heated. the three-pointer tied it. last minute of o.t. smith drove on dwyane wade, and got the go ahead bucket. one last chance for the heat. lebron for the win. brick. the hawks win it in o.t., 93-89. off to chicago, bulls and bobcats. derek rose and the one-man wrecking crew. he had 38 points. nobody else on the team scored more than 12. gerald wallace to the hoop like a run-away freight train. the layup. theç foul. he hits a free-throw for the lead. colts had a last shot, and who do you think got the ball? rose, of course. the jumper was short, and the bobcats held to win it 83-82. >>> college hoops great finish between tennessee and georgia. under ten seconds to play. no. brian williams grabbed the rebound, and some way, some how it's a game winner at the buzzer. no harm, no full. 59-57. >>> finally, the australian open is underway in melbourne where the 12 seed agnes got the surprise of her life. while returning a serve, the top of her r

joe got back on his parents' insurance. a vote to repeal this legislation pulls that card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another exampl

joe got back on his parents' insurance. a vote to repeal this legislation pulls that card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another exampl

joe got back on his parents' insurance. a vote to repeal this legislation pulls that card away. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, new member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reed: i rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing obamacare legislation. this bill is a whopping 2,500 pages of of new spending and government bureaucracy. rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm twisting and deal making. unfortunately, just as republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem in the health care, its costs. republicans have advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation, for just as long those who have wrote this legislation have ignored the need for tort reform. the congressional budget office estimates tort reform initiatives could save $54 billion. i will say that the other side attempted to reform tort reform by providing $50 million for states to consider the concept of tofert reform. here we go again, another exampl