have come to believes that the classical liberal social political stance which associates with john locke, john stuart mill, thomas jefferson and so forth is the sound position to take on political issues. on ethics and a pathology and ascetics is another story. if you talk about politics which is what most ordinary folks are interested in from philosophers, what position do you hold on the first amendment, interstate commerce clause, whether one should be able to tell people how they behave right and wrong, all of that stuff. that is what they want to know and there i can safely be called a libertarian or classical liberal. >> who in american politics today most closely aligns with your point of view? >> very few. there are some people whose views in general match mine and i would say that ron paul would be one of them. went parand paul would be one o. but on detailed issues, foreign policy issues you find differences and difficult to align yourself to anybody because some of us think those things through in great detail and others will never be happy to live with just basic principles.

come to believe that the classical liberal, social political stance, one that one associates with john locke, john stewart mil, thomas jefferson is the sound position to take on political issues. as to ethics and ascetics and so on, that's another story. if you were talking about politics which is what most folks are interested from academic philosophers. what position do you hold on the first amendment? interstate commerce clause? whether one should be able to tell people how do they behave right and wrong and all of that stuff. that's what they want to know. there i think i can even be called a libertarian or classical liberal. >> who in american politics today most closely aligned with your point of view? >> very few. >> very few? >> guest: there are some people who's views in general match mine. and i would say that ron paul would be one of them. rand paul would be one of them. but when it comes down to detailed public policy matters, foreign policy issues, meetly, you start finding differences. and it's difficult to align yourself to anybody there because some of us think those things t

how to prove it with a straight political indictment all right political analyst and historian john locke and they're talking lots of other breaking news here on r.t. thank you thank you art well with what i two million people in jail the u.s. has the world's biggest prison population and some are seeing the inside of a cell because dodgy judges are getting payback from the private sector got into kind of courts and i was dishing out justice for three. two pennsylvania judges have made a killing out of juvenile prisoners marc several and michael conahan were convicted of receiving kickbacks for more than two million dollars from the developers of several private detention centers but the real crime according to the parents is that these judges then sent more than five thousand children to those very facilities for crimes as small as fighting on a school bus or posting a parody of their teacher on the web. to get them. to. tell us that i was a god sized sandy fonzo seventeen year old son edward was a budding student and sportsman when he was arrested at an under-age party judge ciavarella

forces are accused of attacking peaceful demonstrators since the revolt began some three months ago john locke and from the institute for democracy and cooperation doubts that the prosecution will be balanced. i'd be very interested to see how the international criminal court reacts to this i wouldn't be at all surprised if the allegation is true but what strikes me mostly about the international criminal court is that as ever and usually in itself to be the handmaidens of western policy the international criminal court prosecutor here's mark showing in lockstep with the western powers just as he did over iraq he received hundreds and hundreds of applications to prosecute members of the saddam coalition over the iraq war and from two thousand and three onwards he didn't take any notice of a single one of them and as you know there's never been any investigation into iraq at all and my suspicion is that the same thing will be true of libya in other words that he will launch a prosecution against libya against the libyan leadership but not against the nato powers waging the war against it. now i

the constitutional settlement and from there to the american founding is a short distance because john locke was a participant and wrote to the second treatise of government justifying rule that has to come out of consent of the government than the american revolution based no taxation without representation. the distance from those english defense and our own founding as a country is not long at all but would not have happened if we were colonized by spain and in latin america at it did not happen on that timescale and did not results in a commercial empire the breaking clint he called except for the balance saying of rule of law so if you think about it there was no necessity of our historical driving forces are how this is the outcome. this is what they imitated but the fact they got there was a historical accident. because china was such an early stage they never allowed the blood aristocracy zero or opposing religious groups to appear and they don't do it to this day. they do control because it is a potential source of opposition. i will conclude with a couple of observations about how

that is what john locke would have supported. the better to of powers is what we would call the foreign affairs. john locke had this totally in the executive branch. the legislative had no role at all. the framers knew that model. william blackstone and his commentaries did the same thing. look at these powers, blackstone give them all to the executive. that would include the power to declare war. blackstone gave the executive power to make treaties, declare war, appoint ambassadors, raise and support armies and navies, power over the military regulations, the power to issue letters, mainly to have private citizens help in military activity, then look at the u.s. constitution. it is very clear. the president does not receive one of those powers. not a single one. they either give them expressly to congress and article 1, or he has to share them with the senate. so the framers knew of that model, and for many reasons spelled out -- he said,, "the president will have all the qualities, but will not make war but support it." you can

from there to the american founding is a short distance because john locke was a participant in the events of the glorious revolution. he wrote the second treatise on government justifying rule as something that has to come out of consent of the government and the american revolution is based on the principle no taxation without representation. so the distance from those english events during the english civil war and our own from the average country based on democratic consent is not a long distance at all but wouldn't have happened if we had been colonized by spain and in latin america it didn't happen on that timescale and didn't result in a powerful commercial empire the way england evolve to except for this balancing of rule of law, accountable government and a strong state. this is the miracle -- this is how this miracle happened but if you think of it there was no necessity. there was no historical driving force that dictated that this would be the outcome. once england got there it was a powerful model that other people wanted to imitate but the fact they got there in the first pla

that is what john locke would have supported. the better to of powers is what we would call the foreign affairs. john locke had this totally in the executive branch. the legislative had no role at all. the framers knew that model. william blackstone and his commentaries did the same thing. look at these powers, blackstone give them all to the executive. that would include the power to declare war. blackstone gave the executive power to make treaties, declare war, appoint ambassadors, raise and support armies and navies, power over the military regulations, the power to issue letters, mainly to have private citizens help in military activity, then look at the u.s. constitution. it is very clear. the president does not receive one of those powers. not a single one. they either give them expressly to congress and article 1, or he has to share them with the senate. so the framers knew of that model, and for many reasons spelled out -- he said,, "the president will have all the qualities, but will not make war but support it." you can

john? >> reporter: many have these non-locking mailboxes. there's a small theft leading residents on guard. >> people who made the theft are able to get here and wash the check and cash it. >> reporter: he said last week a thief stole an outgoing check from his mailbox. >> changing the amount from $910. that's not too large, not too small. >> reporter: he admits a telltale red flag. >> if the flags are up, that's a red flag. >> i physically dropped it into my land lord's mailbox. >> we met this man in the same neighborhood who fell victim to a thief and conquered last year. >> went in, took the mail, took the check, targeted us. >> both men were safe from losing money but are much more careful. police say crooks can change the checks amount and payee or create their own check using the bank accounts and routing numbers. >> you purchase check packs used finish programs where you can print your own checks on your computer. >> or aparticipantly someone else's checks. stealing mail is a federal offense and the postal service offers up to $10,000

john? >> reporter: many have these non-locking mailboxes. there's a small theft leading residents on guard. >> people who made the theft are able to get here and wash the check and cash it. >> reporter: he said last week a thief stole an outgoing check from his mailbox. >> changing the amount from $910. that's not too large, not too small. >> reporter: he admits a telltale red flag. >> if the flags are up, that's a red flag. >> i physically dropped it into my land lord's mailbox. >> we met this man in the same neighborhood who fell victim to a thief and conquered last year. >> went in, took the mail, took the check, targeted us. >> both men were safe from losing money but are much more careful. police say crooks can change the checks amount and payee or create their own check using the bank accounts and routing numbers. >> you purchase check packs used finish programs where you can print your own checks on your computer. >> or aparticipantly someone else's checks. stealing mail is a federal offense and the postal service offers up to $10,000

uncle john stole a ham from the meat market. he was 17. lost his taste for it locked up 14 years. ham, cured and earth bred sliced with the fat hanging on. yellow sunshine on a white plate. the ham bone cuts crosswise. a dark eye all in the skillet making aggressive for grits. lost his taste for all things salt much the ocean he has not seen. woman and man. he don't ever want to see no more ham on his plate. hates pigs. hard for him. time off for good behavior. they didn't hold him to the last 6. he is a hog farmer. only eats beef and chicken and turkey. fish, turtle and rabbit. squirrel, possum and coon and seasons greens with smoked ox tails. can't raise white folks for slaughter. [applause] >> for those of you who have not heard this in person a big beautiful surprises, she speaks at tremendous authority of feeling. and very uniquely agile intelligence. >> we are the memory of that place without measure. that filled all space that never was and ever will be. that place existing as the perfect note yet making no sound. holding all colors inside a light that was nothing but darkn

locke. businessman john bryson expected to be announced at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span.nd we have more live events coming up at 2:00 eastern. a hearing on global perspectives on autism. you can watch that on c-span2. also the electrical grid. it includes members of the energy department. you can see that on our companion network, c-span3. you're watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs every morning it's "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day, connecting you with elected officials, journalists. weekdays watch the u.s. house. weeknights watch hearings and public hearings. week nights watch the supreme court. on the weekends watch "the communicators" and "newsmakers" and "q&a." it's searchable on our c-span video library. a public service, created by america's cable companies. a discussion now on contenders and possible contenders for the republican candidate for president in 2012 from this morning's "washington journal." , the associa editor for the politics channel. let us begin with the speculation over sarah palin and

john sasaki. >>> a large riot broke out today, two prisoners were stabbed and the prison is now in lock down. we'll take a look at what happened there coming up in 10 minutes. >>> she tried to fight foreclosure on a home her family has owned for 24 years. now she is taking bold action to try and get her home back and she says she has no regrets about what she's doing. ktvu's allie rasmus live in oakland with the woman's story. >> reporter: frank, that homeowner bold action meant busting open the lock on her front door. you can see where it was and breaking into her home that had been foreclosed on by the bank. >> this is the living room. >> reporter: the furniture is temporary. the windows are bare. but ton kwra dennis says this was, is and -- but tonya dennis says this was, is, and always will be her home. >> i did not break into my home, i just repossessed my home, that sounds more gentler. >> reporter: dennis fell behind on her payments. dennis says her granddaughter gave her an idea. >> one day sky said, the bank has our house. we need to fight the banks. and i said now this is a 2-year-

both hands and the fact is that it's really is locked up and people like representative jan schakowsky of illinois was on the intelligence committee and john conyers who of course is a stalwart of many progressive causes in the congress he did raise this issue and what the lawmakers said in their letter was basically a request for hillary clinton to explain whether or not erik prince got the necessary licenses from the u.s. state department to provide these kinds of services to a foreign government technically when someone like erik prince or a company like blackwater or whatever he wants to call it these days runs to export the kinds of training services or armed services that are appearances at sporting to the united arab emirates and remember erik prince is a navy seal who's have access to very sensitive secret u.s. operations was allowed to go into cia headquarters under president bush and look at operational intelligence and then offer his services there whether or not he got a license for that is up for debate right now and we'll see how hillary clinton responds but blackwater has been fined in the past for not obtaining those licens

and carter lend, and john boehner, the house speaker says he wants to lock arms with the president.table. we're talking about the budget. what exactly does locked arms look like, cornell? >> well, in this case, it's really good political posturing because lock arms in this case means if i don't get to play exactly where i want to play, i'm going to throw the ball over the fence and go home. no new taxes. he's not locking arms. to me, this is just political theater. >> dana? >> i think speaker boehner wants to lock arms with the president to get serious about spending and this means reform. according to irs statistics, those who make the pomost. and you see that tax cuts actually increase government revenue. >> pete. >> mean the speaker meant to say lock horns instead of lock arms. or maybe, carroll, speaker boehner and president obama are going to negotiate while square dancing and at the end, the speaker will cry. >>> according to a new poll in politico, the majority of americans disapprove of president obama's handling of the economy. but, 59% still say they will vote for him. mak

john hendren reporting from washington. >>> another prominent international banker has been arrested in new york for sexually assaulting a hotel maid. mahmoud salam is accused of locking the maid in his room in his hotel and then attacking her. former imf head dominique strauss-kahn is still facing charges. >>> and the thousands that have lost their homes in joplin, missouri. even for homeowners that had insurance, it could take years to rebuild that town. with the details from joplin, here's matt gutman. >> reporter: this is the highest point in all of joplin, offering this panoramic view, west to east, of this destruction. 13 miles long. mostly whapeople's haround me are people's homes, destroyed. adding to that misery, learning of a housing crunch here in joplin. even people with money to spend can't buy or rent a house. we spoke to one woman who had to pay a year's worth of rent for a deposit to get into her apartment, there were so many people competing for it. realtors are getting hundreds of calls a day. the phones don't stop ringing. but the problem is, there's 30% fewer homes here in joplin to rent. they have nothing to offer their clients. there's a bidding

upcoming summit i'm now joined by john curtin he's director of the research group at the university of toronto know this summit comes just as the operation in libya remains locked in a stalemate and the likes of russia and china one of those now having already claimed that the resolution but they let pass through is now being violated will nato countries face a backlash on this issue of these two. so you think. oh i think not but i think what we see is that the momentum in libya day by day is moving in favor of a democratic on the solution and with it the end of mr gadhafi killing his own innocent civilians and with it will cause the need to no longer continue the use of old necessary means to enforce the international responsibility to protect there will be a diverse a difference of opinion about what to do and when to do it but there's a range of views what we do see is that three of the g eight members france britain canada they're in the forefront of the jack being a military force they've been supported by the more reluctant united states but germany has always been hesitant japan isn't militarily involved and the russian federation will as an equal i ask

john bryceen to take over as the head of the commerce department. he's the ceo of edison international. if the senate confirms him, bryceen would replace commerce secretary gary lockewe're expecting an announcement from the white house about 10:15 this morning, our time. again, the president is expected to announce john brycen, former ceo of edison international, as the new secretary of the commerce department. >>> some women in egypt say they were forced to undergo virginity tests when they were arrested by the new egyptian military government. >> translator: during the test, no one was standing except for a woman and a male doctor. six soldiers were standing behind us and watching the back side of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. >> amnesty international says 17 women were arrested during a demonstration in march, a general says the testing was necessary because the military wanted to protect itself against charges of rain. >>> 8:17. the rebels in libya have launched that nation's first english language online radio station. ♪ >> it's called "tribute fm." they are trying to push moammar gadhafi out of power. >> this is history. we are writing his

of course john will be building on the success of outgoing commerce secretary, gary locke who has tirelyly advanced american leadership abroad. he has an agreement with china where gary will be serving as our next ambassador. we couldn't be prouder of him and confident that he is going to be doing an outstanding job there. in the years ahead a key to achieving our export goal will be promoting clean energy in america. that's how we'll reduce our dependence on foreign oil and that's how we'll encourage new businesses and jobs to come to our shores. john understands this better than virtually anybody. throughout a distinguished career in which he's led nonprofits, government agencies, and large companies he's been a fierce proponent of alternative energy. as a young man with a gree -- degree in hand from a prestigious law school, john then followed his friends to a blue chip law firm, john took a chance on an idea he cared about and co-founded the natural resources defense council, which grew into a powerful and important voice in protecting the safety of our air and water. it was then john

but john avalos, a former aide of supervisor chris daly, came up as an organizer with the biggest public employees union in san francisco. he was a former social worker. so he might get that lock there, but could he win just on that alone or do you have to reach out to a broader audience. >> quickly, was chris daly board of supervisor? thinking about running? >> he was thinking of running and he said if someone like dave campos didn't get into the race, he would run. i think that's one issue, one reason that john avalos might have gotten into the race because chris daly is so -- how should we say this? there are a lot of people who don't like him. and there are a lot of people who do. but they wanted someone who could maybe work with a broader audience. >> and in addition, to talking about politics, the other thing that's all over your heart is talking about baseball? a very special baseball day for a very special person. >> right. now i think if willie mays wanted to run for mayor in san francisco, i think we could call the race right now. he might have a good chance. but it is his 80th birthday and the giants are going all out at at&t park to celebrate the man who epitomizes

of course, john will be building on the success of outgoing commerce secretary gary locke, who has tirelesslyced america's economic leadership abroad, securing export deals that will mean hundreds of thousands of jobs here in america, including an agreement with china, where gary will now be serving as our next ambassador. and we couldn't be prouder of him and are confident he's going to be doing an outstanding job there. of course, in the years ahead, a key to achieving our export goal will be promoting clean energy in america. that's how we'll reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and that's how we'll encourage new businesses and jobs to take route on our shores. john understands this better than virtually anybody. throughout a distinguished career in which he has led nonprofits, government agencies and large companies, he has been a fierce proponent of alternative energy. as a young man with a degree from a prestigious law school, john didn't follow his friends to a blue chip law firm. john took a chance on an idea he cared about and co founded the natural resources defense counsel sill, w

john thomas. i grew up in southeast washington. i was like a burden to society. i saw a lot of my friends get killed and a lot of them are lockedave any choice. i stole cars. i went to jail twice. i was not focused on going to school every day. i saw a lot of friends dropping out and not graduating, and i was walking the same road they were walking when i was young. i started playing basketball every day and it became part of life. every day i woke up, i wanted to play. i did not want to get killed out on the streets. i knew i had to work hard to get what i wanted. i wanted to start my own business when i got out of college. i did extra work to get the grades to play basketball because i wanted to play ball. when i got on the team, i was still messing up, making bad decisions. the coach stayed on my back, making me go to study hall and making sure i did my homework. he said the only way to make my dreams was to finish high school and go on with my education. >> how did you find john thomas? >> a reporter actually did. i was not supposed to be as involved as i became, but i would literally go to school every day and he amazingly

locked down. >>> it's a trouble north bay hospital. the scene of several violent even deadly attacks in the last few months. we've reported on it but for the first time tonight we're in it. john sasaki is there to tell us what he found. >> reporter: these are the front gates at napa state hospital, a point where we could not go until this morning. after repeated requests by ktvu we took the first tour of the state mental hospital. it was a highly choreographed tour of the state hospital. >> our mission is to treat patients for treatment not for incarceration. >> every couple of weeks we get another report of a patient or staff person who have been severely assaulted and that tells you, frankly it's still not safe. >> reporter: we saw the alarmed fencing and entered some of the living quarters. that's where we heard someone having a rough time. we asked sean web, parent of a patient to meet us here today and he told us just this morning his son was attacked for a third time. >> this individual who did this has repeatedly threatened him and continues to be not isolated from the other members of the unit. >> reporter: cal osha released a daunting report. >> we are talking about

john zarrella is there live at kennedy space center as well. so if they're in the hatch but haven't like lockedrs yet right? >> right. exactly. and you were mentioning gabrielle giffords, she's going to be right over at the launch control complex on the roof with the families of the other astronauts to watch the liftoff. that's a couple, 300 yards away from where we are right now. she and the others will have a terrific look at it. mark kelly just tweeted out a few minutes ago, we should be pulling off earth in a couple hours. hopefully there's one little glitch that's come up. right at near the hatch where they close the hatch, there's a little scrape on one of the thermal tiles, about an inch long scrape, they've had this issue before. it's not in an area that takes a tremendous amount of heat. it should not be a showstopper, but the engineering teams are looking at that just to make sure and see if they can cover it up with something or what they're going to do about that scrape on one of the thermal tiles. "endeavour" making its 25th flight. it is the youngest of all of the space shuttles a