john thompson spent 14 years on death row, and after his verdict was set aside he was then facing life in prison. he was fighting for a retrial that took place four years later. he was exonerated by a jury in less than 30 minutes that found him not guilty when he got his retrial, and it was largely the result of the police department not turning over what would have been -- evidence in his first trial. the united states supreme court reversed the verdict of the jury in this decision. he has found an organization called resurrection after exoneration to help other people seek justice in their respective cases. to his left -- this is the executive director of california death penalty focus, where she works to abolish the death penalty. she did preside as the warden over several executions. natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish

. >> i will go to john thompson. we were talking about how often, you have public opinion polls on the death penalty but the last -- the wrong question is asked, do you support the death penalty or something like that. can you elaborate on this? >> this is a tricky question that we have been tricked into believing, so that people say, do you support the death penalty. this is a trick question. you will not put yourself in that position of being placed under arrest based on these reports. we ask you if you support this and eliminates you automatically. if you ask that same question in a different way, meaning the use of what the state killing you, that is the question. you have no control over the death penalty. he is the only one to make this decision. he is the only one -- he does not want to make the decision. this is a tricky question from the beginning. do we support the death penalty? we never placed ourselves in this position. do you give the state the right to kill you. this is the question and see what the re

john. fred thompson the chief minority council to republicans on the senate watergate committee. and the lead prosecutor in the watergate special prosecutor's office. the discussion among them will be moderated by timothy, a hoirveg, former director of the richard nixon presidential library and museum where he created a watergate exhibit. tim, you're on. >> thank you very much. first of all, i want to thank mary jordan and secondly i'm going to sit down. what we're going to do now is set up, set up the story a little bit for you so that those of you who are listening here or watching it on the web and are too young to have either experienced watergate because you were alive at the time or your high school history class didn't get past 1965, we're going to set it up because we have a remarkable opportunity tonight to listen to people who were there and then we'll take some questions from the audience and pose basically a few of the issues that mr. lehrer posed. i asked john dean to start if you don't know what the crime was, you don't know why there was an investigation. john, wil

. >> we have marry thompson, rick santelli, jeff cox, and the ceo of john thompson financial. do you believe in the market rally. this is the week we were supposed to see the saving of the euro. >> i think this is just the beginning. there's a lot of notion out there, people very concerned that the crisis in the european union will get worse. you have them talking about how in three days, here we are, the markets are up, green on the screen, banks making their payments. >> why are people not scared? >> they're looking at past, they're looking at a win in the white house, and they're confident. >> why is the euro -- >> why are boom rates higher which is a bigger question for a fixed income guide but all of the answers are the same in my minute. in front of tomorrow's summit there is not a lot of opt musm. i think when you put all of that together, there's a little bit of safety in our equity still, but with the ten year spread tightening seven basis points from a difference of 12 to a difference of five, five in our favor, there's a notion out there that there is an entity or g

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about look back to a bipartisan era in the 1990's that starred in wisconsin with tommy thompson and michigan with john ingram with welfare reform. bill clinton signed off on it. how did we administer it? with block grants. it was a great way in the mid- 1990s of dealing with welfare reform and truly having reform and it we made it at the national level and then have the state level as well. gary was just talking about frustration. we have a program where we put $1.2 billion in medicaid. more money than any other governor in the history of wisconsin, and more money than just about any other governor in the country. others are cutting while i'm adding to medicaid. but what is interesting is that there were no changes made to the system and it would require about $1.8 billion. we had $1.2 billion. we had a series of reforms that about half a year to get signed off on and then we only got part of it signed off on. but let me tell you about the dramatic changes. if you work at an employer who offers health insurance, we will ask you to get your health insurance from your employer before you go to the taxpa

the next chief on it you will fine the president of johns hopkins and university of maryland law school of dean. the chairman is attorney ken thompsonpenn north community are holding a rally to save a recreation center scheduled to close on wednesday. they are closing it to make room for more state of the art centers throughout the city. today's rally is at 3 at the center on francis street. >>> and even though some r-ec senters are in jeopardy of closing someplaces are saved. the basketball court dubbed the dome in east baltimore will receive improvements and today there will be a ceremony celebrating the improvements. it will be part of the new paint for the court and hoops and back boards and foam poll pads -- pole pads and new bleachers. muggies bogues will be there to lead the ceremonies as part of a partnership deal between the national basketball association and under armour. >>> baltimore city leaders say that neighbors left abandoned in parts of baltimore will get a better life. tenants in the area at least. the vacants to value program makes it easier for home owners and developers to purchase homes. there's close to 16,00

thompson with the eagle, two back of leaders. john two shots back of the leaders, but was slipping until he uses the 7-iron, par-13, 180 yards out and john is talking to the ball. it's listening. john peterson makes just the second ace in five u.s. opens held here at the olympic club. he is just four back of the coleaders. 17-year-old beau hossler, the orange county high school kid. this is his second u.s. open. today hossler shot an even par 70. beau knows birdies and stands four off the lead. two-time open champion ernie els back in hunt. he bails him out of jail with an incredible chip for an eagle. the big easy is 3 back of the coleaders. oldest man in the field is san mateo's leaven, who san mateo allen, who eagles the 17th. tiger woods made 34 putts include 3g puts on this. the no. 8 and no. 9, tiger makes his only birdie of the day. he shoots a 5 over 75 and he is now five back. lee westwood considered the best golfer who has never won a major championship shot a 3678 and caps it with this long birdie on 18. west book just thre

thompson award. please welcome my friend and colleague, the second camera guy ever elected as the chair, john wallaceod evening. i want to take a moment to tell you about a very special journalist, jerry thompson. we now have an award to honors him and his legacy. he was the epitome of what journalists stand for to ensure -- i am sure that all of you have worked with someone like him during your career. we cared for him greatly, because above all, he represents all of the best qualities of a human being. he was a videographer at cnn for 25 years. he was a professional, an enormously talented, always reliable, and a mentor to many is. . \ he was always willing to lend a hand, even to the competition he was a friend to all of us who work in the field. he was courteous and kind to everyone he met. cnn new the talented they had in the jerry, so when the berlin wall fell, he was called upon to go there a media the. they knew he would get the best pictures, and he did. i knew what i had in a partner, through the smaller moments that told a bigger story. one time during an interview in williamsburg, he stop

picking the next chief and on it a president of johns hopkins and the university of maryland law school dean, the chairman of the search mim committee is ken thompson. >>> tomorrow the commander in chief will travel to baltimore president obama is scheduled to hold a campaign event while in town. reception will take place tomorrow at the hyatt downtown. general admission tickets cost $250 and 1,000 dollars if you want to become an event sponsor. >>> if you live in odenton or crofton you will be asked to conserve water until 7 this morning. crews have been working to fix the water main break since yesterday afternoon. the problem is the underground water main connecting to a well in the treatment plant taking them on rideel road. >>> a texas teen decided to take on quite a mission. >> he is lacing up his sneakers and trekking far from home all the way to the nation's capital. we will hear from him and what he thinks about the unbelievable journey. >> if you haven't purchased a gift for dad for father's day we have important tips to keep in mind if you plan on shopping online. >> some parts of the u.s. are facing some dry conditions. places in florid

baker had been embarrassed by john's testimony about the back channel to the white house and his chief of staff had to resign when that was discovered. i was thinking thompson has to resign and baker probably has to leave the committee. i was pretty naive, but that was my belief. >> i have to be frank, one of the things i did in the procession before i appeared publicly, i decided to let baker, howard baker know that i knew he had a back channel to the white house. and pretty much what he'd said, because i'd written the president's talking papers and helped facilitate and set up the meeting. and rather than pull the rug out from underneath him publicly, i thought i would gently tug on it privately, which i did. and in a sense i think it neutered him. he said, what else do i know that he wanted to be careful about? and i knew -- i knew from my dealings with sam dash in preparation of my appearance that howard was -- much too -- the frustration of sam dash seemed to be always taking very anti-positions about my testimony in private, but as soon as the majority would resolve that they needed my testimony, he would come out and make it look like it was almost h

thompson high in ohio. and has published two books on the history of the american presidency and it was actually a common interest in president harding that brought john dean and jim together. so that's a pretty interesting little thing. laurel rigartos, a professor. a professors professional on the subject of our panel, ethics. an associate professor at northern illinois university. another illinois person i'm glad to say where she teaches about professional responsibility. she will have good insights into our subject. she was an associate at my old law firm, jenner & block and a partner at michael, best, and fred lic frederick. let's set the statement fge for questions i'll ask the panelists and they may want to ask each other questions as well. we'll look at what were the ethical dilemmas that lawyers involved in the watergate case had to face and what were the dilemmas that actually got them in trouble? and we'll talk with whabout wha the rules they were operating under at the time. what the rules are now. whether the rules are an improvement. whether it will would have changed the outcome, the same either way or maybe even worse. and i also want

brownç and elizabeth warren in massachusetts and tammy baldwin and tommy thompson in wisconsin and claire mccaskill in missouri and johner in montana. those ces are where with the fate of the health care law will be decided. this was a big sort of boon for senate candidates across the country as far as how much they've been able to fund raise. candidates across the country are fund raising like gangbusters these days. >> romney reporting 4.6 million, a lot of money. let's take a look at bobby jindal during a call friday and then get your response. >> there's only one candidate governor romney who has committed that he will repeal the obamacare tax increase. >> there is the fine line you were talking about earlier. >> that's right. >> we look at that fine line. how much time do you think that this issue, this narrative, will be talked about on the romney side as well as on the obama side? is it a week and a half? is it two weeks? >> well, it's funny because on the obama side you see them wanting to not talk about this. harry reid had a tweet out on friday where he said, the affordable care act isn't perfect and now let'

john garamendi and he's out in front with 52% of the vote. we move on to district five, that is the napa santa rosa area, that is represented by mike thompson, here we go vallejo, napa, santa rosa area he's out in front with 72%. the last one we're looking at this was tightly contested a few years ago. remember richard pombo had that seat and right now it's owned by jerry mcnerney. he has two challengers. we're going to keep an eye on races coming up. at 6:30 we're going to be looking at the peninsula. in particular one candidate who's been in office for 30 years. he has some challengers tonight, we'll see how he's doing. >>> rote now proposition 28 is passing by a large -- right now proposition 28 is passing by a large margin. right now they can be in one house then the other for a total of 14 years. prop 29 the big money issue and the latest returns show that it is too close to call. it would add a dollar tax to a pack of cigarettes to add money for cancer research. >>> debra villalon is gathering reaction. we're going to take you the a bay area gathering where that vote is being closely watched this evening. >> reporter: turn out for this

john garamendi and he's out in front with 52% of the vote. we move on to district five, that is the napa santa rosa area, that is represented by mike thompson, here we go vallejo, napa, santa rosa area he's out in front with 72%. the last one we're looking at this was tightly contested a few years ago. remember richard pombo had that seat and right now it's owned by jerry mcnerney. he has two challengers. we're going to keep an eye on races coming up. at 6:30 we're going to be looking at the peninsula. in particular one candidate who's been in office for 30 years. he has some challengers tonight, we'll see how he's doing. >>> rote now proposition 28 is passing by a large -- right now proposition 28 is passing by a large margin. right now they can be in one house then the other for a total of 14 years. prop 29 the big money issue and the latest returns show that it is too close to call. it would add a dollar tax to a pack of cigarettes to add money for cancer research. >>> debra villalon is gathering reaction. we're going to take you the a bay area gathering where that vote is being closely watched this evening. >> reporter: turn out for this