the iraqi government is calling this the national day of jubilation. ♪ host: u.s.nd iraqi troops marching side by side in baghdad. jane arraf joins us from inside iraq. she is a reporter for christian science monitor. thank you for being with us

this is part of the day of dilution -- jubilation as declared by the iraqi government. john is on the phone from north carolina. caller: good morning, it is a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of their cities. it dick cheney, his daughter, and all the neocons want to keep the invasion's going forever let them put on the uniforms and go

epstein wrote to one of the editors lilly shoals "i can smell of official washington is not all jubilant about the decision taken by the united nations and backed by the white house. he wrote i see a great deal of disappointment coupled with bitterness among many who do not like the idea of the jewish state's and who will not easily digest it. he was right. the state department went out on its own to do what they could to reverse the policy. first, without telling truman, the state department instituted the famous arms embargo so they could defend. of the embargo was declared on the state department without checking with tremendous and was it was done he felt he could not publicly then oppose them, it will look foolish if he acknowledged publicly this was not his order but the state department for co-chairmen went along with their probably because he was anxious to proclaim anything that had the effect to lead to american military troops entering the battle field. at this point* the state department proceeds of the plan to turn back partition and the trusteeship. one of the things german

host: is their jubilation in the streets of baghdad and elsewhere? guest: you know, there were less the. there was a huge party apart. most of the young men came out to listen to the music and to dance. there were a lot of men for sadr city, young guys who did not have work, who had quit school. they felt strongly that the americans needed to be off their streets. those young males felt humiliation and feel like they suffered particularly. the believes i there are still many iraqis who are quite worried about what is coming next host: there is a story about chinese officials tried to buy contracts for iraqi oil. are you following that? guest: that is fascinating. i went from the military parade with the vehicles in national song directly to the oil auction and is a major process with all the majors there, chinese, british, american -- one consultant said this is the biggest oil event in history. i know it sounds exaggerated, but iraq has the second biggest oil reserves. the problem is, the terms the iraqi government were so low that [unintelligible]

what we all need to do is to be able to scale rapidly to address jubilations that could be much more severe than what we do on a day to day basis. on cases where there really is an up tech, maybe that is a case where it is kind and not like. we need to exercise to plan for that. we have done a series of exercises over time. there is a whole series of exercises and both government and industry to make sure we are getting ready for future of events. we need to continue to do the things and make sure they are not too burdensome. we need to make sure that we do them and do them the right way and get the private sector involved where appropriate. we are bringing in all of the people that need to play. we need to make sure there is a cadence around those exercises so that we are using them with our policy development and testing things that we actually want to use. as we go forward on exercises, we want to make sure those of land with the processes that we are developing. exercise and inform plants, we exercise plans. we included in our future planning. what capabilities do we need in thre

the crowds were jubilating, very pleased that we were out. and so, the natural thing to do, was to go and you know, and have a rally and that is what we did. we headed to one of the political headquarters, and had a chance to show expressions to the crowd, expressions of gratitude, expressions of good will, expressions of solidarity and all of that, so that came naturally. >>. [laughter]. >> okay, so, in the beginning of the book you dedicate the first part of the book to the people of your country, but the other part of the book you dedicate to your mom, martha. tell me about martha johnson. >> i think that was the real force that shaped my life and the life of my siblings, our mother was one who taught us the basic things about endurance and commitment and honesty and hard work. she demonstrated her courage, when our father, her husband, had a strong, very early and she had to make ends meet, to give us an education, she was a pastor, so she was deeply rooted in faith and so, we grew up in a family whom, based on prayers and faith and hard

we were jubilant. thousands of us gathered in the center of campus and had just a party all night long because we'd won. three years of war, a miserable war, an illegal war, a million deaths, but we'd won. and then five days later king is dead and two months after that, kennedy is dead. and a few months after that, not only is the war not going to end, the war's going to escalate, and here's the problem. every week that the war goes on there will be another 6,000 deaths. every week. so what do you do? this is a crisis for democracy, it's a crisis for the antiwar movement. in my own family, in my own family people made a range of choices. we were all against the war. one of us ran away to canada to get out of the madness. one of us joined the democratic party, tried to build a peace wing within it. some people went to the communes, some people went to the factories, and i did what i did and have never said and certainly in "fugitive days" you will not find, you know, a statement that says what we did wa

we're showing you, by the way, scenes from baghdad and other iraqi cities, this national day of jubilation as declared by the iraqi government part of the phase-out of u.s. troops beginning from the metropolitan areas including mosul and baghdad. john is on the phone from north carolina, good morning. your reaction on this june 30th. >> caller: yeah, i think it's a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of the cities, and if cheney and all neo-cons, let them put the uniforms on and go over there. thank you. >> host: john, thanks for the call. jack is joining us from minnesota. good morning. >> caller: hello? >> host: go ahead, caller. >> caller: yeah. my thoughts are it's about time. by the way, please don't cut me off -- >> we leave this washington journal segment to take you to the white house for today's briefing. >> did you see the video on the white house web site? [laughter] oh, i wish you could see the look on our face. wow. good throw though. >> [inaudible] >> i think, i think the new media guys did some editing. >> you want a delay? >> i should be after that. [laugh

without it being in open court, you know there should be additional tools so that it is not the jubilance instrument. congress should provide this additional tools by enacting h.r. 984. thank you. >> thank you. i will begin the questioning by recognizing myself for five minutes. judge wald, during mark of the bill in the subcommittee in alaska and was one of my colleagues that it your testimony last year is supporting requirement that grants the substantial weight to government assertions of the harm likely to be caused a public disclosure of information the government seeks to withhold as the state secrets. is that accurate? do you believe we should require the courts automatically grant special deference, substantial weight rick most thetford as something similar to govern assertions? that is the standard in the senate companion bill but not in this bill, as you know. >> chairman medler i am glad you gave me an opportunity to address that point. when i was here before the house judiciary committee last year and you did not have a bill yet, no draft bill had actually been submitted a we

and then, the similarities where that it was with a day of jubilation for you the day you won and then the real work begun. do you see, look at president obama now, what do you think when you look at president obama now, being where you are, and coming through what you have come through for the past... what do you think, when you watch his presidency now? >> i think he's on the right course. i also think the difficulties will come. it comes for all of us and it was not going to be as easy, no matter how good the strategy is willing. that one will face it and -- but i do believe that his strong commitment and his strong belief in change, that he, too, will sur mountain those odds. it will not be easy. it never is, reality will hit home, you know, when you try one policy or try one prosecutor and you run into obstacles. but, i do believe that he brings to it, you know, that courage, that commitment, and that dedication and that belief in change and so, that is enough to see him through. i hope -- i am quite sure he'll make it. >> right. right. right. [applause] so what is next for you? w