i know that's not case with the justice department. thank you for being here and i yield my time. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. attorney generali'd like to ask you a few questions just to follow up on some subjects that were raised earlier. my guess is that there are easy answers. does the administration still favor having background checks conducted by those who purchase firearms at gun shows? i couldn't tell from your earlier answer if the administration changed its opinion or not. do you still favor having those background checks conducted? >> i will say that i think, you know, having a system where people who are exercising their second amendment rights and purchasing firearms we would all be better served by having background checks done. we are presently engaged in a dialogue with a variety of members of the firearms community. we're having working group meetings at the justice department, talked to retailers, a whole variety of people. we're in the process of trying to look at the ste of the law and comp up with proposals abou

with regard to those matters and in all the other work that this department of justice does, we apply the facts as we find them. the law as we find it. we do what we do and make decisions without any regard for political considerations. frankly, the work of the department could be made a lot easier if we listened to the critics and the pundits, looked at the polls. that's not what we do. >> you understand that the examples i cited give that appearance, where it's accurate or not. do you think there is an appearance of inconsistency there? >> i don't see necessarily the inconsistency or the appearance of political considerations that you mentioned. for instance, with regard to the utah law, that's law that doesn't go into effect until 2013. it's been the policy to try to work with states to see if there is a way to reach agreement without us having to file suit. we'll look at the law. if it is not changed to our satisfaction by 2013, we'll take the necessary staeps. >> thank you. the ranking member has yielded to the gentlewoman from florida. >> thank you so much. general holder, good

thank you. >> as are the 114,000 other people who work in the united states department of justice. >> thank you both. >> so they're part of your department. >> thank you both. >> so people in your department did make that decision not to prosecute. >> the gentleman from florida can ask his questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general holder, thank you for being here. the "wall street journal" reported that the united states fid a lawsuit against deutsche bank. in clear violation of mortgage insurance program. these government-insure ed mortgages were sold off earning the bank a massive profit and the government on the hook to payillions on insurance claims. the claims are startling and the charges highlight the efforts to seek profit at any cost while leaving thousands of people and their families to lose their homes and the taxpayers being forced to pay for the banks' actions. first i'd like to commend you for the department's vigorous pursuit of these kargs against deutsche bank. and i'd like to ask first whether the department is investigating other large banks in possible decept

that's what you'd want from the department of justice. they're the values and the character that we want in our nation's department of justice. and jim cole will bring that to the department of justice, already brought it to the department of justice. the bottom line about mr. cole's approach on fighting terrorists is one i believe we all believe in. we're a nation at war with al qaeda and taliban and their associated forces. we need a tough, aggressive and flexible policies that recognize the paramount importance of providing the president with the ability to use all of the lawful tools, all of the lawful tools of our national power to protect american people and bring terrorists to justice. jim cole believes in that. he's committed to working with the congress, so that we use all available tools, we make the judgment in each individual case as to where it's the most effective way to bring a terrorist or criminal to justice. he not only has expertise in handling terrorists and bringing them to justice, he's had very important positions in

with regard to those matters and in all the other work that this department of justice does, we apply the facts as we find them. the law as we find it. we do what we do and make decisions without any regard for political considerations. frankly, the work of the department could be made a lot easier if we listened to the critics and the pundits, looked at the polls. that's not what we do. >> you understand that the examples i cited give that appearance, where it's accurate or not. do you think there is an appearance of inconsistency there? >> i don't see necessarily the inconsistency or the appearance of political considerations that you mentioned. for instance, with regard to the utah law, that's law that doesn't go into effect until 2013. it's been the policy to try to work with states to see if there is a way to reach agreement without us having to file suit. we'll look at the law. if it is not changed to our satisfaction by 2013, we'll take the necessary staeps. >> thank you. the ranking member has yielded to the gentlewoman from florida. >> thank you so much. general holder, good

. >> former justice department attorney john yoo, in going after number one. and catching the big fish. and form operative mike baker, how the cia put the pieces of the bin laden puzzle together and the commander of delta force during blackhawk down in somalia, how special operations train to land in the lion as den. >> they've rehearsed so many times, that there isn't any chance at that bin laden or anyone after him is going to get away from them. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> thank you very much, a great audience here, lots of enthusiasm, and welcome to a special edition of huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. by the way, happy mother's day to everybody. to all the moms who are watching our show, and by the way, we've done something special today. we have invited the moms from the huckabee staff to the show, and we are very happy to have them with us, and they're all down horror on the front row, so i'd like to ask our staff moms and these are the mothers of the staff tt the show, stand up so we can say

two years ago the obama justice department. said shock waves throughout the country when they release new guidelines telling fedorov already is not to arrest marijuana users and suppliers who were violating local laws eric holder even said that it would be an insufficient use of funds going after people in states where medical marijuana had been legalized but now it seems like they've done a complete one eighty the department of justice is recently sent letters to states threatening that they will go after state employees and a look at both civil and criminal penalties for those who run large scale operations even if they're acceptable under state law and already many states that we're headed towards and i'm a distant legalization a path of started to back off so why the drastic shift in policy and could this do a medical marijuana industry here to discuss it with me it's got more going associate editor of stop the drug war dot org scott thanks so much for being here tonight sure first of all let's talk about the letters that a

and the justice department that's five major regulatory or law enforcement bodies that should have got to do this before the senate had put the justice work for the justice for the very top of the list the s. and p. recently standard and poor's recently came out with a report and so that there is more of a risk in the market there is more risk in the market today than there was the fourth two thousand and eight you know obviously these guys are partly responsible for the crash of the bad credit ratings and so you know taking us import and p. seriously dangerous thing but it seems that they're right in this case are we headed for another great crash or what some refer to as a double dip well you know i hear varying things about that and you know i hear i should admit i'm not an economist you know what i'm going to let me rephrase that. are the cure in middle who crashed the economy by their crimes still committing the same crimes which could crash the economy again. i think i think the best way to put this is that all of the incentives that existed before two thousand and eight that led

it was done by a career attorney in the justice department.oncluded that nobody had violated the law, and the matter was closed. the obama people came in, holder reopened it and the investigation, i understand, is still underway today. these are our government employees. they did nothing wrong. as best as any of us knows. it was, in fact, matter they followed the policy set by the president of the united states. left the decisions and left the policy. now we're in a situation where the obama administration won't abide by the findings of the career lawyer who checked it out originally in the first place, but they have kept it open and refused to close it. >> chris: so you are saying. >> i'm saying -- >> chris: close it now? >> i'm saying it's an outrage that we would go after the people who deserve the credit for keeping us safe for seven-and-a-half years. and that these men, all devoted, capable officials shouldn't have to look over their shoulder and worry if they follow the orders of this president to carry out this interrogation program at

a justice department report based on 2006 data shows each year over 26,000 adults are stocked but the use of gps devices including gps devices on mobile phones, that's from 2006 when there was a third as many smart phones as there are today. >> host: paul? >> guest: he makes interesting points. congress doesn't keep up with the technology on a daily basis, and what congress does usually follows kind of the technology. in this case, he pointed out at the hearing, the current laws are not set up for location based services. there are laws adopted in the 1980s and 1990s that are now out of date, so the senator and others, as well as some house members talked about legislation to cover location based services and more widespread security legislation data, privacy legislation saying if there's a breach, they have to notify people. more than 40 states have laws like that, but no framework. at the hearing yesterday, there's representers of justice, federal trade commission talking about the need for federal legislation. >> host: the representatives from the federal government agreed some kin

meja was a complex law to implement because it touched on the interest of both the department of justice and the department of defense. and there was a period of time where the two agencies were working on an implementing regulation that finally emerged. and that's why when i was in germany in 2001, meja was not yet a viable response mechanism to this act of civilian misconduct. my understanding is that the department of justice has moved substantially in a positive direction, and i'll leaf that to -- i'll leave that to the justice representative in implementing meja. i think personally whether we're operating under meja or if you enact ceja, one of the important aspects of implementation is ownership. i'll go back to my military training and the importance of effort. meja has a split interest and, therefore, you have the military responsible to initiate the case, but a u.s. attorney in the united states responsible to bring the case to trial and bring it to fruition. and i think there are creative ways that that could be streamlined. but, you know, as i understand it the, again, much of

the justice department began an investigation in 1985 that led to a federal lawsuit in 1990. a judge's consent decree that year put napa state hospital under federal supervision. until the judge suspended that decree in 1955. nine years later the justice department again investigated napa state hospital for violations of patient's rights. again in 2006 the state agreed to a concept decree putting napa state under federal supervision. that decree remains in effect until today. in a special report earlier this year, ktvu's jim vargas spoke to napa state hospitals employees about the dangers they feel every day. >> reporter: employees at napa state hospital say they have the most dangerous job in california. >> this hospital at this moment is out of control. >> reporter: more than 90% of the nearly 1,200 people here are under criminal forensic treatment which means they can't stand trial. and the lack of police inside the fends were both violent and nonviolent patients are housed. >> he came across the table with both fists flying. >> reporter: dr. richard frisni received injuri

it was a difficult call for us back in the justice department. but we looked to the fact that our own troops and thousands and this happeneds of our officers and soldiers undergo water board as part of the training and we went and looked and we saw that very few in the single digits complained and said it caused them to suffer severe and mental harm. we were not torteuring the soldiers and the train white it was an extreme measure for circumstances, that it wouldn't violate the torteur ban. it was about to carry out another attack on the united states at the time. >> there was a lot of anxiety and some from the military. they said we don't want to treat those who are apprehended in a way that we don't want our soldiers to be treated . that includes sleep deprivation which we are not supposed to do. and so did we in essence violate our own code from the field manual by implementing the tactics particularly in guantanamo bay? >> i think it is it a hard question. i would say it is not a legal question. i think the legal question is what is or is not

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chris: when we come back the big question this week was it appropriate for the justice department to go after john edwards with a criminal charge on campaign finances from the past campaign? be right back. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, what are you doing?! ♪ [ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. chris: welcome back. our big question does it strike you as appropriate for the justice department to go after john edwards with a criminal investigation of the use of donated money for his mistress and their daughter? joe? >> leave him alone. why waste our effort on that when we haven't indicted a single banker after the crash of 2008? >> i don't know enough of the facts. i don't know whether edwards personally directed that the money should go to some cover-up of

chris: when we come back the big question this week was it appropriate for the justice department to go after john edwards with a criminal charge on campaign finances from the past campaign? be right back. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. chris: welcome back. our big question does it strike you as appropriate for the justice department to go after john edwards with a criminal investigation of the use of donated money for his mistress and their daughter? joe? >> leave him alone. why waste our effort on that when we haven't indicted a single banker after the crash of 2008? >> i don't know enough of the facts. i don't know whether edwards personally directed that the money should go to some cover-up of his

can't just let it completely go the same time when you yourself have written about how the justice department department is so reliant on the f.t.c. because the stuff is complicated there's difficult details here to sort of hard to dig through all the leaves on the fox do you really think that there's going to be some sort of action and prosecutions of the folks who are supposedly the backbone of our economy. well i'm not going to hold my breath obviously but i mean that's why we we focused on the line to congress aspect of the speech because. yes the whole question of lying to investors and what's legal and what's not legal and can you sell somebody something while betting against it at the same time what you have to disclose when you do that all that stuff is definitely complicated and prosecutors are definitely wary of bringing cases like that into court but line to congress is not complicated it's something virtually any voter or any juror can understand and the evidence in this case i think is really overwhelming. and so if they're going to take roger clemens or very volunteer martha ste

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that's what you'd want from the department of justice. they're the values and the character that we want in our nation's department of justice. and jim cole will bring that to the department of justice, already brought it to the department of justice. the bottom line about mr. cole's approach on fighting terrorists is one i believe we all believe in. we're a nation at war with al qaeda and taliban and their associated forces. we need a tough, aggressive and flexible policies that recognize the paramount importance of providing the president with the ability to use all of the lawful tools, all of the lawful tools of our national power to protect american people and bring terrorists to justice. jim cole believes in that. he's committed to working with the congress, so that we use all available tools, we make the judgment in each individual case as to where it's the most effective way to bring a terrorist or criminal to justice. he not only has expertise in handling terrorists and bringing them to justice, he's had very important positions in

and the justice department found that the investigation. those things weren't even to do with terrorism most of the time so you know it's unclear what benefit this the these provisions even have all that all that's clear is that they make americans less free and give more power to the government why do you think president obama when he was senator obama spoke out against the patriot act said that it needed to be ended but that now we see the obama administration officials continuing to say that expanding these provisions are vital to national security wouldn't that possibly make the case to play devil's advocate that obama god office in real life that this has been instrumental in the war on terror i mean it's possible but it's more likely that you know he's a smart guy and he played politics in order to get elected there are many ways to reduce the threat of terror right if we want to reduce the threat of terror and that's where you start is to stop participating in it so stop funding rebels without the ties of libya for example stop bombi

then who's minding the store over at the justice department?, holder's gotta go. [cheers and applause] i call on president obama to order atf and the justice department officials to testify before the united states congress and fully disclose every detail of their rogue operation. mr. president, it's time to come clean. stop the stonewalling and stop the lies. [applause] because the lying is getting people killed every single day. the justice department called mexico's drug cartels the biggest organized crime threat to the united states of america. over a million gang members now active in every state in the united states. cartels are bringing drugs, murder, torture and mayhem right in to our neighborhoods. the administration doesn't care. while calling for more gun laws, they've done nothing to crack down on the border and everything to make it worse. janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, recently told americans the border was safe. well, janet, you must have been thinking about our friends in canada. [laughter] because if you'

for the president to give direction to the justice department, when in his oath of office, he says he is supposed to protect and uphold the laws of the united states of america, to me that is asking the justice department to not uphold a law. [ applause ] >> shannon: thank you, sir. governor johnson, most republicans and everyone else on this stage, but you, identify themselves as pro-life. you have said abortion should be legal until the fetus is viable. how do you hope to woo conservative gop voters in south carolina and across the country with that position? >> i support a woman's right to choose up to the viability of the fetus. as governor i would have signed the bill banning late term abortion of the i've always favored parental notification, counseling and the notion that public funds should not be used for abortion. running for governor of new mexico, in a state that was 2-1 democrat, i didn't get that vote in the primary. but i like to think that i got all of those votes in the general election. that's a reality here in also. for those individuals that hold that as their numb

the justice department cannot speak for the women of this country when he makes comments like that. >> as i've say i've not heard this interview but the point is this. the point is this. it should be a matter for the court to decide the seriousness of the offense and the sentence that ought to be passed. i sat on the sexual offenses bill under the last government where we looked at all of the issues about whether you should try and differentiate between different categories of rape. i seem to remember the honorable gentleman sitting on the front bench was leading the debate for the government and we decided as a house of commons not to make that distinction. what matters is, do we get more cases to court? do we get more cases convicted? and do we get more cases sent down for decent sentences. that is the concern we should have. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister, when he leaves this chamber should go look at the comments of the justice secretary and let me just say to him very clearly, the justice secretary should not be in his post at the end of the day. now, now, that

were constitutional and were legal, and now we have a justice department with a different opinion, is putting some of our interrogators through an investigation with a cloud of an eventual indictment hanging over their head for doing the same type of tactics that were used with khalid muhammad and a very few others to gather the information that allowed us to take out osama bin laden. . this paradox needs to be resolved, mr. speaker. i'm hopeful the president will give the order for the justice department to accept the conclusions that were drawn by the bush administration and adopt that policy so that americans can continue to be protected an safe in the face of this threat we have from without this threat that comes from the -- from radical islam. we are fighting radical islam. radical islamists are seeking to kill americans on a regular basis because they disagree with western civilization and our philosophy. it's why they attacked us on september 11, that's high they attacked the khobar towers, that's why they attacked the twin towers the first time in the early 1990's. that's hig

>> well, we have a white house contacts policy so that the justice department interacts with the white house counsel's office. i don't know what goes on within the white house. >> are you familiar with the president's comments, then, on march 22nd? he said, quote, there may be situation here in which a serious mistake was made. if that's the case, then we'll find out and we will hold somebody accountable. would you agree or not agree with that comment? >> i would agree. >> would you agree that there were some serious mistakes maid in this situation? >> i don't know. that's one of the things we're investigating. what i've asked the inspector general to look at. >> it's been reported that at the death of brian terry, one of our border patrol agtsents, tha railroad guns from the operation found at that scene. is that in dispute? >> i don't know that to be factually accurate the i don't know. i've heard that, asked the inspector general to look into it. >> is there a scenario if those guns were found at that scene? is there a possible scenario that mistakes weren't made and yet we have gun

but in subsequent years you know the inspector general's office that the justice department has revealed a number of abuses and it's only thanks to that oversight that there have been some of the reports that come out and you know some of those problems have been taken care of and you know but this is something again that has the backing of the f.b.i. director of the of the attorney general so it's very tough for. and to go up against is the intelligent have as the oversight provisions been expanded or are strengthened at all since that's one of the it was out there trying to do at the end but there is only right and i think that there have been some changes that it gets better oversight of the justice department of those provisions but i think bill a human it would have strengthened them and that's something that was coming up remarkable ryan thanks so much for being with us thanks for having me i appreciate your reporting thank you considering that osama bin laden's main goal was to force america to fundamentally change who we are and sacrifice our ideals with another extension of the

another just down the hill it's a prize winning correspondent james rising subpoenaed by the justice department over confidential sources he could face jail time the more direct part is to frighten people in the government from talking and it's to have a chilling effect on potential whistleblowers in the government to make them realize that you know there's a big brother out there that will get them if they step out on wiki leaks founder julian assange labeled quote a high tech terrorist i vice president joe biden for publishing leaked u.s. government documents and a video showing u.s. helicopter pilots shooting unarmed reporters in iraq he could be charged with espionage a move that is setting a dangerous precedent according to the committee to protect journalists the notion that somebody could be prosecuted for disseminating information under the espionage act in our view would open the door for subsequent prosecutions potentially of charles ramsey risk prosecution of journalist doesn't concern everyone hears and taking questions at the conservative political action conference what do you mea

the panel witness will be jason chipman senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of the department of justice. we look forward to your testimony now. >> thank you chairman lieberman, ranking member collins and senator carper. is a pleasure to begin i appreciate the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice. this committee knows well that the united states confronts a serious and complex cybersecurity threat. the critical infrastructure of our nation is vulnerable. the cyberintrusions that could damage vital national resources and put lives at risk. indeed introduce introducer stolen confidential information, intellectual property and substantial amounts of money. at the department of justice we see cybercrime on the rise. the criminal syndicates operating around the globe with increasing sophistication to steal from innocent americans. even more alarming these intrusions might be creating future access points for which criminal actors and other adversaries can compromise critical systems during a crisis or for other nefarious purposes. president obama has stated publicly t

prior to that, he worked in the department of justice's office of legal council. bachelors from the university of notre dame. law degree from the university of chicago law school. it is good to have you here. please go ahead. >> thank you, chairman leahy. i appreciate the opportunity to testify on this important subject. with troops deemployed in two -- deployed in two theaters of combarkts serious misconduct abroad is a recurring and complex matter. it leaves a gap for u.s. employees unassociated with the department of defense. this gap has raised serious foreign policy problems and problems with the uniform administration of justice. so the congress and the executive branch have struggled with whether and how to fill that gap through at least two administrations. that is because it is a difficult question and caution is very necessary in addressing it. expanding wide bands of federal criminal law abroad to employees and contractors of all federal agencies including our intelligence community, could threaten vital security operations if not done with exceptional

also ahead this morning, the justice department could, in fact, file charges against john edwards this week, perhaps even tomorrow, accusing him of breaking campaign finance laos. cbs news learned last week edwards met with a campaign donor suspected of funding a coverup of his affair with rielle hunter. we'll take a closer look this morning. >>> president obama announced a new lineup of the top military brass. do the changes signal a shift in policy? chip reid has the latest for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. this is all part of a familiar pattern from president obama promoting from within rewarding competence and loyalty. with nearly 150,000 u.s. troops fighting in afghanistan and iraq and u.s. support of the nato-led mission in libya, president obama moved to put the finishing touches on the overhaul to his national security team announcing his picks for the new joint chiefs of staff, a 40-year army veteran. >> martin dempsey is one of our neigh's most respected and combat-tested generals. >> reporter: army general martin dempsey who had only served one month

nadler: it ought to be in the authorization or perhaps the appropriations bill for the department of justice. the only reason that the parliamentarian might rule this not ungermane is because the rule waives all poifereds but -- all points of order. it's authorized and appropriated in the department of justice. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: may i inquire as to the time remaining? the chair: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. flake: let me just say that two successive administrations, one republican, bun democrat have -- one democrat have called for eliminating or severely reducing the funning that goes to ndic because as we've heard before, programs are duplicative, wasteful, and there's no doubt that some good work goes on there, nobody is disputing that, but there's also good work that goes on at the ondcp, or the d.e.a. or

that day and it was incredible i mean you can see when the police raid into the crowd of the justice department with their sticks and their masons and then from that you know someone starts dancing and then all of a sudden everyone is standing everyone standing together and it was the same spirit here where they had incarcerated people where they threw them into a practice field like this you know people had to sort through their own you know do you deal with finding food and keeping warm and. keeping spirits up and from that people went back to their homes houses went back to their communities and and spread around that kind of like the legacy of that whole experience it was a last antiwar demonstration but. it's it was the beginning of the end for the war. both clots and backers say they haven't seen the magnitude of protests and pressure brought to bear on government since made it despite america's decade long war in afghanistan and eight year presence in iraq i don't know whether it has to do with an all volunteer army where people were not being. drafted into the service nowadays there are

then she testified also that a complaint was filed with ocr -- i'm sorry, with the department of justice on january 19th and then at the end of february, the department of justice showed up. and they have rules. and there should be certain rules. but it strikes me that those rules would be ineffective in that interim six-week period where kids were getting beat up, heads beaten, hair pulled and people being dragged down stairs, yet, no one was disciplined, and i'm wondering, you know, here we are in washington and we like to write rules and get the lawyers involved and those things are appropriate but in terms of the immediate prevention of this kind of conduct, it strikes me that's something that a principal, a teacher, a counselor, a security guard should be involved in. what are the things that can strain schools from taking immediate action, exercising some form of accountability at those principal actors right there on the ground as they say who can prevent the conduct in the first instance? >> thank you for the question. i wasn't in the room when that conversation was had so i'm ju

department of justice. first, i would like to thank the attorney general for supporting the reauthorization of the expiring patriot act provisions. i support -- appreciate support of a policy that helped law enforcement officials tracked dangers pedophiles and keep children safe. although he may not want to take credit for this next item, i should think the attorney general for the decision not to try it certain terrorists. it is the right decision and will ensure justice for the families of 9/11 victims. terrorist remain intent on carrying out their plots to destroy america. the killing of osama bin laden is a significant victory in the efforts to combat terrorism. the terrorist threat does not end with bin laden's death. in the years of -- since 9/11, al qaeda has expanded and splintered. this makes it harder to detect and deter plots against americans here, at home, and abroad. despite sunday's victory, we cannot afford to leave our intelligence community without the resources it needs to dismantle terro

pointed out, there are a lot of safety operations for these, and the representative from the department of justice pointed out -- the concern would be someone who wants to do harm to a wife or husband, the technology can also be used to find the people who could be doing the stocking. the department for of some pointed out. -- the department person pointed out. it as soon as you do not have to give your permission for 911 services. the location of your phone is important in terms of if you have an emergency as well. >> can you opt in and opt out at will, as far as getting your location trapped? >> apple says they have an opt out policy. basically, you can opt out. it will be collected unless you opt out of it. alan davidson says google's is locked in. but help secure is the data being used? apple said recently they had a bug and in their system. even if you had your phone on off, at your location is being collected. they said if you down loaded up hatch, that could be turned off. they say when they do their next major update, that information will be interested. ed so some members of congress said

for a grand jury investigation of the entire -- if that does not work, and i'm going to the justice department to come here and investigate what goes on here at city hall. i cannot go to the city attorney, he is running for mayor. i am asking that. thank you very much. >> could afternoon, supervisors. i and stand this is the proper occasion to speak about item 30 which is the taxi resolution. ahead in ceremonies of the horsemen, even upon must hold a grudge. we taxi drivers are the pawns. where large than the same page on these issues. we support a centralized this- system. we support taxi permits as long as they are properly structured and regulated. we support the open taxi access system which will give people direct access to taxicabs on the street without having to go through this package. this issue has been pushed to the side. when i say that cabdrivers' need a meter increase, and i want you to understand that this should not be depended upon issues over which we have no control. i think that facts are important. there has been a 19% increase in the cost of living since 2003. gas prices

. >>> coming up, the justice department getting involve in a heats sports debate. >> what he says aboutthe players. >> scare in the air. what caused a plane to >>> take a look at this video. pretty scary. a military plane flew out of control shortly after takeoff. this is all caught on video. look at that plane wobbling in the air. there were no passengers onboard. the military officials say this was only a test run of this plane. the russian military says that the plane's steering system apparently malfunctioned and praised the pilots for landing safely without any incidents. that's pretty amazing. >> scary. >>> in iman, the large-- in a m the boeing a-380 will start to make flights. the superjumbo jet is two levels and designed to fit as many as 850 passengers. dulles will be the third u.s. airport to use the mammoth plane. jfk and los angeles's lax have flights with the a-380. >> perfect for those who don't like to fly alone. dc's mayor out at dulles international airport. the mayor says he supports the decision but understands the concerns about the price tag. he recently spoke to t

will repeat again today, is that many of these changes were, in fact, codifying practices the department of justiceof the things that was discussed. it's been implemented. so the departments are listening, and they have taken action where there have been problems. so i would like to say to my colleagues that the executive branch has heard and has acted to address concerns about intrusions into american civil liberties. the office of the inspector general and the department of justice has indicated that it intends to conduct audits and inspections to ensure that the implementation of fisa is in full compliance with the law and its reports will be carefully reviewed by this congress and by the concerned committees. a major priority of the intelligence committee in this house is to conduct regular oversight on the use of fisa authorities, and we will continue to do so after passage of this legislation. now, just about every administration official to testify on the use of fisa authorities has also noted the importance of having the stability that comes with a long-term extension. since december of 200