her husband, jim morse, is a sergeant in the same company as kenneth may. >> it is really tough becausewhile going through day-to-day things with her and helping her with what she's going through, in the back of my mind is "my husband is still over there." >> reporter: we showed nicole morse some video we had shot of her husband the previous month in afghanistan. >> they say the deployment is harder on the spouse than it is on the marine, and i completely agree. i have to deal with... with the physical threats here, but that can't be as bad as just not knowing. >> i'm not sure what to think about that other than that i'm totally flattered that he respects what we do. >> reporter: what the military spouses do back here is wait, pray, and try to live normal lives among other people who have no idea what they're going through. >> there really is no "military wife 101." >> reporter: nicole can't wait for her husband to come home in november at the end of the deployment. for crystal, there will be no homecoming. >> we talked about this, the very likelihood, very likely possibility that it mi

kenneth gibson in mississippi, thank you. >>> well, confusion, chaos and now so many questions. the current death toll from germany's raid stampede and the decision about the future. should it be legalized? we talk pot with san jose's former police chief. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nat sound chaos >>> the death toll from a stampede at a germany raid is up to 19. thousands of festivalgoers were crammed wall to wall at the love parade. some turned desperately to climb out. it's unclear what set off the panic. but witnesses say it started after police closed the end of the tunnel when it got to fuel and they say the tunnel was the only way in and out of the festival grounds. up to 1 1/2 million ravers showed up to the event. they could only handle 300,000 people. the love parade will never be held again. >> today pope benedict xvi said he was saddened to hear about the address. he asked everyone to remember the victims in their prayers. >>> former san jose police chief joseph mcnamara came out in favor of a proposition on the november ballot to legalize and regulate marijuana. he is a research

us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our schedule alerts e-mails @ c- span.org. >> kenneth feinberg, the treasury department's special master for compensation talked about his report released last week and paying more than 400 companies that received bailout funds from the federal government. he also addressed his role as the responsible person for the $20 billion bp oil spill payout fund. >> kenneth feinberg will testify before congress this morning. he is one of the preeminent lawyers in the united states. in 2004, he was named as lawyer of the year and is known very well for being involved in many tricky situations dealing with complicated mass disasters including the 9/11 settlement fund. he was the pay czar. he was appointed to look at the pay practices of the bail out financial firms and was subsequently named to the head of the bp oil spill trust fund. trouble seems to have a way of finding ken feinberg or he has a way of finding trouble which is something we admire very much. [laughter] >> first of all, a sincere apology. i am not used to making people wait an extra

y kenneth justificar la - quienes justifican la ley en arizona dicen que no quieren que haya violenciaresidente calderÓn. >> un bebÉ de dos aÑos fue vÍctima en ciudad juarez, fue acribillado cuando se encontraba en una camioneta en el estacionamiento, los vecinos veÍan la escena con asombro. >> las vÍctimas no llegaban a los 20 aÑos... aunque con estas muertes suman 1600 los asesinatos registrados en esta ciudad fronteriza lo que va del 2010, el presidente dijo en la grabaciÓn de los cadetes de la escuela superior deuerra, que la lucha contra el narco no tiene vuelta. >> no hay fuerza superior a la del estado. y no sÓlo es superior al nÚmero, en destreza, en valor y en disciplina, pero tambiÉn en inteligencia y conocimiento. >> ademÁs de la violencia en chihuahua, hallaron dos cuerpos en la zona de las Águilas. a esta docenas se suman los 38 cadÁveres descubiertos en el mismo sitio. los cuerpos presentaban rastros de tortura. las vÍctimas tendrían entre 20 y 50 aÑos y la mayorÍa tiene algÚn tatuaje. en lo que va de este aÑo la guerra entre los grupos narcos ha dejado 200 sin actos - as

. >> lehrer: tom bearden reports from the alabama gulf coast on kenneth feinberg and the complicated mission of compensation. >> and the lead is still tied up they still compensation hasn't been forth coming. >> when i was a young person working in these places, didn't see a way out. and i certainly didn't think the way out would be this. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the big release of afghan war documents continued to rocket through official washington today. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage of the wikileaks story. >> reporter: as u.s. troops prosecuted the war in afghanistan today, officials past and present worried about the effects of wikileaks making all that material public. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, war

reports say later today kenneth feinberg, the obama administration's executive compensation czar, will name 17 financial companies that doled out excessive bonuses to the tune of $1.6 billion after accepting billions of dollars of taxpayer aid. >>> consumers union charges over the past decade, blue cross and blue shield stockpiled a surplus of billions of dollars and yet continue to hit consumers with double-digit premium increases. >>> and, finally, after earning $730 million and selling more than 30 million dvds, the "guinness book of world records" is recognizing "the saw" movie series as the most successful horror movie franchise of all time. >>> a marlins walk-off homer, the orioles' walk-off ejected, and a-rod nears a historic milestone. >>> plus, ichiro may be best known for his bat, but he is not bad with a glove either. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, we're going to talk about bonnie. we're also going to give you your weekend forecast. that's all coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning to you. if you are just wak

we are pleased to have kenneth feinberg as a speaker. ken and i have known each other on capitol hill, i was working with senator vie, ken had come to capitol hill after time as an assistant attorney in new york and worked for a judge in court of appeals. ken is native of massachusetts, and graduated from ny law school. and after leaving in 1980 he set up the office for kay scluler and appointed by judge in the southern district of new york. to help the special master for the agent orange litigation. and did such a good job and appointed for other master's such as asbestos and subsequent to that. ken started his own firm, feinberg and company, and now rozen, and asked to do things in the mediation area, until known for the special master for 9/11 compensation fund. he did that pro bono and distributed $7 million to the families of the victims of the 9/11 accident and tragedy. and subsequent to that he was appointed as a special master to help administer the virginia tech funds, related to those killings. and most recently ken has been se

kenneth.he perfect location? >> you tube. >> with a perfect habitat. you do. -- >> and to swoop down, and they come down and eat from the trees. perhaps there is only one problem and that would be right there [laughter] >> and he loves those birds. but they do not love him so much. >> dogs can scare them off sometimes but for your average person. >> and for your backyard, with the several houses around, where would you start? >> you can start right here, with a finishch feeder with nigr seeds and also an american goldfinch are around this area they're going to be more yellow. they love those niger seeds. >> and i will warn you that this woman, kimberly was a responsible. she bought me this supply of seeds and it is as if it is and alfred hitchcock movie. >> it will! it will bring them and, sometimes it takes elizabeth for the birds to find the fear. the word is as if it will get around it will find the feeder. >> and remember, nyger, >> is that when they come from?--nyjer >> and if there is a

to earmark half a billion dollars to promote tourism, and it wants kenneth feinberg to oversee that money. feinberg's already running b.p.'s $20 billion compensation fund, he says figuring out tourism-related damage claims won't be easy. >> proximity is going to be the problem. how far from the beach does a steakhouse that's lost 30% of its business... what constitutes an eligible tourism claim?" >> susie: and it doesn't appear the tourism situation on the gulf coast is improving. when n.b.r.'s jeff yastine visited the region last month, tourism boosters in places like panama city, florida were still hoping for the best. now, one resort operator told him the outlook for august is "grim," and that visitors who do decide to come usually book at the last moment, demanding deep discounts. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: fresh worries about the consumer had stocks little changed. the dow rose 12 points, the nasdaq fell eight points and the s&p 500 was off a point. volume direction, compared to yesterday, was split. big board volume rose while the pace of trading on

the obama administration's special master on pay, kenneth feinberg, has decided those payments were "ill-advised," but not illegal. stephanie dhue talked with feinberg this morning and asked him about that decision. >> they were too big, some individuals were getting in excess of $10 million in bonus payments over a five-year period, there were severance payments where individuals, companies, after they received tarp, we're paying people walking out the door, no longer working at the company, there were gross-ups, where in order to cover tax payments, there would be additional money, allocated to these individuals, we concluded after months of review, these companies should not have done what they did. >> reporter: six banks that made what feinberg calls "ill- advised" payments still owe taxpayers. they are citibank, c.i.t. group, which has since gone through bankruptcy, suntrust, regions financial, m&t bancorp and a.i.g. 11 repaid tarp, including j.p. morgan chase, bank of america and goldman sachs. none of the banks rescinded those payments. feinberg says he didn't think he had the

let's go to public defender kenneth. ken, tell us. you are in fresno. first of all, what is it like in fresno? [laughter] and tell us about this battle that you have been going through where, you know, it almost sounds like a horror movie where they are going after you with a buzz saw and at the same time, they have used contract attorneys to try to undercut the work that your office does. >> well, the problem in fresno, it is hot. trezz know is hot of course in the -- fresno is hot of course in summertime. it is hot all the time for me. i think the problem just mentioned right now is disparity in the funding theme as opposed to the ore parties involved in the criminal -- other parties involved in the criminal justice system. most of the funding agencies for us is almost 100% from the county. while the prosecution has the benefit of grants. in fact, i believe the district attorney might have at least half of their budget is provided by grants. that is not provided to the indigent defense providers. federal grants are almost all directed toward prosecuti

today kenneth feinberg will release a list of banks he has determined paid their executives too much while the financial system melted down. according to the associated press, he will single out jpmorgan chase. this review is likely to be feinberg's last before he leaves the treasury department to focus full time on bp claims in the gulf. >>> general motors is jumping into the subprime lending business. thursday they bought americredit for $3.5 billion. a company that makes car loans to people with bad credit. gm hopes it will boost sales, unlike home loans, subprime auto lending it considered fairly low risk. >>> on new york's long island thursday, the empire struck back. a man dressed as darth vader from "star wars" complete with mask and cape used the force to rob a bank. instead of light sabre, the thief had a gun and made a quick getaway. so, i guess, no jedi was on hand to stop him, betty. kind of a weird outfit to choose. >> it's incredible. we see all kinds perform earlier this week there was a guy robbing banks, allegedly, with flowers in hand. i mean, it's like they come up

. >> reporter: in about three weeks, kenneth feinberg will be the ultimate authority on claims insteadb.p. and people like karen will have a decision to make: take a settlement or sue. >> i feel like a criminal that's being sentenced for a crime i didn't commit. it's scary. >> reporter: with her job, her home, and her future on the line, like thousands of others here, this may be just the beginning of karen's nightmare. kelly cobiella, cbs news, grand isle, louisiana. >> couric: here in new orleans, another story is making headlines. three police officers pleaded not guilty today to federal civil rights charges in the shooting deaths of two unarmed men in the chaotic days following hurricane katrina. national correspondent jim axelrod has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the three policemen plus a former officer could face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges in the killing of james brissette, shot six times on the danziger bridge. the fourth officer is also charged in the death of ronald madison, a mentally impaired man shot in the back. >> oh, lord. it ripped my h

kenneth gibson reports more than a dozen ships are heading back to the leak site now that tropical storm bonnie is no longer a threat. >> reporter: bonnie breezed through the gulf states saturday evening leaving only choppy surfs and trace amounts of rain. even so the ripple effect is clear. efforts to permanently seal the oil well were delayed a week because it forced a partial evacuation of the site. ships are on their way back, an exercise that may be repeat this had summer. >> we're playing cat and mouse, we'll have to react to the best forecast. >> reporter: bonnie fell apart before it even reached the area but with memories of hurricane katrina in the minds of many residents the threat was enough for some residents to consider mandatory evacuations for this boat harbor. >> katrina wiped us out, gustav put a lot of our stuff upped water, you know, and that's why, you know, we take these storms serious because, you know, we just can't afford another hit. if we get hit again and everything goes under water where are we standing? >> from the threat of see vac situation to people losing

invested authority said was a self described retirement investment advisor named kenneth wayne mcleod who was forty eight forty years macleod served as a trusted advisor to federal agents around the country making free financial projections for retirement classic sign of a ponzi you know we'll give you free advice just for you it's free and in some cases offering high yield returns of eight to ten percent uncertain investments and now the federal agents are claiming that you know the guy said he was investing in u.s. treasury bonds for us and yet they accepted that the returns were eight to ten percent because they don't know how to read a basic financial publication like the wall street journal or the financial times they have no idea even try this experiment at home kids ask ten people to give you the relationship between bonds and interest rates what is the relationship between bonds and interest rate this is a fundamental piece of economic knowledge that every third grader should know as ten people ask a hundred people i doubt not a single person you probably don't even know what

according to treasury department ennethal kenneth feinberg. >> the taxpayer has a right to be outraged. who wouldn't be? >> reporter: all of this was be legal, because executive pay executivens on companies receiving bailout funds did not exist until february 2009. he at the time these payments were made, they were ill the part of t viosed, bad judgment on the part of these companies, but they didn't violate any statute, they didn't violate any regulation at the time. >> reporter: feinberg had few reporter: feinb the white house did not give him hee power to seek the return of ny of these funds. six from the six firms out of payers back.have yet to pay the taxpayers back. the remaining 11 paid back the uns with interest. in an interview to air on "this week" sunday, treasury secretary tim geithner chose to emphasize changes to the financial system $1.6 billion. and not this $1.6 billion. is there nothing that can be done about this? > he used the authority he had to change behavior going the aut our responsibility is to make fo ure the firms can never again theirk to paying their execu

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kenneth feinberg. he is the administer for the gulf coast claims facility. he's on my far left, sitting next to him is mr. roger dow, who is the president and ceo of the u.s. travel association. seated next to mr. dow is mr. rip daniels, he's the senior manager of wjzd-fm and he's also the vice president of the mississippi gulf coast tourism commission. next to mr. daniels is mr. herb malone. he's the president and ceo of the alabama gulf coast convention and visitors bureau and sitting next to mr. malone is mr. keith overton, and mr. overton is the senior vice president and chief erating officer of tradewinds -- of the tradewinds resort. he's also the chairman of the florida restaurant and lodging association. and then we have mr. brennan. mr. ralph brennan who is the president of the ralph brennan restaurant group llc. again, i want to thank the witnesses for appearing in response to our request and our invitation. it is the practice of this subcommittee to swear in witnesses so i would ask if you would stand and raise your rig hand. do you solemnly swear

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. >> that was kenneth feinberg testifying about the oil spill compensation fund. he is back on capitol hill later today testifying before the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee. we will also hear from representatives of several oil companies. live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. "washington journal" is next. we will take your phone calls. and the house is back this morning. they will take up the extension of unemployment benefits which cleared the senate yesterday. a lot house coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. -- live house coverage. and coming up this hour, california representative barbara lee, who heads of the congressional black caucus, joins us. after that, texas congressman mack formed barrick --

meaning and people who have really been rendered with true injustice, their needs go unmet and i kennethlady and cedric crenshaw, i could go on and on. it is. a product of our times. i've heard the allegation that a lot of videos were taken out of context and i completely, wholeheartedly viciously disagree with the statement that they were taken out of context. i know that remark was made earlier. this is a hyperracial environment. this was supposed to be a post racial era. with all the progress that has been made this is doing a lot to dismantle that and it hurts the heart to see it. >> larry: peter, does the president have to make another speech about racism? >> no. the best thing that barack obama can ultimately do for race relations in the united states is to make america a more just society for poor people. the greatest achievements for african-americans have been general achievements for poor and working-class people in this country. the great society, the new deal, i think president obama needs to work on health care, for instance, in fact, is a genuine move toward greater equalit

kenneth feinberg oversees the $20 billion fund created by bp to handle claims related to the gulf oil spill. monday, he speaks to an audience at the economic club of washington and takes questions. our live coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. -- 8:30 a.m. eastern on c- span 2. >> monday, a discussion on attitudes affecting u.s.-china relations. it is a number of panels from u.s. and chinese universities with live coverage starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> is this liver's renewed tactic -- is this a laborer's great new tactic? is that the new dividing british politics? they have the prc and we've passed dna tests. passed dna tests.

michael mcconnell, kenneth starr, miguel estrada. like wliam rehnquist, hufelix black and hugo, the solicitor general cage didn't not srve in the judicial monastery, but would say her workouts is probably an additional qualification. i spoke about the qualities that led me to support her nomination last week. throughout the process, i looked to see whether the solicitor general kagan would fairly apply the law while also using common sense. i looked to see whether as a justice she would appreciate the proper role of the courts with democracy, and ting to determine whether she understood why the law matters. in fact, what i raised with her was basically what i had done in my consideration of every single member who is now sitting on the supreme court. and my consideration in voting on several members who are no longer on the preme court. and that is would she be the kind of independent justice who would keep pace with each of the words ascribed in vermont marble on the walls of the supreme court, "equal justice under law." those apply

when kenneth glady was being made fun of. and harold crumb on it who is on the board of the naacp stood by and laughed along as people at that press conference called a black conservative activist or someone affiliated with the tea party an uncle tom and negro, the naacp didn't condemn that at all so i think -- >> okay, wait a minute -- >> larry: let's get nancy. what do you make of all this? >> where is the tea party's outrage when members of their own party spit on members of the united states -- >> that was proved false. >> it wasn't proved false. >> excuse me, i'm talking so shut your mouth. >> well, be honest when you speak and i won't have to interrupt you. >> excuse me, excuse me. >> be truthful and i won't have to. >> hey, be quiet. >> speak the truth. >> you know, larry, can you just turn off her mic this is ridiculo ridiculous? >> larry: i'll run the show, nancy, go ahead. >> i'm so sorry. the thing so disturbing to me about the tea party is their racist attitudes and the elements of the tea party that are racist an

kenneth feinberg, the administration of the bp compensation fund. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c- span radio. that is 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c., area. also on the web at cspanradio.com. i can follow us on facebook and twitter. host: coming up, leslie sanchez, a new spinoff, the dean resurgent republic. we will learn more about that in a few minutes. geopolitics coming up on "newsmakers." there is not a morning hearing because of our live coverage of the nj summer meeting. in our conversation with darrell issa, this came up. >> michael steele, the head of your party -- the head of the national republican national committee. >> is this someone who should remain as the top executive of the rnc? >> michael steele is supposed to reflect a consensus of republican platforms and policy. if he does that, he certainly can remain. if he is not willing to do that and he wants to be a political leader on his own, there are plenty of seats open in november. i suggest he runs for one of them. i feel

kenneth feinberg oversees the $20 billion fund created by bp for claims related to the gulf oil spill. he speaks to the clubs in washington. our coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the congressional directory has the members of the house and senate, the supreme court and all of the justices. c-span is now available in 100 million homes, and you a direct link to public affairs, and politics as a public service created by america's cable companies. >> next, an arizona republican primary debate with john mccain, j.d. hayworth, and jim deakin. they met in arizona for their second televised debate before the primary. >> the primary is august 24. >> good evening, everyone. tonight, a debate for the u.s. senate. small business owner jim deakin, former congressman j.d. hayworth, and congressman -- and senator mccain. >> good evening, everybody. thank you for joining us tonight to hear from the three republican candidates representing arizona. john mccain is running for the fifth six-year term in the senate. he was in the hou

kenneth feinberg, obama's appointed pay czar, is going to release the report today, that shows 17 biganks in this country put out $1.6 billion in bonuses that he will say were ill-advised. not lawful but ill-advised. the expectation is we will hear the citigroup, goldman sach, aig, companies that received a lot of of hour tax dollars, got big bonus payments at the height of the crisis. >> rebecca jarvis for us this morning. thank you. >>> dave price is off today. lonny skwin here with the first check of the weather. good morning, lonny. >>> hey, thank you, lonnie. well, good morning! good friday morning.wake up. a slither of sunshine in san jose. but as the morning wears on, we'll see more sunshine and less clouds down in the south bay and pretty nice temperatures today. highs in the lower 80s. speak of your temperatures, let's take a look. near 90 inland, nothing but sunshine. a few more clouds around the bay with the mid-60s. and cloudy with fog for the coast, in the lower 60s. more sunshine and a foggy coastline for the weekend. >>> that's your latest weather. with all this tough w

already we've gotten reaction from kenneth feinberg who is the arbitrator who has been put in charge of the dispersement of the $20 billion fund. and feinberg says this is a good idea, this is a good move. what do you think? >> well, you know, bob dudley was part of the team all along. and, in fact, he's the one who announced that they would have the relief well completed by july 27th, which also happened to be the day when the quarterly financial reports of bp were due. so that was too much of a coincidence, again, in terms of limiting liability, increasing the share value of bp. so i'm hopeful that mr. dudley will be more responsible, but total change in the culture of this company is necessary. >> we are so, i guess, hopeful is the best word to use as we look at the picture from down at the bottom of the sea and see no more oil coming out, but this is so really just a phase of this entire process because there's still more oil in the water, and there's tens of thousands of lives of people who have been affected by this. >> well, remember, even if you can't see as much oil on the s