marc rotenberg, you endorsed or epic endorsed personal leahy's personal security act of 201 # 1. why are you in favor of this legislation? >> guest: well, i think what senator leahy is trying to do is strengthen data breach notification. this is an interesting development in the privacy world. it's a requirement placed on companies to tell their customers when information about them has been wrongfully disclosed. it may not be as, you know, quite as satisfying as knowing their information is always protected, but what we've learned increasingly is when the user data is out there, there's new opportunities for financial fraud, identity theft, and the company takes a hit when this has to conceive that, you know, it didn't follow adequate security practices, so senator leahy through the privacy legislation is trying to strengthen the data breach notification requirements including some new penalties which i think would be very good, and another issue which he has addressed and others b object hill as well which is moving to the floor i'd say in the privacy world is the notion of dat

>> guest: i think what senator leahy is trying to do is strengthen data breach notification. now, this is an interesting development to the privacy world. basically, it's the requirement that's placed on companies to tell their customers when information about them has been wrongfully disclosed. it may not be, you know, quite as satisfying as knowing that their information is always protected, but what we've learned increasingly is when the user data gets out there, there are new opportunities for financial fraud and identity theft. and, of course, a company's taking a bit of a hit when it has to concede it didn't follow adequate security practices. so senator leahy is trying to strengthen the data breach notification requirements including some new penalties which i think would be very good. another issue which he has addressed and others on the hill as well which is moving to the fore i would say in the privacy world is the notion of data minimization, recognizing that it's oftentimes difficult to protect the information that's being collected. i think the view in the exper

latest on the aftermath of the storm, and on the rescue and recovery efforts from senator patrick leahy. >> you see bridges out. roads that have just been torn apart. i've lived here all my life. i've never seen anything quite like this in vermont. >> brown: then, we assess the state of the housing crisis as home prices in some cities ticked up last spring, but fell overall during the past year. >> ifill: from brazil, fred de sam lazaro examines how the changing role of women has led to smaller families. >> brown: margaret warner talks to author joby warrick about his real-life thriller, the story of an al qaeda agent who infiltrated the cia and detonated a suicide bomb at a u.s. base in afghanistan. >> three layers of security without being checked or searched a single time until the moment he was within a few feet of a great number of operatives. >> ifill: and ray suarez profiles latin american poet and political activist ernesto cardenal. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get

you heard from senator leahy on the ground and congressman pascrell. the passaic river is doing something that we haven't seen in 100 years. tell me when you hear these local, desperate pleas and they're coming at you and right now at fema they're coming from multiple states, how do you prioritize? >> fema has a great organization. after katrina we learned a tremendous lesson about changing fema from a reactive to a proactive organization. craig fugate is currented administrator is going an outstanding job. the initial response belongs to the local and states. they're doing an outstanding job. we've seen all of the governors up front not only telling people what to do, but how to do it. telling them what is expected to do. i've been pleased with the response. i have to tell you that. >> you know, in about two or three weeks, the attention that we're all giving this because it's in the moment goes away and then you do start seeing the political fights on funding on prioritizing. when you were at fema and you were in the middle of some of these political

host: previously you served as counsel to senator patrick leahy. and most interestingly, he is a three-time chess champion for washington, d.c. we appreciate your being on "the communicators". quote will be right back with larry clinton -- we will be right back with larry clinton of internet security alilance. mr. clinton, if we could start by finding out what the isa is. trade association created back in 2000. represents virtually every aspect of our nation's critical infrastructure -- aviation, banking, communications, defense, financial services. and our mission statement is to take advanced technology and blend it with public policy and economics to create a sustainable system of cyber security. so we are a security organization, and represent our company's security interests. host: when you look at the cyber security proposals put up by the white house this summer, what is your reaction? the support it? what concerns you? guest: there are a number of things and the proposal that have broad support. things such as providing more cyber security

senator leahy, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, thank you. >> ifill: you were able to tour your sat today. what did you see? >> i've seen since the flooding i've seen a great deal of the state. yesterday i went with the governor by helicopter. i've been driving around other parts. we had to use the helicopter because some of our towns are completely cut off. there's no way you can get in there which creates all kinds of concerns. not only the devastation in the town but you can't get medical personnel in, food, water, and so forth. so i've lived here all my life. i've never seen anything quite like this in vermont. >> ifill: which areas of the state would you say were worst hit? >> i think the worst hit were down in the southern part of the state. there were places like water bury which is the next town over, my own town of middle sex was hit badly. some in montpelier and elsewhere but the southern part of the state, as you fly over and you see bridges out, roads that have just been torn apart, it's awkward. also the capriciousness of it. you fly along. you see a small

senator coons, senator coons is next. >> thank you chairman leahy.ou to you and senator feinstein for your long and determined work in repealing doma. thank you to the members of our panel today who have shared with us steering personal stories of their experiences as veterans, teachers and attorneys. they represent i know thousands of our constituents, our colleagues, classmates and friends who have gone through similar suffering losses and mistreatment through doma. the purpose of today's hearing is to look at senate bill 59098 and to consider the impacts doma has had on legally married couples who have been denied access to all sorts of different federal programs, benefits rights and privileges and as ms. murray mentioned they are like waves on a beach that just drive away the possibility of equality, even to those legally recognized couples. now, to me this hearing is fundamentally about equality and whether or not we as a nation think it is okay to deny some american citizens the same rights and privileges afforded to other citizens. do we reall

before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahyfor the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all the grim immigrants in the city and county of san francisco must include the plight of same-sex couples and by-national relationships. at the four of any immigration reform discussion, particularly for this city, the current immigration law fails so many immigrants and families. yes, same-sex relationships stand on prejudicial ground when compared to their heterosexual counterparts. without specific language such as that in the united families act which seeks to have permanent partners, same-sex by dutch national couples will remain victims to the law that compels discrimination against lgbt couples, including the right to sponsor a spouse, and with no right to a k1 same-sex visa. we are advised that took schumer will introduce same-sex reform in january 2010. we are also told that passage by

move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 87, h.r. 1249, the leahy-smith america invents act, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that on tuesday, september 6, following disposition of the nomination of pwer niece donald, the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on calendar number 87, h.r. 1249, further that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the following environments and public works bills en bloc: calendar number 72, calendar number 117. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: it's my understanding that you have granted consent for me to move to those two numbered matters. the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the bills be read a third time passed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc, any releva

feels like an eternally -- since they took over the house, they stopped the patent bill, which senator leahy says would result in hundreds of thousands of jobs, stopped it cold. why? because the patent office doesn't have any money to work on those brilliant ideas that are coming out of our people. they needed more funding. that bill took care of it. the house stopped it cold. hundreds of thousands of jobs. the economic development administration -- i know about that because i brought the bill here. it's a beautiful program. it's been in place for generations. it gives a little seed money in areas that have had high unemployment, and that seed money attracts private-sector money, public-sector money, nonprofit money, and jobs are created, they build office parks. we have great examples in california of shopping malls. i'm sure my friend has many examples of the e.d.a. at work. they stopped it. they filibustered it. it never got a vote. the small business innovation bill that my friend, mary landrieu, brought to the floor. the last time we counted, those bills have created 19,000 new business

where we wrote a letter to mr leahy ordered this and all the letters to be found and destroyed in their letter various nested put in a word for him so that stalin don't forget the medium of those what is of survived i've seen them all. stalin took note of the young activists soon after that burial was appointed head of the georgian communist party. immediately began planting loyalists in camp posts as for the man who had introduced him to stalin beria now considered him a nuisance. in december nine hundred thirty six very invited nestor like oh but to dinner a few hours later suddenly felt sick. what everybody in our pas you knew that he had been for isn't that people know what's in it to doctors who say it is much i'm sure gods and similar gee if i were eliminated there and then. body was taken from the georgian capital to pass the word was given a state funeral in sioux whom's botanical gardens that was shortly before nine hundred thirty seven the year of the most massive political crackdown in the soviet union. it was a hero's funeral the way. from tbilisi but he didn't turn out for

. >> senator patrick leahy who had the only camera in this meeting snapped the photos. >> i went to explain and lay out exactly how we got to where we were and why this is important for the country. >> how they got to where they were monday came after a flurry of activity between the vice president and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell over the weeked. senator mcconnell made the call that got the ball rolling. >> senator mitch mcconnell has had a long and good and trusting relationship with joe biden. i think their communication really helped to put this together at critical moments in the last few days actually. >> a democrat familiar with the negotiations said vice president biden and senator mcconnell spoke by phone four times on saturday. talks the vice president started leading back in march. neither side wanting default, areas of compromise were laid out. >> despite our many differences, we can all agree that america would not default on its obligation. >> one thing lacking throughout the entire battle was not a lot of trust. >> i guess we're going to recreate these stories in th

those seven include chairman leahy and other house members. among the many prominent senators, joe biden, harry reid, and too many others to name in the short time that i have. now i'm not claiming that senators can't change their mind. but the list of supporters to refute the empty claim that doma embodies a bigotry against same-sex couples. the benefits to the union of husband and wife reflects the judge with the relationship that's linked to procreation a deserving of support. people are free to dispute that judgment, but no one who voted can claim to be surprised by how it is operated. and while it is natural that everyone would hope for more federal benefits for themselves, no one can claim that doma somehow disrupted his or her own financial planning. doma was enacted eight years before the massachusetts supreme court first imposed same-sex marriage in the country, so there was never a time when anyone in the same-sex union had any basis that that union would entitle him or her to spousal benefits. it's wrong to assert the definition of

bill that we've warned you about several times in the past legislation introduced by senator patrick leahy that would allow the government to crack down on websites that have ties and i mean any ties to websites that share or link to or associate themselves with a pirate site also gives the government the right to sue any website it shares card information and it even gives the copyright holder the right to file a lawsuit against the site so the government already made it clear that they are out to destroy any infringing web sites and as we've noted before they've overstepped their bounds way too many times they've even taken their anti-piracy efforts to other countries where u.s. regulations going to apply and they've stripped foreign web sites of their abilities so like i said way overstepping their bounds however there are still plenty of individuals who think that the protect ip act does need to exist so our latest example comes from an op ed in the washington post unsigned editorial list off the dangers of pirating material i'll ask you to read this piece for yourself let me just extr

we've been talking to senator leahy about the damage and the fema administrator, craig fugate startedou never thought you'd be talking about a hurricane in verm month. >> who would have thought that you would be evacuating vermont because of the hurricane. and when you have big rivers flooding, there are days and weeks in advance. flash flooding is literally how much rain is issuing those advisories, getting people to safety. and the governor in his team, the national officials and also and the emergency declaration. that's the first step in providing assistance. focused on the missions. we are also beginning to do the damage assessments to determine what other equipment will be required and working with the governor and his team as we go road by road, washout by washout, to look at the damages and the homes impact. but our commit on behalf of the president is to work with the governor's team in this first critical phase. it's the most important time frame to make sure that we are stable and then we'll work with the governor and his team on what available assistance will be needed to

i would have said a few weeks ago they were extreme patrick leahy. we saw strong resistance in congress by the republicans to anything that looked like stimulus. but reality on the ground has a way of changing people's perceptions and willingness. and i think one of the things that this sell-off in the markets and this rash of worst economic news is going to change the dynamic in washington. much as republicans are very concerned about the debt and want to act on that quickly, they're also aware that not just the jobs of their constituents but their own jobs rely on a growing economy, and i think that in coming weeks they might start to see the appeal of some more stimulus in a way that they didn't before. the big question is how does that happen? there are a couple ways. it could be combined in the delineations of the so-called super committee right now meeting to try to find $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts over the coming decade. it wouldn't abe bad deal to trade off the0-year reduction in deficits for some short-term stimulus. and the noises that yo

pat leahy, one of the most liberal democratic senators out there, who came up after me after this debate and walked up to me and said i want 20 minutes of your time because you apportion time between the two sides. i said you want 20 minutes of my time? >> he said you either give me 20 minutes of your time, and i will -- or i will vote against you. i said take 25. he went up there, and he stood there. he counted the arguments i have been making, and he said he can no longer stand against the wake of the argument. ladies and gentleman, that is what we need. we need somebody that can look it the cameras, talk to the american public and members of congress and bring the wake of the republic behind us. i have done it in the toughest areas you can reach a pending federal and fireman's, getting people together on moral, cultural issues. -- and in federal entitlements, getting people together unmoral, cultural issues. i was able to win elections. i've also the the national security experience prepared every -- experience. every one of those years, i brought a bill to the floor. every time i was

. >> thank you so much, senator leahy, and governor shumlun.t better for the folks there in vermont. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy.

pat leahy, one of the most liberal democratic senators out there, came up to me after four years of this debate and said, "i want to 20 minutes of your time." i said, "you have always voted against me. you want 20 minutes of my time? do you not what 20 minutes a barbara boxer's time?" he said the 20 minutes of your time or i will even vote against you. i gave him 25. he went up, stood there, and painfully said he could no longer stand against the white. ladies and gentlemen, that is what we need. we need someone who can look at those cameras, can talk to the american public, can talk to members of congress, and bring the weight of the argument behind us to get this country going in the right direction. i have done it in the toughest areas began. ending federal entitlements, getting people to get on moral and cultural issues -- i have done it in the hardest place to do it in the country. i was able to win elections. i also went on national security. no one in this race as the national security experience i have. i spent eight years on the armed services committee. i was chairman of the su

i came back ran for the senate again in 1974 against my now colleague patrick leahy. he won, i lost but i got 4% of the vote in a three-way race. i saw the boats going up in two years later i ran for governor again. we have elections every two years in vermont and i got 6%. at that point they took the hint. may be getting elected to political office is what -- not what my life is going to be loud and i went about doing other things, mostly doing some writing and working on historical filmstrips and actually having a pretty good time. in 1981, you know how politicians always tell you that people came up and said you should run for office? actually in my case it was true. they were never friends who said you know what? we have looked at the election results and you did really well in burlington and if you run in burlington which is the largest, you might actually win. so i did. and, we put together a wonderful coalition of unions and senior citizens and women's advocates, environmental habitats and police officers came on board. and on election night, we won by 14 votes

i came back ran for the senate again in 1974 against my now colleague patrick leahy. he won, i lost but i got 4% of the vote in a three-way race. i saw the boats going up in two years later i ran for governor again. we have elections every two years in vermont and i got 6%. at that point they took the hint. may be getting elected to political office is what -- not what my life is going to be loud and i went about doing other things, mostly doing some writing and working on historical filmstrips and actually having a pretty good time. in 1981, you know how politicians always tell you that people came up and said you should run for office? actually in my case it was true. they were never friends who said you know what? we have looked at the election results and you did really well in burlington and if you run in burlington which is the largest, you might actually win. so i did. and, we put together a wonderful coalition of unions and senior citizens and women's advocates, environmental habitats and police officers came on board. and on election night, we won by 14 votes

i came back ran for the senate again in 1974 against my now colleague patrick leahy. he won, i lost but i got 4% of the vote in a three-way race. i saw the boats going up in two years later i ran for governor again. we have elections every two years in vermont and i got 6%. at that point they took the hint. may be getting elected to political office is what -- not what my life is going to be loud and i went about doing other things, mostly doing some writing and working on historical filmstrips and actually having a pretty good time. in 1981, you know how politicians always tell you that people came up and said you should run for office? actually in my case it was true. they were never friends who said you know what? we have looked at the election results and you did really well in burlington and if you run in burlington which is the largest, you might actually win. so i did. and, we put together a wonderful coalition of unions and senior citizens and women's advocates, environmental habitats and police officers came on board. and on election night, we won by 14 votes

pat leahy, one of the most liberal democratic senators out there, who came up after me after this debate and walked up to me and said i want 20 minutes of your time because you apportion time between the two sides. i said you want 20 minutes of my time? >> he said you either give me 20 minutes of your time, and i will -- or i will vote against you. i said take 25. he went up there, and he stood there. he counted the arguments i have been making, and he said he can no longer stand against the wake of the argument. ladies and gentleman, that is what we need. we need somebody that can look it the cameras, talk to the american public and members of congress and bring the wake of the republic behind us. i have done it in the toughest areas you can reach a pending federal and fireman's, getting people together on moral, cultural issues. -- and in federal entitlements, getting people together unmoral, cultural issues. i was able to win elections. i've also the the national security experience prepared every -- experience. every one of those years, i brought a bill to the floor. every time i was