. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your thoughts on that? you've practiced. you're a law professor. recently retired. you've taught at a number of different schools. any thoughts on that? >> well, yes, i have lots of thoughts on it. i went to harvard law school. and believe me, when i was there, there was no legal aid at all. everybody was become a corporate lawyer. there was no question about it. you didn't even think about it. it would never even dawn on anybody. i don't think that anybody knew that there were defense attorneys. you know? anyway, at its heart that little clip said something, i thi

holiness then we'll see that christians jews muslims cattle leaves protestants we'll let me ask you for the same language john howard because the entire human community is sick and well being and has. asked the way to salvation is only one path ok thank you for your food and know your time is precious we've got five or ten minutes more if we may of your time or a few more questions i want to ask you let's focus on china fast developing country actively promoting itself here in iran at the moment how do you see iranian development both ways do you think you'll be selling more of your energy to china in the future. moreover told the teller first we have. a two way relationship with him but you're on a child are throwing important and the last round without a fight and they enjoy a centuries old civilization and consuls. we have always maintained friendly toys. and today we have identical views with regard to the international developments. but the common denominator in our relationship is based on your just as security for our. relationship with russia has always been very good but it was a little shaky when fo

tavis: let me ask one last question for you, john. how does a teenager process the state wanting to give him the death penalty? how does a teenager psychologically process that? i ask that because we know there are other underage youth in this country in various states having this conversation right now. >> i did not process it. i cannot process it to this day. to read what happened to him, i felt like i am thankful that i was allowed to be alive because i could have been the first person ever executed in the united states at that age. that is still emotionally strain upon me. i stay away from it because i cannot believe that they actually wanted to take my life and they knew that i was innocent. so i cannot do with that. >> he has this passion to go behind enemy lines for others who have themselves been victims of this kind of system. poor withoutck and legal representation, you are subject to be hit. tavis: i am not sure how much more of this bidentate, how much my heart can take. the stories you have heard from john and randy are a

. >> let me ask john hannah, what do we know? this is the first of the series?e expecting more in the next weeks? >> the attacks just happened this morning. it is still very early in the crisis. the entire intelligence community is all hands on deck trying to get to the bottom of this. the initial read out we do have from our experts and from our people in the region is that the attacks does feature of the hallmarks of an al qaeda operation. there are several aspects that leave substantial uncertainty, and the secretary of state is right that if the president decides to go out, he will need to be very careful in assigning any responsibility for this attack. i do think however, based on our initial soundings in saudi arabia itself, in addition to sending a boost of confidence and sense that we are on top of this with the american people, and reassurance to the american people, i think our allies in the region are trying to beat that for much as well, and i think the president is on the haft have that in mind in any statement he makes. the attack was planned and f

>> john, let me ask you this. this will apply to a lot of our viewers who have 401(k)s and pension plans. they often have convenance that invest in aaa companies. now, you have had a policy at s&p that a company can have a higher credit rating than the sovereign nation that it's in. do those companies now get downgraded as a result? >> the u.s. corporations, i think there are four of them. >> yes. >> they are not affected by this directly. what applies is whether or not you think the central bank and private entities won't be able to get foreign exchange to foreign debt. there's no question about that here in the united states. that is not a constraint. in terms of other people who might be -- have portfolios who are minimal and force selling because of this. >> i want to thank ali velshi and john chambers. i know it's been a long day. any piece of news can make a difference. the question right now is how much of a difference. joining us, as promised is john king, host of john king usa. also joining us is dan loth

. >> let me ask you john heilemann, you have been down there and you have been trying to figure this perry thing out, what have you found? is it a cheap shot to suggest he's not the smartest guy in the state of texas? >> it's certainly the case there are many people, republicans who make the comments like mike just made. >> republicans saying that. >> republicans. usually on people who have worked for candidates who challenged him in republican primaries and gotten beaten, they are the kind of people who make those comments. >> sounds like what everybody said about ronald reagan who is an idiot. >> in a piece i wrote, i had a consultant that said when we refer to someone too dumb to be president, a republican too dumb to be president, it's leading up to the white house. this guy is dumb like a fox. he might not walk like bill clinton, but he's street savvy and street smart. it's politically as quick as anybody they have seen. >> you know, pat buchanan -- >> i would love someone with both. >> i was going to say, pat, everyone talks about how brilliant barack obama was. he didn't know

. >> let me ask john hannah, what do we know? this is the first of the series?uld we be expecting more in the next weeks? >> the attacks just happened this morning. it is still very early in the crisis. the entire intelligence community is all hands on deck trying to get to the bottom of this. the initial read out we do have from our experts and from our people in the region is that the attacks does feature of the hallmarks of an al qaeda operation. there are several aspects that leave substantial uncertainty, and the secretary of state is right that if the president decides to go out, he will need to be very careful in assigning any responsibility for this attack. i do think however, based on our initial soundings in saudi arabia itself, in addition to sending a boost of confidence and sense that we are on top of this with the american people, and reassurance to the american people, i think our allies in the region are trying to beat that for much as well, and i think the president is on the haft have that in mind in any statement he makes. the attack was plann

let me ask you, john byrnes from "the new york times" said something compelling.s met with gadhafi at that hotel and gadhafi seems to just appear there before, seemed as though he had a secret entrance into that hotel. is there any talk that, perhaps, somehow this is connected to bunkers or connected to the gadhafi compound, which i know is not right next door, but is near? >> it is near. it's in the same area, as all the offices of other prominent members of the gadhafi family, but as i say, we have absolutely no evidence that i've seen in this hotel any way connected by a secret tunnel network, tunnels rather, to any of those other key government installations in this town. i'm not saying it's not the case. it's just we've scoured this hotel top to bottom, in search of food, down to the basement -- >> matthew, why do you think they're holding you in there? what's the point? >> it's difficult to give an answer to that. you know, there have been some international organizations that have commented on why they think we're being held here, being held by a regime, wh

john hodgman, ladies and gentlemen. (cheers and applause) let me ask you, how can the beloved bookstore, an institution, compete with the downloading and mail order of the book? >> well, jon, it's not going to be easy. supreme gotten used to the convenience of having books delivered right to them. if bookstores want to compete they have to give the customers a better home experience so they can get in their own homes. >> jon: so you're saying recreate... >> exactly, jon. >> jon: i didn't finish what i was saying. >> i wasn't listening. i'm talking about getting rid of those old-fashioned bookshelves and replace them with beautiful well-appointed downloading pods. book lovers simply feel themselves inside, strip down to their underwear, pick up a cold slice of pizza and start downloading the great works of literature in betweens bouts of masturbation and youtube. (laughter) it's all the fun and isolation of home with the inconvenience of 20-minute car ride. (laughter) >> jon: there's stuff bookstore cans do that the internet can't. >> oh, you mean like

let me first ask you, you heard from john chambers, still categoric that this downgrade should happen. do you think it's justified and how do you think the parties are going to get together to solve this? >> i don't t tnk it's justified in terms of when you look at the math here. they made a $2 trillion mistake. the other rating agencies did not downgrade the u.s. debt because they did not make that $2 trillion mistake. but one has to find understandable their pessimism about our inability to come together on the most important issue facing our country which is, how do we create jobs? we need a balanced approach and the extremism, the tea party obstructionism in washington. is keeping us from restoring that b bance add approach that america has always used of investing in the future, investing in job creation and also being fiscally respspsible at the same time. >> senator sessions, do you think that there can be now some sort of a wake-up call as some people suggested for both parties to really come together? i've heard people say, this is serious. we don't want to see political part

. >> well, john fun, let me ask you, is there any area in which the republicans and the president canuld think it might be in their own self-interest to get something done and create jobs? >> sure. and i think we can learn from the four previous failed stimulus packages one from president bush, three from president obama. and i think what we can learn is, that the president is getting part of the message. for example, the payroll tax cut. he may, if this report is accurate, actually recognize that the payroll tax cut on employers does retard job creation. that's been something conservatives have been saying for a long time. for the other components, look, the president admitted there were no shovel-ready jobs which was one of the reasons the stimulus program failed. now apparently he wants to go back and refurbish school buildings, it may be good public policy, but it won't create jobs in the short term. and lastly, job training programs. secretary reich presided over 190 federal jobs programs in the labor department, some may be good, but it doesn't necessarily convince me that any n

. >> let me ask you about this comment made by former utah governor john jon huntsman. e clear, i believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. cal me crazy. is he the odd man out on those issues in your party now? >> chris, you know, i don't know. i'm not doing a poll of all the candidates of that eschews. you know, this is what's going to happen. a rigorous debate. you've pointed out many time, a lot of different folks in the field. i happen to believe, chris, that having a lot of candidates in the field, having a big primary, is good for our party. it gets a lot of people out there. it gets a lot of earned media, a lot of tv time, a lot of print media and all the horsepower, i think, is on our side of the aisle right now. >> aren't you worried, though, in a world where we have to compete with science, in science and technology with chinese and indian young geniuses and some move here and some still in their countries around the world, we're competing in a world of science and technology to be a country that might be led by someone who doesn't believe in

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john gage, let me ask you, they have told the union brigid unions have told them that they will set out because the state is anti-union. are you behind that statement? guest of the afl has not taken a formal, unified -- guest: of the nfl has not taken a formal, unified -- guest: of the afl -- guest: the nfl has not taken a unified, formal position on this. host: what about your union? guest: we have not taken a position about that. we will definitely go to the convention. i cannot see as boycotting that. but we are not happy about it. i think that the white house knows that. host: why do you say that? guest: these are some big unions that are really peeved toward democratic hopes in 2012. even president obama birthday party in chicago, there are union hotels all over the place. it was held at a non-union facility. it is a perception thing that irritates some unions. the president, democrats, when they need to win some elections, of the unions are simply called upon. host: if you will not boycott, how will you make your criticism know macbeth lumpur guest: we can make it known. the prese

. >> let me ask you something -- i wouldn't want to talk about a dog on the crate, either, old or new. johndn't even take a position on the debt ceiling fight until almost it was over. that's the guy that could deal with the debt ceiling. >> he's not the president. he was the guy who would shoot up or aaa rating, and -- you know, the last panel was crazy. president obama is in big trouble, and he's got to do the personal attacks. >> hey, hey, guys -- >> joe madison, first of all, just for the record, the obama campaign said they're not doing these attacks, and they don't know where these came from, but second of all, joe, i mean, we are talking about mitt romney who was in this huge home, looking at the lake while we're dealing with the debt ceiling. let's point out something. you damn right it's weird putting your dog on top of a roof. tomorrow is old news, so i mean, the reality is politics is a contact sport, and you have on the other side they swiftboated one candidate. look, these guys -- this is amazing. this is a party that showed obama with a bone through his nose. this is a party t