liu with an observation. the same day that my "wall street journal" article ran, july 23, a remote area medical clinic was held in the open air of the wise county fairgrounds in the appalachian mountains of far southwest virginia. these r.a.m. clinics bring medical professionals into underserved areas where medical care is hard to find. they're not that different from what we used to do out in the impoverished villages of vietnam when i was a marine infantry officer many years ago. 12 of my staff members went down to wise county to volunteer. working in tents, mobile units, horse stalls over these three days, the r.a.m. clinic took care of 6,869 patient visits and pulled more than 4,000 teeth in the open air of the wise county fairgrounds. in this part of virginia, nearly half the population lives below 200% of poverty. almost a quarter of them have no insurance whatsoever. age-adjusted mortality rates in some counties are as much as 70% higher than the rest of virginia. in this appalachian mountain region is

liu's writings. "the mission of this republican law center or the national legal center for public interest is horror of horrors, to promote free enterprise, private ownership of property, and limited government." he considers those improper goals and says -- quote -- "these are --" this is his quote -- "these are code words phon an ideological agenda hostile to environmental, workerplac workpd environmental protec protection" give me break. with respect to justice alito, a fabulous member of the supreme court, so experienced, so far -- so much more seasoned as a nominee than this nominee comes close to being -- he went further. appearing in person before the judiciary committee to testify that justice alito -- quote -- "envisions an america where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse, where federal agents may point guns at ordinary citizens during a raid, even after no sign of resistance, where a black man may be extensioned to death by an all-whi

i know goodwin liu. i trust him and i believe he will make an excellent judge, and i urge my colleagues to consider and support his confirmation. mr. president, i yield the floor. mrs. hutchison: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: i rise to speak in favor of senator mcconnell's production bill. the bill might be too much for some, too little for some. maybe it's not perfect. but we must take a step in the direction of adding production of our nation's natural resources if we are going to bring down the cost of gasoline, bring down the cost of fuel, bring down the cost of all of the elements that we have that are -- excuse me -- providing for our electricity, natural gas and other forms of -- of our electricity and climate control. so, mr. president, i hope that we can pass senator mcconnell's bill. oil is today slightly under $100 per barrel, and with the summer driving season approaching, we know that this could even go up. it's graduation season and people are

liu that opportunity. a second problem i have with his statement is the assertion that -- quote -- "the court of appeals is where law is made. we have heard this view before. while serving as a circuit judge, justice sotomayor stated that the court of appeals -- quote -- "is where policy is made." i understand there are elements of our society who wish this were the case. those who can't get their policy views enacted through the legislative process, as our constitution requires, often turn to the courts. but i flatly reject that notion. the constitution vests legislative power in the congress, not the courts. judges are simply not policy-makers. unfortunately, this philosophical disagreement occasionally finds its way into debate on nominations. let me remind the senate where this started, going back to the tphopbgs of william -- nomination of william rehnquist in 1971, democrats used the filibuster to delay or defeat judicial nominees. fortunately, it is a rare occasion. there have been a total of 46 clo

liu that opportunity. a second problem i have with the statement is the assertion that, "the court of appeals is where law is made." we have heard this view before. while serving as a circuit judge, justice sotomayor stated that the court of appeals is, "where policy is made." now, i understand there's elements of our society who wish this were the case, those who can't get their policy views enacted through the legislative process as our constitution requires often turn to the courts, but i reject that notion. the constitution rests legislative power in the congress, not the courts. judges are simply not policymakers. unfortunately, this philosophical disagreement occasionally finds its way into debate on nominations, but let me remind the senate where this started going back to the nomination of william link gist in 1971. fortunately, this is a rare occasion. there's been a total of 46 cloture votes, including this one, on 32 different judicial nominations in american history. of the 32 judicial nominees

because goodwin liu, professor liu, has support from some of the most conservative legal minds in the country and i want to share with you what ken starr -- kenneth starr who we all know, the special counsel on the whitewater matter considered at that time quite partisan, one of the -- one of the conservative, i think -- i want to say stars of their thought. he said, "in our view" -- and he writes this with professor amar and this was published. "in our view the traits that should weigh most heavily in the evaluation of an extraordinary qualified nominee such as goodwin are professional integrity and the ability to discharge faithfully an abiding duty to follow the law. because goodwin possesses those qualities to the highest degree, we are confident that he will serve on the court of appeals not only fairly and competently, but with great distinction. we support and urge his speedy confirmation." this is kenneth starr. so i say to my republican conservative friends, before you come here and start attacking goodwin liu for things he has never done, read what some of our conservative l

professor liu deserves the same treatment. and what's interesting to me, how much things have changed on this committee, and we have a new presiding officer who is also on the committee. since before you, mr. president, came on when we would really look at a person's personal record, what they have said, what they think the kind of judge they will be and make a decision. so i don't understand, if we can confirm professor mcconnell by unanimous consent, why can't we grant cloture to a man that is -- that has distinguished himself as one of the great legal scholars of our country? let me address one particular criticism that has been made of professor liu's writings, and that's the writing on constitutional interpretation and fidelity to the constitution. some in the senate have harshly criticized his book "keeping faith with the constitution" because he says at one point that the supreme court has taken social practices -- this is a quote -- "social practices, evolving norms and practical consequences into account when interpre

goodwin liu to be the ninth circuit judge. professor liu, i will show his confirmation hearing back in march. but a preview of that vote. joini joining, david ingram, tell us who goodwin liu is? >> he's a california law professor, the age of 40. and he's got the american story, a son of immigrants and went to law and was a rhode scholar before a clerk at supreme court. which is not something that many lawyer you get to do. and he's considered controversial because republicans feel he would be the most liberal on the court if confirmed. and he could be a candidate for the supreme court. >> when he was first nominated, how far did his nomination make? did it make it to the senate floor? >> it did, but did not get a vote. he was nominated in 2010, and he was beeni waiting a year. and he never came up for a vote on the senate floor last year. democrats were busy with health care legislation, among other priorities, and they almost brought his nomination up at the end the year. and at the last minute did not. >> you mentioned that

liu! the greatest. i love all of them. yeah. you -- where have you been? what have you been up to? i haven't seen you in like a year. >> oh, my god. i've been -- i know, i've been traveling a lot. i was just in china. i was shooting "the man with iron fists." >> jimmy: oh, yeah. what is -- can you explain this again? >> okay. riza wrote a script. >> jimmy: rza from woo tang >> rza from woo tang clan. >> jimmy: he wrote a script? >> he wrote a script. and not only did he write. he directed it. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. and russell crow is in it, and we -- it's a -- it's like -- it's a period piece in the 1800s. so, we're up, like, in these crazy outfits. yeah, rza. never underestimate. >> jimmy: in the 1800s? >> yeah, full-on, like, warrior costumes. really cool. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: it turned out great, huh? >> he did a great job. >> jimmy: it's like an action movie? >> it's an action movie. there's a bunch of stuff in it. it's love story. it's an action movie. >> jimmy: s

berkeley professor goodwin liu to the court of appeals to san francisco. >>> and maupin comes to san francisco. ♪ good evening. i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel are paul rogers, environment writer for the "san jose mercury news," josh rischman, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune," john myers for kqed public radio, joining us from the capitol. so john, what are some of the details of governor brown's revised budget? >> -- notion that you have to solve the state budget problem through a combination of spending cuts and taxes. now, the governor and the legislature have already worked through roughly half of the deficit problem. he's pegging the remaining deficit at its about 9.5 billion, $9.6 billion but he's incesistent the tax plan move forward. current sales taxes and car taxes and the sales surcharge he moved forward and delayed and he wants voters to approve all of that. there are modifications. the state's revenues look better than they did, $6.6 billion more over the two-year period of reven

goodwin liu has dedicated his life to justice and fairness. as we consider his nomination, we owe someone of his caliber those same considerations. so, mr. president, i ask consent to proceed to executive session and calendar number 80, the nomination of goodwin liu of california to be a united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, goodwin liu of california to be united states circuit judge. mr. reid reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to the liu nomination. is it at the desk? thank you. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of goodwin liu of california to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. signed by 17 senators as follows. reid of nevada, leahy, schumer, blumenthal, akaka, franke

y.wish i didn't have to vote against goodwin liu because i like him personally. i like provocative law professors. it may disagree with me. in fact, sometimes especially they better darn well bei l intelligenikt disagreements. i worry about some of these farw left law professors who are teaching our kids how to becomee lawyers and teaching them the t wrong things. but it's okay if they teach them the wrong things, but also teach them the right things and contrast the two. pems i have no problem with that.ho i do have a problem with law professors who basically ignore the actual words in the law ande especially when they ignore the words in the constitution or the stork -- those with the constitution constitution whiche i found goodwin liu has done from time to time and which i believe disqualify him for this very, very o high honor that on the court which with otherappeno circuit courts of appeals happens to be very, veryortant. important that the next court immediately under the supreme court of the united states of america. with that, i suggest the absence of a

unlike liu, he had little track record to review and much of the record that did exist was partisan. he had been a law clerk for three years, spent three years in private practice, and spent the remainder of his career in the solicitor general's office. ken starr's office of independent counsel and the bush white house. when the a.b.a. conducted its reviews, many troubling reports were received. but i voted for cloture, as did my colleagues on this side, and he was confirmed. professors are hardly a new game for us when it comes to judicial nominees. john rogers is a judge on the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit. at the time that president bush nominated himself, he had only four years of practice experience, no appellate clerkships, and has spent the remainder. his career as a professor. he was confirmed by the senate by a voice vote.

republicans charged that liu is a liberal ideologue the two sides jousted on the senate floor. >> we a melting pot and we're proud of this american dream. but if our court doesn't reflect this diversity, it could still be fair, it could still be just, but not as good as if we have a diversity of thought and ethnic diversity. >> mr. liu has extraordinary beliefs about our laws and constitution, beliefs that fall far outside the mainstream. they just do. professor liu does not believe judges are bound to apply the constitution according to what it actually meant at its drafting, or what it plainly says. >> sreenivasan: liu had been nominated for a seat on the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals, based in san francisco. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 45 points to close at 12,605. the nasdaq rose eight points to close at 2,823. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: next, president obama addresses the arab revolt and israeli-palestinian peace. judy woodruff begins our coverage. >> woodruff: the speech at the state department

president obama nominated goodwin liu for the 9th u.s. u.s. circuit court of appeals based here in san francisco. the law professor is a liberal and republicans have enough votes to sustain a filibuster against him. senator barbara boxer supported liu yesterday on the senate floor. >> every, single thing the man has done has turned to gold. every, single thing he has done! everything he does, he's best at, he's best at! >>> if republicans block liu it would be president obama's first defeat for a judicial nomination. >>> 5:12. he passes himself off as a city worker. we'll tell you how a scammer is trying to take advantage of homeowners. >> plus a military plane crash makes a fiery crash-landing in southern california. the narrow escape for the passengers on board coming up. >>> and everything looks great right now across the span of the bay bridge. but that suspense tower is getting even taller later on this morning. we'll tell you how that's impacting your morning commute coming up. ,,,,,,,, but what happens when you're about to retire? woman

thank you so much, sandra liu. we certainly hope a lot of people come on out to the marin-sonoma concourse d'elegance. as we head out tonight we are going to be getting some patchy fog but we're going to be putting the brakes on all the sunshine we had today as temperatures are going to be warming up. we're going to see things starting to cool off here in the next 48 hours. we'll see some slight warming in the forecast here into tomorrow. this area oaf low pressure is going to be dropping to the south. it's also going to bring us a chance of showers over the next 48 hours. as we head into saturday night. and also some much cooler weather, even the slight potential of a thunderstorm. it's not going to be a major storm. so if you want to come out here, just be prepared for the possibility of some scat jerrod rainfall at times. but these cars are going to be out here rain or shine. take a look at friday. we're looking at temperatures in the low to mid 70s in the east and also for the south bay. 70 in santa cruz, 74 in

senator barbara boxer supported liu yesterday on the senate floor. >> every, single thing the man has done has turned to gold. every, single thing he has done! everything he does, he's best at. >> if republicans succeed in blocking liu, it would be president obama's first defeat on a judicial nomination. >>> time now 4:41. it's the first for a social networking site. what linkedin's public debut means for silicon valley. >>> it's the man's body and his his personal decision. >> that personal matter now up to voters. should a bay area city outlaw circumcisions? why doctors say it isn't a good idea. >>> and the double whammy for uc students. the tuition hike coming if the governor's tax extensions don't pass. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> no rain today, patchy fog this morning. this afternoon mostly sunny 60s and 70s. the rest of the forecast is coming right up. >> thank you. >>> 4474. san francisco could become the first city in the country to make it illegal to circumsize anyone under 18. the issue will be on the city's ballot in november. more than 12,000 voters signed a petition to require the

state senator ted liu asked for the audit of the controversial new program that was supposed to onlyet out low risk inmates without super vision. it was designed to save the state money. >> confirms my worst fears that the department of corrections has been releasing hundreds if not thousands of dangerous highly violent felons without any parole steuper vision. >> the corrections department says the report is flawed, pointing out the 23% error rate has been improved. in fact, all 450 felons brought back on put on supervised parole. >> it predicts risk in fact beings can do. it uses factors prove ton predict risk. >> still, the error rate is % under the improved system and critics like helen whose daughter was murdered says that still amounts to hundreds of unsupervised dangerous criminals on the streets. >> i don't want to see anybody walking in my footsteps. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court ordered, california, to reduce its severely overcrowded prison system by 130,000 inmates. senator liu wonders if corrections can follow through with that without putting the public in even mor

the senate was eight votes short of the 60 needed to end debate and give goodwin liu, a university of california law professor who is viewed as a liberal, an up or down vote on his nomination. >>> and who knew the centers for disease control has a sense of humor? in a blog post, the cdc gives ways to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. the post got so much attention, it actually crashed the cdc website. they say it was just a satyrical way to get attention for the real issue of preparing for hurricane season. mission accomplished there. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,605 after gaining 45 points yesterday. the s&p inched up two points. the nasdaq added eight. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei shed 13 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng was up 36. investors hope linkedin's impressive wall street debut is a preview of what's in store for other social networks planning to go public this year. shares of the professional network jumped 109%, rising from an initial price of $45 to close just ov

that debate is under way on goodwin liu in the u.s. senate. you can follow all senate coverage on c-span2. this is the state department. we are waiting on president obama for a speech on u.s. policy, being billed as a major political speech. reports of a twig from -- tweeet from chuck todd from nbc saying that the president has not left the white house yet. could be a little bit longer. politico writes that the president will call for the years to bolster the burgeoning democracy movement in the middle east and north africa by sending more economic aid to the countries at the forefront of the so-called arab spring. he writes that officials said president obama plans to forgive up to $1 million in debt that egypt owes to the u.s. to provide cash flow relief to the new egyptian government. we will hear more from the president, obviously, when it gets under way. we understand it is possible the secretary of state hillary clinton will introduce the president to get things under way. it was supposed to start about 15 minutes ago at 11:40. we are st

view.give you a liu a live -- watch for fire activity. no major delays at the harbor tunnel. at everything moving well so far at the fort mchenry. >> a little deceiving, but it is chilly. temperatures are in the 40's. 44 at the airport. on top of that, there is a breeze going, so it feels like it is in the 30's. the skies are basically clear. a few high, thin clouds. you may see some cumulus clouds this afternoon, but mostly sunny. high pressure coming in from the west. in between the systems there could be a breeze kicking about of the northwest gusting up to 25 miles per hour this afternoon. mostly sunny is the forecast. breezy and cool. high temperature between 64 and 69. the average guy is 71. sunset this evening at 3 minutes after 8:00. clear tonight and chilly. i do not think we will get any frost, but we will keep an eye on it. some of you near the pennsylvania line could see some frosted your neighborhood. during the day tomorrow, a little storm will pass by to our north. most of the rain will stay north of us in pennsylvania. a 20% chance for a passing shower here in

. >>> uc blocked the nomination of li -- the senate blocked the nomination of liu. president obama nominated lied u to a seat on the san francisco based 9th circuit court of appeals. the 40-year-old son of taiwanese immigrants supports same-sex marriage and affirmative action. >>> a gilroy man may end up spending the rest of his life in prison for killing his girlfriend's puppy. bud ruiz has been charged a spousal battery and animal cruelty for throwing the 6 week old chihuahua across the room during an argument. he has four prior assault convictions so could get a life sentence under california's three strikes law. >>> green energy advocated protested cuts to go solar's $5 million budget. it would be slashed by 20%. they believe that will put people out of work. the real issue now is before the city's public utilities commission. the puc points out that despite proposed cuts the program will still receive more than $4 million when the new fiscal year starts. >>> and the state assembly today unanimously approved legislation making it ease over for nonprofits to take

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. >>> senate republicans blocked the nomination of goodwin liu. the first time one of the president's judicial nominees has been defeated. he was nominated to a seat on the fran-based 9th circuit court of appeals. he supports same-sex marriage and affirmative action and also slammed conservative supreme court justices. this has polarized both sides. >> the record is clear, any claims that goodwinliu is anything but deserving of the confirmation is inaccurate. >> do we want people who have a reverence of the u.s. constitution and believe it means what it says or want people on our courts that care more about advancing an ideaology that is antito the constitution than they do about upholding it it. >> the white house calls today's vote a lot of opportunity. senator barbara boxer says she believes the ramifications will be "deeply felt in california." >>> president obama delivered a speech on his policies on foreign relations in the middle east. the reaction from the middle east was swift and stern as it was here from some quarters as well. mark matt

thanks to chris warren and richard liu.nda knox. >>> and the casey anthony murder trial is back in session today. see you later on. see you tonight on ""nbc nightly news,"" so long, everybody. have a great day. >>> good morning. coming up next on "today in the bay," did you feel it? we'll have the latest on an overnight quake here in the bay area. >>> and robberies connected to a frightening rape case. the port of oakland's plan to make our air cleaner. we'll see you in just a few.

tomorrow the senate will consider the nomination of goodwin liu to the ninth circuit court of appeals. off the floor the nominees will meet today with several democratic senators including majority leader harry reid. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., may 18, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inou signed: daniel k. inou mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, senate will be in morning business until 10:30 this morning. at 10:30, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 953. there will be four hours

liu but layoffs offset that for a net gain of 244,000 new jobs.however, the national jobless rate went up since people who had stopped looking for work jumped back into the job force. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street, investors are liking the news about the jobs. the cow is -- dow is up. nasdaq up 41, nasdaq 18. crude is up to $101 a barrel. >>> today is a dark anniversary on wall street. one year ago was the flash crash when the dow sank 1,000 points in 20 minutes. some stocks lost a third of their value. it all started when one trader accidentally tried to trade a huge amount of securities tide to the s&p index. some rules have been changed but most traders said something has to be done to avoid the repeat. >>> a plan to fix the delta is flawed. $150million has been sent on the delta conservation plan. it is supposed to balance the wildlife habitat. it's especially critical of the plan to build a 45-mile canal. scientists say this plan was done backward with construction of the canal overemphasized. >>> we're waiting to hea

we believe that goodwin liu was a good nominee, but we continue to work on it.ble] >> the countries he mentioned in the speech have either gone through democratic transformations, tunisia and egypt, or are currently experiencing the kinds of upheaval that have been so historic in the past six months. i think if you note, those are the nations that he talked about in his speech with regard to the -- with regard to the region and the arab spring. it was a long speech. he spoke directly and in detail about a number of countries that are experiencing either positive transformation or undergoing the kind of crackdown that we're seeing in syria that we abhor and have condemned, and that we've responded to with significant sanctions that we have ratcheted up as we continue to try to put pressure on the syrian regime to cease the violence against its own people. he spoke very clearly about other countries, yemen and bahrain, and on and on. so i think it's pretty calgary what he was doing with that speech. i'm sorry, you wanted a follow on the -- >> on the liu nomination

liu, said. they said -- can you believe this? -- they said this budget will allow us to live within our means and not spend money we don't have. that's the way they promoted this budget that was rejected last night. if it caused us to live within our means -- they even said it would allow us to pay down our debt -- if it did that, i would vote for it. didn't come close. nowhere close to that. yet the president talked about it all over the country and his staff ran around saying this budget is going to allow us to live within our means. and it's totally inaccurate. that's irresponsible. what the president should have done and what our democratic leaders have to help us with is they've got to go to the american people and with clari clarity, without equivocation say we cannot continue, big changes have to be made, we don't like it, we're so sorry that this congress and this country has gotten in the shape we are but we've got to save it and we're going to make some choices. we urge you to help us stick together so we can do it and

. >> much more coming up including kathie lee and hodao t to lucy liu. >> after your local news.southern california mother is coming forward and defending her son against charges of beating giant's fan bryan stow. she says her son is willing to take a lie detector test to prove he wasn't there the day of the attack and says her 31-year-old son was not at the opening day game because he was with relatives in los angeles. >> please, to be sure to check all those videos, all those videos on the stadium. on the stadium, please check. be sure it is not my son. >> police are still looking for a second beating suspect and a woman who drove the getaway car. the stow family is filing a lawsuit against the dodgers saying they didn't provide enough security on game day. no comment from the dodgers. let's get a check of that forecast with christina. >> getting better out there, laura. good morning to you. we have a front but take a look at the light at the end of the tunnel. clearing, almost completely through now. the areas to the north getting a break. that will be our break as of noon. mo

lucy liu is in this. lucy will be with you at the premiere? >> yes.he world to promote. >> that has to be tough work going to cannes with dustin hoffman and angelina jolie. >> yeah. it's really hard. >> can you show us some of the moves? you actually practiced some of this. you have it down. >> want a little taste. i do have some kung fu. it looks like, you know, a grateful dance, but then -- hi! >> you're very nimble. >> wow! wait a second. >> that was serious kung fu. >> ah. >> excellent. >> we are in awe. >> hello? >> can you hear us? >> maybe i unplugged. >> of course you did. >> i can't hear you. i'm sure you're impressed. >> yes, we are. >> we are. we wish you the very best with the movie, bye, jack. >>> love you. >> hopefully lucy will be with us in the studio tomorrow. >> the movie is a lot of fun. little boys are going to love it. >> i think it's a little violent for little, little kids. up next, sara finds out what it takes to be a starbucks barista. [train whistle blowing] we're here because we wanted to come as much as they did. (girl) it'

hearing wraps up, it did take a recess earlier for the boat in the senate on the nomination of goodwin liu. it fell short. there will not be a vote on the confirmation itself. that is falling short of the 60 by a vote of 52-43. later on this afternoon we will hear from senator john mccain of the u.s. institute of peace talking about middle east policy. that will get underway at 6:00. this after the president made a major address on u.s. middle east policy. we will show that to you at 5:00 eastern. john mccain live at 6:00. both here on c-span. to go no one succeed in life by themselves. you must be willing to lean on others, to listen to others, and yes, love others. >> watch 2011 commencement speeches on c-span memorial day weekend in search more than 200 past commencement speeches. online at the peabody winner award library. it is washington your way. >> now available, c-span congressional directory, a complete guide to the first session of the 112 congress. inside knew it and returning house and senate members with contact information, including twitter address and committee assignments