host: let's start with the second point, what is the logan act? guest: i remember learning about it in law school, but i cannot remember it now. i am sorry i cannot speak to that. we can certainly protect sources if members of the pope come to us about information of wrongdoing. we're always interested in hearing that. host: more from "usa today" -- any thoughts, melanie stone? guest: that was the primary person in charge of the congressional office, so he has a lot to defend their, but i think he is wrong. they did not give the office of congressional ethics the power is needed to be successful. here we are now with the mess that we have now. host: carol from california. on the republican line. caller: someone mentioned the press. i would like to talk about this tinyurl.com/youdidnnnthearit. speaking of ethics, what kind of ethics is it to spend billions and billions every year to support a criminal acts of is real and what they're doing to palestinians? i want to mention to c-span and everyone up there, if you go to camera.com, there are two zio

i said, i will meet him at boston's logan airport if you send him.he said, that is fine, but my wife will let him go because you will not be there every time. it is by no means perfect. it is better. it was the group of university presidents who said that, by and large, we have gotten students back to this country. they are not at the level that it was before 9/11. people admired the ingenuity and the capability of this country and they wanted to come here. the important thing was to get past the government-to- government relations around the world and reach out to people and let them come here and let them be comfortable and take advantage of the many blessings we have in this country. we worked very hard. that was one of the things we thought we could do to ease some of that. . >> a number of dramatic decisions, the moniker of fighting a of fighting as hard as we should for democratic values around the world. and i think the decision not to see the -- cede the dali lama before the president wept to china, the decision to downplay human rights in ou

they're joining three machines going online today at boston's logan international airport and one next week at o'hare in chicago. 40 machines are already in use at 19 u.s. airports and passengers can opt out of the body scan. if they do, they're going to have to go through a metal detector and get a pat-down. >>> the parents of california teen chelsea king are calling for tougher laws and tougher punishments for sexual predators. this is after convicted child molester john gardner has been chard with rap and murder in the death of their 17-year-old daughter. they talked about it on "larry king live" last night on our sister network cnn. >> how many times do our daughters need to be raped before we put these monsters behind bars forever. i just don't get it. change has to be made. and i know that there are people out there that are trying to, you know, get this change in place. and brent and i are committed for the rest of our lives to be a part of that. >> police didn't initially look at gardner as a potential suspect. he was registered as a sex offender 55 miles away. he's also charge

we were concerned about heavy rain around boston, but so far, so good at logan.s there during the day. they're seeing really heavy rainfall, gusty winds. temperatures are down in the 40s. the forecast today, showers are still possible in areas like new york, but the heaviest rain is over with. neisser today in philly and d.c., getting up near 60. the heavy rain remains. the other big story today, another snowstorm in colorado. denver expecting six to ten inches. and that will probably cause some airport problems also. the rest of the nation, you're looking just fine on this tuesday. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] looks clean, doesn't it? but look below the surface. your mouth is no different. brushing leaves teeth looking clean, but millions of plaque and gingivitis germs are left behind. a quick 30-second rinse with listerine® antiseptic cleans deeper. [ boom! ] its unique penetrating formula destroys germs [ boom! ] brushing leaves behind. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] ...for the deepest clean and the healthiest mouth. list

so you're sort of starting on the logan. and we knew that. but we thought it was a bad conviction.and that he really should not be convicted that he was looking for vindication. and i thought it was a solid case. we really, i think, persuaded some people that we did have a good case. we actually -- you know, they do best, these days judges don't get try before the full senate. they get try before the committee. and before the committee that heard our evidence, we made some headway. and we actually defeated two of the articles. there were three. and on the third one it was 9-3. and a full set a deadline toward because those senators didn't know the facts. they were just voting on the politics. so i challenge that procedure in the case that went up to the supreme court. so it was a fascinating exercise in trying to come it was all the levers of government. all the things we didn't do too well, but it was a real insight into the process, which i hoped i could bring to this book. >> he had written about 1787. you've written about 1868. why do you pick events? >> it has been events for

the first units are set to arrive at boston logan and chicago o hare next week.nd then as you point out, the budget request, to $0.4 billion -- $2.4 billion. you're asking on top of the money to acquire the machines and additional 314 million for 5000 positions to run these machines at their accelerated deployment pace. now if these machines are working out as well, you will increase the number even further, correct? >> that is part of the estimate we're doing right now, what would be the optimum for capabilities across the airports beyond the 1000, but we have not come to a final number on that. >> your initial guessitmate is 5355 people for these machines. is there any hope that we can get that down? >> while we are looking at it is that requirement for this initial 1000 machines. as we continue to deploy additional machines, we will have to requirements for the large airports purses the smaller. and as we go forward, we will look at the maximum effectiveness at of both the resources of our people and the technology. it really represents all little over 1.25 to

i said, i will meet him at boston's logan airport if you send him.he said, that is fine, but my wife will let him go because you will not be there every time. it is by no means perfect. it is better. it was the group of university presidents who said that, by and large, we have gotten students back to this country. they are not at the level that it was before 9/11. people admired the ingenuity and the capability of this country and they wanted to come here. the important thing was to get past the government-to- government relations around the world and reach out to people and let them come here and let them be comfortable and take advantage of the many blessings we have in this country. we worked very hard. that was one of the things we thought we could do to ease some of that. . >> a number of dramatic decisions, the moniker of fighting as hard as we should for democratic values around the world. i think the decision to not see the dalai lama before the president went to china, the decision to downplay human- rights and our relationship with china,

that could cause some delays as we move into places like newark, laguardia, boston's logan. but high pressure for the mid-atlantic and the southeast, get ready for temperatures to climb there. we'll watch a storm system moving snow out of the rockies. watch out for severe weather as we move into places like oklahoma and dallas. take a look at the exiting storm system here. gusting winds. >> narrator: from 15 to 20 miles per hour as we move into the northeast and noew england. denver, still watch for that snowfall and rain. a lot of that is not yet making it into the ground. we'll see snow moving out of the rockies, but places like dallas, tulsa, oklahoma city, watching for thunderstorms and large hail is possible. current temperatures, checking in new york city at 44 degrees. 59 in dallas and salt lake city. good morning, it is 31. here is a look at the forecast. lingering rain and snow as we move into portions of vermont, new hampshire and maine. boston, morning showers ending. philadelphia, 65 for you both. we'll watch houston for scattered showers and thunderstorms and de

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gusty winds. 23 to 33 miles per hour at boston's logan airport. may cause some isolated delays this morning. beyond that, too early to drop anything up there. here are numbers by later on this afternoon. temperatures on the mild side. right back. right now you're watching "morning joe," brew bed by starbucks. right now, when you stay two separate times... with comfort inn or any of these other choice hotels, you can earn a free night. one plus one equals free. no matter how you add it up, it's free. book now at choicehotels.com. >>> canadian women's hockey team is in trouble too. they were in the locker room celebrating. somebody asked them to come out and take out on the ice and take a team picture. they brought everything. cigars, beer, champagne. you could tell they were drunk. because none of them were making out with each other. >> welcome back to "morning joe." "the wall street journal," quake toll in chile rises. more than 700 dead and looting hits the hard hit southern region. >> "los angeles times" gop's middle fights foreground. several

but what we talk about in the book was when the tunnel collapsed and killed a woman driving in to logan airport. when you read the ntsb report on what happened is that engineers had been seeing these bolts that held up the ceiling pulling out time and time again. rather than looking at the systemic underlying cause of this problem, they kept contributing it to, oh, a worker must have put in wrong. there must have been some dust on the bolt. there was one bold that they found that had a lot of superficial flaws on it. they attributed it to poor workmanship. the reality is when you see a recurring pattern of failure, it helps to look at underlying systemic causes as opposed to individual failures. when we look at the big dig, we said, there are lots of problems with respect to local folks spending "federal dollars." it was supposed to be a $3 billion project 90% paid for by the federal government. what that essentially did in massachusetts is that you are spending free money. as it turned out, we ended up close to $22 billion. the vast majority was local dollars because the fed eventually

president, cynthia from hocking county, logan, ohio, southeast of columbus, writes -- "my son-in-law's40 with a serious medical condition that makes it extremely difficult to get around. my daughter's 42 and on disability. neither of them can work and make supplemental income. they have to spend so much on medication they're not able to pay their house payments and may have to file for bankruptcy. they have a 16-year-old son to support. who doesn't want to send their child to college and help him have a better life, but where will that money come from if they can't pay the bills now? please continue to fight for the middle and lower middle-class families who insist that we be treated fairly and with dignity. we just want good insurance like lawmakers in washington have." this plan with the insurance exchange was based on the federal employee plan that most senators and congressmen have, that most federal employees have. this bill will provide for those who are lower income than we a are, significantly lower income than we are, for people who are making $10,000 or $20,000 or $30,000 or

i said, i will meet him at boston's logan airport if you send him.he said, that is fine, but my wife will let him go because you will not be there every time. it is by no means perfect. it is better. it was the group of university presidents who said that, by and large, we have gotten students back to this country. they are not at the level that it was before 9/11. people admired the ingenuity and the capability of this country and they wanted to come here. the important thing was to get past the government-to- government relations around the world and reach out to people and let them come here and let them be comfortable and take advantage of the many blessings we have in this country. we worked very hard. that was one of the things we thought we could do to ease some of that. . >> a number of dramatic decisions, the moniker of fighting as hard as we should for democratic values around the world. i think the decision to not see the dalai lama before the president went to china, the decision to downplay human- rights and our relationship with china,