it's common sense. >> larry: mayer?e sacrificed a great deal for people and that he was right. >> larry: by going to jail? you mean the sacrifice. >> sacrificing, going to jail. not earning a living most of his life. money meant nothing for him. he never charged for the services. buys clothes at salvation army. lived a life of sacrifice in every which way to do what he felt was for the public good and as a doctor. >> larry: salvation army jacket? >> yes. >> you can't see my shoes, yeah. >> he lives in a sort of an apartment that most people would not think is something that -- >> larry: did you make a lot of money when you were a pathologist at hospitals? >> yeah. i think many of them are overpaid. >> larry: overpaid? >> yeah. they don't work hard. technicians do their work and they try to get out of autopsies. they give it to the old man. >> larry: thank you, ava, neal, mayer and jack. good seeing you a

our guests include the george mason university professor jeremy mayer on the gulf coast oil spill. oil spill.

[ female announcer ] new oscar mayer selects.al preservatives. >> pelley: now, a few minutes with andy rooney. >> rooney: the letters i get come in four general categories. it may be more or less, but say four. one, i get a lot of good letters. they're the best kind. they're from people who liked something i said, and i can always take that. two, i get letters from someone trying to get me to promote something on "60 minutes." i never do that. never have. three, i get letters from people who are mad about something i said. they usually think i was wrong. four, i get a lot of letters about what i look like, letters pointing out something about my appearance. recently, i made some remarks about our mail and the u.s. postal service. a lot of people thanked me for supporting postal workers. you could tell they were all from mailmen because they called themselves "postal workers". i always called them "mailmen." the letters also referred to the "u.s. postal service," but i still call that the "post office." robert w. lovaasen, jr., wr

host: germy mayer, -- jeremy mayer, thank you. guest: thank you.ost: coming up next, cities in fiscal trouble. but first, a look at the past week through eyes of the nation's cartoonists. host: thanks so much for being with us. guest: thank you. happy to be here. host: we're looking at the prospect of several u.s. cities defaulting on their debt and possibly filing for chapter 9 bankruptcy. how significant is it when a city files for chapter 9? guest: well, chapter 9 is actually a very rarely used part of the bankruptcy code for a whole host of reasons. there are some significant impedments to filing for chapter 9. including the fact that the state actually has to have a law that authorizes cities to file for bankruptcy. but before getting into the details of chapter 9 bankruptcy, which i suspect some of the callers will have questions about, it's important to remember that bankruptcy is just one way of resolving fiscal distress. a city might have a whole host of options. and bankruptcy is one of them. bankruptcy is a process that a city goes throu

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow on "washington journal," jeremy mayer, juliet moringiello, and michael daulton. he is a senior director with the ottoman society, and he will discuss the migratory bird treaty act and how it relates to endangered wildlife. "washington journal" is live sunday on c-span. >> this weekend on "booktv," and noted feminist and author from the university of chicago has written or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education and other subjects. join our discussion with your phone calls and e-mails on sunday at noon on c-span2. >> next, president obama nominates his choice for national intelligence director -- james clapper. if confirmed, he replaces dennis blair who resigned last month. replace dennis blair who resigned last he would be the fourth director since congress created the office five years ago to oversee the nation's 16 intelligence agencies. this is 10 minutes. >> i have no higher priority than the safety and security of the american people. in the world, we must protect ourselves from threats like terrorists

in 09, last time. 42% named son you so to mayer.uest: yes again this has not gotten the attention it deserved. i'm glad you're talking about it this morning. this is one of the lifetime appointments in the land. mrs. kagan can serve on there for another 35 years. host: one other thing before we go to calls. we know this is what you write. we know she believes foreign law is highly relevant to u.s. law. guest: yes, that's growing issue on the court. is whether or not it is appropriate for u.s. justices to site foreign law as being strucktive about how to interpret american law. now most americans would say, wait a minute. what does a law in zimbabwe or england have to do with what we, of our own devices, have passed the united states? she is what is called, she calls it a trance nationalist. they believe that yes, indeed foreign law especially from international bodies like un should have an effect on how we interpret our own law. now, that is a huge departure only in the last 10 or 15 years and really only explicitly in the last fiv

diaz-balart: may mayer has logged more hours in the field and anchor desk than any other south florida journalist. he started in 1969. over the years, he has held numerous positions such as investigative and consumer reporter, crime reporter, business reporter, general assignment reporter and talk show co-host and served as anchor in the early evening newscast and midday newscast. he has been co-anchoring the morning show today in south florida since 1990. he is an extraordinary journalist. he retires this week from nbc 6 and our community will miss his professionalism and objectivity dearly. congratulations for a job well done, bob. the best to you and your family. the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. members please remove your conversation from the house floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise today to commend the gray mare society. they are over age 50 and still hea

in 09, last time. 42% named son you so to mayer. guest: yes again this has not gotten the attention it deserved. i'm glad you're talking about it this morning. this is one of the lifetime appointments in the land. mrs. kagan can serve on there for another 35 years. host: one other thing before we go to calls. we knowhis is what you writ we know she believes foreign law is highly relevant to u.s. law. guest: yes, that's growing issue on the court. is whether or not it is appropriate for u.s. justices to site foreign law as being strucktive about how to interpret american law. now most americans would say, wait a minute. what does a law in zimbabwe or englan have to do with what we, of our own devices, have passed the united states? she is what is called, she calls it a trance nationalist. they believe that yes, indeed foreign law especially from international bodies like un should have an effect on how we interpret our own law. now, that is a huge departure only in the last 10 or 15 years and really only explicitly in the last five t