we wrote the story that said mitchell controlled of this fund. story -- >> you got him, he was asleep. >> he said what time is it? i said 11:00. he said 11:00 when? i said at night. he may have had a pop or two. i said we have a story a would like to read to you. i began reading. john mitchell while attorney general of the united states controlled a secret fund. he said jesus. i read a few more words by which time it said john mitchell well attorney-general controlled a secret fund and paid for undercover activities against the political opposition. i got that far and he said je sus. i got to the end of the third paragraph by the time the draft was clear, he said jesus christ. you are going to print that crap? if you run that, then a person from the washington post is going to get her tit caught in a big effect render. i was not accustomed to talking to an attorney general. i jumped back from the phone myself because of fear of my own parts because this can certainly have the power to squeeze them. he went on to say when this campaign is over, we

mitchell. i'm sitting here marv ling from your responses from one a very rural population and if i listened riggt and heard right, the magic word to both of you were flexibility. when you gave the answer, well, it worked for us. meaning it might not work for you and what we did in chamberlain. and making it a small school i think is a real testimony to one of the things we need to look to. and the senators and i were in the conference committee of no child left behind. in the end, a lot of the reason that it didn't have any teeth, is we couldn't pass wit teeth. you talked about the two keys being flexibility and budgeting and flexibility and hiring. and i would echo that when i was president of the the state board in georgia, we gay the system that were our top systems we gay them flexibilities. those who were not our best system we didn't give them any flexibility. what's your experience with the disagregation of the special needs children and n.y. schools? >> we are full inclusion and we serv

fund, and so i called mitchell and i said, mr. mitchell, we have a story -- >> he got him. i think he was asleep. >> he said what time is it? i said 11:00. he said 11:00 when? and i said at night, sir. he said, oh. he might have had a pop or two. possible. so i said we have a story in tomorrow's paper i would like to read to you and carl bernstein from "the washington post" and have your response. and i began reading, he said go ahead. i began reading john m. mitchell while attorney general of the united states controlled a secret fund, and he said, gee -- jesus. i ran a few more words by which said john f. mitchell attorney general of the united states controlled the secret fund that paid for undercover activities against the political opposition. and i got that far and he said jeeee-sus. and i got to the end of the first paragraph by that time the drift of the story was unmistakable. and he said jesus christ, all that crap. it's been denied. are you going to put that in the paper? if you print that, katie graham, referring to ka

we wrote the story that said mitchell controlled of this fund.led mitchell and said we have a story -- >> you got him, he was asleep. >> he said what time is it? i said 11:00. he said 11:00 when? i said at night. he may have had a pop or two. i said we have a story a would like to read to you. i began reading. john mitchell while attorney general of the united states controlled a secret fund. he said jesus. i read a few more words by which time it said john mitchell well attorney-general controlled a secret fund and paid for undercover activities against the polical opposition. i got that far and he said je sus. i got to the end of the third paragraph by the time the draft was clear, he said jesus christ. you are going to print that crap? if you run that, then a person from the washington post is going to get her tit caught in a big effect render. i was not accustomed to talking to an attorney general. i jumpedack from the phone myself because of fear of my own parts because this can certainly have the power to squeeze them. he went on to say whe

we wrote the story that said mitchell controlled of this fund.called mitchell and said we have a story -- >> you got him, he was asleep. >> he said what time is it? i said 11:00. he said 11:00 when? i said at night. he may have had a pop or two. i said we have a story a would like to read tyou. i ben reading. john mitchell while attorney general of the united states controlled a secret fu. he said jesus. i read a few more words by which time it said john mitchell well attorn-general controlled a secret fund andaid for undercover activities against the political opposition. i got that far and he said je sus. i g to the end of the third paragraph by the time the draft was clear, he said jesus christ. you are going to print that crap if you run that, then a person from the washington post is going to get her tit caught in a big effect render. i was not accustomed to talking to an attorney general. i mped back from the phone myself because of fear ofy own parts because this can certainly have the power to squeeze them. he went on to say when this cam

mitchell. now we turn to mr.truzzi. >> i am here representing one of the most chronically underperforming schools in the nation. they had only a 25% graduation rate. we are on a past to move in that rate to 60%-80% by the firstendf the four years. all we operate in a district that is the second-largest in the nation. this is larger than 25 states in the nation. this is larger than a lot of european nations in terms of the number of students. the size of our high schools can reach 3500 students. a single high-school is probably larger than most of the districts in the nation. the problems are tremendous. we started with a mission to reform education in los angeles. this was very ambitious. we want to make sure that all students have access to education that insured their success and the ability to go to college. we built independent charter schools. we've built up 10 at first in the most property-stricken areas in los angeles and we had great success. these are areas where students were having a 60%-70% dropout ra

1964 civil rights acts, the 1965 voting rights act and the 1968 fair housing act where clarence mitchell led the way with the naacp. and, of course, the court case that the naacp was involved in, loving vs. virginia, that turned over the laws in this nation in 1967. a set of laws that our precursors to other laws that still are in debate in this nation today. but the fight didn't end there, which brings me to my second point. today we're reminded of the naacp's mission, to ensure quality of rights of all persons, eliminate racial hatred and discrimination. it's as important as relevant as it was decades ago. just this year a hate crimes law was passed, so it's not based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and the naacp was there in great support. the naacp has engaged in battles on multiple fronts on its 101st anniversary. the dedicated team is addressing issues that impact communities of color. it advocates for quality in education, influences the debate on environmental justice, works in disparities in the criminal justice system, racial profiling and other types of injustices and loo

>> i talked to george mitchell a few minutes ago. he is planning to leave for the region later this afternoon. his meetings planned as early as tomorrow with palestinian officials. >> have a couple more you think the blockade should be lifted or is their legitimate reason for it? >> certainly israel had the right to be concerned about the nature of materials that is moving into gaza. at the same time, we along call for an expansion of humanitarian goods to the people of gaza to help them improve their situation on the ground. >> does that include the blockade? >> i'm not going to get into issues of the blockade. >> you still have not answered by an israeli investigation could be at all independent and transparent. why would you call for an israeli investigation? >> i think that call for was impartial and we support that investigation and we believe that israel is in the best position. >> how could it be impartial? why are they and the best position? >> that does not make sense. >> we support the statement from the un release last nig

. >> and john mitchell jumped out of the vending machine. [laughter] >> i said oh, my god, this president is coburn to be impeached. this is about eight weeks after the break-in. you said you are right. i do not know where it came from. woodward said we can never use that word impeachment around this newsroom, lest anybody think we have some sort of agenda. awe of that moment stays with me. one of the rsons is, and bob can talk about this, watergate was not a keeper. it was about a fundamental attempt by the president of the ited states to misused and abused the constitution, obstruct justice, and more than anything, to try to underme the very electoral process of our government. >> this is the important part. there were dirty tricks. there were all kinds of things aimed at t democrats who were going to run against nixonnd they wanted what they perceived, i think accurately, they wanted the democratic nominee to be george mcgovern. they really went after senator muskie who was the front rner and spied on him. they had 50 spies out in the cam

jane velez-mitchell in new york. marc klaas is in san francisco. he established the klaas kids foundation in 1994 to stop crimes against children and candice delong, an fbi profiler. jane, what's your read? >> clearly the focus of the investigation is the stepmother. she's been given two polygraphs. they've searched her house. they've interrogated her for up to six hours several time. they've seized her truck twice. and they have also issued questionnaires to parents who have kids at the school and neighbors saying did you see this woman or this truck in the area on that particular day? she's not being called a suspect or a person of interest. i can also tell you that they have called off their search essentially and they have told people in the area we do not think although we can't say 100% sure we do not think it's a stranger abduction. you don't have to be worried for your kids. so that tells you a lot right there. >> larry: the father, marc, supports the stepmother, does he not? >> as i understand it, he does. let me clarify a couple things. f

they called john mitchell and agreed to accept the president's nomination.let's come towards the end. let's look at patterns of court involvement. the court's early history, based on my research so far, the court involvement in nominations seems primarily to be in a post- colorado phenomena. little evidence points to -- - post-bellum phenomena. why? played aacfactors role. several justices were closer in time to the birth of the constitution and its process for judicial appointments, which created nor formal role for incumbent justices. second, think about institutional rank order among the three branches.3 sent to the court, it could not claim parity with the executive or legislative branch of the federal government and prestige or power during the first 10 years of the court's assistance, no one, including court members, were impressed with the authority of the federal judiciary. the lack of the buildings symbolized the courts status as the third branch. why would a sitting member of the court recommended the nomination of a colleague to an institution tha

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george mitchell to set a date with the u.s. delegation in the palestinian investment conference, part of our effort to support their economic reforms and institution building efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president abbas about the pic, and i think they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this peek with both palestinian and israeli officials. so the schedule is still being worked out. today in the dominican republic , they are hosting the world summit for the future of haiti -- solidarity be on the crisis. this is the first time that the owners have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usaid are part of this delegation that includes cheryl mills, counselor to secretary clinton, deputy assistant secretary julissa reynoso, a and also paul we isenfeld from usaid. this follows up on yester da

>> george mitchell is back. has he been able to meet with the secretary? >> george mitchell is back. he has not been in to see the secretary get today. -- yet today. >> arab students or who work outside and returned to find themselves with up [unintelligible] >> i cannot cite a specific example of that. this whole group of issues tries to change facts on the ground, these are expressing the kinds of issues that the long in formal relations and not subject to unilateral steps. >> what can you tell us about the situation involving mr. holbrooke in afghanistan? there is a report that there were coordinated suicide attacks. >> i think this comes under the category of first reports. -understanding is that they were airborne. while there were airborne --- understanding is that they were airborne. while they were airborne, it did not affect the airplane itself. >> there were some questions over whether a series of bombings ii the near the area immediately afterwards were connected with his arrival. >> not to my knowled

in the region, george mitchell spent the day with the u.s.elegation with the palestine investment conference in part of our effort to support the economic reform and institution to efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president obama about the pick and they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this week with both palestinian and israeli officials although some of that schedule is being worked out. today in the dominican republic, the d r is hosting the world summit for the future of haiti, solidarity beyond the crisis. this is the first time donors have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usa are part of this delegation that includes secretary clinton, the deputy secretary and christopher millikan from usaid. this follows up and heady with the government officially launched the interim heavy reconstruction co

george mitchell spent the day with the delegation at the palestinian investment conference as part ofo build reform. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to meet with president abbas. liberia has is not open to this type of business. the u.s. and liberia are united in a strong partnership to combat the national drug trade which poses a serious threat to both of our countries. alss, the africa is troubled by the government of perinde's decision to eject him a human rights worker. they are a nonprofit organization that is observing the human rights decision. we cannot approve of this decision and we urge them to allow the worker to return to the country. we have been granted access to alan gross in cuba five times. the most recent access was on may 25th and we continue to ask that he be released immediately on humanitarian grounds and be allowed to return to his family. also, our next round of russian talks are scheduled for june 14th-16th here in washington. finally, regarding georgia's municipal elections from the weekend, gradually the people conducting these and are

host: mitchell, democrats line. caller: good morning. half residents been put on notice that they might have to leave when the hurricanes, and, and will they be put on notice if it lands in the residence? guest: my focus is on worker health. for every area, we have insisted that bp has an extreme weather plan. when there is a lightning storm, there has to be a plan implemented. when there is a hurricane, how will it protect those workers? in every case, there is a plan. in some cases, there are folks sitting nearby available to take people up river it immediately. there are a lot of things being done. host: there are a lot of military people involved. what is your interaction with the military personnel? guest: it is all done through the coast guard. host: the national come and center? guest: exactly. osha has jurisdiction over private sector workers on the ground, and up to two miles out. beyond two miles, osha has no jurisdiction, but we work closely with the coast guard. closely,e're working we have said it does not matter where peopl

mitchell: it would not impose a dire threat to israel, an important ally in the region, but to the united states as well. we need to act, we need to act now. i hope the conferees will complete their work quickly so that the final iran sanctions bill can be enacted soon. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: i ask permission to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. over the past weekend president obama sent a letter to congress. he said we need to spend $50 billion as quickly as possible in order to jump-start private sector job creation. i'm not sure if the president's read the unemployment reports lately, but 16 months since his $1 trillion stimulus bill became law the private sector is still struggling under the tax and regulatory burden of an ever-expanding federal government. unemployment is at 9.7%, and frankly, the last thing the private sector needs is the fear

mitchell comes and we hope he will bring with him positiv encouraging views tocontinue the dialogue. and here, i would like to express some concern that the situation is extremely difficult and that we ope in a two-state solution, a state with palesti independent, contiguous, living side-by-side in peace to say to israel this concept i fear is beginning to erod and the world is starting not to believe, to distrust that we are able to reach a olution. so, we are sein-- coming out that we do not approve of. we do not acept, but we cannot muzzle muzzled the mouths of people. there are people in the west bank saying tt there be a-- state. this is something we do not accept and on this ccasion, we are presenting to israel, to the arab peace inittive, 57 state solution, not the two-state solution. in other words all the arab countries tat sign the arab peace initiative already. if arab withdraws, if it withdraws from shabazz, these are te serious demands that the arabs are asking for. they are not really serious-- israel can do this within minutes. it c get normalization with 57 arab and i

support that objective and israel, have there been any officials and israeli officials other than the mitchell talks today, either the secretary or the white house or nsc, that you're aware of? >> i'm not aware of any that would involve, say, the prime minister today, although i can't speak for the white house. but the secretary has not had a high-level discussion with either the -- any top-tier israeli official today, to my knowledge. >> does that include the defense minister? >> she last talked to him on monday. >> p.j., can you give us a little more precision on the sanctions -- push to bring up the sanctions at the united nations? it's been tabled or at least, i should say, circulated, correct? for vote. is that where we are? >> i think there are -- there's still work being done on -- technical work being done on the annexes to the resolution, so it's hard for me to say precisely where this process is. obviously, we think this is one of the most important issues facing the international community. and as i said yesterday, the iaea's latest report underscores that iran continues to refuse t

where are your thoughts, mitchell? have a 7-year-old kid and he has several medical conditions, but mainly summit condition from [unintelligible] trying to host: let's move on to something more substantive. what do you have, john? caller: i'm a 46-year-old man and permanently disabled on medicare. i have to devote children at home, one about to graduate -- i hhve two children at home, what about to graduate. my son is going to be going to college. because i'm on medicare, i have no way to put them on any insurance. my daughter, when she graduates next year, she will be the same, without any kind of insurance. host: can you help with that? guest: yes, there are new regulations. the insurance agencies have ssepped up to help ensure that people under 26 can stay on insurance. medicaid programs actually have -- if you have private insurance, it's true follow that they should be able to get coverage. -- it should follow that they should be able to get coverage. host: to that of all -- earlier caller's point, in his view, it

senator mitchell -- who is here, i think standing in the back -- has been very active, working with bothhe palestinians and the israelis to try to start moving this process forward. and i want to thank president abbas for participating in these proximity talks even under some difficult circumstances. he has shown courage and tenacity in wanting to resolve this issue. and we believe that with israelis and the palestinian authority coming together, making clear that a peaceful, non-violent solution that recognizes both the security needs of israel as well as the legitimate aspirations of palestinians is the right way to go, can yield real progress in the coming months. it's important that we understand the sense of urgency that the palestinian people feel in this process. obviously you've got organizations like hamas that have not recognized israel, have not renounced violence, who are calling for a different approach. and we think it's important that, given president abbas's commitment to a peaceful diplomatic solution to these issues, and i think the desire of people both in israel and p

mitchell be [unintelligible] >> i do not know his schedule on the top of my head. >> does president obamaaeli government's version of events? >> again, let me refer you to the un security council statement. >> the investigation, does the president won the international community to be involved in the investigation -- does the president want the international community to be involved in the investigation? >> obviously, we are open to weigh is to assure a credible investigation, including international participation. >> there were americans on the flotilla. do we have any information about whether any of them were hurt? there are unconfirmed reports that an american student was lost. >> we have been in contact with the israelis in order to get an accounting as to whether there are any american citizens. private citizens were on some of these ships. we're working to determine if those individuals were injured. as the resolution says, it would call on the israelis to release those people. >> after all of his work to repair relations in the muslim world, does a situation like this to destroy i

chief justice burger fired off a personal and confidential letter to attorney general mitchell repeating his previous recommendation -- recommendation. the 19 -- the 64-year-old virginia gentleman had already asked that his name be removed from consideration. he was of no more interested in the position in 1971. even after president nixon called him and told him it was his duty, the ever conscious of lawyer said that he would reconsider the offer. next, chief justice burger phones and wanted to kansas his concerns -- wanted to discuss his concerns. poll found the chief reassuring about all f his doubts and worries. when he announced the possibilities of go into the high court to his partners, powell was disappointed that no one expressed regret that he might be leaving. it occurred to him that they might be relishing the prospect of carving up his chair in the lucrative practice. benjamin franklin had been right about the scottish appointments. indeed, paul recommended the finest qualities of the bar. still less than certain that he should leave his beloved home and career in richmond an

george mitchell will be back in the region next week to follow up.es and days are still being worked out. they talked about the situation in gaza. the president shared ideas on how to xpand access for people and goods through the land border with israel while preserving israel's security interests. he pledged to continue on going discussions with the israelis and others on how to best achieve that. regarding security, the secretary commended president abbas for strength in governance, reflecting growing confidence not only within the internatiinal community but among the palestinian community for the institutions of government that president abbas ii building. they talked about the economm and a successful investment conference last week. many positive economic indicators. these are issues that all leaders ii all countries are focused on -- jobs, exports, tourism, affordable housing, and how to expand private-ssctor business opportunities. subsequent to the secretary's meeting with the president, or weekly meeting, she had a one on one meeting with k