mr. attorney general? >> i'm hoping we can. there are privacy interests that we have to deal with. but my hope is to get that report -- as much of the report made public as we possibly can. it is an exhaustive study, it is hundreds of pages long. i think the people at opr have done a good job and there are recommendations with regard to sanctions that ought to be made. i'm hoping we will make that available. >> i'm going to request that you do. >> okay. the report -- i'm not really at liberty to discuss the report that mr. schulke did. we have gotten a limited number of those reports in the justice department, 10 or 15. and we're under orders by the judge not to discuss those. certainly the summary and in portions of it and some of the findings that are made there are disturbing. they were disturbing when i made the decision to dismiss the case. we have done a lot i think since that time to come up with ways in which we try to prevent those kinds of mistakes from happening again. we have an extensive train

mr. attorney general. >> thank you. chairwoman mikulski, ranking member hutchison, other distinguished members of the subcommittee, i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and for your continued support of the justice department's critical work. i look forward to discussing the president's fiscal year 2013 budget for the department and how these vents would be used to build on what i think is our extraordinary record of success. now, the president's budget proposal demonstrates a clear commitment to advancing the department's core missions an augments our about to fulfill our most important obligation. that's to protecting the american people. despite the significant fiscal constraints, the federal government has faced in recent years, the 116,000 dedicated employees who serve in the department offices around world have made significant and historic progress in protecting our citizens from a range of threats that often disproportionately threaten the most vulnerable members of our society. we've prove

mr. attorney general. i want to go back to the excellent question senator pryor raised about the impact of sequester. could we have that answer in more detail in writing so that everybody would have a chance to study it and go over it in programs and so on? so we can really grasp the full consequences. >> yes. >> i'd now like to turn to senator graham. >> thank you, madam chairman. i'd like to add my vice to what you echoed in senator pryor. sequestration as set up would devastate the department of justice, our ability to defend ourselves and destroy the military and surely we can find a better way to do it than that. i think you're dead-on. this is san ill-conceived idea of cutting money blindly, my view. now, you're were in south carolina a couple days ago? >> yes. >> yesterday. glad to have you. hope you spent money while were there. >> i did. >> but the national advocacy center in columbia you visited, what would you tell the committee about the national advocacy center in terms of being of value to th

mr. attorney general. senator feinstein before senator anpryou and others for mentioning the cyberexercise yesterday and all who participated. next week we'll hear froe open hearing and then we're going to do a classified hel be an opportunity to ask many of your cyberquestions and go to a level of details i think the committee would like. so thank you. senator feinstein? >> thanks very much, madam chairman and welcome, general. i wanted to say the comments of senator mikulski and senator hutchison. to me the tragedy is that ted stevens died before he knew thisis to a new low -- a new height. so i think this investigation is really important, and i think that actions have to be taken, that. what -- i wanted to follow-up on it's my understanding that available in the united states than demand calls for. and as a matter of fact, surplus is being sold outside. this, i think, would bring to special attention the issue of study that you're doing is going to take a good look at the financial marketplace regard t

this morning we welcome the attorney general of the united states, and as is the usual and customary way, senator hutchison and i will make opening statements. we'll go to you, mrattorney general, for yours, and you may summarize with unanimous consent that all statements be included in the record. senator shelby, our colleague and former ranking member on this subcommittee has a banking hearing. with senator hutchison's concurrence, we'll go right to senator shelby for the first question. does that sound okay? we'll observe senators in their order of arrival. we expect robust participation. we're going to strictly adhere to the five-minute rule. so having laid the groundwork, i just want to say good morning and welcome to our first cjs subcommittee hearing. the attorney general of the united states, in which we will hear his presentation on the department of justice budget. we have a very positive relationship with the attorney general. he's brought to the justice department the experience of a career prosecutor. he's been dedicated to fighting violent crime and terrorism. he knows he is pioneering work, now working with our administration on how to deal with

mr. attorney general, the department your department administers many crucial grant programs that help victims in law enforcement, including ones i've been very heavily involved in, the violence against women act programs. and as you know, senator crapo anreauthorization bill on that, cops grants. the bullet-proof vest partnership program. government accounting office has said there's appliance of duplications and inefficiencies in some of the grant programs. will your department work to make sure there are, if there are any duplications that they be removed and that we -- we go forward? because these are good programs but there's only so much money to go around. >>hat's exactly te have and we have to make sure the limited amounts of money to go around and make sure there's not duplication. office of violence against women regularly meet to coordinate pr activities. and i think one thing that people should not assume is because you see ta wumber of th things that we do in the department, that necessarily means that the money is being -- is being -- that we're duplicating efforts there. respons

mr. attorney general, welcome this morning. i want to follow on senator hutchinson's questions regarding the prosecution of senator ted stevens. i think so many of us were radically shocked. i was horrified as a friend and an alaskan to read judge sullivan's comments that this ill-gotten verdict not only resulted in him losing his seat, but in his words, tipped the balance of power in the united states senate. pretty powerful in terms of what the department of justice did to a great man. i appreciate and i recognize and i thank you for your actions in dismissing the case and in your decision to not attempt to retry and i join senator hutchinson in that. there are questions that still remain. you know that. i have a long series of them. what i would like to do is submit them to you today and ask that you respond to them prior to the release of the report which is due to come out next wednesday the 15th of march. i would appreciate your attention to that. i have a question regarding what is happening now with the release of this

mr. attorney general, alcatraz is ready. >> the inmates sent here were the worse of the worse. too dangerous and encoragable to get along in other prisons. the inmates would cross these stairs and pass through a metal detector. you have to wonder if they won't look over their shoulder and look at the city that would for years look over them. even the tightest security could be overcome by desperate men who feel they have little or nothing to lose. that's what happened back on alcatraz in 1946 the result was the deadliest escape attempt in the history of the rock. as many as 12 inmates took part in planning the outbreak but only three were involved in the bloody shoot out that followed. two lifers, and a long term convict. >> it came to be known as the battle of alcatraz. the fighting lasted for three days. the inmates took on the coast guard and guards. >> reporter: after lunch clean up they overpowered a guard and took his keys. they were able to open most but not all of the cells. their main objective was to get to the gun gallery which coy managed to do by climbing a mesh wa

mr. attorney general? >> thank you. i want to thank you for the opportunity to appear today and for your support to the justice apartment's critical work. i look forward to discussing the budget for the department and how these investments will be used to build on what is our record of success. the president's proposal demonstrates the commitment to augment our important obligation, and that is protecting the american people. despite the fiscal constraints, the dedicated employees who serve in the office have made significant progress in safeguarding our citizens from terrorism, cyber crime, and from a range of threats that often threaten the most vulnerable members of our society. we have proven our commitment to acting as stewards of precious taxpayer dollars. in the most recent request, proposed spending increases have been exceeded by proposed cuts. as a result of numerous steps taken to streamline operations, almost $700 million worth of savings have been developed, and we invested in critical mission areas. i beli

mr. attorney general? >> thank you. i want to thank you for the opportunity to appear today and for your support to the justice apartment's critical work. i look forward to discussing the budget for the department and how these investments will be used to build on what is our record of success. the president's proposal demonstrates the commitment to augment our important obligation, and that is protecting the american people. despite the fiscal constraints, that dedicated employees who serve in office as a runnerup have made significant progress in safeguarding our citizens from terrorism, while the crime, and from a range of threats that often threaten the most vulnerable members of our society. we have proven our commitment to the acting as stewards of precious taxpayer dollars. in the most recent request, propose spending increases have been exceeded by proposed cuts. as a result of numerous steps taken to streamline operations, almost $700 million worth of savings have been developed and we invested in critical miss

mr. attorney general, welcome this morning. i want to follow on senator hutchinson's questions regarding the prosecution of senator ted stevens. i think so many of us were radically shocked. i was horrified as a friend and an alaskan to reach -- to read judge sullivans commons that this ill-gotten verdict not only resulted in him losing his seat, but in his words, tipped the balance of power in the united states senate. pretty powerful in terms of what the department of justice did to a great man. i appreciate and i recognize and i thank you for your actions in dismissing the case and in your decision to not attempt to retry and i join senator hutchinson in that. there are questions that still remain. you know that. i have a long series of them. what i would like to do is submit them to you today and ask that you respond to them prior to the release of the report which is due to come out next wednesday the 15th of march. i would appreciate your attention to that. i have a question regarding what is happening now with the releas

mr. attorney general, welcome this morning. want to follow on senator hutchinson's questions regarding the prosecution of senator ted stevens. i think so many of us were radically shocked. i was horrified as a friend and an alaskan to read judge sullivan's comments that this ill-gotten verdict not only resulted in him losing his seat, but in his words, tipped the balance of power in the united states senate. pretty powerful in terms of what the department of justice did to a great man. i appreciate and i recognize and i thank you for your actions in dismissing the case and in your decision to not attempt to retry and i join senator hutchinson in that. there are questions that still remain. you know that. i have a long series of them. what i would like to do is submit them to you today and ask that you respond to them prior to the release of the report which is due to come out next wednesday the 15th of march. i would appreciate your attention to that. i have a question regarding what is happening now with the release of this re

attorney for the district of columbia. in 1997, president clinton promoted mr. holder to deputy attorney general of the united states, a position he held until the end of the clinton administration. in july, 2001, mr. holder joined the washington, d.c., law firm of covington and burling, representing clients in complex civil and criminal cases as well as internal corporate investigations. in 2008 president barack obama nominated mr. holder to be the 82nd attorney general, a nomination confirmed by the u.s. senate on february 2nd, 2009. general holder is the first african-american to serve in this critical post. he is also a key member of president obama's national security team and in this rollover sees the efforts of federal prosecutors, investigators, analysts and fbi agents who work on counterterrorism and counterespionage issues. during attorney general holder's tenure the justice department's work has been marked by significant national security achievements which include successfully confronting some of the most significant terrorist threats our nation has 9/11, st departments decade-long

mr. attorney-general, your department administers grant programs for law enforcement. i have been very heavily involved in the violence against women act. the senator and i have a reauthorization bill there. the government accounting office has said that there is evidence of duplications and inefficiencies in some of the programs. will your department work to make sure that if there are duplications, that they be removed and that we go forward? these are good programs, but there is only so much money to go around. >> there is a limited amount of money to go around. from the office of violence against women, they regularly meet to coordinate their programs and activities. i would think that the one thing that you should not assume is because you see the word victim in a number of things that we see in the department, it does not necessarily mean that we are duplicating efforts. they have very distinct responsibilities. we are making -- working to make sure that the money is being used in an efficient inappropriate way. >> one of the things i am very proud of in my time

attorney general and he's one of the a.g.'s to file suit against the law. rehelped lead the 26 states involved in this case and joins us live from washington. mr. eneral, thanks for being with us. i'm sure you've been following along as we've had the breaking news, our jeffrey toobin calling the government's argument today in front of the nine a train wreck. i want to get your reaction to that. >> well, i believe it was a train wreck before it got out of the station, ashleigh. the biggest thing that i took out of this court today is justice kennedy's questioning that if the court upholds this law, this will fundamentally change the way that the government relates to individuals. that is very telling to me that at least justice kennedy had that concern. so i'm very optimistic that we will prevail in this lawsuit in the end. >> sir, at the same time, while justice kennedy is usually the swing vote so sure, that would be an intriguing thing to listen to, justice roberts was hard on paul clement arguing on behalf of you and your colleagues that don't want this law. so, is it sort of a flip to think that it's possible, the chief justice may in fact s

former attorney general and justice. >> mr. schuelke, the constitution, integrity of our adversarial justice and members of the bar, as these prosecutors were, all depend upon prosecutors observing some goal above and more fundamental than just a desire to win. would you agree? >> mr. chairman, i would ask, on behalf of senator mccoskey and i i, as well. >> absolutely. i told her to include anything she wanted. >> you have performed a profound public service. >> thank you. >> for that, i know it continues here today. the thing that disturbs me so greatly is not that this prosecution involved a united states senator, because i doubt we would be having this hearing if it involved a citizen who was not a united states senator, and that disturbs me greatly, because i know the resources that you and the court have put into this investigation and i doubt those sorts of resources, that time and that effort would be put into an investigation involving similar abuses involving the constitutional rights of other citizens. accused of crim

mr. gansler you have joined other attorneys general in writing a brief in favor of it. how do you guys feel after three days? >> this is just over two years old since at the present time signed the bill and it became law, and we filed suit the same day in virginia, and for those two whole years i had the same impression of our prospects, and that was that i was cautiously optimistic we would prevail. but after tuesday and the oral arguments i am more optimistic. i never want to get too optimistic because this is a case of first impressions. it means there's a wide open field. it's never been decided what. we're trying to do is take the whole what you out, not just some piece of it, though the most important thing 10 years from now is that that mandate be found to be outside the power of the federal government. that's a real threat to liberty. >> mr. gansler, your thoughts. >> i think clearly if you have any intellectual honesty about this issue it would be a 9-0 decision. obviously the federal government is allowed to, under the commerce clause, have people buy health i

mr. schuelke, i agree with you that the attorney general is entitled to credit for after the fact raising this issue with the court and seeking the dismissal of the charges. unfortunately, the damage to senator stevens and to the adversarial system of justice had already been done and there's nothing that the attorney general or anyone else could do to undo it. and so i know you -- let me just ask in conclusion, since time is short here. in those instances where the character and integrity and professional responsibility of a prosecutor do not seem to overcome their desire to win at any cost, is there anything that congress can or should do? or is there any further action that you would recommend that we take in order to make sure that abuses like this do not occur? because i worry when they do sometimes occur -- i agree with you that in the main prosecutors are honorable people who perform their responsibilities with integrity. but in those instances where they do not and where they intentionally withhold this kind of information, as you said these prosecutors have, how do we protect the

attorney to the district of columbia. in 1997, president clinton promoted mr. holte deputy attorney general of the united states, a position he held until the end of the clinton administration. in july 2001 mr. holder joined the washington, d.c. law firm representing clients in complex civil and criminal cases as was an internal corporate investigations. in 2008, president barack obama nominating mr. holder to be the 82nd attorney general, a nomination confirmed by the u.s. senate on february 2, 2009. general holder is the first african-american to serve in this critical post. he is also a key member of president obama's national security team, and in this role overseas efforts of federal prosecutors, investigators, analysts and fbi agents who work on counterterrorism and counter espionage issues. during attorney general holder's tenure, the justice department's work has been marked by significant national security achievements, which include successfully confronting some of the most significant terrorist threats our nation has faced since 9/11. strengthening the department's decade-long tr

mr. schuelke's report was recently released on march 15th and attorney general holder has publicly stated the report has disturbing findings. i think that's an understatement. reading through this report is like reading through a case study in poor management. the case was riddled with problems right from the start when doj saw the an expedited trial date. this decision was, which is not fully explained and something i want to know more about helped put the case on a collision course for failure. why would the department ask for an expedited trial case when the review for brady material had just started and was far from complete? from the reports detail, the brady disclosure problems appeared to s.t.e.m. from an expedited time line, inadequate staffing, a lack of defined decisions and poor supervision. two major disclosure problems were not revealed until after the conclusion of the trial. expull paer to information from one of the prosecution witnesses and with the holding of impeachment material for the prosecution's star witness bill allen. the impeachment evidence is particularly trou

attorney general and his number two, determined that the program is illegal. and mueller writes out a resignation letter by hand. puts it in his pocket, walks into the oval office and said mr. president, this electronic eavesdropping program is illegal. unconstitutional. and unless you skin it back, and get it within the ambit of the law, i'm going to resign. and so is the attorney general. and so is the deputy attorney general. well, visions of the saturday night massacre. under nixon, danced in president bush's head when two attorney generals went down, resigning in protest. he was up for up for re-election. his government could have fallen as nigsen's did under the impact of such a series of resignations. and mueller won. and at that moment the tug-of-war we were speaking of between national security and civil liberties began to become more even. >> how did you find that out? >> just two years ago, the inspector general of the justice department did a report in which he released mueller's handwritten notes of that meeting. bush also describes it in his member oilers and clear with all due respect -- memoirs and clear with all due respect to the former president that he

poussaint: nixon selected william ruckelshaus, a popular assistant attorney general. [ applause ] i am very honored, mrt, and i promise to do the best job that i possibly can. poussaint: ruckelshaus, no newcomer to the game of washington public relations, immediately showed that he had a vested interest in cleaning up the environment. you, mr. president, have shown your commitment to doing something about the environment, to ending this degradation that we have seen in recent years and starting back up the long road toward a better environment. if i'd been an older man with more experience, i probably never would have accepted the job. it's, it's a very difficult job. poussaint: for ruckelshaus, the challenge was to take a noble intention, specifically a federal agency aimed at protecting the environment, and give it a clear direction and undeniable authority. i felt it was very important to send that message, that this was a serious undertaking by the central government, that the public demand that something be done about these problems was, in fact, going to be responded to. this new agency had that

mr. devlinger was nominated by the president to be assistant attorney general. he was confirmed by the senate in october, 1993. 24 this was not a recess appointment, apparently, and was also head of the office of legal council. walter was then the acting solicitor general from 1996 to 1997 term of the u.s. supreme court. he's published articles for journals, including the yale law review and his written for the new york times, washington times, news week, and the london times. walter, the floor is yours. >> thank you so much, peter. and thanks to the american enterprise institute for putting together such a thor reexplication of this issue. it is really extraordinary that such a simple clause could provoke such complexity of argumentation. and i'll come to that simple clause in a moment. let me echo what peter has said that this is -- this does not break out on partisan lines. there are -- i am comforted that there those who have served in leadership of the office of legal counsel during the presidency, president reagan, president george h.w. bush and president

. >> recognize the gentleman from california, the former attorney general of california. >> they you very much, mr. chairman. mr. silber, i don't know. if i were to take the ranking member's opening statement at face value, i would have thought we wasted our time here because the indication was that all of you witnesses before us don't have any current information. it's all based on what you did in the past. mr. silber, what you said today is that based on out of date information or are you privy to intelligence information even now? >> yes, i mean, the information that i'm basing my testimony over is live information, current information based on ongoing investigations that are happening in new york city as we speak. as we speak, in general working with federal law enforcement agencies. >> we were chastened not to look at just a snapshot in time. the 9/11 commission criticized the united states government for not connecting the dots. aren't dots snapshots in time and you take them together and analyze them and, therefore, you establish patterns and come to conclusions, mr. silber? >> in new york

with me that include the heritage foundation, i'll put all these in the record, the virginia attorney general, mr. cuche nellie -- cuccinelli, the constitutional law professor at georgetown law center, the distinguished senator from oklahoma, mr. coburn, our colleagues, and i'm proud of judge ted poe of texas. our colleague from nebraska, lee terry. former judge louie gohmert in particular. ron paul. all -- the founder of the tea party nation, judson philips. it goes on and on where we are all in agreement that the findings are indeed critical and ought to be left in the bill. to take the findings out is incredible because we say that the federal government shouldn't be involved. it's a state matter. and tort law is itself a state matter. so for those reasons, madam speaker, i am pleased to represent a bipartisan group of members and scholars that very strenuously object to the findings being removed in this woodall amendment. i return the balance of my time. the chair: does the gentleman yield back the balance of his time? mr. conyers: yes, ma'am. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance

general attorney, ken cuccinelli. he has suggested that, in the race between mr. santorum and mr. romney, people will have to make the decision about how important health care a lot is to them. law is to them.a lot is to the >> he basically said, if we go with romney, you're giving that issue away to president obama. he did that without endorsing santorum and without telling us who he supports. >> he also made a couple of how critical the health care -- may the point of how critical the healthcare vote was to virginia voters. how important is health care to voters this time around? >> the polls consistently show that it is about jobs and the economy. the public remains stubbornly divided on this issue. that said, it continues to dominate the news. we have the contraception- coverage rule. that took a lot of attention and oxygen now of the discussion -- out of the discussion. was that working for the republicans or democrats? it has this way of warning itself into the public's consciousness -- worming its way into the public's consciousness. >> it feeds into a broader narrative aga

share of that is falling on the backs of the state attorneys general, the hud secretary and the justice and perhaps treasury departments. >> thank you. >> mr. lickmeyer for five minutes. my intention is after to put us on recess and come back. we have two votes. >> okay. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. cordray, in reading your report, i noticed in here that when you were filling -- that the positions you were filling, yod all different groups that you were hiring. there is nothing there that indicates the breakout of people who actually have some real world experience with regards to financial services. can you tell me, are you hiring people that have got some real world experience that have actually worked at a bank or at a credit union, or are some of a petty loan place that actually know unintended consequences of a rule or law that is proposed by you and the enforcement of how it all fits together? >> congressman, it's a good question. it would be a pretty poor performance by me if the answer to the question was no, we're not. in fact, we are. we have a number of people who have come to the bureau i'm pleased to say who have come not fr

would send more arms even if it goes to their faces now mr sort of war and i think they will try to. later to ninety former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark shares what he believes is behind the continued violence in syria so what's his interview just under twenty minutes time here on r.t.e. . israel is under fire for human rights groups for its controversial policy of holding suspected palestinian militants indefinitely without charge issued drew international attention after a palestinian man was left clinging to life following a sixty six day hunger strike against his controversial imprisonment takes a closer look at the case. hundred lines wife wishes she could forget the day she was arrested but it's a memory that just won't fade but. the soldiers came to her house around took my husband out of the bathroom and led him away there were many of the old guards they all acted like animals. israeli authorities have already arrested hundred eight times before believing him to be active within the palestinian islamic jihad a group israel regards as terrorist how their non was put under administrative detention meaning no trial

mr. schuelke i agree with you that the attorney general is entitled to credit for after-the-fact raising this issue with the court in seeking the dismissal of the charges. unfortunately the damage to senator stevens and to the adversarial system of justice has already been done and there's nothing the attorney general or anyone else could do to undo it. and so, let me just ask you in conclusion since time is short here, in those instances where the character and integrity and professional responsibility of a prosecutor did do not seem to overcome their desire to win at any cost, is there anything that congress can or should do or is there any further action you would recommend that we take in order to make sure that abuses like this do not occur? because i worry that when they do sometimes occur, and i agree with you that in the main prosecutors are honorable people who perform their responsibilities with integrity, but in those instances where they do not and where the intentionally withhold this kind of information as you said these prosecutors have, how do we protect the integrity of

. >> let's bring in attorney general from ohio, mike dewine, former senator and also a former supporter for mitt romney before shifting his allegiance to mr. santorum's campaign. happy to have you with us. too close to call in your home state? >> amazing race. romney has spent about $12 million in the last two weeks. we never seen as much money spent in ohio in such a short period of time. and yet it still looks too close to call. so, i think it is going to be a long night. >> is this democrat sit battle of who has the most negative money to spend against the other guy? i mean, i watched your candidate out there, santorum tonight, i have always thought -- mixed attitude about that gay, all his career, i have to tell you personally, i like him i tell you, santorum, not just what he said. >> i have to interrupt you for a second -- we got a call this is the grounds on which i get to inter. are you nbc news can project that the winner in the vermont republican primary is mitt romney. mitt romney, again, whipping vermont. sorry to interrupt you. >> just answer it, senator it looks to me like democracy means how much negative money can you run

mrs. sandy thompson. dr. amy -- dr. michael doyle. the honorable eric holder, attorney general. t secretary of health and human services. the honorable rajiv shaw. mrs. shaw. mr. joe lamont. mrs. andra lamont. mr. anthony gardner. mrs. alejandra gardner. mrs. carol penske. mr. david penske. mr. raj fernando. mrs. jennifer -- the honorable martha johnson. mr. steve johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman. >> i have not seen her yet. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] i am very excited. >> [inaudible] >> too humble in his accomplishments. people will learn. >> i am very excited. >> [inaudible] that was a surprise. >> [inaudible] mrs. amanda barton. mr. david ajai. mrs. ashley jasmine scott. the honorable nancy ann depearl. rm jason depearl. -- mr. jason depearl. the honorable patrick f. kennedy. ms. elizabeth slope. governor o'malley. judge katie o'malley. senator richard lugar. mrs. char

the state attorney general introduced mrs. obama. and in her speech, she focused on the presidential election. >> when we look at this election, there's going to be a choice of either going back to things the way they've been or of pushing forward, and thanks to the change we first brought for in 2008 and seeing it through. >> about 300 people attended that fund-raiser. >>> and right now security is tight surrounding coast guard island in alameda. police are patrolling the estuary looking out for any suspicious activity. they're also clearing out what is known as anchor outs, unregistered owners living on abandoned boats anchored out in the oakland estuary. >> we want to keep that whole area free from anybody that might cause harm to the first lady. so security is high. >> police say about 20 anchors voluntarily agreed to temporarily move into empty slips. >>> employees returner rushed to work in a plant following a carbon docks i'd leak. more than 70 workers at -- were sent to hospitals yesterday suffering nausea, headaches and had

the justice department can do what state attorney general may not be able to do. >> let me ask you, mrchairman, do you think it's moving too slowly? >> well, obviously because of my deep feelings, i would like for it to move faster, but i don't want it to move fast if something is going to be left out. in the meantime, for people like me, i have three boys, enevery african-american male with boys, and you can stop any man on the street, and he will tell you, i told my sons, if you're stopped by police, make sure your hands are scene, talk smart, and now we have to come up with something else to say to deal with vigilantyism. so we have to deal with the whole issue of neighborhood watch. we have to have some laws that would regulate what's going to happen, and what does happen with these neighborhood watch programs. we probably need people to be certified before they can do it. >> yeah, now, governor rendell, many other states, iowa, nebraska, massachusetts, are pushing forward with stand your ground laws, and one was vetoed in minnesota. are you concerned these dangerous laws are becom

attorney general greg abbott. thank you for being with us. >> absolutely. >> mr. abbott, we do know what you want to happen here. in your view, though, what do you think is the strongest ground for the supreme court to overturn this law? >> it's clearly the individual mandate that compels all americans to go out and purchase a product. let me give you a couple reasons real quick why we think that's so compelling. first, the supreme court will not have to overturn any precedent, so agree with us that obamacare should be stricken down, because this is the first time in american history where this kind of mandate has been imposed. second, if the mandate were to be upheld, to allow obamacare to live on, they would have challenges about where the limits are about where the line is drawn in congressional power to mandate that other things have to be purchased. the third thing is this law is unnecessary. there are constitutional ways that congress could have passed this law to expand health care for everyone through the tax and spend clause. congress did not choose that constitutional pathway. instead congress chose an