. >> the judge says in her final summation, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other doc facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of c

. >> mr. baker has created a hole livic approach. a holistic approach. this time we have taken county agencies and are incorporating them in these six areas. that can be anywhere from environmental resources for property crimes to social services, to really help stimulate job growth. it is a total holistic view. >> thank you so much, major, for being with us this morning. with that, i'll toss it back to you. >>> thanks a lot monika. >>> money headlines now. u.s. airways taking a step closer toward merging with american. they reached an agreement friday with american's three unions. that would leave the country with only four major airlines. the deal could possible blip lead to higher ticket prices for all of us. if the airlines merge, the combined carrier would keep the american airlines name. >>> concerns about the safety of tires on buses, mitchell's fish market lynn is recalling more than 77,000 bus tires because side wall defects can cause them to lose air rapidly, increasing the risk of a crash. fleet customers have complained about the problem but

there wouldn't be such a good democratic press. >> can i just please, to be fair, to be fair to mr. baker, just come back to. >> i thought i was very complementary to an. >> you are and i'm very grateful for what you said that when but when you said this editorial interest was driven by commercial interests, i had in mind is his e-mail which is solely concerned and in mr. michel's words with the campaign about the bskyb. that is what this is about. >> yes i am a i think he was referring to his advisor that all the editors had been called about his decision and that's mr. baker said that it was made clear that the campaign was purely motivated by commercial reasons and fears about battling. >> in that context, you had to say what you said this morning. thank you very much. >> i represent the international union of journalists. [inaudible] the evidence that you heard in the inquiry, so i gave notice to the areas that i wanted to raise to mr. jay. you took one of them up mr. murdoch but not the others and i also gave notice to mr. davis on behalf of news international. mr. jay indicated that

the judge says in her final summation, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash. all my life, i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes that i made. and i see the young people that's here at this prison and i hear all the stories because i listen and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you're going out there with another chance, whether it's five years, ten years or what. you're getting another chance. i'll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm, for that chance. i'm never going to get it. i'm going to die right here. >> clean that out, all that grass out front. >> it's fun to break the law and dance with the devil. but see, when you got to pay the fiddler, it ain't nothing nice. trust me, i'm living it. i'm living it. >> when it comes to serving hard time, white trash baker is hardly alone. >> me, myself, i got 35 to life. i'm here on a three strikes case. in the mid-'80s i had a burglary and attempted burglary. i did four years for it. those are strike one and strike two

. >> mr. baker, what do you think of meredith whitney's notes and citigroup in general. >> you know, i want to stick to an even. stick with the high quality ones. >> so you said they just failed the banking test. we could argue with some of that vernacular, but the fact is, it really does feel like we're getting to a closer dividend. sits that a catalyst. it's still a little shaky right here so i wouldn't take the risk. we're overweight, jp morgan and wells fargo, and as the capital market starts to get better, the goldman sachs and morgan stanleys. >> thanks, guys. we have to break the s&p fresh session high. coming up on the half time report, we are trading ahead of the results. and we're going to talk to someone investor who said yahoo is better than google. >>> lots more half hour report on the way. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've be

i'm going to restrict myself to one matter, please, which is what you said this morning concerning mr. baker come and i think you told the inquiry that you were very surprised to read recently that he had said a new editor policy was driven by commercial interest, to remember that? >> yes. >> i'm going to its just you made a mistake in reading something i'm going to ask place for document be put on the screen gives -- [inaudible] and mr. murdoch, this in fact is -- [inaudible] >> bringing you live coverage of news corporation international boss, rupert murdoch, facing questioning about the phone-hacking scandal and allegations of illegal payments by journalists drink this, the second day of testimony. this committee looking at the culture and media ethics of news corp. international. having technical issues. we hope to return to live coverage shortly. >> now back to more live testimony in the british phone hacking investigation. >> still having technical issues with our coverage of the british phone-hacking scandal. by the way come you can see all of our coverage of the leveson inquiry on ou

. >>> grooving to the sound of mo town you heard mr. bakergo these extraordinary young people putting on a great show holly morris is live at local maryland high school on stage with a talented group of students later, the inspiration behind the music &d@x0ñfÑÑ >>> chuck brown is in the hospital this morning a message on his facebook page says his family is asking for prayers no other details are given. his show at the howard theatre was postponed saturday night because of his illness the show has been rescheduled june 29th. >>> montgomery county moving forward with a plan to build a rapid bus network a task force will formerly present its recommendations this week. according not washington examiner they want -- according to the washington examiner they want it running in 9 years it will cost $2 billion to build and a another million dollars per mile to maintain. >>> do you need help finding a parking space in a dc garage? the parking panda might be able to assist you the name of a baltimore company that has just started service in wash

mr. baker was a young, good-looking man who is into politics.came with me. the. >> the very idea that he would run and try to be the first republican ever elected in tennessee of the united states senate was a huge leap of faith. >> when i got there, i got the impression that i was accepted as a college. tour when i came here, i was his legislative assistant, and i wrote his speeches. of course, like most young aides, i thought my speeches were pretty good. after a while, i got to hear him deliver my speeches. the first one i went to, he didn't say a word of it. i worked hard on the next one. he didn't say a word of it. he never complained about them, so i asked, senator, i think we have a real problem here. i'm working hard in these speeches did i give them to you, and you don't say one word of my speeches. he leaned back and laughed and said we have a perfect relationship. you write what you want to write, and i'll say what i want to say. >> was introduced to senator baker, i was assistant u.s. attorney. i was 29 years old at the time, and he

baker for helping to manage this project. [applause] supervisor cohen? >> thank you, mr. mayor, for once again and leaving me with nothing left to say. it is good to see our city partners and a special thank you to the agency formally known as the redevelopment agency. thank you for your guidance in getting us here, to this ribbon- cutting ceremony. it is an exciting time. we are starting to go through a rebirth, as we focus on how we are reprogramming mandel plaza, continuing infrastructure programs as well as structural improvements to the bayview opera house. i am putting everyone in their area on notice. this will be the spot. the third street merchants corridor is coming back and it will be bigger and better than ever. this bill be the new spot for international cuisine. we have a peruvian restaurant down the street. here we have eskender. this is mediterranean, modern african, very bayview. we have some fantastic asian cuisine along the corridor, along with fantastic taco places. this place captures exactly what san francisco is looking for, bringing people and comm

mr. whitfield: madam speaker, thank you very much. i'm satellited today father jerald bakerpastor of st. anne catholic church in morganville, kentucky, gave our opening prayer. he's served there since 2002. father baker was the -- also the pastor prior to that in my hometown in hop kinsville, kentucky, where he was a wonderful community leader. among other things, he started the free clinic in hop kinsville. he received his master of divinity degree from mount st. mary seminary in maryland in 1983. i might say that is the same year our chaplain conroy received his degree also in 1983. he was ordained in 1983. we're also delighted to have the eighth grade class of st. anne's catholic church with us this morning from morganville, and they will be taking a tour of the capitol. and so once again, i want to thank father baker for being with us today for his leadership in our congressional district as well as the state of kentucky and the spiritual leadership he provides our citizens. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the