mr. george, is that correct? >> yes, i was. >> and mr.present along with other counsel, correct? >> yes, sir, he was. >> this is from page 30 -- let me start at 30. page 31, line 6. can we show that to the witness? let me publish to the witness. all right. can you show about line 6 to line 15? do you recall that series of questions and answers about the event of your seeing the bump or the bulge? >> i recall this testimony, yes. >> and in that testimony you were asked whether you i believe the word was called her out on it i it, that being the bump? >> correct. >> i'm going to object to proper xwree impeachment. the witness has testified that it refreshed his recollection. >> this is impeachment, judge. >> overruled. >> when asked if you called her out on it, you said it wasn't really my place. i think if i did, not directly to her. do you recall saying that? >> yes. >> in july of 2009, you indicated that you did not say anything directly to her about it, but your testimony here today was that you did? >> well, sir, i also did not call he

mr. george, come on up here. on behalf of the public defender's office, george is being presented a $500 check. >> i like to say thank you. number one for mernella woods. patty lee, marsy and to my mother. for the time i was in the youth authority, djj. you know, i learned a lot because when i got into the situation, when i went throughout the situation at the age of 16. i didn't think i was going to get out of that situation. my mother was always there for me, number one. i didn't see that before i got into the situation. for the youths that don't see it yet, your parents are for the most part always there for you. sometimes you don't see it. sometimes it takes something dramatic. i stay positive instead of being negative. the number one thing that i can say over all, because i'm not going to stand up here and preach. the can say that when you do something, be dedicated and if it's not beneficial. it's detrimental. if you don't know what that means, go look it up. it took me a long time. but i'm here. i want to t

pushing through deep you know the number of forms the current defense minister will take over the post mr george brett wants a static secure belief to do it in a second move in the bailout occurred before news outlets of violent protests and things and beyond. released court papers show that dominique strauss kahn who police say had diplomatic immunity after he was detained there were york's j.f.k. airport the former head of the international monetary fund was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a hotel maid last night a frenchman who was the allegation. i. think she's a nice crisp dictate. a huge blast these many cities in time let me out. you think this is the suspect in a terror attack but explosions now thoughts with ghastly. buildings rescue workers say it was a miracle that anyone has to get out of the. coal in the frozen continent of antarctica has always been a male dominated environment which means that when a woman arrives to apply had trade it's still something of a novelty. sean thomas tracked down an intrepid film director at ask her to the ends of the earth. as a filmmaker

told you last year in may just before we enter the international monetary fund that we know what mr george and his cronies they do they're not going to change their job this is their job this is what they do and they will continue doing it and people the difference now is that people know and people cannot stop at the moment and i wonder really those helicopters at the end now were crying from the tear gas but who's going to be crying at the end ok so as you're as you're saying i'm very aware this money this money just goes to the fat cats who are lining their pockets it's not going to the people it's not going to be economy give me a solution what can be done to fix this. first of all. they should reach an agreement with the european central bank or the european union what to do i told you last year i tell you this year i ever body says we cannot pay all the money they heads they all the money we take is in order to pay the high interest rates this is this is robbery this is theft this is swindle i can't describe it any more and the problem for them now is that people know that they reali

mr. george. he seemed to come right out of central casting. al seated on the platform was a young attorney named lawrence camp whom roosevelt was going to endorse. so there sat george on the platform not displaying any emotion. walter george, in fact, was not a diehard reactionary or an outspoken adversary of the president. in 1933 he'd supported virtually all of fdr's proposals including the national industrial recovery act, tva, agricultural adjustment act. later he voted for social security, the national labor relations act and other new deal measures. and during the 1936 presidential campaign george had backed roosevelt all the way. but during fdr's second term he cast votes against some key administration bills including housing bills, court reform, executive reorganization and the wages and hours bill. roosevelt began his talk by discussing the achievements of the rural electrify case administration. it was one of the great new deal successes. before it the free market economy had left much of rural america literally in the dark. then fdr

mr. george anthony's movement? or his cell phone movement?s, if i had a reason to even believe that that would play a part in this case which at the time i did not. >> baez brought up roy krompt, the meter reader that discovered caylee's remains in december of 2008. >> you also testified that you never confiscate his computer? >> yes, i don't believe getting his computer. >> the next expert witness of the day was kenneth fertin, a forensic expert. the goal for the defense, call into the question the presence of chloroform found in the trunk of casey's car. he noted the chloroform could come from a household cleaner like bleach. but under cross-examination admitted there was no evidence of any bleach in casey's car. >> you would expect that if bleach were spilled upon a dark fabric surface the dark fabric surface would reflect some evidence of bleach having been spilled on it, wouldn't you? >> if the source of the bleach was being placed directly on the carpet, then, yes. >> reporter: before the day ended the defense showed the jury a november

mr. george soros and professor richard epstein. our first speaker is recent caldwell, currently professor of economics at duke university and direct her at the center for the history of political economy. he said editor of hayek's works of which this edition of "after words" is the volume published. caldwell himself is edited for hayek's most important works in5 the series among the new additions, he's also the author of an important study of hayek's thought, hayek's challenge an intellectual biography. all of us who appreciate hayek's contributions of the economic and social that to professor caldwell for having undertaken the editorship of the collective works. >> thank you for the very kind introduction. i'm going to talk a little today about how hayek came to write but i want to first recognize ronald of the editor of this magnificent volume. i felt that the collected works was very fortunate to be able to get someone who is on the scene with hayek published the book and indeed ronald didn't review editor of the new individuali

mr. george anthony? >> calm. quiet. >> what about casey anthony? uiet. >> just like mr. anthony? >> yes. >> reporter: it was casey's own voice that resonated in court, as her audio interview with a detective, revealed dozens of lies. replete with layers of intricate detail. listen to how she describes the nanny we now know never existed. >> when did she start watching over your child? >> within the last year and a half, two years, she started watching caylee. she had an apartment, on, i guess it would be considered glenwood. she has family down south. she's originally from new york. >> if you're trying to fabricate a story, now is your time to tell me. is this the story you want to stick with? >> the truth. i want my daughter back. >> reporter: the whole time, she admittedly knew the child was already dead. just remarkable, the level of detail in those lies. the prosecution says it's about halfway through its case, george. yet, they did tell us, some bombshells coming again. the visitation tapes between casey and her family. about five hours worth.

but george was the very first witness called by the state. and the prosecutor at the time, mr. on, asked him, have you ever sexually molested your daughter. and he very clearly said no. >> why is it so important for george and for cindy anthony to be in court every day? >> this is such a unique situation. they've lost their granddaughter, and their daughter is facing the death penalty. and they don't know what happened to their granddaughter. so they're trying to find out what the truth is. and they hope to get closure through this. and that's the main reason that they're sitting in the courtroom every day. >> do they want casey to be found not guilty? >> no. they want to see justice done. and they want to see that this case does come to some type of conclusion. certainly they don't want to see the ultimate sanction that state of florida is looking for. but they want to know what happened to their granddaughter. >> i can't imagine the situation they are in, the difficulty of it. mark lippman, i appreciate you being on. thank you, mark. >> thanks very much. >>> defense is not jus

the salute was so novel that the council's general of dodd in berlin, man named george mr. smith, not to be confused with billy messerschmitt, the aircraft designer. american through and through and hated the nazis. happily, happily mr. smith treated the third reich the way in anthropologist would treat an aboriginal tribe. as to say he wrote in detail and about life, but all kinds of things. this was brand new. this was to give itself was not a brand new thing because i personally owned a collection of the words of robert kipling, and every work on his binding as a swastika because it is the indian good luck sign. as a political symbol. it back to the hitler salute. so so long on so many subjects. big name to 40 pages. he wrote an analysis, a series of observations about the hitter a salute because this was such a novel thing. now read it briefly. the salute, he wrote, had no modern presidency for the more narrowly required solution of soldiers in the presence of superior officers. everyone was expected to salute, even in the most mundane of encounters. shopkeepers to lose

mrs. aliato is here. after joseph aliato, there was george moscony and chris moscony is here representing george moscony. [applause] and after the moscony years, it was diane feinstein. and her husband, richard blum, is here. they actually got married in the chambers upstairs. [applause] now, in just a minute, the president of the board of supervisors is going to say the words that will allow you, the public, to know what the vote was in his chambers earlier in the afternoon. but mr. lee, there have been several people from across the bay, from sacramento and other places, who are here to extend their warm welcome. standing next to you is mayor newsom's chief of protocol, my chief of protocol, diane's chief of protocol, everybody's chief of protocol, who's ever had a chief of protocol in san francisco, charlotte schultz. and i hope she sticks around as your chief of protocol. [applause] one of your state senators, and we have two of those, only one is present at the moment. the other one is up working on the budget. but senator leland yee is here to welcome you. [applause] and a man who went to bed on sa

took a struggle, but it was the first time it was done and it had been negotiated not by george bush, but by mrrangel and myself. some help from the treasury. i'm going to colombia to see how the action plan is being implemented and whether there are some further issues that need to be addressed. that is why i am going to go. i have always done this, to go myself, and spend five or six days in serious discussions with everybody. >> would you vote against it at this point? >> i'm going to see what is going on. >> let me ask you about redistricting. it looks like you and gary hughes might be in the same district. what are your thoughts on the redistricting plan? >> i wish i could have brought the maps. i think the public would look and say, what kind of shapes are those? they've got salamanders and crocodiles. and cats and dogs. >> the republicans in illinois are wondering, too. >> it makes no sense. in terms of -- look, the voters need to have a choice and this is just one, this is a map that is not official. and i hope people realize what it does. what it does is to say, there are now four cont

he served american presidents from richard nixon to george h.w. bush. mr.lled eagleburger a tireless and dedicated patriot. >>> sunday marks the 30th anniversary of aids. u.s. health officials first reported it as a rare form of pneumonia on june 5th, 1981. today i spoke an african-american woman who made several panels for aids memorial quilt. she herself is hiv positive and tonight she's what matters. >> what i do when i make the quilt panels i make them so in the statistics where we hear about it's 30 million people every day or whatever, each panel represents a person. >> right. >> and i made the guilt so that we'll know it's not just a number. this was a person in my life that i love. >> this is ricardo, someone you loved? >> yes. >> let's take a look at this one. which one is this one. >> i'll take ricardo. >> this is a brother and a sister. >> this is my mom and my uncle. and this talks, shows pictures when they were kids. as they've grown up. >> you seem you get a little emotional when you talk about this. >> i do. i do. not only is it putting a fac

mr. spacely and george jetson. >> come on. >> they should be dionne warwick and the psychic friends networkon't know who's running next month. maybe you will be president, president phillips. >> that's a scary thought. skeletons out of the closet, i don't think so. like you running for president, pete. >> i can do the negative attack ads now. >> exactly. you and i against each other, who would be worse? newt gingrich, michele bachmann, said in the recent weeks president obama hasn't done enough for african-americans. exit polls show obama took 95% of the black vote in 2008. could their support really be up for grabs in 2012? dana? >> i don't know. i think it's -- it would be very difficult to say it wouldn't be considering that when this president took office, black unemployment was at i think 11% and now it's at 16%, over 16%. i mean you have to look at the fund numbers here. a huge amount of job loss in the black community from a president bringing hope and chase. jesse jackson saying i don't see it happen. national black chamber of commerce said this guy is against business. >> dana extr

word tonight that george anthony's alleged mistress may take the witness stand tomorrow morning. her name is crystal holloway. the woman says she had an affair with mrhe police one thing, the national enquirer something else. it's an affair george anthony denies. this woman told an orlando television station she'd been subpoenaed to appear in court at 8:30 a.m. holloway said she's prepared to testify about what she says mr. anthony told her in 2008 before his granddaughter's rye mains were found. >> what did george tell you about that? >> that it was an accident that snowballed out of control. i don't believe that george picked the body up like they said. i think it was an accident. >> well, more on this development in just a moment. first though day 24 in the trial many today the defense called a string of expert witnesses to testify about dna and duct tape and leaves. but the question is, did the testimony actually help or hurt the defense's case? gary tuchman was in the courtroom. he joins us now. >> reporter: casey anthony often covers her mouth in court when she talks to her attorneys. she doesn't want others to read her lips. but if she was as

george anthony, casey anthony's father. defense tried to advance their argument that mr. anthony covered up his granddaughter's death and molested his daughter. >> i never would do anything like that to my daughter. >> my question is you would never admit to it, would you, sir? >> federal investigators sought manager of the west virginia coal mine where 29 workers died last april had been faking safety records before the worst u.s. mine disaster in 40 years. the mine safety and health administration said this week, massey energy kept two sets of books, one of them included safety problems and hazards, the other one didn't. that was the set given to government inspectors. massey sold the upper big branch mine earlier this month. >>> in new mexico this morning, they are keeping the los alamos laboratory closed because of fires burning nearby. about 10,000 people have been evacuated. firefighters are pleased with the progress they've made. >> you can see we're getting a lot less smoke and we now have an anchor point and we have a black line that's basically goes from the sou

mr. president, to george bush. they went along with everything he said. they never even bothered to read article 1 of th constitution. this vote is about one and one thing only. paying your bills. they ran up the debt and now they don't want to pay their bills. january 19, 2001, bill clinton said goodbye to the country. a $5.7 trillion surplus onhand. $2.3 trillion in tax cuts, a war in iraq over weapons of mass destruction, a drug prescription benefit called part d, and they're talking about who owes the bill. this is about responsibility. this is about those v.a. centers. this is about their men's and women in iraq that needs to be equipped with the best possible weaponry. this is about paying the credit card bill that has come in for what they did for all of those years. i would debate any member of the republican party, you choose the forum. in the house and the senate. and we'll go through what those eight years were about. count me in. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the ge

mrs. harris's office and city public safety officials. jose ses -- cesnaros our d.a. george gascon. jeff, the public defender, many conversationse conversationsen:the sheriff, juvenile probation chief. office of citizens complaints. joyce hicks. edit harringto harrington. edit harringto harrington interim chief, thank you for your wonderful service being interim chief. a number of members of our police command staff. certainly the police commission. mr. mazuko i want to thank you for a very thorough job in presenting to me the best candidates the commission could produce. it has been an amazing time to work with you and the commission, so, thank you, joe, and others on the commission. thank you very much. [applause] >> our police officer officer association president. gary, it is time to get quiet and go to work. thank you. our police public employee groups. i want to acknowledge greg's son neglect is here along with a very good friend wendy. thank you for joining us as well today. [applause] >> as i said earlier, good close advisors continue to work with me. former mayor willie bro

political systems accusations of treason in the greek parliament so minister mr khamenei stood up and alleged that the prime minister george poppins rayo was guilty of treason and he said that members of the prime minister's team presided over the sale of one point three billion dollars worth of credit default swap contracts on or around december of two thousand and nine shortly after coming to power so those one point three billion in credit default swaps would now be worth twenty seven billion euros which would miraculously pay off most of these debts or at least continue allow greece to continue operating without needing to borrow money from the i.m.f. for the next two years but no apparently george prop and sold these one point three billion in credit default swaps that the. bank of public banking arm of the greek government that they own and they have bought for the in the previous few months they say he sold it to a group of friends for forty million dollars profit these group of greek oligarchs are now sitting on twenty seven billion dollars that george papa. handed to him that's right it's a clear case of tyranny a

mr. lee anthony and george anthony can be excluded as potential fathers for caylee but you asked that questionng that law enforcement specifically inquired is not a good faith question. >> so clearly, richard, the prosecutor was angry, so why did the defense bring this up? this was just minutes before the jurors went to lunch. i mean, what's the strategy here? >> you know, the strategy, he's fighting for her life, randi. he's going to do anything and everything he can to try to repulse the jury about other people in addition to casey, so if he can try to prove this theory of this sort of sexual misconduct or sexual abuse, that's where he's going, but, randi, i have to tell you, that's an absolute horrible road for them to go down, because first of all, they can't prove it unless she tests, and who is going to believe her, first of all, but even if they did. even if she said that and experts got on the stand and said, oh, yeah, she's abused, a serial xultsive liar and maybe that's grounds for her to be able to kill her kid. nobody is going to believe that. no reasonable rational juror is going

mr. president. when george bush became president following that time of eight years of president clinton, he was given at his desk in the white house reports that showed there was about a $7 trillion surplus over the next ten years. hwe had developed over the years of president clinton a number of years. one was the paygo rules. we made sure if there was a new program that we couldn't pay for, we'd take money from another program to take care of the new program. there was a time of economic vie brans in this country that we'd never seen before. president bush got rid of the paygo rules and decided to do everything on credit, everything on credit. two unfunded wars. they're now approaching $2 trillion in costs, none of which is paid for, money that we borrowed from saudi arabia, china, and other countries. we gave through president bush huge tax cuts that have been declared by most writers around the country to be unfair. paraphrasing what some people believe is the richest man in the world, warren buffet, who s

mr. chairman, craig george from bloomberg news. to get to 2013 where we have above trend growth, unemployment falling, and inflation at a nice level, what with your appropriate policy be to get there? would it be an early, gradual exit? or no exit? >> i do not think it would be constructive for me to give you a tentative projection because, obviously, as i have indicated, there is simply no alternative but to watch the incoming data and to make judgments both in terms of when the exit should begin, which at this point it will depend on incoming data, but also what the slope of tightening would be. how quickly we would tighten. we all have estimates in our minds, but it is a very far cry from saying this is what is going to happen. in a sense, the fmoc has to forecast its own behavior in the same way it forecast the economy. that forecast unchanged. given developments in the economy, we might end up doing something different. >> if i understand correctly, unlike her predecessor, you are bringing your own forecast to the meeting. how

mr. president, to george bush. they went along with everything he said. they never even bothered to read article 1 of the constitution. this vote is about one and one thing only. paying your bills. they ran up the debt and now they don't want to pay their bills. january 19, 2001, bill clinton said goodbye to the country. a $5.7 trillion surplus onhand. $2.3 trillion in tax cuts, a war in iraq over weapons of mass destruction, a drug prescription benefit called part d, and they're talking about who es the bill. this is about responsibility. this is about those v.a. centers. this is about their men's and women in iraq that needs to be equipped with the best possible weaponry. this is about paying the credit card bill that has come in for what they did for all of those years. i would debate any member of the republican party, you choose the forum. in the house and the senate. and we'll go through what those eight years were about. unt me in. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the gentl

mr. president, to george bush. they went along with everything he said. they never even bothered to read article 1 of the constitution. this vote is about one and one thing only. paying your bills. they ran up the debt and now they don't want to pay their bills. january 19, 2001, bill clinton said goodbye to the country. a $5.7 trillion surplus onhand. $2.3 trillion in tax cuts, a war in iraq over weapons of mass destruction, a drug prescription benefit called part d, and they're talking about who owes the bill. this is about responsibility. this is about those v.a. centers. this is about their men's and women in iraq that needs to be equipped with the best possible weaponry. this is about paying the credit card bill that has come in for what they did for all of those years. i would debate any member of the republican party, you choose the forum. in the house and the senate. and we'll go through what those eight years were about. count me in. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the g

also under president george w. bush, mrs. mcbride worked in the state department and senior adviser for the bureau of international organizations and white house liaison and serve as special assistant to the president for white house management. mrs. mcbride's white house service spans three administrations, beginning with the reagan demonstration in 1984, from a 7-92 was the director for white house personnel for presidents reagan and george h. w. bush. michael allen, this serves as majority staff director for the house intelligence committee. adoring administration of george w. bush, mr. allen, a senior director for counter proliferation and senior director for legislative affairs at the national security council. he also helped -- held senior legislative affairs roles in the bush administration homeland security council and department of state. rachel brand serves as the national chamber litigation center's chief counsel for regulatory litigation. before assuming this role she was with the firm of wilmur hale and prior to

that he had fought the mother of all battles and won and shortly thereafter george bush was out of office, herbert walker bush, mrs. thatcher was out of office and he announced he was still there. and he believed that he was the victor in that war. and he had it in his mind that no one would g after him, not withstanding the fact the congress of the united states in the late 1990s passed leslation fo rege change in iraq and president clinton signed it. he didn't believe it. he just didn't believe it. >> rose: why do you think that was view? >> well, i think i suppose the sa reason that osama b laden considered the united states a paper tiger. a country that would don't anything to him. >> rose: wouldn't come after him in afghanistan? >> well, wouldn't come after him anywhere. after the attacks on the "cole," after the attacks on the embassies in africa, the u.s. response was to lob a couplef cruise missiles andthen indict people in absentia i so new york court. and they were convinced that the united states was not going to do anything other than that. and the more they believed that, the more they were willing to

mr. bloom. president george bush extended the first federal aid to gm totaling $9.4 billion. what did the president require as an addition of that initial aid, do you know? >> i believe, congressman, thank you for that question. i believe, actually, the total assistance provided by the bush administration to general motors was actually $13.4 billion. the only requirement of that was that the companies come forward with restructuring plans. and those plans were to be, come forward by, first, the 17th of february and then judged on by the 31st of march. so that was the only condition of those loans. there was no condition to the company in any way restructure, actually restructure or address its long-seeded, deep-seeded problems. >> so when president obama came into office, he required both gm and chrysler to develop plans to restructure their businesses so they could be competitive, and gm's initial plan was reviewed, i take it, by the auto task force which you advised, and that plan was rejected. and so can you -- you said that the first plan was not, did you say viable? and

they say that george anthony casey's father covered up kaylee's death. mr.en on the stand denies that. he's sure to be a target of the defense in the days to comment we'll have more on that angle in just a moment. the prosecution says that casey killed her daughter, stored her body in the trunk of her car then dumped her body in the woods near the family's home and didn't report her missing for weeks. today the defense turned to the judge for help saying the state didn't do a good job proving its case. gary tuchman. >> reporter: prosecutors have finished their case against casey anthony. >> your honorer, at this point the state of florida would rest. >> reporter: when that happened defense attorneys began the process of throwing a legal hail mary. they asked the judge to acquit casey anthony, even before they called their witnesses, saying prosecutors didn't come close to proving their case. >> there is no evidence whatsoever, none, that the causation of this child's death. >> reporter: but over 19 court days, prosecutors say there is plenty of evidence, som

they say that george anthony does not know who mr. thompson is, and there was never any communication. although the defense team says we have cell phone records that prove it. now, in order for mr. thompson to testify, it has to be approved by the judge. and the judge has not ruled on that matter. but again, huge drama, more expense. >> vasco degamma thompson. >> and also there's talk that casey anthony may be taking the stand herself. that will be riveting. >>> in new details on arizona's largest wildfire in recorded history. 200 people who were forced to leave their homes are now being allowed back. firefighters who have spent two weeks battling the fire, have gotten some control over it, it's still only 20% contained. >>> let's check in with rob marciano in our extreme weather center. >> winds are going to pick up across the southwest. so red flag warnings have been posted in the critical fire danger for the area that for the past couple of days, the winds have been laid down a little bit. that helped them a little bit. but today t

fall 2011 books that are coming out and we are pleased to be joined by george gibson who is the publisher of bloomsbury press. mr. gibson tell us about some of your books and let's start here with carl bogus' book. >> this is the first full biography of bill but he, an icon of course of the conservative arena and he was really the father of conservatism as it is known today. but a remarkable man, absolutely remarkable man and very little has been written about him and this is the first full-scale biography of him. >> did mr. bogus have any access to his library? >> had every available resource. of this interestingly enough is more liberal in his political persuasion so does a interesting balance biography. >> somebody who is not liberal in their persuasion is an author we have covered off and on booktv who is victor davis hanson but now i see a novel coming out by him and this is his first novel. a remarkable at the base -- if it is. the extraordinary battle c-5. it brings alive warfare in the ancient world in a way that very few people can. because he knows so much about history and about ancient history. this

george, perhaps you could hold off. [laughter] yes? >> this question for mr. soros mostly. since you and professor epstein have come to an agreement that it's a good thing to start with a presumption not to regulate. i'm curious what you think of your fellow democrat, maybe they never figured you out. i'm a libertarian democrat. maybe you're one too i hope. what do you think of the spigot of welfare reform -- >> is it possible to confine our questions to hayek which is actually the topic of discussion -- >> well, actually they can handle the remarks on agreeing on the sunt of agreeing with regulation. do you quickly care to answer, mr. soros? was it a good regulation? >> really, that's extremely complex question and answer. >> i can give a one-sentence answer. >> we know your answer, rich. [laughter] >> i think the idea of reforming health care and providing health care for everyone is the right idea, and unfortunately, in the process, the savings that could have been achieved, for instance, by getting the -- to start with the pharmaceutical companies made a fabulous deal w

troops but for more on this let's cross live to washington with george kennedy a former diplomat for the u.s. thank you very much for joining us mr kenny now the resolution authorizing u.s. involvement in libya will now go to the senate floor and if finally approved what effect will this have on the war in libya. not very much at all the house has already indicated that it doesn't really approve. the president has said that he'll go ahead and do whatever he wants to do anyway so you might argue that this adds a little bit of legitimacy to what he's doing but i think it's more of a distraction really the war about libya in a sense if we want to try to really understand it isn't about libya but it's about the u.s. wanting to go off and have a series of wars or even because that's what we do if it weren't libya it would be somewhere else it would be syria perhaps iran maybe then israel and but. the real question is why does the u.s. want to always. go out and have a war and i will washington says this time its mission is limited that's why the war powers act has not been violated do you think this argument doesn't hold water . well