mr. morgan there on the right, and who's the lady on the left? >> guest: actually, morgan's in the center, toward the rear of the picture, in the back. c-span: oh, in the back? >> guest: in the back. c-span: oh, ok. >> guest: the center--it's hard to tell. i think we've described it not very well, because we say 'in the center' and it's hard to tell which is the center. c-span: yeah, i thought it was... >> guest: he's not the man in the front. c-span: i thought he had the white moustache there. >> guest: yes, right. that's--i--we have to fix that. c-span: so he's all the way back there. >> guest: right there, exactly. c-span: yeah. and who's this woman on the other side of him? >> guest: that--yes, on the left of him is adelaide douglas. it's a small picture, so you won't really be able to see what she looks like. she's under your--yeah, she's in that other picture on the right-hand side of the book, and you can see that she's not a great beauty, but she had tremendous presence and elegance. and they would go to europe and see edward vii and kaise

mr. morgan? facts seem to bounce right off your head. you're speaking oblivious to -- what we do know, when you go to an area in the united states where guns are freely available, readily able to be carried legally, there you find the lowest murder rates. lower than the murder rates in europe. you go to our cities where we have cracked down on guns and people can't defense themselves and that's where the criminals have a field day. >> how many guns did mrs. lanza have in her home? >> i don't know how many she had. that's not really the point. >> she had six guns, including four assault rifles, what happened her deranged son -- >> her evil son. her evil son. >> it doesn't matter what you call him. >> well, i think it matters, if you believe and understand that there is evil in the world, don't you don't try as your first line of defense to solve it psychiatrically. you protect yourself with a gun. >> let me finish my thread then, mr. pratt. so you have an evil young man who is living at home, clearly with serious troubles. and his mother

mr. morgan's study. we're looking at the first installments of david copperfield. one schilling would have got you your monthly part. and here is the beginning part of the booklets and it is just page after page after page of advertisements for books and pills and remedies and all kinds of things. here you have the original illustrations that accompany each part separated by tissue, of course, so they didn't smudge each other. here's the very first page of the narrative, whether i turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. >> people buy a dickens' novel they imagine of course that that's how they were written. but they weren't. they were written month by month. was it particular to dickens? >> it was really dickens who pioneered this and was the most successful perpetrator, if you will, of publishing in installments. >> i guess you're saying that these numbers were so that everybody could afford to read. >> very affordable. if you think that bob krathit earns 15 schillings a week even someone

mr. morgan.od. >> you wouldn't understand the meaning of the phrase high level argument. >> piers morgan, he's passionate about gun control. and tonight he's holding a town hall live on cnn. what voices will we hear? what should we expect? here he is, piers standing by. we'll talk about that next. hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> when it comes to cnn's piers morgan, there is absolutely no mystery about his view on guns. he supports tougher gun control laws. want you to watch his eexchange between piers and larry pratt, owner of gun owners of america. watc

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mr. moore. >> my name is dick morgan, i have been engaged in lake merced for 13 years. and i have spent thousands of volunteer hours on lake merced. when i first got engaged it was about 10 to 12 feet deep. it was rapidly going to a lake merced mud flat. there was denial and delay by commissioner and staff at that time. only when cal-pal brought to the commission in 2001, that the community finally had some clout to enforce a permanent solution. cal-trod still have that power. it's not up to this commission. they can go back to the state quality board with that permanent solution. i joined judge cahill's mediation on the lake merced issues. and a lot of progress was in that. the lake merced water task force in 2000, recommended almost everything that has been done. these were volunteers who knew what needed to be done to restore the water quality and lake level. other activi tiactivities and a collectively call ourselves cowboys. the golf course's daily water plant, and west side hydrological model, and the wells, and saltwater intrusion models. some gathering dust, lar

mr. perry offutt who is the managing director of morgan stanley and mr. john tolman who's vice president national legislative representative, the brotherhood of locomotive ending nears and trainmen. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. we're trying to get to as many as we can. they're going to call a vote in a few minutes. so if you have a lengthy statement, it will be submitted by unanimous concept to the record. -- concept to the record. we'd like to have you summarize, and when we finish with everyone, we'll go to questions. thank you so much for joining us, and we'll turn first to karen hedlund, and she is the deputy administrator of fra. welcome, and you're recognized, ma'am. >> chairman pica and ranking member, thank you very much for -- >> pull that up as close as you can. it's a little hard to hear. >> thank you for inviting me to speak to this committee. and, mr. chairman, i want to say it's a great honor to testify before this committee during its final hearing with you at the helm. you've achieved significant legislative accomplishments duri

mr. nides was the chief operating officer of morgan stanley from 2005 to 2010 before joining morgan stanley, mr. nides served as the world wide president and chief executive officer and as the chief administrative officer of the credit first boston, the investment-banking division of the credit. mr. nides began his career in capitol hill as an assistant to the majority whip of the united states house of representatives and an executive assistant to the speaker of the house. mr. nides later served as the senior vice president of fannie mae and is the chief of staff to the united states trade representative. welcome, gentlemen, and if you would please rise so i could swear you in. thank you. >> please, stand and raise your right hand to reduce wear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to get is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief? let the record show that the witness's answer in the affirmative. >> yes, sir. >> i would ask unanimous consent that the secretary clinton's letter to u.s. the chairman of the information member be in

mrs bentley has been under the constant care of her physician. she's lost weight she's been unable to. rosy. rosy morgan. it can't be you was bumped you was bumped. you didn't wait long to get hooked up with this lug did you? your honor? shut up! easy eddie don't ruin everything. you shut up too! all those trips to kansas city to see your poor old crippled mother and you! your honor get a hold of yourself. so this was your mother huh, you little two-timer playing around with him all the time. but i got you now, wait till the trial starts i'll throw the book at you. i'll give ya da works i'll salt you and him away for keeps. [scream] your honor the court is ready sir. here's your dough you can't fix this rap not for a million. not for all the dough in the country. your honor they tried to bribe you? yeah, image. wait till i tell this story to the press your honor. after this you're a synch to sit in the governor's chair. hey, don't you never say chair to me. i'm sorry your honor. you fool, you unmitigated abysmal fool. [music] if you had a body i would tear it apart. good thing you can do that trick. see

indicated we would resume, so with that, i am pleased to recognize the managing director of morgan stanley, mr. perr4y offutt. >> thank you for having me. group focuses on working with clients in the public and private sector, trying to seek out opportunities where private capital can be used to invest in u.s. infrastructure. as an advisor focused in this era, i appreciate the opportunity to share my perspective on the considerations that could affect interests from the private sector, both financial investors, construction companies, and rail operators, in designing the financing of a high-speed rail project along the northeast corridor. public-private partnership structures had used for numerous projects and have been mistreated that the private sector can build a product more quickly at a lower cost to drive if aziz overtime by introducing technology solutions, and development in criminal revenue sources by delivering an additional services. while there has not been a partnership for transactions using a high-speed rail project, there are similar transactions that can provide a guideline fo

morgan. let's look at an interview he did a while back with gun rights advocate larry prat. >> mr. pratt, you have enormous problems in this country. you have over 300 million guns. >> i honestly don't understand why you would rather have people be victims of a crime than be able to defend themselves. it's incomprehensible. >> you're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you? >> more than 90,000 people have signed a petition to deport piers morgan, of course, a british journalist because they don't like his views. >> right. >> i would sign a petition saying stop the attacks, which i think have degraded his show. in fact, in another segment that just got some rotation recently, he was talking about the importance of civil discourse and how once you get into attacks it brings the level of discussion way down. >> it's his show. i mean, calling and inviting somebody as your guest on your show only to call them stupid doesn't become anyone i think in an interview show. >> i didn't think that was his finest hour. but, if people want to say they don't like him, they find him rude, all fair g

mr. pratt, thank you for joining me. >> your high-level argument. >> you don't understand the phrase high-level argument. you are a dangerous man, espousing dangerous nonsense. >> heated moments there. piers morgan has devoted several shows to the issue of gun control. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," we'll take you inside the so-called safest school in america. students are protected by high-tech security measures from the moment they walk in the door. we'll take you inside on "gma." >> search for solutions, as we're calling it. >>> also, breaking overnight, a scathing, new report about the deadly september attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. that report says security at the consulate was grossly inadequate, all because of management and leadership failures within the state department. it also says there was no protest outside the consulate prior to the attack, which is blamed squarely on terrorists. despite all the criticism, though, the report did not recommend any disciplinary action. and said no one ignored or violated their duties. congressional committees get a briefing later today. >>> a major new development in the terror plot we told you about weeks ago. a 20

mr. james bond, and to a lesser extent, m. >> i have to roll because we are running out of time. i would be okay with pierce morganenounced. he walks around with large men and guns. unlike anyone in the country he is protected. jay every journalist who is venting about guns is sitting in a building that is protected by armed guns. >> we are protected by guards right now. last word to you, sherrod. >> i bring my own guns. i don't need your security. >> are you a true american. metaphor rickly anyway. coming up, whatever we haven't done yet we are going to do next. guess it is ratings time, people. >>> has hugh grant inspired a rant? the 2003 film "love actually" has gotten an undeserved second act on basic cable, whatever that is. so they dubbed the it. i can't look at it without vomiting. they claimed the so-called chick flick is a massage nighs train wreck. if -- she said "if you were an alien writing" love actually" british men want hot chicks who fetch them tea and don't speak english. i think she is referring to this scene from "love actually." >> if that was in the movie, i would have at least had 17 seconds

missing morgan hill teenager is scheduled to return to court tomorrow to face additional kidnapping charges. they are connected to three 2009 incidents investigators say happen when they say mr. torres was 17 years old. one involved a stun gun. torres was arrested in may for the murder based on dna evidence. last night a fundraiser was held to support ongoing efforts to find her. the ice skate event took place at sharks ice. organizers are still holding out hope for lamar's safe return. she vanished back on march 16th while walking from home to her school bus stop. >>> the union city woman convicted of killing nursing student lee will be sentenced tomorrow. the sentence will require her to spend a minimum of 25 years in prison after an alameda county jury quirked her of first-degree murder. the nursing student went missing in may of last year and then her body was found in a remote canyon. prosecutors say esteban killed her in a rage over esteban's ex-boyfriend. >>> coming up, in egypt the changes the embattled president says he will make but will it be enough to ease tension. and people worry about the health of former president nelson mandela a day after he was hospitalize

missing morgan hill teenager is scheduled to return to court tomorrow to face additional kidnapping charges. they are connected to three 2009 incidents investigators say happened when they say mr. torres was 17 years old. one involved a stun gun. torres was arrested in may for sierra lamar's murder based on dna evidence. last night a fundraiser was held to support ongoing efforts to find her. the ice skate event took place at sharks ice. organizers are still holding out hope for lamar's safe return. she vanished back on march 16th while walking from home to her school bus stop. >>> the union city woman convicted of killing nursing student michelle lee will be sentenced tomorrow. the sentence will require her to spend a minimum of 25 years in prison after an alameda county jury convicted her of first-degree murder. that was in october. the nursing student went missing in may of last year and then her body was found in a remote canyon. prosecutors say esteban killed her in a rage over esteban's ex-boyfriend. >> coming up, new developments in egypt. the changes the embattled president says he will make, but will it be enough to ease tensions? and people in south africa are worrie

piers morgan last night when he said "we earned president clinton's respect by closing the government twice and being very rough and tumble. we showed we actually were willing to take the heat." mr. wistful himself. newt gingrich. then moving on to the fifth stage of grief. we finally reach the last one which is acceptance. the acknowledgement that i can't fight it. i might as well prepare for it. and, in fact, we're seeing signs that some of the more evolved republicans have reached that stage. a few dozen republicans have actually joined a bipartisan call to find a compromise. they signed a letter calling for the exploration of all options on taxes and entitlement programs. and today one of them, kay granger of texas said that a demand to raise rates on top earners is, and this is her quote "just the right thing to do." representative mike simpson of idaho told bloomberg news "it's pretty obvious that obama won the election and he promised he was going to raise tax on the wealthiest and he said while it may be unpalatable there is enough sane people left to get it done." well, maybe there is hope afterall. joining me now from washington is republican strategist and author of t

mrs. claus in attendance. the retreefrs looking for their third win of the season. look at the lovely pass. chase palmer to aaron morganlue demons, bigger, faster. jamie crocket. he enjoyed playing against that zone defense. depaul by five. kleed melvin, he took over. game high 24 for melvin. depaul the winner. baltimore blast in milwaukee. last night losing from the second consecutive time. lost on friday to chicago. one point loss. 6-5. baltimore however, not feeling too bad. did start with nine consecutive wins. they will resume activities once we get to the year 2013. ravens and giants later today. jerry sandusky will have ravens after sunday night football. talk about the fact that they just won the game. we'll see you then. >>> time is 6:54 and 28 degrees. here's a look ahead to some stories coming up on sunday morning. >>> welsh before you crack open an energy drink you should consider what's inside. five healthy alternatives to help boost your energy. we're gonna get you some of though drinks. >>> puzzled -- yeah, i'm puzzled. we've got a new suggestion at 7:23. >> a few suggestions. >> okay. >> giving outweigh

morgan that you under roosevelt could have ever dreamed. here's a good answer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has six minutes remaining. mr. gohmert: thank you. when you hear the term fair share, think flat tax. you want people to pay their fair share, make a flat tax. now, the president has had his friend, warren buffet, one of many of the megarich in this country, in fact, the megarich wall street apparently support the president 4-1 over republicans. it's one of the great as i maze -- amazing miss conceptions in america -- misconceptions in america. wall street, wall street executives and their spouses donate 4-1 to democrats over republicans. so, i would like to see the fat cat democrats and the fat cat republicans all pay their fair share. i'm tired of hearing warren buffett say he doesn't pay as much as -- as much a rate as his secretary and he wishes the rich were taxed more. what hypocrisy is that? holy cow. it's real easy. we made it he'sy. just write the check -- we made it easy. just write the check. i.r.s., we'll cash it however you want to write. it you but you want everybody to pay their fair share, let's pay

mr. perry, who is the managing director of morgan stanley, and john. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. they will call a vote in a few minutes. if you have a lengthy statements, it will be committed to the record. when we are finished with everyone, we will go to questions. thank you for joining us. we will turn first to carolyn,

mr. perry, who is the managing director of morgan stanley, and john. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. they will call a vote in a few minutes. if you have a lengthy statements, it will be committed to the record. when we are finished with everyone, we will go to questions. thank you for joining us. we will turn first to carolyn, the deputy administrator. welcome. you are recognized. >> thank you very much. >> hold that up as close as you can. it is a little hard to hear. >> thank you. it is a great honor to testify before the committee during its final hearing with you at the helm. you have achieved significant legislative accomplishments during your tenure and your oversight and interest has really strengthened our agency while improving transportation often throughout the country -- options throughout the country. this morning, i also thank you for the opportunity to discuss our planning and development efforts in the northeast corridor, which has been stated as one of the most valuable assets in the united states. the details about the efforts