mr. roberts, and there were many things i was concerned about. one of them is that he had a meeting at noon and would return to san francisco and deliver the brees to maintaie, but he had to his office and deliver a new breeze. one of his statement stated that in order to comprehend the brief it was feigned. i took that to be that i am stupid or do not understand the breeandbrief, and i was insultey that. on the second page you have exhibited bias on ethnicity. give repeatedly referring to him as a well-known brand of she robbed the -- brand of cheap vodka. i am not a racist, and i do recall calling him mr. popov. i had to go to a liquor store. i did not even know what it was. i find it very unprofessional, and if this is the kind of attitude they are going to take in this neighborhood where we aren't now opposing something that is not right, then i do not trust them. we are very concerned, and the letter says the board of supervisors is prepared to look at clustering. three of them is unconscionable. it should never have been done in the history

mr. roberts now. treats me like the ruddy princess margaret, if you'll pardon my french, and that's all you can ask, isn't it? someone who treats you right, like there's diamonds on your soles. marjorie: lady derwent. what an honor. roberts, this is not the correct china. uh, it's not roberts, mother. it's florence. marjorie: i beg your pardon? cliff walk, anyone? ay tuned for mor about masterpiece. but first... ece video online. explore our book and film club. pbs.org. this program is available on dvd. to order, visit shoppbs.org or call us at 1-800-play-pbs. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org cumming: masterpiece is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from... we are pbs. >> rose: it is summertime and we look back at some of the interesting people who havave ce to our table, including these people who are scientists or write about science. we begin with the edward o. wilson. >> we know now looking at it with clearer eyes that group versus group is an absolutely fun

mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: mr. president, i would like to be recognized for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: mr. president, i come to the floor today to congratulate the university of kansas on its very prestigious designation as a national cancer institute comprehensive cancer center. i do regret i cannot be at the ceremony today to mark this designation by the national cancer too institute because of anticipated votes in the senate, but i am certainly there in spirit. this designation of comprehensive cancer center is such an important development for my state and others in the region because it means that many kansans and their families who have faced frightening diagnosis, trying treatments, will no longer have to seek cures all the way down to texas or up to minnesota. they ca

mr. roberts, i do not have any indication she does not intend to appear. i am just relating what i know. >> i did not get any indication to that effect. >> commissioners, views on whether we should subpoena on the 29th, or whether we should await resolution of the objections prior to doing so? >> the information we have is that the attorney for those witnesses is not available until sometime in july. >> he did not express that? >> he did express that to me. he is not available the last week in june and the first week in july. >> i think that is in this -- is ms. haynes's unavailability as well, or her counsel. chairperson hur: in light of that, i think we should withhold issuing a subpoena for ms. madison, as of now. unless there are dissenting views, i do not feel particularly strongly about it. does that address all of the objections to the mayor's fact witness list? i am sorry. we did not address ms. williams. i think, with ms. williams, because the issues are similar -- it is a shirker declaration. we could go through it, if the parties wanted to. or i

mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: mr. president, i want to thank my distinguished friend and colleague, senator lieberman, for his leadership and in urging members of congress to bring amendments down that are germane to the very serious national security issue. i thank him for his comments and his leadership again. i rise today on a different subject but maybe the same kind of thing. it's to recognize a distinguished group of world war ii veterans from kansas who are now visiting their nation's capital as of today, this week, as part of the honor flight network. the honor flight network is an organization with the main mission to give veterans the opportunity to visit their memorials or the national mall free of cost to the veteran. the veterans who participate are many times unsung heroes in world war ii, and in many cases their remembrances and their stories are shared for the first time, become public for the first time for families and home towns, in many cases young people travel with these veterans, hear the storie

mr. robert johnson. the ceo of sky age gel u.s. llc. thank you for being here. we appreciate to reading through your testimony and look forward to your comments. just for all the panelists if you vice president used these microphones you need to get pretty close to them and make sure the light's on. >> chairman walden, ranking member and members of the subcommittee on communications and technology, it is my pleasure to have this testimony to testify at your hearing today on the future of video and thank you for inviting me to participate. my name is rob johnson. i'm one of the founders of sky angel and its chief executive officer. sky angel was founded for the purpose of providing american families with a high quality and affordable video distribution service in their homes that would offer exclusively family friendly programming. today offers more than 80 channels that are live linear programming networks. many of which are familiar in american households such as the hallmark channel, fox news, the nfl channel, bloomberg and the weather channel to name a few. a

mr. robert zimmerman george zimmerman's father, the first interview he gave was to sean hannity. yesterday we also broke a story that cbs news had sent flowers to george zimmerman's parents saying you know, we know you're going through a hard time. we're here to talk to you if you need someone to talk to. so of course everybody is still fighting for that first interview with george zimmerman. paying for his legal defense fee would be cheap if they could get the interview with george. >> cenk: that's really interesting. it might be more interesting than if simply sean hannity thought poor george zimmerman he's the victim here. i think to some degree, the world's view of conservatives is it is always the white guys that are getting picked on, the christian guys getting picked on. they don't realize they're the great majority in this country. they viewed them as victims but it is more interesting if it turns out it is to get access. that's how this game is played. and maybe hannity didn't intend to give the money but wanted to hint at it so he could get the interview with zimmerman

mr. roberts and his supreme court. >> there's already no question, this case changes the john roberts legacyyesterday he was seen as another partisan on the court. today in the most dramatic case of the john roberts career, he changes, he breaks the mold. >> so suddenly, brent, the chief justice is the leftest hero, right? >> you know, monica, at what point do you start laughing at chris matthews? i mean, he says -- he calls him a hard right conservative, dismisses him as being a radical. 24 hours later he calls him a hero. he says he's bold, defiant, grand. all of a sudden the superlative comes out just 24 hours before you dismissed him. which one is it, chris matthews? >> i do not know how these -- >> how does he do that ace straight face? >> you do great research. i don't know how they gone tv with a straight face. one of my favorite bits of leftest insanity was from cnn's brooke baldwin. listen. >> obamacare lives. republicans did everything they could to chip away at the law in the two years since it was passed, and many were confident the court would strike down the individual mandate.

mr. roberts and those who are voting against mr. roberts is adherence to constitutional construction will dispose of 95% of the cases that come before the court so that both scalia and ginsburg will arrive at the same place also a time in the 95% of the cases appea. in the 5% of the cases, those are the ones that are mostly difficult. that last mile can only be determined on the basis of one's deepest values, one's core concerns, one's perspective on how the world works and the depth and breadth of one's empathy. and those 5% of really hard cases, the constitutional text will not be directly on point. the language of the statute will not be perfectly clear. legal process alone will not lead you to a rule of decision. in those circumstances, your decisions over whether not affirmative-action is an appropriate response to the history of this nation or whether the general right of privacy encompasses a more specific right of women to control their reproduction or whether the commerce clause empowers congress to speak on those issues of

mr. roberts -- two quick statements and one question about mr. roberts. tates have more poverty than others. health care should be left up to the states. bear with me. upheld the mandate. i think mr. obama being a scholar in the constitution, he knew it would be a tax. he did not want to tell us it would be a tax. host: which goes back to our earlier . . -- which goes back to our earlier point about the republicans. guest: there is the sense that obama and democrats in congress pushed it forward under a guise. could be a huge strike against them if played in the right way. this is a situation where it is hard to see how this will play out, what it will look like in two months. certainly mitt romney was expecting their to be a decision striking down the law. he may be relying on some energizing of the base. i think barack obama is happier with the decision than he might be otherwise. guest: it is nice not to have the signature achievement of your first term start down. host: you have more twitter followers because you have sparked a decision. their decision

mr. secretary, thank you. robert reich, mr. bernstein, thank you. >>> there are a lot of people on the right who didn't like romney saying i told you so. this is "hardball." the place for politics. and while other sunscreens can feel greasy ultra sheer® is clean and dry. it's the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent and you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ♪ ah. [ female announcer ] we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it began with a few tweets from rupert murdoch to shake up his staff. and also admonishing him over his play it safe campaign approach. yesterday, "the wall street journal" which is owned by murdoch, published a blistering editorial. it said that romney was quote slowly squandering an historic opportunity to unseat obam

mr. roberts -- romney has already stated this -- all states are not the same. some have more poverty than others. health care should be left up to the states. actually -- bear with me. it upheld the mandate. for three years mr. obama was a similar in the constitution. he knew it was going to be a tax. he just didn't want to tell us that it was going to be a tax. >> which goes back to our earlier point that now this goes back to the republicans on the issue of taxes, something that fits into their narrative. >> and also the idea that their defense that obama and the democrats in congress pushed forward the mandate under a different guise and that there was some deceptive practices going on can be powerful politically and a huge strike against them, if it's played in the right way. but, look, this is a situation where it's very hard to see how this is going to play out, what this is going to look like in a month or two months. but certainly mitt romney was expecting there to be a decision striking down the law. they may be relying on some energizing of the base,

mr. robert -- i told him the best way to get assad out is to give him an ultimatum so a group gets rid of. you do not have to put boots on the ground. send him an ultimatum. i am from his area and they are our neighbors. they are mafias, killing women and children. they send you a car to kill americans. they are not sectarian. host: are you still there? caller: i am a nationalist, but my friends want peace in the middle east. we need to get rid of assad, iran. host: i think we got the point. we appreciate you calling in. guest: i agree with him. he is typical of people in syria who are tired of living, again, under a dictatorship, a brutal police state, and want change. when we were trying to put pressure on syria to get out of lebanon back in 2003 and 2004, lebanese americans were among the strongest supporters of my syria accountability act because they came from lebanon, have relatives in lebanon, and wanted lebanon to be free of syrian rule. for a brief time, that was realized, but now syria and unfortunately is backe, manipulated along with hezbollah. i think farouq is heartfelt and

mr. secretary thank you. robert reich, jared bernstein as well. >>> republicans are increasingly worried that mitt romney is blowing what could have been a winnable election. there are a lot of people on the right who never liked romney saying, see, i told you so. that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you, fully charged. fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. new tums frhers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, all in a pocket sized pack. cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna...use these. ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] unlike mops, swiffer can maneuver into t

send a thank you note to justice john roberts, mr. president. on the economy, i have to say no.oyment and slow growth and the stimulus bill didn't stimulate much. what do you think? can he run on that portion of his record? i am going to go to the naysayer, i'm sure. crystal is here. go ahead. >> no, the president does not deserve another term. he ran on hope and change and you know what he brought is debt and division. >> i didn't say if you liked his achievements or agreed with them. i said based on what he has accomplished and that's hard for you to say on the right. >> the only thing he accomplish side obama care that is now a tax as chief justice roberts told us. not only will people be out of jobs, but taxed more. >> that are is a talking point. >> no, it's not. >> it is under the tax clause. if you don't pay your taxes, that is a penalty. it's not a tax. >> it is a tax. >> if you don't pay your taxes, you get penalized. >> don, have you head obama care? >> yes, i have. >> guess what, there $500 billion in taxes. >> that's a talking point. it's under the taxation part. >>

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mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president, for the recognition and i want to speak today to share my concerns over proposed changes in the estate and gift tax provisions of the current tax code. and that's going to be considered within hours here on the floor. like much of the tax code, the estate and gift tax provisions are terribly complex, costly to comply with, have very serious negative consequences, and these negative consequences i think disproportionately harm farmers and ranchers and worry their lenders. visit with farmers and stockmen today, livestock producers, you better stand back. they are upset, they're frustrated, they're angry, they're concerned, and they're worried. all across farm country we are suffering from a severe drought which is a real emergency, historic in scope, and damage, and in particular for our livestock industry. congress should respond. at the same time, they are facing a farm bill that's in limbo, regulations that defy any commonsense cost-benefit yardstick, and no farmer or thei

mr. roberts outlined that he believed that the essence of this was that it was a tax. we could have called it anything we wanted. >> i don't say the essence . >> i believe you did. >> what he said was that because it could not travel under the commerce clause, in fact, it was a tax. you can name it anything you want to. what i name it in the final analysis and what we know less than 1% of the people in the united states will be affected by this penalty tax whatever you wish to call. it's not everybody. and so you run out and say the word tax. and that's the polls then calls everybody to shudder. if means i'm taxed $1,000 so that the people that communities center of that get turned away are the people that wind up at emergency hospitals will have them and let me stick a footnote right there. emergency facilities are -- where most of the people wind up. we wind up having to pay for that. we need to figure out a better way. other nations do better for us. our cost for insurance alone is more. now i ask all of you and everyone of us one, two, three, four, fiver, six, seve

mr. stouton. my name is robert caro, i'm writing books about mr. johnson." and she said, "cecil has been hoping you'd call." >> rose: that's great. i thought you were going to say cecil would answer the phone and say, "i was wondering when you would get to me." >> well, that would be-- you know, you love political power. when i was interviewing john connolly, in the morning-- he had a grand ranch, and he had a stable of quarter horses, and they'd be exer exercised in the morning and he'd come by my guesthouse where i was staying at 6:00, 6:30, and he sat on the fence and i asked him questions that we all wanted answers to and he would answer questions about how johnson going to things done. because he was coerce to him probably than anybody. this was a course of things i at least had never thought of. >> rose: of all the people who knew him, connolly was the closest you think? >> connolly was the guy who relied -- there were two guys. john connolly and a name no one knows, edward a. clark, who was called the secret boss of texas, who ran texas for johnson wh

mr. roberts, all lined that he believed that the essence of this was a tax. we could have called it anything. >> what he said was that because it could not travel under the commerce clause, that it was a tax. you can name if anything you want to, what i named it in the final analysis is that 1% of the people in the united states will be affected. it is not everybody. you run out and say the word tax and that is supposed to cause everybody to shudder. if it means i am taxed $1,000 so that the people in the community do not get turned away, let me put a foot note right there. emergency facilities are where most of the people wind up. we wind up having to pay for that. we need to figure out a better way. 14 industrialized nations around the world do better than us. our costs for insurance alone is more. i ask all of you, everyone of us, tell me the day your insurance when down in one year. anybody, raise your hand. did it go down, bob? you paid $5,000.10 year and then you paid none. it must have been 16 years before you came to the rules committee. did you have

mr. speaker, h.r. 4347 designates the united states courthouse located at 709 west ninth street in juneau, alaska, as the robert boochever united states courthouse. mr. speaker, judge boochever will always be remembered for his outstanding legal expertise and his extraordinary role in the juneau community making the courthouse to be designated as the robert boochever united states courthouse. mr. speaker, i support this legislation and encourage my colleagues to support the legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i reserve. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i urge support of this legislation and ye. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i urge passage of this legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4347. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having respon

all of the history that had taken place, wipe out the stories about people like robert smalls and create these myths. see mr. moirdock in the audience how south carolina had rewritten history to write black people out in particular and people who challenge the system like robert smalls out of it. so we're recovering it. we're reclaiming it. we're reclaiming it now. but we're picking it up after i would say a good almost 100 years where, you know, it was literally wiped out of the history books. >> i would also add that in the case of smalls and people like robert smalls, really, this first generation of african-american political leadership, i think one of the basic assumptions that many people have made in america is that their interests have only been in promoting the interests of people that look like them. and that's absolutely incorrect. robert smalls and members of this first generation of black political leadership were interested in promoting the economy, the economic development of south carolina and other places where they serve, interested in, you know, promoting public education for everyone, ci

mrs. romney standing in the spotlight. down with robin roberts interview inive which she defended her husband's release more tax returns. >> i think there's a reason for all these things. you should really look at where has led his life and where been financially. generous person. 10% of our income to our church every year. n? why not show that, the >> because so many things would be open for attacks. you don't want to give more for a tax.ro -- for attacks. thatre's a new report in a for your major including d.c. and new fuelling the hiv epidemic by taking condoms away from sex workers. human rights watch interviewed people for the report, including current and former sex orkers, prosecutors, and department employees. police are taking away condoms as evidence from sex workers. >> police should be handing sex workers and transgender women, because part of publics safety. d.c. has the highest aids any metro areaof in the country. was released prior to the 19th international aids conference in d.c., which starts sunday. >> the commute could be bump

mr. mckee's plantations. and so in 1851, robert smalls does indeed go to charleston and this was a transformative experience that shaped his adult fortunes. because slavery in the city was quite different than slavery in the countryside. with an 1850 population of almost 43,000, charleston, the state's major port was really the big city. and in addition to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city and the anonymity of life in a major urban area, and charleston's other characteristics proved to be equally significant. now for most of its history, this city, like the state had a black majority. and in 1860, one-third of all of the state's free black population resided in charleston. so the experience of seeing a large number of people who looked like robert smallings and were also freed must have heightened his aspiration for freedom. the blacks had a highly organized life -- mutual aid societies and organizations for intellectual improvement. now domestic -- unlike on the plantations, the city afforded a much more diversified occupati

mrs. reagan joined robert iger, chairman of the disney company, to open the exhibit.ly speaks in public these days, inside the republican party her voice can still be powerful and influential. in the 24 years since her husband left office, nancy reagan's endorsement has been sought by republicans. successfully by mitt romney. and a new generation has now come calling. including marco rubio, who saved mrs. reagan from a fall during his visit. >> she sort of, you know, is a living symbol in many ways of what her husband's ideals were, and i think that's a good reason to respect her. >> reporter: but nancy's appeal isn't only about the past. >> she's not afraid. if she feels strongly about an issue, she'll speak out on it. and i think it's wonderful, how contemporary she has kept herself. >> this is me dancing with nancy at the white house. >> reporter: george shultz was president reagan's secretary of state. >> this is one of the things that characterized his presidency, that always nancy was right there by his side. >> could he have done it without her? >> i doubt it.

a thank you note to justice john roberts, of course, mr. president. on the economy, i have to say no. we're still stuck with high unemployment, slow growth and the stimulus bill didn't stimulate much according to some. so what do you think? can he run on that portion of his record? first, i go to the naysayer, i'm sure, crystal, who is here. >> no, the president does not deserve another term. an abysmal record. he's brought debt and division. >> listen, i didn't say. >> and high joblessness. >> i didn't say if you liked his achievement ors if you agreed with them. i said based on what he has accomplished without -- and that's hard for you to say on the right. >> what he's accomplished is obama care which is now a tax as chief justice roberts has told us. not only are americans out of jobs, they have to be taxed more. >> that is a talking point. >> no, it's not a talking point. >> it's under the tax clause. and you have -- if you don't pay your taxes, that is a penalty. >> it is a tax. >> no, if you don't pay your taxes, you get penalized but that is a

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mr. president, tell that to the survivors and the friends of robert crents a dedicated community man shot to death on the same ranch that his family has called home for more than 100 years. tell that to the friends and relatives to agent ryan terry a victim of a border game that was armed by our federal government all allowing guns to be shipped into mexico. and by the way, now we are told that the justice department, attorney general will be shield ed after the house voted to hold him in contempt of congress. incredible, incredible. the president and his party had both houses and congress for two years and could have fulfilled the promise to fix our broken immigration system but they failed. they failed the american people and failed to protect our citizens and failed to preserve the rule of law and failed to secure our borders. our brave men and women in uniform have been trained to enforce this law in harmony with the constitution. civil rights will be protected. racial profiling will not be tolerated. under my direction senate bill 10:70 was amended to make sure that civil rights are