mr. thomas, so these are legal questions that have to be answered.wards answering these. i think we'll have the whole picture here in a short time, and we're -- we're moving towards a just and fair result. >> all right. well, when you get to that answer, we'd love to have you back on the show and talk about what you found in terms of force. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> downgraded from aaa to aa-plus, what long-term effect, if any, will it have on the u.s. going forward? that's ahead in today's "q&a." every project we finish comes with a story built-in. it's how our rough ideas become "you did that yourself?" so when we can save more on the projects that let us fix, make, and do more... that just makes the stories even better. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now get this vanity and matching mirror for just $99. [ martin luther king jr. ] i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be

mr. thomas falk, chairman and ceo of kimberly clark, maker of paper products.g, the present ceo of semimanufacturing conductor company, and finally, larry merlo, ceo of the leading drugstore chain and provider. gentleman, you probably know the rules, custom practice here. statements automatically included in the record and encourage you to summarize your statements, about five to six minutes and encourage you to be candid. you know, life's short. [laughter] okay. [laughter] all right, richard duke, why don't you begin. >> i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. we urgently need to modernize our tax code, and i thank you for taking on this issue. the ultimate outcome must be a strong vibrant job creating u.s. economy. i hope all of you know your local wal-mart store back in your home state, but let me start with a few words about the company that we run out of bentonville, arkansas. every week, we serve 106 million unique customers, about one-third of the u.s. population. the business model that earned our customers' trust is simple. we give them every da

mr. thomas said, your heart goes out to the family. and unfortunately nothing will bring mr. we do a thorough and fair and a complete investigation. we have assigned more than two dozen police officers in our agency to investigate this case. our district attorney has made it very clear, it's a priority in this case. and we have interviewed over 80 witnesses. we will probably interview more than 100 when we're all said and done. and we're awaiting some important scientific information such as toxicology reports and also the autopsy report which will determine the cause of death. >> any idea when you might get that autopsy report? >> we don't know yet. but we have a lot of investigation left to do. we will make sure that the truth will come out. and the truth will come out in one of two ways. if there is a trial and there are charges filed, the truth will come out during the trial. if for whatever reason, charges are not filed, the office will issue a complete, fact-finding report that describes everything that happened, all the laws that apply to this case and why we made the

beaten to death by the fullerton police multiple witnesses some who even have video insist that mr thomas was beaten into the ground and electrocuted repeatedly by six police officers well after losing consciousness though federal and internal investigations are underway the police cruiser footage has not yet been released but new evidence against the police officers is that the net security video taken in a nearby bus has multiple witnesses just vacating the scene recounting the first extorts of the driver they were previously reported accounts near the story they tell a bus driver in the video quote i'm telling you a homeless guy was just chillin and then the cops came to cop cars came two cops they tried getting him but he just ran off from them ran away from them and then they caught impound his face pound his face against the curb was red and they beat him up another development an anonymous caller into authorities and radio show made several assertions first that there exists a surveillance video showing a one eyed officer j. such an alley doing most of the beating the caller jesus

just making friends pretty good and then saying how he had been right on this and that he thinks is mr thomas i wish i felt confident about anything in my life anything but again you could say like a stuck clock is right twice a day right i mean if we exist and you know eventually we could pay that much as possible feels right now in a hundred years or however long it's going to take i mean i'm sure it's some point that prophecy will go through but i mean now that glenn beck is clearly a prophet i'm really excited for him to go off on mount sinai and you know have god tell him you know whatever rules it is we need to live by today so you can come home and paddle these answers to our lives to his viewers and see for the small price of one thousand nine hundred nine i can tell you the meaning of life and there's a picture here is a vial of sweat that i sweated while he was passing i sweated this light in jerusalem take it out i bet you there are some people out there that would buy i think i was a prophet because he would just try to capitalize on it anyway go on to another story that's not con

mr. speaker, thomas jefferson said, i will quote him, he said, i wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our constitution. i would be willing to depend upon that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of its constitution. i mean, an additional article from the -- taking from the federal government the power of borrowing, unquote. he said that right after the constitution itself had been finished. he wanted one more amendment and unfortunately, as you know, he turned out to be right but his contemporaries failed to listen to him about the balanced budget amendment. i would just say to you, mr. speaker, it is not too late for those of us in these moments to listen to his words. i believe the american people are listening today, and i believe they call upon their leaders now to do something truly historic and pass a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution in the days ahead. god help us to do it, mr. speaker. with that, i would like to yield to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king and i may have to -- he may hav

james whitey bulger, identities from names like carol gasko, helen march thal, chairl shaifen, mrs. thomaster and the list goes on. gregg's attorney says they would be taking this to trial, that they would not be cooperating, kevin runnington saying at this point she's holding up well. she faces five years in prison and a few years of supervision after being released if she's convicted on these charges and a $250,000 possible fine if she is convicted, and then they should be a free woman after those five years if indeed she is convicted. bill: what's next for whitey bulger, molly? >> reporter: he remains in federal custody as you would expect facing serious racketeering charges, among those, the 19 murders he's accused of having committed. he is scheduled to be back in court in september. it's going to be long, slow process and this is really beginning. we're just beginning to get all the details about whitey bulger and his life on the run with catherine gregg, bill. bill: molly, thanks, molly watching that case out of boston this morning. martha: this is a fox news alert. take a look at t

mr. thomas hamilton, managing director at barclay's capital. he is in charge of commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities. he joined barclays capital at 15 years at citygroup. he is the chairman of the securityized products division and has held that position for seven years. paul is a principal at miac, an investment advisor. prior to forming miac he worked on wall street with goldman sachs and he has worked extensively valuing loan portfolios and restructuring asset composition and pricing models for home loans and analyzing the prepayment risk. selections of his research have been published in the handbook of mortgage-backed securities. and andrew davidson, president of a new york firm specializing in the development and application of analytical tools for the market that serves over 150 financial institutions and written extensively on mortgage-backed securities and hedging. prior to the founding of his company in 1992, he worked at merrill lynch in charge of 50 securities and systems analysts. we will begin with mr. hamilton. y

mr. thomas hamilton, managing director of barclays capital. he securitized products trading at barclays including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and other asset backed securities. he joined barkleys capital in 2004 after 15 years at citigroup where he was managing director. he securitized the product division and held that position for seven years. paul van valkenburg with mortgage advisory corp. registered investment adviser which he helped perform prior to m i ac he worked in research with major wall street firms including goldman sachs and co.. he has worked on loan portfolios for that institutions actively restructuring their asset liability composition developing pricing models for whole loans and mortgage-backed securities and analyze prepayment risk in mortgage-backed structured product. selections were published in the handbook of mortgage-backed securities and interest-rate risk model theory and practice. andrew davidson is president of andrew davidson and company. new york firm specializing in development and a

cox communications have no competitors i don't think that has anything to do with what thomas jefferson had in mind mr everson is rolling in his grave how does the you just to lay this out for our viewers who may be unfamiliar with this how exactly does the alec process work. sure there are a core legislative staff in d.c. that helps coordinate everything they put out on regular publications action alerts and maintain list serves on that and they have corporations that sign up as members in a container where from twenty five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars a year this year b.p. and a couple other companies are paying one hundred thousand and they get invited to events like these in new orleans and they get into sessions and they have little strategy sessions the lobbyists hand out bills that they propose and then supposedly they come together with lawmakers and approve it as official alec legislation and then it's to surely to to it's to the hundreds of members of alec and although it's mostly republican there are many conservative democrats that are or aren't members of the organization. and

this one capped by the leaping thomas. 17-7 before the raiders call on mr. automatic. sebastian.infield who compares. jenekowksi makes it 17-10. jason campbell wants it all but is passing number 83, brandon myers deflected. picked off by jonathan amaya. campbell 12-17. raiders take the lead in the third quarter and hello jones. the speedy rookie from anaheim prances and dances. the raiders give up 289 yards and at times looked dazed and confused like this one. they finish the exhibition season friday night in seattle. tonight they get out gamed 514 yards to 380. >> we need to make some plays. we need to get people off the field. there's some opportunities at third down and we did not get them off the field. i guarantee you at some time this defense is going to rise up and play the way i invision them playing. >> as long as we do what we do. at times we did execute and at times we didn't. there's some good plays and we know after we checked the film out we left some plays out there on the field. we know we could have done a whole lot better than what we did tonight and hopefully c

thomas. she talked with mr. meacham in new york city. utes. >> great granddaughter of norman thomas, who ran for six elections straight. as she explains, he often worked in the tenement houses. his experience may have been similar had his focus been the lower east side. norman thomas dreamed of creating an integrated harmonious new york not broken down by race and nationality. i imagine he would have been heartened by the family across the street. who remembers as a girl she lived next to the lithuanian family. they would call for young girl to turn the light on. it is entirely probable that families living in our tenement discussed or admired norman thomas. we're pleased and honored to discuss his life with louisa thomas. when you buy a copy of the featuring book, you are supporting the author, publickers, and museum. if you choose to become a museum member, we'll give you a complimentary copy of "con science" and the interview is led by mr. meacham. after their conversation, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions. since we're reco

mr. mam. he would not have been there that night beating kelly thomas. >> on the other side, fullerton issued statement about the mam case saying. "based upon the information brought to our attention over the last week, acting chief hamilton is very concerned and has ordered an internal affairs investigation into the matter to determine what happened that evening in october of 2010 and the court case this year. there is a strong possibility that we arrested the wrong person that night. veth mam". >>> the attorney for ma'am and kelly thomas' family is preparing to file a similar state and maybe even federal lawsuit in thomas' case at a later time. meanwhile, the fbi, the orange county district attorney's office and now an independent consultant are all investigating the fullerton police department and the kelly thomas case. being, we'll continue to watch every moment in this case very closely. >>> now look at these pictures. one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. there may be only four months left to save it. so that's why film star bo derek is going to join me with more on this effo

yesterday, thomas' beating and death could have been prevented if one of the officers in the previous attack had been held accountable. >> and had the police department and the d.a. taken note and brought mrund and questioned him about the falsifying reports and bringing false charges against the man, he would not have been there that night beating kelly thomas. >> in the meantime, fullerton police are launching their own investigation in the case. they issued this statement saying "based on the information brought to our attention over the last week, acting chief hamilton is very concerned and ordered an internal affairs investigation into the matter to determine what happened that evening in october 2010 and the court case this year. there is a strong possibility they say that we arrested the wrong person that night." in the federal lawsuit to be filed later this week, conspiracy o to violate the civil rights of a citizen and police brutality. the attorney for vet mam and kelly thomas' family is prepared to file charges at a later time. meanwhile the fbi is looking into whether the officers violated kelly thomas' civil rights. >>> the pope is heading to spain and we will go live to madr

mr. mann, he would not have been there that night beating kelly thomas to death. >>> we haven't named the. we don't have that name verified. i just want to say that. also regarding the other case, we did reach out to the fullerton police department, e-mailed and called to get their response which we haven't gotten from them today. what are you hearing, back to the kelly thomas case, what are you hearing about possible charges of the officers allegedly involved? >> well, let's start with the initial report from the police department. what they said right after this hit the news was that this was a very violent man who resisted arrest and fought back and that two of their finest, two of the officers performing their duties that night, suffered broken bones and were hospitalized. whatever happened to that? all of a sudden those officers aren't coming forward, all of a sudden they're not talking about broken bones and it sounds like those bones were never broken. they were creating a story. they were creating a story before they could see the video. those officers' bones were not broken and k

mr. wallen. our next witness is thomas minnery, senior vice president of focus and the family, and mr. minnery, remind me that years and years and years and years ago and years ago we were both younger, he actually covered me for one of the newspapers in vermont. go ahead, mr. minnery. >> [inaudible] >> is your microphone on? is your microphone -- there's a little red light. >> it is now, thank you. and, mr. wallen, my heart goes out to you. my organization is very large. we do a lot of counseling to families to help them thrive in a difficult and complex society. we have resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect god's design and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles. we have 13 international offices, radio programs are broadcast in 26 languages to more than 230 million people around the world each day, and, mr. wallen, we have resources that i believe can help you even in your situation. and if you would permit us, we'd love to try and be helpful to you. mr. chairman and members of the committee, i believ

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mr. dixon and the it would not discuss the motive in this case. >> this is outside of they extended say a hotel and repossessed but 38 peter james thomas was foundd inside the hotel room he had barricaded himself in. how he died it was not the cause of the police when the negotiations ended wednesday night when the swat team finally made their move >> the swat team made a move into the room after viewing a camera that was placed in the room after that they cut all whole dialogue and located the victim and knew he was deceased the girlfriend is in our care >> he was wanted for a supermarket stabbing on sunday in san raphael he had spent time in a state institution and has long criminal background he was convicted robbery and 1993 in 99 on both that and he was also wanted in marin for drug violations >> a look out at walnut creek.. okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so

[ thomas ] my sophomore year, i was pretty confused, didn't really know what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mry, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major calling in my life. ♪ i didn't always know that i would like math, but now i think it'll change my life. >>> still to come this hour, what we've all been waiting for, sarah palin jumps into the republican presidential campaign. >>> and mike huckabee has started a new business, which lands him in tonight's rewrite because technically his new business makes him a 9/11 profit fear. [ male announcer ] imagine all of your missed opportunities in one place. the winning horse you could have picked. ♪ that "old flame" you should have called. ♪ that leap of faith you never took. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus is. but only until september 6th. see your lexus dealer. >>> inhe spotlight tonight, sarah pa

that this is going to work. [ thomas ] my sophomore year, i was pretty confused, didn't really know what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mry, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major calling in my life. ♪ i didn't always know that i would like math, but now i think it'll change my life. >>> there's a good reason why some inmates try to avoid trouble while serving time at the suffolk county jail in boston. for each month they don't receive a disciplinary write-up, they can earn good time or days off their sentences. with the good time that he's eligible to learn, 65-year-old anthony peppe's release was less than two months away. >> there's nothing better than getting out of jail. it's like such an awesome feeling. you know, i can't describe it because you'd have to be in prison to know what it is to be free again. wow, a ton of bricks is off my shoulder, you know? >> but peppe has just been told that he will not be earning 15 days of good time. he's been sanctioned for fi

air force rookie thomas, not retired. on my far right, mr. john pretty. gentlemen, welcome to you all. glad to have you here. i want to welcome back the person that originally suggested this and did most of the work, melanie hampton. where are you? she is out working somewhere. the senior communications manager for unmanned associated vehicles. there she is. here she is. [applause] i am sure that everyone in the room knows our newsmakers year. they are attending the 2011 auvsi show. products and organizations that will be used will be on display there, in some cases. not just military applications. one example is the northrop grumman uvs, being used in afghanistan and the aftermath of the nuclear reactor situation in japan. our topic today, as you know, is "beyond the drone's." melanie called this drones 101. that would be an advanced course for me. if you have a question afterwards, let us know your name and affiliation and who you are addressing a question to. if you give me a signal, i will try to call on you in turn in as many as time permits. if you

to do with the debt ceiling [ thomas ] my sophomore year, i was pretty confused, didn't really know what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mrmccooey, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major calling in my life. ♪ i didn't always know that i would like math, but now i think it'll change my life. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. ti cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to ke

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first is the star thomas sampson, he is managing director of barclays capital. mr. hamilton heads securitized products and trading at barclays including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities as was other asset-backed securities. he joined barclays capital in 2004 after 15 years at citigroup were using managing director. mr. hamilton is currently chairman of the securitized products division and has held that position for seven years. paul van valkenburg is a principal at mortgage industry advisory corporation, miac, and rising investment advisors which he helped to form. prior to forming miac he worked in market research with major wall street firms including goldman sachs and company and others. he has worked extensively value and loan portfolios for the lending institutions, actively restructuring the asset liability composition, developing pricing models, and stripped mortgage-backed securities, and analyze the prepayment risk in mortgage-backed structured products. selections of his research have been published in handbook of mortgage-backed secu

mr. attorney-general, i want to thank you for that important work. at this time, i am proud to introduce thomas, the senior vice president of government solutions with at&t. [applause] >> let me say how honored and humbled in to stand before you representing the two hundred 58,000 employees of at&t as co- chair of this luncheon. today's luncheon and the events leading up to the unveiling of dr. king's memorial paid fitting tribute to an iconic american who inspired so many to stand for social justice and equality. i know that many of the blessings that are in my life today as well as many of us in the audience and others -- we stand on the shoulders of dr. king and others. at the company at&t, we a taken much from the principles of justice and equality that dr. king and the civil rights movement so passionately advocated. we recognize that diversity and talented employees are key to a company's success. we said social and economic inclusion as top priorities. african-americans have made significant contributions to at&t dating back to 1876. lewis lattimore assisted alexander graham bell in secu

mr. attorney-general, i want to thank you for that important work. at this time, i am proud to introduce thomassenior vice president of government solutions with at&t. [applause] >> let me say how honored and humbled in to stand before you representing the two hundred 58,000 employees of at&t as co- chair of this luncheon. today's luncheon and the events leading up to the unveiling of dr. king's memorial paid fitting tribute to an iconic american who inspired so many to stand for social justice and equality. i know that many of the blessings that are in my life today as well as many of us in the audience and others -- we stand on the shoulders of dr. king and others. at the company at&t, we a taken much from the principles of justice and equality that dr. king and the civil rights movement so passionately advocated. we recognize that diversity and talented employees are key to a company's success. we said social and economic inclusion as top priorities. african-americans have made significant contributions to at&t dating back to 1876. lewis lattimore assisted alexander graham bell been securing

for charlie dean who is my immediate left, air force ricky thomas obviously is not retired, global hawk functional manager and on the far right, mr. john priddy. gentlemen, welcome. we are glad to have you here and i also want to welcome back the person who originally suggested this newsmaker and did most of the work in arranging it, melanie. where are you? she is out working somewhere. a senior communications manager of the association for the unmanned vehicle systems across the river in arlington. there you are. thank you. there she is. [applause] i'm sure everybody knows in the room the news makers are here and some live in the area but others dhaka and are attending the 2011 show at the d.c. convention center august 16th and 19th and products of the organizations are used on display and in some cases not just for military purposes but also for civil and first response applications. one example of this is more of rahman uvs which is used not only in afghanistan but also to assist the aftermath of the nuclear reactor situation in japan. the newsmaker topic today and again as you know is beyond drones, what you didn't know about

your cnn political ticker. [ thomas ] my sophomore year, i was pretty confused, didn't really know what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mrmccooey, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major calling in my life. ♪ i didn't always know that i would like math, but now i think it'll change my life. >>> okay, real quickly before i get to wolf blitzer. thank you to all of you who tweet me during the show. a lot of you tweeting about ininterview i just did with the edfer in chief with marvel comics. go to my blog, we'll pop that interview up. a lot of you still tweeting me about willie nelson yesterday. >>> wolf blitzer with our cnn equals politics update here. wolf, let's begin with a big day for the president tomorrow. the big a-0. . >> he is going to be 50 years old. you really can see he's aged over the past 2 1/2, 3 years as president of the united states. have you seen, brooke, the pictures of him three years ago and the pictures of him now. >> a lot more gray. >> he's unde