mueller's idea. to his credit, though he and his family had planned to be able to leave the directorship of the f.b.i., the president prevailed on director mueller for the good of the country, and the muellers -- director and mrs. mueller are altering their plans to answer the call of the country. incidentally, i don't think any disclosed anything by saying that in my discussions with the president when he was talking about extending this, and i asked him how does director mueller feel about this? he said, i haven't talked with him yet. he is a good, loyal american, a good marine. he'll answer the call. that's precisely what he did. when we passed our legislation, i did insist that we include an unanimous consent agreement to expeexpedite consideration of ts lesmghtlegislation. so now we do have it up. the majority leader followed that. we called it up. and we'll vote. some ask why i insisted ogee such an unanimous consent agreement. did i did to prevent a recurrence of the delays and obstructions th

director mueller. and that is that we live not only in dangerous times, but we also live in times where resources are being strained. questions are being raised about the resources necessary for law enforcement and certainly a leader who understands the broad needs of the american public and the collaborative needs, collaborating with other law ep forcement, because of past experiences, is very important. mr. mueller in his 110 years has had collaborative efforts with all of the law enforcement, federal law enforcement agencies and has opened up a dialogue between local and state law enforcement agencies, just as -- just ask new york to tell you how important that is. ask texas. a number of our other large states with assets that are in the eye of the storm of potential terrorist acts. so i join with my colleagues and acknowledge the leadership of the president for asking the f.b.i. director to stay for two extra years and that this does not undermine the 10-year term that is by law. and i ask colleagu

the boys are currently in the custody of their mother, sheen's ex-wife brooke mueller, though mueller has admitted to having drug problems of her own. olson stayed with sheen through the beginning of his tour, but then, she says, the pressures of e road and the meddling of natty led her to leave. these days, she's on the cover of "playboy." but though she's single now, you will not catch her saying anything negative about charlie sheen. you are pretty fiercely protective of him. >> i always will be. i see little charlie in him, you know? i see, like, little boy charlie that i just want to protect from, like, the world that goes after him. >> reporter: she denies that her relentless positivity wie tity doesn't have anything to do with her desire to cross over to main stream acting. >> i think that i'm a damn good actress and i think that i could be in blockbuster hits. i think i could be a main character on a series role. >> reporter: she's going to give it a year, she says, and if it fails, she plans to get married, to just one man, and have children. for "nightline," this is dan harr

director robert mueller is term to be extended for two years to robert mueller also somebody popular with congress to which everyone said yes let's do it but let's make sure that this is a one time one time scenario and so we'll have to vote on it and now senator rand paul has actually blocked and said that he has a couple questions for robert mueller first what do you think about when i'm delighted rid of portion at least the commentary on it already is letter was available with. armed it why did that someone is finally as one historian said about the populist party in the late eighteenth hundreds however to say ignorant and even. restoring some democracy to boost republic because that's a seriously what he's trying to do and i'm not insinuating that he's any of those education i was going to address but the tea party i would quickly put it meant category in many instances but nonetheless they are going after what is the heart of this democracy and that's our freedom our civil liberties and so forth which have been much abused since nine eleven particularly by the bush administratio

i did not want the extension of director mueller's service leading the f.b.i. to follow the same objections and obstructed senate action on other important presidential nominations and appointments. but unfortunately as i warned at our markup, that's precisely that's what happened in this case. i have spoken about the unnecessary and unexcusable delay of nominees, even those supported by the republican senators of their states that have faced long delays before senate republicans would allow a vote. we see so many of president obama's executive nominations subjected to the same unfair treatment. just recently we finally broke through a month of obstruction of the deputy attorney general and assistant attorney general for national security, key national security-related nominations. i warned on june 29 that we have no guarantee that the president f nomination of the f.b.i. director will be treated any differently. i wish i had been wrong. but, unfortunately, the same kind of delays and obstruction for the sake of delays and obstruction has occurred, and while th

director robert mueller by two years.umber of republicans originally voiced concerns, but by this morning, kentucky senator rand paul was the lone hold-out. after meeting with mueller, paul was satisfied. the president must formally send up the nomination. fear of pirates is having a big impact on the world economy. we will explain. but first, early look at president obama's re-election effort. @@ this just in. friday, the pentagon will appeal the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has kept gays from openly serving in the military. according to the law, a 60-day waiting period goes in effect for the policy is officially implemented. other words, in two months. >>> the federal election committee says john edwards should repay $2.3 million to the federal government after audit found he received matching funds after dropping out of race. edwards' attorney says she doesn't owe anything. in june, he was indicted on eight separate felony charges for alleged violation of campaign finance laws related to the coveru

director robert mueller by two years.r of republicans originally voiced concerns, but by this morning, kentucky senator rand paul was the lone hold-out. after meeting with mueller, paul was satisfied. the president must formally send up the nomination. fear of pirates is having a big impact on the world economy. we will explain. but first, early look at president obama's re-election effort. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... f greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. this just in. friday, the pentagon will appeal the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has kept gays from openly serving in the

around 1:15 this morning, firefighters responded to mueller and star streets. it took nearly 30 minutes and 18 firefighters to get those flames under control. it looks like it was an abandoned home where homeless may have been living. that fire caused about $100,000 in damage. >>> a friend of one of the seven fishermen missing off baja, california is not giving up. she tells the santa rosa press- democrat she plans to raise money for a private dive team. she wants to find one of the fishermen from petaluma missing since the boat he was on sank in a storm on july 3. the u.s. coast guard and the mexican navy suspended the official search last week after covering 7,000 square miles. >>> well, quite the show along the northern california coastline. blue whales in record numbers have been spotted cavorting in the waters and as elizabeth wenger reports this could be a sight of a lifetime. >> reporter: it is. they were actually spotted in large amounts near the farralons directly behind me, weather obviously making it a little difficult to see this afternoon. but scie

and eat in a classroom in front of a snow white mueller, an -- mural, an image that's heart to forget but this is me fairy tale war. have you ever fired a weapon fired a gun before. >> no. >> do you know anything about it. >> no. >> are you afraid of going to war. >> yes. >> you are. >> yes. >> so why are you going? >> for my people and my country. >> reporter: there's plenty of bravely here and another thing. sacrifice. have died. and there's another thing. a growing relevantization that if anybody -- realization that anybody who thought qaddafi would go quickly in wide popular protest, nobody thinks that anymore. mark phillips, jadu libya. >> mitchell: japan turns down the air conditioner and takes up the fan. that story is next. in three languages.t graduated top of your gas. i just transferred a prescription to cvs because they have care 1on1. it's where the pharmacist stops and talks to me about safety and saving money with generic prescriptions. laura, let's talk about possible side effects. it's all about me. love that. get care 1on1 and talk savings, safety, and side effects w

edgar hoover and director mueller was confirmed by the senate i believe just yesterday and this intrenchments of the bureau's abuses in the face of documented abuses we know that there have been violations of civil liberties and civil rights we know that those abuses have expanded. in recent years and yet still when confronted with an opportunity to force accountability on the executive branch and the congress throws up its hands and in this case it throughout this is very quietly while whole you know there's this huge partisan fight on the debt ceiling it does seem it does seem to be the case that congress can very very easily transcend partisan divisions at every opportunity to sell out the rights of the american people to the nation's intelligence services as a very very provocative point that you make and i want to get to that but i want to back up to something you said earlier when you said that these laws went beyond what congress intended and one of the things that is been brought to light about this amendment defies the act that some people believe which some senators have now raised

we talked about charlie sheen's ex brooke mueller.he's had a lot of struggles with drugs and alcohol. she went to rehab then had a relapse. she was going to mexico to get this special drug ibogaine. apparently she couldn't get on the plane, though, when she went to go to the mexican rehab because she couldn't find her passport. so that is to bebeontinued. they're trying to get her an emergency passport so she can get to that rehab. >> lots of rumors there about katy perry and russell brand breaking up. apparently katy went on to twitter and said, do not believe it, we're just fine, and the marriage apparently is solid. she went out there and wrote what you see there on your screen. privacy is our luxury, we don't need to flaunt our relationship. basically is what she said. >>> here are somome stories to watch today on abc news. the military psychiatrist charged in the 2009 ft. hood shootings is due in court this afternoon for arraignment. nidal malik hasan is accused of killing 13 people. >>> american airlines is expected to announce

right now they are currently in the custody of their mother, brooke mueller.ants to be able to take care of her kids. brooke's mom has really stepped in to help take care of these twins. >> someone needs to. >> bree olson, one of the goddesses, said sheen was really a great father. >> who really knows what's going on with all of that. good luck, charlie. >> speaking of children. >> yep. >> a little update on the palin clan. i think we talked about this earlier yesterday. the photo actually came out showing britta hanssen, who is the wife of sarah palin's eldest son whose name is track. gawker first published this photo showing her very, very pregnant. are they say less than two months after the wedding she is several months pregnant. meaning more than two months. do a little math there, carry the one. >> some people are saying she's like -- >> shotgun. >> seven, eight months along, could be a shotgun wedding. >> this would be her second grandchild -- >> that was -- came along perhaps before the vows. >> just pointing out there. >> arnold schwarzenegger is refu

. >> bob mueller, a so-called confirmation hearing later this he can woo.e finance ow of the hands of these guys. >> and we'll give bob the last word. and some banning certain websites, is that the banning of certain books? make sure to e-mail us at the five@foxnews.com. we'll be right back. ♪   < ♪ >> and you could dance while sitting down, pretty impressive. >> incredible. >> and show you how to mambo. >> welcome back to "the five", what are we going to do with you? a recent usa today article compares filtering websites at schools to baook banning. they're noting some are having a special ban, and this is as serious as tether ball without a pole. like banning books, wherever there's a web and teenagers, there's going to be porn. it's about removing distractions, a lot more distractions a lot more fun than actual school. when i was younger, i got nailed for sneaking in playboy, and i blamed it on bobby wagner, ended up in juvenile hall. sorry, bobby, that's the way it works and it's a vehicle for mayhem and stupid to use free spee

the special legislation allows for mueller to stay on the job until 2013. term expires august 2nd. something else expires august 2nd. >>> president obama will now formally nominate mueller and his confirmation will be fasttracked in the senate. >>> the school year might be saved in memphis after all. last week we told you about the memphis school board voting to delay the start of the year until the district gets about $55 million part of what the city owes them. last night the board voted to start the year as scheduled on august 8th as long as four conditions are met including payment of a $12 million for the month of august. >>> this is a rude awakening for a 70-year-old grandmother in new hampshire who confronted a naked intruder in her home. police say the man climbed through the kitchen window in the middle of the night took off his clothes for some reason, maybe because it's hot, and came face to face with her. she told him to leave. she refused. she took matters into her own hands. >> i said oh, no you didn't. and that's when i grabbed the bat. it st

his ex-wife, brooke mueller, she accused him of attacking her on christmas day.her. if she make any jokes about her she will sue. i think everyone in charlie sheen's orbit is uncomfortable making jokes about undisturbing, dark situations surrounding him. >> about addiction and all of that, these things are usually pretty raunchy, and i have to say, they're fun, they're not for kids. it's not even nc-17, it's rated x in my opinion. how are they going to get around that? i guess comedians can write around anything. there are issues that he needs to pay attention to and that aren't necessarily funny. >> i imagine that they're just going to go for it, and they're going to let this hang out. charlie's kind of been letting hang out already, doing his violent torpedo of truth tour. people haven't liked that much, it's been hit or miss. whether having other comedians on the stage is going to pull it together. they're doing this on the same night that the new "two and a half men" with ashton kutcher premieres. this is charlie's last chance to say screw you, cbs i'm going

by a 100-0 vote the senate approved a two-year extension for the term of the fbi director robert muellervin santana no-hit the cleveland indians. in the end santana threw only 105 pitches, 76 strikes. congratulations. >>> tonight we're hearing lots about compromise, potential compromise, but it isn't coming from lawmakers who are tea party favorites. we'll ask freshmen members of the house and senate, will that be changing? [ barks ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ whistles ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage or visit travelers.com. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ energy is be

she was aware of the reports of sheen's violence, allegedly holding up a knife to his ex-wiferooke muellerwith another porn star in it but figured it was all tabloid misrepresentation. but were you not concerned there might be a kernel of truth to it and maybe you were putting yourself in a dicey situation. >> i believe that from most rumors there'some truth, but i wasn't -- i did not get that vibe from him whatsoever. >> reporter: have you ever seen him benave a violent way. >> no, i've never seen charlie behave violently in any situation. >> reporter: you never felt personally scared or threatened? >> no. >> reporter: olson swears up and down she has never seen sheen do dawgs even when she moved into his home in february. what did surprise her, she says, was natty. so you moved in and you find out there's another woman living there too? >> on the rigde over there his assistant says did you -- did charlie tell you about natty and i said who and he was like, oh, then i get to the house and there she is standing in the kitchen and she didn't look too happy to see me with my bags. >> reporte

. >> the senate voted unanimously today to keep robert mueller in the cia for two years. who accuses the former head of the international monetary fund of sexually assaulting her in his pricey new york hotel room, i'm sure you've seen she's been on a bit of a media blitz. a lot of information has come out that raises serious concerns about her own credibility. and today, we do know she met with prosecutors there in manhattan who are trying to decide whether they should pursue or drop the charges against dominique strauss-kahn. why did this maid -- why did she meet with prosecutors today? >> well, my understand is that this investigation is winding itself down, but it is still ongoing. and given the media blitz, the prosecution wanted to speak to her about her version of events as to what happened at the hotel on that day. my understanding is that they're also going to go over that call, that discussion she had with an inmate in prison, that discussion was in her foreign dialect. and so they are -- they do have a translation and they're trying to determine whether or not s

low formality information it was triged in part of peter king of new york to fbi director robert mueller. king cites published reports that journalists working for the paper had solicited a new york police officer to gain access to the phone records, adding it is revolting to imagine that members of the media would seek to compromise the integrity of a public official in pursuit of yellow journalism. >> disgraceful. that's during a time when the country was in absolutely trauma and when family members didn't know if their relatives were missing or dead or where they were. >> reporter: the allegations are trouble to john who lost his brother james in the world trade center attack. >> you might want to think about this individual just walking into your house and going through your private belongings your private paper work. >> reporter: and the allegations from the daily mirror came from an anonymous source and cited no evidence that phones of 9/11 victims had actually been hacked. chris? >> whit johnson for us in d.c, thanks. >>> see what happens like we mention every morning, new develop

. >> thank you, commissioner mueller. see my time has expired. i yield back. >> i thank you the gentleman for his questions. i think we're completed with round. the chairman, chair lady and i have talked. we're going to ask a few more questions and then wrap up. i don't think ever in my experience has there ever been such a distinguished group of people that could make an impact on deregulation in america as you folks today. so we are here with a certain humility and asking you, what is the best way for us to move forward. is pointed out with the small business administration report, had every u.s. household paid an equal share of the federal regulatory burden, each household would pay $15,, 586. that was in 2008. when you compare that with what we spent for health care costs in 2008, the federal regulatory burden exceeded by 50% the private spending on health care which equaled 10,500. so it's within your power to deregulate and to get rid of burdensome regulations which would spur the economy. so we're not talking about something insignificant.

we do that is by capping or cutting spending in economy washington d.c., making federal government mueller, not larger, getting the amount of spendingt as a percentage of our entire economy back into a more job historical norm.object taxes and regulations galo ands that's why i fundamentallyse object to what the president anu many of his allies here in, youc congress want to do with regard to the debt crisis and that is y increase revenues. you cannot create jobs in this country. you cannot grow the economy byny increasing taxes. i can't think of a single tax that you could put on our economy that actually would help create jobs. ic would have the opposite effect,l mr. president and make it more difficult for small businesses to create jobs for morethis difficult for the economic downturn. i hope our big vote here in the? senate and get this country bace on a more sound fiscal footinger and on a path where we canesid onate jobs and get the economy growing. budget a mr. president, i yield thece on floor. august 2. >> mr. president, we're going to move to a debate on the budget deficit. the

will begin with general speeches and later they may consider the nomination of fbi director robert mueller to another two years. he was originally confirmed unanimously back in 2001. his term is about to expire. the senate may also consider a deficit reduction plan offered by democratic leader harry reid raising the debt ceiling through the elections in 2012 and it reportedly cuts the deficit by nearly $3 trillion over 10 years. it doesn't include tax or revenue increases. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate. -is there-is there eternal spirit, your goodness endures continually. save us by your name and vindicate us by your strength. bend your ears to the words of our prayer, and do not hide from our supplication. as our lawmakers face difficulties that test their power to the limit, shield them from cynicism and faintheartedness. may they not become weary in doing your will, knowing that they will reap your bountiful harvest if they faint not. lord, as our nation faces the potentially catastrophic, inspire our lawmakers to seek your counsel, which will stand forever. illumine their

at the fbi, i was privileged to serve as counsel to director mueller and to a world-class intelligence organization focused on preventing and disrupting potential terrorist plots. as a career official in the department of justice to closely have this committee and in the congress of stand the new national security division of justice and manage the implementation of the landmark changes to the intelligence surveillance act the congress passed in 2008. i also supervised at the guantanamo task force bringing together the national security professionals from across the government to compile a and analyze intelligence information on detainee's. finally, i served for about ten years in the district of columbia as a federal prosecutor. in that role i learned the value of working as a team with investigators and operators and i learned the fundamentals importance of finding and following the fact wherever they lead. if i'm honored to be confirmed to this position, i can assure you i am committed to forging a strong and cooperative relationship with congress. i believe that based on the years

first, if robert mueller iii is confirmed to be director of the federal bureau of investigations, that the nomination be placed on the calendar, that at a time to be determined by the republican leader in consult -- by the democratic leader in consultation with the republican leader, that there be two hours of debate divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of the time, with no intervening action or debate, with no intervening action, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and that no further actions in order to the nomination, any statements relating to the nomination be placed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then immediately resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, it is so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, i want to extend my appreciation to senators leahy and grassley for working together to get this matter done. he's done a wonderful job for ten years and the country feels they need him for two more years and he's agreed to take that and

department spending for the next budget year and also a measure to extend the term of fbi director robert muelleroverage on c-span and live senate coverage right here on c-span2. jacob j. chestnut and detective john m. gibson. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., july 25, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable christopher a. coons, a senator from the state of delaware, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. at 4:30, the senate will conduct a moment of silence in the memory

at the fbi, i was privileged to serve as counsel to director mueller and to a world-class intelligence organization focused on preventing and disrupting potential terrorist plots. as a career official in the department of justice to closely have this committee and in the congress of stand the new national security division of justice and manage the implementation of the landmark changes to the intelligence surveillance act the congress passed in 2008. i also supervised at the guantanamo task force bringing together the national security professionals from across the government to compile a and analyze intelligence information on detainee's. finally, i served for about ten years in the district of columbia as a federal prosecutor. in that role i learned the value of working as a team with investigators and operators and i learned the fundamentals importance of finding and following the fact wherever they lead. if i'm honored to be confirmed to this position, i can assure you i am committed to forging a strong and cooperative relationship with congress. i believe that based on the years