murdoch has resigned. we don't have a census director. while we do have coming down the railroad tracks -- what we do have coming down the railroad tracks is the requirement to do the census. next april 1 -- i call it a little bit like d-day. normandy we sent all our troops to shore and scrambled off those landing vessels, stormed the beaches. that took place after literally months of planning, months of preparation. and finally the day of excuse came. -- and finally the day of execution came. in a way, the census is like preparing for the senator man did i invasion. it is the efforts under way now -- they have been under way for months and will continue until april 1 and beyond that day as we try to count everybody. yet at this critical time, as we approach the need to do this -- conduct our census, to do it in an accurate, cost-effective way -- we don't have a leader there. we have some good people, but they lack a director. fortunately for us -- well, let me just back up. last month i held a hearing on our homeland security/government

i think rupert murdoch should know. host: thank you for calling. this is a picture of william jefferson. they are entering district court on tuesday. the federal bribery trial opens. they say he used his office to carry out bribery schemes. one of the most powerful officials, a member of the u.s. house was using his public office for private gain. the assistant u.s. attorney told jurors that mr. jefferson is facing 16 criminal cases of racketeering, bribery, and obstruction of justice for receiving bribes. he has pleaded not guilty. you can see the write up in "the wall street journal." caller: i always like your disposition. the callers are not paying attention. it will be private health care paid for with public money. i happen to be a marine corps veteran. we have socialized medicine in the marine corps. it seems to work well. it's still private health care. i'm calling about iran. you can watch democrac ynow.org. you may want to look in your own american history. there was a guy who thought health care was important. the corpse wanted to take i

rupert murdoch will figure it out. someone will figure it out, and we will survive. >> let me just add that there is now a huge demand on the part of american people to have content. there is no lack of that. they want to read stuff. they want to read news. there are a lot of poor websites that you would not go to to get information. there is strong demand that will not end. the question is whether it will be paid for somehow. the magazine publishers, also edited publications and written for them, i am interested in staying in business. the physicality of the product, i don't know that date will remain the same. as a publisher, i have to buy a paper from every magazine i publish. i don't have to do that on line. i do think we are in a revolution of sorts. i was out at stanford last week talking to the librarian, and all of the old books from centuries ago, and the newer ones they are putting right into an electronic format right now. i ask myself, am i really going to see and newspaper thrown in my yard? will i see tha

also myspace -- myspace is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns

i am the chief counsel of the legal studies division, coming to you live from our murdoch center of enterprise. the foundation has been around for 32 years. we communicate in a number of different venues and put on programs such as these. we filed when the for greece in the supreme court this term and won seven of them. we also filed a petition to support common some of which were granted and some are still waiting. our moderator is dick thornburgh, the legal advisor chairman for the foundation. >> good morning to you all. welcome once again to our annual gas and dust on month -- gab fest on the supreme court review of focusing ring to be focusing on cases that affect this, but there are other cases will be focusing on. we will also focus on judge sotomayor. i am reminded the the mythical bartender philosopher who once observed of the supreme court follows the election returns. we know that is not literally true, but we did have an election last year, and that will certainly affect the court. most notably, president obama is the appointing of 34 vacancies over the next four years, and we can i

we're going to see rupert murdoch do it in some of the regional papers do it. some of them might have some substance to squeeze in the hole and create a new dynamic. with every day you delay this and reporters are bought out or lay off, another newspaper and thinks they can do without a copy desk or a city editor, every newspaper is closer to the abyss. finally, the big boys are getting a parade would have been nice if they got it -- finally, the big boys are getting it. it would have been nice if the big boys got it five years ago. the scary part, i think, is this. this "the times" and "post" wait long enough, you're going to see "the washington post -- st. louis edition" and they're going to hire 10-12 people to create an advanced usa today version of a local, is on paper -- local, zoned paper. it will give you a page of local metro coverage. because they're offering you their international and national coverage and you cannot get that on line anymore for free, because they're going to back up on that, you are going to see this sort of modern version of the t

also myspace -- myspace is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns fox news -- i'm sorry, but i cannot put much credibility in anything i see on myspace, the same for twitter. there is no credibility in twitter. 97% of the input from twitter is coming in the former re-tweets. guest: on israel -- we were hoping to ask that question yesterday and did not get a chance to in a news conference. again, back to this theme of hypocrisy. the administration, the current administration is trying to avoid hypocrisy. we have heard the president talk about the a de-nuclearized iran. the iranian government denies it, but the larger world and believes it is a nuclear program. we were going to ask, wouldn't that give the president more leverage in pursuing some of these other programs that we have to get an answer to that at some time. it is a good question. it is one i am interested in also. as far as twitter as a reliable source of information i think you raise a goodpoint. i would take issue with one nico said about the foreign media been under blackout. we have a great course, they're writing to us

and we will do that and figure out and maybe rupert murdoch with figuring out or arthur sulzberger or maybe don graham, but somebody will figure it out and we will survive. so you can all read easily. [laughter] .. as a magazine publisher who has edited publications and written for them i am interested in staying in business but the physicality of the product and have to say i don't know it is going to remain the same. i don't know we'll be using paper or by paper. as a publisher i have to buy paper for every magazine and published and i don't have to do that if it is an online version 4i charge money and people are willing to pay for it. i do think we are in a revolution that is a much larger thing then just the news industry newspaper magazine industry. i was out at stanford last week talking to the head librarian and their digitalizing everything under the sun. everything. at all the old books from centuries ago and of the kneuer was there are putting right into electronic format now so as i see this happening in this kind of context i ask myself and my really going to see a newspa

involved in this situation -- alan greenspan, andrea mitchell, dianne feinstein, and even rupert murdoch. these people are taking their cue from a pack. host: on the democratic line, philadelphia, pennsylvania. caller: i echo what the first caller said. i think this is the pot calling the kettle black. let's face it -- who is a problem here? it is the congress. they have a lot of nerve. they set up this sham. we know it, with the deregulation. i am not going to blame it on mr. burton, but let's face it, the problem belongs to congress. they create the monster, then they call mr. bernanke on the hot seat and all he is doing -- he is running the show here. the financial show. but he is not responsible for what the bankers on wall street did, taking their cues from the deregulation of the congress. host: do you think there needs to be more regulation? is that what you think congress needs to do? caller: definitely caputo -- heavily. know that the bankers are still fighting it. we all know it, but they do not want it because it is a good scam going. i think mr. bernanke is doing a heck of a

and after they do you will see murdoch and then you'll see some other regional papers duet and some of them might have enough substance to squeeze through the hole and create a new dynamic and that's the only hope there is. with every day that you delay another 30 reporters are bought out somewhere or laid-off. another previously proper newspaper decides they could without a copy desk or a train the city editor. every day of delay brings us closer to the abyss. but i think finally the big boys get it. it would have been nice if they had got a five years ago or even longer, but we are where we are. and that is the only hope i have left. now, the scary part i think is this: if the times and the post with long enough eventually you're going to see national newspapers like in britain and you're going to see washington post st. louis addition, washington post baltimore addition, new york times then addition and they're going to hire tenet of people to create a sort of advanced usa today version of a local zoning paper or usa today gives a couple paragraphs of what your local news is. and th