the r2p program is a cooperative agreement between the national institute of justice, the bureau of justice assistance, the office of criminal justice programs of the school of public affairs of american university and the national center for state courts. the purpose of the project is really to deliver the best research that's out there, including new and emerging research that will be relevant to the problems that the field is facing. so, we came up with the project of trying to develop ways to more timely and in a more interactive way share what has been learned, so that people can, as the name implies, move from the theory of the research to putting it into practical application. the r2p project tries to help people by condensing, through our efforts ahead of time, to distill really what is the best evidence that's available that's relevant to the work of people who work in drug courts. so, we are then able to, by using experts and by preparing background information, to give people the very latest guidance on how they should do their work in order to promote effectiveness in what they

the department of justice and the national institutes of health singled it out as a, quote, emerging domestic threat. i'm talking about a fad growing in popularity. synthetic drugs often in powder form available either in stores or online. they is a million different street names. the general term is bath salts. they're knew to the eel liss it drug scene. health care and law enforce. officials agree the addictions are real and the damage dwrusers permanent. >>> what you're about to see and hear gruesome. i caution you against changing the channel. last night right here on cnn, i spoke to a bath salts user named freddy sharp who od'd on bath salt and i asked him what he went through. >> i want you to tell people what was going on in your body, in your mind, in your head as we look at this video. what was happening to you? >> feeling of darkness. it just felt like impending doom was coming down on me and that i was possessed and i couldn't try to stop whatever was in me from continuing further. it felt like i was actually about to bust loose and hurt somebody. that's why hifs wrapped u

the justice department, the department of justice and national institutes of health call it an emerging domestic threat. synthetic drugs available in stores are online is what i'm talking about. they have a million different street names but the term is bath salts. research is limited so far, but health care and law enforcement agree that the addictions are real and the damage to users permanent. what are you about to hear and see is gruesome, but i caution you not to change the channel. i spoke to a bath salts user, freddie sharp, who od'ed on them and i asked him about it. >> i want you to tell people what was going on in your body, in your mind, in your head, what was going on to you? >> fear, darkness, just impending doom was coming down on me and like that i was possessed and kept trying to stop whatever was in me from continuing further. i felt like i was going to bust loose and actually hurt somebody. that was why i was wrapped up the position i was wrapped up in. i felt like something was going to happen and i was going to bust loose and it was going to be a really bad situation

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> i pledge allegiance to the flight 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. secretary: can you please turn off your electric devices so it will not interfere? president, i will call roll call now. vice president marshall, commissioner dejesus, commissioner kingsley, commissioner turman, excused, commissioner lufty. mr. president, you have a quorum. president mazzucco: thank you, inspector monroe. welcome to the police commission meeting of june 6, 2012. there are some items to address. we have line item number two, the election of officers, and we are going to take them off because we are missing commissioner turman. he is on the bike ride. i have spoken to other commissioners about this, and we traditionally do this when we have all of the commissioners available, so we will remove this item. also, 2 line item number one, we want to congratulate commissioner dejesus, who was elected to the democratic committee yesterday. [applause] so i wanted to do that. those are the two announcements i wanted to make, and, actually, there is another item, and i w

of god said -- >> amen. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] thursday, the justice department addressed florida's declaration that an estimated 2700 voters were ineligible due to their citizenship status. in a letter to florida's secretary of state, the department stated that florida's actions appeared to violate the 1965 voting rights act and the 1993 national voter registration act. earlier today, a spokesman for the secretary of state said they have a year-round obligation to insure the integrity of florida's elections and said they would respond to the justice department's concerns later this week. >> despite our nation's long tradition of extending voting rights to non-ready owners and two women, to people of color, to native americans, and to younger americans, today, a growing number of our fellow citizens are worried about the same disparities, divisions, and problems that nearly five decades ago some thought to address. in my travels across the country, i've heard a consistent from bit of concern for citizens who for the first time in their lives now have r

of values that we want. please join me in thanking this incredible panel. at [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> supreme court justice ginsburg is speaking at the national convention of the american constitution society. we will have that live at 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> kenya, indonesia, hawaii, kansas, chicago, and washington. follow david maraniss on his journey walking in the president's footsteps. "barack obama; the story." live at 7:30, he takes your questions. jonah goldberg blames liberals for an ongoing war of ideals. >> american politics has been distorted by the idea the further away you get from the left to closer you get too bad things. in some ways the best working definition of a fascist is simply a conservative who is winning an argument. >> that is sunday at 9:00 on book tv. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell talks about campaign finance laws and free-speech. he talked about what he said are harassment tactics to silence political opposition. following remarks he answers questions. is just over one hour. quacks i would like to welcome all of you to what i think will be a powerful presentation

institution. the stroke of 10:00, they walked in, they dealt w a relatively minor case, and then the chief justice said, i have the opinion. and the national federation of independent businesses versus the department of health and human services. roberts looked different than he usually does. he wasn't as confident, as outgoing seemingly as he usually was. began to speak he t. spoke first about the issue we've been talking so much about. the commerce clause. does the congress have the power under the commerce clause of article 1 of the constitution to impose an individual mandate? it became clear he was saying no, congress doesn't have that power. that seems like it was it. the law was going to be invalidated. they he turned to a relatively minor issue. the taxing power. you could see as he was talking and several of us were looking at each other, saying, is he saying what we think he's saying? at that point, he said this is something is legitimate, tolerable under the taxing power. he was approving the law. i saw scalia, who is the senior associate justice now, and he looked distraught because he had lost this case. anthony kennedy who we

of your weekend. have a great weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> next "newsmakers" with john kline. then issa and holder discussed the justice department's fast and furious program. after that, the house oversight meeting on whether to side holder for contempt of congress. >> our guest on "newsmakers

to come to america, find a better way of life than you had in russia or poland, their birthplace, and i view our justice system as the nation's premier institution. it demonstrates so well what america's about. i am proud that a courthouse in newark, new jersey, bears my name. it has an inscription that i authored. we spent a lot of time talking about the inscription, what it would look like, and i came up with this. the true measure of a democracy is its dispensation of justice. when people walk in that courtroom, they have to know they have an equal chance at proper decisions like anybody else, and there shouldn't be the discrimination that exists when we don't fill vacancies that are begging to be filled with qualified candidates. all in this chamber know when the dispensation of justice is obstructed and delayed, our democracy suffers. so, madam president, i plead with our republican colleagues top the obstruction. allow the senate to vote on judge patty schwarz's confirmation without further delay and put off your attempt to discredit president obama's tenure as president. that doesn't fit in here. you want to do it in the political mainstr