he studied at northwestern back in the days of we gomore. -- wegmore. >> you were a northwestern law graduate? >> yes. >> not that usual to have somebody on the court from northwestern? >> well, justice goldberg was from northwestern. of course i went to law school at northwestern and did my undergraduate work alt university of chicago. >> is there any difference from goinging to a midwest school? we hear so many judges are from stanford, yale, harvard. >> well, i think there is. every school has its virtues and strengths. northwestern had a fine law school when i went there and still haves a fine lieu -- law school. and there are good law schools all over the country. i learned that from hiring law clerks. they have done a magnificent job even though they were not from the iveney league. -- ivy league. >> i harrell you were the top grault in the history of course northwestern law school? >> i've been told that. i was told that that was the case. >> with all your experiences, northwestern law school, your job as a clarke here, service on the seventh circuit and a father who was an at

northwestern. >> justice goldberg was from northwestern. i went to law school at northwestern and did my undergraduate work at the university of chicago. >> any difference from growing to a midwestern school? >> i think that there is. every school has its virtues and its strengths, but the northwestern really had a fine law school and still does. and there are good schools all over the country. i learned that from then hiring law clerks. i've hired from many different schools and have done a magnificent job, even though they think we're not from the ivy league. >> i read that you were the top stated in the history of the northwestern law school. is that still the case? >> i have been told that it is true. i do not know about the record since then. but i was told that that was the case. >> with all your experience -- northwestern law school, your job as a clerk here, service and the seventh circuit, and your father was an attorney -- where along the way did you get your philosophy of the law? >> it

countries proposed that there should be a pan-dccc force built on top of the other one that existed in northwestern saudi arabia to 100,000. and people -- i met with these and the question was why 100,000? well, it's the same size as one of the iraqi republican guards. and we think that if we had something that big that this would give iraq or iran cause and pause to try to threaten us. but then when they put it under the microscope, three countries said, look, it's all we can do to build our national armed forces and defense national posture and we're not doing it that well and fast enough or effectively or economically. to add another burden that simultaneously we tried to build and train and equip and maintain and sustain a multinational force is just too much. i know we will build first and national establishments and from that strengthened national defense establishments we can then think of having more ambitious. but on the rapid deployment force, beyond the rhetoric because it is difficult in the short run to see where that's coming from, certainly the uae and saudi arabia both have mounted

it turned out that delta and northwestern in the process of merging there was only one flight. it was apparently a sick passenger. so all they did was get the president once they established the facts, they gave the president a secure briefing. he understood that it really wasn't a major scare, and they moved on. we hear the president in the next couple of days may for the first time address publicly the terror incident on christmas day. he's not said anything. he's been under pressure from republicans to address the public and reassure them the public is safety. they put the homeland security secretary out there, but now they say the president early part of this week might have something to say about it to reassure the public as well, larry. >> larry: ed, is he enjoying this vacation? >> reporter: we hear from his aitds he's getting a lot of family time despite the briefings as well. it's part of the job. it's 24/7. today he got a chance to go to a private beach area with his wife, his kids, some family and friends. so he's mixing a little bit of work with pleasure. this is a

of drug smuggling after 4kg of heroin was found in his suitcase when he arrived in urumshe in northwestern china. supporters say it had been planted there by professional criminals taking advantage of shaikh's bipolar disorder, but today the chinese foreign ministry said they'd seen no evidence that shaikh was mentally ill adding they hoped this would not damage relations between both countries. certainly been strong, the chinese warning today that no one has a right to comment on its judicial affairs. >> but emails written by shaikh and witness statements do prove mental illness according to one psychologist contacted by campaigners most probably a manic phase in which his ability to think rationally, control his impulses, think through the consequences of actions was severely compromised. >> many years ago, he was simply a successful businessman. now he's the first european to be executed in china for half a century, and is family is left saddened and stunned. >> sreenivasan: china executes more people each year than any other country. north korea confirmed today it has detained an arizo

in some parts of the state like northwestern illinois, even higher. people are desperate for good jobs. this jobs we're talking about here are some of the best . over 3,000 new employees in this area, half of them from local people. >> warner: but the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell said the plan would make illinois a target for terrorists. >> gitmo-north is something the american people are clearly opposed to. it is outrageous to suggest that this is a good sort of federal government jobs program. >> warner: he also noted that current law bars bringing to u.s. shores any long-term prisoners earmarked for indefinite detention. activist groups who have urged guantanamo's closure applauded the decision to move some detainees but they expressed reservations about the fate of those prisoners who aren't slated for civilian or military trials. devin chafee is with human rights first, an advocacy group in washington. >> we are mainly concerned that detainees brought to the thompson correction center may be continued to be detained indefinitely withou

>> mostly midwesterners, or people called northwesterners in those days, but the midwesterners, peoplefrom around the great lakes who wanted all of oregon because they saw a natural trading relationship between that part of their country and their own. and they wanted all of oregon territory which went up to 54- 40, so their view was we want it all, "fifty-four-forty or fight." and polk disappointed them, but it was very deft politics and very deft diplomacy. >> the congress at that time was controlled by what party? >> it was controlled by the democrats at the first part of his presidency but because of the hostilities that emerged with the mexican war he lost the house, not the senate, but he lost the house halfway through his presidency. >> so the one thing that we haven't talked about among the four right now is they acquired california from mexico, but what did that mean? what was california? >> well, i believe california was part of mexico, as was that southwestern territory, those four states i noted. and i believe that as soon as polk -- and he never said this publicly, but as

they used to own a ranch in northwestern montana. the ranch had been in their family for four generations. dan and pat couldn't afford health insurance. and then dan was diagnosed with cancer. to pay the bills, they had to make the painful decision to sell off their ranch. now, i'm going to tell you when a piece of land has been in the family for four generations, you get an attachment to that piece of land. but, nonetheless, dan got cancer, they had to pay the bills, they sold the family ranch. under this bill, the deshans would have had access to subsidies so they would have had health insurance in the first place. they never would have had to sell the ranch to pay the doctors' bills. i want to read what pat wrote me about that experience. she wrote -- quote -- "cancer ravaged dan's body, but selling our ranch to pay for the medical costs broke his spirit. " dan deshan lost his battle to cancer two years ago. all his bills were paid, but the ranch that had been in the family for four generations was gone as well as dan. after that,

he is on the board of directors of abbott laboratories and northwestern memorial hospital.he serves as chairman of the american cancer society's ceo's against cancer and has led united's action against the disease. he serves on the board of science and industry. his commitment to chicago was self-evident, and we're pleased he could join us today to discuss the airline industry and its role in our future. from his perspective as the chairman of united and the chairman of an industry trade organization representing leading u.s. airlines to transport more than 90% of all u.s. air traffic passengers and cargo traffic. please join me in welcoming glenn tilton. [applause] >> thank you. thanks, david, for that kind of interaction. as david mentioned, connecting with this city is very important to my company, united coming in me personally. david took over addis ceo of itw from jim farrell who serves as a director of the united board, along with noted fellow chicagoans. among them jim o'connor, john walker, rob krause. we have at united a very good lord, focused and plans for the f

and it has demonstrated firm resolve with its offensive against the pakistan and division of the northwesternrovince in south waziristan and its commanders deserve great credit. they have sacrificed. now we're looking for them to take on the afghan network, and al qaeda strongholds. this will be crucial to our success in afghanistan. today we are prepared to provide pakistan with additional equipment, and other military assistance to help its people, and its government, to prevail against these extremists. but we have to know that we are building a new and a lasting partnership. many pakistanis believe that america will once again abandon the region as we did after the fall of the soviet union. one reason why pakistan has often hedged its bets and used the taliban for strategic depth. so let me be clear, and i think i speak for -- for the committee in this, and for the congress, because it would be a mistake for anyone in pakistan or elsewhere to believe that the president's words about drawing down troops from afghanistan somehow mean an end to our involvement or engagement in the region. it

happens when the pakistanis made deals with the tribes of various groups on the western -- on the northwestern frontier, it created a sanctuary and safe haven in which taliban which had been knocked back on its heels and nearly destroyed in 2001, 2002 had the space in which it could reconstitute itself to the point where it could become a major problem for the united states and a number of other allies. if given the same kind of space in eastern afghanistan and southern afghanistan the ttp and pakistan could use it to strengthen itself and expand its ranks and be even more effective in its efforts to destabilize the government. >> i've spent a lot of time in pakistan and each time i go, i learn how much i still to have learn. and one of the messages that comes from there is a message of lack of trust and that's been -- that's based on not just what happened in 1989 but, in fact, what happened as early as the '60s. . we betrayed them three times. the question is are we going to do that again? >> i certainly hope not. >> and i think the worst case is, that that governments does get destabilized,

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proposed that there should be a pan-gcc force built on top of the one that already existed in northwestern saudi arabia, to 100,000. i met these posers -- proposers, and said it was the same size of the one of -- one of the iraqi republican guards. this would give iraq or iran paul's to try to threaten us. but then when they put it under the microscope, three country said, it is all that we can do to build our national armed forces and defense posture. we're not doing that well. we're not doing a fast enough or effectively or economically. to add another burden that simultaneously we try to build a multi-national force, is just too much. we would build first and national defense establishment, and from those strengthen national establishments, we can been think of having something more ambitious. but on the deployment force, beyond the rhetoric, because it is difficult to see where that is coming from, something that the united arab emirates and others have mounted, training and special operations. it takes a while but you have to begin somewhere. >> you mentioned yemen's special relations

drone missile strikes on suspected terrorist targets in northwestern pakistan is de facto acts of terrorism. a day earlier a college student asked clinton why every student who visits the u.s. is viewed as a terrorist. the opinions clinton heard weren't the voices of radical clerics, some of the most biting criticisms came from well-mannered university students and respected seasoned journalists, a reflection of the breadth of dissatisfaction pakistanis have with u.s. policy toward their country. this is a country, madam speaker, that the congress in a voice vote at a time when almost no one was on the floor, most members didn't even know it was coming up, voted to send another $7.5 billion in foreign aid to pakistan on top of $15.5 billion we spent since 2003 there already. this is getting ridiculous. a country we are sending billions and billions and billions in foreign aid to and it's becoming so anti-american and they don't appreciate this aid at all. we simply can't afford to keep doing these ridiculous and very wasteful expenditures. i'll say again we need to put our own people first

50 people are scheduled to testify on a state panel and the small community of sterling in the northwesternart of the state. were this morning on possible cia presence abroad. a parliamentary commission has found that the lithuanian approved a u.s. request to set up a secret prison in the country, but says it is unclear whether one was ever established. the panel based its findings on the testimony of top lithuanian politicians and nsa officials. the probe will be launched into the case. u.s. officials are concerned that the release of three american hikers held in iran may be used as a bargaining chip. a prosecutor in tehran claims 11 iranians conducted in europe are being held in the u.s. and the iranian officials are increasingly mentioning the cases together. the president -- iran dismissed a deadline today to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel, and cleans his government is 10 times for then 1 years ago. mahmoud ahmadinejad in remarks earlier, they come a day after a protest for a moslem cleric who died over the weekend. >> "washington journal" continues. host: jim gilmore joining u

there is a report, and you have probably seen it, the nearby the northwestern university noodled service and the tribune newspaper and center for responsive politics -- >> mcneil news service -- host: mcneil, that is out even now appeared caller: are they friends of yours? host: please go ahead, i understand your point. caller: that is not a word in english dictionary. they found 166 former aides of congressmen that are in congress and the senate right now are part of the lobbyist groups that shaping this health care legislation. when obama got in office on january 21, he instituted new ethics rules where his whole administration would not be involved and it could not -- they had to sign paperwork saying they could not be lobbied or receive gifts. and they help themselves to that. the problem is senators like steny hoyer and max baucus are virtually running a whole industry on the side where all of the former aides are bankers, they go make millions of dollars from health care company where senator steny hoyer is supposed to be working for constituents. it is a conflict of interest. host

and it has demonstrated firm resolve with its offensive against the pakistan and division of the northwesternprovince in south waziristan and its commanders deserve great credit. they have sacrificed. now we're looking for them to take on the afghan network, and al qaeda strongholds. this will be crucial to our success in afghanistan. today we are prepared to provide pakistan with additional equipment, and other military many pakistan is believed that america will once again abandon the region as we did after the fall of the soviet union. one reason why pakistan has often hedged its bets and used the taliban for strategic depth. so let me be clear, and i think i speak for the committee in this and for the congress, because it would be a mistake for anyone in pakistan or elsewhere to believe that the president's words about crawling down troops from afghanistan somehow mean an end to our involvement or engagement in the region. it does not. our challenge today is to persuade pakistan that it cannot and does not need to hedge its bets. our troop deployments will eventually decrease, but the con

that circulated all over the internet right now and you have probably seen it, it is done by the northwesterny news service and the tribune newspapers and the center for responsive politics. host: it's the medill news service. caller: are they friends of yours? host: no, but i understand your point. caller: that is not a word in the english dictionary. they found that 166 former pages of congress in the senate right now are part of the lobbying groups that are shaping this health care legislation. if you remember, when obama first got office on january 21, he instituted new ethics rules were his whole administration would not and could not -- they had decided paperwork saying they could not be lobbyists. and they have held themselves to that. the problem is, senators like steny hoyer and max baucus are virtually running a whole industry on the side, where all their former aides and staffers go on to make millions of >> for the health-care company's that center whole year is supposed to be working for constituents -- force in nature -- senators ho yer is supposed to be working for constituents

to at least convey his strong support for this resolution because of the strong feeling within northwesternconnecticut where frank resided and just love and affection that the people of that state, which was his adopted state, had for frank. as the resolution indicates, frank had an amazing american life. he was born in the u.s. but moved as an infant back to ireland, was raised in limerick, which became the subject of "angela's ashes," a book that won prizes from all over the world, was translated into 17 languages, was read in over 27 countries. he later moved back to the u.s., served in the u.s. army, actually through the g.i. bill got his education, became a teacher and then, again, an amazing story of becoming an undiscovered peril as a writer late in life when he published "angela's ashes" in his 60's and began became an internationally acclaimed author. it's a book about a very sort of small slice of humanity. it's a story about childhood poverty in limerick, a small, medium-sized community in ireland. he wrote a story that really touched people from all over the world of the challen

he was working hard to support his family at a car wash in northwestern montana.then he was laid off. since then, he has been unable to fine work much his work situation only adds to his concerns because he recently lost a child to sudden infant death syndrome. and his wife is now pregnant with another child. they're living in a house 20 miles out of town. to heat the house -- they heat the house entirely by burning wood bus that's all they can afford on -- because that's all they can afford on his unemployment benefits. without this bill, his benefits will run out in two weeks and his family will be left in the cold while he tries to find work. but this bill would extend emergency compensation for two weeks, that would provide benefits for out of work americans. the bill would provide two additional months of extended unemployment benefits. those benefits provide targeted assistance to areas of our country that have been affected by particularly high unemployment rates. and the bill includes a two-month extension of federal additional compensation program. that p