john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings. our history dates back to 1962. we had a judge's luncheon in 1962 and our list of ctla presidents goes back that far. i wish i had the time to list them all but i don't. we'll get that list on our ctla page soon. san francisco is lucky to have ctla to kick around. our shall i say, to have our ctla members to kick around. but seriously, i'm humbled by the ctla members who every day, every day defend their clients using the constitutions of the united states and california in support of great principles. every day our members show courage in bay area courts, and we do ok in the big battles as well. who will ever forget the extraordinary accomplishments of john in defending our college, patrick, from a crazy federal prosecutor in nevada? that level of talent and that level of courage is u

in iran-contra we had ollie north who went through excruciating detail of how proud he was and why he thought he was doing the right thing. here everyone saying it didn't happen. we get tapes, e-mails and more knowledge of how widespread it was, including the deliberate denial of the u.s. ambassador in mexico city of the opportunity to know about this program. his atf people didn't foe it. his dea people didn't know it. they were kept in the dark so they wouldn't tell the -- they were kept in the dark so they wouldn't tell the ambassador. >> greta: tell me about the tape? tell me what it is who got taped? >> the agent in charge was taped by the licensed gun dealer who was concerned that he was being set-up. that was delivered to the inspector general in june. specifically, as part of cooperation. within virtually minutes, without the inspector general ever listening to the tape, it was forwarded to the justice department. who then forwarded it to the object of the investigation, the actual agent in charge. meaning, it became an obstruction of our investigation by the people we were lo

on talk radio with conservatives when i was working at a conservative station with the likes of ollie north to end social security. that was the debate that they wanted to have. but i'll quote two great americans, franklin roosevelt, i can't believe i'm saying this, ronald reagan and agreeing with him. you do not cut social security. the president made it very clear. he said, look, we've got to strengthen it. and there are ways to do that. and i think that you take those numbers, you sit down in a room and let's figure out how you, yes, keep the elderly protected, grandma protected. and at the same time for people who simply don't trust wall street, that you allow them this insurance that they'll have something in their old age even when they're josh's age. that's really what it's all about. it's an insurance. it never was meant to be an investment. >> and i'm coming to you, perry. i want to deal with an objective reporter as yourself. when you hear the republicans and the right wingers talk about, no, we just want to reform it and change it, how do you call something a ponzi scheme and a m

how much he plans on going down, we're going to talk with ollie north in about 10 minutes about thatld mean for the actual war effort which we still are hoping to win both and then the biggest story, i think, is the warren buffet rule which you're about to hear is somewhat deceptive. it is that billionaires are paying less, it's that they're still paying their 35%. it's the capital gains is what's there and the investment money in which they're being taxed 15%. >> the analogy that warren buffet always makes is why should my secretary pay more taxes that beta taxes than i do? that's not really a fair comparison. he's paying his tax on capital gains. he makes most of his money on his investment income. that's at 15%. it's comparing apples and oranges, not the income that you're making on a daily basis when you go to work. >> so many people say is it really a good idea to raise taxes during what sure seems or feels like a double dip recession and what the president will unveil later on today as well is that the taxes will go on to the shoulders of the job creators and the most successfu

looking to do it, there is we talked about ollie north that's what happened in the iran-contra controversykeep your mouth shut. joey is right. you have all of these agenciesuh barking at your doors anything you say can be ingrim nating. don't do it. wait until immunity is granted >> only if the cfo and ceo are not the big kahauna. >> that's usually the case. you need bill your evidence again the target of any particular investigation. i think ultimately, one of two things either some type of immunity will be granted in which they will talk. i'll say whatever you need me to say if i'm not implicated. or in the alternative, no immunity granted there will be an investigation and whoever is cull able will be found responsible. -- >> gregg: the only reason they would not give immunity is and they seized a led of documents from solyndra as well as computer discs. they couldn't give immunity if they've already got the goods on these guys? >> or they want the big fish, whoever is in it. maybe the fish rots from the head. a lot of these corporations they focus on the ceo being the top fish. >> this

looking back, there should have been people saying, stop, don't do this, long before ollie north was able to launch this program, control it for months. this was the same thing. this was a dumb idea, ill conceived and the question is, why, for what ideological or other reason people bypassing the normal safeguards and let it continue. i want to know, senator grassley wants to know and the mexican attorney general wants to know. you have to understand, she has never been fully briefed. she wants to understand why you would do this to her country and she has over 200 separate crime screens she's dealing with many people murdered as a result of these weapons. host: chris on our democratic line in buffalo, new york. caller: yes, representative issa, while a member of congress while in the majority did you ever try to initiate any investigation against the interests of dick cheney and george bush against halliburton or oil and energy interests that they had? host: congressman. guest: glad you asked this. when we were in the majority under chairman davis when i was a subcommittee chairman

there should have been people saying do not do this long before ollie north was able to launch this program and control it for months. this was a dumb idea, ill- conceived. the question is why did somebody bypass the normal safeguards and let it continue. i want to know, senator grassley wants to know, and the mexican attorney general wants to know. she has never been fully briefed. she does not understand why we would do this to her country. she has gone to over 200 separate crime scenes were people were murdered as a result of these weapons. host: on our democratic line, from buffalo, new york. caller: while a member of congress in the majority, did you ever try to initiate an investigation against the interest of dick cheney and george bush, against halliburton or the oil and energy interests the have? guest: i am glad you asked. when we were in the majority under chairman davis, i began investigation of mineral management service that pointed to this being a dysfunctional agency, one that included partying with lobbyists, doing alcohol and illicit drugs. they were not protecting us in t

colonel oliver north on a drastic drawdown of u.s. troops in iraq. what does ollie think? we'll see if you a few minutes. bill: a packed show. we'll see you in a few minutes on "happening now." there is serious concerns about the future of the international space station. fear that is the astronauts may have to evacuate and now no system in place to get more astronauts there. what can be done to keep it running? ♪ alisyn: we have breaking news for you. we want to show you our first images of that plane crash we've been reporting this morning. this is in russia. this is outside of moscow. i'm looking at images for the first time just as you are. you can see all the charred remains of this plane. what, one of the significant things about this crash is that it apparently, at least 43 people were onboard and have been killed as well as some members of the nhl, former members of the nhl. we're told at least five players, possibly a manager, hockey players, traveling to belarus. we understand. so we will give you more information on this plane crash and who was on it as soon as

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