but ted olson is an interesting person to be arguing this. making a conservative case for gay marriage? >> it is a surprise to a lot of people. in fact initially there was quite a bit of skepticism about it particularly from the main line gay rights groups who were wondering about him as this kind of johnny-come-lately to this issue. i think they have been convinced of his sincerity. it's a risky move. i think he , from having spent some time interviewing him, i would say he very much believes in this case. he would argue, i think, that marriage... the supreme court has repeatedly held that marriage is a fundamental right. while they were certainly not held that it's a fundamental right to marry someone of the same sex, i think he is going to argue that it's an extension of that right which the supreme court has repeatedly recognized. >> suarez: you mentioned risky move. a lot of the gay civil rights organizations thought so too. initially they opposed this effort. didn't they? >> they did. they thought it was premature. they worried about it

again our apologies to you congressman olson that we got to you so late. thank you. >> that's my apology back to you, jim. thanks. >> lehrer: thank you. >> brown: and still to come on the newshour: is the swine flu coming back, and should you get vaccinated? a basketball star and his guns; and the life and constitution of supreme court justice scalia. that follows the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. hari. >> sreenivasan: there was another airline security incident overnight; this time, in miami. a delta air lines flight was ready to take off for detroit when a passenger began yelling, "i'm palestinian and i want to kill all the jews". the plane returned to the gate and the man was arrested. he was identified as mansor mohammed asad of toledo, ohio. f.b.i. officials said today there was no evidence of any terror plot. it turns out a missing guard triggered the shutdown sunday night at liberty international airport in newark, new jersey. airport surveillance video was released today. it shows a guard leaving his security check

have to make the system better very quickly. >> lehrer: in a word congresswoman eshoand ngressman olson, do you share mr. clarke's scareine here? >> well, this is- the most serious ofituations becae we're talking about our national secity. but whatever needs to be donei believe that we have t only the capacity, we have the intelligence, we have t genius and we have the will. it wilnever be perfect but we c certainly improve upon it. and i think what the president has called for when implemented wilgo a long way toward that but w can't rest because the ene is very smart. >> lehrer: okay, i tnk at is a yes then, congressman olson. >> did what riard clarke highity looed ishat the scary part to yoas well, that theseeople are still t there and they are going to try and try a try again? >> yeah,nd ala in yemen is a growing problem. i was in afghastan last moh. and meeting with ourroops there, talki with our peonnel. they've done aood job ating back the al qaeda threat in that area. but it has moved. and it's moved to yemen. and that is critically importan becoming a strategic place we neeto b

the lawyers, joined on the attack, are david boies and conservative ted olson who beat him in the supreme court. >> it's not just california and just people who wanted to get married. it's civil rights in the country and decency and fairness. >> reporter: and one last novelty. of a case about a new way of looking at marriage. for the first time, the proceedings in federal court will be recorded on camera and posted on youtube. for "good morning america," brian rooney. abc news, los angeles. >>> and joining us to discuss it all, from san francisco this morning, attorney david boies. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> with no clear tie to this issue, why did you decide to take on this case? >> i think it's one of the most important civil rights cases of our generation. as the supreme court has repeatedly held, marriage is a fundamental right for every human being. to deprive gay and lesbian couples of this right causes them enormous damage without gaining society anything. >> and yet, proposition eight bans same-sex marriage. in new york and new jersey, they voted against allowing gay

ted olson has been a dear friend. "hillary" was dedicated to barb olson, and we have known each other a long time. for ted to argue this case not once, but twice, means a lot. michael rose, who is our vice- president and general counsel, who hold this case in hand for the last many years, all the way up through its inception when we walked to his office one day and give him this idea and concept of the case and believed in it and believed in what we were trying to do, and now todayçó is the culmination of that. floyd abrams and mitch mcconnell, sometimes we do not know what is good for us, and having floyd be part of the team and arguing the case at oral arguments last time was a tremendous honor for us and brought a lot to the table, and i think having senator mcconnell be part of this case was part of a terrific asset to us, and we're grateful to both of them. my co-producer, co executive producer, lawrence, he and his wife are tremendous supporters of citizens united over the many years have we have been friends, a

. >> marques: olson had so much success here at the mckale center.ow active and involved the fans are here in this game. >> derrin: you see the struggles cal has had from the field. >> marques: once again, the building is electric, very difficult place to play. >> derrin: robertson from outside. rebound off the hands of amoke. >> marques: you can't rely on robertson to produce the bulk of your points. 14 of the first half points out of the 34 by cal. at some point christopher randle has got to join the party. >> derrin: horne over to fogg. horne spinning on the baseline, kicked out. williams wants the three. randle with the rebound. the cats are back though. >> marques: obviously not the strength of his game. >> derrin: randle with a quick release. we got a whistle inside. we'd like to invite everybody to please join our network help the people of haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that hit their country earlier this month. to make a $10 donation to the red cross relief efforts, text the word "haiti" to 90999. your $10 donation will be add

. >> reporter: eric olson, head of food safety at the pew research center says the food and drug administrationmply not up to the task. the fda is responsible for 80 percent of the food supply, everything but meat and poultry, the number of food producers under fda jurisdiction has increased but the number of inspections is going down. >> they simply do not have the tools tcr really protect our fod supply. >> so what is the solution? to start with, more and more farmers are creating their own rules. >> i don't want -- i think of this as being on somebody's table right now. >> he is the fourth generation in his family to farm this land, 8,000 acres of leafy green. after the 2006 spinach outbreak likely caused by unsanitary field conditions, he joined a farming cooperative which agreed to set up a voluntary standard in the field for irrigation, fertilization and sanitation, including hair nets, gloves and frequent hand washing. >> all current water tests? >> yep. we have about eight of them on this field. >> he hired a safety food manager and estimates the extra cost to keep his field contaminati

so it is very surprising to a lot of people that olson had joined in this case.t we may hear from him -- conservatives should celebrate this rather than lament this. guest: this is an argument that is often made. when you talk to people who are in favor of same-sex marriage, they will say what we're doing here is trying to do exactly what conservatives say we should be doing, which is normalizing already normal nations in the legal arena, bringing in the guarantees and institutions that allow people to raise families, that allow people to live together as partners. when you talk to some people in the gay rights community, they will say i do not understand why conservatives are opposed to this. they should be happy. of course, conservatives will say, that is not the way we feel. we have a problem -- we are not trying to tell gay people what they can and cannot do. what we are concerned about is the institution of marriage which has already been damaged by high divorce rate to, other things like that, and they see this as the nail in the coffin. it is more than jus

lou olson was a great mentor to many players that he's helped put in the nba and even in their life experience guys that didn't make it past college. >> steve: one of the all-time washington scoring list, there is mr. pondexter needing just three more, he has a 26 point game, his career-high is 31. did that in the overtime loss at texas tech earlier this year. >> miles: pondexter played at and they didn't win the state championship. can you believe that? >> steve: that's hard to believe. who did they lose to? >> miles: there's the former arizona recruit in the state semifinals. >> steve: there's throw down by marcus capers. washington leading washington sta state. gaddy goes in easily and scores and that's another example of washington state not recognizing on defense. and ken bone talked to his players about that yesterday. he said this might be the quietest team he has ever been around. he said we have to communicate on defense. tell your teammates where you are. 6:47 to play. 74-53. coming to from you seattle, washington, bank of america arena. and the washington state cougars led by four a

. >> matthew olson. i would find it instructive if you would revisit munich and whether it was a rotten compromise. i follow your logic clearly but it seems to me that the party that paid the price of the compromise wasn't invited to participate in negotiating the compromise, which it would seem to me would indicate a rottenness. >> that's very true. and most of the compromise -- the rotten compromises are an expensive third-party. that's almost -- most cases. to hear it was the expense of czechoslovakia. they even came to munich and weren't allowed to participate or even present the case. so the compromise here was definitely on the expense of the third-party. and that's, i think, almost the usual case. but there are cases, of course, of compromises which deal with only two parts. i don't know if that's what was your question or i missed something. >> yes. >> when you say -- >> could you identify yourself, please. >> mike. >> thank you. >> when you say "we should" could you identify the "we" and how do

how bad things are when you'cooped up in january i not as bad as being chased by jack and a quarter olsonnowy garden maze. >> another one you picked is one of my favorites and it looked horrible on paper. "groundhog day." >> it's a fantastic movie. bill murray is the weatherman who is stuck in punxsatawney, pennsylvania, on groundhog day and stuck in a day that he has to live over and over again. it's one of those winter nightmares that at least we can live through it only once. >> how about something with drama and something that will challenge your mind. >> "eternal sunshine" is a brain twister of a movie. it's a fractured romance between jim carrey and kate winslet. some of the best sequences are in a winter wonderland. >> another one that tells me is a tear jerker, "the notebook." >> well, it's nice to have a good summer romance and "the notebook" is that. ryan goselling and rachel mcadams having the summer fling of all summer flings. >> well, thank you very much. good luck with the winter and the cabin fever blues. >> the best cocoa is coming up but first these messages. wow, that's

ted olson has been a dear friend.e have known each other a long time, so for ted to argue this case not once or twice for citizens united means a lot. our vice president and general counsel of this case's hand for the next many years -- held this case's hand for many years, and believed in it and believe in what we were trying to do, and now today is the culmination of that. floyd abrams and mitch mcconnell -- sometimes we do not know what is good for us, and having floyd be part of the team and arguing the case last time was a tremendous honor for us and brought a lot to the table below of the current senator recall be part of this case was a terrific asset to us -- and i think having senator mcconnell be a part of this case was a terrific asset to us. michael executive producer -- they are tremendous supporters to citizens united over the many years we have been friends, and i cannot thank him enough for standing by me through this. jim baca, our first lawyer who helped us get to the supreme court. he is one of the

ted olson has been a dear friend. we have known each other a long time. and so for ted to argue this case, not once but twice, for citizens united, means a lot. michael bose, who is our vice president and general counsel at citizens united held this case's hand for the last, well, many years, all the way up through its inception when i walked into his office one day and gave him this kind of idea and concept of the case and believed in it and believed in what we were trying to do and now today, it is the culmination of that. mitch mcconnell, sometimes we don't know what is good for us and having floyd be part of the team and floyd arguing the case at oral arguments last time was a tremendous honor for us and brought a lot to the table and i think having senator mcconnell be part of this case was a terrific asset to us and we're grateful to both of them. my co-producers, co-executive producer of the film, lawrence, are tremendous supporters of citizens united over the many, many years that we have been friends and i just can't thank him enough for standing

at our jury consisted of amanda florman, steve olson, camile.se me camile and john phillips santos. nonfiction of course is an almost hopelessly broad category. we had everything, lots of biography, lots of memoir, history, policy books, politics, books about dogs, books about war and books about peace and lots and lots of other categories. from our very first call and our very first long discussion of this, we did actually try to establish a common criteria and they were largely a suppose what he would think. we wanted good if not very great writing. we wanted books that would be accessible to broad audiences. we wanted a book we kept saying that we would recommend everyone read. we wanted books that were great research. we wanted books that would stand up over time and we wanted books of topicality, books that were about something big. this year's five finalists are in alphabetical order, david m. carol for following the water. [applause] the hydromancer's no book. published by ouden, mifflin harcourt. sean beat carol for remarkable creatures,

olson: mr. speaker, my constituents, people saw their last 18-month-old daughter on april 7, 1995. bianca's father, wan, took her for a scheduled child custody visit and abducted her to mexico. that was almost 15 years ago. i was shocked, shocked to learn that there are over 950 u.s. citizen children being taken into mexico by a parent. no parent should ever go through this nightmare. that's why i have been working with all levels of government to urge cooperation with mexico and allow this mother to see her child again. congress should pass h.r. 3240, the international child abduction prevention act of 2009 which would establish an office on international child abductions within the state department. i'm a proud co-sponsor of this legislation which would strengthen the means we have available to ensure that the children know they have a mother who loved them and come home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from new york

it is also chaired by the former solicitor ted olson.last october. a central conclusion of the report is that internet freedom and universal access our tools of a functioning democracy. they function together. they should be seen as a common goal. we support the freedoms and access to information that are at the core of the american experience. those freedoms make us who we are. we should welcome the opportunity to let them define us. we are here today to address that theme. it is with pride and great anticipation that i present to you the secretary of state of the united states, hillary clinton. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction and you and your colleagues leadership at this important institution. it is a pleasure to be here at the newseum. the newseum is a monument to some of our most precious freedoms. i am grateful for the opportunity to discuss how those freedoms apply to challenges of the 21st century. although i cannot see all of you because and said things like this, the lights are in my eyes and you ar

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communities and a democracy, a project of the aspen institute, co-chaired by former solicitor chairman ted olson. a central conclusion of that report is that internet freedom and universal access are interlocking tools of a functioning democracy. they function together and they should be seen as a common goal. we support the freedoms and the access to information that are at the core of the american experience. those freedoms make us who we are and we should welcome the opportunity to let them define us. we are here today to address that theme. and so it is with pride and great anticipation that i present to you the secretary of state of the united states, hillary clinton. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction and your and your colleague's leadership of this important institution. it's a pleasure to be here. this is a monument to some of our most precious freedoms and i'm grateful to discuss how those freedoms apply to the challenges of the 21st century. although i can't see all of you because in settings like this the lights are in my eyes and you are in the dark, i know that there

constitutional issues there is some celebrity to the case, that the lawyers for the plaintiffs are ted olsond david were opposite back in 2007. . . were offset each other in the gore case. what has unified the two of them to come together on this issue to represent the plaintiff? guest: a lotf/h@ @ he is known as a conservative lawyer and conservative heavyweight. it is very surprising that he has taken on this case. host: he writes that marriage is beyond one's own needs and there is a union and in doing so, it did stablish is a formal investment in society. conservatives should celebrate this rather than lament this. guest: this is an argument that is often made. when you talk to people who are in favor of same-sex marriage, they will say what we're doing here is trying to do exactly what conservatives say we should be doing, which is normalizing already normal nations in the legal arena, bringing in the guarantees and institutions that allow people to raise families, that allow people to live together as partners. when you talk to some people in the gay rights community, they will say i d

it is also chaired by the former solicitor ted olson.eport at the museum last october. a central conclusion of the report is that internet freedom and universal access our tools of a functioning democracy. they function together. they should be seen as a common goal. we support the freedoms and access to information that are at the core of the american experience. those freedoms make us who we are. we should welcome the opportunity to let them define us. we are here today to address that theme. it is with pride and great anticipation that i present to you the secretary of state of the united states, hillary clinton. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction and you and your colleagues leadership at this important institution. it is a pleasure to be here at the museum. the museum is a monument to some of our most precious freedoms. i am grateful for the opportunity to discuss how those freedoms apply to challenges of the 21st century. although i cannot see all of you because and said things like this, the lights are in