please join me in welcoming theo author, lynne olson. [applause] b >> thank you. thank you all for being here. thank you, george, for that absolutely wonderful introduction. this is a really sec tack lahr event -- spectacular event, and i'm very, very pleased to have been asked to participate. i'd like to give a big shout out to the city of gaithersburg for putting this on.have it's, it's so incrediblyike heartening for an author to have an event like this. i'd also like to pay tribute to the montgomery county council for its incredible support of the arts and the curlture t community in the -- cultural community in the county. i know all in this because my apparently, jenny cloud, works for the partnership. and she's told me a number of times about how much the councin and you, george, have done, what you've done to maintain fundingd for arts organizations like hers. it's really important, and so thank you very much. i'd like to start out today by reading a quotation from winston churchill. which is, you can always count on the americans to do the right thing aft

please join me in welcoming the author, lynn olson. [applause] >> thank you, thank you all for being here, thank you for that absolutely wonderful introduction. this is a really spectacular event and i am very pleased to have been asked to participate. i would like to give a big shout out to the city of gaithersburg for putting this on. it is so incredibly hardening for and author to have an event like this. i don't feel i should pay to be to the montgomery county council for its incredible support of the arts and cultural community in the county. i know all this because my daughter in law and danny cloud looks at the partnership. she told me a number of times how much the council and you have done what you have done, maintain funding for the organization like hers. i would like to start by reading a quotation from winston churchill and you can always count on americans to do the right thing. after they tried everything else. it is a wonderfully funny line, and exasperation, anger and bitterness. churchill clearly felt those emotions i

has been doing this i think since 1906. [ laughter ] olson has been doing this forever. and along with a lot of other people in the city, we not have the history of affordable housing in san francisco without olson lee. he has been tireless. he worked harder to make this happen than anyone that i know and committed than any human being i have met. i want to thank olson and the rest of the mayor's office of housing and the staff for their work on this sfwater. [ effort. >> [ applause ] >> again in the obscure world of affordable housing, leadership pelosi has been a huge champion with senator feinstein in preserving the program. we know we have a huge champion in you as we look at tax reform, we're confident that you will be with us on that issue. we get investors to buy the tax credits and that helps to pay for the building. it's a very complicated transaction and todd is here representing the foundation. they have brought in equity investment of over $1.2 billion. to give you a sense of how important they are and how important the program is. thank you. [ applause ] you

olson? >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- i know that you will want me to spend a moment or two addressing the standing question, but before i do that, i thought that it would be important for this court to have proposition 8 put in context, what it does. it walls-off gays and lesbians from marriage, the most important relation in life, according to this court, thus stigmatizing a class of californians based upon their status and labeling their most cherished relationships as second-rate, different, unequal, and not ok. >> mr. olson, i cut off your friend before he could get into the merits. >> i was trying to avoid that, your honor. >> i know -- [laughter] >> well, i think it's only fair to treat you the same. perhaps you could address your jurisdictional argument? >> yes. i think that our jurisdictional argument is, as we set forth in the brief, california cannot create article iii standing by designating whoever it wants to defend the state of california in connection with the

. >> reporter: and though the anti-bully boys are a hard act to follow, kristin olson stands out withay be a first for a juilliard grad: a manufacturing business-- 17th century manufacturing. >> i specialize in historical oboe reeds for people who are interested in baroque oboes and other types of older oboes. >> reporter: how much money a year can you make doing that? >> millions and millions of dollars! >> reporter: what would be a more realistic guess? >> i mean, paying rent is a pretty good goal, and, so far, it's pretty close. >> reporter: now, of course, it's not exactly news that musicians moonlight to support their art. bach doubled as a church cantor, berlioz wrote music criticism, brahms performed in bars and brothels, and virtually every famous musician you ever heard of has taught. we live in a much richer world, however, and julliard is more selective than harvard. yet gone are the salad days when its students could graduate, sign with an agent and expect the gigs to just roll in. instead, the best young performing artists in the world are now expected to create their own

ted olson's partner. law partner. >> stephanie: important to point that out.e days. >> especially since they're both conservatives. >> stephanie: he will take us through everything that happened last week. it is still incredible. by the way, of course, the breaking -- [ ♪ "nbc nightly news" ♪ ] i was like gay american started on friday. wasn't back from vacation yet. so immediately just saying, they tried to stop it. >> you know who filed -- it was a group called the alliance for freedom. >> stephanie: freedom to be homophobes. >> they want to take away the freedom to marry. >> stephanie: whatever. ironically ironically named freedom group. >> freedom from gays. >> stephanie: the party started. woot, on friday. then they tried to stop it. >> it didn't not work. [ ♪ "nbc nightly news" ♪ ] >> stephanie: anthony kennedy denied a request from prop 8 supporters in california to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage in the nation's most populous state. he turned away the decision with no comment. except for this comment. >> you're a loser. >> stephanie: bye, bye th

bank messages on public sidewalks using chalk today a san diego jury acquitted forty year old jeff olson the man that you see in this surveillance video on thirteen counts of vandalism also was also facing thirteen thousand dollars in fines it took the jury less than five hours to arrive at their decision olsen's bank messages included one that read no thanks big banks and another that read shame on bank of america over the weekend in a protest chalky apply dozens of supporters through their own colorful messages and chalk including the phrase this is not vandalism at the end of this ordeal olson has said that to be very relieved that it's all over well. now before we go we have some breaking news to bring you we are getting word right now that edward snowden the former n.s.a. contractor who leaked the massive u.s. surveillance program known as prism is going to give a statement from moscow this information is coming from the wiki wiki leaks web site that is the web site co-founded by julian songe again edward snowden will make his first statement from moscow he is seeking asylum in ecua

mike olson, what about that?n your view, is it too early to tell whether "house of cards" has been a success, especially given the tremendous response from the emmys over the weekend? >> yeah, i think the company's going to get a free pass on the near-term numbers in the sense that people want to see subscriber growth, but they're also going to understand that some of the original programming isn't going to translate immediately into new subads, so they'll have multiple shows coming out. so far batted essentially .1000, and we'll have to see over the next few quarters how that plays out as far as new shows coming and whether they are able to attract and reduce subscriber churn. >> shares are now down about 4%. julia, still looking through the earnings release. anything more you can tell us? >> reporter: well, something just to weigh in on that comment about subscriber additions in the commentary here, in the letter from ceo hastings, he said that arrested development had a strong -- because of its strong brand an

the former solicitor general ted olson is representing bp on this. this is at he told me. >> this system has gone completely off the tracks because the claims administrator is defining terms so loosely that people can ma claims when they really haven't suffered any losses. >> in fact plaintiffs attorneys are actively soliciting clients on the basis. look at this advertisement for a florida attorney. on his web site, if the numbers work, there is no need to provide proof that bp caused your loss. the law presumes bp caused the loss. this is what bp agreed to. in commonly asked question of the section of the same website, look at question, i don't think bp caused my loss. the answer, as lon as numbers pass the test,he law presumes bp caused the loss and we do not have to prove anything further. in same commonly asked question section, the attorney says he will counsel businesses on how to show a loss even if they made money the year of the spill, melissa. melissa: that is unbelievable. i don't think bp caused my problem. doesn't matter. we can power th

this is one of those men terry olson.wyer, james leonard, agreed to an interview. >> did you murder these four women? >> i absolutely did not have anything to do with it. >> olson claims he's been cooperative from day one, submitting his dna, agreeing to an interview without a lawyer. while investigators won't comment on olson specifically there's circumstantial evidence that led police to him. >> without any disrespect to mr. olson, he's not mackerelly, he was simply answering their questions, presented them to an attractive target. >> detectives in recent weeks have contacted police in missouri and alaska for possible connections to killing of prostitutes there. >> everybody counts. youdyd know, every person is a child of god, and we -- you know, we view every person, every victim of every crime, particularly, you know, crimes of violence like this, as worthy of our best efforts. >> kristina corbin, fox news. >> shannon: anyone with information about the murders is urged to call the atlantic county prosecutor's office,

jeff olson faced up to 13 years in prison and $13,000 in fines on misdemeanor vandalism charges after using washable chalk outside three bank of america branches in san diego. "nomessages included thanks, big bangs" and " shame on bank of america." he has accused a bank of america executive of pressuring local prosecutors to go through with the case. jeff olsonerdict, urged supporters to protest big bangs by moving their money to local credit unions are you -- unions. >> closure account and move it to a local, nonprofit committed he credit union. if you are mad about this, think it should not of happened me, closer wall street accounts. >> olson's acquittal comes days after similar activist in pennsylvania was detained for using chalk to write a sidewalk spoken against republican governor tom corbett's decision to reject federal funds for expanding medicare. he wrote "governor corbett has health insurance, we should to." he has been charged with disorderly conduct. refuting claims that pilotless drones carry out more precise attacks than conventional air chief -- aircraft. he says he

jeff olson was charged with vandalism for scrawling messages like "no thanks, big banks" on the sidewalks outside of branches of bank of america. he faced 13 years in prison. but a jury found him not guilty. >>> and rumors that apple may be developing a smartwatch could be true. the tech giant applied to trademark the iwatch in japan. the application was made in early june, but not made public until just last week. if apple develops the wearable device, it will reportedly run on the same operating system used by the iphone and ipad. that would have to be a really big face on that watch in order to see what you're reading, right? >> i'm so used to checking my time on my phone. >> me, too. >> that would be too many options now. >> exactly. lots of gadgets there. >> i think i still want them all, though. ashley morrison here in new york. thanks, ashley. >>> when we return, an historic day in california. and find out what it feels like to knock the west tennis player out at wimbledon. this is the "cbs morning news." (announcer) bring the adventure to their bowl with a whole world of exciting

i have to say because i'm a normal sharing kind of person i found out about lynn olson's troublesome young men and have to report to everyone is one of the most fantastic book i ever read, a seminal book. most of us didn't learn these things in our history classes in public, private, parochial, whatever schools. lynn olson 11 has indicated as in a period of history that is similar to what we are going through now. i want to thank you so much and looking forward to reading this book. in this book i know i can find the answer to this question but again i thought everybody would be interested in hearing the answer as i am. could you name one of the interventionist groups? you mentioned the america first, would you mind? >> there were two that were the most important, one was the century grew and it was named after the century club in new york which was one of the top used to be all men private clubs, basically it was a group of mostly prominent new yorkers, many from the media, when it was organized, this is quite revolutionary in 1940, we should get into the war immediately against ger

olson. hello, ms. i want to question a point that you made about the irs having a reduction in cost. if anybody goes to new carrollton, they will find a building right next to the irs building, which is already huge, big is the pentagon, there is a building almost as large and has 110by csc which thousand employees all doing irs 110,000 -- which has employees all doing irs business. how does that result in the total number of people? guest: you make a good point about the use of contractors. i do think that contracting has been reduced. in terms of the new carrollton federal building, the irs has had a reduction of employees by know, 5%do not already. needs to be -- now it is down to 87,000 employees. 13,000 human beings that are no longer working for the irs. i think what you see, using new carrollton as an example, is the centralization of irs employees on certain large sites. i actually have a problem with that. what is being reduced to some of the more local offices, and i have a problem with that

. >>> a new jersey girl knew what to do when her mom had an emergency. 5-year-old chloe olson's mother a potato chip thursday. she decided to call 911. she did that thinking it was her dad. >> hello? >> yes. >> hello. >> daddy, mommy's choking. >> she's choking? >> yeah. she can't talk right now. >> okay. she can't talk? >> no. >> okay. can you open the front door and i'll get help over to you. >> okay. >> open the front door. >> love you. bye. >> how cute is that. firefighters arrived just minutes later. fortunately chloe's mom managed to free the potato chip herself. >>> and the secretary of state john kerry's wife is improving. she's now in a rehab facility in doctors upgraded teresa heinz kerry's condition from fair to good. the 74-year-old suffered a seizure in nantucket over the weekend. >>> and san diego mayor bob filner is apologizing amid sexual harassment allegations. in a statement yesterday filner said he had failed to respect women who worked for him. he did not detail his actions. there have been several calls for his resignation. filner, who is divorced, says he needs he

host: we are talking with me now olson -- nina olson. lydia up next. caller: good morning.he idea to abolish the irs is ridiculous and will not happen. you advocate for taxpayers. who advocates for the workers of the internal revenue service? i was watching of formal -- former director of the cincinnati office. has alwayst office been understaffed and overworked. he said that is one of the problems. the number of the tax-exempt organizations have ballooned in the past 10 years, and the fact that office -- the staff at the office has not increased. who advocates for these workers that have been accused of all kinds of crimes when they are overworked? not fullyations are filled out because the internal revenue service has changed exclusively for social welfare to primary. who gave them the authority to change the status? host: this is something you talk about the report. guest: the employees in cincinnati have their own attorney and things like that, but i can say that since 2005 i have been pointing out in my december report where i am told by law to identify 20 of the most

markets and commit fraud well richard olsen from zurich is quoted in this and he's the founder of olson ltd who has designed currency trading models since one thousand nine hundred six and he says about what's going on in the four x. markets at the moment central banks have become the insider traders of the currency market which is a paradigm shift that systematic traders cannot pick up as well as fundamental traders systematic traders are they algorithmic trading robots in other words the n.s.a. and all of the surveillance technology made it very difficult to beat the markets and generate any kind of alpha in your portfolio because all of the differentials between market pricing have been arbitraged away through these sophisticated computers and so the returns from these algorithmic computing programs were not sufficient enough to pay the interest on them yup that i just bought if i just paid two hundred million dollars for a yacht and i need to generate a certain amount of return manipulating markets i can have some computer that's going to efficiently arbitrage away all the fraud get

lot of spin the bottle and stuff back in those days but that really count i think was maybe debbie olson that's danny also you know debbie rowe. and i read jeff bridges alright tb opens friday thanks for joining us see again i'm a king's things on twitter which to handle. don't know what moment of my hand i don't think i have one of them look it up. well. it's technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. last time was a new alert animation scripts scare me a little. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news. the alexander family cry tears of so why at every great thing that had read dark at a court of law found alive there's a story made for a movie is playing out in real life. wealthy british style. that's not on the typewriter let's go. to. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. he is easy to look it's. easy. to. see. the all. good. feet . so many peo

five-year-old chloe olson's mom was eating a tortilla chip at home when one got lodged in her throatshe started choking. chloe knew just what to do - dial 9-1-1. she actually thought she was talking to her dad -- because her mom was talking to him on the phone just before. >> daddy? mommy is joking. >> she is joking? >> yes, -- she is--- cho king.. >> can you open the front door? >> all pay. >> will p >> al >> al >> o >> and young chloe may be in entertainment tonight? we show you how to weed out on the cool. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month wit

> a little girl's phone call made the difference between possibly life and death. 5-year-old chloe olsoninto action when her mom started choking. >> i heard mommy coughing and i said mommy, are you okay? >> she picked up the phone and dialled 911. >> 911, what's your emergency. >> hello. daddy. daddy. mommy is choking. >> she is choking. >> yes. she can't talk right now. >> okay. she can't talk. >> no. >> okay. can you open the front door and i will get help over to you? >> chloe called that 911 dispatcher daddy because she thought that's who would be on the other end to save the day. chloe's mom stopped choking before the emergency crews got there. >> a school in louisiana losing big money for not complying with new lunch standards. they say it's not their fault. officials at the school are out 300,000 bucks because students just don't want to eat the new healthy choices. students are either throwing the food away or not buying the lunches at all. toyota redesigned rav-4 flunked a safety test. the institute for highway safety says the small suv received the worst possible score on a fro

terry olson. he and his lawyer, james leonard, agreed to an interview.ve anything to do with it. >> olson claims he's been cooperative from day one, submitting his dna and agreeing to an interview without a lawyer. while investigators didn't comment on him specifically, there is evidence that led police to him. >> without any disrespect to mr. olsen, he's not machiavellian. i think he presented to them an attractive target. >> police have contacted police in missouri and alaska for possible connections. >> everybody counts. everybody, every person's a child of god and we view every person, every victim of every crime, particularly crimes of violence like this. as worthy of our best efforts. >> and anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. or you can call 1-800-658-8477. >> still to come, stunning new details about a deadly roller coaster ride. this was the nightmare come true. what police are saying about an accident that caused a woman to plunge 14 stories to her death. >>> and a potentially deadly chemical leaking from a plant forcing ev

we are going to show you, that is 5-year-old chloe olson. her mom was eating chip at home. one got lodged. she started choking. chloe knew just what to do. dial 911. >> daddy? >> hello. >> daddy, mom my's choking. >> she's choking in. >> yeah, she can't talk right now. >> she can't talk? >> no. >> okay. can you open the front door and i'll get help over to you. >> okay. >> open the front door. i'll be right there. >> love you, bye. >> chloe thought she was talking to her dad because her mom was talking to him on the phone before. doesn't matter. she got help. the mother is okay. young chloe may be in line for an award from the town of ridgewood, new jersey. she is the smartest and cutest little kid we have seen in a long, long time. >> it's a great lesson for teachers, parents and day care workers to tell your kids what to do. they need to know 911. >> kids know how to do it better than grown ups. >>> home buyers beware. mortgage rates are rising. i'm going to tell you how high they could go, next. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130

ted olson.lawyer than elson, solicitor general in the bush administration, victorious in the supreme court on gay marriage as well. but the lawsuit itself does focus on this third aechmendmen. the third amendment essentially said we are going to take all of the profits of the companies and take them for deficit redux into the treasury. what has that meant in june 30th, fannie and freddie paid treasury $66.3 billion, what it would have been otherwise in terms of dividends $4.7 billion. the continued profitability accelerated in the lawsuit, payments to treasury under the so-called third amendment, they will fully reimburse treasury with interest by next year. under the third amendment, say the plaintiffs, regardless of how much fannie and freddie sent to treasury, preferred stock will remain outstanding. they want a different road to be taken here as do holders of the preferred. berk cowits, a large holder, this debate is starting to take shape. hedge funds on one side, not a lot of sympathy, per

former solicitor general ted olson is going to court next week in attempt to get some of the money back>> what's happening now is completely outside the realm of reality, and plaintiff's lawyers are bragging about it, and they're advertising please, line up at my doorstep, we'll get money for you. >> reporter: he points to advertisements like this. a florida attorney counsels clients, even if they don't think bp caused their loss, quote, as long as the numbers pass the test, the law presumes bp caused the loss. another brags the craziest thing about the settlement is you can be compensated for losses unrelated to the spill. bp complains the system is out of control. >> we should be held account for that which we did to adversely impact the environment and economy of the gulf coast, but we should not be made to pay for things we did not cause. getting something for nothing is not the american way. >> reporter: claims floor patrick juneau rejected the complaints, telling fox news we processed claims efficiently and correctly in accordance with the settlement agreement and orders of the co

darcy olson runs the goldwater institute.t happened to your town. >> detroit turned into a one part any time. for 50 years it's been ruled by one party, which means you get the evil party checking the stupid party. in detroit's case, there was no such check and you got out of control spending and corruption and waste. >> i assume they're not dumb. they know somebody has to pay for this. >> yes. they are not dumb, they are just very greedy. nobody is thinking about the long-term horizon. all they're thinking about is getting re-elected in four years, and which constituency they need to buy to do that. and in detroit, as all of michigan, unions are extremely strong. >> darcy, what do cities do that's better? >> it's so interesting. detroit used to be called the paris of the midwest, and of course, today, $28,000 debt per person. but it's a tale of two americas. other cities are operating in the black with cash on hand, award winning public parks. >> what's the difference? >> number one, let's look at sandy spring, georgia. the

and gloria olson posted, i am reading masters of the planet, the search for human origins, a fascinating and would you rendering of what we know or think that we know about the evolution of homo sapiens. the american museum of national history. what are you reading this summer? post on our facebook wall, tweet us, or send us an e-mail. you can visit all of our social media sites to see what others are reading and we might even share your posts here on book tv. >> interestingly that the korean war in essence sort of help the south koreans. when the communists came down they were brutal. a lot of the south koreans turned against. that sort of solidified, i think, their sense of national cohesion and identity. but i think they miscalculated. having waited, it's very possible that the south probably would have -- it's possible that it would have disintegrated on its own. >> sixty years after north korean troops crossed the 30th parallel they never really ended tonight at 9:00 on after words, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> first amendment ploy abrams represented the new york time

when you look at the testimony that neat annette a olson gave, her job is to make sure what happenedonservative groups never happens, and she testified in front of congress and says, she has no problem with what happened and she just concerned that the irs was underfunded. you wonder who is doing their job and who is not. when mr. mueller testified in front of congress and said he at any time know how many agents were in the investigation or who they were or where it stood, how serious are they taking is? this is very concerning to me, but should be very concerning to all americans. >> monica crowley, why has -- the establishment media has not covered this. the fact that the fbi is not contacted these targeted groups, that's a news story. now, why haven't they covered it. >> and completely disgraceful. this irs scandal is the most dangerous scandal in u.s. history, and here's why. in the past when administrations have used the irs in abuse of power to target political enemies it's been elite to elite. nerd, johnson going after an enemy of nixon, in this case, the irs was used for pol

>> tomorrow, irs national taxpayer advocate nina olson discusses a proposal on the taxpayer bill of rights and apology payments of up to $1000 to taxpayers whose cases are .ishandled herei looking at preparations for the launch of the insurance exchanges or marketplaces good and ross johnson talks about the purpose of the broadcast, how the government determines its effectiveness and concerns with leadership and oversight. live at 7n journal" a.m. eastern on c-span. .> they had a tremendous role without going to camp every winter was huge. and he thought so. it wasn't just a valley forge. it was every winter of the eight long years of the revolutionary war and she hated it. it was dangerous. the roads were dangerous. she was a prime object for hostagetaking. .ut she was key to troop morale and he felt that very strongly and she would organize the other officers wives and they would cook for the soldiers. they would settle for the soldiers. they would nurse the soldiers and pray for the soldiers. they put on these great entertainments for the soldiers. washington's genius was keeping the ar

. >> tomorrow, irs national taxpayer advocate nina olson discusses a proposal on the taxpayer bill ofs and apology payments of up to $1000 to taxpayers whose cases are .ishandled herei looking at preparations for the launch of the insurance exchanges or marketplaces good and ross johnson talks about the purpose of the broadcast, how the government determines its effectiveness and concerns with leadership and oversight. live at 7n journal" a.m. eastern on c-span. .> they had a tremendous role without going to camp every

ted olson represented citizens united but i represented senator mcconnell in that case and i did get to be one of the two lawyers argued that. it a film was made by a conservative organization denouncing senator hillary clinton when she looked like should be the democratic candidate in 2008, the entity that made it, the conservative organization was partially funded by corporate many. not a lot but partially. under the statute in the fact -- effected any speech than and up denouncing the election still within 60 days of an election or 30 days of a political convention could not be funded by corporations. that was so called mccain-feingold law. my view is and was is that it is inconceivable a movie denouncing a candidate for the president of united states could be a crime. that is what the statute did. it made criminal that movie is shown on television or on cable or satellite is shown with in the 30 or 60-- period. i think there is nothing that the first amendment says more about them political speech, who to vote for, who to vote against and the fact the money even if all of it came

perry that retained ted olson is arguing the sweep amendment amounted to self dealing and says that ittroys billions of dollars in preferred shareholder value. very high-stakes. getting personal. they named jack lou and ed demarco in the suit. >> you knew this was going to come to a head. the legislation you are talking about is the warner corker bill. >> recently introduce skbd would give them path to liquidation in five years and very controversial although it was bipartisan in congress, but the investors that got in are troubled by it. they say the rules changed mid-course. perry got in in 2010. obviously hoping for upside and the interests are aligned with those of the treasury. they hold preferred, too. theres no question they'll get paid back. the request he is almost like with dell. you keep the stub so you have potential upside in the future. >> they always carry an outside risk. they're incredibly speculative plays, the common or the preferred. incredibly. >> absolutely. >> never a guaranteed to work out the favor of those who are betting big in there. >> certainly if you got

special correspondent kate olson reports.version of this story aired on the pbs program "religion and ethics newsweekly." >> reporter: for most of its 160-year history, san quentin has been known as a tough place to do hard time. but over the past two decades, this has begun to change. although only a tiny portion of state funds goes toward rehabilitation, contributions from citizens support innovative programs aimed at reducing violence and recidivism. one program making a difference was started by jacques verduin. >> there's a growing alienation and a lack of sense of belonging for most people today, it seemed that nowhere else stronger than in our prison system had we turned our backs on each other. >> reporter: a psychologist who has practiced meditation for many years, verduin created a program called grip-- guiding rage into power. the year long initiative seeks to help prisoners address the root causes of their violent behavior and make the journey of transformation from violent offender to peacemaker from the inside o

on "washington journal, olson discusses taxpayer bill and apology payments to taxpayers whose cases arehandled. robner -- rovner looks at health care law and ross johnson talks about the purpose of a broadcast, how the government determines its effectiveness and oversight. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> they had a tremendous role. talking about martha's, the things she gave george, that going to camp every winter was huge and he also. it was not just sally ford. it was every winter of the eight long years of the revolutionary war. and she hated it. it was dangerous. the roads were dangerous.

we have ted olson to tell us about those cases. he has more than a passing interest in them. >> it is a daunting thing to attempt to deal with these two cases, which involve so many issues that are important to our society and our culture and to our political life in a short period of time. i will see what i can do. the good news is -- from my standpoint -- i represented the two couples that brought the proposition 8 case involving proposition 8, california's constitutional amendment adopted by the people in 2008 that defined marriage. it said only marriage between a man and a woman will be recognized and ballot in california. the two couples that i represented got married yesterday afternoon. the ninth circuit listed the state that had been in affect since proposition 8 when it into effect as unconstitutional. people immediately began to get married. the two female individuals that we represented were married personally by the attorney general of california. the two mails were married by the mayor of los angeles. thousands of othe

. >> matthew olson, the director of the national counterterrorism center, was also at the forum in aspen, colorado. he was asked about the impact of snowden's leaks. listen to this. >> but is it on the leaks, is there anything, is there any demonstrated reduction of intelligence sharing because people think, oh, the united states just can't be trusted with secrets anymore? everything leaks out? >> i think it remains to be seen on snowden. i'm worried about that. i'm worried about it when i see what i read coming out of, particularly with respect to europe and our european ally, how they may be reacting to this. but i think it just actually remains to be seen. >> candy crowley is joining us now. we have two top security officials speaking out, expressioniexpres expressing thoughts about the impacts of snowden. how politically charged, the issue right now, given the public statements that have been released and the uproar that twoed over the past several weeks? >> reporter: it tells you they're doing damage control. this is what we heard repeatedly up on capitol hill and other administrati

when ted olson is arguing it and we have all of the major corporations and all of the major republicans>> hal: exactly. my feeling is that it is a monetary issue as well. industry allowing gay people to let's go people to be married. it is so much financial gain that outweighs -- that's how it always works. we have obesity prevention programs that are governmental not because the government overnight decided to start caring about people anymore than they did the day before but because the actuarials hit a tipping point where the cost of taking care of people who have a long-term -- future of disease because of the way they are now easily predictable. immediately, all of the insurance companies start getting people to exercise. that's another bailout on some way. same thing applies. like once they hit the tipping point of gay marriage, fighting it is more expensive than letting it pass. >> stephanie: jenny in georgia, you're on with hal. hi jenny. >> caller: hi, guys. good to see you all together again. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: thank you hal now i watch fashion police, dexter