olson was not a random victim.e had been out of jail on bond, but less than 24 hours earlier, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for rape by instrumentation. his victim was a minor and other inmates almost always target sex offenders for violence. >> not the cool thing to be doing, man. >> the guards, they try to get him out of the pod in time, but he come to jail with those charges, they will execute you to the fullest extend of the convict code. >> when somebody's charged with a sex crime, they aren't by default put in segregation. >> segregation is kind of rough. you're on lockdown 23 hours a day. we just don't by default put you into protective custody. >> i was actually getting ready to release the inmate to be transferred to another pod. he came to me and said that he had some inmates that were making some threats towards him and the attacker saw the inmate in front of my security desk and that's when he said, okay, it's time to make my move. that's when i called code blue. >> not really a

nina olson is the national taxpayer advocate. heads an independent office, created by congress, to represent the voice of the taxpayer, inside the irs. >> if you get your haircut, if you go to a locksmith, there's all sorts of professional certifications. but not for return preparation. >> so there's no exam. >> no exam. >> no requirement you have to be educated on tax law? >> nope. you can just hang up your shingle or not, just do it on your kitchen table. and we are at our peril, harming taxpayers, by not insisting that these people have some basic level of competence. >> reporter: 46 states, including right here in pennsylvania, there's practically no regulation on unenrolled tax preparers. those are the hundreds of thousands of tax professionals who are not cpas, not attorneys, nor enrolled agents. all together, unenrolled tax preparers completed over 42 million tax returns in 2012. that's about 30% of all tax returns. as national taxpayer advocate, olson has been pushing to regulate these unenrolled tax preparers for more th

reeves gets up complain to the manager about olson's texting.sks olson if he's still texting. that's when things turn deadly. you can see what appears olson tossing a popcorn box at reeves. then he gets his gun and shoots. just this week, prosecutors release photographs from inside the theatre. the defense is that reeves was hit with a cell phone. the witnesses say they saw him throw popcorn. does this new evidence hurt or help reeves' case? >> there's now a photo of the cell phone at the feet of where reeves was sitting. i think it helps him. stand your ground not only applies when a person is in fear of death or great bodily harm but when they're already in fear of a forcible felony against them. in florida the law affords you additional protections. that could be deemed a forcible felony. so stand your ground may be validly applied here which may bring us back to why it's so problematic. this looks like someone needed to use deadly force to defend themselves. now we've had three cases, zimmerman, dunn and now this case where people have initi

miss olson? >> i think one thing that is an emerging trend that i've just been briefed on is the theft of social security numbers from preparers themselves. hacking into preparer databases and that's very difficult because you do get the wage information so even if we have the wage information, we can't necessarily tell that that's a bad return. the irs right now is doing a pilot to see if you can match the name and account, the name on the return where the deposit is supposed to be made into an account with the name on the account itself. the bank account itself. and that is having some mixed results but there may be things on that end where you can work with the financial institution to do greater security. are these dollars supposed to go into there? i know the irs is considering limiting how many refund can be made into a particular account. so that, that would be a very easy thing. then, again, these criminals are, you're truly talking about scams. these are opportunistic criminals. they're

and david boies and ted olson, ted olson will be taking your questions, go to speak out.msnbc.com and leave your question for him in the exclusive article. and allen gross has been in a cuban prison more than four years and announced starting last week he went on a hunger strike to protest against the cuban and u.s. governments for what he calls mistruths and deception and inaction by both governments, not only regarding their shared responsibility but lack of reasonable or valid effort to resolve this shameful ordeal. a spokes person for the gross family says he's in poor health. this as today the senate was using shaw over the agency's so-called fake cuban twitter accounts used to try to create political unrest or create more democracy there says shaw. shaw was on the show last week and said the programs were not convert. senator leahy said he didn't know about the program. >> who's idea was it to undertake this program in this manner, through this secret, well who's idea was it? >> senator leahy, let me address alan gross -- >> first answer the question, who's idea was this. >> it

very different logic on olson's side.n fact, the reasoning in the windsor case came from the windsor briefs. how do you respond to that? >> robby caplan is a wonderful lawyer. i talk about her in the book, her and edie. they were in the case, asking for a limited -- you know, it was a limited decision. it was a decision to say, you don't have to recognize -- you don't have to overturn bans across the nation. but you do have to recognize legally married couples and give them federal benefits. of course, olson and the perry case was asking for much more. they wanted a 50-state ruling which would allow gays and lesbians to marry. i talk a lot about the tension, but i think in the end what happened was that they actually benefited from each other. you know, if you look at justice kennedy's decision, the joke a little bit in edie windsor's legal team was, edie's already married, already gay. they didn't talk about -- they didn't stress -- they wanted to make it this low-key kind of, this is just a tax case. i think that on the

we can wait -- if olson is the one. i am trying to understand what the hud requirements are specifically. >> it depends on how you use the project-based voucher assistance. in some project based vouchers the owner can establish a list. so it is possible. >> okay, that's something we would establish under this program as a city. >> yeah. pretty much you figure how you go with that. >> i know there is a commitment of $180 million potential dollars of renovation from the federal government under this new rad program. that's not familiar? so that's something that olsonvilolson will have to explain. >> yeah, the majority of the dhs will come from leverage, we are not providing additional capital fund for renovation. >> you will continue to provide the same dollar amount? >> what you will get, the dollars convert from a grant that you get from capital and operating funds. they will convert to project-based rental assistance. they end up being equivalent, because you have that long-term contract you can leverage debt. that you

the second is nina olson. thank you both for coming. you're prepared statements are going to automatically be made part of the record. went up to start, commissioner. >> thank you. for the opportunity to discuss irs regulation of paid return preparers. the community is a key ally in our efforts to for fill our mission of taxpayer service and compliance. each year, paid preparers are called on to complete 80 million returns. about 56% of total individual income tax returns filed. a make the irs posture easier by helping clients report their taxes. at the same time, the level of oversight has traditionally been on even at rest. meet attorneys must mandated competency requirements, they only make up 40% of the universe of prepared return people. that leaves the other 60% without any oversight. like oregon have regulated unlicensed preparers, but most of the community favors federal oversight to avoid a patchwork of state requirements. will the majority preparers are competent, there are those who engage in fraud. others do not have enough

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome john david bois and ted olson. ' which mac >> it is an honor to be with the first panel such an extraordinary conference. and to have a conversation with two extraordinary gentlemen. at a time when the country often seems deeply divided into the polarization committees to people that fought in court set an example how you can come together from the position of the principles to achieve progress. so i am looking forward to a great conversation over the next hour. first there is no question that our country 50 years after the original civil rights in the midst of the new movement surrounding rights, marriage equality being at the current front of the fight. we have seen a change in the popular opinion around this issue over the last 20 years it would have been unimaginable. my first question is what parallels and what do you see between the current gay-rights movement and the civil rights movement 50 years ago. >> like the battle for the racial civil rights, for a long time, people denied that this was a civil rights issue on constitutional grounds

margaret her olson and run mesh -- margaret carlson and ramesh nnuru on gay marriage. we begin with former secretary of defense william cohen. there were some signs of easing. ?re you optimistic cap >> i would like to be but we need to look at what president putin has done and is declared intentions. he has been speaking as if the eastern part of ukraine is already part of russia. the newalked about russia. in his mind, there will be over time some federalization of ukraine which would mean the hollowing out of that government and reducing the ability of the government to really have a coherent state that they can control. i think that is his ultimate goal. he will continue to have his forces on the border and continue to agitate. the united states and the west really is at a disadvantage. >> not much we can do other than sending forces over. will search or real sanctions have any impact --will sanctions have an impact? covertly or quietly propose to the russians that we have a whole series of additional sanctions we are prepared to put into effect that would require t

it was ted olson who lost his wife in the attacks on september 11th, and he came forward on his own before it was popular, before people were talking about it and said this isn't the way our system works. and i think it's incumbent on all of us as lawyers and the bar and legal profession generally to stand up for these folks. whether it's debo adegbile. this is not about politics. this is about principle. do you want to go into a stalinistic regime where you're threatened with sanctions or who knows what else, or a system where the best come forward and help the court figure out the hard issues? that's the same whether it's environmental or guantanamo. >> neal katyal, thanks very much for helping us. i don't know if this ad campaign is going to become a scandal, but for non-partisan reasons i hope it does. >>> straight ahead on the interview tonight it's u.s. senator elizabeth warren. she's here with us. stay with us. i must begin my journey, which will cause me to miss the end of the game. the x1 entertainment operating system lets your watch live tv anywhere. can i watch it in butterfly

admiral eric olson, head of all special operations forces, was equally impressed impressed andd to jim as his lawrence of afghanistan. petraeus, olson and general stanley mcchrystal, then in charge in afghanistan, plucked jim out and sent him to afghanistan to help implement the strategy. i joined jim on this incredibly promising mission. the challenge of his lifetime, to capture and document what happened. "american spartan" is the story of jim's passion for that mission and the bonds of loyalty between afghans and americans. it is also the story of our love, born out of common pain and experience in wartime and out of a shared desire to do something good for the afghan people and ultimately help staunch the shedding of american and afghan blood. what happened? would jim's ideas work on the ground with the tribes? we moved into the mud-walled hut in february 2012. at the time jim was betting his life as well as mine and those of all his men that his ideas would work. almost immediately we tasted a critical test -- we faced a critical test. the day before we moved in, violent protests

. >> i wrote a story for the "new york times" about ted olson, a guy liberals loved to hate. he won bush v gore for bush, how he had come to embrace this cause. i was hooked. you had rob reiner, the movie direct, chad griffin, a young political op pra active and the pairing up of these super lawyers ted olson and david boies who was his adder have usairy in bush v gore. i wanted to know what does it feel like to be the face of -- in a major civil rights case. >> brown: and the strategy which is part of -- much of what you write, the strategy they pursued of controversial even within the gay rights movement, right? tell us how they decided to good for the federal lawsuit? >> at the time there was a real feeling that the supreme court wasn't ready, the country wasn't ready and what the activities were pursuing was this ten, ten, ten strategy to have 30 states with some form of marriage recognition before you went the federal route. this group thought it was time to do something different brownch the danger was its could be become fire. >> it was a gamable. a lot of visitities w

posses and they looked set to equate the crisis polls with any confidence at the disco beat and jim olson still posses the changes in esp ones. in one area that taiwanese and down to bounce his divine in popularity if you're a skeptic policies across his national front and the netherlands freedom policy effective form of extreme might scare the i could well get enough seats to form a group. we may well appeal to form a group of about four c any peace whether they can stay together. i don't know. each we will see her soon to be mostly calm on the left to please other people are disaffected with the european projects as a signal that it's probably the year the european leaders would have taken hold. here at an economic crisis and many things is disillusioned with the politicians. the racism in town to get the phone trying to tell us the theme of the king of cool mainstream parties have just one month left to convince europeans to think of them two teams one of the main stories in the campaign will be who's going to the european commission leaders agree to the polls most in the parliament wo

jim olson still posses the changes and that's what's in one area that no one is in the center bounce is the rise in popularity if you're a skeptic policies from his national front and the netherlands freedom house an effective form of extreme might scare the. well get any peace to former great. they may well appeal to form a group of about four c any peace. whether they can stay together. i don't know it on each. we will see that soon the in laws to come on the left to twist of the people who are disaffected with the european projects on us a signal that it's probably the year the european leaders would have taken bold. here at the economic crisis and many that is disillusioned with the politicians. the racism in town to get the phone trying to tell us the theme of the temple. mainstream policies have just one month left to convince europeans to think of them. he beamed to one of the main stories in the campaign will be who is going to meet the european commission. the leaders agreed the polls most in the parliament would end up having the executive. georgia would you encourage the c

olson, there was a report that found higher rates. they also estimate that between 20 to 22 percent of eligible workers are not claiming itc. for many as we put real-time and real staff time in getting people to sign up, to know about it, be aware of it. two questions. what we do to maintain and enhance the itc and ctc will reducing the honor great and increasing in norman? and professor barracks written testimony states that the risk of fraud is so great that it should be addressed by eliminating credits. comment on both of those, if you would. >> okay. i think that the irs has some very good research from its random audit of the night to see taxpayers. but really demonstrate that the air is great. you have to find its complicated statutes. you have those kind of errors, and then you do have fraud. the vulnerability of the population. the population changes. it's very hard at learning curve. teaching people in great numbers i have proposed in other testimony multiple ways of addressing the errors, including folks education, redesign

olson. after this is a different c-span radio. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] thet president obama visits seattle area today to look at the damage from a mudslide that happened last. the mudslide killed at least 41 people and buried dozens. groups continue today through the wreckage. a stopover for the president as he travels to the pacific region. working on a trade deal in the u.s., but no agreement has been reached. a considerable distance over trade and farm products and vehicles. just days before president obama is scheduled to visit. south korea says there is evidence of heightened activity a the nuclear testing ground friend a new kind of test. north korea has carried out three nuclear tests. the most recent of risks is february 2013. every time that happens come united states security council reacted with increased sanctions. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> what we are seeing

olson said before stephens says moses scientists have to react to situations and that takes time. and in that time they can use them calling them to scoop up to the country getting to encourage people to know what could go wrong so that he doesn't waste time thinking about it late to the concert. daniel gross is the little things make a difference. micah looking exactly where you're going in to service the management he says some people tried to learn how to greet the streets. he doesn't drive like that. he looks all the way down the road and analyzes was in front of him he's developed a sense the second situation swing he tries to account what other drivers to going to do. it's an intense he says is that the safety of the fall even with the protective coatings are falling off its leash to help it's because there's nothing else surrounding you as one of two sundays tend to train. beginners have to stay safe to do. email any yet. colby has only ridden twenty two militants the fish logan is the first to see the new suzuki. meet the city to meet lebanese border on by the fleet mainte

business havana is hoping to attract more foreign investment and improve ties with the european union olson cats so don't move that has the details the mrc is a french national anthem the first time in thirty one years it was officially played in cuba. last time a senior official came to the island was in nineteen three the fed uses on cuban soil for only nine hours a day was enough time to time the relationship between the country story of today we can see if the resolution by inter relations and attorneys the delegation that met privately for an hour and half cuban president raul castro. well there wasn't a joint press conference at disney and speak about what was discussed. the island's french community who don't know the name. over the past few years cheaper housing holds in particular with regard to political prisoners the weather and i must be honest about this. much remains to be done in order to halt all this darkness having said that there's a lot to be done in cuba in regard to human rights. he delicately and diplomatically suggested a number of changes its position on cuban has t

anna olson days here. who will rule all the mysteries the secrets they might not see the mountains and downs exodus international a new russian capsule that could revolutionize space flight explore that in technology and a yard in the uk. max is taking on the dodgy financiers in his report. i know i was. thus. the is you i will. ill people always say democracy should mean how or why the people of the people to flee sometimes for the people. when this people power system gets disgusted with the boils down to voting and being able to stand right side but that is very narrow view. one new washer law broadens the idea of democracy by giving citizens the ability to defend order by working with the police or forming their own peoples malicious. the law also forces local and regional governments to create the conditions necessary for these militias called regina is to arrive. i think this is a good thing because despite our supposed love for people power. we're pretty much helpless in a modern democratic system t

thus he became the deadliest since two thousand and eight with over nine thousand people killed in olson's the beginning of the us led invasion. up to one hundred and sixty six thousand the sydney dance company recorded and i was on tilt even if he could help shed the experience of covering local elections a new low cost. we found a country that was incredibly defined it for example even and odd duck neighborhoods the students were now completely separated by sectarian divisions night i sat down and admitted any massive changes and the weekly changes between then and now much worse escalation of violence and and and and much worse situation because back then we now people have fled we've seen an increase in attacks these kinds of attacks are far larger than what we're seeing last year a larger death tolls. it's not just an eagle just have a fanatical groups during an issue which is also the accusations on both sides of the monkees forces using certain election is also the radical forces in and basically it just it's just evolved into this very lucky that area. to see how the action. going

russia's leadership olson says it reserves the right to protect russian speakers.you force to warrant a national american artists which engaged cool cool. and to demonstrate to see if it weren't for full view of things hope you'll kill people or sometimes referred to him you can get. usa's this thing is awesome the russian propaganda. with rising tensions of the russian troop movements and gas supplies. most go and western governments accuse each other trying to force ukraine to come under the influence. its loan guarantee of retaining the non aligned states is of ukraine's provided by its constitution will be required so the ladbrokes comments indicate the importance of ukraine. formerly part of the same union to russia's leaders. they fear it to an end to it or having chris was this nation european union but the robins and most of the same in a tree intervention in eastern ukraine would be a big mistake of buying only russia i think that it would like to see penn of strong ukrainian state which will have a new post eight this means that it will all be a member of

promising anti terror measures against those responsible for the customization in these regions and olson accusing most open part in protests has increased and ukraine also trying to repeat the crying me as an area near it also reports that several on the units were sent to the region from kiev to maintain you are with me on to her to the next hold alt said that answer is in the ctu often as conducive to my kids. explain to the region's independence from key of the region's sovereignty. these people have been taking to the streets for several weeks now. almost every week and it seemed at that demonstrates the demonstrations and protests in opening the seat is the holy cross based in ukraine people have been complaining about said before seizing key and last but not only because of the week they take power but also the passing that the rot team name the members of ukraine's top rides cost to see attic and she said that current government and they are afraid of spread in encouraging patches in the region. well these attacks is how people can find them into buildings that need to set deadlin

olson doing a deal with lafarge. doing a deal with lafarge. a merger of equals. crh in the middle.will the deal mean for them? u.s. equity futures also lower at the moment. it down maybe .5%. down .25%. novotny has you, been talking about his preferences, the austrian central banker. he is essentially saying that his preference is for asset backed securities in the quantitative easing debate. get that you cannot thing down, can you? >> try as they might, they might need to try harder. thank you. >> coming up, we have been talking about how robots may replace you in the factories of the future. toyota is turning back the clock to get ahead in the future. >> why they are replacing machines with people. yes, you heard me correctly. the craftsman is making a comeback in the car factory. ♪ >> welcome back. we are live from bloomberg tossed european headquarters in london. >> these are the top headlines. the big breakthrough in the missing jet. there may be the black box of flight 370. the battery on the black boxes have a 30 day life. of pro-kremlin demonstrators. there is a boycott of

go before you can thank them for julie's black and when does that look so cute the entire country olson of all the unemployment numbers aren't that big gap with the crowd here now i'm a big gap between rich and pull on the unemployment issue is what it is just a stall the horizon. it is that tends to be doing this and it's in the last previous trading standards for many people come and say that's because the great cuts in spending by just the cost of pensions would cut inside the cafe she sank to the beach and pool is right on top about this great concern about the demographic time bomb series. that's because judy last three years huge numbers of portugal's working population decided to up sticks in the teapot and twenty thousand left in twenty twelve and nineteen directly to mrs nineteen sixty and sunny. porsche cool experience is that with the right home record. and the people concerned to keep on insisting that he got a shrinking working population is very confident and secure economy into the cauldron you connie. it's difficult to teach a budget that this is compounded the country t

drew olson continues to weaken an already declined eight point six percent this year according to brenda aggression has the second worst performance among twenty four munching market currencies so far this year come to our flow continues to mount with over fifteen billion dollars less than the first three months of the year begins to sixty three pm for the whole of twenty thirteen. will determine our list to the question could sink into recession if she continues to prioritize them into spending and expensive health and education precipitating declining support for costly ultra nationalist policies it is do we truly are. rudy we are. i would do. will. we do and it is. as. i am the house. you can. opponents the taiwan and monica charm former democratic progressive party chairman of the shells hunger strike has entered its fourth day. some foreign student movement leaders screen faith and inter league team as well as academia seneca associate researcher palm court on wednesday they feel in that link does not receive them the cheerleaders said the government's decision to

olson from ithaca. you are the national taxpayer advocate. in other words, it's your job to go to bat for the kind of people that we are seeing getting sleep around the country. i am particularly struck and would like you to amplify a bit on. you said that there are actually new incentives and new opportunities for the unscrupulous tax preparer to in effect ripped people off. could you describe it in a little more detail? ..

released in ukraine's biggest typically if the unit to the backing paper instruction of cars on drew olson. propaganda boulevard. that is the state sponsored russia today programme the us the greatest hits of adopting the twisting the ukraine directed by his russian counterpart says it's the channels challenge to the west me give an opening that read one more to it. i guess that was immediately have absolutely nobody would never race competition. also a t a is in jail for supporters of the ousted president a new round of tough sentencing seems that the tree back to egyptian government's crackdown against. yet it's quite good the father of a mafia and rubbish but the black kids making a life of toxic held the people trapped inside the so called triangle of death . call. he just chilled for googling for me kevin were due to the hq this molding in boston with two stops one in the morning this is the weekly rent of the pics too is the last seven days on this topic with one that was happening in front of the last twenty four hours intensify even a massive pro unity march with the right wing rad

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gnat olson, was and is the director of the national counterterrorism center -- nat. then head of policy planning at state department and is now the vice president's national security advisor. mark guilano was head of the fbi's national security division. lisa monaco was head of the department of justice's national security division and ben rhodes was the spokesperson for the national security council staff. >> so during any of those conversations with anyone on that list, no one, including the spokesperson for the national security council indicated that they needed to be changes or any other, for any reason whatsoever? >> so, i never spoke to any of these people. we only sent them an email. the changes that were suggested by the national security staff was at that point, at that point, they had made two suggestions earlier in the process before i was even aware that the talking points existed. but at that point in the process, the only change that the national security staff suggested was a change suggested by ben rhodes to change the word, consulate, to diplomatic

and eric olson was also impressed. in then a plot to amount to help implement the strategy. i join him on the incredibly promising mission the challenge of a lifetime. americans burton is the story of the passion of that mission of the afghan and american. and board at of common pain it of experience a fourth time and to do something good for the afghan people and with the shedding of afghan blood. what happened? moving into the mud wall and then in his life as well as mine that the lady is would work. almost immediately we face the critical test pilot protest erupted from 150 miles to the southwest from the military base. the reaction to the accidental burnings of the acheron. as the demonstrations spread nationwide dozens of people were killed including two american military officers working at the ministry of interior who was shot in the back of the head by an afghan co-worker. afghan government forces were already disturbing. u.s. military command puts all units of octel. and chanting death to america but gen gathers his team of americans being gave the message what i am

the correct answer, peggy olson. >> from secretary pool to copy chief and she's not the only woman that'stary pool. >> thank you. you were terrific. tell your boss we said hey. >>> we also, you guys, want to honor our administrative professionals here at nbc news, and they happen to be kath, in the orange room. oh, they're marching out. come on out. kath, we've got them all here. no, they're all here. it's a big deal. >> i know christine is refusing to do that. >> you never know. wait. more. more. more. oh, my god! look who's here! kathy ryan. i want to point out that my assistant is right here, kathy ryan. she always refuses to be on tv, but today kathy ryan made it. you guys, we want to thank you for all the work you do. thanks, guys. thanks, brooke, chelsea, everybody. we really appreciate it. you guys are awesome. all right, gang, it's time to learn how you can increase your memory so you'll never lose anything again. >>> plus, green gadgets that will help you save money coming up right after this. i dunno, i just ah woke up today and i said i need something sportier. annnd done. ok m

the san jose mom who admitted to stabbing her seven month olson to death is scheduled to appear in courtomorrow. the 23-year-old is if jail and held without bond. police found her abandoned vehicle in a park near livermore on saturday. officers say she approached the officers holding her lifeless baby with what appears to be self-inflicted knife wounds on her wrists. they are trying to determine what drove her to kilt infant -- to kill the infant. >> the father of a 15-year-old who survived six hours in a wheel well of a jet flying to hawaii issue add statement yesterday. "my son like many immigrant children is struggling adjusting to live in this country. our situation was aggravated by displacement in africa for man years after fleeing our home country." >> family is overwhelmed, exhausted and appreciative of concern but requesting any media inquiries be directed with care and their privacy be respected. >>> yahya yusuf is covering still in hawaii. >> san francisco mayor is announcing a new plan for the old vacant lock factory located in visitacion valley on bay shore boulevard empty s

coming up in 45 minutes, a look at how deficits affect the budget. 8:30 eastern, nina olson discusses the need for more oversight of tax preparers. 9:15, robert baker on the political process and the 2014 elections. is next.on journal" you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. host: good morning, everyone. president obama travels to washington state to view the devastation from the recent mudslides and be with families and first responders. following his visit, he would take off for japan, his first stop on a tour of asian countries. for coverage of the president in washington state today on c-span.org. on the domestic side, we will begin with the u.s.

it is rose olson del papa took the very conditions. it is attempting to understand human evil create a path toward justifying or excusing the behavior that creates you will? if the perpetrators of genocide can be seen as falling human beings do they deserve empathy or even forgiveness from those of us to choose to lead good lives? the ledges of argued that the existence of more illegal is the corollary of free well. the theology that all there is only one all-powerful god of stow's humans with through well must got in some way be responsible for mass annihilation? the medieval christian philosopher and theologian said that either got cannot abolish evil or you will not. he cannot he is not all-powerful if you will not he is not of good. they've got to create civil picasso louses creation of free will, it god or man responsible for holocaust? if god is master of both absolute good an absolute evil he must also claim those of us who choose darkness. and what about forgiveness? it the logical point on which christians and jews differ. chr

matt olson was and is the director of the national counterterrorism center. jake sullivan was then the head of policy planning at state department and is now the vice department national security adviser. mark juliano was head of the fbi's national security division. lisa monaco was head of the department of justice national security division and ben rose was a spokesperson for the national security council staff. >> so during any of those conversations, with anyone on the list, no one including the spokesperson for the national security council indicated they needed changes for any reason whatsoever? >> so, i never spoke to many of these people. we only sent them an e-mail. the changes that were suggested by the national security staff was at that point, at that point they'd make two suggestions earlier in the process before i was even aware the talking points existed. at that point in the process, the only change the national security box suggested was a change suggested by ben rose to change the word counselor diplomatic post and suggested the change for a

you can't see what ted olson's face looked like. >> in my misremembering. a british the print court in the u.k. had the cameras trained not on the justices but on the advocates. the idea is that they want students to be able to learn oral advocacy. --re are some hybrids were bruce doesn't want that. at least you can say there is this education purpose. there is somewhat historic purpose being met. students can learn and watch and still protect judicial privacy. there is something in the middle. >> even if you're against cameras, and i can't fathom that. how can you be against cameras -- nst millions of americans would've had a citizens moment of unbelievable historical and present-day significance. what possible downside could there be to hearing justice kennedy announced this historic decision? how could you be a downside to that? >> i think one of the arguments would be that the opinion announcements are not the opinions. they are not signed off by all the justices the offering justice right. i agree with you. i think it should be there. >> here is anothe

i'm also delighted to be on a panel with wally olson with whom i've worked for, my god, it's almost 30 years. he edited a book to which i contributed way back in the 1980s. and also to be on a panel with arnold cling whose work i've respected for so long. so i begin with the notion of crisis and, of course, every book is trying to sell the idea that there's a crisis. and this is particularly a crisis that, again, cato followers are aware of and, indeed, have emphasized in your own, in your own lives. i have a lott of data, i -- a lot of data, i will only mention a few points of special interest. even among democrats there has been a rapid and precipitous decline in confidence. 41% had favorable views of federal government in 2013. that's 41% of democrats. that's down 10% in one year. and this was before obamacare was launched. according to the brookings institution, 56% of democrats believe that the federal government is mostly or completely broken. democrats. and i mentioned that these statistics were gathered before the obamacare fiasco and its rollout. tom edsel in an op-ed in the t

in front of the house intelligence committee, and he was asked in front of james clapper and matt olsonwas behind the talking points? and clapper said i have no idea, and morrell, who cut 50% of the talking points text himself remained silent. that same month, he went up to the hill with susan rice and meant with senators ayotte, mccain, and he said morrell changed it, and when they called the fbi, the bureau went ballistic, and final, senate members alleged morrell misled them by insisting the talking points were for the white house's awareness and not for their input. >> the chairman of the intelligence committee in the house, mike rogers,etiring. how is that going to affect anything if it does? >> he's a former fbi case officer, what you can expect is pretty aggressive questioning tomorrow. based on my reporting, morrell has to deconflict his previous statements to the satisfaction of the members. he's also got to answer whether he really downplayed the reporting of the cia station chief, and that, if people say is not to their satisfaction, he could face perjury charges in this case

it's a global firm with something like 1,100 lawyers, among the partners, ted olson, who has led the supreme court in favor of gay marriage. you know, so it's a lot bigger than randy mastro, the lawyer associated with associates of christie, who did this report. that's really the point here. so the contribution doesn't look good, but the real problem with this report is that it was done by christie's lawyer. and it is in no sense an objective report, and, in fact, in doing the report, mastro and the gibson dunn investigators, didn't talk to any of the principles involved in the lane closings in the bridge because they wouldn't talk to them. so on the basis of no information, they declared christie innocent. that is really the scandal with the report. >> essentially because he said so and was very emotional when he said so. let's go back to you, john, the report isn't scoring points with new jersey voters either. only 36% in the latest polling think the report is legitimate. 56% think it's a whitewash. what are the odds even let's say christie escapes any legal action, that primary st

and peggy olson represents the feminist struckle for equal rights in the workplace.ntrast to her colleague joan harris, who has to use her sexuality in order to win advancement at the office. the show might not exactly adhere to social consciousness or present a commentary on the pressing issues of the day, it's too well written and too subtle for that. as it enters its seventh season, set in the year 1969, it's entering the period where this nation began dividing itself between blue america and red america. quoting from rick pearlstein's book nixon land, what richard nixon left behind was the very terms of our national self-image. a notion that there are two kinds of americans. on the one side, that silent majority, the middle class, middle americans, suburban, royal coalition who call themselves now values voters. people of faith. patriots, or even simply republicans. on the other side are the liberals, the cosmopolitans, the intellectuals, the professionals, democrats. same divide is very much alive today in the subsequent culture war is still raging. so how will