i was over at oxford in the u.k. , speaking over there. and, the audience was somewhat small compared to the audience that i have enjoyed listening to meet the time i had been over there a couple of years before. and i asked one of my hosts, one of the students at the oxford union whether it was something that had to do with my appearance or whether there was something going on that depressed attendance. they said, courtney love. i said excuse me? courtney love was speaking at oxford the very same night that i was there and apparently enjoyed a much larger audience. i have no earthly idea why but i'm glad that she is not here tonight so that we have a larger audience here. also, i appreciated george's instruction or request, i am not sure he is probably too nice to use instruction but his request to turn off cell phones. it does make the job of the federal government to locate just slightly more difficult, which i always enjoy doing. i also appreciate being

from the headers of manchester and be a from oxford. following remarks professor johnson will be taking questions from the audience so if you have a question i asked you to wait for the microphone that will be brought around to you in order that the video equipment will be able to pick up the question. please join me in welcoming professor simon johnson. [applause] thank you very much, everyone for taking time on this beautiful summer evening of early april to come and listen to a talk in doors. i would like to talk to you obviously about the financial system and the situation we find ourselves in today and i think this is a very good day and a moment to have this conversation. i just came from capitol hill from one of many briefings in sure going on right now people are grappling with the question of what legislation should be passed or not passed that will try and prevent a major financial meltdown from happening again. we faced in september, 2008 as you know, and the enormous economic and financial calamity and it seems only reasonab

. >>> arkansas - little rock has a midweek game on april 7th in oxford against ole miss, and then next weekend, belmont comes into town, a i don't know conference weekend. the sunbelt conference unlike a lot of conferences, scheduled a nonconference weekend in with regular conference schedule and that allows things to sort of get right, if you will. i kind of like that idea, ronnie. it doesn't work for all conferences, but it works for the sunbelt. not everybody gets an off weekend. they maybe won't be playing, but they won't play in the conference weekend after it start. >> that is due to the 11 team in the sunbelt. >>> very nice pitch. got it going today with the curve ball. >> when you have the even teams, you don't have to worry about it. it is kind of nice, but i guarantee the coaches would rather have the even number for the schedule purposes. because it is sometimes hard to get the teams you want to play in the middle of their conference schedule. it is hard to schedule the nonconference series. >>> and mccollum makes the throw from 3rd. so, 6 straight. and fujita is retired. no

oxford is in a historic building. and it is buildings like that they did not want in the 1960's. they wanted them to be clean and look very different and the oxford office. >> know your enemy the rise and fall of the american soviet experts. >> this is a fascinating project because starting this proposal talking about american going to war against an enemy against a language and culture they did not know. you could talk about contemporary politics pataki about how little the united states knew about the u.s.s.r. at the beginning of the cold war and world war ii. people were brought into government service to learn about russia through the u.s. government and how into the '50s and '60s as the cold war became more a part of american life our america learned about the soviet union and historians, people who knew the language, study the economy, literature and bring us through the point* to understand rise and fall of the field of sovietology that was a large part of the population. >> the final book? living in the '80s you can see ronald reagan and the stock exchange and madonna. >>

. >> i was over in oxford when he was just a child.was -- oxford. >> i remember him as an even younger child. but in any case, some democrats would say it's dr. frank enstei because of what he's produced here. they've rallied against it. >> they have stunned the republicans very well on this thing. i do think, look, as i heard dylan ratigan say, if jpmorgan chase is going down, we're not going to watch it sink. we'll come in and save it and maybe break it apart. >> it doesn't mean it's in the legislation. >>, no it doesn't. and let me say i think the president on the politics of this, no doubt he's in front of us, he's going to win it. he's got the republicans signing up. i thought he handled it well in his speech. it was clear and simple. i don't know the real nitty-gritty of the bill, whether it's going to be good or bad when you geet gete into the regulations and things like that, but clearly the president is on the right road. this is a winner for him. and i think his sort of magnanimousness, if you will, or magnanimity, if you wil

naval academy, he earned his master's degree in languages from oxford, and he was there as a rhodes scholar. please join me in welcoming adam -- enroll dennis blair. -- admiral dennis blair. [applause] >> thank you very much. when i received the invitation to this group and saw the list of analysts who would proceed may, i felt like a character robert duvall plays in "loans and of," and it says, -- lonesome dove, it says if you're going to be honda, it might as well be by friends. -- to be hung in my, as well be by friends. it is a serious consideration where we go from here, and i would like to thank you not only the work that led to the terrorist reform unmanneact, bun more the continued drive to insure the ideas were started then are kept alive to update and puts them on, so thank you both for not only this even but all the work you have done, and i would like to formally recognize your contribution. [applause] it is worth it to look over this history of intelligence reform, as we looked with a bipartisan report that preceded that, and although most of it is pretty dry policy, i do have

at magdalene college and oxford university as a marshall scholar, and a law degree from harvard law school. he served as a law clerk for associate justice arthur goldberg during the 1964 term. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school, where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. beginning in 1979, he served two years as chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. president jimmy carter appointed justice breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit in 1980. he became its chief judge in 1980 -- 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, are moderated this evening is james duff. he graduated from the university of kentucky on this program -- honors program. he received a j.d. from the georgetown law center in 1981. he served as administrative assistant to to chief justice william h. r

right now dover and east of oxford. so when we picked up nearly a quarter of an inch of rain here, just over that in quantico a half an inch of rain you folks in frederick, maryland, and culpepper as well. light rain today. scattered showers. nothing too heavy. things will change by the beginning of the weekend. the skies are clearing. even though we'll start the day with fog, i think we'll clear out quickly as the wind starts to pick you. meanwhile, there's a big storm moving through the west. that storm will be leaded this way. a severe weather outbreak is likely on friday as the storm system moves to the east. it starts feeding on moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico. right now, severe weather looks as though it will be from texas up toward nebraska over to southern illinois and down to mississippi. then we could see some thunderstorms here on friday. i don't think we'll have any severe weather. but thunderstorms are something we haven't seen much of. the reason is because there hasn't been a lot of moisture com

at the oxford union, were used to debate the mother was a rule that once a person started speaking -- where i used to debate, there was a rule that once a person started, people could not leave. it is really demoralizing for speaker if people get up and leave. [laughter] leave now or forever hold your peace. it is only 20 minutes or so. i will take any questions within the normal rums of propriety. -- normal realm of propriety. >> what distinction be made between the boy scouts and the catholic church? you find it ok that the boy scouts can bar gay participation, but not the catholic church. >> i guess because i believe that religious faith is something more sacred than merely lending -- learning how to go camping. or learning how to tie a knot. religion and questions about the ultimate meaning of the universe do deserve special protection in a society, in a way that other associations and not. -- i do not. that is increasingly controversial position, but it is one that i hold. i think the first amendment is very clear about that. i think religion is special. >> so, i guess my questio

he said his son to oxford. >> only the people can decide whether my campaign against corruption and organized crime is a success. it is not whether i'm satisfied. the public has the final verdict. >> some people think he harbors further political ambitions. sometimes, the enthusiasm he generates can get a bit out of hand. he took of singing after he gave up his day job in a factory. but he stands accused of cutting corners in order to stamp out corruption. the defense lawyer for one of the main people on trial here, who has now been sentenced to death, claims his client was tortured. >> it has been very important for city officials to win this case, but we are worried because we have seen some serious violations of the legal process. before the trial, the only access i had with my client was under police supervision. >> this place is very much the new china. as a big collection problem and it tough political boss not to bother how he stands in out, get he has also got lawyers -- yet, it has also got lawyers willing to speak out against abuses. overall, it is getting rich. very rich. >> still

s oxford chemicals do a deal, only a few people are likely to hear about it. which is fine with that merger's advisor, imap. the global m&a advisory firm specializes in bringing together private mid-sized companies. imap currently ranks sixth worldwide in deals worth $100- million or less. imap's president mark esbeck says there's a reason for the uptick in deals. >> what it means is that there's more confidence about the future. m&a is a business driven by confidence and attitude of certainty about the future, because the buyer is going to make a significant investment, in hopes of generating a good return on that investment. when the environment is fuzzy and cloudy, they will hold off. and sellers are the same way. so should we feel better about the direction of the economy, given what imap is seeing about mid-sized mergers and acquisitions? >> it's a good sign for the economic recovery when middle market companies are selling actively like they were. it means people have faith in the future. and i think it's a great barometer for the fact that the recovery

after graduating from stanford in 1959, justice breyer study philosophy and economics at oxford on a marshall scholarship. he went on to graduate from harvard law school in 1964, and after earning that degree, clerked for justice arthur goldberg on the court. justice breyer work for a brief stint as an attorney in the antitrust division of the justice department, and was later then recruited to teach at harvard law school, where he is and i'm sure you will see tonight, the most extraordinary teacher. in 1974, senator ted kennedy maintained to be special counsel to the senate judiciary committee, where he soon became the committee's chief counsel. when we go back in time president jimmy carter appointed stephen breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit where he then became the chief judge in 1990. and he also served as a member of the u.s. judicial conference and influential sentencing commission. justice breyer is known not only for his opinions, as a call supreme court justices read an explanation from their decisions, he is also celebrated for his broader scholarshi

blackstone's commentaries on the laws of england, and if you notice, it's his fifth oxford edition. it is very important that the two people sending and coding and decoding the messages are using the same addition. otherwise, you find that you put down the word balloon and they are reading it as baloney. so you have got to use the same addition. the first number is usually the page, the second number is the line and the third number is the word. so 45-nine-eight would mean to go to page 45, go down to line nine, the over two word eight, and that would be your word. which obviously you've got to have the same book. dictionary code. very popular use by all sides. a dictionary, the most common one just was the new spelling dictionary. it has a list of words alphabetical order, two columns, and you have just about every word that you could possibly want. what they would do is they would put a dot over the number to indicate whether it was the first called or the second column. they had a tendency when it was the first column to just ignore the dot. they would also do things like add 20

this is a topic she picks up once more in this most recent book which is part of oxford press's inalienable lights she appears on top of 100 top intellectuals and this past year was awarded the american philosophical prize and she has the distinction of being the sort of philosopher who seems not tothave lost sight of philosophy's first goal which is to be good. and thank you, professor nussbaum, for coming. [applause] >> well, thank you so much. and thank you all for coming out here. it's really great to see such a large group in this wonderful bookstore. so thank you. i'm going to introduce the book a little bit and then focus on the chapter on same-sex marriage. so i knew this was the path that i wanted said a young gay man to sociologist rich williams about his experiences with other male teens and i knew that i was on it. i knew that some could sort of experience what i was. and i knew that other people would think of it as being pretty disgusting. this book, although it's concerned with abstract issues of constitutional law, is about the divide the teen saw before him. the people who

this is a topic she picks up once more in this most recent book which is the part of oxford university press's in a new label right series. she appears on lists of top 100 intellectuals which probably would not surprise you in this pastor was supported the american philosophical society's henry m. phillips price in jurisprudence. she also has the distinction of being a sort of philosopher who seems not to have lost sight of philosophy of her school, which is to be good. thank you or besser nussbaum for coming. [applause] .. the teenagers themselves. for a long time our society like many others has confronted same six orientations and act with politics of discussed as many people react to the uncomfortable presence of gays and lesbians with a deeper version akin to that often inspired by slimy insects, spoiled food and then the site that very reaction to support a range of legal restrictions from saw the need laws to the ban on same-sex marriage. partisans of politics discussed can barely stand to think about what that teenager did with his friends they say that stuff makes me want to t

from oxford. following his remarks, professor johnson will be taking questions from the audience, so if you have a question, i ask you to wait for the microphone that will be brought around to you in order that the video equipment will be able to pick up the question. now, please join me in welcoming professor simon johnson. [applause] >> thank you very much, everyone. thank you for taking time on this beautiful summer evening in early april to come and listen to a talk indoors. i'd like to talk to you obviously about the financial system, and the situation that we find ourselves in today, and i think this is a very good day and a very good moment to have this conversation. i have just came from capitol hill, from one of many briefings, i'm sure, that are going on right now, but people are grappling with the question of what legislation should we pass or not pass, that will try and prevent a major financial meltdown from happening again. we face in september 2008, as you know, an enormous economic

from the university of manchester and va from oxford. following his remarks come professor johnson will be taking questions from the audience if you have a question i would ask you to wait for the microphone that will be brought a round in order the video equipment will be able to pick up the question. now please join me in welcoming professor simon johnson. [applause] >> thank you everyone for taking time on this beautiful summer evening and early april to come and listen to a talk in the doors. i would like to talk to you obviously about financial system and the situation we find ourselves in today and i think this is a very good day and moment to have this conversation. i just came from capitol hill from one of many briefings going on people are grappling with the questions of what legislation should be passed or not passed that would try and prevent a major financial meltdown from happening again. we faced in september 2008 as you know an enormous economic and financial calamity and it seems only reasonable and completely consistent

book codes from the blackstone commentary on the loss of england and if you noticed on it says fifth oxford edition preferred is very important the two people coating and decoding the messages use the same edition of the rise if you put down the word balloon and they see baloney. you have to use the same edition. the first is usually the page the second is the line and the third is the word. 45, nine, eight maine's page 45, line number nine and word number eight and that would be your word which new have to have the same book. dictionary coast. very popular used by all sides. said dictionary the most common was the new spelling dictionary that has a list of words alphabetical order, two columns and you have just about every word you could possibly want they would put a dot over the number to indicate first column or second column they had a tendency in the first column to ignore the dots and also do things like added 20 to the page or seven. if i was going to give you the number 155, 11 but i am telling you to go to page 139. [laughter] note day? also in instance where they paid to the book

the memo was written by a 23-year-old oxford graduate, a low ranking civil servant at the office.ed it as a brainstorming session. he called it some farfetched ideas. it addressed the question of what would the ideal papal visit look like. it really does read more like david letterman top 10 reasons why the pope should come to britain. the pope could apologizes for suspicious armada, sing a duet with queen elizabeth ii. how could something this idiotic happen? over the weekend a number of civil servants weighing in on the blogosphere saying these happened all the time. these spoof memos written to stay alert or stay sane. the thing is they normally don't leave the building. somehow by accident or a very practical joke, this specific memo, which was an e-mail, got out way, way too far. back to you. >> thank you. former presidential candidate john edwards will testify in court about his affair and a possible sex tape. this according to an exclusive report in the "daily beast." edwards will have to submit a sworn deposition. joining us, investigative reporter for "the daily beast." f

. >> executive editor of oxford university press. thank you very much. . . pat conroy frankly did not remember, but they were very warm with each other and so -- i know you to work for the new yorker but i was looking for a kind of deeper connection to ask you about your writing. i noticed in david's new book "the devil and sherlock holmes" in the piece about the obsessive it conan doyle and scholar who is mysteriously found dead in, that in writing about sherlock holmes to say that arthur conan doyle, the author, in 1906 began to turn his powers of the observation to solve real-world mysteries including the case of a serial killer and that what both of you do it and perhaps all writers in general that's something you having common with detectives, that you turn your powers of observation on the world to solve real-world mysteries. so i guess, david, if you could talk about that large task and then, malcolm, i will go to you. >> i think that is very much the case that many of these stories about the art of detection and the protagonists in the story is in it

this is the topic she picks up once more in this reason to put part of oxford university press unalienable rights a series. as was the top 100 intellectuals and awarded the american philosophical society is price of jurisprudence also has the distinction of a philosopher not to have lost sight which is to be good and think you dr. nussbaum for coming. [applause] >> thank you so much street you all for coming out here it is great to see such a large group in this wonderful bookstore. thank you. i will introduce a book a little bit then focus on the chapter of same-sex marriage. i knew this the path i wanted to young gay men about his early sexual experiences with male teens and i knew that some could have sort of experienced what i was another people would think of it as being pretty disgusting. this book also concerned with abstract issues of constitutional law is about that divide between people who can sorts of experience was a gay teenager goes through and what those desires and the teenagers themselves as being disgusting. for a long time, our society, like many others has confronted t

picking up a few sprinkles in the lower part of the eastern shore northeast cambridge just south of oxford. those are sliding off to the south and east at this hour. now the temperatures out of the mountains, a chilly morning there. in the upper 30s. mid-50s eastern shore and through southern virginia and across the carolinas. around the nation, we have this storm system that's taking shape here through the central plains, spreading some rain. all the way into the upper midwest from this system. this is drifting our way. looks like it's going to be in place for the weekend, i'm afraid. here's how we're looking for today. temperatures by 9:00 intoed mid-50s. perhaps into the near 60 degrees or so. then it does look like we'll have quite a bit of sunshine this afternoon. that was a little bit of a mistake there about the rain. pay no attention to that. it looks like a sunny day today. overnight tonight, increasing clouds. during the day tomorrow will be cloudy and cooler with highs just the low 60s. sunday into monday, it looks like we'll be in the upper 60s to mid-have but a chance of showe

if they can speak with an oxford accent they were really impressed. they had slaves the incredibly corrupt. incredibly corrupt. but she knew what to say and we didn't go beyond that. and there we go to religious in afghanistan. i keep hearing from people trying to rationalize the probable way. we don't want to do with religion as a force of human affairs. so they will say of god is issues using a religion as tool. well then, we don't ask why is the tool so effective. well, the taliban, this is what, they're hypocrites. if hypocrisy negated the power of religion, no religion would exist. but religion does exist. and again i keep fighting for people in washington to accept the fact that when your enemy insists that he is fighting for his religion and it's going to die for his religion, it might be to take him or her seriously. we pretend, the ivy league grads, they are so sector in education, they don't get the power, the transformative power of revelation. the incredibly, the shattering tackles of the voice of god in human affairs. they don't understan

this is a scholar who can be deemed conservative coming from oxford and whatnot and, of course, britishoked at empires around the world he found something very similar. a kind of a rise, a coasting and there's different reasons and different eras. most people understood that the empire was in decline especially during the last administration, where things were so raw and so crude, shall we say. we don't torture, you know, that kind of stuff. of course, you know, in the former administration we had abu ghraib. and we had guantanamo and those kind of things. the truth of the matter is, we still have those kinds of things. we have abu ghraibs in every state in the united states. we have guantanamos in every state. in the united states. and in the federal system. and it's just that we talk about it in terms of an administration. we don't talk about it in terms of of a system. and until we begin looking at the empire as being -- >> about 60 seconds remaining. >> a bipartisan reality that affects people no matter who's at the top then we'll never be able to change this reality we're living in

. >> stahl: here he is at oxford, taking difficult questions, like the one about the drone attacks in pakistan. >> they bombed the buses, school buses of children, and they fired on them. >> nawaz: i'd be very angry and want to attack them back. what's the link between wanting to attack someone who's killed my family, and wanting to enforce one interpretation of islam over the entire country? >> stahl: and now, maajid nawaz is taking his war of ideas to osama bin laden's doorstep, pakistan, where h.t. had sent nawaz 11 years ago to spread the word. >> nawaz: it was 1999. pakistan had just tested its atomic bomb. and the global leadership of h.t. had decided that they wanted to establish h.t. in this country so that the caliphate could go nuclear. >> stahl: go nuclear! oh, they had the bomb. they wanted a country with the bomb. >> nawaz: well, because their intent is to establish their caliphate, their super-state, and then declare jihad against the world. >> stahl: you came 11 years ago to convert people to extremism. you've come back to what, undo what you did? >> nawaz: absolutely.

it started with this 23-year-old oxford graduate, a low-ranking civil servant, at the foreign office.s question. what would the ideal papal visit to britain look like? well, he described in one separate paragraph, he said, look. this is a memo. it's internal brainstorming, a session that we had with several other colleagues and there are some far fetched ideas here. so there was already that warning. but that was certainly an under statement. i mean, in addition to what you just mentioned which is the most controversial of the suggestions, he also said that perhaps the pope could apologize for the spanish armada, the spanish catholic armada. also he might -- might be a good idea to sing a song, a duet with queen elizabeth ii for charity. but get this, tamron. over the weekend a couple ex-civil servants weighed in on the british blogosphere and said this kind of spoofing memo writing happens all the time, that there are foreign office bureaucrats who write them regularly. what doesn't usually happen is that they don't leave the building. somehow this memo, the e-mail, got way, way too

and there's nothing to me like going to these sites like oxford, mississippi and selma, montgomery and birmingham and memphis where dr. king was killed and visiting the civil rights museum there. >> mr. smith, what about you? >> i would say one of my -- my first president -- go to plymouth notch, vermont. plymouth notch is a little town. there are six homes there now. there were six homes there in july 1872 when calvin coolidge was born there. the whole village is a museum. thank god, apparently through the coolidge family, it's been preserved. it's a wonderful way to step back in time and experience a very different america. you know, coolidge is a much more interesting character than he has often been portrayed and in fact one of the interesting things is i think post-reagan we're rediscovering the fact that there is an alternative to the new deal model of the presidency. >> you're a boston native, harvard graduate. >> nearby -- nearby boston. >> leominster? >> no, townsend, little town. >> oh, excuse me. >> four thousand people. >> harvard graduate, undergraduate degree, no doctorat

a discussion on issues facing muslims in the middle east, europe and the united states featuring oxford university professor traiq ramadan. this is the first public address in the u.s. since he embarked on the country by the bush administration in 2004. this program is about an hour-and-a-half. >> good evening. welcome to the cooper union for advance in of science and art and to the great hall. i am david greenstein director of public programs and a am very happy to see you all to hear tonight for what promises to be very exciting evening. last year the cooper union celebrated its 150th anniversary for those of you who are not familiar with this institution, it is a small private university founded by the american entrepreneur and inventor philanthropist peter cooper, who also having only one year of education himself felt that education should be as free as air and water. so he devoted his entire fortune to building this institution to provide what he called an education second to none at no cost to every student for 150 years there was a student in this program who has a full scholars

places like oxford and selma, birmingham, these were battle grounds zones in the '60s.he thought that you could have so many black mayors in the south seem removed in the '60s. the fact that a michael steele african-american could be head of the republican party, and the fact that we have barack obama. but so i think we've got to kind of take stock. and also look at the anti-, the left hatred of richard nixon. and the things that were said about nixon and the let's get him by so many people. so i think we're in a danger zone right now that the heat is rising. that there too much hate language going on out there. but i don't want to leap forward and say the last 30, 40 years were a sweeter than this particular moment in time. it's been rough out there. i think in this country. particularly dealing with race and issues of the federal government and these great society program whether they are good or not. it's been a rage debate for a long time it just seems to be crystallizing right now because of the health care passage. >> well, if it has been with us for a long time w

i was blown away because of course, this is a scholar who can be deemed conservative coming from oxford, but when he looked at empires around the world he found something very similar, day rise and coasting and a decline. of course, there are different reasons and i think most people understood that the empire was in decline especially during the last administration when things were so rot and crude. we don't torture. that kind of stuff but in the former administration we had abu ghraib and -- and those kinds of things but we still have a abu ghraib that every state in the united states and guantanamo and in the federal system and we talk about in terms of the administration but not in terms that until we began looking at the empire. >> 60 seconds remaining. >> a bipartisan reality it will never be able to change with this reality that we live in that we are in a kind other person. >> of course, we are in prison no-space and time and what kind of person will we be? it is amazing the quality of your spirit and is humbled and human and fortified. >> 30 seconds remaining. >> even despite t

people think british people to debate because of the oxford debate style they develop. prime minister's questions are much more control, even though it seems like a rock this time. -- like a raucous time it is not citizens asking questions, it is their opponents. they are much more at ease with that format, even though they are fired up, that the three of them sitting there, being judged, questions from the audience. it is an interesting thought. host: pat, on the democratic line, at your next rep -- you are next. caller: at time when it terrorism and everything going on now, and they're talking about closing nasa, why would we turn our operations to the chinese? we tried to help everybody in the world. i think all of these people -- i can see where the -- i cannot see where the thinkers and doers are in this country. guest: you ought to address the question to mr. gibbs, the president's spokesperson. i do not work for the administration. i did work for the clinton administration, but i was on the other side of the podium, and now i am on this side of the bottom. host:

the oxford union where i used to debate there was a rule that once a person started speaking no one couldber. just because it's really demoralizing for a speaker watch people get up and go out. [laughter] so leave now or forever hold your peace. it's only 20 minutes. i will take any questions on any subject within the normal realm of proprietary. >> what distinction do you make between the boy scouts and the catholic church? they seem to find it okay that boy scouts can bar gay participation but not the catholic church? >> i guess because i believe that religious faith in a way is something more sacred than merely learning how to go camping. or how to tie a knot. and that religion and questions about the ultimate meaning of the universe do deserve special protection in the society in a way that other associations do not. and i know that's increasingly a controversial position. but it is one that i hold. and i think the first amendment is very clear about that. and i think religion is special. >> so i guess my question -- first, i want to thank you for everything you've been saying on your

she received her bachelor's at the university of louisville, and made from the university of oxford, and ph.d. from the university of virginia. when she was at louisville, she visited louis brandeis's grave. it is at a law school there. i just learned that a short time ago. she is a very prolific author. her works include, "the supremes -- an introduction to the united states supreme court justices," and "jacqueline kennedy -- first lady of the new frontier." this is a homecoming for her. she is currently working on a volume with a professor about the supreme court and the judicial process. please join me in welcoming prof. perry. [applause] >> thank you, mr. sheets justice for your kind introduction, and for honoring us -- thank you, mr. chief justice, for your kind introduction, and for honoring us with your presence tonight. my own mentor, henry abraham, is here this evening. he taught me everything i know about judicial appointments. his book is now in its fifth edition and is the definitive work on supreme court nominations. i would also like to thank my longtime friends, studen

people think british people to debate because of the oxford debate style they develop. prime minister's questions are much more control, even though it seems like a rock this time. -- like a raucous time it is not citizens asking questions, it is their opponents. they are much more at ease with that format, even though they are fired up, that the three of them sitting there, being judged, questions from the audience. it is an interesting thought. host: pat, on the democratic line, at your next rep -- you are next. caller: at time when it terrorism and everything going on now, and they're talking about closing nasa, why would we turn our operations to the chinese? we tried to help everybody in the world. i think all of these people -- i can see where the -- i cannot see where the thinkers and doers are in this country. guest: you ought to address the question to mr. gibbs, the president's spokesperson. i do not work for the administration. i did work for the clinton administration, but i was on the other side of the podium, and now i am on this side of the bottom. host:

old and you went on to the auditorium of cure high school class and went on to attend stanford and oxford and yale. --could you talk about your sto, which is half your life? could you talk about how that will influence u.s. a judge? >> certainly, senator. -- will influence you as a judge? >> certainly, senator. i feel in many ways i have lived a very ordinary life. but i have had very extraordinary opportunities along the way. the first of those extraordinary opportunities was to have parents who really cared about education. they came from a society that did not at the time know many of the freedoms that we take for granted in america. and that has always stuck with me as a very important consideration. i have also had a tremendous educational opportunities at the fine institutions that you mentioned. and i have also had tremendous mentors along the way. i'm very glad that congressman matsui is here today because her husband, bob, who died and untimely death, was one of my early mentors on politics and a lot. the combination of all of these, i think, has made me the person i am and i bel

old and you went on to the auditorium of cure high school class and went on to attend stanford and oxford and yale. --could you talk about your sto, which is half your life? could you talk about how that will influence u.s. a judge? >> certainly, senator. -- will influence you as a judge? >> certainly, senator. i feel in many ways i have lived a very ordinary life. but i have had very extraordinary opportunities along the way. the first of those extraordinary opportunities was to have parents who really cared about education. they came from a society that did not at the time know many of the freedoms that we take for granted in america. and that has always stuck with me as a very important consideration. i have also had a tremendous educational opportunities at the fine institutions that you mentioned. and i have also had tremendous mentors along the way. i'm very glad that congressman matsui is here today because her husband, bob, who died and untimely death, was one of my early mentors on politics and a lot. the combination of all of these, i think, has made me the person i am and i bel

if you live in oxford, mississippi or montgomery, alabama, the shuttle going to be going right over thelly at 9:08 eastern standard time. still traveling at over 10,000 miles per hour. weatherwise, you're doing just fine. forecast around the country, showers and thunderstorms near atlanta and a lot of the wet weather there on the west coast. again, "discovery" landing in a little over ten minutes here on msnbc. up next on "morning joe," what, if anything, have we learned today? what do we learn any day for that matter? you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. national car rental? that's my choice. because with national, i roll past the counter... and choose any car in the aisle. choosing your own car? now that's a good call. go national. go like a pro. >>> we go around the panel and talk about what we learned today. william, what did you learn? >> that perhaps the florida senate race is about to get very interesting. >> really? >> that is interesting. >> do you have any news for us? >> no, but i learned that the v.a.t. might be in our future. >> oh, v.a.t. >> i don't need the

she has also raised money and volunteered for many organizations including the home for children in oxford, north carolina, the stokes county arts council and the american heart association. i'm proud to represent a fine citizen like tara. tara's family and friends should be proud of her hard work and accomplishments. i salute her today for working so hard at making her life about serving others and working in her community. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, mr. garamendi is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. mr. garamendi: thank you for letting me address the house on an important matter. i got a call from my accountant and said are you going to get my tax information so we can get you filed by the 15th? i said i'll do my best. what i want to talk about tenth and share with my colleagues from wisconsin, ohio and new york is the tax issues that have come about over the last 15 months. i was -- i left california this morning to fly here to washington, d.c. in this session and as i picked up "the sacramento bee"

. >> we will move onto the next question and the next question comes from frank from witney and oxford sure. >> gentleman, given the current financial difficulties facing the country and now the possibility of a hung parliament according to the polls is a time to put aside political differences and form a government of the best talents from all the major parties? >> coalition government best way forward? >> we should try to work together and i've held tony blair debt education group parliament because it was a good bill even though labor mps for backing and that helped to go through. on the issue that would cover tonight the possibility of defeating labor a sign to do the right thing, but obviously there is a hung parliament and we must be responsible and deliver the best government for this country but if you want my honest answer i don't think a hung parliament would be good for britain because we do need quite the size of government to take some difficult decisions for the long term and we've sent out the things to be done to get the deficit under control. i fear if we put them off

she received her bachelor's at the university of louisville, and made from the university of oxford, and ph.d. from the university of virginia. when she was at louisville, she visited louis brandeis's grave. it is at a law school there. i just learned that a short time ago. she is a very prolific author. her works include, "the supremes -- an introduction to the united states supreme court justices," and "jacqueline kennedy -- first lady of the new frontier." this is a homecoming for her. she is currently working on a volume with a professor about the supreme court and the judicial process. please join me in welcoming prof. perry. [applause] >> thank you, mr. sheets justice for your kind introduction, and for honoring us -- thank you, mr. chief justice, for your kind introduction, and for honoring us with your presence tonight. my own mentor, henry abraham, is here this evening. he taught me everything i know about judicial appointments. his book is now in its fifth edition and is the definitive work on supreme court nominations. i would also like to thank my longtime friends, studen

old and you went on to the auditorium of cure high school class and went on to attend stanford and oxfordnd yale. --could you talk about your sto, which is half your life? could you talk about how that will influence u.s. a judge? >> certainly, senator. -- will influence you as a judge? >> certainly, senator. i feel in many ways i have lived a very ordinary life. but i have had very extraordinary opportunities along the way. the first of those extraordinary opportunities was to have parents who really cared about education. they came from a society that did not at the time know many of the freedoms that we take for granted in america. and that has always stuck with me as a very important consideration. i have also had a tremendous educational opportunities at the fine institutions that you mentioned. and i have also had tremendous mentors along the way. i'm very glad that congressman matsui is here today because her husband, bob, who died and untimely death, was one of my early mentors on politics and a lot. the combination of all of these, i think, has made me the person i am and i belie

wednesday, nick clegg held a question and answer session with students at oxford university.use] >> there are a number of things i want to talk about. and who is going to vote? a north korean style vote. who is not going to vote. who has not registered? that is absolutely fantastic. one of the most exciting things that has happened in this election campaign is that more and more first-time voters, more and more young people, who have been turned off for years from the traditional, old, tired politics of the past are getting engaged and getting registered. you are saying that this is your election as much as anybody else's and i think that is absolutely wonderful. this election is one of those rare opportunities where we can do something seriously different but we can only do things differently if you assert your rights to have your say about your country and about your future. i am not silly enough to assume you are going to vote liberal democrats but the fact you are voting at all is a wonderful demonstration that this election has engaged and excited people and that is exac

april 27th we will host paul collier for a look in his new book, the plundered planet published by oxford university press. i hope you'll be able to join as for those two events as well. tonight we host professor simon johnson. he is ronald curt professor of