i want to thank everybody who came here, and i want to recognize pam harris, who was the moderator on the last panel. pam is the executive director of our supreme court institute, and this is actually her last day at georgetown. she is going to the department of justice on monday. i would just like a round of applause for pam harris. [applause] in a moment, you'll be hearing from the acting solicitor general, but before i introduce the acting solicitor general, i want to talk a little bit about justice stevens' contribution, specifically his contribution to the rule old law. -- to the rule of law. my framework on this is shaped by the fordham conference that we just heard described, which was five years ago. it was a celebration of the centennial, and justice stevens said there has never been at a symposium on his legacy. we should use the occasion of the centennial to bring together many of his former clerks in academia to talk about his legacy. we were absolutely delighted when justice stevens accept it. and then shortly before the symposium took place, i was sitting at my desk and

. >> pam harris, thank you as well. >>> to another situation here, have you seen this toxic mud now flowinga disaster in europe. we are going to talk about it ahead. >>> also, prince harry, no stranger to publicity, right? but what if the world turned on the tv one day to see him in captivity, a prisoner of war? it is the scenario is this provocative new documentary. we are going to tell you more here in the cnn newsroom. >>> this is awful to look at. imagine being there three days ago in hung gary, an industrial accident sent this massive wave of caustic, poisonous mud into several towns, kill agent least four people, some of whom were children. bad as that was, folks, this is getting worse. you see all the red stuff covering the ground there in hungary? that is a toxic soup, full of heavy metals, chemicals, it not only kills everything it touches, but it's now been detected in the danube river and that obviously is very alarming to many nations where that river runs along. still, here what has happened is this you see where the danube runs north and south, a couple more countries before i

any tom, dick or harry can say they won a medal in vietnam, iraq or afghanistan even if they never spent one day in the armed forces, and he or she won't be punished for it. doug and pam stoerner are trying to change that. they make honoring real heroes their mission. they have not given up on the stolen valor act. it may go all of the way to supreme court. >> good morning. >> good morning. it's great to be here. you've seen these men and women doing their best to be the top gun and do the things they do, and we appreciate your honor of them and pointing out the frauds that detract from what they do. >> i appreciate that, doug. you know, you served in vietnam, and you saw firsthand how guys fought and survived and lived, the true heros that we're talking about. so, as you reflect back on your time in vietnam, and what you experienced, right now, when you see guys stealing honors like this, how does that make you feel? >> i try not to let it become personal. sometimes it does become personal, but, you know, this is much more than just lying. it's fraud, and almost always there's some kind of financial fraud going on behind it. >> pam, what about you? >> well, this was