are you as confused as i am so who then exactly are the rebels of libya and of the pendulum of power swings what's next in a land where the history of government is invested with tribal tradition. and the land over its head in wars what kind of toll has a place on america will look at the many costs that come with more. and going to war as part of a humanitarian intervention why do some countries get protection for others less than for themselves. and from wars to an economic crisis to political polarization who is behind it all one man is blaming a group called the oil and drug cartel and he says what's happening now harkens back to another dark time germany in the one nine hundred thirty s. intrigues all discuss. it's wednesday march thirtieth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. don't start today with an update on the situation in libya where you could say it's been a pendulum swing in the quest for control there in the last twenty four hours we've seen rebels having to retreat being pushed east by troops loyal to moammar gadhafi progress off

i agree with jamie, the pendulum is swinging back.i was just in new york where the new shows are presented to advertisers. there are several that our defense-based shows. -- are the fenced-based shows. i think -- are defense-based shows. i think you are right. >> that is in large part the innocence movement, proving to injuries that they have gotten it wrong time and time again. this innocence project is based in new york. 300 individuals exonerated on dna evidence. people are starting to wake up to the important role of criminal defense attorneys, but jonathan is right. that court tv, we cover cases where public defenders and criminal defense attorneys are in court. we do not choose the cases based on either or. we see fine lawyer ring from both. often, the best lawyers a vcr from the public defender's office. they do not know the difference. >,7ythey do not know if it is cg albie, one of the best lawyers we have ever put on tv. they do not know how a public defender differs from a criminal attorney. i am shocked that the public has

can you see why some people are confused so who are them exactly are the libyan rebels as the pendulum of power swings what's next in a land where the history of government is invested with tribal tradition. and the land over its head in wars like kind of toll has it placed upon america we'll look at the many costs associated there. and go into war as part of a humanitarian intervention why do some countries get protection while others are left to fend for themselves. and from wars to an economic crisis to radical polarization who is behind it all one man is blaming a group called the oil and drug cartel and he says what's happening what's happening now harkens back to another dark time germany in the one nine hundred thirty in st joe will discuss. it's wednesday march thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is out you're watching our t.v. well start this evening with an update on the situation in libya or chaos and violence in the quest for power and largely a game of back and forth in the last few days we've seen rebels gain ground and get pushed back by troops loyal

or you are confused as i am so who then exactly are the rebels as the pendulum swings what's next in a land where the history of government is imbedded with tribal tradition. and in a land over its head in wars what kind of toll has it placed on america look at the many costs that come. and going to war as part of humanitarian intervention why do some countries get protection while others are left to fend for themselves. it's wednesday march thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. and christine for sound watching our team will start today with an update on the situation in libya where you could say it's been a pendulum swing in the quest for control in the last twenty four hours we've seen rebels having to retreat being pushed east by troops loyal to moammar gadhafi probably duffy forces have been shelling rebels with mortars and rockets and just how organized and prepared of the rebel forces are well that's starting to become a serious question and day twelve of western involvement there are just policy on the ground in tripoli and brings us the very latest. the fighters have now been

if there are ever times to favor the consumer, in the cab industry, the pendulum swings are great. you're taking away driver's profits. this is a reference -- perhaps you're not aware how we make ends meet. we understand that they will have to work weekends and nights. not only are you destroying the industry at large, you're certainly being very shortsighted. these drivers -- [chime] i have written on this item. >> [reading names] >> afternoon. i support you sending this discussion. i am not going to address the actual proposal here, because you're not deciding on a thing today. it has to do with customer service. the issue is this. if you pay cab drivers more money, better service. you get what you pay for. we need drivers to be able to have a nicer vehicle. they also need to have incentive. the increase with a surcharge, i promise you, you can still a surcharge on radio orders, service will increase. manyfold. there has not been a liter increase in the years. and looking at these other vehicles, taking over cab service is because people are willing to pay more money for this ser

there is a pendulum up until march 31. that is not something to take lightly, despite all the good efforts, and i mean very impressive efforts. we have been to a number of the fund-raisers. i have to tell you it makes me proud to be a san franciscan. when i see lines around the block at any of the events and the town halls, it reminds me that we are san francisco, and we are no stranger to crisis. and yet we have been able to navigate these moments before. when i see the level of turn out that i have seen in community and here in city hall, it warms my heart. we will be prepared to see what occurs over the next 29 days. i would be more than happy to help, and i know my colleagues will want to also stand tall with this idea that if a supplemental appropriation is imperative, that is an imperative we are prepared to advance. thank you very much for your participation. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: thank you. i want to thank you so much for calling this hearing for lyon- martin. it has been amazing for the last two months t

. >> we don't want the pendulum to swing too far because that runs the risk of destabilizing the housing sector, which obviously creates risk for the economic recovery. >> reporter: regulators argue the new requirement is actually not that new. before the housing bubble gave birth to all those exotic mortgages, 20% down was fairly standard. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." stocks moved higher; the dow rose 9 points, the nasdaq was up 11, and the s&p 500 gained two. big board trading volume tapered off from yesterday's pace to about one billion shares while nasdaq volume fell below two billion shares. it was another spike in oil prices. april crude futures surged almost 3% to $102.23 a barrel on new fighting in libya. it's oil's highest close in more than two years. and president obama signed a two-week stop-gap funding measure into law. it keeps the federal government running. he urged republican and democratic lawmakers to negotiate a new budget with his chief of staff and the vice president. still ahead,

there is a pendulum up until march 31. that is not something to take lightly, despite all the good efforts, and i mean very impressive efforts. we have been to a number of the fund-raisers. i have to tell you it makes me proud to be a san franciscan. when i see lines around the block at any of the events and the town halls, it reminds me that we are san francisco, and we are no stranger to crisis. and yet we have been able to navigate these moments before. when i see the level of turn out that i have seen in community and here in city hall,it

all the time we face it's like a pendulum of good news and bad news that once we hear zip. codes you know we. find ourselves in situation of some hydrogen explosions and fires just in our. mint so it's a simple situation it's very very liquid it's very hard to estimate right now. we are. turning point. you know. radioactive materials heads succeeded or a hair's been released from least we know least one or need two units in dying referring to. a recent really just a goal in a unit number four we know what is in this was the reason. and let's see increase. your previously radiation level talk your thoughts on the increase is not significant well so it's nine nine. grown. permissable goals but. it is not that. these are stories and we are turning point. one possibility is obvious as a good possibility of. years doctors don't you say that we're at a turning point in such a head now and so when this crisis is over let's say the worst case scenario happens you know how would they secure the plan will it have to be contained in a sarcophagus like happened. will it be a no go area

and of course we don't know this afternoon which way the pendulum is going to go he may survive this well some experts say that events in libya are then even echoing the build up as the u.s. led invasion of iraq do you think that they see comparisons to fast. we're. certainly we earned the public has earned the right to make that comparison because that was such a false criminal enterprise. i would i think it's fair to raise and discuss that but i see some differences here. you know libya is not iraq neither by population or by power or by influence in the region khadafi has not been a thorn in the side of israel our policy is based largely on what suits israel saddam was a big problem for israel that's why we went in there i think you know there's always similarities about wanting to get their hands on the oil and wanting in force so but that libya has been stable and the europeans can have a role there and certainly the arab league should this is a tremendous opportunity for the arab league to follow up on their declaration that they don't want intervention and to try to solve this

politics as something where there are very few permanent changes but there are certainly swings of the pendulum and you know it's interesting if you look back into the early one nine hundred eighty s. when president ronald reagan famously defeated an air traffic controller strike at that time the public was broadly supportive of that and the proportion of the american public that believe the unions had too much power was considerable i think around sixty percent now and that percentage has dropped dramatically in a new york times poll this week it was about half of that so i think you're seeing a broad swathe of the public feel that perhaps it's not excessively union power that causes big problems for the united states fiscally or economically but instead they look back at the crash of two thousand and eight they see on regulated financial power and big banks and big industry having a lot of fun and i think they look justifiably to that sector of society as at least as culpable as any suggestion that there's some kind of union barons as they used to be called and sort of holding the government

the mission in libya is now under the command of nato and we continue to see the pendulum swing in terms of who controls the major regions there we know the members of the cia at least have their boots on the ground and there is new evidence that the question of whether or not to arm the rebels there was answered weeks ago when an order signed by president obama saying well let's do it what will the implications of all this be i want to go now to one of our favorite guests here on our t.v. and that is rapper loki he's in london right now. hey there loki it's been a while since we've last spoken and a few things have happened you could say including u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred three and the west's involvement in libya there are so many theories about why libya why not elsewhere why anywhere at all i want to get your thoughts on this. personally i believe that the interests of work here are. the u.s. britain and france has interests in sustaining civil war rather than reaching some type of. time when things can be sort of put back together and the country can be a whole its a

it caused such a pendulum swing.st trying to intervene, because of the chaos unleashed. >> we've paid the price of intervention at times and paid the price at nonintervention, in bosnia, for example. what makes this unique? the monstrous quality of gadhafi and his sons. people say, what about bahrain? what about yemen? this is a totally different case. this man uses mercenaries to slaughter his people. it's a unique case. it's being watched out the arab world. >> let me ask you. you sat on the intelligence committee. is this question about why libya and not bahrain or yemen, is that a valid distinction? >> i think it is. first, let me salute the life and service of warren christopher. who died yesterday. to say how honored i am to work where i do, working with scholars and others that i do at the woodrow wilson center. i think we have to see this in a broader context. i just watched the mike mullen interview. he said we view each of these countries individually. we need a strategic narrative. as i look at this from m

if anything, it is a swing of the pendulum. >> i agree. i do not believe it has changed. in 1976, everybody was yelling and screaming at each other. there were no tvs. we all walked out and smile afterwards. what has changed a little bit is the technology. if i could make a comparison here -- watergate was breaking into campaign headquarters in stealing files. what is the difference between that and governor playlalin? the young man broke into her e- mail to find out what they were doing on the campaign. it has not changed. it is just the technology and what has happened. i was on the detroit economic board. president boat -- president bush gave a speech a while back. they got the speech in a room. it was a big major speech on the economy and manufacturing. they leaked that out. it still happens out there. it is just a little different. >> i am very pleased to say that when i run into an ethical conduct by lawyers, it's still shocks me. i hope that is a very good sign. i have had a couple of days to think about it. going back historically, there were so many battles hard

the pendulum swung so far that the rate of default over the 2,009 instrument of mortgages issued at 1.2%which is well below the normal we would have seen in the early 2000 range. so getting back to the medium is important. we've been meeting with the lenders and fannie and freddie and fha to say please, bring it back to the centrist common sense sustainable criteria. we just don't see that and act as quickly as we would like it. but 15% of the market if we move from five to 5.75, that is a lot of transactions and a lot of jobs. but, the problem still is very much present in the marketplace. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have questions for mr. lubell that my time is over on the affordable housing. i would love to see your answer. we look forward to seeing your legislation and working on trying to change this dynamic. because i don't think we are going to move the housing market until we get the regulators moving in the different direction. thank you. >> senator merkley? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let's continue on in the conversation about credit. and specifically mr. crowe, in

i wonder if there is a pendulum effect going in and out.en you hear six times it has surged in and out. it is the shape of these harbors. there wasn't earthquake in alaska and crescent city was devastated. crescent city was the one harbour prepared. their boats deciding to leave the harbor and be out in see. i don't know if as many people expected this damage. >> darya: but you talk about a bathtub the water sloshing back and forth. >> mark: that's right. we will keep watching as we see life put live footage. with the surge of water it has been difficult. the harbor master tried to stop boats from smashing into each other. >> darya: that was the first account of the number of boats. it's a far greater than what the authorities said. he said there was 15 or more boats the web with that.then went with it. du >> george: chp was surprised by the coast guard the only places there was cause slight damage reported was in crescent city and santa cruz. u.s. highway 1 01 has been shut down for a mile north to a mile south of the city. it was part of

ford said, this pendulum to swing it, this dynamic, or sometimes there is more interest in this office interests of individuals, and sometimes there is a collective interest. because there is no black-and- white. it will always be this great area. -- it will always be this gray area. last week, the supreme court ruled that the westborough baptist church has the right to protest investment fashion -- at the hem that fashion at military funerals. i can tell you that there is nothing more somber, there is nothing more important to this nation that we recognize those individuals who sacrificed in support of that constitution and in support of all of us. and yet the constitution does permit that because there is that tension between the collective interest and self interests. no matter how a port, no matter how detestable, we have to protect that speech. we certainly could permitted to be 1,000 feet away and guarantee other things, but we have to recognize that speech as well. there is that constant tension between these values. both of those values, i would submit, are ones that we have to

>> amazing pendulum of news. it seems like a little good news, a lot of bad, vice versa.d to keep track of it all. >> it's very tough when we hear about the radiation and at the same time governments saying, it's fine, don't worry about it, it's safe levels. later on you hear it wasn't so safe. tough situation. >>> a look at your wednesday weather -- i'm sorry, thursday weather. >> let's get going. >> yeah. stormy in florida with gusty winds, downpours, large hail and even a chance of tornadoes. rain all the way up to here in new york. snow in western pennsylvania, moving later into new england. and also some snow from the northern rockies into the dakotas and heavy rain in the pacific northwest. >> sure hope that rain doesn't keep you from going on your vacation, rob. >> i'm praying. >> 66 in boise. 77 in sacramento. mostly 40s from fargo to indianapolis. 50 in boston. 48 here in new york. and 58 in atlanta. >>> well, this little piggy did not go to the market, stay home or even have roast beef. instead, it went hog wild. >> hog wild. >> with a few of its friends. five p

the pendulum has swung so far that the rate of default over the 2009 instruments is about 1.2%, which is well below the normal we would have seen in the early 2000's range. we have been meeting with the lenders, fha, fannie and freddie, to say please bring a. to a sustainable criteria. we've not seen that and act as quickly as we would like. that 50% of the market, if we move to five%, but as a lot of transactions and a lot of jobs. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have questions for the record for mr. limbaugh on affordable housing. we look forward to seeing your -- lubell, an affordable housing. we look forward to your answers. >> senator berkeley. >> thank you, mr. chair. in your testimony, dr. crowe, you've noted that for home builders and financial the cetaceans having to work soon not blocked lending channels. you mentioned you might have a legislative proposal. i was wondering if there are some points you would like to preview for us. >> thank you, senator. i was given an opening by a son of german and does, so i took it. -- senator mendez, so i took it. when we are looking as for

the pendulum has swung so far that the rate of default over the 2009 instruments of mortgages that were issued, is a 1.2% which is well below the normal we would've seen in early 2000 range. so getting back to medium is important. we have a meeting with lenders, meeting with fannie and freddie, fha, to say please, bring it back to a centrist commonsense sustainable criteria. we are discussing the impact as quickly as we would like. 15% of the market come if we move from five to 5.75, that's a lot of transactions and a lot of jobs. at the problem still is very, very much present in the marketplace. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have question for the record for mr. lubell. my time is over, i would love to see your answer on. we look forward to seeing your legislation and working on trying to change this dynamic because i don't think we're going to move the housing market and till we get the regulators moving in a different correction. thank you, mr. chairman,. >> senator merkley. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will continue on in the conversation about credit. and specifically, mr. crowe,

this is completely counter- productive and leads to a system where tsa is taking the pendulum to thearthest security point with less regard for efficiency. we understand that certain travelers pose less of a threat than others. let's focus our energies on those who have not provided as much information. the responsibility lies with congress. if you are an elected official, you think the political risks of something-happening is far greater than the political risks of a lot of people being in bull -- americans have not spoken up as yet. a review of this 10 years later, we are smarter than the games we're playing today. let's get more efficient and let it be more productive, how we get more americans traveling. the concern on capitol hill is that political consequences to me are too great if anything bad happens. host: as far as calls on this program, is anything being advocated for that? guest: we had a proposal earlier this week. we had extensive conversations with the obama administration and capitol hill. we are working with people on the house and senate side who are embracing the

the pendulum swings both ways.essman from the va has brought the constitutional amendment for a balanced budget each year that i have been here and i have been a co-sponsor on the constitutional amendment. i give him great credit for that and i continue to help him with a prettit. it came very close to passing in the mid 1990's and it has an opportunity in this environment, too. i certainly support it. host: susan is a democratic caller from texas. caller: these new clowns in the house of representatives -- shot down your cafeteria produce some other things. the reason the private sector does not have pensions is because the republicans many, many years ago fixed it so the big corporations could use those pension funds to use as working capsules in their businesses. now the people are stuck with these 401k things. now they are going after the public sector, the teachers and everything else. it is absolutely disgusting. you are going after health care for everybody. who cares about the little people? you all sure do