speaker, june 9, 2010, the chicago blackhawks defeated the philadelphia flyers in philadelphia to winthe nhl stanley cup final hockey series. with that win, the chicago blackhawks ended 49 years of stanley cup frustration with a 4-3 overtime victory over the philadelphia flyers in a game that was numbered game six. and linched the national hockey league's best of seven championship series. the philadelphia flyers were worthy opponents and should be congratulated for a hard fought stanley cup series. blackhawks captain, jonathan taez, who scored seven goals in the playoffs and 22 assists, including one of chicago's first goal, was awarded the consmith -- conn smyth trophy. they were no natch for the hard hitting, exciting brand of hockey of blackhawks general manager and the head coach. not since the days of hall of famers bobby hall, stan, and goldie hall have the blackhawks hoisted the cup. and chicago unleashed nearly 50 years of frustration with a euphoric celebration on philadelphia's home ice. i join my colleagues in congratulating the national hockey league champions, the chicag

the open and shut case, by then almost closed case of the new black panthers in pennsylvania, philadelphia, of the city, their municipal referendum on no partisan elections in kinston, north carolina, the failure of the justice department to investigate acorn and the fact that the president spoke out, this moves into a little bit of a little bit different subject area, but it also ties in, in my view, together, and the president, demagoguing arizona's immigration law not having read it, the attorney general doing the same thing and finally admitting he'd not read the bill. janet napolitano, director of homeland security, demagogguing

let's begin with the philadelphia inquirer editorial. we'll go to your call ins about five minutes or so. some of the biggest challenges facing this nation reducing debt, fixing the social security. reforming immigration policy can't be done unless democrats and republicans work together, yet part sonship is at its worst in decades. they disagree on minor matters much less problems that require hard work and political risk-taking. >> the problem one said, we become much such part son such part son this is the "sunday star." to give you a sense of the security around the g-20 summit taking place. behind the black block is the headline. meanwhile the toronto sun, the measures to keep things under control and anarchy is from the autoaway sun. 2k34r joining us is marty kruts inninger covering this story. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. host: i'm going to talk to you about security in a moment but some of the policy coming out of this g-20 summit, it seems president obama wants to spend more and others want to reign in the d

some of the bodies were tossed in bogs and in one case in philadelphia, mississippi, they were buried together in an earthen dam. temp rir lay close quote and point out the irony of the brutal tragedy in philadelphia, mississippi, and i have been there, mr. speaker, and the new black panthers intimidating voters in philadelphia, pennsylvania, the city of brotherly love. . i continue with the quote. based on my experiences, i believe the dismissal of the black panther case was lawsless hostility. others still within the department share my assessment. the department abetted wrongdoers. the dismissal raises serious questions about the department's enforcement neutrality and upcoming midterm elections and subsequent 2012 presidential election. the u.s. commission on civil rights has opened an investigation into the dismissal of the d.o.j.'s enforcement priorities. attorneys who brought the case are under subpoena to testify, but the department ordered us to ignore the subpoena, lawlessly placing us in an unacceptable legal limbo. the assistant attorney general for civil rights tom perez

at the philadelphia convention, the framers of the constitution spend more time discussing the processof judicial selection than the criteria. according to madison's convention notes, the delegates considered appointment of federal judges by the national legislature. james wilson, pennsylvania's representative, opposed the proposal are doing it that intrigued, partiality, and concealment resulted from judicial appointments by legislatures. the primary reason for cceating a single executive, wilson reminded them,,was that one official would be responsible for nominations. john rutledge of south carolina who chaired tte committee on detailed countered that iraq -- granting so great a power to a single person would cause a person to think we are leaning towards a market. john rutledge would receive two appointments to serve on the supreme court. he resigned as a source it justice before the court convened to except appointment as the chief justice of the south carolina supreme court, thinking it would be more powerful. congress failed to confirm the is a recess appointment in 1795 after h

host: in the philadelphia inquirer he has, witnesses picked -- they to begin monday 1230 p m. if you will be able to see it on c-span3. he will be carrying them throughout the week. you'll be able to see the only aired every night and 9:00 p.m. eastern for them that is the confirmation hearing and the senate judiciary committee of elena kagan. back to the phones on airlines for republicans for the chicago. caller: thank you for taking my call. financial reform may have an unintended consequence of may be stifling the economy. and do not believe fannie mae and freddie mac have such a good role. they were actually behind the times of the private bankers who really expanded market underwriting guidelines. if the economy expands and home prices and expand, americans have to be mindful not to use their houses as an atm machine for the a that is what got into this mess. hon flee, it will not stifle expansion in the economy again. host: among the charts and graphs, this from the "new york times." regarding shareholder protection. host springfield, missouri. welcome. caller: good morn

philadelphia and los angeles are among a handful of cities planning to replicate san francisco's efforts> woodruff: spencer's story was part of a partnership with npr. their report will air on "morning edition" tomorrow. >> lehrer: finally tonight, a beatle comes to the white house. last night, president obama presented paul mccartney with the gershwin prize for popular song from the library of congress. it recognizes lifetime achievement. here is a sample from mccartney's performance in the east room. the next song we'd like to do is a song i have been itching to do at the white house. and i hope the president will forgive me if i sing this one. (laughter) (applause) ♪ michelle, my belle, these are words. ♪ that go together well, my michelle. ♪ michelle, my belle ... ♪ ♪ let it be, let it, let it be, let it be. ♪ there will be an answer, let it be ♪ ♪ let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. ♪ whisper words of wisdom let it be ♪ ♪ hey jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song. ♪ and make it better , remember to let her under your skin. ♪ then you begin to make it better, better, bette

the chicago blackhawks downed the philadelphia flyers four to three in overtime last night to win the best-of-seven title series, four games to two. also today, the n.c.a.a.banned the university of southern california from postseason play for two years. an investigation found former runningback reggie bush received improper benefits. a number of victories involving bush will be wiped out, including a national title win over oklahoma in 2005. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: next, the world cup of soccer in south africa. a star-studded cast took the stage at the orlando stadium in soweto tonight. tens of thousands sang, danced and waved flags at the opening concert. the month-long tournament begins tomorrow on a continent and in a country that will be playing host for the first time to the world's biggest sport event. in south africa's capital, fans are streaming in, including vice president and mrs. biden, brazilian soccer legend pele and fans and journalists from around the world. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro begins our coverage with

even so it is expanding to a new building on independent mall in philadelphia. can i not think of a more appropriate place for this institution than the heart of our nation's birth. i applaud the museum for its dedication to connecting the jewish her taje and remindling all americans of the freedoms and diversity we enjoy. i urge members to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is cognized. mr. lungren: thank you very much, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lungren: madam speaker, i congratulate the gentleman from pennsylvania for bringing this to the floor. and i rise today in support of h.res. 1381, recognizing the national museum of american jewish history, affiliate of the smithsonian institution, as the only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to exploring and preservi the american jewish experience. this resolution simply commen

second straight day as governments around the world condemned israel's deadly raid on the flow philadelphia of ships headed toward its naval blockade around gaza. >> we want to send a powerful message to the arab regimes and the israeli alliance. the united states and to israel that our support for the palestinian resistance will not stop even if we die for it. >> ifill: in turkey police scuffled with protesters outside the israeliy embassy. half of the activists on board the ships were turkish. that country unofficially supported the aid convoy. of the nine act i.v.f.s killed in the early morning raid, at least four were turkish nationals. prime minister addressed turkey's parliament today. >> this bloody massacre by israel on ships that were taking humanitarian aid to gaza deserves every kind of curse. this attack was obviously an attack on the international law, the conscience of humanity and world peace. it is not possible for an aggressive state that has openly conducted a massacre to face the international community without an expression of regret and answering for its deeds. >> ifill

here's a look at some headlines beginning with the philadelphia paper -- the high court limits the gun ban. meanwhile, from this paper, the justices broadened gun rights. and from the editorial pages -- their right to bear arms, but -- the editors indicate that the decision from yesterday's both correct, and potentially troubling. we will read more from the editorial pages, and more of your reaction on this case decided yesterday, a 5-4 release. the four dissenting members of the supreme court. we're joined from conroe, texas, on the independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. my concern is the balance between the 10th amendment, states' rights, as well as the second amendment. i am glad to see on one hand the support for the second amendment. on the other hand, i am concerned about the 10th amendment. the states' rights. it is a balancing act. i'm not real sure how those -- i know that california is getting very restrictive on their gun laws. i would expect in the near future may be the courts will end up reviewing some of the california laws. host: the conversation

sitting in philadelphia it is easy to cheer them on from afar. when you go there and see the tremendous heartbreak, the tremendous unfulfilled potential of three generations. when you see a beautiful young woman who was simply walking along the street protesting shot in the heart at point-blank, that is something fundamentally on just about that, to "president obama iranians having lived under a government which has made its opposition to the united states and israel has put the economic dittany -- he economic dignity as a tertiary concern. they are tired of that world view. it derecognize it has not borne fruit. host: our next caller's from the independent line. caller: the last caller hit this on the head. the problem in the area is not iran. it's israel. do not cut me off, c-span. every time someone says something negative about israel, this country has a big- time problem with that. israel has been the problem in that region every since day one. we hear these people always talking about taxing this and that. that is where all of our tax dolla

host: philadelphia, good morning to david. caller: good morning. good morning. earlier you segued into the situation in the gulf of mexico. i'm understand that we're talking about pirates. it is kind of similar to what is going on, in my opinion, in the gulf. the corporations are basically breaking our environment. the citizens have to deal with it. with respect to what happened in israel and somalia, these are tragedy events. too many times in government, nobody has an original idea. we not focused on what is going on at home, but we are always running around a world. i'm not saying that there does not need to be regulations and international bodies of authority to do with these issues that affect us globally, but this is something that is going on right here at home. taxpayer money is going into this big cleanup and the corporations are getting away scot-free. it has already gone into florida. i do not believe we will be able to go to the beach next year. host: donna hopkins, any thoughts? guest: david, there are a lot of different parts of the government that

also this morning in the "philadelphia enquirer with ir."er nomination, among other things, is part of the discussion in this week's edition of "newsmakers." senator patrick leahy will be discussing this. here is what he had to say on the program regarding what he is doing to prepare for the hearing. >> i went to my farm house in vermont and sat under my favorite apple tree. it sounds silly, but i am away from the phone in the computer and the blackberry. i was able to sit there and read. i have been trying to do that evening's and weekends getting off quietly. i try to get away from the phone and the computer. members of my family, and black. -- call my blackberry my crack berry. i am one of the few senators left in the whole hearing because of the questions i asked. host: you can see the entire interview on sunday, tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m. as o'clock p.m. eastern on c-span. it is also available online. you can also see it as an application for your iphone. back to the phones regarding our conversation of evidence of stimulus spending in you

host: next is a telephone call from philadelphia, democrats line. caller: good morning. my problem is about jobs. it seems like the media doesn't seem to really dig into the problem. the problem is, if you go into any department store -- walmart, to buy a tv -- nothing is made in america anymore. they outsource all the jobs overseas. people don't have jobs that make a good salary, like they used to. if this was during the second world war, we would lose the war. we won the war because we had our own steel companies, we could make everything, everything we would need. but today, everything is outsourced. you go into any store and you have nothing made in america anymore. host: that caller is from philadelphia. a twitter user tweets us -- that's a telephone calls. long island, new york. stephen, independent line. caller: it is very interesting that you are having this subject this morning, because i had every intention of writing you a letter. i can't disagree with anybody who called in so far. the tragedy in new orleans, the pain that the people are suffering. but this is

when i was involved with the philadelphia major crimes unit, the principal was arrested. these people were selling counterfeit movies and music. the joint terrorism task force obtained information that this organization had acquired over $2 million to suspect palestinian organizations. let me say what we do know. we know that terrorists are smart and organized.. they search for low risk, high profit ventures. counterfeiters have sophisticated distribution channels. when the two of these folks come together, we should all be very concerned. i would just like -- to like hopefully this never comes. if there's a shipment of counterfeit goods that contain poisonous agreements, that could be more devastating than a well- placed car bomb in times square. there is a linkage. you saw the videos. this is not just information that is not first hand. i was involved in some of these investigations. it is out there. it is high profit and low risk. these people go where the money flows. with that, i will introduce the rest of the panel. >> technically incompetent. [laughter] how to ensu

on june 14, 1775, in philadelphia, a group of continental congressmen worked to lay out the provisions to form an army. the result was a simple paragraph, orders to the colonial states that provided men in arms to continue the uphill fight against englpped. that simple paragraph, authorized the formation of 10 companies and thus began the formation and the beginnings of our united states army. today 235 years later we continue to honor the commitment and duty of army soldiers who have risked their lives to preserve our freedom. they have left a lasting mark on this nation. during the army's 235-year history, tens of thousands of these brave young men and women have served on distant battlefields to keep our nation safe. i'm particularly prout of the residents of hawaii who continue to serve on behalf of our nation, as well as many reserves and guardsmen, many of them who are my personal friends who i have served with, with honor and distinction. i salute them for their service to our great nation. today as our nation continues to fight the global war on terror, the army has been key to

host: another call from philadelphia. richard, independent line. caller: i'm calling because i think it is good that they got rid of general mcchrystal because the morale is going down in the service. i am a wounded marine from afghanistan. i do not think is right that he said what he did about the president. i would like to comment on that, please. guest: well, the president was in a difficult position because some of the comments were to bid to mcchrystal or a tatoo some of the officers around him. at -- or attributed to some of the officers around him. i believe that he had the sense that he had to relieve general those difficult situation because no matter which way, it was kind of a loss. it puts our strategy -- mcchrystal was one of the main guys that work on the counter insurgency strategy. he got along well with the afghanistan leadership, as well as people can, i suppose. he was well respected by many of the troops because he was a hands-on guy. it was not an easy decision to relieve him. it makes a more complicated situation out of someth

at the philadelphia convention in 1787, the framers of the constitution spent more time discussing the process of judicial selection than the criteria for choosing federal judges. according to madison's conviction that, the delegates initial -- initially considered appointments by the national legislature. james wilson, pennsylvania's representative, oppose the proposal. he argued that intrigue, impartiality, and concealment resulted from judicial appointment by the legislatures. the primary reason for creating a single executive, wilson reminded his colleagues, was so that one official would be responsible for nomination. john rutledge of south carolina who chaired the committee countered that granting so great a power to any single person would cause the people to think that we are leaning towards market. rutledge would receive two appointments from president george washington to serve on the u.s. supreme court. he resigned his associate justice seat before the court ever convened to accept an appointment on the south carolina supreme court. congress failed to confirm his a recess ap

we can't look at new york or philadelphia. looking at 50 cities at once and also the problems that we face in our network from l.a. to new york. if you have l.a. or new york covered that doesn't mean that you'll pick up a plot in denver or houston. i don't necessarily view the plots we have seen over the past year as indications of a radical inflution of ideology here. i think we're going to continue to see ups and downs in the coming years. i think the questions we will have is whether al qaeda central can regroup and whether we have a strategic threat and whether some of these in the al qaeda peninsula can organize some pretty heavy duty plotting against country. if you have safe haven and combine that with intent, wenal we're going to get hit. i'm talking out of both sides of my mouth. i believe that there is a -- an increase of plotting. but i don't think it is that we're sitting on a hotbed of revolution. i'm kind surprised this came this late. i would have thought we would see it in 2003, 2004, 2005. it is almost inevita

aseeiig how the black ha/k;%ujp@ headed to philadelphia tonight, i am just glad we're on this side of the state. [laughter] i noticed a couple of people said they were rooting for the blackhawks, which tells the about the rivalry between pittsburgh and philadelphia. of course, we meet here at an incredibly difficult time for america. among other things, it is a time when the worst environmental disaster of its kind in nation's history is threatening the gulf coast and the people who live there. right now stopping this oil spill in containing its damage is necessarily the top priority of not just my administration, but i think the entire country. we're waging this battle every minute of every day. at the same time, we're continuing our efforts to recover and rebuild from an economic disaster that has touched the lives of nearly every american. that is what i want to talk about today. the state of our economy, the future we must seize, and the path we chose to get their. it has now been a little over 16 months since i took office, amid one of the worst economic storms and our history. t

host: republican line, philadelphia.ler: i think your insights into the narrative is very accurate. it makes it very difficult regarding different set of agendas. it was dealing with values in trying to prescribe them. i want to look at the considerations with enormous financial capital. they are putting their weight behind this as a setup. people that went on the boats, did not make a statement saying they did not want to be martyrs or that sort of thing. they had cells of violent responses. regarding this islamist party, i was wondering how much of this is going to play to the islamic political sentiments in the broader islamic world? guest: turkey is mostly muslim and more democratic than it has ever been before. in this piece that i wrote for foreign policy, i do not describe the changes to an islamist political agenda. i think it passed to do more with structural changes. it has to do it raises, and it is important to explore. they felt that the solidarity -- when i lived in turkey in 2000, i was on one street minut

host: philadelphia, pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i have a few quick points to make. i heard some of the most ludicrous things this morning in reference to this topic. one, there is no such thing as hispanic. there just might enough to pass for white. laura bush was a full blooded mexican. you wonder why the borders were not closed. did you forget california and texas belonged to mexico? murder and theft does not make you legal. host: one of her points is that native americans were here first. when we talk about minorities we are talking about african americans and that the u.s. census term as a broad term. guest: it is important not to confound immigrants and minorities, which is interesting because for so long in america we unfounded african-americans and minorities. -- confounded african-americans and minorities. people that did not identify as being of multiple races. guest: when you talk about the definition as hispanic, this is widely accepted? guest: if someone considered themselves in that way thhy would indicated as such. guest: i do not understand why people

, in the first congress, when that was part of the bill of rights, and indeed what they did in philadelphia is they structured the government the way it was, had a purpose, separating power between the branches of government and equally important, separating between the national and state, had a specific purpose and it was to ensure that there would always be a balance so tt not one entity had too much power to use that to abuse people. making sure there is a balance is the key element to protecting individual rights and individual liberties. by allowing states to have a primary function we become more eative, we have differing ideas which means if people really want choices and options and a way of making sure that government is efficient and government is what they want in their particular area, you must empower state and local governments to do that. which means you have to take away the power and the authority and the programs from washington which by its very nature can only come up with a one-size-fits-all system. and disperse that power, authority and programs back down to state and

why should i spend my summers in philadelphia arguing about a constitution? what if those abolitionists or civil rights workers said that slavery is wrong but it is dangerous to get mixed up in that stuff, i do not have time for those meetings and marches. it is not something i want to do. i want you to think about the extraordinary men and women who have worn our country's uniform and have given their last full measure of devotion to keep us safe and free. [applause] what if they said "i do love this country, but why should i sacrifice so much for people have never met?" young men and women in uniform making the sacrifices. [applause] so, you and i are here today because those people made a different choice. they chose to step up, they chose to serve. i hope you will follow their example. there is work to be done. your country needs you. we got an economy to rebuild, we have children to educate, we have diseases to cure, we have an oil spill to clean up, we have got clean energy to discover. [applause] it will be up to you to meet those challenges. to build

moved like an army and the lower east side and to humboldt park in chicago and neighborhoods in philadelphia. those were the only jobs that educated women could get in those days. those kind of aids are a little harder to find today. the predominance of latinos among immigrants from everywhere provides a special challenge for our school system. social service agencies, law enforcement, and stable longitudinal status of neighborhoods in metropolitan areas. latino immigration to the united states has been high during an era of great hundred indian -- the american markets. agricultural, service, light industry. also a time suggested by a lot of research of narrowing horizons, a stalled escalator into the american opportunity structure. great difficulty getting ahead. there is social science data that paul's up the sky. that suggests that it is much harder for poor people to become middle-class that it was in previous generations. the lines between socio-economi+ strata in our society are hardening. that is frightening thing for america to contemplate. did a great education to feed into an econo

philadelphia, james. caller: how are you doing? he is one of the few senators who carries a copy of the constitution in his pocket. i did not know if many knew that. i have a feeling the democrats are going to lose that seat. host: why do you say that? guest: the direction of the congress and the way va has been going the last election or two, i have a feeling it is going to go republican. host: the governor is currently democrat. the appointee will be a democrat. caller: until the e election. host: independent line, what you think about the passing of the senate. caller: a giant has passed away from the senate. he grew throughout his whole life. it started out as a klansman and became smarter and smarter. probably the smartest senator we have had -- not in terms of formal litigation, but studied hard and he learned and we are all lucky to have had him. host: can you count how many times you voted for senator byrd? byrd? caller: i have never voted for him because i am a new resident of west virginia. but i would have loved to have.

host: the next phone call from philadelphia, on the democratic line.caller: of a like to start out by saying our president is doing a wonderful job with everything that was left for him to have to take charge of it -- i would like to start out by saying. he took charge of november 5, 2008. once he won the election george bush just disappeared. please do not cut me off. this country, not just the government, has always operated on mis-truthis -- lies. the polls the state that 70% up to 85% that say the country is against the administration, you are only polling the 70% or so of the people who did not vote for barack obama. you must clear up that. john mccain and sarah palin received 70% of the white vote, then you have the other parties such as the libertarians with baba bar who received 4%, ron paul 9%, ralph nader 2%. guest: first of all, you are right. i should have mentioned this stimulus as something that obama accomplished. it was major. he is having trouble though getting through the next round. i do not quite understand your point about white pe

[applause] seeing how the black hawks are headed to philadelphia tonight with a 2-0 lead in the stanley cup finals, i am glad that we on this side of the state. [laughter] i noticed a couple people said there were rooting for the black hawks which tells you something about the rivalry between pittsburgh and philly. of course, we meet here at an incredibly difficult time for america. among other things, a time when the worst environmental disaster of its kind in our nation's history is threatening the gulf coast and the people who live there. right now, stopping this oil spill and contain the damage is the top priority not just in my administration but of the entire country. we are waging this battle every minute of every day. at the same time, we are continuing our efforts to rebuild from an economic disaster. it has touched the lives of nearly every american. that is what i want to talk about today. the state of our economy. the future we must -- we must seize in the past we chose to get there. it has now been a little over 16 months since i took office on may 1 of the worst economic s

we will take a call from philadelphia as we wait for today's session of the house of representatives. sheila, democrats line. caller: good morning to all of you, america. a few segments that you have a caller call in and say, make excuses for mcchrystal. that he was a snake eats. mcchrystal is the snake with a nest of little snakes. barack obama, my president, is the snake eats here. think about this man sitting around and throwing back beers with a reporter and running off at the mouth. what do you think if the enemy was to infiltrate, be a friend, throwback a couple of brewskis and stroke his ego, he would give up some secrets that would be imperative to this country in that part of the land. and to have karzai come out and say, i don't think he should be fired. wait a minute. you are the president of afghanistan. you don't have any input of what goes on in the top echelon of this country. so what is going on between mcchrystal and karzai that they are buddies, karzai is a crook and the enemy. remember, this man said, i will go and join the taliban. how do you know he he is not real

open and shut vote intimidation case in the history of america, the new black panthers case in philadelphia, it's on videotape, ey had a coiction, all they neeed to do was follow through they can selled the case. loretta king did so. she's the one that can selled e will of the people in kingston, north carolina who voted that they wanted no more partisan elections in local lech they wand to te the r and d off the names of the candidates a work a 70% vote, loretta king invalidated th because she saidblack people won't know to vote for another black person unless there's a d beside tir name. that's not equal protection. it's contempt for people's judgment. i hink we need to have equal protection under the law we need to uphold the nstitution a rule of law, the separation of power i'moing to and with the people in arizona who haveone with a great thing for amera d we're going to eventuay get to the point where establish this rule of law, enforce our immigration laws and when that becomes practice in the united states of america, then we can talk about other solutions. mr. speaker, i appreciate

furthermore, the federal bank of philadelphia fed president said the change to the bankruptcy code creates the authority to wind down firms. a bankruptcy court with scheduled procedures and institutions would be better " than a bank regulator to dismantle large institutions without bailouts. >> the gentleman's tiie has expired. >> thank you. >> the gentleman from north carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i actually favor either the senate or house approach more than i favor the amendment, because the amendment really does not do any thing to address the problem. i was amazed that my friend, who just rewwote the history on the lehman bankruptcy, almost as bad as rewriting the history on fannie and freddie -- >> would the gentleman yield? >> yes, sir. am i just gave the particular dates. could you tell me which dates or wrong? >> well, what you ignored is the severe impact on the taxpayer and on the economy, which is what we're trying to avoid. the women folks may have come out pretty well, but it was -- the lehman brothers spokesman have come out. well, this was about the taxpayers, not a

marshall said in a 1987 speech, "i do not believe the meaning of the constitution was forever fix ted philadelphia convention. to the contrary, the government they desides are was defective from the sta, requiring several mindments, a civil war, a momentous social transformation to attaint system of to constitutional government and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights we hold as fundamental today." some changes have not been for the better. i have been troubled by the increasing number of 5-4 decision over the last five years in which a divided supreme court reversed decades of progress and precedent with rulings that side with powerful corporate interes rather than protecting individual rights. this trend was clearly shown in citizennited where the supreme court reversed precedent and overruled congressional intent, giving corporate special interests even more power and influence in elections. in the ledbetter care the majority of the supreme court protected employers over workers in gender discrimination. again, reversing the clear intent of congress n another 5-4 split decis

host: the next phone call from philadelphia, on the democratic line. caller: of a like to start out by saying our president is doing a wonderful job with everything that was left for him to have to take charge of it -- i would like to start out by saying. he took charge of november 5, 2008. once he won the election george bush just disappeared. please do not cut me off. this country, not just the government, has always operated on mis-truthis -- lies. the polls the state that 70% up to 85% that say the country is against the administration, you are only polling the 70% or so of the people who did not vote for barack obama. you must clear up that. john mccain and sarah palin received 70% of the white vote, then you have the other parties such as the libertarians with baba bar who received 4%, ron paul 9%, ralphader 2%. guest: first of all, you are right. i should have mentioned this stimulus as something that obama accomplished. it was major. he is having trouble though getting through the next round. i do not quite understand your point about white peo

host: "the philadelphia inquirer" headlines, associated press story, and now of work on the hill. kerry, this -- good morning. on the independent line. caller: i think it is time for clean energy in america. this oil disaster, it is bad for both the environment and it has been bad for aong time when we byrne carbons. i think coal is bad, both when we burn it and the disasters. i think nuclear bad because of the waste and it is way past time for change. guest: i think she clearly represents a point of view in america. the difficulty with going immediately to clean energy is i don't think technologically there is a way to just turn off fossil fuels and turn on an undeveloped an unknown technology. there are different parts of the clean energy sector that are being developed, that are being refined, and brought to the fore but even the president recognizes before this disaster in the gulf hits, when he was approving more well and gas drilling leases, that while he clearly -- and we know he clearly wants to move to a clean energy industry in terms of energy that americans consume -- h

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i heard you talking about the scores between chicago and philadelphia.che sttkes were part of a wager here. we now have the world cup. there is a lot of attention. i was watching the lacrosse championships. in any event, a good deal of the focus has been on what is happening in the gulf appeared we had a visit on capitol hill from the families of those who have lost their loved ones. they met with the president. they met with the senate. we met with them in the capital. it was very moving to hear their stories just weeks after they lost their loved ones -- their husbands, fathers, sons. relatives and friends came to the capitol to tell their stories. they wanted to be sure that -- i said to them, you are the backbone of america anddamerica is not going to forget you. they came here to ask for changes in high seas law. we assured them that would happen. it must be 3 miles off shore. the only damages can be financial, not pain and suffering.+ you change that a distance from shore in change what is -- and that change when discovered as far as a liability. w