richard?> kristen, we also know the president had a big meeting with his national security team this morning. no doubt afghanistan might be part of the conversation there. >> reporter: absolutely, richard. the president and vice president sat down with members of the national security team. they talked about afghanistan. this amidst reports that there are calls to actually hasten the troop withdrawal in afghanistan. now, one white house official tells me those reports are merely speculative. having said that, though, the pressure points might be coming from a number of places, in part, it is expensive, the war in afghanistan costing about $2 billion per week. also osama bin laden has been killed. and there has long been a push to see afghan president hamid karzai take the lead in this region. we are expecting a briefing later on today. we hope to learn a little bit more about this. but, again, a lot of debate going on in terms of how that troop withdrawal will be carried out this summer. richa

alvin hall then today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office the twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn the declining addressed city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterfully dealt with racism issues winning support other black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch with a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was billed as the best mayor out of the cities are you asked for making chicago business friendly city richard daley belongs to the democratic party he supported barack obama during the presidential campaign three years ago his younger brother william the current white house chief of staff. thank you very much all the thank you very much a pleasure having you be here right from moscow st petersburg a

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but-- did richard pryor damage you? did richard pryor damage me? yeah, you listened to richard pryor when your mom felt it probably wasn't appropriate. foul language. unless you had a very early richard pryor album. he started me off cursing, for sure. 'cause i curse like a sailor. but i'm grown. and when i got into richard pryor, i was 16, 17, trying to sneak that turnt-- but at the same time, there was a balance of, okay, my parents knew who richard pryor was. and they said, "yeah, i know richard pryor, but no, you can't listen to richard pryor." and so therefore, i just went on outside, because i'm not gonna get no turntable. but it might have been different if i was able to get a cd player or a cassette walkman. your concerns about parenting are echoed all over this country. but you are chuck "fight the power" d. yeah, but to my kids, i'm "daddy." "oh, daddy, turn the radio back on!" "no, because we can't play shake your ass, right, on--in the car." 'cause i got nieces that's three years old in the back based on the radio singing, "shake your a

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says richard daley veteran u.s. politician and longest serving mayor of chicago retired just in may spotlight will be back shortly right after a break so don't go away stay way you want to play. play . play play look. at inflation cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry heracles bandages that suck the infection straight out of software to make three d. gobble screeds from the building blocks from russia's first nationwide four g. network terms going top line technology updates. please the future covered. twenty years ago are just countries. to some degree. but how did you can. teach began the journey. where did it take to. welcome back to the spotlight on an album you know of and just to remind us that my guest today is richard daley a veteran u.s. politician and the longest serving mayor chicago the guy did a lot for the city for the environment universities for the racial problems but mr daley thinks that he's biggest achievement is giving the kids good educati

richard? >> hi, richelle.ed this week was devastating to baez's opening statement to the jury. we know she's a liar. the jury is not going to buy, she's a liar because of all this incest and sexual abuse, which, by the way, they're not even going to be able to prove, because the only way they can prove that is to put casey anthony on the stand. now, can you imagine when she puts her hand on the bible and swears to tell the truth? she is the most untrustworthy person in america. the jury is not going to believe one word out of her mouth. therefore, she cannot testify in the case in chief. if the jury hates a defendant and begins to hate the lawyer, they're going to convict regardless of the burden of proof which i don't believe the government is going to be able to sustain. but regardless of that, if the jury hates you, they're going to bring you down. >> richard, we'll get to the burden of proof in just a moment. let me let avery weigh in on it. he's about to burst. >> sorry to interrupt. >> go ahead. >> the f

says richard daley veteran u.s. politician and longest serving mayor of chicago retired just in me spotlight will be back shortly right after breaks out don't go away stay where you want. innovation cluster in the center of siberia one city has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry you're a cool bit interested study in fiction straight out of software to make three d. goggles free from the building blocks for brushes first nationwide four g. network tomes going top one technology up to. the future covered. today children play war in the old case maybe. but in june nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow and. funders of restless were dying one by one under siege this. was. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words very well motherland i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. think it was the fourth quarter. here this street still keeps secrets but it's time to reveal the truth of the soviet files on oxys. welcome back to the spotli

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says richard daley veteran u.s. politician and longest serving mayor of all chicago retired just in may spotlight will be back shortly ride out the breaks out don't go away stay where you want to play. players. play to. continue the mission cluster in the center of siberia once he has revolutionary ideas for the automotive industry you're a cool bandages than some of the infection straight out of software to make three g. jobless free in the building blocks for russia's first nationwide four g. network terms going ta find signal shields to. please the future coverage. twenty years ago this country. to such a place it. was how did you come. to teach to get a job. where did it take. to . just say. welcome back to the spotlight and i we're not even just a reminder that my guest today is richard daley a veteran u.s. politician and the longest serving mayor chicago the guy did a lot for the city for the environment universities for reform for racial problems but mr daley thinks that he's biggest achievement is giving the

why ann richards, if you're gong to spend this time- of course so many people in texas know her and havencredibly rich memories of her- but you came to the table as a relative newcomer to ann.

but richard is right.e was a case that was decided when indeed homosexuality was a crime. and therefore until such time as either the folks in albany change that, the judge is obligated to move forward. so who knows what's going to happen? i think it will actually have to be tried in order to get it resolved. >> okay. now let's move on to texas -- going back to texas now. very different situation. this involves a texas mom who was convicted of spanking her child too hard, to the degree that she lost her 2-year-old, lost custody of her 2-year-old. and then is facing five years probation. so, avery, help explain, how does a court -- how does the system determine whether this is spanking, this kind of discipline is okay, or whether a parent or a guardian has gone too far? >> well, i've never understood this argument that by slugging a kid or hitting a kid or spanking a kid is really a smart way of parenting. but the problem is so serious in texas -- listen to this -- the attorney general has a website and tel

pastor richard douglass and his family were getting ready for a quiet school night dinner. a knock at the door. 16-year-old brooks douglass put down his homework, answered it. a bearded stranger stood before him. >> he asked if he could use the phone, trying to get hold of somebody that lived near us. so let him in. i mean, he went over and picked up the phone. he said, ah, the phone number's in my other pants. he went outside. >> reporter: and when he returned a moment later, he bent down, reached behind his back and the awful business began. >> he had pulled out a .357. had it in my face, and he said, you know what it's all about. move over here. >> reporter: a second man armed with a double barreled shotgun stormed through the door. it was a robbery, the men said. >> i took my wallet out and had 43 bucks in it and handed it to him. that's all you got? that's all you got? yeah. then he went through my mom's purse. then he asked my mom if we had any rope. >> reporter: they pointed their guns, herded the family together, hogtied them. >> so he told us all to lie down on the

avery friedman in cleveland and richard herman in las vegas.situation and maybe a little awkward. the president is playing golf today with house spooeker john boehner. boehner is among those who's saying he wants to challenge the president, that the president should have gotten congressional approval before launching any military involvement into libya. is he right? are those who say that right, that the president should have gotten congressional approval? >> it's less than 2% of congress that filed the lawsuit although most of the republicans are saying that. the bottom line on this thing is the definition of hostilities. congress left it vague. it's a sign to judge reggie walt what did the scooter libby case. in the history of american law, no federal judge has ever resolved this kind of dispute between congress and the preside president. bottom line, the case will be thrown out. >> oh, really? richard, do you see it this way? the president was a former constitutional law professor. and he knows constitutionality. at least that's the thinking

were lucky enough to know governor richards even a little bit., as she said to you, it's always nice to be here and see you, evan..3 >> well, thank you very much. [laugh] holland taylor.3 thank you, dear. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. >> funding for overheard with evan smith is provided -n part by hillco partners, texas government affairs consultancy and its global health care consulting business unit, hillco health. and by tte mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mff foundatioo, improving the quality of -ife within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you.÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷

were lucky enough to know governor richards even a little bit., as she said to you, it's always nice to be here and see you, evan..3 >> well, thank you very much. [laugh] holland taylor.3 thank you, dear. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. >> funding for overheard with evan smith is provided -n part by hillco partners, texas government affairs consultancy and its global health care consulting business unit, hillco health. and by tte mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mff foundatioo, improving the quality of -ife within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you.a0 [drum & synth fanfare] (jane joyce) polar bears are specially conditioned for life in the harsh arctic environment. polar bears rely on vast expanses of arctic sea ice to hunt for seals in the fall to build up enough fat reserves to carry them through the meltdown in the spring. but the future of the polar bear is literally "on thin ice." the arctic h

special guests tonight larry pratt founder and executive director out gun owners of america i'm sure of richard mack who stood up to president clinton for your rights we got an update from the builder of meeting in st moritz from luke without skin devil dog deliberate so joins me to tell you a story from this one time at boot camp we've got the government's way to increase gun values figured out an eleven year old girl would make a better commander in chief than obama gun hypocrisy in california and a how to survive in the coming apocalypse only on adam vs the man. you know you've got to watch out for those armed and dangerous tweens out there but you never know when a surly tween might lose it and go with this their pellet guns but los angeles police chief charlie beck is pushing for the city to require all b.b. guns to be brightly colored so as to avoid popping a cap and little timmy does happen before this after repeated cases of police shooting toy armed children in the l.a. area interesting when you're the commentary of great smith the los angeles city councilman and l.a.p.d. officer quote

we've got richard engel here, here from the middle east. chuck todd, doris kearns goodwin, mayor antonio villaraigosa and paul gigot. they're coming up next. >>> we're back now joined by our "political roundtable." chief white house correspondent, political director for nbc news, chuck todd, nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. great to have you in person in studio. >> thanks. >> can't wait to get your analysis. thanks, richard. editor for the "wall street journal," paul gigot is here. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, and last but not least, my hometown mayor, and i just pronounced your name wrong, which is really embarrassing. the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigosa, for his first appearance here on "meet the press." villaraigosa was elected in may of 2005 after serving in the california state assembly and l.a. city council. now in his second term. he'll be sworn in tomorrow as president of the u.s. conference of mayors in baltimore. and that role, you will represent an organization of more than 1,200 mayors

>> yes. >> richard, yes or no? she testifies, she's going to get convicted and get sentenced to death. >> okay. it's going to be interesting. >> that means a no. >> that is the wild card. we're going to turn to the red bull defense. this energy drink basically, any energy drinks, basically. there was a man arrested back in 2009 for smothering his 85-year-old father. he said he was so exhausted, he drank the energy drink and that he went insane. >> five doctors examined him. five doctors made the same finding. the government agreed with the doctors. they presented a plea deal to the judge and the judge accepted it. >> avery, do you think that, in fact, it's fair for somebody who has admitted to killing his dad, that a mental institution is where a person like that should be? >> red bull didn't work. twinkie didn't work ten years ago. judge did the right thing. >> it means ta he did not know what he was doing when he drank this drink and that it was some sort of surge of energy. do you think we're going to see this k

richard, you win yet again. well done, sir. >> two weeks in a row, richard. >> no, no. a clean sweep. >> yeah, you're right. >> that will do it for this week. >> i'll be back strong next week. >> we're back each thursday on "quest means business." >> and in the cnn newsroom at 2:00 p.m. eastern, keep the topics coming on our blog, cnn.com/qmb and cnn.com/ali. tell us each week what you want to talk about. see you next week, richard. >> see you next week. when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. >>> welcome back. a court date in california today for one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives. organized crime boss james "whitey" bulger was arrested yesterday in santa monica, california, along with his girlfriend, katherine elizabeth grieg. bulger had been on the run since 1995. sought in connection with 19 murders, numerous other cri

>> hi, i live next door to richard rabbitt. the reason why i support the idea of having dpw involved, and not just them involved but consulting with the neighbors, the one thing we all want it was 6 feet on the west end. the reason why there has been some uncertainty about that is dpw was the entity that said that trees could be harmed if they cut branches. not knowing how much of a compromise would be achieved by the time you came here, i did take pictures of trees with no branches near the bottom. i am just hoping that as part of our discussion in principle that the neighbors can bring up items such as this and have an opinion stated so that i can trust that the compromise will be something that most of us can be pleased with. i think the compromise has gone very far, and i would appreciate an extension. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? then, commissioners, the matter is a minute. commissioner hwang: i will make a motion to continue the matter as requested by the joint party. >> commissioners, if i

i spoke with richard quest about the ripple effect from greece. richard, as always.do we care? greece is far away. it's a small economy. a small country. they got some debt. so what? >> you're right on all fronts. and you're totally wrong because the greek debt has grown. it's ballooned into the tens of billions and it is no longer sitting on the greek shores. that greek debt is in german banks and french banks and ecb and all those organizations have got their own debt which is in other banks and other parts of the world and guess what? yep, right in the united states there are banks who are either holding greek debt or the debt of others who have got it or they have insured greek debt through credit default swaps. remember lehman brothers. what we learned there is once the dominos start falling, you really don't know where it's going to stop. this is all about confidence. it's not about what will happen. it's what might happen and who's prepared to take the risk. >> let's go back to some numbers. the united states government is still borrowing money at close to zer

i spoke with richard quest about the ripple effect from greece. richard, as always.us. why do we care? greece is far away. it's a small economy. a small country. they got some debt. so what? >> you're right on all fronts. and you're totally wrong because the greek debt has grown. it's ballooned into the tens of billions and it is no longer sitting on the greek shores. that greek debt is in german banks and french banks and ecb and all those organizations have got their own debt which is in other banks and other parts of the world and guess what? yep, right in the united states there are banks who are either holding greek debt or the debt of others who have got it or they have insured greek debt through credit default swaps. remember lehman brothers. what we learned there is once the dominos start falling, you really don't know where it's going to stop. this is all about confidence. it's not about what will happen. it's what might happen and who's prepared to take the risk. >> let's go back to some numbers. the united states government is still borrowing money at clos

two men who have worked very hard for this moment, evan wolfson and richard sakariti?it's wonderful. this is a win for families, a win for new york, it's a win for our country. it's even a win for the people who today are uncomfortable or uncertain and wrestling this because they're going to see that it took nothing away from anyone else when the family across the street is a little better off. and now we can turn together as americans, as new yorkers, to really working on the things that we really need to tackle together. the problems that are really facing all of us in these tough economic times. but of course, we also now have many other states where this discrimination has to end. we have to end federal marriage discrimination against the legally married couples and we have to work together to make our country better. today was a big day for our country and for america and for families. >> richard, as you heard state senator ball earlier on this program who had voted against this, but whose biggest concerns really were beyond personal concerns and a personal belief

i mean i think in part because of what richard rightly says, there's growing concern.e've got to get our house in order. there is a bipartisan movement to reexamine this. the president's trying to straddle tha >> charlie: thank you, thank you, thank you. we'll be back in a moment. stay with us. at the start of world war ii franklin roosevelselected william donovan to head the office of strategic services. in this role dawn vaugh lead operations to steal secretes and spy on our war time allies. along the way he easterned force loyalty and collected not a few enemies including fbi director j. edgar hoover. this is a book called wild billion donovan, the spy master who created the oss in modern american espionage. joining me is the book's author douglas waller, he's a defense analyst from bloomberg government. and he began his ceer working for donovan during his ambassadorship to thailand. i'm pleased to have both of them at this table. welcome. good to have you back. so where did the idea to write this come from? >> >> i've always been interested in historical figures an

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richard. >> all right.thank you. >>> america's most wanted aired the case last night of the missing indiana university student. 20-year-old lauren speier disappeared a week ago. she was last seen leaving a friend's apartment in bloomington. police in the fbi are hopeful the crime show will generate more tips and leads in this show for speier. >>> and chile's volcanic ash cloud is affecting air travel in new zealand. quantity yas airways has canceled flights, and new zealand has had to adjust flight routes and altitudes to fly around that ash. >>> the horse with a 24-1 long shot, ruler on ice, ruled the soggy track at the belmont stacks. animal kingdom had a disasterous start, and in the final turn ruler on ice overtook preakness winner shackleford to cross the finish line in a stunner. the winning jockey said in the final seconds, all he could think was, oh, my god, i'm going to win the belmont. now back to news. scott, if we had only put down that $20 bet. >> that was just the first time in six years that

us constitution under the war powers act introduced in one thousand seventy three over president richard nixon's veto us armed forces of behavior from being involved in the foreign military action for more than sixty days without congressional authorization and obama has stoical disregarded this law as existence every president has expressed some concerns about its constitutionality but interestingly not a single president has questioned the sixty day rule and neither has mr big u.s. congress which seems to have been neglecting its responsibilities along with obama's defiance of the law senator john mccain has even gone so far as to dismiss the law altogether saying the president has recognized the constitutionality of the war powers act and nor do i and there doesn't seem to be any great movement towards acting but some lawmakers have attempted to have sway on the issue like republican richard lugar a member of the senate foreign relations committee quest called in the bomb had to respect the act the president did not seek a ration of war began with. nor really has there been much discu

it's written by richard toliver, and we are joined by richard. mr. toliver, who is that on the cover of this book? >> well, that's a young richard toliver, an air force fighter pilot of a few years ago, and it was taken during a time that i was very fortunate to be involved in the f-16 aircraft. >> when was that? >> 1974-1976, to be exact. >> why'd you write a book? >> well, after i had gone through life, retired from the air force, looked back over some 50 years, i realized that i'd had some very unique experiences in my life, and be i'd met some very unique people. and all of them, the experiences and the people, made a significant difference as to who i was at that time. and so i decided, with the encouragement of my family, to write the story of those people who i called uncaged eagles, the people that were providentially placed in my life all along the way. i must admit, i didn't know who they were, and i didn't know that was actually taking place at the time. but when you get to be about 65 years old and you have the opportunity to look backwar

what were you saying, richard? >> thank you.just about to say, no one can really know when this vote happens, how the reaction will be. will it be an inevitability of it going through fizzle it out or send it into uproar. time will tell. we'll know in a few hours. >> richard quest and a number of members of the cnn team are at that square, central square in athens. >> hugo chavez, sighted on tv, the country's venezuela president appearing on state television in his trademark track suit with former cuban leader fidel castro wearing athletic wear. the meeting officials say took place in havana. first video of chavez since he had emergency surgery three weeks ago. the government wanted to dispel rumors of his deteriorating health. there were rumors circulating. these two guys look like the picture of life and health just before their run. >> or after. >> or a pick up game. >>> the fbi now reportedly trying to find out who was responsible for the grave mix-ups at arlington national cemetery. "the washington post" is reporting an inv

you got it, richard.icans here at home knew what happened last time we saw this uprising in greece. wondering now that the vote has been passed, what is it going to mean for our money here back at home? >> reporter: i think certainly things are out of the -- the fire has been doused, if you like. greece will get its extra money. there will be a second bailout. the measures will come into play. whether and how far and how forceful, that, of course, is another issue and only the next 12 months we will see. from the u.s.'s point of view, the importance of the crisis of today will not going to happen. all of that is still a risk. it is a risk for portugal and ireland and maybe for spain and italy. if you, like everybody today, has stepped back from the brink. except for the protesters who are determined to cause misery. >> richard quest, thank you. we will take a look at how greece and that vote that happened today is impacting wall street right now after a quick break. time to deploy the chex mix boring pota

the close up team has been to the golden grand richard thank the turning point a moon or more to. this time r.t. goes to the region where half of the area is occupied by a nature preserve. where the young generation transition their ancestors stepped on where the mysterious city on the deadlocks welcomed the republic of north to set yet russia close on a car keep. it . secret. welcome back to cross talk on people about true mind you were discussing the war powers act. the k.k.k. . still. ok and i think go to david denver right before the break we had a bit of a heated discussion here and you just really wanted to break in there so i'm going to give you that chance now go ahead. sure none of these euphemisms justify what president obama has been doing to violate the constitution the of the security council resolution for the united nations certainly means that the libyan intervention is legal under modern international law but that doesn't change the constitution the constitution doesn't say the president can go to war whenever international law allows that the constitution has a s

richard. [applause] >> thank you, liam. in just eight short weeks, we will all be in portugal launching the very first event in the inaugural america's cup world series. i must say, i think for all of us involved, it is very exciting for us to be moving from the planning and preparation stage to the delivery and competition stage. soon they talking can stop any action can begin. we already know from what we have just seen what kind of action that can be. to you all, welcome, everybody. we would like to thank you for joining us as we welcome the team's officially to san francisco, the gorgeous host city of the 34th america's cup. it is great to be standing here today with an outstanding field of competitors from eight countries around the globe here at the sight of what will be the most accessible, the most extreme of america's cup there has ever been. and in every sense of the word, the america's cup is reinventing itself from our fast and dangerous new boats to our break through sporting technology on television. maybe jus

his niece spoke to nbc's richard sharp on this sunday about her uncle and what happened. >> reporter: a deadly collision that killed the conductor of the train and threw the assistant conductor, richard of elk grove, from the train. >> his right arm was messed p up really bad. he almost lost his finger. they were able to sew it back on. >> reporter: michelle childs is the man's niece. she was just talking about why being a conductor was a good job, with him. >> he said, yeah, there are bonuses and perks to working there, but he's had to deal with people dying before wheth. when there's a train wreck, someone dies. >> the local connection has surprised neighbors. >> reporter: the assistant conductor on that train lives next door. >> oh, really? >> it's shocking. i had no idea. >> boy, that's terrible. >> when i first heard the news, we're kind of train buffs, it's, like, oh, this is really awful. but it's impersonal. when you hear it's a guy across the street, it's, like, oh, it's not so impersonal. >> reporter: the neighbors said he was quiet and easy-going. everyone is hoping he'll m

but first richard samp you argued on behalf of wal-mart. why was this important to the company? and to other companies? >> the reason it's important is that today's decision had nothing really to do with employment discrimination and everything to do with the fairness of having class actions that are on a nationwide basis. wal-mart rightly pointed out that it was not being given an opportunity to defend each of the potentially hundreds of thousands of claims of employment discrimination. but instead was having the entire case lumped into one big pot. and what the supreme court said was you can't do that. if there isn't a single policy of nationwide discrimination, you can't decide the case all at once based on a policy that is not there. >> brown: now, all right so, suzette malveaux, explain for us, then, why is bringing a case as a class action so important? the women here still can bring their own individual cases, correct? >> yes, that's true. all of the individual women, because the court did not say anything about there being gender discrimination there was no ruling as far