it is my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker, professor robert george. he is under the james madison program at princeton university and holder of the prestigious mccormick award. he is renowned in the u.s. and around the world is one of the profound thinkers of our time. in march of this year, professor george give to georgetown university to give the keynote address at a conference organized by my own industry. his address drew a large crowd and was well received. later that night, i heard him carry his thinking into one of the most extraordinary conversations i have ever heard. the conversation occurred before an audience of catholics, protestants, muslims, people of other states, people of no faith at all. each listed as he discussed religious freedom with one of the most influential muslims in the u.s. the conversation highlighted not only the national arguments that i suspect he will hear shortly, but it elicited an argument for religious freedom drawing on the theological and philosophical tenets of islam. it was fascinating. the video with the vi

so you can think of bill as sort of a liberal counterpart to our friend and keynoter robert george whom maybe this is a secret from some of you but is conservative. but you can think of it to simplify it a little. think of bill as robby george without the banjo. >> but with a jazz piano. i'm going to focus my remarks on the recent statement of the u.s. catholic bishops concerning religious liberty, a document that in my judgment warrants sustained reflection. in doing this, we have to do our best to decouple our inquiry from the overwrought polemics of our polarized contemporary politics. the church in my judgment is not conducting a war on women, and the obama administration is not conducting a war on religion. there is, instead, a genuine disagreement over the respective roles of religious obligation and civil law. this disagreement takes place against the backdrop of an enduring fact. there is no guarantee that the requirements of citizenship and of faith will prove fully compatible in a religiously diverse and nontheo kratic society and there is also disagreement about what to do wh

unprecedented can be a welcome, referring back to our friend robert george. he is not the first holder of that distinguished chair. two of his predecessors were among the greatest constitutional lawyers in our history. more distant predecessors include a man who went on to even bigger things, woodrow wilson. that is the first hole but i daresay he is the unprecedented person because he is the first holder who was also taught a bluegrass cd. here it is. i propose to auction it off. you cannot imagine woodrow wilson doing this. i wish to turn to our panelists now. there are many of us. i pledged to enforce our time limit. 12 minutes for each of the speaker. if i just there is enough time remaining, i will come back and say a few words myself. the next thing on our agenda, which is to invite comments among the panelists, the speakers, for about 15 minutes and then we will turn, with 25 minutes left, to q&a from the audience. we have a fair amount of time. there is what to do but i think we can get a lot done. i am the person to enforce the time limit. i remind a

slightly left of center, so you can think of bill ads sort of a liberal counter part to our friend, robert george, whom this is a secret from some of you, is conservative. but although you can think of bill as robbie george without the band joke -- but we have the jazz piano. i'm going to focus my remarks on the recent statement of the u.s. catholic bishops concerning religious liberty, the document that, in my judgment, warrants sustained reflection. in doing this, we have to do our best to decouple our inquiry from the overwrought positively he will i can of our polarized contemporary politics. the church, in my judgment, is not conducting a war on women, and the obama administration is not conducting a war on religion. there is a disagreement over civil law. this disagreement takes place against the back drop of an enduring fact. there's no guarantee that the requirements of citizenship and of faith will prove fully compatible in a religiously diverse and nontheocratic society. there's also disagreement about what to do when they come into conflict. i examine the bishop's statement not simply

robert george says this will signal to the world that the nation's oldest catholic and most famous jesuite obama administration in its war against the catholic bishops and others who oppose the hhs mandate. that is to say having kathleen sebelius speak. what do you make of it? >> another one of those things that just -- so many people on both sides of this issue. paul ryan got demagogued for speaking there, and now this comes up. you know, i mean, rick made a point of this during the campaign, that this is -- it's not an issue about contraception, it's forcing a religious institution to do something that was outside the scope of their belief and it's fine if they want to protest sebelius, if they want to protest ryan, i just don't know that it matters all that much. >> something to be said for opposing viewpoints and at least hearing the other side. >> a university. >> it's a great university. >> apparently the students chose sebelius. i think it's clear whether it's georgetown under president dejoya or notre dame under father jenkins are clearly inserting themselves into this debate. and

referring back to robert george, he was introduced as the father of jurisprudence at princeton. he is not the first holder of that distinguished chair. two of his immediate predecessors were among the greatest constitutional academic lawyers in our history. walter harvey and edward koren. and he knew a man who went on to bigger things in the presidential chair. woodrow wilson. but robbie george is the first holder of the chair who also cut a bluegrass cd. here it is. it is signed by robbie, and i propose to auction it off in a silent auction. you can't imagine woodrow wilson doing this, right? [laughter] i do wish to turn to our panelists now. here is the basic plan. there are many of us come and i pledge to ruthlessly for our time limits, about 12 minutes or so, for each of the speakers. five minutes plus myself. a judge there is enough time remaining, what i want to allow for prepared remarks, i will come back and say a few words myself. before we do the next thing on our agenda, the agenda for this panel, which is to invite comments among the panelists, the speakers, for abou

please join me in welcoming professor robert george. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much.it brings me great pleasure to chair the panel. this panel brings together distinguished leaders, all of whom have been active and dedicated in the cost of fighting for religious liberty. of course, you can see, literally see with your eyes, the wonderful nature of this panel. we have representatives from several of the major traditions in the united states and the fact that people are working together across the lines of historic theological difference, i think it speaks very well for the ultimate success of this battle for religious liberty. brian, i'm going to have to make my introductions of the panelists, each of whom deserves lengthy introductions. i have tried to introduce. we are here to hear from them and not me. let me begin. on my left and you're right, rabbi doctor meir y. soloveichik. it is a special privilege to introduce rabbi soloveichik. the rabbi is director of the zahava and moshael straus center for torah and western thought at yeshiva university. he is also a congr

help me in welcomeing professor robert george. >> well, thank you very much. it's my great pleasure to be chairing this panel which brings together some of our nation's most distinguished religious leaders, all of whom have been very active and dedicated in the cause of fighting for religious liberty. and, of course, you can see literally see with your eyes the wonderful interfaith nature of this panel. we have representatives from several of the major traditions in the united states and the fact that people are working together across the lines of the theological difference i think speaks very well for the ultimate success of this battle for religious liberty. i'm going to have to make introductions of our distinguished panelist, each of whom deserves a lengthy introduction even shorter than your introduction of me because i have five of them to introduce. we are here to hear them, not me. let me begin. on my left, your right, rabbi dr. soloveichik, he earned his degree at princeton with me at the philosophy of law. he's director, and also a congressional rab

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george clooney. >>> thank you robert lisle. >>> and some of the president's didn't officially back same-sex marriage we've said in fact he backs civil unions but his view has changed over the years. >>> i hear people saying things that i don't think are very christian with respect to people who are gay and lesbian. >>> the defense against marry jack was an unnecessary imposition on what has been the traditional rules governing marriage. >>> the steps we have not yet taken is to repeal the defense of marry jack. i believe it is discriminatory. the president's endorsement comes as the country remains divided over same-sex marriage should have the same recognition as legal standing as traditional ones. here's what governor brown said. >>> equality before the law is a pillar of american democracy. the governor went on to say that he applauds president obama's support for the right of same- sex couples to marry. we want to go back to our top story of the evening that there is someone shooting from an apartment building at the corner of the post and hyde street in the lower nominal part of san francisco.

robert downey jr. you mentioned george clooney's house. and they each spend $40,000 a plate. but most of the money is coming from a ralph tffle the obama can put together. you contribute to his campaign online and your name was put into a hat. they selected two individuals, one a woman from florida with a down's syndrome child and a school teacher from new jersey. they were flown out courtesy of the campaign with their spouses. they're taking part as well. there was a bit of a traffic jam here, but mr. obama has been here before. in fact, this is his tenth visit to los angeles. seven of those occasions just for fund-raisers. no public appearances here. he will spend the night in beverly hills, and then it's off to reno, nevada tomorrow. we expect to see him back a few more times before the november election. again, to raise money in california's atm machine. i'm conan nolan reporting live. back to you. >>> the future king of england is currently one of the most talked about weather men on television. prince charles gave the forecast during a visit to a bbc station in glasgow

school's marching band which has been suspended since the hazing related death of drum major robert champion. georgefirst of all, give us a sense of how important this ban is to the university? >> let's talk about long history. this ban was established in 1982. it has a long history. these band members perform at presidential inaugurations and taken top honors at countless competition. this is the school's money maker. people come to see this band. you can imagine all eyes are on this band waiting to see what will happen at this conference call where school leaders talk about what's next. >> what could happen? the band could be suspended for a longer period of time or eliminated all together? >> pam champion was clear. she wants to see this band disbanded until it's cleaned from top to bottom. what that means, could it mean new people to lead the band also looking through what's been called the culture of hazing within the band. that has yet to be determined. we do know the band has been on suspension and could remain on suspension. we expect school leaders to talk about the status of the band and w

however, the father of george zimmerman, robert zimmerman thinks upon first listening that it was hison. >> he is yelling "help." >> yes. >> that is absolutely, positively, george zimmerman. mile. my wife. my members and friends know that is george zimmerman. there is no doubt who is yelling for help. phil: the prosecution have two audio experts and they concluded it was the scream from trayvon martin. now, while much of it is blacked out, the discovery file that we received last night, that also does include the cell phone and text records of trayvon martin and george zimmerman before and after the shooting as well as the three interviews, statements that george zimmerman gave to the investigators and his videotaped recreation of exactly what happened at the scene. >>shepard: thank you from florida. and now to the lawyers. arthur and randy are back with us again. arthur, we don't have everything. we don't know what happened after that point. right there. but, it is clear to most parties there was an altercation and there was a fight. and it appears from everything we have been able t

now, here's your hosts, robin roberts and george stephanopoulos. >> good morning, everyone.re all here to welcome our big guest stars that are going to be joining us today. and i guess you can figure out which one is going to be spending time with will smith and "men in black." everybody else is going to hold down the fort here with the mirrorball trophy winners, donald and peta. in the finalists, katherine and mark, william and cheryl flying all night to get here. >> we don't know if they get sleep at all. they were tweeting pictures all night long. he also send sent in a picture with donald again. but we want to see the picture of william levy, just before he crashed. there it is. looks like he had fun on that flight. there he is, going down, right there. >> nighty-night. >> he's earned it. again, they'll be joining us. i think they're in the tunnel right now. they'll be here in a few minutes. >>> in the meantime, so much news to get to. we have new video of that woman who caused a dramatic in-flight emergency of a jumbo jet come in from paris. >> that was a real scare. ta

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robert e. lee's father rode under george washington during the american revolution. huge ties in his family to the founders of the country. and lee's kind of split. there's this very famous quote that i wanted y'all to see where he talks about how ica not raise my hand against my home, my children, all right? and a lot of folks have argued that lee by nature was a virginian. more than anything else, americans during this time period tend to identify themselves more as mississippians, more as new yorkers, more as virginians than americans. they define themselves by their state first than by their nation. lee, once virginia goes, yes, he has a national view, particularly as a man who served in the army, stationed down in texas, he has not spent his whole life in virginia, all right, but he says, you know, when it comes down to it, that lee very much viewed himself as a virginian. part of it has to do with, too, that lee is a slave holder. he has been for a long time. yes, he did emancipate a large number of slaves. he emancipates more slaves that hein herrits from his

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robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, george mcclellan and james longstreet. the mexican war was america's first war of invasion. it was fought on multiple fronts across thousands of miles from the texas border to mexico city to san francisco bay, in snowy mountains and deserts, in summer heat and winter cold, on tropical beaches and in densely-populated cities. general zachary taylor's army fought on the rio grande river and northern mexico. i've got a map here. this is where the war started, and taylor's thrust into northern mexico followed this red line. the other, the second front that opened after about a year of the war was at veracruz by genuinefield scott. he landed here and marched 260 miles to mexico city. there are other fronts too. john c. fremont led fighting in california, general steven carryny marched from kansas to santa fe to san diego and fought two major battles outside los angeles. a brigade of mormons that followed kearney's path nearly starved. alexander donaldson led a famous troop of missouri volunteers from santa fe to chihuahua, mexi

robert e. lee and his valiant army of northern virginia had decisively defeated george, major general george meade in the potomac at gettysburg. within one week, glee's valient vagabonds would have been marching down broad street in philadelphia and the moral war they have well ended in the summer of 1863. this was indeed a crisis of the union and more about general george lee later. so, it was truly decisive. people at the time recognized it and although the south never smiled after shiloh, after those four days in early july of 1863, july 1, second and third at gettysburg and july 4 pittsburgh falls, the south really can only fight on and try to believe the union. there is really no hope of winning the war. it's a question of whether the union will maintain the fire in the belly to press the war to a decisive conclusion. now, in the book "cain at gettysburg," there are several things i was turned to do. i was trying to get back -- i base it on original records, memoirs, letters home, eyewitness accounts and of course the great work done by historians over the decades and a century and a half sin

robert kennedy hijo, se sucidó aparentemente. >>> trayvon martin el adolescente afroamerican al que mató george zimmerman tenía rastros de marihuana divulgaron hoy, otro que el informe del enentamiento fue evitable. >>> es momento de nuestra primera pausa y al regresar el sacerdote alejandro solalinde habló de las amenazas que lo hciieron salir de méxico. >>> veremos qué dijo hoy rnando londoño, después de sobrevivr un aten ♪. >>> el serdote alejandro solalinde llegó hoy a chicago, a pesar, de al men seis amenazas de muerte que recibió en méxico, sacerdote alejandro solalinde llevar a cabo al defens de los indocumentas, por cierto el domingo el sacerdote alejandro solalinde estará en el programa al punto. >>> los reclusos de la cárcel volvieron a enfrentarse en méxico, el nuevo enfrentamiento, incluso, paraliz el tránsito en la capital de venezuela. >>> lluvia de balas, explosiones en pleno centro de caracas, fuertes tiroteos a l largo del jueves entre reclusos que quería mantener el control del penal >>> los reos disparaban con todo, poderosas armas de guer , vomitaban plomo y fuego en todas direcciones, el gobierno llamaba a la

robert aber nath yi. victor chu. thomas cullgan. frank hawn. george lund, alexander -- [ applause ] >> now to begin this evening is our old friend, not old, but a good friend. >> he's old, too. >> no he's not. >> he's kind of old. >> stop it. chuck hagel he's one of the men who constantly remind us what's best about washington. [ applause ] from serving his country in vietnam to the united states senate, he also serves as co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board. as co-chair of the president's shine 1,000 strong initiative and as member of the secretary of defense's policy board. >> ladies and gentlemen, our friend and great leader senator chuck hagel. [ applause ] >> mika, thank you. i'm grateful this is all old chuck. i'm here on behalf of the board of directors of the atlantic council to thank you. to acknowledge what each of you continue do do for the atlantic council. you make a better world for all of us. that is the essence of why we recognize those tonight that joe and mika have already acknowledged because they represent wha

george clooney. at clooney's house robert downey, jr. the oren of dreamworks raised $15 million. they talked about his new public position regarding same-sex marriage. he said yesterday they made some news but the truth was it was a logical extension of what america is supposed to be it was directly out of this difference in vision. are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly and is going to make a stronger are we welcoming to immigrants and welcoming to people who aren't like us. does that make us stronger? i believe it does. the president's presumed opponent mitt romney is heading to charlotte, north carolina today on tuesday this week. that state vote to do define marria marriage. same-sex marriage should not be at the top of the list of important issues. >>> i don't know if there's a calculation about which positions are going to help and which are going to hurt. i think you have positions he described what they are. hopefully people are focusing on the major issues of today which relate to our economy getting people back to

john taylor is the marion robert raymond professor of academics at stanford university and george p. schultz, senior fellow in academics at the hoover institute. dr. james galbraith is the lloyd and benson junior chair of government business relations and professor of government at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas at austin. dr. alice rivlin is a senior follow in academic studies at the brookings institution and former vice chair of the federal reserve board of governors. without objection, your written statements will be made part of the record. you will now be recognized for a five minute summary of your testimony and we'll begin with dr. herbener. >> chairman paul, ranking member clay -- >> keep the mike up close. >> and distinguish members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you. left to the market the production of all goods including money, passes the profit and loss test to socially beneficial production. like all private enterprises a gold mining produces if the revenue from the sale of its output exceeds the cost of its

i'm confident about this future for maggie and robert because i've written three novels on george washington and know what he went through for us to become a country. i've written four novels on the civil war and know what we went through as a people to preserve this country. the keiser was convinced in world war i we were a weak, happyless country and didn't matter. the germans and japanese underestimated us and thought we could never mobilize and didn't know how to fight. the soviets said they would bury us. the japanese in the 1980's were going to be the next super power until their system collapsed in 1989. currently the chinese are the latest example of somebody else imaginely will appear who is going to take on 305 million free people and somehow be more innovative, more effective, nor clever. i don't believe it. i think with every great challenge, americans have reinvented themself and their country. building within the framework of the declaration of independence the constitution and federalist papers we're liberated to use common sense and courage to create a better future. callista

>> well, robin roberts is, of course, the co-host of good morning america, as is george stephanopoulos, and i was going to ask you, but you kind of preetched it. a lot of people, including myself, observed that, first of all, she's -- she knows the obamas. she's a nonconfrontational intufr, and she's also an african-american. is it fair to point it out, but you did point it out. >> i think there was symbolism. they have a good relationship. she's interviewed michelle obama. i would always sort of complain internally when i would cover michelle obama that she would always give the intufrz to robin roberts when i covered michelle obama. i think in some ways, but, yeah, i do think it was significant that she was an african-american. >> in the press room, you look at this every day. the president will call on certain people who are on a list and that list is predetermined by who? the president. by whom? the president. i think that they get to choose whoever they want. he is the president. >> right. but, you know, had they -- had the white house tried to pick someone else, i suppose abc cou

robert s. muller, the sixth director of the federal bureau of investigation. nominated by president george w. bush, he was sworn in to lead the fbi on september 4, 2001, just one week before the al qaeda attacks on 9/11. under his leadership, the fbi has since played the leading role in preventing further terrorist attacks inside america. all americans should be happy that congress recently approved an extension of his tenure -- his 10-year term for an additional two years. i have known bob since 1970, which was his first year as a law student at university of virginia where i was on the law school faculty. he was a returning veteran from the vietnam war, having led a rifle platoon in the third marine division, receiving a bronze star, purple heart, and vietnamese cross of gallantry. i was always on the lookout for incoming students who played squash. bob more than filled that bill. he improve my game, although i never, never beat the man. i did, however, get to know him very well. he was a prince. bob also was smart, smart enough for me to offer him a job as my research assistant and dumb en

he raised $15 million at the home of george clooney on thursday night. in new york, roberte of new york cardinal delivered the commencement address at catholic university today. reenforceing catholic teachings that a marriage is solely between a man and woman. >> that union, that sacred union of husband, wife, baby, mother, father, is so essential to the common good that it's very definition is engrained into our interior dictionary. >> cardinal doe dolon is earning a doctorate. >>> a big drop in gas prices overnight. prices fell 3 cents a gallon in d.c. to $3.91. at one point, it was almost $4.20. the avenue barrage price in maryland is down to $3.68. down about 30 cents. drivers in virginia paying about $3.59 a gallon. >>> plenty of drivers are looking for ways to save at the pump. does it make any difference whether you buy brand-name gas or discount. >> reporter: chris says he usually tanks up at the shell or chevron, not the costco around the corner. why spend 20 cents more a gallon than necessary? >> i don't know. i tried the gas and it burns just as efficiently, but

the first, robert zimmerman, the father of george doesn't think it is his son but later says he is absolutely certain that was george zimmerman yelling for help. in the neighborhood the witnesses who heard or saw the fight, they at that point, they see trayvon martin on top and zimmerman on the bottom and at that point zimmerman is definitely yelling for help. here is what one neighbor described to police shortly after the shooting. >> the one guy on top in the black hoodie was pretty much throwing down blows on the guy, kind of mma style. >> ground and pound. >> yeah, like ground and pound. >> what we don't have here are of course any witnesses who saw what happened in the very, very beginning of this incident, when it escalated physically. the only person left alive to talk about that is of course is george zimmerman. jenna: so many questions but a lot of new evidence to go through. we'll talk with a legal panel next hour about all of this, phil. thank you very much much, phil keating in miami today. >> reporter: thank you. jon: now a proposed ad campaign targeting president obama is litera

. >> robert, do you think republicans are coming around to george w.gacy. >> he's traveled to africa for aids there's not there. there's probably going to be two or three more cycles before you see him actively campaigning for republican candidates. he helps him by one staying quiet and going to closed door fund-raisers. george bush is still a lightning rod on the democratic side, as well. >> he's not just a liability to romney but also to congressional candidates. you can make the argument, well, so and so voted for the bush budget that got us into is this trouble. he continues to be a problem beyond just for mr. romney. >> i mean, he's clearly -- the op-ed "the wall street journal" today talks about effectively nation building and the role of women. it's an interesting op-ed. he's clearly trying to cast himself as a humanitarian and less of a former president or focus less on the political side. but it is totally out of sync in terms of the dialogue around afghanistan and what we should be doing there. >> i think that op-ed was careful really not to

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charges that he insisted in the death of florida a&m drum major, said robert champion wanted, quote, respect and he asked to be hazed. george-- did -- how are they saying this? why would he want to be hazed? what is s this person saying? >> well, brooke, we are hearing this from jonathan boys. he's a fellow drum major. he's also charged in this case. and as you mentioned, this is what he told investigators, that this was a respect thing. robert going through hazing. and he also says that robert wanted to do it all season. we also heard from several witnesses -- rather read this information from several witnesses who said that hazing was optional. all of this flies in the face of what robert champion's mother and father said that robert was against hazing. here's what they had to say just a few hours ago at a news conference in atlanta. >> he was murdered on that bus. and no one signs up for that. no one. so for someone to say well, this is what he wanted to do and this is hazing, of course, i still and i will continue to say the word hazing is not what was actually done. it was brutal manslaughter, beating, whatever the ter