major general robert harding withdrew himself from the nomination yesterday. he blamed what he called distractions caused by his work as a defense contractor. he had admitted he made mistakes when his former company overbilled the government in 2004. the issue was later settled and investigators concluded there was no fraud. the first nominee errol southers withdrew after a controversy over an old personal matter. >>> at least 100 guns were stolen from this gun shop in lynnwood, washington. police say someone broke into the store and made off with the handguns. authorities think the thief tunnelled through the floor of the store to get inside. >> any amount of handguns or any weapons being stolen is a concern. 100 handguns, that's a lot of handguns, no matter how big your store is. >> and solving the crime may be pretty tough. the store does not have surveillance cameras, which of course police say is making their investigation more difficult. >>> authorities in florida have arrested a man they are linking to the death of 7-year-old somer thompson. jared harre

robert harding, retired major general, is the second nominee to back out of the top job at the transportation security administration, the tsa. now the search is on for a replacement. >>> we've been waiting on these election results and they are finally in after iraq's elections almost a month ago. supporters of ayada allawi celebrated there. he still needs to get more support to be able to form a coalition government. the current prime minister al maliki is vowing to challenge the election results. >>> meanwhile, a party is a party like we talked about this morning happening in senate majority leader harry reid's hometown. not exactly expecting him at this party, though. the tea party movement rallying against senator reid and the health reform legislation. after today's rally the tea party is going to head out across the country for a rally that's going to happen april 15th in washington. sarah palin is going to be the keynote speaker today in searchlight. our jessica yellin tells us her appearance comes after a chummy reunion with john mccain in tucson. >> reporter: palin mania is back. in

general robert harding is precisely the kind of leader we need moving forward.l security expertise cannot work in the international community, and years of service in the u.s. army will be a valuable added addition to the department's efforts. i might add that as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also has another distinguished veteran -- adds another distinguished veteran to the ranks. let me close by saying this, the tsa administrator is among the most important unfilled post in the obama administration. the president and i both believe that general robert harding has the experience and perspective to make a real difference in the carrying out the mission. if there were ever a nominee who warranted expedited and detailed consideration in the senate, this is it. we hope the commerce and homeland security committees will be able to work expeditiously to complete their hearing process, so that his nomination may move to the floor for confirmation. i applaud the president on his superb choice. i look forward to swift senate confirmation. i look forward to havi

who we're talking about is retired army major general robert harding. he's in the middle of confirmation hearings on capitol hill, yesterday and again today. listen to a little bit of that. >> i agree with you that we should move even closer to an israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers. i think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out. i think that's a very important aspect of providing security, is engaging the public. >> he mentioned it right there, but what this comes down to is more passenger engagement, as they call it. and while harding said he would like to move more in the direction of the israeli model he didn't say exactly how far. and that's important point out, ali. you probably know but a lot of our viewers may not. the airport security model is marked by aggressive questioning of passengers. interviewing every passenger that arrives in the airport, anywhere between one minute and ten minutes. extreme cases, up to an hour. they may even in some cases ask you to provide documentation to support some of the ans

his second choice for the job retired army general robert harding withdrew his name from nomination last night. harding says his past work as a defense contractor would be a distraction. >>> british airways says its operations are off to a good start on the first day of another cabin crew strike. the company says it expects to fly about 75% of passengers during the four-day walkout. cabin crew members also walked off the job for three days last weekend. >>> general motors is recalling 5,000 heavy-duty vans because of an engine fire risk. they include chevrolet express and gmc, savannah passenger and cargo vans made this year. if you have one, gm says, stop driving it. park it away from buildings and other vehicles. the company is halting production and sales until it finds a fix. finds a fix. more top stories in 20 minutes. . >>> we are black with financial planner karen lee. we have some questions you've been submitting to us online, via blog, facebook, et cetera. we've been talking about student loans, foreclosures and health care reform costs. karen has strong thoughts on that. first

we're here to consider the nomination of major general robert harding to be the administrator the long awaited extremely long awaited desperately needed transportation security administrator tsa. first of what a welcome and congratulate mr. harding and also your wife who is with you. you do recognize your wife, right? [laughter] i would like to have her stand so we can -- tbb hutcheson and i can see her. that's right. that's good. committee practice. i want to congratulate you for your service to the nation. i said that to you. you've got an incredibly long record of service in the intelligence field and national security in general. we simply cannot ignore the fact that transportation administration has had no administrator, note leader of the team. all kind of things have happened. but for various reasons we just have not having the leader of the team and i think we've got one now. the atom to christmas the attack and was treated the absolute need for tsa director. it's extraordinarily important post and it's you know, you preside over 500, 700 million passengers flying in this count

their second nominee retired army general robert harding has withdrawn his name.e admits over-billing mistakes as a defense contractor, and says that would be too big of a distraction. >>> and the commandment of the marines is raising new concerns about gays in the military. general james conway spoke with the website military.com and he says he won't ask heterosexual marines to share rooms with openly gay marines. conway says if don't ask, don't tell is repealed the marines may have to build new barra krrcks single rooms. >>> dennis hopper is very ill with prostate cancer. but he was able to attend the unveiling ceremony. his 6-year-old daughter was also by his side. also attending, jack nicholson who appeared with hopper in "easy rider" in 1969, that motorcycle movie that made hopper a real big star. >>> the movie that earned sandra bullock an oscar comes to dvd. can you believe it already, as well as three other films. let's see if we can zip through them. turner classic movies host ben mankowitz is back with us from los angeles. "the blind side." you liked it,

retired major general robert harding took himself out of the running last night. he has extensive experience, but the distractions of his background would not be good for the tsa. the tsa says opening the most unfilled position on his team. >>> just released photos show a portion of the south korean ship on the surface of the water. a military official says a hole on the bottom of the ship is to blame, and some sailors on board actually died. south korean authorities say there is no indication north korea is to blame, but troops are being extra vigilant, anyway. >>> the ntsb will be on the scene of a horrific crash in kentucky. a stretch of interstate 5 is now reopened. it was shut down in both directions yesterday. a small committee is mourning the loss of loved ones who died in the crash. what are investigators learning about this crash? >> first of all, contessa, what makes this accident so devastating is this part of interstate 65 actually came to the attention of officials before, and now the ntsb will be turning to state officials who recognize this stretch

major general robert harding has withdrawn his name from consideration. rding ran into some opposition over his former job as a defense contractor. he admitted his company over billed the defense department back in 2004. the white house said it was disappointed by harding's decision. >>> nba superstar gilbert arenas was sentenced to two years of probation in a felony gun case on friday. the washington wizards guard will spend 30 days in a halfway house before serving 400 hours of community service. the judge said he believes that at his core arenas is a good, decent man. we'll have another check of our top stories in about 20 minutes. >>> vehicles at risk of catching fire. that's the reason behind a general motors recall that's been issued for roughly 5,000 chevy express and gm savana passenger and cargo vans built this year. gm suspects a faulty alternator is the root of the problem but points out there have been no accidents or injuries connected to either of the recalled models. >>> there are winds of change that could bring new life to a dying region.

his name is robert harding. a retired general who spent 33 years in the army much of it dealing with spies and intelligence gathering. harding wrapped up two days of hearings to be the next head of transportation. if he's confirmed the tsa will have their hands on baggage. it bears repeating harding wants to make airport security even tougher. >> we should move even closer to an israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers. i think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out. >> that's an interesting analogy, because the israelis are tough, dana. i went through israel once and forgot i had a pakistan stamp in my passport. i'm still hurt. >> if that's the case, you better get to the airport a lot earlier. >> tell us what are we missing today? >> what we're missing. we have a theme here. let's start with israeli u.s. relations. we know they're at a bad point right now. historically, of course, the united states and israel, they are about the closest allies on the planet. if you look through

president obama's second nominee to be tsa chief general robert harding has withdrawn from considerationractions caused by his work as a defense contractor would not be good for president obama's administration. president obama's first choice for tsa chief southers withdrew in january. wisconsin attorney general wants to join other states and sue the government over health care. so far he hasn't. who is stopping him? attorney general van holland joins us live, good evening sir. >> how are you greta? >> greta: swrel. i've seen the letter that you wrote the governor of your state, governor doyle. apparently, tell us, he won't let you sue. >> well, we've written a letter to the governor and to the leadership in both the house and senate in wisconsin. any of them could give me authority to sue. one has to give me authority or i can't. so far the leadership in both houses and the governor has not told me, but told members of the press they are not going to give me the authority to sue that doesn't mean the battle is over. the full bodies of either house can still call for a polling motion thr

robert harding told congress he wants u.s.irport security to closely resemble security at israeli airports, especially the part where they engage passengers in conversations to try to identify terrorists. israeli security has been criticized for profiling passengers. >>> tsa considering installing devices in airports that can track your cell phones and pda. can tell them how long people are stuck at security check points and the information can be posted online to help passengers avoid long hines. as expected civil liberties group say the idea is certainly an invasion of privacy. >> you would think, and i could be wrong, by looking at the security line you might be able to tell how fast it's moving. do you need to track people's cell phones? >> yeah, i agree. it seems like a no brainer but then again -- >> there you are. still to come, the face-off between google and china, it's heating up. we'll talk with nick thompson about what this is all about and where it goes next. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i

"if workers did have collective bargaining, says the retired army major general robert harding, the senatebriefing, the tsa 'would never bargained away security.'" he remains on the hill this week. "financial times" follows up on a governor jon corzine. he is returning to wall street, according to "the times." "the former chief of goldman sachs is returning to wall street to head and a global -- head mf global. he wanted to come back to the industry since losing his reelection bid in new jersey in november." caller: how are you doing, man? i am enjoying the program. i was very happy about the health care bill that passed. i think the president and nancy pelosi -- i think they are heroes. i will be honest with you. i think they've done a great job. we have this attorney-general from michigan that is suing along with other states, but he does not represent michigan. he is representing himself. we are happy about the health care bill. everybody's predicting, like the last senator, whoever that was the was on the program -- host: senator burr. caller: they are predicting this is going to happe

we're here to consider the nomination of major general robert harding to be the administrator the longg awaited desperately needed transportation security administrator tsa. first of what a welcome and congratulate mr. harding and also your wife who is with you. you do recognize your wife, right? [laughter] i would like to have her stand so we can -- tbb hutcheson and i can see her. that's right. that's good. committee practice. i want to congratulate you for your service to the nation. i said that to you. you've got an incredibly long record of service in the intelligence field and national security in general. we simply cannot ignore the fact that transportation administration has had no administrator, note leader of the team. all kind of things have happened. but for various reasons we just have not having the leader of the team and i think we've got one now. the atom to christmas the attack and was treated the absolute need for tsa director. it's extraordinarily important post and it's you know, you preside over 500, 700 million passengers flying in this country and well over a bil

retired army major general robert harding was introduced by homeland security secretary janet napolitanoarlier this month. on friday, he withdrew from consideration because of questions over his background as a defense contractor which he said would prove a distraction to the administration. >>> in late friday, ncaa tournament action, top seeded duke eliminated fourth seeded purdue to move into the feenl 8 for the first time since 2004. with 11:55 on the clock, kyle sinkler's three-pointer put the blue devils up 40-35. in other play action, bay who are defeated tiny st. mary's school from northern california. duke plays third seeded baylor on sunday. the tournament is now down to the final eight teams and will reach the final four by the end of the day sunday. >>> it's about 15 after the hour. here's lonnie quinn with our first check of the weather. good morning, lonnie. >>> good morning. kind of chilly out there right now. 29 degrees right now. sort of a taste back to the dead of winter for the city. but we'll warm it up today into the upper 40s. a cold start, though. up and down the ea

he's expected to announce his joins retired general robert harding today.l be covering a news conference with the homeland security secretary janet napolitano and that's scheduled at noon eastern live on c-span. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> greek prime minister george papandreou expected here shortly at the brookings institution to talk about -- expected to talk about his nation's economic situation and its relations with the rest of the european union and the united states. the prime minister in washington foreign official state visit. he was in france over the weekend speaking with french leader sarkozy talking about the austerity measures the greek government has taken in response to the greek debt crisis. he will be meeting with president obama tomorrow. also a meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton later today. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [i

this is retired army major general robert harding. he wants to beef up u.s. security.g so, he's saying in these confirmation hearings he may want to move in the direction of some airport security models overseas. listen here. >> i agree with you that we should move even closer to an israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers. i think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out. i think that's a very important aspect of providing security, is engaging the public. >> now, harding did say he wants to move in this direction, but just how far, he did not say in these hearings. now, tony, you probably are aware of this but many people may not be. the israeli airport security is aggressive questioning of passengers. interviewing every passenger between one minute to ten minutes, up to the extreme cases to even an hour. in some cases asking passengers to produce documentation to support some of the information they're giving. say you're going for a business conference, maybe to find something that can support that kind of information so it can be very

>> reporter: the white house is trying real hard to push back on that notion. i pressed robert yesterday, well, why would there be no media coverage of this? other reporters saying the same thing today, just sort of pressing robert gibbs. they're standing behind it. they are just saying this is the way they decided to do it. they were not trying to send a signal or anything like that. take a listen to robert -- >> we've handled different visits in different ways, and this is the way we felt most comfortable handling this one. >> reporter: but now representative eric cantor, who as you know is a very prominent jewish republican on the hill today said, look, today, this is a cold reception, much cooler than he was on the hill yesterday, the prime minister met with lawmakers with both parties, where they were there, having pictures, trying to show this alliance is strong. the white house, again, insisting that this is still a key ally, but they decided to have these talks behind closed doors, not in front of the come ras, wolf. >> thanks very much, for that, ed henry, working the

retired army major general robert harding withdrew after questions over his background as a defense contractorident obama's first choice to head the tsa withdrew in january. >>> motors recalling about 5,000 vans, the 2010 chevrolet express and the 2010 salve van vannah v being recalled. drivers are being told to stop driving those vans and to contact chevrolet directly. >>> earth hour as it's called begins tonight at 8:30 wherever you are. this is video from earth hour last year. the world wildlife fund is encouraging everybody to turn off their lights for that hour. the empire state building and san francisco's golden gate bridge among other landmarks will go dark tonight. >>> lastly, one utah great, great grant mother took the plunge. check this out, with the support of her family and inspired by her neighbor, u.s. olympian and schedu schedule ten racer fulfilled a lifelong dream, it lasted seven minutes and she loved every second of it. she has been battling terminal cancer, she's all right outlived doctor's projectations. vie says her greatest accomplishment is her family. she has three ch

robert harding is a retired major general with 33 years in the army.nse and intelligence contracting firm until he sold it last year. >>> it is now china's move in a chess match with google that could determine the search engine's future there. the chinese are considering the decision to stop censoring the website and it could go further by blocking access to it. >> counting down to history. just over an hour from now at the white house right here president obama will sign the health care reform bill into law, and it kicks off the most sweeping changes in generations and has fueled some of the bitter divisions in decades. those battle plans against health care reform are just taking shape inside the beltway and beyond. cnn's jill dougherty at the white house. jill? >> reporter: kyra, you know, these are the moments that presidents savor because after all he gets to sit down and sign a bill, finally something that he can show a campaign pledge fulfilled, but not quite. there still is the second part of this which is the reconciliation bill, the fixed bi

and yesterday retired army major general robert harding started laying out his ideas for u.s.irport security, saying he really wants to beef it up to better resemble certain airports overseas. listen here. >> i agree with you that we should move even closer to an israeli model, whether it's more engagement with passengers. i think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out. i think that's a very important aspect of providing security is engaging the public. the last point -- >> now, you heard right there he says more engagement with passengers. well, the israeli system is marked by aggressive questioning of passengers, and it's praised by security experts as making their system one of the most secure in the world. but kyra, it's also criticized by some privacy and civil rights advocates especially who say that the system leads to passenger profiling. one more point also during the hearing, harding endorsed the use of full-body imageers at airports that we've been talking so much about that have raised privacy concerns among some, kyra. >> there was a lot of concern, t

robert harding is a retired army major general who formerly served as operations director as defense intelligence agency. this is about five minutes. >> nominate major general bob harding to be the next administrator of the transportation security administration. this is a critical leadership position for the security of our nation. by nominating general harding for this very important job, but the administration is calling on individual with more than 35 years of experience as an army commander, senior military intelligence officer, high level manager of intelligence operations, and successful businessman and ceo in security field. the general believe all of these talents as he takes the house of this vital agency. tsa mandate is a broad one, they're responsible not only for u.s. aviation security but also for sale turning are real, bus, mass transit and tracking systems as well. general will be a tremendous asset in our current efforts to bolster security in screening measures at our domestic airports. by deploying additional airport law enforcement officials, behavior detection off

another story getting some attention, the nomination of general robert harding. the story broke late friday. the tsa could be without a leader four months after the withdrawal of the second nominee. the agency that guards the airline security domestically is likely to remain without a senate-confirmed bidder for months after the president's nominee abruptly withdrew late friday night amid questions from congress about his work as a defense contractor. the agency is facing a range of policy questions about potential changes, a including the deployment of a full-body scanners at security checkpoints. the. fema -- the director --fema -- here's an excerpt from a program that was taped on friday. >> the administration put ford of $5 billion supplement for the disaster relief fund and it is pending now. the house approved yesterday. what is that funding needed for? why is the $5 billion necessary? >> in our disasters we have had going back to hurricane katrina, you have various bodies coming on line for the rebuilding process. we do reimbursements, not necessarily putt

robert harding was previously director of operations at the central intelligence agency.he president's initial nominee withdrew his name from consideration following republican objections. this is about five minutes. >> hey, guys, just a reminder. [unintelligible] >> there we are. good morning. i am here to announce president obama will nominate major- general bob harding to be the next secretary of fort transportation ministration. by nominating general harding for this very important job, the administration is calling on an individual with more than 35 years of experience as an army commander, a senior military intelligence officer, a high- level manager of intelligence operations, and a successful businessman and ceo in the security field. the general will need of these talents. tsa's mandate is a broad one. they are not only responsible for aviation security, but rail, mass transit, and tracking systems. the general will be a tremendous asset. he will deploy additional airport law enforcement officials, air marshals, and explosives detection k-9 teams among other secu

robert harding, formerly served as the director of operations at the defense intelligence agency. the president original nominee withdrew his name following objections by senate republicans. secretary napolitano spoke for about five minutes. >> this is a critical leadership position for the security of our nation. by nominating general harding for this very important job, the administration is calling on an individual with more than 35 years of experience as an army commander, a senior military intelligence officer, a high-level manager of intelligence operation and a successful business manager ceo in the security field. the general believed all of these talents as he takes the home of this vital agency. tsa's mandate is a broad one. they're responsible not only for u.s. aviation security, but also for safeguarding our rail, bus, mass transit and tracking systems as well. the general will be a tremendous asset in our current efforts bolster security and screening measures at our domestic airports. i deploy an additional airport law enforcement officials, behavior detection office

. >> president obama plans to appoint general robert harding, a former senior army official, with a career in intelligence, to lead the transportation security administration agreed the decision to appoint someone with an extensive intelligence background comes after criticism that follows the attempted christmas airliner attack. that incident prompted a review of u.s. security policy. the european commission is discussing the idea of creating a european monetary fund with the 16 countries that use the euro. a spokesman for the group, speaking to reporters earlier, said that the greek debt crisis has shown that the european union needs better coordination and oversight of its economic policies. the prime minister of greece speaks this morning about his countries debt and you can hear it live at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. "the hill" reports the arizona congressman has introduced a measure that would not only halt the automatic pay increase that members get according to law, but also cut their pay by 5% next year, saving taxpayers nearly $5 million. the reason for the move, she says

robert harding formerly served as the director of operations at the defense intelligence agency.e presidents of original nominee withdrew his name following objections by senate republicans. secretary napolitano spoke for about five minutes. >> this is a critical leadership position for the supreme because security of the nation by nominating general harding for this important job the administration is calling on an individual with 35 years of experience as an army commander a senior military intelligence officer high-level manager intelligence officer and successful businessman and ceo in the security field. the general will meet all of these talents as he takes the helm of the vital agency. tsa mandate is a broad one. they are responsible only for u.s. aviation security but also safeguarding our rail, bus, transit and trucking systems as well. general will be a tremendous asset in the efforts to bolster security and screening measures at the domestic airports. by deploying additional airport law enforcement officials come behaviour detection officers, and marshall's and explosi

president, as if in executive suggestion, i ask unanimous consent that the nomination of robert a. harding to be assistant secretary of homeland security, received by the senate on monday, march 8, be referred to the oh on science and transportation, that upon the reporting or discharge of the nomination, it then be referred to the committee on homeland security or government affairs for a period tonight exceed 30 calendar days. that if the cohomeland security and government affairs has not reported the nomination at that time, then the committee be discharged and the no nominatioe placed on the executive calendar. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 308, h.r. 3433. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 308, h.r. 3433, an act to amend the north american wetlands conservation act and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: i ask u

hard to preserve. madam speaker, robert samuelson, a very middle of the road economics columnist for "the washington post" wrote a column this weekend called a cost control mirage. mr. samuelson said the health care plan we will vote on tomorrow, quote, evadse health care's major problems and would worsen the budget outlook. he added that, quote, it's a big new spending program when government hasn't paid for the spending programs it already has. every government health care program has far exceeded all cost expectations and has cost many times more than was predicted. medicare costs just $3 billion the first year after -- the first year it was created and $453 billion last year. it's unfunded -- its unfunded future liabilities is estimated at a whooping $38 trillion. medicaid is also out of control at both federal and state levels. last week the governor of arizona estimated that this new health care bill would cost her state alone $4 billion that they do not have when arizonans is already facing their biggest deficit ever, over $3 billion. most states is the worse shape financially and according to the

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authorized to meet during the session of the senate on monday, to consider the nomination of robert jonathan harding to be the assistant secretary of the department of homeland security. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. baucus: i ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of this half-hour at majority's control that the republicans control the next half-hour and the majority control the half-hour after that starting at about 11:51. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. baucus: mr. president, i'd just like to take a couple of moments to speak on two amendments. one offered by -- i think it's senator -- senator hatch with respect to medicare advantage. off the topic, it's important to remember that health care reform will reduce excessive overpayments to medicare advantage plans while at the same time rewarding high-quality efficient plans for providing care to seniors. medicare advantage plans that achieve high-quality rankings under this legislation that save -- for regular checkouts for blood pressure, diabetes, will receive increas

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according to sources, robert ehrlich decided about one month ago to fight a political rematch with martin o'malley. he has been working hardund-raising ever since. he will officially announce he is entering the race in rockville. he declined comment today but word spread around the state capital and voter said it will make for an interesting campaign. >> which had experience with him as a governor in the past. >> he was okay but i am happy with the present administration. >> the democratic speaker of the house says the tribe is no surprise. >> everybody is prepared to debate the issues. >> we caught up with governor martin o'malley. he said he welcomes the competition. >> i am looking forward to it. i enjoyed it the last time and i am looking forward to it this time. >> he spoke after hardly endorsing the dukes -- the new health care reform panel. robert ehrlich will align himself against the health care package. he called it an expensive federal mandate. the debate will likely take center stage in the debate. >> the people and our state will look at the facts and see that we stand to benefit with better care at a lower co

robert culp was 79 years old. >>> still to come when 9 news now at noon returns, a close call for commuters and a pilot after his plane stalls while in flight. >>> and more proof that hard work pays off. nine dc school students are heading to college on full scholarships. we'll be right back. >>> first thing is to try to get the engine restarted and flying again. >> a pilot cheated death after landing his plane on a california highway this morning. john finley says he's thankful that no one on the ground was injured. he says the engine stalled shortly after takeoff. he says he found a space between some moving cars and merged in to traffic. >>> we have new information on the road rage shooting on interstate 95 in virginia. we first told you about an arrest this that case yesterday. virginia state police tell 9 news now the suspect, 25-year- old gabriel fired more than a dozen shots at james bigham of woodbridge. we have also learned that bigham's truck hit the other man's jaguar twice before the shots were fired. officials say it happened with a man's 2-year-old daughter in the car. >> really shows when you are angry how you can lose control of your emotions. and you ca

. >> justice roberts, what is your best advice for somebody holding a judicial position? >> being a judge? that is kind of hard. you have to do the work. there is a lot of reading involved. there is a lot of thinking involved. that would be my advice. you have to read a lot, you have to write a lot, and you have to think a lot. that would be my advice to law students as well. you are too quick to find all the cases, to read all the history, to make notes about all of this. what you have to do is also stop and think a lot. you have to think, "here is a problem. here is some legal material." sit and think about it for a while. judges have to do the same thing. do not be too quick to start drafting an opinion, if you are a judge. think about things a little bit more. people tend to bring to bear -- law student's work hard. you think you have to work hard, to find something to solve a problem. you have to sit back and think about it. most judges and lawyers do not do that enough. >> when justice thomas was here, he suggested that oftentimes when he is listening to oral arguments, his mind is already made up. i was

robert schiller came up with this a year earlier but peligrini came up and they became convinced of it. it's pretty impressive because again it's hardwhen you have all the experts telling you one thing and your clients were nervous. i mean, there were a lot of investors, their own clients who didn't really believe in the trade. some did and some realized there was very little downside and there was huge upside but, hey, here's a stock guy merger guy, john paulson what's he buying all this subprime protection for. and that's why paulson was smart in that he had a lot of it in his own funds but he said, you know, if i'm really going to make a big huge bet here, i've got to really set up a new fund just dedicated to this trade. a one-trade fund and now a lot of people on wall street are doing that. bill acman did one for target and there's others. but at the time there weren't that many people -- it was seen -- you're supposed to have classification. how do you have one trade in the funds and when he first started raising money, john paulson had real difficulty. he only raised $147 million at the get-go in early 2006 for this dedicated

robert. thank you for your commitment and very hard work.before that, he held a variety of positions that interestingly fit him for this, ranging from his work in fannie mae to agriculture -- even a short stint in a little-known investment bank called goldmansachs, where he spent a little bit of time learning about the world outside. we have in this president someone who has an extraordinary breadth of vision, breadth of experience, and deep commitment to the challenges that face us now in the international community, and in particular in this organization, which is in such acute need to have additional resources, for which he is an exemplary advocate. bob is going to talk to us today about global recovery, the role of the world bank. it is a great pleasure to introduce robert zoellick. [applause] >> well, i want to thank all of you for coming here today. i first encountered the bretton woods committee when i worked for secretary baker at the treasury department in the late '80s. i know that this institution and the committee has played a ve

robert kelly, thank you very much. >> my pleasure, thank you very much. >> ifill: now, haiti's leader comes to the united states two months after the earthquake. on his agenda: more aid for his hardhit nation. ray suarez has our story. >> reporter: the white house was the critical stop on president rene preval's washington tour, and he won a renewed commitment from president obama. >> as you declared during last month's national day of mourning, it is time to wipe away the tears. it is time for haiti to rebuild. and to you and to the haitian people, i say today, as you embark on the heavy work ahead, you will continue to have a steady and reliable partner in the united states of america. >> reporter: like much of the haitian capital, preval's own white house lies in ruins. crushed by the january 12th quake that killed an estimated 230,000 and left more than 1.2 million homeless. mr. obama lent some perspective: >> it's as if the united states, in a terrible incident, lost nearly eight million people, or it's as if one-third of our country-- 100 million americans -- suddenly had no home, no food or water. >> reporter: preval thanked americans for their public and private efforts a

really been pushing blackberry tremendously hard, who, when they lose their exclusivity on the iphone, i imagine they might step up the promotions there. >> robertsame question to you, how does this impending iphone for cdma systems impact the marketplace? >> yeah, well, i mean, i agree it's a when, not if, that iphone makes it to verizon, whether it's late this year or next year. and you know, there is going to be more competition. i'm sure r.i.m. would love no competition, but that's just not the case. but what i do think people may be focused too much on is iphone versus blackberry versus android and missing the big picture, which is you add up all those three platforms, they're less than 10% of the whole cell phone market. there's a whole lot of market to go around, i think. >> isn't -- i'm speaking strictly for myself now, but it seems to me i can extend my experience -- isn't some of the resistance to these smartphones the fact that the data charges are rather high? >> it is true -- >> well -- >> okay, and isn't that going to keep the smartphones with a relatively small market share? >> yeah, let me jump in, if you don't mind. >> sorry. >>

robert samuelsson. he says, should the united states some day face a budget crisis it will be hard not to conclude thatther irony will not escape historians. for two years obama and members of congress have angrily blamed the shortsidedness of bankers and rating agencies for causing the recent financial crisis. the president and his supporters, historians will note, were equally short-sided and self-centered though their quest for political glory not financial gain. robert samuelsson, have we not, maxine waters, let the problem exacerbate rather than bring it to a close? >> well, you have to recognize that our financial crisis, the meltdown, was causeded by greedy wall street bankers, who targeted minority communities for subprime loans, which has caused this foreclosure, which has caused, basically, the crisis we're in. that cannot be denied. and it has to be fixed. and the president is moving with recovery legislation to deal with wall street, to deal with the economic -- >> is it enough, though? is it enough to turn the problem around, to not recreate the bubble? >> the fact of the matter is, the pr

. >> justice roberts, what is your best advice for somebody holding a judicial position? >> being a judge? that is kind of hard. you have to do the work. there is a lot of reading involved. there is a lot of thinking involved. that would be my advice. you have to read a lot, you have to write a lot, and you have to think a lot. that would be my advice to law students as well. you are too quick to find all the cases, to read all the history, to make notes about all of this. what you have to do is also stop and think a lot. you have to think, "here is a problem. here is some legal material." sit and think about it for a while. judges have to do the same thing. do not be too quick to start drafting an opinion, if you are a judge. think about things a little bit more. people tend to bring to bear -- law student's work hard. you think you have to work hard, to find something to solve a problem. you have to sit back and think about it. most judges and lawyers do not do that enough. >> when justice thomas was here, he suggested that oftentimes when he is listening to oral arguments, his mind is already made up. i was

roberts. welcome. severe weather continues to imperil the northeast. entire towns are under water in new england. a lot of hardit areas. cranston, westerly, stonington, connecticut. floodwaters continue to rise as far south as new jersey. three days of heavy rain triggered the send flooding disaster in a month in the water-logged region. that's just outside providence. hundreds of people are fleeing their homes for higher grounds. floods have washed out sewer systems and closed roads including the all-important interstate 95, the main link between boston and new york. amtrak has suspended all rail service along that corridor because the tracks are under water. >> my pump just let go. >> your pump let go? what are you going to do? >> call my husband and cry. or i could turn on the jet ski and go for a ride. what can you do? mother nature is winning. >> new jersey's governor is asking the president to declare part of that state a federal disaster area. the president has issued a disaster declaration for all of rhode island. >>> jesse james has apparently checked himself into rehab. representatives say he's in re

. >> justice roberts, what is your best personal advice for someone holding a judicial position? >> in a judicial position, being a judge? well, that is kind of hard. you have to do the work. there is a lot of breeding involves. there is a lot of thinking about. i guess that would be my advice. you have to read a lot and write a lot but you have to think a lot. actually that would be might buy to law students as well. i think you are too quick to say here is a problem and now i have to find out the cases. now i have to read all the legislative history. i have got to make notes about this. what you have to do is stop and think a lot. you have to think, here is the problem, here is some legal material. and just sit and think about it for a while. judges have to do the same thing. and don't be too quick to start drafting an opinion if you are a judge. think about things a little bit more. people tend to bring to bear, typically law students who are very bright in work hard, you tend to think i have got to work hard. i've got to find something to do to solve this problem. you have to sit back and think about it. i think both judges and lawyers don't d

robert does as well. this is what he wrote. in times like this, everything is a fair target. problem is no one wants to do more with less. it's a hard decision. someone needs to make. personally, schools and public services like police and fire should be the last thing cut. and now michael sent us this. he says this. education is a priority and local and state governnts. local and state governments have made us some tough decisions. the problem is upper class income is disproportionate. middle class and poor have less income, jobs, homes foreclosed, less property taxes coming in, thus education funding suffers. so those were a lot of points of view there. we want more views on this. so far all we hear about the value of education are that the government's actions are speaking louder than words here. we want your views on whether public education really is an actual priority or is it fair game in tough times that everybody has to trim a little bit? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. the e-mail address is cnn.com/hln. send us a text to hlntv if you prefer. standard text rates apply. this is alsoposted on my facebook page. go to rochellecarey@