the roper decision is a death penalty decision. and roper himself brought about his client before he committed it, deliberated, and he committed a. and the supreme court found that his death sentence was unconstitutional. but what the anti-incarceration act now has attempted to do is take the language and logic of roper and imported out of the -- into a non-death penalty arena of life without parole. and they use almost laughable language, like sensing our children to die in prison. it is not a death penalty case. to life without parole case. and if you look, there is a very unsettled coordination between yet well-funded movement suggesting that, they never used the word juvenile, which all of us use in our practices. all the judges use it on all other criminal justices use a. they teenagers. hithe united states has the wort crime problem in the western world. we do. if you look at my report, i look at the un statistics and the world health organization's statistics to show that we lead the western work in juvenile crime and have d

roper. >> speaking of mr. roper, bill, you look a lot like him. or not. i have to ask you. you have seen the trailer. what is your take. you are kind of a movie afficionado. >> i'm also a gi joe phile. if congressman had a gi joe name it would be dead pan. he would get them with his powers. the thing about gi joe is the tag line was gi joe a real american hero and here in the movie we probably have one, two, tops. a travesty, i tell you. >> i would like to see a movie that reflects the way i played with gi joe in my childhood. >> wait, i can see your mind going that direction. >> at some point gi joe has inappropriate sex with barbie. >> that is true. >> and he died a bad death when melts on radiator or a firecracker goes off in the wrong part of his body. >> greg: it is where you get to a certain age that you start to discover the certain destructive element to puberty and then start getting rid of all the things you played with in the worst possible ways. >> everybody has had a gi joe head lying around. >> always because of firecrackers or bottle rockets. rocket. >> greg:

to the far end of the panel, robert roper. we are here today to talk about biography and related topics. but most of roberts published books are novels or stories collections. some other titles include mexico days. the trespassers. he has written for magazines such as national geographic, outside, and men's journal, for newspapers including "the new york times," chicago tribune and happily the los angeles times. he has also been publishing essays is the americans call and he teaches writing and film departments of johns hopkins. he has idled at work just written a new novel and working on the second, in search of another biographical historical subject. his most recent book i suspect we'll talk about here today was titled "now the drum of war: walt whitman and his brothers in the civil war." finally richard reid who probably needs no introduction to any of you. is a senior lecturer at usc. he is probably best known for his presidential biographies of john kennedy, richard nixon and ronald reagan. his latest book however, was a

. >> reporter: nathan roper was also interviewed in the documentary. >> you had to do what you had too. if you had to shoot somebody, you had to shoot somebody. >> reporter: we happened to run into nathan roper in an algiers point barn. >> never asked me if i shot anyone. >> reporter: i don't think they said you shot anyone. you said if you had to, you'd do it. >> if i had to. if they were polka dot, green, yellow, white, black, if they were on my property causing harm to my property. food, i gave plenty of food away to people that walked -- >> reporter: you would have shot someone who came on your property? >> if they were coming to harm me, absolutely. >> reporter: that didn't happen? >> no, that didn't happen. >> reporter: vinnie perrell who wasn't in the danish documentary, says he almost fired at somebody. >> one i actually forewarned them. i said, look, i know you're there. i'm going to count to three and then i'm going to shoot. one, two -- no, don't shoot and you hear footsteps and running off. >> reporter: police and the military were nowhere to be seen in those chaotic days.

the roper decision is a death penalty decision. and roper himself brought about his client before he committed it, deliberated, and he committed a. and the supreme court found that his death sentence was unconstitutional. but what the anti-incarceration act now has attempted to do is take the language and logic of roper and imported out of the -- into a non-death penalty arena of life without parole. and they use almost laughable language, like sensing our children to die in prison. it is not a death penalty case. to life without parole case. and if you look, there is a very unsettled coordination between yet well-funded movement suggesting that, they never used the word juvenile, which all of us use in our practices. all the judges use it on all other criminal justices use a. they teenagers. hithe united states has the wort crime problem in the western world. we do. if you look at my report, i look at the un statistics and the world health organization's statistics to show that we lead the western work in juvenile crime and have d

be stepping up inspections on all of the underground infrastructure as well as the pipe runs along roper road 7 miles long. >> thank you. >>> 6:38. time for another check of your business headlines. >> linda bell is live in new york for that. >> the former head of lehman brothers is selling his manhattan apartment and getting millions of dollars for it. they're selling it for almost $26 million. he was the head of lehman brothers during its bankruptcy implosion. he bought the property with five fireplaces for $21 million. the buyer is -- dee t maybone of the stocks influencing trading -- dell may be one of the stocks influencing trading on wall street. the hotel industry may be hurting, but not in washington d.c. washington was the only one of the top hotel markets to sell more rooms in june than a year earlier. they are attributing this to e obama factor and d.c. becoming the economic center of the united states. that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda bell. have a great weekend. >> you, too. thanks a lot. >> when we continue, one of the most i

. >> reporter: 33-year-old rachel roper is 5 1/2 months pregnant. and wants to make sure she's around for her unborn baby girl. >> i have a strong family history. my mom passed away at 42 from breast cancer. >> reporter: now, a new study shows that women can reduce their risk of getting breast cancer if they breast-feed. >> if they had ever breast-fed, their risk was 59% lower. >> reporter: the massive study followed 60,000 60,000 mothers for eight years. it found the length of time a woman breast-fed did not matter. >> reporter: also, there was no exclusive risk for women who breast-fed, versus women who supplemented with formula and milk. >> reporter: cancer experts say breast-feeding would be a great preventive step for any other mom. >> it's something active they can do, even when they're young, to potentially modify their risk of developing breast cancer. >> reporter: rachel sees breast surgery specialist to explore her options for keeping cancer at bay. she says nursing her child is now a no-brainer. >> i'm excited to hear it. because i said t

. >>> 33-year-old rachel roper is 5 and a half-months pregnant. and wants wants to make sure she's around. >> i have a strong cancer history. my mother passed away from breast cancer. >> if they ever breast-fed, their risk was 59% lower for developing breast cancer. >> it found the length of time a woman breast-fed did not matter. also, there was no major decrease in risk for women who exclusively breast-fed, versus women who supplemented breastmilk with formula and baby food. cancer experts say this would be a great preventive stiff for any mom. >> it's something active that they can do when they're young to potentially modify. >> she says nursing her child is now a no-brainer. >>> i'm very excited to hear it. because i said that's all i wanted to do is breast-feed my child. >> reporter: kerry okitta, wjz eyewitness news. >> experts say they have this. >>> time now for a look at what you can expect to come up. >>> why credit card companies are in a frenzy to try to sign new customers. for all of these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore s

. >> reporter: we happened to run into roper in an algiers point bar. >> you said if you had to, you'dit. >> if i had to. they were green, yellow, black, white, if they were on my property causing harm to my property. food, i gave plenty of food away. >> reporter: you would have shot someone who came on your property. >> if they were coming to harm me, absolutely. >> reporter: that didn't happen? >> no, that didn't happen. >> reporter: vinnie says he almost fired at somebody. >> when i actually -- i actually forewarned them. i know you're there. i'm going to dount three and i'm going to shoot. one, two -- no, don't shoot and you hear footsteps and running off. >> reporter: what you're about to hear from the man who was shot is simply stunning. how many times has the new orleans police talked to you about this case? >> zero. none. >> reporter: never? >> never. >> reporter: a.c. thompson is a journalist. he's been investigating the case for about two years and wrote about it in "the nation" magazine. across the city, people died of gunshot wounds and other violence. >> and it seems that

roper public affairs poll. 15% said they thought it was good.reporter rick klein. i guess he is trying to do some convincing today. >> yes, he has gone back to elkhart. he said he has thought of this as emblematic of whether he will be a success. he needs the per session of the economy to-perception of the economy to turn around. they spent so much on the economy but when you look at hard hit parts people don't believe it. shepard: there is a mental battle going on with healthcare. it would appear the republicans are winning the message war. on the economy is there a sense of whether the president could be winning? >> unclear. and you look at numbers of this but people thought the economy was in very bad shape before he took office so i think they are willing to cut him some slack as he takes over as the stimulus begins to kick in. but as time goes by he owns in more and they will blame him. this week they are trying to get in front of a jobs report that could show unemployment up to 10%. some friday soon we will see a tick into double digits. s

. >>> 33-year-old rachel roper is 5 1/2 months pregnant, and wants to make sure she is around for herbaby girl. >> i have a strong family history. my mom passed away at 42 from breast cancer. >> reporter: now, a new study shows women with a family history of breast cancer can reduce the risk of getting breast cancer before menopause if they breast-feed. >> it is up to 59% lower than if they had never breast-fed their children. >> reporter: if found the length of time a woman breast- fed did not matter. >> reporter: also, there was no major increase -- decrease for women who breast-fed, versus women who sup lelted with formula or baby food. >> cancer experts say breast- feeding would be a great preventive step for any mom. >> it's something active that they can do even when they're young to potentially modify their risk of developing breast cancer. >> reporter: rachel sees breast specialist rachel faber. she said nursing her child is now a no-brainer. >> i'm very excited. because that's all i said i wanted to do is breast-feed my child. >> teri okita, wjz eyewitness news. >> the women

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described a premature would describe it pricey but i think it is on the other side is what we call embassy roper good diplomatic buildings woods and gardens and very beautiful but pretty costly but if you break to the right and go down, the road you go down madam's or can or it is bohemia with the latin quarter. diplomacy on one sid guatemala music, ethiopian restaurants, etc. on the other side then downonnecticut avenue and bookstores, cafes, resurants. what you see behind me is the nfluence o washington d.c., are nation's great capital purpes connecticut avenue the north-south artery running from the white house and crosses massachusetts avenue that is the rl axis but do west califora street and thiss colombia road curving around. i am td there is an apartment in this building and run by the national security agency to monitor the gorings on ding the old soviet union. you can not seen a bet on the horizon is the rsian compound. there in the woods is the naval observatory buildings on the grounds of course, which lives the vice president than the british embassy after that with the extreme west

was it your father a world-class steer roper? a rancher as well. along with all of that, i was in the 4h club and i played basketball. steve: a norman rockwell picture is your life story. >> it could well be. gretchen: another song on your cd is "she is turning 50." i understand that you had a bunch of parties for turning 50. instead of saying, i am 30 forever, you are bound to be over 50. >> i absolutely am. ithey threw me three 50th birthday parties. i celebrated for all of my friends and families who will never get to see 50 years old. i think this celebration is meaningful. it is a celebration, not only for me hitting 50, but just remembering all of those that did not go on. steve: we thank you very much for joining us today check out her new cd. it is called "keep on loving you." read the mcintyre. -- reba mcentire. (announcer) before they give you the lowest price, with memberships and fees. but not walmart. they have hundreds of generic prescriptions for just $4 for up to a 30-day supply and no gimmicks. save money. live b

we have senator josh and i'm also proit too vo vary of defense roper gates who had served under both parts heating this. i signed bipartisan legislation to perform defense procurement so weapons systems don't spin out of control. theechb went money on equipment they do need we propose think about it. hundreds of williams of alternates when when reliable evidence will d just fine. nearly $2 million to buy more when we can move ahead with a fleet of newer more afoyer ford about sf two minutes to put a lift on. and new presidential irks among its other capen'ts, it would let me cook a meal while under nuclear attack. let me fell you something. if united states of america is under attack, the last thing on my mind will be whipping up a snack. so it's pretty straightforward. cut the waste, save taxpayers' dollars, support the troops. that's what we should be doing. the special interests, contractors, lobby yifts, they're putting up a fight, but make no mistake. so are we. if the project does not support our troops, we won't fund it. if the summit doesn't reform we'll terminate it. we will

just roper, how many of you have heard of nafta? >> excellent account if you're really cold? me to. are in the same boat here, but good that gets the creative juices flowing so that's great. part of what we do at the national academy is tackle what we call the really important big issues of government management and federal management. and we have traditionally been in areas like acquition, h.r., things like that. but a year or two ago we started branching out into the view that this issue of collaboration and innovation government is also a management challenge. and i want to use that to set kind of the frame of what i'm going to be talking about here are what we have done is we've gotten together, as ken mentioned, with government and some other great folks to make sure that what we do here makes a lasting impression. what we mean by that? this is a form on success stories. is about sharing best practices and things that went really well or really important findings that you've learned and when we say success story on with a best practice, what we really mean is more people should

i will say that in the roper case, there were two filed on behalf of the government. there were 15 on behalf of the accused. that will be quite different this time around. as you are going see, all prosecutors in the country joined together. state legislators, international law scholars and a lot of other people, including people who work in psychology and psychiatry. saying that this issue of whether brains are sufficiently developed is sort of a -- it doesn't hold a lot of water. there is a renowned phd psychologist, judy, who is a professor at u. penn who argued in the law journal a couple of years ago criticizing the roper decision. and the first line i think says it all. he says people commit crimes. brains don't. and so are their people, individuals out there who are mentally incompetent or don't have sufficient ability to understand the proceedings before them or assist in their defense? absolutely, and they should not be tried in court at all. they should be held mentally incompetent and incapable of subjecting them to the criminal process. but we're not talki