. >> democratic caller in round rock, texas. you're on the air. >> caller: good morning, senator specter. >> good morning. >> i would like to thank you for your service. i'm a vietnam vet, and i really appreciate a senator that thinks before he votes. i have two questions for you. the first one, what do you think about the gop's attack on voting rights? you know, they say that the voter rights bill is because there is so much wrong in voting. but in mississippi, they just had their vote for the gop candidates, and the bill was passed in november of last year, yet they didn't put the bill in for the votes that they just had. and it was 97% white people that voted for the gop. but they're going to start the vote in november when the vote which really hinders minorities, elderly, and hispanic -- >> okay, caller, let me get the senator's response. >> you raise a very good point. and the department of justice has moved in to many of those situations on voter id, for example. the department of justice has found that it's discriminator

. >> a republican in round rock texas. good morning. >> caller: good morning. right now iran is threatening us, while they're threatening to build a nuclear weapon. we have iran surrounded right now. and we have what you just said, over 5,000 nuclear weapons ourselves, plus we're the only country in the world that dropped nuclear weapons. what gives us the right to tell any country whether they can build a nuclear weapon or not when we've already dropped one? >> well, i think your point is well taken. but i would just go back to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, signed decades ago, which basically was an agreement among all countries that nuclear weapons are kind of a jeanngeni that's out of the bottle. the treaty was signed when there was a fear that at the time there was just a handful of countries that had nuclear weapons. there was a fear then that decades from the '70s, that there would be 20, 30 countries with nuclear weapons. so at that time, there was an agreement that said these countries that have them, they're going to move to get rid of them even

host: the next call is from round rock, texas. welcome.ran is threatening to build a nuclear weapon. we have iran surrounded now. we have over 5000 nuclear weapons ourselves. we are the only country in the world to drop nuclear weapons. what gives us the right to tell any country whether they can build a nuclear weapon or not one we have already dropped one? guest: i think your point is well taken. i would go back to the non- proliferation treaty decades ago. it was an agreement among all countries that nuclear weapons are the ginnie that is out of the bottle -- genie that is out of the bottle and we need to stop it. at the time, just a handful of countries have nuclear weapons. there was a fear than -- then in the 1970's that eventually there would be more countries with nuclear weapons. there was agreement for countries that have them to get rid of them eventually. other countries cannot develop them. at the same time, if you want to develop nuclear technology for energy, you can do that. i think most people would agree to the security o

maryland to show support for a texas congressman ron paul and as our kids christian friends out shows us plenty of young supporters ron paul rock star treatment. oh rounding round the ring from. the stage set the rock song was that a rock n roll concert has not gone home ladies and gentlemen the. he calls it a town hall meeting they call it a revolution in the was that our goal should be to enhance liberty that should be what we're all about the one hours before the event the line stretched around the building with students and other ron paul disciples who made the trek to see what seems to many an unlikely hero especially for such a youthful crowd although he is up their age it's a i think he has youthful ideas people our age understand that we have nothing to look forward to the way we're going. and he's the only one that offers an actual solution an actual plan to to try to change that ron paul's young followers say they all march to the beat of the same drum especially when they're trying to drown out the drums of war i've lost a lot of buddies you know along the way crossed over the seas in the wars and stuff i would just like to see him was we go to