samuel johnson -- who was he? >> he was a great english writer in the middle part of the 18th century. he edited the first great dictionary of our language. he was the first great editor of shakespeare. he wrote essays which are very deep and thoughtful, though not much read. he wrote a set of biographies called "lives of the poets." i got interested in him when i was very young. >> why did you get interested? >> he was a very interesting figure. there was a book called "the achievement of samuel johnson." he was seriously neurotic, deeply melancholy, and had ocd -- which was not even diagnosed until the 1980's. he had compulsive behavior. out of his troubled personality, he created this deep, wise perspective on human life that is a great achievement. >> when did he live? >> 1729 to 1774. -- 1709 to 1784. >> who was james boswell? >> he was a scottish aristocrat who came down to london to have a good time when he was in his early 20's. he wrote a very enjoyable diary. he was also a collector of great men. he had

colleagues who are also veterans of the korean war, congressman john conyers of michigan, congressman samuel johnson of texas, and congressman howard coble of north carolina. my apologies if i may have left out other members, but it certainly was not intentional, madam speaker, and i also want to thank them as well. congressman rangel fought in the korean war from 1950 to 1952 as a member of the 503 battalion all-black artillery unit in the second infantry division. late november, 1950, his unit en

samuel gerdano is joining us, the head of the american bankruptcy institute. thank you for being with us. guest: consumers are facing increasing problems, from high debt loads, and they are in a situation today as a matter of the housing crisis. homeowners are, in many respects, under water on their mortgages and zero more on a home that it is worth. that makes it difficult to make the mortgage payment, makes it difficult to tap into home equity's, to use that money to repay other debts, and also under employment problems. employment is high in many states, double digits. people have problems meeting their obligations. when they do, they consider equity as of way out. -- they consider bankruptcy as a way out. host: what kind of timetable to you look at as a way to get back into the housing market with a good credit rating? guest: it depends. there are 1.7 million projected bankruptcy is this year, and every case has its own story. chapter 7, the debt or is that go from most unsecured obligations that are not secured by property. the law promises a fresh econom

host: next call, kentucky, samuel on the line for democrats. caller: i was calling about the borderline in mexico. host: we are focusing on piracy, samuel. caller: i see what you're talking about. the pirates -- there should be patrol's checking them when they come on the water to make sure of what they are doing and to find out what they are doing there should be a patrol all the time checking them out to see what they're doing. guest: that is not an unreasonable thought, samuel. somalia alone has an 1100 nautical coast line. there are thousands of ships and boats in that area. simply patrolling and trying to determine who has the intention is to commit crimes is not as simple as you might think. there's also an issue of simple adequacy of coverage with the coalition naval forces that are operating there. it's not a really practical response. i will respond to the issue of mexico, because there have been reports of piracy along the border. that is primarily a law enforcement issue between two perfectly capable governments and law-enforcement e

. >> reporter: zhang surgeon, stanford liver surgeon samuel so was concerned about a c.t.n that revealed several new growths. >> on this side, you can see one, two, three, four. >> reporter: the hepatitis-b virus is found in blood and bodily fluids. many people can live with the virus and never get sick, but 25% of those infected get severe liver damage or cancer. the virus can be transmitted by unsafe sex and unsterile needles, but most people who suffer from the disease-- like zhang, who was born in china-- became infected at birth from their mothers. >> this is my brother with his two kids. >> reporter: his younger brother haiyang also became infected at birth but, like many of those with the disease, he had no symptoms until it was too late. to two years ago at the age of 42, he went to see a doctor about a pain in his side. he was told he had advanced liver cancer and there was thing that doctors could do. zhang flew his brother to shanghai to try to get a liver transplant, but he died three days after arriving there. >> well, he passed away. my sister-in-law and his

writing for the majority justice samuel alito said the second amendment applies equally to the federal government and the states. two years ago the court struck down washington d.c.'s handgun ban, but the nation's capital is a federal city so that decision applied only to federal law. today's decision applies nationwide. one of the plaintiffs who challengeded the chicago law said the ruling serves notice to criminals. >> so i am not threatening to go out and do anything to anyone. i'm saying you may not come into our homes anymore to those who would prey upon the citizens of the city of chicago. to the criminals. i would like to say that the chicago climate is over. we are not prey. >> ifill: chicago mayor richard daly expressed disappointment and said he now expects the city's law to be formally overturned by the lower court. >> we're still reviewing the entire decision but it means that chicago's current handgun ban is unenforceable so we're working to rewrite our ordinance in a reasonable and responsible way to protect second amendment rights, protect chicagoans from gun violence. >

coming up next, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg and samuel alito take place in a mock triall then remarks from actress ashley judd. then weekly addresses from president obama and john boehner. . >> up next, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg and samuel alito take part in a mock trial looking at whether henry v was justified in killing french prisoners of war after the battle of kagen court. they are joined by other federal -- battle of age in couagincour. they are joined by other federal judges. this was held in march. it is about two hours. >> oyez, oyez. the supreme court of the amalgamated kingdom of england and france is now in session. you may be seated. >> the court has convened to hear the case of the french civil liberties union against henry v. the arguments will open by the petitioners, and i will call upon mr. garre. [laughter] >> merci, madame chief justice. [laughter] may it please the court, 10,000 -- the tally that king henry announces at the battle of agincourt. that figure alone underscores the gravity of the offense that he committed when he waged hi

host: samuel gerdano, thank you for joining us. please come back again. we will continue to show you the most hotly contested races and debates in the primaries. one of the debates will take place today in south carolina, a republican primary debate. there are four candidates. live coverage in florence, south carolina. our thanks to wbpw for allowing us to simulcast the debate. thanks for being with us on this tuesday morning, the first day of in june. we are back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 for viewers on the west coast. enjoy your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> on c-span, as we take a look at the gulf of mexico oil spill. courtesy of the coast guard. president obama will deliver a statement on this bill this afternoon in the white house rose garden. his statement will come after he meets with b.p. oil spill commission chairs. that will be live at 12:15 eastern. at 1:00 eastern, a live simultaneous of the radio show "inside new orleans" about the sp

host: justice samuel a leto writing that the gun right is fundamental to personal liberty. mike has this on our twitter page. with our low population states having a disproportionate representation, problems like this are difficult. next is charles from st. petersburg, fla., on the democrats' line. caller: a few seconds ago i heard a caller from tampa say there was no problem. there is a problem. two tempo police officers during so-called routine traffic stop were shocked. one was killed, the other is on life support. this is a problem that has been around for many years. what is needed is for federal, state, and local law enforcement to take a leader -- we do not have many leaders in this country, but there are leaders and these various law- enforcement departments, to take a lead and get this business stopped. it must be stopped. host: we will come back to this question in just a moment. the supreme court ruling yesterday involving the second element and jurisdiction of local and state laws versus what is in the constitution. it was also the last day for justice john paul

not saying much different than justice sotomayor said last summer or chief justice roberts said or samuel alito said in to douses 6. when republican nominees is sitting in the hot seat, democrats are frustrated with the lack of information or insights and when it is the democrats, it is the republicans credit tom coburn, a republican senator from oklahoma, lobbed softball after softball to alito and chief justice john roberts back in the day. he was receiving, if you will, yesterday, at the lack of response. part of the frustration people have with these hearings, and just depending upon who is sitting on the seedbeds of the direct -- reaction from the panel. i expect some evasion. you can criticize it, but on the other hand, there were good exchanges. senator orrin hatch, republican from utah, he had a very interesting and informative dialogue with the nominee about the first amendment and campaign finance reform and the citizens united case. dianne feinstein had a good conversation. lindsey graham as well on the legal war -- were on terror. there is some substance, but it is surrounded

justice ruth ginsberg and samuel a littllito. they are joined by other federal judges and supreme court attorneys looking at the famous play of the english monarchs. this was held in march. it is about to hours for th. >> oyez, oyez. the supreme court of the amalgamated kingdom of england and france is now in session. you may be seated. >> the court has convened to hear the case of the french civil liberties union against henry v. the arguments will open by the petitioners, and i will call upon mr. le garre. [laughter] >> merci, madame chief justice. [laughter] may it please the court, 10,000 announces at the battle ofry%- agincourt. agincourt. that fige alonunderes e gravitof the offense tha he commied when he waged his unjustifd military campaign ains that figure alone underscores the gravity of the offense that he committed when he waged his unjustified military campaign against france. no use of military forces lawfuu without just cause. an unprovoked invasion of another country warrants the most searching inquiry into whethe

congressman samuel evans is talking getting it extended. but in cities like detroit where my family lives and a lot of blacks live the unemployment rate is higher at 50%. the lady makes a good point. a lot of people unemployed, black, white, latino only have a high school diploma. one thing they could do to alleviate that for people is community housing free and available the next 10 years so people can get at least two years to get a high school diploma so we won't have it unemployment and create a boom in terms of small businesses could be created. we have just have some dumb leadership going on that is affecting people like me and others in detroit and poor whites in rural areas. host: william, tell us your story. you live in benton harbor, michigan, that is the home of whirlpool, right? is caller: yes and they have a big recall with the maytag. i don't know if you heard. they know that because of national competition from china they are in a big land grab and it is very controversial. we are trying to get land from our area and they ton

usually, samuel, head of time -- usually, somebody will come ahead of time. it would not surprise me. >> some groups in lebanon sent eight ships to was the apparent heavy spoken with -- some groups in lebanon have sent eight ships to bosnia. i've spoken with -- eight ships to gaza. have you spoken with lebanese groups? >> until you see a change in israeli policy, there is no basis for any kind of action that risks of the same kind of confrontation that charlie was talking about a moment ago. everybody needs to carefully have valuate actions. everyone is committed to improving the situation on the underground. there is no policy and increase openings allow materials to be transported to cause us through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help -- transported to gaza through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help, may. >> [unintelligible] >> we are very aware of what has been announced. >> you said we disagreed with some policies, including demolitions and evictions. a few moments later, you said that the proposed demolitio

ellsberg, a defense department consultant who gave the pentagon papers to the times in 1971, and samuel morrison, the navy analyst who passed satellite photographs to jane's defense week until 1984. pnder president bush, no one was convicted for disclosing secrets directly to the press. but lawrence franklin, a defense department official, served 10 months of home arrest for sharing information. and i. lewis libby, top aide to and i. lewis libby, top aide to mr. cheney, was convicted of perjury for lying about his statements to the journalists about an undercover c.i.a. officer. buffalo, new york, up next on our democrats line. caller: hey, how are you? host: fine, thanks. caller: first off, i'm not a caller: first off, i'm not a democrat. i'm actual until new york state. we have a very, very good system of voting called fusion voting. my only three choices are democrats, republican, independent, i guess i got to go with democrat. however, i do believe our democracy is safeguarded for such an event like this, for a leak, and i believe that corporations, especially the news corporation,

.- after garfield's assassination, his successor met with samuel miller. they supported forced great to be their new colleagues on the bench. melville fuller was recommended to the president. an illinois attorney was recommended for the post, but he denied -- declined president cleveland's offer. when justice matthews and died in 1889, president benjamin harrison took nine months to compile a long list of possible nominees. he narrowed it down to two, david brewer and henry brown, two conservative friends with credentials. barack and brown referred to each other, but president -- justice miller fell victim to a stroke, and harrison had the opportunity to name brown to the high court. brown would return the support. he recommended havel jackson to fill the 1893 vacancy. apparently, jackson's ranch with benjamin harrison overcame their partisan differences. jackson's confirmation was delayed. let's turn to the second category, 20 century examples. the chief justice had only been on the court after losing a confirmation battle a few months when he became one