>> sheehan: sure., not only in terms of the monies that he took out, but the records with regard to the relationship, the manipulation and backdating of trades. he had to know, or someone knew it was false. >> safer: the suit claims picower took out more than $5 billion in profits since 1995. picard is also suing another billionaire investor, stanley chais, who withdrew over a billion dollars in profits. both chais and picower maintain their innocence and would not comment, but in court papers, picower characterizes the suit as "unsupported by facts or logic." sheehan says he thinks they knew all along and simply couldn't resist the easy money. >> sheehan: i think as everyone, you know, was participating in this and just feeding at this trough of greed, at the end of it, what they were looking for was it to continue. they were hoping it was never going to end. >> safer: so far, the trustee and his counsel have filed 13 lawsuits, seeking the return of nearly $15 billion from the biggest madoff investors

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joining us now is michael sheehan, former counterterrorism chief for the new york police department. he is now a private consultant, michael, good to see you. >> afternoon. >> we are learning some interesting details from the indictment. one, that the terrorism suspect xblaz zi zazi plotted more than a year to detonate the bomb and he worked for a year to make the explosives. >> in a plot like this you will need a few guys to run the lab, takes a couple, three people to run a lab, tough cook these materials together, pull off the slurry and put it into the bomb and keep the material cool. so, it takes a few people to do that. to conduct the attack it looks like they were going to use multiple backpack-type bombs, probably another six to eight people, if they are going to have multiple targets, which is normally the modus operandi of al qaeda, a cell like it could get up to about ten people. >> when -- in the indictment when it says that the airport shuttle driver, zazi, began plotting to use one or more weapons of mass destruction between august 1, 2008, and september, 2009, against

that we don't know, and those are the ones that we worry most about. >> michael sheehan, it's always good to talk with you. thank you. >> thank you, alex. >>> now to the death of a census worker in kentucky. bill sparkman's body was discovered by a family visiting a rural kentucky cemetery. jerry weaver tells the "associated press" that sparkman was gagged and his hands and feet bound with duct tape. authorities say the word fed was written across sparkman's chest. officials say his preliminary cause of death is asphyxiation. the director of the census bureau says the agency is taking necessary precautions and not gathering any survey information in the area for the time being. officials say it is clear sparkman's death was not natural, but all other possibilities are being considered. >>> well, today more rain's going to likely develop in the southeast. severe weather has left much of that region under water. fierce flooding destroyed dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. let's get the latest now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bil

joining me live here in the studio michael sheehan. how troubling is this? and iran and iran being caught with these new facilities and the president lying for the last several years and things are coming quickly to a head and very tense over the next few weeks. >> significant time. october 1st this meeting has happened and has not happened in some years. what does this tenure do to the possibility of any sort of successful, moving things down the road diplomacy. >> the good news is that the french and the british and the americans are clearly united on this intelligence that they have analyzed on the iranian program and the russians seem to be leaning a little bit forward and haven't heard much from the chinese and more pressure being put on the iranian and ahmadinejad is feeling that heat and coming out with all these comments. >> what do you think, is the iaea stepping up and reported 100 miles, i believe, southwest of tehran. >> i expect more from the iranians give a little bit here and try to hide a little bit here and what is really going to be the key

sheehan-dean your book ek plors virginia soldiers and their families in the civil war.you choose to concentrate on virginia as opposed to other con federal states? >> because virginia is really the most important theater of the war and what i was looking at was trying to assess questions of loyalty. virginia soldiers usually fiting in a national army close to their homes but not at them. so they're subject to the pressure of wanting to be home and wanting to defend their state as well and i wanted to see how those variables played out. >> whatypes of stories emerged when you were writing the book? >> the big story that emerged was a surprising one. the traditional telling is that over the course of the war confederates slowly give up. particularly poor and middle-class men. i found in ft they tended to stay in. and looking at the way in which they talked to their families about why they were staying in is really what i became the main part of the book. the main argument. >> why did you find they were fighting in the first place? >> certainly a strong enthusiasm built on

aaron sheehan-dean about his bookwhy confederates fought", family and nation in civil war. in your bucket explores virginia soldiers and their filies in the civil war. why did you oo to concentrate on virginia as opposed to other confederate sdates? >> because virginia is the most portant leader of the warnd what i was looking at was ying to assess yalties of virginia soldiers are usually fighting in a national army close to their homethat got up them so their suect t the pressure of wanting to be home and want to defend their state as well and i want to see all those variables sort of played out. >> what types of storage emerge when you were writing the book? >> the main story was a surprising one, that traditional over the course of dore confederates would give up and i found they tended to stay in in looking at the way iwhich the talk to their families about why they were staying with what i began in the main part of the book, the main argument. >> why did you find it were fighting in the first place? the there was certainly a strong enthusiasmuild on a sense of a the tr

sheehan was up to the challenge. >> she says she can relate to the song. >> she says that you can reachr the stars if you believe in yourself. ♪ >> if you would like to see her sing, she will be performing at the symphony hall on saturday. in baltimore, melissa carlson, w pal tv 11 days. >> if you miss any of this newscast, we will rebroadcast of for you tonight at 7:00 p.m. on comcast digital channel 208. here is a look at what is coming up at 6:00 p.m.. >> we will have the latest on the soggy weather, coming up next. >> acorn tape could include criminal charges. straight ahead. >> president barack obama and the way forward post 9/11. >> live, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. in hd. >> good evening everyone, would begin with than insta-weather + alert. >> will we can be a washout? let's check with the chief meteorologist. >> heavy rains are still falling in parts of the area, especially in parts of the north. now, some of those showers are working their way back west. it has been a soggy afternoon in parts of howard county. you can see that there is an area of

sean: i had cindy sheehan on this program. i never accused her of that. >> plenty of conservatives did. sean: who? >> i don't remember at this point but i heard it every day. sean: folks, we have a very special edition this friday night. our special report on president obama. you have heard about reverend wright and bill ayers. we are going to count down for you the top 10 most controversial advisors that are in the white house right now. not van jones. there are others. you have to hear that. oose -- also seven former c.i.a. directors calling on president obama to reverse the decision to investigate the c.i.a. and the interrogators. mike huckabee will be here to discuss that important story. and acorn faced another defeat yesterday on capitol hill. much more on that straight ahead. i'm okay with cutting back a little, but i still want to put my best face forward. with crest whitestrips advanced seal, i get whiter teeth that lasts for 12 months. all from one little box, i say that's a pretty good deal. crest whitestrips advanc

sean: i had cindy sheehan on this program. i never accused her of that. >> plenty of conservatives did. sean: who? >> i don't remember at this point but i heard it every day. sean: folks, we have a very special edition this friday night. our special report on president obama. you have heard about reverend wright and bill ayers. we are going to count down for you the top 10 most controversial advisors that are in the white house right now. not van jones. there are others. you have to hear that. oose -- also seven former c.i.a. directors calling on president obama to reverse the decision to investigate the c.i.a. and the interrogators. mike huckabee will be here to discuss that important story. and acorn faced another defeat yesterday on capitol hill. [ woman ] dear cat. gentle cat. your hair mixes with pollen and dust in the air. i get congested. my eyes itch. i have to banish you to the garden. but now with zyrtec-d®, i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec®, plus a powerful decongestant. i can breathe freer with zyrtec-d®.

. >> neil sheehan, it was 21 years ago that you started this network on its trek look at books every sunday night at 8:00 p.m. and 11 pm. i want to show you a moment from 21 years ago. >> what you want to do? >> i do not really know. , to help promote the book because that is a necessity. what i like to do is to go back to vietnam to see what has happened and what about it. then, what i will do, i do not know. i might go back to daily journalism. i have stayed busy all of my life. what i have been taught is that if you want to work, you will find plenty to do. i am sure i will find something to do. you learn that you go from story to story. i will move on and do something else. >> that was your book 21 years ago. the book i have in my hand is called "a fiery peace in a cold war: bernard schriever and the ultimate weapon." 21 years later, wanted to decide to spend your time on this subject? >> i decided i wanted to write another book rather than go back to newspapering. i did a short retrospective book on vietnam. then i had to find another topic. it's time to move on. someone ask why

sheehan from chase, i have your a statement, waiver and it basically says j.p. morgan chase bank national association successor interest to washington mutual bank has offered for a modification mha modification under the make it affordable plan announced by the obama administration march 4, you have decided that back you had declined to be considered for an mha modification opting instead to go forward with a modification made by lender to you prior to the march 4 annocement, the prior modification. had to qualify for mha modification, you may he been entitled to the following. and you go on and talk about what they may have qualified for. by signing below you acknowledge that you have been advised and understand the above. what is this all about? >> that was a form that was developed at the time prior to the invitation or announcement even of mha, chase had rolled out a significant enhancement to its own modification, but modification efforts. we're in the process of communicating and qualifying many, many borrowers for the jays modification program at the time

you know, just down the street from where i am sitting right now in dallas, cindy sheehan and her band of crazies are still outside george bush's house calling him a war criminal and saying despicable thing. i didn't hear her complaining about rhetoric then. we better be fair and make sure the issues are legitimate. as tammy said every day something be absurd comes from this white house that gives lots of fodder to fight back. bill: anything president obama could do or has done that you like? >> oh, sure. oh, look, if this man, if we captured osama bin laden and zawahiri and the one-eyed sheik, the three stooges in pakistan somewhere, if barack obama captured those guys or killed them, i would be looking at this man slightly differently. but ultimately it comes down to his inability to govern and the fact that he seems to have -- it seems to me, some that levy lens toward this country. >> i think he reads a teleprompter better than you do, bill. bill: no one does, you are out of your mind. next on the rundown, the president may be running into national security trouble. we will tell yo

. >> in 1971, as a new york times reporter, they'll see it -- the neil sheehan. he won the pulitzer prize for "a bright shining lie." he will discuss his new book on the nuclear arms race. "q&a" sunday night on c-span. earlier this week, a portrait of former senate republican leader trent lott was unveiled at the u.s. capitol. he gave remarks and was joined by former president bill clinton, harry reid, and former house speaker newt gingrich. this is about 50 minutes. >> i want to welcome everyone to the united states isenate. president clinton, good to see you, of course. speaker gingrich, welcome senator lott and a lot family -- and the lott family. >> i really miss having trent in the senate. of course, i would miss him a lot more if he had stayed a democrat. when this son of a shipyard worker and a schoolteacher first came to washington, he came as an aide to the damage that it be democratic congressman who would -- who he would ultimately succeed. i have rarely met anyone in congress who is easier to work with and trent lott. he was always pragmatic and very

yes, sir. >> miss she hand addressed -- sheehan addressed this. marking of the affordable home program, it has calculation, net present value. tries to determine whether it is better to foreclose on the property or actually dot modification. vast majority of the customers it is better to do modification. there are case it is the customer has a lot of equity in the property and if the person can afford a very small payment, where cost of interest cost to give up is greater than the cost of actually foreclosure. it making it more sense for the investor to foreclose on the property, administration built into the program protection for investors to make sure it is something aligns consumers interest and investors interest. yes there are cases where it makes more sense to foreclose. but i would like to come back to the point miss cohen made earlier which i think is simply inaccurate, as far as we were talking about capitalizing third party fees in the foreclosure process. the statement was made if you capitalize third party fees that will actually incr

. >> in 1971, as in new york times reporter, neil sheehan and obtained a top-secret pentagon papers. 18 years later, still writing about the vietnam war, he won the pulitzer prize. this weekend he will discuss his latest, "a fiery peace." "q&a" tonight and c-span. >> joining us is congressman mike turner, republican of ohio and a member of the armed services committee. here to question him is john donnelly from cqpolitics.com and james kitfield of "national journal." the president said that the new approach would be swifter, smarter, and more aggressive in going after threats around the world. your reaction. >> i wish any portion of that were true, actually. the plan that he is scrapping, that would have been a european land base system, but it provided both europe and the united states with short, medium, intermediate, and long range -- the most important aspect would be a long range -- icbm potential. if iran should missile, if that system could go on line as early as 2013, the schedule deployment time, and there was some concern as to whether that would be the appropriate configur

democrats hope to turn wilson into the cindy sheehan of the anti-health care reform movement, a clownishure of ridicule who hurts his own side more than he helps. partly lost in all of the fuss over wilson was the president's speech itself -- did he regain control of the debate? we will deconstruct the speech and see where the debate is headed next. >>> plus, it seems like a south carolina kind of day. governor mark sanford today defended his decision to stay in office. but can he survive the ground swell of calls for his resignation this week by the state's house republicans? >>> back to health care for a moment. could bill clinton become president obama's secret weapon to keep democrats in line when reform comes to a vote? that's in the "politics fix." >>> and we all know it's a bad idea to text while driving. well, it's not much smarter to text while you're on national television. virginia's eric cantor learned that lesson last night and we'll have it on the "hardball side show." but we begin with president obama and where the health care debate goes from here. senator jay rockefeller

joe sheehan from baseball prospectus wrote, quote, who the hell has ever been suspended for two weeks designed to curry favor with fans and the media and distract both groups from a cubs season that is ending with a whimper. well, the player's association might appeal bradley's suspension, that is new today. but did the cubs cross the line? sure, what you say about your boss probably be printed in the paper, but imagine losing your job for what you said. and factor this in, as one person put it, the cubbies knew he was a head case when they signed him to that $30 million contract. crossing the line? you tell me. and let me know. because already tweets by dena has rallied all the cubbies fans in the country to chime in on this one. let us know what you think, twitter.msnbc.com. >> thanks, tamron. >>> almost 4:00 on the east coast and we're just getting started. still ahead, an update on those security warnings. how many more suspects are the feds actually looking for? >>> also, we'll talk to our very own ed schultz about what president obama's base wants to hear about health care. that

> nbc's pete williams joins us live from washington as well as nbc news terrorism analyst michael sheehan, former deputy commissioner of counterterrorism for the new york city police department, also a former state department ambassador for counterterrorism. pete, like to start off with you, a lot of people heard this news and sounded like a perfect storm of events, the president in the area, this exercise happening, as we mentioned and all know, today 9/11. now you have got at least one organization calling for a further investigation of what happened. >> there will be an investigation or a report on what happened. the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the coast guard reports to her, the coast guard asked for one. what we were told here this was a regularly scheduled exercise. the coast guard does these several times a week. and one of two things happened, either no one said, you know, maybe we shouldn't do this today while the president's crossing the river on the anniversary of 9/11 with the event to at the pentagon or someone said, it doesn't matter, we should do it an

coming up next hour, i'll be joined by former counterterrorism ambassador at large michael sheehan.e'll take a closer look at where the u.s. is in the overall war on terror. >>> republican senators on the intelligence committee are backing out of an investigation into alleged detainee abuse by the cia. the panel launched its investigation in march but now gop members are pulling out because of attorney general eric holder's decision to look into the allegations under the bush administration. the ranking republican on the committee says it's not fair to ask a cia employee to risk his freedom by answering the committee's questions. >>> now to the battle over health care reform. after four days of poring over hundreds of amendments, the senate finance committee is expected to take up the controversial public option on tuesday, but there was no shortage of controversy this week. >> mr. chairman, let me just complete my thought here -- >> in about one minute, you'll complete your thought. okay, we've got to -- >> i'll complete my thought and then make another point, mr. chairman. >> sinc

joining us live is nbc news terrorism analyst michael sheehan, former deputy commissioner of the counterterrorism for the nypd and former state department ambassador at large for counterterrorism. michael, this has the feel of a case where investigators will to move quickly before, frankly, all the pieces are in place. >> that's right. and perhaps they might have gone a little bit early. some people are criticizing them for that but seems to be some reason that compelled them to arrest these people early. we will never know how serious this plot was, certainly, savannah, had the ingredient of things when i was at nyc would make us worry. >> isn't this the classic predicament for prosecutors trying to collect evidence, they want the strongest case possible, yet they can't let the case ripen to the point where suspects could potentially pull something off? >> that is right. particularly with the president in town this week, the u.n. general assembly, leaders from all over the world, sensitivity is at a heightened sense here in the city. so they moved quickly and as i said, we are not sure whether t

joining me now is wendy sheehan donald, consumer electronics editor at tcmag.com.rning. >> that's cool. >> yeah, it's cool. >> it's small, great, chock-full of stuff. what's so great about this one? >> the big deal about this guy is video. there's a video camera on the back, so -- >> a good one? >> well, it's good for youtube, good for facebook, not good to watch on a big tv, but you know, it's nice to have when you're out, listening to music, you see something you want to capture, you've got a camera in your hand. it's a little awkwardly places because you're holding it like this and the camera's right here, so you have to be careful with your fingers, but otherwise, it's great to have. >> but it doesn't just take pictures. >> oddly enough, it doesn't. i'm not sure why. but it's only video. >> okay. how long does the video go? >> as long as the battery goes, which is probably about -- it depends how much music you have, how much listening you're doing, it depends, but a lot. >> yeah. i was telling you during the commercial break that i inher inherited my daughter'

aaron sheehan-dean about his book "why confederates fought" family and nation and civil war. >> thank you. randy shaw. executive director of the nderloin housing clinician safrancisco presents a history of cesar chavez and the unitedarm workers contends the ufw influenced future social jus cities influence and affected the state of american labor immigrant rights and asndancy of latinos in politics this event hosted by busboys and poets in washington, d.c. lasts about an hour. >> ap. >> thankou very much and thank everybody for coming. was at a book reading in portland few weeks ago and someone said to me afterwards you never worked for the uw and you're not latino so why did you write this book? so i thought i would start by sort of explanning that in case some of you wer wondering. you know, i was always fascinated by people i'd come across who when they were very young often teenagers still g involved with this organization that became so transformative that after they had their contact with the ufw they spent the next 30-40 years of their lives working for social justice. and i th

sheehan's, and we have a strong balance sheet, we are not looking for refinancing.and foreclosure is never a better option. .. >> the vast majoty of the customers it's better to do a modification but there are cases there is a lotdequate in the property and if the person can afford a very small payment with the cost of the interest, caustic about is greater than the cost of actualoreclosure so it makes more sense for the investor to foreose on the propertynd administers built into the program that it is something in the consumer's interestnd investors interested so it is built in. i would like to come back to the point that m cohen made earlier that i think is an accurate as far as we'rtalkin about capitalizing, third party fees and foreclosure process. that statement was made if you capitalize third party fees it will actually increase the payment amount that the customer has to make upon modification. it just doesn't work that way. yes, indeed, you can have capitalize third parties but as you are all aware, the program itself forces you to calculate 31 percent of

>> this week on "q & a" our guest is neil sheehan. his new book is on the nuclear arms race told through the life of general bernard sleefer dshriever who led the research. we also look back at "a bright shining lie," america in vietnam. it won the pullitiesier prize in 1989. >> you started the trek to look at books and this interview show every sunday night at 8:00 and 11:00. i want to show you a little moment from 21 years ago. >> what do you want to do next? >> i don't really know. i want to help promote the book because that's a necessity. and then the only specific thing i have in mind that i would like to do is to go back to vietnam, see what's happened to the country and write about it. then what i will do, i don't know. i'm not worried about it. i might go back to daily journalism. don't know. i've stayed busy all my life. and the one thing that i've been taught is that if you want to work, you'll find plenty to do. so i'm sure i'll find something. you learn as a newspaperman that you go from story to story. in this case i wen

. >> in 1971 as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan write a story.this weekend, he'll discuss his latest. a fiery peace in a cold war. sunday night on c-span. >> c-span supreme court week is two weeks away with an insiders view of the court. >> this is the auto highest court in the land. the framers created it after studying the great law givers in history and taking a look at what they thought worldwide was important for their judicial branch to do. >> supreme court week starting october 4th on c-span. go on line now to c-span.org/supreme court for virtual tour and photos. washington journal continues. host: on the 14th of september, you wrote an op-ed, the headline was "some blacks now have doubts about obama." guest: it intrigued me with what i saw. we saw a little bit of blacks fall in those polls. i thought it interesting. this discusses about race and how it plays in this whole process. it started to come up when we saw the tea parties and taun halls i looked at those numbers. what i found was there are perhaps 400-500,000 african-americans tha

[cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> in 1971, as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan received the top pentagoners. he won the pulitzer prize for "a bright shining lie." this weekend, he will discuss his latest. q&a is tonight on c-span. >> house republicans spoke with reporters on thursday about their ideas on health care legislation speakers include tom price and mike pence. this is just over 30 minutes. welcome. this is a discussion we welcome. we hope to find areas of agreement with the president to enact positive health reform. however, our whole effort has been hindered by the president's recurring inaccurate statements that republicans have no plans for health reform. whether the president is being disingenuous or whether he is misinformed, we do not know. but we have come here to say today that republicans have held -- have plans for health reform, that the status quo is unacceptable we have plans to put patients and doctors in charge. we have plans that we believe the american people support and we want to work with the administration on reform. you have heard the president said that h

in 1971, as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan obtained the top-secret pentagon papers. years later, he won the pulitzer prize for "a bright shining lie." "q&a" sunday night on c-span. >> this weekend, john crack our, with the biography of pat tillman, killed by friendly fire in afghanistan five years ago. part of c-span 2's "booktv" weekend. >> "washington journal" continues. host: co-chairman of the progressive caucus in the house of representatives, raul is with us now. and there is a paragraph here that says that you, as co-chair of the house progressive caucus, is amongst those saying that democrats need to arm up,. . "the largest caucus in the house was going to have to reevaluate their approach to obama going forward." what you mean? guest: that the conclusion of a caucus, at the beginning of this discussion health care reform was an important example. afghanistan, what will be our long-term commitment an exit strategy? the entire debate on the energy wilbill. many of us feel that we have been very good soldiers, there for the tough votes up until this point, with

i wrote a while back about cindy sheehan. her son had been killed in iraq.husetts when president obama was vacationing. nobody paid attention. steve: you have to factor in the element of respect. a lot of families 1 privacy. that was one of the arguments that the former president and his department of defense had made. >> i should add one thing. they told me at the mortuary affairs center, everything is being asked. there is no pressure to do it, but 60% say that it is ok. steve: thank you very much brian: he was one of america is -- he was on one of america's most popular tv shows. he will give us the inside story about his life behind the scenes at "saved by the bell." steve: meanwhile, saved by 9:00. martha mccallum is coming in at top of the hour. martha: coming up on "america's newsroom" this morning, healthcare is entering a critical phase. we're going to talk about the abortion issue and how there could possibly be a public option that does not allow some of those funds to go to abortion. president obama wants more hours in the classroom. others say,

. >> in 1971, as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan obtained the top-secret pentagon papers. 18 years later, still writing about the vietnam war, he won the pulitzer prize for "a bright shining lie." this weekend, he will discuss his book. q&a is sunday night on c-span. >> next month, take a rare visit inside the supreme court as we talk to the justices about the role, traditions, and history of the court. >> brandeis said he would not come in here. the reason justice brandeis said he would not come in here is that the building is so elaborate that it would go to their heads. maybe he is right. has become a symbol of the court system, the third branch of government, and the need of stability, the rule of law, which is what america stands for. >> as a complement to this original production, c-span offers teachers free teaching resources on our judicial system. >> now there's a discussion on health care with vermont gov. jim douglas. he is also president of the national governors association. from the national press club earlier today, this is about one hour. >> our guest today, g

. >> in 1971 as a new york times reporter, neil sheehan obtained the top secret pentagon papers. eighteen years later, still writing about the vietnam war, he won the pulitzer prize for "a bright, shining lie." this weekend he'll discuss his latest, "a fiery peace in a cold war," on the nuclear arms race. >> president obama has announced plans to scrap construction of a missile defense system in the czech republic in poland. the president says the decision is based on potential missile threats from iran. over the next 40 minutes you'll hear from the president, defense secretary gates, and republican reaction to the announcement. >> good morning. as commander in chief, i'm committed to doing everything in my power to advance our national security. that includes strengthening our defenses against any and all threats to our people, our troops and our friends and allies around the world. and one of those threats is the danger posed by ballistic missiles. as i said during the campaign, president bush was right that iran's ballistic missile program poses a significant threat. that's wh