moments ato the nationals selected san diego state right- hander steven straysberg with the number 1 overall selection. we're going to have previous us coming up next on nats extra. >>> there is rain coming down as we try to get game number 1 under way between the cincinnati reds and the washington nationals, they are wrapping up a home stand with three against the reds. welcome to nats extra pregame brought to you by byron kerr, ray knight. moment ago the nationals made the selection everybody thought they would, bud selig making the selection announcement from the draft. the nationals going with steven strasberg as the number 1 overall selection from san diego state.  steven strasberg there, there  is the right-hander from san diego state, and he has everything, all the tools you would expect, ray. 103 miles per hour fastball, the best prospect to come down in 30 years. >> yeah, i want to share a story. rod data who is the tremendous coach there at usc, he had tom seaver, then later on he watched prior pitch and he told me at the college world seri

the earlier cigarette labeling case was a case called chip alone, a 4-1 decision with justice stevens writing the 4 with a concurring opinion. then the court looked at the context of the airline deregulation act and there were two upstanding preemptions. then the court came along with a medical device case where it was 4-1-4 with justice stevens writing the plurality opinion. then there was another case involving the cigarette labeling act and billboards, and justice stevens wrote a very important concurring opinion. then there were a couple of cases that struck down preemption involving pesticide in one case, an of ford motors in another, justice stevens wrote the opinions in both of those cases, and then last term, in a case called regald versus med tronnic, it was an opinion on medical devices an justice stevens didn't like it but concurred in the opinion and pointed out why it didn't undermine the previous opinions he had written and then these therm terms come along and he has the majority vote. if you are a practitioner and i argued a couple of these cases, you have no idea what

justice stevens wrote the opinions in both of those cases. and then last term in a case called reeg alversus medtronic, justice stephens concurred in the opinion and pointed out why it really didn't undermine the previous opinions he'd written. then this term comes along and he has the majority vote in these cases. so if you're a practitioner -- and i argued a couple of these cases -- you have no idea what's going to happen with preemption unless you can figure out some way to persuade enough justices that they will outweigh justice stevens because he's written on every one of these cases. i have one final point. a lot depends upon what the agency does. the obama administration, the president issued an executive order instructing agencies basically to go through all of their regulations and scrub them clean of any ambiguities, in other words, only preemption, don't write regulations saying your conduct here preements the state tort suits unless it's fairly cleemplet so those regulations will affect what the future decisions are going to be. >

justice stevens wrote the opinions in both of those cases. and then last term in a case called regal v. medtronic it was a pro-preemption opinion, but justice stevens didn't like it but concurred and pointed out why it didn't undermine the previous opinions he had written. and then this term comes along, and he has the majority vote in these cases. if you're a practitioner, and i argued a couple of these cases, you have no idea what's going to happen with preemption unless you can figure out some way to persuade enough somewheresties somewheresties -- justices to outway justice stevens. and i'll make one final point. >> okay. >> the obama administration, the president issued an executive order instructing agencies to go through all of their regulations and scrub them clean of any ambiguities. in other words, don't write regulations saying your conduct here preempts the state tort suits unless it's fairly clear. so those will be, those regulations will affect what the future decisions are going to be. >> john, you wanted to jump in on this. >>

>>> women as you know b today is an historic day in the nation's capital, they have taken steven strasbourg in the draft. the draft room, the war room here at national's park, the rainy tuesday evening, the first of three for the cincinnati reds in town here. johnny holiday along with rob dibble. bob carpenter taking a couple days off and everybody has been talking about well we're gonna get the guy. now you've got to sign this guy. >> and that's not going to be an easy thing. rob dibble. >> how do you sign a guy with 110 innings pitched and 109 strikeouts. that's the toughest part for the nats. obviously you want him, you want to sign him, it's going to take an awful lot of money. last year they did not sign their number 1 pick and he is still out there in the draft today. listen, if this kid wants to play pro ball are you going to let your agent dictate sitting out another year? that would hurt his development. that's where you got to draw the line. if it's a couple hundred thousand or a couple million dollars is it enough to sit out a season? these agents have done enough. not

and in agreement with me were justices stevens, kennedy, breyer, and alito. second baden against discover bank involved a credit card issuer's resort to a federal court to compel -- to compel arbitration with the dispute or a card holder. although the issue it accept had commenced in state court, the card holder, however, had raised a counter claim governed by federal law. justice scalia, kennedy, sutor and thomas joined me in holding that issuer had to stay on the state court track, and their there petition for arbitration, not in federal court if so inclined. the fourth circuit whose decision we reviewed had come out the other way, as had the second circuit, although on a different ground than the fourth circuit. third and by far the most prominent of this set in arizona v.gant, the court revisited new york v.b -- beton and cut back on the search of vehicles during arrest. -- police may search the interior of the car if and only if they reasonably believe that vehicle contains evidence of the offense for which the defendant was arrested. in other words, no

there's the b on the write and his son steven. it's time for a coffee break. quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pick me up that lifts me off my feet ♪ ♪ i know what can cool us off! ♪ ♪ coffee toffee twisted frosty ♪ ♪ coffee toffee ♪ twisted frosty ♪ oh, baby, do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ let me break it down. ♪ hand spun with real coffee, girl ♪ ♪ just like you like it! ♪ do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's. frosty! >>> look at fans, they are really taking care of those adam jones bobbleheads on the big night here at camden yards. the finale of this series is tomorrow night at 7:00, then the orioles head out on the road, three game series in philadelphia, that game's on friday and saturday, day game on sunday, then it's off to miami and a three-game interleague series against the florida marlins. there we are, in the bullpen picnic area just above the bullpen, as the orioles and mets get set to play game two of this three game series. what a night here at the ballpark. we have al bunbury, and his

justice stevens wrote those decisions in those cases. the last case was a very strong pro-preemption opinion on medical devices. justice stevens did not like it, but it occurred -- concurrend. this term comes along and he has the majority vote in these cases. if you are practitioner and i argued a couple of these cases, you have no idea what is going to happen with pre-emption on as you can figure out some way to persuade enough justices that they will outweigh justice stevens because he has written on every single one of these cases. i will make one final -- one final point. the obama administration, the president issued an executive order instructing agencies basically to go through all of their regulations and scrub them clean of any ambiguities, in other words, only preemption, don't write regulations saying your conduct here preements the state tort suits unless it's fairly cleemplet so those regulations will affect what the future decisions are going to be. >> john, you wand to jump in on this? >> yes. i'd just follow up on ted's p

justice stevens was on the other. it is not always so. true, there were nine of the 17 that did shake up in the usual way, but in five of the cases, justice stevens, kennedy ben's word and briar basham ginsberg and briar -- this posed one of many questions consistent with our current sixth amendment jurisprudence. could a judge, rather than a jury, find it essential to the position of consecutive sentences. i answered yes. in agreement with me were justices stevens, kennedy, briar, and alito. sutton, there was a credit card issuers resort to a federal court to compel arbitration of a dispute with a cardholder. although the issue were itself had convinced that in state court. the cardholder had raised a counterclaim governed by federal law. justices scalia, kennedy, souter and thomas joined me in holding that the issue had to stay on the state court track and their petition for arbitration would not be in federal court. the fourth circuit, whose decision we reviewed was on a different ground of the fourth circuit. third and by far the most

in another decision by justice stevens, this one was 6-3, the court held that there was not an implied preemption because of the labeling requirements of the food and drug administration. justice thomas added a concurring opinion saying i just don't believe in this implied preemption at all. if we're going to hold that the federal government can do something to prevent states from regulating something, congress is going to have to be specific about it. we're just not going to assume that the states don't have power to do this sort of thing. the issues that these cases bring up that go first with respect to what are the words used by congress to cause the preemption? the court goes into great lengths distinguishing between preemption because of the claim is based upon a certain type of conduct or whether it relates to a certain type of conduct and whether that choice of language by congress -- and there's very little debate ever about which actual words are going to be used, how much difference it will make, and then whether or not there will be a preemption based upon a broad, general

our prayers go out to the family of security officer steven tyrone johns, an innocent victim of this outrage. mr. speaker, that this violent act and needless death occurred at a memorial, erected to peace and tolerance by reminding the world of the deaths and horrors of the holocaust is to me simply unspeakable. so, mr. speaker, i urge all of my colleagues to support this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i'm honored to yield two minutes to the main sponsor of this resolution, the gentleman from florida, mr. klein. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. klein: i thank the speaker and the gentleman from west virginia. i rise today to your knowledge my colleagues to support h. res. 529, a bipartisan resolution that i offered with mr. pence, mr. waxman, mr. smith and mr. engel and i thank the speaker for promptly bringing it to the floor today. with the input and guidance from many members of this chamber as well as the

justice stevens said that he favors televising the supreme court. he thinks, as he put it, that it is worth a try. justice ruth bader ginsburg said that she would support television and the cameras as long as it was tbafl to gavel, justice alito noted that when he was on the third circuit, he voted in favor of televising the proceedings, but had a reservation saying that if confirmed, he would would want to consult with his -- with his colleagues about it justice kennedy has said that he thinks televising the court is inevitable. justice -- chief justice roberts left the question open. there is obvious sensitivity in the court if a colleague strenuously objects and such an objection has been launched by justice souter. can i tell you the day that you see a camera come into our courtroom, it is going to -- it is going to roll over my dead body. close quote. quite a dramatic statement. well, justice souter has announced his retirement. and perhaps in the absence of that kind of strenuous objection, it would be a good time for the court to reconsider t

manny acta saying what a franchise moment this is, he is also very confident steven has the makeup to live up to all this hype. we'll have lots more from the draft room in the press conference and the president's club. back over to you byron. >> thanks a lot debbie. if you look at what the nationals have available at that spot, look at what mike rid el had talked about, it may not be the best draft out there but they still have three of the first 80 picks. they can still get some quality people. >> they can get another pitcher. what they are doing is just stacking up on great young arms and we already have a truck load of good young arms and it's been evidenced by what the young men do up here. you can talk about stay monday, detwiler, zimmerman, you get a guy like strays bourg, this just takes you to another level. you know, we haven't signed him but assuming we're going to sign him. worst-case scenario we get the number 2 pick next we're but we don't want to waste another

the rank of sergeant in the texas national guard while serving as a cadet in the rotc program at steven f. austin university and serving as secretary of the delta. he graduated and took his oath in the united states army as the second lieutenant on december -- in december of 2005. in january of 2006, lieutenant west went to oklahoma for officers training and then in june, 2006, was assigned to forthood, texas, where he was a field artillery officer for the first cavalry division, 3rd brigade, 6th squadron. kyle deployed to iraq on october 4, 2006, and was promoted to first lieutenant the morning before his death on memorial day, may 28, 2007. on a volunteer rescue mission to save a downed helicopter pilot -- helicopter pilot, yeah, his bradley was hit by an i.e.d. in route -- enroute to save these pilots. kyle was due home for r&r two weeks before his death and six weeks before his 24th birthday. kyle received the purple heart and bronze star among his awards. he was also honored with a valor award from delta. this young man is one of those men many, many american heroes that we have se

didn't hear the news the nats did get their first round selection of the 2009 first year player draft, steven straysburg signed today or hopefully will sign soon with the nationals. . ♪ >> next on "espnews." back in the magic kingdom, orlando gets a chance at rerecommendation. what they must do to avoid a 3-0 hole. last year the red wings ended the penguins' season on their home ice. see if pittsburgh. avoid a replay. the yankees rarely need more motivation to bead the red sox. why they do this time around. >> strasburg is considered the best baseball player. >> with the first selection in the 2009 first year player draft, the washington nationals select stephen strasburg. ♪ >>> rises up and knocks it down. >> pau's first dunk. it is a clinic from a very focused kobe bryant. >> a jam-packed show for you. helping you stay current with the latest news, scores and high lights. a shocker out of college basketball. tim floyd has extend down as head coach of usc. with more on this story later on epses -- "espnews." >> the magic with an opportunity to make this thing a series, and to do that they ac

host: joining us for the last half-hour is steven aftergood with the project on government secrecy. we have just finished talking a little about the cia and their preservation of the intelligence and a secret from congress. you heard some of that conversation. anything surprise you? guest: just that it is part of a larger issue. hal information disclosure is regulated for political advantage. the government decides what it wants to disclose. it is often not based on principle, but on what serves their interests. that is a problematic approach. host: i should point out that the president has asked james jones, the national security adviser, to review the recommendations on the release of classified documents. what will happen in that 90-day period? guest: the classification is not based in law but an executive order. presidents typically issue their own version to define the classification system. president obama has said i want you to look at revising the bush administration's executive order to promote greater openness and transparency. over the next 90 days the national security c

one of the justices in the oral argument, i think it was justice stevens, said wasn't the due process caused a concern for the appearance and integrity of the judiciary? my opponent said it is only the right of the individual, not the right of the judiciary to be perceived in the right light. that bothered justice stevens, we need -- we have got to be mindful of justice as well as actual justice itself. having taken the case, once they took the case, it would be hard to say no problem. >> as we move to the conclusion it would not be appropriate to end without a comment or 2 on the retiring justice who leaves the court -- i had not met david souter before he was nominated to the bench. i remember covering his confirmation hearings for the mcneil news hour. i was taking what i was seeing in the hearings. i have to say the justice has been on the bench, seems to be fairly common ground with the figure i saw before the committee. i was not among those who was terribly surprised but i might not have predicted he would be as liberal a justice as some people think he turned out to be but a

, same caveat as justice stevens, same caveat as justice beginsberg, 26 or 27. to some those up, they have collectively dissented 52 times. on the liberal side, they have collectively dissented 90 or 92 times. justice kennedy has cast for dissenting votes in the entire term. kennedy's role as the so-called media and justice is quite extraordinary. i covered it for 30 years. i have never quite seen anything like this. is it a polarized court of the 72 decisions that have come down so far? 21 have been eight -- have been on a vote of 5-4. of those 24, 16 have been -- with justice kennedy casting the deciding vote. of those 16 in which justice kennedy cast the deciding vote, he went with the conservative side 11 times, and the liberal side five times. that is a statistical overview. i think you can see that yes, it is certainly a more conservative court. i think it is objectively a cova

chief justice roberts and justice stevens appeared on prime-time abc tv.tice ruth vader ginsberg appeared with mike wallace and was televised. and justice scalia and justice breyer appeared in an interview on the web. there is no doubt that there is enormous public interest in what the supreme court does when the case -- in the case deciding the supreme court -- the box around the supreme court was loaded with trucks. although the cameras could not get inside, there was a tremendous public concern. and the decisions of the court on all of the cutting edge issues of the day. the court decides executive power, congressional power, defendants' rights, habeas corpus, guantanamo, civil- rights, voting rights, affirmative action, abortion, and the list could go on and on. in both the 109th and 110th congress, i have introduced legislation calling for the court to be televised. twice it was reported favorably out of committee, but neither time reached the floor of the united states senate. united states senate. xu1Ñno carrierringno carrierrin0 whether she agrees

steven, wade, and liam were innocent victims of a horrific accident. but it was an accident that could and should have been prevented. mr. president, pipelines networks stretch across the entire country. they run under our homes, they run by our schools and offices. most people don't even know they're there in fact, the former bellingham police chief don pierce who was on the scene back in 1999 was recently quoted and he said: as i was standing there, none of it make any sense, because wreaks don't catch on fire. i don't think i knew that there was a gas pipeline that ran under there. the chief of police didn't know there was a gas pipeline underneither that. mr. president, nationwide the office of pipeline safety oversees more than 2.3 million miles of pipeline that transports hazardous liquid and natural gas across communities in the entire country. they perform an important service bringing oil and essential products to our homes an businesses. prior to this accident in bellingham, washington, i rarely heard about themselves myself, and like most am

i will talk about steven, though. when the cool things -- one of the cool things about the rotation that we are putting together, four rookies, and 124- year old, is that we are developing the same kind of atmosphere we had in atlanta. great closeness, a great friendship, and also greater competitiveness. they want to outdo the other. they also want to pick the other one up. that collegian bodes well for the future. that is what we have. -- that a legiocohesion bode wer the future. this is what we have. he cannot have a better place in which to grow and contribute. he will be a very good addition to this crop that we have here. it'll be a great environment for him to grow. >> according to the column in this morning's "washington post " there is no incentive to raise payroll. how much equity do you and they have. will the payroll be increased and by how much? >> i forgot to bring mine w-2 with me. [laughter] ownership is tricky. sports reporters have a tough time on business. that is on going to say. it is more complic

on the left, just as stevens and justice souter agreed together 87% of the time. that is the term by the numbers. the statistics i find most interesting. directionally, let me make a couple of points and then turn to a couple of cases i want to highlight. i mentioned actualism, and the court does actually have a conservative majority. i think the 5-4 statistics illustrate that, but under the leadership of chief justice roberts, it is taking a patient approach, so in areas where the conservatives take the view that the court in the warren court era and subsequently overstep the judicial role, it is much more patient and how it is that it is overruling those positions, so a couple of examples. we have the big case of voting, but was celebrated by the civil rights community as rejecting a civil rights challenge to the voting act, but if you read the opinion, it is page after page of why section 5 of the voting rights act is probably unconstitutional, and i think that decision if congress does not amend the act will later be cited as precedent for the fact that eight

justice kennedy's opinion for the court, joined by justices stevens, souter, ginsburg and breyer, emphasized the truly extraordinary facts, the c.e.o.'s significant and disproportionate influence on the election, and the temporal relationship between the election and the pending case. pending case. finally, among these most-watched cases, and perhaps the most important case of the term, northwest austin municipal utility district. at stake is congress' year 2006, 25-year renewal of section 5 of the voting rights act, a measure initially enacted in 1965. under the act, nine states, seven of them in the south, and some designated areas elsewhere, all with histories of discrimination against minority group voters, must obtain federal pre-clearance for any change in voting practices. the pre-clearance requirement extends to all local units within a designated state or area, and to gain pre-clearance the applicant must show that the proposed change has neither the purpose nor the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race. eight days after congress' latest reauthorization

sometimes in conjunction with her husband steven and sometimes on her own. she has written and analyzed the most emotional topics in today's political debate including affirmative action, education, and the subject of today's book and event, voting rights. of these perhaps voting rights is the most important because our experiment in republican self-government ultimately rests on the idea that all men, all people can participate equally in the political and electoral life of our country that determine what we do and who we are. what that means, what it is -- what is meant by equal participation is a much thornier question than is commonly understood and it is that thorny question which the doctor works to untangle in her book and will start to elucidate today. she's an adjunct scholar at aei and a member of the board of advisors at the u.s. election commission. she was a senior fellow from 1993 to 2009 and a member of the massachusetts state board of education for more than a decade. in 2007, she was awarded a bradley prize by the bradley foundation for outs

first from the administration's point man on north korea and my friend and constituent, ambassador steven bosworth, the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. we'll also hear an expert panel of witnesses who together have more than 100 years of experience dealing with the challenges that we face in north korea. north korea's test of the long-range ballistic missile last april followed by its second nuclear test last month refuse, frankly, reckless and irresponsible acts that do nothing to advance north korea's security. i was pleased to see that last night in new york, the permanent five members of the u.n. security council agreed to speak with one voice and tell north korea that its conduct is unacceptable. the draft security council resolution which we expect to be voted on soon imposes a sweeping arms embargo on north korea and financial transactions linked to north korea's nuclear program and ballistic missiles. it calls member states to inspect all cargo to and from north korea on the high seas at seaports and at airports. if countries have reason to be

thank you very much for coming. >> steven rinella is the author of the scavenger cuisine. he is a correspondent for outside magazine and his writing has been in several publications including the new yorker, men's journal and the new york times. more information visit the author's website at stephenrinella.com. the public affairs imprint is part of the perseus books group and at the book expo america's this year, public affairs is doing something different, susan weinbergers the publisher. wenner you doing here? >> the group decided to take up the challenge to publish a book in 48 hours, which led from the opening day to today. if you want to stop by and celebrate, the addie at is to showcase a lot of things that are happening in publishing. one is that the way electronic files and formats and all the different printing technologies, how much is changing and opening new opportunities in publishing and bookselling. the other one, continue and intensify the collaboration we're doing with other companies, there are lots of companies with lots of new ideas that can be very inn

another fact, on march 17, 2009, energy secretary steven chu testifying before the science committee said, quote, the cap and trade bill will likely increase the cost of electricity. end of quote. another fact i'd like to bring up today, energy secretary steven ch usaid that advocating -- chu said that advocating effective trade duties as a weapon to protect u.s. manufacturing is otherwise again u.s. manufacturing would be put at a huge disadvantage. he said establishing a carbon tariff would help, quote, level the playing field if other countries have an imposed mandatory redestructions in carbon emissions. again, referring to the fact that it would put our industry at a huge disadvantage. mr. chu said, quote, if other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we will be at a disadvantage. and he went on to say and we would look at considering duties to offset that cost, but the legislation doesn't have those in the bill. again, what we are looking at then is the united states to impose a self-inflicted wound, to put our industry and our country, our country at a huge disadvanta

she's likely to share many of the views that justice souter had and she's likely to join justices stevens and ginsburg and breyer, particularly in a lot of hot button cases involving constitutional law issues or other issues where in recent years we've seen that familiar 5-4 split on the court. i think one aspect of her record that will get close attention in the confirmation process is the decision in the ritchie case. many of you are familiar with that case but this was a case involving an aptitude test given by the city of new haven, connecticut, for fire fighters to determine which firefighters were eligible for promotion. a bunch of hopefuls took the test and when the city saw the result they determine an insufficient number of african american candidates qualified for a promotion based on their he's results, so they decided the best approach was to jettison the test completely, thereby denying the plaintiff group, a group of white firefighters, denying them the opportunity for promotion. judge sotomayor decided it should be uphold. it went to the supreme court, i think there's a lik

stevens personally. i never met the man but he comes highly recommended, i must say, by people who are knowledgeable, in fact, senator martinez have talked about him. bob, you and i have talked about him. i have constituents in for my state that is knowledgeable about fha work and know mr. stevens swell and have recommended him highly. senator shelby points out some issues that the committee could not ignore in the midst of this. i've talked to the secretary of hud about the nominee and what steps they might be willing to take to provide some assurances to the committee dealing with respa and other matters. i don't believe forcing this on the committee -- i'd like the consultation advice of my colleagues as well on a matter like this rather just bringing up a matter -- i always like on these matters where we can to have a bipartisan support for a nominee. and particularly there's an outstanding issue. we're all aware of what can happen. it sounds fine but six months, a year from now something pops up and

and now steven johns. later today we will have a resolution on the floor, hopefully to be a comfort to his family, and also to talk about how despicable this act of violence was. it's really sad. earlier this week we met with the president at the white house when he announced his pay as you go initiative. it was with great excitement that we heard his statement. just as a little history, maybe even ancient history to some of you, that means before you were born history, in 198 -- 1-9d 82 at the -- 1982 at the democratic mid-term convention, there was a resolution proposed for pay as you go. it was passed. it became part of the democratic platform that year. and it took until 1990 for it to become operative here when president bush was president of the united states. throughout the 90's it was how we operated. pay as you go. and the last four budgets of president clinton were in balance or in surplus. we have to return. you know what has happened in the eight years interseening in terms of the reversal of t

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justice stevens wrote, please read this, in the case that the chief justice opinion twisted brown vs. board of education in a very cruel way. the chief justice -- they approached the case, they said that the law is not an exercise in mathematical logic. what we do with judges we could do with computers, i never want to see that day. a chief justice with real-life experience, he made certain that this would be a unanimous decision. if they could accept this -- in contrast to the roberts scored, and desegregation decision, they said they would depart from the precedents of the court. the supreme court will issue one of its most important decisions in years, the constitutionality of the voting rights act. the voting rights act is a time- honored way to prevent discrimination. the court has always of held the constitution, i have to tell you, i listened to that argument, i am worried about -- students are taught that there is no more exclusive power than the 15th amendment, that gives us the right to vote. the passage of the voting rights act was the result of a struggle for civil rights.

one of the justices during the oral arguments, i think it was justice stevens said it is not the part of the justice -- of the -- due process clause the right of the judiciary? >> solis said it is the right of the individual not the judiciary. -- and another person said it is the right of the individual not the judiciary. we have to be mindful of the appearance of justice as well as the actual justice itself. the backs of this case were so bad that once they took the case, it was going to be hard to say, no problem. >> as we move to our conclusion , we should and with a comment on the retiring justice souter believes the court. i had not met him before he was nominated to the bench. i remember covering his confirmation hearings. i was taking what i was seen in the hearings. the justice he has been on the bench seems fairly can grow much with the person i saw before the hearings. some people think he has turned out to be a liberal justice. during his time in washington, he has been disengaged from the social life in washington. it does not appear on the social scene. we know he will be

. >> deb: and tonight's steven's college coach at san diego state describes him as a hard working humbles it and he wants to play big league baseball. >> and he said the same thing about rob dibble too. he said the guy always has humble. he did. >> rob: i was never humble. >> johnny: scoreless relief in each of his last 18 appearances. look at this number. 16 innings only 8 hits allowed, no earned runs, walked seven and struck out six. >> rob: the one thing i like about ron being here is his approach. he knows he doesn't have a good mid-90s fastball ha he had when heame up through the leagues, he has to locate pitches, be very careful about where he pitches some of these hit terse because every hitter now, when you're an older pitcher, is dangerous. >> johnny: as you got older you justed? you had to. >> rob: absolutely. absolutely. >> johnny: and ramon hernandez popped foul down the first base line, nice catch by nick johnson there on the tarp. that one goes in the stands it's all down. >> rob: not just velocity. no lab ryan, his fastball was  little straighter than it was earlier in h

he is recorded as he talks to chris matthews, ted stevens of alaska, patrick murphy of pennsylvania, kitty kelley, 9/11 commission member richard ben be-veniste. it's 45 minutes. >> come in here marks lina. come in. >> give me your best laugh. thank you. >> yes, please. >> we have one here. that's a whistler from when he was living in london over there. >> i love this. >> this is roberter longard. a new york artist. >> tell me about the reagan photograph. >> this -- i was convinced this was reagan. >> it was from that period. >> i meant this picture. i didn't mean this. tell me about this. >> this one? it was in a white house event. as you can see we're very close. >> you are. got all the paces covered. >> i never knew your politics. this is my first indication. >> i love this photograph, by the way. just a classic reagan photograph. gorgeous. okay. >> daniel patrick white. a woman in new york who ran a communist art center. >> i have seen this before and i love it. >> there are very few of these. >> i love that. >> destroyed the original. >> somehow his seems out of synch with reaga

that is the best way to celebrate and honor steven, wade and lena. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 181, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 181, a resolution designating june 10, 2009, as national pipeline safety day. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to this resolution be placed in the record in the appropriate place, as if read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. and i thank my senate colleagues and i remind all of us as americans we have to be vigilant about what's around us and when we are we can make a difference in the lives of a number of people. the trnl difficult that occurred ten years ago will re

they're very concerned that the republican senator ted stevens got a raw deal from prosecutors. i also see a couple of people that have driven all night from alabama to be here bright and early, because they think that democratic governor got a raw deal by the same prosecution in the public integrity section of the u.s. justice department. if we think about it, there is a somewhat small group back here is a lot about justice issues. a lot of people probably wouldn't be hanging out with one another if they weren't here on some abstract level trying to think about how this can work, how this can be fair. each person is going to be a little divisive when you get into specifics. in a larger context, we happen to be here in this 100 year-old institution, the national press club. as i look out the screen, which you can do, we have a lot of old buildings and institutions around here. across the street is the hotel where lobbyists come from. in the 1800's, the fat cats would sit in the hotel lobby right there. they would wait for people to come in with feet -- from the white house and t

elimination game for the razorbacks who went to closer steven richards to start this game. number one pitcher finished the game on wednesday. first inning, brings home one. bases loaded in the third. arkansas matched the collegein world series record by using eight pitchers. lsu hit them all. dean a grounder to first. it's booted.at l one scores to put the tigers up 2-0. top of the ninth, pinch-hitter tyler hanover connects for a two-run home run. loses wins 14-5 to eliminate arkansas and advances to the finals for the first time since 2000. >> arizona state beats texas twice to advance to the college world series. >> the power rangers face one of the best power pitchers of all time. and later in top stories, one has made up his mind. the other has not. kobe and phil address their future with the ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar music ] draw another door. don't say draw. never filling, always refreshing. bud light. the dif

steven and i waited for that call. we are very attentive. well, they went out and had ice- cream. . guest: he is overexpose according to the principles of white house press, but perhaps he has figured out something the previous administrations did not. i still think he is in danger of it. every time the president has to take a stand publicly he antagonizes some one. you would rather send out something other than the president if the white house has to send out a story. the president risks taking the brunt of being out there. i have seen his - show up faster than his positives have gone down which is a hint that he might be over exposed. so far he is doing fine at around 60%. guest: he has a lot on his plate and he wants not only his staff and others talking about the recovery program and the car bailouts in deficit, this regulatory plan -- it is hard to keep up. i call him the energizer. he has to get out there to sell this product. guest: the technical problem is that the more that any president is out there talking about issues the less the media will accept a substitute. to the e

senators, but the move is becoming increasingly familiar for embattled republicans including ted stevens and larry craig. they're going before the conference to discuss their situations. also, related to the shakeup in the republican leadership, we have been talking about shannon there john finan -- we will be talking about senator john thune. and the alaska senator is seeking to be the vice chair as john will move up to the policy chair in the senate and leadership. next is greg from virginia. good morning. caller: yes, i think it is a little -- i am disgruntled. it seems like we are putting all the money into the financial institutions or the stimulus package has focused on financial institutions when their product is money. so we are giving them their product. they were not good at managing their product. the money would have been better used had it been given to citizens to stimulate the economy. people don't have money to spend. if it would have given some of that money back to the people, then the people could use it. but it seems like this a administration is in support of big bus

chief justice roberts and justice stevens appeared on "primetime," abc, justice ginsberg was on television, justice meyers participated in "fox news sunday," a debate between justice scalia was available for viewing on the web. there is no doubt of the enormous public interest in what television -- in what the supreme court does when the case of bush v. gore was decided, the block surrounding the supreme court chambers across the green from the senate was loaded with television trucks. although the cameras couldn't get inside, there was tremendous public concern. and the decisions of the court are on all of the cutting edge issues of the day. the court decides executive power, congressional powrks defendant's

supreme court justice john paul stevens. she also helped in the transition -- headed up the role of picking and putting lawyers into the administration, so if you have any be about that, you can see her after the pan. we had a great chance to work together during that time. we were going to have greg craig on the panel tonight. it is tough in the white house counsel's office. he is not yet in witness protection, but he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening, so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. so let me start. in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitution society, i will start with lisa. i want to ask you a two-part question. the first part is, you have been the executive director of the american constitution society and you have now been the white house staff secretary. we know which one is harder. you have to answer which one is more fun. when your done with that, last year i think at this conference, if you ask anyone in the audience, probably eve

host: you can read the report of steven aftergood on our website at c-span.org. that will about good. we will be back at 7:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. have a great day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . >> tonight, dennis blair will discuss his recent trip to pakistan, afghanistan, and singapore. that begins at about 8:30 p.m., also on c-span 2. the former cia director michael hayden gave a speech at the institute of world politics. it is a graduate school focusing on international affairs. he talks about the importance of a foreign policy vocation. >> it was less difficult putting on my battle uniform than this. you are very kind. everything you said about janine was true. i know you are an honest man. i know you are in washington. clearly, your remarks about me were not rendered under oath. graduates, family, and friends of graduates, it is an honor for me to be here among you. not just to be here to recognize your achievements, but it is an honor that you have asked me to be inclu

will they be able to sign their first round draft pick, steven strawsberg, kerd the best prospect in a generation. will the owners open their pocket books a bit wider and bring in some better players so the nats aren't talked about in the same sentence as the 1962 new york mets. he has been the subject of criticism in the "washington post" and the washington times,. then again, the atlanta journal constitution once questioned why he got a contract extension. that was in 1991, two years before the braves began their winning streak. he began in baseball by walking up to ted turner and offering to work for nothing. as ted turner once told the paper, that was an offer even i couldn't refuse. besides the braves, mr. kasten has served as president of the atlanta hawks basketball team, and the thrashers hockey team, becoming the first person ever to serve as the head of three major league teams simultaneously. mr. kasten grew up in new jersey and graduated from new york university and columbia law school. that law degree probably comes in handy when he has to negotiate contracts with agent

. >> outside magazine correspondent steven rinella recounts the history of the american buffalo, from its centrality to the lives of native americans to the sizable reduction of its population from forty million to a few hundred by the late nineteenth century and its usage as a symbol of america. this event, hosted by tidal wave books in anchorage, alaska, is 40 minutes. >> thank you for coming out tonight. i want to read a little bit from my book and show some slides. when i showed the slides, i will need somebody to hit the button. i need a nearby volunteered to handle that for me. i don't need much introduction, i will read from the beginning of the book, a couple pages. this begins with a quote from a guy, and novelist named powell. he has no idea he has done this, he said one time in passing, they have the huge, giant head, the oddball design of a billiard ball. in the past week, i have become a buffalo, sort. the perfect specimen has the circumference of a baseball cap with full blair's. it is as dense as a gingersnap cookie with the color and texture of old cardboard that has b

it is the second retreat by the justice prosecutors since the conviction of ted stevens was tossed out of court in april. some are calling it a major shakeup in the east wing. the first lady has replaced her chief of staff with a longtime chicago friend. ms. norris has been appointed a senior adviser to the corporation for national and community service. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to focus on the economy. the unemployment rate is 9.4%. that is the highest in 25 years according to the associated press. we want to get your reaction to this story this morning. you can also email us or send us a tweet. we have other economic stories this morning. this is from "the washington post." there are signs that the firm wants to spend again. united airlines is planning a major purchase of airlines in the next few years. host: that host: is from the washington post this morning. -- that is from "the washington post" this evening. there will be an apple event this weekend. mortgage rates hit a six-month high. the piece poin

he is the guy who introduced brian lamb and steep janger -- steven janger. \ he was the early founder. without those visionaries, that applies to brian lamb and steve janger and gerard. >> you should tell the story about the camel. >> cspan had just gone there and they were showing only what was going on in the house of representatives. >> with cameras on by the house. >> right did not on cameras and they cannot have anything else on the air. steve janger , founder and former ceo, went to bryant and asked about getting cameras. closeup bought the first cameras for cspan. back. our television programming. that was in december of 1979. from there, it just built and the relationship got stronger. it evolves over time. >> i was working at a get washington bureau in the 1980's and whenever close-up brought this from our market, we were on capitol hill meeting with members. sometimes we could get a story about 27 of our 10 stations with one visit it was certainly a marriage made in heaven for the close of program and the newseum. >> it was more like a marriage made board room. charles overb