and ted olson, would you like to take us into that? >> i'd love to do that. i know preemption's very much on your mind out there. [laughter] >> it's a saturday morning issue. [laughter] >> i'd like to say a word or two about the civil rights cases. >> okay. >> but very briefly. john roberts, chief justice roberts in the earlier voting rights case and i think it was his first term said something, and it's a sordid business di i having this up -- divvying this up by race. and in the louisville and seattle cases he said the way to end discrimination on the way sis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race, so he feels pretty strongly about that, and he's got some colleagues on the court that feel pretty strongly about it too. i have a feeling about the narrowness of the northwest austin decision, it was one of those april argues where there isn't very much time to get everything done. they've got to be done by the end of june. the strip search case which, i guess, we're going to come to later was also a late april argument, and the oral argument ten

i'd just follow up on ted's point. i think it is very crucial to understand what the agencies are doing because, in some respects, both of these cases suggest, at least in the implymouth preemption area, the cases could have come out differently. the agencies actually deliberated on the issues relevant to the case, for instance, in wyeth versus levine, if they had actually taken a count of the particular risks and decided despite these particular risks this is the way the warning really should be, if they actually had in the altria case talked about what the required cigarette companies to put certain kinds of nicotine amounts on their labels, then i think the court would have come out differently because we actually would have had deliberation of the expert agency. and i think that changes the preemption calculus because then there are the concern that we don't want to have jurors inexpert overruling the views of the expert agency. it's also because we'll have a decision in a national market, we'll actually have delib

i would like to follow up on ted's point. it is crucial to understand what the agencies are doing, because in some respects, some of these cases reflect an implicit preemption in the area. the cases could have come out differently if the agencies had actually deliberated on the issues relevant to the case. for instance, in wyatt versus levine, if they had taken account of the particular risks and decided despite these particular risks, this is the way the wording should really be, like they had in the altria case, talked about what was requiring cigarette companies to put certain types of nicotine amounts on their labels, then i think the court would have come out differently, because we actually would have had deliberation of the expert agency. i think that changes the pre-sem shon calculus. then there is the concern that we don't want to have juries, inexperts, over rulings of the expert agency. it is also because we will have a decision in a national market, and a deliberation that this is the way to proceed. on the other

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[applause] >> ted, dick, jan, and john. this discussion has, i am sure you agree has been most enlightening and stimulating. we've learned about fish that only die temporarily and other matters. [laughter] and it is no wonder this panel has become one of the popular highlight features of our conference. we now are going to bring the conference to a close, and i think it has been a wonderful conference. we have had a good time. we have learned a lot. and i would now like to call on our chief judge who calls this conference to adjourn, judge karen williams. >> i, too, want to thank each of our panelists today, and also professor howard for the wonderful job that he did add our moderator. this term included decisions on a great variety of subjects, and i thought you all did a masterful job of exploring those decisions and providing us with important take-aways. first, before adjourning, there are several other people i would like to thank. first, chief justice roberts for his willingness to be botha dressed -- both address the

this is land in montana owned by ted turner. ted turner owns more buffalo than exist in a while. there are 500 today, 5 ended thousand in north america today, 96% are privately-owned livestock. people have them because they're into the hobby of owning them or their marking them for meat. i can't propose that as a problem because private collectors save the buffalo from extinction because they provided a nucleus heard to breed them more. but the thing is interesting is all the mistakes we have made with different animals and my children's life time we will no longer have the polar bear and we will certainly no longer have hundreds of species of birds and many mammals. there's nothing we can do to bring them back. by having 500,000 buffalo out there, it is a curious situation where we could have as many wild ones as we once. they are inconvenient to have around, they can cause a lot of damage, they can't work people. buffalo in yellowstone park will and more people than grizzly bears combined. we can always look and say all we have to do, not even metaphorically but literally, is o

ted never gave up when it gets to the issues that are in his heart and soul. he fought as long as he possibly could. we're continuing that fight today, and he handed the banner over to senator dodd, who's done an extraordinarily good job on this bill. he's been called into action here on the senate floor repeatedly. just a few weeks ago he passed the credit card reform act after more than 20 years of trying. finally got it done, a dramatic change in the law to protect consumers and families across america. and now today, with the passage of this -- well, at least the movement of this bill forward toward passage this week, we're going to be able to protect millions of children and americans from deadly tobacco-related disease. i thank senator dodd for his leadership. i commend this bill to my colleagues. this is our moment in history. let's not miss it. let's seize this opportunity to create protection for a lot of young people who will otherwise find their lives compromised by this deadly tobacco product. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: morning busin

and when you look for a single season home run total only ted cla swriew ski and ted foster had more in a season than adam dunn did. >> rob: didn't he hit 42 and foster hit 52. >> johnny: back in '54 for ted ecu swriew ski and 77 for george foster. but from '04, '05, '06, '07, 46, 40, 40, and 40.  i mean that's getting t done. >> rob: it is. and you know, when i sit here and think that guy is in the middle of your lineup, i don't want to pitch to him so i'm going to pitch around him. and the healthier elijah duke stays and the more ryan zimmerman hits, the more, he helps the lineup just being in there. but i've talked to hall of famer, jim rice just got elected to the hall of fame. he used to tell his managers, i want to be in the lineup even if i'm hurt, sick, whatever, i want to play, because it makes the lineup better when i'm in it. and that's the same thing with adam dunn. whether he is hitting or not he makes the lineup that much more dangerous in the other pitcher's mind. >> johnny: when you look at this lineup with zimmerman in front of him and d

kennedy now i think there is the determination really to get health care done and have ted kennedy's name on it in part because of that emotional link but obviously they all want to see universal health care or something approaching it. but the personal element, doing it for ted kennedy is very important. >> host: the phone calls between bill clinton and senator kennedy were somewhat frosty. >> guest: they were frosty and they were not just between the two. the conversations were going back and forth any time one of these people peeled off. in fact it was john kerry that was the establishment figure to pilaf and indorse obama. but the kennedys decided look, they're had always been tension between the kennedys and the clintons. there was a sort of rival claim to being the spiritual leaders of the party, and that rupture was very real and painful at least on the clinton side. i think it was difficult for the kennedys, too. >> host: did the selection of july and as barack obama is running mate surprise you? >> guest: i will admit to being surprised. yes, i will. knowing they had tension

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is stepping in for nor ted kennedy. this portion of the first day's session is about an hour and 25 minutes. and forth, on the opening statements. let me thank all the staff and others who spent as much time as they have on this legislation over the last number of months. this -- the opening line, is one that gets s s said quite offer we're doing legislation this is historic for all of us. mike enzi said, and will say again today and i agree totally, all of us here on this committee have dealt with major legislation in our lives. whether it is my work with orrin hatch on child care or working with other senators on the -- on the no child left behind act, the family medical leave act, i look at colleagues here, john, you work on immigration issues, others, major bills we have all worked on over the years that are huge and significant. but this bill affects everybody. 100% of our fellow citizens will be affected by what we do in the area of health care. every consumer, every business, every provider as well. and so this i

ted olson on behalf of the bush campaign and david on behalf of the gore campaign somewhat in contrast to your attorney, dahlia lithwick, these were accomplished basis although david argued previously at the u.s. supreme court he had been handling the arguments in the florida court and was probably as familiar as anyone with the florida law as it unfolded. but he and countered in particular and i spent time talking with each of them subsequent to the arguments in preparation for this book was what had become a bit of a to attract possibility in the way the court was going to decide the case of bush v. gore article to issue as to whether the court in florida adhered to constitutional provisions, really kind of a structural approach as to whether the court in florida was respecting the desires and wishes of the florida legislature in terms of how all the electors would be chosen for the vote on the presidency, or whether there was an equal protection issue and the way everyone who cast a vote within the state of florida but particularly in four of the county's was being judged. whether e

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 scott boras, who is representing strawsberg. let's welcome stan kasten to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you, donna. it is always great. >> i see so many friendly faces here in the audience. i also see plenty of media. [laughter] when i do speeches, i often start by asking do we have any media in the room today? and the reason i do, a couple of reasons. first of all, when there's no media in the room i can tell people things that i might not otherwise. but the main reason is you often see people getting in trouble for their quotes, for their stories and the routine, the knee-

ted kennedy is one, john lewis is another. and so is the man i am privileged to introduce this morning, senator patrick leahy of vermont. [applause] now as of the son of irish and italian parents in vermont, a state where his father was used to see signs like -- no irish need apply, or no catholic supply -- and during a less progressive era, i suspect bags packed leahy understands what it means to sometimes feel like an outsider in the land of their birth. i believe that as a major reason why senator leahy speaks out so loudly against injustice, whether it takes place inside or outside of our country. is probably the trade i most admire of him. you can occasionally see it in his eyes as he thunders against the denial of an important symbol right war when he speaks of the dangers of trampling on checks and balances or civil liberties in the name of national security. and with the kind of criticism he has earned over the years from people like dick cheney. [laughter] including some nine bridges that i won't repeat here. it is ob

so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me.tch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities >> bob: bonifacio, ramirez, and cantu the due ups against scott olsen. let's talk about all those rookie of the year candidates back in 06. did we get them all? six of them. three on the nats now, zimmerman, olsen and willingham. >> rob: we got them all. >> bob: ramirez, uggla and josh johnson, the marlins. >> rob: we didn't get josh johnson. >> bob: i mentioned him in passing. he got a mention. >> rob: you mentioned him. but he got hurt in 07, had the surgery. >> bob: we'll see all of him we want on wednesday. >> rob: more like bonifacio bunting the ball. >> bob: emilio bonifacio, 1 for 2 tonight with a triple and a run scored. and the marlins box rolling by, two runs on five hits. but now olsen has retired 7 straight. a little flair. hernandez getting out there and backpedalling to grab it. with more on scott olsen, here's debbi. >> well

. >> rob: ted williams said he could see the seams on the baseball as they came towards him. >> bob: i do believe that ted williams could read the commissioner's signature on the baseball or, back in those days, it was the president of the american league signature. >> rob: scary thought. there were good arms like rapid rob feller. >> bob: second walk of the night for garza. let's go back to the 1st inning and see what the rbi guys did, the d & d boys in the middle of the line-up. >> rob: that was breaking ball, great pitch recognition and adam dunn gets the first rbi of the ballgame. >> bob: and then the dukes boy, those dukes of hazards. >> rob: elijah dukes coming home with a two-rbi double and matt garza not too pleased. >> bob: early game geico highlights for you. nationals already three runs on six hits. garza came into this game rather unhittable with an opponent batting average of .206. >> rob: who mays boss hog? >> bob: you are not asking me. >> rob: you didn't watch the show, did you? >> i live out by the blond haired guy. snyder? still drives that general lee around town.

so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me.fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities >> bob: come on, buddy, cheer up, it's 2-0 nationals. they've outhit the marlins 3-1. this is an interesting number right here, rob. starts as they relate to wins and with shairon martis gone now, john lannan has just about the best ratio. >> rob: and four of those five wins have come in the last month, in june. so john lannan is definitely -- has definitely taken over the number one slot in the rotation. it would be nice to see scott olsen slip into the number two slot, then you have the three rookies right there. >> bob: not since oka won three in a month for the expos in 04 has a pitcher with this organization done what john lannan just did, so obviously the first national to do it. carroll, nolasco and coughlin for the marlins here in the third. ribs that one to left center. it will plug the gap. he has good speed. willie harris to get it back in. le

so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.  >> bob: two runs on s seven innings with seven k's for scott olsen last night. a sheikh shame they didn't win the game the way he pitched. >> rob: yeah, seven spectacular innings. he came back so sharp. give you an example how awful jon smoltz was a year after a layoff. this is only about a month layoff. maybe a little morement he came back with a great changeup, great breaking ball, good velocity. maybe debbi taylor can do a little digging to find out how

i usually disagree with ted kennedy's policies that have always admired his capacity to lead. this death is a bold but cannot do the kind of backroom discussions with centers that would bring them together -- the stuff is able, but cannot do the discussions. host: we are already getting tweets on your martini recipe. it is always a pleasure. thank you both for being here. the cover of this magazine, the latest edition -- the best and brightest blow it again. joining us from new york at the top of the are, former congressman tom davis will be with us in a moment to talk politics, health care, and to take your phone calls. happy father's day on this june 21. ♪ >> people did not want to think of roosevelt's conservation and as much as a policy but rather oppression. he put aside over 200 acres of wild america. now people are talking about environmentalism and green movements and roosevelt is becoming the key figure because he was the only politician of the day who understood biology and the migratory patterns of birds and mating habits of dee r, elk, antelope and actually did som

ted kennedy is one. john lewis is another, and so is the man i am privileged to introduce this morning, senator patrick leahy of vermont. [applause] a is the son of irish and italian parents in vermont, a state where his parents once used to see signs like "no irish need apply" or "no catholics need apply," during a less oppressive era, i suspect patrick leahy knows what it feels like to sometimes feel like an outsider in the land of your birth. i believe it is a major reason why he speaks out so loudly against injustice, whether it takes place inside or outside our country. it is probably the trait nanaimo's did mire. -- the trade i most admire. you can occasionally see it in his eyes as you see hihim speakf the dangers of checks and balances for civil liberties in the name of national security, and with the kind of criticism he has turned over the years from people like dick cheney, including some language i will not repeat here, it is obvious he has been remarkably effective. even with senator leahy h

so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities >>> yeah, he's been swinging the bat very well. he's been probably our best hitter the last month or so. despite having to stop playing, he's swinging a hot bat, he's got a track record as a hitter in the big leagues and we're looking forward to having a very good second half out of him. >> no question about, josh willingham swinging a hot bat. his average up to .278, last 17 games he's hitting .500. the orioles series, josh went 6 for 11 and had a stolen base. look who is leading off again. why not. willie harris in center, cristian guzman at short, and ryan zimmerman in the cleanup spot tonight. adam dunn will be playing left field, willingham goes to right. wil nieves will be catching and scott olsen on the mound tonight as the nationals try to get their 23rd win of the season against 51 losses. how about florida, 38 and

and i can't tell you how proud i am to be involved in it in the name of ted kennedy, in the name of others who is come before us, mike defin dewine of ohio who championed this along with henry waxman in the other body and the thousands of organization whose have joined us today. mr. durbin: i thank the senator from connecticut for his leadership on this issue. just a few week he had historic legislation on credit card reform. senator enzi, thank you for making this a true bipartisan effort. we wouldn't be here today without your cooperative effort and i thank senator dodd for invoking the name of our great hero, ted kennedy, who really started this fight. in just a few minutes, this senate will make a historic decision and i think they'll make the right decision. joe camel will be given a life sentence and put away forever and we're going to give our kids and our families across america a fighting chance for a better life. this bill is historic. it's been a long time coming. thank you for all your hard work to make it possible. mr. dodd: i yield the floor. y mr. enzi: mr. president? the pr

and we have ted olson also well known to you. a washington attorney who has argued i think 52 cases before the supreme court, that is not a record but certainly put some in the big league of practitioners before that body. i know my colleagues feel as i do in thinking the fourth circuit, chief judge williams, judge niemeyer, and the other judges of the circuit for their hospitality. an extraordinary staff. i can't think the staff people too much for having helped us with the arrangements so they have made us comfortable and so that the panel doesn't suit your expectations not because the circuit and a staff didn't do their best. we are as you know now in the fourth year of the so-called roberts court. there is the convention of calling the supreme court by the name of the chief justice that is sometimes a little bit deceptive here and we have reason to think this will be in every sense of the world the roberts court, but it is a young court yet. i'm going to provide a little historical context at the outset. instruct mean and i c

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but the personal element doing it for ted kennedy is very important. hoich but the phone calls were somewhat frosty. guest: they were. and those conversations were not just between the two. conversations going back and forth, jacques was the first establish -- jauk was the first to -- john kerry was the first. but the kennedies decided there had always been tension between the kenddi's and the clintons, really. there was sort of a rival claim to being the spiritual leaders of the party, and that rupttur was very real and painful, at least from the clinton side. i think it was difficult for the kenddi's too. >> did the selection of joe biden surprise you? >> i will admit to being surprised. knowing that they had tensions in the senate, senator biden was the chairman of the foreign relations committee, been there for decades. he did not really treat this young senator with a big profile very well. he treated whim some disdain. and that came out in the campaign and the primary process when biden himself was a candidate. they obviously set that aside. the

senator max baucus, also the head of aarp and senator christopher dodd who is taking over for senator ted kennedy in supervising as chairman of the house committee hearings continue this week. it points out the lobby for drug companies, pharmaceutical research manufacturing organization said it pledged $80 billion of 10 years to help reform are troubled health-care system. the commitment came in a deal with the white house and senator max baucus, democrat of montana and chairman of the finance committee. but further in the story, senate aides and drug company lobbyists say the $80 billion reflected total projected savings to the health care system and included unspecified future concessions, besides the drug discounts and the coverage gap. some reflects savings to the government, some reflects savings to older americans, but all the savings from closing the so-called bill mudhole would go to beneficiaries, and not to the government. flint, michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. host: we will be in your town next week. what is the situation like? caller: i would like to talk about t

there were several cases this term, and, ted, would you take us into that? >> yes. i will start with what john ended with which is the standing point. there were five so-called environmental cases, and the so-called environmental side lost all five, so i suppose it's going to be characterized as a big loss for the environmental interests and so forth, but most of these cays really had to do with -- cases really had to do with other grounds for decision, one of which which john mentioned involving the extent to which people harp objecting to a forest service policy in the cutting of trees could go ahead and wring this challenge notwithstanding the fact that the case had been settled, and they were went going to process and procedures and policies of the. justice scalia said there's no stand anything this case. john roberts wrote a law review argue about standing. he joined the justice department in 1981 when rex lee, chief then john roberts, now chief justice roberts was a special tant to the attorney general. one of the things going on is judicial restraint, what ca

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i do not think you can find any better panelists then linda greenhouse and ted olson. they will discuss for placements and retirements. we are very very proud that we have panelists of this caliber. we're delighted to have our friend and circuit justice, as i mentioned, is sometimes very hard to be unanimous about anything. this is like herding cats. if there is one thing, it is our respect for chief justices. one of the things that i think we respect so much about him is that he has an essential service of the dignity of the job. it is our great fortune to have someone of the chief justice's caliber leading our system. i have a few questions for you. you mentioned last night, in your remarks, that one of the things that you had accomplished was to follow the caliber of the supreme court little bit so that everything would and get jammed up in may and june. that is one of the reforms to have worked on. if there is -- what aspect of operations would you change? what is the one single thing about the president -- the present supreme court practice that you would change i

i have had the privilege of working with his youngest brother, ted kennedy. he will hold hearings on the nomination of obama of sonia sotomayor to be the associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. i have my chief counsel here, we're going to get her informed -- confirmed. you better believe we will get her confirmed. take that to the bank. think of the number of firsts in her nomination. the first nominee in over a century to be nominated by three different presidents. goerge h.w. -- george h.w. bush, clinton, and now obama to the supreme court. and the first hispanic. being the first is not very easy. but you may be the first person to go to law school or college. i became the first one to receive a college degree. she graduated summa cum laude. she began her career as a prosecutor in new york city, the district attorney of manhattan was a wonderful [unintelligible] i remember when bill clinton nominated her, the republicans controlled the senate, and they put a hold on the nomination. they place an anonymous call on her -- hold on her, but

especially thank, representative waxman, representative dodd, -- senator dodd, and most importantly, senator tedo cannot be here today. [applause] and the legislation i am signing today represents a change that has been decades in the making. since the middle of the last century, we have known about the deadly effects of tobacco products. more than 400,000 americans now die of tobacco related illnesses each year, making it the leading cause of preventable deaths in the united states. more than 8 million americans suffer from at least one serious illness caused by smoking. these health problems caused us all more than $100 billion a year. what is even worse are the effects on our children. one out of every five children in our country are now current smokers by the time believe high school. think about that statistic. one out of every five children are smokers by the time the live -- leave high school. i know how difficult it can be to break the habit when it has been with you for a long time. i know that kids do not just start smoking for no reason. they are aggressively targeted as customers by

ted kennedy, who cannot be here today. this legislation represents change decades in the making. since the middle of last century we have known about the deadly effects of tobacco products. 400,000 die every year, making this the legal will cause of preventable death in the united states. nearly 8 million merit -- million americans suffer from something caused by smoking, and this costs us over $100 billion a year. even worse is the effect on our children. one out of every five children are current smokers by the time they leave high school. every day over 1000 children become smokers, much of this began before the 18th birthday. i was one of those teenagers and i know how difficult this habit can be to break. and i know that children do not begin for no reason. they are targeted by the tobacco industry, and are exposed. raj of advertising where they live and learn and play. the offer products that mask the taste of tobacco. we have known about this for decades, but despite the efforts of so many advocates, tobacco industry has generally won the day on the hill. when henry waxman

host: ted, democratic line. good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. think that this is going to be a case of natural evolution. we do not know yet halthat the ayatollahs will not seize control in a hardline wave. if not this week, next week, maybe even next year, but people change in iran like i feel that would have changed in iraq. this is almost a statement of how mistaken our former president and defense secretary were when they undertook the war in iraq. ultimately, iran will go in a way that will be more humane. i hope that it not -- it does not take 20 years. host: this front page of "the new york times" photograph is from tehran. we have been monitoring video on youtube, some of it over the weekend. we are not absolutely certain of the dates. we will show you some of the pictures as we listen to john from maryland. caller: that democrat that just spoke, his analysis of the situation is totally wrong. i think that the iranians, if they are able to overthrow the regime, a huge amount of credit should be given to george bush. he would have complet

as far as this idea of socialized medicine, if we are all going on socialized medicine, and ted kennedy along with the other rich congressmen and politicians are under the same system, make sure that everybody is the same. sometimes in america we have to hear the word no. if we eliminated all of these health insurers, coverage programs. if we eliminated them and a person walk into a hospital and needed care, wouldn't the hospital have to lower care costs to meet the current demand of the consumer as far as, you couldn't charge $20 for an aspirin. you would have to lower it down. these insurance companies, if you walk in with blue cross the doctor's eyes light up like they hit the lottery. but if i wanted to buy a hamburger far -- from a store, and the person so that for $10, nobody would buy it and they would be out of business. guest: very interesting. is the emergency room the most cost-effective way to do it? it costs a lot more than if you had to go a different way. as far as health insurance companies, one problems consumers face is blue cross may not take the coverage. i think the

there was only one ted williams, and ryan is a guy who i think is very scientific at the plate, oney guy who goes up to the plate with a plan, and right now the plan just isn't working. >> joel hanrahan almost came in trying to hold the jays down, unfortunately not a successful one for him. >> it's unfortunate. >> these guys can come back from four runs any day. it suction that you get in that situation and get two quick outs and let the game get out of hand right there. the team that we have, we feel like we can come back from four runs. we started out getting the first three guys on base right there, so it's tough. >> can you put today a side and say, we took two out of three from the blue jays and two out of three from the yankees and facing the red sox. >> it was a great week for us. we won two series. those are two big teams there that we won the series from, and we have to get ready for boston and enjoy the day off tomorrow and regroup a little bit and get ready. >> the boston red sox come to town for a big series starting tuesday. they beat the braves today 6-5, started the ga

ted kennedy is one of them, this is the person i am privileged to introduce this morning. patrick leahy of vermont. [applause] as the son of irish and italian parents, in vermont, where his father saw signs that said, no irish need to apply, i suspect that he understands firsthand what it means to sometimes feel like an outsider. this is a major reason why he is speaking now so loudly against injustice, whether this is inside or outside of the country. this is the trade that is most admired. you can see this as the defenders against the denial of an important civil right, or when he is speaking about traveling on checks and balances for civil liberty. and with the kind of criticism that he has earned from people like dick cheney, including language i will not repeat here, it is obvious that he has been remarkably affective. when he was targeted for terrorism, being under the police guard, he never set aside his principles. he was with us when there was a vigil at the national japanese american memorial to patriotism. he spoke out on behalf of the americans, who were state

we have been the lieberman from the heritage foundation, ted rockwell from the american nuclear society, chris -- is that? from the chamber of commerce. mr. lieberman is a specialist in energy and environmental issues. he is a senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation. he is trained as a lawyer and an accountant, and he has testified before congress as well as appeared on programs on nbc, cbs, fox, cnbc, and msnbc, commentaries have been published in a major newspaper including the "washington times," "beat san diego tribune," the american -- "the american standard." mr. rockwell has been involved directly with nuclear power for 20 years. he started in 1943. he was in the elite task force at the atomic bomb project in tennessee. he became head of the radiation shield engineering group. then a navy captain hired him to work on the naval nuclear propulsion program, and he has a long list of accomplishments there. he is a fellow of the american nuclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award, now known as the rockwell award, distinguished medals from the navy and

. >> remember, ted koppel started nightline that way.hat is how it started in the u.s., broadcasting every night about those hostages. host: is this your first time on c-span? guest: years ago, i was not quite communications director, but i might as well have been. we talked about third parties in a round-table discussion. we talked about ross perot and a third parties would make any difference. interesting, not a segue, but we talk about the deficit. ross perot made people aware of the deficit and deficit spending. that was in 1992, when i came to washington and work on the first clinton campaign. host: tony blankley, on this official day of summer, that is definitely a summer suit. you can wear that for the next three months. [laughter] kentucky, good morning. caller: i want to comment on this iran situation. i am so sick and tired of everybody hollering that our president needs to step in, doing something. our president is doing what he is supposed to do, worrying about our own country. what is going on there has nothing to do with us

cbo as i think you know scoring ted kennedy's bill as costing over a trillion dollars and yet it is still only going to ensure about a third of the uninsured. i realize you said that his bill and not your bills. doesn't that go for the old health care form in general. >> how so? >> if you spend that amount of money in the ballpark of the administration. >> in reading stories on this, i think it's clear that this is an old proposal, and incomplete proposal. i think what's important is what the president outlined yesterday in his speech to the doctors, that we know clearly what the cost of an action is. we know what the cost is to the federal budget. we know what it is to the state budget. we know what it is to the budgets of families and businesses, large and small. and that an action is something we simply can't afford. the president i think has laid out strong principles that he believes should be contained in legislation so that we can see significant cost savings for families and small businesses that are struggling, but again, i think this has many twists and turns to go and you have

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

i don't think you can find any better panelists than london greenhouse, it john mcginnis, and ted olson. we're going to discuss some retirements and the past supreme court term. we're very proud of that panelists of this caliber would join us for the occasion. we are especially delighted as always to have our friend and circuit justice, the chief justice. as i mentioned last night, it is sometimes very hard to get judges to be unanimous about anything. i think you can say about judges sometimes, you can say about legislatures. getting together on something is like herding cattle -- herding cats. those of us and the federal judiciary are arguing -- it is out of respect. he is someone of great warmth and great humor. in the enormous legal skills. one of the things i think that we respect some much about him is that he has an essential sense of the dignity of the job. those of us in the federal judiciary are absolutely -- it is our great good fortune to have someone of the chief justice's caliber leading our system. i have a few questions of you, chief. you mentioned last night in your rem

endorsed by leaders, legal scholars from both political parties including former solicitor general ted olson, ken starr, josh bolten, seven former department of state legal advisers, including three republicans, more than 100 law school teens and 600 law professors from around the country what more do we ask for someone who wants to serve this country? several retired high-ranking military lawyers have written if the u.s. follows koh's advice as state department legal adviser -- quote -- "we will once again be the shining example of a nation advancing human rights that we want other countries to emulate." here's an excerpt for support ken starr sent to senators kerry and lugar. i've had my differences with kenneth starr. politically we're kind of on opposite sides. here's what he he said of dean koh who is considered of by this empty chamber. he wrote that my -- firsthand knowledge, we've been vigorous adversaries in litigation. we embrace different perspectives about a variety of substantive issues. as citizens we no doubt vote quite differently. but based on my two decades of interac

he is sitting in for senator ted kennedy who is being treated for cancer. that is c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. it as the supreme court comes to an end, here supreme court justice chief bob burt's speak -- chief roberts speak. live coverage on c-span saturday morning and 9:00 a.m. eastern. president obama held his fourth news conference yesterday at the white house. but of the questions in this hourlong event for about health care and iran. >> we have been outraged by the beatings and imprisonment that have gone over the last few days in iran. we are morning each and every innocent life that is lost. i have made it clear that the united states respects the sovereignty of the islamic republic of iran and is not interfering with their affairs. we must also bear witness to the courage and dignity of the iranian people and the openings in iranian society. they are trying to have a debate about their future. some in iran -- iran government are trying to avoid that debate by accusing the united states and others in the west of instigating protests over the elect

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

. >> ted, great to see you, my friend. >> do you know lindsay? >> yes, we have been on tv together. we are being recorded be careful. can we talk about the james fri thing because i spent half an hour about that on the radio today. >> [inaudible] >> yes, why in the world would she have apologized to him? you know, you must know the answer to that. i have it all figured out by the week if you want to hear my theory. >> i do. i would like to hear that. >> she felt guilty although she is totally appropriate. everything larry king didn't do in his interview with james fry, if you watched, she did and was totally in the right but for whatever reason felt guilty about it. >> why do you think she felt guilty? >> i don't know what i read the page six story couple of days ago, where -- page six maintains in the paperback version of the book, this is more interesting than mine i have to tell you, he had some kind of plot line that was dead on what happened to him on the oprah show and in his work of fiction he said the star of the show called him up and apologized and said i hope you don't hu

finally, senator ted kennedy recorded a camping spot for chris dodd. in the ad senator kennedy says in part that quality health care is a fundamental right for all americans. chris dodd has been his closest ally in that fight. kennedy is being treated for a brain tumor. those of some of the latest headlines. "washington journal" continues. host: cover the pentagon for "the washington post" for many years. he is now out with a book called "by his own rules: the ambitions, successes and ultlimate failures of donald rumsfeld" -- how did donald rumsfeld view the role of public service? guest: he was very interested in public service from a very young age, inspired in college when it advice stevenson came to talk to his graduate in class. that was at princeton. stevenson urged all the students to use their educations to put them to work in public service. not long afterward donald rumsfeld ran for congress and became the youngest republican member in 1960 and believed in public service. he served not only in congress, but also in the nixon and ford administ