. >> we debate the issue with two leading advocates ted olson and the dice overturn california ban on same-sex marriage. and president of the family research council, tony perkins. >> plus, mitt romney and jeb bush steal the 2016 spotlight. we weigh in on how two of the biggest g.o.p. names could shake up the race for the white house all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello from fox news in washington. president obama prepares to deliver his 7th state of the union address, the first before a republican-led congress. after hitting the campaign trail he reboots the domestic agenda for fighting cybercrime, help people go to college and give workers extended paid family leave. last week's attacks in france and the censure of congress in iran have cast a shadow often his domestic policy. joining us to discuss islam and terror and the handling of the issues from wisconsin is sent ron -- is senator ron johnson and sent ben cardin. welcome, both gentleman. >> mr. chairman, i start with you. what is your take right now? do you believe that there are lone wolves or sleeper cells here in the u

ted olson who won bush versus gore and won the case over california's ban on six marriage and tony perkins. plus mitt romney and jeb bush steal the 2016 spotlight. our sunday panel weighs in on how two of the gop's biggest names could shake up the race for the white house. all right now on fox news sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. president obama prepares to deliver his seventh state of the union address this week, his first before a republican led congress. he rebooted his domestic agenda unveiling proposals to fight cyber crime help people go to college and give workers extended family leave. last week's terror attacks in france and president's criticism of congress cast a shadow for the president to pi strot his domestic policy. joining us now to discuss islam and the president's handling of these issues from wisconsin senator ron johnson chairman of the homeland security and from maryland senator ben cardin. gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman i'll start with you. what is your take right now. do you believe there are lone wolves or sleeper cell

second national press club -- author nida the national press club you happen to be standing next to ted olsonthe former solicitor general. when he gets before the court joan biskupic what is the reaction of the justices to him and how does he play to them? >> guest: that's a great question something i've studied for a long time because i've been covering the court at least as long as ted ted olson has been around. they know him personally. they know him from way back when. he was in the reagan administration just as chief justice john roberts was in the reagan administration. he socializes with antonin scalia's spends new year's eve that justice ginsburg. justice scalia and most recently with elena kagan. they know him. when i have conversations with them they will often refer to him by his first name. they pay attention when he speaks just like they pay attention to a lot of the regulars there and he has certainly -- he has been on 60 something arguments before the justices. he has different quirks of which watches the where the how he argues in this fascinating to watch them and how the res

. >> host: a familiar face to c-span and booktv viewers, ted olson, the former solicitor general and co-author of this book "redeeming the dream: the case for marriage equality," along with david boies. mr. olson, dud you surprise a -- did you surprise a lot of people with your position on

have previously advised the committee of the exsense importance of a seminole opinion written by ted olson decades ago, governing the conduct of activities. my question is can we have your commitment that you will take a copy of this olc opinion available to members of both the intelligence and the judiciary committee, probably your first tough question. [ laughter ] >> senator, i think with respect to the olc opinions you are correct, they do represent a discussion and analysis of legal issues on a wide variety of subjects when a variety of agencies come to the department for that independent advice that we must provide them. certainly i'm not aware of the discussions that have been had about this previous opinion in terms of providing it. certainly i will commit to you to work with this committee and the intelligence committee to find a way to provide the information that you need consistent with the department's own law enforcement and investigative priorities. >> thank you very much. this particular opinion is important, and it would be useful if we can review it. so thank you. on stat

. >> we debate the hot button issue with two leading advocates, ted olson who won bush versus gore and the case to overturn the california ban on same sex marriage. and tony perkins, president of the family research counsel. >>> and plus mitt romney and jeb bush seal the 2016 spotlight. our sunday panel weighs in on how two of the gop names could shake up the race for the white house. all right now on fox news sunday. >>> and hello from fox news in washington. president obama prepares to deliver his seventh state of the union address this week. his first before republican-led congress. after hitting the campaign trail to push a reboot of his domestic agenda unveiling proposal to fight cyber crime, help people go to college and give families extended family leave but last week's paris attacks and sanctions against iran has pivoted against domestic agenda. joining us now, from wis, senator ron johnson, chairman of the home land security committee and from maryland, ben cardin a member of the foreign relations committee. gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> hi, shannon, chairm

. >> a familiar face to c-span and booktv viewers ted olson, the former solicitor general and co-author of this book, "redeeming the dream: the case for marriage equality. "along with david boise. mr. olson did you surprise a lot of people with your position on gay marriage? >> apparent live i did. i didn't surprise me and i didn't surprise people who knew me because i think -- i grew up in california, i feel it's wrong and i've always felt it's wrong to discriminate against people who are gay or lesbian, and when i was first asked to take this case, i thought it was something that i could do and that i wanted to do. so so i was surprised that people were surprised because i'm a conservative, a lot of people were, and i felt that it was then my mission to try to convince as many of. the as i could that this is the right place to be. >> host: what's the conservative case for gay marriage. >> guest: the conservative case for gay merge is easy. these or two loving people who want to come together in an enduring relationship and form a part of a community and have a family and be part of ou

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. >> host: ted olson, david boies, "redeeming the dream: the case for marriage equality," this is booktv on c-span2. >> guest: thank you for talking to me. pleasure. >> military historian barrett tillman recounts the u.s. fifteenth air force's military exploits during world war ii in europe; specifically, the unit's attacks against nazi industrial facilities. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. i'm barbara peters, this is the poisoned pen. it's sunday, october the 12th, and i'm delighted to welcome back barrett tillman who has written over 40 books, most of them, i think nonfiction, but i know you have been here -- didn't you cowrite something with dean coontz wasn't it? -- koonts was it? were you kind of the expert? >> with steve i contributed to two original fiction anthologies at his request. steve had just been a marvelous friend and colleague and in 1984 our mutual publisher naval institute press, had sent me a manuscript written by a vietnam war aviator could "for each other." and the publisher asked my opinion, and i said this book so good if you don

so we've got two of the laefding voices in that ted olson who had california's ban on same-sex marriagesearch council. should be a good debate. >> should be. it's great to see you in the seat. we'll watch. >> thank you. >>> coming up on fox and friends. a prison inmate looks to the word of god to smuggle drugs. the unbelievable way he got heroin behind bars through the bible? >> the american sniper the new film will be smashing box office records. kevin mccarthy just changed his star rating to accommodate the movie. we'll tell you what is behind his change of heart. he joins us next. >> would you be surprised if i told you they credited you with over 160 killed? do you think you might have done some things over there you wish you hadn't? >> that's not me, no. kelley blue book... it's the trusted resource. and now, kbb.com has a whole new way to help you decide on your next new car by showing you what really matters. use 5-year cost to own to compare the long term cost of maintenance insurance and gas. read reviews. woman: gas milage is awesome. from actual owners and kelley blue book ex

as we know ted olson was the solicitor general for george w. bush. >> and does he play to the justices? >> they all know to argue to justice kennedy who was often in the swing vote position, or the know which justice might be the swing vote in the particular case, whether it's on something like same-sex marriage that he is doing now, or if it's on a pension case. these lawyers know who they need to convince. >> how often, and to talk a little bit about this in "breaking in" how often can the justices have personal relationships with the lawyers that argue in front of them? >> they are all appointed for life but they all have history for they came on the court. they were either in the administration with some of the lawyers themselves, or maybe they once worked for them. elena kagan actually was the boss to several of the men and women who argued before the court now when she herself was solicitor general. so there are plenty of professional and personal interactions. >> what's your next book? >> i don't know what i'm going to do when. it's so m

. >> host: a familiar face to c-span and booktv viewers, ted olson, the former solicitor general and co-author of this book "redeeming the dream: the case for marriage equality," along with david boies. mr. olson, dud you surprise a -- did you surprise a lot of people with your position on gay marriage? >> guest: apparently, i did. i didn't surprise me and people who knew me because i think i've always felt -- i grew up in california, i feel it's wrong and i've always felt it's wrong to discriminate against people who are gay or lesbian. and when i was first asked to take this case, i thought it was something that i could do and that i wanted to do. so i was a little surprised that people were surprised because -- but because i'm a conservative, a lot of people were, and i felt that it was then my mission to try to convince as many of them as i could that this was the right place to be. >> host: what's the conservative case for gay marriage? >> guest: the conservative case for gay marriage to me is easy these are two loving people who want to come together in an enduring relationship

. >> host: ted olson, david boies, redeeming the case for marriage equality. this is booktv on c-span. ... [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. good afternoon, miami.