ketchikan, everywhere i go, i am reminded of my good friend and the friend of so many in this body ted stevens. it was nearly two years ago now that we lost uncle ted to the tragic plane crash in southwest alaska. but as tragic as that was, i always stop to remember that that tragedy struck while ted was doing what he loved to do most, which was enjoying alaska's great outdoors, going fishing, just being outdoors. his passion for alaska's unique wilderness, his love for fishing, his immense affection for the outdoors really embodies the spirit that we're now advancing in ted stevens day. and the motto of this day is "get out and play." so on the fourth saturday of july, we join together to celebrate the life and the legacy of a man who's dedicated to public service, whether it was as his days as a pilot in world war ii to the four decades that he served with us here in the united states senate. he began working in alaska long before statehood. when he came here to washington, d.c., to represent us in the united states senate, he began a battle for our state that lasted for 40 years. he fought

. >> reporter: the "stevens case" is the botched prosecution of former alaska senator ted stevens, one of the longest serving and most influential members of congress. the justice department had accused the senator of accepting home improvements from an oil executive and then misleading congress about it. >> few prosecutions cut as close to the relationship of the american people to the government as this one did. if the justice department is going to allow a case involving a sitting senator seeking re-election to go to the jury weeks before that senator's general election, it must be absolutely certain that the defendant's rights were meticulously observed. >> reporter: what is now certain in the stevens' case is that the senator's rights were not observed at all. he was convicted and, eight days later, narrowly lost his bid for re-election, altering the balance of power in the u.s. senate. but stevens might well have been acquitted and re-elected had prosecutors not repeatedly withheld critical evidence. the trial judge, emmit sullivan, berated government prosecutors, saying "in near

ted stevens was honored for his support of the movement. >>> the men's basketball team cruised in their game against the dominican republic. kevin durant scored 21 points. the u.s. men rolled to victory, 113-59. now they are headed to the district where they will train over the weekend before their second match against brazil on monday at the verizon center. >>> well, this morning there are loud calls for the u.s. olympic team to change the uniforms it will wear during the opening ceremony. it's not about how the outfits look, rather where they were made. ralph lauren designed the apparel you see it here. the uniforms were made in china. leaders on capitol hill say it's ridiculous that american textile workers didn't get to make the uniforms that will represent our country. >> i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. i think they should be embarrassed. i think they should take all of the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. if they have to wear nothing but something that has usa on it painted by hand, that's what they should wear

it had the support of respected republican senators like ted stevens, arlen specter -- the presiding officer: the senator utilized ten minutes. mr. udall: john danforth, thad cochran and john mccain. i would ask the chair for an additional two minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: you can see why i'm disappointed with the partisanship that has taken over this important issue. it's not like the problem of money influencing our elections has been solved. the recent supreme court decision struck down laws that my republican colleagues voted for. i hope that they would be willing to work with us now to pass disclosure laws that will withstand judicial scrutiny. and, mr. president, i would ask that my full statement be put in the record as if spoken. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: and with that, i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: mr. president, thank you. i'd like to thank my neighbor, the senator from new mexico, for his kind words and his leadership on this issue.

don't have to have your birth certificate or get a track so that reality court decision written by ted stevens notable right winger agreed that this was constitutionally did not constitute voter suppression and it did not violate the twenty fourth amendment so we have a justice department that says it's ok to ignore supreme court precedent and to push forward with this solely for their political reasons and not because i think we can all agree it's going to be really interesting if eric holder he added that line and you know if you were to follow through ok we have a just a minute left here before the court for its official united states is now in the middle hottest year to record january to june four point five degrees above the twentieth century average so the question is how much higher does it have to get how much weirder is the weather had to get before the think tanks and shells who are funded by the oil corporations give up like they did many of these same people work for the tobacco companies back thirty years ago in fact literally the same people and real and confess that the debate i

. >> logan: cases like the corruption trial of former alaska senator ted stevens.tigator found "systemic concealment" of evidence that would have helped the senator's case. in north carolina, this man spent eight years in prison even though someone else had confessed to the crime. his lawyers say the prosecutor never told them. in louisiana, this man discovered a few weeks before his scheduled execution that prosecutors hadn't disclosed a blood test that exonerated him. >> morton: if you did those things, if you did the sort of stuff where you were hiding evidence from a homicide investigation, they'd lock you ep in a minute. >> logan: that's the first time i've sensed any kind of anger in you. >> morton: i try to be very forgiving. but i'll be honest-- not only the actual murderer responsible for this, but the people who put at me there, i wanted to get back at them. and when i finally let that go and put it away, it's like i dropped 25 pounds. rejust felt... ahh! >> logan: michael morton was recently reunited with his son. he's received nearly $2 million under a

understand that the internet was a place or at least could be something else, and that was senator ted stevensof alaska. [laughter] who, um, who said when he was chair of the senate commerce science and technology committee and, therefore, responsible for legislating the internet; the internet is not something you just dump something on, it is not a big truck, it's a series of tubes. and we all laughed at this. we sort of thought this was completely hilarious. [laughter] and i made fun of him. i mean, again, the internet isn't a series of tubes, it's this transcendent idea. but for those of us who are preoccupied with the physical world, then it seemed like he was a little bit right. there must be something out there. and it was those tubes that i sort of set out to see. so i want to talk about those tubes, but first a caveat which is that logically speaking the internet is incredibly complicating, and any given web page you load will have thousands and thousands of processes behind it. but physically the kind of the reality of it is relatively straightforward. it's, you know, the basic unit i

steven tyler are leaving the show. >>> top spot of the box office opening at $46 million. spider-man coming in second with 35 million. followed by ted with over 32 million. >> a roundup of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. not a good weekend for the new york knicks. first the point guard star jason kidd busted for drunk driving. here he is before crashing into a utility pole. word it he had been drinking vodka all night. >>> rumors the team can't afford to match the houston rockets offer for our point guard in new york jeremy lin. a final decision due tomorrow evening. >>> 30 riders of the tour defrance getting flat tires after someone getting tax all over the road. they are asking police to investigate. it is now 20 minutes before the hour coming up we will tell you why the fire trucks are not being allowed to dorn the stars and stripes. we will explain why. no stars and stripes on these. >>> last chance to answer the question of the day. russia turning to the u.s. for olympic uniforms while team usa turns to china. is this olympic uniform outrage justified or is it trivial? your e-mails coming up next. ps >> good m

steven from the right-wing world is like what a dork. that guy is a doofus. ted a single shot or a bolt action because he had 20 minutes -- >> no, he didn't. 90 seconds -- >> yeah, the police were there inless than two minutes -- >> they found him in the parking lot 20 minutes later, that's when he gave up. but the shooting part of it took just a couple of minutes. >> and the important thing the police response time was unbelievable, less than two minutes. >> and he could have done more damage -- >> basically he could have killed the same number of people with a bolt action in that amount of time. if you have a bolt action rifle somebody could have jumped him. >> exactly. >> which is kind of the point! >> sean hannity, he is the last man standing defending michele bachmann. >> michele bachmann is under heavy fire right now, and it's ticking me off because it's not just democrats, it's john mccain, john boehner, attacking michele bachmann and three other house republicans and loui gomer who called for an investigation into radical, islamic infull trags potentially