>> now, we don't cover the ted stevens issue., we ran out of room last night in fact -- out of room. [laughter] every single day something else would come up with the justice department, something went wrong or scoring a. and i can think of we've got to get that in the book, but we had to call him into it and we just couldn't get everything in it spent i think ted stevens happened on bush's watch. >> this may just be volume one. >> other questions? >> any closing thoughts from our panelists? >> just that the media's responsibility to not go unnoticed. this is the media that gave round-the-clock coverage to the relatively non-contra business all of a few u.s. attorneys in the second bush term for simply not carrying out the president's priorities, which is something the president has a right to expect. some u.s. attorneys have not carried out the president wishes. tasered out of the entire first term and then the beginning of a second term they were let go, replaced by others, which is a common occurrence. bill clinton fired every

and may i add one of the things that ted stevens - senator ted stevens of alaska who teamed up with me on the commerce committee in the senate - one of the things we always were fighting was getting more, better science so that we could convince fishermen and convince countries, governments of the imperative of making decisions. too often we hear, "well, we don't really see that," or, "we don't really feel that," or i'd hear from captains of the boats, "when i go out and fish, i see plenty of stocks out there. there's no reason to be restricted. " we need science, and globally we could put our heads together and our governments together and come up with both the budget and the capacity to be able to do what we need to be able to help convince people of the urgency of this. we need a plan that requires fisheries to use gear and techniques that dramatically reduce the amount of fish and other species that are caught by accident and discarded; a plan that ends subsidies to fisheries, which only serves to promote overfishing; a plan that makes it near impossible for illegally-caught fish t

ted stevens, me, dole, one or two other. and we would talk frankly about the agenda and i also seem to recall that the candor between the congressional types of the white house were remarkable. i wonder if that is still so. reagan's that personality made that possible. agreed on thehey regional tax cuts, budget cuts. that was viewed by bob dole. notou are kindly person for recalling amendment to the white house the president outlined his i unwiselyudget, went outside and was asked about it and i said to the press, well, he hear it, we understand it, we will support it but it is a riverboat gamble. the truth of the matter is that it was a riverboat gamble and the truth is that it worked. it is to the top of the list of things i should've never said. dole agreed with you. >> i know that he agreed with me. as a matter fact, we talked about it. in all fairness, i have to say that a good part about valuation was based on what dole and i had talked about. he was an important influential person not only in the senate but to me. bec

senatorhe things that ted stevens of alaska teamed up with me on the commerce committee in the senate, one of the things we were always finding is getting more, better science so we can convince fishermen and convince countries, governments of the imperative of making decisions. too often we hear well, we do not really see that or feel that. when i go out to fish i see plenty of stocks out there, no reason to be restrict it. we need science. the comforter heads together and governments together and come up with the budget and capacity to do what we need to help convince all of the urgency of this. we need a plan that requires fisheries to use here in dramaticallyat reduce the amount of fish and other species caught by accident and discarded. a plan that end subsidies to fisheries to serve to promote that makes, a plan it nearly impossible for a legally caught fish to come to the market anywhere, whether you are in boston, beijing, barcelona or any other city that does not begin with the be. let's develop a plan. that protects more murray and habitats. more marineects habitats. i belie

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i thought, and i think most people thought, ted stevens, who was by deputy would succeed. some thought, no, it will be pete deminish. i don't think anybody thought bob dole was going to be elected majority leader. >> may i ask why? >> i don't know why but that is what i think. and i also remember, you know, i didn't vote, i wasn't going to be back, but i was there, my role as majority leader and remember john was careman of and responsible for the election. i remember when they announced the vote and john leaned over to howard green and said burn the ballots. so no body would ask for a recount. but dole was a choice and i won congratu congratulated them and now. >> is the key trough of a majority leader persuasion? >> it is a combination of things. that is part of it but not the only part. it is too comlex to define in a brief short time. >> traffic cop? >> yeah, you are. and that has great power. when somebody wants -- especially the younger members want to get on the agenda or to get on a particular point of across, the majority leader will have unchallenged authority to

one thing that senator ted stevens of alaska team with me on. the things we were fighting was getting more, better science so we could convince fishermen and countries of the imperative of making decisions. i would hear from captains when i go out and fish i see plenty of stocks, no reason to restrict. we need science. globally, we can, with the budget and the capacity to be able to do what we need to help convince people of the urgency of this. we need a plan that requires fisheries to use gear and techniques that dramatically reduce the amount of fish and other species caught by accident and discarded. a plan that ends subsidies to fisheries, which serves to promote overfishing. a plan that makes it near impossible for a legally caught fish to come to the market anywhere. a plan that ends subsidies to fisheries, which serves to promote overfishing. a plan that makes it near impossible for a legally caught fish to come to the market anywhere. whether in boston, beijing, barcelona, or a city that does not begin with a b. [laughter] let's develop

may i i add one the things senator ted stevens of alaska who teamed up we me in the senate, oned thingswe were fighting was getting more better science. so that we can convince fishermen and convince countries, governments of the imperative of making decisions. too often we hear, well, we don't really see that or feel that. i hear from captains of the boats, when i fish, i see plenty of stocks out there. there's no reason for it to be restricted. we need science and globally we can put our heads together and governments together and come up with both a bunch and the capacity to be able to do what we need to be able to help convince people of the urgency of this. we need a plan that requires fisheries to use deer and techniques that dramatically reduced the amount of fish and other species that are caught by accident and disguarded. a plan that sends subsidies to fishing. a plan that makes it nearly impossible to make illegally caught fish to come on the market, anywhere. let's develop a plan that protects more marine habitats and we will have an announcement regarding that. i believe pr

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bob query as a result of his retearing -- bob kerrey as a result of his retiring, fritz hollings, ted stevens flew airplanes into the far east, a dedicated and heroic pilot, and lots of other people. there aren't many people left today. that's why i focus attention on the presiding officer today because you are a representative of the best of the people who fight for freedom. mr. president, on june 6, 1944, president franklin roosevelt began his national radio address in a very unusual way, one not entirely common then or now, because the commander in chief, the president the united states, asked the in he were to join him in prayer. why did he do that? his prayer was not for himself but for the 156,000 allied soldiers who, as he spoke, were fighting on the beaches of normandy. as he implored the american people on behalf of those soldiers, he said, and i quote, "they will be sore tried by night and by day, without rest until the victory is huang. the darkness will be rent by noise and flame, men's souls will be jiang with the violences of war. for these men are lately drawn from the ways of

people like the late senator ted stevens from alaska was in the forefront, essentially saying we havethe right to catch the fish off our shores. it shouldn't be foreign vessels that are reaping the profit by extracting our natural resources, and that's when you saw this expansion to 200 miles. host: you brought up japan just now. on twitter, if you can comment on the impact of fukushima on the nautical reserves. guest: my understanding is that the meltdown in fukushima did not have an impact on this particular area, which is, again, actually, certainly some distance from japan. my sense is that that's not a big issue. host: this might relate to your book, "demon fish travel through the hidden world of sharks," can you talk about the specific marine life that's going to be protected in this expansion effort? guest: yeah. there's a huge amount of marine life in the area. there's something like nearly two dozen different kinds of marine mammals, many of which have some level of threat that they're facing in terms of their population. they have roughly five species of turtles, all of whic

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