we see quite a few of those on the d.c. circuit. the quality of the work of many of the lawyers bringing these cases is below standard. i have spoken to them about this. i am not saying anything i haven't said before. and as a result, cases that shouldn't be considered employment discriminations are being brought, producing what may look to some to be bad low. and those cases that do get before merits panels and are resolved, often the lawyering is significantly below par. there are a few other areas like that on of the court, and i don't know what to do about it. i would say if you polled the members of the d.c. circuit and asked them what problems we face, they would probably all say in one form or another there is a quality problem. we would perceive it differently, but nevertheless we would all agree that in various areas of the advocacy before the court, there is a quality problems, which in the end we try as hard as we can to overcome that. but i would be kidding you if i said that the quality of the product is always just as g

elizabeth reveal was the d.c. budget director at the time shetch confirmed the district's government has a policy of funding aabortion on demand and did not attempt to determine the circumstances of the pregnancy. d.c. allows minors, that's children, to receive abortion services without the consent of their parents. so imagine that. here in d.c., children can receive an abortion without their parents' consent, which means that the american taxpayer will be funding abortions, paying for them, for children. in minors could easily be brought in from other states. d.c. is only about 10 miles square system of minors could be transported across state lines, brought to d.c. from other state, to have abortions. paid for by the american taxpayer, right here in washington, d.c., avoid the parental notification laws in their home states. that's according to the gutmayer institute, according to planned parenthood. they don't have accurate numbers on abortions in d.c., due to women from other states coming to d.c. for abortions

remember the d.c. sniper case? that sent a chill through the whole community. schools were not allowed to come to the studio. all of us collectively was stopped so we had to take the program to schools to keep it on the air. moments like that, after 9/11. our fourth program after 9/11, alston's one is no -- our first program after 9/11, all the students want to know what they could do. if you remember, they mocked the president because at the time, and i'm sure he regrets it, president bush said that people should keep shopping and going to malls. the students were talking at. there great-grandparent's a group victory gardens during world war two and they were supposed to shop? >> another clip you will see letter, we covered the conventions every four years. those were very exciting and

. >> i with want to ask you a little about the d.c. voting rights. i sent to you a d.c. voting story saying you sliffletted a second opinion from the solicitor general's office after it was determined the d.c. voting act was unconstitutional. i request that you produce the document questioning the bill's constitutionality, and you declinde kleined to make that -- and you stated that you delined -- declined to make that public. what is there that remains to be done before that decision is final? >> well, i guess no decision has actually been made by the administration yet with regard to the position it is going to take concerning the constitutionality of the statute that is there. that process is still ongoing, and as long as that is ongoing -- and also, the concern i expressed, was releasing documents with internal deliberations from the justice department. those are the two concerns i have now with regard to the release of the documents. >> given the fact that the memoranda was signed by the acting head of the office of legal counsel, in what sense is the memoranda not f

this event hosted by the authors lounge in washington, d.c. is just over one hour. >> being the least famous of the authors is my privilege to start first. you all know steve, the ubiquitous presence on tv every time i turn on the tv no matter what channel he seems to be on, and art of course probably the best known economist in

i have great affection for the d.c. public schools and the d.c. charter schools in particular.ublic education has been part and parcel of my own life beginning with my own parents. that would be enough to make me defend schools and i don't think being a teacher was enough to make you offer the defense you do in a paragraph in this book where you call it a mirror of society that can't turn away kids and go on further. so why don't you describe your own sense of what it's like to have to work in a transient district. >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: like many schools today, wherever they throw at you, you got to teach. why it like for somebody in that profession today thrown into that situation? >> guest: right. well, i've taught in a number of different educational settings. my very first job was in compton, california in the inner city and my husband and i initially went there. we wanted to work and give back to our country. we had initially wanted to go in the peace corps and we were married and had our son and so we weren't able to go so compton was an introduction to me to educati

i want to ask a little bit about the d.c. voting rights issue. as you know i wrote a letter to you expressing my concerns about a "the washington post" story that said you'd solicited a second opinion from the solicitor general's office after the office of legal council originally concluded that the d.c. voting rights act was unconstitutional. i requested that you produce the o.l.c. memorandum requesting the bill's constitutionality and in response, as you'll recall, you said that you declined to make that memorandum public, saying that it was not final. and so i wanted to ask you about that. what is there that remains to be done before that opinion will be final? >> well, i guess no decision's been made by the administration yet with regard to the position it's going to take. concerning the constitutionality of the statute. so that process is still ongoing and as long as that is ongoing -- and also the concern i think i expressed was, it reflected -- i was concerned about releasing document as it reflected internal deliberations in the justice de

this is the d.c. high school initiative. it is one of the few things have been able to get the mayor and council president to agree on. we all of the d.c. high school initiative. every d.c. public high school, their baseball team is having a full baseball team practice at our expense at nationals park. it is a great thrill for the kids. it is a great motivator for the kids. each high-school, for every child in that school, every child will get a ticket to a game at that has lost game at the ballpark. thousands of tickets, thousands of kids coming to the nationals park. we are doing it at our expense. we are happy to do it. i hope it is increasing morale. i hope it is helping. we are trying to help kids and working on health initiatives. we found ways to combine all of these things. this is going to be a lot more exciting and newsworthy when the record of the team gets better. i understand how that works. everything feels better when the team on the field gets better. until then, we are not going to stop. we will continue doin

>> a former commander of the washington, d.c. guard was killed in monday's train crash. are they going to issue a statement about his passing? >> i'm not aware of a statement in the works. obviously everyone who works here grievous for those who lost their lives or who was injured in that crash. obviously the colonel of the d.c. national guard was especially tragic for those who worked in this building or all those in uniform but i'm not aware of any plans to issue a statement. >> could you take this question could we get a statement? >> i just offered a statement. we feel terribly for all the victims of that crash. those who died, those who were injured and we feel particularly soreoful for one of our own the former commander of the d.c. national guard so his loss is felt particularly among those in this building and all those in uniform. >> with the june 30 decline date coming up, i'd like to ask you -- >> i'm glad you're so aware of his schedule, tony. there are other things on his schedule beyond those two trips. but you happen to be right, we won't be doing a press c

we all love the d.c. high school initiative and under this program every d.c. public high school their baseball team is invited to come and spend the day having a full baseball team practice at our ek spends at national park. it's a great thrill for the kids and a great motivator for these kids and an addition each d.c. public high school for every child in that school baseball player or not, every child will get a ticket to a game on that high schools day at the ballpark. thousands of tickets, thousands of kids come to the national park that would have no other way to do this except this exciting program we are doing at our expense. we are happy to do it. i hope it's building future fans and increasing morale and i hope it's helping our basic themes of helping kids, working in on health initiatives and baseball and softball initiatives. we found ways to combine all of these things in a charitable, friendly community relations way. now this is going to be a lot more exciting and probably more newsworthy when the record of the team gets better. i understand how t

i was in the area of the d.c. zoo today and my wife informs me that we need to get over there because the pandas are leaving yoo. >> leaving. >> bob: wow. >> bob: right center, willie harris is after it. that means that it's going to be caught. >> rob: we have willie there. not a problem. >> bob: we made an attempt at the aquarium over in the commerce building but it was kind of a no-parking saturday in the district. >> rob: oh, yes. >> bob: there were a lot of people in town today. >> rob: hopping and popping in d.c. >> bob: we're going to do the metro thing on monday on the day off. marco scutaro, 0-for-3, a sacrifice and a walk. the nats have done a good job of keeping this scooter off base. he has only been on twice in two extra inning games. it's come to this i. it's yeah, they are playing marco polo. >> bob: yes. >> rob: how many times as a kid have you played that game? >> bob: marco scutaro. he has been one of the better hitters in the american league, one of the better onbase guys. >> rob: once again. i ju

the next-highest number is 45% in the d.c. circuit. and there are several courts of appeals that don't hear oral argument in even 20% of their cases. the fourth circuit for example heard arguments in 15% of its appeals. there is of course a tradeoff. that means that oral arguments in the seventh circuit are short. we allow 10 minute per side arguments. the judges insist that lawyers get to the point. but i do think that those costs are worth bearing. the tradeoff, having a very leisurely oral argument, would put us down in the 20% range rather than the 57% range. our circuit also explains it is. last year the court of appeals issued 93 published opinions back in 2008, more than any other circuit. the ninth circuit which has three times as many judges and oodles of visitors issued 672 published opinions. seventh circuit publishes opinions in 51% of all appeals. the national average is 19%. i think those numbers speak for themselves. the court also continue well in outside measures of quality such as success when viewed by the supreme cou

, here was a woman, clearly qualified, a distinguished background, she was at the time a judge on the d.c. circuit and even though many senators no doubt disagreed with her philosophically, there was no question she's on the liberal end of the spectrum she said, look, elections have consequences, presidents are entitled to appoint a judicial nominee who share theirs views and at the end of the day, the confirmation vote was 97-3 in favor of confirmation. justice breyer, another judge who clearly by any standard has a distinguished track record, he had served as an aide in the u.s. senate and went on to be a judge on the first circuit, he was confirmed by a vote of 87-9. then we look at what happened during the bush era, where president bush apinted two -- appointed two people to the supreme court, first, chief justice roberts, at the time a judge on the d.c. circuit and prior to that had a distinguished career in private practice where he was widely acknowledged as one of the fore massachusetts most supreme court advocates of his generation. his confirmation vote 78-22. there were a lot o

first was chief justice roberts who was a judge on the d.c. circuit and had a distinguished career where he was widely acknowledged as one of the advocates of his generation. his 78-22. so there were a lot of senators who acknowledged his credentials, his unquestioned ability and confidence but because they disagreed with him phil softically, but refused to vote for him. justice alito, sitting judge on the third circuit, again, long distinguished record, served as a prosecutor, his vote was 58-42 so in the span of a little other a decade we have gone from three votes in opposition to ginsburg and the other side, alito, who at the risk of overgeneralization, he had 42 in opposition. now, there's one interesting comment made during the roberts hearing, where there was one senator who took to the floor to offer lavish praise in support of justice roberts' nomination, and this senator said "there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that judge roberts is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land. he is humble, personally decent and appears to

we're a strategy consulting firm based here in the d.c. metro area. i want to extend a welcome to all of you. i think we have about 250 attendees. welcome to our inaugural event. i am honored to be the chairperson of the mid atlantic women and technology conference. we are a proud sponsor a law with lockheed martin, and are to integrated. the queue for sponsoring. this inaugural event will provide us with an opportunity to connect, share, and learned, and experience the true power of women in technology. before i introduce this morning was the keynote speaker, let's take a brief look at the state of women in technology today. the women and technology to a parade of women face challenges in every industry, but i find that, although women make up half of the workforce in the united states, our ranks are declining in information technology. from 40% in 1986 to only 24% today. i am concerned this decline may continue. there has been a 79% drop in the number of women majoring in computer science in the last eight years. there are a number of factors includi

. >> we are based here in the d.c. washington metro area. i think we have about 250 attendees. welcome to our in our growth event. i am honored to be the chairperson of the mid-atlantic women and technology conference and wanted to say thank you for coming and also that we are a proud sponsor, along with lockheed martin. thank you for sponsor record this a novel event will provide us with an opportunity to connect -- thank you for sponsoring this event. this inaugural event is to study the true power of women in technology. before i introduce the keynote speaker, but take a brief look at the state of women and technology today. women face challenges and every industry. but i found that although women make up over half of the overall work force in the united states, our ranks are declining in information technology. from 40% in 1986 to only 24 percent today. i am concerned this decline may continue. there has been a 79% drop in the number of women majoring in computer science in the last eight years. studies suggest a number of factors, including long hours and travel, the glass

schoolteacher and she taught in the d.c. public schools so i have great affection for the d.c. public schools and d.c. charter schools in particular and public education has been part and parcel of my own life beginning with my own parents. if that wouldn't be enough to make me defend schools and i don't think being a teacher is enough to make you offer the defense what you do in a paragraph in this book where you call it mirror of society that can't turn away kids and go on further so one can describe your own sense of what it's like to have to work in a transient district like many of nv's reno schools today. whenever they throw i knew you have got to teach. what's it like for somebody in that profession today throwing into the situation. .. i do have some frustration when i hear people talk about the jurors or they talk about how productive the private schools are, why can't they be do with public schools are doing? i supposedly picked our clients we could have the same results because it is a little disingenuous to say 99% of our kids go on to college when you have an entran

ago when the president had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henry to come to d.c. they put her up in a hotel there broader to the congress and to the white house and by this time we had sent her a book so we could verify that she was indeed and she took her book with her to the white house and she showed it to the president and he said michelle i think you need to sign this some michelle obama got the book and signed it. now we're waiting for michelle to sign our books and all of the contributors books. we are going to the white house the 27 of march, we just have another contributor come in, we're all going to the white house. we don't know when. but we are going you heard us and you on c-span, you heard us. somebody tell michele. [laughter] because we want to go. >> i have to tell you the black women's network is something because black women talk to one another "go, tell michelle" blogsño bought.com, facebook, and people who are writing us to say what is this a facebook thing? you know, it is a thing. we say go for itxd because if peggy brooks-bertram can do it

it is the noon hour here in washington, d.c. in the 1:00 hour, we expect words from president obama on climate change and energy. we will bring that to you live and that is scheduled for 1:15 eastern, here on c-span. today you can watch a house hearing on regulating executive pay at publicly-traded companies. that is it 12:30 eastern time on our companion network, cspan 2. later, admiral timothy keating, speaking at the atlantic council, talking about north korea's most recent missile testing. we will have live coverage at 5:30 eastern, here on c-span. >> file-sharing has wreaked havoc on our business. >> tonight, digital music, the internet, and copyright policy with the chairman of universal public -- universal music publishing group. >> we want companies to take more responsibility for providing music. >> he is the chairman of universal music publishing group, tonight at 8:00 p.m., on "the communicators." >> next, a look at 30 years of close-up television on c-span. we will hear from current and former associates of the show,

i think it makes your opinion that you're hesitant to release internal memorandum concerning the d.c. voting bill is less persuasive, frankly. >> i disagree with that because i think they are fundamentally different. >> one is political and one has to do with life and death. they are different in my opinion. >> i wouldn't agree with that. we use neutral and detached principles in making decisions in both cases. it was not a political component in the decision to seek -- releasing some material and withholding others. there's no political consideration on my part at all. >> one involves nothing but a matter of important legislation of a political nature here in the congress. that's what you don't want to release. but you were willing to release matters that the d.n.i. and attorney general believe were damaging to our national security. >> one attorney general thought that. i am the attorney general of the united states and it is this attorney general's view that the release of that information was appropriate as well as the president of the united states. i respect their opinions, but

do you remember the d.c. sniper case many years ago? schools were not allowed to come to the studio because all out of school activity was stopped. we had to take the program to schools to keep it on the air. moments like that, after 9/11. all the students wanted to know what they could do. there was this earnest yearning to contribute to healing a nation that had been severely wounded. if you remember, they mocked the president. at the time, president bush said what people should do is keep doing what they do, go to malls and shop. students were mocking that. my grandparents grew victory gardens in wwii , and i am supposed to shop? it did not resonate with them. >> we covered certain things every quarter years. those things were very exciting. -- we covered elections every four years. those things are very exciting. there was a profound affect on the whole city of boston when president obama spoke. my son predicted he would be president in to thousand eight. i thought he was way too young for that. but he got it right. -- president in 2

. >> one more question, quickly on the d.c. issue -- why hasn't the president changed his license plates on the presidential limousine? is he going to change them to the taxation without representation license plates? >> the president is not -- the president is committed to changing the status of the district of columbia. i would ask you to arrest people in washington whether they would like to have that status change or the symbolism screwed onto the back of a limousine. yes, sir. cracks the president -- >> the president has a pretty warm relationship with the colombian president. do you expect the president to

the u.s. district courthouse in washington, d.c. last march. this is a portion of the discussion. >> i really do want to talk about -- what i really want to talk about today is how we get more judges like tom flannery. and i don't mean just judge flannery. i mean judges like judge william bryant for whom our annex is named and joyce green and colleen fatelli. appointed by district judges as -- foreign intelligence veins court by chief justice rehnquist. judge flannery and the other judges i have named all share the view that federal judges should be neutral and should strive to apply neutral principles in their decision making. their personal views had to be and were set aside. they applied the constitution and followed the law. chief justice roberts has spoken eloquently about the need for adequate pay for judges if we are to attract and retain more tom flannerys. i don't need to rye to supplement what the chief judge has stated on that point, and i hope to not undercut it by anything i say today either, frankly but last week at the university

in eight appearances a. >> rob: from the d.c. t here. >> johnny: likes to pitch inside and francisco cordero goes to work on the cincinnati pen. >> rob: he was given a contract nearly $50 million to bring him over here. he has done a great job for the nconati reds closing out ball games. >> johnny: ground it down to hernandez on first and it is one down. in the top of the ninth.  hernandez on  nick jo. and with one away mike mcdougall retires the first batter he faces a shot up the middle, a base hit. chris dickerson on with one out here in the ninth. for robob running >> rob: the redsare going to be doing stuff in the next few years that are reminiscent of the st. louis cardinals. [ inaudible ] ... .. get in the swing of things. >> johnny: could be a double play ball, hernandez to guzman, no throw to first base, dickerson came in flying to break up the double play and there is twdown. don't for get,heaving the valley legal stars. come out

manny very involved in the d.c. community. he has a heart for kids. e has a heart for those less fortunate. and right now the job number one is to get out of this game without having your bullpen totally destroyed for the weekend. jesus colome will be the fourth washington pitcher. he'll take over here, bottom seventh. >> jim: the good thing about being on the road and down by 10 lune runs that you know that they here not going to bat the ninth inning. again -- well, i mean, you're not going to have to save an inning there. >> rob: you're counting us out already? >> jim: i'm just saying it is leaning that way as albert gonzales comes in to play third base and ryan zimmerman gets the rest of the night off. >> bob: he needs a blow every now. ryan plays just about every inning in every game for the nats. robert andino leads off, bottom seven against yes sus colome. >> rob: sometimes it is easier to come back off of a blow-out loss instead of maybe a 2-1 bottom of the ninth loss. >> jim: i know you were a reliever, but when i lost 2, i didn't sleep well. w

the cow successful that was. -- and look how successful that was. how d.c. the future of boots on the ground -- how d.c. the future of boots on the ground journalism going? guest: i think my colleagues in tehran are doing in valuable works. it makes a difference being there in place obviously then trying to reported from outside or just talking to people with no real substitute for being on the ground. it is difficult. it costs a lot of money. " is committed to the news. -- i think ""the new york times" is committed to it. it is needed to support that. it is an open question. host: john from georgia. caller: yes. these are a couple of points and would like for you to respond. under what condition would they use their nuclear arsenal? bu field they would use nuclear weapons in their response to i ran -- to iran? also, the policy concerning israel. israel has attacked the united states. they have aspired for that as an ally. could you explain to me one thing is real has done to help the united states in any war outside the past intelligence to get to their means. host: what you mean that israel has attacke

i do a lot of work with young people, and now i doing a lot of work in the d.c. prison with young people not quite 18. they are not -- they are in the youth section, it's not juve, because they are not tried as adults. and i poll them and say, how many of you grew up with your fathers. and this time there were 30 and i said, how many grew up with your fathers. and two raised their hand. and i try encourage them to write their energy and frustrations and to channel into something positive. and we were touching on the subject of fathers, and what they were writing had so much anger, and most didn't know that it was there. and surprised where that came from. and to sees what is critical what president obama is doing of this initiative. i am blessed to have two beautiful kids and a beautiful wife. and when i talk to young people, i wear t-shirts with my kids' face on it. my son malcolm loves it and my daughter loves it. and one kid asked why do you wear pictures of your children. and i say because those are my pride is joys. and they said how did you grow up. and i te

i do a lot of work with young people, and now i doing a lot of work in the d.c. prison with young people not quite 18. they are not -- they are in the youth section, it's not juve, because they are not tried as adults. and i poll them and say, how many of you grew up with your fathers. and this time there were 30 and i said, how many grew up with your fathers. and two raised their hand.@@ they began to write so much anger and they didn't even know it was there. they were surprised where that came from. it shows them how critical what president obama is doing right now with this initiative is for our young people right now. i'm blessed to have two beautiful kids and a beautiful wife. when i talk to the young people, i wear a t-shirt with their faces. one of the kids always ask me, why did you always wear pictures of your kids? >> i said, because they are my pride and joy. story, i grew up of a single parent and my mother did a beautiful job of me. and they have that connection, you grew up and your father wasn't there. but you made it. and the mentality they have i

the case. she also had close female friends here in d.c. that were meaningful to her. avro harriman's papers here at the library of congress give us clues to the importance of his older sister, mary harriman. these two are the children of the famous robber barons, e.h. harriman. they are enormously wealthy and averell harriman is a friend and supporter to frances perkins to our whole career. the actually live together in a house in georgetown when social security act was drafted, so mary harriman is beyond a friend. she is actually at points supporting frances perkins because frances perkins remember has a husband who is institutionalized and for whom she has to provide care, so having wealthy free male friends who would help her allows frances perkins to provide for first her husband who has bipolar disorder, and then for daughter who developed it as well. >> could you tell us a little bit about her parents and their influence on her? >> that is very interesting. the question was can you tell us little bit about frances perkins parents and their influence on her? for f

he clerkd on the d.c. court of appeals. united states supreme court. he has served with distinction in democratic and republican administrations. beginning his career in government, in the office of legal counsel in the reagan era. dean koh, i think that everybody who has dealt with him and worked with him on a personal level understands the skill that he would bring to this job. he's worked with the state department on a first-hand basis. served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor. in the clinton administration, a post for which he was unanimously confirmed by the senate in 1998. he left government to teach at yale law school and went on to serve as dean until his nomination to serve in the current administration. as a renowned scholar and a leading expert on international law, he has published or co-authored eight books over 150 articles. an throughout his career, dean koh has been a fierce defender of the rule of law and human rights. he understands that the united states benefits as much, if not more than any other

see served in the d.c. circuit, serving as chief judge until 1991. she was also the judge with the international criminal tribunal and was a member of the president's commission on intelligence capability regarding weapons of mass destruction. she clerked for judge frank and received a b.a. from the connecticut college of women. as a hutchinson is a former colleague of ours and on this committee who served with distinction as a member. in 1982, reagan appointed him the united states attorney. he represented the third district of arkansas until president bush appointed him as administrator of the drug enforcement administration. in 2003, he was confirmed by the senate to be the first undersecretary of the department of homeland security. he served in this office until 2005. andrew grossman is the heritage foundation senior legal policy analyst. he was a writer and analyst, current limiting to a program in foreign policy and legal affairs. he is a graduate of the george mason university school of law. he received his master's degree from the university

i do a lot of work with young people, and now i doing a lot of work in the d.c. prison with young people not quite 18. they are not -- they are in it's not the youth section. so they're young so they're not in the adult prison. what i always do is a poll them and i say, how many of you grew up with your fathers? and this last time, there was about 30 of them. and i said, how many of you grew up with your fathers? and two raised their hands. and what i do is i try to encourage them to write about how they're feeling, their anger and their frustrations, trying to touch on something positive. and we were touch ling on the subject of fathers. and what they began to write was so much anger and hostility that many of them said they didn't know it was there. they were kind of surprised of where that came from. it kind of shows us what president obama is critical. i'm blessed to have two beautiful kids, a beautiful wife. one thing i do a lot when i talk to young people is i wear t-shirts of my kid's face. like my son mall come, he loves them. one of the kids asked me why

i supported the d.c. ting bill and voted on extending representation to the largely minority community of the district of columbia. as any community in my district knows, i have a heart for the african-american community. i would like to see the republican party when back -- the republican party win back the affection and confidence of black america before -- between reconstruction and the new deal, at just about every african- american in this country was a republican. jack kemp top that and i became very close friends with him during the course of his life. i am a jack kemp republican. let me say that i would not -- i would want to see language on a resolution -- i would not want to ultimately do anything that would suggest i was insensitive to the historic plight of the african-american community in this country, by a i do believe looking backwards, the discussion of reparations and apologies, without acknowledgment of the sacrifices that have been made to advance the interests of african- americans bot

. >> we are here at the washington, d.c. convention center. the first time we have held our dinner outside the facility in years. we are thrilled to be at this state of the arts facilities he, dynamic growth that we have had in was in d.c. people can come here and see the third floor where they see this beautiful skyline view of washington d.c. where they will have a reception. then the ball room doors we will open. they will walk into the grand ballroom. would covered paneling. a stage. and then the next two hours t here will entertainment. >> what is the entertainment? >> traditionally it is a stand-up comedian. our first, we went all-out. of variety of contrary tears. we will start off with ed world debut of a new video. it features the music of the foo fighters, beck. it is rocking. and then we will give two awards. those recipients are secret. they do not know until we announce them. we will continue on with as special reports. and then we will move on. i note they have been working on their speech now for well over a week. and finally we

our web site is the number one is the site for the d.c. area. in short, our leadership is still strong and growing online. what is the problem? the problem is the economic model that has supported our business for many years. as far as the newspaper business goes, well, i was quoted last year using a technical term you often hear within our industry that is a "the numbers sucks." this is partly because of the shift going on in our industry. newspaper revenue across the united states has declined sharply and classified advertising has taken the biggest hit. we are no different. we have always been an advertising driven model. only 20% comes from subscription fees through the other 80% comes our advertising. with the advent of the internet, we have seen our share decline. take craigslist as an example. i imagine i would say, let's say -- let's build the site where people can come and advertising everything that advertise on the paper now for free. i would have been like, i do not think so. i am pretty confident my answer would have been "no way." c

on wednesday the president will attend meetings at the white house at an event in the d.c. area. a very good, we are expanding the circle. on thursday the president will attend meetings at the white house and later traveled to camp david where he will remain until saturday. on saturday the president will return to the white house and host a fourth of july events in the and as you all know on sunday night the president will depart for moscow. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not that i am aware of. >> [inaudible] >> yanks. mr. fowler. >> robert, a quick follow-up on iran, the president said there is no doubt that any direct dialog response to iran will be affected by the events of the last release and i wanted to see if you could add a bit to that, what he means by no doubt there'd of what has definitely changed at this point and what is still remaining open? >> i figured the presidency at his news conference earlier in the week at right now the focuses on what is going on there in the ground. and obviously it was passed to daschle lot of things have to going to have to shake out and get figu

i took a tourmobile of the sites of d.c. and one of the things they really stuck it my mind was the huge labor department building named after frances perkins. i thought wow, there aren't many government buildings named after women so i sort of started the way in my mind. as we continue their trip along the mall the tour bus drivers said that he had a joke for us and it was what american women had the worst child birth experience? a long pause. frances perkins. she spent 12 years in labor. [laughter] this is how much tourists knew and were informed about what frances perkins had done and you can only imagine how many people on that bus have relatives that were collecting social security checks. maybe they had the free time to be on the tour bus because they were collecting unemployment, and had no idea who had allowed for the creation of those benefits. one of the things that makes frances perkins so extraordinary was the time that she was born that she did this at that particular time. she was born in 1880 in a time of great

children pete children ensured by medicaid and schip are covered under 50 different state programs and the d.c.'s coverage. 51 different programs. a child's access to health care coverage and health care should not vary by location in this country. so, the question is how does the federal government ensure that its most important investment, the investment in the health of its children, standardized in terms of uniform eligibility, national pediatric benefits and access to pediatrics specialists for medical necessary care. how can i work with you to make this a reality madame secretary? >> congressman, i would love to have a chance to work with you on that critical. as you know, there are some mandated benefits for young children in the medicare packages which all states must follow, but beyond that you correctly identified that eligibility rates vary from state to state for particularly the chip program and very -- in terms of the very earliest prenatal care. so the likelihood of having reducing low birthweight babies and bringing people into the system very, so it is a huge challenge and i s

i took a tour of the sites of d.c. and one of the things that stuck in my mind is this huge labor department building named after frances perkins and i thought there are not that many government buildings named after women so i sort of stored away in my mind and in a little while as we continue in the trip along the mall tour bus driver said he had a joke and it was one american woman had the worst child birth experience? a long pause, frances perkins. she spent 12 years in labor. [laughter] this is how much the tourists new and were informed about what frances perkins has done and you can only imagine how many people were collecting social security checks, maybe the and free time to be on the tour bus because they were collecting on employment and had no idea who had allowed for the creation of those benefits. one of the things that makes frances perkins extraordinary is the time she was born and she did this at that particular time, she was born in 1880 in a time of great transformation. she was descended from revolut

i even support the d.c. voting bill, which was -- and continue to support extending representation to the largely minority community of the district of columbia. i have, as the community in my district knows, i have a heart for the african american community. i would like to see the republican party win back the affection and the confidence of black america. before the new deal, in between reconstruction and the new deal, just about every african american in this country was a republican. jack kemp taught me that, and i became very close friends during the course of his life. and i'm a jack kemp republican. so let me say i would not -- i would want to see language on a resolution. i would not want to ultimately do anything that would suggest that i was insensitive to the historic plight of the african american community in this country. but i do believe that the but i do believe that the looking backwards, the

she served as a judge to the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit from 1979 to 1999 serving as chief judge from 1986 to '91 for good judge walled is a judge in the criminal tribunal where the former yugoslavia from 1999 to 2001 and was a member of the president's commission on intelligence capabilities of the united states regarding weapons of mass destruction in 2004 to 2005. judge walled court for the honorable judge frank aunt received a b.a. from the connecticut college for women and a j.d. from yale law school. asa hutchison is a former colleague of ours in the congress and on this committee to serve with distinction as a member of this committee. in 1982 president ronald reagan appointed him an yeah attorney. you represented the third district of arkansas from 1996 until president bush appointed him as administrator of the drug edmund enforcement administration. in addition he was a member of the intelligence committee. in january 2003 representative hutchinson was confirmed by the u.s. senate to be the first undersecretary of the newly

it makes your opinion that your has and to release internal memorandum concerning the d.c. voting deal less persuasive. >> i disagree. they are fundamentally different. >> one is political and one has to do with life and death. they're different in my opinion. >> we use neutral and detached principles in making decisions. it was not a political component in the decision to seek releasing any material and withholding others. there was no political consideration from my part at all. >> one involved nothing but a matter of important legislation of a political nature and that is what you do not want to release. you were willing to believe what the attorney general believed was damaging to our national security. >> i am the attorney general of the united states and it is this attorney general's view that that was appropriate. i respect your opinion, but i had to make the decisions holding the office i now hold. >> with regard to guantanamo, we do give them now initial review, a throw initial review. we give them an annual status review. i am not sure what tells you are going to

she served as the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit from 1979 to 1999 serving as chief judge from 1986 to '91. judge wald is also a judge with the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia from 1999 to 2001 and was a member of the president's commission on the intelligence capabilities of the united states regarding weapons of mass destruction from 2004 to 2005. judge wald kicked for the honestly judge frank for the second circuit and receive her b.a. from the connecticut college from women and her j.d. from yale law school. >> and asa hutchinson served with distinction ronald reagan appointed him united states attorney and he represented the third district of arkansas from 1986 until president bush appointed him to the drug enforcement administration. in addition to his service on the committee, he was also a member of the intelligence committee. in january, 2003, representative hutchinson was confirmed by the u.s. senate to be the first undersecretary of the newly created department of homeland security. where

repeat moderator, it's bob boorstin, who's the directer of corporate and policy communications in the d.c. office of google where he helps design and implement the company's strategies on a wide range of both domestic and international policy issues. he has more than 25 years of experience in political communications. national security, public opinion research and journalism. he served for more than seven years in the clinton administration where he held positions as the president's chief speech writer at the national security council and as senior adviser to the secretary of treasury and the secretary of state. bob helped establish the washington-based think tank, the center for american progress. and he has served as communications and political adviser to party leaders in leading governments, government officials in both the united states and europe. since 1987 when he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, mr. boorstin has been an outspoken activist and advocate on behalf of people with mental health conditions. now, our very special keynote speaker, george stephanopoulos, is the chief

president, the price tag on government programs just keeps growing and growing and growing here in washington, d.c. in fact, the president's proposal for his budget this year projected a -- quote -- "down payment on health care refume." well, i've told people that, you know, where i come from, we don't make down payments on something unless we know exactly what it is we're buying and so far the american people don't know what they're being asked to buy. and indeed, the other part of that that just staggers my imagination is that we already spend almost twice as much as the next-closest industrialized nation on health care per capita. we spend roughly 17% of our economy, our gross domestic product, on health care. why does anybody think it is a good idea to spend even more? now, if we were getting good value for that spending, that would be one thing. but we know this current level of spending is full of fraud and waste and other problems, and why in the world would we just want to make matters bores by spending more money on top of a flawed health care delivery system? talking about money -- and i

red sox best record in the american league taking on the nationals in d.c. first time since 71 the sox played in d.c., and this is david ortiz. stuck on 999 career r.b.i. not anymore. three-run shot for papi. his 7th of the year. becomes the 25th active player with 1,000 r.b.i. as the red sox win yet again. now 44-27 on the year. boston getting it done. john lester gets the win. >> shane victorino, ryan howard, jason werth, all come up empty. garza, eight innings, 7k's, just allowed one run in three hits. pat burrell against his former team. two-run shot. the rays, 7-1 the final. the story would be garza. gets 500 on the year. nearly unhittable tonight. he was amazing as burrell does hit the home run against his former team. phillies have lost 7 of 8, and 9 of 11. >> orioles and the marlins. fish looking to get over .500 for the first time since april. matt we'der's throw, the prize possession of the orioles goes into centerfield, and bonafacio, he can run, and he proves it. of comes around to score. so that's more base running. marlins take the 4-2 lead. and

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