this is co-hosted by the national association of women judges. it's an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by dock congress to disemanate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis and to fulfill that inspiring goal, we have a series of programs we call ourselves america's town hall and we bring together the best voices from all sides of the spectrum to debate the constitutional issues in the center of american life. in the next few weeks we have a series of programs that i hope you'll join us for, including on june 20, david boies and ted olson will come to discuss their new book about marriage equality. on june 26, we'll have a wonderful debate with our partners at intelligence squared about the constitutionality of restrictions on campaign finance reform. on june 16 we'll have discussion of the cell phone case

presented in partnership with the national association of women judges. this is a program near and dear to my heart. we talked about how wonderful it would be to bring together women judges who are defending the idea of nonpartisanship and rule of law to talk about their concrete experiences with judicial elections, with the challenges of merit retention systems and to give you the people a direct insight into the real threats to judicial independence that are faced by judges today. you'll have an opportunity to hearn more about the national association of women judges and about their inspiring goal. our goal is to be nonpartisan and to encourage votes for judges based on integrity. we recognize mark robinson of the american board of trial advocates who is a partner for today's program. please turn off your cell phones and prepare for a really engaging discussion and now let me introduce our esteemed and extremely impressive panelists. marsha ternus is former chief justice of the iowa supreme court. she practices law in des moines, iowa. she was appointed

this wass co-hosted by the -- this was cohosted by the national constitution center and the national association of women judges. it's an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis and to fulfill that inspiring goal, we have a series of programs we call ourselves america's town hall and we bring together the best voices from all sides of the spectrum to debate the constitutional issues in the center of american life. in the next few weeks we have a series of programs that i hope you'll join us for, including on june 20, david boies and ted olson will come to discuss their new book about marriage equality. on june 26, we'll have a wonderful debate with our partners at intelligence2 about the constitutionality of restrictions on campaign finance reform. on june 16, we'll have discussion of the cell ph

the mortgage bankers association. the national association of insurance companies. the property casualty insurers. the national apartment association. the national multifamily housing council. and the american -- excuse me. the american builders conference. mr. chairman -- mr. president, these are just a sampling of those letters that we have received from interests across the nation who support this legislation, and i would ask unanimous consent at this time that these letters be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, getting terrorism risk insurance right is important north to protect taxpayers and to limit economic and physical impacts of any future terrorist attacks on the united states. this bill will help us maintain a properly balanced terrorism risk insurance program that increases the nation's economic resilience to terrorism. again, i thank chairman johnson and senators schumer, and others for bringing this bill forward and encouraging its adoption. thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. p

this is co-hosted by the national association of women judges. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you so uch for joining us and welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by dock congress to disemanate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis and to fulfill that inspiring goal, we have a series of programs we call ourselves america's town hall and we bring together the best voices from all sides of the spectrum to debate the constitutional issues in the center of american life. in the next few weeks we have a series of programs that i hope you'll join us for, including on june 20, david boies and ted olson will come to discuss their new book about marriage equality. on june 26, we'll have a wonderful debate with our partners at intelligence squared about the constitutionality of restrictions on campaign finance reform. on june 16 we'll have discussion of the cell phone case that's the supreme court is about to decide and talk

governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together. i am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, gary herbert, and we have a history of working on those organizations. we have all committed to that role that we can influence and stressed the importance of governors, states working within the nga. i think we believe in governors and their role of directing the laboratories of innovation, democracy, we believe in the nga. the nga's role in helping governors do better. there has certainly never been a greater urgency for governors to play that role, and governor fallin, you have done that. or is no small work over the last year that governor fallin has been remarkably dedicated to the work of the nga, to better connecting the educational systems of our states to the job markets of the future, and on behalf of all o

discuss this issue further are san francisco immigration judge dana marks, president of the national association of immigration judges. debra saunders, san francisco ch chronicle conservative and editor. ian, we just heard from darrell stein burg but today president obama told the leaders of the three central american countries that most of the children crossing the boarder will not be allowed to stay. do you think that that message is likely to stem the tide of unaccompanied minors? >> i don't. think the obama administration is trying to do what they can by putting adds for example on television in central america and producing music to play on the radio anti migration, you know, have an anti migration message but i think these tactics really don't work. if we're thinking about this as a humanitarian issue, kids aren't going to be dissuaded by that and families aren't, either. >> debra, is it a humanitarian issue? are children fleeing violence and crime and poverty or are they here for family reunfa case? >> i think both. we know there are a number of children that are afraid they will be kille

governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together and looking forward to work with our new vice chair, gary herbert. we have a history of working together on other organizations. i think together we are all committed to that role that we can influence and stress the ons of governors and states -- the importance of governors and states working within the nga. i think we each believe in governors and their role this directing the laboratories of innovation and democracy. we believe in the nga, that the nga's role in helping governors do percent. there's certainly -- do better. there's certainly never been a greater urgency, and, governor fallin, you have done that. i know from our work together over the last year that governor fallin has been remarkably dedicated to the work of the nga and to better connecting the educatio

. >> the national governors association summer meeting concluded sunday in nashville tennessee. the best buy ceo was the closing speaker. he focused on how the store stays competitive. this is just under an hour. >> good morning, everyone. it everybody survived the wonderful entertainment we have?

. >> more from the national governors association summer meeting in nashville this afternoon, with a discussion on strategies for helping veterans find employment. andrnors of missouri michigan believed that discussion. they served as the chair and vice chair of the nga homeland security and public safety committee. we will have that live at 3:45 eastern, about an hour from now. to afghanistan and secretary john kerry's visit there, the headline in the "new ink times" -- kerry afghanistan seeks deal to ease vote crisis. the secretary of state is going between the top two presidential contenders in the afghan runoff election, trying to come to an agreement on how to audit the recent elections and prevent the first of may credit transfer of power from collapsing. both the former foreign minister and former finance minister are claiming victory. mr. abdulla won the first round of elections. asof this taking place aclear talks with iran critical juncture. secretary kerry is expected to be involved in those talks as well. with currentuch events using any phone, anytime with c-span radio on

the broad question everyone in the residential industry is asking is will the national association of realtors react? there's a lot of support based on our own research to change the manner in which listings are syndicated by syndicating a smaller packet of information or eliminating indication process tall together which some brokerage firms have already done. this transaction will accelerate those decisions because at the end of the day, the value proposition of a brokerage firm is we provide marketing technology to agents. if relationship with consumers is being altered, they have to think about how they empower those companies. >> the biggest real estate firm in america is slightly up today. obviously the market is not saying they'll get whacked on this deal. put real estate agents' minds at ease. the real estate industry held up pricing structure better than stock broking and anything out there. will it continue to do so even after this deal? >> i would love to tell you yes but i think it's at risk. put it into context. the zillow/trulia deal is capturing $28 billion of marketing

governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together. i am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, herbert , and we have a history of working on those organizations. we have all committed to that and that we can influence stressed the importance of governors, states working within the nga. believe in governors and their role of directing the laboratories of innovation, democracy, we believe in the nga. the nga's role in helping governors do better. there has certainly never been a greater urgency for governors to play that role, and governor fallin, you have done that. or is no small work over the last year that governor fallin has been remarkably dedicated to the work of the nga, to better connecting the educational he jobs of our states to t markets of the future, and on behalf of all of your colleagues , i woul

the president of the national association of immigrant judges smoke on kpix5 sunday morning about the legal challenges. >> it is a thorny problem that has many different aspects to it. over 58% of these children are entitled to international protection. and we need to take a leadership role in america. this is what we stand for. >> congress is working to change a 2008 law that requires judges to decide the fate of young migrants from currentries that don't border the united states. >>> an industrial building in hollywood goes up in flames. you can see the black smoke shooting up in the sky. 100 firefighters were sent out and the building's roof partially is collapsed. no firefighters are injured and nobody else was in the building at the time. >>> well, after five weeks of competition, there was a historic conclusion to this year's world cup. germany used a late goal to edge argentina 1-0. it is the country's 4th world cup. germany became the first country in europe to win a world cup in the america is. a crowd of 15,000 people packed in to watch the match. both countries were well re

. >> the national association of realtors said home sales rose 6% last month. iggest month to month gain since 2010. the dow lost 26 points the nasdaq rose 130i7b9s. >> and a big change at the associated press. the wire service said that a computer program will now write most of its corporate earning stories. the ap said it will not cut jobs bought allow journalists to do more investigative pieces. >> i wonder what the by line on those articles are going to be written by a bunch of zeros or something like that. jill wagner, the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> when we return, out of rehab. toronto's troubled mayor asks for forgiveness on his first day back to work. we'll hear from rob ford. lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, no discomfort, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? [ female announcer ] lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for more 100% real dairy treats you'll 100% enjoy look for lactaid® ice cream and lactaid

. >> reporter: the president of the national association of immigrant judges spoke on kpix5 sunday morning. >> we need to go quickly but fairly. sometimes those are countervailing forces that the judges are trying to navigate in a way that is fair to the people that come before the court. >> reporter: including 57,000 kids from central america who cross the mexican boarder into the u.s. over the past 9 months, a coyote trade giving parents hope they will be able to stay once they arrive. escaping poverty and violence at home. >> these folks need to be given a chance to argue their case. and i think it raises the question of who we consider to be a refue gee in america -- refugee in america. >> we are back logged. i am booked until 2018. >> all of our energy is on this. all of the border folks are trying to figure it out and how to put them around the country, that time, energy, better spent to get them back to the home. better for the children. >> reporter: that is still subject for debate. >> 58% of these children are entittled to international protection, we need to take a leadership rol

i'm with the national association of insurance commissioners. we represent the commissionerses from the 50 states, washington, d.c., which just became more important to some people in the room, last year. and also the five u.s. and also the five u.s. territories which as clarified last week are not states for title 1, the affordable care act. one of our jobs is to develop model laws, rules and regulations that states can choose to use. we do this with an open process. we're bringing stakeholders from all, various areas. and we try to develop one and one of those that we have is the network adequacy model act. number 74. if you're keeping track at home. number 74, basically was developed in 1996 and looking around the room, looks like about half of you were in kindergart kindergarten. so it was a long time ago. now we're starting to look at it once again to see if it needs to be updated given the new environment. looking at the existing model, the basic focus was to make sure that carriers when they set up their networks for managed care do set th

so ladies and gentlemen, it is our great pleasure at the national governors association to welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you all. please, please, please sit down. mary, thank you for the great introduction. as you stood, as you mentioned that i had the responsibility to implement the recovery act, and i got to meet with, speak with, multiple times as all of you, hey, how are you doing? [laughter] a lot of old friends. excuse me. and it reminded me of what lincoln and i used in the. it reminded me of what used to be like serving in the united states senate. we actually liked one another than. we actually got along with one another. and deal with all of you has been one of the pleasures. i mean this sincerely, of my tenure as vice president. and saw a lot of you back at the white house not too long ago, and i want you to know that i want to thank, i want to thank bill for the passport to get back into tennessee. i appreciate very much. he said you here last week. hopefully you're not coming next week. no, he didn't say that. i was your la

. >>> the nation's home builders are feeling much more confident about the housing recovery. a monthly index from the national association of home builders climbed in july to a six-month high. that rise is being attributed to a strengthening labor market and rising consumer sentiment and that sent shares of the home builders higher in today's session. >>> meanwhile, mortgage applications fell more than 3% because loan rates ticked up a bit. that's according to the mortgage banker's association. rates on a 30-year fixed are 4.15% for the weekending july 10th. another reason people are being priced out. home prices are rising faster than gains in income. >>> one area where prices aren't raising faster is in california in the heart of silicon valley, about 20 minutes from the headquarters of facebook and google and technology companies and when the tech sector does well, so does the local housing economy. josh lipton has more. >> reporter: silicon valley real estate is red hot but there is no place hotter than here in athens, california. aven average houses rose 40%. there was a buying friend see for homes in the $5 million

tennessee has hosted the national governors association conference twice before. we hosted it in gatlinburg in a sleepy mountain town and then in 1984 exactly 30 years ago, the governor lamar alexander hosted the national governors association. the special guest that year included ronald reagan and howard baker unfortunately as you know he passed away a week and a half ago. and the entertainment was many parole who at the time lived next to the governor. it is fun to welcome everyone back. we have had a great time showing already our fellow governors off a little bit about tennessee with great entertainment last night. we have productive meetings scheduled today and more of a chance for us to show things that we think make tennessee one of the very best states. it's my privilege this morning to introduce my friend and fellow governor and most importantly the chairman of the national governors association mary fallin. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you governor. it's a great pleasure to be in tennessee and nashville and i'm here from oklahoma to take ba

the national mining association is the national trade association for the domestic mining industry. our members produce coal and uranium two fuels that combined 60% of our current electricity supply and they also produce the metals and minerals essential for every segment of our society as well as the manufacturing machinery equipment and supplies the way our energy producers, energy users and developers of technology and other innovation that keeps our industry productive as well as our nation competitive globally. epa's carbon dioxide mission proposal for existing power plants is policies designed to eliminate low-cost and reliable electricity and replace it with more expensive and less reliable sources. the proposal interview is a stunning attempt to remake an entire electric grid. reducing the nation's electricity supply in raising its cost will impair our recovery as well as their future growth. those are the predominance source of electricity generation. retail electricity rates are 30 to 50% lower than in regions with lower share of coal generated electricity. eps mesa propos

the national association for business economics lowered the second quarter outlook from 3.5%, just a month ago to 3% right now but the group is still optimistic about a rebound from that disastrous first quarter. >> also from washington, president obama has enlisted the help of 26 major corporations in a new initiative to get them to pay their suppliers faster. the idea here, the faster those small companies receive the money they are owed from giants like apple, fedex, ibm, the quicker they can deliver goods, get more business and maybe higher more new workers. >> more workers is part of the reason three of the biggest names in business took a stand in blasting congress to get to work to pass an immigration reform bill. in a new york times editorial today, investor warn buffet, bill gates and casino magnet sheldon adelson says reasons why immigration reform is good for the country. >> the shares of some mortgage insurers fell in reaction to proposed regulations. the federal housing finance agency wants to tighten requirements for private insurers that do business with fannie mae and

. >> reporter: the national association of boards of pharmacy says ordering from a facilitator carries the same risks from a website and those risks are considerable. >> more than 10,000 sites we looked at, 97% of those sits are illegal or rogue and operating dangerously. >> reporter: often selling counter fit drugs, which is where this lab in connecticut comes in. it's run by pfizer and we got rare access. here they can test a bill. >> run. >> reporter: with pretty much the push of a button. >> this fails. this is a counter fit tablet. >> reporter: the pfizer director brian donely is a former fbi agent and form cyst. >> the big motivation here is patient safety. we want to make sure that when a patient gets a pfizer medication, that they get a pfizer medication. not some knock off. >> reporter: some of what they are finding online is frightening. >> they will use things like brick dust to hold it together. they will use wallboard, sheet rock to hold these things together because they compress well. >> reporter: to see if the facilitators are different from the online sellers, pfizer a

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a new survey from the national association for business economics says the share of u.s. companies raising wages in the spring quarter more than doubled from a year ago. more than half of the firms surveyed increased wages over the second quarter. >> things may not be looking quite so rosy for new college grads. the research from the federal reserve bank of san francisco shows that wages for recent college graduates are rising more slowly than they are for the rest of the u.s. workforce. >>> higher wages might be just what a lot of the nation's retailers need right now as they fight off a funk from tight fisted shoppers who are reluctant to spend their money. now retailers are fighting back. courtney reagan has more. >> reporter: it hasn't been an easy year for retailers, and the stakes only get higher. the all-important back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons have stores pulling out all the stops to get consumers buying. economic data shows consumers have been spending on big purchases, like homes and cars. but when it comes to smaller items, like closet organizers,

we will continue our coverage of the national governors association meeting in nashville, when "bottomine," continues. ♪ >> the national governors association four-day summer meeting is underway in nashville. on the agenda -- creating jobs and the role of education and economic development. megan hughes is there. she is joined by the carolina governor at work for a. nashville, here in joined by the governor. i want to start by asking you about governor chris christie, who is fund raising for rod looking governors. he just announced a record second quarter in terms of fundraising. how would you evaluate the job he is done, especially in light of the new jersey bridge controversy? >> there's not a better salesman and chris christie. he controls a room. he just draws the attention. he is a great communicator. he helped me get elected. he is working hard across the nation. a salesman, of don't underestimate him. >> bigger picture, looking at this november and governors races across the country. do you see a continuation of what we have seen with the republicans really sweeping the state ho

so now i'd like to turn it over to our vice chair of the national governors association, governor john hickenlooper, and governor hickenlooper, it's been a great pleasure to work with you over the past year, and thank you for all the work you've been doing. governor. a plus like. >> thank you, governor fallin. it's been on an pleasure to work with you over the past year as it was the years before. i actually, governor fallin is what is somehow i'm not sure how the logistics was a summit ended up by his chair, her pushing or attracting or her machination it would be the word. anyway, i appreciate -- spent we work well together. >> since i became governor, you a governor at the same time and we worked on a number of issues, some natural gas vehicles, water issues, great partner. governor haslam come we're so glad to be. eichinger almost three years ago. i brought my top -- top step and we did a trade off with governor fallin as well. we go and we governors, i may be democrat, these guys may be republicans, but would love to each other. we love to show what our ideas are better. governor

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benjamin is the president of the national association of criminal defense lawyers. the nacvl is a professional bar association founded in 1958. its members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active duty u.s. military, defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness within america's criminal justice system. he's in private practice at the virginia firm of benjamin and deport. >> yes. >> he serves as special counsel to the virginia courts of justice committee and is a member of the slivirginia board science. he previously served the president of the virginia association of criminal defense lawyers. i would like to ask each of you to confine your remarks to five minutes. you know what the red, yellow, and green lights mean. without objection, your full written statements will be placed in the record, and dr. baker, you're first. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have testified here twice before, and i appreciate -- i have testified here twice before and i thank the committee for task force for allowing me to come back. ac