are in the area for the national organization for women conference at the bwi hilton. >> we want to bring full social equality, political equality, and economic equality. >> women rights activists have supporters across the nation taking part in a conference where they gather to talk about events in the rights of women in all current issues. >> these are not democratic republican issues. these transcend race, class, or party. >> specifically, topics related to women's rights, like the violence against women act, and relating to women's reproductive health. clarkson and make sure that women have their right to contraception and to whatever health care that they need. that should be considered health care, something needed to be protected against. >> of women do not stand together about women, then no one will stand together to take up our issues. >> there are both republicans and democrats in elected office for supporters of women's rights, but they would like to see more people in positions of power working for all women. >> it does not matter if you're a stay at home long, working,

speak co-founder and executive director of go proud and thomas peters cultural director for the national organization on marriage thanks so much for both joining me here you guys to just start the debate i just wanted to take a look at a photo really quickly it's the u.s. ambassador to latvia and estonia and they're taking part in a pro gay rights parade the pictures right there as part of a you new u.s. strategy how does this make you feel thomas well i mean the next variation for marriage we strongly stand by the rights of gay and lesbian people around the world to have their core civil liberties understood and respected where we draw the line is the issue of marriage we believe marriage is the issue is the union of one man and one woman and so as far as you know things are nationally we support the human rights of all people but the question i think is really where you draw human rights where you draw that line well that's a good point thomas you know the greatest threat to gay people around the world is the spread of radical islam and brutal dictators and in some places gay people are actually ki

the national organization for marriage. it disclosed aggregate contributions made to influence the same sex marriage debate there. the documents say "the strategic goal of the project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks, come equipped, it dries, and connect african-american spokespeople for marriage, develop a media campaign around -- promote the gay marriage a center responding by denouncing the spokesman and women as big it." a spokesperson says we are not a party to that campaign strategy. the naacp recently came out in support of same-sex marriage. >> marriage is a civil right and a matter for civil law . >> >> $73,000 for contributed to the drive. the maryland marriage alliance donated $36,000. the maryland catholic conference put in four thousand $293 into the campaign war chest. >> once the signatures on the petition drive or validated, both sides pledge a vigorous campaign leading up to the november election. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> recovery or recession? >> some are wondering about the future of t

the nation go from here? is the fight really over? i'm joined by kathleen stall, the deputy executive director for family u.s.a. and the national organization. dedicated to providing affordable health care. they both supported the law. and the vice president of legal affairs for the catoe institute. they are opposed to the idea here of universal health care. the bottom line, we'll start with kathleen, is this good or bad for america? what will the impact be on our can economy? >> they really came down on this side of the consumers, not on the side of the insurance companies. for the first time, the consumers with the pre-existing conditions, they will lose a job, perhaps in this recession and they will be able to have a guarantee of the quality affordable insurance coverage. and they will now give those people and their families, the peace of mind, they will give them a sense of security that they will not be bankrupt, because they cannot afford insurance to pay the health care bills, roger? >> this came down on the side of the consumers here in the immediate context. it's just a matter of time before the crosses here will start coming home

the national -- the national organization for health care consumers. today is a hallelujah moment for america's families. it means that families will have the peace of mind knowing that they will have the health coverage and care they need when they need it. and it means that tens of millions of people are going to get help so that insurance is affordable. it means insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to no longer deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, like children with asthma and diabetes. it means insurance companies can no longer set an artificial cap on what they're willing to pay out when somebody has a catastrophic illness or an accident. it means that women will no longer be discriminated against and have to pay higher premiums. it means that small businesses will get tax credits so they can afford to provide health coverage for their workers. and bottom line, tens of millions of people will get health coverage for the first time. so this is an extraordinary moment, and the effort to defeat the affordable care act has

i have had some involvement with sweat-free purchasing consortium, the national organization, and would love to be involved to promote better working conditions in san francisco's procurement of these times of goods as well as be a model -- have san francisco be a model for other cities as well in terms of how we manage this in our public procurement. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you so much. we don't have any questions from the committee at this time. thank you. next we have daniel maroquin. >> hello, how's it going? my name is daniel and i feel i would be a good advocate on the sweet-free advisory group for several reasons. i'm a san francisco district native born and raised and currently living in district 11 in lakeview ingleside. i'm a state student and some of my experience -- i've recently done an internship for the san francisco living wage coalition. and for the sweat-free procurement advisory ordinance as well. unfortunately karl couldn't make it today but working with him led me to create a group at san francisco state university called the students for economic justice,

the donations come from out-of-state. a national group called the national organization for marriage. one of the goals of this group is to drive a wedge between gays and african-americans. the maryland marriage alliance says, "we're not a party to that campaign strategy." 56 degrees on tv hill. kids bring all kinds of things home from school, including terms. >> who is affected most? >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think facebook should open themselves up to allow children under 13 to have their own pages? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> tracking a few accident in hanover. will update you on that. a downed tree in southern anne >> welcome back. 5:39. 60 degrees at the maryland science center. you might want to take a light jacket. southern pennsylvania, low 50's. york. eur 61 in annapolis. we will make it up to 73 today. a mixture of sun and clouds. about a 30% chance we will see some rain showers. most of you will have a dry day today. better

action that was taken against lawyers as a result of their involvement in watergate in 1976, the national organization of bar council put out a report. they put together a committee in 1973 to track what was happening around the country in disciplinary proceedings with state supreme courts. at the time they issued their report in 1976, 29 lawyers had been the subject of disciplinary proceedings. at the time of that report, eight h8 had been disbarred, 11 had been represent represent ma reprimanded in some other way. of the 29, at least 18 had some advertise mi disciplinary action taken against them. one thing important to think about, most of them were not wearing their lawyer hat, so many of the act fors who were lawyers were not thinking about the confidentiality rules or their role as a lawyer, because they happened to have a law license, but they were not wearing their lawyer hat in the course of their job. is but that, of course, did not save them from disciplinary action or from losing their license. in some instances, when i read many of the orders in particular disparting or suspending the act

the national women's law center to chairman issa. a tricaucus letter from representative gonzalez. representative cleaver and representative -- >> without objection. >> last but not least. the letter from the national organization of black law enforcement. >> did you get these letters from the attorney general himself? i'm teasing. without objection all these letters will be made a part of the record. the gentleman from texas is recognized for questioning. >> thank you. a recent study said there's about two million ineligible voters in the united states. i would assume that voter rolls when verified that they're dead should be purged in some manner. would you agree with that or not? >> absolutely. i think the purging should occur. it just ought to be consistent with federal law. >> our office, how many specific cases have you prosecuted, your office prosecuted on voter fraud since you've been attorney general? >> i don't know what the number is. i know that i prosecuted them myself. >> just when you were attorney general? >> i don't know what the number is. >> would the number be zero? >> no. i think we had fraud cases. we've settled through pleas. we've had cases where people have committed offenses where they

contributor is the national organization for marriage. eir goal is to drive a wedge between gays and for americans -- and african-americans. "we're not a party to the campaign's strategy." >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are tracking a few problems at this hour. loop at ritchie highway, we have an accident off to the side -- outer loop at ritchie highway. watch for a crash at hanover road. continue closures on muddy creek road. sudley road is your alternate in southern anne arundel county. no problems to report on the harrisburg expressway or the j.f.x. a quick look at traffic. a live picture of 295 southbound approaching 32. this is 95 at o'donnell street. no sign of any delays. we'll keep you posted on those delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is having fun in little italy. >> we're getting ready for the st. anthony's italian festival. we're having a party in little italy. we will talk about the entertainment. you are the e

. >> the letters from the national organization from black law enforcement executives city of philadelphia police department, boston police department and association of prosecuting attorneys on behalf of the attorney general. and also a copy of the draft contempt citation we were questioning what had been asked for draft contempt citation offered by the committee on oversight and government reform which says in part the wiretap application document extensive involvement in criminal actions in fast and furious. yet the department of justice has failed to produce them. >> without objection those documents will be made part of the record. mr. franks is recognized for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen. mr. holder on april 27th, 2011, members of this committee asked us to give you information surrounding informs to forego prosecution in the holy land foundation case. this is the largest terrorism finance case in u.s. history. you refused to comply with this request and you have still not produced, you're still not prosecuted despite their being what many consider to b

. >> the perversion is landing the national organization under fire. >> mitt romney taking his message >> mitt romney will be logging a lot of miles this weekend. >> he kicked off a battle ground bus tour and every stop could be crucial for the white house. nikole killion joins us live with tonight's commitment 2012 update. >> this tour is called every tour counts. every town counts. >> yesterday, the president gave a speech -- a very long speech. >> aides say you keep up the line of attack and he claims the president has forgotten. >> some of these stocks are really telling. some of these are very telling. >> the obama folks will be defending as much turf as possible. they said it will come down to a handful of states. they say democrats kicked off their own tour. >> they are just as important as they were in 2004, another tight election contest. >> other states included -- wisconsin, iowa, and a return trip to ohio. nikole killion wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is one of the oldest game of 1812.of the worlar >> making sure it's around for another 200 years or so. >> i'm >> live, local, late

senate president and executive director of the applied research center and publisher of color lines dot com and saw a hi sahi. east coast organizer with the national day laborer organizing network and welcome to both of you thanks for joining us tonight. thank you thank you. rinku son president obama has been harsher on latino's or undocumented immigrants than any president since i mean maybe going back to. eisenhower and even then i don't think any president's been as aggressive . even reagan i mean and the city are people is this going to buy him some political capital people forgive him for all how severe the the crackdown over the last three years has been. i don't think that this new discretion policy actually is for the minutes for the obama administration reputation that it has built for itself as being very very punishment oriented deportation oriented we're deporting some four hundred thousand people a year and about a quarter of those people are the parents of u.s. citizens so no i don't think that this new policy you know wipes the slate clean for the administration in terms of the feelings that immigrants have however it is something t

he was the counsel for the national right to life organization, represented the state chapters.entially, used the culture wars, use the anti-abortion movement, more recently the anti same-sex marriage movement basically as a vehicle to go around the country and challenge the legality of rules about money and politics. he has been quite successful, even more so when john roberts and samuel alito joined the u.s. supreme court, essentially paving the way for citizens united decision and, frankly, another big decision before that, which was the wisconsin right to life vs. fcc decision that was something brought by james bopp. he has sort of pioneered this strategy and it has been incredibly effective. he is a large part of why we are in this political environment we have now. >> further in your article, you said you believe all of this deregulation of campaign financing is a direct outgrowth of the culture wars. could you explain that? >> yes, i mean, the culture wars have -- obviously, they've been chugging along for decades now. it is an incredibly divisive. it is a reason why we

in lieu of flowers, they're asking that a contribution made to the national organization of assistance in alexandria. >>> a big election in greece. greeks are headed to the polls and it could determine their play in the eurozone. they must choose from candidates from a radical left party and a more conservative party in parliament. leaders of the leftist party said they'll reject the bailout agreement. this could cause others to force greece to leave the eurozone throwing the entire region into financial chaos. the results will be coming later tonight. >>> the polls are back open in egypt where the country is voting for a democratically elected president. egypt is holding a two-day runoff election after former president hosni mubarak left office in february of 2011. voters are voting from a candidate from the muslim brotherhood and a member of the old regime. so far, officials say there's been moderate voter turnout and it's been largely peaceful. preliminary results are expected some time tomorrow night. >>> today the national city christian church will raise money to repair earthquak

i've seen and heard much worse things on the house floor. >> terry, you as national organization of womenwatching this all over the country. what seems to be disturbing is a pattern of how they're not only moving the toward more restrictive measures, but they're actually shutting women out of the discussion. and i showed the all-male panel when they were dealing with the mandate and dealt with the eleanor holmes norton not able to address a bill designed for her district. i mean, are we seeing not only a real pattern of more restrictive bills being proposed on a state level but even a shutout of women being able to address those bills? women that are elected to deal with these matters. >> you know, reverend, it's unprecedented. so these folks who, by the way, they're anti-reproductive rights agenda is supported by very, very few out there. they're so eager to push this through. i think part of the reason they think they need to push it through right now right away, silence all dissent, silent all speaking out against it is because they know that come this november, many of the people who

. >> axelrod: the girl scouts of merrimacked their centennial today with a jamboree on the national mall. organizers say it's the largest gathering of girl scouts ever, some 200,000 in all, from every state around the world. russia's maria sharapova made tennis history today. sharapova completed a career grand slam after capturing the women's singles title at the french open. she defeated italy's sara errani 6-3, 6-2 and collapsed to the clay in victory, overwhelmed at becoming just the tenth woman ever to win all four major tennis tournaments. the third jewel in horse racing's triple crown, the mile and a half belmont stakes in new york, went to union ration, who came from behind to win. the derby and preakness winner "i'll have another" was scratched and retired yesterday after being injured. ahead, reunited 40 years after the photo that shocked the world. that story is next. good insurance. yup, i've got... ve entering a london hospital for a bladder infection, britain's prince philip was released today, apparently restored to his usual pippy self. asked if he was feeling better, the prince answe

if one looks at the whole cyber issues, again, these are national security issues. the ability of foreign countries or organizations to have an impact on our infrastructure, the use of cyber tools to ferret out secret information from the united states all put our nation at risk and is worthy of the attention of, i think, this committee, this congress and many executive branch, and i would hope would be able to work together to come up with a way to craft tools to deal with what are truly 21st century problems. >> i thank you, and i come at the risk of not going overtime, like some of my colleagues have, i'll just stop there because any other questions i could ask would be well over into the next person's time. so i will yield back, mr. chairman. >> the gentleman from california is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general, december 14, 2010, brian terry was gunned down, and we begin knowing more about fast and furious shortly thereafter. but you have said people representatives have repeatedly you did know about it before that. i've sent you a number of letters. senator grassley center number of lun

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the wisconsin recall site. organized labor. joining us is dennis van roekel, president of the national organization, the country's largest union and a leading policy voice, afl/cio that has more than 12 million workers. let's ask this question. when you look at the recall voted in wisconsin as well as the vote in those two california cities to cut back on government worker pensions, what is the question? >> it's the balance of power, governor walker, i think that is very important. second think it points out the impact of unlimited corporate funding in elections. we have to see it as it plays auto as we move toward the november election. >> chris: do you not think there was a message in voters at that time when states and local governments owing more than 1 trillion dollars to public pension and healthcare funds that at least some private voters, non-public workers are saying, government workers must tighten their belts? >> these are tough times economically. everybody is looking around how we are going to balance the budgets. that is something that unions and management have to figure out. i think at the end of the day we nee

. >> reporter: the national organization for marriage which opposes gay marriage blamed today's ruling on liberal federal judges making up legal standards making it clear this long battle has a long way to go. joe rosato, jr., nbc bay area news. >>> president bush, both of them, back at the white house today. a significant visit filled with laughter. unveiling of george w.'s presidential portrait. he was joined by his family including his father, george h.w. the portrait will hang one away from his father. president obama took the opportunity to thank mr. bush for his service to the country. the two set aside politics for this event and even shared some laughs. >> i'm also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? >> a lot of funny moments and some emotional moments. the portrait of the first lady, laura bush, was also unveiled. >>> a northern california family says their son is in police custody because of the color of his skin. the banks family says

bottom line is this, president obama said to the hispanic federation, the hispanic caucus, the national organization of la rossa, his first responsible would be to solve this immigration problem and on univision he can't do anything unilaterally and congress a fighting against him and whacky policy to impact 800,000 undocumented workers or 800,000 people who are here, not through a fault of their own, he's not solving a problem, he's putting a little bandaid over it. >> i have a question regarding timing, and the fact that this is an issue that's extremely important to this group of immigrant, but any immigrant really. why are we talking about it, really, only now. to me, it's also a national security issue and you have very important key border states that will come out and vote and both candidates want them. president obama has been there more than three years, why wasn't this more of a priority as republicans say it should have been? >> well, i think the president walked into the biggest economic mess that we've seen since immigration, no, angela, that's true. and we've got to have the bipartisan

the community. my personal favorite in terms of these new organizations was the national association for the advancement of white people. this was an organization that was created in order to try to stymie racial integration. perhaps the most sinister of these organizations, i'm sorry, i should have pulled these up, these are images that reflect the opposition, growing opposition to segregation. i love the woman holding the sign, integration is a moral sin. that opposition was palpable. i'll give you some more images in a minute. but i want to talk about this one. the mississippi sovereignty commission. this was one of the organizations that was established to try to block not just block desegregation in mississippi, but to try to block any effort to change the racial status quo. how many of you heard of the mississippi sovereignty commission? i'm not surprised. because it was a much more secretive organization than the white citizens council and it was much more sinister than the national association for the advancement of white people. the mississippi sovereignty council or commission was essentially

. >> new at 6:00 something new for the national children's museum. the organizationls and a museum without walls and encourages learning through participation. an indoor space will be built and will be dedicated to children and their families. is expected to be finished by this winter. >> we do not need any heat around here. >> it was a bit of a damp -- we are back to the sunshine. i wanted to show you this picture from richard barn hill. a lone rainbow. i thought it was nice to see. a sign of our future of things to come. outside right now here in northwest washington and arlington, we are breaking out into a bit of sunshine. one little batch of rainshowers yet to come. less than one-quarter of an inch. most areas especially you folks out towards martinsburg over a half-inch in some places. here is where some of the cool air is. look at minneapolis. as we get this little wave in the atmosphere going by as, we will really begin to clear out. look at the dry air around chicago right now. let me take you out. there is nothing out there. there is one area of clouds pass

best of the rest of the news with the supreme court's decision looming progressives across the nation are organizing to take advantage of a possible ruling against obamacare several progressive gloop groups including the national nurses united and the progressive change campaign committee arguing that a supreme court strike down of obamacare could renew hope for a national single payer system like medicare for all is that a green the co-founder of the p c c c told t.p.m. if the supreme court opens the door for democrats to campaign in two thousand and twelve on medicare for all the republicans are left campaigning and paul ryan's plan to end medicare that clean contrasts could be the game changer that gives democrats a clean sweep in november he's right even though we could be days away from. one of the most politically motivated supreme court decisions in history it could be just the thing needed to bring about truly revolutionary health reform in america here's the big picture health care and health insurance provided via a mandate have a long history some people think it originated with ronald re

. >> les bernal is head of the national organization stop predatory gambling. tor sue tucker have been fighting a move to bring casinos and slot parlors to the bay state. >> we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression, and the daily voice of government to most americans is, "we're gonna push casinos, and we're gonna push lottery tickets." >> well, but you have a situation where states are desperate. they're way over budget. they have to find revenue somewhere. they know people will gamble. >> as a revenue raiser, it defies every principle. it's regressive. in other words, it takes far more money out of lower-income people's pockets than higher-income. it is cannibalistic. in other words, it eats other forms of revenue. when you have your citizens dumping $2 billion down the slots, they're not buying a new car, and you lose that tax. >> you brought these casinos to this state. do you ever just say to yourself, "oh, my god, there are a lot of people who are suffering, and they're taking whatever money they have..." >> lesley, you don't listen. >>

you see the flags of the nations that are represented there today doing development, defense and diplomacy in afghanistan. inside that, you see the logos of international organizations that are engaged. appropriately at the top, the united nations. european union, you see nato over there. you see then the interagencies, the cabinet-level organizations like a.i.d. and others that are doing such extraordinary work there. and you see the private sector. i would argue that we've kind of got it on international. we understand interagency. the big thing we have to be working, and again, we heard a lot of it from the heads of state and government here. i see it all the time with the way r ochog is moving a.i.d. it's private/public. it's making that connection. we're working on our approach to that in ways we hope will be supportive of what is done by you in the lead in the development community. we have a name for this. we call this the comprehensive approach. it's a doctrinal determine today in nato. it simply means international, interagency, private/public, bringing it together. next, please. so that's the idea. i mean, this is the image we want to create. we don't alwa

if one looks at the whole cyberissues, again, these are national security issues, the ability of foreign countries or organizations to have an impact on our infrastructure, to use cybertools to ferret out secret information from the united states, all put our nation at risk and is worthy of the attention, i think, of this committee, the congress, and the executive branch. and i would hope we would be able to work together to come up with a way in which we can craft tools to deal with what is truly a 21st century problem. >> i thank you. and at the risk of going -- not going over time like some of my colleagues have, i'll just stop there, because any other question i could ask would be well over into the next person's time. so i'll yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. watt. the gentleman from california, mr. issa is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general, december 14th, 2010, brian terry was gunned down, and we began knowing more about fast and furious shortly thereafter. but you have said people representing you have said repeatedly you didn't know about it before that. i've sent you a num

as one looks at the whole cyberissue, again, these are national security issues. the ability of foreign countries or organizations to have an impact on our infrastructure, to use cybertools to ferret out secret information from the united states, or put our nation at risk, it is worthy of the attention, i think him of this committee and congress and the executive branch. i would hope that we would be able to work together to come up with a way which we can craft tools for this 21st century problem. >> i think you. that's i thank you very much. at the risk of not going over my time, i will stop there. any other question i could ask would not be timely and would be well over into the next person's time. i yield back my time. >> the gentleman from california, mr. darrell issa is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman, attorney general. on summer 24th, 2010, brian terry was gunned down. we begin knowing about "fast and furious" shortly there after. you have said, you didn't know about it beforehand. i sent you a number of letters. senator grassley sent to a number of letters. you mentioned in your opening statement th