the press, the attention of the press was very critical because once you listened to presidential recordings, you immediately realize that what was -- especially in those days when the media was different than it is now, what was on the front page of the "washington post," "the new york times" often drove the agenda that they in the white house, they had to react to it or say something. so the fact that the "post" was just covering watergate was important. it no doubt influenced the judge who was trying the case. he supposedly said that to bob woodward, that he was disturbed by the case that was presented in this courtroom, and he meted out heavy sentences as a result. it probably influenced the senate to conduct an investigation, although of course the senate was dominated by democrats. and they might have well conducted an investigation even if there had been less press coverage. but the fact is since the "post" raised a lot of unanswered questions, it undoubtedly encouraged the senators -- i mean, there's an old saying in washington -- the most dangerous place is between the camera and a

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-- to the women's national press club? >> oh, that was the time that i had asked marshall if he would come and speak. he did. he said he would. we got mixed up getting upstairs. but that didn't have any real serious thing to it. but marshall made the first statement, first public statement to the women's national press club. well, now, a woman in the national press club could invite a man to come if she wanted as her guest, just as they would let the men invite us to certain limited number of performances -- types of performances they had. and the men just couldn't get in and here was marshall making his speech, you see, his first -- and they were all out in the hallway. oh, it was adorable. >> turnabout is fair play? >> absolutely. marshall, great person. >> were there any efforts when you were with the women's national press club to integrate the two clubs and merge them during that time? >> no. not that i ever knew anything about. i thought we were doing very well on our own. we were getting places sometimes the men coul

and it's a follow-up on the issue of the press. it's been suggested by some critics that one way to ebb the flow of classified information is to discourage the press by seeking injunctions or filing charges from courts. both of these approaches raise constitutional concerns as it pertains to restricting free speech. how do we balance the need to keep certain information confidential with the importance of upholding free speech and freedom of the press? >> thank you congresswoman, if i had an answer i would be a dean instead of a professor. that is the million dollar question. there are compelling values on both sides of the ledger. on one hand the first amendment is a guarantee, not only of individual rights to speak and receive information but also profound civic value in favor of open government debate and democracy. you can't have that without transparency and openness. on the other hand, highly classified and properly classified national security information needs to be kept secret. if it leaks, we can't wiretap osama bin laden

of a free and robust press with the interests of a free and robust press for the better part of 50 years. these problems are not amenable to easy solutions. particularly in light of the fact that we do not always agree on the scope of the problem. we all want to protect national security so that we can keep our citizens safe. but we cannot disregard the right of american citizens in a system of self-governance, a system that requires the public to be well informed. when a government official leaks sensitive information to the press that reveals the government is engaged in unlawful activity, do we simply leave it up to the same government's discretion as to whether to prosecute the person for possibly serving the public's interest? what about leaks of information that do not implicate any national security interest at all? overclassification is an enormous problem in the federal government, and current law does not distinguish between leaking classified information with the intent to harm the united states and blowing the whistle on unlawful activity that never should have been classifie

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didn't like the way so she had press conferences and she wont luldn't let the men in. funny days, those. >> you had started covering mrs. roosevelt when you worked in chicago? >> oh, i was in chicago when i covered her. yeah, she and i and one of her secretary, we went down and got stuck there. had to get us up by inches almost. >> that was when she went to the orient mine? >> uh-huh. >> have you got that? >> i knew you were on that trip. >> yeah. >> i didn't know you'd gotten stuck. >> no, we got -- it was slow getting up. it was really a stick. we weren't barricaded down there or left down there, but it was very slow coming up. just skip that. and that was the time that i backed up against something, and it was summer, and i had a light wool dress, a knit wool dress or something like that on, and i was covering mrs. r.'s several functions in washington, in chicago at that particular time. see, that was when i was stationed out there. and i had to keep going from one thing to another. and at the night show, the night performance of this group, some big women's club, t

>> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: welcome to the "full court press." we've got a lot to talk about in our last hour together here on current tv including the fact that big news, big news, democrats over the weekend adopted a new plank to their party platform bound for charlotte. a plank that endorses same-sex marriage. first time any major political party has done so. there is the big difference between republicans and democrats. democrats stand tall for equality. republicans still believe in discrimination. who says there's no difference between the two parties. we'll talk about that, a whole lot more including mitt romney -- mitt romney's gaffe-filled trip to europe but first we get today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. hi lisa, good morning. >> hi, bill. good morning, good morning everyone. it is a texas showdown today between lieutenant-governor david dewhurst and first-time campaigner ted cruz. the two are competing for the republican senate nomination and we're expecting today's race to be a close one. texas held its

is he loved the press. he used to hold press conferences here in albany. the press corps got to be very close to him. he had a great relationship with what's on the record and off the record. except for the battles with hurst and nosh state. he really enjoyed that. when he left the safe confines of new york state and there were papers that weren't friendly to him and wouldn't cover the issues that were important in the campaign, smith was greatly hurt by that. he also wasn't used to the media of the day. used to call the microphone that you'd speak into, right in the roster up here, he accepted the nomination from president of the united states. he didn't like to read prepared speeches. smith used to write. he'd take out of his coat pocket an envelope and read everything on the backs of envelopes, long after lincoln, i guess. he used to have that custom of saying these are the points i'm going to make and i'm going to address the nation on these things and i'm going to speak from the heart. when the campaign

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the u.k. offending them. and so, you know, this was a british press -- this was driven by the british press. i don't think the american press would have picked up on it unless we saw those headlines over there. unless we saw the outrage that the british -- >> a the -- >> the street generated. >> let me come back to historical perspective from kelly goff. you saw the coverage, we sought coverage of obama in '08 when he went overseas. it's hard to see the same approach. >> no, i will say we have to keep in mind that there were specific reasons why the coverage was slightly different, howard. for one, if you remember at the time that then-senator obama visited in 2008, polling showed that the british public overwhelmingly wanted troops out of iraq. since that was the centerpiece of his campaign, there was a level of jubilation and sort of the red carpet being rolled out for the then-senator with this idea that he would help support all of these troops coming home. and so that was part of the focus of the coverage. then you had his speech in berlin, and that sort of solidified his international r

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with the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." everybody! what do you say? it is tuesday july 3rd. how about it. big holiday tomorrow. and we begin the birthday celebration right here. welcome to the "full court press" on current tv this tuesday morning. good to have you with us as we do a little roundup of the big stories of the day here in our nation's capital around the country, around the globe. and take your calls on what it all means and the big story of the day really, big, big breaking news today. have you heard? birds fly. fish swim and yes anderson cooper is gay. that's what he told the world yesterday. but in the sense who cares? the question is not is anderson cooper gay the question is can he get enough ratings to save cnn? i doubt it. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. first, today's current news update here she is out in los angeles, jacki schechner. >> good morning, everyone. the obama campaign financing its attack on mitt romney, bain capital and shipping jobs overseas. the new ad out today follows three t

welcome to the full-court press. off on current tv on local talk radio station and on sirius xm this hour and starting your day wherever you happen to be in this great land of ours, getting up getting breakfast, ready to jump in the car or hahning out at the house good to have you with us. or they. good to have you with us. thanks for being part of the full-court press as we bring you the big stories of the day here from our nation's capitol around the country. president obama on the road. he was in oakland, california, at reno yesterday at the vfw annual meeting and then in oakland for a couple of campaign events, spent the night in san francisco at the intercontinental hotel and today, et cetera off to portland and seattle. bringing you up to date with his full schedule a little bit later. here in washington congress basically doing nothing except accusing president obama of not doing enough on jobs or not going to israel as part of his first term. whatever that means t mitt rom person inning leaving today for the

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is it killing the press in this country? does it really exist? through to get quotes from either one of the campaigns. >> the campaign even brought in a lone secret service agent to keep the press away from romney contrary to the agency's policy. >> cenk: and there was a protest last night in san francisco to free bradley manning. well over the weekend i also went to a protest to free bradley manning and i now believe he's an american hero who should be released immediately. [ protesting ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] eliot spitzer joins the new news network. >>we will drill down on the day's top stories in search of facts that inform. but thanks to them... and her... and especially this guy, all those years were just a prologue to this. ♪ ♪ it's amazing how far you can go with a little help along the way. td ameritrade. proud sponsor of the 2012 u.s. olympic team. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right now it's time to do media watch on the whole press here because we find out something devastating about how they are conducting themselves in this campaign. [ ♪

the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, it is 24 minutes after the hour. talking about jeb bush yesterday coming down, clasping down hard >> bill: it is 25 minutes after the hour now. mitt romney digging his heels in said uh-huh, i don't care what the republican governors say. i don't care what republican strategists say. i'm not going to release my tax returns. all right mitt. if that's the position you want to take. you can expect the issue to continue to dominate this campaign. maybe -- we ought to be talking about jobs and obama's record. i'm willing to defend obama's record. instead, we're talking about mitt romney's big question, what's he trying to hide in his tax returns. why doesn't he release them. ray is calling from up in buffalo, new york. what do you say? >> caller: hi, good morning. what do we know about mitt romney? we know he doesn't want to be responsible for anything. he don't want to be responsible for his swiss bank account his cayman island bank accounts, for moving his money offshore. we

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is he loved the press. he used to hold press conferences here in albany. he had a great relationship what's on the record, off the record, except for the battles with hurst and his newspapers in new york state. he really enjoined that. when he left the safe confines of new york state and this whispering campaign came out and there were papers that weren't friendly to him and wouldn't cover the issues that were important in the campaign, smith was greatly hurt by that. he wasn't used to that. he also wasn't used to the media of the day. the pie plate, he used to call the microphone you used to speak into, right in this. >> reporter: room, he would speak into the microphone. he didn't like to read prepared speeches. smith used to write, he would take out of his coat pocket an envelope. he wrote everything on the back of envelopes. he had this custom of saying these are the points i'm going to make, i'm going to speak from the heart. when the campaign started to be more the prepared speech, he wasn't used to th

this is the full court press. welcome to the program this morning. bill press, liberal and proud of it. and good to have you with us to see as we take a look and tackle the big stories today coming here from our nation's capital, around the nation and around the globe. we will tell you all about it. how about this? it is now official. it is an official new government report out yesterday signed by hundreds of scientists affirms that the extreme weather conditions we are suffering today are due in part to global warming caused by man-made gas-house emissions. let's stop this denial nonsense and get busy doing something about global warming. what do you say in we will talk about that and a lot more this morning. first, we jump out to los angeles, get all of the latest today's current news update from the lisa ferguson. >> good morning, bill. good morning. everyone. house republicans will vote on repealing parts or all of president obama's healthcare reform. they have tried to repeal the act 32 times. looks like they are hoping the 33rd time is the char

it was referring to the media, the press. i was making light of the situation which was stressful and tension-based about there being any interest in the inaugural proceedings. >> union the basis for the media interest in those inaugural proceedings. he knew that the basis for the media interest in this inaugural proceedings was what happened on december 31? >> not necessarily. " you think the media was so interested in the proceedings because of another issue? parts of is being inaugurated as the 35th sheriff of the city and county of san francisco. it was the first time there had been an open election in 32 years. >> when you made a joke, what were you referring to? >> i am not sure we've gotten a clear answer. overruled. >> i was simply referring to the media interest because there had been a lot of media interest. i was not making light of domestic violence at all. >> were you referring to the media interest in what happened between you and your wife on december 31? >> objection. >> overruled. >> i answered the question. i

is it killing the press in this country? does it really exist? press has to go through to get quotes from either one of the campaigns. >> the campaign even brought in a lone secret service agent to keep the press away from romney contrary to the agency's policy. >> cenk: and there was a protest last night in san francisco to free bradley manning. well over the weekend i also went to a protest to free bradley manning and i now believe he's an american hero who should be released immediately. [ protesting ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] eliot spitzer joins the new news network. >>we will drill down on the day's top stories in search of facts that inform. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden

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how did the press react to that story? members of the naacp react to romney's plan to eliminate obama care. the media pounced on that moment, but ignored the rest of the speech and the applause. when it comes to race and civil rights, are the liberal press out to smear the gop's pick? as the campaign heats up, mr. obama tries to gain ground with an extended tax cut for the middle class. but the short-term plan doesn't hit the mark. is this another shiny object to distract the media? >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of san dusky's child victims. >> penn state investigation into sexual assaults on children goes public. revealing shocking details of lies and cover ups at the highest level. how will this change the chumy relationship between college football programs and the press? mega star brad pitt's mom gives her view on politics going against the views of the liberal hollywood elite. so what is the reaction she got? >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news c

>> well, again, the argument sent the press abused her. it's the abuse was happening and we would argue at the behest of those working on behalf of the sheriff. >> where is that? >> the sheriff didn't speak out against it. that specific -- that level of specificity is not in the charges. if i can take a moment, i will locate on the charges where this issue is addressed. >> ok. >> in a more general sense. >> so the answer to the question, commissioners is while this particular aspect of the conduct is not spelled out effortlessly, it is embraced in our witness dissituation charge, what happens to a witness after they report a crime is something that is relevant to the idea a sheriff should be protecting witnesses and safeguarding them. but more significantly on count five of our charge, charges rather. that these are acts of wrongful conduct that are going to be proven in conformity of proof at trial and they go to the standard of conduct and that's a standard of conduct that we outlined through chief lansdowne. i mean, i -- i was under the

the modern press, very late 19th, 20th century. if fox news is the indicator of the coming world, then it might go back. >> where does that concept begin in your view? where did the concept begin of an independent press covering elections or whatever it may be? >> it starts in the 1830s with the so-called penny press. where they basically are able to have a business model essentially where the newspapers can pay for themselves. you know, they can have -- they can print enough copies and in turn sell them directly to readers. the old ones were done mostly by subscription. then a lot of the actual sort of funding of them tended to come from these other sources. so that's when it begins, but they're not objective either. like, those are actually the more sensationalist papers where, you know, they take positions, too, and take actually more extreme political positions. so it's really -- it's after the civil war then especially after the turn of the century. you know, william randolph hurst. one of the things people -- one of the most u

not in the press room with no electronics? >> i was in the, where our offices are in the press room reading and tweeting at the same time, writing at the same time. >> to your larger question, it's really, of course, for newspaper reporters change lives completely. you know, people want things very quickly. they want to be able to come to the website and find out what happens. they want alerts. they want twitter feeds. you know, it is really a huge difference. we, a little bit, you know, we had an hour long meeting about what the alert possibilities could be. that we could make sure would be correct. we sort of disposed of saying health care upheld because we thought it would be too much of a split decision so we went with an individual mandate upheld or individual mandate struck kind of alert possibility. so, you think about these things that you never thought, you know, in a million years you would be thinking about. >> the blog is a very good sight, terrific resource. competition is good. sources of information is good. i'm

lopez, did you release a statement to the press on january 5 to the effect of what was happening to your husband was wrong? did you make a public press release on that date? >> january 5? >> yes. >> here or in venezuela? >> here. >> i think we got lawyers, the same, january 4, and they advise do not talk with anybody. >> ok. ms. lopez, i'm not -- i'm not asking that -- that's not the answer to my question. the question that i asked you was, did you make a release to the press, just making a statement that what is happening here is wrong, i have absolutely no complaint against my husband, my husband has never been abusive to me, ross and i are committed to our marriage. our son and our family. on or around january 5 or 6? >> yes, we did that through our lawyers. but i didn't have communication or give any interview. that was january 5 or 6th >> i'm just asking, do you have a recollection? >> no. >> i'm going to approach the witness and show her a document to refresh your recollection. i'm happy to give it to the commission as well. >> show it to opposing counsel. is there an objection? ho

the press is a different issue and complicated issue. as toe the question what do we do with government employees who leak, congress solved that problem a decade ago. unfortunately the legislation was vetoed so we're still waiting for more precise instructions on exactly what the scope of liability is for those who leak. >> professor, should we just rewrite the whole subject of security leaks or should we improve on the 1917 version? >> congressman, i think i would go either further, not only should there be a careful calibrated amendment of the act but congress should see as part of that effort reforming the classifications scheme. because i think congress has historically not exercised the power in the area that i think clearly it has to not leave this up to the executive branch. the atomic energy act of 1954 actually provides detailed classification rules for certain forms of information regarding our nuclear income programs but it's a lone. all of the other classification is done by executive order. if the committee is serious about a

he often doesn't answer the questions when pressed on specifics. that's something that frustrates me in all presidential campaigns. julie mason, thank you very much. matt bai, stick around. coming up, matt will explain why he doesn't always pay attention to the media. ow the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. so i can get three times the coverage. [ chirp ] [ manager 2 ] it's like working in a giant sandbox with all these huge toys. and with the fastest push-to-talk... i can keep track of them all. [ chirp ] [ chirp ] [ male announcer ] upgrade to the new "done." with access to the fastest push-to-talk and three times the coverage. now when you buy one kyocera duracore rugged phone, for $49.99, you'll get four free. visit a sprint store, or call 855-878-4biz. [ chirp ] visit a sprint store, or call 855-878-4biz. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and