laid out in his book agrarian justice he actually proposed a social security system thomas paine in the seven hundred ninety s. when our country was first being founding thomas paine the proposed social security proposed minimum wage proposed equivalent of unionization proposed that every person upon birth should have some basic fundamental amount of money allocated to them that they could use throughout their lives that there would be a decent retirement and it's really quite extraordinary most of the things that came along with the new deal thomas paine proposed in seventeen days the occupy wall street movement for example the ultimate example of a we society free books free health care free food people working together and if you look at the republican budget you find the exact opposite the republican budget is all about a society maybe societies are called feudalism where the very very few own pretty much everything including all the property of the of the of the serfs. it's kingdoms it's coke ville as in koch brothers ville this is the world that the libertarians and the rig

they have grown away -- thomas paine was an exception to that which is why he never understood the american revolution though he wrote a very influential book promoting the revolution. was a revolution of ideas. that is not lunatic french peasants running around with pikes on heads advancing through the streets was slaughtering priests and smashing the stained-glass windows at notre don cathedral. that is mob behavior. >> host: santa fe, new mexico. why is c-span given a platform to the starkly device of woman? she claims to want to discuss the issues and named her book "demonic". is involved the biblical showdown between good and evil. please keep real on c-span. don't help enable an imagined war between citizens of the united states of america to gain legitimacy. i will seek other information outlets if c-span succumbs further to this dangerous sensationalism. next call for ann coulter from john in phoenix. >> caller: good morning from phoenix. ann coulter is as real as you can get. thank you very much. takes my breath away. i am a conservative independent voter. i switched from the repub

i am very patriotic, i began the book with thomas paine and i talk about how thomas paine came up withery important document, common sense, in the american revolution. and he was expecting a democratic government to be governed by the people. it was a revolutionary idea. i am proposing we go back to the ideals of a true democratic republic. when you mentioned the children, i close the book with the tucson shooting and with christine in green. that lovely young girl who was killed in tucson. and she used a light to read -- wear red, white, and blue. she was very patriotic and thought it was a great country. and it is. it is just some of the ways that we are practicing politics that have gone off kilter. host: she was born on september 11. you write in the book -- guest: not to be too grandiose but that is what i did with swing vote. that's the way i feel about the swing vote. to some extent, i have been a political reporter all my adult life, cover politics, local, state, and national. like many independent voters, i've become increasingly frustrated and concerned about the system. host

thomas. he was in the courtroom today. >> harry said guilty as charged, i mean just, you know, the pain inside. reporter: romaine thomas, a long time democratic political activist and mother to harry thomas, jr., she was also in the courtroom today. >> they're my children and the lord right now, so i'm just blessed. reporter: harry thomas, jr. tonight is free on his own recognizance due back on may 3rd for sentencing. bruce johnson, 9 news now from downtown washington. >>> after today's hearing the council held a meeting about how to move forward. it set the date for a special election to fill thomas' seat. that will be may 5th. chairman kwame brown suggested getting rid of the youth investment trust, but other council members disagreed saying it still helps out d.c. kids. >>> a judge did not hesitate today to give a grandmother the full recommended sentence for killing her granddaughter. carmela dela rosa was convicted of throwing that little girl off a walkway at tysons corner. reporter: i'm peggy fox in fairfax where carmela dela rosa received a jury recommended sentence of 35 years in prison

thomas. he was in the courtroom today. >> when harry said guilty as charged, i mean just, you know, the pain inside. reporter: romaine thomas a long time political activist and mother to harry thomas, jr. was also in the courtroom today. >> there were children of the lord right now, so i'm just blessed. reporter: harry thomas, jr. is facing 37 to 36 months in prison free on his own recognizance. there are limited travel restrictions. he's due back in court may 3rd for sentencing. now the judge made clear in talking about other investigations, although not being specific, that not only did this investigation continue on the fast track, but the other investigations, you got to figure he's talking about the campaigns of mayor vincent gray and council chairman kwame brown. he says those are also on a fast track or traction because of the public concern. back to you. >> so much unfolding. thank you for bringing it to us first, bruce johnson. >>> our team coverage of the harry thomas guilty plea continues with our ken molestina live at the wilson building with reaction from the current d.c. council chairma

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in court at high noon, thomas firmly said guilty as charged in the plea agreement reached with prosecutors. >> to my family who is with me today, i deeply regret the pain that caused each of you. >> reporter: thomas formerly resigned his seat in a letter to the council, friday. council chairman kwame brown said thomas' staff has been let go. thomas' seat will remain vacant until a special election. that special election would be held in may. here is an interesting number, the special election will cost about $350,000. that's about how much harry thomas jr. stole from the city. jim, back to you. >> tom sherwood, thank you, tom. >>> tonight, we are getting a closer look inside the federal investigation of harry thomas jr. to see how the scheme worked. pat collins continues our coverage live outside the u.s. attorney's office with more and the man who helped bring him down. pat? >> reporter: doreen, harry thomas jr., he treated d.c. taxpayers like they were his own personal piggy bank. some things harry thomas jr. bought with your money. a victory motorcycle, $23,745. an audi suv, $58,575. airline tickets, $19,000. there were clothes and restaurants, well

thomas said in his statement i want to apologize to those i have let down. i deeply regret the pain that this has caused. today i am taking the first at the toward making things right. thomas is due in u.s. district court friday morning to begin the formal process that is expected to lead to a prison sentence of up to three years. thomas is the first d.c. council member in modern history to resign for criminal matters. a very sad day for his city. >> the people in his ward, will they be unrepresented? >> it will be vacant. there lab special election. the board of special elections will have to call that in 114 days. whoever gets the most votes wins. there are three years left on his term so there's a lot to run for. >> the mayor and council chairman both were involved in their own federal investigations. both spoke to news4 about the investigation. mayor gray is being investigated for allegedly giving cash and a city job to a minor candidate in exchange or a tax on then mayor adrian fenty during the campaign. chairman quame brown is also under investigation for raising and spending

pain. >>> i'm eric thomas. one-day strike against kaiser permanente hospitals is underway.and other union workers have walked out in sympathy protesting attempts to cut benefits and inadequate staffing levels. replacement workers have been brought in. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >>> good morning. mostly cloudy this afternoon, dry compared to the sprinkles this morning upper 50s to low 60s scattered light rain tonight through tomorrow. warm and sunny starting thursday. >>> east bay has slowest traffic new crash westbound 580 traffic heavy northbound 13 jammed on to eastbound 24 because of an earlier crash it has

. >> to my family, who is with me today, i deeply regret the pain this caused each of you. >> reporter: thomas will be back here at court may 3rd to find out what that sentence is. jim, back to you. >> we have multiple investigations going on currently. what signal or message does today's message send to other city officials? >> reporter: well, the prosecutors were saying they take very seriously corruption and any pup lick place in the city. the u.s. attorney has said repeatedly he takes it seriously, he lives in the city and he won't tolerate it. >> what happens to the thomas seat on the council, tom. >> reporter: the d.c. board of elections next wednesday, as early as next wednesday will meet, declare the seat vacant and schedule a special election within 114 days. you have to have time for people to qualify to run. you have to give time for any ballots that may come from overseas. that's what will happen. the seat will be vacant until then. whoever wins that seat will serve the three remaining years in thomas' term. >> okay, tom sherwood reporting. thank you, tom. >>> today, prosecutors de

thomas. >>> in oakland city leader's ears still ringing after a raucous meeting. the council had painful and unpopular vets by the time the dust cleared not much had been done. terry mcsweeney is live at city hall. the volume was up loud. >> reporter: it was a standing room only meeting here. 105 oakland city workers are going to be losing their job. it is going to be announced next week. some programs are going to be cut. a lot of people wondering how is that going to impact me? occupy protesters were here and broke up the meeting. take a look. the protesters forced the meeting to be adjourned for 30 minutes. councilmembers notified thousands of workers last week their jobs might be eliminated. now they are looking at maybe 105 jobs eliminated. the decision has to be made february 1st. one man feels that the city is falling short of its pledge, its mission statement to treat employees with dignity and respect. >> we are seeing none of that today. tonight, those words are not worth the paper they are written on. >> reporter: also facing cuts the budget for the oakland zoo. three years ag

that they breathed, that they laugh that they cried, that they felt pain, that they -- that they -- they even experienced joy. >> when thomasefferson died, the 130 slaves still at monticello were sold at auction. the exhibit opens friday, at the smithsonian national museum of american history. so cool what we have in our town. >> for sure. >> absolutely. we forget that because we are so busy complaining about the weather. >> no one is complaining today. >> who is complaining today? it is beautiful. >> gorgeous out there today. wither going to see those changes. yesterday was a beautiful day today, pretty nice, tomorrow, the rain begins to move in here but won't be the heaviest rain. we are going to hold off until at least tomorrow night. outside right now, a very nice evening, a good night to get out, maybe walk the dog, maybe take a little bit of a walk or, hey, take a little bit of a coffee break outside this evening, 45 the current temperature, winds out of the south, 6 miles per hour, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky high-level variety, a some system approaches the area, gaithersburg, 46 degrees, leesburg, sterling, b

pain and whether the death penalty is imposed more often on people of color. the father of the victim called in tears saying that the letter is tearing him apart. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> well, a crowd of 15,000 is expected today as a final memorial service today honoring the late football coach joe paterno. friends and fans lined the route yesterday as a hearse care rid his body to the funeral. his son, jay, will speak at this afternoon's service. >>> let's get some sports highlights now. an upset and nearly an upset to tell you about. the details from espn news. >>> i'm chris cotter with your espn news. a big night in the nba. we start with the heat and the pistons. chris bosh finding, who else? lebron james. the heat up 5 early. another look at how he got so open. fourth quarter. cole getting the steal. he finds james. nobody better in the nba to find than your buddy, james. detroit climbs back into this thing. 1:00 to play, heat down one, trying to avoid the upset. james driving. he's fouled. and the heat would we take the lead with the free throws. last chance for detroit now, down three. day is called for, traveling? before getting rid

in court at high noon, thomas firmly said guilty as charged in the plea agreement reached. >> to my family, who is with me today, i deeply regret the pain this has caused each of you. >> reporter: now the board of elections is expected to meet next wednesday and declare the seat vacant in ward 5. i'm tom sherwood live at the district court, back to you, jim. >> what was said in terms of getting some of the money, the taxpayers money back to d.c.? prosecutors are trying to sell off some of that seized property, is that right? >> reporter: you know, the hundreds of thousands of dollars, one year, 2008, took $278,000. there are cars that have been confisca confiscated. he's due to pay fines. there's a lot of money. getting it back, there's not going to be much. he spent it. there's only with few things to show for it. am i still there? >> you are. >> reporter: okay, i wanted to say one thing, pat collins will have more coming up at the 5:00 show. the u.s. attorney's office said in a press conference thomas used city government funds like a piggy bank. >> his own personal piggy bank they said. see you at 5:00 and 6:00 as well. we'll follow

the contract the first pain shows he was reporting to the director of public policy for freddie mac a man by the name of craig thomas, who in fact was one of freddie mac's top lobbyists. so the consulting work that newt gingrich was doing was for the freddie mac top lobbyist, but gingrich insists it did not consist of lobbying. the lobbying disclosure law and how it defines lobbying activities, it does say lobbying activity consists of work in preparation for lobbying or work as background material that is intended to help lobbying. so i think again, the fact that he was reporting to a freddie mac lobbyist does raise the further questions what he was actually doing. >> michael isikoff, thank you for helping us explain this. complicated but i feel more clear. thank you. >> $1.6 to $1.8 to report to the lobbyist at the organization. how close to lobbying is that? >>> alan grayson of florida who admitted is the florida politician you want to hear from. >>> big unexpected news out of washington state, out of indiana, ahead of the super bowl in two weeks, that's ahead. gol. [ female announcer ] roc® retinol... the gold s

the contract the first pain shows he was reporting to the director of public policy for freddie mac a man by the name of craig thomas, who in fact was one of freddie mac's top lobbyists. so the consulting work that newt gingrich was doing was for the freddie mac top lobbyist, but gingrich insists it did not consist of lobbying. the lobbying disclosure law and how it defines lobbying activities, it does say lobbying activity consists of work in preparation for lobbying or work as background material that is intended to help lobbying. so i think again, the fact that he was reporting to a freddie mac lobbyist does raise the further questions what he was actually doing. >> michael isikoff, thank you for helping us explain this. complicated but i feel more clear. thank you. >> $1.6 to $1.8 to report to the lobbyist at the organization. how close to lobbying is that? >>> alan grayson of florida who admitted is the florida politician you want to hear from. >>> big unexpected news out of washington state, out of indiana, ahead of the super bowl in two weeks, that's ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment mi

painful cold. the kind that makes your eyes water and fingers ache. when can we expect this winter blast to thaw? >>> new developments for d.c. councilmember harry thomasello, i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison in for wendy rieger. private talks are under way to have thomas plead guilty in a corruption case. it's close, but not yet in hand. >> the ward five councilman is under federal investigation for diverting $300,000 in city funds to spend on his own lifestyle. tom sherwood is here with the new developments today. tom? >> there's a rush of rumors and reports. one thing is clear, this thomas corruption case is near the conclusion. harry thomas jr., his home was

thomas admitted his guilt. his former colleague council member vincent orange said this. >> to hear a former member say guilty as charged, it's devastating. it's very painfulome to light? earlier i spoke with main who helped expose the fraud, tim day, a lifelong d.c. resident and republican who ran against thomas in 2010. what is your reaction to thomas' guilty plea? >> it's kind of -- it's sad and somber. it's sad that when anyone goes through this ordeal and the family, especially when they belong to a family that has done phenomenal things. his mother romaine thomas has just done a phenomenal job and dedicated her entire life to the residents of the district of columbia, specifically the youth in ward 5 in the district of columbia. so it's very sad that this had to come to. this. reporter: so you're a tax accountant. that is your professional job. are you surprised it took you and not some ethics commission or someone else to uncover this scandal? >> i think no. it was so blatant and open being a tax accountant, you know, i know tax laws. i know taxation. i don't know nonprofit stuff and it was easy. really all it takes somebody with a computer and a li

thomas langman, producer. "moneyball," michael de-luca, rachel and brad pitt, the producers. the "descendants," jim burke, alexander painrmined. >> no, "the help," no "the hugo." >> then we'll get it. >> yeah, there you go. >> that changed this year, ten, right? >> we didn't know exactly how many we had, yeah. >> i think it's 6-5, by the way. >> "extremely loud and incredibly thin." >> surprise. >> please join us on february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. >> that's a big surprise. >> that it didn't get more. >> that it got nominated. >> "hugo is leading at this point with 11 nominations and "the artist has ten, these are films that the academy and hollywood really loves because it has a lot to do with old hollywood and a love of film. >> intense nostalgia on a faentd life of movies. >> absolutely. >> as i was saying, the "descendants," really, is an extremely loud and incredibly close are about the only films in there that are realistic dramas about the present day. >> let's go out to los angeles where we have nancy o'dell there, nancy, what do you think? >> good morning. how are you, charlie

painful to sit through that. >> the u.s. attorney made it clear today that this investigation continues, but would not elaborate on others who might be involved or could possibly be charged in the future. thomas was ordered back to court on may 3. that's when a judge will decide on that sentencing. we're hearing it would be 3 to 4 years, but once again, it's up to the judge to make that decision. >> matt acklin, thank you very much for keeping us up to date. a special election will be held for the ward 5 seat. with more on how that will work and what else comes next, we are joined by allison mclaughlin, public affairs manager for the d.c. board of elections. what is next for that council seat? who takings over and when will there be a special election? >> at some point, the board will be notified and the board has five days to declare the vacancy exists and schedule the date of that special election. there's a time clock begins that day. we have 114 days until the following tuesday. the special election will be held. at this point t will probably be may 8 or may 15. >> just to be clear, it is left vacant now until then. >> yes. the seat will remain vacant until it is filled by a special elect

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thomas senior and 62-year-old mildred freeman on oxon hill road. police believe there's damage to the grill and headlight area. if you have any information give police a call. jutes being called a painful necessary decision. coming up, penn state officials reveal more of their rationale for firing legendary football coach joe paterno. >>> and a knowsy neighbor has a bone to pick with the quarterback of the baltimore ravens. find out what forced him to call the team's front office. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i said it-- spelunking. [ whirring ] and i still haven't built one of those fighting robots. come on. it's pretty awesome. okay. just a few things we need to do first. [ laughs ] [ announcer ] before you make your leap, make a list. then get going in the completely redesigned cr-v. all new, from honda. >>> a painful decision that had to be made. more than a dozen penn state board of trustees members are recounselling their decision to fire football coach joe paterno. they axed paterno back in november as the scandal surrounding jerry sandusky widened. it they say they fired paterno in part becaus