and maybe not tom davis or martin frost. just somebody that is not so good so you kind of appreciate these two guys, they really are good. anyway, that appeals to my sort of more perverse nature. but anywayanyway, why do you guys come on up? let's just have a conversation. i'd rather do that than hear myself pontificate. martin is in charge of leadership. martin tells me where to sit. >> i will only tell you one thing. it's obviously early in the morning because charlie is -- he meant to say terms and he said years. i was in 26 and tom and 16, but that's her right. it's early in the morning. [laughter] anyway, what i want to do is cover this morning, cover presidential, cover a little bit of congressional and then what in the hell is going to happen. so i will just throw it open for either one of you to jump out and just say, is the presidential race fundamentally any different from where it was the day april 11, the day romney sort of nail down the nomination? >> let me start if i may charlie. tom and i have been doing thes

and the thing is, if you were going to put together five of them, martin frost and tom davis would beon the five. actually, i can only think of four total. [laughter] but anyway, i mean, they're the gold standard. they really are. and tom davis was in congress for eight years and chairman of the republican, national republican senatorial committee and did a fabulous job there. martin was in congress for 12 years and dccc chair and went on to chair the democratic conference. so both of them have been, you know, on the inside, the innermost strategy sessions, they know what this stuff's all about, and they know where all the bodies are buried and sometimes are tempted but never really tell us exactly where all those bodies are buried. but it's just two members i have an enormous admiration for, and although i've been thinking that for one of these things we ought to have, invite three members up and then have one as a sort of control group say this is somebody else and maybe not tom davis or martin frost. just somebody that's not so good so you kind of appreciate, wow, these two guys, t

board member, tom davis, said he was well paid, he wasn't cheap. members were not speaking. somebody needed to come and get members to work together. a federal review was extended turned up numerous questionable expenses, such as lavish lunches and travel costs. one board member, dennis, spent $9,000 flying to progue for a conference. a move republican congressman, frank wolfe, applauds. >> things were done that should not have been done. travel is done that should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done in closed sessions. >> congressman wolf introduced legislation that will put a permanent inspector general overseeing them. democrat, gerry connolly, agrees with that move, but disagrees with the ouster of board member, dennis ma tier. he says that was purely political and not justified. >> that's a smoke screen for getting at a labor union member who happens to be a member of the board. >> vice president and regional manager of the laborers international union of north america. he was appointed by governor tim kaine. the gove

. >> reporter: board member tom davis says the vote means the project can now move forward with its funding partners, but loudoun county which is supposed to contribute more than 200 million is still on the fence. the loudoun board has another month to vote on whether to opt out of the project. it does opt out, that could delay the project another year while the finances are restructured. in reston peggy fox, 9 news now. >> loudoun chairman scott york tells 9news he's delighted the mwa board has made the right decision. he want his board to vote yes. york says if metrorail stopped at dulles, there would be no rail option for loudoun commuters. >>> the washington redskins training camp is headed south. the team announced they will prepare for the 2013 season down in richmond. surae chinn has more from the team's current training camp about the impact in ashburn. >> reporter: it's the late lunch crowd, but it's quiet at buffalo wing factory just a couple miles from redskins park. >> you definitely feel a change like in business when it's going on, a lot of later rush because a lot of times it

if you were going to put together five of them, martin frost and tom davis would be on the thighs. i can only think of four. they are -- would be on the five. martin was in congress for 12 years. he was the dccc share. both of them have been on the inside, the innermost strategy sessions. they know where all the bodies are buried. sometimes they are tempted, but they never really tell us where exactly those bodies are buried. it is two members i have enormous admiration for. i think we should invite three members up and have one as a control group. say this is somebody else. somebody who is not so good. these two guys are really good and that other one is a clunker. that appeals to my perverse nature. why don't you guys come on up. let's just have a conversation. i would rather do that than here myself pontificate. >> martin is so in charge of leadership -- martin tells me where to sit. >> it is obviously early in the morning because charlie did not remember to say what terms we were in. he said years. i was in 26 and tom was in 16. it's all right. it is early in the morning. >> do

board member, tom davis, said he was well paid, he wasn't cheap. but members were not speaking. somebody needed to come and get members to work together. a federal review of m turned up numerous questionable expenses, such as lavish expenses. one board member, dennis ma tier, spent $9,000 flying for a conference. siting those expenses and more, ousted from the board last week. a move republican congressman, frank wolfe, applauds. >> things are done that should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done and close sessions. private sessions. >> congressman wolf is introducing legislation that will put a permanent inspector general overseeing them. democrat, gerry connolly, agrees with that move, but disagrees with the ouster of board member, dennis ma tier. he said that was purely political and not justified. >> that's a smoke screen for getting at a labor union member who happens to be a member of the board. >> vice president and regional manager of the laborers international union of north america. he was appointed by governor tim ka

washington airport authority allowed cameras to record audio but not video of virginia board member tom davis and chairman michael curto during a media briefing. the board buckled to pressure from virginia's republican governor and the republican led loudoun county supervisors to drop the labor agreement and incentives even though the commonwealth had once been on board. >> you don't say no to the whole project because you don't get your way. >> when we have voted on it with november with the commonwealth's agreement, it was unanimous. >> reporter: the first phase through tyson tourists ton has a voluntary pla, but the idea logical divide over -- through tyson to reston has a voluntary pla, but the ideological divide over the pla has been a problem. there was an agreement if the pha is removed leaving how -- pla is removed leaving loudoun county to decide by july 4th whether to commit its share and ongoing funding. >> if we stay with the project it, is still anticipated that rail will be to loudoun county by 2018. we opt out, the project will be probably on hold. >> it's a monumental decision

finally, we're welcoming back to brookings tom davis, who is notably a former brookings federal executive fellow. behind that, a graduate of the u.s. military academy, has a masters in international security economics from harvard university. as an army officer has was a program analyst for the army, military assistant to the secretary of the army. he also commanded a battalion in the third gulf war as well as an assistant professor at west point. currently he's vice president for strategic planning at general dynamics. so a set of really great experts to dig into an important issue. so first we'll hear from rebecca, then mackenzie and then tom. >> thank you, peter. it's really great to be here today and to be on the panel with mackenzie and tom. so we're going to have a lot to talk about with the defense sequestration possibilities. i want to review two things very quickly, which you probably all know. one is, i think, that we probably all share an assumption that it's time for the defense budget to come down. as you know, we have been spending at historical highs. you've probably all se

board member tom davis said he was well paid. he wasn't cheap. but members were not speaking. somebody needed to come get members to work together. a reveal of expenditures turned up numerous questionable expenses such as lavish lunches and exorbitant travel costs. one board member spent $9,000 flying to prague for a conference. governor bob mcdonnell ousted the board member last week. >> things were done that should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done in closed sessions, private sessions. >> reporter: congressman wolf is introducing legislation that will put a permanent inspector general overseeing. democrat connolly agrees with the move but disagrees with the ouster of december any mctire. >> that's a smoke screen for getting at a labor union member who happens to be a member of the board. >> reporter: mcintyre is a vice president appointed by governor tim kaine. governor bob mcdonnell appointed the co-founder of web methods. she's already been sworn in for the office but martire wants his seat back. peggy fox, 9news now.

tom davis and i both spoke out against mccain-fiengold. what we said is this was going to force money. it is taking money away from political parties. it is going to force money into the fringes. everyone ignored us. everybody. that is exactly what has happened. it is unfortunate. you are going to have to amend the u.s. constitution. it is very hard. the people who drafted our constitution knew what they were doing. they made it hard to ever change the constitution. >> this is a huge variation from four years ago. you did not have super pacs. he did not take the federal match. 3-to-1. this time it is going to be maybe advantage republicans. do not underestimate the effect that can have perry >> back to you original question. we need to recognize the obvious. we have guys who we are not collectively 175 years old, but getting to that general area. [laughter] we are not the right people to be asking about social media. >> you are exactly right. asked my granddaughter. >> unless it is for. detainment purposes -- pure entertainment purposes. i

tom davis and i both spoke out against mccain-fiengold. what we said is this was going to force money. it is taking money away from political parties. it is going to force money into the fringes. everyone ignored us. everybody. that is exactly what has happened. it is unfortunate. you are going to have to amend the u.s. constitution. it is very hard. the people who drafted our constitution knew what they were doing. they made it hard to ever change the constitution. >> this is a huge variation from four years ago. you did not have super pacs. he did not take the federal match. 3-to-1. this time it is going to be maybe advantage republicans. do not underestimate the effect that can have perry >> back to you original question. we need to recognize the obvious. we have guys who we are not collectively 175 years old, but getting to that general area. [laughter] we are not the right people to be asking about social media. >> you are exactly right. asked my granddaughter. >> unless it is for. detainment purposes -- pure entertainment purposes. i

board member, tom davis, said he was well paid, he wasn't cheap. but members were not speaking. somebody needed to come get members to work together. a federal review was extended turned up numerous questionable expenses. such as lavish lunches and travel costs. one board member, dennis, spent $9,000 flying to perugie for a concert. those expenses and more, ousted from the board last week. a move republican congressman applauds. >> things were done that should not have been done. travel is done, should not have been done. actions were done that should not have been done. meetings were done in private sessions. >> congressman wolf is introducing legislation that would put a permanent inspector general overseeing. democrat, gerry connolly, agrees with that move, but disagrees with the ouster of board member, dennis. he says that was purely political and not justified. >> that's a smoke screen for getting at a labor union member who happens to be a member of the board. >> vice president and regional manager of the laborers international union of north america. he was appointed by g

the 2012 election and we will hear from the cook political report and a former virginia republican tom davis as well as the former texas democratic congressman. live coverage from the national journal at 8:30 eastern on c- span 2. on c-span 3, the head of j.p. morgan chase, jamie dimon, will testify about the company's recent trading losses and live coverage will be from the house services -- financial-services committee at 9:30 eastern. friday, supreme court justice ruth better ginsburg talked about the card's current terminal curb health-care case th. >> no case has attracted more attention. the ticket line outside the supreme court was a line that formed three days before all argument commenced. some have described the controversy as unprecedented and they may be right if they mean the number of press conferences, prayer circles, protest, counter protests going on outside the court while all argument was under way and set them as she talked about press reports on the decision expected this week or next. >> though our deliberations are private, that has not dissuaded the media from publish

. >> tom: clive davis, our friday market monitor with some glimmer of optimism with cumberland advisors. this year was supposed to be another record year for the cruise industry. that is until the costa concordia cruise line tragedy off the coast of italy. it scared many passengers away from the open seas. six months later, however, the cruise business is picking up. tonight we say "bon voyage" to our summer travel series with suzanne pratt. >> reporter: at the port of miami today, it was not a great day for sailing. still, passengers weren't too upset with mother nature. after all, a cruise is still a vacation-- rain or shine. >> i call it total escapism. you just walk on the ship, turn on your cell phone, and you're done. >> i just like being on a huge ship and on water. >> we wanted a mini vacation. we wanted to relax and eat and drink and have fun, and we've heard it's fun, so we're going to try it. >> reporter: the cruise industry is hoping more people have that attitude this summer, which is typically the busy season for bookings. but, the industry has yet to fully recover followi

tom davis and i both spoke out against mccain-fiengold.s was going to force money. it is taking money away from political parties. it is going to force money into the fringes. everyone ignored us. everybody. that is exactly what has happened. it is unfortunate. you are going to have to amend the u.s. constitution. it is very hard. the people who drafted our constitution knew what they were doing. they made it hard to ever change the constitution. >> this is a huge variation from four years ago. you did not have super pacs. he did not take the federal match. 3-to-1. this time it is going to be maybe advantage republicans. do not underestimate the effect that can have perry >> back to you original question. we need to recognize the obvious. we have guys who we are not collectively 175 years old, but getting to that general area. [laughter] be asking about social media. >> you are exactly right. asked my granddaughter. >> unless it is for. detainment purposes -- pure entertainment purposes. in 2004, the bush campaign used state of the m artic

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wolf: this language came about as a result of our former colleague, tom davis. there were many ideas behind it. i didn't know the amendment was coming up. i think that's part of the problem around here on the prefiling. just to let members know what is coming up so they know. one, the number of federal employees. it serves the pentagon, it sembs most of the federal agencies in -- serves most of the federal agencies in the government. but if you look at the me row today, most of the people riding it today were tourists from new jersey and from texas and from other places like that around. when you look at metro with regard to the inauguration and many of the other events, that was the whole concept, that the administration, both republican and democrat, and this was a republican amendment offered by congressman tom davis, to have this funding over a period of, i think if my memory serves me, over a period of 10 years. so i rise in strong opposition to the garrett amendment and ask the congress to maintain the integrity of what congressman davis and many other con

tom keegan. president davis had great hope for sydney johnston. was that just divide or warranted and if he had lived could he have made any type of difference in the west? >> johnston referred to notes evil joseph e. johnson is alfred sidney johnson who davis would often say was his closest friend which i find interesting. johnston was a year or two ahead of jefferson davis at west pointe and johnson allowed davis to join his set. this was the term they used, we were all in high school, those of us who weren't in high school before the civil war. [ laughter ] it was a click. and this was a heady feeling for young davis, boy from out in mississippi to be allowed into this elite set, it was polk and a few others and davis i think really idolized sidney johnston ever after and thus when he became president of the confederacy his first concern for his military establishment was to make albert sidney johnston his premier, his senior field general, yet this man davis said was his closest friend, he and johnston as i could tell hadn't seen each other mo

finally, we are welcoming back tom davis. if former brookings fellow. he is a graduate of the u.s. military academy. he was a program analyst for the army. he also commanded an act leroy -- and artillery battalion. he was an assistant professor at west point. currently, he is vice president at general dynamics. in insists corporations global opportunities. a set of great expert. first, we will hear from rebecca, the mackenzie, then tom. >> it is great to be here today. we are going to have a lot to talk about with the sequestration possibilities. i want to be two things which probably all the. one is -- i want to review two things which you probably all know. we have been spending at historical highs. you have probably all seen the chart that looks at the top line. what strikes me is that our spending has been higher than it was during the korean war. if you are like me you say, how did we get into this situation? sequestration itself is a frightening thing. you talked about "spinal tap," i was trying to think of a movie that would give us a sense of what this is like. the only one

tom davis and i both spoke out against mccain-feingold when it was being considered by congress more than 10 years ago. and what we said at the time was that this is going to force money, it's taking money away from the political party and it's going to force money out into the fringes for these independent groups. and everybody ignored us. everybody. and that's exactly what's happened. it is unfortunate. now we're in a position where you'll have to amend the u.s. constitution to do anything about this, and it's very hard to amend the u.s. constitution. the people who drafted our constitution knew what they were doing. they made it damn hard to ever change the constitution. >> but just a huge variation when a bomb had a huge spending advantage, you didn't have super pacs and he didn't take the federal match so he could spend unlimited amounts. >> mccain did. >> three to one spending advantage in virginia. this time it will be made advantage republicans. don't underestimate the effects that can have. >> let me go back to the original question. first, you know, we need to recognize the

we will hear from charlie cook, tom davis, and martin frost.live coverage from the national journal on c-span 2. on sees 3, jamie dimon will testify about the company's recent trading losses. it starts at 9:30 eastern. friday, supreme court justice ruth later ginzberg talks about the court's current term including the health care case. >> not since the court invited to briefs and arguments and citizens united has attracted more attention. the picket line outside the supreme court, a line that formed three days before oral argument commencd. -- commenced. some have described it as unprecedented, and they are right in terms of the media of, protests, counter protests going on at outside while the arguments are under way inside. and our deliberations are private, it has not dissuaded the media from publishing a steady stream of rumors and fifth-hand accounts. my favorite among press pieces widely observed that the supreme court, those who know and who don't talk and those who talked don't know. >> watched the rest of line at the c-span video libra

davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me are will reisman, tom vacar and marisa lagos, political writer for "the san francisco chronicle." you know, marisa, the state budget being passed, some people saying, my goodness. >> and on time. >> and on time. but were there still sticking points? the governor and the legislature weren't necessarily walking step by step. >> no, and this is, you know, the big sort of appropriations bill was passed today. we still have about 20 trailer bills that are going to need to be taken up. and the big sticking points that the governor and the legislator have been negotiating throughout this week really haven't been resolved. as late as friday, the governor's office was saying, we're not there yet. the biggest issue is cal works, there's question, the governor really wants to cut it by almost a billion dollars. and he would like to see the sort of grant levels be reduced. the amount of time people can stay on this program. democrats are saying no way. this is, after years of cuts and we don't want to leave people hom

davis died in 1991. his music performances may have vanished but the people still happily applaud their music. tom, "bbc world news." >> much more of course on all that and on our website. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. thats why were supplying cleaner burning natural gas to generate electricity. and its also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. >> a minute, mom! >> lets broaden the worlds energy mix. lets go. >> bbc world news was presented >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles.

i'm belva davis and welcome to be this week in northern california. joining me tonight on our news panel are tom vacar, ktvu news, consumer editor. and richard gonzalez, npr correspondent. and david lazarus, the las vegas times. david, if there ever was a time when we could use a crystal ball and that would be you, tell us where are we in this and when will the court let us know what's they're deliberations have brought them to rule on? >> frs of all, there's no percentage in trying to second guess the supreme court. anything we say will remain in the realm of speculation. that said, polls that have come out and my own conversations with a number of health care experts suggest we have a sense of what could happen next week. on the one hand, what we're looking at probably the conservative wing of the supreme court striking down the so called individual mandate. at the beginning of this process, it was thought legal footing, now a lot of people are thinking, you know, bagsed on the aggressive questioning during the testimony, the individual mandate probably living on borrowed time. the question is

tom barrett who lost the knew that torreial election. he would be just the third governor to be removed through such a process. that includes california governor gray davis who was removed in 2003. >>> they are trying to find a person who shot and killed a young woman. they went to the home around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. inside, they found an 18-year old woman who was shot in the chest. she was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. they are hoping tips from the public will help find the killer. this is the first homicide of the year. >> ex felon faces serious charges following a standoff in oakland. he barricaded himself inside a home and briefly held hostages. >> they tell us how the standoff unfolded with exclusive video of the suspect's arrest. >> only on two. following a long ordeal for police. alameda if you deputies -- deputies wrap there and he barricaded himself in the home. >> they wanted to protect everyone involved with the entry team. s.w.a.t. team and hostage negotiations team and come down here and have a dialogue with the suspect and he was able to come out and talk to police. >> reporter: they had seen the man at the home

>> still ahead, tom brokaw is here, chuck todd and davi axelrod. >> that is murderer's road, gehrig,le. >> the third guy, theç '27 yankees. >> plus, a stunning upset at wimbledon. rafael nadal lost to the 100 ranked player in the world. come on. and italy shocked germany in the euro. >> horrible. >> how did it happen? sports is next. stay in the moment sanya focus lolo, focus let's do this i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason

tom you know i'm all in favor of being productive david lab and. being productive i do however think those are where we should be learning from france david davis it would thank you david. with their deal of the economic elite made a deal with working americans that their basic needs would be met with a social safety net but today the elites are shredding that deal and trying to bring feudalism back to america that's wrong people like pete peterson need to be called out on. now on to another group of americans who are being left behind our soldiers according to a new pentagon report our soldiers are dying at an alarming rate but not in afghanistan they're dying right here at home in the first one hundred fifty five days of this year one hundred fifty four soldiers committed suicide averaging nearly one soldier dying of suicide each day that's an eighteen percent increase from last year and the fastest pace in the decade of bush's two wars suicide deaths now occur fifty percent more often than combat deaths in afghanistan and the situation isn't much better for our military veterans every eighty minutes in america a u.s. veteran attempts suicide st

tom klein, the attorney for alleged victim number five. today, the defense rested its case. tomorrow, closing arguments begin. back with me, lanny davis. of penn state. you're a top lawyer, you've been a white house counsel, crisis management expert. all of these skills are pretty seriously tested in this case. on the face of it, it's pretty grim for penn state, isn't it? >> well, first let me say, i have to be very limited in what i can say to you about this, piers. a man is in trial and he's entitled to the presumption of innocence and the jury is going to decide mr. sandusky's fate. i can tell you that in working for penn state. i love yale as a great university. i have never seen an alumni, a student body, a faculty that loves a place more than i've seen in the penn state family. and i know one thing, that they should not be judged or identified with this particular tragedy, if it turns out he's guilty, may he go to jail for a long time. this great university should not be defined by this tragedy. >> is it a problem for penn state when you have such an iconic character, joe paterno, for example, wielding such power through just his

mike davis is doing a fan itsic job and tom o'toole, they are doing an amazing job. >> do you rememberic, it was almost impossible to play that course, wasn't that when retief was out there? he was the only guy that was anywhere near par i think. >> right. it's very tough. it's short but very tight and the greens are unbelievable. we just got the women's u.s. open at trump national so i was very happy about that. >> this is going to be thursday. and unlike the masters i think they show a lot of the tiger, phil, bubba, i mean, everybody. >> they have great threesomes set out initially in all great -- i think the ratings will be off the charts, i do. >> that belmont was so disappointing, although we went out on friday just to check it out. was that not as a horse racing fan, i was crestfallen when that happened, weren't you? >> well, it was a tough one. they could have raced the horse i guess, but it would have been probably dangerous so they did the right thing. it certainly took a lot of bloom off the rose, no question about that. >> donald, as always, thank you and appreciate it. >> t

and to sergeant first class brad tom marks you died in the service of your country, and you will be missed. lieutenant ryan davisraoul was killed in the same attack. he was a first lieutenant in the 133rd m.p. company, graduated from lexington high school, a graduate of the citadel. and he is survived by his wife katherine and their daughters -- excuse me, son caleb. and i just want to acknowledge to katherine, who interned in our office, that you're certain any our prayers. did you a great job for us. anything that we can do for any of these families in south carolina, we will. and we very much pray for you and your family. sergeant john j.d. david medor -- i hope that's right the way i pronounced it. graduated lexington high school, a member of the wrestl wrestlinm and a wrestling coach. he was a member of the same m.p. company, survived by his wife christie and three daughters olivia, rianna and elena. two christie and her family, you will be in our prayers. this will be a tough weekend in south carolina. we're going to have three funerals. to general livingston and the national guard family, you are certainl

tom barrett wins, how quickly it would walker have to vacate office? weeks.uest: a matter of is, both would have to be certified officially. if california governor gray davis was recalled nine years ago if. it took four weeks or five weeks for his replacement, arnold schwarzenegger, a republican, to take office. in wisconsin it's a little different. if governor walker is defeated, mayor tom barrett gets into office. but in california it was a slightly different procedure. you would see a relatively quick turnaround. it is interesting that governor walker was able to be on the ballot for recall relatively quickly into his term. he is been in office less than two years and is already facing a recall. that is much sooner than many other states. host: the governor is not the only one facing a recall vote in wisconsin. other names up for grabs. lieutenant governor's slot and three gop state senators. what could happen even if governor walker retains his seat? are we looking at potentially a shift in power in the wisconsin legislature? guest: that is an interesting question. many scenarios could play out there. the lieutenant governor's race has not gotten nearl