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. >> can you fix a point where inequality becomes unconscionable? >> it's not just the level of equality, it's the form of inequality, the nature of inequality, the sources of inequality. so, for instance, give you two aspects of america's inequality that i find particularly unacceptable. corporate ceos, that we were talking before, rather than making a more, a better product, spend their time lobbying to get their tax rates down. the bottom line is the same, if you make a better product or if you get your taxes down. it may be easier to lobby your congressman than to produce a better product. the result of that? a weaker economy, an unfair politics undermining democracy, more inequality. but that's the direction we've been going. so that's one example of what i call the unconscionable inequality. when it comes out of that kind of way that you can get the larger piece of the pie, not by making the pie bigger but by taking a bigger slice of an existing pie. the second aspect that is really been troubling about american inequality is the lack of equal
. >> can you fix a point where inequality becomes unconscionable? >> it's not just the level of equality, it's the form of inequality, the nature of inequality, the sources of inequality. so, for instance, give you two aspects of america's inequality that i find particularly unacceptable. corporate ceos, that we were talking before, rather than making a more, a better product, spend their time lobbying to get their tax rates down. the bottom line is the same, if you make a better...
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. >> it's unconscionable to me much it's unconscionable. >> he does not know the ranger seen in thisideo but says he is angered to see one of his own tackled, kicked and at one point the suspect even spitting on the ranger. >> this is somebody i'd be working with. these guys keep these places clean and safe. >> reporter: monday police arrested 19 your old curtis tanner along with a 17 year old. the pair from pottstown according to sources ventured into the city and started out at canes park where skateboarding is allowed. sources say friday afternoon the two ended up at love park and when the ranger asked the group of skaters to leave, that's when the situation escalated. >> what led me to start recording was the fact that the, you know, the kid who did the attack was getting really loud. >> reporter: no one argues the video is difficult to watch but the message from cohen and fellow skateboarders this was an isolated incident. >> there's always one or two bad apples. i don't understand what this kids problem is and i hope he gets the help he needs it's quite obvious that he does. >>
. >> it's unconscionable to me much it's unconscionable. >> he does not know the ranger seen in thisideo but says he is angered to see one of his own tackled, kicked and at one point the suspect even spitting on the ranger. >> this is somebody i'd be working with. these guys keep these places clean and safe. >> reporter: monday police arrested 19 your old curtis tanner along with a 17 year old. the pair from pottstown according to sources ventured into the city and...
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two three-year-olds who have been murdered by unconscionable violence. >> the grandparents are in critical condition. there have been 13 domestic violence related homicides in the county. that is four more than yesterday. >> more changes as the corruption trial of bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen mcdonnell enter a fourth week. a judge was asked -- a juror was excused due to an out-of-state emergency. kelly testified bob mcdonnell was consumed by the job. this morning, bob mcdonnell says he is ready to get on the stand. get to start our case and tell our story. i think a lot of the truth has come out. they could face decades in prison if convicted of convict -- if convicted of accepting thousands of dollars in loans. we will have more on today's testimony coming up. >> congress may not be in session, but today is eric cantor's last day and office. -- in office. voters will elect someone to fill his term on november 4, the same day they will vote for who will fill the seat come january. voters can head to the polls tomorrow. a special election for the 48th district. the seat open that when
two three-year-olds who have been murdered by unconscionable violence. >> the grandparents are in critical condition. there have been 13 domestic violence related homicides in the county. that is four more than yesterday. >> more changes as the corruption trial of bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen mcdonnell enter a fourth week. a judge was asked -- a juror was excused due to an out-of-state emergency. kelly testified bob mcdonnell was consumed by the job. this morning, bob...
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vacation rentals they facilitate the illegal rent control housing we're at a time and place it's unconscionable to have the illegal heirs especially, when it takes several units off the market and planning staff has rightfully talked about the concerns on our housing stock it directly contradicts the objectives and protect the affordability which our housing stock they've noted 5 thousand apartment available for rent or rb and r similar weblts this legislation has serious lack of enforce ability. the legislation go tasks for the staff has enforcement responsibilities without dedicated resources of those responsibilities. the legislation also is the only item in the planning commission which does not require the building owners permission for conditional use landlords should have the right to prohibit short time use in their buildings and the agreements must be enforceable and they have the right to prohibit those. we don't have the right we need the right to uphold our lease agreement and the illegal rental controlled how's. in summary >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi
vacation rentals they facilitate the illegal rent control housing we're at a time and place it's unconscionable to have the illegal heirs especially, when it takes several units off the market and planning staff has rightfully talked about the concerns on our housing stock it directly contradicts the objectives and protect the affordability which our housing stock they've noted 5 thousand apartment available for rent or rb and r similar weblts this legislation has serious lack of enforce...
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. >> the rule of contract la is you can't include or enforce unconscionable terms. terms buried in the fine print that though reasonable person would agree to then. in the case of the clear gear consumers, the couple that attempted to purchase and was slapped with a $3500 fine, it was shady on the part of clear gear, not only did they attempt to use the void and nolle prosequi disparageable void, it wasn't in the terms when the couple did business, they added it later and wept after the couple. when the couple refused to pay. they reported their don't to credit agencies, rue jiping their debt for 18 months. >> you said the clause wasn't there at the time of purchase. if it han there, would clear -- had been there, would clear gear have had a stronger position in court? >> clear gear did not show up to defend itself. we'll never know what the court would have thought. again, under the idea of unconion ability it's unlikely that a court would have enforced a clause because it runs contrary to what a reasonable person's expectations is when he or she purchases somethin
. >> the rule of contract la is you can't include or enforce unconscionable terms. terms buried in the fine print that though reasonable person would agree to then. in the case of the clear gear consumers, the couple that attempted to purchase and was slapped with a $3500 fine, it was shady on the part of clear gear, not only did they attempt to use the void and nolle prosequi disparageable void, it wasn't in the terms when the couple did business, they added it later and wept after the...
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they let that baby lay there for 4 1/2 hours and that is unconscionable on the hot concrete with bloodring out of his head. >> reporter: on monday brown will be laid to rest but what happened will not and thousands are expected to attend and so many they are likely to spill out the street, a sign of just how deep by the killing has effected the community. brown is only the latest to die at the hands of police, police shoot a black man in america twice a week by a study of usa today and they want to make a difference at least here. >> people will not forget but learn from this tragedy. maybe it will promote more change with the police department. >> reporter: ricky nelson also has a hope. what do you think is going to come of all this? >> aside this man being prosecuted and going to jail the rest of his life, they will stop shooting young black boys in the street is my goal. >> reporter: as the funeral marks an end of sorts to his story, investigation into what happened here could decide whether a new sense of quiet remains on the city streets. john henderson in ferguson, missouri. >> r
they let that baby lay there for 4 1/2 hours and that is unconscionable on the hot concrete with bloodring out of his head. >> reporter: on monday brown will be laid to rest but what happened will not and thousands are expected to attend and so many they are likely to spill out the street, a sign of just how deep by the killing has effected the community. brown is only the latest to die at the hands of police, police shoot a black man in america twice a week by a study of usa today and...
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we have an unconscionable credit card debt already and the inaugural is killing us." hyde said the governor only had to report the gifts to him. that prompted maureen mcdonnell's defense attorney to ask do you know if the governor enjoyed wearing women's clothing? >> governor, do you like wearing women's clothing? >> i think that was a rhetorical question, but i think he made his point. >> reporter: governor, what about the question about the financial disclosure form, the rolex? >> he'll have time to talk about it when i set the time. i think we had another great day today and i was delighted to have my sisters with me and i've just got remarkable support from my loving family as i had throughout this ordeal. i'm looking forward to continue to get the truth out. >> as for the request to follow up on possible grants to star scientific, he said it was not appropriate and he didn't do it. trial resumes tomorrow morning at 9:30. >>> now to a trail of unpaid traffic fines that led straight to d.c. council member marion barry. today a wusa9 review of dmv records showed the
we have an unconscionable credit card debt already and the inaugural is killing us." hyde said the governor only had to report the gifts to him. that prompted maureen mcdonnell's defense attorney to ask do you know if the governor enjoyed wearing women's clothing? >> governor, do you like wearing women's clothing? >> i think that was a rhetorical question, but i think he made his point. >> reporter: governor, what about the question about the financial disclosure form,...
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i think it's unconscionable that we're not trying to find a solution. >> reporter: the white house is saying the president has no choice but to act alone. he's expected to take unilateral action by the end of the month and before congress returns from its recess. >>> an update now on that developing news. alameda county -- sorry we want to update you on that developing news. coming to us in newark. within the last 15 minutes alameda county tweeted that no structures are being threatened by this fire. there are no reports of injuries to firefighters or any of the people living near by. you're looking at some of the video that our crew shot when this fire broke out just about two hours ago. the fire is near stevenson boulevard. there's no word yet on containment. we will though keep you updated throughout the newscast and bring you new information on both facebook and twitter. >>> we know a hard hit on the football field can be tough for parents to watch when they have young players out there. the new effort to help moms keep their kids safe. and the roles the oakland raiders plays toda
i think it's unconscionable that we're not trying to find a solution. >> reporter: the white house is saying the president has no choice but to act alone. he's expected to take unilateral action by the end of the month and before congress returns from its recess. >>> an update now on that developing news. alameda county -- sorry we want to update you on that developing news. coming to us in newark. within the last 15 minutes alameda county tweeted that no structures are being...
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unconscionable. and roosevelt looks across the desk and says, you know what, norman? i'm a damn sight better politician than you are. and we've got le to wait. people are doing good work down there. to take some g time. saying, it can't wait. know, it was -- this is what the response of some pacifists would say. ou can't wait, you can't let this go on. that was his response to what south.pening in the you know? ultimately, you know, things did change. and it did take a lot of time. but you could say like, maybe in the 1930s with the political climate, social climate, wouldn't allow for roosevelt to come in and the national guard and change things. you know, maybe you had to wait 30 years. but a lot of bad things happen in the south in 30 years, you know, kind of racial violence. >> what are the things that fdr's own self-conscious was awakened when eleanor brought him to this part of new york. insofar as he was able to roject those values domestically, how do you -- on the you come out issue of the limits of politics but the demands of justice? because no one would ar
unconscionable. and roosevelt looks across the desk and says, you know what, norman? i'm a damn sight better politician than you are. and we've got le to wait. people are doing good work down there. to take some g time. saying, it can't wait. know, it was -- this is what the response of some pacifists would say. ou can't wait, you can't let this go on. that was his response to what south.pening in the you know? ultimately, you know, things did change. and it did take a lot of time. but you...
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happened to my client, and what i am seeing happening to this cousins and family members, is unconscionable for someone who has grown up in a legal system such as ours. there are three things that disturb me from a legal perspective and how -- in how tariq and his family were treated. israeli army can beat a child whose arms are restrained without all the officers being -- multiple officers were involved. one set on him. the other kicked him. and then dragged him by holding his hands behind his back. you can see the pool lot where they became. only one officer has received any repercussion and that is a 15 day suspension. he may face amount charges. noted the other officers involved faced any charges. the police department, which denied him medical care and then took him to see a doctor -- the bleedingid tariq has and he needs to see a specialist immediately -- the israeli police denied him that request. none of those officers have been suspended or brought to justice. what kind of message does that send? it shouldn't matter whether he is a citizen or not. it is enough he is a child. only o
happened to my client, and what i am seeing happening to this cousins and family members, is unconscionable for someone who has grown up in a legal system such as ours. there are three things that disturb me from a legal perspective and how -- in how tariq and his family were treated. israeli army can beat a child whose arms are restrained without all the officers being -- multiple officers were involved. one set on him. the other kicked him. and then dragged him by holding his hands behind his...
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it is absolutely unconscionable.s public, up there, it is a wonderful important update and i am so glad, congratulations to be state department people who do this. stuart: i want to bring to your attention the stock market, we are down 300 yesterday, 78 plus far today. yesterday's trading session so far today, we did have a disappointing jobs report, so that mitigated the selloff, but we're now down close to 80 points. former labour department's of staff is here, giving us his take on the disappointing jobs number. stuart: down a little more, now it is 89 points, we are back below 16,500. keep a close eye on this, it is friday, of course. would you own stocks right before a weekend? might be an extension to sell. where down 90 right now. expedia up 4.7%, that is a nice gain. procter & gamble an exception to this rule, it is up 53% at this point. here is the dow, they are down. my opinion, that is a disappointing number. as in the former labor department chief of staff under george w. bush, disappointing. >> disappoin
it is absolutely unconscionable.s public, up there, it is a wonderful important update and i am so glad, congratulations to be state department people who do this. stuart: i want to bring to your attention the stock market, we are down 300 yesterday, 78 plus far today. yesterday's trading session so far today, we did have a disappointing jobs report, so that mitigated the selloff, but we're now down close to 80 points. former labour department's of staff is here, giving us his take on the...
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emboldened them to becom be strd do what they have done and it's just gone to an extreme that is unconscionable. >> general williams thank you for being on the program tonight. >> thank you john. >> the warehouse is also calling for a political solution one that does not include current prime minister nouri maliki. the president and parliament nominated haider al-abadi. but maliki says he will not stop down. abadi was born in baghdad but lived he entered politics after the u.s. led invasion of iraq in 2003. he went on to become head of the parliament's finance committee, the minister of communications and a political advisor to prime minister maliki. he was elected deputy speaker of parliament a few weeks ago but was considered a contendedde coo prime minister in the last two elections. coming up. who are the religious minorities and what is done to help them? >> advances in iraq in recent days prompted the u.s. military to act. the group had been called the islamic state of iraq and the levant. but dropped the last part of its name to just islamic state. the group wand to develop a state calip
emboldened them to becom be strd do what they have done and it's just gone to an extreme that is unconscionable. >> general williams thank you for being on the program tonight. >> thank you john. >> the warehouse is also calling for a political solution one that does not include current prime minister nouri maliki. the president and parliament nominated haider al-abadi. but maliki says he will not stop down. abadi was born in baghdad but lived he entered politics after the...
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, whether we're talking about, us rockets fired into -- hamas rockets being it isinto israel, unconscionablee u.s. to be supplying more weapons to israel while some of hideously giving lip service to cease-fire talks. >> you are issuing a statement on the international criminal court. what is it today? >> we are calling for the international criminal court to make it a termination and begin investing -- determination begin investigation into these human rights abuses. it is time for the international court to weigh in on this matter and bring to bear its prosecutorial and investigative abilities to bring about international jurisdiction. we also want the un security council to make a formal dissemination to pass a binding resolution that is a number of is to referof which this matter to the international criminal court so that it can begin investigating and eventually prosecuting. >> have finally, your spouse israel same it is fighting terrorists and needs to be ?earmed >> israel has demonstrated they will not hold soldiers accountable when they are involved in human rights violations. it ha
, whether we're talking about, us rockets fired into -- hamas rockets being it isinto israel, unconscionablee u.s. to be supplying more weapons to israel while some of hideously giving lip service to cease-fire talks. >> you are issuing a statement on the international criminal court. what is it today? >> we are calling for the international criminal court to make it a termination and begin investing -- determination begin investigation into these human rights abuses. it is time for...
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just very unconscionable. >> one of your radio colleagues is out in st. louis. what is he sayingbout what he is seeing and what the community is experiencing. >> i actually worked with him for about five years in st. louis. you know how it is when you are a broadcaster and you're a part of that community. he is very upset. let's take a look at what he had to say. >> i'm sad for mike brown. i'm sad for his family. i feel terrible about everything especially what has happened sunday night with the looting and burning that went on. it is areas that i frequented many times. to see them destroyed, people destroying their own community is something that breaks my heart. i hope that very soon people will come to their senses and let justice flesh itself out. >> it is a very painful thing to see. places that you frequent that you go to and spend time with especially people that follow you as a broadcaster. it is just very painful. >> here we are another young life cut short. are we just a tragedy away from something like this happening in one of our communities or neigh
just very unconscionable. >> one of your radio colleagues is out in st. louis. what is he sayingbout what he is seeing and what the community is experiencing. >> i actually worked with him for about five years in st. louis. you know how it is when you are a broadcaster and you're a part of that community. he is very upset. let's take a look at what he had to say. >> i'm sad for mike brown. i'm sad for his family. i feel terrible about everything especially what has happened...
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it is unconscionable that a country that claims to be democracy can lock up children indefinitely without charges and we are funding that nation. this is something that we really need to reconsider. third, the israeli officials can with impunity retaliate against the family of tariq by ransacking his home and arresting his uncle and cousin. the night they left, they went in the home where suha was staying and ransacked the place. they arrested his uncle and cousins. they are still in jail to this day without any charges in what is very clearly retaliation because tariq spoke out about the injustice. what has become manifestly clear to me in my representation of family is that the israelis have a double standard because they have a different africa background -- different ethnic background and different religion. palestinians are not treated equally before the law. another example is the double standard we have seen in home demolitions. we know that those who brutally ariq's cosan, they burned him alive. that is terrorism. their homes were not demolished. thank god, because i do not believ
it is unconscionable that a country that claims to be democracy can lock up children indefinitely without charges and we are funding that nation. this is something that we really need to reconsider. third, the israeli officials can with impunity retaliate against the family of tariq by ransacking his home and arresting his uncle and cousin. the night they left, they went in the home where suha was staying and ransacked the place. they arrested his uncle and cousins. they are still in jail to...
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and they -- i think it enboldenned them to be strong and they have gone to an extreme that is unconscionable general williams thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you john, appreciate it. >>> as the u.s. carries out its mission in iraq the white house is also calling for a political solution one that does not include current prime minister nouri al-maliki. the iraqi placement elected haider al-abadi to take that position.but maliki says he won't step down. after family was targeted by daum hussein, he entered politics after the u.s. led invasion of iraq in 2003, he went on to become the head of the parliament's finance committee, the minister of communications and a political advisory to prime minister maliki. he was elected deputy speaker of the parliament just a few weeks ago but was considered a contender for prime minister, in the last two elections. coming up next, iraq's humanitarian crisis, more than 1 million people are running for their lives in iraq, who are they and what's being done to help them? >> and al jazeera special report, u.s. and iraq, unintended conseque
and they -- i think it enboldenned them to be strong and they have gone to an extreme that is unconscionable general williams thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you john, appreciate it. >>> as the u.s. carries out its mission in iraq the white house is also calling for a political solution one that does not include current prime minister nouri al-maliki. the iraqi placement elected haider al-abadi to take that position.but maliki says he won't step down. after...
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it is unconscionable we are not trying to find a solution to what is a humanitarian crisis. >>> slow land -- leland vittert has more. >> congress agreed only own a reform pack original for the v.a. and highway funding and, finally, emergency funding for israel's iron dome missile defense system. the house is controlled by republicans and the not is criminal by democrats, leave plenty of room for both parties to blame each other. >> i don't feel good. >> boat it because 3.5 million people have not had their unemployment extended. people are in bad shape. we have not done anything about the minimum wage and the immigration mess, we are not moving forward. it is a factory for showboats where votes are made more interested in winning votes for democrats in november elections than for winning jobs for the american people and that has to change. the senate has to function. it is dysfunctional. it is frustrating to the american people. >> the american people are frustrated, the latest poll shows congress has a disapproval rating 79 percent and congress now is out on recess if the expire mon
it is unconscionable we are not trying to find a solution to what is a humanitarian crisis. >>> slow land -- leland vittert has more. >> congress agreed only own a reform pack original for the v.a. and highway funding and, finally, emergency funding for israel's iron dome missile defense system. the house is controlled by republicans and the not is criminal by democrats, leave plenty of room for both parties to blame each other. >> i don't feel good. >> boat it...
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. >> anyone who would take advantage of children like that, that's just unconscionable. >> dawson was released on $15,000 bail until his trial. we went by his baltimore county home located just a few miles by the mall. someone was home, but no one answered the door. we talked to mall-goers. >> that's not okay. that's probably a good thing they arrested him. >> so now dawson is facing peeping tom charges both here in howard county and in baltimore county. reporting live in columbia, horace holmes, abc7 news. >> thank you. a former baltimore police officer pleads guilty to felony animal cruelty. today in court, alec tailer admitted to killing his girlfriend's puppy. in an text exchange between officer taylor and his then girlfriend, he sent a picture of her 7-year-old terrier after he beat him with a mop and then strangled him. he initially tossed the dog into a dumpster but settled on putting him in a shoe box and burying him in a shallow grave. he faces three years in jail or a $5,000 fine. >> prince george's county police are investigating a crash on the inner loop. it happened aroun
. >> anyone who would take advantage of children like that, that's just unconscionable. >> dawson was released on $15,000 bail until his trial. we went by his baltimore county home located just a few miles by the mall. someone was home, but no one answered the door. we talked to mall-goers. >> that's not okay. that's probably a good thing they arrested him. >> so now dawson is facing peeping tom charges both here in howard county and in baltimore county. reporting live...
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i believe putting not warning in such small print is unconscionable and it has some liability in as muchas they profited from these transactions. i also believe wal-mart has them as possibility and facilitated and profited from the scam. i reported this scam for the cincinnati police. i also contact dave the investigations are referred me to the federal trade commission, but i am not sure what they have been able to do about it. i have some suggestions about what prepaid debit card companies could do to protect consumers, which i hope to get into later on. thank you for listening to me and giving me this opportunity to testify. i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you, mr. w. your courageous to come and share this with us. mr. rupy. >> chairman nelson, ranking member collin, members of the committee. thank you for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is kevin rupy uni service vice president of blonde policy at u.s. telecom. u.s. telecom share the concern about the problems and impostors scans targeted at seniors. calls using protocol or voip technology when co
i believe putting not warning in such small print is unconscionable and it has some liability in as muchas they profited from these transactions. i also believe wal-mart has them as possibility and facilitated and profited from the scam. i reported this scam for the cincinnati police. i also contact dave the investigations are referred me to the federal trade commission, but i am not sure what they have been able to do about it. i have some suggestions about what prepaid debit card companies...
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. >> the general rule of contract law is that you can't include or enforce what are called unconscionable terms. that are terms that are so unfairly one sided buried in the fine print that no reasonable person would agree to them. in the case of the clear gear consumers, the couple who attempted to purchase the tchotchkes and were slapped with the $3500 fine it was doubly shady on the part of clear gear because not only did they attempt to use this void undies pagerrable clause it wasn't even in the terms when the couple did the business with clear gear. they added it later and then went after the couple. when the couple refused to pay the business reported the supposed $3500 debt to credit bureaus. >> wow. >> ruining their credit for 18 months. >> wow. all right, so let me ask you this. you said that clause wasn't there when they bought the tchotchkes. had the clause been there had clear gear had a stronger position in court or would the court still rule against them? >> as it happens, clear gear didn't even show up to defend itself so we'll never know what the court would have thought.
. >> the general rule of contract law is that you can't include or enforce what are called unconscionable terms. that are terms that are so unfairly one sided buried in the fine print that no reasonable person would agree to them. in the case of the clear gear consumers, the couple who attempted to purchase the tchotchkes and were slapped with the $3500 fine it was doubly shady on the part of clear gear because not only did they attempt to use this void undies pagerrable clause it wasn't...
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he try to buy a back list book, you're told it takes four, five weeks to get the books, that's unconscionablemy opinion. there's a lot of things. why attack authors? i can obviously withstand the storm, but for a lot of authors -- >> it has a chilling effect. >> we don't want publishers put out of business. right now they spend a lot of money developing authors, finding authors, giving out advances so people can write important works, and if publishers have no -- if there's no profit for the publisher, they can't do that. >> well, thank you so much, mr. patterson for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> keep us up to date. >> i hope. i would be interested to hear what mr. bezos has to say. >> he's up there in seattle. thanks. >> i will. i'll call him after the show. thanks a million. ty, up to you. >>> thank you, alibaba under fire for a littledly making it possible or easing the way for counter counter did the bosch markazi is president of the anticounterfeiting collision. bob, welcome. good to have you with us. >> thing you. >> what would you like to see them do that they're not doing or not d
he try to buy a back list book, you're told it takes four, five weeks to get the books, that's unconscionablemy opinion. there's a lot of things. why attack authors? i can obviously withstand the storm, but for a lot of authors -- >> it has a chilling effect. >> we don't want publishers put out of business. right now they spend a lot of money developing authors, finding authors, giving out advances so people can write important works, and if publishers have no -- if there's no...
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i believe putting of that warning in such small print is unconscionable, and green dot for making themoneypak cards have some liability in as much as they profited from these transactions but i also believe that wal-mart has some responsibility in that it facilitated and profited from the scam with their sale of the moneypak cards. i reported the scam to the cincinnati police who didn't seem interested but i also contacted the federal bureau of investigation who referred me to the federal trade commission. but i'm not sure what they've been able to do about it. i have some suggestions about what prepaid debit card companies could do to protect consumers, which i hope to get into later on. thank you for listening to me, and giving me this opportunity to testify. i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you, mr. w. you are very courageous to come and share this with us. mr. rupy. >> chairman nelson, ranking member collins, members of the committee. thank you for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is kevin rupy, and i serve as vice president of law and policy at
i believe putting of that warning in such small print is unconscionable, and green dot for making themoneypak cards have some liability in as much as they profited from these transactions but i also believe that wal-mart has some responsibility in that it facilitated and profited from the scam with their sale of the moneypak cards. i reported the scam to the cincinnati police who didn't seem interested but i also contacted the federal bureau of investigation who referred me to the federal trade...
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pick him off the street right away and they let the baby lay there for 4 1/2 showers and that is unconscionablee hot concrete with blood splattering out of his head. >> reporter: on monday brown will be laid to rest but the issues his death has raised will not. this church is huge and the funeral is open to the public and thousands are expected to attend, so many they are likely to spill out the street. it's a sign of just how deeply this killing has affected the community. brown is only the latest to die at the hands of police. police shoot a black man in america on average twice a week according to a study by usa today and most hope to ensure this time makes a difference at least here. >> i don't think people will forget. i think they will learn from this tragedy . maybe it will promote more change with the police department. >> reporter: ricky nelson also has a hope. what do you think is going to come of all this? >> aside from this man being prosecuted and going to jail for the rest of his life, i know they will stop shooting young black boys in the street. that is my goal. >> reporter: as
pick him off the street right away and they let the baby lay there for 4 1/2 showers and that is unconscionablee hot concrete with blood splattering out of his head. >> reporter: on monday brown will be laid to rest but the issues his death has raised will not. this church is huge and the funeral is open to the public and thousands are expected to attend, so many they are likely to spill out the street. it's a sign of just how deeply this killing has affected the community. brown is only...
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it's unconscionable that a country can lock up children indefinitely without charges and that we are funding that nation. so this is something that we as lawmakers in this country, as the american public really need to reconsider. third, that the israeli officials can with impunity retaliate against the family of tariq khdeir by arresting his uncle and cousins the night he returned to the u.s. the night he left, they went in the home where they were saying, and they ransacked the place -- we have the pictures available -- and they arrested his uncle and cousins. they're still in this stale today without -- still in jail today without any charges. what has become manifestly clear to me in my representation of the khdeir family and that the israeli government has an open, double standard that a treats a whole class of people worse than second class suicides because they have a different -- citizens because they have a different ethnic background and a different religion. that's what this is all about. pal stint jas -- palestinians are not treated equally before the law. another example
it's unconscionable that a country can lock up children indefinitely without charges and that we are funding that nation. so this is something that we as lawmakers in this country, as the american public really need to reconsider. third, that the israeli officials can with impunity retaliate against the family of tariq khdeir by arresting his uncle and cousins the night he returned to the u.s. the night he left, they went in the home where they were saying, and they ransacked the place -- we...
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to me this is unconscionable. if we're going to put people on the line, the brightest and best people in the country on the line, we owe it to them to give them a fighting chance. even in this country, no matter how well trained doctor is, if an ebola patient comes up to him before he or she knows what he has, he has already been infected. isaacs, you ask the question earlier -- where will the money go? in your opinion, where will the should the money go and , what should it buy? >> i feel that international personnel are needed. i do not think the ministry of health of liberia can fight this. they do not have the case investigation capacity. i talked with a senior person at the cdc. i won't name her, but she is a well-known person who told me that in the united states, if there was one person that had a level four infectious disease, they would have many hundreds of contacts to run down. there are no contacts being run down in liberia. i do not believe the liberian government, as well-intentioned as they are, and
to me this is unconscionable. if we're going to put people on the line, the brightest and best people in the country on the line, we owe it to them to give them a fighting chance. even in this country, no matter how well trained doctor is, if an ebola patient comes up to him before he or she knows what he has, he has already been infected. isaacs, you ask the question earlier -- where will the money go? in your opinion, where will the should the money go and , what should it buy? >> i...
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it was unconscionable that the ins would continue to have that kind of same mentality, cover it up, shut them up, when that's the kind of behavior that's going to save us in the long run. c-span: by the way, how many times a week do you write your column? >> guest: i write it twice a week, column for creators. that's published in about 100 papers across the country. c-span: first book? >> guest: this is my first. c-span: and what do you think of the whole process? >> guest: it took seven months and no sleep and i don't know when i'm going to do it again. c-span: here's the cover of the book. our guest has been michelle malkin. it's called "invasion." thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. .. ..
it was unconscionable that the ins would continue to have that kind of same mentality, cover it up, shut them up, when that's the kind of behavior that's going to save us in the long run. c-span: by the way, how many times a week do you write your column? >> guest: i write it twice a week, column for creators. that's published in about 100 papers across the country. c-span: first book? >> guest: this is my first. c-span: and what do you think of the whole process? >> guest: it...
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when you look at income the average ceo makes 700 times the minimum wage worker, it is unconscionable that we can live in a country of such stratification and not make college less affordable. that is shackling our generation in poverty. as far as minimum wage goes, it hurts young americans the most. americans and have minimum wage are least likely to be there for a long. of time. if you raise the minimum wage, it doesn't mean everyone has at minimum wage gets paid more. it means there are fewer jobs. there are fewer people making that wage. popularly, we need to educate our generation that some these policies sound nice. obamacare is a good example. 60% supported the health care law. they wanted health care for everyone. they believe that everybody having access to health care is a good thing. when it was rolled out, it did not improve the health care system. now they oppose it. young people support raising it in theory. when it gets raised and they see it go to $15 in places like seattle, there is higher youth unemployment as a result. young people become much less satisfied in adju
when you look at income the average ceo makes 700 times the minimum wage worker, it is unconscionable that we can live in a country of such stratification and not make college less affordable. that is shackling our generation in poverty. as far as minimum wage goes, it hurts young americans the most. americans and have minimum wage are least likely to be there for a long. of time. if you raise the minimum wage, it doesn't mean everyone has at minimum wage gets paid more. it means there are...
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that's unconscionable and irresponsible. we're willing to work together.rats are willing to do that. republicans can't even get out of their own way. >> do you have any qualms about raising money off impeachment when speaker boehner says it is off the table. do you feel like you're overtalking about it. the only people talking about impeachment this week are democrats, not republicans? >> that isn't true, chuck. the only reason impeachment isn't off the table is because republicans won't take it off the table. speaker boehner has made it very clear that he isn't able to control his conference. he really isn't speaker. ted cruz is speaker. so when you have the third highest ranking republican, steve scalise, refuse to take impeachment off the table on fox news when asked a direct question, it's the republicans that haven't taken it off the table. so we know that the lawsuit is either a prelude to impeachment or was passed off the house floor just to appease his very large number of members who really want us to pursue impeachment. that's why it's out there.
that's unconscionable and irresponsible. we're willing to work together.rats are willing to do that. republicans can't even get out of their own way. >> do you have any qualms about raising money off impeachment when speaker boehner says it is off the table. do you feel like you're overtalking about it. the only people talking about impeachment this week are democrats, not republicans? >> that isn't true, chuck. the only reason impeachment isn't off the table is because republicans...
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it's unchon -- unconscionable. we keep out sugar growers and then if the prices are not high enough they forfeit it to the government. we pay 20-cents a pound for raw sugar, buy it off the sugar growers and then sell it to the ethanol makers for one cent a point. so sugaring, export subsidies, three fights that are winnable because they involve killing a piece of legislation that has to get renewed. i think there's broad left-right agreement on this, and it would be amazing to see the big concentrated industries that benefit from this lose, both through strategy, bringing together the businesses that lose from them, and through trying to get people to compare about it, and the groundswell. i think going forward we could have some really exciting time. we could change some of the way business is done in washington. if you can get enough people, enough libertarians and conservatives and liberals to concentrate on this idea. i think, again, got to get to know each other a little better, figure out where we'll agree an
it's unchon -- unconscionable. we keep out sugar growers and then if the prices are not high enough they forfeit it to the government. we pay 20-cents a pound for raw sugar, buy it off the sugar growers and then sell it to the ethanol makers for one cent a point. so sugaring, export subsidies, three fights that are winnable because they involve killing a piece of legislation that has to get renewed. i think there's broad left-right agreement on this, and it would be amazing to see the big...
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but to have tanks and to have military gear in 2014 is absolutely unconscionable.ter way to maintain order than what occurred last night. that is going to be one day looked at as a huge mistake. and i think police need to admit, okay, maybe we've made a mistake. then you can move forward. but if you don't say you made a mistake and continue to say this is the way we have to operate, it continues to be a problem in communities. >> mr. king, it's alisyn here in new york. i want to get your reaction to civil rights leader and congressman john lewis. let me read to it you. he said it's a shame and a disgrace that a city with a significant african american population has only three representatives from that community on the police force. what kind of a police department is it that would refer to the people it is trying to protect as animals? it is unbelievable that these ideas could run rampant in 2014. this is not 1940 or 1950 in america, but today it is hard to see the difference. do you agree that today it's hard to see the difference from 1950? that seems awfully st
but to have tanks and to have military gear in 2014 is absolutely unconscionable.ter way to maintain order than what occurred last night. that is going to be one day looked at as a huge mistake. and i think police need to admit, okay, maybe we've made a mistake. then you can move forward. but if you don't say you made a mistake and continue to say this is the way we have to operate, it continues to be a problem in communities. >> mr. king, it's alisyn here in new york. i want to get your...
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their invasion and not an offensive in gaza when we said that's too far that's too much distance unconscionable ok the ukrainian government's not going to stop their offensive against the separatists in the east until the u.s. government which is really pulling the strings here says that's too much we don't want to risk open conflict with russia until that happens we're going to have more attempts by the ukrainian air force and army to decimate the population out by my understanding is that the people in the cities in the east who are ethnically russian majority and speak russian. that what they're asking for or what they were at least until the bombing started they might have changed their mind since that was not to do like crimea was not to separate to become part of russia what they were asking for was for ukraine which reinvented itself after the collapse of the soviet union as basically a strongman state in other words out of kiev out of the capital they appoint the governors to every one of the regions local people don't vote for them they appoint the mayors of the cities local people don
their invasion and not an offensive in gaza when we said that's too far that's too much distance unconscionable ok the ukrainian government's not going to stop their offensive against the separatists in the east until the u.s. government which is really pulling the strings here says that's too much we don't want to risk open conflict with russia until that happens we're going to have more attempts by the ukrainian air force and army to decimate the population out by my understanding is that the...
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lead the class-action suit against jim, and is fired back that general motors'response has been unconscionableery well respected and i have met him before and he is an intelligent and charming man. he is being paid by gm to do this, right? >> correct comes he is in a gm's pocket, and i don't think gm is doing all it could. recall cars are in the fun is so if you have one of those cars and have been injured, you can make a claim. but on -- but if you are one of the 10 million other victims, they are not paying those people. nor have they paid anyone else injured by the 15 or 20 million other cars that have been recalled. they make the exception of the two point-some million cars that they are including in ken feinberg's funds and the millions of other cars from a lot of which have been recalled for the same reason, by the way? to pick one have been recalled for faulty emissions which problems, and people have been injured in accidents in these cars as well. why do they not include those in their unlimited compensation fund? >> we haven't got a good answer to that. as you point out, other cars h
lead the class-action suit against jim, and is fired back that general motors'response has been unconscionableery well respected and i have met him before and he is an intelligent and charming man. he is being paid by gm to do this, right? >> correct comes he is in a gm's pocket, and i don't think gm is doing all it could. recall cars are in the fun is so if you have one of those cars and have been injured, you can make a claim. but on -- but if you are one of the 10 million other...
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news is compared to 20 years ago those numbers are down the bad days is, those numbers are still unconscionably high from a public health perspective there are 25000012-17-euros and our entire country. from their research that we did command we spent two years doing research before we launched the real cost campaign in february, will we can't understand is, there are about 10 million of those 25 million who are at risk. we call them the one party away from taking that first spot. they already started to smoke a few and are on that trajectory to become regular smokers. and from our research we developed insights into how to communicate to these kids in ways that will break through the initial loss of the campaign focused on the health consequences of smoking and addiction. "we don't talk to them like in a bowl lecturing a child about all smoke and here are the long-term risks. turns out that if you talk that risk kids about premature skin wrinkling or gum disease and tooth loss and if instead of talking to them about nicotine and addiction you talk to them about loss of control if they become ad
news is compared to 20 years ago those numbers are down the bad days is, those numbers are still unconscionably high from a public health perspective there are 25000012-17-euros and our entire country. from their research that we did command we spent two years doing research before we launched the real cost campaign in february, will we can't understand is, there are about 10 million of those 25 million who are at risk. we call them the one party away from taking that first spot. they already...
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and i think it is simply unconscionable. with that, i yield back to -- my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rorblingse: mr. speaker, i yield four -- mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, the chairman of the house judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for four minutes. r. goodlatte: thank you, mr. goodlatte: i thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 5230. there's a crisis at our southern border and it is a disaster of president obama's own making. the obama administration's lax immigration enforcement policies have given confidence to parents who are in the u.s. illegally that they can stay and now they are finding ways to bring their children, who are still in central america and beyond, to the united states unlawfully. although president obama has many tools at his disposal to st
and i think it is simply unconscionable. with that, i yield back to -- my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rorblingse: mr. speaker, i yield four -- mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, the chairman of the house judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for four...