the state of massachusetts is suing the federal government over a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. the suit contends the federal defense of marriage act interferes with the right of massachusetts to define marriage as it sees fit. the 1996 law denies federal recognition of gay marriage. massachusetts was the first state to allow the practice. >>> what's in your bottled water? it is a question you probably can't answer because the companies are not required to tell you. but now some members of congress want to change that policy to bring bottled on par with tap. >> you don't know what is in tap water. you've got all those different restaurants and don't know what is in their water. >> this is why she drinks bottled water instead of tap. but members at a subcommittee hearing argued the opposite. >> consumers spend more for bottled water but they can't learn essential facts about what's in the bottle. only two of 188 bottled waters make public three basic facts routinely disclosed by local tap water utilities. >> the three basic facts are the source of the water, ho

thelaw defines marriage as union between a man and a woman. joining me now to discuss the issue bishop harry jackson, hope christian church, chairman of the stand for marriage dc coalition and rick rosendahl vice president from the gay and lesbian alliance. welcome. i'll start with you. i'm married to a woman, next door to me two guys are next to me. what difference does it make to what i do to what i'm doing? >> i think, derek, the difference as it relates to next generations, redefine marriage, family, parenting and what goes on in education. two mommies in the fifth grade in massachusetts. i think there is a fundamental shift that's going on that could damage the infrastructure of all of our culture if it is not a civil rights issue. >> you feel very uncomfortable with that. >> yes. the trouble with bishop jackson's thoughts is it is against gay couples. we are here. we exist. there are same-sex marriages already. what the state of massachusetts is doing in challenging the federal definition portion of the law is simply to defend those marr

truth more thoroughly established then that there exist in the economy in course of major in the union between virtue and happiness. the smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the rules of order which have been itself has ordained." vice president john adams replied, "if individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to look for public virtue. state constitutions in trying public laws as well." no free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved by any people by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue and by frequent reference to recurrence fundamental principles. the american character was not a private matter. it was a central problem to the common good and it had to be cared for by those that represented the people. how we should do this is the problem. capitalism is a crucial part of the answer. the year 7076 would not only the declaration of independence but it was also the year adam smith's treaty on the nation's came available. smith expand that what he called the system of national liberty or ca

ndlaasndhe t first state in the union to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.t was in 1973. the state supreme court upheld the gay marriage ban in 2007. virginia banned gay marriage ine ad erppft endmentota t s he's te .oontititu same-sex marriages are legal in iowa, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and maine. >>> boy, we've got a full moon and space station. busy up there tonight. >> but a few high clouds, too. nonetheless, we were able to see. some folks, why is it so bright? it's so bright? it's big, and it's constructed now. those solar panels in the sun is strong, too, even when you're up at the level of space station. amazing when you can see it this late. again tomorrow night, i will tell you about that as well as about 5:45 in the morning. i will miss that one. anybody happen to be up at that time. outside, beautif day with our high temperature up to 85. our average now is 88 and for the next 4 1/2 weeks, folks our average high 188 or 89. hottest time of the year. remember ten years ago, 103. here we are right now, 74 and 48 degrees up

those guys are at $33 and the credit unions are between 25 dollars and 27. $75. >> if the fee for parking in a fire lane were dollars, they'd have hard time to get through. >> it feeds a gusher of revenue for the banks. >> $36.7 million -- >> just in overdraft fees. >> they're directing from the consumers and others. if we go back to 1992, it was $11 billion. >> when you look at the numbers up here, $37 billion you say, maybe $39 billion for 2009, is this the mother lode of fees? the overdraft fee? >> this is the mother lode. >> it's no accident. a growing cottage industry of consultants promises to help the banks boost their incomes by making it easier for customers to overdraft their accounts. not long ago, bouncing a check or overdrafting a debit card was at the very least a humiliating embarrassment as jerry seinfeld's character learned the hard way. >> i noticed you bounced a check at the bidet odega? >> how did you know about that? >> it's posted up with the other bad checks. >> those days are over. >> why don't the banks just not approve transactions if you don't have the money in

this is the first state to take aim at the 1996 law which defines marriage as being the union between a man and a woman, anderson. >> still ahead, governor sarah palin calling it quits with 18 months left in her term. don't call her a quitter. >> i'm certainly not a quitter. i'm a fighter. that's why i'm doing this to fight for what is right without the constraints that have been surrounding me in these final months. >> palin says all those charges of ethics violations took their toll, charges she calls frivolous. are they will? we're digging deeper. >>> we're learning more about what life has been like for the kifds michael jackson in the jackson household. >>> it's been five days since sarah palin dropped the bombshell she's stepping down as governor of alaska with 18 months left in her term. she said repeatedly leaving early doesn't make her a quitter. here's what she told drew griffin. >> it's not a matter of refree throwing or quitting. it's a matter of forwarding a good positive agenda in an unconventional way. i think that's what caught people off guard. >> it's fair to say exp

maryland was the first state in the country to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman backstate supreme court upheld the gay marriage ban in 2007. virginia banned gay marriage back in 2006 after a voter approved amendment to the state's constitution. same-sex marriages are currently legal in iowa, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and maine. >> d.c. councilman marion barry is scheduled to be in court on thursday but his lawyer says he thinks the charges against him may be dropped. barry was arrested on saturday. u.s. park police say a woman named donna watts-brighthaupt flagged down an officer and accused barry of stalking her. barry's lawyer says the former mayor had a relationship with watts-brighthaupt that went bad and insists he was not talking her. watts bript haupt told news 4 she did not intend for the incident to go as far as it did. >> the "today" show is coming up at 7 o'clock. let's go live to matt lauer in new york city for a look at what they're working on. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. coming up on a special edition of "today"

the cocommuny banknks and credi unions are between 25 and 27.75. >> overdraftees are intended to encourage accounts. it's not that different from a parking ticket. if the fee for parking in a fire lane for $5, fire trucks would have a lot harder time getting through. >> reporter: all those fees now rising to record levels feed a growing gusher of revenue for america's banks. >> $36.7 billion just in overdraft fees that they are collecting from consumers and small businesses. >> reporter: is this the mother lode of fees, the overdraft fee? >> this is the mother lode. >> and it's no accident. a growing cottage industry of consultants promises to help banks dramatically boost their incomes by making it easier for customers to overdraft their accounts. not long ago bouncing a check or overdrafting a debit card was at the very least a humiliating embarrassment, as jerry seinfeld's character learned the hard way. >> i noticed you bounced a check the bodega. >> reporter: how did you know about that? >> he taped it up on his cash register with all of the other bad checks. >> he can't do that. >> t

union whichever country that is in the house to be a treaty, then attach to that will be a protocol that confirms thwart -- confirms and a sense explicitly what has been implicit in the relationship between the european union and ireland. they wanted assurances about aspects of the training, not affecting them. just as we get assurances about that and asked them to be set out in a protocol the european council agreed to but it is not a requirement to the protocol be passed by law in all parliaments before the lisbon treaty is an active. >> so to be clear, this means that this would only require legislation in this parliament at the time of a theoretically croatia or iceland application? >> i don't know which the country will be. >> but several years down the line to make it depends when that secession happens but the agreement is that would be attached to the next trading and that is a clarification of ireland's position in relation to the your opinion but it doesn't fundamentally change to the lisbon treaty at all. >> thank you kim and thank you very much, this is but a session of extremely good questions and answers but there's one question outside the same that is asking at the end of

set upo protect the -- the steel barrier set up to protect the negotiatio are underway between management d unions. the talks are taking place in a kind of noman's land beyond the ranks of the riot polic you can still see them huddled here bind their own ptective shelters >> th is "bbc world news." these are the headlines so far today. bombs ha exploded at five sh moscow and bagad, killinmany ople, and many oths were injured -- five shia mosques in baghdad. corazon awuinquino has died at e age of 76. ary mckionhost his qt to avoid extradition the u.s. about his hacking attempts in 2001 and 2002. he admits hacki but denies it w malicious. ther was dama consisting o over $800 miion. >> they said he was responsible for the biggest military mputer hacker of all time, and heays he was just looking for information on u.s.owes -- u.s. road -fo's. he is suffering from as parcher syndrome. -- aso herges syndrome -- a certain medical syndro. h mother describ the jument as heartbreaking. >> the rst hacker to be a guy lookg for u.o.'s, who admitted to a computerisuse, without any waior. is not really a good e

massachusetts challenged the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman,lling it discriminatory and overreaching. supporters say other states could follow suit. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> q&a sunday. ronald and allis radosh on president harry truman and his decision to recognize the state of israel. >> no one knew what he would do. there was a press conference, what will you do if the jews declare a state? truman said, i don't know. we will have to see. but he already decided and he told only one person -- i will support a jewish state when they announce it. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on q&a and also on c-span radio, ax and satellite radio and on line as a podcast -- xm satellite. >> how is c-span funded? >> u.s. government. >> private benefactors. >> i think some is government raised. >> it's not public funding. >> probably donations. >> i want to say from me, my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service -- private initiative, no governme

. >> yeah, bret, a family visiting from indiana, parents and their daughter, they were in between uniontion where the final shooting took place, so about one block away from each point. the father said he looked down and saw a high-speed chase developing and a car driving erratically and going through the median here of union station and knocking over stones and trees, he said, and then he says, and the daughter echoed, she said the car came right at us. the father said he took his wife and daughter and pushed them behind another car as a barrier and they just stayed out of the way until the car went past and the police chase went past them and eventually came out and were seeing the aftermath of it, as you said, bret, there is one person that we believe dead, and apparently an officer injured. we got one more new detail from that press conference thaw heard. initially, the initial reports from witnesses were that the car turned into an area where there is a barrier, as you get into the capitol c cplex and they were yelling for him to get out of the car to stop, to stop, and that's when

and we can't get to a perfect union without a union between the private and the public, between the rural and urban and suburban, and between those who are the have-nots and those who are the have a lot. and i want to thank particularly director tom vilsack for coming here because of all the places he could be, all of the things he could be doing he could be home in iowa for a week in. but he is here in chicago say i've got money to and i could help you do what you want to do. [applause] . . calvin smyre, representative from the state of georgia. there are a lot of issues in georgia. to my immediate left in your right is the director of the illinois department of agriculture. i want to thank the panel's. [applause] let me start with the two mayors because most of the time we think of mayors as the big cities, we think of them in urban areas, we don't think about the impact of the small areas. starting with mayor grant, the director was explaining away to apply for these moneys, you identified a problem that role mayors will have, access to technology. tell us, what is the issue that you s

for the moment because there is a kind of cease-fire while negotiations are underway between management and the unions. the talks are taking place in a kind of no man's land beyond the ranks of the riot police, but you can still see here huddled behind their own protective shelters. south korea's smallest car company says the strike has already cost it $200 million in lost revenue. it is the middle of an economic downturn. some observers wonder whether scenes like these will put investors off for good. >> now, here in europe, take photographs politicians, celebrities, and great events, but the recession, combined with competition from tv and the web, are making old-fashioned photojournalist off to expenses -- old-fashioned soda journalists -- old-fashioned photojournalists too expensive. >> in a vast archive taken by photographers working in the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's for a french photo agency. it ceased to be an active for the agency, commissioning and selling new pitch is almost a decade ago. all that remains is its archive. now, another of the great names a parade of photojournalism, the gamma

there's a lot of good will between romania and the european union. the challenge is how to use it to help these people picked themselves up out of the mud. bbc news reporting from northwest rumania. >> this is world news today from bbc world news. a man deadlines, china's economy is growing at a faster rate than expected. gdp expanded by nearly 8% in the last three months. the taliban in afghanistan are more violent and better organized, according to the head of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff. he spoke to the bbc. the british embassy is about to debate the war. the indian and pakistan prime ministers have taken part in a rare meeting in sharm el-sheikh. they've been attending the nonaligned movement summit hosted by egypt. they've issued a communique describing their encounter as cordial and constructive. joining me from sharm el-sheikh is our reporter pereta nalanda, this communiqu-- is all reporte. yolanda. >> terrorism was the first thing mentioned in the joint statement. there were the mumbai bombings last year. both ministers say the meeting has

over organizing the truckers and we obtained letters going back and forth between the american's unionene, the president looking for $2 to $3 million to back fedex to go and put out offense by him and other members on the group supporting fedex. obviously like a huge dust up here you hear a lot about pedalling and pay for allegations and this is a solid example. >> if this is true, we have statements saying it's not true. what would make them any different than any other lobbying group.. are they supposed to be different than a lobbying group? >> they would use kind of the support and something they tell their supporters is of conviction and pushing conservative convictions and a lot of these people are prominent in newspapers around town. you are not supposed to be putting the column up for bid to push an idea. it's supposed to come from you as a leader. >> is this washington as usual? >> what's the fallout ultimately going to be? >> definitely a bad thing for the acu. remember these guys are the ones who run and attract dozens of politicians and groups and the huge thing for the part

union-friendly administrations there is. there is a rift from what i understand between the sort of political folks, who are ve heavily influencedby unions, and theconomic folk, the people le tim geithner and paul voler and larry summers, who ar't necessarily buying the union stance right now. but thatould all chang with one call from the presiden so this a pretty big issue if you're inside bank of america, and it's a pretty big issue for ken lewis. at least his people are telling me that. >> well, there will be a big fight between shareholders and the unions if in fact there is a move to -- i don't know if shareholders feel the way unions do on that ise. that for sure. >> then there should be a big fight, a there shou be. this ia pretty important issue. we have politicized banks tremendously, and if they're able tpoliticize it this much, basically bailinout a bank and then forcing them asart of th bailout to unionize, that would take this whole nationalization and what's going on in washington right now to a whole new level. >> charlie, we'll see you later. thanks so much. charlie gasparino. up next, "fast money" final call. th

where i think the union has a point and we are overlook something there is a big difference between setting pay for rank and file and senior brass. they are two different subjects. the rank and file is where the union is on solid ground. the senior brass is where they have the issue. charles: i don't think it mixing apples and oranges. the bottom line is government interference, you have the government controlling the top 100 jobs at citigroup they are trying to stay competitive with the rest of their peers. >> i'm not defense attorney for citigroup after what they have done the last couple of years, but you have to deal with market forces. if you are not paying well enough to one company, great talent will move to another company. i want the market to bear itself out and wages and commissions or whatever they get paid for will work itself out over time. if you get -- once again, governor mandates will screw it up. as far as these unions, what is it their business? they have nothing to do with it. i don't know why they are talking about it. let them make the dollars they make on a daily bas

unions. these decisions are likely to widen the divide between episcopalians and the worldwide, 77-million-member anglican communion of which they are a part. kim lawton has our special report from anaheim, california. >> reporter: at their meeting in anaheim this week, episcopal bishops, clergy and lay representatives tackled a host of social issues, from global poverty to justice for disneyland hotel workers. but the most divisive topic, once again, was homosexuality. >> it wouldn't be a meeting of the episcopal church or the anglican communion if we didn't somehow engage matters of human sexuality. >> reporter: despite concerns from many global anglican partners, convention delegates overwhelmingly voted to move ahead on two of the most contentious questions: whether to ordain gay bishops and whether to bless same-sex unions. on the issue of gay bishops, the delegates asserted that "god has called and may call" gays and lesbians" to any ordained ministry in the episcopal church." the vote effectively ends a de facto moratorium that was approved three years ago, although it does not guarantee t

we were on the edge during the cuban missile crisis of a nuclear exchange between the soviet union and the united states. walter was the kind of man the american people came to trust. i believe that in the early 1970's if my memory is right walter was the most trusted man in america by a percentage extraordinary, something like 78%. >> right. it's my understanding good house keeping magazine is the one that took that poll and put him way, way out there. it really is the end of an era, so many people grew up watching walter cronkite, so many people of so many generations really looked to him as the source for news. this was before the internet, before so many of the outlets that we have today. walter cronkite was the guy who delivered the news to americans. >> yes, and he did it in a very straight way. today, john, we're kind of caught up in worlds of polarized editorial content, if people are on the right or the left. i think walter would cringe at the very thought of being categorized as left or right. when he went to cover the vietnam war and you ran a piece of it a moment ago, and i

aftethe collapse of the sovt union, it seemed that the was a reat lovefest between the united states and russia. and espeally between our peoples. all thateems to hve gone to he wayside now. and that, ion't know, russian seem disenchanted wi the u.s. is tat an accurte erception? why i that? high thi it is an accurate perception. andyou know, remember that before '91 when the soviet union collapsed, iwas a closed country. so the only way we the siets ew about the united states and the west was from --eady from europe. it was jammed byhe soviets. so the whole idea in the soviet union was that if the state, if the authoriti tell you that somethi's horrible, it must be good. because you never trust ur any of th and so it must have been ood. and you know when freedoms came out, all of a sudden eerybody was embracing them. but then freedom is a very difficult thingo do. it's a very diffilt choice. aot of personal espoibility. and ssians are not used to tha russians real -- i mean the wholeerticalollower that we scussed last time and when you have kreml down,s something that has en part of

after the collapse of the soviet union, it seemed that there was a great lovefest between the united states and russia. and especially between our peoples. all that seems to have gone to the wayside now. and that, i don't know, russians seem disenchanted with the u.s. is that an accurate perception? why is that? >> i think it is an accurate perception. and you know, remember that before '91 when the soviet union collapsed, it was a closed country. so the only way we, the soviets, knew about the united states and the west was from -- ready from europe. it was jammed by the soviets. so the whole idea in the soviet union was that if the state, if the authorities tell you that something's horrible, it must be good. because you never trust your government. and so it must have been good. and you know when freedoms came out, all of a sudden everybody was embracing them. but then freedom is a very difficult thing to do. it's a very difficult choice. it's a lot of personal responsibility. and russians are not used to that. russians really -- i mean the whole vertical follower that we discusse

. >>> as we mentioned yesterday, african union peacekeepers got involved over the weekend in the fighting between somalian government forces and islamic militants close to the presidential palace. today, uganda, whose troops make up part of that peacekeeping force, asked for a change in its mandates so that the troops can engage in battle. a spokesman said, right now we're engaged in peace kaiping where there is no peace. >>> the former president of liberia testified at his war crimes' trial today. charles taylor said the case against him was built on lies and misinformation. prosecutors say taylor led an armed rebels to gain control of neighboring sierra leone in the civil war in that country from 1991 to 2002. the aim to strip from its vast mineral well. taylor is charged with 11 counts including murder, torture, rape and using child soldiers. today he denied the charges. >> i'm a father of 14 children, humanity i have fought all my life to do what i thought was right in the interest of justice and fair play. i resent that characterization of me. it is false. it is malicious and i stop there. >

union. the man pled guilty on tuesday to taking the money between 2003 and 2004 from the waterfront guard association local. >>> and also this morning you might want to stay out of the chesapeake bay after hearing about this story. a new study by the chesapeake bay foundation reveals more people are getting sick from dangerous bacteria. researchers claim it's because of global warming and nutrient pollution. cases of bacterial infection in maryland are on the rise. >> to force the government agencies to enforce the law and that's still not being done to the level it needs to be done. chesapeake bay foundation, we continue to be optimistic that the bay can return to a healthy natural state but it needs some help. >> they fault the epa for failing to clean up the bay. >>> the maryland transit authority now says two of its trains did hit two 17-year-old boys. it happened sunday afternoon near the lutherville station in baltimore county. kyle wankmiller and connor peterson both died from their injuries. investigators now believe the teens were hit from behind while walking on the tracks and then possibly

it was the culmination of an intense race between the u.s. and soviet union, each pushing for space dominance. >> eventually it provided a mechanism for engendering cooperation between former adverse says. that among others was an exceptional investment for both sides. >> reporter: the crew will make the case to the president today that he should set his sights further, a manned mission to mars. >> it's progressive, exciting thing to do. it's a pathway that does not ignore the moon. it's an affordable pathway right now if we decide to make a change. >> whether it's really affordable is a matter of debate. it's more than $150 billion. >> they were grainy images but some of the most important pictures of our lifetime, human beings stepping on the surface of another planet. the apollo mission 40 years ago today fulfilled a global that seemed impossible when president kennedy proposed it less than a decade after it became a reality. now we have an eyewitness to that moment, team leader and engineer richard nasker. tell us act your role and how you're feeling on t

a big fight between boeing and the union. will the union be willing to give up the right to strike in order for job guarantees. >> my guess is no, given my view of unions. michael in atlanta, what's going on for tomorrow? >> we'll tell you about the opportunities for hiring in health care. if you were smart enough to make yourself a physical therapist or an occupational therapist. you can pretty much write your own ticket. >> good. i like that. you're selling hope. and finally, john, at the "joins star" what you got tomorrow? scoop yourself? >> well, scoop myself. we've got commercial real estate. believe it or not, absorption rates are going up, the vacancy rate is stable. indianapolis despite all of the problems is staying in pretty decent shape when it comes to ral and commercial deft. >> all right. andrew, john, jason, michael, nice job. fast job. thank you very much, guys. >>> and moving from the u.s. to china. ethnic violence showing no signs of letting up. the muslim uighurs battling it out with ethnic chinese in a rem

between u.s. and foreign counterparts on issues like european union solvency and not only impact the ability of u.s. companies to conduct business but also the flow of business to the united states by the possibility the entire 50 state system will be deemed equivalent appears questionable at best. that is with a federal acknowledgment that task for international policy issues the u.s. reinsurance industry will continue to be disadvantaged in these discussions. the multi state regulatory system is the anomaly in the regulatory world. the u.s. is disadvantaged by lack of a federal entity with constitutional authority to make decisions for the country and negotiate international insurance agreements. we were encouraged by supervisory recognition among countries in the national insurance act of 2008 introduced in the last congress. supervisory recognitions seeks to establish a system where country recognizes the system of other countries and allows a reinsurers to the end of business based on the regulatory requirements of her own jurisdictions. a single national reagan letter with statutory authority

between washington and iran. during the cold war the sovietn union and the united states wanted to destroy one another. that didn't stop them from talking. a failure to communicate is driving tensions with north korea. he has cut communications with the outside world and adopted a reckless and unpredictable posture on atomic bombs. north korea and iran have proven intransigent when it comes to giving up their programs. north korea is not interested in talking, but that's not yet the case with iran. before we leave, we salute the 2009 military times service members of the year chosen for going above and beyond the call of duty. to learn more about the winners, fago to militarytimes.com/fmoy. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838

unions were basically backing him. and there is a divide in the democratic party between people who are in unions.any white, ethnics, and a sense of the elites of the harvards and yales of the world. and i think that that was pretty stark, to have sergeant crowley go to the union to make his press conference. >> but all across america, police departments are taking an internal review of their own procedures to ensure that this type of incident will not occur again. and if so, perhaps they can learn from it and handle it better. and i think the city of cambridge will give us, at some point, a very useful model to use across the country when these things happen. >> at the end of the day, donna, what did you think of sergeant crowley's press conference? >> first of all, i loved it so much, i created a new succotash dish in his honor. it's a little less filling than gumbo. but i was so impressed. i want a police officer like that in my community because i saw a guy who, not only was composed. but he was on-message. and more importantly, diane, he sent a very -- a very important message that it was tim

union in some ways. what about the battle between the public option, federal government run, and the cooperatives that apparentlyare graining steam in the senate finance committee? >> as i said before, the the liberals do not like like anything but a medicare-style plan, government run, that sets prices at the medicare rate. bret: but the white house steps in and says what? >> right now, the white house is saying that they might go along with the co-op idea. now, the details of the co-op idea, and how it's going to work and whether there's going to be government subsidies on it, all of that has yet to be determined. is it private? is it government run? is it government overseeing it? those details have yet to be determined. >> and that will determine the kind of support. i mean, you have people like senator schumer who say, ok, a co-op, but it should be government run, government subsidized like a fannie mae/ freddie mac model. >> what a plan! >> exactly. i don't think you will get many republicans onboard. what republicans want and probably the insurance industry would let go through without a huge battle is so

. >> european union countries expressed solidarity with britain and its diplomatic row with iran. relations between london and tehran were seen earlier in the week when british staff was arrested. a senior member of the iranian guardian council said some would be put on trial. it's alleged they played a role in the violence sparked by the disputed re-election of president ahmadinejad. the united nations top health official warned that the worldwide spread of swine flu was unstoppable. manager rell chen was speaking at a global forum in mexico, where the virus first took hold. she stressed that most cases of the h1n1 virus were mild and mexico is a safe place to visit. for many indians who are a relic of the british colonial era when rights were routinely abused. for others it's a key protector of social and moral values. this week a court in dehli overturned a 150-year-old law criminalizing gay sex. campaigners for homosexual rights or disputing the decision, although they said there will still be discrimination. >> after a century and a half underground. gay indians out in the open today. no longe

however we do not have knowledge whether an actual call took place between the president and the pre -- professor. >> thank you. >>> union police held a press conference today saying race does not have an impact on their arrest. >> we have not allowed a person's race to direct their activities. however we hope they will reflect upon their past comments and apologize to the men and women of the cambridge police department. >> crowley maintains he followed protocol. he was at the news conference today but did not speak. >>> the president has announced a new $4.3 billion program to improve education in america. the race to the top fund is the largest federal investment in school reform in the united states. it will be allocated to states based on how well they compete in several areas like benchmark standards and recruiting quality teachers. >> now let me be clear. this is not about the kind of testing that is mushroomed under no child left behind. this is not about more tests. this is not about teaching to the tests and it's not about judging a teacher solely on the results of a single test. it is about finally getting tes

there is a toxic allies between the unions and the archconservative is for lack of a better word. they tend to team up on immigration, trade, health, welfare. the town hall meeting happens and the members of congress are and an accurate polling body because the people that show up at those things are members of the toxic alliance. it seems to be playing itself out over and over again including right now on health care. >> i think it needs to be said that president ford had a low record of success. the reasons or obvious. he had no mandate when he was elected. i think 40 seats in the house change in 1974. he was confronted with a house that was 2-1 -- in senate, i think he had 37 democrats. get tremendous confrontation. he was not the best salesman for its programs around the country. i think he was a first-rate manager of the white house. he will learn how to manage the white house after the first few weeks. he never really succeeded. he did not come across very well on television. it was a marvelous-in the office to work with, but put him on television, and he looked exactly what

back in the day this was largely a conversation between the united states and russia the former soviet union. but you can see china is now in the nuclear club, india and pakistan in the nuclear club. great britain and france, israel over here and you have, obviously, iran and over here in asia, north korea who are aggressively pursuing nuclear props on their own. how much does it trouble you that the genie is out of the bottle and do you think now it's possible, possible to put it back in? >> the dangers of the proliferation of these weapons and nuclear materials that today exist in 40 countries to make another 100,000 bombs over this 23,000 estimated that we have today, that the danger of those materials ending up in the hands of terrorists or misused by governments is increasing by the day. we have two path, one is to continue along this path of proliferation to a nuclear proliferation tipping point at which we may not be able to pull back, or to move towards a path towards global zero. >> the president of the united states just a month ago was in the middle east and in caro he gave a very

the first was 1917 and the second was the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 due in part to the conflict betweenboris yeltsin, the president of russia, and gorbachev, the president of the soviet union. the russian political class of not like this arrangement. partly because they think it is unstable. the other reason is that the russian political class wants to know who is boss. the russian political class is obedient, but at least it wants to have a good relationship with the boss. it does not know who is the boss. it is asking itself the same question we are. here is the problem -- into a tivoli we know, no matter what the constitution says, -- intuitively we know, that putin is still the strongest leader in russia. i do not think medvedev is a puppet, that is too strong. but putin is number one. on the other hand, medvedev as president sits in the kremlin and the route russian history, power has resided in the kremlin. so the russian elite itself is not certain of what is going on. this arrangement, with this ambiguity, cannot and will not last too long. either it will become clear what the a

robust midterm targets that we need to define between now -- >> tommy what those robust targets are than -- , go on, tell me. >> the robust targets for european union continued to be 30% reduction in co2 emissions -- >> if the rest of the world. >> exactly. we would like to see the rest of the world joining us. we have for the moment australia, norway, switzerland. we are working with others. we think it is certainly progress that the united states for the first time are they're what they're on target. we think it needs to be -- we think there needs to be more ambitious to bring in a line with science. but we are certainly moving forward compared to where we worked a year ago. >> all right, we have to leave it there. thank you very much for your time. thank you. it is a scandal with a juicy cocktail of celebrities, politicians from an immediate. british tabloid newspaper "news of the world" is facing allegations that it was involved in illegally hacking into the mobile phones of thousands of public figures, including a super model, actress, and former deputy prime minister. it has already paid out more than $1.5 million in out-of- court settlements

the scientific approach and that is what we sold the program on, even though it was a race between the soviet union and ourselves. i concur that was the primary reason. even president kennedy made that announcement. by the time 13 came along, the scientific committee came out of the woodwork. they said, "ok. we have been to the moon. we accomplished our objective. now, let's get some return on our objective. let's start looking from 12 on to do the scientific work and that is where the change was made that we were to do it as a scientific program. >> i'm skeptical about the science. you hear people talk about science. science this, science that. on the space program, i don't know if they know what they are going to do. if they does want to see kids floating upside down, is that science? -- they have kids is sending up minnows floating upside down. is that science? i don't know what they are [laughter] >> i can see your father whispering in kennedy's year. -- kennedy's your -- ear. [laughter] >> you are going to have to be pretty practical about it. you go to mars for the ink was the nature of human

. >> collective bargaining agreements are usually between unions and employers i believe in giving so in this case the unions get an exemption for three years but all the insurance companies in this bill would apply six months after enactment? >> normally enters contracts are written on a one-year basis so when insurance contract is a review of an individual they can do that changed within a year or as the collective bargaining agreements are multi-year contracts so is about not to serve in the contracts. >> the last question i have for you is six months after enactment of the bill all insurance companies in america must comply with this, is that correct? in other words, the bill as written is 2013 but with this bill passing this pre-existing condition will apply six months after enactment? command that is the way they buy today is written. >> all time is expired, will now proceed to a vote on the sutton that sarbanes and an income of those in favor will say ayes. opposed nos. the ayes have in the amendment is agreed to. mr. rogers. >> thank you mr. chairman, i have an amendment at th

conaway: it's interesting that we now own, between the unions and the federal taxpayer, we own general motors. and so a general motors car made in the united states bears a 35% tariff if you try sell it in colombia. so you have 35% to the cost of that car and that competes with the car, say, made in korea or other places that don't have that tariff. then we're out of -- we don't compete well on a cost basis. so those are american manufacturing jobs and speaking on behalf of the american taxpayer and the unions, for a change, which i don't normally speak to, if we're going to prosper general motors, why not do something that drops the tariff, makes us more competitive for the taxpayer-made automobiles to be sold in colombia? as you mentioned earlier, colombia's continued with the unilateral trade agreements that they're doing that continue to disadvantage american businesses that compete with businesses from those countries that colombia agrees -- mr. dreier: reclaiming my time. let's state for the record, i would say to my colleague, why it is that colombia has resorted to these agreem

between the men. and there are reports of lawyers and a union official being there as well? >> reporter: that's what we have heard, but the white house is really not giving out a lot of information about this meeting. there's a lot of stuff floating out there, but it is not necessarily coming from here. and from their perspective, they want to get in and get out. you know, the president, obviously, is welcoming the two to the white house. this is sergeant crowley's idea, but this is not the story that the white house wants the world to be focused on. they would rather be focusing on health care and the academy, that kind of thing. that really explains why we are going to have such limited coverage of this. it is just going to be about a 20 to 30-second shot. they are going to hustle the cameras in and hustle them out. the president is not expected to make remarks. professor crowley and gates have an opportunity to come to the cameras outside the west gate if they choose to, not clear if they will, but from the white house, it is let's do the story and just move on to the nex

if one looks at a map between australia and taiwan, the strategic to look points that the soviet unionand its allies wanted to take over, they never succeeded. so, is it not true that we succeeded in vietnam and that it was worth all of it? >> in a word, yes. i think that -- i felt that we actually until we went into iraq. i thought we had so exhausted ourselves as a country through vietnam and then the russians so exhausted themselves as a country in afghanistan and i think when a was over, when the wall fell in all that and both sides looked at each other and said well, we are not going to do that again and then we went into iraq and i thought i wonder if we learned anything about that kind of engagement, but you're point is valid. thank you. >> is there one more question on loon? >> jack, i haven't read your book yet either, but i cheated a little and did look up in the official marine corps history for 1968 and found out essentially it was an operation to disrupt activity on the ho chi minh trail and you described your portion of it involved york landing and evacuate a couple of da

generals the that normally have 10 in the way but there was a stability in the world between the united states and the soviet union and the chinese to know a world in which there is no stability you can count on for more than 50 minutes. one example we have learned what has happened today whether it is or is not a significant event we will find out at some point* or another. put this sort of issue means have the president organizes himself and his staff of organizing himself as best as we can, he will have to deal with problems there is a problem that i did not have to do with. it will not be fun. anything that can be done to help the president organize himself is terribly important to get it done because we spent 15 years in ignoring fed nuclear weapons issue. the one way we should have paid attention to it which was not trying to negotiate some sort of agreement on reducing there rather get the nuclear powers to come together to say that maybe it could not have done done but we never really tried. we should have come together and said to everyone who wanted to build a nuclear weapon, if you put your finger in th