i don't think we ever showed. >> there are a few questions about that citizens united case. can you share a little bit about, since you authored the decision, about the campaign finance reform? >> the citizens united case, the question was whether corporations could spend their own money speaking their views with reference to political candidates and political issues. 60 days before the election, 30 days before the election in other cases. it applied to non-profit corporations, the sierra club, the chamber of commerce. you had to go to the government if you are going to comply and get them to sign of an advance on what you say. the government cost first arguments that under this, the law could ban a book that comes out 30 days before the election. the dissent pointed out, quite properly, there is a real danger of money in politics, and we tried to make that judgment. society over the course of time will look at that decision and -pcome to its judgment as to its wisdom and its correctness. of course, we live and a world of disclosure, technological change, and we will see if

he has argued over 50 cases before the united states supreme court. he is one of the incredibly tiny group of people who can claim they have argued more cases than they have years on the planet. did you reach cases or 40 years first? >> 40 years, unfortunately. >> too bad. 50 cases, and more than the number, paul complement is known at the supreme court and across the supreme court bar as simply the gold standard in supreme court argument. the solicitor general's following pool is always questioning that. are you as good as paul clement , and the answer is going to be invariably no. this is a fabulous panel, and we will get right to it. the way we are going to work this is we've split up the supreme court term into various practice areas, and eitherer win or paul will speak for 10 minutes about each practice area and then turn it over to the other person. we will go through a number of practice areas in that fashion, and i hope we will have more than sufficient time to open up the session to some questions from the floor. before we go into particular s

if you look at issues ranging from death penalty so the citizens united case on campaign finance, the sense is are we sure where elena kagan stands and i think this has led, though, you know, to pick up on something brit was saying, i don't think there is any substantive argument against elena kagan but it has led to all this talk around town and the internet about whether the woman is gay. people like andrew sullivan now wants to oust this woman and protect -- i don't know what the substance of it is. even on the right, you have people who put up blogs attacking her and suggesting somehow she has got a gay liberal agenda. this is coming not only from the left but comes from the right. i'm shockd that it comes also from the left and i think it is an indication that we have really reduced the quality of supreme court nominee hearings and the vetting process to get in the gutter like this. but that is where we are. >> chris: i have to say that the sort of absurd moment in that was the fact that the "wall street journal" put a picture of her playing softball and that was suppose pod be a

if you look at issues ranging from death penalty so the citizens united case on campaign finance, the sense is are we sure where elena kagan stands and i think this has led, though, you know, to pick up on something brit was saying, i don't think there is any substantive argument against elena kagan but it has led to all this talk around town and the internet about whether the woman is gay. people like andrew sullivan now wants to oust this woman and protect -- i don't know what the substance of it is. even on the right, you have people who put up blogs attacking her and suggesting somehow she has got a gay liberal agenda. this is coming not only from the left but comes from the right. i'm shockd that it comes also from the left and i think it is an indication that we have really reduced the quality of supreme court nominee hearings and the vetting process to get in the gutter like this. but that is where we are. >> chris: i have to say that the sort of absurd moment in that was the fact that the "wall street journal" put a picture of her playing softball and that was suppose pod be a

it is in those books. >> there were a few questions about that specific case, the citizens united casecan you share some because you offered the decision -- you authored the case? >> it was about whether corpse could spend it their own money speaking there -- whether corporations could spend their own money and then it gets kind of complicated. 60 days or 30 days before the election. it applies to non-profit corporations, the sierra club, the chamber of commerce commer. you had to go to the government and sign off in advance. the government said the law could then a book that came out 30 days before the election. there were some problems with that. they pointed out there is a real danger, money and politics. we tried to make that judgment. the society over the course of time, we will look at that decision and come to its judgment and wisdom and its correctness. we live in a world of technological change and we will see if there can be an accommodation. if this was a law school class, i would put hypothetical questions just to test that. that is basically what the opinion is about. i re

oil has done to our country is not nearly as great as the damage which the citizens united case can do to our democracy. we need to pass the disclose act and put limits corporation's ability to influence american elections. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection on clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >>r. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.res. 1347. the clerk: tort the title 69 resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1347, resolution honoring the workers who perished on the deepwater horizon offshore oil platform in the gulf of mexico off the coast of louisiana, extending condolences to their families, and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the disaster site. . the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the r

last year in the citizens united case, she defended bipartisan campaign finance reform against the so interests seeking to spend unlimited money to influence our election. most analysts believe the government was unlikely to prevail in this case, she chose it as her very first case to argue before the court. i think that's a great deal about her tenacity and her commitment to serving the american people. i did it says a great deal about her protecting our fundamental rights. in a democracy, interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. i think it's as a great deal about the path that she has chosen. someone as gifted as elena kagan could have settled into a comfortable life in a corporate law practice. instead she chose the life of service to her students, her country, to the law, and to all those whose life insurance. given her upbringing -- given her upbringing, it probably came naturally. she is the granddaughter of immigrants. her father was a housing lawyer devoted to the rights of tenants. both were first in their families to attend college and go f

you see barack obama during the state of the union attacking the court for the citizens united case. you see justice alito saying not true and all of us lip reading from home. you see chief justice roberts in his speech in alabama saying it was an unseemly spectacle and maybe the justices shouldn't go at all. what did you learn in writing supreme power that informed how we should view what's going on today? >> well, i think a couple of things. first, i think that president obama needs to be careful that he doesn't personalizes the fight with the supreme court. i think it was entirely appropriate for him to criticize that opinion and to do so in the state of the union address. he didn't attack the justices or the idea of judicial power. he said this decision is going of to serious consequences and we're going to try to act to correct those. and i don't think we should assume that the justices are so vulnerable that they can't sit in a real and hear that. we don't worry too much about the sensitivities of the members of congress. i'm not sure why we should assume that the justice are s

he has argued over 50 cases before the united states supreme court. ny group of people who can claim they have argued more cases than they have years on the planet. did you reach cases or 40 years first? >> 40 years, unfortunately. >> too bad. 50 cases, and more than the number, paul complement is known at the supreme court and across the supreme court bar as simply the gold standard in supreme courgument. the solicitor general's following pool is always questioning that. are you as good as paul clement , and the answer is going to be invariably no. this is a fabulous panel, and we will get right to it. the way we are going to work this is we've split up the supreme court term into various practice areas, and eitherer win or paul will speak for 10 minutes about each practice area and then turn it over to the other person. we will go through a number of practice areas in that fashion, and i hope we will have more than sufficient time to open up the session to some questions from the floor. before we go into particular subjects, maybe if we could do a li

. >> meanwhile, the united nations -- united states and iran going head to head making their nuclear cases before the united nations today. president mahmoud ahmadinejad is now on american soil 10 blocks from where we're sitting rye now. he's ready to speak. should he an lol nud the united states? we'll talk about that. >> conan o'brien finally breaks his silence since leaving "the tonight show." >> they have "t

madam speaker, like most americans, i am outraged by the supreme court's decision in the citizens united case that overturned decades of law that prohibited corporations from spending unlimited money in political campaigns. the citizens united decision was a victory for the wall street banks, credit card companies and big oil, but it was a slap in the face to average americans. today, i'm proud to announce that i'm co-sponsoring the disclose act which is a direct response to the citizens united decision. the disclose act will increase transparency and disclosure of political spending. it will prevent foreign corporations from places like venezuela and saudi arabia from influences american elections. and it will ensure that corporations that took money in the bush bailout can't spend that money to influence our elections. it's time we put the american voter first and stop corporate excess in our elections. the disclose act will do just that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask permission t

last year, the citizens united case, she defended by portis and finance reform. spite long odds and success, she still chosen as her first case to argue before the court. that says a great deal not just of her tenacity, but her commitment to serve the american people. it says a great deal about her commitment to defend our fundamental rights. i think it's as a great deal about the path that she has chosen -- i think it says a great deal about the fact that she has chosen. she could have had a comfortable life in corporate practice. instead, she has chosen service, chosen service to her students sent to the law. choosing her is a truce that came naturally. as a granddaughter of immigrants, her mother was a beloved school teacher for many years, as are her two brothers. her father was a housing lawyer devoted to the rights of tenants. both were the first in the family to attend college. from an early age, they instilled in the valley of education and the importance of using it -- they instilled in them the value of education and the importance of using it to defend

last year in and the citizens in united case she defended bi- partisan campaign of finance reform against special interests seeking to spend unlimited money to influence our elections. she chose it as her very first case to argue before the court. i think that says a great deal not just about her tenacity, but about her commitment to serving the american people. i think it says a great deal about her commitment to protect our fundamental rights, because in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown of the voices of ordinary citizens. i think it has a great deal about the path that she has chosen. someone as gifted as her could easily have settled into a comfortable life in a corporate law practice. instead, she chose a life of service, service to her students, service to our country, service to the law, and all those to -- all those whose lives it shapes. she is the granddaughter of immigrants. her mother was a beloved public school teacher for 20 years, as are her two brothers. her father was a housing lawyer devoted to the rights of tenants. both were the first in thei

she chose citizens united, as her first case, which was a very complicated case and it was clear thatent had an uphill battle trying to win that case. the government lost it. but she's also taken on the term's only terrorism related case. she's defending a federal law that bars material support of designated terrorist organizations. and she's argued four other cases that are in a variety of areas of the law. the government did win the case she argued trying to support a congressional law that allows a cross to stay he recognized in the mojave desert. >> ifill: judge mikva you have known her for quite some time. we foe about her fairly elite background. she was raised on the upper west side. she went to harvard, she was dean of harvard, went to princeton and she seems to, what can you tell us about her that we don't know? what would surprise us? >> well, i'm not sure that this will surprise anybody. but she's one of-- he had is one of the brightest legal minds that i've ever run across. i had some 45 clerks, they were all great. we were a feeder court to the supreme court so we had lot

one of the biggest ones this year was the psittacine united case. you will not have to know that case, but what you should know is that the first amendment right to free speech has often been used to limit campaign finance laws, especially the independent expenditures where if you are an independent group, giving money independently sometimes can be unlimited. host: this is from twitter -- guest: both of these come from the 14th amendment. they both go back to the civil rights. equal protection clause is really at the heart of brown versus the board of education. it is about overturning the landmark. due process clause is part of the 14th amendment that built into that process, selective and corporation. the idea that state and local governments must abide by parts of the bill of rights. >> some have argued that the single greatest act of our government was the 14th amendment. host: if your past, -- a view or asks, are they available for download at itunes? guest: it is a great idea and i do not know anybody who is doing it. caller: good morning. my

i have felt blessed to represent the united states before the supreme court, to walk into the highest court in this country, cases that have an impact on so many people's lives and to represent the united states there. it is the most thrilling and the most humbling task a lawyer can perform. i've been fortunate to have been supported in all the work i've done as solicitor general by a remarkable group of lawyers and staff, many of whom are here today. they exemplify professionalism, public service, and integrity. i am grateful for all they have taught me. my professional life has been marked by great good fortune. i clerked for a judge who represents the best in public service. and for a justice, thurgood marshall, who did more to promote justice in his lifetime than any other. i have had the opportunity to serve under two remarkable presidents who have devoted themselves to lifting the lives of others and to inspire a great many more to do the same. i had the privilege of leading one of the world's great law schools and of working there to bring people together and to help ensure that they and the school were ma

all you have to do is look at the citizens united case it went away outside the argument and decided that corporations are individuals. i am just one person. to answer your questions about the doors being open and closed, i do not think a really matters. unless you have conservative justices -- just so you know, i am in law enforcement. these guys, they will rule conservative no matter what. host: the latest on the oil spill on the front page of "the houston chronicle" this morning. "bp explorers five options for stopping oil spill." "bp says the first of two boxes could be installed as early as this weekend. a second could be installed a few days later." some reports say the containment could take up to one week. that is "the houston chronicle" this morning. here is "the times picayune" this morning. this is their story on the oil spill in the gulf coast. some of the headlines on this issue. "the chicago tribune" -- that is their story this morning with a picture of the alabama national guardsmen putting up a barrier to stop the oil slick from coming ashore. one more headline from "

she's a principal player in the dismissal of the open and shut case in the history of the united states of america. she's an attorney in a case reversed by the united states supreme court resulting in $587,000 in settlement costs because of the unjust case brought before the court, and now, i move, mr. speaker, to the third component of this, and this is kingston, north carolina, and kingston, north carolina, they had a referendum. they had a vote to decide to take their local elections and move them away from partisanship to make them nonpartisan. . they would not be labeled as republicans or democrats or labeled as candidates. that is the case in most of the city government in the united states. nonpartisan. people want to elect a mayor that is not republican or democrat. they want to elect city council members of the same thing. they don't want them identified and i'm glad it's that way. and whatever local government passes a referendum to make their elections and their office holders nonpartisan, we should champion that. we should be working against partisanship. but the opposite ha

one of the biggest ones this year was the psittacine united case. you will not have to know that case, but what you should know is that the first amendment right to free speech has often been used to limit campaign finance laws, especially the independent expenditures where if you are an independent group, giving money independently sometimes can be unlimited. host: this is from twitter -- guest: both of these come from the 14th amendment. they both go back to the civil rights. equal protection clause is really at the heart of brown versus the board of education. it is about overturning the landmark. due process clause is part of the 14th amendment that built into that process, selective and corporation. the idea that state and local governments must abide by parts of the bill of rights. >> some have argued that the single greatest act of our government was the 14th amendment. host: if your past, -- a view or asks, are they available for download at itunes? guest: it is a great idea and i do not know anybody who is doing it. caller: good morning. my

in the current form, it represents the best possible case for the united states national interests. the results could not be more favorable to the united states and they could be less favorable to the united states. we need to be on the field when these matters are discussed. we should maintain our freedom and help shape the development of international law. detractors point to the dispute resolutions, claiming service members would be subject to international tribunals. i would not be sitting here today, nor would any predecessors support the cause if we thought our service members would be subjected to international tribunals. as you have heard, this is not some position the department takes. military leaders support the convention because it is good for our national defense. a letter to the chairman and foreign relations, every service chief was clear in their support for the convention. in the defense report, the department of defense urged that. the current and prior secretary of state and president clinton and george bush expressed bipartisan support, joining the convention as

do not mean to imply that a plaintiff in a discrimination case needs some kind of smoking gun in order to prevail. the supreme court of the united states in 1973 established the burdens and the burden-shifting that happens in title 7 cases, the courts applied to age discrimination cases. in cases in which there is not a smoking gun. litigants have been operating under that standard under the so-called "because of" race or sex standard for nearly 40 years and have been winning cases without any kind of smoking gun, typically the evidence refers... includes things of the sort mr. gross presented in his case, for example, in his case according to the district court's opinion, there was evidence that a former subordinate of mr. gross was put into a position that he held, that a former supervisor testified that in mr. gross's case, mr. gross was much more qualified, than the younger, former subordinate, and provided similar testimony, and, so the evidence may not have included a smoking gun, or what the court of appeals described as direct evidence but, under that standard, mr. gross prevailed in front of the jury, i think he would p

bullying cases across the united states are driving several students to harm themselves.here is a push to stop the harassment in maryland. gigi barnett explains in wjz's school watch report. >> reporter: in massachusetts 15-year-old febe committed suicide in january. police arrest three students for bullying her, in florida a girl hanged herself. her diary is filled with incidents of bullying. three are suspended after a girl come plains of excessive bullying. she was beaten by three other students. >> you can't put a band-aid over it and think it's going go aey. >> reporter: the next step for leaders statewide is preventing it. katie o'malley signed on to help. >> all kids know what it is. getting them to be aware of when it's happening and what to do, not to be quiet. >> reporter: she says kids who bully needs help too. >> they have issues. they are insecure. >> reporter: last school year nearly 1700 cases of bullying were reported around the state. some school leaders say that number maybe higher because students are just too afriday to come forward. >> it's a serious

over 80% of the people that i've met in northern mexico had been in the united states and many casesa year or more. my favorite story about this was a guy that immigrated illegally by the most common method that i found of illegal immigration from northern mexicans has been to simply overstate tourist visa. as he crossed on his tourist visa, 72 our visa, went to las

cases of m.d.r. t.b. were reported in the united states. four extensively drug resistant t.b. cases were reported, double the number for 2007. h.res. 1155 calls attention to the critical need for a public and private reinvestment into research to develop new t.b. diagnostics, drugs and vaccines to replace antiquated technologies that hinder our progress against tuberculosis. though drugs, and vaines for t.b. exist, they are increasingly inadequate for controlling the global epidemic. the most commonly used t.b. diagnostic in the world, sputum micro scopey is more than 100 years old and lacks the ability to detect t.b. in most aids patients and in children. the vaccine provides some protection to children but has little to no effect in preventing it in adults. we will never defeat t.b. without public and private investment into new t.b. tools. i urge my colleagues to vote for this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro

cases? >> sure. this involves a part of the 18 united states code section 1346 in the falrod statute. it was to make crime the intangible right of honor services. what's strike something three separate cases before the court this term that involved that statute. one is a case called wyrak versus the united states. he was a member of the alaska state legislature. he was about to leave office. he applied for jobs. ended up not getting any of those jobs. but he voted in favor of a bill that would have benefited one of the company that is he applied for a job with. he was convicted by casting that vote of violating the honest services. this raises all sorts of issues. does it matter that he didn't actually tangiblely benefit that, he didn't get the job in the end? what exactly does honest services mean in this context? black versus united states, which is argued the same day in the supreme court, involves conrad black who owned a number of newspapers. in selling them he made a deal with one of the subsidiaries of the company for which he was the executive to get a $5.5 million payment. and

united states. is that really the case, that if you move toward one, you move away from the other? think so. the united states was very helpful to us when we liberated ourselves from communism, when we made the transition from a command economy to the free economy. in our operations to join... aspirations to join institutions of the west, wto and the north atlantic treat owe organization. there is a security relationship but also a potential industrial investment relationship. poland likely sits on rather large deposits of unconventional gas. we hope that this will become a polish-american venture. >> saurez: what does that mean, unconventional gas? >> shale gas that you have explored in the u.s. very suck successfully. apparently, well, there are companies that are prospecting for it in poland right now. >> suarez: polish foreign minister, thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> woodruff: again the major developments of today. the gulf of mexico oil >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. the gulf of mexico oil spill kept spreading. b.p. promised to cover all the cl

he has been cited in the united states supreme court cases and other federal and state appellate trial courts. >> thank you. chairman conyers, ranking member smith and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before y today. my name is tom gligan and i am the president of colby-sawye college in new london, new hampshire. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and the ensuing disastrous consequences have forced our nation to consider its damage recovery regimes for injuries and deaths arising from maritime and environmental catastrophes. doing so row veals inequity test and inconsistencies that yo in congress, have the chance and ability to repair by amending the relevant statutes. i would like to begin with a discussion of wrongful death recovery under the jones act, which is applicable to the negligence-based wrongful death actions by the survivors of a seaman and the death on the high seas act, which defines the rights to recover for wrongful death in all other cases arising from incidents occurring on the high seas. as interpret, neither of those statutes allows re

he has been cited in the united states supre court cases and other federal and state appellate trial cots. >> thank you. chairman conyers, ranking member smith and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. my name is tom galligan and i am the president of colby-sawyer college in new london, new hampshire. the l spill in the gulf of mexico and the ensuing disastrous consequences have forced our nation to consider its damage recovery regimes for injuries and deaths arising from maritime and environmental catastrophes. doing so row veals inequity test and inconsistencies that you, in congress, have the chance and abily to repair by amending the relevant statutes. i would like to begin with a discussion of wrongful death recovery under the jones act, which is applicable to the negligence-based wrongful death actions by the survivors o a seaman and the death on the high seas act, which defines the rights to recover for wrongful death in all other cases arising from incidents occurring on the high seas. as interpret, neither of those statutes allows re

his next move, he says, is to take his case to the united nations. and president obama supports him. south korea's president also says the north will pay if a surprise torpedo attack. forty-six south korean sailors died when their ship went down following that incident in march. >>> our other top stories, the investigate continues into the death of a six-month-old boy in anne arundel county. the baby was found dead inside a home in laurel saturday. police believe the death is suspicious. there were no signs of trauma on the body but police say the house was in disarray and the baby was with a woman who was not his mother. >>> university of virginia seniors graduated over the weekend without one their beloved colleagues. >> yeardley love. >> 2 #-year-old engineeredly love was remembered at the commencement ceremony with a moment of silence. her cousin walked up to accept her degree on her behalf. love was found murdered in her charlottesville apartment may 3rd. her ex-boyfriend, george huguely, has been charged. >> many students will be turned away fr

the most recent estimates from male breast cancer in the united states find that 2,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed and more than 440 men will die from breast cancer this year. before his death, joe and kathy founded out of the shadow of pink to offer support to other men with breast cancer. >> when he was first diagnosed he wanted machine to talk to and there was no one. everything they gave us was pink. they'd give us pink gad did baggies that had pink nail files and all the information was print on pink paper and men are in the shadows. >> reporter: on her own now kathy wants to shine a bright light on men and breast cancer and she wants the third week in october to be male breast cancer awareness week. she sent letters to every maryland legislator. >> a lot of times we don't get a letter of response. i went -- i sent one 0 the white house and didn't get a response. >> but she heard from jimmy brown wait. he will present a resolution on the house floor supporting kathy's initiative. to help fund the campaign, kathy has designed logo hats and shirts and a special b

one, the united states is relatively defenseless, in case it is attacked in cyberwar. leave pretty quickly to a shooting war. and so, you might think well, you know, it's only a cyberwar, let's do it. and the next thing you know all hell is broken this. i said the united states is relatively defensive and i know a lot of you are thinking how could that possibly be? well, we're really good on the offense, cybercommand and other units in the u.s. and military intelligence community have been doing this stuff for years. he invented it, they're really good at it and you have to assume that anything anybody else is doing probably the united states government is doing, two. when you hear about all those hack into google everything else in america, somebody is probably doing it to china. but we have no plan, no system, no strategy to defend this country against cyberattack. cybercommand has a mission that involved not only offense, but it is supposed to defend the military. and the intelligence community. and the department of homeland security, which is so good at everything

the opera's evidence that was found by that k-9 unit were shell casings. the shooting appears to have happened at that location. individuals in the car kept driving, made it about a mile and a half, two miles further down the road just south of 198 and that's where they pulled over to the side, pulled over on the shoulder. what was the motive behind the shooting? it's not known at this point. police don't know whether or not the gunmen knew the people who were in that vehicle, whether they were targeted for some reason, whether this was a road rage incident or something else entirely. they are trying to piece that together. they are talking to the two individuals in that car. the person who was shot those are nonlife threatening wounds, twounds the shoulder and arm. they hope the get some information from that individual to help them figure out exactly what happened. back to you. >>> thanks very much. >>> thousands of students receive their die plow mass at the university of virginia they took a moment to remember yeardley love and three other classmates w

let me ask about the unusual case of the illegal resident in the united states that has been held at military brig in charleston for the past several years. he is currently the only u.s. person being held on the grounds that he was declared an enemy combatants. you may have to argue the case, so let's set aside that. i want to know a little bit of your thinking and without it being 35,000 feet above the legal principles and the legal analysis that you might bring to cases like this without getng into the area they might one day have argd. don't be so general that you take me a 35,000 feet and i don't get a sense of your thinking, and at the same time, i want to be respectful of the fact that you may one day be arguing. i just want a sense of how you think about these kinds of cases. >> rashid the question, but i have this urge to stay up at 50,000 feet. for the reasons that you say. the president has authorized to review of this case, and all the various ways of dealing with it, and that review is ongoing. i don't really know anything because i am onla nominee and i have no sense of

united states. in the worst-case scenario, this is terrorists living among us or terrorists -- >> host: which was clear and the bureau, remember, warned us about that. 9/11, sleeper cells. >> guest: sleeper cells. attorney general ashcroft was very clear about the possibility of sleeper cells in the united states. amol qaeda leader schappell delude it to the fact there were sleeper cells in the united states. well, in 2007 it finally comes and i asked again what ever happened to those numbers? and the fbi traces? he said to the best of his knowledge nothing was ever done with it. and then finally, i ran into an fbi, former fbi colleagues with whom i served in islamabad and i asked him and he said put into a box sent to an fbi storage facility in suburban maryland. the box has never been opened and nobody ever traced the calls. so for all we know your we are eight years later these people still living in the united states -- >> host: the complex nsa operation at the beginning of the george w. bush administration where we were using -- trying to digest that information to get who was al qaeda calling in

won the united states is relatively defenseless, and case it is attacked in a cyberwar. and two, cyberwar can leave pretty quickly to a shooting war. so, you might think well you know it is only a cyberwar, let's do it in the next thing you know all hell has broken loose. i said the united states is relatively defenseless and i know a lot of you are thinking, why is that? how could that possibly be? well, we are really good on the offense. cybercommand another units in the u.s. military and intelligence community have been doing this stuff for years. they invented it. they are really good at it, and you have to assume that anything anybody else is doing probably the united states government is doing too, only better. so when you read about all those chinese attacks hacking into google and everything else in america, somebody is probably doing it to china. but, we have no plan, no system, no strategy to defend this country against a cyberattack. cybercommand has a mission that involves not only offense that cybercommand is also supposed to defend the military. and the int

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through channels that if iran wants to arrange consular visits with those who are in many cases imprisoned in the united states, on a case by case basis, either facing charges or convicted of arms trafficking in violation of international law, we will be happy to arrange consular visits. we have no connection between those who have throughouted international law and have tried to procure arms for the iranian government and three hikers who wandered across an unmarked border. they should be released on humanitarian grounds. >> what about visitation for their families? >> again, we are more than willing to cooperate in consular visits or family visits, whatever iran wants us to do. >> was there anything that happened during his most recent trip that indicated the need for these two days of talks, and basically what is going to happen wednesday and thursday? >> these are proximity talks. now that they are underway, that implies that george will meet with israeli and palestinian officials on a regular and ongoing basis. he indicated when he left the region that was leak -- last week that he would return, an

speaker, a case in 2001, a federal district court that ruled in the case of the united states against santana garcia, that established that local law enforcement has an inherent right and responsibility to enforce federal immigration law. there are several other cases that are on point on this buti know of none, i know of no cases that would argue that local law enforcement does not have the authority to enforce imgraduation law. of course they do. just like they have the authority to enforce other federal laws. or, for example, i believe it's a federal violation to murder a federal agent. i believe it's also a violation of every law, every state law, for first or second degree murder or manslaughter in the united states of america, to murder that same federal agent. now, who would argue that if the federal government didn't prosecute the murder of a federal agent, that the state couldn't prosecute because it would be a preemmings of federal law? it is complete irrational bologna to believe that there's a preemption that prohibits the states from protecting themselves or ordering thei

unit' states.no they have lost south korea. they certainly don't have japan. in the russian case, the north koreans still owe them about cer $8 billion bid the russians have tried very hard. it's a very unsettling picture, so as richard said, before the question was posed to mr. pollack and is a question for a private equity firm, richard said to me, it's got to be, who's interested. again it's not easy nor quick - could be a- productive societygs and system under alternative kob circumstances. but it's a long way from hereve today. in front that i think the cer chinese have just decided to play ata waiting game in which e again they could be disappointed yet again, but it is also a way in which they think it's kind of a damage limitation strategy.whh but it begs the iseysue about hl much there is intrinsic concern about the existence of some kind of nuclear capability of thethec north, some kind of a believe o that the north will still be n constrained from undertaking major risk-taking behavior, but that remains to be proven. >> they have significant leverage with iran in terms

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he was greeted very well but it could change with the case in the united states. >> gregg: greg burketing live from rome, thanks very much. >> juliet: many americans saying they are fed up with how washington works. this week some of them will get a chance to make auththeir voic heard and will vote them in or vote them out in primary prarac. polls open this tuesday and races drawing national interest because it will give us a better idea of the mood of the electorate. julie kirtz has the latest on this. julie? >> reporter: yeah, we'll get a very real sense of how frustrated voters are on tuesday night. a key state to watch is pennsylvania. both parties are putting big bucks and political star power into the race in the 12th congressional district. where the race is tight and bill clinton is in southwest pennsylvania, right now, he is campaigning for democrat mark crist, who is running against republican businessman tim burns in the race to fill john murtha's seat and there are three close senate races to watch in pennsylvania, kentucky, and arkansas. and in pennsylvania, five-term sen

united states. can you shed some light into why that was the case for president mckinley? >> thank you, boulder. let's leave it there. go ahead. >> by the way, there's no special training course to become a presidential historian. i think you just have to read one biography or just be interested in presidents. there are all presidential historians that live in the united states. well, remember about mckinley, two important points. first of all, the spanish-american war. mckinley was a wartime president. and it was a -- at least of the standards at the time of the country were considered to be a successful war. secondly, tariffs. and protection of, you know, american -- american products. the united states crossed over an important bridge in the late 19th century and became a real power. mckinley was the first person to walk us over the bren. -- bridge. woodrow wilson and franklin roosevelt talked about the inch indications. but it's mckinley who walked us over the bridge to make us is 20th century global power that we were. >> we are here live at the "los angeles times" book festival. it's held

it is now a case that is at the united states supreme court. >> this tranquil beach in destin, florida is actually a battlefield over property rights. >> the government is taking our waterfront property and making it public beach front property. linda and her husband jim own this beach front home and their property deed includes the whole beach in front of their house. but when the state tries to save the beach from erosion by adding new strand at the water's edge that new strip becomes public. >> is this your beach. >> this is my beach. >> that is your land. >> this is my land. >> and the government wants it? >> they want it and they want it without any cost to them. they just want it take. >> is the city taking private property? >> we don't believe that' we are taking private property. we believe that we are restoring the beaches and creating new beach. >> state and local officials argue they are not grabbing land but adding sand to protect the beach from further erosion. >> without it, then not just their private property but the roads and the sanitary sewer lines and gas lines and

we believe that the case is being made because when the united states and allies like the u.k. began pointing ounce, starting last fall, that the iranians were not responding to our offers of engagement, the offers were not accepted. there had been no meeting since the meeting in geneva in october. they unilaterally said they would start in reaching a 20% when the undisclosed facility was revealed. the iaea issued its report. every step along the way had demonstrated clearly to the world that iran is not participating in the international arena in the way that we had asked them to do and that they continue to pursue their nuclear program. yes, we are aware of the fact that there will be a meeting in iran. i also spoke at link to the brazilian foreign minister and most significantly, the interchange between presidents to date illustrated the hill that the brazilians are attempting to climb. president medvedev -- the world leadership as evidenced by the security council has moved in the same direction. some perhaps are quickly than others. they have moved in the direction of reaf

immigrants to the united states -- and only one one sends caucasian immigrants to the united states. in many cases, they are who they were 150 years ago. poor, agrarian, and incredibly hard-working. there also younger than many americans, so there are more likely to pay into schemes like social security for more years before they start to collect. they are also more likely on average to have more children, so on the one hand, the reinvigorate areas that decline in postwar decades, -- they reinvigorate areas, but they also are more likely to use public schools, social services, and at least initially to be uninsured or underinsured and lived in a house that has a low enough assessed value -- to live -- under insured and live -- underinsured and live in a house that has a low enough of assessed value -- low enough assessed value -- in the mid- 19th century, when they were sending immigrants to the united states, and they were places of grinding -- the united states, they were places of grinding poverty, and there was more and social dislocation. today, all three are among the richest per capita inco

united states. i mean, we don't know from a 7-year-old what her status is, what her mom's status is. so it's not really fair to kind of talk about that particular casei would say. but the reality is there are a lot of families, about 9 million people in the united states in these mixed-status families, a parent who is unauthorized and a child who is a u.s. citizens. and if that's the case in that family, it's hard to see how deporting that moth ser going to be a good solution. of course for the family but also for that community, for the school and the like. and it points, i think, very strongly for the need for some kind of omple comprehensive approach year that yes involves enforcement of the law but involves taking care of those families and earn the right to remain. and that would be president obama's point. host: this in the commentary section of the washington examiner. guest: i don't know if it's being misrepresented. people are very fearful that what it's going to lead to is to profiling and they don't, a lot of people don't agree with the approach that you can possibly deport your way out of this problem. you know. it would be preclusively

united states legally. we probably do more on case work, on immigration issues, than everything else put together except maybe veterans and military issues. we help people come here all the time. we get those calls, people want to come to the united states to visit, to work, to be a tourist, to go to schoo or to become citizens. . i'm for legal immigration. but people should not sidestep that process and ignore the rule of law, as president calderon says he's for and come ruined that process and come in the united states anyway they can and take the benefits of being in the ubse without being here legal -- in the united states without being here legally. when it comes to legislation, we hear about comprehensive immigration reform and that is another word called amnesty. why don't we enforce the laws we already have? we already have laws that talk about the rule of law and securing the border and making sure people don't come in here. we just don't enforce those laws. and i don't think those laws are en-- are not enforced for political reasons. i yield back to the the gentleman from iowa, because i can tell yo