i know you are interested in this to make one final point, and that is unrelated to citizens united exactly, the jury's, injuries are an incredibly important part from a constitutional structure. they are in the constitution not once, not twice, but three different times. the tocqueville describes them as one of the core constitutional elements that protect us from tyranny and a central part of the government. in the other attacks on the system and the other decisions that have supported the corporations, very often the jury has been the target and we let it pass. very few people think of it as an important part of our constellation of rights and government struggle and so i urge you as you think of an organization i know many organizations are represented here, don't forget the jury. every time they make a decision that diminishes americans' right to a jury der diminishing one of the core elements of our constitutional structure of government. so nobody knows this better than jeff who has written so extensively on this and in such a wonderful way he is a great book, has a great voice, and

certainly could be read and probably will be read as favoring austerity increases in the united states which is exactly the wrong thing to do right now i had of course that's what a lot of lawmakers are calling for clipping the republican party but one argument to be made to you is that you know interest rates are going to soar quickly if investors start to lose confidence in the government's ability to manage this policy and does that really applied to the united states because we have our central bank that controls the interest rates not only that but we're nothing like greece we have a sovereign currency greece does not and as a result greece has a real risk of default we have no real risk of default unless you know the morons in congress decide not to pay our debts and if they do they'll cause a crisis and they'll be out of office within days and we'll fix the problem then so you know this is complete nonsense and it is only austerity that has to great risk of putting us like europe back into the great recession if it's not greece then what would you say would be a better example where the u.s. mig

undermines politicians in greece and everywhere else in france and germany and in spain in the united states that is exactly what the world needs and you know it's really interesting that you took that you talked about the wealth transfer because appear periods of its social problems and a lot of turmoil is where you see that happen a lot in the united states you can think of two thousand and one and two thousand eight hundred very pivotal times where you saw wealth and power that consolidated into the hands of the government or the hands of certain elites but you saw these wild consolidation in europe you seen this with the opportunity for more fiscal consolidation and moving more together into unions so my question for you do you think that europe will in fact bridge this crisis and move towards more of a united states of europe. i think that would be the worst thing that could happen to europe it's been a very bad thing and then in the united states some of jefferson i was warned against consolidated government as just being an outrage we want the central it's a they said we have government at all we wan

at this point we see the voice of citizens trumped by corporate money and the citizens united ruling is done exactly what we thought it would do it isn't create it it is increased outside spending and it does there's no transparency right we don't know where this money is coming from it's coming from probably a handful of large donors we need to revoke corporate personhood we need to go back to a time in the united states where corporations could only exist if they serve the public interest now doesn't mean they wouldn't exist and it doesn't mean that the market wouldn't be free in fact i would argue that it would restore much better market mechanisms were corporations couldn't put their bottom line in front of the health lives and safety of american citizens or in this case nigerian citizens. obviously very huge implications for this case it will be interesting to see how it plays out caroline thank you for coming on the show that was caroline help men politics professor at occidental college. well the government's refusal to grant foreign journalists unfettered access has deep in the fog of war th

almost every residential building unless you design a slab building where you can count exactly parking spaces per unitdelineated. xdtandem spacesi] are coincidenl to access on the below ground level. they are left over spaces designated as tandem. i believe it is not the drawing or counting the drawing does not drive this commission, but the staff analysis is this project came forward in a notable way with 0.5. staff analysis is indeed what has to guide how this was approved, asç well as çunderstanding the special circumstances. i cannot single out a project past the fact and judge it on a different level than when i approve the project. >> i think part of the confusion comes with that when there was a parking minimum that a tandem space did not count. it seems like it was a long time ago, but it was just a few years. if you had 10 apartments, you i]had to have 10 parking spaces. some of those could be tandem and it did not count as to. people started thinking of it as a space where you could stick another carq that got clarified to being to spaces somewhere between the original use permit proposal

abroad, because they didn't believe they can make sustainable reinvestment in the united states, what we see right now is exactly the contrary. the global oil and gas industry is making profit all over the world and investing in the united states. the united states is a net absorbant of cash. and that's a huge change in the industry. thank you. >> thank you very much. senator manchin, did you have a question you wanted to ask at the beginning? i was told you had to leave. [ inaudible ] okay, why don't you go ahead. >> thank you all of you for coming -- thank you. and i'll get right to the point. it's the xl pipeline, and i'll ask all of you to comment, but i'm having a hard time why this has become a political football. it makes so much sense that you want to buy off your friends and not your enemies. and i think going down where we're going to go with the jobs, i want to hear y'all's maybe a yes or no, maybe a comment. there should be jobs created in the united states by this building of the pipeline. i understand that there's a difference between what the state department has done, the environmental, versus th

firefighters this morning still trying to figure out exactly what caused a four-alarm fire at a mountain view apartment complex. investigators think they know which unit the fire started but don't know exactly what caused the fire to destroyed 26 units on monday. family were allowed to return briefly on monday to retrieve personal belongings. repairs didn't continue until the investigation is complete. >>> alameda county could become the first county in the country to make drug manufacturers responsible for getting rid of unused and expired pharmaceuticals. supervisors gave preliminary approval yesterday to require drug companies to set up drug drop-off boxes. right now the county uses its money to collect and dispose of expired and unused pharmaceuticals which can contaminate the drinking water when flushed. a final vote will be held in two weeks. >>> 5:05 right now. new this morning, a u.s. coast guard helicopter crash turned deadly down in alabama. "today in the bay's" marla tellez has the latest. >> reporter: right now the u.s. coast guard is reporting one person is dead, three others missing off the coast of alabama. video just in to our newsroom

well it's both exactly which part of the reason why the united states would like to see assad go because then iran loses its only regional ally and it further isolates you are allowing the united states and israel to put more pressure on it to stop its nuclear weapons program suspected nuclear weapons program so there is a clear strategic interests go ahead jump in i just want to jump in i do think there are any and they're greatly concerned here i think one of the problems at the top of their concern is if the syrian regime falls that in a sense the arab spring will blow back into iran again in they'll see an uptick in there in the opposition or own country so i think they're not just for the strategic reasons that they want syria to stay because it's their pipeline and lawson has once important regional ally but i think it also has domestic implications for them that they're really concerned about what you think about that james i mean what how does the rand play into all of this here because again i look at western mainstream media and they're just doing this typical colored revolutio

themselves when they're looking at cement, universities, that many businesses of the united states of america find themselves in exactly the same position that the epa finds themselves on this case where you all have said the burdens are too great by our own rules to follow our rules and don't you think there should be a tailoring act for the job creators of america to assist them in creating sxwrobs fe ini hardworking day payers of america. >> i don't agree with your premise, sir. >> it's okay to have one standard for the epa and another standard -- the standard isn't for epa. >> let me go forward and make my statement. i get passionate about this because my people are losing jobs and let me say this as well, when we here earlier this year and ms. bennett was kind enough to be with us, some of the money that had been committed, some of which was more than five years old, perhaps other permitting requirements or other requirements by the epa or other agencies. she indicated some of those were more than five years old. i asked her at the time, why wouldn't you all back the ability to move to five years for businesses in

the united states, they're not exactly sure what they're going to do.d to fix it now. >> so the feeling out of each other publicly? >> well, unfortunately, i think yes. but you have to remember, all of the series of events that's happened has put a little bit of uncertainty in our relationship between israel and the united states. and i'm not talking this is all blown up and we're not cooperating. that is not what i'm talking about. but when you're talking about something as serious as taking military action against iran's nuclear weapon program, that's a whole new ball game. and so i think they think we're getting back boxed in a corner. we have egypt on our southern border. we used to not have to worry about it, and now we have to worry about it. we have iran developing nuclear weapons. we have problems, and they're not getting great signals from the united states right now. we need to put that back together in a hurry. >> how close is israel to that red line, do you think? >> i think it's close. and you have to remember, the iranians moving their enr

exactly. >> our unit discovered sill concompanies, how it might be paying off tonight at 11:00. >> the "today curry is in l.a. >> jon and laura, good morning from los angeles. coming up on monday morning on today, all of the highlights of the oscars. it was a big night for "the artist," we'll talk with the cast when they join us live coming up. and we're also going to break down the hottest looks on the red carpet, which stars dazzled. what were the trends. very important questions that we'll try to address as well this morning. also this morning, mitt romney and rick santorum are hitting the campaign trail hard ahead of tomorrow's high stakes primaries in michigan and arizona. can santorum pull uf a win. a change coming to an airport to make your next flight more enjoyable. that's all as we get started on a post-oscar monday morning from los angeles and new york here on "today." now back to you. >> thank you. scott mcgrew watching the markets. >> good morning. the market that counts, that's the gas market, we are seeing video of gas over $5 a gallon. that's pushed the stock market down lower

cape canaveral the little capsule that black unit on the tip that was the tiny compartment where john glen road it out, and 50 years ago today, this is exactly what it sounded like. >> five, four, three, two, one, zero [ statice ] >> roger the clock is operating, we are under way >> with that john glen and nasa laid the ground work for what would eventually become, the defeat of the soviet union in the space race eventually putting man on to the moon it was a time of the cold war american ambition to beat the soviets, and embrace the space program was greater than it is today over the weekend surviving members of the mercury team accompanied john glen and scott carpenter the only still living original 7 astronauts out to the old

looking at cement amount and boiler amount that many of the businesses of the united states of america find themselves in exactly the same position that the epa finds itself on this case where you said the burdens are too great and don't you that i there ought to be a tailoring act for the joob creators of america to assist them in creating jobs for the har working taxpayers of america? don't you agree that would be good policy? >> i can't agree. >> so it's okay to have one standard for the epa and another standard -- >> no is. the stand aard is not for epa. >> all right. let me move forward. you know, i do get passionate about this. my people losing jobs. and let me say this as well. when we were here earlier this year and miss bennett was kind enough to be with us, she indicated that some of the money that had already been committed but had not yet been spent, some of which was more than five years old was a -- was there because of various reasons, perhaps even other permitting requirements or other requirements by the epa or other agencies. but she indicated some of those were more than five years old. i aske

coming out of statements that delegates are making at the united nations security council in terms of how soon and what kind of resolution exactly could be officially put on the table at the united nations security council what we do know for certain right now is that there has been about four hours of talks behind closed doors this thursday where delegates and diplomats seem to have agreed on new elements that they are considering putting into a new document and we do know that these new elements are being sent over to governments at home for consideration approval and deliberation and from what we know the russia's ambassador to the u.n. has said that this does not mean that anything has been fully decided yet and russia continues to reiterate that even if the hint of a regime change clause continues to be presented in such a resolution it would not be supported now what we what we're hearing and some reports that this clause will actually be nonexistent in this new text being considered whereas earlier the arab league and the west have been seeing that the syrian leader needs to step down if this does not happen within fiftee

so you can't bring them into the united states except you know in small numbers. so what can you do? >> exactly. let other nations, particularly underpopulated nations take them in. and what's the big underpopulated area that could take in a lot of jews? i'm not talking about palestine, that's a whole other issue, that's under control of the british, i'm not going to get into that. what's an area under united states influence that's huge and sparsely populated? >> alaska. >> not alaska yet. alaska's tough. more hospitable than alaska. >> south america? >> latin america, exactly. latin america. you know, they could use, you know skilled labor. they're very underpopulated. they have a lot of land. thinfle nce. so roosevelt takes the initiative of calling a major international conference on refugees at evian in france and brings latin american countries there along with u.s. and canada and britain and france in an effort to try to get these latin american countries to step up and take hundreds of thousands, even millions of jews. what is the result? pardon? >> [ inaudible ]. >> i can't hear you. >

in the last days we need to show china that we are really united we have a united kingdom and the czech republic still not exactly being a hall of far part of the european union as partners so farand is waiting kind of the same time to say this why should we it's a board this region or if we are still having a lot so for problems i. in the end we understand the same time. you know i was. in. august a professor at the assad a business school in barcelona thank you for coming on r t today thank you. still to come on the program here on our whistle blowers final appeal it is the last chance for julian assange is to win over the u.k. supremes court to stop things of extradition to sweden where he's wanted on allegations of sexual assault also ahead for you. for it was a country on the brink on the brink of complete meltdown and chaos find out why the careless comments of u.s. politicians could be costing america credibility on the international stage. the un's nuclear watchdog says it's on track to breaking the deadlock over iran's atomic program atomic agency monitors plan another trip later this month after what th

it's filled with tables and charts and some of them show exactly what you just said. the unitedtates may have the second highest statutory rate of any country but we're at or to some degree blow average to our major competitors. when it comes to effective tax rate. that is not an excuse to do nothing. that is an opportunity to do something, and it can really get our rate down without costing ourselves a lot of extra revenue, without adding to the deficit. >> two other quick questions jason. some of the critics have posted today why not raise some revenue as opposed to just having it be revenue-neutral. that's number one. and i know head of jen electric is head of president's economic advisers external panel. i'm wondering how he feels about that. i can answer your first question.: one of the things we've done in washington for decades now is every year we pass tax breaks for businesses and we don't pay for them. this plan would say let's either make this permanent and pay for them. research clean energy. if they're not necessary to the broader economic, let's go ahead rid of the

frustration on both sides of this equation, israel's holding back a little bit, the united states, they're not sure exactly're going to do. we've got to fix that and we need to fix it now. >> they're feeling each other out publicly? >> unfortunately, i think yes but you have to remember all of the series of events that's happened has put a little bit of uncertainty of our relationship between israel and the united states. when you're talking about seriously taking military action against iran's nuclear weapon program that's a whole new ball game. i think they think we're getting boxed in a corner. we have egypt is on our southern border, we used to not have to worry about it, now we have to worry about it. iran is developing nuclear weapons, we have problems and they're not getting great signals from the united states right now. we need to put that back together i think in a hurry. >> how close is israel to that red line do you think? >> i think it's close. you have to remember that iranians moving their enrichment facility to guam know that's a difficult military target to strike and all of the signals ir

to allow for our field inspectors and/or responsiveness on field units to bring that data closer to being higher performing. >> exactly. more immediate response. commissioner hechanova: the last one i would like to ask is on the california foreclosure law. that is senate bill 1137. given that it is going to expire in 2013. and in urge the balance of the commissioners that will carry the torch for word to really pay attention in the sense that the foreclosure law that has really impacted our citizens here need to really have the higher level of service by virtue of how the foreclosure law has really impacted to some unfortunate situations on the financing end. >> right, this apparently has been law since 2008, and it is about to sunset, which is why they are beginning to talk about extending yet or renewing the legislative authorization on it. i know director day received a letter about this. that is one of the reasons that we put it on this. and i have been in touch with calbo and am awaiting their response. but the expectation is that they will want to renew and extend the legislation. commissioner hechanova: thank y

exactly. the wonderful thing about the dizzy gillespie united nation band is when i got there, you had people from brazil, you had people from all over the world. the idea of a common ton finding our diversity, through one sound, making music that we all need to come together, that's a powerful lesson i learned from dizzy, you know, that no matter where you come from, you always have something to say with love for the process, the process of exchange. that was something that i really... that experience, fundamentally very important. and i carried that on myself. >> hinojosa: do you feel like your own work that you've done now as aomposer is takinthat root of what dizzy gillespie said, which is kind of trust... but you've gone back to panama, and you've done beautiful things. >> yes. >> hinojosa: you've rescued a lot of the kind of traditional rhythms and brought them into jazz. and then you did something amazing-- you went and you got a traditional folkloric singer, who sings... what style is it? >> mejorana. >> hinojosa: mejorana. mejorana. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and it's a kind of blues? >> i

units and active duty. >> right. >> they're out there doing exactly the same thing. and they're getting tremendous experience, they're getting tremendous capabilities. i want to be able to continue that capability so that they're ready to go. and you know, the services are working on plans to make sure that we have that kind of rotational ability. >> i just want to echo that. fantastic, not just in iowa and minnesota, but throughout the country, and they've done a great job in the operational -- in their operational roles, not just strategic. thank you very much to all of you. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> i appreciate the gentleman's concern for the workforce and would encourage you to look at my bill because they're going to be making layoffs, you know, planning for next january's sequestration that could be avoided if we can fix that problem now. mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm on your bill, by the way. and i share the gentleman from iowa's concerns. i have spoken repeatedly in recent months with general stein and general dunwoody about thi