supreme court. well you know model is what james madison or accident judge john adams used to refer to as ockers what i really advocating is thomas jefferson's vision of our democracy after the supreme court's decision in marbury vs madison jefferson who was then president went ballistic and eighteen zero four he wrote the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional or what not not only for themselves in their sphere of action but for the legislative and executive also in their spheres would make the judiciary a despotic branch jefferson also seven hundred nineteen if the judiciary is the last resort in relation to the other departments of the government then indeed is our constitution a complete fellow to so that's latin for a suicide pact the constitution jefferson said this hypothesis is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they may please and today they've twisted that ball of wax into a corporate charter for the conquest of america and eight hundred twenty jefferson wrote this about where the

bill of goods or advertising that their products will help us when in reality they poison us the supreme court has even backed up this principle saying that commercial speech as in speech used by corporations to sell a product is not protected by the first amendment since the constitution clearly gives the government powers to regulate commerce but in recent years the supreme court now fully embracing the idea of corporate personhood has expanded the free speech rights of corporations in the citizens united decision last year the high court ruled the government cannot restrict a corporation's right to free political speech opening the door for corporations to pollute the airwaves with allies of all politicians they didn't like or to push laws or pallete initiatives or politicians but they do like so when this tobacco versus the f.d.a. case reaches the supreme court then five right wing justices will have an opportunity to expand a corporation's right to free commercial speech as well opening the door for corporations to brazenly or implicitly law i about the products they're selling. even thou

used. >>> state supreme court will consider a case filed by community redevelopment agencies to keep those programs alive. the new state budget eliminates them. the legal fight will take 1.7 billion in budget savings off the table. but court justices say they will decide by mid-january. >> the americas cup is expected to bring in more than $1 billion to the local economy but some are concern about the costs to the environment. neighborhood groups littered the steps of city hall with garbage as a demonstration. they claim important questions have not been answered in the initial environmental report filed by race organizers. questions dealing with trash and potential solution to the bay. >> a lot of increased traffic. we can see gridlock in the neighborhoods like we do for fleet week. we could see a lot of people trampling habitat. >> the city's planning commissioner says he will do what it takes to protect the environment. a final draft of the environmental impact report is due in november followed by more public hearings. >>> the woman accused of breaking into jeopardy host's alex trebek'

war of peace and the corruption of the supreme court by any means necessary that's exactly what the republican party is doing to get their way and that includes using hostage taking tactics whole debate that and more infamous rumble last romney campaign contributions appearing out of thin air it's not a mormon miracle and it should be illegal but according to the supreme court it's perfectly legal if it comes from a faceless corporation. and it's daily take. presides conversations of the great minds i'm joined by a policy voice in america dr bob edgar a former congressman from pennsylvania who served six terms in the u.s. house of representatives and a master's degree in divinity from the illogical school during the first year as well as five honorary doctoral degrees he's going to learn his insight and talents to a number of organizations across america from families usa to the national coalition on health care at the center for international policy to name just a few currently he's the c.e.o. of common cause a nonprofit. as an organization working to strengthen our democracy and make our government more palatable to the people he's also author of

the judge recorded the trial for his own use after supreme court blocked his plans to have the proceedingsailable on a live feed. on he overturned prop 8 last year. >>> it's 6:46. while the east coast recovers from the effects of hurricane irene, the storm could have positive effect on gas prices. >> now with a look at early trading. >> good morning. wall street is open for business today. it was spared from the worst of hurricane irene, investors are reacting go to personal spending 1% in july and consumer spending biggest driver of the economy. so that report could boost the markets this morning. we are seeing the dow up 170 points right now. s&p 500 and nasdaq up by 1.5%. bloomberg silicon valley index is strong right now. good news, the price of gasoline managed to avoid any impact from the hurricane. spokesperson says it may drive prices down because people on the east coast may be losing less and spend more time at home. this will take time for things to get back to normal. meanwhile, in san francisco, you are paying 3.89 a georgia according to aaa. hollywood did take a hit from iren

in hearings around the country, we found the supreme court of georgia telling us that there court is so under-funded that she has to ask nexus' lexus for pencils for her law clerks. in ohio, you cannot finally pleading unless you bring your own paper. in new hampshire, the court closed the courts to all civil jury trials for a year, a year. alabama supreme court justice said she is going to have to reduce civil trials by 50% and criminal cases by 1/3. well, we have spent $1.30 trillion in bringing the rule of law to parts of the rest of the world. the rule of law begins with one word. "access." access. if there is no access, there is no rule of law. today we have a just a step in this country where 80% of poor people do not have access to the port. -- court. we have a legal services corporation that is so under- funded, one out of every two phone calls go unanswered. we have not only the traditional minority poor, we have the newly poor. the foreclosure crisis has caused a vast new number of people to cannot support to go into court. even if they could afford it, if the courts are cl

former chief judge vaughn walker recorded the trial for his own use after the u.s. supreme court blocked the plan to have the proceedings available on a live feed. >> just ahead, thieves target an east bay church. >> plus, what is going to give bay area drivers a much better idea what the new bay bridge will look like. with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police are looking for thieves that stole more than 500 yards of copper wire. somebody cut the electrical conduit from the ch

former chief judge vaughn walker coed the trial for his own use after the u.s. supreme court blocked the plan to have the proceedings available on a live feed. >> just ahead, thieves target an east bay church. >> plus, what is going to give bay area drivers a much better idea what the new bay bridge will look like. (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very creature in the world. (applause) >>> police are looking for thieves that stole more than 500 yards of copper wire. somebody cut the electrical conduit from the church early saturday morning, removed the copper wire and knocked out power to the church. they cut the phone lines in several places. this is just the latest in a string of robberies. earlier this month, thieves stole all the security cameras and stripped the copper wire from air-conditioning units. >> president obama nominated a top labor economist to chair the white house council of economic advisors. mr. obama introduced alan kruger today. he wants kru

the judge recorded the trial for his own use after the u.s. supreme court blocked the veil buy on a live feed. >>> if you and you enjoyed yesterday, let's see if we can keep it going. >> i enjoyed yesterday. what do you got for us. >> other than having to go back to work and school, i think everything will be the same as far as weather goes. low pressure pulling away. this area of orange, that is the driest amount of air we can find out there. that is sitting right on top the marine layer. once you get through the morning hours, overturning the atmosphere with the heating that is going to lead to a lot of sunshine and pretty close to average temperatures. right now we have 48 in san rafael. lot of 50s until you get to mountain view and antioch at 51 and 53. by the afternoon hours, temperatures are pretty close to average. started with the coolest weather where the clouds will be most prevalent around half moon bay, 64. san francisco, 68. low to mid-80s, richmond, san mateo and low to mid-70s for the south bay and also north bay valleys and low 90s in the ea

will we see yet another major election in america's subverted by corporate interests using last year's supreme court's citizens united united decision here to offer his take on this is jim dean the chair of democracy for america jim welcome. hey tom thanks for having me if i could just make one slight correction the polls are open for another hour until eight o'clock central time and i just want to make sure that if any listeners out there have not voted and live in these six districts this is a great time to go out because your vote is really going to matter really should've told you before you came on the air jim we pre-record the show an hour early so ok this will play at night and by then it will polls will be closed so what i want to look like on the ground. you know it looks pretty good i get up i must say the folks here i mean our staff has been here for six weeks as well as a lot of great organizations that have been here are very very pleased with the way the field program has gone with the way they get out the vote has gone with the dollars that they've made but the fact is that these electi

he recorded the trial for his own use after the u.s. supreme court blocked his plans to have the trial available on a live stream feed. judge walker overturned prop 8 and the case is still pending appeal. >>> amid all of the state budget cuts, one school official is doing what he can to help by taking a major pay cut. fresno county school superintendant larry powell is getting back nearly $800,000 in pay cover the next three years. powell says he will run all 325 schools for what a starting teacher makes. $32,000 a year. >> the public and my employees won't notice any change at all. i will be here doing the same job, but i will be doing it for a few dollars less. i want parents and children to know during tight times we won't stop delivering on the things they need. >> powell makes about $290,000 a year. he does get final say in how the extra funds will be used. powell says he wants the money to go to projects that have been cut or could be on the chopping block in the next round of budget cuts. >>> many people helped raise a million dollars to help

opponents of the state in texas was the dean of yale law school, a man named harold koa argued the uses supreme court should be subservient to the world court and united nations. he's the chief legal adviser at the u.s. department of state under president obama. the most radical economic in the country for giving up our sovereignty is the number one lawyer at the u.s. study department. this is going to be a fight that is going to continue for decades. it is a fight from the left that want to give up our sovereignty, and the reason they want to give up our sovereignty is two-fold. one fundamentally, they don't understand american exceptionalism, the unique miracle that is this country of freedom, liberty, and individual responsibility. [applause] number two, they understand their leftist progressive agenda is contrary to the values and principles of the american people, and so the reason they want to give up our sovereignty is they want to go to these international bodies to get them to impose their enlightened leftist agenda on the rest of us. that is fundamentally wrong. i have fought with that with

use long has been controversial. but no, and i repeat no supreme court decision contradicts the holding of kelo, the public use includes publicly approved condemnations for economic redevelopment of economically distressed areas. the quality of redevelopment projects of course varies, but recent successful projects can be found from the ferry building in san francisco to times square in new york. economic revitalization of urban areas tends to aid poor minorities who disproportionately dwelt in cities by increasing employment and tax revenues for education and city services. without emmett, such eminent domain, large-scale development projects can occur only on greenfield sites, on the edge of cities, exacerbating urban sprawl and pushing new employment opportunities further from urban minorities. political realities have changed dramatically since the urban renewal period. minorities have secured significant political power in nearly every u.s. city, as was increased influence in private real estate markets. redevelop projects have largely come under control of local governments as federal money and direction have dis

supreme court. and joan, why don't you tell us from the courts perspective some of the challenges you face and how you have move forward with the program. >> well, this program has been just an amazing program for us. and one of my roles is to help inform the various courts throughout this system what's going on. everyone has heard about this project in quincy, but there's a lot of curiosity about it. and they want to know, is this coming to my court, and exactly what is happening in quincy. so part of my role is to communicate internally with the various court leaders and court staff throughout the system, to explain what is going on. i have to say john's staff that he hired to produce this program every day are just absolutely top notch, you know, highly trained journalist. and i think that has made all the difference, too, to make this program so worthwhile. and the staff and -- at quincy district court and the judges who have been involved in this program have been outstanding, and just so cooperative and supportive. having that working group that john talked about and getting all of the stakehold

in 2009 the supreme court ruled that assessment using the old guidelines was acceptable and sent the case back to lower court to determine whether such loans were collectible. in the ruling on tuesday, tokyo high court presiding judge said most of the loans were partly collectible and concluded that the assessment was reasonable and did not constitute window dressing. >> we were ready to take any risk, believing that rebuilding the bank would help stabilize japan's financial system at that time. i welcomed the ruling. >> the credit bank failed in december, 1998, becoming one of several banks that collapsed after the burst of japan's bubble economy. japan's maritime self-defense force will join a mine sweeping drill in the persian gulf with the united states and british forces for the first time. the two-week drill will begin in mid october. the defense ministry says the msdf was invited to join the drill by the u.s. and british navies. they had been holding such exercises off bahrain on an irregular basis. the ministry also said it will deploy the mine sweeper and the mine sweeper wit

court trial of significant public importance. chief judge vaughn walker recorded the trial for his own use after the u.s. supreme his plan to have the proceedings available on a live feed. ee overturned prop 8 last year and indicates is still on appeal. >> arrival and cancellations at sfo but weather-wise for us it shouldn't cause much of a problem. >>> we've got low clouds, they may create a few delays. it's good to know they put the flight tracker at the top of the page. back here at hole, watching the storm track to the north, watching the showers and thunderstorms that were near the sierra keep moving away from us. big story is just how average it is in temperatures. running anywhere from four degrees cooler yesterday in san rafael to three degrees in antioch and los gatos. let's break down the winds. winds not a very strong onshore flow this morning. clouds have a hard time making into the east bay valleys. fairfield has a wind of only 14 miles an hour. you need to get up to 25 to get that eastern push of clouds. temperatures are close to where they are now. by noon you see the clouds mainly out of bay at t

reallv just drives it from the tuesday -- kutcher scandal, which is that he used six files on everyd congressman, senator, supreme court justice, and presidentsol the basically control the o the federal government. over 47 years that he served as fbi director. the very threat that undermined the constitution using sex. that is that true scandal, was adopted we occultism's as a country. >> host: covering today's of the los angeles festival books,w your life with our nonfiction authors. right now featuring larry flynt and david eisenbach and their book "one nation under sex."nt next to st. croix.id e you're on the air. >> caller: calling from the other end of america. the executive producer to theth film on how often did you appeared and. acan the rales affair would be one of the early american sex scandals, with music? >> absolutely. right along with jeffersonave following children with his slave girls. does with the first to scandals in the beginning. >> host: can you tell us more? alexuest: thomas jefferson and the democratic republican opponents discovered thathenson hamilton had a financialiscore arrangement with a

was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york our brings us the latest a manhattan supreme court judge delivered that ruling on tuesday after prosecutors in the case say that the accuser now facade to diyala has not been truthful on all matters a great and small now however this morning delivered by the judge is on hold pending an appeal by of misty gallo the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominique strauss kahn says that the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to no turning to france dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by the moon most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the quarter of the public but he knew now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a circus because many of the new york new york city newspaper headlines refer to dominique strauss kahn is a frog wanted to refer to him as happy lapu

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supreme court by january 1st. so it is not going to be decide today in the term for the supreme court which will necessarily bring use election you are right. we are all meeting. we are meeting with paul clement former solicitor general under president bush who argued the case for us. we are all meeting, discussing our options. we all have the goal of getting it to the supreme court as soon as possible and taking politics out of this. >> greta: we should remind the viewers 6th circuit decided differently on the individual mandate. you asked to have the entire statute thrown out. the 11th circuit only held in your favor determining the individual mandate is unconstitutional, am i right? >> yes, they did. even the federal government has acknowledged that without the mandate, the rest of it basically can't stand. of course, we hope that they would have thrown out the entire thing. but, without the pan day, they can go anywhere. they've even acknowledged that. >> greta: it takes away the funding unless you do one of two things, go massively into debt or massively raise taxes those are the choices. >> exactly. >> greta:

you know last week an appeals court invalidated the core of obama's health care law. some of us upheld it, look, the supremely going to have the last word here, but the legal trouble facing the health care act reveals unexpected risks of blind compromise as a legislate i have strategy. it discredits this nonsense media narrative that every compromise is automatically pragmatic. back when it passed, many experts touted it as a grand compromise. remember that? pundits said liberals didn't get what they wanted, a larger government role, all those tea party town halls didn't achieve their -- now, remember, a public option would have created -- and expanding medicare would have covered millions of americans. when democrats backed down, however, the so-called compromise actually changed the fundamental approach to reforming health care. the final bill only relied on private corporate insurance, and forced people to buy that insurance in order to widen the market and cut costs. still not a single republican voted for it. after it passed, they rushed to court arguing -- remember this -- they rushed to court arguing

we learned this is where the supreme court used to meet.ph message. there are blood stains still on the stairs from when a reporter shot a former congressman in 1890. then there are the hallways themselves. miles of marble. they never stop. >> a half mile walk every time. >> reporter: nor does our own kelly o'donnell who long ago learned the trick to covering the hill. >> i have to change my shoes over and over. the marble floors are so tough. i'm constantly switching to flats, and it isn't just me. members of congress do it all the time too. >> reporter: and while the american people are disgusted with congress these days, they can't wait to get here. tourists pack the place every day from every state and every country on earth, and they leave here impressed with the building at least. ♪ and with the free concerts on the lawn by the marine band, music beautiful enough to distract you from what's going on in the building behind them. ♪ and so that is our look at a day in the life of this institution. there's more on the web, by the

used again. they pointed to a 1969 u.s. supreme court decision to bolster its congressional decision. >> they are our detailed plans their actions, based on a 1969 ruling based on very narrow circumstances you can do this for public safety. >> reporter: they told us is gathering information from bart about what happened. firefighters we talked with had mixed opinions -- bart riders that we talked with had mixed opinions. speech and says damage during yesterday's protest was limited to a world on station door and police tells us there tells us there were no restroom and the district attorney file murder charges against a man accused of driving the car used in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 3- year-old boy in oakland. just minutes ago police released this photo of 22-year- old willie torrence. officers arrested him in las vegas. a spokeswoman said he was in the jail medical units for an undisclosed reason. to us released the booking photo of norris bernard, he is accused of being the gunman. >>> funeral services were held for carlos nava