vince jones, thanks so much. caller: thank you. >> good luck. hurricane irene has set her sites on the big apple, shutting down mass transit and canceling flights. we will tell when you things are expected to get moving again, right after the break. >> this emergency is bringing out the best in new yorkers. so have a safe night. look out for one another. and weil update you again tomorrow morning. >> welcome back. go ahead. sorry! >> we jumped on each other. but we take a live look at times square in new york city. you can see the rain-- the lens. i'm sorry, we can't wipe that off. i think that's a remote camera. >> good luck climbing up there. >> i am not climbing up there. but a couple of taxis on the street. not a lot else as new york city braces for irene, which this shmake her way here sometime in the early hours of this morning. i think between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m., or those are the latest estimates i have heard. it's raining and windy. a lot of you are tweeting and commenting on facebook. i want to share something with you i have gotten fro

i want to bring in vince jones with me right now, t.j. he is the emergency management coordinator. i want to talk to you about a number of things. first of all, the mandatory evacuation. looked like a ghost town when we drove through here. obviously, a lot of residents decided to leave. a lot of the guests in the hotels were forced to leave. how many are left and how did it go in terms of evacuation? >> up and down the barrier islands in atlantic county, again, like you said, we had a mandatory evacuation that went into effect yesterday, 6:00 a.m. all the -- for the most part, most of the residents are gone, have evacuated the barrier islands. there were a few resident who is did opt to stay behind. when we met with those residents, and we did meet face-to-face, we explained the storm, explained the severity of the storm, explained why it was very important that they do leave. some did change their mind at that point and agreed with our local officials and did leave. some still opted to remain behind. we explained the circumstances of them staying behind and they fully understood t

triple h. >> vince, the board has asked me to come here to tell you that they have filed an injunctionmmy: he is great, huh? >> it brings a tear to a glass eye. >> jimmy: it really brings a -- exactly. now wrestlemania -- this wrestlemania -- the world >> jimmy: i'm excited about this. because this is -- wrestlemania is all the stars. >> it is. >> jimmy: all the superstars. >> this is, you know -- this is our big super bowl. it was last year in april -- oh, this past year in april. and we were in atlanta at the georgia dome, 72,000 people. set a record for the building, set a record for attendance at the gate and everything like that. >> jimmy: and how exciting is that? 72,000 people screaming, going nuts. >> it's crazy. >> jimmy: and the rock is returning. >> yeah. that was one of the big things this year. i wrestled the undertaker. john cena wrestled the miz, but the return of the rock back -- basically back home with us. >> jimmy: it's really cool. >> you know, he's been gone for quite a while, in person, making movies and all that, but his heart's always been with us. he's back now

this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what are you doing? >> we are doing a major modernization. we are tearing out the old system, logic controls, and generator controls, and we will be going over to solid state. this is not your standard selector. it does not have a tape that runs it. because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade. >> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some o

i know vince and tony are looking down and giving you the thumbs up today. are to be commended for the work over the last 14 weeks. you have formed a strong team. the bond will always be with you. each and every member of the class i graduated with is a lifelong friend because of the experience, bond, and teamwork reform here at the division of training many years ago. i encourage you to continue those relationships as you move into the field. always challenge yourself. be a sponge when it comes to learning and knowledge. ask a lot of questions. treat everyone the same way that you would want every member of your family to be treated each and every day, even when you have been up for hours and hours. always wear the uniform with pride as you are today. nothing is worth doing unless you do it 100% all the time. i am proud of the diverse makeup of our class. it truly reflects the community we are serving. all of you came very well- prepared. you were all emergency medical technicians. this is the first time we have had a class that we made that a requirement.

not to see vince have been made by iraq regarding terminating the cause of iraq's international isolation and what stands in the way of complete removal of sanctions. quillan you know beyond all the decisions about iraq size relation by the international community disarmament w m d's oil in exchange for food and other contracts that have expired as the issue of iraqi assets has been sold dozens of agreements have been cancelled but are not relevant anymore but a number of decisions were primarily concerning kuwait a still effective this is a very sensitive issue to say nothing about puerto barrack but there are also other decisions that we should comply with resolution eight three three on the iraqi wage boundary demarcation saddam's regime took this decision while our constitutional power must adopt this resolution. as part of our humanitarian record we must solve the issue of prisoners and those missing the issue of q.h. property should be resolved. but we also have casualties and separated families a lot was stolen from our country in two thousand and three but we must solve these prob

a good name right into the ground hiring inept bureaucrats corporate cronies to give vince people that the government can't do its job and give the republican party exactly what it needs to keep getting reelected a platform that government doesn't work so they can defund government and replace function functions like social security with their buddies on wall street. but it wasn't always like this republican president dwight eisenhower presided over a time in america when government programs worked and as he told his brother in a letter in one nine hundred fifty four should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear that party again in our political history there's a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things a few texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas but their number is negligible and they are stupid. eisenhower new government worked and that enrich the lives of everyone in america and anyone who wanted to get rid of i

>>> they're defending igts apparent reason but critics are not con o vinced. >>> and from washington to main street, have all the downgrade impact affect real america? it may have been the weekend but it's doubtful the prime minister got much of a break. the turmoil on the global markets spurred them into action and as the new week began came twin announcements from the g-7 and euro banking. they say it stands ready to take coordinated actions. it says it will take all necessary measures to support financial stability and economic growth. so far it has not specified what those measures may be. by contrast, the european central bank says it will actively implement its program of european buying as. as this comes following a market route that started on friday and a hammer blow to confidence by the ratings agency standard & poor poor's which downgraded its rating on the policy debt. >>> you've set out the bad burns. you've been very polite about it, andrew. i want to take the gloves off. action versus inaction. the bear minimum versus something concrete. that summarizes the way the glo

bart oh vince have not said if they would cut off the protest. three people are still in the hospital, one man was beaten unconscious. rebels are taking over tripoli this morning and nato air strikes have helped out in their efforts. muammar gaddafi's 42 year reign is coming to an end. >>> encouraged by the possibility crude oil prices could be dropping. they have had four consecutive losing weeks and evans has a look at the numbers and futures indicate a higher opening and there is some optimism but is it enough? >> is it enough, that is a big question but one of the things that could make it a rocky week, we don't have a lot of economic reports scheduled and we have one on wednesday and we have the weekly jobless claims on thursday as usual and on friday we are getting our second quarter g vp and ben bernanke will be speaking with central bankers in jackson hole wyoming. it is a stimulus program and that sparked a nine month rally and a lot of people are looking for that to happen again this week but as you know when there is not a lot of stuff

. >> reporter: vince reinhart says one they think you can predict, ben bernanke will at that time political heat no matter what he decide to say do about if the u.s. economy weakens further. maggie lake, cnn, new york. >>> okay. we want to bring you developments now from libya, and even amid talk about rebuilding libya, there is still pockets of fighting between rebels and gadhafi holdholdouts. rebels have mounlsed the transfer of hair leadership from benghazi to the traditional capital tripoli and that's where sara sidner joins us. first of all, has there been much movement in the past 24 hours in it tthe hunt for gadha? >> reporter: we haven't heard anything new. there are have been plenty of rumors going around, but the sole hid fact is that moammar gadhafi and his closest allies and family have not been found. there is a lot of speculation, but that's all it is. yes, it's important that the opposition is able to prove that they can find him, but they're really trying to move fort politically and even folks in the street who own businesses and homes here in some parts of the city are try

republicans, six members of the house and six members in senate, having tough decisions that maicon vince them to go back to the aaa rating. is similthere might be some rethinking behind the scenes but i'm sure the political debate, anderson will intensify. >> wolf, hold on for just a moment. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> the credit rating, standard & poor's has downgraded the united states' long-held aaa credit rating. which is a pristine credit rating and now it's aa. ali velshi is with us. david walker, allan chernoff. ali, for those just joining us and following us and maybe don't know the details of what s&p is all about, just explain why this is important, why this is so bad and what impact this is going to have on folks at home. >> okay, anderson. this was a threat made some time go, both s&p and moody's had warned if the united states doesn't get a handle on its long-term debt situation they could face a downgrade. after the debt deal got made last weekend the credit agencies took a few days and they were in the conversations with the uls treasury to determine what to do. moo

delegitimize him, to say he was involved with running drugs, to say he was involved with murder, with poor vince foster that was coming from jerry falwell, coming from the arkansas project, even coming from congress, it was similar. it wasn't the same, but it was similar. there was a real dehumanization of this man as our leader. he just wasn't fit, and he could be accused of literally anything, anything -- and it tore the country. >> it's funny, you guys, the worst thing the left can say is they're not american. they just call them idiots. i'm serious. that seems to be the worst you can say about a right-winger. the worst thing to say about a left-winger, he's not one of us. >>> let's not forget he was number one in the polls, here he is using the term saying he conned us into believing he was a citizen. this is the donald trump thought here. >> i would like to have him show his birth certificate, and can i be honest with you? i hope he can. because if he can't, if he can't, and if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility. i'm not saying it happened. i'm saying it's a real 30

committee, the debt committee that will be given -- that will begin a month from now, and jim cliburn, vince and holland, and javier becerra. you can get more information by checking our website at c- span.org. >> next is jeered from norman, okla.. >> i watched mitt romney earlier and he handled his hecklers very well. he did not get mad and he said this was a free country and they could disagree. i was alarmed house of the teacher said that social security did not contribute to our deficit. mitt romney said it was half of our budget. but the teacher is right. it would have been helpful if he could have clarified how social security is half of the budget. >> mitt romney continues to meet with fair-goers at the iowa state fair. >> hi, how're you? hi there. how are you guys doing? good to see you. oh, boy. >> we missed you at the wedding last weekend. >> i was there. i missed you. >> i wish i was there. i am mitt romney. i am running for president. nice to see you today. good to meet you. hi there. i am mitt romney, running for president. did you get the senator cut for the i/o cut? >> whateve

chris hamburger went on to say that he valued playing for vince lombardi because vince lombardi had visited. he had vision for the team. he had high standards and expectations for everyone. he did not shy away from any issue big or small, tough or not tough and he knew had to use his assistant coaches. he treated everyone the same peri. please join me in welcoming our vince lombardi, our coach, arne duncan. [applause] >> good afternoon and thank you for that kind introduction. please given a round of applause. [applause] i will keep my remarks pretty brief and i will take questions when i am done. i want to start by saying thank you. the difference you are making in schools and classrooms and districts and states around the country today is absolutely extraordinary. i know the amazing challenges you face every day as he tried to help our nation's children get a grade education and have the opportunity and support and guidance to fulfil their potential. the challenges to our country and our kids are staggering. rates of poverty we have not seen in a long time. rates of homeless ness, rates o

but a quote that sometimes gets contributed to vince lombardi, winning isn't everything. republican state senator alberta darling who won the deciding race with 54% of the vote declared victory last night. >> i'm very proud to say we stood up against the special interest groups. we stood up against the unions, and we said the voters have the vote that counts! >> here's what i learned from the wisconsin fight. both parties are energized in that state. wisconsin really is a swing state this time. remember, it has voted with the democrats in every election going back since reagan in '84. that was the last time wisconsin went republican. i think we see this time this is going to be a very, very close battleground state. >>> and finally, ames or bust. with three days until the straw poll and a big night tomorrow night, the candidates who have the most to gain or lose on saturday are doing everything they can to avoid getting overshadowed by the newest candidate in the race, rick perry. >> come from 9:00 to 5:00, we have an air-conditioned tent. we've got chairs. we've got live

the new york giants antrel roelle and vince wilfork received item. luther campbell, and a longtime supporter of the miami program, compared him to lil luke because they say shapiro started a bounty system for robbery games against florida and florida state, that means putting out hits to take guys out of the game including one on tim tebow of florida and $5,000 to any player who knocks florida state quarterback chris rick out of a game. that offer apparently stood for three years. meanwhile, miami's brand new coach, al golden who just took over the program in december says, obviously, the university should have told him about this investigation, if it, in deed you knew about it. the hurricanes open their season against maryland. i have to direct everyone to an op-ed. "miami news times" responding to the nevin shapiro. entitled "nevin shapiro can kiss my ass." that's from luther. >> surprised you missed this. >> a real shame the news from miami is detracting from all the good work being done at programs at alabama and vanderbilt. >> thank you very muc

another suicide vince foster, of course, he was already depressed but a week before his death, the fbise he disagreed with one of her points about health care legislation. she ripped into him and said you're just a small town hick lawyer and never make it in in the big time in front of all of these aides. after that, his behavior went downhill and he became very withdrawn. he would break into tears. according to the fbi that is what pushed him over the edge. >> just to refresh people's memories, vince foster was a deputy white house counsel and he committed suicide in virginia near the white house. >> right. >> he left some notes beside his body. one of them said, i was not meant for this job. here, destroying people is sport. as you know, there are many conspiracy theorists back then thinking he may have been murdered but what you found in the files, does that clear up for you? >> no question he was depressed. everybody, friends, aides. there were other notes from him. there is no question he was depressed. in fact, he wanted to consult a psychiatrist but he was afraid his security cl

insurgents set up strongholds especially here in prot vince where the shoot downs happened. >> many wereeld by nato forces, but because we have concentrated on popular areas now, they have been given over to the taliban. >> the pentagon doesn't think they knew the helicopter was carrying seals from the same unit that killed osama bin laden. they asked leon panetta to ban the release of the dead men even though many families have identified their loved ones. the worry? the names might lead to their buddies on the bin laden team. >> now, wolf, let's go back to the 10-year-old boy who would the world to remember his father. he is in the hot seat. the community does not want to release the name of the fallen. so many families have already come forward and publicly want their loved ones remembered. he had to make a decision. does he go with what the community wants or does he stick with the tradition. the pentagon has never in 10 years of war failed to publicly acknowledge the names of anyone who had fallen in battle. >> how can you control the family member who is want to express their grief

bill: vince cefalu, atf agent, with us from san francisco, thank you, sir.e've covered extensively here and it's the search for a missing college student, and it is now -- it has now led detectives to a landfill in rural indiana, 20-year-old lauren spiere vanished more than two months ago after a night on the town with friends. the new york native was going to new york university's bloomington campus and now the local police, the fbi and center for missing and exploited children are searching a landfill that takes in trash from the bloomington area, they say that process could take two weeks, even with two dozen people searching that entire scene, and that is just one of those stories that disappears from the headlines and you want to know what happened to this young lady. bill: you think about the family, the parents, they've been on tv and talking about this and it's so important too for the families because they want to keep the issue out there. martha: of course they. bill: they want the focus to be on the wild an finding them, getting them safe. we're t

. >> and then vince wilfork says this. i want to go to the university of miami where david mattingly spoke to al golden who was just hired. david, how is the coach dealing with this? i imagine it's a big distraction? >> reporter: that's right. this should have been a time of great excitement for the university of miami program. they got a new coach that came in in december with the idea of getting this program in the top tier of the ncaa and pursue championships, and there was a great deal of excitement. he said he was not aware of the allegations, and in the last few days he is hearing specifics. he is cooperating any way he can, and all of this happened before he got here. on today, the players were out there on the field practicing, and a dozen of those players could possibly be implicated in the scandal. so while he is trying to get his team prepared, he is also having to answer questions about possibly what happened before he got here, adding a whole new level to stress for the top tier team. now listen -- >> if anyth

mayor, vince vincent gray. >> we want to thank the president for his support in the impending weathersive weather briefing, and we can expect activity around the hurricane to really begin early saturday afternoon. and that would run into saturday -- sunday, excuse me, sunday afternoon. so roughly a period of 24 hours during which we would experience the conditions of a hurricane. there could be some flooding. we don't know the extent of that during this stage. the department of public works for the last 24 hours has been making sandbags available to people who would like to have them, to address their concerns about the possibility of flooding. we understand the rainfall could be two to four inches. that will not come into the district of columbia. rainfall could go higher, of course. that is still an unfolding situation. we should expect tropical winds, and that would be diminishing early sunday, perhaps winds of up to 50 miles per hour on sunday, and again maybe some flooding into sunday. >>> we had quite an extensive discussion here today. the national guard was here with us, and f

in the case of vince foster, i had on the record interviews with the fbi agents who did the investigation. the fbi determined about a week before his death, he was depressed. hillary clinton had a big meeting in the white house with foster and other aides about her health care legislation. she disagreed violently with an objection he raised about the legislation. in front of all these white house aides, she totally humiliated him in this meeting and said he was a small town hick the courts and the other one is in criminal cases but in both cases, a court order is required. >> host: we will go to jeffreytn next in illinois. [no au democraticdi call, go ahead. wht >> caller: hello. >> host: good morning. >> caller: how are you doing? >> host: question or comment. >> caller: [no audio] caller: about al qaeda creating [unintelligible] would this be a problem in the united states for them knowing about our mechanisms that we have put in place? guest: the other side knows that we do this. they do the same thing to us in the case of the russians. that is not a big secret. the judgment of the peo

in the case of vince foster, i had on the record interviews with the fbi agents who did the investigation. the fbi determined about a week before his death, he was depressed. hillary clinton had a big meeting in the white house with foster and other aides about her health care legislation. she disagreed violently with an objection he raised about the legislation. in front of all these white house aides, she totally humiliated him in this meeting and said he was a small town hick in this meeting and said he was a small town hick lawyer. [no audio] a week later he committed suicide. they found this is what triggered the suicide. [no audio] caller: about al qaeda creating [unintelligible] would this be a problem in the united states for them knowing about our mechanisms that we have put in place? guest: the other side knows that we do this. they do the same thing to us in the case of the russians. that is not a big secret. the judgment of the people who do this was that this was something that could be revealed. i have to tell you i am still shocked that i was given this material. host: repu

he became an vince that the troubled assets over one of the benefits because julian assange had a pernod and resistance to transparency. he had a lack of political neutrality. these are the very crises that wikileaks was founded to oppose. from the beginning, assange and his tiny staff were unwilling to distinguish between principles of whistleblowing, which requires editing, to decide what is in the public interest, and rot document dumps, and this led to serious privacy invasion is. for example, there was the mistaken identification of a german citizen as a tax evader, last summer the organization published the wrong file, of a belgian politician who had been associated with a pedophile who was jailed for murdering children. these are completely false, but his career was severely harmed as a result. he was troubled by the reckless of assange's releases. he worried that assange did not engage in the basic procedures that he misleadingly promised to engage in, blacking out names to protect innocent afghans. he was appalled when assange proposed getting paid directly. he called this an eb

in addition with her husband, vince.write that it takes a very long time for economies to fully recover after severe financial crises. and this may have been a severe enough financial crisis that it could take as long as a decade to really recover to full employment. this plan a ben bernanke's to keep the rate at or near 0%, with that forced banks and other lending institutions to lower their interest rates so that people with legitimate credit ratings can get into home ownership and perhaps a build up the economy that way? guest: they can lower their interest rates. the question is -- it does and it should get their rates to be lowered, but do they dan ease the other lending standards -- you need a certain credit score or down payment, you have to deal with the appraisers of the property, a lot of foreclosures and the system -- in late this system that are reducing home prices and making it difficult for people to get mortgages in some cases. the fed can change as one leiber and reduce interest rates, but even -- this o

because mark twain in vince a way to prevent the cancellations he goes in and he crosses and adds ascendersinders and in general this leaves you so badly that unless you know that's gone now you simply cannot read the cancellation. and -- i will give you an example just to show what editors are at work on this for 40 years. this is something that not everybody understands or nose. we are very lucky simply to understand it and it was something i think citizen in good stead, you can't get work on the autobiography for which i'm actually going to get right now with 20 minutes to go. as i see it there are actually two kinds of stories. the story of mark twain who tried and tried and eventually succeeded in doing an autobiography and another story which is how the editors themselves wrestled with the documents they left behind and figure out what no one had known before. no one had known mark twain finished his autobiography but he knew what he wanted in it and what he did not want so that is the sense i have in mind when i talked about finding the autobiography. the 5,000 pages in the mark twai

>> the backup quarterback named the dream team, vince young, and i don't know why you would do that,ey have a talented team and they have to come together. green bay, and new orleans, that will be a telling game, the new orleans saints is a great football team and sawn payton is an outstanding coach, and this year because of the lock-out, the quarterbacks will make the difference, and drew brees with his receiver and aaron rodgers with his receivers will give the impetus into the early season. >> how about the giants, what do we feel about them? >> the giants won ten games last year, unfortunately there's a lot of injuries in their secondary going into the season, but they are a tough, rugged type of time and ultimately if they can find answers in the secondary which starts with the defensive front because they are so dominant with the defensive line, that's the best thing for a cornerback, if you can't cover, you got to rush the passer and the giants do that well. they won't give up easily, they're a great team. i'm not sure they're in the echelon of new orleans and green bay. >> un

vince vaughn number three, where we have fewer resources, can we by reorganizing our efforts, disturbingthe workload, single signature the way, expand the impact of the limited resources that we have. this is complicated stuff, ladies and gentlemen, because a governments usual approach to this sort of problem is let's throw money at it. and without naming any of the locations in the world, be they located in central asia or the middle east, but i will name none, we have a very different set of realities that we must deal with in this complicated situation. and it does require an approach that is almost unprecedented among governments, international organizations, and even, if you'll permit me to suggest an opinion, ngos. the fourth principle, our starting point is that these are regional threats. they are not country specific. that affect the entire central american region. therefore, the solution must be regional as well. this becomes complicated as i will explain in a moment because again, the world for the last 60 or 70 years has been set up on the basis of bilateral relationships for

who care about not just the fashion and its coal to do the william video but you have to actually vince-okay things are tough, elections are hard and he will have to participate and it's hard for people who frankly like i said i grew up in detroit i go back home there are so many people out of work and fields of houses that have been leveled from the foreclosures and have cost the city and 25% of the population it's hard to have that conversation when there's so much economic devastation and the communities talking about 16% unemployment rates stated unemployment rates. but what is the alternative? the alternative is that we don't do anything and i think we, you know, i'm optimistic and you always have to get up in the morning and do something. >> why would and i don't plan going to say what i'm going to say something. voting is the franchise people fought and died for the right to vote, you being a young person. young people by and large, they don't vote, and the idea that so many of you came out in 2008 to help this man in office was inspiring. come 2010 like everybody else, folks did

plus the question of the day, the answer is vince mcmahon. the winner is pat from florida. how are you doing? hi, evelyn. i know it's been a difficult time since your mom passed away. yeah. i miss her a lot, but i'm okay. wow. that was fast. this is the check i've been waiting for. mom had a guaranteed acceptance life insurance policy through the colonial penn program, and this will really help with the cost of her final expenses. they have been so helpful and supportive during this time. maybe i should give them a call. i really could use some more life insurance. is it affordable? it costs less t that's pretty affordable, huh? less than 35 cents a day? that's less than the cost of a postage stamp. so, you said it was guaranteed acceptance? yes. it's permanent coverage with guaranteed acceptance for people ages 50 to 85. there's no medical exam or health questions. you can't be turned down because of your health. it fit right into mom's budget and gave her added peace of mind. you should give them a call or look them up online at cpdirect.com. i definitely could use more c

but on another suicide, vince foster, the deputy white house counsel under clinton, he was depressed.d commit suicide. but what the f.b.i. found that never came out before is that a week before his suicide, hillary clinton had a big meeting in the white house with him and other aides about her health care legislation and she violently disagreed with the legal objection he read and she totally humiliated in front of all of these white house aides. you are small town -- you are a small town hick lawyer. you'll never make it in the big time. and after that, his demeanor changed. his -- he became very withdrawn. he would break into tears. and a week later, he committed suicide and the f.b.i. concluded that is it what triggered his decision to commit suicide. >> well, we know now why you're a journalist and why you're a writer, because you like to get to the heart of the matter. if people want to check out the book, the new one it's called "the secrets of the f.b.i." so many other stories besides the one we have highlighted here. chief correspondent of newsmax.com, thanks so much for your

in addition with her husband, vince.y write that it takes a very long time for economies to fully recover after severe financial crises. and this may have been a severe enough financial crisis that it could take as long as a decade to really recover to full employment. this plan a ben bernanke's to keep the rate at or near 0%, with that forced banks and other lending institutions to lower their interest rates so that people with legitimate credit ratings can get into home ownership and perhaps a build up the economy that way? guest: they can lower their interest rates. the question is -- it does and it should get their rates to be lowered, but do they dan ease the other lending standards -- you need a certain credit score or down payment, you have to deal with the appraisers of the property, a lot of foreclosures and the system -- in late this system that are reducing home prices and making it difficult for people to get mortgages in some cases. the fed can change as one leiber and reduce interest rates, but even -- this

has been in trouble for the methods it used to extract the attack it did on news international from vince cable. even the pcc found that rather an offensive activity. >> the i think the difficulty of your position is you've kind of reached a false clarity. the problem is that there's a conflict between the different articles of the european human rights act, the right to privacy and the right to free speech for instance, and also there's a conflict between the european human rights act and british law. so the problem with saying, well, they should just obey the law is you end up vesting judges with far too much influence. >> there's no public interest defense for -- [inaudible] >> no. but there is for -- [inaudible] which is why nothing happened. >> but it was a good and fundamental question, and we've answered it pragmatically. [laughter] >> thank you. >> thank you very much, indeed. thank you, sir. next at the back. >> hello. just as a layman speaking on this -- >> or even a laywoman. >> laywoman. thank you, jon. [laughter] picking up, actually, on the last point as well, the way that,