to lead it, he said there's only one fella that i want to go with me as a co-captain would be william clark. meriwether lewis was a smart guy. unfortunately, he was a shy man and he didn't interact well with people. he was an outdoorsman, he spent his early years on the frontier, which is western virginia, and he was looking for things that were unfamiliar to him. he was looking for the indians. he was looking for plants, animals, birds, fish, whatever, and he carried that over with him on to the expedition. on the other hand, clark was a people person. he related well to the men and they to him, so really between the two of them, they had the mental horses to keep this expedition under control and on the way. they knew what to expect for much of their trip. once they got as far as st. louis, once they got past st. louis and st. charles, things changed because there were no places that they could look forward to for a warm meal around the fireplace and bed to he couldn't handle it. it's also a book recently written about three years ago, and tom danisi thinks that he had malaria. now, there

his name: william clark. he was one of the mining barons of the gilded age. he left his mark across this nation. clark county, nevada, is named for him. back then montana's legislature got to choose who served in the u.s. senate, so william clark paid as many legislators as he could to send him to washington. in fact, he spent a staggering $431,000 buying his senate seat in 1889. that's equivalent to about $11 million today. this bold bribery was a national scandal back then, and it shaped montana forever. montana passed a law in 1912 limiting the influence of wealthy corporations over our elections, and just as important, the scandal showed us that, as montanans, transparency prevents corruption. transparency allows for accountability. mr. president, transparency in government is a fundamental value in montana. a few weeks ago the u.s. supreme court struck down upon montana's important 1912 law that guarantees transparency and accountability in our elections, citing its own citizens united decision and the idea that corporations somehow have the same rights

back in 1899 william clark literally tried to buy an election with $431,000 back then, $11 million inon. i think montanans look at it differently, and i think it cuts party line. whether you're democrat, republican or independent, all of montana has a libertarian tilt and they don't like people buying their government. so i do think it makes a difference, and i think it's going to have -- there's a law of diminishing returns. there's no doubt about this, rachel. we're on a different landscape now than we've been before as far as the amount of money coming into the campaigns and the amount of secret money coming into campaigns. >> you are a centrist senator on a lot of ish us. you have good relations with gun owner ers and had you not r groups. the nra decided to score this vote as if it's a gun rights vote. what's your reaction to it that as somebody down the middle on the issue? >> i support the second amendment and always will and have. i also support transparency. montana is a very transparent state when it comes to their government. we allow press in about every meeting out there,

montana has a little different history than most folks back in 19 1899, william clark literally tried to buy an election with some $431,000, $11 million in today's money. i think montanans look at it differently, and it cuts party ae y lines, whether you're democrat, republican, or independent, all of montana or republican, they don't like people buying their government. and so i do think it makes a difference. and i think it's going to have -- there's going to be a law of diminishing returns. but there's no doubt about this, rachel. we are on a different landscape now than we've ever been before, as far as the amount of money coming into these campaigns and the amount of secret money that's coming into these campaigns. >> you are a centrist senator on a lot of issues. i know you've had good relations with gun owners and sportsman groups, and you've had a solid rating from the nra in the past. the nra has decided to score this vote as if it is a gun rights vote. i'm wondering what your reaction to that is, as somebody who's been pretty down the middle on that issue? >> well, you know,

louis where william clark, lewis and clark the founder of st. louis wanted to make peace with the tribes. some of them until come until 1816 some such as winnebago never came in and made peace. the process did end and the instruction nor the american commissioners were not seek any more land. they would worry about it later. to make peace with the indian tribes. of course once the am city was -- amnesty was granded peace was restored the ability to push further also opened up. >> and before you knew it, illinois was a state. [laughter] 1818, that's right. by 1830, 18 40, the last indians were gone. what became of the promise that certain of the guarantees that the british said they were fighting for would prevail even post treaty in the area? well the british may have thought and certain the indians thought the british would be the guarantees for the rights after wards under the treaty. the united states had a different attitude toward that and thought that could not be admissible. this was u.s. territory the united states fought for the soverei

simon clemens said that william a. clarkhe biggest scoundrel to ever serve the united states senate and he went on to say, that is saying something. william a. clark himself, he said, i never bought a man that wasn't for sale. so in 1912, finally, the citizens, not the legislature, they were all owned by the copper kings, the legislature wouldn't move on this because they were paid for. it was the referendum that people of montana, 1912, we passed the anti-corruption act. we said, look, we're not going to allow these corporations to continue to loop our land and kill the miners that are working in them, we're going to have a legislature that works for the people. so, for 100 years we did. we had a pure democracy. we had legislatures who were farmers and lawyers, they're doctors and nurses. they would serve just90ç days every other year and they would raise $3,000 to $6,000, maximum contributions is $160. so, we had a system that actually worked. and the supreme court, in washington, d.c., a place where nothing works, they'v

we know from information that william clark provided and family tradition that the family used it as a doorstop. >> august 4 and fifth when they explore the heritage and the rick perry -- literate culture on book to be an american history tv on c-span2 and c- span3. >> it is the tradition of, not judges not to recall -- not to reply. i cannot tell you how many wonderful letters i have written to the washington post. just for my own satisfaction than they are ripped up and thrown away. you do not send them. that is the tradition of the common law judge. >> supreme court associate justice scalia reflects on 25 years on the bench and interpreting legal documents. "qday at 8:00 on c-span's &a." >> at the house hearing, treasury secretary tim geithner testified that regulatory agencies are investigating the possible impact of the libor interest rate on the u.s. financial system. he says he warned british authority at all possible manipulation of the libor lending rate in 2008. the treasury secretary also enters questions about the financial stability oversight council. the board created b

in 1899, copper billionaire william clarke was elected to the united states senate by the montana stateislature. the contest was considered so blatantly swayed by bribery, the senate refused to seat him. here's how clarke responded. -- quote -- "i never bought a man who wasn't for sale" -- end of quote. now, mr. president, we in nevada have some connection with that name because las vegas is in clarke county. clarke county was formed in the early part of the 20th century, split -- at the time was the largest county in america, called lincoln county. and that was divided and -- between lincoln and clarke county and this character, clarke, was named -- it was named after him. after he said this, and people realized that he had blatantly swayed the state legislature by bribery, the senate here refused to seat him. but he became a senator anyway, mr. president. not for long, but he became a senator. as i've learned from people who know a lot about montana history, he was very clever. the governor of the state of montana went to san francisco, the acting governor, lieutenant governor, after

william lynch says he will continue to help victims of child molestation and possibly start a nonprofit organization. >> okay, thank you so much. >>> now for more insight, let's bring our legal analyst steven clark. steven, were you surprised by the verdict? >> i wasn't surprised by the not guilty on the felony counts. certainly this was a simple case factually, but william lynch was such a sympathetic individual, and what happened to him so many years ago, i think resonated to this jury. they were not going to brand him a fellon based on the injuries suffered here. what i am surprised, though, is that the verdict did not return a verdict on assault since william lynch got on the stand and admitted he committed that assault. that one i think will resonate for a long time with district attorneys around the nation. that basically, this vigilante justice was condoned by this jury. >> so do you think the prosecution will retry william lynch for that assault misdemeanor and what about father len lender, is this over for him? >> certainly, the reason lynch brought this to light is to shine a light on him and others like him. that case may be referred to the attorney general for prosecution. not for th

william county. for this one little storm, which is holding together. we talked about this a little bit ago. this storm is holding together. the warnings are still in effect for frederick county and clark county and for warren county in western virginia. about to roll through winchester right now. this is the heaviest storm. it has hail with it and strong, gusty winds. you'll have pockets of heavier rain as you go up toward frederick and go across the river. it's running into dryer air, so the storms are weakening a little bit on that side of the river. on this side, we have some pretty big-time storms. we'll zoom in a little bit. look for heavy rain. 1 inch per hour around gaines burro. and headed also towards winchester. big rains in the winchester area. we'll back the radar back out. the next hour, this storm holds together pretty well as it moves through winchester and heads across south of leesburg and north of warrenton. notice how these storms weaken almost completely as they go into fairfax county. that's good. that's almost a perfect scenario. you get rain out of the deal and no severe weather. that's what we like. okay, right now a live look outside. 94. dew point still in th

john henry clark, my mentor, brought together a number of respondents. and the book was called 10 black writers respond to williams iran's confessions of nat turner. so in other words, some president had been established in terms of reacting to stuff out the. this was by no means the first time but it is her very collective, the first time that a solid collective of african-american writers, you know, muriel, to respond to particular book out there they consider to be absolutely demeaning, reprehensible, and particularly in terms of meditations on history is what he called. we call it messing with our history. as he did. even though at the time he was doing the book, you know, one of my heroes was in residence with him, temporarily, and he eventually, ultimately endorsed the book. but we will talk about that. particularly james baldwin. and so after that, two years ago pretty much about the same time a year we're going to right now, i think is pretty much moving into the spring of 2010, and henry louis gates, he wrote an op-ed piece in "the new york times," was called ending this slavery blame game. in which he sa

william perry, jamie gorelick, former deputy secretary of defense jamie j. lynn and richard clark. writing again to majority leader reid and minority leader mcconnell in a letter dated june 6, 2012, which i also ask unanimous consent be added at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. whitehouse general hayden and general cart wrao*eut urged us to, and i quote, bring cybersecurity legislation to the floor as soon as possible. given the time left in this legislative session and the upcoming election this fall, we are concerned that the window of opportunity to pass legislation that is in our view, critically necessary to protect our national and economic security is quickly disappearing. they specifically focused on the threat to critical infrastructure. stating that protection of our critical infrastructure is essential in order to effectively protect our national and economic security from the growing cyberthreat. we must not ignore this chorus of warnings issued by those who are the most informed and the most alert about the danger to our critical infrast