this is my great honor to co- chair this meeting with president william kennedy sitting next to me. i want to apologize in advance that we have to hand as of early. i want to say hello and thank you to the commissioners of the southeast facility. we look forward to a productive meeting and many more in the future. >> i would like to welcome all of you, as well as the city commission. not only do i welcome them, but i did remember from several years ago -- it is always a good to meet the new commissioners i have not met before. we welcome you to our household and we hope that you have enjoyed being here despite your rough time this afternoon. i think that everything went smoothly even though there was a lot of interest in what was going on. i know that we sometimes forget things and i would like to remind by commissioners, as well as the commissioners of the puc, as well as the audience, of our mission statement. maybe then you will remember what we are all about. the southeast utilities commission was located here and was established in 1987 with the southeast community facility was

. >> reporter: william kennedy smith acquitted of rape charges in 2001 is a doctor now.ivil assault by a co-worker was dismissed in 2005. and now a mom, even lorena bobbitt cut a nerve with so many that followed her trial. >> makes people more cynical and skeptical about the system. >> reporter: part of an effect that lasts long after the verdict. >> now with the internet, now it really doesn't go away because now you just google it. you can put in murder or famous trials or acquittals and you get all the information as if it happened yesterday. >> reporter: or this morning. >> and i want her to be able to grieve and grow and somehow get her life back together. >> reporter: casey anthony, perhaps, taking a step out of the spotlight for the first time in three years, but with the emotion and passion from her trial, like the others before her, is not likely to fade for quite some time. for "today" jay gray, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, a boy's hero. a live interview with the 911 dispatcher of the child he saved from drowning. we'll hear the dramatic call after these me

. >> reporter: william kennedy smith, acquitted of criminal rape charges in 1991, is a doctor now.il sexual assault allegation by a co-worker was dismissed in 2005. and after being found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity and now a mom, even lorena bobbitt cut a nerve with so many who followed her trial. >> it often makes feel a lot more cynical and skeptical about the system. >> no justice served today. >> reporter: part of an effect that often lasts long after the verdict. >> and now with the internet, now it really doesn't go away because now you just google it and you can put in "murder" or "famous trials" or "acquitals" and you get all the information as if it happened yesterday. >> or this morning. >> and i want her to be able to grieve and grow and somehow get her life back together. >> reporter: casey anthony, perhaps taking a step out of the spotlight for the first time in three years. but the emotion and passion from her trial, like the others before her, is not likely to fade for quite some time. >> and back live now. yeah, richard, as we talked about, there was

william kennedy smith, acquitted.gh-profile cases where the defense attorney says there's no way my client is get a fair trial, they all got acquitted. so all the of the attention doesn't necessarily mean that the juries are automatically going to follow suit. >> right. but howard, let me come back to you. that's because people in the real world and media commentators, lawyers who are fully aware of legal thresholds and legal standards, in the real world people don't live their lives by a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. you make commonsense judgments and howard, let me ask you, is it wrong for people to say, hey, you know what, i've seen all the evidence. i don't know what reasonable doubt is. i don't know what beyond a reasonable doubt is. but i'm telling you if i had to make a sane judgment, i think so and so is guilty of the crimes charged. >> everybody in america is entitled to an opinion on this or any other case. every lawyer, particularly those who go in front of ooh a television camera, is entitle

simpson, michael jackson, william kennedy smith. all with intense trials and media coverage.ight be worth it to take a moment to figure it out why so many of these big cases have the same outcome. here's the question. what role do you think the news media played in the outcome of nurd trial. go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post on my blog. >> that's a great question, jack. thanks. we'll be look for that. >>> as jack notes it was a trial that was sensational and not lost on the defense team. listen to this. >> i hope that this is a lesson to those of you having indulged in media as is nation for three years. bias, prejudice, and incompetent talking heads saying what would be and how it would be. i'm disgusted by some of the lawyers that have done this, and i can tell you that my colleagues from coast to coast and border to border have condemned the whole process of lawyers getting on television and talk about cases if they don't know a damn thing about it and don't have the experience to back up their words or the law to do it. now you learned a lesson. >> tough words there. i spo

the william kennedy smith's trial in florida. he was acquitted. if the case had not been televised, the public what of cents, a rich family beat the system. the public was able to see the weaknesses in the case and had more confidence in the verdict. there needs to be some discretion. the pilot projects, the judge has a kill switch when he can stop the action at any time for any reason. i think that is controversial. i think it will work. we can make it work. >> what kind of safeguards would you impose on protecting witnesses, jurors, what ever else needs to be done in managing the use of cameras in the courtroom? >> i know there are varying proposals. i am not an absolutist on this issue. florida is the only state that allows photographing of the jurors a during trials. that seems unnecessary. i think that would be a useful area to establish a flat rule. i am in favor of flat rules rather than giving judges or parties veto power over the decision to televise. that is not how we operate in this country. we have rules that apply to everybody. i thi

case which was the aberration there are good examples also william kennedy smith trial was accused ofdate rape and acquitted publicly televised if it had not been televised i think the public would have thought of a rich wealthy family beat the system but they could see the weakness of the case and had more confidence in the verdict for our do think they need to be given discretion and consent of the parties, the judge has the kill switch to instill a stop the action at any time for any reason which is controversial but i think it will work and we can make it work. >> what kind of safeguards would you impose to protect witnesses come measures or whatever else needs to be done to manage cameras and the court room? >> i know there are varying proposals and i am not an absolutist come of florida as far as i am aware is the only state that allows photographing of jurors during trials. that seems unnecessary. i think that is useful area to establish a flat rule i am in favor of flat rules rather than giving judges or parties veto power over the decision to televise. that is not how we oper

kennedy. they leaked it to whispering willie williams who is determined to tear down kennedy by exposing thisffair. the kennedys had to turn to hoover. hoover had sex files on every senator, every congressman, anybody who is anybody in america. >> john: and washington was cess pool of sex and sexual blackmail? >> that's right because hoover used these sex files to create a government within a government. he brings in the head of the senate and shows the sex files. no more investigation into this east german spy miss stress but hoover wanted in return for that one, his reappointment as f.b.i. director. >> john: which he got. >> and to bug and wiretap martin luther king which he used having affairs to persecute king. >> john: one more example we learned about the teapot dome scandal in school. warren harding's sex life caused it. >> the teapot dome scandal was one of many in the harding administration a corrupt administration in history of american politics. the original ins of this go back to -- orj ins of this the party bosses are told, i got all these miss stresses we need to keep quiet. we

there was the william kennedy smith trial in florida accused of date rape and accused -- and acquitted. it public, i think, on would have bought a rich, wealthy family beat the system. they could see the weakness in the prosecution case and had more confidence in the verdict. trial judges do need to be given discretion. it requires the consent of the parties to. the judge needs to have a kill switch. i think it will work and we can make it work. >> what kind of safeguards would you impose on protecting witnesses in managing the use of cameras in the courtroom? allows -- >> board oflorida autographing jurors. i am in favor of flat roles rather than giving judges or parties veto power over the decision to televise. that is not how we operate in this country by and large. we have rules that apply to everyone, and i think we should not have a system where the parties can veto. i also think the public scrutiny issue is an important one. it is a very controversial decision, i believe that in the of0's, when both houses congress decided the televised proceedings. people said it would change t

kennedy was terrified. >> in fact, the fbi leaks this to senator whispering willy williams of delaware, determined to tearown kennedy by exposing this affair and the kennedys turned to j. edgar hoover. fortunately for them he had sex files on every congressman, senator, everybody who was anybody. >> he wrote that washington at the time was a cesspool of sex and sexual blackmail. >> that's right, because hoover used the sex files to basically create a government within the government. he brings in the heads of the senate, shows them the sex files on all of their colleagues and they say no more investigation into this east german spy mistress. but hoover wanted in return for that, one his reappointment as fbi director. >> john: which he got. >> number two, foreclosure authorization to bug martin luther king which he used after getting martin luther king having affairs to persecute king. >> john: and the dole scandal, you don't remember i'm sure. but warren hardings sex life caused it. >> and one of many scandals in the hardy administration, a very corrupt administration in the history of american politics.

we will report live from the kennedy space center starting thursday right here on abc7. >>> they have taken canada by storm. prince william and kate are now on day six of their nine-day trip to canada. it is their first overseas trip since their wedding in april. while some protesters have turned out overall the royal couple has received a warm welcome at every stop of their journey. kate has garnered most of the attention. >> beautiful. >> she seems really nice. >> like one of us. >> i thought it was fantastic. i got a great picture of her giving a thumbs-up sign. so you know they're happy to be here. >> they went head-to-head as they competed in a dragon boat race on prince edward island. williams' team won, by the way. the couple of the afterwards. then he shared his military training. he landed a canadian military helicopter on the lake. but more complications today in the rush to clean up oil that is contaminating the yellowstone river. >>> rising waters are making it harder for exxonmobil to reach the damaged areas. the river is swelling with mountain snow melt and is expected to continue this afternoon. a pipeline

alone and an advance in a tell-all of her life from growing up a kennedy and being married to schwarzenegger and his affair. >>> prince william and his new wife will visit l.a. later this week and they wet on need to worry about security. harvey ref sip in l.a. what is the -- ref know is in l.a. what is the security scoop for the royals? >> reporter: they're not having only locals but state department security as well and they have gone door tow door, shawn, and basically told neighbors surrounding the homes where kate and william are going to be telling them if paparazzi steps on their property, to immediately call the copies because they -- cops because they will immediately arrest the photographers for trespass. they're serious in keeping a tight rein here. >> wow. and move on to actor andrew keith ap. i understand he had a crazy encounter with police on saturday. witnesses say officers tazed him and officers denied it. there is video now. what do you think? and we got the video. it's crazy. this happened in marina del ray, california and it's a beachside community. there have been gang problems in neighboring areas. the p

william gerstenmaier nasa associate administrator for space operations. robert cabana kennedy space center director. mike moses, space shuttle program launch integration manager and the chairman of the free lunch mission management team. and mike moses -- mike leinbach launch director. good afternoon everybody. >> mr. gerstenmaier. >> wouldn't truly awesome day today. we got to witness something really really special and something really amazing. and you may think that sometimes i talk about the hardware but i am really talking about the teams in the people that supported the launch that just occurred. what you saw is the finest launch team and shuttle preparation teams in the world they got this vehicle ready to go flying. ute we got to see the teams perform everything we have asked them to perform over these years. the vehicle had a tremendous launch. the teams worked flawlessly even the last minute hold at 31 seconds. they worked through that with tremendous professionalism and got this launch off today such as congratulations to the ksc team. i can't thank you enough for e

a miniseries or movie are -- idris elba, "luther," laurence fishburne, william hurt, "too big to fail," greg kinnear "the kennedyslity/competition program -- "the amazing race," "american idol," "dancing with the stars," "project runway," "so you think you can dance" and "top chef." >> the nominees for variety music or comedy series are -- "the colbert report," "conan," "the daily show with jon stewart," "saturday night live," "real time with bill maher" and "late night with jimmy fallon." >>> nominees for lead actress in a comedy series are -- edie falco, "nurse jackie," tina fey, "30 rock," laura linney "the big c," melissa mccarthy, "mike & molly." >> yikes. >> martha plimpton, "raising hope" and amy poehler, "parks and recreation." [ applause ] >> okay. keep it together. the nominees for lead actor in a comedy series are, alec baldwin, "30 rock," louis c.k., "louie," steve carell, "the office," " johnny galecki, "the big bang therapy," matt leblanc "episodes," and jim parsons, "the big bang theory." >> let's complete the announcements by bringing back john schaffner to announce the final category. >> hello ag

lawrence fishburne, william hurt, too big to fail. greg kinnear, the kennedys.nedys. and edgar ramirez, carlos. >> the nomnys for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program are tom bergeron respect dancing with the stars, cat deally, so you think you can dance, phil cogan, amazing race, jeff proebs, survivor, and ryan seacrest, "american idol." >> here are this year's nomnys for reality competition program. the amazing race, "american idol," danci"dancing with the s" project run way, so you think you can dance, and top chef. >> the nomnys for variety music or comedy series are the company bert report, conan, "the daily show with jon stewart," late night with jimmy fallon, real time with bill maher, and saturday night live. >> the nomnys for lead actress in a comedy series are edie falco, nurse jackie. tina fey, 30 rock, laura linney, melissa mccarthy, mike and molly. >> oh, my gosh. >> martha plimpton, raising hope. and amy poehler, parks and recreation. >> okay. keep it together. the nomnys for lead actor in a comedy series are alec baldwin,

winston churchill, william howard taft, people who might not be elected today at the modern media age where you have slews of voters. >> it's trite to quote martial mclewin, ever since the kennedy-nixon debate, we've had tv politics. it's also tv is a different medium that has shrunk down the sound bite, showing it's gone from 45 seconds down to about seven seconds on average in presidential campaigns. >> hate to cut you off right there -- i'm kidding. finish that thought, but briefly. >> what's scary about it is the issues are more complicated than ever. try to balance the budget in a seven-second sound bite. >> good looking people saying less. here we are, the mega panel will be staying put and continue with you in a second can debt doomsday approaching, neither side looks like it will budge. we'll ask someone who has been the room during past debt debate, former senator bill bradley, our specialist after the break. boy, i'm glad we got aflac huh. aflac! oh, i've just got major medical... major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get cash! it's like our safety net... ♪ to help wi

kennedy. look at tip o'neill. look at all of them. i don't care, republicans or democrats, get rid of them. host: william from jupe per, florida. live from florida, the first thing i would do is revert to the golden years, eisenhower, where the obscenely rich paid a 91% tax rate and america prospered. and by email, david writes us, the borrower is servant to the lender. if we borrow from anyone, we become servant to the lender, in the same way if our government borrows from anyone, we cannot have a sovereign nation. in fact, if i can find, it the chinese weighed in yesterday. i'm going see if i can find it real quickly here on this. i'll take a call and find the article for you. let's go to midway, massachusetts. this is paul, who's a democrat. good morning, paul. caller: good morning. i have a slightly different approach, and i think that the democrats should do for congressman boehner and congressman ryan and congressman cantor exactly what the democrats are doing in wisconsin right now, and that is having recall elections so that those three individuals can begin focusing on and understanding that there is a process called d

williams on his wing. john glenn was awarded numerous commendations and citations. 1959 he was slepghted by the national aeronautics and space administration as one of the original mercury seven astronauts. in 1962 president kennedy made john glenn the first american to orbit the earth. 35 years later john glenn was asked by another president, bill clinton, to fly into space for a second time as a mission specialist on the space shuttle "discovery." at the age of 77 he became the oldest human being to fly in space conduct a series of scientific investigations into the physiology of the american aging process and exploring the effects of space flight in aging. by the 1960's, glenn's service to his country had expanded into a career in politics. he was with robert f. kennedy, that fateful day in june in california and he served as a pallbearer a few days later in arlington national cemetery. in 1974 he was elected to the united states senate from my state, serving four consecutive terms until his retirement 24 years later in 1999. served as chairman of the committee on government affairs, he was the chief author of the nuclear nonproliferation act of 1978. throughout the years he continually championed the advancem