president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of robert groves to be director of the census. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: madam president, i would make the same observation with regard to this nominee. we have not yet been able to get it cleared on this side. therefore, i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. reid: madam president, for the -- we've been getting inquiries in the cloakroom -- cloakrooms, plural. there will be no more votes today. i indicated today we would be out by 6 anyway. there are a number of things going on. we will work on a number of issues over the weekend, including the tobacco issue and other things, and we will vote on monday at 5:30 on the cloture motions that we filed earlier this afternoon. no more votes today, tomorrow, not monday until 5:30. mr. dodd: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. dodd: madam president, i listened carefully to the conversation between the majority leader and our friend and colleague from arizona. i

robert is up from new york city on the democrats' line. caller: thank you so much for having me on. it is surprising that they are showing 9.4% in terms of the rate of unemployment. the line directly beneath that says that it is the most in 25 years. i had an opportunity to work with an organization hiring individuals for customer service representatives. it over the last few months, we have seen an enormous amount of individuals applying for this particular job. my question to yourself and the viewers is this. even though we are showing 345,000 in terms of job loss, what type of hiring have we had? are there any indications that there are jobs being created? if you take the numbers since november, we have several million people who are still unemployed. >> according to the latest figure from the labor department, the total job loss since december 2007 has been a net total of 6 million. as you point out, there has been some creation of new jobs in some of the highway construction areas. in the financial industries and the tourism industries, there have been job losses. mark is next

we are, of course, honored as a club today to hear from robert mueller, the director of the fbi. he is the sixth director of the agency and nominated by president george w. bush, he was sworn in as director on september 4th, 2001. just a week before 9/11. after receiving his undergraduate degree at princeton university and his master's degree in international relations from the york university, the director joined the marine corps, he served as a marine officer for three years and led a rifle platoon of a third of marine division in vietnam for one year. for his service you received the bronze star, two navy commendation medals, the purple heart, and of the vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, the director went on to earn his law degree from the university of virginia law school, he served as a litigator, the u.s. attorney, and acting deputy attorney general for the department of justice. he will speak to us today about a very important topic in the economy generally and to this city in particular, financial crime. director mueller, you have the flo

taking over robert to as from the evil empire of which we will not talk about. good morning, and welcome to the department of state. secretary clinton has returned from south america and the cairo. this afternoon, she will have a series of bilateral discussions with portuguese foreign withamato. -- foreign minister amato. they'll be talking about important contributions to the international mission in afghanistan, the middle east, and the upcoming 2010 nato summit in portugal. they will talk about instances of ratification for our bilateral legal assistance and expedition trees. i think we have a separate statement explaining that agreement. later on this afternoon, the secretary met with foreign minister ahmet of turkey. she is looking forward to hosting the foreign minister in his first visit to washington as foreign minister. they'll discuss the jiechi to partnership between our two countries -- the strategic partnership between our two countries. this will include counter- terrorism cooperation, turkey's yeu bid, and developments in the middle east, around,

roberts, adam jones and markakis up top. adam still hitting very well with runners in scoring position, .447, still fourth best in the american league. huff, mora and scott who is in left field. myreimold starting tonight. with cesar izturis about to under go apen appendectomy. >> luke scott already in 50 games so far has five homeruns against left handed pitchers. now, in order to get comfortable, you have to play against them. the skipper gives him a chance to play against left handers and he has produced right off the bat. what an unbelievable week we have seen out of him. he got seven homeruns. i think in his last eight games and 17 rbis. he is carrying the ball club right now. they are just not getting enough people on base in front of him to make it work. >> the other night in seattle, the orioles scored two runs and he drove both of them in with a homerun and an rbi double. adam kennedy has bounced around and has found a home in oakland. matt matt holliday in left build, giambi, suzuki and hung cam with hanrahan and r

roberts, jones, markakis, mora, scott in left field. matt wieters and then robert andino. luke scott, you see the numbers for the season, he has been hot. the inside fastball, which he has mastered effectively will really set up his change-up which is one of the better ones that we will see all year long and he is a real battler. last time out, he got hit on his pitches hand off the hand of vernon wells. he stayed in the game and pitched six strong innings. >> gary: and the manager said he was asked to describe the starting pitcher. he said tough and that's what he was referring to. the guy stays in after that, you figure that's a guy that's pretty tough. 25-year-old left hander ready to go. brian roberts staying in. does brian want to get a hit quickly. he is 0-for-his last 17, continues to be tied at first in run. he has been above .300 but has now dropped to below 300. the count is now even 1-1. roberts with the outfield in a couple of stems on him. that one in the air to centerfield. davis coming, coming, coming, diving and there is the base hit you need to get out of

very short lead at first, roberts. you have to believe the orioles are a little gun shy on the base paths in light of the two pickoffs that happened in seattle, one at first and one at third, involving huff and reimold. dave trembley made it very clear that was unacceptable. that one down the line, left field. it will curve and it is foul. >> buck: there is a good example of markakis waiting on the ball, staying back and trying to hit the outside pitch the other way. you can't run at 6-0 but you have to be conservative and basically go base to base here. runners out on the base paths, most in the american league, mets with 45, orioles 43 times they lost base runners. >> gary: and that is inside. one of the problems, the reason for that figure is that the orioles have some slow people in the middle of the order. that's just the way it is and they end up with double play outs. and forced play outs. and that adds to those numbers. 3-2 count. runner will be going. the delivery and that is a strike. so markakis is retired.

roberts, two down. he is pretty confident with this young pitching staff right now to be able to put some zeros up on the board and hitters can come around and give them any sort of assist here is cunning ham, playing in right field. two rbi single first time up. the three consecutive games that have been won by rookie starting pitchers in the a's organization, going back to 1968, the last time that happened. matt kio, alan worth, john henry johnson, rookies came on to win three consecutive games for the a's. now, trying to get the fence to match the young pitchers. 1-1 count. cunningham the chopper. hendrickson throws to get out out. he has retired all seven batters he has come out to face. lled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> gary: and let's look forward to tomorrow's pitching match-up. and jason berken will face trevo

brian robert, two singles. two of the four hits that the orioles have. braden has walked none, struck out seven. that is the fifth time in his career he has struck out seven in a game a career high for him. brian robert, the day off yesterday that he hopes will allow him to get going. you see the average, .269 after he had a day off this season, going 7-for-26. brian tends to tire in some portion of the season. be a a day off for him, a day when the team does not played or a day when he does not start really seems to help, comes back with a quicker bat. >> buck: sometimes, when you gets beyond being tired, it takes you a longer time to come back. that's why managers always keep an eye on their player, keep an eye on their body language. and gets a sense of when they need a day off. >> gary: that one is hit in the air to centerfield. davis has it. roberts retired. one aday. 62nd inning, 9-9-1 and 0-4-0 for the orioles. orioles came on this roads trip with not verballized but high expectations. they went into seattle feeling they went up against a team tha

brian roberts with two hits tonight of the 5 with the amounts that they have. we are coming right back with o's extra post game. right now we go back to oakland to rejoin gary and buck. >> gary: thank you, guys. we will get it right back to you as it it will be a win. game 2, jason berken against trevor cahill. our coverage begins a half hour earlier. for buc martinez, amber theoharis, and the rest of our crew, thank you. braden the winner, 5-5 and guthrie the loser, 4-5. o's xtra right now. >> jim: hi, of course, welcome back in t is o's xtra presented by verizon. you talk about the orioles and what has become a lethargic offense on this west coast road trip now. in four games, the orioles are 1-3, have scored a total of six runs oakland scored six runs in the bottom of the 1st against jeremy guthrie. that's the kind of week it has been into into they don't seem to be putting things back to back. can't say much. might be their first little slump like that. luke scott is the only guy in the middle of the order to hit the ball out of the ballpark but he has nobo

to his left, up the middle, pitch to robert. get an easy double play. you see it again. south standing back hand. this guy really knows what he is doing with consistent play. every now and then, he will have a bad shot at throwing the ball away and everything. you know that's going to happen pause he just does not get enough playing time. you see this one, he lets it get away. when you don't play every day, those are the kinds ever things that will happen. he does show the orioles that he has outstanding talent. hits tonight and a couple of nice defensive plays. >> jim: we'll learn how long cesar izturis will be out following hit emergency appendectomy. we'll go back to oakland right now. >> gary: back here with dave trem plea joining us. at far as jeremy guthrie tonight, what did you see? what happened? >> he didn't locate. they put some great swings on it. it just one right after the other. he was pitching right in the middle of the plate. >> buck: this offense has been struggling. this is a ball club that's hit all year long.

. >> in missouri, robert on our line for democrats. go ahead. >> i'll tell you what, i've been watching -- let me turn the tv off. i've been watching you all all night and watching michael burgess from texas. he had a pretty good thing going on tonight about the joint economic committee. he was asking all these questions as far as this weather and all this going on. boy, he's supposed to be the scientific guy. all he could say is. i don't know what the story is today. that's all they are talking about. it's a story. life has been going on this earth for tens of,000s of years. >> let's move on to maryland with the republicans. >> yes, i'm a senior citizen. reisn'tly, my insurance bill has sky rocketed. i'm going on 69 years old. i'm considering dropping my insurance. a single payer system seems to be the only way to handle this. it's not just the insurance companies butt medical costs, the hospital costs. our government needs to research alternative therapies not being researched. >> how much do you think you would say? >> it all depepp

>> robert frank to just simple by things i would say a liberal economist. he writes for "the new york times." here that cornell and he has done this economic national is the second book he has done for us and it's a collection, pieces about how to think about the current prices through economic terms. he helps people with their vocabulary to help them understand all the garbage that you hear in the news, just sort through it. been on the other side you have tom sold to a conservative economist out of the hoover institution in california, a very widely respected. both of these men are enormously respected. we said we would like you to write a book on what's happening in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis because in his opinion the housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom bust. >> so we have some travel, we have the economy and we have this book by chris mooney about science in america. >> chris mooney is a science journalist and he wrote a book for us to couple years ago called the republican

thank you. >> starting with robert, whom i have known very well, he was a very nice guy in the last 10 years of his life he didn't do any of economics, he was just interested in history as a sideline. what did he say? the world has a dilemma because you are dependent on the dollar to keep the machine going and if you don't create another mechanism to yet the liquidity for the world economy you will always depend on what the americans are doing. that is basically what he said and that is basically where we still are today. i mean, it's a little bit too easy and that's not because i am here at an american audience, to blame the united states for all these situations. there was nobody obliging in european banks to buy a the subprime crap. you can edit it. the american bank. but there was nobody holding guns say you have to buy this stuff, we bought them because we wanted more profit with the banks. more broadly, if you don't create an alternative to the dollar, he will remain dependent on web the united states being the country of the dollar is doing, and that was so in the time of robert

conversation because secured earlier i had been in zimbabwe for the washington post, and this was right when robert mondavi a great man to win very bad but that's not in the book i guess. when he was ruining this country by seizing farms and seizing farms from the commercial farms, white commercial farmers and really begin his ranch here. ian smith was the prime minister of the country when it was rhodesia who refused to surrender control to the indigenous people there in the '60s and fought this disastrous war for years even when the british government didn't want to. ian smith was thinking about running again for prime minister. and i went to his home on the outskirts of the town, and we spoke for about two hours. we only agreed to an hour but he had just been widowed, and much like friedman, this man, i remember about reading about him when i was a child and how he always seemed this figure and he was actually genteel and sort of blunt spoken insincere. but we were talking, and i asked him basically why he wanted to run for political office again. he said because when i was the prime minister of

we are also honored to hear from robert muller, director of the fbi. he is the sixth director nominated by george w. bush, sworn in as director september 4, 2001. that is just one week before 9/11. after receiving his degree at princeton university and his master's degree in international relations from new york university, the director joined the marine corps, serving as an officer for three years, leading a rifle platoon in vietnam for one year. for his service, he received a bronze star, two commendation medals, a purple heart, and a vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, he went on to earn his law degree from new va law school -- the university of virginia law school. he will speak to us today about an important topic in the economy generally and in the city, in particular. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a pleasure. there was a proposed entertainment venue that would combine the fun of a theme park with the excitement of macro economics. one could float like a butterfly with the euro arsenic i

nonfiction as well, political nonfiction, writers we publish in the nonfiction realm included mike farrell, robert scheer, ron coverage, and other sort of cultural heroes of the last -- >> you are the publisher and founder of akashic books, how did you get into this and decide to start a publishing house? >> i stumbled into book publishing, in my previous life i was a rock-and-roll musician and i spend most of the 1990's touring the world with my band putting out albums in doing all the things that rock and rollers do when i finally arrived at the thing that rock and rollers do best in the money after made some money that published a book basically as an experiment. i found i really enjoyed publishing the book, it was quite successful and i published a second book again as a hobby and after publishing three or four books i have the publishing bug. i started transitioning away from rock-and-roll and into book publishing and there was no looking back. >> now, as a publisher based in brooklyn, you live in brooklyn and the founder of the brooklyn book festival, can you tell us about that? >> the bergl

would never be confused with intellectuals of any kind or successful in any way with the exception of robert crumb, it has the same feeling. and, i think if the book works probably the main reason that works also because the artists themselves have this wonderful deep and intuitive feeling and sharon verdell stopped trying for 15 years i think because the market for certain kind of feminist radical comics, looking back at history pretty much disappeared by the middle 19 the 80s. the face that had come out of the underground comics world, the underground newspapers of the '60s and '70s was gone and that sparked disappeared for a whole lot of artists is simply stopped growing, but sharon found the subject. she did a book by edited on the life of emma goldman which is utterly fabulous and the work here draws deeply on the lives of a jockey or a house worker or a baby nurse or farmers, stonecutters and so forth, that she really touches something that even graphic novelist's work basically fiction novelist in pictures, rarely manage to do and she does it from the makings of people's lives. but al

and that happens as a climax in the movie, and robert mitchum says, "let's go on up that hill," and it's like the cavalry to the rescue. guys from all over the beach start yelling like banshees and start moving up that draw. it's a great movie scene, but nothing remotely like that ever happened in fact. what happened in fact was, those ravines were much too well-defended to get up. the tanks that the infantry were told were going to be coming in with them, beside them -- these swimming tanks, these shermans that had the inflatable rubber skirts around them, 32 of the 35 of them sank. there was no way to get up the ravines, and the true story of what happened at omaha was much more inspiring than the way daryl zanuck presented it. the true story is, junior officers and noncoms who had been college students two years before and had rotc commissions pinned down at that sea wall and couldn't retreat, couldn't go back -- it was just chaos back behind them -- couldn't, as the plan called for, go up the draws. they were getting butchered where they were all the sea wall because the germans had

robert morgan paul wrote an opinion piece strongly praising her. i am proud to see her restraint. we do not somebody who will undercut congress, being an activist, and she is not. i wanted somebody outside of the judicial monastery, and her background was such that she had had a lot of experience outside. so -- what are you, from the south bronx? the self side of chicago, south burlington vermont -- your life experiences to shake you. she has never forgot where she was from. we are meeting tomorrow morning to speak to senator sessions about this. but we say one thing on a personal point of view. i know how difficult it is for somebody nominated, they cannot speak out. and what difference for us who run for elected office and to debate every day. i think some of these attacks against her are some of the most vicious i have ever seen. one called her the equivalent of the head of the ku klux klan. another call her a bigot. the one thing dead gives me consolation is republican senators have resisted that. a 300 million americans, the president is making the nomination, and 100 senator

being an average white guy, does that make her better than roberts? that does not exactly make me feel good to if you're a sitting judge say that. but do i think that in her heart she hates white people? no. i think it was a misstatement and needs to be corrected. there is no doubt in my mind, she was a good person. i will leave it to her. i will not put words in her mouth about this. you need to ask him -- her. you need to ask her. i did not ask for an apology. you need to ask her. >> can you give us a sense of what conversations are like now between yourself and the judiciary? >> what i've got to decide is what standard and i going to apply, and i think that is laid out pretty clearly. >> [inaudible] >> she has still got some mountains to climb. one, like looking at her cases and having five men and about her record. she has been in this world when, and so alive -- a whirlwind, and so have i.. the only reason you would not vote for someone who lost -- who was voted for by someone you lost too, was because she was not qualified or did not have intell

. >> robert will be the starting shortstop for the orioles. we have more on the orioles shortstop situation. >> reporter: looks like robert is going to get quite an opportunity to play. we have an update on cesar iz turs. he did make it through the surgery. he's resting in a local hospital. tomorrow he's expected to fly back to baltimore with the team on the team plane. but dave said cesar is expected to be about out two to three weeks maybe more. tomorrow we should see him move to the d.l. we're getting word it will be oscar called up in his place. in the meantime he isn't a shortstop, robert will get the start at shortstop. something he's excited about. he's looking forward to getting into the groove. since coming to the orioles he has not been an every day player. he's not had a chance to get successive bats and days. something he's looking forward to. it's been difficult for him in the american league. he was used to the national league. he was with the marlins last year. he said in the national league you have a chance to play every day e

roberts retired. one away. >> buck: in the outfield it's matt holliday, jack hannahan a very slick fielding third baseman. adam ken dui and jason jam by on the right side. in my estimation he's the reason these young pitchers have been able to perform to well here in oakland because of his leadership behind the plate. >> gary: this team is hot. oakland now won four in a row for this season. markakis will take a slider inside. for the first time this year markakis moves up to the number two spot in the lineup. nick still ninth in the league for rbis. that's a fair ball. holliday coming to get it. he was close. markakis will have to stay at 1st base. and nick gets his first hit of the series after an 0-3 last night. >> buck: that was a great swing on a sinker ball. hits it past the diving jack hannahan at 3rd base. the thing about markakis hitting in the two spot he doesn't have to think about driving the run or ball out of the ballpark. just good at bats. that will get him back into his good approach.

roberts will hold the runner close at 2nd base. it's a strike. >> buck: curious bunt attempt in a situation like this with a chance to drive in a runner from 2nd base. >> gary: cabrera .250 with runners in scoring position. that first hit he got just his third of the month of june. he's 3-19. makes the spin. no throw. >> buck: if you can shorten him up by a foot or two at 2nd base should there be a base hit you've got an extra foot at home. there's good arms in the owstled with markakis and jones among the leaders in the american league. >> gary: delivery on the way. inside foul. two strikes. the oriole pitchers right now until the offense starts showing it is alive again, berken and company know they've got to keep things very tight for the best. they just don't have any breathing room. >> buck: that's very difficult to ask rookie pitchers to make adjustments and pitch i guess you could say a little more aggressively. but at the same time they have been very effective. >> gary: 0-2 count. step off this time. the orioles like this

roberts productive out with a runner at 3rd and one away. the cal rip ken all stars hosting the all stars. mid-atlantic classic july 15. regency furniture stadium. hope you can get out and see it. if you can't the game time is 7:05 july 15. there is a home run derby at 5:30. admission is free. donation will be appreciated. rip ken is senior college baseball.org for more information. take it inside. the orioles move the infield in with one away. >> buck: bottom of the order you don't don't want to give them a run on a ground ball out. >> gary: davis right off the end of the bat foul. he had a double, scored a run in the 3rd inning. davis gone 3-13 with runners in scoring positions. said he's not had a lot of starts up there. sweeney hurt, four in a row now that he's been starting center fielder. 1-1, one down. inside. 2-1. brors we just haven't seen the same quality pitches from berken tonight as we've seen in his first two starts. been a little bit higher in the strike zone consistently tonight than he has been earlier. >> gary: davis close

and he gets it over to roberts. no runs, no hits, no errors and no one left on base. 9-0a's. and get one free after mail-in-rebate. are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> news travels fast. we just learned tonight in washington d.c. at the ritz karlton the 51 st annual emmy awards were held and proud to announce masn won award for best color analyst and our own gary thorn also won for best play by play announcer. masn is so proud of you. proud to have you part of the network. congratulations. back up to you both. >> thank you. that is very nice. >> buck: thanks, amber. quite an honor. congratulations partner. >> gary: you too. great crew that covers these games. there are none better. that's where it goes to. the pitch is a strike tak

roberts 2-21. they're just going to have to dig in their heels and salvage one more game on this road trip tomorrow. >> they did get a little out of the second spot. markakis got moved into that for the first time this season. jones a couple hits in the third spot. zaun got a chance to catch today. dave not a lot more shuffling he can do with this line up really. it was just frying to shake it up a little bit. it worked a lit. now it's up to the players. they're going to have to find a way to make it work. >> when you fall behind 9-0 after four innings it's difficult. dig down deep. baseball you play so many games you can't allow one or two games to affect your overall approach. they're going to have to dig down deep and reverse trend on sundays. they have not played well in season finales or particularly on sundays. >> regroup and try to get one out of this and head back home with a w. back to you. >> just take a moment. stay there. we want to congratulate both of you for your emmy for the play by

the orioles will have to use robert at shortstop now. pretty much the rest of the way probably over the next three to four weeks. go back to oakland where amber is standing by with the orioles relief pitcher david hernandez. >> did you know going into this game they were considering you out of the bullpen? were you ready for that? >> yeah. they told me on thursday i would be coming out of the bullpen for this series. i wasn't up yesterday by they told me i would definitely be up today or tomorrow. i was ready. >> how different was that for you? looking back through your minor league career you hadn't been a bullpen pitcher. >> definitely a different situation. coming out of the bullpen i was able to have enough time to get ready, get loose and go out there. >> did you feel lyric obviously had a good outing, did you feel it put you in a good position? >> yeah. you have to be ready right away. i was able to calm my nerves and be able to throw strikes and make good pitches. >> pretty easy to simply fie the team's in a hole and your one job

i'm professor robert. first of all, i they'd to tell you that i really admire you guys, you know, for what you are doing. but let me tell you what my side and your side. as you had said human rights are being violated every day in venezuela. also there is enough evidence of hugo chavez supporting columbian guerillas and intervening in other countries in the hemispheres. but there's not too much that us americans can do. the last administration i know for the first time that they were told stop buying oil from venezuela. you haven't done anything, you know, it's 10 years he has been in power. but also you mentioned -- actually, i personally admire madam secretary of the state, you know, hillary clinton. she had said, you know, in china, hey, just put aside the human rights and let's just try to -- >> please, can we have the question. >> yeah. it's really, you know, an issue that venezuela, you know, in the united states agenda? >> i would like agree with that. >> the question is, is venezuela an issue on th

for roberts because of the flak that he would take. having voted against roberts, he went out and wrote a piece saying that you progressive liberals out there, do not attack those who voted for john roberts. there is saying pattern in his behavior to pick a fight with people that would naturally support him, challenging him, testing them. on the politics, looking back on it, his policies have become very left of center. host: richard wolffe is our guest this morning. frank, good morning. caller: when i first turned it this on, i thought i was listening to a big political commercial for obama. the gentleman says that obama does not flip-flop, i cannot think of an item that he promised during the campaign that he has not flip-flop on. taxes are going up. more people are unemployed. the economy is generally bad. i realize that people think that most americans are stupid. maybe you are right, maybe i am one of them. guest: let me stop you right there, i have a deep respect and admiration for all of the americans i have met on this campaign

here's the reason -- this is a column, there is one that has been named robert. dear robert, i hope you can help me here go the other day i set off for work living has been in the house watching a tv as usual. i haven't gone more than a mile down the road when my car engine conked out and the car shudder to a halt. i walked back home to get my husband's help, when i got home i couldn't believe my eyes -- use of a bedroom with a neighbor lady. he was let go from his job and said he has been feeling incredibly depressed and worthless, i love him very much and he is becoming increasingly distant. i don't feel like to get through to him anymore. can you please tell me? sincerely, sheila. this is why there are no men -- it says, dear sheila, is carl stalling after being driven a short distance and caused by a variety of faults with the engine. start by checking there is no debris in the fuel line. [laughter] hit it is clear, check the clips holding the vacuum pipes onto the in level. even on of these approaches solves the problem could be the fuel pump itself was faul

>> guest: thank you very much, robert. i'm not, i'm not qualified to say whether it's getting worse or better. i haven't lived long enough, you know, i'm only 65. but i do think that it's one of the predicaments of the modern world precisely is that is the kind of objectification of one another, the inability to see one another, as you say, as precious on some level. the ineability to see that -- inability to see that means we begin to take human life for granted, and we begin to objectify one another. so that worries me deeply, and i think it's not a new problem, it's a human problem, it's an old problem, but i do think that we're at a point in history where we can, we can say, look, 1948 was a watershed year in the world, the year of the universal declaration of human rights. that was a watershed year coming out of the horror of world war ii, the horror of nuclear weapons being dropped, the horror of the holocaust, and coming to a point where we could say to one another, we must start, we must begin by saying each one is

kobe bryant becomes a facilitator. >> robert, you took the orlando magic. i got it down here on paper. do you still like them for the series? who do you like in game two? >> i like orlando magic. they've shaken out the jitters from game one. they'll go out and make shots. they missed a lot of easy shots. that's not like orlando. this game they'll knock down easy shots and win game two. >> los angeles lakers looking for their 15th franchise championship, just three wins away from that. a look at the staples center and downtown los angeles. opening tip just a few hours away. it all starts at 7:30 p.m. eastern time on abc with "nba countdown." >> an ethereal weekend for the dodgers. we break down this rematch. and roger federer is french open champion at last. the historic highlights ahead. since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're

roberts, jones is having, markakis are having -- a then -- a then om nall year. >> you thought you were going to get a day off for the nationals and you got the second pinch hit that organization has had all season long. but what i liked was it was off a left-hander. with a kind of an adjustment do you have to make hitting a left- hander versus right-hander. >> well i was in an 18 slump at the time and had a nice day off and dave trembley told me i would have the day off and i came to the field showing up relaxed and -- and he said take some time off and came early and saw some things on video that helped me out. at the time i was going through my struggles and before the pitch was coming, my foot was up and i was coming out here and i was -- before the ball even got to the plate, i was already -- the weight is gone off my back side and all i got here is this. not going to be very successful that day. what king saw, terry crowley, when i was going good last year, everything was here, we were getting a nice load back here and stay here and as the ball is coming, i would stay here and the

battles kennedy, how well wigginton will handle the pivot at second base, playing there in place of brian roberts. a lot of foul ground here at the coliseum. mora battling the sun and he has it for the out, one down. this is a high sky here today. and the fielders really have to stick with the pop-ups. >> this is one of the worst fields in all of baseball for afternoon dealing with the sun. can you see melvin mora using his glove to shade his eyes and he still has the sunglasses on, but it's always a challenge here. >> so melvin sticks with it and gets the out. one down. and jack cust is coming up. the orioles go to a overshift with the left handed power bat of jack cust at the plate. and matt will strike out, but he can hit it a long ways. and there is a curveball that cut the plate in half. 1-0 the count on jack cust. rich hill making his 5th start for the orioles. his 5th season overall in the big leagues. there is a strike on the inside corner. staying with the curveball and he's got it in there. >> and he's got a lot of confidence with the curveball. he got his knees weak and that's a good s

out at first base, salazar tested on his footwork. >> buck: we've seen robert andino make some impressive defensive plays in this series. this is a bullet, popped to his feet and throw it's to the outside of the bag. salazar maintained contact for the out. andino made a couple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run. ]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield. jones takes charge and adams gets there and has it. two men down. the high sky and the rough sun, jones taking charge and he caught that ball side ways to get a better look at the sky and the baseball. >> buck: and we'd like to welcome those who are watching the wash nationals. mets beat the nats by 7-0. jim hunter with buc

and roberts down on strikes. gwgy&rinumber four for mazzaro. >> buck: mazzaro has maintained his velocity late into the ga and"this is a back door breaking ball with a little bit of a cutter, at 86 miles per hour. >> jim: robert andino, the numb9 ut- e the four oriole hits. and sinking fastball didn'torio only 10 runs in the first 5 games on this trip and told held scoreless. lined to rightfield. there is a base hit dino. and didn't come clonthe first two pitches, just protecting the corner and he had a single. >> buck: jones has had a two0 hit game and reimold had the other hit. johnson is loosening up. d that's it for vin zzaro. had a good start. >> jim: bob geren the skipper coming out. and vin mazzaro, the applause beginning to build, goes 7 and a third. no runs allowed. and the pitching change here is michael werth coming -- michael geurtz comes on for the athletics. on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49

. >> buck: he hits a bullet, a one hopper, robert andino has played well in the series and pops up to holliday for the first out of the 3rd inning. >> jim: and the coors light freeze cam. a good day with the glove and good day at the plate and here is jim johnson to work in the 8th inning for the orioles. >> buck: johnson making his 26th appearance. and he certainly wants to continue what brian bass and matt albers has done today. >> jim: bers stayed at 2nd base, pinch hitting for ty wigginton. adam kennedy, jack cust and matt holliday, 2, 3 and 4 against johnson. the orioles in the 9th inning will have scott, mora and salazar due up. and that one is fouled back. kennedy has one of the two hits by the athletics. orlando cabrera has the other. 6 and a third scoreless innings by bass bers -- bass bers. sliced down the leftfield side, out of play. kennedy does a good job looking at the bat and dropping it down leftfield line. that's where his base hit went in the 5th inning. >> buck: he has an upper cut swing and when the ball is away you can take the pitch and loop it down the leftfield

i could nominate someone to the supreme court, i think i may have gone more with someone like john roberts or samuel alito. that is my view of the world. i would like to see conservatives nominated to the supreme court. nothing personal to the nominee. the president has made his call. he won the election. there will be a debate in the senate over whether or not she ought to be confirmed, and i look forward to the hearings. just like a lot of other people do. it is not my nomination to make, but if it were, i think i would never nominated somewhat more conservative. >> the question on social issues. given iowa and elsewhere, is some form of legalized gay marriage inevitable in the united states? >> well, i think freedom means freedom for everyone. as many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and that is something that we have lived with for a long time. . >> tonight on "q&a" indiana republican governor mitch daniels. later, prime minister gordon brown on the resignations of cabinet members.

also, we will remember the man corporal, the corporal, the lance corporal, lance corporal robert richards, sapper jordan rosi, and fusilier suesue.] all of them have been killed in the service of their country, and we will not forget their sacrifice, and we must care for their families. i also join the prime minister in sending condolences to the family and friends of edwin dyer. this must simply be a terrific time for his family, and i am sure everyone in the country is thinking about it. we must never give into terrorists -- in to terrorists. this morning, the committee's secretary resigned from the cabinet. that follows yesterday's announcement that the children's minister is standing down. why does not the prime minister accept that his ability to command his cabinet has simply disappeared? >> i think the first thing that the whole house will want to do is to acknowledge the great work that is being done by both the home secretary and the committee's secretary in the cabinet. -- and the communities secretary in the cabinet. i think at a time like this, the house should come together t

was nominated to the court then senator obama wanted to vote for roberts. he was convinced by the staff not to because of the flak he would take from the democratic base but having voted against roberts he then went out and wrote a piece saying you know, you progressives and liberals out there, don't go attacking my fellow senators that voted for john roberts. there is a desire, maybe pattern in his behavior to pick a fight with people who naturally support him and challenge them and test them and maybe show some separation but on the policy i think if you look back even the last few months his policy is from the left of center. >> host: the guest is richard wolffe with news magazine and brank is joining on the republican line from michigan. good morning. >> caller: i first want to say i thought i was listening to a paid political commercial for obama. the gentleman says obama doesn't flip-flop. i can't think of an item he has promised in the campaign that he hasn't flip-flop on. taxes are going up. he wants to employ people. more people are unemployed. the

>> guest: thank you very much, robert. i'm not qualified to say whether it's getting worse or better. i haven't lived long enough. i'm only 65. but i do think its one of the predicaments of the modern world precisely, is that the kind of object identifying ewan but. the inability to see that means we begin to take one another for granted. we begin to take human life for granted and in that sense we begin to objective identify one another and it worries me deeply and it's not a new problem. it's a human problem, an old problem. i think wore at a point in history where we can say, look, 1948 was a watershed area -- year in the world, the year of the declaration of human rights. a watershed year coming out of the horror of world war ii and the horror of nuclear weapons being dropped, and the holocaust, and coming to the point we can say we must start, we must begin by saying each one is precious, each one is the only one who will drive the earth. so in fugitive days i talk about the fact whenever i good to the vietnam wall in

state department was planning to double-cross truman and that she had spoken to secretary of state robert lovett and that he was telling the press that state was beginning to take steps to revise partition and she warned truman in a couple of telegrams, they're really trying to double-cross you. austin prepared this speech in march. this is a speech that he is going to say among other things that trusteeship might be a possibility if and when it proves necessary. now, truman was given a draft of this statement and this is an issue of contention. what happened? austin said he gave truman a draft of what he was going to say. and that he had approved it. truman would later explain and most people argue that this, in fact, is what happened. that if the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security had studied the situation and said we can't go forward because the divisions are growing again and we have to temporarily come up with other solutions because the fighting of arabs and jews is going on in palestine, that at that point he might say he could put off the decision for a while and have a t

robert frank is just to simplify things is a liberal economist. he has a column for the "new york times." he speeches at cornell and he's done this economic naturalist this is a second book he's done for us and it's a collection of pieces about how to think about the current crisis through economic terms. he helps people come up with a vocabulary to help understand all the kind of garbage that you hear in the news to sort through it. he has a lot of prospective solutions as well. then on the other side you have tom sowell who's a conservative economists out in the hoover institution in california. very widely respected. both these men are widely respected and we approached professor sowell we would like to you write a book on what happened with the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis because in his opinion the housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom/bust. >> so we have some travel. we have the economy. and then we have this book by chris mooney about science in america. you want to tell

according to robert chesney of wake forest university it does not support the conclusion that the bush administration used the privilege with greater frequency than other administrations. the data also shows the privilege is being used to protect the same national security interests as in the past. over the previous four decades most state secrets cases concerned intelligence programs followed by military technology and contracts and then diplomatic communications. that is the same pattern as today. the data also showed the government is not seeking harsher remedies such as dismissal of cases any more than it has in the past. further, courts take seriously their duty to oversee the privilege. during the clinton administration, courts refused to grant the requested privilege in 17% of opinions. that rose to 40% during the bush administration. if anything the courts have become less deferential. finally, president obama once a critic of the privilege now recognizes its great importance. every president going back to lyndon johnson has reached the same conclusion. in sum, there is no evid

june 26, robert chairman of the financial accounting standards board will adjust regulatory reform of the financial markets. and secondly, if you will mine coming up here as is our tradition we like to present to with a traditional npc coffee mug. >> thank you. >> and one final question and that is a simple one -- to what newspapers do you currently subscribe? [laughter] >> i subscribe to the new york times because again it is delivered in baltimore for about the same price as the baltimore sun but is still has some news event. so what are you going to do? >> well, let's offer a great round of applause to david simon. [applause] i like to thank you all for coming today and for those listening out like to think national press club is staff members of melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman for helping to organize today's lunch, and things to the npc library. bill video archive is provided by the press club of broadcast operations center, events available for free download on itunes as well as the website and non-members may purchase transcripts and videotapes by calli

director robert mueller testified transferring the remaining detainees to u.s. securities, even maximum security prisons, would entail serious security risks. he said "the concerns we have about individuals who may support terrorism being in the united states run from concerns about providing financing, radicalizing others, as well as the potential for individuals undertaking attacks in the united states." mr. president, the guantanamo facility is separated from the american communities. it's well protected from the threat of a terrorist attack. no one's ever escaped from guantanamo. why should we feel pressure to support president obama's arbitrary deadline to close the facility when the administration has yet to offer a plan about where to relocate the terrorists? and where i would submit a case has not been made for closing this facility and locating those prisoners elsewhere. in fact, other countries told us they don't want them, with the exception of france, which offered to take one prisoner. and a new june 2 "usa today" poll that i talked about before sho

the gentleman from ohio, representative robert latta, introduced house resolution 420 on may 17, 2009, and the committee on oversight and government reform reported it out on june 4, 2009, by unanimous consent with 64 co-sponsors. it is a clear demonstration of congress' appreciation and respect for our national -- our nation's flag. we celebrated flag day on june 14, the anversary of the continental congress' passage of the first flag act. since then americans have looked to the flag for the symbol of the country and the dearest values. the flag represents us and all of our fellow citizens. and i'm also heartened to see the parades and events each year in commemoration of flag day. especially in one of my favorite town, the town of detta, massachusetts, which has a wonderful parade each year on flag day. and the town of dentom, it's hard to find a home without the american flag hanging out the front on the front door. the flag honors the countless men and women who have died during defense of the united states in the armed forces. in short the american flag is a lasting symbol of the