michael reznikov, and gerald weisber are the cash and brains behind the $9 million a year business. they are charged with conspireing to distribute narcotics. >>> controversial new evidence revealed ahead of george zimmerman's murder trial. trayvon martin caught on camera just minutes before he was fatally shot. randall pinkston reports for wjz with the images that may be too graphic for some. >> reporter: a surveillance camera inside a florida convenience store captured trayvon martin buying candy and an iced tea just 20 minutes before he was shot to death. the video is just part of evidence files released by florida prosecutors. also included, crime scene photos showing a bullet casing in the grass. and this one of zimmerman's 9-millimeter gun and holster. they are photos of zimmerman taken just after the shooting, showing what appears to be a broken nose, and bloody cuts on the back of his head. the autopsy report on trayvon martin shows the gunshot wound in his chest. the burns suggest that the two men were no more than 18 inches apart. the report also details a bruise on martin

the graphic on the right would allow folks to cross at gerald. or replacing bridge no. 2 for $25 million. the problem with that option is that it precludes the station from being built without having to rebuild that bridge, which would add another at several tens of millions of dollars. and the third option would be a wider bridge, but that would be $35 million and really have $25 million in place. we will be at the southeast community facility tonight. will be going to the bayview shipyard. we will summarize that input in the next month or so. >> commissioner cohen. >> thank you, mr. chair. i would be interested in hearing from mr. wells lawson. if you could just talk to us a little better about the grand -- the grant and how it relates to harney way. >> the grant, as ms. lombardo said, was an earmarked that we received in 2009. we're using it as the first baby step for the candlestick point, part of the project approvals received in 2010. as everyone knows, in 2011, we have been sorting out and did suspension under ab26 the law that dissolves t

apparently, they talk to the president and i was selected for the job. >> what did you do with gerald ford? >> i was the set -- assistant director. >> you are not on his detail. >> i was responsible for the men that were there. >> how about richard nixon? >> it with him. i was promoted to assistant director. >> what have you found that people expect from you in this book? you say no gossip, none of that. some people say it implies these two were very close. closer than just agent to protectee. >> we were close. very close friends. professional. i knew a lot of her secrets and she . it is accurate in saying really close. i wanted to have people get a better understanding of who she was. there have been a lot of books written. most of it has been written by people who talked to friends of friends of friends. people who do not have the information themselves. i happen to be there and i knew her. we had a direct relationship. i finally decided it was time to put on paper and let people know what she was really like. did she ever get mad and you? and if she did, why? >> she got upset a few

we see carter and gerald ford's funeral. that is amazing. these men go through things and have scars that no one can understand except each other. that bonds them in ways that all of them are writing about politics and policy that few of us can experience. >> i want to ask nancy about the hoover/truman relationship. what did you find specific examples of where those two worked together? >> initially it is a difficult -- practical thing. truman found himself president. world war ii is ending. here he is facing a catastrophe. -- europe is facing a catastropheliterally hundreds of millions of people are at risk of starting. -- starving. it was a mammoth undertaking to figure out how we're going to get europe on its feet. no one knew more on how to do this than herbert hoover. he was an engineer. it is a great problem solver. probably why he was elected president to begin with. against the wishes, truman reached out to hoover and asked him to come in and helped him how to figure out how to do european relief. they are suspicious of each other. t

gerald said that he was fine with our plan. he had received a judgment from a gentleman years back and the judgment calls for the property line was 6 inches wider. he wondered us to take that out. i do not know -- he wanted us to take that out. i do not know how to do that. i am not sure if we are able to do such a thing. we purchased the property, but i am not sure if we can legally inherits all the rights. this list, i think we have been very diligent, taking time to meet with all three of them. address all their concerns. we did not know that we had to call them again and again to make plans for them. i thought they knew that from years past. he has built 10 buildings, so he must know this. we may be able to accommodate some of this list, but this can be ongoing. i think it is wrong to have neighbors to come out with this sort of demands all the time. i think it is a wrong message for the commission to send that you can require neighbors to comply, even though everything we do is legal. everything we want is just to move for

well-to-do, the connected, nominate people who come from humble origins -- ronald reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich and only caring abt the rich. he has got to break ouof that. >> thanks very much. enjoy your weekend. see you next week.

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well-to-do, the connected, nominate people who come from humble origins -- ronald reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich and only caring about the rich. he has got to break out of that. >> thanks very much. enjoy your weekend. see you next week.

also joining me tonight a remarkable group of scientist gerald fischbach is the scientific director of the simons foundation, uta frith of cognitive development at the university of college, london institute's cognitive neuroscience. matthew state is the donald j cohen professor of child psychiatry, psychiatry and genetics at the yale school of medicine. and once again my cohost is dr. eric kandel, a nobel laureate, professor at columbia university and howard hughes medical investigator. >> autism is a developmental disorder that manifests itself as a disturbance in social interaction. people with autism don't o appreciate that other people have minds of their own. so they find it very difficult to put themselves in another person's position to realize they have their own aspirations, their own ambitions, their own ideas about the world. the underlying cause for this is a failure of optimal development of a biological function called theory of mind. you and i have a theory of mind. when you and i have a conversation, i have got a pretty good idea where you are going in the conversation

also joining me tonight a remarkable group of scientist gerald fischbach is the scientific director of the simons foundation, uta frith of cognitive development at the university of college, london institute's cognite neoscience. matthew state is the donald j cohen professor of child psychiatry, psychiatry and genetics at the yale school of medicine. and once again my cohost is dr. eric kandel, a nobel laureate, professor at columbia university and howard hughes medical investigator. >> autism is a developmental disorder that manifests itself as a disturbance in social interaction. people with autism don't o appreciate that other people have minds of their own. so they find it very difficult to put themselves in another person's position to reali thehave their own aspirations, their own ambitions, their own ideas about the world. the underlying cause for this is a failure of optimal development of a biological function called theory of mind. you and i have a theory of mind. when you and i have a conversation, i have got a pretty good idea where you are going in the conversation. and yo

party of the privileged, they nominate people from humble origins -- ronald reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week.

gerald takes the stuff and drinks a little bit and blows out. i ain't gonna do that, gang. [laughter] ted is doing pretty good, yeah? guess who's got the courage of the two of us? come on, try one. here's where you get the bnta. what did you do? did you eat it? is it all right? did you put it in your mouth? what will you do is hold it. well, it isn't your tongue, put it over your teeth and then just blow over the top of it. i only drop, of course, i don't have any experience. i didn't say how you did that, ted. it will be-- you want me to-- oh, i have an extra one. do you want me to do it first? you do it first. let me look and see what you're doing. okay. you pick it up. yeah. [laughter] anyone hungry? i've got one more. we'll do this at the party, gang. it's a little cool, yeah. that's why you don't stick it on your tongue for a long time but, again, the same story with the white hot spark, it's not real cold for a long time. here you go. thank you, ted. whole way, man. whole way. [laughter] okay. yeah, i've--how death defying-- going to be here. we got a penny. what do y

party of the privileged, they nominate people from humble origins -- ronald reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week. narrator: joan mirÓ lived through the most tempestuous years of the twentieth century. in his 70-year-career, his commitment to art was equaled by a fierce commitment to his native catalonia.

gerald connally of virginia among the highest 20 when he speaks. but so what? the historic i have a dream speech? >> it's about a 9th grade level. >> reporter: the gettysburg address. >> state of the unions are historically a tenth grade level. >> he's a great orator. >> he may also be an effective communicator and speak simply. >> reporter: liberals and conservatives? >> it's the most conservative republicans who speak at the lowest grade level. the most liberal freshman and sophomore democrats speak at the leest the grade levels compared to the more moderate democrats oi. the downward trend has been consistent the last six years. >> if the trend continues will we be at a kindergarten level in 20 years? in. >> if it continues, but i don't expect that it will continue to that level. >> reporter: well, we can always hope, but remember, although there may be fewer speakers on the hill these days, it doesn't mean there's less persacious insight because there's a more parsimonious approach. it could lead to less gascinating. perhaps makes it easier to do business i

this week, hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 f.m. on, x.m. channel 119, and at vspanradio.org. >> i have seemed to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me, and i've always cared about the country. and the greatest generation writing that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i ought not to kwaunder that. so i ought to step up as -- not just a citizen and journalist but as a father and husband and grandfather, and as i see thing i ought to write them and try to start this dialogue, which i'm trying to do with this book, but what i'm about to do next. >> in his latest "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. and sunday live in depth, your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." in his half dozen books, he's written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. "in depth" sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> u.s. policy in the middle east

one of the president's first actions on the ig front was to remove ig gerald waltman from his post at the corporation for national and community service. we on this side of the aisle objected to it and continue to feel that this was inappropriate. however, that is not the issue for today. the issue for today is, in fact, how do we find something regardless of who's in the white house that satisfies, first, the american people's right to know and right to be protected from waste? second, strengthens the relationship between this committee and our counterparts in the senate in being able to count on the inspector generals as our conduit into the executive branch. we can all have discussions about this administration, and we have had plenty and will have more. but i think when we look at exposing taxpayer loss and waste, we cannot look at any one administration. we have often on a bipartisan basis lauded the success of tracking the stimulus fund spending. doesn't mean we agree to the stimulus bill itself, but it means that, in fact, we saw inspector general given a new job as chairman of

. >>> earlier today we talked to virginia congressman gerald connolly about the arrest. mr. connolly is a member of the house foreign committee on terrorism. they're saying homegrown terrorism is not something new. >> sadly we've had homegrown terrorism in this country for a long time. it's sadly a long tradition and so we just need to stay vigilant. i think that's really the lesson from this latest incident. >> congressman connolly says since 9/11 the cooperation among our local governments and fbi has grown exponentially, but we will always be a target and must remain vigilant. the fbi says it's gotten hundreds of tips on a former d.c. elementary school teacher since adding him to their 10 most wanted fugitives list. 30-year-old eric toth was added to the list last month accuse of producing child porn, has been on the run since '08. the fbi believes toth has multiple victims and is out of the d.c. area. >>> a spring resurgence for occupy protestors, hundreds of rallies held around the world today for international workers day also known as mayday. fox's jane metzler has a

listen in on the president's conversations with future president gerald ford, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush and with key white house advisers and the directors of the fbi and cia. for schedule information go to cspan.org/schedule and listen online at c-spanradio.org and nationwide on xm 119 and 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c., area. >>> all weekend long, american history tv joins our cox communications cable partners in oklahoma city to showcase its history and literary culture. settled in 1889, oklahoma city is the largest city in oklahoma. >> my name is terry jordan. curator at the archive. previously the tapes were on analog tape. it is in this room. it is chilly. we keep the temperature and humidity down for preservation of the materials. >> how far back does your collection date? back to the 1930s for radio advertisements to the 1950s for television advertisements. some of our earliest material are commercials from the eisenhower campaign. [ no audio ]

this week hear conversation with his gerald ford, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen to 90.1 fm and c-span@radio.org. >>> an event yesterday hosted by the bipartisan center here in washington. panelists from both sides of the university showed how both republican and democratic parties have clearly become more divided into conservative and liberal camps. this is just under 90 minutes. >>> good morning. my name is emil frankel. i'm a visiting scholar here. normally i focus on transportation and f infrastructure issues. my role this morning is to welcome all of you to this conversation about the vanishing republican moderate. i do so on behalf of the president of the bipartisan policy center and our colleagues at bbc. i want to -- i know there are lots of really important, famous, powerful people in this room. some vanishing, to be sure. but i do want to acknowledge two people. first of all, welcome congressman mickey edwards of oklahoma, now with the aspen institute. and a regular member here, senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center da

virginia between '64 and 2008 was in 1976, when the eventual president jimmy carter lost to incumbent gerald ford by just one percentage point. that election marked the tightest popular vote margin in virginia in the past 100 years. enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch former republican candidates try, try to bring themselves to rally around mitt romney. newt gingrich, who ended his campaign on wednesday, had some tough things to say about mitt romney during the campaign. even calling him a liar at one point. gingrich was asked yesterday if he still believes that to be true. >> you still believe mitt romney's a liar? >> i still believe that the romney campaign said things that weren't true. >> is mitt romney -- >> the governor said things at times that weren't true. i think that's -- >> so the answer is yes. >> i also believe that compared to barack obama, i would trust mitt romney 100 times over. >> well, stephen colbert last night tried to help bridge the divide between gingrich and romney. >> in politics, these guys rib, they tease, they make robo call

hear gerald ford, ronald reagan and george hw bush. 90.1 fm on xm 119, cspanradio.org. >>> more live coverage of the discussion on immigration and border issues coming up in 15 minutes. they're taking a lunch break. back now and listen to some of the opening statements for this forum. >>> good morning. appreciate everyone being here. officially presented by arizona employers for immigration reform, competitive enterprise institute, national immigration forum and texans for sensible immigration policy. we are going to have an immigration summit right here in washington, d.c. where we hope the benefit of which will be to offer some solutions and move some of our members of congress to get on with immigration reform. i'm norman adams, texan, a cofounder of texans for sensible immigration policy. and just as a setting or an opening i like to point out the fact i don't need to tell any of you that immigration debate is an emotional debate but that is nothing new. prior to 1923, if you arrived on the shores as most of our ancestors did, if you came in first class, you went straight to your

gerald path and they've actually said today and so it was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the doors argued that a judicial authority meant a proper jargon or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own case and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it was an independent the court actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word or storage you do dishes which had a wide variety of meanings including a prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper court or a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french the wording of the story the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the submis

this week hear conversations vet with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen on xm channel 119 and at c-spanradi c-spanradio.org. >>> now a conversation of the abolitionist movement and the underground railroad. republican congressman owen own lovejoy used his home in princeton, illinois, as a stop on the underground railroad.ro and as a house member, he very introdu introduced a bill to end slavery in the district of columbia. he sefbed in congress from 1857 until his death in 1864. hi we'll hear from historian and thorough wen muelder. >> okay, good >> okay, good morning. first of all, let me do a sound check. can i be heard? very good. well, welcome. good morning. i'm don kennen, a vice president of the united states capitol historical society. and it's my pleasure to welcome you to today's lecture observing african-american history month. we are pleased to be joined by the illinois state society of washington, d.c. and the knox college alumni association of washington, d.c. in presenting today's lecture. i especially want to ack

hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm. on xm, channel 119. at cspanradio.org. >>> now a conversation on the abolitionist movement and the underground railroad. republican congressman owen lovejoy used his home in princeton, illinois, as a stop on the underground railroad. and as a house member, he introduced a bill to end slavery in the district of columbia. he served in congress from 1857 until his death in 1864. we'll hear from historian and author owen mulder at this event hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> okay, good morning. first of all, let me do a sound check. can i be heard? very good. well, welcome. good morning. i'm don kennen, a vice president of the united states capitol historical society. and it's my pleasure to welcome you to today's lecture observing african-american history month. we are pleased to be joined by the illinois state society of washington, d.c. and the knox college alumni association of washington, d.c. in presenting today's lecture. i es

listen in on the president's conversations with future president gerald ford, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush and with key white house advisers and the directors of the fbi and cia. for schedule information go to cspan.org/schedule and listen online at c-spanradio.org and nationwide on xm 119 and 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c., area. >>> all weekend long, american history tv joins our cox communications cable partners in oklahoma city to showcase its history and literary culture. settled in 1889, oklahoma city is the largest city in oklahoma. it has a population of about 600,000 people and is the sooner state's capital. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >>> at high noon, the guns fire and the cannons go off and the flags go down and 50,000 people rush for free land. the land run was a unique way of opening the public lands. since the 1860s congress had a policy on the books called the homestead act, and the homestead act said that anyone who would move to the frontier on the public domain and would stay for five years and make improvements and satisfy all of those con

democratic congressman gerald nadler. new york says his side was told it could only call one witness would will speak to the scientific aspects of the bill. >> they are being obnoxious by refusing to let eleanor holmes norton as the representative of the target of this legislation which is washington. >> reporter: norton says with 61 #,000 tax-paying citizens of the district of columbia paying $3.9 billion to the federal government in taxes, republicans could have at least, she says, let her speak on their behalf on an issue as divisive as abortion. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> parking spaces set aside for people with disabilities being taken over by those who don't really need them. >> up next the latest plan to put a stop to illegal parking. the details of who could be handing out parking tick nets one jurisdiction. you will be surprised by this one. stay with us. . >>> welcome back. if you live in fairfax county, your chances of getting a parking ticket might be going up. the county board of supervisors is consideri

and he gerald pathan thank you very much for joining us today what exactly does this ruling mean the british justice system well you see what they've actually said to die and it was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the joy is argued that a judicial authority meant a proper job or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own case and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it wasn't in. pendent the call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word or forty judicial which had a wide variety of meanings including a prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper court or a proper judge that was overturned and it was decided that the french the wordin

the bankers going after wall street set to music they are rocking it out well i maybe we will see a gerald solenn tape john as john walsh going after the bankers we like the idea just a suggestion we're not talented enough to do that ourselves so just throwing it out there let's move on. for two eight ghost said the falling as the economy tanks the loose change intro will change to dimitri and lauren tackling shannon when she takes the gold from the jar well first of all thank you for our next big idea when things really go south here's a reminder of what he's talking about. so the next time you're going to see us tackling shannon and shannon's response to us that you just don't for me in my ear is bring it so thank you we will follow up with that meanwhile son man one thirty nine had a recommendation capital account needs to do an entire show on exposing the debt is a money monetary model in slaving the lives of every person on this planet if you show people how borrowing money into existence at interest is a process that only creates bankruptcy for the borrower but seized assets for the

gerald pathan what they've actually said today and so it was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and i thought put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued in the dollars argued that a judicial authority meant a proper jarred or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own curries and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it was an independent call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word for it you do to show which had a wide variety of meanings including a prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper core or a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french the wording of the story the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the s

gerald pathan what they've actually said to dinosaurs there was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and i thought put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the doors argued that a judicial authority meant a proper job or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own crisis and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis there for the purpose of the person requesting extradition so it was an independent the call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word go forward you judiciary which had a wide variety of meanings including i prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority made a proper call for a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french the wording of the story the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the

after the bankers going after wall street set to music they are rocking it out well maybe we will see a gerald solenn tape john as john walsh going after the bankers we like the idea just a suggestion we're not talented enough to do that ourselves so just throwing it out there let's move on. for two eight ghost said the falling as the economy tanks the loose change intro will change to dimitri and lauren tackling shannon when she takes the gold from the jar well first of all thank you for our next big idea when things really go south here's a reminder of what he's talking about. so the next time you're going to see us tackling shannon and shannon's response to us that she just informed me in my ear is bring it so thank you we will follow up with that meanwhile son man one thirty nine had a recommendation capital account needs to do an entire show on exposing the debt is a money monetary model in slaving the lives of every person on this planet if you show people how borrowing money into existence at interest is a process that only creates bankruptcy for the borrower but seized assets for the b

i want to thank gerald turner of smu and the smu folks. smu is an awesome university, by the way, and we're honored to be associated with it. and neil kerwin, president of american university and his wife ann have joined us. thank you so much for being here. i want to thank the library directors, alan lowe, of course, of the bush president 43. warren finch, bush president 41. i'll be the funny guy. [ laughter ] and mark updegrove of the lyndon baines johnson's library right down the road. first i want to say something about doris kerns good win. we're fortunate to have her here. she is an awesome historian, she really is. i read a lot of history when i was president. i can hear people saying, we paid you all that money and all you did was read? sit around reading? it was fascinating. i didn't watch much tv. it was fascinating to read history while i had the honor of making history. and no better historian to help a president understand the past and future by the way, than for doris kearns goodwin. so we're honored you're here. [ applause ]

gerald pathan what they've actually said to dinosaurs there was this was this was decided on a submission that was put by the lawyers and not put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the joy is argued that a judicial authority meant a proper jobs or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own case and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it was an independent call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word go forward you judiciary which had a wide variety of meanings including i prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper court or a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french or the wording of the sorry the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the submi

gerald path and what they've actually said to dinosaurs there was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the law is not put in intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued in the doors argued that a judicial authority meant a proper jobs or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own case and the prosecutor in sweden is going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it was an independent call actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word go forward you do to show which had a wide variety of meanings including a prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper core or a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french or the wording of the sorry the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the su

one of the president's first actions on the ig front was to remove ig gerald waltman from his post at the corporation for national and community service. we, on this side of the aisle, objected to it and continue to feel that this was inappropriate. however, that is not the issue for today. the issue for today is, in fact, how do we find something regardless of who's in the white house that satisfies, first, the american people's right to know and right to be protected from waste. second, strengthens the relationship between this committee and our counterparts in the senate in being able to count on the inspector generals as our conduit into the executive branch. we can all have discussions about this administration, and we have had plenty and will have more. but i think when we look at exposing taxpayer loss and waste, we cannot look at any one administration. we have often on a bipartisan basis lauded the success of tracking the stimulus fund spending. doesn't mean we agree to the stimulus bill itself, but it means that, in fact, we saw inspector general given a new job as chairman

gerald path and what they've actually said today and so it was this was this was this saudi donor submission that was put by the lawyers and i thought put an intervention in as well as what is the meaning of a judicial authority now. we argued and the doors argued that a judicial authority meant a proper jarred or a court of law because it's a centuries old principle of english law that you cannot be a judge in your own curries and the prosecutor in sweden was going to try this crisis therefore the person also the person requesting extradition so it was an independent the court actually referring to an extraordinary joint judgment in my view which was that the original you framework decision used the french word or forty judicial which had a wide variety of meanings including a prosecutor so although our own parliament and our own government minister believes a judicial authority means a proper core or a proper judge that was overturned and it was the saudi that the french the wording of the story the meaning of the word in french was actually what mattered and therefore they threw out the s

this week hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 f.m. and at c-spanradio.org. >>> next on american history tv, kendall gott talks about the civil war battle of ft. donelson, a key victory for union troops in 1862. mr. gott is the author of "where the south lost the war: an analysis of the ft. donelson campaign." he gave this talk at the ftft. ft. donelson visitor center. it's 50 minutes. >>> the purpose of today is not really to give down and dirty blow by blow of battle. i've been asked to give a few random thoughts about the 150 years that have passed since the battle and the importance of the battle. i'll focus my remarks on that. i would love for you to buy that but there's some others out there, wrote an excellent book on the battle it. and the short film involved here and the interpretation with the rangers, by all means, seek those out for the blow by blow. we'll have more of a macro level for this here. it is exciting to be here for the 150th anniversary. as historians we look back and we thi

i want to thank gerald turner of smu and the smu folks. smu is an awesome university, by the way, and we are honored to be associated with it. and neil kerwin, president of american university and his wife ann have joined us, thank you so much for being here. i want to thank the library directors, allen lowe, of course, of the president bush 43, warren finch, bush president 41. i'll be the funny guy. and mark updegrove of lyndon baines johnson's library down the road. i want to say something about doris kearns goodwind, we're fortunate to have her here. she's an awesome historian. i read a lot of history when i was president. i can hear people saying, we paid you all that money and all you did was sit around reading? it was fascinating. i didn't watch much tv. anyway, it was fascinating to read history while i had the honor of making history, and no better historian to help a president understand the past and the future, by the way, than doris kearns goodwind, so we're honored you're here. and so the other thing that impressed me about dor