reaching out to the young american, and there was a 77-year-old senator on the phone. oh, you said the white house called? the white house called. just a day in my life rick. we re going to have a conference. an inch i just can t scratch. and now to scratch your news itch. here she good morning, jacki.. good morning, stephanie. good morning, everyone. mitt romney is going to be taking a break today. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama years. and the start of a new and better chapter that we will start together. newt gingrich said he would drop out of the race if he didn t win delaware or at least come close. and he lost delaware. he said he will continue to carry all of the meetings he has planned. ron paul is going to keep campaigning until tampa. and rick santorum says he will support the gop nominee, but he is stopping short of actually endorsing mitt romney saying the two need to talk at length before he does. michelle oba
them. they didn t get what they wanted and shots and they were shot when the attempted robbery failed. kang was supposed to have a job interview at google today. he leaves behind a wife and three sons. before that, a man was killed. oakland police officers were the target for a sniper on 8th and filbert near the 880-980 interchange. officers were arresting people during a traffic stop for drug possession when someone opened fire from a nearby high-rise. after we locked down th apartment building, we sent in officers to conduct a search of the building. no one was hurt by the gunfire. police didn t find any weapons or suspects but they discovered the building surveillance room had been vandalized. early sunday morning a shootout with police in the middle of 580. [ sound of gunfire ] this happened just west of grant avenue. a man they pulled over opened fire, according to officers. two officers suffered minor injuries. byron williams was shot several times and is
i think the are times in which a very strong national government needs to be there. i think without the national government stepping up on the issue of civil rights, for example, i think without the federal government stepping up on the issue of national environmental policy, even now, without the national government stepping in in a big way to deal with some of these institutional financial issues and organizations we have, that this country would be far less well- off. and we do need that. it is a matter of balance. i think the pendulum swings and because of the crises going on, the pendulum has swung under, ironically, mostly conservative president bush and under president obama. has swung. there is no question about it. in part, it has swung for good reasons. thlast point i would make i still see the states is great innovators and starters of policy, questioning policy, and having poly spread dramatically. i look at issues, like medical marijuana, where many states righ
in a captive the author and his guides were taken hostage. hear his story on the book tv. c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and education, created by america s cable companies. up next, homeland security and how prepared we are if there is another terrorist attack. this is one hour and a half. welcome to the next session. as you can see, the title is how prepared are we for the next 9/11? we have a member of the 911 commission that p investigated the attack, and a member of the private sector. to moderate the session, we have an admiral who is the president and chief executive officer of the navy relief society, a non- profit society dedicated to helping navy service members and their families. he served as deputy homeland security adviser under thomas ridge. admiral. good afternoon. i am very grateful for this opportunity to be able to lead discussion with this panel on terrorism prepa