sanitation. police say they arrested 14 protesters today who blocked traffic and turned over trash cans. texas governor rick perry is unveiling his national energy plan in suburban pittsburgh right now. live pictures. he says president perry will expand drilling on federal lands and get rid of clean air rules and other, quote, activist regulations. perry says getting bureaucracy out of the way will mean 1 million or more new jobs. perry has stumbled in the polls. his wife came to his defense. it s been a rough time. we ve been brutalized, eaten up and chewed up in the press, to where i mean, we re being brutalized by our opponents and our party. so much of that is, i think they look at him because of his faith. anita perry went on to say, we didn t have to do this. she says we are running to save our children and the soul of the country. end quote. presidential candidate herman cain is on a roll in more ways than one. he s kicking off a bus tour across tennessee nex
just seems that npr is, again, couldn t shoot straight lately when it comes to its public image. absolutely. let s talk about the filmmaker james o keefe, you talked about it on reliable sources it s not the first time he s been involved in the stunts and the gotcha journalism in trying to put people in compromising positions, but as he continued to do this and his stunts make headlines, is he gaining some form of credibility here? well, you know, let s not lose sight of the fact that james o keefe is able to get this footage through lying and deception, and, you know, there are people right. on the left who have played that game as well, the guy the blogger who made that prank call to wisconsin governor scott walker, for example, got him to say some embarrassing things. what happens is if your side does it, you focus on the content, the revelations of somebody who doesn t realize they re being audiotaped or videotaped. the other side does it, you attack the messenger.
damaging and we need to take a step back, and really look at the evidence, the so-called or purported evidence. first of all, it appears these tapes were obtained illegally. california is a two party state, which means both parties to a conversation must consent to being audiotaped. there is a crime exception for burglary and extortion and kidnapping and crimes of violence. that may be able to allow these to be admissible but a judge will have to make the determination. martha: so, wendy, if that is the case and we want to deal with the law here and how it applies to all of this, if that is the case, can her attorneys say her life was threatened and he did this a you know, to defend herself? yes, i don t think there is any doubt these tapes were coming in and i ll tell you why. first of you a, radar on-line has not got a court order or challenge or letter, from gibson s lawyer saying stop with all of the leaks and obviously if it were not him, they could
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