for her to testify at the same table as judge kavanagh in front of two dozen u.s. senators on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident. the hearing was scheduled for six short days from today and would include interrogation by senators who appear to have made up their minds that she is mistaken and mixed up. while no sexual assault survivor should be subjected to such an ordeal, dr. ford wants to cooperate with the committee and with law enforcement officials as the judiciary committee has recognized and done before. an fbi investigation of the incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations. and leading off our discussion now, bob schiff, former chief counsel to senator russ fine gold, who served on the senate judiciary committee, and lisa is back, codirector of document and she is the former chief counsel for nominations for the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee on the democratic side. she was the deputy assistant attorney gen
morning saturday, june 8th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs and good morning. welcome to the weekend. welcome, vinita nair. yes. a busy news day on this saturday. it is indeed. we begin with breaking news on former south african president nelson mandela. today he was readmitted to the hospital suffering from a recurrent lung condition. he s 94 years old and said to be in serious but stable condition. we get the latest. deborah, good morning to you. reporter: and to you, vinita. nelson mandela has been suffering an infection for a couple of days now but in the early morning his condition deteriorated significantly, enough that doctors said he was to be rushed to this hospital in pretoria. his condition is described as serious but stable. bear in mind this is the first time the word serious has been used with regard to nelson mandela s condition. normally they downplay the icon s ill health. hospitalization has become the normal pattern for nelson mandela. he contra
this morning saturday, may 25th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend, and welcome, anne-marie. memorial day weekend. thank you very much. thank you for giving us a piece of your memorial day weekend. the weather not looking too promising but we ll look at tlater. we have a great group of guests for you including sharon getting ready to dish up some unique holiday burgers to set with the long awaited reopening of the jersey shore. almost seven months after they were blasted by superstorm sandy. joining us now for more on the recovery is sima from kdwl new jersey. good morning. reporter: good morning, anne-marie. memorial day is the summer kick-off here at the jersey shore, although it doesn t feel like it. temperatures here are in the 40s, which is below average, but if you take a look behind me the beach here at ocean city may not be quite ready. crews are still working on the projects but overall the jersey shore does seem to be ready for t
quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mrs. hagan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina is recognized. mrs. hagan: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. officer without objection. mrs. hagan: i ask that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 500, senate 3386. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 500, s. 3386, a bill to protect consumers from certain aggressive sales tactics on the internet. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute amendment be considered, that a rockefeller-hutchison managers amendment, which is at the dervetion be agreed to, the committee substitute amendment, as amend, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action o
they re also buying their silence. they re having to take this, this hush money, basically, is what some scientists say, because bp wants them to do research on all of this. they don t want them disclose it to anybody, but bp. a number of people, you don t go to new england and find the people who have the expertise in the gulf. you can t go to minnesota and find scientists familiar with it. there are few scientists who work with the ufrts down there who know the ecology. that troubles me the most, it s the hush money to keep quiet for three years. university of south alabama bob schiff, they tried to hire his department to do research. under the deal they could disclose only if bp said so and have to keep the secret for three years. look the a the opposite side of this. i i m no bp apoll jis.