volunteered. telling charlie rose, quote, i don t think most viewers take the time to actually delve into either the briefs or the legal arguments to appreciate what the court is doing, she said. they speculate about oh, the judge favors this point rather than that point. very few of them understand what the process is, which is to play devil s advocate. well, her answer is a problem. even if most americans couldn t follow the arguments, that s no reason to shut us out. ironically, that logic sounds similar to what was used to justify the poll restrictions that necessitated the voting rights act. and i ll bet this week justice sotomayor wishes a camera had recorded justice scalia s intemperate mark. senator arlen specter was a champion for cameras in the courtroom. its open proceedings should be televised to inform the public how its government operates. specter was right. it s time to televise the court. that s hardball for now.
take the time to actually delve into either the briefs or the legal arguments. they speculate about the judge favors this point rather tlan that point. very few of them understand what the process is, which is to play devil s advocate. well, her answer is a problem. even if most americans couldn t follow the arguments, that s no reason to shut us out. ironically, that logic sounds similar to what was used to justify the voting rights act. and i bet this week, justice sotomayor wishes a camera would have recorded justice scalia s intemp rant remark. he once said since the supreme court of the united states decides the most important issues facing america, its open proceedings should be televised to inform the government how its government operates. specter was right. it s time to televise the court. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us.
the city, it s being under shelling, bombing, and everything. there s nothing to do. the embattled syrian regime is stepping up its brutal attacks. activists who want democracy and want president bashar al-assad to fall, they re telling us more people are being killed. we re seeing the neighborhoods right here reduced to rubble. in homs, syria s third largest city, more than 90 people are reported killed so far today. because foreign reporters are mostly ban from the country, we continue to rely on home videos posted online. that was another rocket over there. this is happening every day. and while this is happening every day the united nations is considering a joint monitoring mission with the arab league. our senior international correspondent nic robertson was on the last monitoring mission in syria. you ve been on a number of these, right? yes. give us a sense of how effective this can be and how this works. if anyone thinks that arab league monitors is backed
jong-il pnd and another toddler goes missing. what are they doing to find her? let s go out front. we re waying for the house to waiting for the house to vote on the payroll tax cut bill. the vote too should take place later tonight. you re going to see the house republican leadership come out in a few moments. we anticipate to make a statement. john payner speaker will be there and we will also hear from eric cantor, jeb hensarling. as we count down to that, let s tell where you we stand. the version of the bill under consideration tonight is the senate version. it extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for two months. now, they re paying for this by having fannie mae and freddie mac charge higher fees on new mortgages, so it is paid for. what s the hold snup the bill only stepds textends the tax br two months. that s a real kick the can down solution and it frustrate as lot of people on both sides of the i ll. but enough so for the gop leadership that they
brutal oppression failed because the americans couldn t do what they said they were going to do. all of this was supposed to happen in days not months. that was on march 17th. and you now look at how nato ran out of ordinance and the united states had to come in and backfill behind them. why would they be worried about consequences in iran. sean: you touched on this earlier and it hasn t gotten the news coverage that it deserves. that is that there is 20 to 30,000 surface to air missiles. these are the missiles, shoulder fired missiles that can take out a commercial airliner here in the united states. 20 or 30,000 of them. where are they? who whose hands will they ultimately land? will we wake up, god forbid one day, colonel, and we know how auto divide works. they don t hit one site at a time they hit multiple sites. five stids or more commercial airliners are shot right out of the sky. what a wonderful way for the iranians to pull off a stunt like we have just seen the