>> well, i think among the red fls a geneva sgested isthe price, the noti of paying for access. clearly this is e beginng of what i think we'regoing to see a l of in the months and years aad as news organizaons struggle to figureut ways of paying r news. news in the public interest afterll. so i think what fferentiated this from a ki of off the record culture th you see a l of i washington i the ea of a news organizaion charging a minum of 25,000 dollars t sponsor such an event. very littlepayoff in term of the core audience of the news organition, after all. >> i wanted to askou to continue. you started talking about the larger context. you say we're going to see more of this, that's bause of the economic situation of so many nws organitions s that what you mean >>that's true. i tnk the reali is that news ganizations simpl will be unable to sutain the level of journalism at they've proced over the years from advertising and circulation revenues. and so as practica matter 's already hapning. news organizations are really puing hard for new sources of renue, new ways of redung co

it's a real challenge. >> but continue there, geneva. how do you draw a line between the business side and the editorial side. as you say, it happens for every news organization including our own when we think of taking on new sponsors or working with foundations. where is the line and how do you draw that line? >> well, i think you keep a number of things in mind. i think for one thing you have to be sure that all departments in the newspaper are talking to one another. which of course is not true in the old days when you had the so-called wall. but here oddly enough that's part of what fell down. it seems it's a communication among marketing and newsroom and the publisher's office went afoul or at least that's part of what catherine weymouth has said and it sounds like that from the editor as well. another that you really have to figure out what are the old rules that you can let go without anything -- thinking of the principals and selling your access to your journalss is a principal that at this don't think anyone should give up. so

she is in town this week from geneva. she will express orr hen views and not those of the united nations. what does this mean overall and does it help other disarmment efforts? >> it's a pretty modest deal. we're looking at cuts of about 25% to currently deployed weapons. it doesn't touch things in stockpiles or back in storage. so it's quite a modest step. on the other hand, it's a step. >> right. >> and there haven't been steps for a very long time. plus i think the tenor of the discussions was much different than discussions have been in the past. and so, that is a good thing. it does have impact. one of the key things is that it will be good for the nuclear non-proliferation treaty review conference in 2010. one of the big problems has been that the non-nuclear weapons states have been very, very concerned because the nuclear weapons states have been i can energy nuclear disarmment. so this will help show the bona fides of the nuclear weapons state in pursuing nuclear disarmment. >> and obviously it also increases the

sam donaldson, abc news, geneva. >> two things we have learned about mr. gorbachev in the lt eight months he appears to like meeting with people and he know as good public relations opportunity when he sees one. as moscow bureau chief reports he covered both of those bases today. >> reporter: there may have been a news blackout of the meeting with president reagan but that didn't stop the soviet leader from political poaching in the back yard. jesse jackson and peace groups were given a meeting with gorbachev who offered his assessment of the summit. >> we had a very calm, business-like, pleasant. it has just started. therefore, i wouldn't tell you anything. >> reporter: jesse jackson was the american spokesman in this counter summit. >> we thank you for taking time out of this busy session to hear our talk for peace. >> it is already very difficult to negotiate but if the arms race goes into other tiers, i don't know how we will carry on discussions. >> one, two, three, four, open up the iron door! >> reporter: the human rights questions dogs the soviets

so those things are all violations of the laws of war or the geneva conventions as we understand them? >> they would not be entitled to be privileged -- or prisoners of war under the geneva conventions, you're absolutely right on that. >> but my question goes more to what eventually do you with them once there is -- if we can agree that there is something that would be the end of the war? as the chairman said, that we would just -- they would just be released? is that correct? when dealing with khalid sheik mohammed or individuals that we have that have violated the geneva conventions. >> no. it's interesting in the prior discussions we were having, we talked about the distinction between detaining someone under the law of war for the duration of the hostilities and there is some question about exactly when these hostilities will cease. but separate from that is an ability to convict someone for violations of the law of war or violations of the criminal code and to hold them for the duration of their sentence which very well might go quite behind the end of hostilities. that would be

you are not going to go look at beijing. >> why are other companies moving to geneva? i am asking you, stuart. there is obviously something out there that is making companies think they can get a better deal by moving their company to geneva. stuart: switzerland might be losing its secrecy law, so, john tobacco, thank you. taking on wal-mart after signing on to the president's health- care plan. the man leading the charge is here. and then, sarah palin ready to hit the campaign trail, not just for republicans but for democrats. how about that? it can be tough living with copd... but i try not to let it slow me down. i go down to the pool for a swim... get out and dance... even play a little hide-n-seek. i'm breathing better... with spiriva. announcer: spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled maintenance treatment for both forms of copd... which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. i take it every day. it keeps my airways open... to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announcer: spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden sympto

we are now observing the loss, the geneva convention. -- we are now observing the law is, at the geneva convention. that has been done. the problem is, obama got left with this population of prisoners in guantanamo whose rights were so violated by the bush administration that it is very hard bring the back into the courts. they have been tortured before. you cannot just put them on trial because their rights have been violated. the evidence that is against them has come from people who were tortured. those confessions should be thrown out in any decent american court. the problem is the evidence is tainted, the cases are tainted by everything bush did before, but these are very dangerous people, some of them, and you cannot just let them go free. tavis: what has obama said or what are we debating about the options? >> they have gone through this process of trying to figure out who is innocent so they can let them go. then they have tried to come up with charges against the people they can charge in court. they're working on that process now. i think the issue is, it is there a remaining

ordinarily and at the geneva conventions and the department of defense regulations there is a screening tribunals convened to make that threshold determination. are these people enemy combatants or are they p.o.w.'s? president bush decided that he would declare unilaterally that everybody at guantanamo was an enemy combatants and was not entitled two any rights that p.o.w.'s would have much less the rights to be released that in non-combat would have said the president in a good sense brought this problem on himself by not having the screening tribunals that are required by the geneva convention and that are required by department of as regulations. ultimately he brought the supreme court in, the supreme court said recently cannot have for six years people being incarcerated under pretty bad conditions not charged with any crimes, unilaterally declared to be enemy combatants with no opportunity whatsoever to contest that in violation of the geneva conventions so that is the nature of the guantanamo decision and frankly i think was the right decision. >> it is not too early to gauge this

the fact is that they are entitled to geneva protections under the geneva conventions which apply in rules of war. i did not know any time in american history where enemy combatants were given rights under the united states constitution. >> i mean, i do think, senator, there's a difference between their rights, for example, they would not be entitled to the rights under geneva for prisoners of war because these are -- >> no, they're rights under the treatment of enemy combatants. those under geneva convention's article three. but we now have a established that it is the view of the administration that enemy combatants or belligerents, whatever the new name that you'd like to call them, are now entitled to rights under the united states -- constitutional rights of u.s. citizens. >> well, not at all. i don't think that's right. i mean, both in terms of how we would describe this is as a due process requirement that applies to the commissions even if they are prosecuting enemy aliens and also i don't think it's right to equate the rights or the rules that are required for commission pro

those the geneva conventions of common article 3. >> yes. >> ok. thank you. but we now have established that it is the view of the administration that enemy combatants or bell lidge rents or whatever the new name that you would like to call them are now entitled to rights under the -- constitutional rights of u.s. citizens. >> not at all. i don't think that's right. both in terms of how we would describe this as a due process requirement that applies to the commissions even if they are prosecuting enemy aliens and also i don't think it's right to equate the rights or the rules that are required for commission proceedings against aliens necessarily with those that would apply against u.s. citizens. those might come out differently. this is an extremely complicated area of law. >> it certainly is. but your statement for the record is it's the administration's view that there is serious risks that courts would hold that voluntary statements of the accused in military commission proceedings is unconstitutional. therefore it means that they have some constitutiona

in geneva. world health organization says swine flu has spread to almost every country across the globe. 160 out of 193 w.h.o. member states. the chief police the pandemic is in the early stages and it is possible that two billion people could be affected before it is over. most of the cases have been relatively mild. first, the latest details from our correspondent. >> the bad news is that swine flu has spread virtually around fell world. the behavior of the virus is not changing so far. most people have mild symptoms. urgent measures have been taken to fight the disease. it has killed 800 people and infected too many to count. it is still early days for this global pandemic. the first vaccine began in australia, one of firsworst affected countries. drug companies will do well as the pandemic spreads. the makers of masks are also reporting good business. in britain, a special hot line was set up. the big concern for the world health organization is the ability of poor countries to respond. 150

they're not going to blanch at violating the geneva convention. when they come and waterboard one of our soldiers whether iran or the taliban, and argue that we're doing nothing that you didn't do, we're simply interrogating. this is not torture. it's going to put us face to face with our own hypocrisy. and i think that for those people that were not moved by the immorality of our torture program, they must, i hope, understand the impracticality of that program and how it endangers people like this soldier and american citizens held in iran and north korea and other nations. >> jonathan turley of george washington university. thanks as always. we appreciate it. >> thank you, david. >> you're welcome. >>> coming up, while nasa tries to return to the moon by 2020, one astronaut says the real goal should be mars instead. and is paula abdul and "american idol" on the verge of breaking up or will a fatter contract suddenly heal all wounds? when rachel joins you at the top of the hour inside the world of the family. c street members begin to speak out.

let's take a look at geneva before. and -- >> whoo! >> geneva now. hello darling. >> hello geneva. >> all right. daughters are you redid? >> yes. >> oh! >> and now take a gander at yourself geneva. >> oh, my gosh! wow! >> she doesn't look 72, does she, irls? >> you look awesome. awesome. >> come here by me. look right there. look at you. >> louis. the hair. >> what i wanted to do with geneva was to create the illusion of thicker hair. very common problem as time goes by is your hair becomes thinner. i added depth to the hair color. makes your hair look thicker. then lena gave her long layers. if you notice the part, it's not even a part, gives the illusion of more fullness on part. >> look at the daughters. i'm sorry. what do you say? >> oh, she's beautiful. >> i can't believe it. you had such long hair for so long. >> oh, awesome. >> what shoes did you put on her? let me see. are they comfortable? >> yes, they are comfortable. kind of. >> yes, but girls night out on the town. she can't be wearing those crazy socks with the shoes. >> we go to the --

conditioning techniques used to soften up detainees before interrogation and they are banned by the geneva conventions. they are heading, while standing, subjection to noise, sleep deprivation, and deprivation of food and drink. these techniques were outlawed by the british government in the 1970's since their use in northern ireland. the inquiry wants to know who approved or condone their use in southern iraq. counsel for the inquiry says we propose to follow the chain of command from the soldier on the ground up as far as it leaves. -- as far as it leads us. they say that the treatment began from the moment they were received as prisoners. some of the detainee's say toilets were flushed over their heads. a court-martial found only the corporal guilty of mistreatment, to which she confessed. the judge says he encountered a wall of silence and a closing of military ranks. if no one has ever been punished for the deaths in british custody of the man. >> of a lot of armed conflict -- >> the ministry of defence said it has done a lot to improve training since he died and it is cooperating wit

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they are banned by the geneva convention. they include putting -- hooding, a subject in a loud noise, and deprivation of water and food. the inquiry wants to know who condoned the use in southern iraq. the council for the inquiry said that they propose to follow the chain of command from the soldier on the ground as far as it leaves us. the rockies said the mistreatment began from the moment that they were detained as suspected insurgents. this is a reconstruction. some say that toilets were flushed over their heads. the court-martial found only court propane corpl. payne guilty of crimes that he confessed to. no one has ever been confessed -- convicted for the death of the innocent man. the ministry says it has done a lot to improve training and procedures since the man died. they say they are coordinating with the inquiry. they admit there are more lessons to learn. his father fought a long legal battle for the investigation. he and others have received together almost 3 million pounds in compensation. they want something e

. , article 3 of the geneva convention prohibits -- article 3 of the geneva convention prevents this, unless they afford all of the judicial guarantees that are considered essential by civilized people. that a military tissue can be regularly constituted by the standards of the military justice system, if there is a practical need that explains the deviation from the court martial practice. similarly, the court found that the judicial guarantees that are recognized as indispensable by civilized people requires a minimum that any deviation from the procedures be justified by evident, practical need. the supreme court found that the military commissions established by the military order of president bush on november 14, 2001 failed to make this task. the military commissions also clearly failed to meet this test as well, because they delayed from the court martial practice by preventing the use of coerced testimony, even when the direct evidence is available, and by establishing a presumption that the procedures applicable will not apply to military commissions. the failure to establish

this year is just london and what would like to do is add in two more cities next year, most likely geneva and rome. then we are going to add in india and the middle east and then expand into russia. we are going to add two cities each year, so the idea is to have 10 competing cities. it will be a city versus city championship ... it's great to work with the cities because you can work with the city's infrastructure and marketing budgets. >>reporter: an ambitious goal for such an elitist sport, but the organisers are serious about the series and thebusiness behind the idea. >>davies: it's approximately about 2 million production budget for this first year, of which we probably expect to lose about $1 million on this year one. already we've had a keen response from sponsors and would hope to move into breakeven next year and then begin to grow the series and make profits from years three and four, so it's a serious commitment on my part. >>reporter: the hope is that this country sport can tap in to a new urban fan base by following the successful model of the shorter and hugely successful f

in any event, we have language in the bill which incorporates the environment of the geneva ,.z for your wonderful l very testimony here. your carefully thought out testimony will be made part of the record. we'll now move to our second panel. >> how is c-span funded? >> i don't know. i think some of the government raised. i want to say for me. 30 years ago, they created c-span as a public service. no government mandate or government money. >> washington journal is next. we'll look at the day's news and take your calls. the united states house of representatives comes in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the house will work on agriculture spending for 2010. live house coverage is on c-span. .

i thought it might endanger our soldiers with article 3 of the geneva conventions. i thought it might undermine basic u.s. law. given that i'm really glad we're here today looking at this opportunity to revisit this important legislation. admiral macdonald, if i might turn to you, i was a member of the task almost three years ago and you testified about the importance ofress proits. and i want -- of reciprocity. i want to quote you. you said making a determination that if it's good enough for the united states it's good enough for us, and perhaps doing a lot of damage and harm of our service women -- our service men held and taken as a detainee. how do you think the military commission provisions in senate 1390 measure up in terms of reciprocity? are these provisions good enough for the united states in your view? >> yes, sir, senator, they are. i would get back to what senator levin said. you know, the two major points here that we have to be concerned about is the reciprocity issue, and are we creating a just and fair system. and i think we need to be prepared to

in fact, he was forced to make a prepared statement, and this is in violation of of the geneva conventions. we have decided not to air that video. we are showing just a single picture. the pentagon is calling it propaganda. he is clearly being coached by his captors about what to say, even being reminded of camera to say he misses his family. >> our commanders are sparing no effort to find this young soldier, and i would say my personal reaction was one of discussed at the exploitation of this young man. >> -- one of disgust. >> there is still some mystery over the circumstances in which he left the base without his weapon and battle gear. bret: we will continue to follow this one. the governors who operate within state budgets are worried about what health care reform will do to their bottom line. and a look back at one of the most famous events in human history. eeredit report dot com! tell your friends, tell your dad, tell your mom! never mind, they've been singing our songs since we first showed up with our pirate hats on! if you're not into fake sword fights pointy slippers and green

did in the bush administration, tossing the federal surveillance law into the obsolete pile at the geneva convention, and also argues that the presidency itself was created specifically because the founder wanted quick-moving action gear in charge of emergencies. care to respond? >> exactly right. our founding fathers obviously wanted george iii to remain at king of the kingdom of america. that's the new view. >> mr. yoo's reasoning is so bad, he actually takes the argument that you need a warrant to wiretap and it reads, you should not wiretap. is this dishonesty, or something else? >> it's dishonesty. he knows very well the statute doesn't require a warrant in the sense of a probe, the only thing required is the government has to show relevance that there is actual reason or motivation the national security concerned that motivate request for surveillance also authorizes the president and attorney general to authorize wiretaps and surveillance for a period of time without a warrant. so it gives much more flexibility than you suggest and as that piece. when should note that john yoo he r

committee for civil rights in geneva made a statement last year, last july calling on britain or warning britain to stop its level tourism because it is stifling free speech and political debate and from a u.n. organization to see something like that is nothing short of a miracle. so, maybe that will also help to move england and england would be nice to do it first. and there is some debate going on although i understand that in most being considered now is how to reconstruct the system for defendants and latin cases. but i hope the british law and the judges and the parliament will stop in and do something to change the law to allow more free speech. >> well, i blood agree and disagree somewhat with one of the last points andrew made. i think this first and foremost ought to be a diplomatic issue more than a judicial issue. frankly, i think that our whole approach to national security, which regards it in a knee-jerk way as mainly a legal challenge rather than a policy diplomatic military challenge and what ever different level of conflict we were involved in is just wrong. i think our

the geneva convention requires the detaining authority to allow an impartial decisionmaker to determine the question of status, whether or not you are a member of the enemy force, and see if i am right about a lot, that it that determination is there, there is no -- see i am right about the law that there is nothing about releasing someone who is still a threat. thank you. let's talk about your time as a warrior. the porter friedgen -- let's talk about your time as a l awyer. the porter regan -- puerto ric an group. how long were you a member of that? >> 10 years. >> during that time, part of -- >> i was a board member of the fund. >> are you familiar of the position that the fund took regarding taxpayer-funded abortions? the brief said they filed >> no, i never reviewed those briefs -- the briefs they filed. >> no, i never reviewed those briefs. >> they said taxpayer funds to have abortion, if you do not heard that, that is a form of slavery. -- if 9yoyou deny her that, that is a form of slavery. >> perhaps it might be helpful if i explained what the function of a board member is and w

normal and full protections of the geneva conventions. a person who is at war with the united states, as al qaeda has repeatedly announced that it is, who does its military activities without complying with the geneva conventions, deserve to be attacked. they deserve to be killed or captured by the united states military. and that's what we are doing. and if captured, they deserve either to be prosecuted or held until the hostilities are over. that's what the historic rules of warfare are. it's what we've always done, and we need not to be confused in this war and start treating it as if it's some sort of criminal activity, therefore, compromising our ability to be effective and placing at greater risk those individuals who we send in harm's way like the 217th military police group from prattville, alabama, who are going to iraq. we don't need to be confused about what this is. it's not a law enforcement operation. and we also adopted a -- an amendment last night that prohibited the intelligence communities of the united states, our agenc

the pentagon pointing out that even making this video, the taliban is essentially breaking all the geneva conventions. shepard: it is, by the letter of the law. jennifer, i still don't completely understand what happened in the beginning. this guy left everything that the troops carry with them right there. they said he had been having some problems. what's the back story here? >> well, that is the biggistry. if you talk to military sources, they are concerned that something went wrong in the mind of this soldier that caused him to leave the base without his gun, without his protective gear, leave in the middle of the night. he didn't show up the next morning when they called up roll call. if you listen to this video, in the video -- and this is clearly a forced statemented by the soldier. he says that he was captured by the taliban when he fell behind during a routine patrol. that is not what military sources are telling us what happened. i think we won't know the complete story here until he is returned and we get to the bottom of it. and that is what everyone is hoping will happen. she

the uniform code of military justice, and if captured, i would not be privy to protections under the geneva convention. >> this guy made a deliberate and political move, and he used the united states army to do it. he crossed the line between duty and personal politics how shameful the military has allowed him to do that. >>> coming up, sarah palin's numbers are taking a hit. i guess republicans don't like quitters, but the conservatives don't have a whole lot of options. the panel will be weighing in on the future. i mean republicans, who's your star? that's next on "the ed show." stay with us. welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre with its revolutionary web os. they're running multiple live applications at the same time. - ( thunder and rain ) - 3 million are using the simply everything plan. each is saving $1200 - over an at&t iphone plan. - ( cash register dings ) together that's over $3 billion. - enough to open a dunkin' donuts in space. - ( walkie-talkie sounds ) from america's most dependable 3g network. bringing you the first and o

and the legal concept i'm expousing is that under the law of war, article five specifically of the geneva convention requires the detaining authority to allow an importiant decisionmaker to determine the question of status. whether or not your a member of the enemy force. and see if i'm right about the law that if that determination is properly had, there is no requirement under the law of armed conflict to release a member of the enemy force that still presents a threat. i'd like you to look at that. now let's talk about your time as a lawyer. the puerto rican legal defense fund is that right? is that the name of the organization? >> it was then. i think -- i know it has changed names recently. >> okay. how long were you a member of that organization? >> nearly 12 years. >> okay. if not 12 years. >> during that time, you were involved in litigation matters. is that correct? >> the fund was involved in litigations. i was a board member of the fund. >> okay. are you familiar with the position that the fund took regarding taxpayer funded abortion? the brief they filed? >> no inever reviewed

makes me cough out the words "geneva conventions." what about the administration considering sending in active duty troops, sending the army into an american suburb to arrest people. what do we know what was going on there? >> first off, the intelligence was thin on the lackawanna group. there was a lot of debate on what to do. these guys were sitting around doing not much of anything. much of their engagements looked like jihadist summer camp. cheney had his eye on the 9-11 one-year anniversary. he wanted a big show. a show of force, a show of resolve, a show of expanded power. that's part of what i understand was driving cheney's desire to send troops into downtown lackawanna. >> for the political anniversary, for the political resonate anniversary, let's test the constitution, show how much we've changed as a country because of the anniversary? >> cheney is a big believer in demonstration models. to shape expectations and shape other people's actions. this was part of that thinking. now, it's interesting because up in lackawanna i

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and the legal concept i'm espousing is that under the law of war, article five specifically of the geneva convention requires a detaining authority to allow an impartial decisionmaker to determine the question of status, whether or not you're a member of the enemy force, and see if i'm right about the law that if that determination is properly had, there is no requirement under the law of armed conflict to release a member of the enemy force that still presents a threat. i would like you to look at that. thank you. now, let's talk about your time as a lawyer. the puerto rican legal defense fund, is that right? is that the name of the organization? >> it was then. i think -- i know it has changed names recently. >> okay. how long were you a member of that organization? >> nearly 12 years. >> okay. >> if not 12 years. >> right. during that time you were involved in litigation matters, is that correct? >> the fund was involved in litigations. i was a board member of the fund. >> okay. are you familiar with the position that the fund took regarding taxpayer funded abortion? the brief they fil

the geneva convention lays out the provision for tribunals. is not difficult to do, it is not an onerous. it is something the military can do easily but the administration determined that we were not going to have any tribunals. host: next phone call. caller: good morning. i'm calling from louisville, ky. my question is about the general of sudan. he is also a general. the congress is supposed to bring him to court for creating genocide in darfur. for someone like that, he started as a soldier. i am confused why he is not supposed to be in court. he was supposed to be in court in 2008 and there is still a genocide in darfur. i want to know what is going on. guest: i believe the international criminal court is working on this. i believe they will be seeking action host. host: here is another tweet. guest: i doubt it. it has happened in the past, it's happened in the civil war, and some of them were validated. host: broken arrow, arizona. good morning. caller: good morning. i read a book called "to ever presidency" recently -- "terror presidency

guest: at death geneva human- rights commission, it was so embarrassing, people walked out on him. i do not think that causes russia too many sleepless nights. again, russian and american interests are not always the same. mr. ahmadinejad is a troublemaker. host: next phone call, fairfax station. caller: i have heard about secret banking operations. our lifestyle has been hijacked by people like you, you neocons. i wonder how much people like you support someone like ron paul. host: let us go to the "financial times" where there is an article about disarmament. they talk about a key element of the meeting today when they come to an understanding on the starke pact which you referred to earlier. they will want to finalize an agreement by the end of the year when the pact expires when they will move to putting limits on the number of nuclear warheads they can possess, bringing the maximum to around 1500. is this a good agreement for the u.s.? guest: i do not think necessarily that it will be. i should preface that by saying the obama administration has not even done a review of its o

pentagon saying that the taliban, by releasing this video, which was made under duress, are breaking the geneva conventions. trace: thank you. martha: there is a deadline today and we have not heard much about it. perhaps the administration would like to forget about it. the president said he wanted to crack down on excessive spending, asking them to cut $100 million in savings per cabinet area. not much money when you consider the billions of dollars that we are talking about in terms of deficit and stimulus, but has the cabinet stepped up to the challenge? peter barnes is with me from washington, d.c. what is the background here? where are we on this? >> you will remember in april, he was talking about trying to control federal spending. at that meeting, he ask cabinet second trip -- cabinet secretaries to come up with $100 million in cuts of administrative deductions. now those 90 days have passed and technically the white house has until the end of the day to tell us where the cuts are, but so far they have not. a spokesperson, when we called and asked about it, said the the recommendations

remember the geneva convention? you can only show the name, rank, and serial number. they were clearly coaxing him through his statements. there was clearly someone prompting him from off-camera. this video was obviously made underdress, scripted, and the pentagon is upset that it has been put out. the family is requesting privacy. he is from a small town in idaho. the entire town has kept quiet. they knew that one of their own was taken. for three weeks they had stayed quiet at the request of the family. they are requesting that the media leave them alone right now. bill: that videotape is about 30 minutes long. are there any inaccuracies? >> we were told that the private had left the base without his weapon after his shift, without his body gardner -- body armor. in the video he says that he was captured because he fell behind on a routine patrol. that is not accurate. what is most striking is how this statement appears to be so forest. bill: we know how these kidnappings turn out in the theatre of war in iraq. what about kidnappings in this part of the country? >>

that is in violation of the geneva conventions. jon: thank you, jennifer griffin. jane: now to the tw u.s.o journalists who are jailed in north korea. there were sentenced to 12 years and a labor camp after they were found guilty of crossing illegally into north korea. today, hillary clinton spoke about what she hopes north korea will do. >> i want to reiterate what i said about a week ago that the united states wants to have these young women released and we would hope that the north korean government would provide amnesty and would act to let them come home. i know how sorry they are for what they did. it is very regrettable it is really something that would be an important action for the north koreans if they would be willing to take it. jane: you can see more of the interview at 10:00 eastern time. jon: just west of baghdad, a car bomb exploded today, killing two police officers. eight civilians were also hurt in that explosion. this happened hours after another bomb exploded. at least nine people were wounded in that attack. jane: the only surviving suspect th

said, the green president is an enemy of america, which is great from an@@@@$dd embarrassing speech in geneva as the human rights commission, i mean, it's so embarrassing that people walked out of the auditorium as he was speaking and holding kind of a collapsed after that. i do not think the causes russia to many sleepless nights. again, russian interests and american interests are not always the same and he is a troublemaker. host: ok, fairfax, virginia. i have heard about secret banking operations. our lifestyle has been hijacked by people like you, you neocons. i wonder how much people like you support someone like ron paul. host: let us go to the "financial times" where there is an article about disarmament. they talk about a key element of the meeting today when they come to an understanding on the starke pact which you referred to earlier. they will want to finalize an agreement by the end of the year when the pact expires when they will move to putting limits on the number of nuclear warheads they can possess, bringing the maximum to around 1500. is this a good agreement for the u.s.?

tom is on the phone from lake geneva, wisconsin. good morning. caller: i think our problem is most of our teachers in the inner city -- in milwaukee, they found out that teachers spend things on coffeepots, computers that they took home. i just wonder if we are just throwing bad money in for bad money and not just doing anything. are you going to be reporting on the police officer in cambridge? that is quite racial now, and the president mentioned it himself. i notice you have not read articles about that. host: it is " "obama, cop race storm." we talked about yesterday in terms of the president's response. caller: it has become a lot more escalated since yesterday with the police officer saying that he is a professional man. he tried to save reggie lewis, giving him mouth to mouth resuscitation. he is a leader in teaching police officers about profiling. so what the president said just as not bode very well. it is almost like he is talking abofrom the -- h is " rich lowry and "the new york post," says, "how dumb for sticking his nose in this." c

we've got carolyn in geneva. there's christine. nice to see you, christine. first, we'll kick off with becky in london. >> thanks, ross. that spot is ridiculous, isn't it? you can't see anyone in there. in the ftse 100, we have a positive session, about 0.5% higher overall. a real run of positive sessions running into the second week, as a matter of fact. so plenty of optimism in the market. amongst the biggest gainers today, helping us to the green arrow that we have overall, morrison is higher by about 7.9%. this is a uk super market company. they came out with a statement this morning in which they said they expect profits for the full year to be ahead of their previous expectations. they're cutting costs and making sales and that has sent the shares of morse jrison higher. we've seen the likes of sainsbury shifting higher. tesco, which is the biggest player in this sector is higher by about 7.75%. as we mentioned next, another company which came out with a statement this morning but one that's reacting negatively, shares of next on the ftse 100 after that

geneva smithem from michigan state university uses the term the language of wider education and what we call standard english rather than being standard is like the language of commerce, is the language in the business sort of commercial community, but it's not necessarily the language of in the macy. so, a lot of times, even at the university, to try to help students to understand this, the appropriateness of language to place, you could take a working class white kid who comes out of boston, who will come to northwestern university. and once he gets there, he knows the language of wider communication for him there is going to be some version of this standard thing. but, when he goes back home, and is hanging out with his cousins who were the not going to the northwesterns of the world, and he is hanging out in the pub drinking beer with them he will not speak the same way. he will speak the language that he grew up with, which is a particular dialect or version of english. that has functionality in terms of place. someone has said, actually the difference between the language -- a

in its 2006 decision in the hamden case, the supreme court held that common article 3 of the geneva conventions requires that the trial of detainees for violations of the law of war be conducted in a manner consistent with the procedures applicable in trials by courts martial and that any deviation from those procedures be justified by, quote, evident, practical need, closed quote. the supreme court said that, quote, uniformity -- the uniformity principle is not an inflexible one. it does not preclude all departures from the procedures dictated for use by courts martial but they be tailored that necessitates it, closed quote. that is the standard that the arms committee has tried to apply in adopting the procedures for military commissions that we have included in our bill. this new language addresses a long series of problems with the procedures currently in law. for example, relative to the admissibility of coerced testimony, the provision in our bill would eliminate the double standard in existing law under which coerced statements are admissible if they were obtained prior to december 30, 2

they said when the secretary of state met with someone before the war in geneva he made a clear statement. he said if you use non- conventional weapons our country will demand a regime-and in response. so the iraqis said -- a regime- ending response. but that did not stop them. they said, and this is a senior level, they said you did not go to baghdad in 1991. they saw me as a divided person. they saw me with the un have on but also as the american they could talk to. -- they saw me with the un hat on. the goal was to expel you from kuwait. they said i would say that to if i was in your shoes. you did not go because of the wmd's. they went on to explain that before the war we loaded aerial bombs and scud missile warheads with chemical weapons and biological ones. we delegated the authority to use them, and that was frightening to hear that. if the u.s. went to baghdad they would use this. they concluded that that deterred or contributed heavily to deterring the u.s. from going to baghdad in 1991. there are three things i have talked about here, the wmd's saved saddam hussein. they believe

concept and the legal concept i'm espousing is that under the law of war, article 5 specifically of the geneva convention requires a detaining authority to allow an impartial he decisionmaker to determine the question of status, whether or not you're a member of the enemy force. and see if i'm right about the law that if that determination is properly had, there is no requirement under the law of armed conflict to release a member of the enemy force that still presents a threat. i would like to you look at the that. >> certainly. >> thank you. now, let's talk about your time as a lawyer. the puerto rican legal defense fund, is that right? is that the name of the organization? >> it was then. i think it's -- i know it has changed names recently. >> okay. how long praw member of that organization? >> nearly 12 years. >> okay. if not 12 years. >> okay. during that time you were involved in litigation matters, is that correct? >> the fund was involved in litigation. i was a board member of the fund. >> okay. are you familiar with the position the fund took regarding taxpayer-funded abortion? the b