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Commission. he also testified about the attitude within the justice department once this new black panthers incident hit the national airwaves after the 08 election in part thanks to our own rick leventhal who happened to be on the scene. he heard justice attorneys dismissing it as no big deal, as a media-generated event. attorneys were down-playing the event to such an extent says adams that some within the department of justice actually called a meeting to no the naysayers a video of the incid...

Youve got some people right now working on beaches trying to clean up and make things pretty for their guests, getting tar balls off the beaches. are they going to be able to win this psychological battle there along the gulf coast, trying to get people to come down this holiday weekend? reynolds wolf is live for us. also this morning, this fourth of july weekend, over seas the new u.s. commander in afghanistan is talking to over 1500 of the troops there in kabul. that happened just a bit this...

Normally. but, will they be able to this weekend because of the oil disaster? a lot of the beaches still open, restaurants still open, but just for psychological reasons a lot of people have just been turned off of going to the gulf for vacation. will they be scared off this weekend? we will check in with reynolds wolf in the gulf this morning. also, the action on the field just not enough at the world cup. paris hilton making headlines in south africa, detained by police for a short time. wel...

It. his margin of victory in 08 was exclusively among latinos and african minutes. among the white vote the same as john kerry, a few more young, a few less old, still the same. blacks are still with him, but thektfv latinos arent this is a bid to try to introduce legislation, knowing it is going to fail. knowing the republicans will oppose it. so the latinos get mad at the republicans, forgive obama and come out and vote this is a very cynical, political ploy. particularly one where he knows we...

It. his margin of victory in 08 was exclusively among latinos and african minutes. among the white vote the same as john kerry, a few more young, a few less old, still the same. blacks are still with him, but thektfv latinos arent this is a bid to try to introduce legislation, knowing it is going to fail. knowing the republicans will oppose it. so the latinos get mad at the republicans, forgive obama and come out and vote this is a very cynical, political ploy. particularly one wre he knows well...

Bill may now be the dust could be settled. we dont know what the senate is going to do. but once these rules are set, then businesses could start recovering. same thing with dumping new regulations on them and new health care mandates. if we could get @ government off the back of the private sectors, small businesses could create jobs, and that would turn the economy around. >> this economic poo storm that started under president bushs administration, the disaster happened, as we all know, in th...

Theyre for big financial institutions. >> now, thats a good line from congressman barney frank. too bad its not true. high fives all around after passing their bankster bill in an attempt at so-called reform. lack of transparency, conflict of interest, you pick it. its entact. in fact, its the law. president obama praising this piece of legislative window dressing. that even more troubling. he says it will make the financial system more transparent. not really. it does include a one-time audit f...

Reform. will the house now move to get a bill passed first out of the house before the midterms? >> i think youll find the house ready and willing to do any big lift that the president believes is essential for the country. and we will succeed. but the problem is not the house. its the senate. there are 350 bills some extremely big important bills like the energy reform, like the jobs bills that are sitting in the senate. were waiting for a few kurnlgious republicans to stand up to help it the a...

Enough to lift the gloom. those are very strong words this morning from bob herbert. now joining me, stephen hayes, senior writer for the weeky standard, fox news contributor and juan williams, npr news analyst and fox news contributor. juan, what does it mean when you see bob herbert of the "new york times" really slamming the administration as we saw this morning? >> well, hes a strong liberal voice. i mean, i think that hes an african-american liberal voice, here really taking it to the admin...

>> it is, in fact, its the easiest path. oil is cheap. it is energy dense. it is easy to transport. we have taken and our politicians have taken, the easy path. >> thats right. >> i mean, thats what it all comes down to. >> dont just blame the politicians. >> all of us. >> its us. and thats what you mean by the dumbest crowd. all of us. >> thats exactly. but were to blame, too. and it came down to it when i launched my pickens plan, july of 08. i came down and i thought i may be the only person ...