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That would be a pr disaster but their right under the constitution. >> i want to hit a couple other things. people say theres a $75 million liability cap thats in place and congress has their knickers in a bunch and we have to raise the liability cap. that liability cap first of all only pertains to -- does not apply to cleanup costs. secondly it doesnt apply in a case where federal regulations have been violated or in cases of gross negligence, right? >> the liability cap in my view was bad for...

Him? >> what you talkin about? >> the judge will decide i think there is no question about the marriage. hes divorced. is it going to be ashes in the railroad track, ashes in hawaii? thats going to be the resolution, going to take a judge. >> what month law marriage? >> no such thing. >> doesnt apply in utah? >> no legal aeffect. no. >> rich art, how did you see this playing out? can there be a let challenge of his will by shannon price? >> like tears of a clown, very sad case, all kinds of chal...

$200 million -- are must have items. >> well -- >> neil: who draws the line on must-haves. >> the career politicians do, neil. we pass pay go, the president signed pay go. the idea is if youre going to increase spending, you cut something somewhere else. we vitalled that a total of $172 billion. then we declared things that dont violate pay go as emergencies so it doesnt apply. the last unemployment extension and doctor payment fix were declared emergency and that was another $18 billion and we ...

Difficult. you open up the pandoras box? oh, were going to have so much litigation on our hands. fourth, congress doesnt have the power to chip away the fourth amendment. thats a basic right. thats a bill of rights. and police chief timmoney, ironically when it came up in the supreme court, law enforcement officials weighed in saying they wanted miranda, because it made law enforcement to be effective and professionalized. >> correct. >> let me go to that issue. supporting that miranda shouldnt ...

Bp is responsible for this leak. bp will be paying the bill. but as president of the united states, im going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis for as long as it continues. >> it wasnt our accident, but we are absolutely responsible for the oil and cleaning it up. >> dozens of lawsuits have been filed and theres growing movement to raise the cap on how much bp might have to pay in damages. jeffrey is a law professor at cornell university, an expert in environmental law. how much does i...

Reform? many people say yes. the problem is, it carries with it unintended consequences for the lawmakers who are willing to tackle it. >> well, i think its -- i think its over time. i think when you hear out the foks in arizona as to what motivated this, its not racism. there are very practical considerations of what has transpired there, not the least of which has been the violence -- >> i would argue -- because i used to live in southern california. my family lives in arizona. i know how big ...

Behavior. the military wants to be seen as different. if a military person is taken hostage, they want the government to own up to the fact that he is in the military and want to be brought home. cia doesnt apply. there rules governing what the military can and cant do. what information they can collect and who they can use as intelligence assets. as i said, we need more details about how this operation went down to find out exactly whether the legality and rules were broken. >> for criminal inv...

Damages but more importantly its not always about litigation is it about a win or risk on benefit. it may be we dont know what the lease says, if there is a termination clause where either party could say 30 days out, but practically speaking when you are advising an organization like this you do not necessarily say, hey, lets go fight it in court. in the long run it may not be to their benefit. >> the other thing on the first amendment. a lot of people, say the first amendment, constitution, ri...

>> lets first start with basic civics. in the u.s. senate all it takes it 41 votes to stop a bill in its tracks. so even though democrats have a big majority its not big enough. republicans have enough votes to block health care. all those red votes are enough. there is a way around this and its called reconciliation. big word, simple concept. its basically a rule that says in some circumstances you can pass a bill the way most of us probably think the senate works, with a simple majority. just ...

On budget bills. you know, taxing and spending, stuff thats just too crucial to hold up. republicans say it would be an outrageous violation of the rules to use it to pass health care that just doesnt apply. democrats they say stop whining, get onboard or get ready for reconciliation. sanjay? >> so can they use reconciliation to pass a health care bill? i mean, is that even on the table? >> whats the bottom line? the answer is yes, they can. its been used on health care measures plenty of times....