thank you director mueller. not often enough in our country do we have people holding positions for which their background and learning and experience equip them for exceptionally well. i believe you are one of the most capable leaders we have in our country. you are utterly experienced in the matters you work with every day. i thank you and all the agents that work tirelessly to make sure we are not subject to another attack in our country. i know a lot of us were amazed last month when abmeghri, thank you for speaking that this was an unconscionable and unacceptable decision to release that murderer in the political environment he was released in made it even worst. every now and then a leader like yourself needs to speak out on those kind of issues and i appreciate that. the number of issues i would like to talk to you. i'm on the armed services committee and i need to be at this briefing on afghanistan. it's at a critical stage now, so i won't be able to stay throughout this hearing. some of the questions i'

thank you director mueller. not often enough in our country do we have people holding positions for which their background and learning and experience equip them for exceptionally well. i believe you are one of the most capable leaders we have in our country. you are utterly experienced in the matters you work with every day. i thank you and all the agents that work tirelessly to make sure we are not subject to another attack in our country. i know a lot of us were amazed last month when abmeghri, thank you for speaking that this was an unconscionable and unacceptable decision to release that murderer in the political environment he was released in made it even worst. every now and then a leader like yourself needs to speak out on those kind of issues and i appreciate that. the number of issues i would like to talk to you. i'm on the armed services committee and i need to be at this briefing on afghanistan. it's at a critical stage now, so i won't be able to stay throughout this hearing. some of the questions i'

i want to thank you, director mueller -- mueller, for the great service you've given this country after all these years. all i can say is you're one of the heroes in this country and so are all of those fbi personnel people who really protect us throughout all these years. i just want to tell you i sure appreciate you, but i was relieved when the census bureau chose to terminate its relationship with the association of community organizations for reform now commonly known as a.c.o.r.n. i'm deeply troubled concerning that organization and many other controversy, too, the disturbing behavior of a.c.o.r.n. employees was captured on video in a.c.o.r.n. offices in brooklyn, new york, baltimore, maryland, washington, d.c., and san bernardino, california, giving guidance on criminal activity. the filmmaker posting as a prostitution ringleader entered a.c.o.r.n.'s offices and how to maintain his enterprise and received tax credits for doing so. i was shocked what this advice included and among other things how to launder profits from an alleged prostitution ring that was going to involve undera

mueller. >> votes on the floor soon and i want to try and keep this going. people take turns going over the next set -- senator feingold first and then it will be senator kaufman and senator franklin. the rest of the list here... senator feingold, and senator frank and cobo char and senator cardin, senator feingold. >> let me begin, director, good to see you, and i'd like to associate myself with the senator's comments about violent crime in wisconsin, the overall trend of violent crime is being -- decreasing is heartening but i urge you to continue to work closely with the state and local law enforcement on these issues. director, as to the patriot act, 3 provisions of the act expire as we know at e the end of the year and critical information about their implementation has not been made public, information that i think would have a significant impact on the debate. during the debate on the protect america act in the fisa amendment act in '07-'08 i felt critical legal and factual information remained unknown to the public and members of congress, certainly

view of his policy, having lost thousands and thousands of years of experience and recalling director mueller saying after the fast abuses of the nsl came to light saying he took responsibility for having the experience and training in the field to properly monitor those nsl, and maybe we should pull back the nsl authority to fbi headquarters where the director has polled so much of the remaining experience. i just know when this past, that was not really an issue on the radar screen, but it does seem to make sense that could be a reason why there were so many abuses reported by the inspector general you just did not have the experience some officers going 25 years of experience in charge down at six with they are good people but experienced as make a difference i would be interested ask your comments whether that might be something we need to look as far as pulling power back to the fbi headquarters? tarullo like to hear from everybody if you have a comment. >> congressmen that is a very interesting suggestion clearly since the inspector general can now the fbi has tightened procedures and h

thank you director mueller. not often enough in our country do we have people holding positions for which their background and learning and experience equip them for exceptionally well. i believe you are one of the most capable leaders we have in our country. you are utterly experienced in the matters you work with every day. i thank you and all the agents that work tirelessly to make sure we are not subject to another attack in our country. i know a lot of us were amazed last month when abmeghri, thank you for speaking that this was an unconscionable and unacceptable decision to release that murderer in the political environment he was released in made it even worst. every now and then a leader like yourself needs to speak out on those kind of issues and i appreciate that. the number of issues i would like to talk to you. i'm on the armed services committee and i need to be at this briefing on afghanistan. it's at a critical stage now, so i won't be able to stay throughout this hearing. some of the questions i'

and what don mueller would call, rigidity. >> usta would go against everything i do. >> reporter: if he had it his way, he would bring one, final change to the rule books. >> i've been playing one racket and switching hand to hand for many years. i said, you know? why am i doing this? what's wrong with this? >> reporter: his idea is two-racket tennis. the first thing i noticed, picking up the ball is a lot more efficient. so, this is easy. as far as hitting the ball -- almost. it's hard because when my nondominant hand is not as strong. but with a little practice -- i'm killing it now. but no matter how valid his points are, the professor can't seem to win over the usta. >> you know what the game of tennis is? and it doesn't need to be changed. >> reporter: and the pros have some -- well, i guess you'd say back-handed compliments. >> i don't think there would be advantage of that because you'd be carrying the extra weight. >> i like my chances. >> reporter: when i challenged him one on two -- oh. he wins it all. linsey davis, abc news.

during a senate judiciary committee hearing today the fbi director robert mueller was asked if his agency is investigating the organization. >> i think the first time i heard of this incident to which you refer, was last evening. and, i, beyond that i do not know where we are, clearly given what you have said it's something in consultation with the department of justice that we would look at. >> four acorn employees have been fired. two in baltimore, two in dc. two others were suspended in new york. tonight on "world news with charles gibson" another sting operation video has been released, this one, an acorn san diego office. jake tapper will have a full report at 6:30 on abc2. >>> changes come with the one-year anniversary of the trooper 2 medevac crash. maryland house speaker michael busch reappointed a work group on emergency medical services. he says the system is complicated and requires continued legislative oversight because it relies on fire and rescue personnel. >>> authorities are investigating a suspicious white powder found on an envelope at nasa headquarters in washington, d

fbi director robert mueller and california governor arnold schwarzenegger among the latest to consider probes. jessica yellin gets to the heart of the story. >> reporter: these are the hidden camera videos that triggered a firestorm over grassroots activist group, a.c.o.r.n. behind the videos, two 20-somethings. hanna giles, seen here posing as a prostitute, and james o'keefe, pretending to be her pimp. the two are conservative filmmakers. according to her web biography, giles is the daughter of conservative writer doug giles, now an internet sensation, she's appeared on fox news. >> as i sat there, i was like, i cannot believe they're actually falling for this. and not necessarily falling for it, but what can we get them to say next. >> reporter: o'keefe says he's a filmmaker dedicated to exposing corruption he believes the mainstream media ignores. here he's in his pimp outfit on fox news. >> i think this is the future of investigative journalism and the future of political activism. >> reporter: the two have gotten results. since these videos were posted, the u.s. senate has voted t

this is fbi director robert mueller answering questions on capitol hill about monday's predawn raid on two apartments in queens, new york. >> you assure new yorkers and the american public that the situation is under sufficient control and there is no imminent danger that they are safe? >> i can say i do not believe there is imminent danger from that particular investigation. >> so far no one has been arrested. cnn affiliate ksa in denver says he went to new york to resolve an issue related to a vending cart issue and denies he has any ties to terrorism. >> i think the main thing he wants to understand is that he had absolutely nothing to do with this. he loves this country and living here. that's why he brought his family here. >> reporter: zazi was stopped by police before crossing the george washington bridge for what he was told a random drug stop. later his rental car was towed for alleged parking violations. the police asked if they could search the car and examine a laptop while it was impounded. zazi agreed. zazi's return visit to new york prompted fbi agents to raid the two ho

i mean it is probably the worst fear of fbi director bob mueller and our broader law enforcement and intelligence community, someone who has been assimilated into the country who is comfortable with the country, who is fairly well known in his community and neighborhood and yet deep inside this embrace of this ideology and evil is within him and makes his way comfortably out of the country and back in and then is at the center of this plot. >> geraldo: i understand the cia tracked him when landed in islamists mislamabad. can key assume that they are tracking people delegate back for this training. >> it seems as if zazi has many accomplices, some apparently still unknown. >> that is the -- there have been some public expression of a concern that perhaps the arrest was premature and his associates may have gone undercover. it is difficult to determine at this point. from my vantage point, geraldo, it looked close to the execution point. when you have all of the evidence that at least has been publicly disclosed and i suspect even more evidence that may be revealed at a later time, the

mueller. two years later appointed and later confirmed as u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 2006 he became the first assistant attorney general financial security of the justice department. in 2008 mr. wainstein was named security advisor in the portfolio covering coordination of the counterterrorism homeland security infrastructure protection and disaster response and recovery efforts. he has a b.a. from the denver city of virginia and from the university of california berkeley. mike german is a policy council for the civil liberties union washington legislative office prior to joining the aclu he served 16 years as a special agent with fbi we specialize in domestic terrorism and covert operations. he served as an adjunct professor for law enforcement in terrorism at the national defense university and as a senior fellow. he has a b.a. in philosophy from wake forest university and jd from northwestern university law school. i'm pleased to welcome all of you. you're written statements will be part of the record and it's in their enti

you talk about people like john mueller. >> this is the wilderness prophet, this scottish-born wandering who walks into yosemite and understands he could find god not with the dogmatic devotion of his father's faith which had whipped him until he memorized most of the old testament and new testament, but in the united states we could worship god on our own as we saw fit in the cathedrals of nature. and he began to write about this and convinced americans at this very critical moment in our history to save these places or we'd lose them. >> you say that a trip to a park should be a transformative experience, and actually, in the process of making this film, you were reminded of a transformative experience in your own young life. >> we were filming at yosemite, one of the first shots. i should have been dog tired. i told everybody, this is my first natural national park. i had been to the historic battle fields for the civil war, but i couldn't sleep. and all of a sudden, i realized that in 1959, when i was 6 years old, when my mom was dying of cancer, our house was a dim and demoralized p

one and as you said earlier, quality equities in the small cap pace or larger cap manager like bill mueller's legg mason capital management. >> bill miller's resume is stellar but he suffer some upsets in the recipient market dislocation. let's get your take on what is happening around you. competition is getting bigger. what do you make of the black rock deal to acquire i.-shares assets. >> i think it is a strategically a smart move. the one risk is burning that back for shareholders. strategically it makes a lot of sense. we have respect and competitive instincts for larry. >> as far as money moving into the market, people are risk averse yet there is all this money on the sidelines. what are you seeing in terms of the investor mentality? some people are wondering if this market has gotten away from itself given we are still waiting to see how strong the recovery will be. >> there is a footnote. if you look at emerging market equities, those economies and markets came back strong and thv flows back into those funds have been profound. so investors are responding to areas that are showing im

mueller. two years later appointed and later confirmed as u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in 2006 he became the first assistant attorney general financial security of the justice department. in 2008 mr. wainstein was named security advisor in the portfolio covering coordination of the counterterrorism homeland security infrastructure protection and disaster response and recovery efforts. he has a b.a. from the denver city of virginia and from the university of california berkeley. mike german is a policy council for the civil liberties union washington legislative office prior to joining the aclu he served 16 years as a special agent with fbi we specialize in domestic terrorism and covert operations. he served as an adjunct professor for law enforcement in terrorism at the national defense university and as a senior fellow. he has a b.a. in philosophy from wake forest university and jd from northwestern university law school. i'm pleased to welcome all of you. you're written statements will be part of the record and it's in their enti

at a senate hearing today, fbi director robert mueller was asked about the questions raised in a series of video take in a.c.o.r.n. offices. >> the first i heard of this incident to which you refer was last evening. and beyond that, i do not know where we are. clearly given what you said, it's something in consultation with the department of justice that we'll look at. >> a.c.o.r.n. today said it's taking steps on issues raised in those video, including sending employees to sensitivity training. a.c.o.r.n. in the videos seen and heard. there are calls in the senate for an investigation of a.c.o.r.n., house republicans funding the legislation to bar a.c.o.r.n. from receiving any federal money whatsoever. a.c.o.r.n. now receives an estimated 40% of its funding from the federal taxpayers. >>> president obama has faced a sharp round of criticism for the unprecedented number of czars he's appointed. president obama has named over 30 czars, so far, many of them to top policy making positions. but known of those advisers are subject to senate hearings or vetting. now, many in congress are dema

on c-span 3 today, the senate judiciary committee hears testimony from fbi director robert mueller. live coverage of this oversight hearing begins at 10:00 a.m., eastern time. later, another senate hearing looks at the future of manned space flight. we'll hear about a recent nasa review of options for the u.s. space agency. that begins live at 2:30 a.m. -- p.m., eastern on cspan 3. you can watch all of our live event on our website, c- span.org. >> next month, take a rare visit inside the supreme court as we talk to the justice is about the role, traditions, and history of the court. >> he wouldn't come in here because he thought the building was so a leopard and would go to his head. maybe he was right. it has become a symbol of the court system. there is a need for stability and the rule law which is what america stands for. >> that starts october 4, on c- span. cspan offers teachers free teaching resources and our judicial system. go to cspan classroom duckboard. >> coming up today, washington journal is next. later, live coverage of the u.s. house of the following morning speech

when asked about what is shown on the tapes, fbi director robert mueller said the fbi would look into it. >>> we're keeping an eye on a news conference in new haven in the case of yale graduate student annie le who was killed. we learned that this press conference with the media is all set up for -- that's a live picture you're seeing -- pushed back to 8:00 a.m. now. we'll bring it to you as it happens. 8:00 a.m. now. >>> seven minutes past the hour. see what kind of day you're going to have today. i'm about done with the rain. maybe you are too if you have been hit with it all week. >> i wish i was, too. mississippi, alabama, arkansas, pounded with heavy downpours. look at the area of low pressure. it hasn't moved much at all in the last two to three days. the clouds continue to come up out of the gulf of mexico. that's very rich moisture source obviously. heavy downpours are out there. and now watching the clouds extend all of the way in toward virginia with rain but high pressure trying to build down through the northeast. let me take you live to new york city as high pressure buil

according to director mueller this provision has been used over 230 times. the terrorist threat did not end on september 11, 2001. just last week federal authorities disrunned a potential -- disrupted a potential al-qaeda bombing plot that stretched from new york city to denver and beyond. it's time for this community to act. we must not allow these critical counterintelligence tools to expire and i look forward to hearing from today's wrnss and -- witnesses and yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you i must say i wish i was as confident as the gentleman from wisconsin that this session has only weeks to go. i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee mr. conyers for an0% statement. >> thank you chairman nadler and i wanted to thank jim sensenbrenner for his recapitulation of those days in the judiciary committee of where so much happened. i'm also pleased to see tom evans our former colleague from delaware back on the hill. now, the patriot act is nearly 8 years old after many hearings and multiple inspector general reports of t

homeland security chief janet napolitano and robert mueller will testify. this will be the first committee meeting for ted kennedy's replacement as new senator paul kirk. >>> john travolta expected to be back on the witness stand this week. two people are accused of trying to extort $25 million from him while he tried to get medical help. jett travolta died after a seizure. this is a liable form for an ambulance company. yesterday lawyers testified saying the document could the detrimental. >>> utah-based western watts faces a $550,000 penalty, the highest of its kind in u.s. history. investigators say that 13-year-old kids were manning phone banks for market research and political surveys, and they were overworked, 14 and 15-year-olds, as well, involved in this case. western watts disputes the fine and is appealing it at the moment. >>> let's talk about a california woman who says her bank raised the interest rate on her credit card for no good reason. that's what she said, but she did not accept it quietly. in fact, she decided to take this to the public

on c-span3 tomorrow, the senate judiciary committee hears testimony from fbi director robert mueller. live coverage of this oversight hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. and later, another senate hearing looks at the future of manned space flight. we will hear about a recent nasa review for options of the u.s. space agency. that begins live at 2:30 p.m. eastern also on c-span3, and you can watch all of our live events on our website, c-span.org. >> congressman ron paul wants to hold the federal reserve accountable for the country's economic crisis. even more, he wants to end the fed. sunday, he talks about his new book on c-span2's "b ooktv." >> next month, we talk about the history of the court. >> the reason the justice would not, is because he said the building was so a labyrinth, it would go to his head, and he was right -- the reason the justice would not come here is that the building was so of labyrinth, it would go to their head. -- it was so elaborate. >> c-span's offers free teaching resources on our judicial system. -- c-span offers free teaching resources. >> now, k

were asked by director mueller to leave the facility. >> so when you look at the office of legal counsel opinion of may 30, 2005, on page 10, here's what the office of legal council said was the fact. interrogations o zubaydah again once enhanced techniques were employed, furnished detailed information regarding al qaeda's organizational structure key operatives and modus operandi him and identified ksm as the mastermind of the september 11 attacks. you have informed us that zubaydah also provided gnificant information onto operatives, including josÉ padilla who plan to build and detonate a dirty bomb in the washington, d.c., area, and the quote. from your posion at the actual interrogation o avenues of viacom you know that statement not to betrayal. >> yes, sir. >> oneptember 6, 2006, president bush statethe following. within months of september 11, 2001, we captured a man named abu zubaydah. we believe that zubaydah was a senior terrorist leader and a trusted associate of osama bin laden. zubaydah was severely wounded during a firefight that brought him into custody and he survived on

unprecedented resources are being poured into it, but let me remind you that the director of the fbi, robert mueller, told congress the other day that he did not believe that any threat was imminent. kiran, back to you. >> all right, it would be interesting as this investigation develops and they try to find more information and perhaps get some information out of this person as well. jeanne meserve for us this morning, thank you. >>> also this morning, the white house is fine-tuning a media blitz to push for health care reform. it's going to be hard to miss this media blitz if you live anywhere on earth. political joes this weekend, up to five of them, also david letterman's late-night stage. the president will be pulling a page from his campaign playbook, hoping overexposure will help convince people that now is the time to act. but as our dana bash reports, behind all those cameras, the fight to pass health reform in congress could be taking new stumbles. >> reporter: kiran and t.j., there's no doubt what senate finance committee chairman max baucus is proposing is more centrist, less liberal tha

fbi director robert mueller has signaled potential federal investigation of a.c.o.r.n. the group order its own independent probe of these incidents. as a lawyer the president represented a.c.o.r.n. in a lawsuit over illinois motor voter law. >>> a controversial health care reform measure faces its first challenge this week. the senate finance committee will take up the bill. already lawmakers from both parties want to change it. it does not include a public option which some democrats insist is necessary. it does require people to have health insurance, which critics say amounts to a tax increase. president obama denied that when he pushed health care reform on the sunday morning talk shows. he said, right now people are paying higher premiums to cover costs of those who elect not to get insurance. >>> a 20-year-old man who rapped and about the thrill of killing is the spix of a past somewhere three owe people. richard alden mccroskey the iii faces one murder charge. he calls himself syko sam and records music called horror core which uses violent lyrics. police found t

of course, we welcome the director robert mueller back to the committee. as senator sessions and i were saying to director mueller just before we started, there is a briefing under way on afghanistan. that's why a number of senators have to be gone. others may be delighted to be here. i see senator grassley, my old friend of decades here, probably would rather be here than finance these days. but i appreciate director mueller's continued dedication to work with congress to ensure the fbi can effectively pursue its critical missions of law enforcement and national security while maintain the values and freedoms that define us as americans. last month they announced a heightened role for the fbi with a formation of a high-value detainee interrogation group. that interrogate the most dangerous and high value terror suspects. the group ran together experienced professional interrogators, analysts, subject matter, expert, linguists from across the intelligence community, law enforcement community, department of defense. it's going to be housed within the fbi. i