i live up the road in hollywood, florida. i wrote a book called hollywood gambler thomas story about the unsolved murder of dust gus guo. we all now know there were no massive weapons of mass destruction. i would like to comment on your experience and how that may relate to our current conflict in afghanistan. >> as i indicated, i was chairman of the intelligence committee at this time and beginning in the late part of 2001 with our counterparts in the house we lost a congressional inquiry into 9/11. that had been all-consuming through the summer of 2002. at that point it became obvious that the administration was starting to sound the drumbeats for of war in iraq. the president had made a very highly publicized speech in cincinnati. the vice president had been speaking before every group that would invite him to say bad things about saddam hussein. so we put aside for three weeks 9/11 and held a series of closed-door sessions on the situation in iraq. the head of the cia at that time was george tenant. george presented us wi

i live up the road and hollywood florida and i wrote a book called hollywood gamblers about the unsolved murder of the former founder of miami's of spark a wish your experience of the iraq war and the buildup? we know there was no weapons of mass destruction and no connection between al qaeda and sadam hussain. could you comment on your experience and how that may relate to our current conflict in afghanistan? >> i was chairman of the intelligence committee at this time and beginning in the late part of 2001 with our counterparts in the house we launched a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that is the all consuming through the summer of 2002. at that point* it became obvious the administration was starting to sound the drumbeat for a war in iraq. the president had made a highly publicized speech and a vice president was speaking before every group that would invite him to say bad things about sadam hussain and so we put things to the side for three weeks and held a series of closed-door sessions on the situation in iraq. the head of the cia was george tenet and he presented us with a very

. >> michael: now taking the charge from guzman or was it a hollywood performance. >> joe: it wasn't a chest and type of charge. it is a call and. >> michael: higgins made it. talk about the palestra being legendary. how about higgins. went to the offensive glass he got held and that foul. it is going to go on williams. that's number 2 on williams a 6'8" junior. >> joe: everyone tries the prop, looks like it is being rewarded. cannot guard a guy when you are propping. >> michael: delaney off the screen. and he will stick a 3. 3 for 3 here in the second half. here are the hokies back down by 5. >> joe: they need it elespecially with allen with 3 fouls. >> michael: spin to the hoop could not cash it out. become to virginia tech. and saw ryan brooks with a pretty move. no result. the first half and virginia tech and finish add take their own medicine. >> michael: the whist sideline fast and furious. the first three minutes. out of the locker room. >> michael: got started on a fourth jumper that went down. this is brooks. >> joe: temple playing without fernandez. down hard in the first m

what does that say about hollywood the you have a movie of jake lamotta but no movie of ray robinson? >> one film critic wrote to on the 20th anniversary of the re-release of raging bull, he said and i write about this coming he says something very funny has gone on in that movie. scorsese missed the sugar ray robinson and storey. that is true. people watching the movie movie, you leave with the feeling that jake lamotta got the best of sugar ray robinson but that is partly 77 in a weird way has affected hour of memory and a cultural impact of that movie that he is more spectral they and he should be as a person he was one of the best fighters of the 20th century. and is such an interesting subject matter and so many questions to keep coming back to but the tableau going on around it but he enters the end of his fight career as a simple movement movement -- civil-rights movement expose. what is his posture towards the movement and his fighters like muhammed ali that make even more bold challenges to power? where was he? >> guest: first, there was a gap the 195-23-1935 he the best midd

what does it say about hollywood and you have this movie about sheikh lamotta priest as the movie of the 1980's and there is no movie about reef robinson? >> guest: there is the film critic david thompson who wrote on bup 20th anniversary of the re-release of raging bull. he said and i write this in the book, he said something very funny has gone on in that movie. he said scorsese missed the sugar ray robinson story. i think that's true. people watching the movie you leave with the feeling that sheik lamotta got the best of sugar ray robinson. hardly so. >> host: hardly so. and in a weird way it's affected our memory of sugar ray robinson, the cultural impact of that movie was that he's more spectral than he should be as a person considered the best pound for pound fighter of the 21st century. now, it is such an interesting subject matter, sugar ray, and there are so many questions that keep coming back but let's try to flush out more about the tabloid going all around. sugar ray robinson is entering the sort of end of his fight career as the civil rights movement explodes around him

but does it say about hollywood that you have this movie about jake lamotta praised as the great movie of the 1980's and there is no movie about ray robinson? >> guest: there was the film critic david thompson who root of the 28 anniversary of the re-release of raging bull. he said, and i write about this in the book, he said that something very funny has gone on in that movie. he says scorsese missed the sugar ray robinson story. >> host: yes. >> guest: and i think that's true. people watching the movie you leave with the feeling that jake lamotta got the best of sugar ray robinson partly so. >> host: hardly so. and i think in a weird way it is affected our memory of sugar ray robinson, the cultural impact of that movie is that he's more spectral as he should be for the best pound for pound fighter of the 20th century. now, it is such an interesting subject matter of sugar ray and there are so many questions it keeps coming back to but let's try to flesh out in a little bit more about the tabloid going on around it. sugar ray robinson is entering the sort of end of his fight career as

confident that having met these chevron drillers who are going to the ends of the earth literally to get hollywood they will find a way to get it. you know to me i don't think it really matters whether we hit peak oil in 2005 or in 2050 or whenever. because i think the bigger problem are the environmental implications, the military implications and the costs related to burning the oil that make it, you know -- that make the oil system obsolete. i think that the peak oil discussion is kind of misleading because it's not really taking into account that, you know, the real challenge is not getting the oil. we're really good at innovating. and i think it's probably possible. a couple of weeks ago you probably saw there was a story about the fact that, oh, they found this great new find in the ultra deep, you know, gulf of mexico and actually, you know, there's a big uptick of new discoveries. it distracts from the real question. and the real challenge, which is finding, you know, ways to use cleaner technologies which aren't going to have the hidden costs of, you know, environmental, political hidden

that americans and cubans openly discuss human rights and market-based economics and hollywood movies on streets, beaches and cafes throughout cuba and take the u.s. government out of the business of deciding what should be discussed and which americans should do the talking. the freedom to travel is an important threat running throughout american history. from the settlement of the west to the road trips inspired by author jack to the exploration of outer space. the to the travel ban is squarely at odds with this uniquely american value and constitutes a disturbing infringement on the right of our citizens to freedom of speech, association and trouble except under the most extreme circumstances the government has no business telling us where we should go or with whom we should talk. it is beyond absurd the treasury department through a humiliating licensing process is in the position of deciding which american church groups can and cannot visit religious leaders on the island and which of our artists and musicians are allowed to collaborate freely with their cuban counterparts. this