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Program Name :	CleanTV News for Thursday, July 15, 2010
Category :	TODAY'S NEWS
Program Description :	Today’s News Stories include: 1) Prosecution rests abruptly in Blagojevich trial. 2) Treasury Department indicates federal government has built up a one trillion dollar budget deficit so far this fiscal year. 3) A judge has ruled that two Christians fired by the University of Texas at Arlington for praying for a fellow employee, will get their "day in court." 4) The Parents Television Council has slammed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York for its ruling in the Fox v. FCC case, "green lighting" the airing of unedited profanity at any time of day on broadcast television. 5) United States Court of Appeals struck down a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling forbidding judicial candidates from disclosing their political party affiliation. 6) Police say man from Maine burned Mercedes and uploaded the fiery picture to Facebook, leading to his arrest. Full CleanTV News Transcript (10 minutes): This is CleanTV family-friendly national news on demand. I’m Jerry McGlothlin reporting what’s happening on Thursday, July15, 2010. ----------- Story #1: The defense team of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been caught off guard by how quickly the prosecution is resting its case. Prosecutors have already called their final witness and have indicated they will rest this week. Consequently, the Defense has asked Judge James Zagel for a recess of at least one week. But the logistics involved in re-scheduling the testimony of high level witnesses like (graphic) White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett are formidable, further complicating matters for the Defense. (end graphic) Zagel has already said he will grant a one week delay under certain circumstances and seemed to indicate that a one week recess would be the maximum allowed. Also making news is the testimony of lobbyist John Wyma, who testified under oath that Rahm Emanunel contacted him and asked him to approach former governor Blagojevich with a message from then president-elect Barack Obama, saying Obama wanted Blagojevich to appoint Valerie Jarrett to the Senate seat. This is noteworthy because it provides even further evidence that Obama's claim in the days after Blagojevich's arrest on December 9th, 2008 - that he had no contact with the Governor - was a bold face lie. We’ll now roll the tape of Obama’s clear words on this matter right out of his own mouth. (PLAY VIDEO from 2:55 until 3:44 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWib5SeNv8 (video on day of Blago’s arrest with Obama saying he had no contact with Governor Blagoyjevich’s office). The defense filed a motion to subpoena Obama on April 22nd but it was denied by Judge Zagel. Critics of the president say these inconsistencies bolster the case made in the motion to subpoena him. Notwithstanding the ruling on delay of the trial, Zagel's rulings throughout the trial in matters involving Obama have consistently benefited this temporary occupant of the White House. ---------------- Story #2: We know the Obama administration’s plan was to spend our way out of the recession with money we did not yet have. The question is…just how much of that non-existent money has been squandered so far this year? The answer might amaze you. Figures just released by the Treasury Department indicate the federal government has built up a (FULL SCREEN graphic of deficit cartoon) one trillion dollar budget deficit so far this fiscal year…with another three months to go. (end graphic) The stunning debt totals could have been even higher if moderate Democrats and Republicans had not blocked the creation of certain federal jobs, long-term unemployment extensions, and funds to cash-strapped states. Obama’s big spending ways were strongly rebuked at a meeting of the G-20 in Canada, where world leaders instead expressed an interest in cutting government deficits, worldwide. --------------- Story #3: A judge has ruled that two Christians fired by the University of Texas at Arlington for praying for a fellow employee, will get their "day in court." The women were fired in 2006 for praying at work after hours for the coworker, who at the time was not even aware of their desire to pray for her needs. Officials at U.T.A. in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, claimed the women were fired because (graphic) praying for someone was a form of "harassment." Judge Terry R. Means of the Northern District Court in Texas says, "Can a prayer for someone constitute harassment when the alleged object of the prayer is unaware of it? This court suspects not." (end graphic) The two women worked in the university development department and are now being represented by Jeff Mateer, the general counsel for the Liberty Institute. Mateer says, "These two women, on their own time, took the initiative to simply pray for peace and harmony in their office, and were rewarded by being fired. We are glad that Linda Shifflett and Mickey Shatkin will now get their day in court, and are hopeful that the truth will prevail." ------------------ Story #4: The Parents Television Council has slammed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York for its ruling in the Fox v. FCC case, "green lighting" the (graphic) airing of unedited profanity at any time of day on broadcast television. In April 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the FCC's authority to apply the broadcast decency law to so-called "fleeting" expletives on the public airways. (end graphic) The three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC policy of allowing the government to issue fines against broadcasters is a violation of the network's First Amendment rights. The decision stemmed from the case of rock singer Bono, the front man for U2 used a profane word when he received an award during the live broadcast of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards. Patrick A. Trueman, former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section declared, "This ruling only increases the public's belief that government is out of touch with the public and out of step with the U.S. Constitution." ---------------- Story #5: We are pleased to announce that Kentucky attorney and CleanTV contributor, (graphic) Marcus Carey won a major battle in defense of free speech today when the United States Court of Appeals struck down as unconstitutional several rules of the Kentucky Supreme Court which Carey had contended violated the First Amendment. In the suit Carey brought in his own name, he was represented by the James Madison Center for Free speech through attorneys James Bopp Jr. and Anita Woudenberg. (end graphic) According to the decision, Carey was a candidate for the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2006 and censored himself under the then existing rules which prohibited candidates in judicial elections from identifying their political party, participating in raising campaign money and answering questionnaires like the one submitted to all candidates by Kentucky Right To Life. Today’s decision affirmed Carey’s position in the lawsuit that the Kentucky Supreme Court was acting in contravention of the First Amendment. In response to the victory, Marcus Carey said, “I took an oath to defend the Constitution and today’s decision is a wonderful affirmation that I have been true to that oath.” Judges in Kentucky are elected by the public in a general election in November CleanTV asked Mr. Carey if he would ever run for judicial office again. His response? “Never say never.” ---------------------- Story #6: Some people want to be famous, just a little too badly. 36-year-old Asgard Gilbert from the relatively obscure state of Maine appears to have wanted some attention and recognition for one of his alleged dubious accomplishments: (FULL SCREEN graphic) lighting a Mercedes-Benz car on fire and catching the fireworks on film. Quite proud of his fiery photography, the man posted the videos of the burning Mercedes on Facebook. (reduce graphic to box) Unfortunately for him the local police also go to Facebook. Authorities seized his computer and cell phones to try to determine if he was the one who burned the car or merely filmed and uploaded the images of the burning car. If convicted, the fine for this prank is 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. By the way, this picture of the (FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC again) burning Mercedes is not from Belfast, Ireland, but courtesy of the Police Department of Belfast, Maine, who posted this (reduce graphic to box) burning car image on their own Facebook page! (end graphic) ----------------------- And with that, we've burned up our remaining time since this concludes today’s edition of CleanTV family-friendly news. Thank you for watching. I’m Jerry McGlothlin reporting.
Total Duration :	10 Minutes

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