identify their ancestry as flim noe american, making it the second largest asian-american community in the united states and whereas earlier this year california star leyland yi passed the bill sell -- acknowledging the importance of flill -- filipino americans in our history, now be it resolved that gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco, in recognition of the bonds between the philippines and america do hereby proclaim october, 2009 as filipino history month in san francisco. i'd like to give this honor to our deputy general consul, santos. at this time i'd like to welcome my colleague and friend lisa ongoing who -- ong who serves as liaison to the office of community affairs. lisa? >> thank you, hydra and thank you call -- all for being here today. i know the circumstances in getting here might have been a little more difficult for some of you but i do appreciate you coming out on behalf of the mayor to help celebrate filipino american month. the mayor was here earlier to stop by and say hi and make sure everyone recognizes the importance of of the filipino community in the united

african-americans and asian- americans. do you novak when the agent exclusion act, the chinese exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- america

i already have the american spirit. i am proud to be here and i really appreciate the spirit of committing to things and being honored and being collaborative. when i flashed back to my career, i think about what an artist can do is a teeny tiny thing. i want to contribute to the hall human society. what art can do is just this tiny bit. >> your invitation has already proven to be a great success and we really look forward to spending time with your sculpture. thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> thank you for being part of this project. >> thank you for watching. join us for future episodes. you can>> many people are not af this building was built in 1936. as a board to preserve the history and make the students aware of that history. the partnering between sfmoma and the arts commission means they will be more aware of the artwork that we have here, the artists that painted a, and the history behind this itself. >> students came from george washington, and it was wonderful to have them on a panel. people fro

they were the architects of the american and russian space programs. in the battle to reach out to space. and make their first attempts to reach for the stars in their childhood as a boy in the soviet union so gay designed simple ideas but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated rocket propelled craft as for venice at the age of twelve he created a prototype rocket by equipping a crate with fireworks he also built a walking wagon that he launched in his hometown and apparently this wagon in the ad had. rockets he had made on it and it. ran down the main street of his hometown and. who was von braun's long time private secretary says venet attracted police attention many times for firing things into the air nowadays buckbee often takes people on a tour of the space museum in huntsville where each exhibit is related to von braun . but the best storyteller of. exploits is his only daughter natalia she wrote about him in three volumes of memoirs simply titled my father. with these this is a picture of the first soviet rocket it was launched on

it's going on all over the world it just seems like america or the americans or american citizens are just kind of sleeping right now i don't know i don't know if they understand what's really going on in the world or how it effects affects them or affects us because on american citizens we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know we become just like people in third world countries. look to america and say you know you guys are really seem like you got it together you know. it's not really together it's just a facade of you know everybody is the make up is there but behind the make up is kind of like kind of like chaotic if it's not a democracy here in the united states what is it that's a good question it's a good question. when people can speak up when they can have a peaceful protests. about injustices that's in the community is for something as small as from police brutality to what's going on and with the oil spill. and be active when you have the people dissatisfied what was going on with the policies then you have to wake up in the morning president o

pakistan is virtually the whole population regard their interests as very different indeed from the americans but in the wider context of what i suppose we're still doomed to call the war on terror america simply cannot get on without pakistan this is a matter of scale in pakistan is six times the size of afghanistan or iraq it has one of the biggest and most effective armies in the world it has nuclear weapons it has a huge d asper in britain and therefore in europe. and when it comes to controlling terrorism against the west i stress against the west in the west not in afghanistan pakistan has in fact been an indispensable and very useful ally in tackling al qaeda so america simply can't do without them even though when it comes to afghanistan and the afghan taliban pakistan continues to follow what is in effect a very different agenda dan i'd like to go to you in dubai that's a very good point a different agenda i mean of course the united states and pakistan have mutual interests on a number of things but not on everything i mean a lot of people within the even the political establishment

it's time for us, the american people, to restore the american dream. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you very much. mr. speaker, i rise to express my strong support on social security. this year we celebrate 75 years of this critical program and must reaffirm our commitment not only to protect it but to ensure its continuing viability. american senior citizens have lived through wars -- they pioneer technologies in communication, transportation and industry. and these remarkable achievements demonstrate the strength and character of our older americans, underscoring the debt of gratitude that we owe to generationes that have given so much, a generation that includes my own parents who are celebrating birthdays this week and next. unfortunately, the recent recession has reminded us that economic prosperity is never a guara

we raised a flag the american flag on the surface of the moon congrats. i really believe that the soviet union drove the us to the moon and are in our day and we did that in the sixty's and i think it was because there was serious competition between the two countries and. didn't get to see strong take the first step on the surface he died in one thousand nine hundred sixty six during summer. his anonymity died with him and his identity was finally. triggering a wave of the. streets when the. monuments and plaques run failed in his own even. after reading. that he never realized the work could be done by just one person. my father like to say that people can travel into space issued by train he was absolutely sure that outer space was not empty and people must live and work there he said. seeing americans and russians in space together. in one hundred seventy five the so he. put an end to the space race. less than five meters. i like. most of all like the trickle of chocolates a location. was part of the apollo project and visits this museum he remembers

they were the architects of the american and russian space programs. great eternal rivals in the battle to reach out to space. made their first attempts to reach for the stars in their childhood as a boy in the soviet union so gay designed simple gliders but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated rocket propelled craft as for venice at the age of twelve he created a prototype rocket by equipping a crate with fireworks he also. built a wagon that he launched in his hometown and apparently this wagon in the ad had. rockets he had made on it and it knighted that ran down the main street of his hometown and. who was von braun's long time private secretary says venet attracted police attention many times for firing things into the air nowadays buckbee often takes people on a tour of the space museum in huntsville where each exhibit is related to von braun . but the best storyteller of. exploits is his only daughter natalia she wrote about him in three volumes of memoirs simply titled my father. with these this is a picture of the first soviet

bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in american history when we had the highest officials in government so flagrantly break the law and show no respect at all for the rule of law they just created laws just out of whole cloth they created laws in secret behind closed doors that were in them a cold to american democracy and and shameful to our international image some of those laws for instance redefined torture so that it made it ok for the c.i. a to brutalize prisoners and detainees. supposedly even doing it legally for instance allowing waterboarding to be done legally one in fact it is a violation of international law and u.s. law but it didn't matter provided that they did these laws in secret do you realistically with all due respect i think you're going to be successful. i take the long view i think that to do nothing is a travesty because of the damage that's been done to our country and to our reputation around the world we the people we the american people. have to come forward and say enough is enough we've had enough of the impunity in the

us because on american citizens we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know we've become. like people in third world countries. look to america and say you know you guys are really seem like you got it together you know. it's not really together it's just a facade of you know everybody is the make up is there but behind the make up is kind of like kind of like chaotic if it's not a democracy here in the united states what is it that's a good question it's a good question. when people can speak up when they can have a peaceful protests. about injustices that's in the community is for something as small as from police brutality to what's going on in the with the oil spill. and be active when you have the people dissatisfied what was going on with the policies then you have to wake up in the morning president obama has to we're going to morsi i what am i going to do about what's going on in. detroit all fifty fifty five schools it's called harm are going to deal with this like we're talking about the future that was s

and mexican americans? why is one often more conservative? >> it is very simple. the cuban americans have been very successful in presenting the point of view in washington. they know how washington works, and they have been able to protect people coming from cuba, so if you are a cuban, and you get into the united states, and you are able to touch u.s. territory, you can stay here legally, but if you are a mexican during the same thing, you are going to be detained and deported. >> what the think about that? >> it would be great if mexicans could have the same rights. it is a difficult situation because cubans are escaping from a dictatorship, and most mexicans and central americans are coming for economic reasons. i think the united states has the right to protect its borders, but we have to change the immigration system. it is not working. it is not right that some have certain rights of others are different. i understand why cubans are doing it. i am in favor of protecting both. >> you lived among a lot

he was an enslaved african american. he worked for the owner of a foundry and was selected to test the bronze statue. he figured out how to disassemble the plaster model by attaching an iron "to the statue's head and gently, ever so gently lifting the top section until a hairline crack appeared. the crack indicated where the joints were located and he then repeated the operation until the five different sections of the statue were discovered. we know about philip reed because the son of a foundry under shared this story back in 1869. it describes philip reed as an expert an admirable work and and highly esteemed by all who knew him. we stand here today not only because of philip reed but for other enslaved african americans like them who worked tirelessly and sacrificed in the face of strife. these plaques in their own right will serve as a symbol of their sacrifice and will be seen by visitors will enter the building for evermore. in closing, i would like to personally thank the members of the slave labor task force, ch

they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we al

sort of sharing a hamburger with the american president so maybe the american president barack obama wasn't very pleased that it should be at that moment. it could be a decision that the director of the f.b.i. said we could delay perhaps he thought they might fly the coop if they didn't do something quickly but anyway they were there was one shot of the two heads of government cheerily sharing a hamburger about three days later. this is a humiliating story for four from moscow the ten eleven of their agents picked up one got away to cyprus. but that can't cannot have been available and very embarrassing for moscow and let's talk about that one that got away what do you think could have happened to him if he skipped bail was gone that oh one has to remember cyprus he got to sort of cyprus where he was arrested and some magistrate with more as presume a bigger bank account than he's got brains gave him bail despite the protests of the american consul inside the courtroom. as soon as you go bail he vanished well for obvious reasons i mean there are a lot of wealthy russians who live in

the first homeland event, our native american american indian warriors. [speaking foreign language] >> all right, there you have it. how about a big round of applause, our men traditional dancers. thank you very much, gentlemen. next we're going to bring out another society of men and boys, another healing society of the grass dancers. and they are from the northern plains, the northern regions and the northern south dakota, montana, all the way up into canada and we're going to call up on the native american aids project for the grass dance song. michael is the lead singer. when you're ready, michael. grass dancers, let's give them a nice welcome. our grass dancers. >> all right, there you have it. our grass dancers. how about that? all right now we're going to go into our contemporary style of dancing. that's our fancy men's dance and we're going to start with our fancy shawl dance category. we have a couple young ladies, three of them that are going to come out. this is a modern style, contemporary style. it evolved into 1950's to present and they danc

accent and the american people will take an american accent in a better way that's right well george bush proved that you could fool the american people into accepting anything that he sent adama and he sounded deep south enough in texas enough so he said look george bush we're going to completely destroy your economy and you're now left with nothing and everyone bought into it now you've got tony hayward's got that kind of british accent and of course i was like oh no it's foreign we don't accept it so they put in an american what's his name dudley robert dudley robert dudley so he'll get on there for b.p. and say well where do mick goes completely destroy what we totally eviscerated and we bought a new economy. and we're occupying your country and you know a bunch of peasants now but does american accent suits ok and they're going to be like. we're peasants i feel like i could have a beer with him. well this however you know they're going to have an american accent to explain to the population of america which is suddenly interested in b.p.'s role in the release of the lockerbie bo

well doug a son in just the border region is also a huge country and if the americans were unable to successfully fight the taliban inside of honest on where they have a pretty powerful presence how are they going to be able to attack the border regions the fata region inside pakistan successfully given all the the factors that have been mentioned earlier on this program that pakistan has an air force an army and also has nuclear weapons and you certainly cannot remove pakistan from or secure graphy it will always be where it is between afghanistan and india and and on the commanding heights of the gulf so the u.s. needs to look at this very carefully before it goes down this very dangerous spot of trying to save yourselves by provoking some kind of a military conflict with pakistan i think this is also ok fear and i actually lied because we're almost running out of time you want to finish you want to have a last word anatole go ahead. i just want to back up shooter and say that actually most of the american soldiers i know do recognize the appalling take pictures of a direct attack

i just want to back up sugar and say that actually most of the american soldiers i know do recognize the appalling dangers of a direct attack on pakistan i think there are two circumstances in which this would happen the first if that was if they really had actionable intelligence concerning bin laden and zawahiri then i think they would launch a rate to get them the second is if of course there's a serious terrorist attack on the united are i knew i knew someone was going to have to jump in here and i talked to john here many thanks to my guest today dubai london and washington and thanks more viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember process. and you can see. i feel. there's no end in sight for russia's exceptional each way which continues to claim dives and increasingly threaten the environment and protests. an international space station ops ten minutes since it first became eligible for russian to go to support systems don't feel. abandoned to be adopted on t.v. the concept of a people see this kind of on the street these people children give them the hope

agriculture businesses don't want americans working for them. which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigrant workers a form based workforce that's making sure that. make it to your table there's no need for interviews or long applications undocumented immigrants simply show up at a field and they're hired many people including former president george w. bush i mean immigrant workers do the jobs americans have to do at a farm in oxnard a city just north of los angeles neighbors aren't convince the average american could step in their shoes not even for a day is to hire a. white person is too far. i haven't seen any american here working here in the field said you'll get it all came into this country illegally through the southern california desert he makes a dollar ninety for every box of strawberries she fills in now in an effort to employ out of work americans and obviously to prove a point the united farm workers union is embodied in american citizens to take the jobs of these farm workers would

many americans have not even heard of it. president obama has not turned health care reform into positive feelings. bbc news, washington. >> goldman sachs and has agreed to settle some charges. some accuse it of being responsible -- of leading a penalty. and several people have been killed and injured in southeastern iran. it is the result a horrific attack that secretary clinton has condemned. there was a south korean war ship that sunk. officials reported the crisis. one person has denied involvement in the sinking of the ship. the hunt goes on for a renegade afghan soldier. in man says he is the soldier. he says he was acting on the taliban. here is more. >> the conversation was arranged by the taliban. the 21 year-old afghan army soldier says the reason he carried out the attack is because he is angry with british forces. he claimed to the british forces committed atrocities in afghanistan including killing civilians and launching attacks. before these killings, he was not a member of the taliban. he says it was his own i

accent and the american people will take an american accent in a better way that's right well george bush proved that you could fool the american people into accepting anything if you sent a dummy and he sounded deep south and in texas and so he said look george bush we're going to completely destroy your economy and you're now left with nothing and everyone bought into it now you've got twenty. words got that kind of british accent and of course it was like oh no it's foreign we don't accept it so we put in an american what's his name dudley robert dudley robert dudley so we'll get on there for b.p. and say we'll go to goes completely destroy what we don't leave history to the big body you economy and we're occupying your country and you know a bunch of peasants now but does american accent suits ok and they're going to be like. we're peasants i feel like i could have a beer with him. well this however you know they're going to have an american accent to explain to the population of america which is suddenly interested in b.p.'s role in the release of the lockerbie bomber barbara. t

the american original. for over two decades, for the l >>> issue one, the american dream. >> the economic expansion that began in the middle of last year is proceeding at a moderate pace. supported by monetary policies. we will and fiscal policies. we will continue. >> america is recession weary. now in its third year since the meltdown and more bad news this week, item, jobs vanish. employment last month dropped 301,000 workers. item, banks busted. 96 banks have shut down so far this year on track for the highest number in 18 years. item, markets wobble. the dow fell 6.6% this year. the s and p has dropped 5.0%. item, confidence plunges in june. from 62.7 to 52.9 on the comforts board index. 10 points in one month. item, retail sales, manufacturing, auto making. all down. >>> little wonder that the fourth annual metlife study of the american dream shows that the percentage of americans who believe the u.s. economy will be the sa or worsthan last year is 67%. two out of three people, which is consistent wit

the american original. for over two decades, for the l >>> issue one, the american dream. >> the economic expansion that began in the middle of last year is proceeding at a moderate pace. supported by monetary policies. we will and fiscal policies. we will continue. >> america is recession weary. now in its third year since the meltdown and more bad news this week, item, jobs vanish. employment last month dropped 301,000 workers. item, banks busted. 96 banks have shut down so far this year on track for the highest number in 18 years. item, markets wobble. the dow fell 6.6% this year. the s and p has dropped 5.0%. item, confidence plunges in june. from 62.7 to 52.9 on the comforts board index. 10 points in one month. item, retail sales, manufacturing, auto making. all down. >>> little wonder that the fourth annual metlife study of the american dream shows that the percentage of americans who believe the u.s. economy will be the same or worse than last year is 67%. two out of three people, which is consistent

immigrant workers are picking the heat consumed by millions of americans and people around the world. it's a bank breaking job not everyone is fit to do most of these illegal workers right in the united states illegally so from as far as central america and many are oblivious to the political firestorm senator brown that no one spat in your family of and you're going to leave any time i mean this is about lawful citizens versus illegal invaders if you want to build a fifty foot fence i'm in favor of the fifty foot fence you know there's a living million illegal immigrants in the united states. those could be american jobs those could be tax paying jobs but some industries especially california agriculture businesses don't want americans working for them so that they will have noticed which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigrant workers a form based workforce that's making sure that these strawberries make it to your table there's no need for interviews or long after. undocumented immigrants simply show up at a field and they're hired

i got to work alongside afghan soldiers, very few americans pretty much myself and one other american would be out on missions. and i saw how the afghans approached these prickly moments when there's uncertainty, when it's a shoot-don't shoot moment. for the most part, they laid back and i think we could today we call it coin doctrine, they were more passive. they were more conservative in the use of force. and they reaped a lot of benefits from that, because unfortunately more times than not when we reacted that split second we make the wrong decision, we may shoot the wrong vehicle, we may shoot the wrong person. so i think we should never equate killing bad guys with winning in afghanistan. i think for me personally i think the coin philosophy is cause to cause us some short-term frustration. but it's going to get us a lot of long-term benefits in civilians not injured, in villages seeing that we the coalition forces use restraint and the enemy did not. the taliban did not. that is how you win in afghanistan. and in your runup to the story when you had some of the guys out on the f

yeah it'll probably be the american playground like it was with but these stuff but they still had free education they still had free health care when it wasn't under a communist regime so i don't think that's going to change i just do believe that they're going to see mcdonald's on every corner i think they're going to see starbucks on every corner i think they're going to see kellogg's in their grocery stores and i don't think things could actually get worse so if there's a regime change and there is an influx of money i think the people will benefit i think you'll have more tourism from the united states and things cannot get worse in that country you know go back to the way it was with by these that which wasn't fantastic but slowly and surely maybe things will get better and. i believe that it will help and also i was disagreeing with frank before i think you have to understand that gusto is loved around the world because the united states is often seen so much as a big bully examinations little tiny desirable island with eleven million people with this guy who is willing to stand

but to most american media she's yet another twenty something russian agent. in light of this season's spy hike every russian woman in the u.s. seems to use mystery. young maybe a schoolteacher maybe a reporter doesn't matter what you do but the allure of a russian spies there and the women are the most intriguing. movie critics say the rest of ten russian agents in the u.s. this summer was the best and campaign possible for the latest movie with angelina jolie a russian spy story song might have come across as a little outdated but after the rest it appears fresh and new the most challenging was speaking russian very hard language hard beautiful beautiful scotti if they're feeling could make a great gift to this movie and it's not the only one in the summit like night and day it with tom cruise it's a favorite books in hollywood but i think in the future they're going to be more comedy and some spice rather than serious drama. real life spying is no joke but when a young attractive woman enters the picture things change. i was. most readers were intrigued and

up first, the most powerful woman in american politics. in an exclusive one-on-one interview house speaker nancy pelosi called the flood of major legislation that has passed congress and been signed by the president tantamount to the new deal. we interviewed her for a half hour special profile story that will air on this program the weekend before the november elections. >> i spoke with speaker pelosi just after she returned from the signing ceremony in which president barack obama signed into law the most comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul since the great depression. pelosi is to you being called the most powerful woman in american politics, and the most powerful speaker in recent times. since she became speaker in 2006, she has shepherded through the u.s. house passage of the first increase in the minimum wage in a decade. the $787 billion economic stimulus package to battle the recession and a massive overhaul of the health-care system. >> well, it's a... the enthusiasm and the boldness of the new deal but with less government.

agriculture businesses don't want americans working for them. which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigrant workers a foreign based workforce that's making sure that. make it to your table there's no need for interviews or long applications undocumented immigrants simply show up at a field and they're hired many people including former president george w. bush i mean immigrant workers do the jobs americans to do at a farm in oxnard a city just north of los angeles neighbors. the average american could step in their shoes even for a day. to hire a. white person to. i haven't seen any american here working here in the fields said he'll get it all came into this country illegally through the southern california desert he makes a dollar ninety for every box of strawberries he feels in an effort to employ out of work americans and obviously to prove a point the united farm workers union is embodying american citizens to take the jobs of these farm workers wouldn't be surprised if after a day or two th

it allows every american to log3 ideas submitted by other americans. i want to encourage everyone to go to americaspeakingout.com. one of my former -- what my favorite members of congress was the former representative of illinois. [applause] part of his legacy was the amendment that prohibits congress from appropriating taxpayer funding for abortion. one of the many ideas being discussed right now is the idea of codifying the amendment said that it up plies to all -- so that it applies to all funding. this must be the next objective for pro-life america. it is clear from the health-care debate that the american people do not want their tax dollars used to be paying for abortions. it is the will of the people and it ought to be the will of our land to endicott to happen right now. -- and it ought to happen right now. [applause] i am pleased to announce that congressman chris smith of new jersey will be introducing legislature to accomplish that goal. i intend to be a co-sponsor of that bill. [applause] once it is introduced, i will call on speaker nancy

the americans i hear from in letters and town hall meetings, americans like lesley ann and jim and denise are not looking for a handout. they desperately want to work. right now, they can't find a job. these are honest, decent, hard- working folks who have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own and who have nowhere else to turn on less -- except unemployment benefits. tomorrow, we will have another chance to offer them that relief, to do right by not just the gym and lesley and denise but all the americans who need a helping hand right now. i hope we seize the opportunity. it is time to stop all the workers laid off in this recession hostage to washington politics. it is time to do what is right, not for the election, but for the middle class. we have to stop what the emergency relief for americans out of work. we have to extend unemployment insurance. we need to pass the tax cuts for small businesses and extend landing for small businesses. times are hard right now. we are moving in the right direction. i know it is getting close to election but there is a time when you put e

i think we can all agree, regardless of political party that american elections must be decided by american voters and u.s. policy must be decided by the u.s. government. i would also add that this provision is much tougher than the minority's motion to recommit. that motion would have only banned certain activities by lobbyists for states that sponsor terrorism. this bill bars such lobbying altogether and secondly, the motion to recommit was clearly unconstitutional and destined to be struck down. the proposal would have allowed the government to prohibit an american citizen from making campaign contributions or independent expenditures on his or her own behalf on the basis of a business contract this would have clearly violated the first amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional minute. mr. hall: in con last, h.r. 5609 is constitutional. these foreign countries have no first amendment rights. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 5609 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from c

agriculture businesses don't want americans working for them. which translates into workers needed a spanish language sign definitely aimed towards immigrant workers a foreign based workforce that's making sure that. make it to your table there's no need for interviews or long applications undocumented immigrants simply show up at a field and they're hired many people including former president george w. bush i mean immigrant workers do the jobs americans used to do at a farm in oxnard a city just north of los angeles neighbors aren't convinced the average american could step in their shoes not even for a day. to hire a. white person is too hard. i haven't seen any american here working here in the fields said you'll get it all came into this country illegally through the southern california desert he makes a dollar ninety for every box of strawberry fields and now in an effort to employ out of work americans and obviously to prove a point the united farm workers union is embodied in american citizens to take the jobs of these farm workers would

deals that americans don't want to do i haven't seen millions of americans going to your farm fields in california texas or florida picking up tomatoes or ruffles so engrossed create jobs . they bring crime down the justice. stating that crime has been going down in the last decade despite the fact that the immigrant population has doubled so violent crime stopping going down thirty five percent robberies twenty five percent so there's a lot of misinformation but if we realize that it's a great business to have immigrants in this country hopefully people just my church change their minds as they're almost one of your main arguments in your book is that immigrants are needed because there's going to be such a large population of people that are retiring these are the baby boomers and that immigrants will be needed when there's a labor shortage you say this in your book but the term labor shortage is very hard to swallow for most americans right now many of whom are out of work it just doesn't seem feasible that there's going to be a labor shortage anytime soon it's very simple if you

didn't go to americans and explain this war very well. and the result was that the war was very quickly unpopular. trum map might had been defeated had he run for re-election in 1952, the reason would have been korea. and based on that model when lyndon johnson got into vietnam in 1965, he didn't go to congress for war declaration, same has been true of every president who has gotten into a car since then. in many way i think it was a bad lesson. >> colonel look back at the particular experience of what was was it like to be there. >> well, one of the things i'd like to say right up front is that some people call it the forgotten war. the veterans don't call it the forgotten war, they call it the forgotten victory. we were very successful in korea. we were successful in the fact that there was the beginning of the end of the cold war. and so it was not forgotten to us. >> and the experience for you and many, all wars brutal, this one had a particularly brutal moments to it. >> well, we landed the first marines that landed in korea was in

more than half of americans with disabilities are unemployed. many live unwillingingly in nursing homes, because they can't afford needed aid. today and over the weekend the laws's anniversary and its accomplishment was celebrated around the country. in denver, people turned out at the city's bot anic gardens-- on saturday for socializes, speeches and performers. in boise, idaho, today hundreds circled the capitol building. the date was noted in the nation's capitol as well. on capitol hill democrat of rhode island who was paralyzed in a shooting accident 30 years ago, became the first lawmaker to preside over the house of representatives in a wheelchair. for more for more now on the impact of the a.d.a. and what more could still be done, we are joined by andrew imparato, president and c.e.o. of the american association of people with disabilities, a nonprofit advocacy organization for the disability community. and amelia wallrich, a student at the university of illinois. this summer she is interning at the office of senator dick durbin.n- hank

american citizens to take the. of these farm workers wouldn't be surprised if after a day or two they find themselves appreciating those who are taking the jobs we stop by the unemployment office to find out if people who are out of work would be willing to take the job of an immigrant farm worker if a farmer came up to. do you want to job here as a farmer. and now. we give them do that do gardening in my own house if i had a job that got me out there got me some exercise but no heavy lifting was at least eleven dollars an hour i would take it but i doubt that it's usually a lot of heavy lifting it doesn't pay too much there farmers and they're willing to pay slave labor of course they have an advantage conservative radio host tony katz is among the growing number of supporters immigration crackdown he thinks the threat to the u.s. isn't just financial it over this is about people who may be coming with diseases we've already eradicated bring them back into the united states america has paid a significant price bec

to the american people. they forced down the throats of the american public a bill which is now law that was designed to fail. designed to fail, america. why do i say that? it was designed to push people off of private health insurance. designed to push people into a, what's now called a public exchange. that's going to force people into more and more government. it's designed to lead us just before obamacare was passed into law that he said he wanted to go. where everybody in this country would be on one insurance policy. one pool is what he said. that means socialized medicine, where bureaucrats here in washington, d.c., direct the health care for everybody in this country, that tell doctors like myself -- i'm a general practice doctor -- how to practice medicine, who we can give care to, what tests we can do. and in fact, right now today the federal government tells me and other physicians across this country whether we can admit a patient that's on medicare to the hospital or not. it's not determined by

do things for the american people. not just the government, you know, but we want something for the american people. and as far as education goes, i believe that he is doing a good job. but -- host: when you say stick with president obama, how do they do that? caller: basically, sticking with him mainly as far as the policies go. because the republicans had their opportunity to make polls cri -- policy to take care of the american people and bush messed it up, the republicans messed it up. so basically that's what i mean. they need to stick together and do policies for the american people. host: florida, next, john on the independent line. caller: it's the first time and i was glad to get through. very important. i'm glad obama is doing what he is doing. but unfole, to some degree, he is being held up by people in his own party as well as republicans. and these republicans seem to be out of their mind to oppose him on some of the issues. but the important thing is that what he is trying to do and especially in the econ

cover ups over the war in afghanistan reports include details of civilian casualties at the hands of american and allied troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence helped the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite the u.s. claims it received no reliable information on him in years pentagon chiefs admits it will take weeks to assess the damage caused by the revelations he's going to teach it comes been hearing from soldiers involved in the last major wiki leak. you know something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet is secretly video of american soldiers opening would looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were reported dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investing in the u.s. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the u.s. military is ok wit

is taking on a big corporations and powerful american politicians that's in a moment here when us. attorney and author charlotte janet joins me now to talk about her current book the people first. bush and the possible aura of impunity that surrounds american presidents thank you very much for sitting down to speak. mr that you have been on an on. campaign to prosecute george w. bush and members of his administration for what you call violations of international law domestic law the constitution why have you not given up on this because the administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in american history when we had the highest officials in government so flagrantly break the law and show no respect at all for the rule of law they just created laws just out of whole cloth they created laws in secret behind closed doors that were in them a cold to american democracy. and shameful to our international image some of those laws for instance redefined torture so that it made it ok for the c.i. a to brutalize prisoners and detainees. sup

american presidents thank you very much for sitting down to speak. this time that you have been on an on line campaign to prosecute george w. bush and members of his administration for what you call violations of international law domestic law the constitution why have you not given all this because the administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in american history when we had the highest officials in government so flagrantly break the law and show no respect at all for the rule of law they just created laws just out of whole cloth they created laws in secret behind closed doors that were in them a cold to american democracy. and shameful to our international image some of those laws for instance redefined torture so that it made it ok for the c.i. a to brutalize prisoners and detainees. supposedly even doing it legally for instance allowing the waterboarding to be done legally one in fact it is a violation of international law and u.s. law but it didn't matter provided that they did these laws in

americans spend half a trillion dollars on food every year. they cut back on calories billions in profits and taxes would be lost. then there's the billions people spend trying to lose the weight they've gained by overeating in the first place. the diet industry is huge. last year americans spent an estimated $60 billion to lose weight. >> what if you simply ate less, go for a nice walk like doctors recommend? you're not buying food, not watching advertisements, not buying gas for your car. that walk may be good for you but you're not doing much for the economy, my friend. down the road health care costs will do the economy no favor either but in the here and now those extra calories are like money in the bank especially in a time of recession. >> finkel steen says the economic factors that increased obesity are a good thing. we just have to trim the fat. >> on net i would argue we're better off as a society but we do have this artifact of obesity that we need to ad f your >>> this is a test for the captioning from caption colorado its own str

i irish american. i didn't know what a pure american was. none of my friends were pure americans. a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's side is irish american my father come from a different heritage. he is a genealogy. he traced his family all the way back to the times when they moved from spain to a region of france. that's where his family came from as peasants in 1850. and for generations, his family members had been going back to this place to visit their distant cousins. they knew exactly where it was. i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here. why don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it

neither dot american people think this is -- neither do the american people think this is right. we need jobs in the private sector. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to my friend, the distinguished jo from nevada, ms. berkley. two tight minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. berkley: let me tell you something about the state of nevada. we have the highest unemployment rate in the country, 14.5% unemployed. our fellow citizens with no jobs to go to and no jobs to seek. we have the highest mortgage foirk rate in the country. -- forecast rate in the country. -- foreclosure rate in the country. unemployment benefits are not a handout. it's not welfare. it's giving a helping hand to our fellow citizens that need it the most, to get them where they are now which is without a job to where they're going to be when there's an economic recovery. the gentleman from northern nevada had an amendment