i wish all americans have the independence day. as fireworks simulate the rockers there, i hope we will pause and think of the men and%+ women in uniform -- the rockets glare, i hope we will pause and think of the men and women in uniform. we're grateful for their service. may god bless them and may god continue to bless our nation. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow on "washhngton journal" -- blake hounshell discusses tyrants and dictators and their threat to world wide peace and stability. paul harrison joins us from the environmental defense fund, examining long term proposals for restoring the gulf coast reason. and peter decoursey

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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 >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects.

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 good ideas but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated 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 i walk 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 venner 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 this this is a picture of the first sov

they are american issues. and when you say they are tea party issues, you have got half the country that plug their ears up. these aren't tea party issues. they are american issue so it is time to put down the protest signs in time to pick up campaign signs. it is time to knock on doors. it is time to get out the vote. it is time to eat the democrats. [applause] and it is time to at the republicans. [applause] so how do you beat them? let's be realistic. in washington there are two parties. there are democrats and there are democrats lights. some of the democrats light remember what it used to be like and they are still republican. so now i don't know about you but i personally have more in common with the people that have the hour mac next to their name and i'm actually one of them and i intend to embed myself within them and drive out all the people who i don't like. i mean, that is what the left is doing. when you get on tv, tv wants to talk about the civil war among the right. the right is beating each oth

this obstruction doesn't just keep food off american tables. it keeps american people out of work. people like anet tornberg. last summer, anette lost her job at a sacramento book bindery. last mt. she lost her weekly $270 in unemployment benefits. this means she can no longer buy the gas she needs to drive to job interviews you see, annette, like the vast majority of those on unemployment, used these funds as a bridge to their next job. not a replacement for it. the notion that emergency relief somehow discourages people from looking for work is not only misguided, it reflects a lack of faith in hardworking americans like annette. this republican opposition, however, goes beyond a lack of faith. it is a deliberate means of allowing millions to suffer, worrying about whether they can put food on the table. and we cannot let this happen. it's time for this stonewalling to end. senate republicans need to get out of the way so annette can get the new job, so marcello gonzalez can put food on the table again, and so that millions of meshes who are out of work through no fault of their

is that what americans can expect? >> i think what they can expect from these reforms is much more assessable, much more simple, much clearer disclosure about the terms in which they can borrow to finance education for their children, borrow to finance a home and a car and credit card much more clear transparent simple disclosure than they had over the past several decades and more informing about the risks you take in investing. that's a sensible thing for the government to do. now, of course you need people to be able to make responsible decisions. we can't make those decisions for those individuals. they have to take that responsibility themselves. >> hasn't the world changed in the markets that you can't expect to get the kind of return on investment that you've enjoyed for so many years? >> it's hard to know. what you want people doing is making better decisions and more careful decisions about how much income they spend and how much they save and what they use the savings for and how much they borrow. i think the

sort of sharing a hamburger with the american president so maybe the american president barack obama wasn't very pleased that it would be at that moment. it could be a decision that the director of the f.b.i. said we can't delay perhaps he thought they might fly the coop if they didn't do something quickly but anyway there 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 the ten eleven of their agents picked up one got away to cyprus of course but that can't cannot have been available very embarrassing for moscow and let's talk about that one that got away what do you think could have happened to him obviously 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 liv

so do you think americans will ever come to understand the connection between legalization and that war going on across the border we're going to speak to a former law enforcement official who is against prohibition and the american media has found its next top russian spy except well what she actually has an accused of spying at all and she's not even russian so why the media obsession and on top of that snow cave from the jersey shore is also taking over the united states so my question is are americans getting dumber or are they just getting bored that's all later in the show but now let's move on to our top story. tomorrow arizona's new immigration law is due to take effect and today with the clock ticking down a federal judge ruled to block key provisions of it u.s. district judge susan bolton halted the implementation of the parts of the law to require police to determine the status of people they stop and think they're in the country illegally she also forbade the state from charging anyone for a new crime of failing to possess their immigration documents but bus loads of activis

, not non-native americans. it enhances evidence sharing and federal accountability and increases officers on the ground in indian country, it streamlines the process for the b.i.a. and i.h.s. employees to testify in sexual assault cases, re-authorizes funding to support tribal courts. in closing, all americans have the right to public safety and security, but it's pre-eminently a federal responsibility to protect those rights in indian country. a vote against this bill in my opinion is a vote to continue the status quote of rampid violence and drug abuse in indian country which we have an opportunity to make significant progress on. this legislation will only pass as it did in the senate if it has significant bipartisan support and i hope that support is available here today. i urge my colleagues on both sides to pass this important piece of legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secre

americans are losing their jobs to not americans at an alarming rate. just to show you that i will try to be fair in my criticisms and my thoughts, when you look at three things, you look at the 18th century or 19th century sleighs and do look at the trade policy. businesses have always looked to have low-cost labor. that is one of the things that we'll have to be aware of. sometimes the things that they thirst for is a competitive advantage to making money. but the fact is, if you do not know numbers, and then you cannot talk meaningfully about anything. members have to be the foundation for our thoughts. -- numbers have to be the foundation for our thoughts. people will say that the banks are too big to fail. they are not too big to fail. no matter how big you are, you will fail. this entire government in this country can fail if it continues to bleed cash at that rate. the other thing that we have to understand is that, however you get there, you have to have affordable energy or electricity to move mankind forward. we can be for or against a differe

and the american people will take an american accent in a better way that's right well george bush proved that you can fool american people do something anything in the senate and the senate deep south texas and so he said look. 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. bill goes completely destroyed totally eviscerated. and we're occupying your and you're all bunch of peasants now but the american accent so it's ok. it was the kaiser report in just over an hour here in our team and let's take a look at russia close of now as we take you to another part of the world's biggest country. of the day we're just two hundred kilometers away from moscow in the region the center of russian science and industry the country's largest scientific research complex develops high tech advances in

where american citizens can find a new. welcome to the. russian club so. wishers that so much. time to mark linfield bombing is publicly mended fences with israel chilling really isn't enough to. what is called the peace process. wealthy british. holds. find out what's really happening to the global economy. and to. try it's a. tough sell to find that odd kind of chat. up line. up when the government since tanks. on my floor. right. come. from a. princess. dream hotel buying. clothes on for me. yet. hello this is r.t. from moscow these are all top stories on damage control on a manhunt in washington elite u.s. military reports of the afghan war real civilian deaths former american soldiers say the country should focus on examining its questionable warfare methods not one who exposed some claim to have received the orders to kill everyone in sight if. sanctions on iran from the e.u. and calendar come under fire from russia moscow says the move is outside the recent u.n. resolution and undermines efforts to resolve your grade nuclear issue. and once booming now going bust latvian

millions of americans lost their jobs. in january alone of 2009 the economy lost three quarters of a million jobs. we've now had six months of sustained growth in jobs by the private sector. ex-pours are doing relatively well. investment is increasing. you can see companies across this country in high tech and lots of other industries doing very well because we are a very resilient country, very strong country, and this president acted with enormous political courage to rescue the economy, took some very tough steps, not popular steps to rescue the economy, fix the financial situation early and take on the tough reforms. because he did that, we're going to emerge from this stronger. >> lehrer: if it's going so well, then why do so many people feel it isn't going so well? >> again the scars of this crisis were traumatic. you know, people experienced something they hadn't experienced in their lifetime which was to see their savings plummet, terrible blow to basic confidence. you are still seeing lasting effects of that damag

i think that is how most americans feel as well. we cannot afford another financial crisis just as you're digging out from the last one. when i took office, we cannot simply rebuild its economy on the same at built -- same pile of sand. we need to rebuild on a firmer, stronger foundation for economic growth. that is why we invested in renewable energy that is currently creating new jobs all across america. that is why we are reforming our education system. that is why we pass health reform so that it will lower costs for families and businesses. that is why i am about to sign wall street reform into law, to protect consumers and with the foundation for a stronger financial system. one that is innovative, creative, competitive, and are less prone to panic and collapse. this is how we will ultimately build an economy that is stronger and more prosperous than it was before and one that provides opportunity for all americans. thank you very much. >> are you encouraged that the oil had stopped flowing in the gulf? >> we're still in the t

we are americans. we have american problems. not just with the black community. those are problems i see with the american community. educational inequality. problems with unemployment. all that stuff. we share that. when we can focus on that and quit trying to segregate everything we can take another step forward with race relations. >> al with is that right? >> i think that if we are realistic and say that the progress made was made because people struggled to make that progress, that we should engage in continuing, at this time, in the struggle to make that happen. i think that if we're honest we would have to say if a white child, a black child and a latino and asian child were born tonight they will not face the same life in terms of healthcare and education. we've got to fight until they do. it's a lot better than it was 40 years ago but it's not equal and i don't need marx to tell me that. i fight for the right for people to be wrong. >> larry: thank you all very much. another chapter in america's long and disturbing racial history. >>> speaking of that, h

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. 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 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 he feels and now in an effort to employ 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 wouldn't be surprised if after a day or

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 have to do at a farm in oxnard a city just north of los angeles neighbors aren't the average american who could step in their shoes even for a day. to hire a. white person. 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 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 embodying american citizens to take the jobs of these farm workers wouldn't be surprised if after

american u.s. foreign policy and this is actually the objective of the quote unquote terrorists if you will to get the west to show its true face in the international arena to show itself as an imperialist power to show itself as an ideological power that is false and so the more they suppress domestic rights the more they are exposed for each and every muslim to see and the more muslims will take the view that we are at war with the west hundreds of hate crimes have been committed since nine eleven and the end of the decade of fear is not yet insight and. new york. and the consequence of america's misadventures abroad is that in the eyes of the world it is losing any authority as a role model and that some of you have one outspoken rapper in the us we spoke to our team. i think america's nightmare is america. a reflection of the ugliness we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know it's just the facade of you know everybody has the make up is there but behind the make up

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 aren't convinced the average american could step in their shoes 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 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 wouldn't b

i believe that people do want change i believe that cuban americans also want change the difference is that i believe change will happen when you have people exchanging ideas when you have people seeing democracy in action the problem with frank is that he believes that change will occur by maintaining a fifty plus year old policy that has been has narrowed actually to cuba if anything it made things worse i mean people will still not have what i believe cities of life but that's not how life when i have a look i don't know if the ninety miles maybe i'll make you tell me that when i got better i don't know you know well i'll tell you one thing that's not what i believe and you don't know me you know up my problem is what i would like to see is to be to you know you know this question well but i don't talk about your problems so you seem to talk about my frank make a point to be frank i make a point go ahead please make a point the point is that for example let me let me say this you talk about a number of things you said about israel for example female cows for a rope broke relations w

they are simply taking the goals that americans don't want to do i haven't seen millions of americans going to go farm fields in california texas or for your picking up tomatoes or ruffles so engrossed create jobs they bring crime down the court of justice just recently probation prescreening crime has been going down in the last decade despite the fact that the immigrant population has doubled so violent crimes have been 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 but 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 t

ok so the cubans aren't listening to the americans god after sixty years they still won't listen to and won't be told what to do kathy what do you think about that i mean this this is a this is really an abomination in foreign policy the only other foreign foreign policy the united states has and i think even gets remotely close is with iran it just it's psychopathic it's a psychopathic obsession around one of them and it's even worse with cuba because it's just simply longer i mean this what does this embargo really achieved nothing it hasn't achieved anything i mean it was supposed to help the human rights in cuba and the people are suffering that they have enough so that they don't have need to they don't have cheese for their pizzas i mean they don't have the basics in life that make life pleasurable they can't leave the island they're just it's a disaster the government's five feet and custom has a brother have always had a great time they're living a beautiful life so the embargo has done nothing for me then the castro brothers are doing great the people are suffering it is a fail

i believe that people do want change i believe that cuban americans also want change the difference is that i believe change will happen when you have people exchanging ideas when you have people seeing democracy in action the problem with frank is that he believes that change will occur by maintaining a fifty plus policy that has been has narrowed actually to cuba if anything it made things worse i mean people will still not have what i believe that he has of life but that's really how life where i am looking almost and i mean miles maybe i'll make you tell you that we're going to go to bed and i don't know you know well i'll tell you one thing that's not what i believe and you don't know me you know of my problem is what i would like to share is to prevent you know you know panel discussion well but i don't talk about your problems so you seem to talk about my frank make a point frank make a point go ahead please make a point the point is wait is that for example let me let me say this you talk about a number of things you said about israel for example for you know a cow for a rope b

these policies do not unite americans, they divide americans. and in the coming months, america has to decide whether we're going to continue to allow this to continue. we have recently launched an initiative called americans speaking out, involving engaging the american people directly in a process of crafting a new governing agenda for congress. one of the tools as a website that allows every american to log on, submit their ideas, but on ideas submitted by other americans. i would encourage all of you to go to the web site, tell your neighbors about it, use a to get engaged in your government. one of my all-time heroes in the house was congressman henry hyde, the former representative from illinois. amendment which prohibits hyde%- congress from appropriate taxpayer funding for abortion. one of the many ideas we had discussed right now on the web site is the iiea of codifying the hyde of men met said that applies to all federal funding. i think this must be the next objective for pro-life americans. it is clear from the health-care debate tha

sort of sharing a hamburger with the american president so maybe the american president barack obama was very pleased that should be at that moment. it could be a decision that the director of the f.b.i. said we can't delay perhaps we 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 for for moscow this is a thing that was sold very quickly more quickly than it would have been for example during the cold war why why do you think that was what was behind the solving of it i think the reason. the original arrests the trial all the arrangements were streaming quick and the decision to swap them was very quick. from america's point of view i think derives the fact that they were they realize they actually weren't sort of top top top level people. they are an embarrassment to moscow. they're almost a joke to the american media who couldn't take them seriously i mean guy you can say what have you done in ten years woul

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

indian, american indian aids project and the american indian health center to celebrate five outstanding local heroes for their work in the san francisco bay area, american indian community. now therefore be it resolved that i, the mayor, do hereby proclaim november, 2009, as american indian heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. at this time i'd also like to recognize the offices of several elected officials who are providing certificates of honors to all of the awardees this evening. the office of senator mark leno, assemblyman tom amiano and speaker of the house nancy pelosi. i'd also like to thank helen walkasou of friendship house, john ben with a of the american native -- john ben with a -- jonbenet, lindo brian from kqed and mark espinosa from the native american health center. and i'd like to now introduce mark espinosa, executive director of san francisco native american health center. >> good evening, everyone. welcome. i'd like to congratulate all the winners tonight as well as thank all the sponsors for this great event. native american health center of san f

the american people should respond. i don't want to say to the party opposite that this is heartless. it looks that way. i don't want my friends in the opposite show that they don't support poor people. this is the right time. i would say if i have a moment, the fact is for every dollar spent on unemployment benefits $1.60 goes not economy which means we begin to pull ourselves out of this situation and deal with this deficit. thank you very much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank the kind chairman, mr. mcdermott, for yielding me the two minutes. and sometimes when they say gentlewoman i don't feel so gentle on the subject of unemployment. and in fact i rise in strong su

don't want to do critics say the american state's new law will mean racial profiling. up next we look at one of the biggest terrorist threats across the world the car bomb our special report about how it developed across the world and caused mayhem is coming right up on r.t. . my name is bob baer. i used to be a cia station in the during the civil war. it was chaos. but the real threat was always car bombs. but until now the car bomb secret history has never been told. who invented it who developed it and who killed. i've come back to the one city where car bombs have forever shaped our history. beirut. i loved. it was a great place to be a spy. and then the embassy got hit. by a suicide car bomber. sixty three dead dead american dead. six of my close colleagues friends in the cia were killed. carsten to that bomb go off. this. white star. and then of course the bank and then when i looked up. and i run over. and destruction and. it was a stunning assault. one man with a car could wage war on the united states ironically with an american truck. there is one man who kno

i have a series of eight painted banners that are retellings of american history. i am particularly interested in transition history between native and european histories and retelling them as if they were a popular myth. there is a mix of eras and characters and times drat these banners. -- and times throughout these banners. i use the olympics and the melting pot, or things reduced down, and come out of this reduction. and something else transforms out of it. they had this strict code of who we should be as americans, and then i had andrew jackson fanning the flames. this first contact, down to george bush in 2008. all of the characters that appear are real characters that are taken from my research. we are an interesting mix and i want to provoke wonder about who we are. every one of the characters are taken from actual photographs or documents that i found in my research on american history. in a lot of my banners, you conceal -- uc the melting pot, the imagery and myth that we use in our culture. talking about these reductions of all these different mixes of p

s i think this will have an explosive effect on her on the american public which already has turned against the war well i guess i'm surprised as we heard just now the white house has accused wiki leaks of putting american soldiers who are currently in afghanistan in danger do you think that is justified after all this information is at least seven months old. well the obama administration's pronouncement is like an alice in wonderland turning reality upside down they are the ones who are putting american soldiers and afghans lives at risk and in fact taking those lives every day in a war that they know can't be won and yet when wiki leaks and people who are whistleblowers tell the truth then this sort of explanation from the white house is that these people who are telling the truth exposing the lies are the ones putting the people's lives and in danger i mean that is so ludicrous such nonsense but because of the tepid character of the the propaganda nature of the u.s. corporate media that line will be promulgated time and time again today and tomorrow and in the coming days but i don't th

operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet a secret video of american soldiers opening with looks like indiscriminate firing in baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were recruited dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investigated 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 with causing some collateral damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in a eason mcu or a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience he went as far as to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyo

in undermining american soldiers in afghanistan. . pakistani army military forces are investing their treasure and we are providing them the training that is necessary. i believe what the congressman has done here is important and he is absolutely right to be able to have this discussion and to recognize that something is awry. we have to work together on the humanitarian side to be able to inform the pakistani people and the pakistan parliament and government officials to not run away from the humanitarian work that the united states is doing. we just passed a multibillion dollar bill that is going to work on rebuilding pakistan from the education and social and health care lines. so the training that is being done by our military should be done in a peaceful mode and that should be announced by the officials of the pakistan government and not run away from the good things we are doing there. my concern to be able to acknowledge or affirm that we have troops there under the war powers act would suggest that we are there in a hostile

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

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

it's very different from the other national african-american newspapers. it was sui generis, very special, very different, and very important. [typewriter clacking] >> the courier was one of the best things that could have ever happened to the black race. >> the people who were involved in the courier, and not only the higher-ups who made the paper possible but the writers, the reporters, the runners, they were all very, very sweet, decent, highly professional people, and what they did was run a national paper. >> ♪ pittsburgh ♪ is my city >> it is indeed a privilege and a delight to be standing here on what i consider hallowed ground, because this is where the old pittsburgh courier stood. >> female narrator: on a september day in 2004, a group of people gathered in pittsburgh to dedicate a historical marker for the pittsburgh courier. >> and when you came upstairs-- and there was the editorial department, with the greatest collection of characters that anyone would encounter anywhere. >> and we used to come down the street to the end of the street an

the american people think it is a terrible policy. i sort of find it if not frustrating, somewhat comical, don't listen to your constituents, listen to me. host: are you concerned at all about a lame duck session where democrats would then take up a cap -- cap-and-trade proposal? . hear rumblings? charles crunk hammer -- kra uthammer writes in his piece this morning, passing the legislation even of the electorate voted against the democratic agenda in november but going ahead in that lame- duck session after the new congress comes in, passing their agenda. guest: i never try to handicap what congress may or may not do any week, let alone, months away out in a lame-duck session. but, yes, we have to keep an eye on it. we would be concerned. but the reality is that there will be open elections. the american people are going to speak and they are going to be telling a lot of people what they expect. whether it is in a lame duck session or in a new session beginning in january of 2011. i still have faith -- we may have political differenc

. >> since june, about a billion americans have maxed out on their american benefits. the u.s. unemployment rate was 9.5% then, the lowest in 11 months. many economists don't expect it to fall this year. >> barbara boxer was in foster city this morning. the democrat who is up for reelection against carly fiorina -- >> i don't sugar coat the fact that too many californians are out of work and that's why job creation remains my top priority. >> fiorina's camps says the jobs under the stimulus has resulted in -- >> now the vote is set for tomorrow. democrats think they can finally block a republican filibuster when robert byrd's replacement is needed, giving them the 66 votes they need. >> and that vote can't come soon enough. for those who lost their jobs, they say that unemployment job is vital when it come to putting food on the table and paying paying their bills. jim vargas is live with one particular county that's been very hit. >> solano county's unemployment rate is the highest in the bay area. many people there are waiting for their uninsures benefits to be -- uninsurance

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

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 want 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 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 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 wo

infections among heterosexuals in american cities. the u.s. centers for disease control reported that today in the first federal study of its kind. the report said h.i.v. is epidemic in many low-income urban areas in the u.s. and the poor are twice as likely to be infected as those better off. at least 1.1 million americans are living with the aids virus. >> wall street managed a modest rebounds after friday's sell-off. the dow jones industrial average gained 56 points to close at 10,154, the nasdaq rose 19 points to close at 2198. those are some the day's major stories. now back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the poly and politics of the jobs problem . >> from do what is right, not for the next election but the middle class. >> brown: standing beside 3 out of work americans the president accused rep cac -- republicans of hip october ski and blocking a $34 billion extension of unemployment benefits. >> and i have to say, after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit, the same people without didn't h

host: barbara lee will be joining the asian american caucus, hispanic american caucus, on capitol hill calling for senate republicans to stop job blocking legislation. our next guest will be congressman mac thornberry. we will be talking about the intelligence apparatus in this country in the wake of the big series in "new york times" as well as his thoughts on afghanistan. >> the gulf oil spill is reverberating in campaign 2010. we want to show you two ads in florida and wisconsin. >> when i look at lake michigan, i see in the stores that we need to protect. that is why i stood at two big oil in washington. i said no to drilling in our great lakes. ron johnson is willing to hand over power likes to these big companies. we but not let that happen. >> career politician kendrick meeks. he took thousand from special interests, such as tobacco, big oil, even bp. now he has been tied to a corruption case. isn't there a better choice? jeff greene is a true outsider who will not take $1 of interest money. >> david catanese is with us to talk about these races. we begin in wisconsin. russ fein

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

host: here are the comments made by steny hoyer at the american progress meeting. >> the americans put in a policy that cut taxes but reinstated and next year so that they would go up. we have indicated that we believe that at this point in time in the recession that we should have no increase in taxes on middle-income working americans. clearly at a time of recession we want to make sure that working people have the ability to support themselves and their families. we are going to complete and continue the tax cuts for middle-income americans. how do we define that? those making to a hundred thousand dollars or less individually-, $250,000 or less as couples. with respect to the tax cuts of the wealthiest in america, we have a severe deficit problem. those that are doing well will not have their lives adversely affected by continuing to contribute at a rate that provides for the bringing down of our deficit, continuing to invest in the growth of our country. >> does that lay out what we will be hearing from the democrats in the house and senate over the coming months? >> as you heard

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

the american jail is banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the author and former professor has lost a job. working at the pygmy everything old family he did to be documented in the film american radical i'm a subject we begin with during our teeth interview i want to start with a question about your new documentary american radical it has been described in many ways one being an intimate portrait of a man behind a controversy tell me about the documentary why you decided to make this film where you actually have not seen the documentary. but many of your suicide somebody there was some reason i didn't want to see myself on the silver screen and so i chose not to watch it but my friends many of my close friends watched it and for better or for worse they said it's an accurate portrayal of me but i was obviously involved in the making of the documentary. not to be consulted about the content i didn't want anyone the future to say that i was making a promo for myself. involved in the money basically if feeling was well my closest friend over many decades is pr