when i thought i was always an american? there was a great deal of controversy in the camps and difference of opinion. so my character is one of those individuals who signed no, no. that's a form of protest. and because of doing that, he is taken out of the camp that he's in and sent to tule lake where most of the troublemakers were sent. then he gets out of camp and he comes back to san francisco and what happened in the japanese american communities is that many of the young men signed yes yes. many of them went off to war and became part of the 442nd, the 100th battalion, the mis, military intelligence, and were extraordinarily heroic and died in very high casualty rates in europe. and so when chet comes back to san francisco, those people who signed no no were looked upon as cowards. they were traitors. they sat out the war where these other people died. everyone a friend, an uncle or somebody they knew who had died, lost an arm, or was killed in service. chet comes back and he is literally spit on by his own community.

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

he is an honorary asian american. his son goes to the chinese american school right here in friday. i was just thinking today. not only of the challenges that we face, but the challenges that our ancestors have faced in the fast. it was only 130 years ago that the san francisco board of supervisors passed a law that outlawed wooden launledriss. it just so happened that all of them were owned by chinese. one landryman was an immigrant and spoke little english, but he decided to challenge that law. he lost before the board of supervisors. he lost in front of the superior court. he lost in front of the court of appeal. he kealed all the way to the california supreme court and lost there. he went to the court of last resort, and that was the united states supreme court. he had the courage, the stamina and the belief to bring his case all the way to the united states supreme court, and he won. his name was yip wo. pluzz >> if there is any one thing we can learn from his example, it is that we have to stand up for what we believe, and that is what he did. of course we have an elementary s

clrks is the organization of chinese americans. that is a national civil rights advocacy organization with 80 affiliates across the country. he recently retired from his things as vice president of security for u.p.s. he is the first asian american to achieve the goal of this position at the executive live of vice president with that global company, after which he served 37 years. he is now recently retired. let me tell you something. therapy corporate headquarters is in atlanta, georgia, and before coming out here, i worked in atlanta, georgia, and every event, a lot of the asian events that i emceed, i would go there, and there he was. this guy has been so active in the community. today i'm back stage getting ready, and in walks ken lee. so please let me introduce to you a good friend of mine and a great person, and a great friend of the asian american community, mr. ken lee. [applause] >> well, thank you very much for that glowing introduction. yes, that's right. born and raised right here in san francisco. i have to tell you a

this was my pledge to the american people as a candidate for this office. last february, i announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen iraq's security forces and support its government and people. that's what we've done. we've removed nearly 100,000 u.s. troops from iraq. we've closed or transferred to the iraqis hundreds of bases. and we have moved millions of pieces of equipment out of iraq. this completes a transition to iraqi responsibility for their own security. u.s. troops pulled out of iraq cities last summer. and iraqi forces have moved into the lead with considerable skill and commitment to their fellow citizens. even as iraq continues to suffer terrorist attacks, security incidents have been near the lowest on record since the war began. and iraqi forces have taken the fight to al qaeda. removing much of its leadership in iraqi-led operations. this year also saw iraq hold credible elections that drew a strong turnout. a caretaker administration is in place, as iraqis form a governm

but there have been people who are really the foundation of american prosperity and the american democratic stability. >>tavis: i wonder though if it s not pitting the abject poor against the middle class. we do not want to put these two groups against each other, but whether or not the conversation ought to be about the middle class as opposed to the very poor. i have seen during the presidential debates between obama and mccain, the world "poverty" never came up. .-- the word "poverty" never came up. the president does not use it. poverty is at the highest in this country in 15 years, and with all due respect, we are still talking about the middle- class. nobody is talking about the very poor in this country. >> i talk a lot about it in the book, because we do not have just the people who have been poor for one year. we also have the new poor, the formerly middle class. it is not about pitting one class against the other. it is with recognizing that we are all in this together, and, frankly, would they want to live in a third world america? where they are living behind gates, with securit

americans, how can you be against that? republicans, well, i guess you could make the case that they just really don't give a damn about these people. they would rather let these people suffer so they can make a quick buck from the high-dollar donors in the insurance industry. i mean, that's what they've been fighting for. and at this very moment insurance companies are dropping coverage for sick kids. is it disgusting, you better believe it's disgusting. and fox news pastor, mike huckabee thinks covering sick kids -- well, it's a bad thing. >> it's such a warm message to say and we're not going to deny anyone from a pre-existing condition. okay, fine. then, let's do that with our property insurance. and you can call your insurance agent and say, i'd like to buy some insurance for my house. he'd say, tell me about your house. well, sir, it burned down yesterday, but i'd like to insure it today. and he'll say, i'm sorry but we can't insure it after it's all right burnt. well, no pre-existing conditions. >> well i guess the r

points that the americans want now if those five or points are taken care of if you will than most americans say what's the problem list go ahead and document these undocumented people ok jacob if i can go to you i mean do you how much did in your opinion in looking at the all those points that we just mentioned just earlier but how much throw in the economic recession how much is this made it worse you know taking away jobs of americans when again you know i mean i come from southern california i can remember going through this debate growing up is it actually don't take too many jobs away from the people that are already there because most of those jobs are people that don't want to do that kind of work and and it goes on so forth but with his economic recession everybody's got hit from top to bottom that's why we call it a recession so how much is the recession play into this right wild rhetoric sometimes that that happens on air. interesting thing about the recession if you look at the recession it's true jobs have disappeared millions of jobs have disappeared with the recession but also

did americans in uniform lose control and kill innocent civilians? a dramatic story unfolding on camera. >>> and back in business after a heartbreaking disaster, a national treasure is, again, making music. >>> also tonight, what's being described as the moon mission for a new generation. "the nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. there is important news in what we're about to show you because it may be evidence of a trend afoot right now. we are at this hour debuting a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll. while there is some good news here for the democrats who may be worried about a blood bath, sweeping losses at the upcoming mid-term elections have been predicted. there is really bad news if you're an incumbent office holder of either party. the voters increasingly don't want to hear it. they want some things someone else, and something new. our nbc news political director chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, here with us to start us off. >> good evening. we'll start with the number e

we are protecting american personnel, american citizens and training iraqis. >> one last question. i know your time is short. but on the issue of iraq, having come back from there, i felt like -- if i forget all the history and i just think this very broad strokes about the fact we have had 7 1/2 years of presence in iraq, a trillion dollars, everything that was spent there in every sense, it be leaving there with no electricity in baghdad and the suffering that causes iraqi people and the effect on the prospect of peace and in civil society taking hold in iraq after all those years, electricity seems to be not just a list of things but the thing we could most do for the iraqi people if we could do anything. why hasn't that been the u.s. priority, to at least leave them with that? >> by the time we leave, we will. two, i've been there 14, 15 times. there is a great deal more electricity than when the war first started. >> in baghdad. saddam gave power to a lot of the country. >> what happened as we and now the iraqis eliminate the al qaeda that's left in iraq as well as the -- ther

american story. here historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts by events that shaped our nations. visit museums, historical sites, and college campuses as professors and leading historians tell them to america's past. american history-tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. >> 50 years ago this month, a group of young conservatives signed a list of principles that many see as the start of the modern conservative movement for it on friday, the young american foundation founded -- met. i would like everyone to take their seats. good afternoon. good afternoon. i am roger reem, i am the president of the fund for american studies. we come together today and tomorrow to mark the 50th anniversary of a very important event in american political history, a meeting that was held at great elm and sharon, conn. on the estate of the buckwheat family that led to the writing of the shower and a statement, a great document of conservative principles, the creation of young americans for freedom

but how much do americans really know about religion? >> we're a nation of religious illiterates. >> reporter: stephen prothero is a professor of religion at boston university. >> we have a lot of people who love jesus but don't know much about him. we have a lot of people who believe and hope that the bible is the word of god but they don't really bother to read it. >> reporter: and it shows. on average, americans correctly answered 16 of 32 religious knowledge survey questions. >> the three groups that come out on top in this survey are atheists and agnostics, jews along with mormons. >> reporter: at the bottom? >> mainline protestants, catholics and those who describe their religion as just nothing in particular. >> reporter: here's some of the results from the survey. when asked the dalai lama's religion... >> hindu? >> i'm going to say hindu. >> sort sort of middle eastern religion. >> reporter: fewer than half of americans correctly answered that he is... >> buddhist. >> reporter: name of the first book of the bible. >> i don't kno

they've made tommy hilfiger a king of american apparent. last night, at his star-studded 25th anniversary show. >> we've been seeing his pieces for so long, they've been just a part of our culture at this point. >> tommy, happy 25th anniversary. >> reporter: but his story is rise and fall from fashion's good graces, as distinctly american as his clothes. today, tommy hilfiger leads a $4 billion fashion empire. >> we own our own shoe company now so we wanted to make sure the shoe looks like a tommy hilfiger shoe, red, white and blue. >> reporter: but he's seen his way through bankruptcy, a backlash of bad press, and somehow survived a baggy jean and logo era he'd rather forget. is there anything you designed that you wish you could pull from the atmosphere, bury and never see again? >> well, as you look back, you know, i probably overdid big logos to an exhausting point in the '90s. i mean, the traffic on fifth avenue is incredible -- >> reporter: we visited hilfiger at his new flagship store on new york's fifth avenue. should i be rocking t

he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dollars in your account. thank you very much, i have to find my ball. so he goes looking -- hold on a minute, lad. please hold on. i see you are golfing with your wife. do you mind if i go into the shrubbery with her for an hour or so? he says, let me ask her. it's a million dollars. so he goes up and asks the wife and she says, what? you don't mind if i go in the bushes with the leprechaun? he says, no, no,

that has become a haven for many americans like billings who have found a new poll found that almost forty percent of americans believe that muslims should carry identification card despite that twenty thousand americans every year decide to convert to islam convert say they don't regret their decision at all around the world since nine eleven muslims have battled bands of their religious clothing profiling in airports and discrimination in their everyday lives after joining a class to learn more about islam carl dodge also decided to become a muslim one of the big jokes. that i've always made is before i actually sat down in the class and opened my career on everything i knew about islam i had learned from c.n.n. and when it comes to the mainstream media the depiction of converts can be somewhat extreme that pakistani officials have arrested adam gadahn this is the american born spokesman for al qaeda fox's work first there was john walker lindh the californian who converted joined the taliban and ended up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane th

is a threat for us to burn copies of the koran is postponed speech to americans you've recently converted to islam and say there's no place for extreme islam in religion . while it's eight am here in the russian city of get us live will be bringing you the full coverage of the global call this a forum held here for the second year in a row but first to all top story russia's republic of here is holding an official day of mourning for the victims of the deadly terror attack in its capital. alone suicide bomber is believed to have been behind a car bomb blast which killed nineteen people and. one hundred thirty six and let's get the latest with our correspondents. joins us live from the city itself hello to what's happening now at the market which was the size of the blast. we are located right now in logic of cars were they car exploded just in front of the local market and for the whole night investigators have been at the scene working because the blast was so powerful they need all this time. to get the details also the people who are coming to the site they were printing flowers they w

that. >> what concerns me is the use f my tax money to fund american soldiers and american weapons. that use that power to subordinate other middle easterners. >> that's your view and glenn's. >> i said across the board, not just american belligerence. and if america can't admit its own hipypocrisy, it's a problemo solve this. cliff, i hope you get enough of an opportunity to articulate your views. we knew it would be spirited. good to see you, glenn. i hope you come back. cliff, see you soon. >>> still ahead, we are kicking off a week-long series called "job wars." who's fighting for and against real job creation in this country. the answer may surprise you when you look at how many huge corp. rags in this country don't want to make it easier for you to get a job because they make money when you lose your job. we'll talk about which industries are hiring, which are not and how this crisis is affecting actually human beings culminating with a live broadcast from a job fair in dallas, texas, this thursday. >>> today, we'll look at the lost generation. recent college grads in deep deb

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so bob corker wanted to make sure salaries of american workers employed by american car companies came down to the level being offered by nonunion foreign companies. and he wanted a firm date for those salaries to come down because that's the kind of american patriot bob corker is. that's how he wanted to use washington leverage to reduce american wages. when bob corker did not get what he wanted didn't win a washington imposed pay cut for workers, he voted against saving the american car company. he voted against allowing the measure to come up on the senate floor. he filibustered it. if bob corker couldn't cut american auto workers pay, then bob corker wasn't going to support the continued existence of an american auto industry. that guy i am not joking on friday went to a gm plant that was celebrating its ability to rehire 483 previously laid off workers because of the bailout that bob corker voted against after failing to get salary cuts for all its workers attached to it. bob corker went to that plant to take part in the celebration. how can you be the guy who tried to kill the ba

forty percent of americans believe that muslims should care. three identification card despite that twenty thousand americans every year decide to convert to islam be a convert say they don't regret their decision at all it's a choice that they must think about every day around the world since nine eleven muslims have battled bands of their religious clothing profiling in airports and discrimination in their everyday lives after joining a class to learn more about islam carl dodge also decided to become a muslim one of the big jokes that i've always made is before i actually set down the class an open microphone everything i knew about islam i had learned from c.n.n. and when it comes to the mainstream media the depiction of converts can be somewhat extreme that pakistani officials have arrested adam gadahn this is the american born spokesman for al qaeda fox's work first there was john walker lindh the californian who converted joined the taliban and then did up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blo

thousand americans every year decide to convert to islam convert say they don't work. at their decision at all it's a choice that they must think about every day around the world since nine eleven muslims have battled bands of their religious clothing profiling in airports and discrimination in their everyday lives after joining our class to learn more about islam carl dodge also decided to become a muslim one of the big jokes that i've always made is before i actually set down the class and opened my career on everything i knew about islam i had learned from c.n.n. and when it comes to the mainstream media the depiction of converts can be somewhat extreme that pakistani officials have arrested adam gadahn this is the american born spokesman for al qaeda fox's war first there was john walker lindh the californian who converted joined the taliban and then did up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blond haired blue eyed convert who allegedly recruited people to wage violent jihad and for many american muslims like dodge and bil

how does that instill confidence in the american people? >> it does not compute to the average person. it is said that macroeconomics will benefit the system, but why do people not feel that? politicians in both parties have sort of lost credibility. it does not matter what comes from washington now because they know that they will say almost anything to get their approval. what needs to happen is we need to see jobs, jobs, jobs come back. short of that, helping people feel more economically secure, they will continue to have concerns about the direction the country is going. >> it is not all bad news, though. >> it is true, what people want to see is the economy roared back. it may benefit obama to channel a bit of ronald reagan. while polls show such pessimism, americans want to be optimistic about their future. they want to know, yes, this is a tough time, but it is going to get better. $50 billion in infrastructure does not get to the kind of message they want to hear. they heard that with the stimulus. instead, where is the inspiration

nearly half of all americans, 49% of americans say they admire political leaders who refuse to compromise. among republicans, the number who don't like compromise is up to 62%. 52% say they don't like politicians willing to make compromise. it gives you a sense of why the all or nothing attitude of today's tea party-driven republican party has the momentum heading into november. democrats are more open to compromise this fall. we'll be right back.jam, apricot. and i really love my bank's raise your rate cd. i'm sorry, did you say you'd love a pay raise asap ? uh, actually, i said i love my bank's raise your rate cd. you spent 8 days lost at sea ? no, uh... you love watching your neighbors watch tv ? at ally, you'll love our raise your rate cd that offers a one-time rate increase if our current rates go up. ally. do you love your bank ? but now, to get it really cooking, you need a little website development. some transparent reporting, so you know it's working. online ads and 1-on-1 marketing consultation. yellowbook's got all that. yellowbook360 has a whole spectrum of tools. the perfect

we want to help average, hard- working americans. tavis: i am with you on the point many americans are against the bailout. there is no debate on that. but when you are advising republicans how to spend an argument in opposition to financial regulation, which americans do want -- that is what i asked about. >> you want me to be detailed. on cable news, and they put one side and you do not see enough of the other side. i want to pretend -- i want to give credit to fox. there are a hell of a lot more democrats on fox then define republicans on msnbc.. we need to be informed, not just a firm. we are gathering information just to confirm what we already believe rather than being open- minded and try to collect information in. that is another of the great problems we have. there had to be oversight of wall street, which there was. the bush administration should absolutely be held accountable. but when we create some many rules and regulations into thousand pages of legislation, you do not know what the unintended consequences are. the peo

the last lap by american. insists that down to four thoughts his first finish right side the podium in three so far this season this spiny whoever sits a huge fifty six points clear of produce at the top of the standings with just five more races to go stoner is not third overall he may be out of contention but still relished the well deserved. were able to get the bike working almost the way we wanted it to have a little slip off this morning which was a little bit boring going into the in and staying away from everyone i could want to get too close but yeah we were able to pick up the pace when we needed to generate. for the team for everyone who's stuck by me and you know sorry it took so long. cricket is still reeling from the allegations of much fixing centered around pakistan's recent test with england fans around the world then will be hoping the upcoming high profile clash between astray and india will get focus back on the crease a sentiment echoed by the players. events of the last couple of weeks of

i believe that if we work with the american people, the american people will want to work with us to come to grips with these challenges that face our country. it is about having that adult conversation in an honest, open the way that will help us get the answers to lay out the plan that will help solve this problem once and for all. yes, ma'am? >> legislatively, how do you plan to honor traditional marriage, life, and faith based organizations that form the core of our american values? >> if you look at house republicans over the course of the last year or the last 10 years, you will see that by and large, we have supported those pro-family traditional value issues. the point we make in this preamble to our pledge is that we are not going to be any different than what we have been. we will stand up for those things that we believe in. >> one other thing that is not in here is something that you have supported which is a ban on your marks. why is that not in here? >> clearly, the american people are concerned about your marks. the republican congress took a moratorium on earmarks for

paul waldman and the american prospect. thanks. >> thanks, keith. >> the revenge of the insurance industry as health care reform kicks in this week, the insurancers target your kids. >>> you know worst person in the world is part metaphor, part hyperbole. and then you see a picture like this one and you think no, maybe i mean it literally. >>> and when rachel joins you at the top of the hour, she'll look into where karl rove is getting his money. he could use one of those lettuce pieces. >>> the gubernatorial candidate who has issued a 68-page job plan. the catch? there are only about 15 words per page. >>> and as health care passes a milestone, you knew there had to be a catch on the insurance industry. so these insurers here want to kick your kids to the curb. ahead on "countdown." >>> as health care reform begins to take effect, three insurers have found a loophole, just not offering insurance for your kid. that's next. but first, get out your "pitchforks and torches." i thought we were going to play the tape again. defe

groups like americans for prosperity and american crossroads, other groups pledging to spend millions of dollars on behalf of republican congressional candidates. we've seen big investments in states like colorado and wisconsin just this week, with you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars going in specifically targeting incumbent democratic senators. whether or not that money filters down to the house will be interesting to see. at the moment, the vast majority of the spending is going towards senate races. that's something that has at least some republicans wishing that maybe the groups would focus more on the house. >> your prediction today? >> you know, it's going to be a tough slog. i think republicans are going to pick up a number of seats. as many as between two and three dozen. i'm not quite as bullish on chances of actually taking over the majority as much of the rest of washington is. >>ed lone holdout. we'll have you back an election day, thanks. >>> and the summer of recovery failed to register with voters. what are democrats hoping to hear from president obama now? >>> a

american astronaut among those aboard. the homecoming following a technical glitch that delayed the undocking of the spacecraft. >> gregg: did you see steven colbert's act appearing as a quote, unquote, expert, tongue well in cheek at a house hearing on illegal farm workers. not everybody was terribly pleased with it. but speaker nancy pelosi calling the funny man's appearance quote unquote, appropriate, adding colbert could bring much needed attention to the farm workers plight. here is a snippet. >> america's farms are presently far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. now, the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. and if you look at the recent obesity statistics, you'll see many americans have already started. this is a america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american, then sliced by guatemalan and served by venezuela in a spa where a chilean gives me a brazilian. >> gregg: i am sorry. but that's funny stuff. like we said,

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i do think that the americans behave irrationally when it comes to iran after all the iranian nuclear program is by all means peaceful there is no evidence whatsoever to show that it's anything otherwise but the united states has a very immense hostility towards the country that it's not that's not linked to the nuclear program it goes back three decades anything in iran is negative according to the united states only thing that iran has yet to be accused of by the united states is global warming and perhaps that will come up later on but i think what is more i mean who are think it has anything to do with iran taking hostages with iran killing marines in lebanon with marines attacking military vehicles and i want to. thank you very secure i think you actually are a war actor. you know he's a very kind of the bad and that's why they have a problem with him no i think i think i think you have a problem with your history classes in the united states iranian american relations didn't begin with embassy takeover they began with the united states overthrowing the national government in ira

who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene happening in that area. there's this wonderful book called fillmore harlem west and also there's several other books that are about that particular era. but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that'

talked about this with one of the nine eleven rescues who's also an american islamic congress has. ramadan says muslims shouldn't be scapegoated for the hijackers did. really with the shows in the most disturbing part about this debate is it's become an us against them that is the most troubling aspect because we are all americans again we're signing collective guilt on the one billion muslims that practice this thing. the acts of nineteen villains that basically defiled islam and practiced a perverted version of islam for a political agenda and now to assign blame on all muslims is completely incorrect and inaccurate but i think the great majority fear islam because they don't understand that the beauty of this country is the constitution and that all americans despite faith despite race are afforded the same civil liberties muslim american activist and nine eleven first aid everdeen older ramadan talking about the perception of islam in the u.s. meanwhile american officials say that al qaida has been seriously weakened since it carried out the nine eleven attacks but it's still s

more americans rely on food stamps than ever before. more than 11 million people. one in every ten families now needing help, people like clyde hardin, who spoke to us from georgia by skype. he lost his job last year. >> i've worked my whole life. now i can't do anything for my family. >> reporter: hardin has two daughters. >> you don't know what it's like to say, "i'm sorry, we can't afford it, i'm sorry we can't buy the school picture, because i don't have money." you doesn't know what it's like to tell a little girl that. >> reporter: those pictures, a portrait of our country tonight. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> and as we head toward the elections in november. as you know, illegal immigration is an issue simmering throughout the country. and tonight it's front and center in the california governor's race. a former house keeper for republican candidate meg whitman of ebay fame. sought out the cameras said whitman knew she was work illegally and did nothing about it. this afternoon whitman answered. >> just last night, meg whitman hit the immigration i

these are the things the american people are demanding. and our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done, and beginning today. none of this would have been possible without the work of kevin mccarthy, our colleague from california, who has spent the last six months working night and day to put this project together. kevin? >> thank you, mr. leader. the document we released today finally answers the question, tens of millions of americans are asking. will we leave to our children a stronger, healthier, more prosperous country than our parents left us? as we stand here before you, the future of the country hangs in the balance. across this great nation, mothers and fathers wonder if their children will find the same opportunities for success that existed just a generation ago. can you blame them? as a result of the economic disastrous policies of the current administration, millions of americans today are out of work. and our children will be saddled with the deficit and debt that is, by every definition, out of c

and no americans? i did, as part of my ongoing series, "fallback positions," where i take on other jobs in order to realize that mine is way better. i am understand many democrats may be looking for work, november. i will admit. i started my work day with preconceived notions of migrant labor. after working with these men and women, picking beans, packing corn for hours on end, side-by- side in the unforgiving sun, i have to say, please do not make me do this again. it is really, really hard. for one thing, when you're picking beans, you have to spend all day bending over. it turns out, and i did not know this, and most soil is at ground level. if we can put a man on the man, why can we not make earth ways to hide? come on. where is the funding -- why can we not make the earth waist- high? come on. where is the funding? normally i believe this to the invisible hand of the market, but the invisible hand has already moved over 22,000 farm jobs to mexico and shut down over 1 million acres of u.s. farmland

he said the majority of americans believe the u.s. orchestrated the september 11th attacks as part of a propaganda campaign to fix the declining american economy and to help save israel. earlier in the day, president obama had his turn at the podium and he had a lot tsay about the global economy, u.s. relations with china, the middle east peace process, but it wasn't just a day for diplomacy. there were some dostic issues to deal with as well. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie here in new york covering the president tonight. savannah, good ening. >> as you say, on foign policy today was the main event. the prident addressed the full u.n. assembly, a speech that covered the terrain of u.s. foreign policy, but it was striking how much time he devoted to the issue of middle east peace. making clear he's willing to put it on the line for an issue that's bedeviled so many of his predecessors. at the u.n. today, the president leaned hard on world leaders to finally achieve a long elusive goal in the middle east. >> we all have

it's an american problem and one we have to solve. i think the choice now the primary season is now over, each party has their list of candidates and their strategy going forward. and the choice between the democratic direction, which is turned a shrinking economy into a growing one i think is going to be more attractive than a strategy going back to the policies that put us into this last decade. >> governor, what do you do about the democratic members of congress running against nancy pelosi, the democratic party? we have chet edwards. let's take a quick look at the commercial because that tells the story. >> when president obama and nancy pelosi pressured chet edwards, chet stood up to them and voted no against their trillion-dollar health care bill and no to cap and trade. >> the facts. joe donnelly is indiana's most independent congressman. joe opposed president bush's attempts to privatize social security and voted against nancy pelosi's energy tax on hoosier families. but jackie what lorecy blindly follows the party lines. >> j

i want it picked by american. sliced by a guatemalan and served by a venezuelan in a spa where a chilian gives me a brazilian. >> i'm asking to you leave the committee room completely and submit your statement instead. >> i'm here at the invitation of the chairwoman. if she would like me to remove myself from the hearing room, i'm happy to do so i'm only here at her invitation. >> america's are too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. and if you look at the recent obesity statistics, you will see that many americans have already started. >> do i get paid by the bean or the hour? >> by the hour. >> how many hours have i been working? >> about 12 minutes. >> please don't make me do this again. it is really, really hard. for one thing when picking beans you have to spend all day bending over. it turns out, i did not know this, most soil is at ground level. >> mr. colbert you can work on so many issues, why are you int

and the american people walked away from us. what we have in this proposal is not necessarily new -- the idea of fiscal responsibility, pro growth policies, openness and transparency in government are solid american ideas. what republicans are committing to in the pledge for america is taking important first steps in this congress to steer our national government back to the basic practices. >> congressman van hollen, do you agree? is this a return to core principles or is this a rehash? oh. >> this is a rehash. a recycling of the bush economic agenda. a new front page. otherwise, this is a xerox copy. the whole answer to everything seems to be give the folks at the top a tax break and they want to undo of the regulations and reforms on wall street. i mean, the problems on wall street led to catastrophe around the country. millions of people lost their jobs. and they're trying to do what lobbyists tried very hard to do but didn't succeed which is to say let's put those guys back in charge. it is a return to the bush economic age

and that in many cases it is radicalized american muslims. fringe element of the overall population but nonetheless real a in things like the times square and texas shooter fueled sentiment on the other side which may in fact produce -- >> if some of the demonization of the other because of what the country is going through right now, we're in an economic situation as i pointed out on the front page of "the new york times" more and more families going into homeless shelters this is not just a policy debate about taxes and spending it's about real impact on real lives around the country, is that in part what's fuelling this and can president obama make a gesture like going to a mosque saying that something he admired about what president bush did saying it's not a war against islam, can he do something like that? >> there's no question that throughout our history when times have been bad in economic declines and depression or in times when we've been at war, we've been susceptible to vilifying some group of people whether turning the japanese

every single american, mr. speaker, has sacrificed for this policy of invading a sovereign nation without prove occasion and under false pretenses. the iraq war has strained the american people of nearly three-quarters of $1 trillion. this money, much of it borrowed from foreign creditors, which we are essentially taking from our children and grandchildren and there are other things you can't quantify. the moral authority of having squandered, the national credibility we have lost, the trust of our global neighbors that we won't soon recover. of course no sacrifice was greater than the one borne by our men and women in uniform and their families. 4,400 americans died unnecessarily, upwards to 30,000 are wounded and many more are suffering from post-traumatic stress. the men and women deployed to iraq, mr. speaker, have served with courage and served with honor and we owe them our never-ending gratitude. and we owe them our concern and our support. now that the occupation is drawing to a close in iraq, however,

vegas was off limits to african-americans. at some point, he would find a job working in a hospital. the white physicians would come back talking about stories about vegas or palm springs. they would ask him have you been there yet? he began to make some calls and found out from someone that it was beginning to open up to african-americans. this was in the mid 1950's. he got the name of a connection, a man named jimmy gay. he was a go between helping black people get rooms in the hotels. you heard about this man and said we'd like to bring a party of 12 or so. we are so excited. this was always his dream. he ended up being a really big gambler. jimmy said sure, tell me where and when. he made arrangements for them to go to the riviera hotel. it was brand new. it was a big deal. there were songs about it. he used to sing songs in anticipation of going. when they got there, they had all this luggage. the women had been packing for weeks. they got there, there was no indication he had a room for him. he began to have recollection

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