as asian-americans in this country. as we look toward the new year, i think we can say that the asian-american community has come far in san francisco since we first started immigrating here in the 1950's, and there were many challenges for our community, beginning with the first exclusion act, immigration and for men and women that came for san francisco, to labor issues, and also segregation that we faced. and that was then brought forward as a court case to look at what it means to be equal but separate in our public schools. there is much work we have done here, and now we see we have our first asian-american mayor, the first time we have seen four asian american sitting on the board of supervisors. it is certainly an honor and privilege for me to be here today. i want to recognize the history not only of our communities, but of many communities that have fought for us to be here today. again, happy new year. thank you for being here and joining in on the celebration. [applause] >> thank you, supervisors. assessor p

on july 26, 2000, the american medical association, the american academy of pediatrics, the american psychiatric association, the american psychological association, the american academy of family physicians, and the american academy of child adolescent psychology issued a joint statement on the impact of child -- sorry, on the impact of entertainment violence on children. an excerpt of the statement which was subsequently endorsed by both houses of the estates congress reads, quote, the conclusion of the public health community based on over 30 years of research is that doing entertainment violence can lead to increases in aggressive attitudes, values and behavior, particularly in children. in addressing whether a not media violence causes real life violence, skeptics have been quick to observe that some studies on effects of media violence has been flawed. and the correlation does not prove causation. millions of people you televised violence everyday without subsequent acting in an overtly violent fashion. they correctly point out, and the many studies that sought to prove or disp

-- especially immigrant americans becoming true americans. that does not mean that we do not need a safety net. that does not mean we should not have a proper debate about where this hatred said in and where private initiative or voluntary -- where the state should step in and where private initiative or voluntary initiative should. i am not proposing the libertarian you to be in by any means. but i do think, that does not mean that we should drop into mdot -- drop into an attitude of and how, because i think that just kills gratitude. -- an attitude of entitlement because i think that just kills gratitude. >> the source of gratitude that i saw in my grandparents, who were second-generation american you put that together and they constitute what we call the american dream. there's no other country, i think, onerous for which the word dream follows the name of the country. i have never heard of a french dream. well -- [laughter] i do not think i should have gone there. a russian dream, i suppose, yet another belgian this year. [laughter] ameri

support from the americans. so british chancellor of the exchequer, charlestown flamed with the equivalent of our secretary treasury came up with a scheme to counter the adams otis argument of taxation without representation. he was an electric tax americans. glass, lead, tape, tape or nt. he reasoned that duties would be less painful for ordinary americans who could avoid paying them by simply using homemade substitute. farmers and their families and 95% of americans were lived on farms. farmers already produced most of their own clothes, wood utensils and tools for many of the things they need it. the people most affected by it that duties for the wealthy who loved their beautiful british and european furniture and furnishings, and their wines and fancy gourmet food. so when the british impose duties to pay for the war that duties effective, the richest colonials, not the poor or middle classes. it affected those who are profiting most from the war, merchants, bank owners. other towns in that duties did not up

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sometimes i say to become an american citizen, americans -- immigrants all to learn american history. [applause] but maybe we should also have a voting standard that says to vote as a native-born american, he should have to learn american history -- you should have to learn american history. the you realize how many of our students could not pass the citizenship test? now, america it is a cultural memory. it is only one generation deep. we stand across roads. if we lose this fight and we have four more years of radical, left-wing values in washington, this country will be dramatically weakened, the fabric of our society will be weakened, and we will be in deep trouble. but if we win this fight, particularly on a principled policy basis, not personalities of policy, the american people faced with these choices decisively choose a feature of american exceptionalism, shoes a feature with the work ethic, then i think we will do it very well. the second -- let's bring it home to georgia. what a job program in georgia look like? but what a program for jobs in america look like? let me tell

african-american men and women ran schools. there were a fair number of people who left dc for higher education and went to the north to get educated and then returned and often became teachers. some also worked in federal positions, positions in the federal government, not necessarily -- or not at all in kind of clerical positions, but as messengers. and so forth. and in those roles they actually knew many of the most powerful men in the country and so interestingly, free black washingtonians -- many of them had powerful ties to people who could help them later. and these folks -- the kind of pre-african-americans who lived in washington before the war were poised to exert a special kind of leadership as emancipation took shape. the second population were the thousands of former slaves who came into the capitol from maryland and virginia during the civil war. these people were often escaping from slavery. and they kind of became the backbone of black washington because there were so many people, there were so many thousands of

so that's a very important thing where we need the support of the american government and the american congress and we have not yet, and that is important because those weapons are aiming today, against mexican innocents, mexican people and mexican authorities, but nobody can say will never happen that those weapons aim against american citizens. >> charlie: look at the demand side of drugs. your pred seder, vicente -- your predecessor, vicente fox said if the united states legalized drugs, i think he principally met marijuana it would dry up revenues and the cartels would be severely hurt. you don't agree can legalization. >> let me tell you, i don't agree, but i am open to debate. that is clear for me. why? because there are economic arguments in both sides of the discussion. i understand that as the economic theory used to say, when you have a black market like in the case of drugs, you have some kind of overprice, and with that it is possible to fuel the activity of the criminals -- the more violent criminals. however, at least what we need today is a clear definition, because you

at a time when americans are genuinely struggling out there, americans are -- at a time when americans are generally struggling out there, democrats have chosen to waste two weeks making a political statement rather than in trying to make a difference. the american people, madam president, deserve a lot better than that, and that's why republicans have offered the offshore production and safety act of 2011 which we'll vote on later today. our plan has basically three objectives. first, to restore american offshore production. second, to improve safety. third, to require bureaucrats in washington to get to work on the permitting process to make a decision one way or the other. and it would have three corps responding effects -- three corresponding effects. first and most importantly, our plan would help reduce the price of gas at the pump by unlocking our own domestic resources and speeding up the permitting process, our plan would actually do something to increase supply, putting downward pressure on price. as the democratic senator from missouri said yesterday, the more supply, the le

make a lot of money that's fine it's american way. but it also seems maybe the subsidies . are not really that necessary anymore but can it go phillips slammed those who want to end those subsidies as an american did you really mean to question my patriotism and the patriotism of the twenty eight other united states senators who are co-sponsors do you believe that president obama is an american because he has proposed cutting oil subsidies do you believe that former president bush speaker boehner congressman ryan are un-american because they have expressed cutting oil subsidies the plan which ink america's one point three trillion dollar deficit by twenty one billion over ten years and with gas hovering around four dollars a gallon and everything on the chopping block it was an opportunity for senators to show they feel americans pain do you think that your subsidy is more important than the financial aid we give to students to go to college could you answer that yes or no but it's very difficult question for you like big tobacco and

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

and i mean i understand sure americans don't like taxes right but why is it on american to get a little pressure on these companies that are actually shipping jobs overseas that are keeping their money in bank accounts overseas and they aren't paying their fair share period you know i mean i think that's exactly the point we did a study over a center for american progress and we actually found that exxon's effective tax rate over the past three years is actually lower than the average american so you know if you're an average american out there working hard you're paying higher much higher tax rate actually than exxon mobil which is the world's most powerful corporation right now so i think when we talk about what's american what's what's american soccer price if you're trying to make sure your countrymen are paying certainly. prices and also just getting back you know making sure you live in a great country not just be concerned totally with your prostate so instead what they're doing is we heard more threats today saying you know if you want to come out as they were you will just move

and i mean i understand sure americans don't like taxes right but why is it on americans to put a little pressure on these companies that are actually shipping jobs overseas that are keeping their money in bank accounts overseas and they aren't paying their fair share period now i mean i think that's exactly the point we did a study of a center for american progress and we actually found that exxon's effective tax rate over the past three years is actually lower than the average american so you know if you're an average american out there working hard you're paying a much higher tax rate actually an exxon mobil which is the world's most profitable corporation right now so i think when we talk about what's american what's what's american soccer pricing for right here making sure your countrymen aren't paying certainly. prices and also just giving back you know making sure that you live in a great country not just be considered totally with your profit so instead what they're doing is we heard more threats today saying you know if you want to come out as they know we will just move elsewhe

it's called "the american alternative fuels act." this bill truly would ease americans' pain at the pump. it would repeal barriers to alternative fuels so that american energy can thrive. it would promote the production of alternative fuels derived from american sources. this bill acknowledges the truth about our energy crisis. we need more american energy, we need it all well, in addition to the green jobs that the president keeps talking about, we need red, white and blue energy and red, white, and blue energy jobs. we must keep focusing on making our energy as clean as we can, as fast as we can and do it in ways that do not increase the costs on american families. the only way that americans can take the president's call for more energy production seriously is if he and the democrat leadership abandon their fixation on raising taxes on producing american energy. that is the first step we need to do in helping relieve pain at the pump. mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the cle

american perception it's american as. of somebody when somebody loses not it gets bigger for all of us and that's been a means of social control since the beginning of this republic to somebody has got to lose so i got to fight to keep them from getting it because they're going to come and impose on me a lot of the stuff you saw in arizona last year was based on that well these people are going to do to us what we've been doing to them let's not necessarily so i don't remember that's not necessarily so that's not so that's that i guess when you see you know the power of propaganda you know how far from reality exactly can be chris and i thank you very much for joining us tonight. now it comes to security measures used in schools across the u.s. metal detectors and video surveillance they've become pretty outdated these days you'll find biometric systems like iris recognition and fingerprint scans computer programs that check school visitor identities against sex offender lists and radio frequency identification that track

years later, al qaeda -- an american destroyer. 17 american servicemen died. it was the taxes seven -- september 11, 2001, they gave him the greatest notoriety. the destruction of the twin towers saw nearly 3000 people killed. >> it was interesting, when he spoke he was probably the only arab figure who does not say the first thing the comes into his mind. most people, the camera comes up and they have to say something. they do not want to look stupid. i would ask a question of osama bin laden , and he would think about how we wanted to reply. i would sit there and watch this to cleaning operation waiting for his words. >> he seemed to believe that islamic law is the only way to bring pre -- peace to the muslim world. using violent means is that resulted if that -- in the death of women and children. dozens of tapes purporting to be from him. over time, he has visibly aged. he was later seen walking with a stick. from his role in the fight against soviet troops in afghanistan to building in sudan, he was a world figure for a quarter of a century. al qaeda has

what, then, do we americans have in common, and what unites us as americans? how do we americans identify ourselves as individuals and as a people? what do we look up to an rever e? to what larger community and ideals are we devoted? for what are we willing to fight and sacrifice? making its public debut today, our new anthology, entitled "what so proudly we hail," speaks directly to these questions, informed by the conviction that making citizens is as much a matter of the heart as it is of the mind. it seeks to exploit the soul shaping possibilities of american george soros, political speeches, and songs to provoke -- american short stories, political speeches, and songs to provoke reflection. the american creed, liberty, equality, individual enterprise, religious freedom and toleration, the american character, displaying its strengths and weaknesses of individuals who are informed by the american creed, the virtues of a robust citizenry, among them at self-command, courage, senility, public spiritedness, and reverence, the sometimes competing goals of civic

instead, americans are paying more at the pump. they're living with high unemployment and they are producing less american energy. well, i hope the president will follow up on his promise to help america produce more oil. i also hope he'll stop pushing the damaging legislation that his party has put forward here this week. you know, it's time we have a true bipartisan approach on energy. senator manchin of west virginia and i have introduced just such a bill. it's a bipartisan bill. it's called "the american alternative fuels act." this bill truly would ease americans' pain at the pump. it would repeal barriers to alternative fuels so that american energy can thrive. it would promote the production of alternative fuels derived from american sources. this bill acknowledges the truth about our energy crisis. we need more american energy, we need it all well, in addition to the green jobs that the president keeps talking about, we need red, white and blue energy and red, white, and blue energy jobs. we must keep focusing on making our

i say to become an american citizen, immigrants ought to learn american history. [applause] but maybe you should also have a voting standard that says to vote as a native-born american, you have to learn american history. our high-school graduates could not pass a citizenship test. america is a cultural memory. it is only one generation deep. we stand at a crossroads. if we lose this fight, and we have four more years of radical, left-wing values imposed from washington, this country will be dramatically weakened. the fabric of our society will be weakened and our economy weakened and we will be in deep trouble. if we win this fight, particularly if we win it on a principled, a policy basis -- not personalities, but policies. the american people faced with these two choices decisively to is the future of american exceptionalism, of greater opportunity, work ethic, that a thing -- then i think we will do very, very well. let's bring it home to georgia. what a program of jobs for georgians look like. what would a program of jobs for americans look like. the reason i

it was the primary focus of american policy. in the 1990s, we saw the stirring rhetoric and commitment to the people of afghanistan of the 1980s evaporate as the country descended into civil war. when the u.s. invaded pakistan in 2001, we shook our heads as the u.s. followed the old soviet union into the very same it used to envelope its enemy. with the decision to cross the line and extend the afghan war into pakistan, we knew the process we speculated about 0 years ago had been completed. there were two main reasons for naming the new book "crossing zero". it's the line separating afghanistan from pakistan by the military intelligence community and a line that the u.s. fought on both sides of since the 1980s. the other is that given its history, discoer row line is an inescapable metaphor for the turning point in which the united states finds itself at in the second decade of the 21st century, figging a war that they cannot afford to lose. from the outset, washington's afghan problems were three-fold. first, the absence of an

americans be spending u.s. taxpayer dollars on building schools and civil societies when they're seen as an occupying force well you see we there's there has been so much money that's gone into especially government contracts and there's been so a lot of fraud a lot of lack of regulation we don't know where those millions of dollars went to there have been schools built no longer exist. we don't know what what happened there hasn't been any nation building and yet all of our tax dollars have gone into this country which is why a lot of americans resent this war and we haven't seen any progress so i feel like if the united states is going to continue to invest any more than we already have then there needs to be far more regulation you see far more oversight and intel that there is really essentially just engage in this perpetual war for nothing special or for nothing stronger it's well one when the president does over announce his eventual end of the longest war ever for the united states i hope to have you bac

this is an american history. these men are part of our american story and only through understanding and recognizing their contribution and what we think of as freedom could we truly understand the true history of louisiana. [applause] >> thank you. i would be happy to take questions. yes? come up to the microphone. [inaudible] >> i am wondering, aside from the obvious this is a very brutal and nasty story you don't feed to fourth graders, why do you think -- not necessarily deliberately but it is not advertised, not known to people. >> it was deliberately covered up at the time. the american governor and french planters. the -- louisiana was under consideration for statehood and the last thing william clambered wanted was they presided over the largest factor of slave resistance in american history. didn't want washington realizing how unstable new orleans was that it was living on this powder keg. there is not a strong abolitionist presence at the times and not a lot of people willing to stay up this story and

>> george healy to me is a great american story. george healy was an irish boy who grew up in the streets of boston, no money, for education, but talent to paint and draw. he was told you're good. you could go all the way with this talent. but he knew he had to go train with somebody. there was nobody to train with, no art school. so, without any money except what he had been able to save, no knowledge of french, knowing no one in paris, he went to paris, and he became the most sought-after and in many ways, most accomplished american portrait painter of the 19th century. there are seven of his paintings at the white house. there are 17 of his paintings in the national portrait gallery. his paintings are in most every major gallery in the united states. he was phenomenal. this painting right here is the biggest single work he ever did by far. ic remember the dimensions, but they are enormous. it covers the whole back wall behind the staining -- stage at nathaniel hall in boston, one of the most historic buildings in the united state

energy, by americans for americans. that should go along with to send a signal that we will bring additional supply to the market place so we do not rely on other sources. >> so you think it will lower gas prices initially. >> it will have an impact on the price of crude oil, which is the key factor to setting the price of gasoline. >> the obama administration is critical of the republican proposal, saying that they enter cut the reforms put in place at the bp oil spill last year. >> first of all, it is unfortunate that they would say that. that contributes to a lot of the polarization around this issue. if you look at the bill that the house passed, it deals with issues of safety. regulators are changing the safety requirements. it has done nothing to change that. the enhanced elevated safety requirements of the industry, the industry itself is moving to increase air safety standards, which is our number one priority. there is a lot of rhetoric out there. there is a lot finger-pointing. >> but the auto industry is plac

and yet very few americans have any understanding that it is this tiny but extremely powerful special interest lobby that dictates to both parties to the president to congress to the senate what will be done but how many americans to listen to what benjamin netanyahu said today is that the u.s. and israel are partners when it comes to enabling supporting democracy in the middle east that israel is not a problem in the middle east israel is the right thing in the middle east but we've heard you know even some of our officials leaving her general david petraeus say that it's true that israel u.s. foreign policy towards israel does put us at more risk when it comes to you know our relationships with the arab world how come that doesn't get fed to the american public when you think about the fact that we're in a war on terror that we're in a war in afghanistan which has been the longest war in u.s. history how come none of that gets put together is it the media's fault it's very much connected to the media the lobby is is more pervasive than most people even people who know about it often

be americans be spending u.s. taxpayer dollars on building up schools and civil societies when they're seen as an occupying force well you see. there's there has been so much and that's gone it's especially government contracts and there's been so a lot of fraud a lot of lack of regulation we don't know where those millions of dollars went to there have been schools bill clinton no longer exist. we don't know what what happened there hasn't been any nation building and yet all of our tax dollars and got into this country which is why a lot of americans resent this war and we haven't seen any progress so i feel like if the united states is going to continue to invest any more than we already have then there needs to be far more regulation it's a far more oversight and told that there is really essentially just them doing this for.

or somewhere in between seems everyone thinks they're part of the middle class these days so why are americans ignorant about the income inequality proven by statistics. and with that as the only warning a swat team bust into an x. marines home shooting and killing him so as reports of police brutality rise in america is this the reason americans don't stand up for what they believe. and that's all folks is the g eight summit comes to an end it promises billion dollar aid to arab states urging could dottie to go we'll have a report from v france. good evening it's friday may twenty seventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren mr they're watching our t.v. now provisions of the patriot act words that to expire today but lo and behold at the eleventh hour last night congress voted overwhelmingly to extend them until two thousand and fifteen not just as a refresher these provisions allow wiretapping without identifying who or what. it is being surveyed and it also allows law enforcement to access any tangible thing during investigations also separately soon it will be required that your cel

as the fame that is fuelling extremism. >> american hired guns, i have never seen such anti-americanism and pakistan is now. if they are our allies, we should be friends. we are being used in someone else's war and we are being destroyed by it. >> there are tens of thousands of militants in this country. cooperation between the u.s. and pakistan is one thing being reassessed as both countries look for fresh ideas on how to and the problems. >> it was one of the many topics brought up an exclusive interviews with the former pakistan president. it was his rather spirited exchange. >> i ask you again, why should western countries support pakistan at great cost? >> because we are fighting terror. >> pakistan is a vital ally in the war on to her? it begins to sound at some point like it is like blackmail. western countries have the support pakistan because if we down, then who knows what might have been. >> of course, that is an issue. i must say that we realize the the people of pakistan should realize that we're not fighting a war for the united states. the problem is on both ms. the peopl

or democrats, they were americans. those who have been working on this diligently for nine and a half years are not republicans or democrats, they are americans. those who carried out the mission yesterday, the same can be said about them. one thing we will likely hear from the park -- from the president tonight is about the capacity for americans to come together and achieve very difficult goals and work together. we can follow-up with you on logistics'. we will get it to you afterwards. i will move around and take the associated press and then move around. >> obviously if the president gave this order friday morning, can you talk about this a good, that he was trying to keep this poker face knowing that the actions that were going to take place? >> one thing that is important to note is that as john mentioned, the compartmentalization here. there was obviously success here and at a different level, which was the ability to keep the mission secret. having spent a great deal of time with him on friday, i can say that h

not an area where americans are normally allowed. and it's very, very surprising that osama bin laden would be in this area without ever having been seen by anybody else. >> well, i want to get to that. because given that it is a heavily populated area, how surprised are you that the u.s. is actually able to kill him there? >> they clearly had information, not just from here, but inside pakistan itself, clearly in that town itself. there -- i can't emphasize this enough, that there are two major pakistani military bases there. how in the world could someone who does not speak urdu, the language of that area, a group of arabs, live in that region, in that compound, for so many years, without ever having been seen? very clearly that they had, that is to say the bin laden group there, had help from the outside. where did they get their food? when i was a prisoner of the taliban, we had to be very careful about them -- or our jailers did, about the amount of water that even flowed out from our compound, because it wou be seen by more peo

the american public did not know any of this. franklin's girlfriend turned out to be essential to helping these two figures become the great heroes of american history who led us through the great depression and the second world war. a central piece of their story is the extramarital relationship and important piece that had long ignored. >> host: let me hear your favorite chapter. let's hear from a caller in alabama. you presidents, first ladies and their lovers changed the course of american history". >> caller: thank you for your work. one of your buddies we harrelson, in that movie, online:plays a big part in his life. how much does it play in yours? >> guest: you say online:? >> host: that was his questions. >> guest: we have a web site but i never go on it. it plays no role in my life at all. much more material is available now because of the internet. it was never available before technology came into use. >> host: is that good or bad for society? >> guest: you don't draw the line but, our reading habits -- little red ridi

do you think charlie wilson helped the american people? >> well, he did not help the afghan people, number one. in fact, charlie wilson, representative wilson basically -- first a quick story how we know, for a fact that the soviets wanted to get out of afghanistan. in 1983, we brought robert fisher to afghanistan. he was approached before we approached him to do this trip by the soviets in, i think, in 1982, in the fall, that they were desperate to get out of afghanistan, help us get out. we approached roger with the idea of bringing him to afghanistan to figure out a way to get the soviets out. we get to afghanistan and they send their top -- moscow sends the top guy down to talk to roger and roger is shocked to tell us they want out quickly, and they are desperate. we bring the story back to nightline, and it was obvious that the mainstream media and washington beltway crowd was not interested in doing anything with this possibility. they didn't create what roger described as a golden bridge to help the soviets withdrawal and stay safe.

do every report of these recruits americans that's pretty scary to americans if they know that there's a big difference. there's a. a difference between inspiring already twisted and disturbed individuals to that kind of action if you're talking about the underwear bomber or the young man who shot up the army recruitment center in little rock arkansas there's a big difference between an adult using him and being and and being well that that's actually far more complicated a dramatic oversimplification to say that our rocky somehow was responsible for what happened at fort hood you actually go back and you showed me the evidence he was responsible for that and i'll admit it i was right and i think i think i think kerry makes a great point and i know i would definitely agree with that but i mean the question is who is going to be with the street or your other guest as the new leader so i think a lot he was not the leader and i get a lot of that jeremy's point i think it's a very good one well then i jeremy say what is the truth and of the area because what i think has happened and i saw

that's because fewer americans will be pushed into the exchanges and a million more americans will retain their employer-provided health care coverage this bill is about accountability to taxpayers and fiscal responsibility in the congress. i would urge my colleagues to support the bill that will reduce the deficit by $14 billion. at this point, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all my remaining time be given to dr. burgess to manage the bill on the floor. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman will control the time and the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself three minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. this is another in the republican series of efforts to try to repeal the affordable care act. i will say other and over again how effective the affordable care act has been. we've already put in place most of the anti-discriminatory aspects of the affordable care act so people now can have their children up to 26 on their insurance policy. they don't have lifetime or annual limits on care. we've en

they're ripping down the american flag. i just can't understand why they want this. >> you don't always have to put up a huge flag just because you can. >> stephen: mr. mayor, if there's one thing americans know: size matters. when it comes to flags or anything else that waves in the breeze. (laughter) but mayor sterns doesn't understand that the denying mr. trump his pole is very un-american. >> it really is ridiculous. >> stephen: and? >> and very un-american. >> stephen: but this difference maker is not going to give up the fight. >> i love fighting for the flag. >> stephen: it's all he talks about. >> the number-one golf course in the state of california. >> stephen: yeah, it's a nice coursement but what's important is this flag. and its message of freedom, a message as important to donald trump as it was to the 13 original colonies. >> i don't know what the 13 stripes represent (audience reacts) >> stephen: still, it's a nice course. >> the number-one rated golf course in the state of california. how can expedia save m

and the reality, what does it mean for the americans fighting overseas and for those who lost loved ones on 9/11? including the new york city fire house we visited today where that day will never be forgotten. "nightly news" from ground zero tonight begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> good evening from ground zero in lower manhattan. osama bin laden is dead. the man who killed thousands of innocent people, the man who launched the united states into two wars in the name of that attack. the man who changed the way we have to live in this country. the man who did all of this was killed by u.s. special forces, acting on orders from president obama. we first learned his name back when there was still smoke rising from ground zero behind us here. the u.s. came close to getting him, but could not. he was villinized. he became something of a cartoonish, cave-dwelling creature over time. in the end, though, we lived ea he was living well, under deep cover, but it wasn't deep enough. as the president and his security team watched in real time, two helicopters landed on th

so americans understand the costs of war. yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. we will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. we will be true to the values that make us who we are. and on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al qaeda's terror-- justice has been done. tonight, we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who've worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. the american people do not see their work, nor know their names. but tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice. we give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. and they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that september day. finally, let me say to the families

they said he wasn't born here, isn't an american. when he went out this week and dug up his own birth certificate, they dug up new charges. isn't the real charge that he's black? the daily show. he did it himself. walked out there, the president of the united states and took on the birthers. is that how it's done now? you do go on oprah, "the view." and finally, the wedding and all that it means for britain and its fans. welcome to the show. with us today, the huffering on the post's howard fineman. cbs's kelly o'donnell, cnn oo,demroir glory and the "chicago tribune"'s clarence page. first, was the birthing question a master stroke? no sooner did he release the birth certificate than donald trump asked for the presidents -- president's academic reference and came up to this issue of basketball. >> you look at gasoline prices and he said he has no control of it which he does if he gets off the phone or off his basketball court. chris: sean hannity conceded that the birth certificate put that to rest but he came up with a new loaded t

one thing i found unique was their unabashed support for american principles, not just american, but human principles of freedom, liberty and prosperity. when we look around the world and people talk about america, oftentimes they pay us great lip service, they tell us they're our friend and they're supportive of what we're doing in the world but often their actions don't meet their words. but you look at these three countries we visited, they done just express support for what we do here in america but they show their support. they've shown that support most definitely in their -- by way of sending their troops to afghanistan to fight for the freedom of those afghanis who want to see some form of democracy in their country. again, while we were in afghanistan, we participated in a memorial ceremony for the nine americans who were shot at the airport and were killed. i want to remember tonight major phillip anbar, one of those who lost his life last week in that attack. he was born in caracas, venezuela, on the fourth of april, 1967, and he lived in venezuela until he was 12 years ol

that's not american. host: the open boat elan said journal constitution" -- "the atlanta journal constitution." > host: asking whether or not after the supreme court is of holding the arizona worker sanction law which would sanction and employers that illegal -- that hire illegal workers. fred, an independent. caller: yes, i agree with this law. on top of that, they say the americans do not want these jobs. i'm telling you that they do want these jobs. they are trying to go to this new, diverse world they keep talking about. you all keep saying that -- these senators represent the states. they should do what the states want. if not, you might as well say states did not have any rights in this government. senators.tate our government has turned into an all-powerful government that does not represent the people anymore. that's all i want to say. host: robert is a democrat in wilton, conn. good morning. good morning. thanks for being with us. caller: i'm troubled by some of the comments i'm hearing this morn

the american people got on that and down it went. they tried to negotiate in secret this health care reform bill. they were able to hold their votes on a straight party-line vote, 60-40, the bill passed, but the american people were not happy. they weren't happy with the process, they weren't happy with the results, and a lot of people who participated in that spectacle didn't come back after this last election. so we -- that's not the path that we're hearing from our constituents. our stitch weren't saying, you work for us. we want to see you publicly stand up and defend the values we believe in. and if you don't do so, we're going to hold you accountable. i think that's democracy in america. i think it's healthy. i don't think there's anything wrong with it. i respect the american people who are watching congress and demanding we change the trajectory we are on. so, mr. president, i believe strongly that we need to do better. i believe strongly that this congress should be -- have in play and commence before we recess, or not reces

republicans or democrats, they were americans. those who have been working on this diligently for 9.5 years are not republicans or democrats, they are americans. those who carried out the mission yesterday, the same can be said about them. one theme you will likely hear from the president is the capacity of americans coming together to achieve it very difficult goals when we work together. >> [inaudible] >> there are some logistical issues and we will get them to you right afterwards. let me do 10-minutes so we don't double over some things. >> if the president gave his final order on friday morning, can you talk about his mood trying to keep a poker face? >> there was obviously a success here at a different level which was the ability to keep the mission secret. having spent a great deal of time with him friday, i can say that he was focused on the devastation in tuscaloosa. he was focused and talked a lot about it in the wake of that visit. the experience i think that was unique about that is you discover that when folks get an

but there is a warning for americans abroad. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us now from sfo this morning. allie. >> reporter: pam, that warning comes from the u.s. state department. it has issued a worldwide alert for u.s. citizens living abroad and in americans traveling internationally. and of course that applies to the thousands of travelers who usually fly internationally here at sfo. now the state department warns there is an enhanced risk for anti-american violence. what is unusual about this alert is that it doesn't mention a specific country or region where americans should be extra cautious. instead the advisory says this alert is worldwide. and it says it will remain in effect until august 1st. it also instructs americans abroad to "limit travel outside their homes and avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations." now just to be clear, this travel alert does not apply to airports on u.s. soil. only to the people flying internationally out of those airports. the security level at bay area airports from oakland to san jose to he

nrnl this means tens of thousands of american jobs producing american energy for american households an businesses. i urge us to pass this bill and put americans back to work producing american energy. god bless america and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: i yield myself three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three mines. mr. markey: this is the wrong debate to be having here today. the republicans are debating more drilling without more safe. even though the b.p. spill commission that examined what wept wrong last year concluded there is a stemic failure in our country to deal with the safety issues that confront the offshore drilling industry. in fact, they concluded that there are four times greater fay talities -- fatalities in drilling off-the-shores of europe than the united states. four times more fatalities. we should be number one in drilling, but we should be number one in safety as well. what the republicans are doing here today is they are saying that they believe in all of the above, but the truth is, that with thi

he had read american history, european history. and when we brought him to downing street and we had a dinner for him, we discussed who he would like to have invited. and you might have thought he would have wanted celebrities or something. he wanted a group of historians to talk to them about american and british history. and he enjoyed that evening. >> given events as they have been unfolding in the middle east in particular, do you think that president bush's legacy will improve over time? obviously, he was a very unpopular president both in his own country and here in britain. >> i think there was a big decision made in 2001, and really we're seeing it played through with the death of osama bin laden. how great was this terrorist threat. and i think bush -- people will look back and say that president bush, george w. bush, did make the right decision to recognize this was a major threat to the civilization of the world, that it had to be taken on. the next set of decisions are controversial, but i don't think that people can do

no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> the president did not say anything about what will happen with his body. >> the first time that bin laden's name first surfaced with in 1994. he bankrolled islamic militants. it is the lead he became radical by the soviet invasion of afghanistan. later, he began targeting the united states and was linked to the bombings in africa in 1998 and the next year, the attack on one of the u.s. shuts in. he as it troops in afghanistan and we have been trying to track him down ever since then. we will have more on the latest of the death of osama bin laden. >>> nearly 3000 citizens taken from oz, leaving a gaping whole in our hearts. on september 11, 2001, in our time of grief,- >> that was president obama speaking from the white house at about 8:42 night. let's look at the tremendous action taking place in washington, d.c. tonight. >> usa, usa, usa. >> lots of smiles and plenty of chairs outside the white house. ev

bpa is actually found in about 90% of all americans. a recent report about what may be a mai of source of our bpa intake might surprise you. michael finney filed a report. >> young mothers and mothers to be have become a staple of news reports. >> it shouldn't be my job. i shouldn't have to be a chemicalist to go to the grocery store. >> most focus on plastics containing the chemical but often overlooked is bpa found in the lining of cans. it's used as a part of a coating that keeps food fresh and interacting with the metal. fda has expressed concern but issued no rules. the breast cancer fund wants that change saying that bpas are dangerous. >> when we take it in, the body reads it as pushing the bottom ons that our hormones do are disrupt how those work. >> they have linked to it health concerns including cancer and obesity but other studies show no linkage. chemical industry says concerns are overblown. >> the data from scientific bodies shows that bpa is safe. >> senator dianne feinstein has been pushing a compromise that would stud