by the scottish national party now the biggest party in scotland has produced a photo i suspect from the united kingdom he spoke to justice minister and mccaskill about his vision for a possible full independence. today i'm in edinburgh talking to kenny macaskill who is the scottish justice minister he's a member of the scottish national party which of course recently gained enough votes to be able to promise a referendum on scottish independence within the next five years kenny macaskill thank you for talking to us now tell me first what would scotland gain from independence well who grew of being control over a resources for you to responsibility for the problems fiesinger a country going to be able to stand up and speak to the issues that matter to us. taking charge of the whole me through that we have a voice abroad and how would it work economically and socially well scotland's a rich country we have the largest oil and gas producer of the european union we not only have a boat in terms of oil and gas but you know about your terms of renewables are drug free for the first time y

but we have nation. with a proud history and wish to put it all over attributing to me about all the better places kenny macaskill thank you very much thank you. for that. he is least. fifty if he feels. least. for. the. russia would be soon which writer if you knew about someone from funniest impressions some. people for instance on t.v. don't come. up. with. president obama is to outline his policies for the troubled middle east in a major speech it follows the introduction of new sanctions against syria which for the first time target the country's president. scotland is set to consider a break from the nazi kingdom dependence polls show voters are still unsure whether they can go to learn. european union's mainland germany these patients with member states that received bailouts abounding strict austerity measures before offered any further eight. where are they to sports nice with andrew and a man who looks and sounds a bit like josie marine yet he's making all the headlines right he's a former assi

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [bell tolling] >> as we just heard, started shortly here on c-span, president of obama women army chief of staff general martin dempsey as his new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. confirmed comedy will replace admiral mike mullen whose second and final term and this fall. we'll take you live to the white house rose garden shortly. until then, let's take a look at u.s. efforts to train the afghan army and police forces from this morning's "washington journal." we will show you as much of this as we can. an update on operations in afghanistan. joining us is major-general james mallory, with the nato aining mission. he is the afghan deputy commanding general for the army. first off, there are reports in the united states talking about two and attempted suicide bombings in afgnistan, some dealing with the work of security forces. can you give us an update? guest: well, every day here we face the threat of suicide bombings because it is essentially the last strategy that

these freedoms are not found in every nation. america is great because we have magnified the rights of individuals, protected the rights of individuals and our culture. we are careful to allow people to have expression in our society. and we are hated for it. the third reason we're hated by these people is that -- because we're a nation of laws. we have a people ruled by laws, lest one thinks that's common, go around the world and look at these other countries in the world. most of the world's countries don't have a 200 yierld constitution. they -- 200-year-old constitution. they are ruled by dictators, ruled by the whims of those leaders or by political parts, as they change. the rule of law is what makes civilization possible. the rule of law is what makes an orderly society work. if there is no rule of larks the strongest, toughest on the block is the one running the country. now america is a country of law and order. because of the philosophies of the people who founded our nation, they believed in the rule of law because of

the critical infrastructure of our nation is vulnerable. the cyberintrusions that could damage vital national resources and put lives at risk. indeed introduce introducer stolen confidential information, intellectual property and substantial amounts of money. at the department of justice we see cybercrime on the rise. the criminal syndicates operating around the globe with increasing sophistication to steal from innocent americans. even more alarming these intrusions might be creating future access points for which criminal actors and other adversaries can compromise critical systems during a crisis or for other nefarious purposes. president obama has stated publicly that cyberthreats represent one of the great challenges to the economic and national security of the country. indeed given the scope of the problem as you have heard and as you know the president has made this a significant priority for the administration. over the past few years, all of the agencies before you have made great rockers in confronting these. the justice departmen

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ ♪ [stars and stripes forever] ♪ ♪ >> today, remarks from house minority whip steny hoyer on the manufacturing sector in the u.s. and is expected to talk about the democratic congressional agenda at the center for american progress. that starts lot of 11:00 a.m. on c-span. while the senate is out of session this week, the house gavels in today at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. they will have a bill sponsored by ways and means committee chairman dave camp that will raise the debt ceiling by $2.40 trillion. without the accompanying spending cuts. also expected are spending bills and military construction and veterans affairs as well as the homeland security department. you can follow the house live here on c-span. coming up next his "washington journal." we will have the associate editor of "the atlantic." he will look at the presidential candidates. bill ger

is or national as well. if it's on the international level, i am wondering this means the president or decision makers need to make assessments. it means the kinds of crisis is something about to flip. a decision has to be made to address something that is emerging very quickly. >> hold it waleed. i think that it would seem to me, i mean you are more expert than i. it would seem to me that they have already decided what actions to take. there has -- something has happened. they have decided what to do about this something that has happened. what the president will say now three and a half minutes away is what happened and what the united states is doing about it. >> if the president is going to address the american public and share information about either an ongoing operation or an operation that will be ongoing then it's an estimate that in the past few hours to be made in my assumption. >> continuing what we have assumed and we will know for sure in two minutes, two and a half minutes that qaddafi it has

[cheers and applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now a discussion on the life of navy seals. this is just over 40 minutes. journal" continues. host: joining us is a u.s. navy seal and the ceo of a mission that continues. tell us how you became a navy seal. guest: i joined the team in2001. in april, i wnt to special -- i went to special training and became a seal in 2002. host: tell us about being a ceo at the mission continues. guest: it started when i first came back from my last deployment in iraq. then i was serving as a commander of an al qaeda targeting sell. my unit was hit by a suicide truck bomb. my wounds were minor. i was treated at the surgical hospital and returned to duty 72 hours later. many of my good friends were hurt far worse than i was. when i visited them, i've realized that they all wanted to continue their mission and of public service, even though their injuries would prevent them from serving in the military. i started the company by contributing

is in fact a national security issue. and we need to deal with it. and we are. we are reducing spending in a number of departments and a number of areas, we're talking about reforming entitlement programs in order to save them. and we're asking lots of departments and lots of areas to reduce waste, duplication and to operate more efficiently. and do the things they're doing with less money. there's no reason, mr. chairman, that we should not look for said duplication, said waste and ask the department of defense to do the same. so that we can attack this deficit and this debt. this amendment would terminate the human, social and culture behavior modeling program at the department of defense. now, it's kind of object use it -- as kind of object use it as the name -- obtuse as the name that have program sounds, i'm not going to criticize the value of the program. the reason i'm offering this amendment to terminate this program is because it's entirely duplicative. because these things are done elsewhere and by other people

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. >>> the author of armed humanitarian is the rise of the nation builders. mr. hodge, defined nation-building. >> it's one of those tricky terms nobody ever really wants to own a and that's one of the reasons i chose to write about it. i'm not using it as a political science to the development sense. using the replete george tebeau bush, barack obama or david petraeus would have used it was just describing the kind of mission of armed nation building but we are involved in that sort of been described in ways as the armed social work and i am trying to describe the phenomenon to the reader that might have this idea that when they look at the news and see what journalists call the bank and from places like iraq and afghanistan and show another picture of what goes on, as of three cups of tea side of the war which is what the military calls the non-kinetic side of things and what i wanted to get was the experience of people who were getting their hands dirty doing these kind of things, rebuilding schools, digging wells and roads, in places like iraq and afghanistan

there are nationally owned oil companies. this is 1.4%. look at the opec nature -- nation. it is ght on down the line. here is where we are. we are this small little sliver. all these others are oc companies. they are the production facilities. you are the big five american companies. am i wrong? there is a small slice of production. it is listed on the church. these numbers look like this as well. we do not represent the reserves of the production. we do represent an important purchase of pan a the development. what you had with the rep with our share of what we want. >> did i hear the correctly? there is enough domestic energy production. i believe you said that you did it to develop oil reserves. it has over a $4 billion to produce domestic oil. the government will refuse to allow you to go ahead. >> it is emphasized by what is happening in alaska. we are something around $3.5 billion in. you have to be able to do so. want to emphasize the impact is something like that. it indicates that it could be 750,000 barrels of a multi decade base. >> we cannot get the permission.

where over the last 50 years, nation after nation after nation have seen economic growth and development coupled with a variety of other kinds of social improvement, whether it's education, whether technology, whether it's infrastructure in which nations have dined of expanded -- kind of expanded. particularly in asia. done a pretty good job. but with the advanced communications of today's technology, millions and millions of people are discovering how far behind they are. they're not happy about how far behind they are. now, there are some countries in the middle east that have dealt with this more successfully than others. we're not seeing the so-called con taij on spread to those countries because there's a recognition that that is being addressed by those governments. so i think it's -- we really have to capture the importance of the economic value creation of energy production and then make sure that that economic value gets dealt with productively in societies so that everyone can see a way forward. >> i'll ask several and then you can choose the sequence in which you wish to answe

i promise the nation will never forget. today, here at fort campbell, i had the privilege of meeting the extraordinary special ops who created that challenge. it's a privilege for me to say to you and on behalf of the rest of the world. job well done. [applause] >> the success is a man's secrecy. i will say this. like all of you, they could have chosen a life offese. like you, they chose to serve in a time of war, knowing they are going to harm's way. they practice tirelessly for this mission. when i gaft order, they were ready. in recent days, the whole world has learned how ready they were. discerning credit for the greatest military operation in history. so does every person that ware is a uniform. the foinest military the world has ever known. that includes you, the men and women of the 101st. [applause] . you've been on the front lines of the fight for nearly ten years. you were there in the early days driving the taliban and pushing al qaeda. overtime, you went back in some cases a second, third and fourth time. when

a bill regarding national -- arlington national cemetery. h.r. 1627 requires the placement for certain monuments within arlington national cemetery. it would limit the erection of monuments not containing interned remains. these changes bring requirements in better core with the primary purpose of the cemetery, to honor our fallen service members. h.r. 1441, which i have introduced, and included in h.r. 1627, as amended, would codify the regulations and policies barring reservations for burial at arlington national cemetery. after being informed by a constituent of potential problems of past mismanagement at the cemetery including laxed oversight, damaged graves, improper burials, i met with the superintendent of arlington seminary and the executive director of arlington -- of the army national cemetery's program in march who helped me to quickly address the concerns of my constituent. h.r. 1627 would give mr. helleman and the executive director stewardship of some of the most sacred ground. the space at arlington cemetery is very limited so

you do advertise as a national company, talking about how national you are. my point is that your business is a national business and that is a large parts because the wireless market is a national market or you can achieve significant competitive advantages from a national presence. my question is, this deal should be analyzed locally. this deal should be analyzed locally, which goes against the statements that he made before. >> this is the way the department of justice has required these transactions to be reviewed. these buying decisions are made at a local level. our experience is that the buying experience is made the local level. having a national coverage -- i think is very important. i believe that is why he advertises is national map off of is website. that is is national coverage map that advertises. >> absolutely, we do. >> i would love to see your national map. >> it looks very comparable period -- a very comparable perio. it would look very similar. i am still trying to get my head around all the technologies surrounding wireless. roaming agreem

states are represented in the european union only nation states that are represented in the united nations countries such as we can say and cyprus most or all small of them scots and we all have representation of the you. you can build tomato fundamental to scotland even for example of fishing but they don't really have any relevance to them so we have to be a nation state could be represented so that we can argue and speak for what matters for scotland the european union and so we can also go to the united nations and stand up for what's right and also made clear which wars are more in her name do you think that you would also massively get a seat in the un and representation in brussels well all international law shows that we would this is a matter of we'll see dealt with the carrots if you can give me a very present teaching for germany once the form of the east germany became part of the generally historical precedent in a variety of ways so we thank you for recognizing that the people of scotland wish to become an independent nation it will be recognised by governments close to the b

national governments definitely should have full control. over their fiscal policy which means social systems pension systems health care systems these things should not be given up in favor of the european authorities or european institutions why does the e.u. need urgent reform we have to try to change the paradigm of the e.u. itself because for the last fifty years the e.u. has been driven by integration risk all for the risk for. the idea of present close . by the idea. of shifting of powers carports from national level to the european level is a good thing. some deeper analysis of the time seems to be over. and what we need are some second thoughts what exactly should be executive on the european level and what should be executed on the national level to find out the right balance between the european level and the national level give us an example of how the e.u. is wasting money first of all we have to look because some member of the european parliament we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is a v

on national security. they don't have the upper hand. their plan didn't work for all those years. they did the illegal activity and it doesn't work. it was president obama and the democrats who supported this strategy that was well played out on the campaign trail and is an act, big time and we are getting results. we are not doing it through enhanced interrogations. we are just as safe tonight as we have ever been. joining us now is matthew alexander, a former military interrogator who tracked down senior al qaeda leaders in iraqi. the author of "kill or capture." i want to play this soundbyte, first. leon panetta told brian williams information did come from enhanced interrogation. here it is. >> i think some of the detainees clearly were, you know, they used these enhanced interrogation techniques against the detainees. i'm also saying that, you know, the debate about whether we would have gotten the same information through other approaches, i think is always going to be an open question. >> so finer p

with important contributions from the national security agency, known as the n.s.a., and the national geospatial intelligence agency as well. the intelligence mechanisms, their kpwhraoed and counter-- ememployed and counterterrorism operations are regularly reviewed by the senate intelligence committee. some are also overseen by the judiciary committee, on which i also have the pleasure to serve. these intelligence tools include the provisions of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, or fisa, and in particular the three provisions that will, if not reauthorize, expire on may 27. again they are the roving wiretap, the lone wolf and the business records sections. the point is we as a nation rely on certain secret sources and methods to protect our national security, and most other nations do the same thing as well. it is also important to note that the strike against bin laden, while a critical strategic blow to al qaeda, is also very likely to lead to reprisal attempts. there have been calls for attacks against the united states after the bin laden strike from al qaeda in pakistan

level and to find out the right balance between the european level and the national level give us an example of how the e.u. is wasting money first of all we have to look because a member of the european parliament we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is one very good example a very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by perfect example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money how is the european union hurting business we can see a lot of legal acts that have been adopted by the european parliament prepared by the european commission that in fact are not helping very much to a business environment in the european union that are not very business friendly so say and we would like to remove at least some of them we would like to have a liberal free market not a market wh

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we need a real clear national security strategy, with every nation on the planet friend or foe. we obviously didn't have that because you can see between those two examples inconsistencies in the president's decisions and in his actions. and even in libya, when the civil strike first started out, he was supporting the exposed leader. then he changed. so that meant we didn't have a very clear strategy or a very clear definition of what we were going to do if the situation escalated, which is exactly whath it has done. >> governor pawlenty, in a recent interview, you faulted president obam for saying that u.s. policy was to oppose dictator muammar al-qaddafi and failing to send in special forces to do the job. wouldn't your policy result in either chaos or prolonged u.s. involvement? >> muammar al-qaddafi has american blood on his hands, hawfnl he killed americans and others as they flew from europe to the united states, some years ago. he killed americans in a disco in europe. ron paul tried to kill muammar al-qaddafi in the 80s. he missed him -- not by much. president reagan was

this is more national hockey league than the national basketball league. if we had a national football league like to point the were you have all these brilliant brothers and sisters, you would have a different dialogue. i said hey, get the most brilliant white radish you can get, get some progressive ones. get the most brilliant jewish brothers you can get, get progressive ones. get some brilliant black brothers. health care for all. these are the issues that you need to discuss. we could be living in a moment where we have a last chance to somehow pushed back the institutionalized greed that is completely devoured in the democratic sensibilities of the country. that is the kind of backbone that we need and the backbone i've not seen. if he had backbone for working people the way that he had back on for bin laden, i would be great dancing. i am not. i'm upset. tavis: the critique and those who do not like you have to do with cornel west being petty and you could not get an operation tickets. -- could not get inauguration tickets. i read that as a statemen

this is a great nation. we have benefited greatly from immigration, but it needs to be legal and reasonable and orderly. [applause] and that is not what we have now. let's start with those two principles, rule of law and we value immigration and less celebrate reasonable, legal, an orderly immigration. on illegal immigration, i have a lot of experience with this. we have to enforce the borders, from an immigration and security perspective. when president bush as the governors to volunteer people to go to the borders, minnesota volunteered. under my direction, we sent troops to the border as part of operation jumpstart until they get more people and equipment down there, and it were. so number one, enforce the borders. we need a better check -- system to check and verify whether people are here legally or not. in needs to be fair and not burdensome on employers. i issued an executive order in minnesota that if you want to do business with a state or your subcontractor, you have to use a system called e-verify

this is a national tragedy. that means there is will be a national response. >> reporter: it's help this city will need for a long time. >> it's overwhelming. >> reporter: but in this place where everything seems to be torn apart, sunday there was evidence that joplin is actually pulling together. ♪ >> reporter: thousands gathered for a memorial to remember and honor the victims of the storm. >> the loss of even one human life is a tragedy and we have lost scores. >> reporter: a city suffering as it begins what will surely be years of rebuilding and recovery. >> there's no doubt in my mind that joplin will rebuild. and as president, i can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way. >> reporter: but right now, solid ground for that first step is so hard to find. jay gray, nbc news, joplin, missouri. >>> across the world in yemen -- there was a deadly flareup of violence over the weekend in the country's ongoing uprising with reports of up to 20 demonstrators killed in one city

on the national level give us an example of how the e.u. is wasting money first of all we have to look at because a member of the european parliament we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is a very good example a very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million of euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by practical example so the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money how is the european union hurting business we can see a lot of legal acts that have been adopted by the european parliament prepared by the european commission that in fact not helping very much to a business environment in the european union not very business friendly so say and we would like to remove at least some of them we would like to have a liberal free market not a market which is bound by a never ending

shifting powers for national level to the european level is a good thing with us. some deeper analysis of the time seems to be over. what we need some second thoughts what exactly should be executives on the european level and what should be executed on the national level and to find out the right balance between the european level and the national level give us an example of how the e.u. is wasting money first of all we have to look because a member of the european parliament we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is one very good example and very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million of euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels to strasburg so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by practical example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money how is the european union hurting business we can see a lot of legal acts that have been adop

you do advertise as a national company talking about how national you are. your business is a national business and that is in large part because the wireless market is a national market where you can achieve significant competitive advantages from a national presence. my question is, how can you argue this deal should be analyzed locally as you wrote in your written testimony, this deal should be analyzed locally which goes against the statements that you made before and in your advertising that the senator pointed to? >> i understand. first of all, this is the with the department of justice has require these transactions to be reviewed. they have established that these buying decisions are made up the local level. the buying decision is made at the local level. it is having a national coverage, a national footprint important? i think it is very important. that is why mr. meena advertises his national coverage map. >> we have to. >> i would love to see yours. >> it is very comparable. >> i have seen your map, it is a great match. >> it is a national market.

national purpose. that is another discussion. one element ought to be the concept that -- concept of frontier. adding this is enduring and timeless -- i think this is an enduring and timeless principles. there was a mutual influence would between -- influence between turner and roosevelt. it is very interesting that come in europe, the word frontier -- it's the equivalent is a negative term. in america, it is positive. that is a kind of exceptionalism. it is hard to translate into a strap -- and abstract concepts. it had ended with opportunity, the ability of the individual person to -- it had something to do with opportunity, the ability of the individual person to realize his potential irrespective of conditions of birth and other incidentals. maybe it should be the equality of opportunity, rather than results, but, at any rate, that notion of frontier -- politicians have repeatedly tried to revive the notion of frontier, the kind of space program from tearing. this is part of our national makeup --

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of national to listen it has to be a national solution i hope there will be enough wisdom and i'm sure there is a wisdom because at least one thing i can say that malone who is the head of the movement of resistance movement which is a nationalistic movement now it is the whole nation is an organic he is not in ambitious man he doesn't want power for its own sake if he is not that kind of a man otherwise he would not have a brain and he had the power but the americans were offering him millions of dollars but he rejected that so he's not in that sense he's still retaining and he has other than vision and mission with regard to the enforcement of syria that is there the kurds will come because the americans in the west will not want to share reality here there's a lot of bad medieval social monetary system because this is what we are fighting we're in a part of part that a new system must mark emerge a new fiscal system a new monetary system a new system of equality which is slum a style that they are basically fighting the system for really speaking in for one solution is to be found y

>> host: i know you're on a national book tour but the president announced a national i security team robert mueller ty still in place and makes the ake point he is the longest servingt , been there since 9/11 h the two presidents and lots of changes presidents and lots of changes. how has the fbi changed? >> robert mueller started work september 4, 2001. he was actually sitting in, basically, his first briefing on al-qaeda and the threat of al-qaeda on the morning of 9/11 still getting up to speed on that. and he is now the longest-serving fbi director since j. edgar hoover himself and the last of the president's national security team still in his same job since 9/11. he's on his second president and is about to finish out his ten-year term this september, thept -- september 3, 2011. and what he has done is really remarkable. he's on the cover of "time" magazine this week which is one of the first times he's gotten any recognition for the work he's done sort of leading this evolution of the fbi towards an agency much more focused on counterterrorism and national security than a lot

think i'd consider most of the nation most of the nations in europe or canada slave states rand paul is just afraid that we will actually that he will actually have to do his job really people and that's very very of. the last decade america can be defined by three words war on terror it's a definition that's been advanced by both our politicians and our media and while we've been so focused on this war on terror that it's a vivid imagery of a smoldering world trade center the bearded anti-christ osama bin laden and our soldiers and desert can open trolling across the middle east is another war that's been completely forgotten and that's wall street's war on america we're only three years removed from one of the worst financial catastrophes in the history of this nation but since you are right it's down since it went down right smack dab in the middle the war on terror and was on george bush's watch it's been ignored. nine eleven nearly killed or did kill actually nearly three thousand people a terrible terrible tragedy no doubt and i'm not trying to downplay the importance of being

and national security. especially in these difficult economic times. this is a matter that touches every single american, and especially our uniformed men and women, their families, and their communities. how can we make any decision on budget priorities unless we know how much longer this war is going to last? already it is the longest war in our nation's history. it is bankrupting our nation. every day, every week, every month we see billions and billions of dollars charged to the national credit card, increasing the deficit, increasing the debt with no end in sight. we see corruption everywhere within the karzai government in afghanistan, and we see the basic needs of our own communities, roads, bridges, clean water systems, education, health care, and hunger programs cut or eliminated for lack of funds. where does it all end? when does it all end? on a matter this important, shouldn't we be engaged in debate for more than 107 minutes? i'm pleased the amendment i submitted with co-sponsors walter jones,

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> first lady michelle obama is also serving as commencement speaker this year. her address was given to the graduating class of the university of northern iowa. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you. thank you some much. i am thrilled and honored to celebrate the uni class of 2011. we are so proud of you. before we started, i wanted to let you know if my remarks run long, i promise we will take a break, crank up the music for the interlude dance. [cheering] i have been practicing the ninja robot moves to get it just right. in all seriousness i want to thank president allen for that kind introduction, as well as the executive vice provost the board of regents david miles all the members of the board of regents, katie berg for her beautiful speech. let's give them all a big hand. [applause] there are a few other people i want to thank. congressmembers, former governor chet culver, cedar falls' mayor and the waterloo mayor. they are all here today to say thank you so mu

when the center starts to erode, we get into trouble as a nation. we get gridlock and disrespect, and we don't get much progress in our country. this is what happened with the late 1850's. here you have a republican in new york city in 1860 during the presidential campaign. there were 400,000 paramilitary groups, a 400,000 members called lot of wide awake that paraded around in these black oilcloth tapes and richards of the italian revolutionaries in italy and it was like a religious revival. they were not a political party 1860 coming it was a movement. but the problem ejecting -- injecting evangelical that they are not misguided firm misinformed but is evil. your opponent is a bad person because how do compromise with sen the? you don't. here is abraham lincoln the candidate preaching with henry ward beecher from the church of rockland the leading evangelist at the time was invited to preach at his church in brooklyn but it never happened. nonetheless this poster was circulated throughout the country. again, sometimes, aren't you surprised the tru

the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2008 mandated that covered d.o.d. acquisition officials, that would be certain stpwhrecktiffs schedule, senior executive service and general or flag officer positions, must obtain a postemployment ethics opinion before accepting a paid position from a d.o.d. contractor within two years after they leave d.o.d. service. it also requires that d.o.d. contractors ensure that new hires have an ethics opinion. the law also requires that each request for written opinion made pursuant to this section and each written opinion provided pursuant to such a request shall be retained by the department of defense in a central database. for not less than five years fwing on the date on which the writ -- beginning on the date on which the written opinion was provided. but these ethics opinions are not currently shared with the public. why should this information be secret and hidden from public view? at times the overly cozy relationships between d.o.d. and contractors lead to huge cost overruns, loose ethical standards and lack of acc

he walks away from a 33 year coaching career including the 2002 national title and national coach of the year honor and williams leaves his alma mater in much better shape than when he found it. >> i ran a clean program. we won a national championship, but i think the most important thing is that we were able to take a program that was probably as down as any program in the country and get it back to the level necessary to win a national championship. >> now how popular a coach and a man is gary williams? well, many of his current and former players were present to root for a guy who returned the terps program to national prominence. the coach made a lasting impression on each of his players during his incredible 22 year run in college park. >> i know a lot of people on my team may think it's crazy, but you never know how he really is until you get to play for him. i played for him four years and been with him in the locker room behind the doors. he cares about the team and cares about each player. he's a winner. >> he made me feel like of game he went into it didn't matter who we we

and we are also a nation of laws. a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. what i lend out in el paso to say is we are enforcing our laws and we're securing our borders. in fact, we have more manpower down in the southwest border than anytime in our history. and so what we need to do going forward is to address some of the broader problems in our immigration system, and that means changing minds and changes votes. one at a time. i know there are some folks who wish i can bypass congress. [laughter] i can't. what i can do is sign a law. what you can do is champion. what we can do together is make comprehensive immigration reform the law of the land. that's what we can do. [applause] comprehensive reform is not only an economic comparative or a security imperative. it's also a moral imperative. it's a moral imperative when kids are being denied the chance to go to college or serve their military because of the actions of their parents. it's a moral imparity when people live in the shadows or made vulnerable to unscrupulous businesses with nowhere to turn if th

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [no audio] f this portion of debate. we now recognize miss sanchezf california for five minutes. >> thank you. i have an amendment at the desk. >> clerk will pass out the amendment. >> 227. >> without objection the reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. the gentlelady will hold until we get it distributed. gentlelady is recognized to explain her amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. what this amendment would do would reallocate the increase of $100 million from the ground based midcourt defense to the national guard and reserve equipment because this funding is not needed in fiscal year 12 for d m d. .for. in.. >> why don't you continue? >> the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. again, i want to thank the nking member on the matter we've worked on a bipartisan basis and even the issues we disagree, we work on a bipartisan basis, and i think this amendment certainly is another one that reflects tha this, we would disagree, and we ar

coming up polygamy the so-called taboo marriage lifestyle never fails to grab national attention and the two thousand a polygamous raid in texas to the reality show sister wives the rotation of the t.l.c. network after the break an inside look at this mormon tradition. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here so you saw the part of it and realized everything you saw. on tarp was a big. one go back to the big picture i'm sorry hartman coming up in this half hour the obama administration does a major shift from supporting medical marijuana to cracking down on state governors who allow marijuana pharmacies and clinics that's behind a sudden flip flop plus if you ever wondered about the life of a polygamist will speak with an author who devoted part of his life and wrote an entire book about the once. and there's an infectious plague crippling the nation's middle class we're trying to find a cure. is the obama administration having a change of heart about pot that in two thousand and nine attorney general eric

mcdonald's famously had a million people show up for thirty thousand or sixty thousand jobs it was national hiring day april nineteenth and it was a basically nationwide cattle call get as many people out you know for mcdonald's exactly restaurants all around the country they had they said they're going to hire fifty thousand matter of hiring sixty two but the real number for me at least was the fact that nine hundred forty thousand people did not get a job so a million people came out just to work at mcdonald's and that probably if they extended the period the open window a few more weeks it probably would have been several months well you know a lot a lot of americans went to the bar bill effective notice of mean for the very future barbell effect is a more long term trend we're seeing with the american labor force essentially what it what it talks about or what it centers on is that we're having jobs clustered at two ones of the spectrum you have low wage low skill jobs going on and you know secretary jobs flipping burgers the hallways at the other end you have high skill high wage jobs

led the nation and bank closures go. a number of banks, community banks in my state of georgia are under regulatory orders from the fdic. and i understand they are driven by the loan portfolios and capital levels. the often require a bank to reduce their concentration to some artificial level. is forcing them to not renew, even performing loans to some borrowers. it seems to hurt everyone. they are so centered on real estate. it is difficult in these economic times while the bank loses a performing loan. surely, there is a better way to enforce rules and regulations so that they don't hurt the very consumers that are designed to protect and the bank that are designed to oversee. what might be a better way? our policies are not consistent with what you are being told. again, i will say this. if there are specific examples where you feel the policy is not being applied, i personally want to know about it. i cannot tell you how focused i personally have been on this. it is honestly performing. if you have to keep making pay

a grateful nation, we for ever. this offic. the selfless sacrifl of our fallen soldiers. >> no problems for the driver around the bay area. there is no commute, nothing in the way of slow traffic. no problems or hot spots. a quick look at the bridges. we're starting at the bay bridge, was found is light enough. the metering lights have not been activated and will not be. on the san mateo bridge, a wind advisory. it is a bit breezy out there is we have heard from kron 4's craig skalar. the golden gate bridge ride, traffic is light enough that they did not at the fourth lane in the southbound direction. there is a buffer earlier in the center lane. two lanes going northbound and three lanes going southbound. >> 8:05 a.m., a developing story unfolding in oakland where they are investigating a double murder that happen just before 9:30 p.m.. the motorcycle club was only mentioned because it is a landmark. one woman said there was a lot of activity. she did not think of something that was once happened but she was nonetheless afraid

president obama addressed the nation late last night with breaking news tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al qaeda and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men women and children it took nearly ten years to get america's enemy number one but just because he's gone u.s. officials are already making it clear that we shouldn't expect the war on terror to end even as we mark this milestone we should not forget that the battle to stop al qaida and its syndicate of terror will not end with the death of bin ladin maybe so much to tell the hundreds if not thousands of americans who came out on the streets of new york and to the white house last night and cheer about bin laden's death. so the devil merica has long been waiting for the how long can a celebration really last osama bin laden may be gone but al qaeda and terrorism are not here is more from our tease and he's now a. the man want to defend all mine for a decade is gone the united states has

national solution it has to be a national solution and i hope they will do and i forgive them and i'm sure there is an up because at least one thing i can say that malone who is the head of the movement of resistance movement which is a nationalistic movement now it is the whole nation is an organic he is not in ambitious man he doesn't want our politics on the fake if he is not that kind of a man otherwise he would not have a brain and he had the public the american world offering him millions of dollars but he rejected that for he is not in that sense he's still attending and he has other mission and mission with regard to the enforcement of syria that is where the kurds will come because the american and the west will not want the shadier which area there are about medieval social monetary system because this is what they are fighting there in afghanistan that a new system must not emerge a new fiscal system a new monetary system or a new system of equality which is slum espagnol they are basically fighting the system so really speaking it's not harmful lucian is to be found you ha

the nationals take a 1-0 lead. game tied at two and stays that way thanks to reliever tyler clipperet. clipperet threw 22 pitches, 19 were strikes. that's impressive. six ks in two innings. we go to extra innings, tied at two. top ten. adam laroche up with two on and one out. and this is a good piece of hitting. lifts one deep to left field. that's deep enough. jayson werth tags and scores from third. it's not the most exciting play, but it is effective. fundamental baseball and the nationals up 3-2. bottom ten now. nats need one more out. sean burnett in the game and on his first pitch, he gets chris cogland to fly out to end the game. thank you very much. the nationals defeat the marlins 3-2 in extras. nats are 4-1 in extra innings this season. after the game, the team placed rick ankiel on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained wrist. in baltimore last night, rays against the orioles. big night for brandon guyer, making his major league baseball debut and in his first at bat, a two-run home run. guyer is the 1

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