thank you to those of you- americans. as i said earlier, the filipino community south of market has been industrious. in fact, they have been such a vibrant part of our communities that it. down there, you'll see many of our streets are named for filipino national heroes. people like the names that continued to ring as to go through and recognize some of those streets. i also want to thank the san francisco filipino culture center and all of the filipino community organizations that have worked with our city around the years protecting in supporting filipino families, the arts and education, and also our valued neighborhoods across our city. there are so many neighborhood organizations that have sprouted up, but there are many, too, that have been there for long, long time. i want to thank the philippine news, the filipino whelm -- filipino womens' network. by the way, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power is in san francisco. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're st

but for the 265,000 passengers who fly american and american eagle every day, some concern. >> we would be concerned the next time we schedule a flight anywhere. certainly, if it was american. >> reporter: among passengers' most common questions, what if i booked upcoming travel on american or an alliance partner? the answer, those tickets will still be honored. what about the valuable frequent flyer miles we've earned? american sent out an e-mail today saying, we want to assure you your advantage miles are secure. and what if i may want to fly american in the future? the airline insists it plans to be around for a long time. >> for most of us who get on a plane and fly, you're not going to notice any difference. >> reporter: despite all the extra fees passengers now pay to check a bag, get a little leg room or change a ticket, american lost nearly half a billion dollars last year. now it promises a tail by tail review of the entire airline. that could mean slimming down, fewer seats and fewer destinations. robert crandall is considered a legend in the airline industry. running american

this year, the international community saw the first ever filipino american book festival. it celebrated a richness and fusion of philippine and filipino american culture into literature, visual arts, and people. it marked the largest gathering of authors and artists of filipina heritage from around the world. the san francisco bay area filipino american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of the duration of our people's story. >> representing the filipino american book festival of the committee chair and the committee for the event. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> filipinos love a great party. in northern california, one organization proves this year in and year out by celebrating our heritage and culture. this year, it broke records, making it the largest festival in the region. ladies gentlemen, the filipino american art exposition. >> [inaudible] and the best of philippine cuisine with more than 100,000 filipino americans living in the bay area alone, it is no surprise that the largest philippine a festival in northern california takes place righ

those americans are traitors. they should be dealt with and we already have a system for ensuring they're brought to justice and made to pay a very heavy price for their crimes. and that system is working. however, even in the darkest hours, we must ensure that our can constitution -- that our constitution prevails. we do ourselves a great disservice by allowing for any citizen to be locked up indefinitely without trial no matter how serious the charges may be against them. doing so may be politically expedient, but we risk losing our principles and justice and liberty that have kept our republic strong and it does nothing to make us safer. our national security leadership has even said if we implement these provisions it could make us less safe. mr. president, if i might reflect a bit on what we've learned, at least in three different wars, three wars that we all learn about in our history classes, the civil war, world war'1" and world war ii, as we look back at those three wars, we made the decision and we drew

american airlines center in tkals as american airlines arena in miami. people are confused which one it is. the heat and maverick played last year. the nba championship game. the studies show $9 million. the exposure is over 60 million. that's 6 times roi. that's descent. >> that's a good return on investment. maybe the naming rights are not in question with the initial bankruptcy rights filing. how does the court deal with this. >> the business would be in good shape if the committee was sports marketers. the tangible markers, yet they have the nba champion and the runner up. heat and laugh ricks. they also have the st. louis cardinals. sponsor world series champion. they may not negotiate union stkaelz and fly but they have picked winners in baseball and basketball. >> the company clearly owes a lot of money here. it was talked ten years ago enron collapsed. they put their name on a stadium as well. does this crushing the value of the naming deals. >> it dilutes it you have to be careful. 40 percent of stadiums and arenas have changed their original na

i know the native american heritage month, native american heritage month as part of our origin in this country, and we recognize that, and we celebrate it, and we want that heritage to continue each year to remind us of the tremendous diversity that we celebrate in our city. thank you all for coming. i want to give special recognition to the host committee of agencies that have been working with us so graciously and gratefully. the native american aid projects, thank you. friendship house association. never heard office of -- neighborhood office. east bay native american health center. the indian health center of santa clara valley are here. as i mentioned, kqed. as we celebrate tonight, we have, as i have been honored to have the authority to issue an official proclamation declaring this to be native american heritage month celebration, i would like to ask to be joined by susan jamison. please come on up. joan benet. susan is our native american help center director. joan executive director of our native americans aids project. however, our chief executive officer, friendship house. p

we have just now selected our first chinese-american, asian-american mayor in the city of san francisco. [applause] on the board of supervisors, 11 of us, eight of us, eight members of the board of supervisors are people of color. this is true representation. but what has laid the foundation of the great muscle that has made san francisco well known in its reputation as being forward thinking also obligates us to answering the other questions some of the chals that i remarked on especially as it concerns the african-american population in after. i'm not so sure that the numbers really have dropped to 3.%. that's a quick drop from 6.2 two years ago. but whatever the case is, that decline in population is a healthy reminder that even the most forward-thinking cities have incredible work to do. thank you, everybody, and happy black history month. >> thank you, supervisors cohen and mirkarimi. just want to announce also that thanks to the efforts of lamont bishop and others, we do have for the kinseys proclamations or certificates of recognition for shirley and bernard kinsey from senator l

quote, they're as thoroughly loyal as german americans, italian americans or any other americans of foreign ancestry a category, of course, into which all of us fall, end of quote. and of course that was true. not only were the men just as loyal as the most distinguished american soldiers of every race or national background, they're also as sharp of eye, draw of aim and stout of heart. in the end the blood they shed defending american freedom on the battlefields of europe while fighting for the only nation they'd ever call home was just as red. although they were exempt from the draft, they volunteered to fight for our flag. many of them joined despite having family living in american internment camps along with 100,000 other people of japanese ancestry who were removed from their homes. 650 of them willingly gave their lives to protect the freedom for which american stands though they were denied that freedom at home. these first generation americans 4,000 or more were missing or wounded in combat. senator inoueye fought famously with the 142nd and was grievously wounded in that battle. b

but native americans, native americans, we have always honored our veterans. we do the same today. going over to our friendship house drum, veterans song please. please stand if you are able. [applause] >> once again, thank you veterans. ross mirkarimi, our newly elected sheriff of san francisco county, and a former supervisor? welcome, good to see you. . our dancers are ready. how about a big round of applause for our veterans? the marine in me wanted to call them to the attention and dismiss them. veterans, thank you for your service. at this time, we want to recognize our dancers, going over to our napsters. grand entry. our native american dancers from throughout the bay area. welcome. here we go. how about a big round of applause for our dancers as they make their way into the arena. here they come. good to see all of you dancers. dance hard. sing loud. here we go. looking good. good singing, good dancing, live from san francisco city hall, good to see you. leading our dancers in, no. traditional dancing. good to see you. followed by our women's southern claw. right behind the

the patch is the american flag. they are fighting as americans. we the people have to come together and do what is best for the country. host: david, i am going to stop you right there. thank you for your call this morning. guest: david has articulated some of the same things robert gates has said as well as mike mullen. they repeated the concern of the military seems to be isolated and separate from the civilian population. it places an extraordinary strain on the people that do serve in the military. it renders a lot of the civilian community with a lack of understanding of what the military community goes through, particularly over the past 10 years when it has been a real strain. host: here is a comment from joe, a regular part of our twitter community. you have spent a lot of time to run the military. what is your reaction? guest: that is a common sentiment. general maddox made an interesting remark. he said that he hates minefields but he loves spending time with people willing to go into minefields. that is a common theme when you get past

americans to get in syria is next and. i'm sure that will be the question for one of the future debates let's talk now about china harsh rhetoric from many in the g.o.p. including those on stage last night in a nutshell according to them china is a job killer china needs to have more pain inflicted on it on the other hand these ideas about limiting trade to china that some of these candidates want to impose and these go against the very views of the majority in this country because it could hurt businesses now i should mention china was not discussed in last night's debate until literally the last two minutes i think but it has been discussed in previous debates and will be again that's roberts what do you make of what is clearly a case of flip flopping on china at least in terms of rhetoric versus action. was just. you know the threats you know everywhere. there all of the middle east the arabs and muslims the chinese the russians the threat is everywhere and it's just part of threats right it doesn't really have any basi

americans want scrobs and the american jobs act is there. if we were to bring that up today or tomorrow instead of the foolish little bills that have been going on around here for the last month and a half, americans can go back to work and it would be fully paid for with a fair tax. we have work to do. i ask the speaker of the house, my republican colleagues, to give americans a chance to go back to work. put the american jobs act up for a vote. put that tax up for a vote. let's pass it. i think we'd vote it out of here in half a moment if we had a chance. right now, woe don't even have that chance. with that, and hope for the future, and thanksgiving for those men and women that have been out there protecting this nation, the veterans, young and old, able and disabled, we thank them. thank you. ms. sutton: thank you. mr. garamendi: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced spoil of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr.

the idea of consensus that these american democracies american democracy work isn't working for the average person today. well the average person already or an artist and i want i want to know that it's it's the record isn't treating average american very well right now with this isn't to say that the system is finally flawed and our political process and mark are see these are we democracy takes time and so even our political process is stalled right now and it isn't well it isn't hardly if i can go to james if i can go to james on the banks were in trouble the congress got together pretty fast and bailed them out did they mean really matter of weeks ok it does move very quickly as they sense are invested interests are at stake here but the very principle of a representative democracy seems to be pretty low on the priority list right now because this is the whole reason why people are opting out of it because it didn't work for him i think out by wall street is quintessentially american because its fundamental question is how do we achieve equality patrick may be right marcus he's

americans need jobs desperately. congress should be focused on policies that create jobs and drive long-term economic growth. the legislation i have proposed allows congress to responsibly extend the payroll tax cut and treat taxpayers' dollars appropriately. there's no question, congress should extend the payroll tax cut. republicans, democrats, independents -- everyone agrees on that. but we shouldn't do it by turning around and raising taxes on employers everywhere. nevadans are looking for jobs. increasing taxes on small businesses in nevada is bad economic policy and taking away the capital that they could use to invest makes little sense. rather than finding a solution for hardworking americans, the majority has chosen to go down a path that is engineered purposely to fail. they know that there's little chance that a tax increase on the american hardworking taxpayers and their businesses will pass the senate. and they know that there's no chance their tax increase will pass in the house. so instead of success a

the african-american press, the latin americans. also, the conflicts within the groups. there were often conflicts over class within the different ethnic and racial groups, but there is a commonality among them, which is, unfortunately, as our nation expanded across the continents end increasingly acquired more territory,subjugan those territories became a huge part of the theme of american journalism, so we were able to on the one hand look at the differences. the cherokee indians at a press that was constantly talking about opposing the white settlement. they were supportive of the slave system. we look at both the commonalities of the experiences of the groups as well as the differences. we do not hide any of the problems that occurred. >> you have heard this a lot of times. the liberal media bias. we say often there is a capitalism media bias. in other words, all they want to do is make money. in multi ethnic america, the most ever, it is not because it is the right thing to do. why not correct thi problem for the sake of making money, given that this is to the audie

through the spread of american-style institutions. nothing could be more american than to expect the ready support of the process from a mix of local populations, international allies, and of course the united states government. >> one of the things that is quintessentially american is to believe people can come together to make the world a better place and in a representative in powering way. americans believe this even if it doesn't always happen and i argue in the book it's something that comes from our experience at home. our society has and still is a nation building project and we believe it is possible to do that elsewhere. i embrace that on myself i must say. >> how would you organize this book? >> i interviewed the book round number of case studies. the first lays out the general argument that also comes from our own experience in the revolutions i began with madison and washington and i'm afraid the gardez actually from george washington and i go through a number of cases, reconstruction, philippines and afghanistan. >> can

it does injured the american dream and violates the american promise. it hurts in real life and dollars this country that we love him. it punishes the exact behavior we must reward if ever we are to grow our way out of this economic darkness. let me tell you what i am talking about rewarding. a recent survey of over 500 successful entrepreneurs found that over 93% came from middle or lower-class backgrounds. most were the first in their families to launch a business. we should reward them. we should try to make moving up the ladder in just a little bit easier for them. we can help do that by help ensure there is fairness at every letter of it -- every love all of the economic ladder. that those who work at -- those who work hard and play by the rules can get ahead. we must ensure that the road to wealth prosperity is what mobility. everyone should have the chance to move up. stability lost mobility = agility. people are climbing and succeeding. the key to economic empowerment is ensuring that income mobility. to me, economic empowerment means you can ma

, there are americans who are poor. and i think it's the responsibility of the rest of us to ensure they have food in their stomachs and they have a roof over their heads. john kennedy said some 50 years ago, a rising tide lifts all boats. we have to get our economy moving again. until we get our economy moving again, and start producing more jobs, we're going to have all kinds of uncertainty, concern and frankly fear of the future. >> of course, that's the american way. but yet, not just income inequality has expanded but also the idea of social mobility is kind of slowing down. it's even slower than in other parts of the world. and clearly the republicans are being portrayed as the party that doesn't really care and are really quote, unquote, the servants of the rich. >> well, i think that's very unfair. listen, i come from a family of 12. my dad owned a bar. i got brothers and sisters on every wrung of the economic ladder. what our job here in congress is to do here -- and the reason i came here 21 years ago was to m

lose under the poverty line but the most americans of all of the poverty. and if you look at that in this for the long term trend i can you're to go to one of mine americans even in poverty today we have one out of every certain americans living in poverty and i know that i know you wrote about this recently including a part and that you wrote in one thousand factories about poverty that was absolutely astound you and i want to put up just a few of those on these are some says such as six from last year according to u.s. census data the percentage of the very poor went out in three hundred out of three hundred and sixty of the largest metropolitan areas and the poverty rate of children increased by twenty two percent with one of four children on food stamps also you wrote that the number of americans on food stamps in general has increased seventy four percent since two thousand and seven also something that important we talk about children we also should talk about the elderly one out of six elderly americans now lives below the federal poverty line and i'

i'm japanese-american. i'm four generation japanese american. my family has been here since the 1890s. it's very important going forward that we see representative leaders who are willing to run for office. >> you know, you are japanese american. i'm also half asian. my mother is a filipino american. and being an asian american, i understand we're definitely not this monolithic community. and because of that, jeff, it's really difficult to get us to coalesce around the same issues. so if you become's mayor of san francisco where there are asian americans from so many different backgrounds, how are you going to bridge this gap? and also how your going to address the many different issues that affect each different type of group. how your going to address those issues? >> veronica, what it really comes down, to what i found is asian-american voters, although they, obviously, are going to be paying attention to issues important to the asian-american community, they really care about the same things all other americans care about. jobs is a big issu

it is called americans elect. we're joined by khalil byrdand elliot ackerman. >> the only barrier to entry is ballot access. it's not money. it's not talent. it's not political organization. it's actually that the two-party system has a stranglehold on ballot access and it takes a lot of resources to get on the ballot. it's too late for an individual-- almost too late for an individual-- to make the decision to allocate the millions of dollars. >> 2012 is a change election, and the change that americans are hungering isn't necessarily a new person but a new way of electing our leaderes, a way that's not anchored in the ideology of the far right and the far left that continually seems to come up short when it comes to finding authentic viewings to the problems we're facing. >> rose: we conclude with a putting lesson from the great golfer dave stockton. >> most of you when you putt and look at a line you're generally going to look as if you're shooting a rifle at it. up to the make it, you're going ing to try to mak

[applause] and new american media. [applause] apparently, tonight is hyphen's night. so congratulations to hyphen. [applause] a quick word about the organization. it was founded in 2003. it's a volunteer run nonprofit news and culture organization that illuminates asian america through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest growing ethnic population in the country. it engages people through our print magazine, website and events to fulfill the commission to tell the untold stories of asian americans with accuracy, nuance and complexity. to showcase emerging artists, creators and leaders of our community and to build a socially and politically aware community through media, dialogue, and cultural events. it's been honored by chinese for affirmative action, with the flames of justice award in 2008, nominated by the utney reader for -- for utney independent press award, best new title in 2007 and in 2010 for best social and cultural coverage. so again we say congratulations to you. [applause] >> thank you all so much.

the idea of consensus that is american democracy is american democracy working is it working for the average person today. well the average person or in our economic system i want i want to know that it's it's our economic system isn't treating average american very well right now with the doesn't say that the system is fundamentally flawed and our political process and democracy democracy takes time and so even though our political process is stalled right now that isn't sitting well in harlem if i can go to james if i can go to james on the banks were in trouble the congress got together pretty fast and bailed them out then they mean really matter of weeks ok it goes move very quickly as they censor invested interest are at stake here but the very principle of a representative democracy seems to be pretty low on the priority list right now because this is the whole reason why people are opting out of it because it didn't work for him i think out by wall street is quintessentially american because its fundamental question is how do we achieve equality patrick may be right democracy

if big oil wants to influence american elections, americans should know it's big oil. four, straighten out our tax systems, and until we do, put in a minimum tax for ultrahigh income earners that's at heart disease at the rate that ordinary american tax-paying families pay. and while we're at it, put in a minimum corporate tax rate that's at least half of what average corporations pay. no corporation that is making millions or billions of dollars should get away with paying nothing in income tax. five, shut down the offshore tax havens and charge companies a c.e.o. pay surtax on c.e.o. compensation that is more than 100 times their average worker's compensation. six, make polluters pay the actual costs of their pollution. why should a polluting company be able to push onto all of the rest of us the costs of their pollution? why should american families bear that polluting corporation's cost? economics tells us that should be part of the company's cost of doing business. seventh, no more corporate tax deductions for offshoring american jobs, and no more favoring of offs

americans. it's full of the kinds of ideas that in the past has been supported by democrats and republicans. it's paid for by asking our wealthiest citizens to pay their fair share. independent economists said it would create nearly 2 million jobs, grow the economy by an extra 2%. that's not my opinion. that's not my team's opinion. that's the opinion of folks who evaluate these things for a living. you know what? some folks in washington don't get the message, that people care right now about putting folks back to work and giving young people opportunity. so when this bill came up for a vote, republicans in the senate got together and blocked it. they refused to evenç debate i. 100% of republicans oppose it even though almost two-thirds of americans supported the ideas in this bill. democrats, republicans, and independents alike. not one republican in washington was willing to say it was the right thing to do. not one. now, what we've done is we've refused to quit. so i said, i will do everyt

of iran was that overthrew the american puppet. and washington got his feelings hurt and refuses to have diplomatic relations with iran and since that time there's been a huge change is the neoconservatives that become. very influential their very tightly ally israel. and both won't war with iran and it serves the whole source of their interests and so we now have. a more compliant head of the internet international atomic energy agency much more compliant with american propaganda than his predecessor and so we now have import which doesn't really say anything there's no evidence and there's just some innuendo and washington will spin this innuendo to try to prepare the ground as they did with a rock. for a military attack based on nothing so you're saying of the things that have really changed it is more the attitude and some of the ideas and the policies being put forth here in washington and not sit in iran. well you know who's around it tracked. the characters are. we ok so you you right up to this point and we certainly heard

jewish americans? >> no, blitz. that's oversimplifying it. i happen to believe that if you allow our intelligence agencies to do their job, they can come up with an approach -- i'm sorry, blitz. i meant wolf. okay? blitz -- wolf. >> and what about aid to pakistan? >> i also think that pakistan is a nation that it's kind of like too nuclear to fail. >> until pakistan clearly shows that they have america's best interests in mind, i would not send them one penny, period. >> with all due respect to the governor, i think that's highly naive. >> reporter: and other top moments, like when newt gingrich made a plea for what he called more humane enforcement of immigration laws so they won't separate families and mitt romney shot back amnesty is a magnet that only encourages more people to come here illegally. >> live in washington, jill dougherty. thank you. >>> the major gas of last night's debate, no painfully long pauses. so who came out on top? let's go to the sport card, and mark preston. good morning. >>

it is called americans elect. we're joined by khalil byrdand elliot ackerman. >> the only barrier to entry is ballot access. it's not money. it's not talent. it's not political organization. it's actually that the two-party system has a stranglehold on ballot access and it takes a lot of resources to get on the ballot. it's too late for an individual-- almost too late for an individual-- to make the decision to allocate the millions of dollars. >> 2012 is cnge election, and the change that americans are hungering isn't necessarily a new person but a new way of electing our leaderes, a way that's not anchored in the ideology of the far right and the far left that continually seems to come up short when it comes to finding authentic viewings to the problems we're facing. >> rose: we conclude with a putting lesson from the great golfer dave stockton. >> most of you when you putt and look at a line you're generally going to look as if you're shooting a rifle at it. up to the make it, you're going ing to try to make it

he knows republicans are only hurting the american people. >> and when 72% of the american people support the ideas in this bill, 72% of americans agree with this, republicans, democrats, and independents, there's no excuse for 100% of washington republicans to say no. >> it's pretty basic stuff, isn't it? and it is crystal clear republicans hate president obama more than they care about the 99.8% of american people. in chart is so telling. this is how many people would be affected by this increase. of course, the first million dollars is untouched. and then it's .7% after that. you know, 99.8% of the american people aren't going to be affected. the polls show the american people are with the president on this. but 100% of republicans have said no again. you know, the word "sabotage" has been an undercurrent of conversation in america about the righties, well, they're just trying to sabotage president obama sew won't get re-elected. sabotage is a hell of a word. let's see. google's definition is "deliberately destroy, damage or obstruct something, especially for political or military adva

with another look at my interview with bill moyers last spring the legendary journalist is an icon in american broadcasting and has had a significant impact on this country's political landscape and our conversation he shares his insights on the current state of the media in the united states and why our media has a responsibility to bring attention to the grassroots efforts of ordinary citizens to protect the interests of the middle class so here's another look at our conversations of great minds with bill moyers. for today's conversations in the great minds i'm joined by an icon of television journalism as resume includes being a founding organizer of the peace corps a press secretary for president lyndon johnson decades of reporting for both print and television outlets the most famous project was bill moyers journal weekly television show that was one of the highest rated public affairs programs around public television in two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten as many as two million viewers tuned in to hear what he had to say every single week and his accomplishments have not gon

real expression and in the american political process i didn't find strong expression and the american political process because the very fact that wealth has become more concentrated has meant that the wealthy can pour more money into our electoral system so even democrats did not force the only express the fact think any quality and people were left without even a clear articulation of what the problem was what the problems are and occupy wall street began to pick and not the small in new york city it was the first clear and. expression a big problem on who center was financial capital and some ok patrick what do you think about that i mean it one of the things i find very interesting is that we are what march this report was i mean is it really about the ninety nine percent or is it about a certain for so a type of person that is being disenfranchised in america's democratic system because i mean if it's ninety nine percent fine and she does all register to vote in kick the bombs out but that's not what's happening no i think it's very clear that it really doesn't represent ninety n

i think clarence is right, african-americans want this president to succeed as do most americans in that he has that as an advantage. >> the difference of wanting to succeed and getting out and voting so the enthusiasm three years ago may not be there this time around and that could cost him. >> barack obama won the black vote 24 to 1. mccain got the same share as david duke got running for governor of louisiana. african-american voters gave barack obama 25 or 26% of all his votes. the question is, are they going to come out and as they did and be 13% of the electorate, or will it drop off a little bit and percentage go to 90%, which that case would be -- >> okay, hold on! >> make any kind of difference. >> running against him makes a big >>> he does not have my vote. >> latino political activist armando navarro voted for president obama in 2008. but he will not vote for him in 2012. miss his frustration has trainingled down to the latino population at large. why? item, immigration. the president promised to make immigration reform, that is a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, a

the upper echelon of the american society. even though they lost wealth and they lost income during the recession their sort of loss of income while there's nothing like what happened to the rest of the country i mean so when i actually did some research and found their incomes rebounded about fifty percent faster than the rest of the american peoples and a lot of that just has to come from the fact that they are from a national on america's idea that really hasn't felt this recession in the same way you know the everyone lost well you know when stocks plunged when when their assets devalued and so on and so forth but really when you're wealthy you just don't feel as much as the rest of america. and they did and more importantly they didn't lose their jobs they have their jobs well many people were out of work so that you know that six figures on top of whatever else they're doing that kept them afloat well some people obviously lost their jobs but that's you know that's because of election that's because the tea partiers deci

, the american association of nurse ans the the tists, the american nurse association, and the national association of clinical nurse specialists and five other amazing groups. in closing, i'd like to thank -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. woolsey: thank you. i'd like to thank chairman klein, ranking member walberg, i mean chairman walberg, ranking member miller, and -- for their work on this legislation. it has been truly a gift to work in a bipartisan manner. thank you, mr. walberg. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman yield back the balance of her time? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent at this time that all members have five legislative days to insert extraneous materials. i believe we have members of our -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. does the gentlewoman wish to reserve the balance of her time? ms. woolsey: i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask for unanimous consent to submit for the record a manager's joint s

now it's happening for your generations of arab americans. it's our pleasure, and as the mayor of our great city -- i know it is felt at the board of supervisors that we welcome and celebrate our diversity. we do our best to understand, to dialogue, and to create more understanding. we celebrate that. that is our strength in san francisco. that's why we have these wonderful celebrations. thank you to the ensemble for sharing your music here and creating a cultural connections. [applause] thank you. we have a wonderful city of san francisco. i know that we pride ourselves in being an international city. begins with celebrating all the diverse cultures and making sure everyone is recognized, that we have our education institutions reflect that, our cities, official events, reflected that but i know i have benefited greatly, not only as an attorney, but as someone who has worked in the city to have worked with so many leaders of the arab-american community. the business leaders have done very well here. knowing, also, the challenges that you fac

american express doesn't operate that way. we own relationships directly with merchants as we do with our card members and we do negotiate price with merchants. the most important thing american express can do to help these merchants is to get more people shopping there. and we certainly do hope if you have an american express card you use it. but it's well beyond that. it's about thinking about the local establishments, supporting them, putting some of your holiday budget to work locally. and when you do that, small businesses will prosper. >> tom: ed, certainly a very interesting en kefr here, year two. wool find out the results in the days ahead. best of luck. ed gilligan, vice chair at american express. >> thank you very much. >> tom: there's been plenty of attention on the american shopper, also in europe, new worries about a debt crisis, once again the focus for the markets on this short trading day here in the u.s.. italy paid nearly 8% to borrow for two years at a debt auction. that's the country's highest yield on rec

you know we have to take welcome to the new american reality where washington d.c. buildings look more like fortresses and symbols of american freedom and prosperity so why is all of this in your face security actually necessary or just part of big brother's bureaucratic scare tactics. it's wednesday november ninth five pm in washington d.c. and christine freeze out watching our. well after much anticipation and speculation the international atomic energy agency has released its latest report on iran's nuclear capabilities and it information about the development of new technology relevant to the production of nuclear weapons that could suggest perhaps iran may be working on developing nuclear weapons as has been several years of gathering information and teligent from ten member states interviews and satellite imagery and suggests the activities associated with the nuclear weapons program was s'posed to stop in two thousand and three has continued including successful attempts to obtain nuclear military equipment and attempts to develop nuclear components for a nuc

fortunately the american people will not allow mr. cain's bold 9-9-9 plan clear foreign policy vision and plans for energy independence to be overshadowed by these bogus attacks." joining me now, joel bennett, the attorney for one of the women who has accused herman cain of sexual harassment. thanks for joining me tonight, mr. bennett. >> you're welcome, lawrence. >> mr. bennett, have you had any contact with sharon bialek? >> i had contact with a woman named sharon in chicago the last five days. i don't know if it's the same sharon because i never got her last name. the sharon i had contact with left a voicemail in my office one night indicating she had been harassed by herman cain while he was with the national restaurant association. when i called her back the next day, she said she had decided not to pursue it further. i then called her again yesterday to advise her that she could give her information confidentially if she wanted to. she said she'd think about it and let me know. i have not heard from her since then. it may be the

art by a major american sculptor or paynter which portrays black americans in a heroic role. it's about the 54th regiment of massachusetts that served under captain shaw and so many of whom were killed at fort wagner and if you have seen the movie glory, you know what that's about. it is a breathtaking and immortal work. there's a gilded reproduction of it that's a duplicate of it here in the national gallery, and there is another very important piece in the cemetery here which is his monument to clover adams the wife of henry adams, the mysterious figure with a shawl over the head which is also to be seen in a duplicative version of the national portrait gallery. the great statue of general sherman stands at 59th street and the entrance to central park right across the plaza hotel also i think is the greatest sequester and a statue in america. here is this boy who was a shoemaker's son and he did indeed desire to excel and he did indeed xl and he did bring it home, and i want to read you something that he rode. this is years after coming back from paris after completing the