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

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

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

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

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

if you have two americans were three americans come you could never be sure. >> host: as you say, anti-british sentiment is a pretty common feature. >> host: as you say, anti-british sentiment is a pretty common feature. >> host: as you say, anti-british sentiment is a pretty common feature pulling a lion's tail or her once and you're a pretty common feature pulling the lion's tail around for once and you're running for office in great writ was a pretty good way to get some votes come especially with the irish came over here. stewart plays an interesting ruling of the period of the same port was of state. puc's seward as someone who is a luster and a little out of its elements can and making obvious that crazy schemes? or is there a method to his madness? is he trying to be so bellicose language that the british are nervous? he said we better not do anything or this crazy seward. looking back the hole for your work, do you see seward is really a successful diplomat or secretary of state in terms of dealing with britain or was he really out of control, a loose cannon? >> guest: i think it goes.

urge there's congress and all americans to join with me in that effort. the war on poverty speech made on january eighth one thousand nine hundred sixty four for how things change today and how well is the enemy in other words poverty really understood and when will today's president declare a war on poverty and not just a cleric but send in reinforcements while help me answer those questions and many more earlier i was joined by michael snyder the founder of the economic collapse blog with the latest u.s. census data and i asked him in his view if president obama has done enough to deal with this new information about poverty in this country take a listen. well the obama administration seems to think the stock market is georgina's everything is ok but the truth is that the order of the war they keep increasing global rockall boasting economy improving as you noted there are no exporting per cent of all americans are living in extreme poverty that is the highest level ever recorded when you just look at the regular poverty numbers to gore six million more

it's in our dna as americans. it's what defines us as americans. >> has there been a president who hasn't been involved in nation-building? >> not a president who actually oversaw a period of any major american expansion. there have been presidents who have served in short periods when the united states was contracting and that's okay. there are moments we might be in one of those moments right now. but any expansive period when americans have gone out in the world and sought to expand their interests has always involved nation-building. >> when has it been most successful. >> when they are committed to the cases they are involved in and two when we have good overseas partners. and one of the questions we need to ask ourselves, are we going into a place in the world that we believe in? and where people there are willing to work with us? if we answer no to either of those questions, i argue in the book, then we shouldn't do it. we shouldn't do nation-building everywhere and at all times. >> where have we done it su

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

american lost nearly half a billion 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 from 1995 to 1998. >> you're going to see as a consequence of this bankruptcy filing, american will remain a strong and viable competitor. the industry needs a strong and viable competitor. >> reporter: there are thousands of employees that have been locked in nasty contract talks with the company. >> we thought all the speakers were turned off in here, it looks like we have a routine alarm one floor below our studio, all is well. tom costello, thanks for that from our washington bureau. >>> in presidential politics tonight, one day after an atlanta woman came forward alleging a 13-year affair, herman cain told staffers he is reassessing his candidacy. our report tonight from lisa myers. >> here he is. >> reporter: herman cain kept his distance from reporters today, after telling

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

they aren't americans and never been americans and never will be americans. he showed his contempt for environmentalists at a hearing on friday. he skipped the testimony of award winning historian and expert on alaskan universe dr. doug brinkley from rice university. when he did show up he made it clear he had no intention of learning from brinkley's expertise. the congressman didn't even get the professor's name right. listen to this. >> i will tell you, if you ever want to see an exercise in futility, it's this hearing. that side has already made up its mind. this side has already made up its mind, and the -- i call it garbage, dr. rice. >> it's dr. brinkley. rice is a june vaersity. you went to yuba college and couldn't graduate. >> you just be quiet. >> why? >> you be quiet. >> you don't own me. i pay your salary. >>> joining me is dr. doug brinkley, presidential historian, author and professor at rice university. dr. brinkley, great to have you with us tonight. i think that's an exchange that a lot of americans appreciate. here is an arrogant congressman

the fundamental money problem in the american colonies during the first few decades of american national existence was a shortage of money. the british government, the british colonial government disallowed paper money, the provincial assemblies could not issue paper money so people were stuck with gold and silver. the gold and silver are rare and they were especially rare in the colonies. and so the colonists got used to devising other means of currency. wampum was one. in virginia they would denominate things in terms of tobacco. in tennessee when andrew jackson won out there is a young man in his early 20s in 1790 tennessee at the time was still part of north carolina anyone out there to practice as a lawyer. there wasn't enough money to go around so his legal fees were often quoted as pay and a curse of land, so if you wanted a wheel at what cost you 80 acres and if you had litigation that would be a quarter section or something like that. so these are all sort of markers of value and there are ways of doing triangular trade. is one person wants to do something you could barter back

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

history the american revolution. came out of the social movement in the united states it wouldn't have it wouldn't have triumphed without that social movement abolitionists set in motion the political currents which led to civil war and the emancipation of the slaves the labor movement. flared up in the one nine hundred thirty s. these did not look like. electoral representing the politics they have the distinctive dynamics of movements movements look feel and talk differently and campaign politics or elected politicians and when you when you're so dismissive of the movement because it hasn't put out a series of legislative program now the goal. you're not comparing it to other movements this movement has an incredible symbolic power because it has cut through the fog of jibberish and propaganda that is the sorrow and the francis i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and out of any short break we'll continue our discussion on the occupy movement stay with our. kids can. you confirm. that that h

that means more americans out of work, more americans unable to pay their bills, and more american families -- and more american families hurting. hubert humphrey said it best. the moral test of government is how government treats those in the dawn of their life, the children. those in the twilight of their life, the elderly and those in the shadows of life, the sick, needy and disabled. this reckless legislation fails all tests. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the the gentlewoman from washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. herrera beutler: chimp hill said americans can be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. it applies to this institution. what have we tried? we have tried billion dollar bailouts for auto companies and wall street fat cats, not for main street. we have done bailouts for auto makers and thrown money at everything and have added so much to our national debt in the last four years. republicans did

they're white people and asian-american people and latino people and native american people and all sorts of people crying. there were people crying who did not vote for barack obama. i had friends who didn't vote for barack obama but who were crying on election night because they said even though they did not vote for barack obama, his election deeply moved them. even though they did not support him they were nonetheless happy about his election. because of what it symbolized. so that is why people were talking about am i dreaming? i had a friend -- am i in agreement? it was a deeply moving night for lots of people. i was deeply moved. i was deeply moved on inauguration day. >> host: with the crescendo of hope, change and anticipation of a new day we have problems with race, we have the fear fast, the meeting with -- [talking over each other] >> host: we also had an isseeti [talking over each other] >> host: we also had an issue with the usda and the white house. we still have black unemployment, twice that of what america in 1963, what the unemployment was five -- three times that of --

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of the asian-american communities here in san francisco in the 1950's. moving along to 1977 and the fall of the international hotel. our friends, we have come a long way. [applause] i have to tell you the most amazing moment of the year of 2011 was the first meeting of the board of supervisors this year on january 8, leading to the vote that we first cast for the first asian-american mayor in the city and county of san francisco. this was a vote that came about because you, the people of san francisco, elected four asian- american to the board of supervisors. and not just three chinese representatives, but the first korean-american representative, and i am so honored to represent the four of them, to welcome you here to this celebration. we have decided to implement a new yearly award, with each of our district supervisors recognizing a 11 awardees representing the best, brightest, most impact low in our community we will be honoring as part -- most impactful in our community we will be honoring as part of apa heritage month. in district 1 -- in district

security when they go through airports than christian americans or jewish americans? >> no, blitz, that's oversimplifying it. i happen to believe 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. since we're on a blitz debate. i apologize. wolf, what i'm saying is let's ask the professionals to give us an approach of how we can increase the identification of people that might be a danger to civilians as well as a danger to this nation. >> thank you, cain. all right. go ahead, we have another question. please give us your name and the organization you represent. >> i'm fred kagan, resident scholar and director of the critical threats project at the american enterprise institute. any question is the raid to kill osama bin laden was an important success in the struggle against al qaeda although it also drove u.s. relations with pakistan to a new low. do you think that an expanded drone campaign in pakistan would be sufficient to defeat al qaeda and to secure our interests in pak

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and hopes of winning over the american people. the pipeline will produce over three hundred forty. seven projects funded. by private industry to produce something really. stable source of energy but. it's now it's like the opposition to the pipeline environmental activists been arguing for months that this above ground oil pipeline would create toxic gases linked to global warming and opponents are so upset that they've threatened not to campaign in favor of obama in the upcoming presidential election which could be a really big problem for the president in two thousand and eight he had the backing of the environmentalists and if the upcoming election proves to be difficult could really hurt obama if he doesn't hold on to that support but it looks like the president may have found a way to get him out of this tough position according to l a times team obama is now considering delaying the decision on the pipeline until after next year's election so the administration might call on sponsors to reduce the project's environmental risks before it gets presidential approval and these re

are increasingly saying american -- sending american jobs to china. general electric's health care unit recently announced it was moving its headquarters of its 1 50-year-old x-ray business from wisconsin to beijing. ironically the head of president obama's council on jobs and competitive is g.e. chairman. meanwhile half of g.e.'s work force is overseas. he's creating jobs, but he's creating jobs in china. g.e.'s profits for china has economic implications here at home. in addition to the national security ramifications, this week i wrote defense secretary urging him to conduct a national security review of the recently announced joint venture between general electric, g.e., and the chinese firm, avic, to develop avionics for systems for jets. this partnership is troubling for a number of reasons. including the rapid advances in chinese aeronautics and space program, and the unprecedented chinese threat from cyberattacks and espionage. yet according to an august "washington post" article, g.e. has dismissed concerns about providing the people's libera

jewish americans? >> no, blitz. that's over simplifying it. i happen to believe that if 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 -- since we're on a blitz debate, i apologize. wolf, what i'm saying is -- we can increase the identification of people that might be a danger to civilians as well as a danger to this nation. >> thank you, cain. >> there you go. blitz wolfer. you heard michele bachmann laughing there. the congresswoman was a guest on late night with jimmy fallon monday night.song choice used by his hoist ba house band is getting a lot of bad attention. >> please welcome to the show michele bachmann. ♪ >> so you don't hear any lyrics, but those in the know no that that was the roots rendition of a 1985 fish bone tune the first word in the title is lying. and we'll let will you look up the next two words. after the show was taped but before it aired, the band's drummer sent out a tweet previewing th

that there is a relative decline in american fortunes and american power power both at the political level as well. economic its ability to apply economic pressure. most insulator political evolution of lebanon says some states are avoiding cooperating with the ground so there will be further isolated. americans and the western powers are trying to put iran in their corner and this has nothing to do with the plot against the saudi ambassador all or to be a nuclear program this has to do with a good political scene in the region because iran has been really rejecting all these policies in the region for local prying iraq or the position of the american of course encouraging some groups in syria iran actually has been showing that its nuclear program is a civil program while they are forgetting the israeli program they have two hundred nuclear warheads and of course the americans will try to cover up such a problem in the middle east if they want to really to succeed they have to search all the region for the nuclear reactions whether in iran or in an israel. over to the consulate and

that american people turned on him? in fact, when obama announced that he is -- i don't think he had any choice because they wouldn't indemnify american troops from prosecution over there and you couldn't leave american troops in there with the iraqis are going to try them. that was the tipping point. but do you understand why most people want out of iraq and why bush got hurt so bad when that went south? >> i certainly understand why americans want wars to end. remember, president bush was reelected also in 2004 after the iraq war had been prosecuted. because i think the american people do understand that when there is a security threat, you need to deal with it now, as to the immunity clause, we actually did manage to negotiate an immunity clause with the iraqs so that our forces could stay. >> bill: they wouldn't give obama the same -- was he lying. >> i have no idea. i wasn't inside the negotiations, a residual force would have been preferable. >> bill: no doubt but he said he couldn't do it? >> for all of the reaso

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, the subjugation of the peoples in 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 this problem for the sake of making money, give

in and as african-americans and explain their definition of african-american. thank you. >> i would like to know from your research on the fragmentation of blacks if you get a sense that the election of barack obama would go the way of the election of her washington, a moment in time not to be repeated anytime soon or has the country gun to a real turning point? >> i don't know. you know, if i knew i would be in tremendous demand as a pond of. for what we have seen cents a think you could make a good argument that the stars aligned in an unusual way. nonetheless, you know, they could the line again. it wasn't an accident, and it does reflect, i think, obviously real change in the country because it could not possibly have happened to, you know, 20 years ago or 30 years ago. i don't know if it happens again next year. i don't know. and does it happen anytime soon? and rethink he was the man for the specific moment. if the man and woman for another specific moment emerges, but you just don't know. you just don't know. >> should morning. enjoy watching you on cnn.

american families and small businesses are hurting. 14 million americans are out of work. republicans are focused on getting our economy moving again. the house has passed more than 15 bills that are currently awaiting a vote in the democrat-controlled senate. last week the house repealed the 3% withholding tax bill and we have also passed a vet rans hiring bill. again, sitting over in the united states senate. last month we sent the president's three important trade agreements that will boost exports and create jobs. and this week we'll pass two more bills based on ideas that the president says he supports to give small businesses greater access to the money they need to expand their business and to begin hiring new workers. all of these issues are part of our plan to help american job creators. the fact is we have worked this plan all year. we formalized it in may and we continue to work to get our economy going again, to get the american people back to work. but on the back we've got these 15 bills that continue to sit in the united states senate. all of the steps that

how close to the american citizens and u.s. senator and possible terrorists it is they should simply be abolished it isn't for any useful function except to get americans a curse to them and having all their rights violated us the only thing let's switch gears now onto us russia relations for a moment for us to answer a missile defense system has been a sticking point between the two countries for a long time but just today we heard some very strong words from russian president dmitri medvedev aimed at the u.s. now we've got rather than a second to let me play what the president warns could happen if the u.s. continues to move forward with missile defense plans along russia's border. russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west and south east in order to prevent damage from the us missile systems would employ to get out of the system and deployment of the is going to the missile system it's only what i meet and will be one essential step if the situation develops in an unthinkable way from russia will reserve th

companies going the way of american airlines? >> you have to consider the airline's apart from other companies. if you look at american airlines, most people expected the news. the public might be caught unaware but look at the share prices, it has really fallen since the start of this year. many other big corporate names are sitting on water. they have been holding cash. they don't want to be caught short like they were in 2008 when funding dried up. you might not necessarily see that and in some cases, facebook, for example, is helping -- planning to sell shares on the stock market next year. you have to look at it on a case by case basis. >> thank you. now for a quick look at the other stories from around the world. the u.s. vice-president joe biden has made a visit to the rock -- has made a visit to baghdad to mark the end of the war in iraq. this is the wind down of the war at a time of great economic concern at home. -- defected from the soviet union in 1967 and announced her father and communism. a second day of voting is

it's a very, very high priority for american planners. we'd rather have nothose nuclea weapons not fall in the hands of gee haddists, if the taliban gets closer to some of these bases. so what happened was this -- the spd, this pakistani army branch, gets a call from general kyani, chief the army staff, saying are we secure -- not from jihadists but from america. >> and what does the head of this nuclear unit, what does he do in response to kayani's concerns? >> well, this is very interesting. what happens is the nuclear program has already dispersed around the country. there are 12 or 15 sites where you could plausibly believe that there are nuclear weapons stored or components of nuclear weapons are stored. one of the pakistani doctrines to keep those weapons safe and away from prying eyes -- not only america's but india's -- is move them around, move them around the country. sometimes they're moved by helicopter. but often they're moved by road. and -- and what happened after abadabad was the pace this movement increased. in other word

so says met life american dream survey 2011. item, suffocating the dream. almost half of all baby boomers, 47%, and 44% of generation x, age 31 to 46, say the u.s. economy is blocking them from achieving their american dream. 43% of generation y blame the lack of job availability and stagnant wages for stifling their dream. item, digging in for the long haul. 42% of all respond ent e two out of five in the met life survey, think it will take five years before the economy improves. that 42% is up from 33% in 2010, and 23% in 2009. and get this, the number of all polls respondents who say the economy will never improve has doubled again, from 5% in 2009 to 11% in 2011. question, we are living in a time for of economic sobriety. so where are americans looking for financial security? are they look to be the government? are they looking to families? to themselves? beth? >> they're looking to themselves, because there's nobody out there to help them. there's one generation, though, which is little of the exception and the g, n y people. 60% receive money from fam

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

i think it helps export american values and american way of life, if you will, democracy in some forms. so i think changing the way that we deliver foreign aid rather than just all too often money going to a central government and them deciding how that money is spent, could substantially be changed where american companies using american no-how on the ground can substantially help america's interest in those countries. >> do we run the risk, though, of further engaging a population that already doesn't like us by seeing us trying to bring our business interests? a lot of those countries just want americans to go home. they don't like us and they have not been very receptive to our generosity. if we do it your method by sending american companies, for instance, to pakistan, are we not likely to sort of make the 'stillty toward us greater? >> well, listen, i think you have to have the approval of those countries. and the fact is if they don't want us there, then we need to go home. i mean, it should be that simple. if we don't -- if we are not meeting an obligation, if american interest

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in my writings for instance, i use the term black and african american and afro-american is. i also use the term negro. some people think that is antiquated. i don't thurgood marshall use that term with a capital in in march to me 13 it used the term negro and debbie lee b. dubois use that term of it is good enough for them it is good enough for me. there is a wonderful organization the national association for the advancement of colored people, if colored was that bad of a term i suppose the naacp would make changes then. use the term colored i see nothing wrong with that term if you use it as a term of honor i see nothing wrong with it and i use all of those terms. >> host: that is the last word from our guest randall kennedy his most recent book "the persistence of the color line" racial politics and the obama presidency" . he will be joaquin 50 steps to chapman holla he will be joined by nell irvin painter wrote a book the history of white people they will be talking about their respective books and academic work you can watch that online booktv.org live in just a minute

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. >>

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

that would be viewed as un-american, wildly off the mark. but then you look at wyoming where the vote of each wyomingite is worth 70 times the vote of somebody from california, and that's not viewed as at all strange. .. >> or to prohibit same-sex marriage, um, prohibit flag burning and the like. nobody seriously believes that any of these amendments will, in fact, be adopted. and in the case of, say, like flag-burning amendment, it would have no genuine impact on the way american politics are conducted. if one is concerned, as i am, about these more structural impediments, then nothing's going to change. the people who support the repeal of the 17th amendment aren't crazy, and i think it's unfortunate that liberals who oppose repeal to have 17th amendment -- of the 17th amendment do so usually by saying, well, it's just crazy to think of amending our constitution rather than to say, no, the 17th amendment was a very good addition to the constitution because this is no reason in the world -- there is no reason in the world to have the senate

this event is hosted by native american aids project, a french ship house association of native americans, neighborhood office of services, san francisco native american health center, east bay native american health center, it indian health center of santa clarita valley, and kqed. at this time, i would like to introduce the president of kqed, john boland. [applause] >> thank you. kqed is pleased to join with the wonderful organization that are all just listed in sponsoring tonight's celebration of american indian heritage month. as you know, kqed celebrates throughout the year all of the heritage months that we mark, here in the united states, but since i am the great grandson of thomas patton, a member of the law bay tribe in new jersey and pennsylvania, which is where i grew up, american heritage in the amount is particularly special to me and i am happy to be with you tonight. as part of kqed's celebration during the month of november, we sponsor the american indian film festival, and we have also scheduled over 60 television programs about the native american community and of specia

after an american city erupts in chaos, surrounding the protesters against greed, some americans are saying enough is enough tonight. >>> fighting back. herman cain's supporters produce an ad, arguing racial bias is fueling the attacks against him. >>> a daughter's revenge. a daughter releases a videotape, creating an uproar about what is discipline, what is abuse. and, by the way, her father on the tape is a judge in family court. ♪ we were singing >>> and roll down the window, turn up the radio and celebrate the 100th birthday of an american original. >>> good evening. after six weeks and 49 witnesses, it has come down to this. the closing arguments in the michael jackson manslaughter trial today. both sides taking their last best shot, on the key question before the jury. who is responsible for the death of a star? the man we all saw careen through the soaring heights and depths of celebrity. and as we all debate the trial evidence, it's hard to remember the michael jackson who perfected every move on stage, here in his 30s, moonwalking at the 1995 mtv video music awards. and 16

american principles. it's basically sending a message that we are as free of a population as free of a society as we thought we were basically a police presence can be used against the mass majority ninety nine percenters and that's something we do not like to see in the american society the american people can only handle so much of the first class i guess you'd say income inequality in america where the land of the american dream and the middle class standard of living under these situations we're seeing that this wonderful country has turned into a plutocracy of the rich for the rich by the rich. still ahead this hour the whistleblower winded by a verdict. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. london's high court ruled that the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to sweden to answer controversial sex crime allegations. palestinians got a step nearer the un winning membership of the heritage organization. the price is too high for some explain why. in syria a peace deal to

what americans don't like and especially african-americans don't like is fairness. you've heard the phrase, what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. people like what he's saying and that he's an independent mind and his own person. >> your thoughts? >> the jury is still out on that one. there are a lot of people who don't like what he is saying, particularly the invocation of terms, like a high-tech lynching, which not only is disrespectful to the memory of people who were actually lynched in this country, but also, i think, says a lot about where we are or are not in terms of racial progress in this country. herman cain has been successful, but there are a lot of other people, african-americans, who are not successful. >> and they are rooting for him. they are rooting for herman cain because the same thing is happening. the people accusing him were not anywhere two months ago, three months ago, or five months ago when herman cain was much lower in the polls. this week he's at 30% leading the pack of all of the candidates. this may be the reason why people are

who we are as americans. so why to you go overboard with this who's white who's not white? do you think justice sotomayor is not white? she looks white to me. >> she's a puerto rican lady. >> yeah. >> let me tell you what i see as the problem. there's no doubt as i've said many times before, anybody can be a good american. i think any group can be asimilar assimilated. the enormous numbers of people who have come into this country, never been -- >> well, that was two years ago. 1912 -- >> okay, but now we get the second. >> okay. >> the process of the melting p pot, the parochial schools, the fact we rooted for the same team, all these things the melting pot people are told keep your own faith don't assimilate, be similar the sunni versus the shia, the curds versusñx the arabs, they're all coming apart.>h the uighurs versus the chinese. 40% of these tribes are trying to break away. all of these powerful forces even in europe scotland wants to break away, and so what i'm saying is we've thrown out the melting