education and state races, but jobs, the economy and lastly health care. those three things was the entire campaign for every democrat last cycle, and dullly in state race, -- actually in state races, probably the same thing emerges. >> i was going to say in the war room in little rock it says, it's the compli, stupid. and don't forget health care. -- it's the economy, stupid. and don't forget health care. >> lisa, you work for one of the most powerful lobbies in the country, a group, i might add, that saved me $80 on a rental car two weeks ago. >> so you have already made up your membership fees. >> yes. in raising this issue of health care from a third party perspective, why don't you tell us a bit about that. i know you brought a bit of the ads you ran, so we can take a look at those as well. >> in the fall of 2006 we started talking, and we knew our nation needed to deal with health care, and that health care is linked to financial security, so we decided to devise a campaign that would engage the public not just of our members but of the nation in way

it was education in state races, not so much in federal but jobs in the economy. lastly, healthcare. those three things for the entire campaign for of the democrats last cycle and actually in state races i would say other than for national security does not emerge probably for the last ten or 20 years, the same thing. >> i was going to say in the war room in little rock the poster said is the economy stupid and underneath that said, and don't forget healthcare. [laughter] lisa, you work for one of the most powerful lobbies/groups in the country. a group i might add the sade me $80 on a rental car a couple of weeks ago. [laughter] >> you may dep your membership fee. >> i have already made up my membership fees for the first five years. lest you you were charged with running the divided we fail campaign for the aarp and in raising this issue of healthcare from a third party perspective, what you tell us a bit about that and i know you brought a couple of the ads you folks ran so we can take a look at those as well. >> in the fall to doesn't six we started talking, w

state redistricting committees on which blacks serve do not generally draw tortured race-driven districts. they accommodate the interests to all who sit around the table. extreme racial jerry man derring was a result of a lawful justice department imposing its own agenda on states. the justice department along with the civil rights community assumed in a racially fair society there would be proportional representation not only on legislative bodies but also on places of employment, schools, every other corner of american life. and, yet, statistical disparities between groups are evident everywhere. the standard of proportionality and fact rests on a profound misconception on the natural distribution of racial and ethnic groups across the

race will shape out. republicans indicated that they have a chance at these two blue state.uest: particularly in illinois there is an attractive republican candidate. he could win in the urban areas and hold the rural areas. conn, i think that chris dodd's areas are more personal. he is trying to dig himself out of the hole but he is behind in every poll. they are both good opportunities as is delaware. host: i realize it is early, but is there one state or race that says if this goes a certain way it will be good for the republicans deaths guest: let me say this about mid-term elections. this will be the referendum on obama and that the democrats. they will not re-hire governments to run the government, but they might want to put a check on obama. that works in the favor of republicans during the mid-term. only three terms as the party in power pick up seats in the house as ithistory shows. i think it will be determined by events in campaign committees. there is a basis for some optimism for republicans at this time. host: we're joined from philadelphia on the the republica

the loss of money going into state's judicial races were making people believe they had to participate in some way in financing judicial elections, where they would not get a fair hearing when their case came before the court. i argued this case. i knew the court was going to be very concerned about opening the floodgates and where we go from here and what kind of bias will be demonstrated by going to someone's wedding or being close friends with a justice or former clerk of the justice or living in the same neighborhood and that sort of thing. i focused a lot of the justice for sale concern that i think underlay what the justices were concerned about. of a back to the magna court of -- i went back to the magna car timys saying -- magna carta, sag justice will not be barred. -- will not be bought. i picked up the fifth vote to support the final outcome. one of the justices during the oral arguments, i think it was justice stevens said it is not the part of the justice -- of the -- due process clause the right of the judiciary? >> solis said it is the right of the individual not the jud

and that lots of money going to state judicial races were making people believe that they had to participate in some way in financing judicial elections or they wouldn't get a fair hearing when their case came before the court. i argued this case, and i knew the court was going to be concerned about opening the flood gates, and where we were going from here and what kind of bias would we be demonstrating, or being friends with a justice, or a former clerk of the justice. so i focused a lot on the justice for sale concern that i think underlay what the justices were concerned about, and i actually went back to the magna carta and i found a provision that said something to the same effect, that justice will not be for sale, justice will not be bought. we found something in both the magna carta and picked up by blackistone. i thought maybe that will calm down the conservatives that are worried about constitutionalizing this thing. it didn't work. four of them voted against us, but it was enough to pick up the fifth vote to support the final outcome. one of the justice during the oral argument,

inspired, tens of thousands of images that i have taken all in my book here, across the 50 states, started racing through my mind. i thought of all the skylines, i thought of the president's, i thought of macy's day parade, the rose bowl parade, the small towns, the farms, where i grew up of route 66. allen did all these 76 new american citizens and as of the fireworks climaxed i realize that for me my journey to capture and to photograph democracy could never be taken as a single image. it never be accomplished in a single iconic moment. instead in my portrait of democracy would be an gigantic mosaic. if you think back to your art history and think of pointless some each single little got if you look at every single little thought it doesn't tell anything. tell you back up and you get that bird's-eye view. if you look down and suddenly all those dog start to come together to create a larger vision of america. we are all docks and the 1300 pitchers that appear in my book basically began as a singular vision of america, but the khatami,, what i came away with is that basically it is not my vision

possible with the suggestions have been followed the mite have been no civil war in the united states and the race problem of today would not be so perplexing to economists. years later an african-american educator named booker t. washington was traveling through europe and the stock in krakow. he wrote his memoirs, i knew from my school history what kosciuszko had done for america in its early struggle for independence. i did not know however until my attention was called to krakow what kosciuszko had done for the freedom and education of my own people. the polish patriot is buried under the cathedral of krakow which is the westminster abbey of poland and is filled with memorials of the honored names of that country. kosciuszko lies in a faults beneath the marble floor of the cathedral. as i look on his tomb i thought how this all the world is that how curiously interwoven are the interest the bind people together. when i visited the tomb of kosciuszko i placed in rows on it in the name of my race. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] i would be happy to take any questions then there is a m

possible if the suggestions had been followed there might have been no civil war in the united states and the race problem of today would not be so perplexing to economists. years later, an african-american educator named booker t. washington stopped in krakow, he wrote i knew in school history what kosciuszko had done for america in its early struggle for independence. i did not know, however, until my attention was called to it in krakow what kosciuszko had done for the freedom and education of my own people. the polish patriot is buried under the cathedral of krakow which is the westminster abbey of poland and is filled of the morals of the honored names of that country. he lies in a vault beneath the marble floor of the cathedral as i looked up on his tomb i thought how small the world is and how interwoven the interests that bind people together. when i visited the tomb of kosciuszko, i placed a rose on it in the name of my race. thank you very much. [applause] >> i'd be happy to take any questions and there's a microphone in the back for anybody. there's a gentleman over here. >> hello. >> i

again, earlier today, the minnesota supreme court ruled in favor of al franken in the senate race in that state. that was incumbent challenger norm coleman congratulating franken for running that race. al franken will become the democrats' 60 of folth vote. we will bring that to you when it happens. we expect that at about 5:15 eastern time. a portion of this morning's washington journal. host: robert white is president of center for international policy. he served in a number of capacities and central america, including in el salvador and also honduras. i want to ask about the situation in honduras, but crew that took place. was expected and how did it come about? guest: i don't think it was expected but there was a standoff. and there was the supreme court and congress on one side and president zelaya on the other. and how that would have played out, we don't know. but then the military intervened and manhandled president zelaya and threw him out of the country. and i applaud president obama and secretary of state clinton for taking a strong stand against this coup. host: let me share with th

the idea that northern republicans hoped to win over southern voters and to win southern states by pushing the race issue by either a coded or open language for goldwater it is opposition to the civil-rights bill. but is what people refer to when they talk about the southern strategy but what is missing is agency and activity of others to help to put this on the table and devise a language that will play not just in the south justin gary indiana and the detroit michigan and baltimore mayor wind were issues of open housing open union, other anti-discrimination measures are focused directly on race of the attention can have a broader wide audience. >> host: how you get from the new deal to the new right today? >> guest: the story itel is by looking at elements both in and outside of the new deal so democrats than northern conservative republicans and western republicans begin to bring their political perspective together in opposition to the new deal and finally a place where by 1980 ronald reagan wins and an 84 even more so. and the beginning of a national alignment or regime change which i think we

. >> host: middle class dreams a new majority legitimatizing the illegitimate, race and state in a capitalistevelopment, politics and poverty. most political junkies would see stan as a pollster. we're talking about -- you have talked about republican strategies. so i'm not your only republican friend and besides politics you were advisor to the nobel prize when you campaigned. this is amazing. you've done all kinds of stuff. and the connection with james carville, we should point out, since i am the wife of, is the d corps. >> guest: democracy corps. >> host: it just gets shortened -- >> guest: amongst friends. >> host: democracycorps.com. it's a great polling place. i love some of these things that you've been called because we're going to be talking not positive things that people have to say about pollsters today but because of stan's excessive and unique success in all these campaigns all over the world, he's been the called the father of modern techniques, the de niro of politics and an unrivaled guru. "esquire" magazine -- >> guest: i'm tired. >> host: i know. plus he's married to cong

race. >> election day, primary election day in the state of virginia. the commonwealth of virginia. jeff scha piro is the reporter for dispatch. governor's side a three-way race, mr. scha piro tell us why the rest of the nation should be interested in this race. >> virginia and new jersey are the only states choosing governors this year, and these are states that were also carried by president obama. so the elections for governor in new jersey and virginia will be vused -- views as referenda on what's going on in washington or not. >> two of the candidates are known nationwide, particularly one of them for folks familiar with the democratic party. why don't you tell us about the three and who's leading in the race according to most polls. >> well, i suspect you are referring to terry mc-- the former chairman of the democratic national committee and beth bud of bill clinton. he parachuted into the virginia race ten months ago and assembled a fairly impressive organization. and raise a good deal of money but a the pre-primary polls which are hasten to add are likely more curiosity than

>> the state is commanded to not use the race of the citizens in the decision ever. unless it has the bases identified by the supreme court. >> the law also says it cannot have a racially neutral policy that adversely affects minorities unless there is a business necessity. >> that is the standard. the law says you can do it. -- cannot do it unless there is a business necessity. >> what is the necessity? >> the tests were job-related. there are a lot of tests that are job-related that have less of an impact. that is what the experts, the competitor expert told the board of which is there could be a better devise a test. >> that is not sufficient. >> why not? if you are charged as a decision maker with not adversely affecting an interest -- a group, unless there is a business that necessity -- a business necessity, does that not mean that you have to look at the alternatives and see which one best of what's the impact? >> that is done every single time there is a test. if you understand that the standard protocol that it has used but it suspiciously abandoned in this

>> the state is commanded to not use the race in a decision ever unless it has been identified by the supreme court. >> that is going too far. the law also says that you cannot have a racially neutral policy that adversely affects minorities. the law says that you cannot do that, unless there is a business necessity. >> what is the business necessity? >> it is job-related. >> there could be a lot of tests that are job-related that have less of an impact. that is what the competitor expert told the board. there could be a better devised a test. >> that is not sufficient to deny it. >> why not? if you are charged as a decision maker with non adversely affecting a group, unless there is a business necessity, does not the very definition of business necessity to me that you have to look at all of the alternatives and see which best avoids the impact? >> that is where you hire a professional testing consultant. this would be cut off prematurely because they did not want to listen to it. we would get the results. we have the foundation reports. one of the things you do in the report is to e

he understood the much weaker soviet economy couldn't possibly sustain an arms race with the united states and still hoped to develop. well, when the u.s. dismissed the offer as it did, he carried out the reduction unilaterally. and kennedy did react to that. he reacted with a very sharp increase in military spending. which the russian military later tried to match. that's tanking the economy as khrushchev had anticipated. that was the crucial moment in the soviet economy collapsed. well, what everyone thinks of the defensive pretext for nato at least had some credibility. but what happens when the soviet union is gone? and the pretext disappears? well, it got more extreme. gorbachev permitted a unified germany to join a hostile military alliance run by the global superpower. that is astonishing in the light of history. germany alone had practically destroyed russia twice in the century. now, there was a quid pro quo. this is bush number one and james baker. it had been thought up until a couple months ago that bush and baker promised not to expand nato to the eastern european former sovie

together in the early 1990's, built a carbon fiber, lightweight solar powered vehicle we raced across the united states gerns teams from stanford and michigan and other colleges around the country. i always thought to myself, if we could do that in 1993, 15 years ago, a bunch of college students who didn't even have our degrees yet, then you the, to think of the potential that we have today with the technology and the real support of policymakers like yourself, i think the opportunities for science and for business are absolutely endless. mr. polis: we've been joined by our colleague from new york, mr. tonko. would you like to join the conversation? mr. tonko: sure. let me thank you, mr. polis for managing our discussion on the floor. it's a pleasure to join you. i know you've been an outspoken voice for greening up our thinking as it comes to energy and the environment and the economy, three areas that are critical right now that face a crisis of some dimension and we can resolve those crises simply by moving forward with progressive policy. i thank you for providing the leadership here this evening o

which a person was mandated to go to one or the other based upon their race, violated the equal protection clause of the united states, and they also found that this was not equal. and with regard to the ledbetter case, centered urban -- senator durbin spoke about this. i would say that everyone knows this is a universal rule, that when a law is inflicted, they have a certain time in which to file their claim. this is the statute of limitations. if you do not file this, you are barred from filing the lawsuit. the u.s. supreme court heard the evidence, that was argued in the supreme court, she took her case all the way to the supreme court, they concluded that she was aware of the unfair wage practices, long before the statute of limitations -- and by the time she filed the complaint, this was too late and one witness was dead. so years after, they concluded that. the congress, was unhappy about this, passed a law that i think models the statute of limitations on these kinds of cases dramatically, but it would give her a chance to be successful or another person to be successful. this was not a conservative activist d

which a person was mandated to go to one of the other based on their race violated the equal protection clause of the united states and they found it was not equal. with regard to lilly's case, my democratic colleagues have talked about this case a lot. i would just say that everybody knows it is a universal rule that whenever a wrong inflicted upon an individual, they have a certain time in which to file their claim. it is called the statute of limitations. evie do not file it in the time allowed by law, -- if you do not file it but the time allowed by law, you cannot fall that lawsuit. the u.s. supreme court heard the evidence -- this one lady, lilly took her case to the supreme court. they herded and concluded that she was aware of the unfair wage practice long before the statute of limitations. by the time she thought her complaint, it was too late. years after. they concluded that. the congress was unhappy about a and passed a law that unwisely metals the statute of place -- statute of limitations on these -- muddles the statute of limitations on these cases. it was a fact based analysis by the supreme court

national advocacy, international advocacy, the advocacy of that rock stars and heads of state but the reality is that all race awareness of what we're trying to do it and may raise resources but will not necessarily get the children vaccinated. in the big federal republics where we are working now, we need to be operating at the sub national level and this is an area that we are not very good at but when you look at where polio exists in india, for example is to northern states, there are too cheap ministers who between them and what would be running the sixth largest country in the world if it were independent, 350 million but to engage with people like this to affect change in the states you have got to be able to advocate and some national level. what happens with the u.n., for example, we engage to the national level. ambassador circuit the national level and rock stars 10 to work at that level as well and what has been impressive when we look at one of the lessons from the polio program has been our ability to work or to learn to work at the some national level. i think what is -- these are probably some

race is tightening. there is a new poll out this morning showing that one of the candidates, a state senator, is now in the lead. two of the three candidates are running -- one of them, former dnc chairman terry mcauliffe, is bringing in some big guns in the final days, big guns from outside virginia, to make his case. bill clinton is returning to virginia this weekend to campaign for mcauliffe. he will attend a fund-raiser at mcauliffe's house in mclean, virginia. it is at least the third visit that clinton has made on behalf of mcauliffe in this race. also yesterday, and this is interesting, mcauliffe announced the support of montana governor bryan schweitzer, who also -- announcing the support, schweitzer made clear he is supporting mcauliffe because they are friends. he is doing it on a personal level, not as chairman of the rg&e a. regardless, it is not entirely clear how many -- of the rga. republicans did not seem too concerned. the republican governors association responded yesterday with a simple one line statement that said, "who is brian schweitzer?" to a lot of virginia voters, they hope that i

race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the state secrets privilege in civil litigation. the last congress at an oversight hearing. our experience has demonstrated destructive impact that secrecy can have on our nation. for the rule of law to have meaning, liberties and rights must be enforceable in the courts. separations of powers concerns are highest with regard to executive branch contact. -- conduct. claims of secrecy have been used to conceal matters from congress. that has been the case with respect to the use of torture, use of illegal spying of americans, and other matters of national importance. let me add that this issue is perhaps the most im

because if you look at the mid '70s or the early eighties or early 90's, you still have as race and a fair amount of states, anywhere from six to a dozen doing very well primarily because of energy and this is a very different in their universal with the exception of very small handful of states like boiling in north dakota, you see this across the country and every region whether economy.com, philadelphia federal reserve, any data shows basically universally 50 stay downturn. >> [inaudible] i was wondering what you think it means for a bond financing, will states shy away because expecting lowering but will try and fill the gaps? >> i think it is going to been depending on the state. i think that the overwhelming majority of states will probably do what they would normally do in this type of recessionary time which is to the extent they can turn to bond financing. i think there are a handful, frankly the larger of is the california, that will still utilize bond financing but i think they have their own very difficult issues that they have to deal with to ensure that they can continue, but we have never se

in which a person was mandated to go one or the other based on their race violated the equal protection clause of the united states and, in effect, they also found it wasn't equal which they were correct in doing. and with regard to the lily ledbetter case, senator durbin and my democratic colleagues during the last campaign and during the last several years have talked about this case a lot. i would just say that everybody knows it's a universal rule that whenever a wrong is inflicted upon an individual, they have a certain time within which to file their claim. it's called the statute of limitations. if you don't file it within the time allowed by law, then you are barred from filing that lawsuit. it happens all over america in cases throughout the country. the u.s. supreme court heard the evidence and it was argued in the united states supreme court. this one lady, lily ledbetter, took her case all the way to the supreme court. they heard it and they concluded that she had -- was aware of the unfair wage practices that she alleged long before the statute of limitations -- long before and that by the time she fi

on in and setting out the principles, the recovery act that was $5 billion for the race to the top and making sure states compete, who are best at reform. the resources will be used for those who are ready to adopt the reforms that are necessary. we know what is necessary as it relates to quality teachers, we know what is necessary as it relates to competition in the public-school system, and we know what is necessary as it relates to adopting common standards so you are raising the capacity of our children and our schools and our teachers. it doesn't get the attention that an energy bill does or a health care piece of legislation the president is announcing, regular 44 -- regulatory reform, in the sense of the federal regulatory system to make sure the financial regulatory system is competitive and consumers are protected but what is happening in the area of education from early childhood all the way through lifetime learning through community colleges and vocational schools, is very important and is a quiet revolution that is going on and there's another proposal by the president, funding to make that

set aside x percent of seats in the congress or in the senate or in state legislatures that can only be held by people of a certain race or ethnicity. secondly, some countries use proportional representational systems, most countries do, which don't directly ensure -- but because much smaller groups can effectively get seats in a proportional representation system, those systems are often felt to at least ensure more adequate representation of different interests, even if there are various costs to proportional representation, but that's another solution in some places. a third solution is federalism, which in areas where vulnerable groups are concentrated geographically can be a way of ensuring some sort of minority representation and self-protection in the political process. ok. the voting rights act doesn't do any of this and what makes it particularly ambitious and interesting i think, is that it was designed if a system of first past the foe territorial districts to be dynamic and responsive over time to the actual dynamics of race and political representation. in the sense that the act was based on the notion tha

race is a big stumbling block for democrats. david paterson has very low approval ratings. the democratic establishment in the state as narrowly won a primary. the question is, will david paterson run for reelection? for all the candidates running, the person at the top of the ballot could have an impact on their own races. host: amy walter, thank you for being with us. have a good weekend. we want to malcowelcome abderram foukara. i want to begin with this treat that gives us an account. it says "we will never solve their problems. the u.s. should get out of other people's business. there are enough problems at home to worry about." how do you respond to that? guest: at least a philosophy of the speech yesterday was extraordinary in so many different ways. one of goes -- one of them goes to the heart of the issue you just raised. you have the president of the united states who travels to the muslim world to deliver a speech. almost as if that part of the muslim world was part of the american constituency. this is something that he talked about during his election period. it was almost as if he was trying to live u

race. the other wasbrian moran, a state lawmaker, whose brother is in congress. he comes from northern virginia. people thought it would be a battle between those two. in the end, the final candidate comes from the second-least populated county in virginia on the border. it stunned everyone. . . in the end he won all across virginia including in the congressional district of jim moran, his opponent's brother. host: your story has the headline "the contest will play out on the national stage come this fall." why is that? guest: yeah. well, so virginia and new jersey are the only states in the country that have a big election in november. it's one year after president obama took office. and virginia is a state that has become a real battleground nationally, a state that used to be solidly republican. and in the last couple of elections has trended blue. president obama carried virginia. he was the first democrat to carry virginia in a presidential election in 44 years. republicans think they have an excellent schans of sort of starting what they hope will be a nati

relative expert with a vast range of knowledge -- from hermit crab racing, to secret world governments, and president of the united states. john is the author of the best- selling book, "more informaon than you require." please welcome him. [applause] >> much better. good evening. my name is john hodgman. i am a very famous television personality. thank you very much for having me here this evening. thank you very much, mr. president, for warming them up. [laughter] it is entirely appropriate for me to be following the president of the united states. he cannot allow me for i am the most dynamic public speaker of our generation. you can feel the energy at this very moment. part of the reason i am the most dynamic public speaker, i have a compelling personal story. i was born of two worlds. my father was from massachusetts. my mother, from the city of philadelphia, which i believe is not even in the same stage. i grew up in massachusetts, your typical liberal town, but i did not have a limousine until i was 12. my parents came from working- class families. we had a modest home. 16 rooms, it is true. we devoted one-room sol

he went into the race with some weaknesses with certain religious groups in the united states. and unlike some democrats who run for president in recent years he wasn't afraid to parse the problem, to hire people come to think through and read and talk to the fold, the principals who were involved. so he may have felt some anxiety about religion but it didn't keep him from engaging and th o

we have put together in the recovery act, $5 billion for the race to the top fund, making sure that states compete who are best at reform. the resources will be used for those who are best ready to adopt the reforms that are necessary. we know what is necessary as it relates to quality teachers. we know what is necessary as it relates to competition in the public school system, i.e. charters, and we know what is necessary for common standards to raise the capacity of our children and our schools and our teachers. while it does not get the attention that obviously an energy bill does or health care piece of legislation -- and today the president is announcing financial regulatory reform and a overhaul of that, in the sense of the federal regulatory system as relates to making sure the financial system is competitive and consumers are protected. what was happening in the area of education from early childhood all the way through what i call lifetime learning through community college and vocational schools is very, very important, and it is the quiet revolution that is going on. you will see

east arms race -- egypt, saudi arabia, turkey are all going to be states that want a nuclear program. there is a greater chance of there is a greater chance of iferation. if it can throw its weight around the region, it could intimidate moderates and emboldened extremists. so there are sets of concerns. i think the caller was referring to the fact that the president said that the united states did not object to iran having some -- civil nuclear power. is that a change in american policy? if i'm correct, secretary of state condoleezza rice said if the issue that iran wanted was in power, we could solve the problem. but i do not think there are any differences between the president and the former administration on the need to stop iran from getting in a car bomb. what is crucial to point out are the people that are the most worried, are not just israel, but it is all the arab states due to a historic enmity with iran, these regimes are very nervous and quietly working with united states. when the president was trying to see yesterday as we have got to end the gap between what you say pu

race correlated. you can actually take a map of lynchings all over the united states at the tunnel of the last century and overlay it with deaths today and they correlate closely. so we shouldn't fool ourselves and blind ourselves to the reality of what we're looking at. that's not an attempt to make anybody angry except angry at injustice. similarly with the schools which it what i write about. the fact is that as i said earlier we have in chicago and illinois some systems that fund very generously for kids. we have some systems that starve the kids. and those can be correlated along racial lines. that's not any attempt to stir up a fantasy. lÑ ,Ñ example is this response by newt gingrich and company to the nomination of judge sotomayor. he thinks somehow that 200 years of having white male judges means that it's been without gender and without race? apparently. apparently the fact that she mentions the fact he some is a latino woman means she is a racist but he is not a racist for the silence about being a white man. it's a double-standard and i think women recognize it, peek of color recognize it b

races lens. i have found, you look at how the united states responded to the crisis in kosovo when albanians were being killed. nato when in with troops, bombs were dropped, we have occupied the nation now for many years. i think that is something that we need to get past. human rights watch, we worked there, if there is a bad spot in the world, we will be there. the only place that we have a very hard time operating is north korea. that is very -- fairly up -- obvious why. >> are there any more dilemmas that you face? >> one is accessed, every time the people want you to go in, we will be there. you cannot always go on a visa. sometimes you have to find more interesting ways to get into the country. another problem is, look at what happens when your access is restricted, or potentially you could be taken into custody. you saw the video on georgia. the russians had set up many checkpoints, and there were not going to let us go into us gues the gori district. i was told there was a road over the mountain, but we will get into gori with no problem. after driving over this goat trail for three hours

race correlated. you can actually take a map of lynchings all over the united states at the tunnel of the last century and overlay it with deaths today and they correlate closely. so we shouldn't fool ourselves and blind ourselves to the reality of what we're looking at. that's not an attempt to make anybody angry except angry at injustice. similarly with the schools which it what i write about. the fact is that as i said earlier we have in chicago and illinois some systems that fund very generously for kids. we have some systems that starve the kids. and those can be correlated along racial lines. that's not any attempt to stir up a fantasy. that's an attempt to shine a light on something real. >> guest: and to get white people to do something. we wrote this book to say this issue of inequality in the search for kind of unity and longing for unity has animated us now for 40 years, and i feel like the, of racism is not an issue for black people or latino people or arab people alone. it's our -- we have to own the issue. the people who have benefited or have allowed ourselves to not have to look at ine

race and not enough of another. judge sotomayor apparently was not persuaded to answer that question, but, thankfully, the united states supreme court will. in a matter of days we'll know the united states supreme court's decision which will help the american people understand whether judge sotomayor's philosophy is within the judicial mainstream or well outside of it. madam president, there are other statements that the judge has made in the course of her long career, including one at berkley in 2001, which has received quite a bit of press coverage where she said -- quote -- "i would hope that a wise latino woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." now president obama has said that she has -- she misspoke, but it's clear that that's not the case. congressional quarterly reported that she used this language or something very similar to it in multiple speeches from 1994 to 2003. it would be one thing if judge sotomayor is simply celebrating her own journey as a successful latino woman in our country. every american would

[applause] that is why i am in this race, it is why i am running for the presidency of the united statesamerica. to offer change that we can be heat -- believe in. host: was that a defining moment in the primary? guest: it really was. it showed that he had the stomach for the fight and that he could fight. the person he is not mentioning right there is sitting about 20 feet away, and hillary clinton is now the secretary of state. the other thing to notice about that. he was not using a teleprompter, he had to memorize that speech. he did not tell his aides that he was doing it. he turned the television on relief loud and rehearsed it on his own. when he came up with a final run through, the aides had no idea he had spent any time on it. that performance was incredibly important. that event is what helped out board, bill bradley, john kerry. a lot of work went into it. it really put him on a launch pad to winning in iowa. host: on the phone from springfield, mass., good morning. caller: first, i would like to say that i have watched you on msnbc. host: -- guest: thank you. caller: two que

races came and put the timeout to go to the war, they have all different races and speaking but one focus. the people of the united states. and our forefathers before us especially abraham lincoln i can see what you are doing and i pray and pray for you to give you the wisdom and the shield of that you can continue in your work. just want to tell you my question is, i know where you are doing and i pray for you. but the the thing is i know where you have got to two and it will be a big task. the big thing you tell them this is what it is. don't judge me because only god judges me. >> host: thank you very much what you make me think of as a couple of things the recognition of your own life and people and land i saw a documentary friday night and undergraduate from university of chicago the documentary film festival just undergraduate kids there were all very short and so one that broke me up was a two-minute sequence with a young woman who was an iraqi bet she started talking about how beautiful iraq is and the beauty of the land and the beauty of the people and how every morning she would give up so she could see the spe

states. meanwhile, the administration is withholding information from the congress and the public and racing to move detainees before the will of congress can be put into law. on tuesday, ea suspected plotter of the bombings in africa arrived in new york for a trial. there's some indication he's being held somewhere near manhattan in a facility some people are concerned about, relative to its security. yesterday, the government of palau, announced it would accept some of the uighur detainees. press accounts release -- link the announcement to a $200 million payoff for palau. the uighur detainees are affiliated with a known terrorist group and receive training in camps run by a affiliate of al qaeda. this morning, the administration announced that four uighur detainees have been resettled in bermuda. the guantanamo detainees include committers of some of the most horrific acts against the u.s., including 9/11 and the cole bombings in africa. director muller of the f.b.i. deafed that bringing the detainees to the u.s. involved serious risk to american security. the administration is ignoring o

where the evolution of formal democracy in inxç and in the united states, in fact, her words might turn out to be the endgame of the human raceand that's in the an idle question. it should be recalled that the american republic was founded on the principle that there should be a democratic deficit. james madison, the mainframer of the constitutional order -- his view was power should be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, the more responsible set of men. who have sympathy for property owners and their rights. and madison sought to construct a system of government that would in his words protect the minority of the opulent from the majority. that's why the constitutional system that he framed did not have a coequal branches. the executive was supposed to be administrator and the literature was supposed to be dominant but not the house of representatives. rather, the senate where power was vested and protected from the public in many ways. that's where the wealth of the nation would be concentrated. this is not overlooked by historians. gordon wood, for example, summarizes the thoughts of the founders saying that the cons

race. that's why i'm running for the presidency of the united states of america to offer him change that we can believe in. what [cheering] >> host: richard wolffe, was that a defining moment in the primary? >> guest: it really was a turning point if you will be read a couple things first he needed to show he could fight and that he had the stomach for the fight and remember the person he's talking about but not mentioning by name is sitting maybe 12, 20 feet away, hillary clinton, now secretary of state. he is accusing her of tough things and the other thing to notice about that is he wasn't using it teleprompter. he had to memorize that speech and it was a tough moment of performance. he rehearsed in secret and he didn't tell his aides he was doing it. he turned the tv on in his room really loud and rehearsed the hell out of it on his own and then when he came up with a final run through the aids had no idea he had spent any time for memorizing it. he already had it. that performance is important and that the event is what helped al gore beat bill bradley and john kerry beat how word team

. >>> simon schama, professor talks about religion and race and war and how these things have been echoed through the united states history. philadelphia free library hosted the event. it's one hour. >> many of you know what library we provide essential services to thousands of and vigils throughout the year including students, job-seekers and small-business owners. due to the economic downturn and 25% budget cut of the free library philadelphia we have had to stop ordering new books and february. yet we still need to fill shelves for the more than 60,000 philadelphia school children who participate in the summer reading program. i encourage you to join the 10,000 books for children drive by donating funds purchasing books from the amazon bought, wish list or by buying books from local retailers and dropping them off at a designated library applications. for more information please visit free library.org/bouck dr.. our guest is a restless optimist of the dissatisfied times. and essayist and critic for the new yorker and a professor of art history at columbia and university, schama has presented more than 30 docume

race correlated. ted can actually take a map of lynchings all over the united states at the turn of the last century and overlay with deaths t way and they correlate pretty closely. we shouldn't fool ourselves or blind ourselves to the reality angryt we are looking at. this is not an attempt to make thaody angry except angry at injustice. similarly with the schools, which i write about. as i said earlier, we have some systems that fund very generously for kids. some systems start the kids. those can be correlated around racial lines. eaat is not any attempt to stir up a fantasy, it is an attempt to shine a light on something real. >> and to get white people to do something. we wrote this book to say this issue of inequality and the search for unity and longing for unity has animated us. the issue of racism is not an issue for black people or latino otople, we have to own the issue. people who have benefited or allow ourselves to not have to look at inequality. the most obvious and silly example is the response by newt gingrich and company to the hatination of judge sotomayor. he thinks 200 years of havi

states to see that happe as soon as possible. >> getting back to a question senator cardin race, the technology that relates to nuclear-weapons, do you have any sense -- we all have a concern, but do you have any sense that the north koreans, and this moment, are engaged in any strategy to sell that technology? it is mostly, the concern is mostly about what they're doing internally. >> there is no question that the north koreans are aware of our attitude on the subject. beyond saying that i believe that they know there would be consequences for any such activity, i really don't want to go much further in my statements. >> fair enough. finally, we have a minute left, i will be really brief. the north koreans recently announced they have suspended the 1953 armistice to end the korean war. is there any practical effect to that? how do you see that? >> it is not welcome news, obviously. but the practical effect of it at this point a

states. see the senate on c-span2. and now, attorneys representing republican norm coleman and democrat al franken argue before the supreme court in the case of counting absentee ballots in their senate race. roughly 4400 ballots should be counted, a claim rejected by previous courts, according to north franklin. this last one hour 10 minutes. -- norm coleman. >> all rise for the supreme court of the state of minnesota. >> please be seated. we have one case for argument this morning in the matter of the contest for general election held on november 4, 2008, for the purpose of electing united states senator from the state of minnesota. mr. friedberg, i see you have reserved 10 minutes for a bottle -- for rebuttal? >> good morning, and may it please the court. my name is joe friedberg. let me begin by saying that minnesota is quite different from many states. we have problems within our institutions, and when we do, we deal with them candidly and openly. we do not minimize them or sweep them under the rug to be discovered later by a federal court as in 1983 litigation. that is like finding the fact 47 of the trial court is so surprising. announcing the we are proud of rejecting only 0.5% of