say our senate is probably the most unrepresentative upper house of the advanced democracy with the possible exception of britain's house of lords? >> britain, ever since tony blair is more representative.

that our senate is probably the most unrepresentative upper house of addressed democracies with the possible exception of britain's house of lordsver since tony blair is much more representative. tone any blair got rid of the hereditary peers, whereas we still have this ludicrous disproportion in terms of small states and big states having the same amount -- same number of senators. so i think we're actually worse than the house of lords. >> and it's interesting. i talked briefly and one of the things i talked was a qulas on the american constitution and the debates that came out of the american constitution which went on for 200 years to the present. and america is unique in that it is founded not on nationalism but on political ideas and the constitution is the heart of that and that's why i think people are so sensitive to the idea of changing it. >> people are so sensitive, but -- and no one has greater refer advance for it than do i. but it is worth remembering that it wonderful convocation that we celebrate, they also enshrined shavely. it took 100 years to get rid of that and then another 1 years for those amendments to m

say our senate is probably the most unrepresentative upper house of the advanced democracy with the possible exception of britain's house of lordsince tony blair is more representative. he got rid of the her he had tri peers with we have the ludicrous disproportion. i think we're worse than the house of lords. >> it's interesting. i taught briefly and one of things i taught was a class on the american constitution and the debates that came out of the american constitution, which went on for 200 years to the present. america is unique in that it is founded not on blood and soil nationalism but political ideas and the constitution is the heart of that. that's why i think people are so sensitive to the idea of changing it. >> people are so sensitive. but -- and no one has greater reference than i do but it is worth remembering in 1787, this wonderful convocation that we celebrate, they also enshrined slavery. it took 100 years and a civil war to get rid of that in the constitution with the 13th and 14th and 15th amendments then took another 100 years for the amendments to mean anything. in 1860s they said black people could vote bu

in two thousand and eight though the house of lords overruled all the cases previously won by the which propelled their right of return. we had to suffer exile because of for defense purposes and we've been surprised and that price is to be exiled from your homeland for the defense of the west. substantial degree in one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth. and the shadow is an approaching upon our own liberty. i was certainly a cold warrior i thought of the soviet union was a menace i still do i still believe that we had every right to try and defend ourselves against the power of the soviet union i began to change i got new information after the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one above all how fast our country moved the united states to find a replacement enemy to keep the military industrial complex functioning to serve the vested interests in the cold war system i was appalled by this i believe that we should have had after the collapse of the soviet union that eliminated any basis for

and invited her builders over to the house of lords just last year to show his film fitna because we believe in free speech all right paul not all and he and a member of the u.k. independence party many thanks indeed. thank you. for all of iraq obama is around i got support for his decision to withdraw a large part of the u.s. garrison from afghanistan francis says it's also prepared to pull out all of its forces but the news comes amid warnings from military commanders that progress against the taliban is fragile and reversible there's also concern that less soldiers will not mean less collateral damage nature can explain. let's start with numbers there are around one hundred thousand american troops deployed in afghanistan right now thirty thousand of them were added by president obama two years ago and now he says by the end of next year to pull out those thirty thousand troops the drawdown will start this year with some ten thousand troops back into the restaurant by december and analysts say it's not a groundbreaking move from the strategic point of view after all he is filling o

it said, until he, king solomon ended up building his own house and the house of the lord, the wall of jerusalem round about. >> it really can be seen and can be touched. really go directly into the biblical forces. >> other tangible examples include this form that bizarre believed was part of a real building when the babylonians conquered jerusalem, the excavation exposed the structure called the gate house that would have looked like this 3 thousand years ago. jerusalem major nailer va cat seized it as history but to share the magic of the best city. >> that's exposing our past, it enables people to come and see that it's real, come and visit and go back home as am baz doors, it shows that the bible's real, it shows that two and three thousand years ago, jerusalem was the centre of the world. >> chris mitchell, cbn news, jerusalem. >> chris, you get all the good assignments, that's our report for this week, from all of all here from christian world news, good-bye and god bless you. (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach

we don't have a house of lords. we don't have a ruling class that inharntse their power. and by the way, as the red sox like to remind the new york yankees regularly, there are no dynasties in america. who is it that rules this great nation? you do. every four years, you decide who it is that's going to give the state of the union address, who will set the course for the country, who will be the commander in chief. and that's true right here in new hampshire on this farm as always been true in america, though each of us comes from very different backgrounds, though each of us has chosen to walk a different path in life, we are united by one great, overwhelming passion. we love america. we believe in america. today we're united not only by our faith and belief in america. we're also united by our concern for america. this country we love is in peril, and that, my friends, is one reason why we're here today. a few years ago, americans did something that's really quite american, the sort of thing we like to do -- we gave someone new a chance to lead the country, someone we h

clean air and clean water in every country, i noticed that president obama when he spoke to the house of lords the parliament in london just two weeks ago, he again mentioned the copenhagen agreement on climate change. obviously, europe has a great deal of work that has been done and conducted and a cheat, but i think we believe that international -- conducted and achieved. enrolled in accountable action and results. on the other issues of the arctic, i think, i'm sorry we didn't give you a headline, we are all kinder, gentler ambassadors in cooperation, but i want to congratulate norway and russia on the recent agreement. and i'm very confident, you know, the fact that the two cabinet ministers from the united states and all the leaders are in agreement i think is a tremendous step forward. it means that people are walking the walk, not just talking the talk. >> i would like to pick up, again, i'm not a great expert on health issues in the arctic but i know there are some which would cause, you know, -- [inaudible] i used to be. [inaudible] i knew we touched some of these health related issue

sometimes the people in washington might act otherwise, we do not have a house of lords. we do not have a ruling class that inherits their power. as the red sox like to announce the new york -- as the red sox like to remind the new york yankees regularly, there are no dynasties in america. who is it that ruled this great nation? you do. every four years, and you decide who is that is going to give the state of the union address. who will set the course for the country. who will be the commander in chief. what is true on this farm has always been true in america. although each of us comes from different backgrounds, although each of us have chosen to walk a different path, we are united by one, great overwhelming passion. we love america. we believe in america. [applause] today we are united not only by our faith and belief in america, we are also united by our concern for america. this country without love is in peril. -- this country that we love is in peril. we get somebody new a chance to lead the country. somebody that we had not known for very long. somebody who did

so, knowing this, he mischievously got up in front of the house and quoted a few lines from lord byron. sweet is the honest watch dog's bark, as they open mouths as we come home. the bill was lost in this wonderful laughter. a characteristic of the debate at the time -- people had nothing else to do except read. they were educated and well read people. they amused themselves listen very high-minded banter in the house. they started quoting lord byron. that was characteristic of the debate and quality of banter. >> it is funny you should mention holman. i will quote a long paragraph. at 67 years of age, he was one of the house greybeards. he was first elected to the 38th congress in 1858. he had a different view of partisanship. members kept pistols at their deaths. once a careless politician, fishing around for a piece of paper, accidentally discharged his weapon, sending a ball blasting into the desk in front of him, narrowly missing human flesh." >> it is different and yet the same. i sometimes wonder if the nature might be improved by a few fire arms around the house. i guess we hav

she's been under house arrest since may 26th after an hour, the judge determined lindsay was not in violation of probation, her house arrest ends next week. the "lord of the rings" triology was a success, but how will elijah woods's froto baggins hit fit into the mix? >> it's 60 years before his birth. myself and ian will have scenes together. and... that will policed the hobbit time. >> it opens in theaters december, 2012. well, shawn kingston is back home after a personal water craft accident in miami. the 21-year-old suffered a fractured wrist, a broken jaw and water in the lungs. and what stars will be new editions in 2012? >> still head on the news at 4:00 pro testers crowd new york state house. a vote on same-sex marriage gets closer. >> another reason is ready to enter the race. when he'll make it official. >> and later at 5:00 southwest could find itself grounded from doing business with the state of california because of an off color remark. >> at 4:20 this alive look after traffic on the golden gate bridge. seems to be moving smothl smothly -- smoothly heading out of the city heading to marin county and beyond. coming in a little bit slow

overflowing ♪ >> my shepherd is the lord ♪ nothing indeed shall i want ♪ >> surely goodness and kindness shall follow me ♪ all the days of my life ♪ in the lord's own houseacquelin will read our second lesson today. >> a reading from 1 john. for this is the message you have heard from the beginning. we should love one another. we know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brethren. whoever does not love remains in death. the way we came to know love was that he said that he laid down his life for us. so we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren. if someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of god remain in him? children, let us love not in words or speech but in deed and truth. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god. ♪[ music ] ♪ alleluia >> i am the resurrection and the life, says the lord ♪ the one who believes in me will have eternal life ♪ alleluia ♪ i am the light of the world, says the lord, the one who follows me will have the light of life ♪ alleluia, alleluia ♪ listen to your son alleluia ♪ alleluia ♪ i hope in the lord, i trust in his word ♪ alleluia ♪ >>> the

of housing. then there are great members of our board of directors. they include, for many years, claudine chang. larry delcarlo. larry mazolo jr. lord richardson. john paul samaha. [applause] to members of the treasure island citizen advisory board, countless hours from our citizens involved in every way, especially the president, karen knkowles pierce. [applause] she has worked so well with the other island residents including becky hoge, john conners, and bnetty lettington. we have our organizations on treasure island, who have been working so hard for us, and of so many other important things ever present our city. including the director of the homeless initiative, sarah. [applause] thank you. member organization that are included in this initiative have been the boys and girls club of san francisco, catholic charities, community housing partnerships, mercy housing, rubicon, tool works, and walden house. thank you for your cooperation. [applause] and to our development partners who we have come to know, cherish, lived with, talked out a lot of issues, at the state level, local level, and of course, the treasury -- a treasure island community

house. they started quoting lord byron. that is characteristic of the debate in quality of banter. >> it is funny you should mention holman. quote a long paragraph. at 67 years of age, he was one of the house greybeards. he was first elected to the 38th congress in 1858. he had a different view of partisanship. members kept pistols at their deaths. once a careless politician, fishing around for a piece of paper, accidentally discharged his weapon, sending a ball blasting into the desk in front of him, narrowly missing human flesh. " >> it is different and yet the same. i sometimes wonder if the nature might be improved by a few fire arms around the house. i guess we have metal detectors now. >> did you find any pictures of any members back in congress these days? >> so many of them by the time we got into congress most of represented this war veterans of the civil war. did they knew something about fire arms and firing at human beings. when people talked in the heat of debate and it got personal, you could tell that they were not so far away from a

of warwickshire. she lives in wells burn house, and right across the meadow is warwick castle. ooze daisy live -- another daisy lives there, the lord's wife, and they were good friends, but they were gulfs apart in their personal ethic. lady warwick was quickly becoming the mistress to the prince of wales. in all these house parties, there were all sorts of signals to let you know who was available once people move today their bedrooms, you know, a shoe placed outside the door pointing down the hall mean i'm ready for this hour or that hour. and all sorts of little things like that went on. and the king always had his mistresses. and it's interesting to note by following the dates within the king' life that -- king's life that while he had dalliances with lady warwick, lord warwick was in georgia being hosted near savannah among his hunting trip he was on by daisy low's father right over here on ogle thorpe avenue. so while they were dining on soup and talking about fishing for tarpin, the lord's wife was being anything but true to her husband across the ocean next door to mr. gordon's daughter. so these type things probably offended

there are too many of us in this house located on a land far a war from normal chanting. we only want to be outside. we only want to be outside. the lord is outside. it's not wonder some would rather die moths in the closet while others are not free. and this is a new poem that i wrote for a close friend of mine who was fighting aids. >> aids knows the lovers a tear a way from risk. replacing cocktails or jag ed little pills how to keep pharmaceutical pills. knows the fearless meaning of a friend's kisser hug. and converts to spirituality. knows the dim to light to allude detection to be ra

i think it's appropriate that the house of representatives, consistent with its rules and lord knows i've been in your position many times and i have had to stop the vote because a member is in the well,s the tradition of the house to acknowledge a member in the well when they are casting their ballot and it does not get shut off. i'd like to make a motion that we reconsider the vote. the chair: in consideration of the gentleman's motion the chair is constrained to advise the gentleman a motion to reconsider is not available in the committee of the whole. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. >> i ask unanimous consent that the vote be retaken. ms. lofgren: we had a tremendous effort, consumed money and time for a similar incident in a previous congress. the smart thing to do would be to recognize this was ap error and retake the vote so we can move forward in comity. mr. cantor: mr. speaker. the chair: the majority leader. mr. cantor: i request the the -- i agree with the request for retaking the vote. the chair: without objection, the question will be put de novo. th

today i pray for our president and members of the house and senate. lord, grant wisdom to our governing officials. -- officials as they lead us during these chamminging times throughout the world. many have forgotten you and many also have forsaken you, but today we turn to you and acknowledge that you and you alone are the source of our strength and security. have mercy upon us, i pray. now i claim the promise in your word as written in second chronicles, chapter 7, verse 14 , if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will i hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. in jesus' name, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. mr. pitts: i ask our guests in the gallery to join us in sing the pledge. i pledge allegiance

housing. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> chairman, members of the committee, my name is brown, president of the naacp and pastor at the church. i'm appalled, as langston hughes said, i swear to the lord, i still cannot see why democracy means everybody but me. what's the point? when we built the fillmore center, there is a question of height and density. but it was built. it is thriving there. when the jewish community built the committee center at the corner of california, there was no great brouhaha. the heights went up. this institution that was named for one great american, booker t. washington, the epitome of self-help and education, a place where young people, particularly in the african-american community in the '50s and '60s had a place to go as a safe haven for recreational activities, cultural and record programs, academic programs, it thrives. and i just can't understand why is there all the fuss about some height limitations, about density, when you have a masonic building over there on nob hill, a fluent high-rise apartments, it went up, and i've would just hope you would find in your heart, your mind and your spirit to be consistent [tone] and make democracy work for pe