on the national mall.ional museum of african-american history ask culture, until all success be nobleness and every game divine. shalom, peace be unto you. god bless america. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome stanley thurston and the signature choir. >> music from the church has touched hearts and stirred songs for generations. it has soothed in times of trouble and inspired it to the noble things. today the heritage signature choral will perform a liturgical work "my soul is anchored in the lord". ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stirring indeed. yes. creating the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture is a grand endeavor, and a grand endeavores in estates a courage to dream big. his efforts have brought us this moment and his guidance will take us to the day when the national museum of african-american history and culture opens its doors on this spot. please welcome the founding director of this museum lonnie bunch. [

organization, when you look at us nationally, our percentage of nationally board certified teachers is among the top 2% in the country. so we have tremendous amount of pride in the fact that we have national board certified interests. >> ok. with this good news, let's move on to the next one of the item d, students, delegates report. >> so, joyce isn't here today. so i will just be doing the report by myself. earlier today a few members of the s.a.c. went to a free meeting for youth -- or s.f. youth campaign. it was a rally, along with other partners of the free meeting for use collision, to let them know how much we love muni and need it to become free. these partners included power use commission, ccdc, jaynestown, soma, soma action network and a cowl of others. so this is a continuation of our campaign to get free muni for all youth living in s.f. we are doing -- on the s.a.c.'s part, we're continuing with the social media campaign, which you can visit at free muni for youth.tumbler.com. we're hoping to get the sfmta to vote on the issue in march. secondly, at our last s.a.c. mee

a nation.ing better than honoring all our ancestors by remembering that reverse history of america. as with any endeavor of this sort, it has not been without challenges in difficult moments. the support has come from unexpected quarters. a man shined shoes in a texas airport to said to me, while he is unsure exactly what would be in a museum, he hopes it would be in his word open-" -- "the only place where his grandchildren learn about his life." the woman who cleans the museum reminded me that she is tired and able to retire but she wants to continue to work so she can claim at the museum. -- clean the museum. [applause] i would be remiss if i did not think the entire smithsonian family for helping this museum make a way out of no way. the leadership -- i want to nod to patty for all our support. -- her support. [applause] i want to awknowledge the gift of the national museum of african-american history and culture. [applause] while i may stand in front of you, they do the work to make all th

united nations. we don't happen to be in that category. it matters to us what the united nations does elsewhere because, again, where people are ridden with malaria, they will never buy our goods. >> well, mrs. roosevelt, do you think the united nations, as an instrument of world political opinion and operation, has lost ground in, say, the last five or six years in this country? >> i think, like everyone else, that we started out expecting that the united nations would solve every difficulty just by being the united nations. we didn't realize that the united nations is all the nations gathered in one place but all the troubles remained, just as they were before. therefore, we had to work to make the united nations work, and we didn't want to work, and we didn't expect to have to do this work. and now we know we have to, which is healthy, i think. >> that brings up another point, mrs. roosevelt. secretary of state dulles has just made an important speech before the american bar association in boston,

-- johnson have a national security adviser? >> guest: he had two. the first one he had was named george bundy. he inherited bundy, and bundy served him until ma of 19 -- march of 1966, so almost as long as he served kennedy. initially, johnson first of all was desperate to keep the kennedy people. he wanted it for legitimacy, he wanted it for continuity, and he needed them. he didn't have the background, he didn't have the staff people who had that sort of substantive expertise. at the same time, he resented them because he felt that they looked down on him whether true or not. and so sometimes things are self-fulfilling. if you think that and the relationship evolves, maybe eventually bundy did look down a little bit on johnson. anyway, early on he needed bundy very much. he even invited george bundy's mother to the white house when she was in town so as to help persuade bundy to stay on. but he then, but they came apart. bundy pushed very hard for expanding our involvement in vietnam which most of us feel was probably his mos

the national museum of african-american history andca to me, copper son or scarlet seed, jungle track, strong, bronze men. women from whose loins i sprang when the birds of eden sang. one or three centuries removed from the land your father loved. spicy groves and cinnamon trees. what is africa to me? i too sing america. i'm the darker brother. when company would come they would send me to the kitchen. but that's all right. i'd fast go to the kitchen, i'd eat and grow fast. tomorrow, i'd be at the table. company would come, and they i . and no one could ever send me to again. yes, remember, i too sing america my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee i sing. this may be the land of thems' the land where my mothers and fathers died so let freedom ring. ring -- [ applause ] -- yes, let freedom ring. ring for the ring for the pro arriving on a nightmare. dream where man no other man will scorn. will love will bless the earth and peace has passed the dawn. dream where all were walk in freedom's way. and dream of a world where

in drawing us ever more to national debt and bankruptcy. that pace case, the argument for opportunity, is already being made by folks like paul ryan. and more recently just this week in mitt romney's new stump speech unveiled on tuesday. so we're we are, 2012 election. it's become a referendum on the means of america. it's the exceptional promises. dream. that's a debate conservatives welcome, a debate this country needs to have and is the model, i think, barack obama loses. thanks. >> bill had kindly said that if i wanted to reply, i could. and i have been inspired especially by jim and matt to want to do that. i want to begin, though, by saying if anyone from

we owe it to them and to our nation not to advocate nation's role as the leader in space exploration. what they began, we are summoned to continue. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the administrator of the aeronaut ics and space administration, charles boden jr. >> mr. speaker, mr. reid, mr. mcconnell, miss pelosi, members of congress and honored guests, as we embark upon a next chapter of human space exploration, we stand on the shoulders of the extraordinary men we recognize here today. those that had the privilege to fly in space follow the trail they forge. the confidence we can go further into the unknown and achieve great things as a people rests on the achievements of these men. when 50 years ago this year president kennedy challenged the nation to reach the moon, to take longer strides toward a great new american enterprise, these men were the human face of these words. from mercury and gemini, their actions unfolded that the will of a nation for the greater achievement of human kind. we are challenged to reach for new heights and plan an ambitious mission to mars. as we ca

national party damascus syria. and we have reestablished our live connection with maria for an ocean or so there are high hopes on the outcome of this meeting although another war is optimistic what's the feeling on the ground in syria. well matt on my way to a studio here in damascus of in passing by many cafes in the old town and i've noticed that everybody inside was cool chain live coverage from tunisia well people here on the ground people here in syria are following this event but the country is divided on what to expect from this meeting of friends of syria in tunisia and what kind of solution these countries may bring to them here on the ground some still hope that the nations taken part in this event will be able to get together the opposition to the authorities and force them to start dialogue and through this dialogue peace and stability will finally be restored here in the country but others are still concerned that it will not be the case and fearing that their western countries are actually planning a

citizens who are members of an independent nation. >> a sovereign nation -- the citizenship of their tribe? >> i think is the u.s. passport. a dual citizenship thing. they -- talk about u.s. transport. . travel internationally wouldn't work. they can say go to the t s a and say i love member of the cherokee nation. you have to have a u.s. passport. [inaudible] >> it is a conceit, not legal entity. no indian nation making and deal with the government of germany, it has become an internal understanding and way of operation in the united states to one of the fact that it is on reservations, better news is we are still an independent sovereign nation because we were here first and we are a sovereign nation. kind of a standoff but that is what we have made of it. >> i wonder if you have a philanthropic call, for so many different groups. in the case, you seem to have important meaning. understand how to use that. >> i wanted to broaden the meeting not to the point of confusion but what patriotism is. not something we decided affects protestants on july 4th. it means a love of your people

in the nation. people get an awful lot of good training and i'm so proud of them. we saved the d.o.d. $27 million this year alone. i'll give -- these smalltown facilities if we can do that we believe we will save $250 million a year. we are talking about things that is refurbishing generators, the humvees, tents, tire assemble lease. these are things that we have been able to do at tremendous cost savings and i'm sure other guards are doing them also. is there a way in a we can network more of that to use our guard and we've proven the savings in a couple of our little facilities was quite substantial and i don't know how we can expand on that. >> i don't either. sitting here today with you, senator. but i certainly -- we all, and to include the service chiefs who really: the leaders of their fick guard. you're going to have general -- i am not throwing him under the bus but you are going to have general order narrow here -- ordinierno later in the week. active guard and reserve is an effort well sp

. >> coming up on c-span president obama honors at the recipients of the national medal of arts and national humanities metal. at 8:35, the role of think tanks. later, two former solicitors general participate in a panel discussion on the constitutionality of the insurance mandate in the health care law. >> on news makers, fred upton, chairman of the energy and commerce committee, talked about fiscal issues before congress, the president's budget request the keystone pipeline extension, and the debate over the administration pottery contraception policy. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i had a hunch one of them might be addicted to drugs. >> i am going to ask each one a simple question. we will see what their response is. >> i believe nicotine is not addictive. cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definition of addiction. >> we will take that as a no. >> not addictive. "it's not addictive? >> not addictive. >> in the 1970's, they wanted to remove nicotine from cigarettes and replace it with a drug equally addictive. they had all of thes

nation. in leading our trustworthy competing effort over the last ten years i've witnessed the continual evolution of microsoft's security strategies. technologies advanced, the rights change, hacker's car stronger but they grow wiser and more agile. the committee's legislation which focuses on outcomes and incurs meaningful input by the private sector represents and importance that forward. microsoft is committing to working with congress and the administration to help ensure the legislation meets these important objectives that minimize the unintended consequences. thank you for the leaders of that you've shown and developing the legislation under the consideration today and for the opportunity to testify. i look forward to your questions. thanks very much to you mr. chairman. let me ask a question no pun intended as you can hear from some of the testimony and some of the questions from committee members there is a question still about whether regulation is necessary and in using a pejorati

, as well as the second director of national intelligence. and he came -- left that role to be vice chair and following admiral mcconnell, we will hear from michael chertoff, he serves on our steering committee, he is a former judge, ran the criminal division when it was a most significant division of the department of justice, before and after 9/11, took on one of the most difficult jobs in the world, was a judge and assumed the role as the second secretary of the homeland security and following these wise men we will hear from various numbers of staffers who are driving and come to the issue with expertise and are driving various legislation that is before the senate and house as we speak. first we will hear from tommy ross, who is the intelligence lead of the defense lead and cyber lead for the senate leader and the driving force behind the cybersecurity act of 2012. and we will here from senator rossi, he is the minority staff director driving the issues as well as jeff ratnear who works for senator lieberman and much of the legislation t

that phrase is, "this nation, under god."t set the standard of our concept of man. as a creature of god, a man has the ability to determine right and wrong and the obligation to act on that right. from that belief in man as a responsible being flow the beliefs in his other call qualifications which we accept without bothering to think about them.qualifications which we ac without bothering to think about them. the vague conviction which we call the american way. his ability, indeed his right to explore the truth in all things. his ability to govern himself. and his ability to handle his own economic problems. [ auctioneer calling ] >> the opposing point of view in this conflict rests on a fundamentally different vision of man. as a creature, not of god, but of the state. in this system, the value of individual man diminishes sharply. and the state is all-important. the state will run his life for him. his political life. his business life. his social life. what we oppose fundamentally is the aggressive nature of the communist

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[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captioning performed by national captioningyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> pictures of the washington monument on this president's day. it is the first federal holiday to honor an american citizen and was of a burden on washington possible october stay in 1796. while it is still officially known as washington's birthday, it has become presidents day, honoring both president washington and lincoln as well as all others. martin van buren was the first to be a native-born u.s. citizen. prior to him, all of the president's were born as british subjects. this president's day, a former new york gov. eliot spitzer joins the debate on whether to prosecute wall street banks for mortgage fraud. >> you almost hate to bring up occupy wall street, but there was a sign down there that was actually accurate. it said, we will know corporations are people when texas executes one. [laughter] the problem we have right now is we have given corporations all the upside but none of the downside. we have given them all of the rights and

as a national security issue, it is a national economic issue and we are not fully embracing it. these bills are necessary but inefficient. >> until we respond, there is no disincentive for that activity to occur. i'm sure there'll be questions on the national security agency assuming what could be preserved as a greater role not only overseas but domestically. >> if it moves that networks pay its and goes from one side of the globe to the other in less than a second, do we want to empower an essay to empower networks to find bad things? -- do we want to empower nsa to empower networks to find bad things? you can make it illegal to look at content. if you investigate and understand the behavior of these agencies, they do not violate law. make that part illegal and scanning for malware a little . >> i'm sure there will be some questions on that. mr. secretary, but perhaps you can touch on this -- at the end of the day, we are talking technology but is really about the convergence of human intelligence and technical means when you're dealing with the most sophisticated actors. woul

really is my new hometown and the nation ready for this conversation? the evidence is contradictory. confusing. on the one hand, public commemorations and acknowledgment of the role of african-americans in the war is visible in a way that's unimaginable 50 years before. national parks had been working for decades, the movie "glory" dramatized the story about the 200,000 african-americans who fought for the union. on the other hand, a recent poll shows more than half of americans think the civil war was fought over states' rights. and the younger people are the more they are to think that, which is sobering for us who have written history books and taught classes, because no historian has argued for a very long time that was the case, and yet this myth that david referred to is doing our thinking for us. the assumption that i'm skeptical of the virtue of the north so therefore it must have been a quest for states rights for the south. you're still seeing four straight textbooks in virginia coming forward saying there were many black confederates because

and there should not be british nationals now in syria. of course, there will be some who are duel nationals or who are married to people in syria who have remained. and, of course, whenever they are in difficult circumstances, we will do our best to assist them. we have made the position starkly clear. >> bob stewart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. having sat in the middle of the so-called protected area which was totally unprotected, can i re-emphasize to the house something the foreign secretary's already said. and that is any protected area requires to have people on the ground with the ability to keep it protected. and if this talk of protected area continues, we will actually have to think how that can be done. at the moment, it certainly cannot be done by the british. >> my honorable friend speaks with deep experience of these matters. and certainly any discussion in the future of safe havens or humanitarian corridors must be accompanied by the will and the authority and the full means to make sure that they truly would be safe and huma

the national press club is the nation's leading professional organization for journalists.bob weiner, today's event coordinator and a national press club news makers committee member. today, two outstanding and prominent state attorneys general, martha coakley of massachusetts, and ken cuccinelli of virginia will lead a national press club news maker. the affordable health care act, constitutional or not, as a prelude to the march 14 consideration of the law. ken cuccinelli brings personal experience with his state's legislation and national leadership concerning the federal health care lawsuit, while martha coakley has deep knowledge of the massachusetts legislation and will discuss state and federal law. cuccinelli filed the first constitutional lawsuit to the supreme court against the affordable health care act before 26 other state attorneys general. while coakley is the expert in her home state, so called romney care's legal basis and how it does or does not serve as precedent ifer the federal law which followed. coakley filed a brief with the supreme court. re-elected

a full 2-1/2% lower than the national average. gross domestic product, personal income, and business income continue to steadily rise. and utah still leads the nation in export growth. you might remember that last year's state of the state, i challenged our business community to further increase our export growth. and they have responded with vigor. in 2008, we saw a 41% increase in exports. breaking records we set in 2009 and 2010. utah's economic climate is healthy. but we must not relent in our efforts to improve. i recognize there are people who are still hurting financially. i have meat with many of you throughout the state. i want you to know i am committed to working for all of you. there are in fact approximately 80,000 utahns who are looking for work, and i will not rest, and i know that you, the legislature, will not rest, until every utahan who wants a job can find a job! [applause] >> my goal is to accelerate private sector job creation of 100,000 jobs in 1,000 days. i emphasize private sector because it is the private

a nation.ing better than honoring all our ancestors by remembering that reverse history of america. as with any endeavor of this sort, it has not been without challenges in difficult moments. the support has come from unexpected quarters. a man shined shoes in a texas airport to said to me, while he is unsure exactly what would be in a museum, he hopes it would be in his word open-" -- "the only place where his grandchildren learn about his life." the woman who cleans the museum reminded me that she is tired and able to retire, but she wants to continue to work so she can claim at the museum. -- clean the museum. [applause] i would be remiss if i did not think the entire smithsonian family for helping this museum make a way out of no way. the leadership -- i want to nod to patty for all our support. -- her support. [applause] i want to awknowledge the gift of the national museum of african-american history and culture. [applause] while i may stand in front of you, they do the work to make all t

national r.t. damascus syria. post two more about the latest statements of decisions taken at the friends of syria meeting in june is the top issue is the beirut based director of the center for middle east are these these joining us on the line now dr gelb a very good evening to you the so-called friends the syria concluding that tough economic sanctions will help resolve the syrian crisis do you agree with them not at all the answer is no because i need economy. have effects not on the syrian regime on syria on the syrian people and which will not solve the problem they can make political pressure on the syrian regime they can me like they . close the embassies of syria and kick out the ambassador's bad not all for this it will not solve the problem it will not also harm the people in syria but i me economy. will harm the people in syria it will not solve the problem at all it will make it much more complicate a lot of focus on this meeting tonight in. the saudis attended then they walked out a couple of hours a

to bring those 28 nations together. it's either that or a sufficiently heinous act that will trigger 28 nations. and partners, to do that. so, legitimacy, nato, and how can you get nato to operate together? but i talked about also in partners, because then regional, regional balance, i think, or regional support is important. in a case of libya, we had three arab nations, sweden joined us, and we had, of course, the nato nations. surrounding it, there were some these are all aspects. and the final point, very early in the campaign and in the process, the world, the u.n. recognized the tnc as the legitimate authority in libya. do we have such recognition of -- of a new leadership, of a country, that exists in syria? and i'm not sure if it's in place yet. so there are various factors that i think each of them has to be considered, and also dare i say the point is that where we did this mission, and pleem say, well, you did it without nato boots on the ground, could we do the same somewhere else? well i think the military

fands the current national average at $3.57 -- aaa finds the current national average at $3.57. >> ink that the speculators are overblowing the situation. >> reporter: tyson slocumb says this may only be the start. >> the potential is there for gas price to get worse. >> reporter: the second factor driving the higher prices are more expensive warm weather tbreadz of gas this spring. >> we've seep the price of gasoline has gone up about 36 cents a gallon over the past few months. >> john felmy says the u.s. needs to increase the oil production. >> we have a vast amount of oil to produce here if we are allowed to do it. >> reporter: there is one thing that both the oil industry and its critics agree on, that gas price are going to get worse before they get better. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> the white house is considering releasing some of the supply in the extra teamic petroleum reserve. >>> we still have plenty ahead. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning on this wednesday, february 22nd. it is 2012. hard to believe still sometimes. take a live look over the w

in virginia, representing a national trend. a flood of new anti-abortion restrictions in state legislatures across the country and they are being passed. this is a chart of the number of anti-abortion bills enacted by states through 2010. look at what happens in 2011. hello. a record number of anti-abortion bills enacted by the states last year after the republicans had their huge year in 2010 election. 80 new abortion restrictions courtesy of republican state lawmakers. more than double the previous american record of 34. but here's the thing. what happens when you start having steam rolling legislative success like that? i think it tends to make you cocky and sloppy. and so in virginia flushed with their own power, virginia republicans proposed their own version of a forced ultrasound bill, like seven other states have enacted, but in virginia they are very excited about their own power and they overreach. they overreach almost literally. they mandate the forced ultrasound must reach inside your body. the forced vaginal probe

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> senate democratic leader harry reid said last week he may recommend president obama make more recess appointments. at 1:30 eastern, c-span2 will have live coverage as legal experts discuss the president's actions. republican leaders say congress was meeting every three days and not in an official recess. presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail after the president's day weekend. we will have coverage art santorum in at arizona. our coverage begins at 2:00 eastern. tonight, a look at u.s. power in the 21st century. saxby chambliss and bob corker joined white house advisers at the world economic forum. >> it is our cause to dispel -- in a delusion that it a world of conflict will somehow resolve itself into a world of harmony. if we just do not rock the boat or irritate the forces of aggression, and this is hogwash. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men then ran for the office and lost. code to our website, c-span.org /the

in drawing us ever more to national debt and bankruptcy. that pace the argument for opportunity is already being made by folks like paul ryan. and more recently just this week in mitt romney's new stump speech on tuesday. so we're we are, 2012 election. it's the exceptional promises. that's a debate conservatives welcome, a debate this country needs to have and is the model, i think, barack obama. thanks. >> bill had timely said that if i wanted to reply, i could. and i have been inspired especially by jim and matt to want to do that. i want to begin, though, by saying if anyone from kansas is watching, i apologize. we even seem to disagree on how to pronounce of name of your town. i want to salute jim caesar for doing such a good job on behalf of the party of evasion because the party of evasion claims that the biggest problem fashioning our nation is a budget deficit, whereas the party of reality understands that the biggest problem facing our nation is the growing concentration of wealth that has afflicted us for almost 40 years. the par

either the united nations would make somalia into a colony and spend decades engaging in nation-building or united nations forces would withdraw and somalia revert to its prior anarchy. since america and the united nations were unwilling to govern somalia for 30 years, it followed that the job of feeding the hungry and helping the sick must be left to civilian aid agencies and private charities. conclusion, military intervention without an attainable purpose creates as many problems as it solves. this was further demonstrated in the former yugoslavia where early action to arm the victims of aggression so that they could defend themselves would have been far more effective than the united nations half-hearted multilateral intervention. a neutral peacekeeping operation lightly armed in an area where there was no peace to keep. so maybe to consolidate the gains from aggression. eventually, the united nations peacekeepers became hostages used by the aggressor to determine more effective action against him. all in all, a sorry and tragic episode. ended by the croatian army. nato air power and

webcast that we reach far beyond the nation's capital. if you can't come to us, we come to you. via new technology and through our 170 affiliate museums located around the country and our traveling exhibition. so to the teachers and students who are watching, imagine your schools in a few years and what you might receive in terms of information from this museum. maybe a hologram of martin luther king might walk off the steps of the lincoln memorial and walks right into your classroom. the leaders of tomorrow have the world in the palms of their hands today. that's where you find the smithsonian, telling these important and compelling stories. so to this day, we add to america's chorus of voices, voices that inspire us to illuminate the past and ensure a better future for all. thank you very much. thank you. so please welcome a valued friend of the smithsonian and one of the museum's dedicated council members, mrs. laura bush. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you all. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. thanks so much. tha

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the way she helps others is similar to the national aids memorial growth. by providing support to people with hiv and aids. i have seen that people with hiv sometimes feel rejected, and lonely, and hopeless. like the national aids memorial grove, she nurtures people touched by aids through love and hope. i would like to add a the national aids memorial grove for helping me to be the first and my family to attend university. i am to become a lawyer in human rights, because my parents and i are immigrants, i do not qualify for federal aid and honors, nor can my parents afford tuition. thank you very much. have a good day. thank you. [applause] >> before i introduce our fourth winner, and want to let knowledge that three of our winners this year will be the first in their families to attend university. [applause] our final winner of our new two- year scholarship award is stephanie zolaya from san francisco. [applause] >> ok, hello. i currently in 10 lowell high school in san francisco as a senior. i wrote that before us -- taking health class at school, i woul

to stop the current violence also marco rubio told c pack attendees this month that america is a nation of conservatives is he right or is america leaning in another direction and university of virginia students are the latest soldiers in the fight for workers' rights how have they chosen to fight for change and will they succeed in reaching their goals. you need to know this in june of last year president obama addressed the american people regarding the war in afghanistan and laid out this timeline for u.s. troop withdrawal. starting next month we will be able to remove ten thousand of our troops from afghanistan by the end of this year and we will bring home a total of thirty three thousand troops by next summer fully we're covering the surge i announced at west point after this initial reduction our troops will continue coming home at a steady pace as afghan security forces move into the lead our mission will change from combat to support. by two thousand and fourteen this process of transition will be complete and the afghan people will be responsible for their own security unfortu

national leadership issue. i would point out in aviation context, i would argue one of the single best safety advances were made in the last 20 years which is the terrain avoidance warning system's, 20 years ago controlled flight for both commercial and recreational aircraft was a leading cause of accidents. the terrain avoidance warning system's that are gps enabled have taken controlled flight into terrain from a leading cause of accidents into something that is way down on the list. another example is, as of today, part of our nextgen system adsb is operational in the gulf of mexico where we've had no right cost and with thousands of flight operations a day. for example, serving offshore petroleum rigs via helicopter that had no writer covers before that are now served by ads-b. it is important to make sure that we understand the value on both sides of the equation, including the enormous national investment that has been made in gps, which has gone far beyond military use, far beyond aviation uses, and for

mall -- first museum on the national mall in seven years. the national museum of african-american history and culture. tracee wilkins is live with a preview of today's groundbreaking event. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is an exciting and also historic day because now the african-american experience and narrative will have a permanent place on the national mall. let's take a look at what this museum is going to look like. the national museum of african-american history and culture will be the smithsonian's 19th museum. and it's claiming the last available five acres on the national mall. this will be the first green museum among the smithsonian's buildings. it will be located on constitution avenue between 14th and 15th streets in northwest. that's between the washington monument and the national museum of american history. now this will be a seven-level structure with most of its exhibit space located underground which is a bit unusual. it will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of african-a

we pay 42% above the national average. as a result, maine pays approximately $4 # 00 million per -- $400 million per year more than the national average. think about it. $400 million out of maine people's pockets. for electricity. when i asked you to be outraged, that should make you all very outraged. maine no longer competes just in new england. you just heard oklahoma, pennsylvania, other states where these large corporations have claimed. we must compete now back east and globally; however, there are some who think abolition mandate types of energy regardless of how expensive it is. i do not support agusta being in the business of increasing costs on hard working maine families to pad the pockets of special interest groups. [applause] .. [applause] ranging from natural gas providers oil dealers, electric utilities, biomass. to gather input regarding what can we do it immediately. two over maine's overall energy costs. my energy policy will focus on all forms of energy and case mainers the energy to choose whether or no

and national defense. start with goals, move to strategy, and allow that rigorous process to inform the budget we create. the administration's approach thus far has been too defined by short term domestic political consideration. the administration has not led. for the sake of our national security, congress should. thank you, mr. chairman, i look forward to the testimony of our witnesses. >> thank you, senator mccain, secretary panetta. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator mccain, members of the committee. i ask my statement be made part of the record, and i'd like to summarize key points. >> it is part of the record, and the balance i did not give will be made part of the record. >> members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the president's budget request for fiscal year 2013. let me begin as always by thanking you for the support that you provide to service members and military families. these brave men and women along with the department's civilian professiona

this will forever shape our nation's destiny. defense spending is not what is seeking this country deeper into -- sinking this country deeper into an unsustainable debt. we wilcreate the hollowingout of the u.s. military and the decline of u.s. military power. we can either take the easy route of dramatic cuts to force structure in investments which diminished our military capabilities and increased risks, or we can balance more modest reductions with an aggressive plan to address the broader cultural problems plaguing our defense establishment. the waste and inefficiency with which the department buys goods and services under the influence of a non-competitive, military- industrial complex. i believe we must tackle this cauldron problem head-on. we must cut congressional earmarked and pork--- this cultural problem head-on. we must cut congressional earmarks and pork-barrel spending. we must eliminate the shameless cost overruns tt characterize to many of our defense programs -- too many of our defense programs. the phenomena of

the "unfinished nation," "the end of reform" are two other of his works. the book we're focusing on today and though he didn't ask me to, i'm happy to hold up a hard-bound copy which is still available is the publisher "henry luce and his american century." please join me in welcomiing aln brinkley. >> thank you, marty. the title of this session, historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right is very apt for a talk about henry luce because getting it right was not always something that henry luce did. first of all, i want to thank roger for organizing this session. i'm very grateful for all these men joining this conversation. i'm asked to speak about henry luce. we shouldn't think about this as just a conversation about luce though i do think he's a useful model for learning how journalism can shape history and vice very see. henry lue vce was one of the most powerful and influential journalists of the mid 20th century, the co-founder of "time" magazine in 1923, the creator of fortune magazine in 1930, life magazine in 1936 and quite in co

[applause] our nation today has become a nation of crises. we have an economic crisis.ergy crisis. we have an illegal immigration crisis. we have a foggy foreign policy crisis. we have a moral crisis. and the biggest crisis we have is a severe deficiency of leadership crisis. [applause] and here is what this administration and what many of people of washington, d.c. do not understand. the american people are fed up again with the abuse and the arrogance. we need another revolution in this country! [applause] it will not be bombs and bullets. not this time. it will be brains and balance at the ballot box. we must outsmart the liberals. we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america! [applause] we outnumber the stupid people! trust me! i counted them! [laughter] my good friend was a radio talk-show host out of atlanta. many of you know neil. i was a guest on his show wednesday. he said, herrmann, i beg to differ with you. i said, what is that, neal. he said, there is a difference between people being stupid and ignorant. i said, yes, you are right. you

this was so like the developing state of the nation itself. soldier and nation together found that their fears and doubts were not so strong as their faith in the cause of a unified country. the soldier in blue kept that faith and fought for it with ste steadfastness and courage, and a grateful people in the midst of war forged a medal to honor their courage. in the swarming fury of this war of american against american, the medal of war was born. the end we know, because we live in the unity that this tragic war preserved. and in national shrines like t gettysburg, we honored the men of both sides who gave what they believed to be right. ♪ >> here are the names. the last of the men in blue are gone. but the union they preserved remains. and honors for all time, the men who made it possible. and right over here is a roll call of names from the years which followed the civil war, the time when the nation grew, expanding westward, the west. charged with the task of making the frontier safe was the regular army. out west that meant the cavalry. t

till all success, martin luther king on the national mall, to all success the national museum of african-americanss be nobleness and every gain divine. shalom. peace be unto you. god bless america. >> please welcome the founding director of this museum, lonnie bunch. >> what a grand and glorious day, and they said it was going to snow. [ laughter ] president and mrs. obama, members of congress, smithsonian regents, the presidential commission, the museum's council, distinguished guests and dear friends, i am honored and humbled to welcome you to this ground breaking ceremony for the newest museum of the smithsonian institution, the national museum of african-american history and culture. i just love to say that. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> your presence today is a clear reminder of the unflagging support and leadership that you have provided this endeavor. we are at this moment. we have come this far not by faith alone but because of your belief in the importance of this museum. while there are too many donors and supporters to name, i want you to know just how much the smithsonian appreciates t

meet urgent national needs. in the national defense authorization act of a fiscal year '12 for example, there are provisions allowing the service secretaries to call up, up to 60,000 reservists into active duty for as long as a year outside of times of war and emergency. this allows greater access to reserve comb poent ve component commanders and also allows the secretary of defense to activate reservists up to 120 days upon request from a state governor for a disaster or emergency situation. before this, as many of you know, this was notab possible. it deprived us of access to the great expertise that reserves can bear in such a situation. these provisions reflect to awareness of the part of the administration on the hill and just how important the reserve can be to our security across the range of potential situations. whirl the guard and the reserve will be essential components of the future force there remains many questions about the future role. for example, how should reserve component units returning fro

we were the wealthiest nation because we were the freest nation. not the richest nation anymore. but they got away off base because entitlement sounds like a good word. we are entitled to the right to our life and our liberties. but we are not entitled to someone else's money. in goblins have become what people demand or one or insist on. they become entitlements, and literally, i imagine more than that to% of the people in this country thinks that entitlement is a right. we get our lives and our liberty from our creator. we did it in a national way. we do not get it from the government, but we have a right to our lives and our liberty, we ought to back a right to keep the fruits of our labor. which, of course, means there would be no income tax, if you could live with that. a lot of people will challenge me, of course, because i want to start off the first year with a token $1 trillion. [cheers and applause] and basic, quite frequently, the questions are quite clear, because when the nest egg on the keynesian economics, what would happen if the government quit spending $1 trilli

well first of all the name of syrian national council is very misleading because by using the word national it it implies that they represent the majority of the city of the syrian population which of course is very very own through sensors just a tiny fraction. of syria and the fact that they are speaking about having people on the ground is isis in syria last resort so right now the capital really sticks and. continue with your thought with. yes so about the event that. they a base that the syrian national council what are they pushing for that they basically they are outside of syria and they supply information damning information in their opinion or president assad and his government and they put they supply this information to western governments and western media and we have to remember that the western governments and western region they have an objective objective is regime change they want to see president assad's fall from power and that is the main goal of the syrian national council it's something that should they should be taken a lot of caution should be attached to them so yo

and it was a dramatic conclusion for this year's africa cup of nations underdogs done bait overwhelming favorites the ivory coast ninety minutes of play plus extra time didn't find a way that turned up the big goal is the shootout finished eight seven eight papers on the other coast patented job did have a chance to win the title for this team but mr powell said in normal time it's the first of the africa cup of nations title. the meal i don't think we were the best but we were animated by a force in this tournament which made the difference and we had luck and i think this luck lasted us the whole african nations cup it works and it's true that this duration of lewis has missed out on winning the cup before immediately lost on penalties now it's imperiled is again we have expected a lot from these players but i think now we'll go back to our john it will take a look at everything in team decisions but it's true that we need some new blood. in the meantime football across europe is being hazed by extreme weather and heavy snow for not least in syria where the group of it's a football st