. >> he says the claim that the nuclear program is for people purposes is like saying timothy mcveigh used fertilizer to make a bomb to make his garden grow. >> a pilot was killed this morning when his ultralight plane that crashed in northern at florida. this was just north of tampa. officials say the man was lying near a local airport when it started to go down and got tangled and power lines. the one was hurt. and investigation is underway to determine what happened here. union representatives are meeting to consider the latest contract offer. they are expected to vote on whether to end the strike. this decision could come later on this evening. >> we feel like there has been a real gains, but i am not willing to say they're out of the woods. >> union reps and school board members were from 9:00 in the morning to nearly did night to craft the language for the two sides. they have been at odds to standardized testing. -- they have been awed over performance appraisals and standardized testing. >> big changes on the way. for tonight, no problems at all. temperatures outside at the wh

there would have been a nationwide outcry if that had happened after timothy mcveigh. that is what has happened with the arab american community in this country. host: you talk about the growth of the program "democracy now." what change has there been in the focus for the purpose of the radio program as it has moved into television over the last 16 years? guest: it continues to be a forum for people to speak for themselves and have debate and discussion about the most important issues of the day. my brother david and i wrote a book and we should all be exceptions to the rulers. in this high-tech digital age, all we get is static, that they'll of distortion and misrepresentation and half truths. what we need the media to give this is the dictionary definition of fact, criticism, opposition, unwanted interference. we need immediate covers power, not covers for power. we need a media that is the for the state, not for the state. we need immediate that covers the movement and makes the history. host: here is another tweet -- guest: i think we see people rising up all over

iran to timothy mcveigh. need compared iran's r nuclear technology to mcveigh wanting fertilizer for crops. >> police believe some shootings the result of a domestic dispute. found a white suv they say belongs to the shooter. neighbors are taking care of mckinley's young son. >> brutal attack on a woman in northeast washington. the woman was found a bloody and unconscious saturday night in an whittier. first and >> i saw blood. i saw a lady who was traumatized. her face looked like it was hit. her nose may be broken. they punched. eye. her pants were off her body as someone had forced them down. the victim has left the hospital. police will not say much about except that it's under investigation. making stopsobama cincinnati and columbus, ohio. republican nominee mitt romney is in los angeles. this comes on the heels of new polls. the president is leading mitt pennsylvania. two daily tracking polls show that race is still very close. gallup had president obama up one. anders rasmussen gives mitt two-point edg

it's like timothy mcveigh walking into a shop in oklahoma city and saying i would like to tend my garden i would like to buy fertilizer. how much do you want, i don't know, 20,000 pounds. we know they are working towards a weapon. >> last week u.s. defense secretary leon pineda said aran's nuclear threat is not as eminent. quote it is roughly more than a year now little more than a year. we think we will have the opportunity once we know that we have made that decision to take action necessary to stop iran. >>> more than the time line congressman allen west said the clear lack of defense with our allies is what israel so concerned. listen to what he says. >> this could be a jimmy carter moment for president obama especially when you go back and look at what he says. we have consist dentally showed a policy of appeasement we have not stood up and had a clear defined middle east policy. we emboldened our enemies and confused our allies. you saw the reaction from prime minister netanyahu. >>> more on that later. time for the top 5 at 5:00. afghan police turn on american troops once again ki

this country that talks about, denies the holocaust, promises to wipe out israel, and it's like timothy mcveigh walking into the shop in oklahoma city, i'd like to turn my garden, i'd like to buy some fertilizer. how much do you want? 20,000 pounds. come on. we know they're working towards weapons, we know that. it's not something we can surmise. we have absolutely certainty about that and they're advancing towards a nuclear program. >> netanyahu says if iran is not stopped, it could be ready to produce a nuclear bomb in six months. >>> two other international stories we're following right now, growing rage in china over a disputed island chain. protesters held rallies in two cities. tried to storm japan's embassy in beijing. arriving in tokyo, leon panetta warning that quote, provocative behavior, unquote, could lead to war and in lebanon, pope benedict wrapped up a three-day visit by celebrating mass. some 350,000 people witnessed the ceremony on beirut's waterfront. the pontiff said the diverse religions should live in harmony despite difficult times. he also calls for peace in s syria, sayi

get a girl scout cookie's worth of fissile material which if put in the same fertilizer bomb timothy mcveigh used in oklahoma city is enough to take out 20%, 25% of washington, d.c. just that little bit. so the prospect of spreading in a way dirty nuclear bombs with smaller payloads that could wreak havoc and do untold damage goes up exponentially every time some new country gets this capacity and you don't have any control over it and you don't know whether they do, over what happens to the fissile material. >> if israel was to launch an air strike against iran, a preemptive strike because they believe, as appears to be the case with many of their top leadership, that iran is right on the cusp now of developing a nuclear weapon, if they do that, what should america's response be? >> i shouldn't answer that question because of my wife's position. that's the president and the security team's desire -- decision to make. but i generally have confidence of what they said and how they've tried to explain this to the american people, and ahmadinejad certainly knows that we have not picked this fig

holocaust, promises to wipe out israel and is engaging terror throughout the world, and it's like timothy mcveigh walking into a shop in oklahoma city and saying i like to tend my garden. i would like to buy some fertilizer. how much do you want? i don't know. 20,000 pounds. come on. we know that they're working towards the weapons. we know that. it's not something that we surmise. we have facts and data, and events include a nuclear program. >> do you mean you and the u.s. know that, because i don't from what i read, from what i hear, i don't get the sense that the u.s. has the certainty that you do or the urgency that you seem to have. is there a disconnect there? >> first of all, i talked about the certainty of their enrichment, and i spoke about knowing other things, but we have no difficulty as the iaea reports about what they're doing and their enrichment. that we know for sure. that's the only thing we know for sure that is verifiable. we know that. as far as the u.s. and israel, obviously we have different capability. you're a big country. you're several thousand miles away. you have stro

it's like timothy mcveigh walking into it sha-- into a sh oklahoma city saying i'd like to tend my garden. i'd like to buy some fertilizer. how much do you want? oh, i don't know, 20,000 pounds. come on. we know they're working towards a weapon. we know that. it's not something we surmise. we have absolute certainty about that. and they're advancing towards that nuclear program. >> the thing is, we hear about this red line. well, what is the red line? what are the military options if that red line is crossed? about ten minutes from now we'll talk with retire army general and cnn contributor spider barks. >>> right now in new york city the 99% are dusting off their protest sides and gearing up for clashes with police on the one-year anniversary of the occupy protests that started it all. earlier protesters tried to get on wall street to form a human chain around the new york stock exchange, but police stopped them in their tracks. poppy harlow is live for us in new york. poppy, we haven't heard much from the occupy movement lately. where do they stand this morning? >> reporter: they stand

it's like timothy mcveigh walk ing into a shop in oklahoma city and say, i'd like to tend my garden.steve: he needs our help. >> how he is describing things is in terms -- he thinks will help americans better understand what he's going through. and it's not apples to ams, but -- am, but none of us can understand what it's like to be him. he's responsible for the protection of his people. he's surrounded by enemies and they must feel very alarm that had they think the united states is not being as cooperative and helpful, at least on the political level. i get some comfort from knowing that our military, our military and the israeli military are more in sync, but everybody has a different clock, different watch. none of them are synced up. his watch is going fast. and ahmadinejab is on a different planet with his clock. >> brian: nobody wants a war, but nobody wants a nuclear weapon. but they used the analogy yesterday that said for those of you who think president obama is not getting along with netanyahu, bush # 41 never got along with his prime minister. he didn't make a big deal o

timothy mcveigh was one of the worst right-wing terrorists, and you guys never mentioned him. it is amazing. guest: actually, i think he gets mentioned a lot, partly, as an example of what one individual can do, and the of the destruction and death that he can create. that is, however, more of a law enforcement, fbi, justice department job to investigate those domestic terrorism acts. homeland security is more responsible for guarding our borders, people coming by air and water, as well as coordination with local law enforcement. they have some law enforcement responsibilities, but if you are talking about investigating a group -- host: i am going to jump in because we have to go to the white house. they are going to have a moment of remembrance. we will come back to our discussion. [bell rings] [bell rings] [bell rings] "taps" ♪ host: a moment of silence this morning at the white house with the president and first lady. you heard the bells rang at 8:46 eastern time, the time when the north tower was struck by the airplane 11 years ago, september 11, 2001. nearly 2000 american

there would have been a nationwide outcry if that had happened after timothy mcveigh. that is what has happened with the arab american community in this country. host: you talk about the growth of the program "democracy now." what change has there been in the focus for the purpose of the radio program as it has moved into television over the last 16 years? guest: it continues to be a forum for people to speak for themselves and have debate and discussion about the most important issues of the day. my brother david and i wrote a book and we should all be exceptions to the rulers. in this high-tech digital age, all we get is static, that they'll of distortion and misrepresentation and half truths. what we need the media to give this is the dictionary definition of fact, criticism, opposition, unwanted interference. we need immediate covers power, not covers for power. we need a media that is the for the state, not for the state. we need immediate that covers the movement and makes the history. host: here is another tweet -- guest: i think we see people rising up all over

in 1995, timothy p. mcveigh bombed the alfred b. mura building in oklahoma city.ttd too many to assume that all muslims or assumed muslims are potential threats. terrorism not only makes people afraid it makes them feel alone, terrorists win when we turn on each other. like when we protest a symbol of reconciliation, such as the so-called ground zero mosque. it opened last year. with a gallery of photographs featuring children in new york city. 11 years later, i want to ask, not about the foreign wars that 9/11 initiated, but whether a domestic peace is possible. joining me now to ponder these questions are interfaith youth choir founder and president , a author of empire and citizens and valerie core, a sikh american filmmaker who chronicled hatred against the sikh community for more than a decade. tell me about the data post 9/11, we developed a new notion of who is the other, who is the threat. do the data show that? >> absolutely. if you look at public opinion favorability scores toward miss limb americans after 9/11 and look at them a decade later, the averag