i'm joined by iowa senator tom harkin center dark dark and welcome to the program hey it's great to be with you i hope you can hear me all right just got a noisy out here yet no it sounds you sound great your thoughts on how the d.n.c. is going so far i think it's great i think it's very uplifting i think the difference between this convention and watching the republicans on last week it's you know it really does tell the difference just visually on how we view america i mean you look out of this convention floor half of the half of our delegates are women we are a mixture of african-americans asian americans just panic americans eastern european americans americans whose ancestors came over on the mayflower i mean we really look like america and you look at the republican convention when i think i counted four or five african-americans about and mostly white males and that's why i say you just look at it and you see the difference in our approach to america well and i was a fairly white state and you know kind of a bellwether state many regards here you're the senator from iowa i'm cu

host: senator tom harkin, thank you for joining us.ll have a discussion on energy issues in campaign 2012 and later, we will talk about the recent peace and the consumer financial protection bureau. first, a news update -- >> reuters reports that china's vice-president is very healthy and very engaged. the story goes on to say that the chinese leader in the waiting suffered a back injury from a sport and as this is the clear sackbut -- explanation to date for his disappearance for nearly two weeks. he has met with defense secretary leon -- leon panetta. earlier to chinese troops and the focus on the asia-pacific region including plans to put a second grader system in japan. this is not an attempt to contain a threat and chat. the u.s. military ships to the pacific has few worries of increased tensions are conflict with china. worse this hour that u.s. ambassador to china has found himself in the midst of protests stemming from a territorial dispute between china and japan. about 50 protesters surrounded his car today and tried to block

i sa absolute -- i salute this man on the campaign trail, tom harkins. [cheers and applause] doug wilder. [cheers and applause] jerry brown. [cheers and applause] and paul tsongus. [cheers and appl

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tom harkins. [cheers and applause] bob kerry. doug wilder. jerry brown.cheers and applause] one sentence in the platform we built says it all -- the most important family policy, urban policy, labor policy, minority policy and foreign policy america can have is an expanding entrepreneurial economy of high wage, high-skilled jobs. [cheers and applause] and so in the name of all those who do the twork, pay the taxes, raise the kids and play by the rules, in the name of hard-working americans who make up our forgotten middle class, i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i am a product of that middle class, and when i am president you will be forgotten no more. [cheers and applause] we meet at a special moment in history, you and i. the cold war is over. soviet communism has collapsed, and our values, freedom, democracy, individual rights, free enterprise, they have triumph fled all around the world, and yet just as we have won the cold war abroad, we are losing the battle for economic opportunity and social

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martin o'malley was in iowa today to give the key note address at the steak fry put on by tom harkin. it is an important stage of democrats thinking of running for the white house. >>> in chicago. the teachers strike still on, after both sides appeared headed towards a resolution. they are now appealing to the courts to wrap up the strike to end it. three attorneys filed a brief contending the strike is illegal. by the time the judge hears the case the union may have voted to end the strike. they are scheduled to meet again tomorrow. >>> if you are stationed at aberdeen, you may know this story. >> how to manage a family with one income while your family is overseas. tonight, a new tool to hp military families. >>> and how many of you have your college books in cardboard boxes buried under the steps of your home? why you should not buy, but rent. finance 101 when abc news at 11:00 comes back. . >>> in our consumer alert tonight, if you want the new iphone 5, you better pack up your sleeping bag and prepare to camp out. the gadget hits shelves on friday. guess what? they are going to b

i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. of. the war and peace show in kent england is in full swing russian military be an act of even brought about a like a into accordions to entertain the troops. with the first call to the famous beatles song people begin to gather around the t.v. so before turning a rumor that the russians had brought a ballet company to spread around the camp. of the war and peace show there's always somebody taking pictures or video of what's going on they may use modern cell phones or even an original hand crank camera. this camp is a rare place with a combination of eccentric people and historic military hardware can be found many of those in attendance lead normal lives but once a year after thorough preparations they come here to fulfill their childhood dreams and take on the role proud tank driver or a brave paratrooper for a week. whatever their age big boys will always want to go to the toys. i don't. know from the division of the science to pay a courtesy visit to his paratrooper neighbors the ret

hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. the french invasion of russia has started again after two hundred years up at the. good stuff jet the emperor napoleon has arrived from overseas to lead the army i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right. the bloody battle near moscow is going to start over. james brown will reveal the victor the soldiers are back to do it all again. but as you know version twenty twelve on r t. h. there are those who desperately need it to survive. to spoil kong is a ton of money to look. good when the fish. on the suppresses the prize the rights or the food for. those who don't get their share of the traits. good by god's. grace i mean you're not the one not us that people need to. look at it from the company from. those who say to prosper. this is. from you not from. licencees. no one can live without it's in one of the largest blood banks in the world. blood of nigeria. on r.t. . headline to europe sing gulf protests driven austerity frustration ov

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i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. now again now in sort of its security forces to hunt down a contingent of rebels from the free syrian army after a firefight at a border checkpoint the militants had launched an attack on a lebanese border post from syria before scraping further inland and that is lucy calf not reports next for lebanon it's a bitter reminder of the past. lebanon fought its own civil war on sectarian lines for fifteen years and now the syrian conflict is literally spilling across its border syrian troops have carried out incursions into lebanese territory while rebels take shelter in lebanese towns it is aggravated i'm healed wounds from the past strong fears of a new civil war. polarized the politics of lebanon. it is resulted in conflicts that have taken place in tripoli it is result of. that have happened in beirut lebanon of course vulnerable to this type of sectarian conflict lebanon sunni's mainly support syria's rebels including the powerful militant group hezbollah tend to back president bashar

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hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot about you sir are a fool you know what kind of my terrorist cells in your neighborhood all want the usa to defeat terrorism be a liberal and the christian point you. can stick your beliefs about it because it's going to school for you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industry that sells us and facials that garbage he calls it breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. it's thursday are you ready to get he when i say more rally what do you think of being a religion but what about what your parents taught you every night at the dinner table it's always been a common belief that religion or our parents teach us our morals and form our moral instincts but now scientists believe that the brain may have a strong influence on our moral instincts to acc

it's good to see my outstanding friends -- tom harkin in the house. [applause] leonard boswell. ler. [applause] and can everybody please give lucas a big round of applause -- not just for the introduction, but for his service to our country. [applause] and it is great to see all of you. [applause] we've got a spectacular day. college football is in the air. [applause] we will try to get you home in time to see the hawkeyes and the cyclones. i know we've got kickoff later. [laughter] and although you guys got to see the nationals and chris cornell perform before i got here - [applause] -- i just want you to know that i could not appreciate them performing -- i could not appreciate more them performing for us. so please give them a big round of applause as well. [applause] now, iowa, this is our first stop on the road to our convention in charlotte, north carolina. [applause] but there was a reason for me to begin the journey right here in iowa, where it first began more than four years ago. [applause] because it was you, iowa, who kept us going when the pundits were writing us off

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or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. a . to earn a a. the . in screw news a new report by the center for american progress reveals exactly why a billionaire like macao casino tycoon sheldon adelson is willing to spend huge amounts of money to get mitt romney elected has promised to spend at least one hundred million dollars helping romney win this election sounds like a lot of money but considering the tax breaks he'll get during iranian presidency for adelson it's nothing short of the cap report ailsa it stands to save more than two billion dollars in taxes under romney's plan thanks to romney's cuts in the top income tax rate dividends tax rate and capital gains tax rate and stands to win big not only that his errors due to as repeal the estate tax which romney is proposing will give the heirs nearly nine billion more in an era it's so as it was in a said before is hundred million dollars contribution isn't a contribution at all it's an investment in fact it's an investment with an eleven thousa

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or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes the big picture. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser time now to go to new york and speak with the reggie middleton boom bust blog dot com reggie middleton welcome back to the kaiser report. thank you very much if we approach would be better as always reggie you're one of the first to call facebook correctly in particular you question whether or not mark zuckerberg was the man to run a multibillion dollar company other financial media are now asking the same thing reggie gave us an update on facebook is this sucker going to zero. i don't think is going to zero because there are you know there's definitely some value in the assets but. it's going to stay a much closer to zero than it is going to be to was is i.p.o. price if it was thirty dollars. no the issue of facebook was it was outrageously overpriced to begin with and they increased the price several times right before the i.p.o. even at the fundamental whatever because that a fundamental fair value that i to

hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. in his first t.v. interview since his inauguration so you missed out the so you think of the u.s. and its allies went into afghanistan used them and now they're looking forward to getting out bloody near putin speaks exclusively to r.t. . but.

it's good to see my outstanding friend tom harkin in the house. to get you home in time to see the hawkeyes and the cyclones. i know we've got kickoff later. and although you got to see the nationals and the performance before i got here, i just want you to know that i could not appreciate them perform ing per us so please give them a big round of applause as well. now, iowa, this is our first stop. on the road to our convention in charlotte, north carolina. but there was a reason for me to begin the journey right here in iowa, where it first began. more than four years ago. because it was you, iowa, who kept us going when the pundits were writing us off. in your living room and back yards, vfw halls and dieners where our movement for change began. and it will be you, iowa, who chooses the path we take from here. now, last week the other party gave you their pitch at the convention down in florida. don't boo, vote! it was something to behold. despite all of the challenges we face in this new century, what they offered over those three days was mor

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he a merchant against jerry brown, tom harkin, bob carry and former senator. speech is a little under one hour. [applause] [chanting usa] governor richards, chairman brown, mayor dinkins, you have been a great host. delegates, and myellow fellow americans, i am so proud of al gore. he said he came here tonight because he always wanted to warm up for elvis. i ran for president this year for one reason -- i wanted to come back to this convention and finish up that speech i started four years ago. [applause] well, last night, mario taught us how a real nominating speech should be given. [applause] he also made it clear why we have to steer our sister stayed on a new course. tonight, i want to talk to you about my hope for the future, my faith in the american people, and my vision for the kind of country we can build together. i salute the good men who were by campaign companions on the campaign trail. tom harkins./ [applause] kerry. doug wilder. gary brown. [applause] and paul. [applause] 1 cents in the platform we built says it all -- one sentence says it all, t

senator tom harkin is firing up the crowd got at least a couple thousand people and some just arrivingand hear the shouting and trying to fire up the crowd and the president out in a few moments and he's facing the question whether there's enthusiasm gap and young people that turned out strong for the president in 2008 and why is' been hitting college campuses by the way going back to colorado another state he's been hitting live late tonight and we will be there tomorrow where the president has a rally in boulder. obviously, the university of colorado big there. he's struggling to make sure that he gets some of the young people there in 2008. might be disappointed about the economy, wants to make sure they're there this time again, jamie. >> ed henry, we're glad you're there, tracking the president today. thank you so much. >> good to see you. >> well, there was a bombshell ruling in the state of ohio, a federal judge granting a request from the obama campaign and democrats restoring to voters the option of casting a ballot in person during the final pre-days before the election. atto

it's good to see my outstanding friends tom harkin in the house! art bo leonard bosswell, tom miller and can everybody give lucas a big round of applause, not just for the introduction, but for his service to our country! and it is great to see all of you. we've got a spectacular day. college football's in the air. [ cheering ] we will try to get you home in time to see the hawk eye and the cyclone cyclones, and although -- although you guys got to see the nationals and chris cornell performed before i got here. i just want you to know that i could not appreciate them performing -- i could not appreciate more of them performing for us. so please give them a round of applause, as well. >> now, iowa, this is our first stop on the road to our convention in charlotte, north carolina. but there was a reason for me to begin the journey right here in iowa. where it first began more than four years ago. because it was you, iowa, who kept us going when the pundits were writing us off and it was in your living rooms and backyards and vfw halls and diners wher

some of the vip attendees include harrington, tom harkin and others.ernor of massachusetts is joining us from the opportunity nation's annual summit. and not that anybody is really there to crow, governor, but you really could, i mean, massachusetts has an unemployment rate while still elevated because nobody likes to see anything high is a full 2 percentage points at what 6.1% below the national average. so obviously opportunity is better in massachusetts. what is it that you are doing right in massachusetts? >> we have had to do what everybody else has had to do in these tough times in terms of trimming budgets, reducing headcount, but we have also invested. we have invested in education. i think it is the single best investment the public can make in our future. we invested in innovation, the industries that depend on the concentration of brain power we have, biotech, life sciences, it, robotics, financial services which you know is more and more an it business, clean energy. we have invested in infrastructure, which is the unglamorous work, but it

capitol hill, the congressman bill young with the house defense appropriations committee, senator tom harkinsfice and several others have opened their doors to mentoring days. clark construction company, kc design, have all opened their doors, as well. so we're very blessed with the corporate america and government offices here welcoming our wounded warriors and disabled vets to get an idea of what it's like and for them as well to get a feel for the morale, dedication and loyalty they will find from folks like them. >> reporter: we're out of time. richard salem with enable america and joshua cruce, thank you both. you can get a link to their website on ours, myfoxdc.com, to learn more about the organization. tony, over to you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead at 8:00, britney spears' surprising role on the second season. x factor and why it could mean a change for simon cowell. >> but first, inspired by rg iii we'll show you the new viral craze in honor of the redskins rookie. time now 8:39. we'll be right back. >>> he cherry blossoms one to left! -- he checks one to left, see you later! the na

everyone knows the story when bob dole, a disabled veteran from world war ii, and tom harkin, his colleague, democratic colleague from iowa, with a disabled member of his family came together to create the americans with disabilities act. it was an extraordinary bipartisan effort. it did our nation proud. it gave to disabled people a chance to be in the mainstream and part of america. one of the people that helped, in addition to 54 million americans living with disability, was a fellow named bob greenberg. bob greenberg was the legendary sportscaster who rose to prominence at chicago's wbez radio station. at the apex of his career, bob offered color commentary for chicago's major sporting events. he interviewed the very best athletes. he analyzed the players. he rifled off stats and box scores that put the game in context. for his loyal and large chicago radio audience, bob greenberg described sporting events they couldn't see. bob's story is unique because he couldn't see the games either. bob greenberg was blind, but he never let it stop him from achieving his dreams. there's no doubt th

tom harkin. and a recent "washington monthly" article profiledse files the new financial protection bureau. we'll talk to washington monthly editor and chief paul glasssmith. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. >> welcome to you. this is a -- what a -- i am so grateful to welcome aung san suu kyi to her first visit to the u.s. in -- we have the blue moon society, and we have a great relationship with the state department. secretary clinton is here today. a number of her colleagues are here today, patrick murphy, michael posner, and curt campbell. in addition i would like to rg a couple of our board members, george moose, judy ansley, perkins, and pricilla, without her i don't think this event would have occurred. i would like to aung san suu kyi for coming, and i would like to turn things over to henry etia -- henrietta ford for her remarks. [applause] i join with jim, and i want to tell you that this is an extremely large and important pleasure that we have in welcoming all of you here

. >>> tomorrow's "washington journal" senator tom harkin efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff. the accusations that the president is engaged in so-called war and a recent washington monthly article profoils the consumer protection bureau. we talk to washington monthly editor in chief. washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. next oregon governor john on efforts to reduce health care costs in his state using a coordinated care model where doctors are paid health outcomes not for each medical procedures. this new model is also part of the affordable care act. from the center for american progress, this is just under an hour. >> and the person that worked on health policy for over a decade, i'd say the governor dr. john kitzhaber helps -- a hero for the work he's been doing for decades. and we're particularly excited today for him to discuss his innovation in the medicaid program. as many of you may know, he has devoted a lot of time and effort to the issue of lowering health care costs because we see this as an issue for the federal budget but also stat

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> on tomorrow's washington journal, senator tom harkin on congressional offers to avoid that this booklet. kentucky congressman ed whitfield on accusations that the president is engaged in a so-called war on coal. recent washington monthly article profiled the new consumer financial protection bureau. we will talk to washington monthly's editor in chief. boston journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time -- washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span3 >> the country faces the starkest situation -- choice for president in my memory. the president and i have fundamentally different bits and -- visions than governor romney and congressman ryan and a different value set. >> under the current president, we are at risk of becoming a poor country. because he looks to government as the great benefactor in every life. our opponents even have a new motto -- government is the only thing that we all belong to. i do not know about you, but i have never thought of government as something that i belong to. >> walked and engage