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these herders have come from afar and they are eager to sell off their animals before the drought getsorse. >> they have to deal with starvation and food aid. that is why the government is pushing for a program. this man is trying to convince herders that farming is the way to go. >> we have the time to feed the rest of the country. so i want to be very much optimistic by saying that it's possible we can set land aside. >> already many who lead have abandoned and are now putting in communal land using canals like this to irrigate. >> this farming has changed our lives. we can feed our families and still have a surplus to sell. >> but it's a new practice and there are many problems, the biggest one is protecting their crop from being destroyed by the many cattle roaming free. so they take turnin turns to gue farm day and night. it's difficult. but they tell us it's better to depend on only animals in a region where drought often wipe out the entire livestock. >> don't forget aljazeera.com will give you so much more coverage on-line. the live stream is there when you are away from your t
these herders have come from afar and they are eager to sell off their animals before the drought getsorse. >> they have to deal with starvation and food aid. that is why the government is pushing for a program. this man is trying to convince herders that farming is the way to go. >> we have the time to feed the rest of the country. so i want to be very much optimistic by saying that it's possible we can set land aside. >> already many who lead have abandoned and are now...
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tourists can only look at it from afar. >> this is the main reason we came to new york city, was to see the statue of liberty. now our dream will not be realized. >> it is strange, and it also has me worried that such a rich and powerful country like the united states is tied down in such disputes. >> throughout the u.s., it is the same picture -- national monuments and museums are closed. among the only operating government operations are emergency services. public employees cannot be paid because the largest economy in the world has no budget. >> i urge house republicans to reopen the government, restart the services americans depend on, and allow the public servants who have been sent home to return to work. this is only going to happen when republicans realize they do not get to hold the entire economy hostage over ideological demands. >> but republicans remain steadfast, insisting the president delay implementing his health care reform. >> our country has big problems. today our government has big problem's. the only way these problems will be resolved is if we sit down amicably an
tourists can only look at it from afar. >> this is the main reason we came to new york city, was to see the statue of liberty. now our dream will not be realized. >> it is strange, and it also has me worried that such a rich and powerful country like the united states is tied down in such disputes. >> throughout the u.s., it is the same picture -- national monuments and museums are closed. among the only operating government operations are emergency services. public employees...
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tourists who wanted to glimpse inside lady liberty had to settle for a view from afar. >> it's pathetic when a lot of people are here specifically to see the statute of liberty, people who have come from europe and all over the world to vacation here and tour all of these things. it's a shame. >> in want, a group of world war ii veterans who traveled from mississippi found themselves fighting to visit the memorial. >> it breaks my heart personally. >> this is stupid. we were here just one day. >> although the memorial was closed as part of the shutdown, some lawmakers and park service employees moved the barricade and let the vets tour the site. >>> in california, yosemite celebrated it's birthday with park employees turning people away at the gate. nasa's 55th anniversary was spoiled when 97% of the staff was told to shut down. the gateway arch in st. louis locked up. >>> in chick, people visiting the city's irs office had mixed feelings over the shutdown. avila couldn't negotiate income tax settlement for dozens of his clients >> this is unfortunate because there are hard-working peop
tourists who wanted to glimpse inside lady liberty had to settle for a view from afar. >> it's pathetic when a lot of people are here specifically to see the statute of liberty, people who have come from europe and all over the world to vacation here and tour all of these things. it's a shame. >> in want, a group of world war ii veterans who traveled from mississippi found themselves fighting to visit the memorial. >> it breaks my heart personally. >> this is stupid. we...
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. >> reporter: seen from afar, the debt crise that undermined the world's banking structure started in the united states, and now the recovery, already stumbling, is being threatened by u.s. political brairchgz manship as well. >> and now here we are threatening credit markets, the banking system, because america's stupid politicians can't do a deal and think a default by the world's largest economy is something to do. it's utterly insane, and the rest of the world is kind of fed up with it. >> reporter: and a short-term deal isn't seen as a solution here, either, scott. the europeans say the u.s. has been telling them to deal with euro zone problems now, but from here now is seems the u.s. is taking the scan and kicking it down the road. >> pelley: bob schieffer our chief washington correspondent and airchgor of "face the nation" has been watching this kicking of the can in washington. bob. >> reporter: well, you know, scott, it does look now like congress has found a way to avoid yet another crisis created by guess who? congress. this crisis was not the result of a natural disaster l
. >> reporter: seen from afar, the debt crise that undermined the world's banking structure started in the united states, and now the recovery, already stumbling, is being threatened by u.s. political brairchgz manship as well. >> and now here we are threatening credit markets, the banking system, because america's stupid politicians can't do a deal and think a default by the world's largest economy is something to do. it's utterly insane, and the rest of the world is kind of fed up...
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. >> reporter: from afar, it's magnificent. but look closer and you'll see a capitol dome that is cracked, corroded, and rusted out in more than 1,000 spots. the architect of the capitol released an artist's rendering today of the elaborate tieredica folding that will encase the dome for an estimated two years as contractors fully repair and repaint it for the first time since 1960. the 2 million people who visit capitol hill each year will find the historic frescoed rotundad in the dome shrouded in a white canopy shaped like a donut, similar to this one that went up in 1999, so workers could remove led paint. if two years sound like a long time to repair dome, it's because crews will be working primarily on nights and weekends to avoid interfering with the business of congress, when congress is in session. the dome was built of cast iron over 11 years. all through the civil war, partially with slave labor. it replaced an older wood and copper dome that was deemed too small as congress and the nation grew. the total cost to con
. >> reporter: from afar, it's magnificent. but look closer and you'll see a capitol dome that is cracked, corroded, and rusted out in more than 1,000 spots. the architect of the capitol released an artist's rendering today of the elaborate tieredica folding that will encase the dome for an estimated two years as contractors fully repair and repaint it for the first time since 1960. the 2 million people who visit capitol hill each year will find the historic frescoed rotundad in the dome...
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to people watching washington from afar, this looks absolutely insane. here's the thing.t might actually be insane. earlier, i was joined by dr. or douglas field, a neuroscientist and author of the book "the other bring." i asked him, what is the psychology behind the dysfunction on capitol hill in recent weeks? >> i think what we are seeing play out on the national stage is hurting behavior, human herding behavior, which is very important unconscious behavior that allows us to form complex societies. i think that can provide some perspective on what is going on. >> when you say herding, that means people acting in groups and losing their own agency to make right and wrong decisions? >> exactly. a group behavior is adopting a modeling of behavior in the group that you are in. an individual will develop emotions and feelings according to the group around them. one of the important things about hurting behavior at psychologists know is that it reduces the threshold for deviant behavior, for conducting your self in ways that would be otherwise considered cruel. you would nev
to people watching washington from afar, this looks absolutely insane. here's the thing.t might actually be insane. earlier, i was joined by dr. or douglas field, a neuroscientist and author of the book "the other bring." i asked him, what is the psychology behind the dysfunction on capitol hill in recent weeks? >> i think what we are seeing play out on the national stage is hurting behavior, human herding behavior, which is very important unconscious behavior that allows us to...
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from afar and saying oh, my god, look at how they can't get along, isn't this terrible -- >> she soundse a grownup but look at our polling. people hate the congress. the president is under 50%. she sounds like an adult. why can't we sit down and work this out and stop screaming at each other. when she announces she's in a completely different environment but right now, that's what she should sound like. >> i always say i believe she will run for the democratic presidential nomination unless, unless she's not healthy. she had a blood clot in her head not that long ago. she's completely recovered and is strong and healthy. i believe she will run for president of the united states. that's just me. guys, thanks very much. candy, a big show coming up sunday morning, right? >> i do. talking a little about the nsa and tapping the phone calls of our allies with mike rogers, house chair. we're also going to kind of get beyond the reboot and say how is this going to change your relationship with the family doctor. will anybody ever hang their shingle out again. >> zeke emanuel will join you as we
from afar and saying oh, my god, look at how they can't get along, isn't this terrible -- >> she soundse a grownup but look at our polling. people hate the congress. the president is under 50%. she sounds like an adult. why can't we sit down and work this out and stop screaming at each other. when she announces she's in a completely different environment but right now, that's what she should sound like. >> i always say i believe she will run for the democratic presidential...
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a similar deal to reopen the government in avoid a default sort of people watching washington from afar this looks absolutely insane and here's the thing it might actually be insane joining me now is dr douglas fields pitch d. in neuroscience is an author of the book the other brain dr fields welcome to the show thank you so let's try to get away from the politics for a second in the economics for a second try to put our finger on some what might be driving this from a neurological standpoint. what's your take on the psychology on capitol hill right now and what sort of fueled this dysfunction that we've seen over the last few weeks on this issue neurologically i think what we're seeing play out on the national stage is hurting behavior human her hurting behavior which is very important unconscious behavior that allows us to form complex societies and i think that can provide some perspective on what's going on so when you say hurting behavior that means people acting in a group in losing their kind of own agency to make right and wrong decisions of exactly group behavior is adopting a
a similar deal to reopen the government in avoid a default sort of people watching washington from afar this looks absolutely insane and here's the thing it might actually be insane joining me now is dr douglas fields pitch d. in neuroscience is an author of the book the other brain dr fields welcome to the show thank you so let's try to get away from the politics for a second in the economics for a second try to put our finger on some what might be driving this from a neurological standpoint....
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i'd grown up watching campaigns from afar. but out of college, i got involved with a family friends campaign for the state house. we have the entry to politics. and what i learned was that first of all, this is somebody i could believe in, get excited about supporting. and then when he won his race and he offered me a job, that it was a way my boss was appointed to build a seat in the senate and he encouraged me to build an appointment for the house seat. could have come in the back door. it was a great opportunity for me. and i mustered up all of the courage that i have and said, you know what? i'm going go for this and once i got the appointment, just committed to being the best representative that i could be from the people of northeastern washington. >> born in se lem, oregon, when did your family move to washington state? >> we moved to washington state when i was a junior in high school. both sides of my family had deep roots in the pacific northwest. came out to the northwest on the oregon trail. and my mom's family was
i'd grown up watching campaigns from afar. but out of college, i got involved with a family friends campaign for the state house. we have the entry to politics. and what i learned was that first of all, this is somebody i could believe in, get excited about supporting. and then when he won his race and he offered me a job, that it was a way my boss was appointed to build a seat in the senate and he encouraged me to build an appointment for the house seat. could have come in the back door. it...
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started a similar deal to reopen the government and avoid a default to people watching washington from afar this looks absolutely insane and here's the thing it might actually be insane earlier i was joined by dr douglas fields a nurse and author of the book the other brain and i asked him what's the psychology behind the dysfunction on capitol hill in recent weeks. i think what we're seeing play out on the national stage is hurting behavior human herbut herding behavior which is very important unconscious behavior that allows us to form complex societies and i think that can provide some perspective on what's going on so when you say herding behavior that means people acting in a group and losing their kind of own agency to make the right wrong decisions sort of exactly group behavior is adopting a modeling the behavior of the group that you're in an individual develop emotions and feelings thoughts and behavior according to the group around them and one of the important things about herding behavior that psychologists know is that it reduces the threshold for deviant behavior for. conduct
started a similar deal to reopen the government and avoid a default to people watching washington from afar this looks absolutely insane and here's the thing it might actually be insane earlier i was joined by dr douglas fields a nurse and author of the book the other brain and i asked him what's the psychology behind the dysfunction on capitol hill in recent weeks. i think what we're seeing play out on the national stage is hurting behavior human herbut herding behavior which is very important...
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. >> from afar in the light it definitely looks red. >> i am gathering the largest number of natural place. >> his goal was to amass 1,300 redheads. >> tomorrow. >> to set a new guinness world record for a mass of redheads. >> all right, thanks. >> and partly to symbolize that redheads are not on the edge of extinction which recent reports have suggested. >> is extinction a myth? >> yes. that is not even possible. >> as the one flaming now fading redhead myself, i was concerned, i got my red hair from grandma. >> stand up for your life. >> to rusty the event was also a chance for the redheaded minority, about two percent of the world's population, to foster solidarity, community and pride. >> i burn in the shade on a cloudy day. >> a sunscreen company was a strong supporter of this event for paille skin. >> what is your spf number. >> at least 200. >> you hear people joke around like we are the spawn of the devil or something like that, i just laugh. >> it turns out that we redheads have issues. who knew. >> being a redhead itself, being called a redhead can be pretty pejorative. >>
. >> from afar in the light it definitely looks red. >> i am gathering the largest number of natural place. >> his goal was to amass 1,300 redheads. >> tomorrow. >> to set a new guinness world record for a mass of redheads. >> all right, thanks. >> and partly to symbolize that redheads are not on the edge of extinction which recent reports have suggested. >> is extinction a myth? >> yes. that is not even possible. >> as the one flaming...
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i don't know you, but i don't want to offend you from afar or from close up. [laughter] >> he is not the first person you have offended. >> if it takes a group, i am in too. what we heard yesterday from the representative sums up the house position perfectly. we are not going to be disrespected. we have to get something out of this. i don't know what that even is. they have no idea what they want anymore. but they are making our country pay the price for that. they seem to think if they do the right thing, the obvious thing, a vote to end the government shutdown while the continue to negotiate, it will be clear that house republicans were duped. they had no idea what they were getting into. they had no plans for getting themselves out. senator cruz spent the summer traveling around the country, promising the tea party the sun, the moon and the end of obamacare. he spent 21 hours on the senate floor pretending to filibuster a motion he then voted for and then he tossed the problem that he created over to the house. to quote my good friend, he pushed house repub
i don't know you, but i don't want to offend you from afar or from close up. [laughter] >> he is not the first person you have offended. >> if it takes a group, i am in too. what we heard yesterday from the representative sums up the house position perfectly. we are not going to be disrespected. we have to get something out of this. i don't know what that even is. they have no idea what they want anymore. but they are making our country pay the price for that. they seem to think if...
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people from afar maybe from other states think that the governor's response has been wonderful.ks good on film. but the closer you are to it, the less satisfied it seems that you are. >> if that's the case, adam, then why is the case that he's apparently steam rolling to re-election, it does seem like people are happy with what he's done. >> there's 75% of people that were hit by the storm that they felt that the christy administration's response doesn't care about people like them. >> 75% of people who were hit by the storm feel that christy's response -- >> has not taken into account people like them. he has created a masterful image of rebuilding that's just not actually impactsing the people who were the most impacted. >> and you're hearing more stories, and there are many, many folks that you are talking to that feel like they're in the same bode? >> they can't understand why they can't get clear answers for why they're not getting funding. we have heard from the disabled veterans from the first gulf war, scrambling trying to use his own money and he can't get any federal f
people from afar maybe from other states think that the governor's response has been wonderful.ks good on film. but the closer you are to it, the less satisfied it seems that you are. >> if that's the case, adam, then why is the case that he's apparently steam rolling to re-election, it does seem like people are happy with what he's done. >> there's 75% of people that were hit by the storm that they felt that the christy administration's response doesn't care about people like them....
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and they were shouting from afar. you know, "that's mine, that's mine!"'s movie-making instincts kick in. >> by the time i got my phone up to record this, they had already started fighting in front of the cab that had pulled up. >> push comes to shove as two grown-ups start to behave like brawling babies. >> maybe they're both just frustrated with being bankers on wall street and having no real outlet for their cave man tendencies. >> the plot thickens when a woman in red makes a surprise stealth move. >> while these two guys were jerking around with their little shenanigans, she was trying to make an end run and sneak in around them. >> nothing doin'. in a mad dash, the guy on the outside throws a block on the man in the lead, and yanks him out of the way. the passenger getting out of the cab steps back, stunned. in a sudden plot twist, the burlier adversary makes a decisive move and shoves his nemesis out of the way. >> one of the guys puts the other into a choke hold, thinking that's going to bring the guy down, but it ended up being a real ineffectual
and they were shouting from afar. you know, "that's mine, that's mine!"'s movie-making instincts kick in. >> by the time i got my phone up to record this, they had already started fighting in front of the cab that had pulled up. >> push comes to shove as two grown-ups start to behave like brawling babies. >> maybe they're both just frustrated with being bankers on wall street and having no real outlet for their cave man tendencies. >> the plot thickens when a...
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york, tourists travelled hoping to get a glimpse inside lady liberty had to settle for a view from afar. >> it's pathetic. a lot of people are here specifically to see the statute of liberty. people came from europe and over the world to vacation here and tour these things. it's a shame. >> in washington a group of world war ii veterans travelling from mississippi found themselves fighting to visit the world war ii memorial. >> it breaks my heart, personally. >> this is a stupid. we are here for a day. >> the memorial was closed, park service employees moved the barricades and let the vets tour yosemine celebrated a birthday. people were turned away. 97% of nasa staff were told to stay home. the gateway arch in st louis locked up - a victim of politics. in chicago, people visiting irs had mixed feelings. ricky couldn't in effect income tax settlement for dozens of clients. >> this is a pretty unfortunate - there's hard-working people that want to, you know, do their due diligence by submitting, you know, their taxes and doing their part, but the government is not doing theirs. >> for ma
york, tourists travelled hoping to get a glimpse inside lady liberty had to settle for a view from afar. >> it's pathetic. a lot of people are here specifically to see the statute of liberty. people came from europe and over the world to vacation here and tour these things. it's a shame. >> in washington a group of world war ii veterans travelling from mississippi found themselves fighting to visit the world war ii memorial. >> it breaks my heart, personally. >> this is...
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lady liberty will have to be viewed from afar. the statue of liberty is run by the national parks. of the government shut down. there are a lot of people who travel to new york city one of the most popular tourist atra s atracksa -- attractions here. they can't visit ellis island but it has been closed since super storm sandy. there are a couple other museums and tourist attractions around new york city that are also affected by the government shut down and the american indian as well as federal hall the birth place of theodore roosevelt. there are a few places around town where it is off limits until congress gets its act together. some 72,000 federal employees in new york are actually being impacted by the government shut down. but we also want to mention to you in speaking with tourism officials in the city they don't expect us to have a huge impact on tourism especially if it only lasts a few days which is most of the time government shut downs have lasted about that three-day period. they are hoping this will only be a short term problem and things get back to normal and peopl
lady liberty will have to be viewed from afar. the statue of liberty is run by the national parks. of the government shut down. there are a lot of people who travel to new york city one of the most popular tourist atra s atracksa -- attractions here. they can't visit ellis island but it has been closed since super storm sandy. there are a couple other museums and tourist attractions around new york city that are also affected by the government shut down and the american indian as well as...
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. >> from afar they seem like a normal member of society. but as we get to know them, we realize, they don't distinguish between right or wrong and that's the frightening part. >> sorry, sticking out my tongue don't look so intelligent, either. for 57-year-old doesn't. some people think i'm immature for my age. >> when we first met clarence butterfield he had been incarcerated for more than a year at the orange county jail in southern california. like most jail inmates he had not been convicted but was incarcerated awaiting jail. he had pled not guilty to the murder of his daughter. but that didn't stop him taking jokes. >> how about a d.a. takes a gun under his arm into a bar. bartender goes, you can't come in here with a pig. he goes, i was talking to the duck. >> clarence is an older gentleman, old man you can call him. a giddy old man. happy. happy to be here. >> diagnosed with hyperverbal. >> we can't all be winners now, can we? you have to be people like me to make you real winners in life look really good. >> butterfield kind of jumps
. >> from afar they seem like a normal member of society. but as we get to know them, we realize, they don't distinguish between right or wrong and that's the frightening part. >> sorry, sticking out my tongue don't look so intelligent, either. for 57-year-old doesn't. some people think i'm immature for my age. >> when we first met clarence butterfield he had been incarcerated for more than a year at the orange county jail in southern california. like most jail inmates he had...
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you watched from afar the last government shut down and in the middle of this. how does this end some . >> the longest one was 21 days and the shortest was day. you could see an end game. right now there is no end game in sight. >> let me ask you this. how republicans are saying the senate democrats are not negotiating. democrats argue it's essentially the equivalent of negotiating. you want to punch us in the face ten times and you want to get down to five. that's where democrats are at this point. how did we get to this place? i'm guessing you are not someone who thought shutting down the government over the health care law was an appropriate way to go? >> i was not of that mind set, but we are in the situation now so you deal with the hand that has been dealt you. somewhere some thoughts the democrats in competitive races might be soft on main taping obama care and defund it or change it. that didn't happen. the vote in the democratic party and the senate is monolithic and you have this irresistible force. i don't see it changing. the democratses have taken a
you watched from afar the last government shut down and in the middle of this. how does this end some . >> the longest one was 21 days and the shortest was day. you could see an end game. right now there is no end game in sight. >> let me ask you this. how republicans are saying the senate democrats are not negotiating. democrats argue it's essentially the equivalent of negotiating. you want to punch us in the face ten times and you want to get down to five. that's where democrats...
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did it make a difference to you because sometimes we report the news from afar. today i'm sitting in new york city. you were there in washington, d.c. how did it change the way in which you see this story, if at all? >> you know, actually, i don't know if it did. i covered so many protests. i used to represent protesters when i was a lawyer. my clients have been nuns who chained themselves to the white house fence. i've had clintsz taken down from the trees in lafayette square by the secret service. i've seen window pain acid thrown president i've seen it all. what i always like though, gretch gretchen, is i really like the fact that in this country if you have a gripe, you can go down at the mall and make yourself heard. what is distasteful though is the u.s. groft, this is horribly distasteful to all americans or many americans is that we would barricade the memorial to those who have fought so that we have the first amendment to go down and express a gripe about our government. >> no doubt. >> the whole idea -- that should have been the last memorial closed. t
did it make a difference to you because sometimes we report the news from afar. today i'm sitting in new york city. you were there in washington, d.c. how did it change the way in which you see this story, if at all? >> you know, actually, i don't know if it did. i covered so many protests. i used to represent protesters when i was a lawyer. my clients have been nuns who chained themselves to the white house fence. i've had clintsz taken down from the trees in lafayette square by the...
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people from afar maybe from other states think that the governor's response has been wonderful. are to it, the less satisfied it seems that you are. >> if that's the case, adam, then why is the case that he's apparently steam rolling to re-election, it does seem like people are happy with what he's done. >> there's 75% of people that were hit by the storm that they felt that the christy administration's response doesn't care about people like them. >> 75% of people who were hit by the storm feel that christy's response -- >> has not taken into account people like them. he has created a masterful image of rebuilding that's just not actually impactsing the people who were the most
people from afar maybe from other states think that the governor's response has been wonderful. are to it, the less satisfied it seems that you are. >> if that's the case, adam, then why is the case that he's apparently steam rolling to re-election, it does seem like people are happy with what he's done. >> there's 75% of people that were hit by the storm that they felt that the christy administration's response doesn't care about people like them. >> 75% of people who were...
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king participating as a player, if he was particularly young and nimble, and sometimes observing from afar as his team and opponents played out the game. keach: for the ancient maya, the ball court was not just a place to spend a pleasant afternoon. it was also an arena for a deadly form of theater. captives from neighboring cities were sometimes forced to play. they of course were pre-ordained to lose and were then killed in a sacrificial ceremony. the ancient maya viewed the ball game as a metaphor for the struggle of good against evil, in which the king is hero. it was the king who personally captured the victim-players. so the ball court provided another opportunity for maya rulers to focus public attention on themselves. archaeologist arthur demarest. these maya ceremonial centers were giant stages. they were theaters in which the rituals of the maya state were displayed. the sacrifices, the bloodlettings, the ball games -- all of these things were mechanisms by which rulers tried to reinforce their power to generate greater prestige through ritual display. but it's a weak source of p
king participating as a player, if he was particularly young and nimble, and sometimes observing from afar as his team and opponents played out the game. keach: for the ancient maya, the ball court was not just a place to spend a pleasant afternoon. it was also an arena for a deadly form of theater. captives from neighboring cities were sometimes forced to play. they of course were pre-ordained to lose and were then killed in a sacrificial ceremony. the ancient maya viewed the ball game as a...
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i feel like from afar as an editor it looks like there should be a deal and if you could get the partiesin a room with no cameras it would take 30 minutes. but how many times can we be tricked by this? time after time after time there would be a grand bargain. when is it going to change? >> i mean, you would think that it would change relatively soon because barack obama's time is running out for his legacy. but he might want to wait until after the 2014 election and immigration reform. >> thank you for coming to visit with us, jeffrey denham. >>> tomorrow's play book and what is going through john boehner's head right now. a new reporting on what the speaker of the house may or may not accept. coming up next. thank you, sir. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just comm
i feel like from afar as an editor it looks like there should be a deal and if you could get the partiesin a room with no cameras it would take 30 minutes. but how many times can we be tricked by this? time after time after time there would be a grand bargain. when is it going to change? >> i mean, you would think that it would change relatively soon because barack obama's time is running out for his legacy. but he might want to wait until after the 2014 election and immigration reform....
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and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.sn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late with alec baldwin." i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. [ julian ] having a card that doesn't charge you foreign transaction fees saves me a ton of money. [ delavane ] we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. when i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. ♪ in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. does it end after you've expanded your business?? after your company's gone pub
and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.sn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late with alec baldwin." i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [...
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. >> and what was the worst -- when you look back at your years doing this, operating drones from afaro you saw that really to this day stays with you? >> the most shocking i think was when we were following someone and the guy stopped and pulled out two kids and executed hem in the middle of the street and he knew that he wasn't -- that he had no consequences and the crew that got hem later, it was like vengeance almost. these are bad people. like you have to understand that there are bad people over there, and we do our best to get them. and -- but like you said earlier, america wants an anti-septic war. we want a clean war. the reality is that nothing is clean. >> and brandon bryant also said that at one point, he thought he had killed a child in one of those attacks. his superiors, however, insist that it was not a child that it might have been a dog. he however and this is part of the reason he says he has ptsd, something he hasn't been able to shake. you mentioned amnesty and human rights watch. this is very important because all these groups including u.n. are saying look, out o
. >> and what was the worst -- when you look back at your years doing this, operating drones from afaro you saw that really to this day stays with you? >> the most shocking i think was when we were following someone and the guy stopped and pulled out two kids and executed hem in the middle of the street and he knew that he wasn't -- that he had no consequences and the crew that got hem later, it was like vengeance almost. these are bad people. like you have to understand that there...
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and, i wasn't watching them from afar. it became compelling to me this life.nd it wasn't that there wasn't room for acting. it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small. the story scum paired to -- the story that i was getting to live. and i also got so, i got very present oriented because i was working on this fact that i had gotten ahead of myself. as we, i will take aback to i wasn't as well adjusted as i could have been. >> how did that manifest itself? >> oh, you can read all those stories. i was holding on for dear life. friend that i am friend with. got that. i was not frying trying to hurt. i was like a wild animal. >> yeah, yeah. >> and i think jim bridges who was really my mentor quoted -- i would love to know who he quoted, so any way, it's i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. it was one of the most important things said to me. because i, you know i had this wildness, a ferocity to survive whatever -- whatever i had to in my psyche and physical life. but i didn't know how to drop it. to be civilized and to take others in and --
and, i wasn't watching them from afar. it became compelling to me this life.nd it wasn't that there wasn't room for acting. it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small. the story scum paired to -- the story that i was getting to live. and i also got so, i got very present oriented because i was working on this fact that i had gotten ahead of myself. as we, i will take aback to i wasn't as well adjusted as i could have been. >> how did that manifest itself? >> oh,...
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poppy harlow tells us the symbol of america will be seen by patriotic american from afar. >> reporterrty island was slammed by superstorm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for to you visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so, to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like, what have we come to? >> reporter: stacy garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> lady liberty. >> reporter: along with a government shutdown comes closure of the nation's national parks, including lady liberty. for folks coming to new york to see the iconic statue of liberty, this may be their last chance in cho knows how long. >> it's going to be awful. it will also damage the economy in ways nobody has bothered to calculate yet. it's mindless. >> reporter: with more than 280 million visitors a year from yosemite to the grand canyon, now 400 national parks are closed. >> i'm not going to let congress, you know, make me miss the statue of liberty, which is so important to me as a retired history teacher. >> reporter: tou
poppy harlow tells us the symbol of america will be seen by patriotic american from afar. >> reporterrty island was slammed by superstorm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for to you visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so, to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like, what have we come to? >> reporter: stacy garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> lady liberty. >>...
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. >> from afar in the light it definitely looks red. >> i am gathering the largest number of naturals in one place. >> his goal was to amass 1,300 redheads. >> tomorrow. >> to set a new guinness world record for a mass of redheads. >> all right, thanks. >> and partly to symbolize that redheads are not on the edge of extinction which recent reports have suggested. >> is extinction a myth? >> yes. that is not even possible. >> as the one flaming now fading redhead myself, i was concerned, i got my red hair from grandma. >> stand up for your life. >> to rusty the event was also a chance for the redheaded minority, about two percent of the world's population, to foster solidarity, community and pride. >> i burn in the shade on a cloudy day. >> a sunscreen company was a strong supporter of this event for paille skin. >> what is your spf number. >> at least 200. >> you hear people joke around like we are the spawn of the devil or something like that, i just laugh. >> it turns out that we redheads have issues. who knew. >> being a redhead itself, being called a redhead can be pretty pejorat
. >> from afar in the light it definitely looks red. >> i am gathering the largest number of naturals in one place. >> his goal was to amass 1,300 redheads. >> tomorrow. >> to set a new guinness world record for a mass of redheads. >> all right, thanks. >> and partly to symbolize that redheads are not on the edge of extinction which recent reports have suggested. >> is extinction a myth? >> yes. that is not even possible. >> as the one...
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and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.ompelling to me, this life. and it wasn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late". clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. a playground of innovation,. color, and design. showing up where we least expect it. and taking inspiration from our wildest dreams. because kohler doesn't see the world in fixtures and faucets. it reimagines. coloring our lives in ways only bold could do, it's no won
and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.ompelling to me, this life. and it wasn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late". clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some...
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poppy harlow tells us the patriotic symbol will be seen by the world and americans only from afar. >>eporter: liberty island was slammed by super storm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for you to visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like what have we come to. >> reporter: stacey garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> welcome aboard statue cruises lady liberty. >> reporter: so along with a government shutdown comes the closure of all the nation's national parks. and that includes lady liberty. so for folks coming to new york to see the iconic statue of liberty, this may be their last chance in two knows how long. >> it's going to be awful. it's also going to damage the economy in ways that nobody has gathered to calculate yet. it's just mindless. >> reporter: with more than 280 million visitors a year from yellowstone to yosemite to the grand canyon, more than 400 national parks are now closed. >> i'm not going to let congress, you know, make
poppy harlow tells us the patriotic symbol will be seen by the world and americans only from afar. >>eporter: liberty island was slammed by super storm sandy, closed for eight months. now another shutdown. what does it mean for you to visit the statue of liberty? >> freedom, liberty. that's why i'm in america. so to hear that the government is shutting down, it's like what have we come to. >> reporter: stacey garcia is among the last visitors to the island. >> welcome...
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and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.ompelling to me, this life. and it wasn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late". clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. a playground of innovation,. color, and design. showing up where we least expect it. and taking inspiration from our wildest dreams. because kohler doesn't see the world in fixtures and faucets. it reimagines. coloring our lives in ways only bold could do, it's no won
and i was watching my kids grow up and i wasn't watching them from afar.ompelling to me, this life. and it wasn't there wasn't room for acting, it was just i would get a script to read and it was so small, the story, compared to the story that i was getting to live. >> more conversation than interview. more personal than promotional. and it's not allen keys making sense. it's "up late". clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some...
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commissioner and lost but he dabbled in politics and had grown up at least watching campaigns from afar, but out of college i got involved in a family friends campaign for the state house in washington, our home. that was my entry into politics and what i learned was that first of all this was somebody i could believe in, get excited about supporting and when he won his grace and offered me a job, it was a way in which i could make a difference for my community and the people we were representing in olympiad at the time and i found a lot of fulfillment in that and purpose in being a part of something bigger than me. i wasn't expecting to run for office. i really imagined myself maybe being more behind-the-scenes but soon after that our state senator retired and my boss was appointed to fill the seat in the senate and he encouraged me to consider the appointment for the state house seat. so kind of got in the back door but it was a great opportunity for me and i mustered up all the courage that i had and said i am going to go for this and once i got the appointment committed to being the
commissioner and lost but he dabbled in politics and had grown up at least watching campaigns from afar, but out of college i got involved in a family friends campaign for the state house in washington, our home. that was my entry into politics and what i learned was that first of all this was somebody i could believe in, get excited about supporting and when he won his grace and offered me a job, it was a way in which i could make a difference for my community and the people we were...
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i admired him from afar. americans,llions of i benefit from his legacy. children get a head start on success, in .chool, and in life more seniors receive better health care. more families breathed easier because they know their country will be there for them in times of need. them, all of us, are indebted to the towering man. think, in listening to the wonderful memories that have been shared, we get a sense of this man. we recognize his humility. he often attributed much of his sets to good luck. he may have had a point. story mcconnell told the about his first race. there were a couple of details that got left out. on the way to olympia to file the paperwork for his first congressional campaign, apparently tom blew out a tire. hitchhiked tonds a service station to get it fixed. as they approached the outskirts of the city, they ran out of gas. so they pushed the car up the town justting into before the deadline. tom went on to win the race by a resounding 54 votes. there is no question there may have been some luck of the irish operating when it came to
i admired him from afar. americans,llions of i benefit from his legacy. children get a head start on success, in .chool, and in life more seniors receive better health care. more families breathed easier because they know their country will be there for them in times of need. them, all of us, are indebted to the towering man. think, in listening to the wonderful memories that have been shared, we get a sense of this man. we recognize his humility. he often attributed much of his sets to good...
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army in tal afar in iraq.ck him as mfa student poetry in the center at the university of texas in austin in the year 2012. but how could we understand world war i without the poetry of the soldiers riverboat, robert graves. in other words, ladies and gentlemen, we need poets to tell us the human cost of the war. leave the statistics to politicians to social scientists, whose numbers become unfathomable after a point. how to tell a true war story if you're more a poet than a novelist. tautness given power to save. tell it as a phone. within one reviewers compared debut novel to kim o'bryan didn't say kerry. in my opinion the fictional depiction of the tragedy for the american involvement in vietnam and of course it's devastating cost. in that the outcome of explores worth endless contradictions with unifying colorways edify and was themeless pemba builds character to suit his character, but ultimately, inevitably destroys men, women and children. we are not dealmaker to recognize the importance of this novel, s
army in tal afar in iraq.ck him as mfa student poetry in the center at the university of texas in austin in the year 2012. but how could we understand world war i without the poetry of the soldiers riverboat, robert graves. in other words, ladies and gentlemen, we need poets to tell us the human cost of the war. leave the statistics to politicians to social scientists, whose numbers become unfathomable after a point. how to tell a true war story if you're more a poet than a novelist. tautness...
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." >>> dolly and i have been accused of having an afar for last 30 years. >> this right that and we never but she's one of those rare people that if she walked in the door and i hadn't seen her in five years, it would be like we were together yesterday. >> you can see that always. >> so what number is this of album? >> 66. >> incredible. >> and so what did dolly say or did she approach you? >> there's a really sweet story about that song. i was in cal doing a thing called stagecoach a country music festival and the guy came back and said, kenny, i'm ryan king willie king's son of the commodores and i was with friends the over daynd and i told him some of my favorite memories were going to your place in athens. >>> and i told him, relegal i can't make old friends. then i thought that would make a great song. i told him about it and he said could i have a shot? >> the thing you remember having done -- >> i think it use because i did fever movie ofrs the week with cbs. it's the most on everybody's lienld. "islands of the stream" was voted best of all time. i don't know which sold more or les
." >>> dolly and i have been accused of having an afar for last 30 years. >> this right that and we never but she's one of those rare people that if she walked in the door and i hadn't seen her in five years, it would be like we were together yesterday. >> you can see that always. >> so what number is this of album? >> 66. >> incredible. >> and so what did dolly say or did she approach you? >> there's a really sweet story about that song....
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from afar i have to think maybe part of the success of texas here is you have exported your worst politicians [laughter] [applause] so that they have become the country's affliction while you can go about your business of being an economic miracle. [laughter] >> all right eric i think it's your turn. >> i think ted cruz is really just a wonderful senator in any respect probably are less sense lbj. [applause] thanks. he was kind of different for us actually. at the end of the day they are business minded and cruz has always had a more philosophical ideological bend. he is a constitutional scholar by background. he certainly was to me a once in a generation political f-bomb -- phenomenon. everyone said there isn't a chance he could possibly win it. he has won it. i think he wrote the waives of certain trends -- the tea party trend and so on but he went for it and succeeded in that campaign context. i'm working on a thing for him right now that will be out in a few months. it's going to be a long profile. it's funny we started planning it out in june or july and we were saying our senator will h
from afar i have to think maybe part of the success of texas here is you have exported your worst politicians [laughter] [applause] so that they have become the country's affliction while you can go about your business of being an economic miracle. [laughter] >> all right eric i think it's your turn. >> i think ted cruz is really just a wonderful senator in any respect probably are less sense lbj. [applause] thanks. he was kind of different for us actually. at the end of the day...
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it's heart-stopping to even see from afar. was ten feet wide at one point. his name is jeb corliss and he's talking to us about this amazing feat and what he's going to take on next. >> that man more sane than congress and those kids, more mature than congress. we'll see you in a bit. >> and coming up -- >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. whatever he did, he got scared. he went, peeled off, and he paralyzed my husband on the way. >> two men on motorcycles now arrested in a road rage assault. all of it was caught on camera. most of it. the controversy of who attacked whom is just beginning. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com man: [ laughs ] those look like baby steps now. but they were some pr
it's heart-stopping to even see from afar. was ten feet wide at one point. his name is jeb corliss and he's talking to us about this amazing feat and what he's going to take on next. >> that man more sane than congress and those kids, more mature than congress. we'll see you in a bit. >> and coming up -- >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. whatever he did, he got scared. he went, peeled off, and he paralyzed my husband on the way. >> two men on motorcycles...