and then washington from afar with california governor, jerry brown. >> the washington of today is suffering and experiencing a crisis. >> and then plus, retired admiral, mike mcconnell, on the looming dangers of international cyber attacks. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a better than expected jobs report was the only upbeat economic note this week, and it was downgraded. that's the first time that ever happened. >> it's a matter of the medium and long-term budget position of the united states that needs to be brought under control, not the immediate fiscal position, it's the one that centers on entitlements and its entitlement

i'm wondering how, looking at it from afar, how close you think we are to the end of this. >> well, candy, it looks like gadhafi intends to fight on, but he's on the run. he's lost his base of power. his security and police forces have literally melted away, so it's hard to believe that he can sustain a counteroffensive against the rebels for a considerable period of time. he's essentially lost this war. and i think it's probably only a matter of days, perhaps a little bit more than that, before he's apprehended and the remainder of his family are apprehended and brought to justice. i think the rebel alliance is going to have to complete that task, but they're quickly going to have to turn to the transition as well, because they have enormous challenges ahead of them. >> and you've talked about this, i think in your book, we saw the looting and the lawlessness in tripoli today, a lot of this just exuberance which you can understand after the four decades we've been talking about. but you know, as well as anybody, who have written about the fact that gadhafi

these sleek aircraft are piloted from afar. american use of drones has increased dramatically in the last few years. the technology may be strategic, but what are the moral implications of using it? kim lawton reports. >> drones are increasingly becoming some of the most valuable weapons in america's arsenal. >> this is going to save someone's life one day. >> reporter: unmanned aircraft such as the predator and the reaper can hover over remote areas, and do surveillance for hours, even days. their operators are often in places as far away as nevada or virginia, and the drones can release missiles or bombs with no risk to those operators. experts say within 20 years the vast majority of america's fighting aircraft will likely be pilotless. the use of drones may be strategic, but is it moral? >> if you believe that a society has a duty to reduce unnecessary risk to its combatants, then these systems do that, so that would be actually one moral obligation, and then also the state has an obligation t effectively and efficiently de

we've watched them from afar, aas they've ravaged other parts of the nation. thank god we've never really experienced that kind of destruction here. but that does not mean that it can't happen. it can, and we must be prepared. that's exactly why we developed our coastal storm plan back in 2006, to prevent the kind of problem that's we saw during katrina. so please heed these warnings and get yourself to safe tty before the bad weather hits. as i mentioned earlier, the mta will shut down the public transportation system at noon. what that means is the last train leaves the station, but you can't count on being on the last train. it may be overloaded or maybe it's already passed you. you must assume that after noon there's no public transit. staten island ferry service will be suspended by 10:00 p.m. tonight or earlier if the winds come earlier. city bridges may close if high winds make driving over them dangerous. the beaches are closed for the weekend, as will all cultural institutions. once the storm hits, it's just not safe to be in the parks either. the ris

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and research from afar. >> what is bully pulpit books? >> we published pop culture and religion and books on the chronicles of narnia book on bob dylan and his spiritual background and we try to operate in that sphere where the three intersect. >> what is your background? >> i'm a former with cnn. i currently write for "the huffington post" and foxnews.com and i'm a film producer. >> mark joseph, this is the book, "wild card," the promise and peril of sarah palin. c-span: jon ronson, the book is called "them: adventures with extremists." where did you get this idea? >> guest: i spent a year with an islamic fundamentalist leader in london called omar bakri mohammed. and it was just going to be a newspaper article, actually. and he was so unlike one's mental picture of a muslim he was kind of buffoonish and silly and burlesque. i thought, "that's so interesting. he's not like -- he's not the one-dimensional demon we're led to believe." i thought -- i wondered if other extremists would be like that. so then i spent a lot of time with a klan

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. >>> it's been startling for all of us watching from afar to see the libyan rebels move so quickly toipoli over the weekend. how could it have happened so fast? jonathan mann spoke with nic robertson in washington. >> reporter: tripoli had, while we were there, while the nato bombing began and gadhafi's forces still controlled the capital, a ring of steel around it. the brigade there was controlling the capital and was able to draw on munitions from multiple bases from inside the city which have become nato's principle targets inside the city, and sarah seidner came right past one of the most feared bases of gadhafi's brigades controlled by his son, hamis, which was originally the force that went into zawiya. the fact that there wasn't resistance there, the fact this ring of steel that we had seen tanks, armored personnel carriers evaporated gives rise to the perception of how the rebels were able to get into the city so quickly, but also how gadhafi may have been caught in surprise of how quickly people have deserted him, and proven not to be loyal. the writing has been on the wall f

you know this is one of the things that's going on people are trying to solve these problems from afar from their offices economists are investors or whatever but people at the grassroots level are doing something about it people in their local communities are meeting their own currencies and now a growing number of states are looking at the same thing you talk has legalized gold and silver coins as currency south carolina senator wants its state to create its own currency and i actually found plenty of examples of both but the local level and state legislators who are looking at just that under the noses of congress right here in the nation's capital have their stories. but if you live in the u.s. and care about whether the dollars in your pocket will be able to buy bread in the future you've likely been paying attention to debates like this in washington d.c. what congress has done and what if it has down we've literally injected. but five point three trillion dollars and i don't think we've got very much for the dollar euro these last three years was devalued almost fifty percent ou

we're all focused on the beltway here but there is a huge amount of people that are watching us from afar that are affected even though the default may be averted at this point has the damage already. been done to the u.s.s. reputation the world over there as has dragged its feet over agreeing to pay bills that it has already promised this is money that's already been spent and then they said hey but we're not going to raise the debt ceiling to spend what we've committed and the same time washington has put their aaa credit rating of the united states in danger u.s. bonds are consider the risk free asset around the globe they're in everybody's books so people are paying attention to this in china or pensioners all over the world and the beltway it may seem that crisis can be avoided as marina part niamh makes the case damage has already been done beyond u.s. borders and help us avoid default debt ceiling nation default and this crisis time's running out the entire world is watching it's been a public spectacle filled with the bickering grandstanding and lack of compromise i devise it coul

. >> the battle began early this morning with nato air strikes and rebel rockets fired from afar to weaken the defenses of gadhafi's compound. there's a lot of stray fire in this area as is running gun battle is continuing. as the compound burned -- gunfire ripped across tripoli. a barrage of bullets fired from inside the compound. rebels defending their ground. then nearly five hours after the battle began, tripoli suddenly changed. we're hearing something we haven't heard all day, which is silence coming out of the compound. if you listen to it, there's really not much going on right now, and that itself is significant. there's no internet in tripoli, phone service is down, state tv is off the air, so the news was spread from loud speakers from mosques. we approached the compound, unsure if it really had fallen. >> this is one of the main gates of gadhafi's compound, the rebels are going inside. there's bullet holes, clearly been a fight here. they are even moving in their heavy weapons. rebels had taken gadhafi's forbidden city. the rebels are now looting gadhafi's compound, they are ta

i have senile that beach from afar. >> it's a tough assignment.s is a third summer in the row martha's vineyard. george bush doesn't know really where it is. kenny bunk port maine. did you see a difference this summer this vacation than the first time he went two years ago? >> i did. huge erosion on the president's base and can you see it on martha's vineyard. beatle main i can't. swag being sold in stores. people lining the street. mass hysteria. now there is a big change. you are still having support with the supporters. gung ho mentality like we saw three years ago. >> bill: how many people would you say you talked to in the interview process. >> probably 30, 40, 50 people. >> what were the percentage of people pro-obama vs. anti-obama. >> 65, 35. >> bill: pro or con. >> pro obama. before it was 90-10. >> massachusetts state. martha's vineyard -- not western part of massachusetts where conservatives are. finally march that's vineyard is a swell spot. somebody saying it's not. it is. vacation bring your wallet. >> i run up the expense account. y

cameras were allowed when the president played golf but nbc news caught a few brief moments of him from afar in a golf cart. >> i think that's why you're going to see him take great pains to show that it's a working vacation, that he's not sort of goofing off. >> reporter: this, after a week that saw a jittery stock market. the president's approval rating for handling the economy dipped to new lows and job fares across the country that drew thousands of the nation's unemployed. >> i look for a job every day. every day for the past four months and no luck. >> reporter: in the days leading up to the trip, presidential candidates criticized the president for taking what they characterize as a lavish vacation when so many are suffering. >> if i were a president today, i wouldn't be looking to go spend ten days in martha's vineyard. >> reporter: they continue to insist that the staff travels with mr. obama wherever he goes and is working hard on a job stimulus plan and will unveil after his vacation. even members of his own party are calling for more action. the unemployment in the african-americ

greta: in terms of how this is played out on capitol hill, americans have been watching this from afaras to push up to the deadline we hear the entitle going to be pout line so people can read it. this hasn't happened? >> part of why this doesn't happen, we don't follow the normal process. as dysfunctional the government has been, it doesn't have to be this way. for instance, we have a mechanism for laying out a plan, for spending and revenue and deficit called the budget. congress is required to produce a budget, unfortunately our democratic colleagues in the senate refuse to produce one in clear violation of the law for the second consecutive year. that is why we find ourselves in these situations, we are not following a transparent process where they can be aired and amended we could get our ray to a reasonable solution. >> greta: on september 30th, the continuing resolution with funding government expires? >> yes, it does and this bill establishes a spending level for the next year. what we should be doing is a proper budget. >> greta: senator, flies to see you. >>> straight ahead,

this was the day of her husband's funeral, and she insisted that she meet those who were coming from afarthose who were diplomats, diplomatic corp. from abroad, and she stood with her brother-in-law and insisted on greeting everyone who came to pay their respects to her husband. on a more glittery note, again, we remember her for her state entertaining. in the short amount of time that she was in the white house, it was only a little over 1,000 days, she and her husband threw 16 state dinners. in the first term, first four years of the w. bush term, they held two. remind you 9/11 happened, security issues, but the bushes, the seconds bush's from texas were not interested in that, not interested in state entertainment or bringing people from abroad and entertaining them at the white house. the kennedys loved that lifestyle. they both came from the northeast. they both had highs

nato intervention from afar that helped the rebels liberate themselves, according to their own view of this conflict. i don't think you can draw those kind of parallels that it was a liberation that descend et the civil war. it might happen but not because of the reasons that happened in baghdad. >> the fact is that rebels are different groups that have come together. now, if they are successful, what does that mean? how do we know that these groups can come together and govern who is going to dominate? there are those of us here who didn't want to get involved because we didn't want to see the united states get in the regime change. what happens now? >> i don't think that the united states is in the regime change game here like it was in baghdad. in baghdad, there were more than a hundred thousand troops on the ground and it was the united states, then ambassador bremmer running a civil administration, helping to select a leadership council, organizing elections. you're not going to see american troops here handing out ballot botches. there are certainly many different rebel groups. t

. >> it's a very interesting thing to observe from afar.g been in britain, it's obviously a multicultural place. as i've seen these groups of gangs, a lot of them -- it's not a race thing at all. what do you think is driving this? there's a lot of anger of law-abiding people saying these are a bunch of yobs trying to create mayhem. is there something deeper? is there a social malaise that has kids feeling they have no hope of education or a job and this is the tinderbox being lit to a deeper problem? >> reporter: i think that's fair. firstly, yes there's been an amount of opportunistic crimes. people going if they're doing this here we can do it as well. and people here saying if they can do it over in peckam we can do it as well. a lot of people saying the police have their hands tied here. they can't do anything. people realize that and they take the opportunity to help themselves to a tv from a local store. but underneath all that is the issue of a whole generation of people who feel that there are no jobs. there are no opportunitieoppor

and then washington from afar with california governor, jerry brown. >> the washington of today is suffering and experiencing a crisis. >> and then plus, retired admiral, mike mcconnell, on the looming dangers of international cyber attacks. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a better than expected jobs report was the only upbeat economic note this week, and it was downgraded. that's the first time that ever happened. >> it's a matter of the medium and long-term budget position of the united states that needs to be brought under control, not the immediate fiscal position, it's the one that centers on entitlements and its entitlement reform or having the matching revenues to match the entitlements. >> we have treasury secretary under president lynn clinton, and steve forbes, the president and ceo of forbes ing, and a former presidential candidate. thank you both. i cannot think of two men better to try and explain to me what to make of the downgrading of the u.s. government's credit rating. let's start with you, steve. >> i think in a narrow sense, it's a political move, and

then washington from afar with california governor jerry brown. >> the washington of today is suffering and experiencing a governability crisis. >> and the week seen through the prism of 2012 politics with former obama adviser aknee that dunn and former republican congress tom davis. plus, retired admiral mike mcconnell on the looming dangers of international cyber attacks. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." a better than expected jobs report was the only upbeat economic note this week, and it was pushed off the front pages when one of the three big credit ratings, standard & poor's, downgraded the u.s. government's credit rating, the first time that's ever happened. >> it's a matter of the medium and long-term budget position of the united states that needs to be brought under control, not the immediate fiscal position, it's the one that centers on entitlements and its entitlement reform or having the matching revenues to pay for those entitlements. that's at the crux of the matter. >> larry summers, treasury secretary under president clinton. in our new york bureau,

but nbc news did capture him for a few brief moments from afar, taking some shots and doing a quick golft drive by. >> that's why you're going to see him take great pains to show that it's a working vacation. that he's not sort of goofing off. >> this after a week that saw a jittery stock market. the president's approval rating for handling the economy dipped to new lows and job fairs across the country that drew thousands of the nations unemployed. >> i look for a job every day. every day for the past four months. no luck. >> in the days leading up to the trip, republican presidential candidates criticized the president for taking what they characterized as a lavish vacation. >> if i were president today i wouldn't be looking to go spend ten days on martha's vineyard. >> reporter: white house officials continue to stay mr. obama is working hard on a job stimulus plan. even members of his own party are calling for more action particularly many the african-american community. where the unemployment rate is hovering around 16%. >> it's all right to take your family on vacation. but now you

. >> how severe, we've been watching from afar here on the east coast at what's happening that the california system. the big picture is dreadful and berkeley is one of the stars if not the star of the california system. how is it affecting you in terms of the services you need to provide to your students? >> obviously these are challenging times for public education nationally and particularly here in california. and just over the last five years we've lost more than half of our public funding for higher education. and this is having a lot of ramifications. >> we look at these budget cuts there's the obvious impact on tuition. for the instates it's one thing, for out of state students who pay a much higher dollar this is a huge increase. >> right. for instate students our tuition has gone up from about $5,000 just a short time ago to now over $12,000 and for out of state students our tuition is in the mid $30,000s. total cost is about tuition and fees is about $35,000. and fortunately we have a very robust financial aid programs here in california. so our low income students have been relati

we have commissioner copps here last week but in prior decades the sec is regulating from afar so perhapsyou could bring context where we are in what you said the also about to the sec report about perhaps giving demand more than at has been i think it interesting thing for me is it did its job. in some ways was the capstone on top of the debate we have been having and collapsing pieces a in all may world demand but here we are. the report the when i got to actually read stock about what can we do? they drug their hands said it has become something i was joking that we cannot do anything about it. the obama doctrine has been infected the way they seem unwilling to use the powers that they have to say you are using the public airwaves for free that comes with responsibility. even when we're getting a call it is part of what they do each and every day. it is important to recognize people do and don't need to be told. some are already chronicling in every part of their day and what they see in their towns and communities. and then use the local news. it is not defined that way but part down