this, alexander, is not your tongue. your tongue is muteulated, it's gone, rotten in your mouth along with the silence of the days where you became invisible you bad copy cat. despite the rage and the disappointment of your own kin. thank you. [applause] >> this is a scene from my novel [inaudible]. it seemed like a great opportunity to get to do this here. okay. what time is the first reader anyway? i didn't like bars this crowded. someone elbode me in the back. when i turned around i didn't know who the elbow belong said. relax. i didn't expect there to be this many people i thought they would be at the bar with the travel writers. i thought they the be with the hip sters i guess we are not hip sters we can't guess who they are into. we lessened the hipster intimidation factor and picked out the smart guy. this year we selected postmen pausal writers on the meaning of life. here i was, the city never fails to surprise me much the crowd was quieting. people were pointing toward the stage. i woman of 60 clamored on to it

alexander is continuing preparations for his first mission.s still got some time before his 2014 lift off into space. >> thankfor joinings for the la show -- the last "in depth"show in 2010. coming up, you can see the new year's address of the german chancellor, but for now, that wraps up the "journal" at this hour. on behalf of everyone here at dw-tv in berlin, i would like to wish you a very happy andd healthy new year for 2011. stay tuned. no. well, it's just past there. first house in the right after the cottage on the l don't panic. brazen it out. me? - no. - right. here goes. yippee!

alexander was named after his grandfather alexander in the one nine hundred twenty s. he held the post of minister in a country that had gone through the upheavals of revolution and civil war a person responsible for food supplies was almost as important as all the law makers put. together. instantly complied with special paramilitary groups made the rounds of villages to strip peasants of so-called. as a result many of them were doomed to starvation. very extensive included executions without troil. did what they had to by providing the nation with an adequate supply of. alexander to save the country's scientific and industrial potential by preventing the urban population from starving around about the same time stalin came up with a costly and ambitious project. to build a big apartment house with all modern conveniences for the country's ruling elite the job was given to the architect. a graduate of the italian academy of fine arts . that was the first ever. city within a city down to the western as well as domestic architects built on that idea later in the twentie

alexander. has spent a lifetime house across from the kremlin the postcard from the window the big grey house itself. in him. just take this house for granted words of a duration and not for me. to say just don't you think it's something quite out of the ordinary. i'm sick and tired of it but it's my home. alexander was named after his grandfather alexander in the one thousand. he held the post of food minister in a country that had gone through the upheavals of revolution and civil war a person responsible for food supplies was almost as important as all the law makers put together. instantly complied with special paramilitary groups made the rounds of villages to. serve as a result many of them to starvation. very extensive. executions with troy. did what they had to by providing the nation with an adequate supply of. alexander to save the country's scientific and industrial potential by preventing the urban population from starving around about the same time stalin came up with a costly proje

so have senators schumer and alexander. no one has worked harder than they have to find a way out of this crisis, and i admire and appreciate their efforts. leader mcconnell and i have worked alongside all of them and with each other to find common ground. in the spirit of compromise, we're trying to restore to the senate, this is how we have agreed as to secret holds: first, we have to get rid of secret holds. last year a single senator held up for more than -- i'm sorry, mr. president -- held up 70 nominations. why? some parochial issue in his state that had nothing to do what we were trying to do here. the standoff finally ended but only after it became public. what he did was within his right but it wasn't the right thing to do, and the rule has to be changed. senators will no longer be able to hide and the light of day will shine harder on the senate as a body. i thank senators wyden, grassley and mccaskill for their leadership on this subject. about nominations, mr. president, we have to recognize public servants are

alexander ovechkin is fourth in the league in hits.cal play but boy, does he ever bring it. so much so that the crew has to come out to repair the damage that he did. >> eddie: when ovechkin is on the ice, do it with his hands, do it with his body. >> mike: we're going to go back to that play, the shot from scott hannan. watch marc-andre fleury's reaction. there's the shot. it's up about eight feet and gets on him real quick. i don't think -- i think he lost it for a split second. then you just rely on your fundamentals and your positioning as far as the goaltender. those are the type of shots you want to continue to take. those seem to be the blind spots off the corners for the goaltenders picking up the puck. crosby, backhands it in. varlamov gave it back to him. good work done on him by johansson, only 20 years of age. michalek. the shot is blocked down in front. big pile-up there. it's outletted to center. played back ahead for an escape up the wing and a quick shot that's turned aside by fleury. >> eddie: good chance there. >> mik

alexander semin pulls free. caps having their way

. >> lehrer: then senators lamar alexander and tom udall debate changing the senate's filibuster system. >> ifill: lindsey hilsum of independent television news reports on the continuing deadlock in ivory coast after a disputed presidential election. >> lehrer: ray suarez interviews the dallas county district attorney about a convicted texas man cleared by d.n.a. testing after spending 30 years in prison. >> ifill: plus jeffrey brown talks to writer kwame dawes about his video poems capturing the aftermath of haiti's earthquake. >> the faces of mothers, of mothers, their cheek bones gleaming against taught skin, their eyes glazed with the scarring of so much loss. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our history depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- more cleaner, safer and smarter. >> collaborating with the best in the field. >> chevron works with the smartest peop

alexander: senator alex -- r arecollection ander from -- alexander from tennessee has arrived. senator merkley had a chart and had the history of what had happened as far as rules debate and, you know, there are a lot of rules debate, 50, 60, 70's, and always, always the two leaders would allow a rules proposal to be on the floor -- be on the floor and be debated and be -- be disposed of. and we now have a situation today where we can't get our rules proposals on to the floor. senator merkley is here with a talking filibuster proposal. i believe he's been talking with you. you've been a very -- senator alexander, you've been very open with us in saying, let's have discussions and your theme has really been like you you say in your speech at the heritage, the senate needs to change its behavior, not change its rules. that's been your -- your function, but you're also working on rules changes with senator schumer and we very much appreciate that. but i know senator harkin has a proposal, senator merkley has a proposal. i have senate resolution 10, you were here on the first day o

our speaker, senator lamar alexander of tennessee. he serves on committees overseeing education, clean air, highways, science, appropriations and not unimportantly for a senator from tennessee, tennessee valley authority. he was elected both governor and senator. he has been u.s. education secretary, president of the university of tennessee and professor at harvard school of government. and he served on president reagan's commission on american outdoors. in private life, he helped find the largest provider of work site day care. he is a classical pianist and author of seven books. please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladi and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i borrowed a line, which you will see in a

alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the clerk will read the resolution by title. mr. alexander: mr. president? the clerk: resolution amending the standing rules of the senate providing cloture to be invoked with 3 fifth of the majority after the debate. mr. alexander: reserving the right to debate. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: this is a longstanding proposal of his, which he's thoughtfully considered it even though i admire him, i don't admire the proposal and so what -- what we would like to do is -- is let the senator from iowa make his proposal. i'll listen and then when he's made the proposal, i will ask him to yield me a few minutes and we may have a little discussion back around forth on the merits of the proposal. so with that in mind, i object. the presiding officer: objection having been heard. the resolution will go under the rules. mr. harkin: mr. president, thank you. and i'm sorry that my good friend from tennessee had to object, but i understand t

alexander is continuing preparations for his first mission.has still got some time before his 2014 lift off into space. >> thanks for joining us for the last show -- the last "in depth"show in 2010. coming up, you can see the new year's address of the german chancellor, but for now, that wraps up the "journal" at this hour. on behalf of everyone here at dw-tv in berlin, i would like to wish you a very happy and healthy new year for 2011. stay tuned. iijj >> hinojosa: she is a leader of the green movement who's worked tirelessly to bring green spaces and green jobs to the inner city. social justice and environmental activist majora carter. i'm maria hinojosa, this is one on one. majora carter, welcome to our program. >> thank you for having me. >> hinojosa: so okay, you are a genius, award winning... important to say straight up at the front. i know, you're like, "no, no, no!" you are a woman of the south bronx. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and when people think of the south bronx, they think of blown out buildings, fire, garbage, pollution. when you l

please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladies and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i rrowed a line, which you will see in a few minutes. i have a short video to show you what some prominent americans have said about the idea of changing the senate filibuster rule. but this is what a radio announcer during the world war inch i era had to say about the filibuster. he said it's democracy's finest show, the right to talk your head off. that's the subject of what i would like to talk about for a few minutes this afternoon. voters who turned out in november are going to be disappointed when they learn the first thing that some democrats want to do is to c off the right of people they elected in november to make their voices hea

alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the clerk will read the resolution by title. mr. alexander: mr. president? the clerk: resolution amending the standing rules of the senate providing cloture to be invoked with 3 fifth of the majority after the debate. mr. alexander: reserving the right to debate. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: this is a longstanding proposal of his, which he's thoughtfully considered it even though i admire him, i don't admire the proposal and so what -- what we would like to do is -- is let the senator from iowa make his proposal. i'll listen and then when he's made the proposal, i will ask him to yield me a few minutes and we may have a little discussion back around forth on the merits of the proposal. so with that in mind, i object. the presiding officer: objection having been heard. the resolution will go under the rules. mr. harkin: mr. president, thank you. and i'm sorry that my good friend from tennessee had to object, but i understand t

and peter alexander in new york. gentlemen, thanks. >>> there is increasing evidence the world is changing, in spots and in stages. a movement that started in tunisia has now done what a lot of governments feared it would. it has spread elsewhere in the arab world. this week to egypt. as of today, yemen and the world is watching as the clock ticks down to what has been planned as a day of rage tomorrow against egypt. richard engle is on the banks of the nile in cairo tonight on what could be the eve of something big there. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. many people are very concerned about tomorrow. the demonstrators say they will start out from at least seven mosques and three churches here in cairo, and then plan to march to the center of the city. they hope to draw tens of thousands of people. the most violent clashes today were outside cairo. near the strategic suez canal, demonstrators torched a police station and a firehouse. witnesses say they stole weapons and opened fire on security

senator schumer and alexander. no one is work harder than they have to find a way out of this crisis. and i admire and appreciate their efforts. leader mcconnell and i've worked alongside all of them anr with each other to find common ground. s in the spirit of compromise, we are trying to restore to the r s senate this is how we have agreed. as to secret holds, first we have to get rid of secret holds. last year a single senator held up for more than 70 -- i'm sorrd held 79 nominations. why? on parochial issue in a state that had nothing to do with what we are trying to do here and approving nominations. the standoff finally ended but only after it became public. what he did was within his right but it wasn't the right thing to do and the rule has to be changed. senators will no longer be able toan hide and the light of day will shine carter on the senate as a body. i thank senators wyden grassley and mccaskill for their leadership on the subject. we have to recognize that public servants are not political pawnt a

our speaker, senator lamar alexander of tennessee., highways, science, appropriations and not unimportantly for a senator from tennessee, tennessee valley authority. he was elected both governor and senator. he has been u.s. education secretary, president of the university of tennessee and professor at harvard school of government. and he served on president reagan's commission on american outdoors. in private life, he helped find the largest provider of work site day care. he is a classical pianist and author of seven books. please welcome senator lamar alexander. [applause] >> thank you, mike. and ladies and gentlemen and to heritage foundation, thank you very much for sponsoring this forum and for inviting this distinguished group of panelists. i'm one of the former number of governors and i don't have the desire to turn the senate into the house but that is what we are talking about today. i saw the title and i changed it a little bit. i borrowed a line, which you will see in a few minutes. i have a short video to show you what so

i did exactly what senator alexander recommended. i came down here and began making motion after motion which under the language of that statute would seem to indicate that all the senators support it, except for a handful, that once you made these motions, that people would have to come out of the shadows and claim their holds. well, that's when i discovered that the people who voted for this, there were a bunch of them that didn't mean it. they didn't mean it. it was window dressing. they weren't sincere about ending secret holds, because we discovered when we started trying to use that language that some of the folks who voted for it were doing the old switcheroo. when they were called upon under the law to reveal their hold, they would just hand their hold off to someone else. and that's when i began getting frustrated with the games that were being played. and i want to thank senator wyden and senator grassley and others that have worked on this. but i'll tell you what's the most depressing thing i've heard here today, that this

we've been visiting with actress jane alexander. her new book is called command performance: an actress in the theater of politics. i'm ken paulson. back next week with another conversation about the first amendment, the arts, and american culture. i hope you can join us then for speaking freely. captioning provided by the freedom forum first amendment center captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com i was just driving around minding my own business... when it came out of nowhere. suddenly, there were lights all around me. i'm like, "they're coming for me!" yeah, it was crazy. i just never thought they'd find me. not out here. it doesn't matter where you drive. if you don't buckle up, you will get caught. cops are cracking down all across the country. click it or ticket.

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alexander and ask questions. we're in this questioning back and forth period. senator harkin may want to say something on the question issue too here. what impact hassed threat of a filibuster had -- has the threat of a filibuster had? we can hear the argument -- senator alexander, i think, made this a number of times. look at all the great things you accomplished in the lame duck and look at all the great things you feel you accomplished in terms of health care, the stimulus package and financial reform. the reality is in order to accomplish those in the constant filibuster we were in, we have basically destroyed our institution. and as some of the more senior senators here have told me, the senate is kind of a shadow of itself. and what do i mean we've destroyed the institution? well, it used to be that our big oversight function was to look over the money bills for the government, the appropriations bills. well, guess what? last year we didn't do a single appropriations bill on the floor of the united states senate. you don't have to go back very far. when w

and much of their success was down to rejuvenate alexander kisha called back for a second spartacus and petersburg club he found the going tough at the start of the season as he scored just once and thirteen appearances that would change after the summer break as the russian international couldn't stop scoring and would go on and score twelve times in fifteen games in the second half of the season as well as becoming a key member of the national team. serious come oscar has been on the tail xeni for most of the season without ever really getting near their rivals from st petersburg however the army men were given a massive boost during the summer break to strike a set of them by air the plate of the world cup with the ivory coast being brought in and the return of wagner love and love would have an immediate impact and quickly win back the hearts of cisco fans in his first mansion for joining me on the moon following a loan spell in brazil the twenty six year old scored a stoppage time winner against bitter rivals spartak moscow on a string of good results coupled was in need suffering