alice, thank you. juan, thank you. >> happy new year. >> directly ahead, reports say four state department workers relieved of their jobs in the benghazi aftermath are still on the payroll and will actually be back at work soon. how can this be? >>> and later, senator diane fine stein releases a gun control plan which requires a registry and fingerprints. does the proposed legislation go too far? we'll debate it when the factor continues. [ cheeping ] [ male announcer ] you hear that? that's the sound of car insurance compani these days. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice, you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >> >>> in the impact segment tonight, you may remember that following the atta

james, and alice. alice is a neighbor. thanks for coming. i have a big hand out of stuff about what other people think values might be when you do work on your home. san francisco is a different world, isn't it? >> we have so many micro districts and pockets of different the used within two or three blocks. answering the question for one house may not always be the same as answering that question for different house. >> give us an idea. if you get a view, it will be different -- >> shore. the value of a simple remodel verses a very fancy kitchen remodel in a house that might be worth more than a condominium. those things can matter. it can make a difference. >> we have a request from one of our viewers to make sure we talk about -- home-improvement results and building taxes. >> accessible. >> the other thing that might be brought out his people over- improved. there is a fine line. i recommend that my client or anyone talk to realtors before they start. it is a good idea to get an idea of that neighborhood, that house, and how it can be don

alice and i look at. this we agree. what do you know? >> you know what disappoints me greg talks about the pizza. they are like throwing the cake at each other and adult walking in the room. there is no adult walking in the room in washington, d.c. >> america isn't going to see any difference in these parties at this point. basically they see politicians as junkies guarding the stash. that's what's happening. >> they are out of control. >> they are out of control. at least we agree on that, juan. >> yes, we do. >> greg: thank you, juan, happy alice. >> happy new year. >> greg: four state department workers relieved of their jobs in the benghazi aftermath are still on the payroll and actually be back at work soon. how can this be? later senator dianne feinstein release as gun control plan which will require a registry and fingerprints. does the proposed legislation go too far? we will debate it when the factor continues. >> in the impact segment tonight, you may remember that falling the attacks in benghazi, libya, four statement departme

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>> "alice's story" was created by making books sing. they believe that theater can inspire learning. the hope is that students will learn that bystanders can make a big difference. >> they need to protect one another, because we realized that 80% of students are going to be functioning in the role of the bystander, and so they have the most important role -- to stand up for one another when they see somebody who's being bullied. >> like my friend is shy -- i will be there to support my friend. >> help them to stand up for themself. >> the kids here at p.s. 144q learn that the best defense against bullying can be summed up in one word -- empathy. >> it means, like, feeling someone's emotion even though they're not telling you, but, like, you can see it inside of them. >> so, like, you could have empathy for someone when they're being bullied. >> all: one...two...three... action! stop doing this to her. >> empathy. if each of us took that word to heart, there would be a lot fewer bullies. >> we'll be back with more "teen kids news" in jus

probably bankrupt they can be the next woman to go down so the old the old play the game it's like alice in wonderland they keep dancing you know waiting for been to come and hoping that midnight doesn't come sounds like alice in switzerland economics david smith thank you for being on the kaiser report it's been good to be here again thanks a lot and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert i think my guest david smith got to say i mean email please just so it kaiser report it r t t v dot are you the next time x. guys are saying but you know. olympos that. her mother lives. in. the street. her. her. mother will. sleep. mummy good luck. good luck. just see. her. little. sis. live. lives. economy foreign policy defense home offense president putin's federal assembly address on and ati dot com. well into the. science technology innovation hall the list of elements from around russia we've dumped those huge earth covered. up. to speak our language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot sp

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i don't know if you've lived in japan or spent any time the i have not no i mean japan is truly an alice in wonderland works to a different set of rules to anywhere else on this planet i did try six letters to my board colleagues pleading begging them to bring in forensic accountants and ninety six later i asked for the resignation of the chairman. and of the vice president mori and i asked my other board colleagues not to put the fact that i was a guy getting a foreigner before the facts and put the company before any personal loyalties but they took no notice and fired me in a very brutal way as well. then i wanted the truth was to come out and the way things work in japan and i asked three. journalist the same question at the foreign correspondents club in tokyo in november what would have happened if i had gone to the japanese authorities would have acted and only three people put their hands up to say they would so to me was essential that oversees scrutiny and oversight and the like these lights in the studio shone and want it gone on because of the scandals in japan haven't result

that there is some level of the same scrutiny when you're at that level you're saying japan is this alice in wonderland so what is it specifically about japan about the culture or that the corporate structure that you're really criticizing and saying is the problem let me give you two examples that show you how different your plan is. the japanese press mainline press totally ignored frank they didn't report it or you know it's extraordinary that if it was a dow jones company or a company on the scene in london or in hong kong or in moscow or wherever it is if of detail the allegations are put forward then the media will be on to that company's press office and investor relations department but in japan the mainline media just didn't didn't cover it despite this substantiated allegations they just didn't question and it became very evident that in japan the media is so censoring you do not attack a nikkei listed corporation you just don't do it. and that's different you know that's completely different to other developed capitalist market well i want to ask more about this because i haven

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let's continue investing in our family and the home runs will come and see alice griffic and the brick and mortar being put together with the residents. i will repeat that. it's important. with the residents and helping to building and get the jobs and start the services and transform our communities and make sure people don't leave. that they have a hope here to stay and build their future. that's what these planning grants are all about, and these home runs will then lead to the multi-millions of dollars of good series that we're going to do on the way to a world clatsz city with world class standards and opportunities for all of us to share and thank you to all of you for working so hard and three years of uninterrupted effort without a lot of praise with some people in the community still not understanding. they do things that we don't want to have happen but we will still work them and present hope and give the kids the opportunity. i am proud of you being here and celebrating these home runs and let's get to the all series for everybody. thank you very much . [applause] >> thank

the film is directed by alice walker.his is an excerpt from the trailer for "road map to apartheid." >> this is the beautiful land of israel and palestine. the world's three most prominent religions consider it holy land. each year, millions of people from around the world come here to pray for peace and prosperity. yet this land is also a major center of conflict in the world today. the jewish israelis conflict centers on protecting the homeland critic for the jewish people in 1948. for palestinians, it is about resisting decades of colonialism, expulsion, occupation, and apartheid. most people identify a part of the grotesque system of control existed in south africa from 1948 to 1994, in which the white minority rule over the black majority. still their land and deprived them of basic rights. it was a system reviled by the whole world and eventually crumbled under the combined pressure of internal resistance to an international sanctions. today, the word is back and with it is a growing global movement to end the israe

so you obviously do not agree with alice's assessment there.ant to show debbie wasserman-schultz's quote. no 48-notice on house votes just yet. the president has a lot to gain politically with the blame on republicans for letting all of the country go over the cliff and the fact that they seem to hold on with the death grip for millionaires in this country. >> the republicans will be blamed it seems according to the polls going over the fiscal cliff but the president is responsible and wants the deal. he's been trying to negotiate by making reasonable concessions. lowered the revenue number. he's increased the tax limit from $250,000 to $400,000. the guy made all kinds of concessions. the republicans refuse to do anything to come to the table with a concession. that's not how you negotiate. the problem isn't the democrats. it's from my perspective, not surprised i will say this, we have a dysfunction congress, particularly the republicans in congress because on the house side they have a silly majority, the majority rule, which is nowhere in th

like alice in wonderland when she ate the cake, dreading being noticed, and fearing you aren't visible at all. can't say i do. never seen anyone so decrepit. i have to say, i've got a jolly robust nose, but a meths drinker asked me for small change the other day. it was all i could do to keep my bran flakes down. i don't think she was a drinker, and there was actually mildew on her coat. she was asking after the baby, you say? yes. sounds like someone we used to see a lot of at stepney borders. used to call her mrs. jenkins. i don't think that was her real name. not quite the full picnic, if you ask me, but she always knew if a birth was taking place. never have thought lisbon buildings would have been her stamping ground. do you know, i think i saw her the other day? i'm sorry to say it, but the poor old thing was...widdling in the gutter. oh, well, that's definitely her, then. been a lot of demolition up stepney way. she may moved her lodgings or lost them. righty-ho. for the next two hours, i only answer to akela. things you see when you haven't got a gun. [children clamoring] pack!

>>guest: the 3d alice mentioned and you can watch glasses but the wi-fi adapter is included which yout connected into the wi-fi in your home and that will allow you to really expand your entertainment and education universal will hit the internet but on the remote and you will see for a second once i do that it will load up all of the different opportunities, you go to vud orvudu app stores , [reading] 3 >>guest: different opportunities, and most of what you are seeing here is free. your family to enjoy television know what a television has been for you.incredible motivational speakers. delicious to become a wonderful recipes for you and let this, most of this is absolutely and that is all part the vuduis you will be able to the stream high- definition movies with dolby digital surround sound directly to your television and you are paint a been took charge but it is available to built into the television and with all of the extra opportunity you will not have to have the premium cable subscriptions to happen in the past. and we did mention the fact that this is a 3d capable television

i think anne got it right and if i leave you with that thought that alice is doing is broadcasting this idea of you speak up when you see bullying occur, and what we're doing is taking the power of our platform that reaches almost a billion people what you all with us need to do is come up with programs that enable that to happen. this is the most inspiring thing i have seen and we need to replicate that in every high school around the world. >> i don't know if adults can do it. i think we have to create the space. we have to give them space to do it themselves somehow. i don't know. maybe it's a school climate thing. it's a conversation that we need to have. moving on to officer holly lawrence. her work is so inspiring to me. i read a story in texas and expulsions and suspensions are a direct pipeline to the juvenile justice system and the punitive approach doesn't fix anything. i can happily point you to that study and makes cases against that school discipline, but holly has come up with a really wonderful solution within law enforcement that we would love you to talk about and it's

alice is amazing. everything that happened with time warner and got together a year ago and partnered up on this and wouldn't it be great if we got two major media organizations together, one traditional media which has a a lot of strength in eaching people via tv and one reaching people socially and if you could gather these together imagine what we can do? and so i think you called sizzle real. it was a sizzling experience to be in a high school in hare land and felt like a football pep rally but it was about bullying and they all took the pledge to stop it when they see it and amazing experience and tip of the hat to time warner to really understanding the issue and putting the weight of the media empire behind it to reach people, and second of all understanding how you sort -- there is the bully and there is the person being bullied but what if we got the 99% of other people inspired to take action? what kind of culture can we create? and that is the vant age point that facebook comes at it with. s

>> i think in my experience, which is less than alice in chains, eight times out of 10, in a residential -- which is less than alice and james, eight times out of 10 coming in residential unit, you can convince them it is ok. when there are multiple units involved, or there is an illegal in law, you are dealing with more value issue. a kitchen or bath remodel, in my experience, it does not seem -- people are not as scared of that. >> when you buy the building, you are buying the problem. you are buying the unit without permits. hopefully, it was disclosed at that time. >> there is one example of a property, a $3 million property, and they had never gotten their completion of it. the other thing i would say, it depends on the marketplace itself. today -- at that moment in time, we got a buyer. they took it without a completion. we disclosed as to why there wasn't. it had to do with the fire escape. the buyers took it on. we were very clear. when it was going to be sold again, two years later, i got a call from the agent to ask me about a property. we are involved forever, in some cases. t

. >> let me bring alice in here. you say you believe president obama and leaders prefer to go over the cliff so they can raise taxes and blame the gop, but. >> rob:s do have the option of locking in tax cuts for most americans right now. >> i think the president does want to do that because as you said he can increase taxes, continue cuts on the military and point the finger at. >> rob:s. but the truth of the matter is we need to have serious spending cuts. this is not an issue that is going to be resolved with taxes right away. the house has issued legislation that would extend the tax cuts and also erase military cuts. and it's in the senate's hands and they need to act on that. but something else that came up, it's critical and a reminder in this scenario, secretary geithner issued a letter today warning the country that we are going to hit the debt ceiling on new year's eve. this is just a stark reminder that we have out of control spending in this country and congress needs to wake up and smell the coffee that t

the second half i'll be talking to david smith of geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com about alice in switzerland. well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got those huge you're covered. good leverage tory. was able to build. anything tim's mission to teach me. to care about. this is why you should care only. the consensus can. choose to. choose the stories that in life choose. to. good. for your media project. hearty dot com. welcome to the kaiser report imax guys are time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pegged to the euro what's the latest on that peg well the peg was established if i remember correctly about it told her last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to. maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the

. >>> more raw politics now with senior political analyst david gergen, and alice stewart former snowstorm and backman 2012 spokeswoman. good to see you. you have been around washington for quite a while and watched the 11th hour negotiations. it seems democrats are not going to budge from their insistence that taxes be raised on wealthier americans. does it seem like we are going to be headed off the cliff? >> it does. i was optimistic that perhaps the holiday season and hope springing eternal that we could get there. i think a couple of things are at work here. first is you said it, democrats are not going to budge. i don't think they should. if there is one thing that was incredibly clear about what president obama and the democrats campaigned on this past election cycle and oh, by the way, the won, was this fall-back plan or the small piece of tax cuts being extended for 98% of american families and 97% of small businesses. there's a bill in the senate sitting there right now that the house could actually vote on. they don't need to wait for anything else to pass the senate. the house

finally -- alec, meet alice. that's right, alec now has some competition. joel rogers, the wisconsin champion of open democracy, alice is a transparent, non-corporate, out-in-the-open, web-based library of model laws on a range of public interest issues. we'll link you to it at our website, billmoyers.com. alice doesn't have corporate or billionaire backers. the work is done by volunteers. so in the constant struggle for democracy, it's still david versus goliath. but as you'll remember from that ancient story, the giant doesn't always win. this is pledge time for public television. some stations will be stepping away from us briefly to ask for your support. for the rest of you, we resume in just a moment. >> we now continue with "moyers & company." >> faithful viewers of this broadcast know that from time to time we ask poets to drop by and share their work with us. this time, our guest is the versatile philip appleman, whose creativity spans a long life filled with verse, fiction, philosophy, science, religion, and above all, moments of every day experien

and rounding out, republican strategist alice store, our third guest. great to have you all here. jim, i start with this. as we mention the nra is planning this news conference on friday. they have been very silent on this issue up until yesterday afternoon. but our first read makes this point about the nra. normally the pattern is to lie low and duck ever having to truly engage in a gun debate so close to a mass shooting. this time it is choosing a different pr strategy. we know that the president is coming out today to unveil this interagency task force. based on the heels of the reasons why time picked him as person of the year, it looks at where a person has come from, where they're taking people into the future, is this going to be a surprise issue for president obama's second term, he's got to take on head on. >> yes. definitely. we started talking about obama being person of the year long before six days ago. this is a subject that he has studiously avoided. i think this is the fourth or the fifth mass shooting that happened in his presidency. he has in fact laid low throug