and south america today. let me rephrase that b.s. the obama when he was elected the first time around there was a lot of hope that he was no bring to bring a new kind of dog or how to do it like in america spartan ops are equals fortunately this wasn't the case. with obama the obama presidency they were actually brought up as some kind of dog tween like j.f.k. had done of the lance or progress or. good neighbor policy so even to have been some interest in cuba or some treaties with colombia panama brasil the usual suspects really but obama. never had some kind of a concrete ideology or be shown a how to do little america fortunately i'm going to alex i mean why is the case because of the wars in the middle east i mean just that the administration had too much on its plate is that the reasoning are things we were thank you had you had the war in iraq and afghanistan you had the us economy obama also trying to reset reset that if you were so famously called the relation of the russia so i think america was not

america america america america ♪ america ♪ america ♪ america ♪ america ♪ america the free ♪ ! on washington, and double ac president will speak at the national press club. he is expected to discuss the trayvon martin case and stand your ground laws. live coverage today at1 p.m. eastern here on c-span the u.s. chamber of commerce holds its annual labor day briefing today to discuss the group's top economic issues for businesses. we will be live from their headquarters in washington, dc starting at 10 a.m. eastern on he sees -- on c-span. of there are several types bullying that the left loves to engage in and their favorite is racial leaving. the reason for that is that the left philosophy is based almost solely and completely at this point on the idea that they stand up for victimized groups. everything they do is to stand up on behalf of some victimized minority, lacks, jews, gays, women. what that means is that we oppose their policies, by necessity necessity, the logic gays, hate blacks, jews, women and that is the philosophy they trot out. >> the energy -- the editor at wi

is intervening indirectly because we know that america's role in america stands in the syrian conflict is quite significant and i would have been argue that it is the main reason why the death toll in syria has been so high yes it is you know it is so high simply because you. look at the middle east through the arms of those that are really the one to be the only superpower with nuclear weapons and part of the words so they managed to dismantle. the menage actually to to weaken the syrian army in order to be the only strong power and part of the world so the american wouldn't like anybody to. do the israelis that's the case the members to intervene in libya topple the. leader of the same thing they are doing. there out of. syria but this is a very agency these are very interesting point mr ass one that they have one that makes sure that israelis is a dominant power in the region then that israelis interest and all threaten but of course it's still an open question of whether the idea that the americans tend to support it in syria will know i think. the israeli security in their minds a

that's how much america has changed. think about it, america. where there was no del walters because i was the first african-american on the airwaves in my hometown of wheeling, west virginia, that was the result of martin luther king's dream. >> basically, del, they paved the way for you, and you paved the way for me. that's just fact. thank you very much. firefighters worked to control western wildfires. this is fire spread to an american landmark and threatening a major city's of electricity. and in syria pushing for an investigation of alleged chemical weapons use. [[voiceover]] no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole defor

you have won the america's cup. you don't need to win it twice. >> (laughs) >> rose: (laughs) so what is it within larry ellison who said "man, i won it once, i want the fastest boat, the best sailors and i want to win it again and maybe again"? >> well -- it's funny, because i realized after losing the america's cup twice i was just -- my personality didn't allow me to quit while i'm losing. and after winning the america's cup i discovered my personality doesn't want me to quit while i'm winning! (laughs) >> rose: (laughs) >> so i'm kind of trapped! i just can't quit. i don't know. i guess other people have that trouble with cigarettes. i don't smoke but i do sail. >> rose: but if you win this time will that be enough? >> well, it's not a matter of person satisfaction right now. it's a matter of we represent our country, this is team u.s.a. we're going to be competing defending the america's cup in the united states and we have a bunch of guys who committed the last several years of their lives to designing these b

mentioned yet which is critical is rural america. you mentioned we had a hearing on rural america. the economics of rural america really haven't changed. it's just like back in the old days we couldn't get electricity in rural america. they couldn't get telephone service and a lot of this is changing. there is a lot of change in this world and we just made -- need to make sure that rural america is not left out. >> guest: i drove home to michigan this week and i couldn't help but knows precisely what you are referring to which is the cell phone coverage varies greatly and obviously the rural areas are the areas where it is not a strong. what can be done about this? we do have things -- shifted to wireless but most of it is going towards wired rodkin so what can be done in the wireless space? >> guest: well this is something i think the fcc has grappled with and the house and senate have grappled with this. i don't think we have a clear answer in terms of a clear consensus but a lot of what we talk about here is money.

because teacher america tells all of the graduates and all of the funders and the public this. what we are doing is getting ourselves into all of the parts of the school districts. we want to take over this and take over that. and there are schools in our district where there are administrators and teacher of america graduate and they are biased in favor of teacher of america graduate and they go to events where they say, okay, teacher for america graduates now that you are an administrative positions we want you to focus on hiring teach for america interns and so i want you to tell us how much of that we are we have in our school district so that we can know that it is not just a sort of silent creeping take over if we were going to do it, somebody is going to have tell me, that we want to have this company do this for and yous that for us and in that case i will vote against it. >> smr superintendent. >> again, commissioners we appreciate your feedback. i want to remind the public, that the teacher of america teachers are pems members of the union, and they are members, and i

it's time to march for a new america! it's time to organize for a new america! it's time to register and vote for a new america! we're on our way, we're on our way, we are on our way! >> and our roundtable is now here. welcome to all of you, including doris kearns goodwin, who i just want to point out has been well, alive and well. you've just been in hibernation working on your new book. good to see you. >> correct. glad to be back. >> reverend al sharpton, a significant day for you and others yesterday associated with that march. 50 years ago 50shgs years after the march on washington, how does dr. king's message relate today? >> i think his message relates in the sense that it laid the chart -- it charted the way from where we are. a black president, black attorney general who spoke at the march yesterday. but it also raised a challenge for this generation that we talked about yesterday. the supreme court just took away section 4, the voting rights act, which means that we challenge the congress now to come with a new voting rights bill, because this is the f

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they are building mosques across america.our government knows they are the brotherhood and their own federal government and the department of justice under erick holder is intervening in these mosque cases around the country. locals say hey hamm wait a minute. these guys are radical and they make comments about jews and about america don't think we want this mosque built. the department justice directly intervenes in dozens of cases and i talk about in the book. the atomic administrations is directing dozens of cases and ran these radical mosques through. the foxes guarding the henhouse and i go back to mohammed majihd who i mentioned earlier. mohammed majihd is a guy who last year at a white house i believe it was a ramadan event. funny thing i looked at the guest list and i looked at the video of the event and mohammed majihd is sitting in the front row in front of president obama. president obama standing at the podium and mohammed majihd has affronted center seat. even worse for our country and our national security moham

you write that america is a democracy because america says it is a democracy. america is godly and good and perfect because america says it is godly and good and perfect. these truths must be truths because america's voice is the only voice america hears. >> guest: that is very true. particularly true in human rights. we have these wonderful human rights instruments that came on stream with the founding of the united nations after 1945 spearheaded in many ways by franklin roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights and the great conventions that followed that and much with the agitation of the developing world for the end of colonialism, the end of discrimination and all of this. so because the united states won the war it largely had a bigger stamp than anyone else on the language of the human rights covenants. and so much of what you see in the covenant on civil and political rights you will see in american -- in the american constitution. a big similarity. but it's important to realize at the same time all of these countries

"america tonight". gas. >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. states. >> grounded. >> real. >> unconventional. >> we spent time with the gangster disciples. >> escape from the unexpected. >> i am a cancer survivor, not mission. >> there's more to america, more stories, more voices, more points of view. now there's are news channel with more of what americans want to know. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >> bankruptcy hearings resumed in detroit and has folks i with underfunded pensions worried. that's forcing some local governments to turn to taxpayers who were not supposed to be on the hook for pensions to shell out more money. reporting on one west virginia city taking extraordinary steps to stay out of bankruptcy and to keep those pensioners paid. >> reporter: charleston, west virginia, first responders dealing today with a barricaded gunman. after 20 years on the job they have

you can quote me, america. >> nobody quote him, america. >> don't tell america what to do. >> only bill can do that and he is not there. >> unless it is the delightful actress america ferrarar. >> no such ugly anymore because it was canceled. let's move on to the sexting with wiener. should we applaud her for exploiting a bad situation and making it worse? >> i don't want to applaud this ding bat for anything. i heard her on howard stern which is another incredibly dignified performance. the incredible thing about this is when it began she was referred to as a progressive activist. she was involved in politics. >> there is something wrong there. >> i would get those checked. >> i will text her. the progressive activist who was deeply 8 -- offended by how the leader was behaving. she leaked the information to a website called the dirty and has now done a porno and gave her full length interview with howard stern and the previous one was with "inside edition." i was expecting dressed up with serious womens issues. but i think she is an american hero. >> her parents named her after a porn

that's america. my parents and grandparents instilled in me the midwestern values, the same values that you pass on to your children -- family and faith, humility and hardwork. and they taught me to live with honor and courage and to never, never stop fighting for what i believe in. every one of you in this room, when you think of courage and you have to take that one big step or do something that you're afraid to do, you always think of something -- someone in your family, someone you knew in your life. for me, i always think my grandpa down there in those mines and back then it was so dangerous. they would hear the whistle and everyone would run to the mine because they didn't know who was killed or hurt that day. my grandpa worked in the mines a long time. a few years ago, i met a guy at a little restaurant up there in elie. he told me he came running up to me and said his dad worked with my grandpa and then he got promoted as foreman. all of them had to radio down when the guys went to a new and

it drives discussion across america. >>al jazeera america social media community, on tv and online. >>this is your outlet for those conversations. >>post, upload, and interact. >>every night, share undiscovered stories. jazeera america. >> i'm kim bondy, growing up in news was always important. you have this great product that you are ready to share with the country. i'm a part of a team that is moving in the same direction. >> i want to continue the conversation on housing for a minute, it's such an important part of the economy. there is a huge change going on in many neighborhoods across the country. it might even be inous. big investors are buying up foreclosed homes in distressed communities as far as they can. then they're turning them into rental homes. it's creating a buy to rent industry. some locals say the big financial firms have bought so many homes its driving up prices. to check that out we traveled to georgia just outside of atlanta. that area has the second largest number of homes bought by investors outside of tucson, arizona. this is like an auction that is like a

y continuamos con mÁs de "despierta amÉrica." >>> este segmento de "despierta amÉrica" es presentado la bienvenida. para ayudarlos a que los niÑos tomen confianza nada mejor que se sientan cÓmodos, que son cosas que les gusta usar. aquÍ tengo a fabio y gaby usan ropas de colecciones de... en fabio vemos "arizona". es ropa de buenacalidad. y ropaprecios accesibles. la encontramos en jc penny. pienso que a las mamÁs nos corresponde ayudar a tener. este es roberto. >>> quÉ hermoso. >>> quiere ir para allÁ. quiere jugar. >>> tenemos esa carpa de circo. >>> quÉ les parece? >>> me encanta, y como bien decÍas, dejas que nuestros hijos saquen su propia personalidad. y que tambiÉn nos gusta lucirnos. y aquÍ tenemos la oportunidad para hacer las dos cosas. es un momento para compartir. nos sentamos y juntos ponemos a volar nuestra imaginaciÓn. voy corriendo. vamos con jhonny y raÚl. >>> gracias y un aplauso para mis asistentes. (aplausos) >>> quÉ bueno, bravo! >>> claro que sÍ. >>> cÓmo te sientes henry? >>> energenico. henry santos. vamos a seguir conversando con Él. y hoy es viernes de fanÁt

, asia and america, black america, hispanic americans, native america, lgbt america, to take inspiration from our own circumstances, and to know that the price of freedom is the commitment to ensuring the security of liberty and justice for all. >> please welcome governor martin o'malley. >> the work of justice is urgent. it is a real, and it is needed. let there be no comfort in our country for the bigotry of cold indifference, for there are still too many lives in america taken from us by violence. still too many children in america who go to bed hungry, who go to school hungry. still too much apathy when the lives of people of color are too often down the less than the lives of white people. and so, the responsibility we consecrate today is not rooted in a staunch or memory, it is rooted in something start -- far deeper. it is rooted in the calling of conscience to action. actions to protect every individual's right to vote. action that safeguards and keeps guns out of hands of violent offenders. action that makes quality education and the opportunity of college a reality for more fam

america. statehood for 600,000 residents . finally, let it go forth that this is not only a commemoration, a continuation, but what you have here are two generations that have come together. there's a lot said about the joshua generation, the younger people. but i remind them it was the moses generation that pointed the way. we need both generations working side by side together and so let this be a day in which moses points the way for joshua and the walls of segregation, of racism, materialism come tumbling down. with that, let me introduce our first speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy, committee of the national egislation, dr. michael chang. the day after king died, robert kennedy spoke on the mindless men as of violence. here is what he said. what has violence accomplished? what has it created? we tolerate a rising level of violence. we flor if i killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire weapons. we honor swagger and wielder

america tonight and al jazeera america, it's a perfect place for that to happen. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >>they share it on the stream. >>social media isn't an afterthought. it drives discussion across america. >>al jazeera america social media community, on tv and online. >>this is your outlet for those conversations. >>post, upload, and interact. >>every night, share undiscovered stories. >>> soon after the 2010 earthquake demolished haiti what little resources it had. a deadly cholera broke out. thousands of people died and tense of thousands. outbreak. he joins us here. sabastian, what is behind this? >> the cholera epidemic broke out in haiti. i was one of the first respond respond weapon weapon respondants on the ground. i went back to the human sense of the impact of this disease . >> reporter: more than two years since cholera hit haiti. it was in one of the isolated areas of the country. communities are up here in the mountains and they are almost completely cutoff from basic services. clinics, running wa

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter a logo is the united states of america a force for good in the world we're still the largest economy and an unmatched military critics claim washington's defined geopolitical interests always trump its loudly proclaimed values friends of washington are given a free pass and it means real or imagined are to be destroyed and replaced. to process whether the united states is a force for good i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we cross to bruce stokes he is the director of global economic attitudes at the pew research center all right gentlemen it's just the three of us cross talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it george the broad question is the united states a force for good in the world today. no i don't really think so peter. if we think of the post cold warrior of the began since one nine hundred eighty nine which would also call the uni polar air of american global hedge m

america. >> al-jazeera social america community online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations> post, upload and interact. >> every night, share undiscovered stories. >> the stream, tomorrow night, latest online at aljazeera.com. ♪ >> it is a desperate gamble for millions of immigrants trying to cross the u.s.-mexico border. people will risk their own lives even that of their children for the opportunity. america tonight's rob reynolds traveled to the border areas to hear from the survivors about their challenges. some of the images in the stories they tell may be disturbing. >> reporter: a corner of the cemetery in texas is set aside for th the lost and left behind. these are the graves of unknown migrants from mexico and central america who died lonely deaths in the bad lands of south texas. >> it's horrible. it's senseless death. i don't really understand it. >> reporter: vinnie martinez is chief deputy sheriff of brooks county last year he reported well over 100 dead migrants. today numbers are on trend to exceed that. >> from year-to-date we're 92% increase from 2012. we h

and the dominant majority, depiction of me, treatment of mine, tried to love america but america would not love the ancient african home of me. i could not loved america. i have come to know too much of her work. i tried to love america, its credos and ideals and promise and process but these things could mean no more to me than to those who conceived them, written them, recited them. and i had not despaired the moment. and it settled upon me like an ancient ancestors ceremonial robe, in as oldest time, mislaid, valued all the more for its belated retrieval. randall robinson, thank you for being done in depth. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs we face featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate, weeknights watch the public policy events and the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website and join in the conversation on social media sites. ..

this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >> al jazeera america, a new voice in american journalism. introduces america tonight. >> in egypt police fired tear gas -- >> a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >> they risk never returning to the united states. >> we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. there's

suspect as we celebrate america in the king years. lived five years after. by the time he dies he is regarded as the most dangerous man in america. the majority of americans had fallen out with dr. king. everyday black folk were mad at him because they thought he was not black enough. later, but byim the time he died was he not the man in america. >> he was pledging renewed allegiance to nonviolence. america made a choice that we are still living with, which is are we going to overcome our differences, or are we going to take the path of trying to enforce them with violence. i hope we will have a more balanced view of the choices. >> how subversive would his message be had he a chance to get to that microphone? kennedye that president .id not come to the march how dangerous might his message ?e >> his violence to the world in many respect is echoed to the united states more since his death. we are out of phase. how do we get in better balance with it? we make such amazing progress for women and have a black president, yet our politics

america. >> al-jazeera social america community online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations >> post, upload and interact. >> every night, share undiscovered stories. >> the stream, tomorrow night, [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. would probably be very good at that also. that is it for al-jazeera america. >>> and welcome back. late summer heat wave has prompted many schools across the events. heat stroke is a leading cause of death among athletes, and it is a particular concern for high school football players and their parents at this time of year. one high school in georgia set up new rules after a devastating loss for their team. >> reporter: it's at the edge of locust grove high school football field just out of atlanta, where glen jones has the best view. his son was forrest jones, number 7

this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories.y name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas, and i'm an associate producer for america tonight. i grew up in a very large, loud indian family. they very much taught me how to have a voice, and from a very young age i loved writing, and i love being able to tell other people stories. the way to do good journalism is to really do your research, to know your story, to get the facts right, and to get to know the people involved in your story. america tonight and al jazeera america, it's a perfect place for that to happen. >> welcome back, louisiana has the highest incarceration in the world because of new orleans, the justice department and the sheriff are all battling over jail reforms. it is graphic and may be disturbing. >> in the shadow of downtown new orleans. >> the wall and the fence is not to keep people in, but to keep people like y'all out. >> it's called opp by the locals. >> why do they want to keep us out? >> because nobody wants to know what's going on inside of th

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america. >> al-jazeera social america community online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations> post, upload and interact. >> every night, share undiscovered stories. >> the stream, tomorrow night, with an autographed jersey, and obama shared a few praise. >> coach shula retired with more wins than any coach in history. each time that record has been challenged, team after team has fallin short. >> michael eaves joins us to talk more about that. the president was having a lot this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. mission. >> there's more to america, more stories, more voices, more points of view. now there's are news channel with more of what americans want to know. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more

america tonight is next. we begin with america tonight. [ sirens ] >> we have a male black, blue hat, jersey and blue jeans, he was last seen going southbound. >> 15 years old. going southbound. >> it's like no other place in the united states. the heat, the intensity. the militarization. and the shear level of violence can often feel like a combat zone. in chicago, 72 people were shot, 12 killed. >> he was shot multiple times. >> in 2012, chicago led the nation with 500 people murdered. that's almost 100 more than killed in new york, a city three times its size. >> every single corner in that neighborhood is a drug corner. every single one of the. >> mike shield is a veteran cop who used to work chicago's west side. he's a curled member of the police officers' union. >> how would you describe chicago to people who don't know about it. >> it's almost like you're in a different country. it's almost like a third world. i know nationally people are talking when chicago, but the areas where the gun violence is go

this is "america tonight."glovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >>> welcome back, let's recap our stop stories. the un says the there are now a million syrian children refugees. >>> and two bombs went off outside of the northern city of tripoli in lebanon. there is no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. a jury has resumed deliberations in nidal hasan. he passed on his final chance to address the jury on thursday. he faces multiple murder charges. >>> it's being called the friday of martyrs. demonstrations take place more than a week after hundreds of people were killed. jonathan betz is live from cairo to tell us more about what is happening. jonathan in fact how large and widespread have the protests actually ended up being? >> the protests were still large, richelle but not as large as we have seen in the past. today was a big test to see how much pressure they could apply on the current government. the resistance does continue but the numbers are not as large as

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