along the fruited plain america america god shed his grace on thee and from thigh good with brotherhood -- thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ o beautiful ♪ americaca ♪ ♪ o beautiful ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> this next number, by a local composer, a victory celebration. we can call it the final world premiere rehearsal. [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ can you feel the beat of my heart the questions i ask ♪ ♪ we are the future ♪ ♪ can you see look in my eyes can you feel ♪ ♪ show you the way show you the way ♪ [applause] ♪ >> i am proud of of the place in which he lives. i would like to see a man live with his place to be proud of him. abraham lincoln. >> where liberty dwells, there is my country. benjamin franklin. >> ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i see land where my fathers died led freedom ring ring ring to be free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me you

oh, yes, i say america never was america for me but yet i swear this, america will be. brave women and men have fought and preserved the integrity of the land of the free and the home of the brave. all beautiful but heroes, in strife. 200,000 sons of ethiopia who gave their lives in order to hold the country together. and more than self their country loves. remember the 369th harlem fighters and of course, the tuskegee airmen. america. america, america may godthy souls remind. to all success, barack obama in the white house. to all success, marching martin luther king jr. on the national maul. all success noble. shalom. god bless america! [ applause ] >> please welcome the founding director. >> what a grand and glorious day, and they said it was going to snow. [ laughter ] president and mrs. obama, members of congress, smithsonian region, the museum, distinguished guests and dear friends. i am honored and humbled to welcome to you this groundbreaking ceremony to the newest smithsonian institution. the national museum of african-american history and culture. i just love t

america the beautiful." ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america americas grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ o beautiful for unseen skies ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the plain ♪ america america god shed his grace on thee ♪ til souls max as earth and to music hearted sea ♪ till souls wax fair as earth and air and music hard at sea ♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. >> good morning. today's ceremony is a celebration of the imagination and creativity. it is a tribute to america's leadership, to our legacy of exploration, our belief in discovery, our pursuit of scientific excellence, and technological achievement. today we honor four courageous americans who represented and do still the highest hopes of a generation who inspired our nation to new heights of greatness and knowledge. who ignited the fires of evolution and rekindle the flames of scientific progress. we honor four men who embody the optimism, the energy,

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america never was america for me. but yet, i swear their oath, america will be. any brave women and men have fought to preserve the integrity of the land of the free and the home of the brave. oh, beautiful for hero's proved in liberating strife chris pris attuc attucks. 200,000 sons of ethiopia who gave their lives in order to hold the union together, heroes proved in liberating strife who more than self-their country loved and mercy more than light. dori miller, the 369th harlem hell fighters and, of course, the tuskegee airmen who more than themselves their country loved and mercy more than live. america, america, may god thy gold refine till all success, barack obama in the white house. till all success, martin luther king on the national mall, to all success the national museum of african-american history and culture, till all success be nobleness and every gain divine. shalom. peace be unto you. god bless america. >> please welcome the founding director of this museum, lonnie bunch. >> what a grand and glorious day, and they said it was going to snow. [ laug

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america never was america for me, but yet i swear this oath, america will be. because so many brave women and men have fought to preserve the integrity of the land of the free and the home of the brave. oh beautiful, for heroes proved in liberating strive. 200,000 sons of ethiopia who gave their lives in order to hold the union together, he proved and liberating strive who more themselves their country loved and mercy more than light. dory miller, the 369th harlem fighters and the tuskegee airmen who had mercy more than life. america, america, may god thine gold refined until all success, barack obama in the white house. until all success, martin luther king, jr. on the national mall. to all success, the national museum of african-american history ask culture, until all success be nobleness and every game divine. shalom, peace be unto you. god bless america. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome stanley thurston and the signature choir. >> music from the church has touched hearts and stirred songs for generations. it has soothed in times of trouble and inspire

itself against northern liberalism and join with white america throughout the country and face responsibility to black america and i also say native america. this is a road to national reconciliation. maybe this is a way to try to address this issue before it gets to the congressional level. healing history requires healing everybody's hurts. listening, careful listening, respectful listening. not excusing human rights violations, vicious racism, behavior that is clearly immoral but there's some wonderful people whose feelings are also hurt in the white south. yankees are totally oblivious to it. i've come from that yankee tradition. one of the things i hope will come out of this session today is much more examine nation of the northern contribution to the hurt. the resentment is very much alive in the american congress today. it's paralyzing the ability of our first black president to really govern this country because there's so much unfinished business in that relationship. >> he didn't like the yankee evolutionists. he once called him a big old meat ball. >> i love it. thank you very much. >> maybe humor will save us. [ applause ] >>

people, maybe it wasn't radical islamists, and then he says this about america. >> america is on her deathbed. the vital signs of americad. america is lost and your scholars and scientists have lost the ability to guide you out of your problems that your policies and way of life have created for you. >> when you hear him say maybe it wasn't bin laden, maybe it wasn't radical islamists, here's a guy that speaks freely, i believe in free speech, but what does he want? what do you interpret from him? >> if bin laden wasn't behind it, because our intelligence agencies found it. many worked for him said he was the mastermind behind it, he's saying they lied. >> he bragged about it, he took credit for it. >> i'm santa claus. you can say anything. >> you need to grow a beard. >> but it would be a black beard, not a white beard. my point is this is another example how because of free speech someone can abuse free speech and say things and he's just going to talk to the people who believe what he says. the good news is because of the power of the internet, because of shows like this and others that are exposing this hip -- hypoc

we need a president who's on the side of rural america, the side of the small-town america and opens up the energy resources for america. [applause] it is not just the energy industry that small towns drive on. as you know here in michigan, it is manufacturing. one of the things i felt very good about with as well as we did here tonight, the message of creating jobs, manufacturing jobs for small town america resonated year with the people of michigan. they saw a vision for how their lives could be better. they saw a vision how their ladder to success could be built down to people with limited skills but the desire to work hard and upgrade skills as the work and a manufacturing facility. we have lost 21 percent of the economy to 9% workers in manufacturing down to 9%. that is inexcusable. all of it is because government regulation and taxation. we put forward a plan. the working men and women of this country to be able to get jobs in manufacturing, to get the skills, provide for their family. the average manufacturing jobs in america pays $20,000 more a year than the average job in america. we can get the jobs back. we

america, america ♪. >> stephen: it's just like jazz. ( laughter ) it's the notes you don't hit. but, folks, don't be surprised if newt pulls an upset because yesterday, former godfarther's pizza c.e.o. and presidential candidate in 30 minutes or less, herman cain, made this strong endorsement. >> ducky-ducky. ducky-ducky. i wish he was still in the racy-wacy. ( laughter ) by the way, the duck that he shucked has signed a nondizz closer agreement. but herman saved the shuck jest of the duckies for his real endorsements. >> i like newt gingrich for president of the united states! >> stephen: yes! cain endorsed newt gingrich. then immediately went on the "today show" to make the compelling case that only president gingrich can save america comfortable with mitt romney securing the nomination? >> yes, i could be very comfortable with mitt romney. >> stephen: okay, okay. ( laughter ) he still likes newt but he's comfortable with romney, and that's a great endorsement right there. i'm not sure even romney is comfortable with romney. ( laughter ) and endorsing both mitt and newt makes sense. if you remember cain's runner endorsement from a week ago. >> the people. we, the people of this nation, are still in charge. that's who i'm endorsing. >> stephen: yes, he is still endorsing "we the people." newt gingrich is just the people he's starting with. romney was next. he'll eventually get to everyone. ( laughter ) but for now, folkes, i am endorsing herman cain's endorsement of nuke. newt's my guy. i have supported gingrich since the very beginning of this sentence. and i am not alone in my newfound, long-standing love of newt. i mean, he's got the packing of power players, like friend of the show and closer friend of lobbyiste

i want you to remember when america was the best of what we are, not the worst of what europe has become. that america is still out there. we believe in that americall believe in the america that is the land of opportunity, and a beacon of freedom. we believe in the america that challenges each of us to be bigger and better than ourselves. this election let's fight for the america we love. we believe in america. thank you so much! [ cheers and applause ] >> florida, you are the best. >> mitt romney thanking his supporters. in tampa, florida, giving not so much a victory speech tonight as a acceptance speech at the tampa convention. it looks like he rapped it all up tonight. governor spitzer, i think the key phrase at the end is when mitt romney said i ask for your vote. these people have already voted. so he was really talking to the rest of the country. >> he took on president obama and dealt with his primary opponents in a cursory way, he was gracious and then dismissive to them. a good speech geared towards november. pushed all of the buttons. didn't tell you anything about how he was going to do it. he delivered it nicely, but newt gingrich is

that operate in the third world latin america they go down there they don't have the money to throw a dictator out of a plane down there in central america americasouth. so presumably we're going to see jamie dimon falling from the sky one of these days from one of these alter funds. have a parachute there is jamie splat well returning to this soap opera of america mega trash fifty million users data set to be deleted. so you know mega upload was shut down by the department of justice they had a ten day warrant search warrant they took all the data they needed and they said here to the host the service providers they said you can delete any data you want now now there's some controversy or not whether they'll allow customers to actually retrieve their data but the fact is joe baca donuts who has his own data uploaded to mega upload he's deleted whoa that's a pattern of destruction of private property america supposedly the capital system is built on private property not the communal property of the defunct political systems of bygone days of communalism no no we have private property that's makes the country so grade all except one we lost the b

america, america ♪ ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from seasea ♪ whoa! (applause) >> stephen: gosh, i hope they pick somebody i like. of course, folks, i haven't mentioned the most powerful superpac, colbert superpac. (cheers and applause) now i happen to believe it's gauche to talk about all the money you have, so i will let other people do it. >> stephen colbert started his own superpac. he pulled down a million bucks. >> he raised a million dollars. >> a million dollars. >> $1 million dollars. >> a million dollars, here. >> $1 million dollars! >> a million dollars well 1 million. >> $1 million. >> stephen: yes, a million dollars. and only half of it went to paying for those movie clips. folks, it all started 11 months ago right here. you see, hi just seen this ad for presidential candidate tim pawlenty. now if that name doesn't ring a bell, don't worry, it didn't back then either. (laughter) and i thought to myself, i'd also like to spend other people's money on something like that. well, we've come a long way because now when you google su

. >> america. >> america. >> do you feel like hugging me and giggling?yeah. >> no special effects, no c.g.i. just the beauty of nature. just the beauty of our country. it was shot by henry john. and if you would like to see this entire video, it really is stunning. go to our web site, rightthisminute.com. >> a guy took this famous painting and played with it a little. >> it jumps over this and goes over the track and hits the landing perfectly. >> tortoise being naughty. >> you guys recognize this painting, right? >> oh, yes. >> have you guys ever looked at it inside? >> i would really like to change the brush strokes. maybe change it this way. >> i would mess it up. >> no, van gogh's starry night. the perfection. >> well, this is van gogh's starry night, but it's moving. this is a creation by greek artist. it's not just moving. he takes it one step further. >> whoa. >> he created this interactive starry night. you can move it, you can change it, you can go to the tree over here and play around with it. when you stop interacting with it, it will go back

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. >>> and we saw mitt romney on the campaign trail, singing his rendition of "america the beautiful." ♪ america, americad his grace on thee ♪ >> last night, the first lady, michelle obama, made her first late-night tv appearance since becoming first lady. and the president recently saying himself, host, jay leno, took the chance to ask her about the romney round of the "american idol," campaign edition. >> i saw it in the green room. it's beautiful. >> beautiful. >> and it is america's song. and it's the song that's meant to be sung by every american. >> that is right. >> kind of a trick question there. >>> and still ahead, the man who filled american living rooms with song and dance and the soul in "soul train." ♪ come and get some soul the train is all right ♪ for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. it's bring your happine

america. america, we are different. we are different. that's why the left in america is so much wanting to transform us away from our founding principles. that's why they don't want to talk in our schools. but america is different because we were founded different. were a great country because from the very beginning of the country, from the very first declaration, america was different. barack obama does not believe that. he said about nine months ago, in paul ryan's budget, he listed a whole host of entitlement and said this. he said america is a better country because of these commitments. reading from his teleprompter, he said. this is not an off-the-cuff line. this was something thought about, worked on, and delivered. he said, i'll go one step further. america was not a great country until these commitments. according to the president of the united states, america became a great country when the government of this country took money from you, sent it to washington, and redistributed it to those who they believe were more worthy of the money than the people who m

america is in some kind of decline. that is a fairly bleak picture. and we do not pay much attention to south america and latin america, when we look at the world. >> 67 years ago, who was dominating in the middle east? the british and french. they left, or were pushed out, after world war ii. who replaced them? we did. with whom did we have the best relationships there? with iran, turkey, a faithful nato ally from the very moment of their founding, practically. with saudi arabia, the source of oil for us. in different ways, in all cases, it was pretty good. particularly with egypt, it is more mixed. first of all, the global political awakening is taken place in -- taking place in the least. -- in the middle east. >> hopefully in 2013, or at least 2014, most of our soldiers will be out of afghanistan. but the commitment is still there. is the premise that iran will have no nuclear weapons, or is it the policy? >> it is the right policy to proceed. they signed up for the non- proliferation treaty. they signed that treaty. it is better for them to not have nuclear weapons. they will stimulate non- proliferation. but, if

. ♪ america america god shed his grace on thee ♪ >> reporter: but like so many romney crowds, they'redued, respectful but he doesn't seem to light them up. moaning buys a lot but it can't buy love. when you listen to them, you hear one big thing, not so much about romney but about obama. they want to beat him in the fall. >> what brought you out here. >> i think we needed change in the government. the way things are going right now there are a lot of people that are not very happy because we feel that the obama administration sort of seems like it's anti-capitalistic, you know. >> my leadership will end the obama era and begin a new era of american prosperity. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: so even as he basked in victory tonight and turned his attacks towards president obama, mitt romney knew this fight would continue. he hasn't sealed the deal. now, a big win for romney. we'll turn the page away from politics to an incredible seven-year journey this mother lost almost 500 pounds. and we'll show you how she did it. [ hermann ] there's always something that's going to have to be