west was referring to the congressional progressive caucus with eighty three members that recently introduced the budget for all sensually their blueprint for the future of america congressman west thinks the budget for all eyes will be renamed the communist manifesto so what exactly is in this budget that has a right winger like west so it's terrible well there's a two point nine trillion dollar investment in rebuilding our infrastructure so if that's communist and president dwight eisenhower who invested a massive amounts of government money to build the interstate highway system is also a card carrying member of the communist party how could joe mccarthy of missed that when the progressive caucus budget also ends the bush tax cuts for the top two percent wealthiest americans and proposes new tax brackets for millionaires and billionaires having them pay a top tax rate of forty nine percent still well below what the super rich paid under the administrations of roosevelt truman eisenhower kennedy johnson nixon ford carter and even the beginning of reagan's administration are those guys communists not only that a big majority of american people support taxing th

airways had a tough merger with america west, as i recall. is this a good idea for american consumers have this company win this battle? >> well, i think the question ultimately is american better served stand-alone trying to be a distant number three in the market or -- and u.s. air kind of rel lated to connection status or u.s. air fighting for its long-term survival here. can they do some things as part of this deal that wasn't done in the other two combinations. that remains to be seen. but if u.s. air succeeds in swaying enough votes, it becomes a different discussion. what do we do with phoenix and los angeles, philadelphia and new york? completely different questions. >> what about investors bringing these two companies together? would it be a good stock once everybody is out of bankruptcy? >> look. i am highly confident that if they successfully merge, they will earn more in 2014 than they otherwise would if these companies remained independent. jpmorgan has companies all over the world. chances are i can get into any of their offices

america west and u.s. airways, they merged in 2005. that was seven years ago. but guess what?w, kyle, the pilots and flight attendants are still working on the premerger contracts because they can't figure this thing out. >> this is where the red tape comes in. you got to cut out any union involvement and you really got to streamline and work on the income statement. but again, these are healthy conversations, okay? unfortunately we have rising oil prices. so it muddies the water a little bit. but we've seen this in the banking industry. we saw major banking mergers take place over the course of the last ten years. hopefully we'll see some more healthy banks and some more healthy airlines post these talks. i'm not saying the merger is mandatory. i'm saying that the narrative is important and we have to see how it makes out. >> arthel: i hear what you're telling me, kyle. let's hope it means better prices for the consumers. kyle harrington, always good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> arthel: by the way, if this u.s. airways and american airlines merger happens

it is happening in the west and we say it is an honor killing in america. we say sharia encourages it. the west--the dreaded fat was --fatwa kill apostates like me. in the middle east. who knows? maybe a muslim wants to follow the law in america. how can i dare speak about the law and condemns me. imus the and islamophobe. it is a phobia to speak against a law that condemns former muslims. that is why i created formermuslimsunited.org. i want to expose this violation of civil rights and human rights of former muslims. sharia has failed to meet with the individual not just at the state level but the individual level. sharia did not equipped people to trust one another. did not equip them to express human-rights and privacy rights. or via tells moslems to monitor everybody around them. if they are not following sharia. what kind of privacy? you cannot have privacy and sharia. area commits muslims with -- lying to non muslims is obligatory. with is an obligatory service? an obligation on every one. and organization comes to america, a pretty name, care, in amer

you're dividing america, defend yourself. >> west. >> we simply want to say that we will defend the dignity the humanity of poor people and that we're calling for a focus on poverty to eliminate it. because we're the richest nation in the history of the world, given the wealth and inequality we have there is no way 22% of our children should live in poch ert. >> stephen: you say the riferp and the rest of us as if rich people are not americans. are you dividing this country. no, the rich and the rest of us, those are your words. the 99% versus the 1%. i believe there is one america. one america, sir, that the top 11% just happens to own 42% of if. >> so how do you justify dividing us. why don't you say all americans and let's make sure we all aspire to be rich. because poor people aspire to be rich. >> i think mitt romney is wrong when he suggested that we are engaged in a politics of envy this is not ben vey. i don't think anybody that is poor begrudges anybody who is rich or having what they have access to it. it is just that there is not a level playing field in this i krchlt when one ou

most of the debris is expected to reach the west coast of north america next year. >>> let's go back and take another look at that beautiful cherry blossom. the japan meteorological agency says the cherry blossom here in tokyo is in full bloom today. we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. from here in tokyo, thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

up next part to our special report of the people of america's rocky mountain west to find themselves helpless against a massive natural gas company drilling almost on that all steps. in two thousand and four some residents in garfield county began to complain that they were getting sick as a result of the drilling activities in their neighborhoods. a young woman from cild laura amos was one of the earliest and loudest voices. as everyone in this room probably knows my groundwater has been contaminated with methane. gets a lot of people in this room with contamination and pollution issues so who then is responsible to me for that that loss of my welfare if it's not you the gas commission if a whale is drilled next to your residence or near your residence within the legal system. and there's a perceived or real impact on your property value we don't address. in two thousand and one gas wells were drilled using the fracking technique a mere five hundred feet from the amos home. underground the drilling breached their water well causing their drinking water to fill with gray sediment and

up next our special report on the people of america's rocky mountain west who found themselves helpless against a massive gas company intruding almost on bad thoughts that. by forty acres and nineteen ninety three and decided it would be a great place to find the belle of the hall and then retire. i am good generation my great great grandfather homesteaded here. let's go let's go to gates that way was killed when he would go a mile. sarah wants to board. we have three hundred head of al and come down on the high country they're incredibly beautiful. i'm a fourth generation rancher and when i was little dad would let me have two cows out of the herd so i could have known her. my favorite things is the red winged blackbirds and she was the honey honey the red winged blackbirds are back you know. this has been my favorite place i've ever lived in my life i say representatives is your and your you will have called interplay for every regulatory senate house of the legislation today directing president produces growth for example to razor blades board good research a billion dollars for your

we report on the citizens of america's rocky mountain west who found themselves helpless against a massive natural gas company drilling right underneath their very own feet and watching out. we are by forty acres and nineteen ninety three and decided it would be a great place to find my build a home and retire. i am fifty generations my great great grandfather homesteaded here. let's go let's go to gates that way was killed or do you want to go a mile below zero one board. we have three hundred in a valley and come down on the high country there and current of lincoln you know. i'm a fourth generation rancher and when i was little dad would let me have and cows out of the herd so i could have known her. my favorite things is the red winged blackbirds that use the honey honey the red winged blackbirds are back you know. this has been my favorite place i've ever lived in my life representatives is the one your you have called interplay for every regular senate house of the legislation so they directing the president this is good news and great present world countries are paid one thirty six

him to now he's getting ready to stand trial so this is a clear example whatever france and america in the west the nation determine the man the day one can and molly is the man if they win best man they make sure. now time to take a look at some other news stories making headlines around the hour this hour. a cease fire has been struck between rival militias after a week of heavy clashes in southern libya the fighting has left almost one hundred fifty people dead and four hundred wounded the new government is faced with continued violence between former rebels and ethnic tribes still armed months after the revolution and the death of colonel gadhafi. egypt's largest political group the muslim brotherhood has officially fielded a presidential candidate breaking a previous pledge to stay out of the race movement's deputy leader and its top strategist will run for the job in may but group which gained a majority in the new parliament invalid not take part in the vote for fear of provoking a military backlash against the possibility of an islamic state over relations with the military rulers have

mountains, they had moved down the mississippi valley, they had begun trickling into east and west florida. america has secured the louisiana purchase, and now all eyes would focus to the west. and to the south. of course, that would be texas. now, while the acquisition of louisiana does momentarily satisfy this desire for expansion, it was only a moment. in 1810 -- now, i know this is texas history. so as i tell you this, i don't want you to be upset, i don't want to hear any hissing or booing. in september of 1810, there's going to be a minor uprising. and of all places in baton rouge, louisiana. now, let me tell you what happens here. there are a group of americans who are living in this region, north of the lake pontchartrain and north of new orleans. they had been there for more than a decade, many of them had. the spanish government was no longer able to meet their needs. and in september of 1810, these americans, they rise up, they storm the dilapidated fort there at baton rouge. in fact, there were gaps in the stockade that the men are running through. they capture the fort, they capture th

successful revolutionary movements what does a future look like for progressive revolution in america and alan west told his constituents last week that communists are running amok in the halls of congress. and the rest of americans know about the real role of the communist party in america was the vice chairman of the communist party usa. you need to know this the buffett rule was put to a vote in the senate today and even though a majority of senators supported the proposal to make millionaires and billionaires like warren buffett mitt romney at least the same tax rate as working americans the buffett rule failed it failed because republicans almost unanimously filibuster the bill preventing the sixty votes supermajority needed to pass anything in the senate now it is currently america's super rich like mitt romney take advantage of loopholes created by the bush tax cuts among others and pay far lower rates than even a lot of middle class americans making the romney rich pay their fair share of taxes has been a rallying call by both democratic and republican presidents throughout history from fra

if you say this is 134 kind of enduring aspect of america's wild west culture, you would be wrong. in 1980 our rates of incarceration were a quarter what they are now. what changed was the war on drugs and the mindless proliferation of laws that have created criminal penalties for anything and everything. if you don't believe me, listen to pat robertson, again. >> we here in america make up 5% of the world's population, but we make up 25% of jailed prisoners. we have now over 3,000 -- a number that must be much higher than that, but over 3,000 federal crimes, and every type the liberals pass a bill, i don't care what it involves, they stick criminal sanctions on it. so we have the jails filled with people who are white collar criminals. >> in the past two decades the money that states spend on prisons has risen at six times the rate of spending on higher education. in 2011 california spent $9.6 billion on prisons versus $5.7 billion on higher education. since 1980, california has built one college campus. it has built 21 prisons. the state spends $8,667 per student per year. it spe

. >>> and tavis smiley and cornel west talk about the trayvon case. >>> and my date with america's comedy sweet heart. >> i'm just sitting here enjoying my view. >> the incomparable and delectable betty white from the mary tyler moore show to golden girls. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> to her comeback in the proposal. >> let's see if we can find your boobs. they're in there somewhere. >> betty white is back and she's as sharp and naughty as ever. >>> and a kindergarten tantrum ends with a 6-year-old girl to the police station in handcuffs. >> i was horrified. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening b. our big story tonight, the growing secret service scandal. the agents involved will be offered an opportunity to take part in a polygraph test. and a u.s. official says some of the men insist they didn't know the women were prostitutes. community chairman billy king is here along with brian stafford. and later my exclusive with probably the funniest 90-year-old in the history of show business. betty white's here live and unleashed remembering the great moments of her career a

into the americas, off to the west, we're actually talking about several low pressure systems. this one off to the northwest. this is moving onshore bringing snowfall there actually towards the sierra nevada mountains. and rainfall in some portions of the rockies here. and this is combining with the snow melt, bringing the risk of flash floods there in western washington and northern portions of idaho. while we also are seeing moisture surging out of the tropics down towards the south in southern california, you could be seeing rain showers throughout your wednesday. so be sure to slow down on some of the roads here as it could get rather slick. into the east, we continue to watch this low pressure system moving off towards the northeast, bringing rain to quebec. behind it, cold air is spilling in out of canada. we've been talking about this warm air down towards the south throughout this week, surging in from the south. and these two will be colliding here in the ohio river valley, and also much of the midwest creating a battlefield of severe weather. i'm talking about large h

south sudan try to capture this all region because it knows it has the unofficial backing of the west and america do you think that could be the case. it certainly is the case and having spent time there you can definitely see the split politically and the lean one part leaning obviously to the west and there's one leaning towards the islamic support and of course china. the biggest issue as i see it is that any reservoir that crosses the border of the sea makes that resource joint venture it's owned by both north and south we have the same scenario in iraq with kurdistan it's almost identical so there's got to be some sort of sitting around the table and getting together because south sudan has one big issue it is totally landlocked so it requires the cooperation of the north to put the pipeline through to the red sea and export the product so without that you've got a viable market anyway it's interesting how you bring in the global implications here you mentioned china a few minutes ago there are worries that in case of a war between both sudan's it could ultimately split the un security counc

in some degree and obviously this is this is that to be extreme degree but certainly in the west with america and nato continuing its war in afghanistan with us soldiers posing with body parts of wall of suicide bombers perhaps there might be a mentality of well look you know we got the bad guys here we are celebrating with photographs of the bad guys i mean do you think that kind of mentality could be weighed up in some way. i think i don't know what kind of celebration would this be to even if the bad guy was killed so i don't know what kind of people will pose next to a dead body of a bad guy it's very bad taste i think now as you as you mentioned just a few moments ago you mentioned about the financial rights responsibilities that nato and other countries have to keep an eye on when it comes to the future of afghanistan you know washington is is right now in brussels trying to talk to its allies about raising one billion dollars a year to a. security forces in the country just how willing to things will european nations be who are already suffering major economic problems do you think the

emancipated colonization and sending african-americans somewhere else, perhaps to latin america, nicaragua or perhaps to west africa. he hoped that he wouldn't have to confront a biracial society. i think he grew and realized that the biracial society had to work and he, before the end of the war and before the end of his life was counseling people in places like louisiana to make sure that african-americans, the new friedman had full civil rights and suffrage voting for anyone observed in the army and people to a certain educational standard. now about lee. lee had -- i think in a way a social darwinist, believing that human society is sort of a pyramid and upscale white folks like himself were at the top and african-americans were somewhere down the scale. not as low as native americans, perhaps and mexicans were in there somewhere, but lee had racial assumptions, but was -- much of this was

how dangerous are they to america and the west. >> that openings up the issue the haqqani network manys protected by the pakistan, so you then go in to what is a relationship with pakistan. >> and this is why from the very beginning people said it's pakistan. joe biden famously said it's not afghanistan, it's pakistan. the mistake they made was thinking that pakistan was more influenceable, more shapeable by the instruments that the united states had. if anything it's more more recalcitrant. >> is it possible to focus on the terrorist threats, al-qaida, leave eye loan afghani civil society and create a better argument that we've succeeded something-- >> that's what we are going to do. we've redefined what a victory means. we're accepting the civilian side that this is not going to work. i hope we continue in the civilian role. we're going to say the gospel is, as obama said, to degrade and disrupt al-qaida. we will leave in a few years and we will sea that the afghan security forces are sufficiently well trained. that may not be so but we hope that our own efforts will keep al-qaida an

thank you, and god bless america. [ applause ] >> god bless america. >> alan west is so psychotic. >>hat thing you put in the middle of 45 records to make it play on your record player. >> i give up. >> spindle. >> stylist. >> stephanie has been saying it strong for about 50 years now. >> all right. >> she thinks it is a stylist. >> linda writes do you know what it is like to listen to you on the radio and staring at the box with no picture. >> arlene, i can't make the tv work! >> i have a suggestion for your show. she is a fellow western new yorker. get a band to reproduce the song the girl from ekonima and replace it with you on the slope next to a ski due. [ applause ] >> how about that. >> okay. rick -- >> buffalo. >> -- with a correction. guys there was a sanford police investigation. chief homicide investigator in his report termed the shooting homicide negligent manslaughter and wanted zimmerman arrested. it was the state's attorney who temporarily stepped aside that decided to let zimmerman go free. >> ah-ha. >> trayvon martin mother's yesterday -- this is what everybody was t

coming up after the break how do we stop alec from turning america into the wild wild west and are we really a nation filled with communists all that more and tonight's big picture rubble. is he. still. for the better.

the discover america program is something that the west wing is putting out and it's an effort to keep american tourism dollars in america, so it's encouraging you to vacation and tour america. so mrs. johnson can promote that at the same time she is promoting environmentalism. >> is this all part of the great society agenda? >> yes, in a large way, all of it is. it's to make a better america, an america that's more livable for all of us. so, yeah. and it's all tied in. what your environment is like has to do with what your life is like, what your situation -- your financial situation is like. what the quality of your life. and so it all ties. i think for her it all ties together. she's a first lady who says you have to find something to do that makes your heart sing. find the thing that makes your heart sing and follow that. >> as the first lady. >> as the first lady. life in general, but as the first lady. >> did she lobby for these projects? >> she did lobby. she -- for the highway billboard act, to take billboards off of national highways, mrs. johnson actually met with west wing s

now, here into the americas, high pressure off towards the west very warm air out here, as warm air continues to surge in out of mexico. but into the east, very potent nor'easter is affecting here, already reports of school delays and cancellations, flight delays and up to about ten centimeters of snowfall already has been seen here in portions of western new york and also western pennsylvania. could see up to 30 centimeters overall going into monday and eventually into tuesday. this means driving conditions are going to be very dangerous. the national weather service has already asked tomorrow stay indoors here. you don't have to venture out, please do not do so as the snow continues to pile up. power lines will be falling down on to the roads potentially here so that could be creating a very hazardous situation. driving, overall flight travel as well across much of the northeast is going to be very dangerous across much of this area with the flights continuing to be canceled or delayed. now, look at this jet stream, it is continuing to dive all the way down towards the gulf states. cold and

west indies. the french were leaving america. there was a grand ceremony at the american encampment, troops passed in review, they reviewed each other's armies and bade farewell. the americans were very much on their own. as was in the midst of this that general washington received an extraordinary letter from colonel nicola, the commander of the regiment of invalids. these were men who through injury and combat or disease or some other infirmity were unable to serve in the line but were perfectly able to do god duty, garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthand every single day the cost of war in the faces and disabilities of his men. his men had not been paid either. he wrote to general washington, when this war is over, we who have borne the heat and labor of the day will be forgot and neglected. the army will not submit to this grave injustice. from several conversations i have had with officers, i believe it is generally intended not to separate after the peace till all grievance

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only time share the pride of america when it is when -- she said the only time she was proud of america west been. over 9000 americans a year are killed. i'm embarrassed as governments. jobs taken from americans, at the cost is immeasurable. that is what i embarrassed about. the ones to to not worry about the damage. >> what about the immigration from mexico is not at the net zero. what is happening in arizona is not happening in other states. the problem have three times the national average. we have gone from 49th in the nation to #six and job recovery. arizona has done some things right. we have done a lot of things right. >> have they told you they're not going to come? >> i have no idea. it is not about me. it is about state rights. arizona has the right to protect the citizens and just for americans. it is arizonas obligation. >> are you disappointed that you did not have senator kyl here or any other republican ta? >> i would have appreciate phone call. this is about stay right. arizona has certain rights. defending arizona is right. it is the law. arizona took a lead in the nation to

west. in the end america has super pieces of afghanistan it has peace the city starts in irak those bases look old because america is still a most iraqis and the worse the afghans drive americans are i think in the end they'll do their bit won't come usually are quickly i think they'll be a lot of black shit like me and what he has more little before there. is a real future of all countries stephen thanks for being on the program good to see you tonight stephen leatherman radio host hollywood faded and on you for now. still ahead this hour. we've so we were probably has an exclusive interviews oh boy we we're launching a new show thanks to the world's most famous whistleblower julian a son just early next week will this week next just after midnight here in moscow tell you more about that in a few minutes. but next israel's refused entry to dozens of activists who arrived in tel aviv as part of an international campaign dubbed welcome to palestine nine israeli activists have also been arrested who can either say they planned peaceful activities like planting trees in the west bank and they've

america. as muslims move into the west you see an increase in on a killings they are ramping up in europe certainly increased dramatically in canada and now here i mean how many girls have to die where are we in relationship to that have we allowed it have we embraced it are they actually starting to live by sharia law within our own us law be afraid. that the real purpose of the fear machine is not just to make americans fear of the death of anyone wearing a turban but also to generate massive profits for certain industries that depend on fear from defense contractors who are making billions of the never ending war on terror to security contractors who are making billions off certo extreme scanners in our airports to islamophobia who are making money off t.v. appearances books and lectures the theory sheet is generating enormous fortunes for those who are banking on americans being afraid of muslims not to mention the political benefits the republican party receives when americans hit the polls and vote based on fear so when a planned parenthood clinic gets by wisconsin there's a real simple reaso

now heang over to the americas, getting wet and windy across the west coast as the low pressure system moves in. heavy snow showers is expected in the mountains. up to 60 centimeters is on the cards in the southern sierras. meanwhile, heavy thundershowers are still going on across much of the southern plains particularly wet in northern texas. the threat of severe weather should continue throughout tuesday night. the reason is we've got warm air coming in from the south and that's going to collide with rm -- cool air from the north. so we have lots of freeze warnings and watches posted across much of the northeastern section of the u.s. highs will be going down to 10 degrees in chicago with the morning low of minus 1. and out towards the east getting up to 13 degrees in washington, d.c. and the same goes for new york. but to the south, heat is still persisting getting up to 29 degrees in miami. now heading over to europe multiple systems are producing messy weather to much of wester and northern europe producing heavy thundershowers gusty winds and even hail in some locations. heavy ra