the younger immigrants tend to want to fit into american society and be very american look very american and sound american. and we find that once they reach a certain age and the peer pressure is over, it's a reenergance process, and they want to learn about their home country, and start to realize they're not american. though they feel american, they are something different. they're a hybrid and they want to find out the other half of their background, and it normally leads to a wonderful wake thing if you would. >> will the american dream change? >> i think it will always be there. i travel a lot for work, and wherever i go, people are how do i get there? but the thing that people don't realize is the toughest part of the american dream is after you have already made it here. it's so difficult to come to the u.s. that it's hard to think about all of the hard work when you come to the u.s., and so i think that that dream will struggle. >> tony, what you were saying to lisa: and ann, i'm going to to you, in 2014, with all of the problems we have, can the american dream still be achieved

not just by cuban americans but all americans and support the lifting of the travel ban. if you ask cuban americans if they think that the embargo has worked, overwhelmingly they feel that it has failed. >> when we come back the president can only do so much to modify the state of play between cuba and the united states. even if the administration steps up to the limits of its powers what can't president obama do? what limitations will remain in place until congress acts? stay with us. >> i think we can--we may see some of that changing. the offer on telecommunications will have to deal with the cuban state because the cuban state telecommunications is a monopoly owned and run completely by the cuban state. we'll see a whole there in the embargo. i think what is going to happen, my prediction is opposition to the administration policy will largely collapse. i think that marco rubio will find himself pretty isolated. i don't see the republican party as a whole taking this on, because as the private sector in the united states sees new opportunities it will go not just agri

tonight's question will the movie "american sniper" make americans rethink going to war? text a for yes. tex b for no to 6722. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. let's turn to the director of brave new films and congressman patrick murphy. gentlemen, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> i want to point out there have been other movies about war, the vietnam war, "platoon," that got a great deal of execute scrutiny, but this one may get a lot more. robert, what have we learned from this? what were you thoughts after watching this movie, mr. greenwald? >> i thought the movie was incredibly well done from a technical point of view. brilliant performances but, ed this movie has a strong political agenda. it's a neoconfat fantasy and there is no good iraqi except for a dead iraqi. we got to go to war. we got to kill people and that's going to make democracy safer. it's nonsense. it's not true. it hasn't been true. the concern i had after watching the film was the number of people who said yeah we did the right thing. we went out and killed a bunch o

the american-born young people had a real by and. they were americanized. they no longer were suffused in a sicilian old worldview of the outsider being the enemy and the kind of threat proceeding means if you train to see it makes it harder for malefactors to find cover, to raise money to enforce discipline too -- sympathizers. there was one writing about chinese border criticism and that applies more generally. he wrote it the mass immigration of chinese should come to a hault the chinese gangster may disappear in a malaise of assimilation. economics. mass immigration legal as well as illegal floods the low skill labor market. this matters because we are a very different economy. we are no longer settling lands as jack kennedy pointed out in a nation of immigrants which was not intended to increase immigration at all and it was used for those purposes. we are not undergoing the process of industrialization and yet we aren't importing 19th century labor into a 21st century economy. now this isn't to say alex is wrong in saying immigration creates an econom

at the 1991 annual meeting of the american association of museums. in a sentence, you could cut the atmosphere in the room with a knife. the fear and anxiety on the part of some 200 museum professionals sitting in front of me were palpable. i think they could almost literally here in their minds the quiet rumble of 18 wheelers at the back bay doors of their museums just waiting to haul it all away but in the longer sweep of museum history in the united states, a quarter century later i think he leans words ultimately were pressed into. from the standpoint of the american museum community, a re-creation of what all the fuss was about is difficult to imagine. others of the distinct wish participants in today's symposium will address the detail of the complicated and fascinating history and stories of what went into the journey to native legal and comfortable justice that we call repatriation. what i wish to do now is slightly different. having been the director of the nmai at the time it was enacted, and having spent a lifetime of my museum career in t

the present value of all american human capital the skills and productivity of other values of american productivity is worth about $750 trillion. that's compared to the value of all of our physical factories plans computers but it's only $45 trillion. if you believe in free markets if you believe free trade and free exchange and capitalism are the right economic systems we should definitely expose this rather large u.s. economy that is currently protected to international competition and cooperation. their massive economic gains to liberalize immigration consistent with american traditions. it's consistent with their exceptional ability to assimilate people over time which has not changed by the way according to all the measures done by jacob big dork who has measured this and every one -- so free movement -- in conclusion basically on all the western ethical principles that i have talked about our traditions of american liberty and freer immigration in the past support for the rule of law and positive economic benefits i think the united states should support a rather open immigration

>> the americans the local iraqis. anyone who i witnessed violence coming down on them and i could not save them. >> chris kyle back in 2012. more of that interview coming up next. >>> and a former sniper explains what life is like on the front lines. michael moore maybe we'll help educate you in that segment straight ahead. ♪ lookin' good, flo! feelin' good! feelin' real good! [ engine revs ] boat protection people love. now, that's progressive. call or click today. [ salesman ] congrats on the new car. [ woman ] thanks. the dealership reviews on cars.com made it easy, but... [ man ] we thought it might be a little more tense. you miss the drama? yeah. [ technician ] ask him whatever you want. okay. ♪ ♪ do you think my sister's prettier than me? ♪ ♪ [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] research, price, find. only cars.com helps you get the right car without all the drama. ibanez. now back to "hannity." >>> as a sniper your job is to kill them, not wound them not arrest them, you have to have a certain mentality to be a snipe

not just by cuban americans but all americans and support the lifting of the travel ban. if you ask cuban americans if they think that the embargo has worked, overwhelmingly they feel that it has failed. >> when we come back the president can only do so much to modify the state of play between cuba and the united states. even if the administration steps up to the limits of its powers what can't president obama do? what limitations will remain in place until congress acts? stay with us. >> monday. the most secretive nation on earth. >> we're heading to the border between north and south korea. >> a rare glimpse inside. >> kim jong un sometimes does strange things, but he is smart. >> as tensions escalate, what will be the fallout? >> we're still at a state of war with north korea. >> we have to be ready to fight tonight. >> "faultlines". al jazeera america's hard-hitting. >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking. >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. new episode. "hidden state: inside north korea. monday 9:00 easte

it does not to the american public which is why the american public wants to work with canada as well as produce energy in our country to become energy secure. the idea that we would say no to our closest friend and ally canada, we we will not work with you makes no sense to the american people and should not. that is why they overwhelmingly support this project. here we are starting the new congress. very clearly in the last election the people said we support this project, and you saw it time after time. but on a bigger issue the people of this great country said, we want the congress to work together in a bipartisan way to get things done. we want the congress to work together we have legislation that has passed the house repeatedly with a bipartisan majority legislation with bipartisan support in this body that the american people overwhelmingly support and the president the -- the president issued a veto message right out of the gate. gate. why? for whom? who is he working for? i see that my good friend and colleague from the great state of west virginia is here. i want to thank

i have been empowered madam speaker, to nominate on behalf of all working americans, those americans who still believe in the american dream, to put the name of the the gentlewoman from san francisco who will again in the house of representatives, put her name forward for the office of speaker of the house of representatives of the 114th congress, i therefore at this point put before you the name of nancy pelosi to serve as speaker of the house of representatives. the clerk of the house: the names of the honorable john a. boehner, a representative elect from the state of ohio, and the honorable nancy pelosi, representative-elect from the state of california, have been placed in nomination. are there further nominations? >> madam clerk. the clerk of the house: the gentleman from kentucky. >> thank you, madam clerk. madam clerk i present for election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th congress, the name of the honorable ted yoho, a great defender of the constitution and representative from the great state of florida. the clerk of the house: are there

as americans we have a profound american to justice. no to spend $3 million used to recruit.ce i have been president we have cut combit mow in half. and it is not who we are. it's time to close get more. . . . we charish our civil little brits. while somebody have moved on i have not. as promised our agencies having worked hard, increase transparency and build more safeguards and next month we willish a report. lookic to the future instead of the past. making sure we match our power with diplomacy. meeting new challenges and opportunities. leading always with the example of our values. that's what makes us our exceptional. that keeps us strong. we have to keep striving ours to the highest of standards our own. you know, just over a decade ago, i gave a speech in boston, black america and white america, but a united states of america. i said this because i seen it in my own mind, a nation that gave me a chance because i grew up in hawaii, melting pot, because i made illinois my home, state of small towns, rich farmlands, a country where democrats and republicans and independen

americans. you know chris kyle is a hero in the footsteps of men like murphy john, mitchell in world war ii. and the thing is, chris came home with this problem and beat it. if anything, it should be a movie shown for soldiers coming back so that they too can learn to beat their problems they bring back. you know, my grandfather was a world war i veteran. my father was a world war ii veteran. i was in in the 1970's and 1980's, and my son's been back a year from afghanistan. this movie everybody should see it. it doesn't glorify war. the shots of chris kyle shooting aren't gory. clint eastwood did an incredible job. if this had been steven spielberg, you'd see blood flying and boobs hanging out everywhere. chris kyle was a true american hero. thank you so, so much chris kyle, and thank you all the men and women who have gone to war for this country, especially those in the war now. host: every friday in the "washington times," jennifer harper writes a column "inside the beltway," kind of a politi

american hisselfhero. joining us is the author of lone survivor. former u.s. navy ranger sean parnell and former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. jason redman. mark it's good to see you again. you had a great movie too. i loved your movie as well. wish you got an oscar. this got six nods. howell did you know him? >> chris and i came up together in the teams from the basic training all the way through our whole careers through the time they retired us. >> i loved your movie as well. it was pretty fantastic. he has more confirmed kills than any soldier in u.s. history. did he ever talk to you about it? >> in a sense relatively i guess is the best way to put it. it's not something that you talk about. we sit around and talk about the number of that we have down. i'm sure that there were some times that things go down that bothered us and you wanted to get it off your chest. that happened all the time but -- excuse me not all the time -- every now and again but for the most part it's a deal where you put it in the back of y

you are watching american history tv, 40 eight hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. next on american history tv, history professor and author andrew o'shaughnessy examines the role of the british islands during the american revolution discussing the social and economic conditions in the west indies. o'shaughnessy delves into why these island colonies did not join the 13 american colonies in rebellion. he also touches on how the location and sugar business that dominated the caribbean islands ultimately played a factor in the decisive 1781 battle of yorktown. posted by the society of the cincinnati, it is a little under an hour. >> i'm very pleased to introduce dr. there -- dr. o'shaughnessy. dr. o'shaughnessy is a vice president of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. smith international center for jefferson studies, and thomas jefferson foundation, which supports ongoing international study of thomas jeffer

great american hero. joining me now are some of the people that knew chris kyle and were lucky enough to call him friend. joining us now is the author of "lone survivor," former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. marcus luttrell former u.s. navy ranger sean parnel and jason redman. marcus you had a great movie too. i loved your movie as well. wish you got an oscar. this got six nods. thanks for being with us. >> absolutely. >> chris and i came up together in the teams from basic training best way to put it all the way through our whole careers to the time they retired us and we came back home to texas. >> yeah. i loved your movie as well. it was pretty fantastic. he has more confirmed kills than any soldier in u.s. history. did he ever talk to you about it? >> in a sense relatively i guess is the best way, it's not what we talk about. we don't sit around talk about the number we have down or what happened. i'm sure sometimes things go down that bother us and just kind of want to get it off your chest. sure, that happened

>> to save american lives. why do they forget that part? save american lives? >> against evil.gument. he wasn't shooting nice people. >> good point. >> yes. >> you agree? >> well, this is what i hate. >> here is the problem, it's not a liberal conservative issue. war pictures since world war ii had a difficult time being treated well by hollywood >> by hollywood i acknowledge that. >> the comment first of all michael moore's comment was disgusting and ill logical. it made no sense. so i don't spend a lot of time on that. >> and roguan's comment? >> roguan's comments i don't know where he's coming from it's so ridiculous. >> just to throw in the other issue i thought the discussion about hollywood being racist all of a sudden after picking a black picture last year is stupidity. one vote that matters was the vote that took place this weekend. >> absolutely. >> more money than any picture in history in january. >> let me go to comments of all people. i've been saying this on the program. bill maher is good for america because he says things and american left tolerates it i want a

you also have conservatives, african-americans or libertarian african-americans such as thomas of thehoover institution. wrote vigorous defenses of lincoln upon publishing of other lincoln books. one thing my book does is say i don't really -- i do think there is criticism of lincoln on the left. i think it exists. i asked one left wing political theorist corey robin, i said what do you think the status of lincoln's on the left? he said, i think it is ambivalently positive. there was a biography, "the fiery trial," in 2011. i think, right now where you see the political influence, it comes from this libertarian movement within the family of conservatism. i think you see, and it is one of the things that was pointed out to me by larry arnehart, a political philosopher who is conservative at northern illinois university, criticisms -- critical defenses of lincoln have come from conservatives. rich lowery, editor of national review, published the book "lincoln unbound." just this week, a writer at "national review" has published his biography of lincoln "founders' son." that is where my

but the american people will dictate it. today, the democratic party assumes the challenge and opportunity of majority power in the people's house. republicans will hold the incoming majority accountable for its promises and its actions. but we also want to work with the incoming majority for the good of our nation that we were all elected to serve. [applause] fundamentally, democracy is a battle of ideas. the battle of ideas is healthy and important for our nation. but it is also a battle that can take place respectfully. republicans and democrats can disagree without being disagreeable to each other. sometimes what people call partisanship is really a deep disagreement over a means to a shared goal. we should welcome that conversation, encourage it enjoy it, and be nice about it. [applause] it is now my privilege to present the gavel of the united states house of representatives to the first woman speaker in our history, the gentlelady from california, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you, mr. boehner. thank you. thank yo

to make sure they use american steel. both of those democratic amendments failing in the senate today. the debate will continue tomorrow. live coverage on c-span two. clifford is joining us from st. helena island, south carolina. good evening. how are you? caller: i am good. i'm in favor of obama. one of the things i believe is true is this pipeline is not going to get as many jobs as people believe. as far as the affordable care act, i understand some people feel a certain way about it. but the republicans are not detailing their alternative. i find that a problem. hisost: obama passed state of the union just reaffirmed his party's illuminating the middle class. what do think of your senator, joni ernst? caller: i thought she was wonderful. everything was upbeat. she came off just like she did all the way through. through i listened to every one of her speeches. she did not come off as the president does. i think he comes off as being above most of us. he is a little bit better. i have always thought that. ever since the

is it really about where americans are right now in terms of their use of american power and american foreign policy or does this poll reflects a very correct historical assessment that most american interventions or any interventions in middle eastern politics are likely to fail. it seems to me the same way that one could reasonably look at restarting negotiations for peace talks among the israelis and palestinians that the odds are extremely odd that they won't succeed. you don't need to have a lot of additional information. i do just wonder if the poll tells us more about a sensible conclusion based on their available knowledge that this policy is not likely to affect things very much one way or the other rather than being a real snapshot of these americans are actually foreign-policy realists at heart. >> shibley i want to ask you to draw on the earlier polling that you have done across the arab world and of course we have a lot of data from gallup and others, broader sentiment in muslim majority countries around the world toward islamist extremism. so what do we know and what do

prior to and during the american revolution.ch changed in those 12 years between their procedures as americans demanded broad access to inoculation. they were part of a surge of americans the demanded freedom from smallpox. they asked that their government ensure all americans had access to life-saving medical procedures. the atoms like many early americans saw disease and flexion as impediments to independence. -- the atoms -- adda,ms, like many early americans saw disease and flexion as impediments to independence. to them, freedom and good health were interrelated goals. the quick and vigilant response of the people of boston proved a responsive local government was best in times of crisis. epidemics emphasize the need for good, effective, quick responsive government. that is what they show us. that is what we demand during crises. there was a previous epidemic in 1752 in boston. this gave bostonians an education in handling epidemic disease. nearly half the population of boston became infected. about 5500 came from natural s

japanese-americans were integrated back into the american community relatively quickly. as the country moved away from the precipitating event, the persecution got better gradually. what you see in this campaign is the opposite. we have one successful terrorist attack on u.s. soil 11 years ago, get if you look at such -- things never get better. never or the abuses curtailed. even further away from the 9/11 attack, things continue to worsen. you see far more fbi raids and arrests where the fbi creates and funds and conceals a plot that it tricks young muslims into joining, then they trumpet that they have dismantled the plot. then they put them in prison for decades, far more so now than 10 years ago. when you look at the form of material prosecutions, they are far more remote connections to his designated terrorist groups, literally 20 two-year-old muslim americans who upload youtube videos critical of u.s. foreign policy are being indicted based on the grounds of the youtube video encouraging support for terrorist group, done in coordination with them, therefore being

the american people see that.ng that are people like michael moore and seth rogen. it is kind of sad you have all of these hollywood elites narcissistic selfish lifestyle they can't for one second put aside politics and appreciate the sack files of men like chris kyle. that shows how pathetic they are. let us know what you think. the thank you for being with us. see you back here tomorrow night. ier. see you saturday. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. 50 years as cold war enemies ended just like. that >> cuba is just one more example of saving dictators who are on their knees. our shift in the cuba policy stops it is legend of destrust. >> that is cold comfort for those who suffer as a result of castro. every time you complain about the living conditions in the prison you are assaulted and punished. >> there is

american workers, american families, and american businesses and especially in communities of color are going to continue to be hurt. we can and we should craft trade deals that deal with growing the american economy and creating jobs here at home. now, many of these jobs which we lost as it relates to nafta came from california. in fact, communities of color mind you were disproportionately hurt by nafta and the united states -china trade deal. make no mistake 35% of jobs lost to china which totals over 1 million american jobs were from communities of color. this is outrageous. after those workers lost their jobs, their situation grew even worse. when those workers found another job, they suffered nearly 30% cuts in their wages totalling more than $10 billion per year. so as we continue to seeport rates in the african american and the latino communities grow jobs and wages lost to offshoring continue to prevent these communities from building wealth and working into the middle class. if the united states is going to pursue a free trade agreement in the pacific, congress needs to have f

that is american history doesn't actually begin in the american revolution. and you can see that, again in the american declaration of independence which harkens back to a political tradition which says we have been living in a certain way for several hundred years, and that way is now being denied to us and we want to recover it. there is that demand for recovery, a kind of conservative assertion in the declaration of independence. tocqueville offers a nice answer in democracy in america he makes the case that america has always been democratic but for him that's not an argument for thinking therefore the american case for democracies principled argument. he says america's political tradition has always been democratic, and so the american people have the luxury of just continuing to live in their tradition in a democratic age. so american life is better suited to a liberal era, but that's not to say that americans have always been pure theorists pure philosophers. america has had a long-standing democratic tradition which is both democratic and a tradition

we need to move closer when every american legalizes the american dream. i issue a call for action for an all hands on deck strategy for the cvc working with the allies and congress and city and local government to push for good policies and wealth andadeication and health care and criminal justice. we will work with national black organizations and the faith community. wooley gather data and educate the public and organize masses of our people to promote our gender. we will work with the legal community to pursue a legal sfrat gee to reverse the most egregious laws. we will push for full participation in presidential elections and state and local elections with the goal of electing people who chauffeur our values. as we begin our work, we will continue the struggle to make a difference for those for whom we represent. may god continue to bless our communes with talented leaders and talented leaders as you see on the stage. my god continue to bless each of you. this is now our time to make a difference. thank you very much. >> the 114th congress for the sw

[laughter] that's not the american dream is it? that's not the american dream. i just went into by telling you this. in america, it is one of the few places left in the world where it doesn't matter what class you are born into. it does not matter what your parents did for a living. in america, the opportunity is equal for each and every one of us. in america, the ultimate outcome is a to each and every one of us individually. [applause] you say, there is a reason why in america we take a day off to celebrate the fourth of july and not the 50th -- in april. we value our independence from government. we need to keep that going forward. [applause] to keep that going forward, we need a president and leaders in washington who understand it is important not to build the economy in washington that we as americans -- we want to build the economy in cities and towns all across is great country. [applause] we need a president who doesn't sit and washington d.c. when world leaders are standing together against terrorism in paris. we need a president and leaders in washing

>>> on this monday night, the deadly black ice on american highways. the tractor trailers losing control. in the east this rig barrelling towards the back of that car. tearing right across the interstate. and from the west the pickup pinned between two tractor trailers. that is the driver, right there. and ginger zee on the next storm coming. >>> the close call. the jet blue flight tearing down the runway about to take off, when another pla front. >>> the super bowl match-up. but tonight the nfl investigating. was the football deflated? patriots quarterback tom brady speaking out. >>> the ufo files from the u.s. air force. now posted for everyone? the controversy tonight. >>> and on this martin luther king jr. day, we look back. the images suddenly united families in living rooms across america. >>> good evening on this martin luther king jr. day. and a powerful trip back to that bridge in selma a bit later here. but first, another dangerous night on american highways. it's been a deadly 24 hours.ways coated in sheets of ice. take another look at this.

as americans, we cherish our civil liberties. and we need to uphold that commitment, if we want maximum cooperation from other countries and industry in our fight against terrorist networks. so, while some have moved on from the debates over our surveillance programs, i have not. as promised, our intelligence agencies have worked hard with the recommendations of privacy advocates to increase transparency and build more safeguards against potential abuse. and next month, we'll issue a report on how we're keeping our promise to keep our country safe while strengthening privacy. looking to the future instead of the past. making sure we match our power with diplomacy and use force wisely. building coalitions to meet new challenges and opportunities. leading always with the example of our values. that's what makings us exceptional. that's what keeps us strong. that's why we have to keep striving to hold ourselves to the highest of standards. our own. you know, just over a decade ago, i gave a speech in boston where i said, there wasn'

at one time, the americans had no idea who isis was. tonight, the president will ask the republican congress to work with him to authorize that military campaign, telling the country it will take a very long time, but ultimately the united states will prevail. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house. we are watching the house chamber tonight. this is a live picture of the members of the house and the senate in joint session to hear from the president tonight. we saw the president's cabinet come in a little bit earlier. there's senator lindsey graham of south carolina. several members of the supreme court have arrived, and members of the joint chiefs of staff, as well. nancy cordes, we heard major garrett say that the president will be asking for tax increases and more government spending in some respects. will the republican leadership of the house and senate be interested in those ideas? >> reporter: they will not, scott, and they have already made that clear. in fact, they've called the president's tax proposal unserious. the lead

it's called the american renewal project. it's funneled through the american family association. >> that's important to clarify. i think it's fair and the american family association would consider them to be essentially a subsidiary organization, given especially that they're housed within. david lane was also the organizer of those american family association prayer rallies we reported on previously. did the rnc give you a comment on this? >> no, they didn't. >> do you know if there's any connection between bryan fischer being fired and your inquiries around this story? >> i don't. it would be awfully nice to think so. but i have no idea. >> you gasped when i said so. >> i was surprised. because as you pointed out he's been around for a long time saying essentially the same thing for many years. so it does seem surprising that at this juncture, at this moment, he would be fired. >> can i ask you about the quote that david lane gave you? again, he's the organizer of this event with the rnc. his group is paying for a third of

and these are highly educated americans. here on american streets. this is not some radical streamists in pakistan. >> it's all the more stunning that the president is engaged in basically trying to enforce sharia laws themselves. you may remember that back in september of 2012, shortly after the attacks in benghazi, he went to the united nations general assembly and said, quote, the future must not belong to those who slander the profit of islam. that is basically the aim of these very gjihadists. several of your guests have spoken about the president of egypt's very impressive appearance at al azar university on the first of january. and he went right to what some call the vat canning of islam to make that statement. which means that it's not just radicals or extremists, certainly not all muslims, but the authorities of islam embrace not only the shiia blasphemy, but the whole program and seek to impose it on the rest of us and our president seems to be aligned with them, not with president alceese. >> if i could add one thing, judge, the assembly

, nearly 20 million more americans in poverty nearly 20 million more americans on food stamps. he hasn't done anything to help the middle class. median income has gone down $3,000 per family, health care costs have gone up thousands of dollars. so his policies for six years haven't achieved the goal you desire here. is it maybe time to try something else? >> you know every time i think you and i are having the same conversation you just fly off on me. >> bring in a little bit of truth and look what happens. >> wait a minute, hold on. the middle class in america they have 401(k)s, look at wall street. middle class in america looks at gas prices and looks at increased oil and gas production and the jobs that have come from it and say that's good. middle class america looks great, you had your shot. middle class america looks at the deficit and says look at the rate of growth obama's brought it down and the middle class americans know that when you start talking about the recession we were in it wasn't obama that did that. he brought us out of it. >> seven years later you're still

americans. that's what i want to talk with you about tonight. i call it the new kovcovenant. but it's grounded in a very, very old idea that all americans have not just a right but a to solemn responsibility to rise as their far as their god given talents and determination can take them and to give something back to and re their communities and their 't country in return. ot opportunity and responsibility. they go hand in hand. we can't have one without the other, and our national community can't hold together without both. our our new covenant is a new set of understandings for how we can equip our people to meet the works challenges of a new economy, howifferent we can change the way our government works to fit a different time. and above all, how we can repair the damaged bonds in our society in and come together behind our common purpose.an we must have dramatic change in our economy, our government, and ourselves. my fellow americans, without ip regard to party let us rise to ide, a the occ

american brand names. i'd like you to hear part of a conversation i had today with a 26-year-old. her name is paola laura mendi. she has a biology degree but works as a freelance producer here which is how we met her. she chooses to stay in cuba, live in cuba, when most of her own family in fact has left for the united states. and as you'll hear she loves her country while seeing its faults. how long will it take until cuba is ready for thousands and thousands -- >> it's going to take so long. it's going to be so hard because the first people we have to train is the people. educate to understand why -- what do we have to do to respond to that in a good way. >> other members of your family have left for the united states. why not you? is. >> i think -- i always knew what's happening now has to happen at some point. and i really wanted to stay for it because i know it's going to be so good, so rich. and i really love being in my country. i love my people. and i think i would feel empty if i left because i ha

you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span23. to join in the conversation, like us on race book at -- on facebook at c-span history. >> this sunday, the president and ceo of the nations largest civil rights and advocacy group on the state of hispanics in america, immigration reform, and her compelling personal story. >> i've had the great privilege of experiencing the american dream here in this country. born in kansas. my parents actually came to this country in the very early 1950's . my parents came from mexico with no money and very little education. my mom had an eight rate education, mime dad a fifth-grade education and yet they believed in the promise of this country and were seeking better opportunities for their children, so they worked really hard and sacrificed, as so many latinos and hispanics have done in this country, because they wanted that better future for their children. they believed in the promise of this country, so they really taught us important values that

ing impact on the american consciousness. this talk was part of a symposium hosted by yesterday, one of the things i did was to compare certain texts like "uncle tom's cabin," as a framework exploring some of the themes of the displacement of god, demasculinization, effects of the transformation of culture following the civil war, with rebecca harding davis, mark twain, and frederick douglass. today, what i want to do is start out telling a story, and i want to do it with one work of literature that you all know. the text itself stays the same but how people have interpreted it has changed dramatically since the end of the war. so how can we understand, how we recognize that text, says a lot about the transformation of culture. i should say, when i was asked to do this, one of the many reasons i decided to do it was that i remain curious about the wonderful title, "a fire never extinguished." david white and a few others of us -- it was such a literary phrase, we tried to figure out, who said that? is that whitman, emerson? w

wheeling gave birth to a brand new state one of the greatest experiments in american history american politics and so it is an incredibly important story not just for wheeling, and not just for west virginia it is important for our nature's history. because it is unprecedented. it has to do with the terrible tragedy of the american civil war. when you're presented with those opportunities, you have to take them. throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring wheeling, west virginia. we recently travelled there to learn about it's rich history. learn more on the cspan.org/local content. you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend, on cspan-37 cspan-37. >>> the theme, the three branchs on you for your chance to win the grand prize of $5000. for the list of rules, go to student cam.org. >> each week, american history's taef reel america brings you films. and it examines political and cultural issues. >> the most explosive issue of all is the existence of the state of israel. it was born amid turbulence and bloodshed. it became a separate nation after the brit

to begin with for african-americans each of those were turned affirmative action and do you think americans will ever see steep restitution? if not or if so, why? >> guest: in my view affirmative action is at least in part a type of reparations. i mean, i think there're bunch of reasons and good reasons to support affirmative action. but i think reparations is one of them. reparative justice. i think this is one way -- we don't color preparations, but i think it has been a type of reparations and it is entirely justifiable. >> host: how do you think president obama has been on the issue of race? >> guest: well he has been a very tough position as the first black president. and i think that being the first black president, he has felt inhibited. i think he is keenly attuned to the feared allegation that he is showing racial favoritism to his people, so to speak. and so i think you sort of bent over backwards to avoid that sort of allegation. he's in a very difficult position. obviously, he has lots of opposition. obviously, he is an historical first. i think when you are an historical first

that's how the american people want it to work. they want congress to work in a bipartisan way to get things done for the good of our country. yet after a delay of more than six years, this past week the president threatened to veto the keystone xl approval bill, even before he's seen the final product. so i'd like to close with a question. if the president isn't willing to get on board with the keystone xl pipeline -- which nearly 70 percent of the american people support, all the states along the route have approved and a bipartisan majority of congress has passed -- what will it take for him to work with us to get something done? mr. president, it's time to work with congress on this and other important issues for the american people. >> the communicators is next with cell phone inventor martin cooper. then, patrick donahoe discusses the future of the u.s. postal service. then a portrait for john conyers unveiled, the longest-serving member of the house of representatives. >> c-span, crated by america's cable companies 35 years

i believe in a smarter kind of american leadership. we lead best when we combine military power with strong diplomacy, when we leverage our power with coalition building, when we don't let our fears blind us to the opportunities that this new century presents. that's exactly what we're doing right now and around the globe. it is making a difference. first, we stand united with people around the world who've been targeted in the world from the schools in pakistan to the streets in paris. we will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks and reserve the right to act unilaterally as we've done to take terrorists out. [ applause ] >> at the same time, we have learned some costly lessons over the last 13 years. instead of americans patrolling the valleys of afghanistan, we've trained their security forces. who have not taken the lead and we've honored our true sacrifice by supporting that country's first democratic transition. instead of sending large ground forces overseas, we're partnering with nations from south asia

we are to be freed -- have you a new freedom for your white americans and slavery for your african-americans? god forbid! >> in my opinion as well as colleagues in my department. it's a practical solution to the -- that arises when they are mixed. we are giving the negros an opportunity to advance along separate times. my cabinet has assured me african-americans are not at a disadvantage. >> if all is equal how do you explain the present position where it is already operated at the debtment of southern employees where they are now humiliated and then disposed having to go far from the room just to use the toilet room and being forced right out of departments entirely. >> i haven't known of such ince didn't. your tod will only stir up resentment among the negro masses and make things worse. >> we did not come as delegates protesting jim crowe but its full-fledged american citizens absolutely equal to demand our equal rights under the constitution. it's unpittable to maintain segregation simply supports race friction. for 50 years white and colored clerks had been working together with friendl