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it is having a huge effect on american cities. >> if viewers want to watch the whole documentary, youuy it from your web site. and does it bother you when you see us chop up your documentary because you are setting a mood? how long is it? >> it is 89 minutes. it is regular feature length. it is actually a fascinating to see what you had chosen -- actually fascinating to see where you had chosen -- what you had chosen. >> there are sections of it that are self-contained. >> i know that members are sensitive, but can you give us a range of what this cost? >> i am not sure what other people would spend on something like this. i suspect that we spend less because when you have been making films for a long time, you have a ratio that maybe 50- watt or 20-1 in terms of the hours that you shoot. >> documentary's cost somewhere between $500,000.999999 dollars? >> for some people, it could go from a quarter of a million to $2.5 million. if you have a big staff and a lot of people and you are running around the world in shooting a lot, you can really -- in shooting a lot -- a l lot, you can rea

. >> reporter: american infantry on the ground, weighed down by their own survival packs, let alone anyone else's, deployed this afternoon to protect what's left of the city hospital-- boots on the ground that people on the ground in their masses, too-- no one wants to stay indoors, if there is still one. the americans are in the disintegrated palace grounds, too, the people on the lawns outside. people and president may share homelessness, but when i ask about, "had anyone seen the president, a minister, an official, a politician?" no one had. >> no one sends any ministers, nothing, because we need more attention. like, we talk about the people who's dead, but we do not talk about the people who are alive. >> reporter: a week on from the earthquake, there is no leadership and the aid on the ground is still a trickle. the search and rescue teams are still active, but they're only waiting now for the official order that their phase is over, and then they will leave. these men are from the fire brigades from all over britain, veterans of the tsunami, the pakistan earthquakes. but today they muster in vain-- no escort from the u.n. is forthcoming. >> what's

american guy, amerind. he grew up in new york city. he decides to enlist after 9/11 because his city is attacked, you know, what happens. he lives in northern brooklyn right across the east river from lower manhattan and at the same time he is sort of reading someone has happened to his seat that he is running through the streets of brooklyn looking for his wife and he can't find her. all the debris from the centers is falling on top of him. and he decides he wants to enlist because he wants to find whoever did this to his city. and instead he finds himself in iraq. and like many other soldiers who don't know why they are in iraq and afghanistan, he decides to focus on seeing to it that everybody he knows and he trained with comes back alive in one piece and where he can, doing things to help iraqi civilians. so this is from his chapter. this is the second scene. he leaves for iraq without telling his wife that she thinks he is just reporting for his regular sort of training duties. because he can't bear to say goodbye to her. you know

of a truck with a dispensing device which makes it almost invisible, driving it through a major american citynd potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of people. that's the scale that we think we're going to be dealing with unless we take some immediate action to raise our barriers against the attack or to be able to reduce its consequences. >> our establishments are used to the nuclear threats so new administrations hit the ground running. we gave the obama administration pretty good grades in nuclear. but they're very slow to recognize bio. it was true with clinton. it was true for bush. unfortunately, it's true for obama. we've been trying to tell them for the last year that they need to mount the learning curve more quickly. >> warner: you did though senator talent give them a more mixed set of grades on steps that would prevent an attack. at least they've assessed where the dangerous pathogens are. just describe that a little bit. have they done at least some preventive work. >> they have. that's in the nature of a study though. and it was our recommendation. they did it. so we gave

people in houston were not surprised that they had elected the first gay mayorÑi of a major american cityf electing a mayor is not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community. to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. i understand how much this day means to you. i can feel your excitement in youÑijulyand and your joy. but i am also feel your apprehension and longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you forward. but today is simply ones that. and -- simply wants that. when the time comes i will gladly pass the torch to the next person i am waiting. i will cheer for them as you do for me. your bravery in the face of threats, your grace in the face of insults sustains me. we will support each other. [applause] do not fear to dream big dreams. frame your whole self to everything that you do. face the world with dignity and integrity. i promise you, the paint is worth the reward. thank you for being with me. [applause] [shouting] >> thank you. [laughter] i do know this city well. i

in other words, all american cities now that the drug trade is controlled by mexican drug cartels and their associates. they sell the drugs to american gangs or other dealers who may be white, black, or mexican. in any case, the mexican cartels of people to deliver the drugs in every part of the united states including hawaii, alaska, idaho, where i'm from, and puerto rico. it doesn't matter. this was just amazed about how pervasive the cartels were and in el paso especially to realize that my neighbors and people i knew really well all of a sudden told me they were involved in the drug trade. just the extent of it is tremendous. as far as the law enforcement side of it, what i was surprised by was i would go to parties and the people who were agents are dea agents or something like that how often they would tell me that basically they didn't agree with the war on drugs policy. he said look, we're losing this war. it's not a war anyway because it's not a solid battleground of the good guys and bad days are easily identified. as so many of them have a cynical view of the whole thing an

it's had a huge effect on american cities. >> i want to remind anyone that's watching, if they want to watch the whole documentary, it's americancasinothemovie.com is your web site. and you can buy it for $24.95 and it's been in the theaters for the last couple of weeks. does it bother you when you see us chop up your documentary? because you're setting a mood as you watch it. and by the way, how long is it? >> it's 89 minutes, so it's regular feature length. and i don't mind it. it's actually fascinating to see what you've chosen. you've chosen different things from other people in terms of the clips -- >> there's a lot of things we could have chosen as you know. there's a lot missing. >> yes, when you make a film, you're building a mood throughout. you're going through and there are certain rhythms. but there are also sections that are self-contained. >> i know numbers are sensitive. can you give us a range of what this kind of thing costs to do? >> you know, i'm not sure what other people would spend on something like this. i suspect that we spend less simply because when you've bee

-- or rogue countries could try to take out an american city, and that is why it is important to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. host: secretary of state hillary clinton is at a conference on these very issues. they spent part of the time talking about yemen, where is the response from the local government is being applauded. what do you see there from the government response? guest: i think we are taking basically the right approach towards yemen. we have to realize there is no central front in the war on terrorism. if there is, it is iran and pakistan. pakistan already has nuclear weapons, and it is to some degree unstable, and iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, and would at least threaten us with them, if not actually use them. so we need to focus on the nuclear threat, and iraq and afghanistan, to some degree, i just important because it happened to be there. -- because we happen to be there. yes, al qaeda can use afghanistan as a place to train, but they are using yemen, the a using somalia, and there are many places where al qaeda is operating. host: i

in other words all american cities by the drug trade is controlled by mexican drug cartels and then there are associates, this all the trucks to american gangs were other dealers might be white, black or mexican that the drug cartels have people to deliver the drugs in every part of the united states including hawaii, alaska, idaho where i'm from and puerto rico. doesn't matter. as i was amazed how pervasive the drug cartels work and el paso especially to realize my neighbors and people i knew really well of a sudden told me they were involved in the drug trade, just the extent of it is tremendous. as far as law enforcement side of what i was surprised by bus i would go to parties and meet people at the border patrol agents or the dea or something like that how often they would tell me basically they didn't agree with [alarm sounding] on drugs policy. they said look, we are losing this war. it's not a war any way because it isn't is all but battleground with these guys and easily identified but so many of them have a cynical view of the whole thing and they were doing this work as a job.

american memory. from there we mid-1995. what happens in april, 1995? anybody? oklahoma -- the oklahoma city bombing. this chapter is called coming now. it's called coming out for two reasons. first, by 1995, from 96 to 97 when arab-americans' get the kick in the pence to become politically active because of the six-day war, by 1995 there is definitely a bit more of a willingness to be out as a cony nt, and then all of a sudden the bombing happened in oklahoma and everyone blames the areas where there as an american or arab-americans and you see this initial recoil but in the community and people stay out in part because it turns out as timothy mcveigh and the guy for this chapter is revere and he's coming out as both day and as arab and it's a great way to sort of explore that idea that the effort and, that for imports of who you are can change depending on where you are. and then anybody recognize this? the next chapter is about the u.s. presidential election and we experience with mia who is a democratic operative and renda who is a republican. and it's to ways of being courted, the vote being cour

look at what we have already accomplished for american cities. the estimates range from two to 2.4 million jobs saved or created. tax relief has been provided to families and businesses. that money has poured back into the economy of your cities, creating more jobs. more than 18 million americans have received unemployment compensation benefits and increased benefits. imagine what the impact on your cities would be if we did not have that money flowing and those people found themselves in a destitute situation. more than 3000 public housing authorities have been aborted recovery act funding funding -- totally $1 billion, helping create jobs, retrofitting houses, improving public housing all across the country. what amazes me, mr. president, they take advantage of this difficult situation to make improvements. it is not just spending the money, they are actually changing the way in which the money is spent put up more than 4000 law enforcement officers and 1000 communities have benefited from this additional inflow of money. we have sparked innovat

. >> and growing concerns about al-qaeda's operations in yemen, has one major american city considering changing its entire way of shipping cargo. >> president obama today giving the most detailed account to date of the link between the would be christmas plane bomber and al-qaeda. the president confirming 23-year-old umar farouk abdulmutallab traveled to yes, ma'amen and had contact with the branch of al-qaeda based there and that he had a role that -- that they had a role in the plot to blow up northwest flight 253. molly is covering that from washington. >> president obama says the u.s. is at war against, quote, a far reaching network of violence and hatred. and that the u.s. will do whatever it takes to defeat them. the president, who is vacationing with his family in hawaii, said an initial review of the plot to bomb the christmas day amsterdam to detroit plane has revealed more details about the suspect. >> we know he traveled to yemen, a country grappling with poverty and deadly insurgencies. it appears he joined affiliates of al-qaeda and this group, al-qaeda and the arabian pen

in fact, it's much cleaner than many american cities. has done this and has been able to put this back up. well, he also came from the bush as a warrior. again, he is -- as great a person as he is, and i say the same thing about the president of iew -- of uganda, there is a reluctance to admit they can't handle this probably themselves. and the president of congo. congo used to be called zaire. it's a gigantic area. we remember the stories of the explorers that went there and were able to get all the way across the congo, taking months and months to do so, many of them losing their lives. well, back when -- when the congo was having serious problems, president cabilla senior was there and he was actually killed and his son joe cabilla took the reins of the country. joe also had a military background. so you have three presidents. they respect each other. they are not at war with each other. they all have one thing in common. they want to eradicate this monster called joseph kony. they have not been able to successfully get that done. so

done more for new orleans than any other professional sports franchise has done for any other american city. aside from the short-term joy brought to new orleans, the saints' record has put the city back on the map, december playing to the nation that we are back for the long-term. the endless media coverage and nonstop showcasing of the region's unique culture and the undeniable camaraderie created among the new orleans who dat nation is wonderful. new orleans is better than ever, in large part due to the saints. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee 13k to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i'm overwhelmed as i've seen the outpouring of support for the haitian people and the concern of this congress. i would ask that we move forward on one particular interest and concern and that is the orphans of haiti. already before the earthquake, there were 1.5 million orphans. now we see hundreds of thousands of children who are now without parents. over t

people in houston were not surprised that they had elected the first gay mayorÑi of a major american citywe have a tradition of electing a mayor is not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community. to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. i understand how much this day means to you. i can feel your excitement in youÑijulyand and your joy. but i am also feel your apprehension and longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you forward. but today is simply ones that. and -- simply wants that. when the time comes i will gladly pass the torch to the next person i am waiting. i will cheer for them as you do for me. your bravery in the face of threats, your grace in the face of insults sustains me. we will support each other. [applause] do not fear to dream big dreams. frame your whole self to everything that you do. face the world with dignity and integrity. i promise you, the paint is worth the reward. thank you for being with me. [applause] [shouting] >> thank you. [laughter] i do k

american cities, american citizens. this is just the beginning. the marine expedition unit is on its web -- way. if we can now get into a port, we will get over land. we are using every available tool that we have to try to get -- what is your face -- phrase? mass on target. the target is big. the mass we have is enormous. but the bottleneck is how physically we can get it there. so i want to begin by thanking our military for the incredible job your doing. the admiral, the coast guard, everyone. the president made it clear in the situation room, saying general, anything you need, anything you need is up the disposal of this rescue mission. here at homestead, they are supporting rescue teams and the development of a mobile energy response system, sending in water or crops, meals, hygiene's supplies. there is an investment coming on more of everything the people of haiti need, including the ability when we get the 82nd on the ground, more security on the ground. everybody knows how this works. everyone knows how works. initially, everyone is so foc

the staff that works so hard on behalf of american city.america's mayor, thank you so much, and god bless you. [applause] >> thank you, marty. before i moved to our featured speaker, i want to acknowledge our primary liaison with the white house. is david in the house? [applause] david -- let me tell you. [applause] mares, if you haven't met david, you've got to meet him. he has been so helpful in arranging our meeting with the president today, not to mention, our time with the first lady and nine cabinet members. he has worked tirelessly with tom cochran and our staff. and we owe him a great debt of gratitude because he truly, i think, tom, from the e-mails i have seen from you at 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, you and david have not had any sleep and getting this agenda put together. and having worked for our past president, mayor joe riley of charleston, david knows what mayors do every day because dave it worked for mayor riley. so, great job. you gave him a good trading and gave him good insight -- you gave him good training. more impor

now, houstonians were very surprised that they elected the first american of the major american city. we have a tradition of electing mayors not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but, i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community, to those who are or or bisexual or transgendered. i have understand how much this day means to you. i danfield your excitement and your joy. but i can also feel your apprehension and your longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you for word, but today is simply one step toward a tomorrow of greater justice. and when the time comes i will gladly pass the torch to the next in waiting, and i will cheer for them as you do for me. your bravery in the face of threats, your grace in the face of unsolved sustains me. we will support each other. [applause] do not fear to dream big dreams. bring your whole self to everything you do. face the world with dignity and integrity. i promise you that pain is worth the reward. thank you for being with me. [applause] thank you. i do know this city well and i love this

sachs and staff in beijing and far-flung places, where as 20 years ago, clustered around some american cities and maybe london, maybe tokyo. >> just one last question. has the percentage of your total revenue, which is distributed and compensation, to your partners changed as the legal status of goldman sachs has changed? >> in the status situation, in the old regime, everything that was left over belong to the partners that they would have effectively the shareholders. but i will say in the 10 years or so as a public company, we have been, started out and said to the world that we will start looking at the beginning of every year like it would be about 50% and is just largely can't lower. largely gone four for the good reason that our revenues have often gone higher. so you didn't need to pay as much. in the overall effort of what to do, one of the problems that i think, you know, we have is what we do a lot for the economy isn't that visible as an investment banker but we help allocate capital, we raise, we put copies together. we launch new businesses by raising capital in the process, but

>> said they are about african-americans and stories in this city it is a downer. >> host: what is therred place and time? >> guest: i read a lot of the plane, i have the amazon candles all i can carry six books at one time and i read at home and i have a special book chair that is dedicated special just to reading with a special task light. >> host: the latest interview is break through you can go to booktv.org and check out her interview. thank you very much. >> host: welcome back to booktv after word spread the we're talking with professor peniel jospeh tufts university history professor. and a very interesting book which i recommend. "dark days, bright nights" from black power to barack obama" a great piece of work and congratulations. let's talk about you mentioned in your book with some of the media coverage with barack obama and some of his views and speeches to have not been as sharp coverage as it should have then. how do you think obama's as the first african-american a president has been covered? >> guest: in a unique and interesting way. in terms of politics of race, race i

>> this is the city of la fond a french man who served in the american revolution. he stayed. he was commissioned to design the city of washington. so he came here and 1891 come 1892 when there was just across the river it looks very finished now with the buildings, the capitol, the washington monument, all of that. but when l'enfant came it was woods, creeks, swamps and out of that he envisioned a national capital for this new nation. he designed it. his design was accepted and adopted. you can look at this city today and see the city that l'enfant envisioned in the late 18th century. l'enfant dollied in 1825. his estate was worth less than $100. he was sort of a forgotten man. he was buried in a grave on the maryland farm. his grave wasn't marked by even a tombstone. there was a cedar tree planted to mark his grave. so the beginning of the 20th century, frederick olmsted, glenn brown and other designers, city designers, daniel burnham, had the idea of finding love what, honoring him properly, giving him the proper burial he never had, and recognizing the man who had designed

every other president in american history left the city. that makes him unique in this country. his wife actually bought this house for him. his wife, his second wife i should say, she was married, she was a widow, formerly married to a or. and she had some money. she married wilson in 1950, the same year the house or was actually built. it was a state-of-the-art house for its type it so it has electricity, an elevator in it and so on. the key reason why edith bought this house here, really for her husband, was that in the waning days of his presidency, he had a massive stroke during that time. he was trying to sell the tree of her side to the country. he was out on a big row two are trying to get the country to throw its weight behind the treaty of versailles at the end of four or one. and ultimately, the senate voted that down largely because the league of nations. during that time he suffered a massive stroke. so for about nine months was incapacitated. his wife, edith, de facto became the president at that time because you limited access to her husband picked anybody wanted

the americans happened to have destroyed the city of hiroshima with an atomic bomb. so americans who tend to be shocked by the vileness by osama bin laden living in some sort of fantasy world. bin laden and his followers have a point of view for which they are being to kill. in other words, they are just like the others. they are like us. some of what bin laden thinks is perfectly reasonable. like paul wolfowitz, like pat robertson, like ariel sharon, like george bush, bin laden thinks a lot of things that are unreasonable. bin laden is admired. some clearly admire him because of his least reasonable beliefs. many admire him because they feel there's something wrong with the circumstances in which they lief. and bin laden's anger symbolizing for them a desire for a better life. that desire is not at all unreasonable. late september, autumn begins. not unlike those unfortunate individuals who have become addicted to pornography on the internet. a frightening number of americans seek temporary relief in nationalistic fantasy from the unsatisfying completeness of their d

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americans is double. in places like new york city for black men in this trouble. there are great recent news stories about how even african-americans who are college educated are disproportionally more unemployed than their counterparts. we are still seeing that even with the euphoria of the obama victory and as significant as that victory is, it is really a watershed in american history and world history, it is still not necessarily translating immediately into ending racial disparity in this country. >> host: some have criticized president obama, particularly some in african-american communities, for not focusing enough on some of those disparities, particularly the record unemployment among african americans in some places. give it some concentrated attention. what do you make of those critiques? >> guest: well, i think they exemplify the dilemma that black americans face having the first black president. because historically we have never had african american leaders within the black community, someone like a dr. king who also had an elected office, let alone t

staff in beijing and far- flung places, whereas 20 years ago we were clustered around some american societies -- citiese percentage of your total revenue distributed in compensation to your partners changed as the legal status of goldman sachs has changed? >> in the old regime, everything that was left over along to the partners. they were effectively the shareholders. but in the tenure saw was a public company, -- that 10 years or so as a public company, we said we would start looking like it would be about 50% and it has largely gone lower. for the good reason that our revenues have often gone higher. you did not need to pay as much. and the overall effort of what to do -- one of the problems we have is that what we do a lot for the economy is not like -- is not as invisible -- not as visible as an investment bank. we put companies together and launch new businesses but it does the really interface a lot -- it does not interface and up with the people who we will want to understand what our role is in the system. and until recently, we embarked on a program called 10,000 small businesses to get goldm

embassy personnel and their families in port-au-prince as well as the many american cities than to live work and haiti. americans trying to locate family members and haiti are encouraged to contact the state department at (888)407-4747. i'm going to repeat that. 888 for a 7447. second, we've mobilize resources to help rescue efforts. military overflights have assessed the damage and by early afternoon our civilians last disaster team are going to be arrived. urchin rescue teams from florida, virginia, and california will arrive throughout today and tomorrow, and more rescue and medical equipment and emergency personnel are being prepared. because in disasters such as this the first hours and days are absolutely critical to saving lives and avoiding even greater tragedy, i have directed my teams to be as leaning as possible in getting the help on the ground and courtney dean with our international partners as well. third, given the many different resources that are needed we are taking steps to ensure that our government acts in a unified way. the national security team has led interagen

cole that killed 17 american sailors and now boston city leaders trying how to keep the yemeni tankersway. laura ingle has been following the story and joins us now from the new york city news room. first of all, tell us about the gas deliveries. >> hi, gregg, well, if allowed here the delivery in question would cruise into boston harbor and then dock at the l and g terminal in everett. that's what is making many in the boston area alarmed tonight. a government report at that came out concluded that terrorists could cause major damage if they got their hand on one of these types of tankers, slashing a hole in the side, for example, could unleash a fire so intense, it could cause major injuries and burn buildings as far as one third of a mile away and second degree burns. that's why they're taking a close look at the plan to bring one of these tankers in from yemen. >> it's just a proposal right now, the coast guard, along with the area maritime security committee is reviewing the proposal to try to saesh what additional security procedures need to be put in place. we're coordinating wi

charitable organizations began raising funds in earnest to aid the earthquake victims, and cities with major haitian- american populations joined the effort. the speaker of the new york city council made this announcement today. >> starting immediately, new york city municipal employees-- that's 300,000 people-- for the next four pay periods will be able to make check-offs on their paychecks, donations to the mayor's fund to go to relief organizations that are helping in haiti. >> holman: additional fundraising also is gathering momentum. a celebrity-filled national telethon was in the works. and the president will meet tomorrow with former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton to discuss their new effort to promote rebuilding haiti. >> lehrer: now to jeffrey brown. he spoke earlier today with tina susman of the "los angeles times" in port-au-prince. >> reporter: tina, thanks for joining us. you are at the airport so tell us first what's the situation there in terms of supplies being able to get in. >> well, today appears to be the first day that things have really gotten under way here at the airport. u

city here. what is this tomb on the mound here overlooking the sea? >> this is the tomb of the freshmen who served in the american revolution. he stayed on. he was commissioned to design the city of washington. so he came here in 1891, 1892. just across the river it looks very finished down with the buildings, the capital, the washington monument. all of that. but when he came here, it was just words, creeks, swamps. and out of that he envisioned a national capital. for this new nation. he designed it. his design was accepted. it was adopted. you can look at the city today and see the city that he envisioned. in the late 18th century. i he died in 1825. his estate was worth less than $100. in a sort of an unforgotten and. he was buried in a grave on a farm. there was a cedar tree planted to marcus gray. so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne and other designers, city designers, daniel burnham, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him a proper burial he had never had and recognizing the man who designed the nation's capital they did here. they brought him to the spot in 1909. a

during the mt recent olympic games in beijing many americans pressed outrage after learni many of the chine city'sstaunts serve entrees containing dog meat. the beijing tourism bure evenally decided to take dog off of menus during the mes, but thcontroversy spard a brant discussion abo me-eating in general. now a new bo further explores e issue by attemptinto answer the questio why do we love dogs, eat ps, and wear co? >> the easiest way for me to answer that question with an illustraon. so imagine that you are at a ncy dinner party. you're sitti at a beautiful table, you'renjoying the conversation, you're drinking the fine wine, you'reating a decious beef stew, andn fact, this stew is so decious at you ask youhost for the cipe. and flattered, she replies, "th secret ingdient is the meat. you usthree pounds of well-minated golden reriever." now, stop for a minute and think about ur thoughts and feelings upon hearing that. chances e, the meat on your plate iso longer food to you, b looks like a dead animal. your reaction an example of wh i call carnism. >> bonnie: psycholist melanie joy coined the

. >>> then our american dispatch from salt lake city, utah, where the mayor's attempt to liberalize liquor laws is getting local pushback. >>> he says the attempted terror attack is fresh evidence that al qaeda is figuring us out. the last word from michael scheuer, former chief of the cia's osama bin laden unit. this is the "state of the union" report for sunday, january 3rd, 2010. >>> we begin today with the latest on the failed christmas day bomb plot. joining us now, man reporting directly to president obama about what went wrong, and how to fix it. john brennan, welcome to "state of the union." before we get to that christmas day bomb plot, there's breaking news this morning we need to talk about. hours ago the u.s. embassy in yemen closed in response from threats to al qaeda. you've been briefed by general petraeus and others and general petraeus was, of course, just in yemen. is there an imminent threat o all americans there? >> i spoke to our ambassador in yemen both this morning as well as last night and there are indications al qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against tar

then our american dispatch from salt lake city, utah. where the mayor's attempt to liberalize liquor laws is get something local push back. the last word from michael scheuer. this is the state of the union report for sunday, january 3rd, 2010. >>> we begin today with the latest on the failed christmas day bomb plot. joining us is the man reporting directly to president obama about what went wrong and how to fix it. john brennan, welcome to state of the union. before we get to that christmas day bomb plot, there's breaking news this morning that we need to talk about. and that is just hours ago the u emba -- u.s. embassy in yemen closed in response to threats from al qaeda. we know you've been briefed by general petraeus and others and general petraeus was of course just in yemen. is there an imminent threat to all americans there? >> i spoke with our ambassador in yemen, the ambassador, both this morning and last night, and there are indications that al qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against target inside of saana, possibly ou

city here. what is this tomb on the mound here overlooking the sea? >> this is the tomb of the freshmen who served in the american revolution. he stayed on.

staff in beijing and far- flung places, whereas 20 years ago we were clustered around some american societies -- citiestal revenue distributed in compensation to your partners changed as the legal status of goldman sachs has changed? >> in the old regime, everything that was left over along to the partners. they were effectively the shareholders. but in the tenure saw was a public company, -- that 10 years or so as a public company, we said we would start looking like it would be about 50% and it has largely gone lower. for the good reason that our revenues have often gone higher. you did not need to pay as much. and the overall effort of what to do -- one of the problems we have is that what we do a lot for the economy is not like -- is not as invisible -- not as visible as an investment bank. we put companies together and launch new businesses but it does the really interface a lot -- it does not interface and up with the people who we will want to understand what our role is in the system. and until recently, we embarked on a program called 10,000 small businesses to get goldman sachs to apply itsel

staff in beijing and far- flung places, whereas 20 years ago we were clustered around some american societies -- cities maybe london and tokyo. >> has the percentage of your total revenue distributed in compensation to your partners changed as the legal status of goldman sachs has changed? >> in the old regime, everything that was left over along to the partners. they were effectively the shareholders. but in the tenure saw was a public company, -- that 10 years or so as a public company, we said we would start looking like it would be about 50% and it has largely gone lower. for the good reason that our revenues have often gone higher. you did not need to pay as much. and the overall effort of what to do -- one of the problems we have is that what we do a lot for the economy is not like -- is not as invisible -- not as visible as an investment bank. we put companies together and launch new businesses but it does the really interface a lot -- it does not interface and up with the people who we will want to understand what our role is in the system. and until recently, we embarked on a program called 10

diane mckinney whetstone who writes these wonderful fictional stories about african-american women in the inner cityso that was my fun book, and it was still kind of a downer. >> what is your preferred place and time to read? >> i read, i read a couple different ways. i read a lot on planes. i have a kindle, so i can carry around six different books at one time. that's good for traveling. and i read at home, i have a special book chair that's dedicated just to reading with a special light and a whole basket full of books next to it. >> the book is breakthrough. if you want to watch her after words program, go to booktv.org. >> "after words" continues. >> host: we are back on "after words." we are speaking with wil haygood, the author of the new book, "sweet thunder: the life and times of sugar ray robinson." how you doing can, sir? >> guest: i'm doing good. >> host: excellent. now, there are a couple characters in the book who we have not mentioned yet, miles davis and lena horne. and that, to me, is just one of the many things that makes the book so interesting is that it's about sugar ray robinson

at the same time many african-americans were coming off the land in rural america and going to the city's. so i fought i felt caught in between the two groups. it's like two sides and it was a time that was pre-multiculturalism. i felt internally perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> one of the first parts of your book is a of a couple different sections in the first one called straddling the fence. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american male growing up in a predominantly white area of suburban philadelphia? >> it was tough. i don't think i did. i wrestle with the impact of that time period. i grew up with people who were good friends of mine, great friends from that time period but who held numerous stereotypes about african-americans and i internalized those stereotypes. i was fortunate, but my parents worked which was unusual for that time, i come from a dual income family and so tenth grade road around and i often out of the public school system, go to private school and i had my first contact with african-a

there was a boycott in every city led by the american jewish congress. a famous name in jewish history there were organized ams >> but czechoslovakia's, england, f rance with germans good and services. there was opposition within the american jewish community. it is very easy for those people today and falsely believe but we both know that the jewish community back in the '30's was anything but monolithic. it is a very complex story but the committee was comprised or the leadership in this country where made the run by what was known as the german jews. >> host: they did not want to rock the boat. >> guest: not only that they let all the vigorous protest. >> they fought back whenever the jews were persecuted. whether not the regime a question would take retaliation revenge that was never an issue. they had to stand up for a jewish rates. all over the planet. in this case the issues of our retaliated against was not some russian guy called sasha, this would now be the uncle, their cousin, their daughter. >> host: they were afraid there'd be a backlash aga

turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy the high school paloma no longer guarantees a good job. that's why i urge the senate to follow the house and pass a bill that will revitalize our community colleges, which are a career pathway to the children of so many working families. to make college more affordable, this bill will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to bankser to student loans -- banks for student loans. instead, let's take that money and give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase pell grants. and let's tell another one million students that when they graduate they will be required to pay only 10% of their income on student

the jews condemned the nazis and had million men marches and a boycott in every city and led by the american jewish congress. there were organized boycotts. >> host: interesting to all americans. >> guest: not just americans by czechoslovakia's, england, f rance do not by germans goods and services. there is opposition within the american jewish community. it is easy to look at the jewish community today and believe it was monolithic but we both know that the jewish community back in the thirties was anything but monolithic. it is a very complex story. the jewish committee was comprised the leadership in this country was known as german jews which is the court the jews. they did not want to rock the boat. they led all of the protests against the czar, france damascus, they fought back whenever jews were persecuted and whenever the czar would take retaliation or revenge on the inhabitants there was never the issue. they stood up to the jewish rates and successfully defended the jewish rights all over the plan it. in this case the jews who are retaliated against her not a russian guy called sa

he would later become the first african-american mayor of the city of chicago.n 1974, massachusetts and connecticut adopted state holidays in honor of king. new jersey followed in 1975. by the time the legislation passed at the federal level, there were a number of states that already had state holidays in honor of dr. king. what were some of the arguments made in opposition of the holiday? one of the first argument was that no other american other than george washington had received such an honor, so why did we have the audacity to think that he was on the same level as george washington? i do not need to spend a lot of time thinking why people felt that. many people felt like he was as an important figure in history as washington biggin king helped to save the country by bringing us together across racial lines. his contribution was beyond saying we will honor the birthday of a man. it was the idea of values that he brought forth as part of the movement. senator jesse helms -- i thought you were going to talk about him. the senator from north carolina did not

those guards were mostly young americans from new york, and i mean new york city. but also from minneapolis where the trotskyist had put down roots along the teamsters organization. it was the only place where they had a falling among what trotsky called proletariat. some of the teams came to serve as guards and some less successfully than others. the teamsters it turns out were not all cut out to be guards of trotsky or anybody else. despite diego's generosity the shortage of funds in the trotsky household just to run the household but also for his protection is quite shocking. one of the things i discovered in researching the book there were always running out of money. the guard fund runs out of money and they are asking natalia for from this, please don't tell trotsky and back and forth and all around. also when you sort of get what you pay for when you see is the poor quality of some of the guards and there's quite scandalous as well. you can believe it. reading the documents or reading the book that this is the best the great trotsky could attract or the most

[applause] >> carol berkin is an american history professor at barook college and the graduate center of the city university of new york. she's the author of "a brilliant solution, inventing the american constitution." the 2009 fall literary festival e information, visit fallersity for the book.org. [inaudible conversations] >> this man has a pen. >> one of them is from a grandson that you delivered. >> i'll put his name. jeremy 67. >> mr. swkrao: and how would is >> and how old is jeremy? >> 23 or 24. >> he has a son now. >> oh, ok. >> do you have more time with the camera. >> if you get it fast. we have limited time. thank you, sir. >> ok. good. >> appreciate that. >> you have three? >> >> he keeps me straight. nice to meet you. or she keeps the book straight. i don't know which. >> nice to see you. >> good to see you. >> you're going to get tired of that one day. >> oh, no. >> i'm glad you're here. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello. >> hi. >> nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> well, so far, so good. no cramps yet. we'll see you. >> good to see you again. >> my favorite memory is being in

i mean, they feel about americans the way young wolfgang sam guilted one leo ferguson came into his life. >> this was a cityhat was still serving in 1948 and 49 and as you said 80% of the housing stock was gone. people were living in basements and so on so these troubled-- clearing things away and building things. it was quite remarkable. still in the '60s and '70s i have to say, tempelhof in juts, you still sort of went like this, down and i often think i am being hyperbolic but i'm not. you could look is your lendee, you could look over those apartment buildings and see people in their kitchens preparing lunch or dinner so one could only imagine what it was like when the planes would come in in these bad conditions. >> one of these ironies of course when the plane stopped coming in, the airlift continued after may 12 because we were building up stockpiles in case the russians tried another block-- blocade, but said the planes kept coming in. mini, then they finally stopped in september and many germans, many berliners had trouble sleeping without the noise. they couldn't go to sleep without the noise of t