much success i don't think that's resonating enough to actually win the election in fact in the american press today they just released a video clip in which he said that forty seven percent of the electorate he's not even interested he calls them the moochers and these are people who were attending a fifty thousand dollars a plate fund raiser so you know i think ultimately his prospects for one of the elections are rather small i think obama's. chief strategy in terms of winning is just presenting himself as not romney at this point so he can actually not perform all that well and yet still win the election. big demand to buy europe's third biggest lender bank daniels in a business that's what's the story on that and. the company has been twice oversubscribed. time to move right. the risk of the ties for the financial sector is getting really strong and russia specific. is improving so basically we think it's a great time and i think very bank is going to be the first one of the russian companies that plan to appear to i.p.o.'s in the near future and i think burbank is going to sara bag good

which success i don't think that's resonating enough to actually win the election in fact the american press today they just released a video clip in which he said that forty seven percent of the electorate he's not even interested and he calls them the moochers you know very low it is a very low does exactly and these are people who are attending a fifty thousand dollars plate fund raiser so you know i think ultimately his prospects for one of the elections are are rather small i think obama's. chief strategy in terms of winning is just presenting himself as not romney at this point so he can actually not perform all that well and yet still win the election for someone who is a professor at the university of wisconsin milwaukee thanks so much for coming on the program today delightful to be here thank you thank you. arwa live from moscow this hour thought see that's ahead on your bush when all big demand to buy spare buying daniel the news you have is what you have us right the soul of the state to morrow has been twice oversubscribed rubenstein. has time to write. the reason for the financ

white soldiers that were actually covered in the british newspapers but were not covered by the american press at all. with the military, they more often than not silenced ottley. usually he would complain about it and usually they would relent. [laughter] it wasn't quite yet known, hot and dry as it could've been. as he often painted in his prose. >> ottley was one of the rare people in world war ii [inaudible] >> i think that is one of the most interesting parts of his work. as you will remember, in the book new world coming, there is a chapter on japanese propaganda in black communities. the japanese position themselves in the mid- to late 1930s as people of color who were in solidarity with the oppressed colonials all over the world, and this included black americans. ali was derisive and dismissive of these japanese efforts. but he was also -- he had a warning in these pros. there are those who will listen to extreme voices. so you need to moderate the behavior and roll back the racism for the long-term national security health of the country. this is one of the more interesting elements

. >> how much coverage did that get in the american press. >> why? american people are excited about one thing in afghanistan. that is getting out. >> the press should reflect that? >> i said the press should report the story of the attack. >> i know they didn't and on the special report day after the administration witnessed and said on capitol hill that benghazi was a terrorist attack bret baer held up a copy of the new york times to note they had not mentioned it anywhere in the paper. this is how it is going to be for a republican. media is not going to help the republicans broadly speaking. theedia. a smart republican campaign recognizes that and plans for that and thinks of way to counter act it. they have done it in the past it is not clear the romney campaign is doing that. >> chris: will this make any difference in terms of the election? >> it could if the issue were quep dead and respond tod as bill suggest by the other cand date. i don't think that is it happened. >> you think that is wishful thinking and you are reaching? >> i am saying it

katie couric with her news background to press heidi about her divorce and we expected her to talk to jennifer lopez about her own relationship and why she left "americanl." these are not exactly pressing issues in the world today, but she met all expectations, got great viewership on the first night and then it declined about 40% by the end of the week. >> i wonder, gail, whether some are holding kati to a higher standard because of her journal is tick badge ground where if she had been on the entertainment side of the business you'd expect her to be chatting up people like jennifer simpson. >> of course that's a relative term, so is she the next oprah? >> i don't think so. but i have to admit. i had higher expectations because of her news background, but then i came to realize that the twofer mats don't fit. there's not that much of an overlap when you're focusing on celebrities. >> what were your higher expectations? what did you think she might have done that she did not do? >> i was hoping her guests were not all celebrity-type guests on the debut. and they were. i was hoping that she didn't position herself as one of you, i.e., just like you, the

requirements are so weak and so there disclosure acquirements are so we know that in particular american press holy an institute is being funded is funneling a lot of this money into the elections and that the saudi arabian oil companies are funneling money into the american petroleum institute so how can we guarantee that money coming from the. a.p.i. organization isn't coming from saudi arabia you know there is no way to guarantee it they may say well we're funding it the u.s. is syria but it's the same company they share the funds they can move funds around to finance anything they want and so you know it's a gigantic problem and fundamentally i think we need to start doing what president obama said last week is that we need to start mobilize. being a movement for a constitutional amendment to really tackle you know the fact that corporate funding in elections shouldn't be a first amendment right you know my money is property not speech right and everyone has the same amount of property the same amount of speech so you know i encourage people to get involved to really tackle this issue if y

things about the death of american newspapers this in our lifetimes, the death of the african-american press. the importance of newspapers like the chicago defender was forgotten and meant all of our lives are culturally and politically for put out a call for people to african-americans to leave the south like many black newspapers in the north. there's no future. come here. we can do that. like many african american families they came during the end of world war ii. it is true for anybody who has to migrate for work whether they migrate 500 miles or 5,000 miles, you are encouraged to come. you are welcome in many cases. part of that is the boss knows you will work hard. you want a future and you want your kids to have a future. nina may be welcome for your labor but not welcome in many other ways. what they found particularly when it came to housing, this is a story that is true today for latino immigrants and african-americans is when your neighbor's welcome your struggle to find a decent place to live is the source of real anger and humiliation and frustration. richard wright wrote about

. >> and how much coverage did that attack get in the american press? not much? why? the american people excited about one thing when it comes to afghanistan, bill and that is getting out. >> and the press should reflect that? >> the press should report the story. >> the other night on special report the day after the administration witness said on capitol hill that benghazi was a terrorist attack bret baier held up a copy of the new york times to note that the "new york times" had not mentioned it anywhere in the paper. remarkable. this is how it will be for a republican at this stage of the general election campaign. the media is not going to help the republican broadly speaking the media. a smart republican campaign recognizes that plans for that and thinks of ways to counter act it. they have done it in the past. it is not at all clear to me romney campaign is doing that. >> chris: is this going to make any difference in terms of the election? >> it could if the issue were developed and responded to effectively by, as bill suggests, the other candidate. i don't thi

press." turmoil in the middle east creates a flashpoint on the campaign trail. set off by an american anti-islamic video, rage against the u.s. sweeps the arab world. and an attack on the u.s. consulate in libya kills ambassador chris stephens and three others. >> the people of egypt, libya, yemen, and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob. >> but in this highly charged campaign environment, new questions about how the obama administration should respond enter the political debate. >> the administration was wrong to stand by statements sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in egypt instead of condemning their actions. >> this morning, we'll talk to a key member of the president's foreign policy team, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. >>> also this morning, an exclusive network interview with a key player in the middle east, the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. have relations between his country and the u.s. have hit a new low over the looming nuclear threat from iran? >> those in the international comm

i mean, i heard some people suggest, david -- i actually read this in the american press, they said, well, you know, if you take action, that's a lot worse than having iran with nuclear weapons. some have even said that iran with nuclear weapons would stabilize the middle east. stabilize the middle east. i think the people who say this have set a new standard for human stupidity. we have to stop them. don't rely on containment. it would be wrong. it would be a grave, grave mistake. don't let these fanatics have nuclear weapons. it's terrible for israel. and it's terrible for america. it's terrible for the world. >> prime minister, one more question on the american election. you have been accused this week by pundits in this country of trying to interfere in this presidential election, siding with governor mitt romney. now, governor romney for a year, and he said it in his convention speech, has said, quote, president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. do you agree or disagree with governor romney's charge? it's a serious charge. >> well, you're trying to get me into t

and this is special edition of press pass from the republican convention, it's been a crucial week for republicans as they try to reintroduce mitt romney to the american public and "press pass" gives you an all-access pass, we look back at my stand-out moments with my interviews with the party's big names throughout the week. i sat down with the republican party chair who was revealing about his party's goals for reaching the voters and telling mitt romney's story over the week. we'll see if this message has registered. here i ask him about the state of the race as they head into the convention. >> i think if we're exactly where we are going into election day, we're going to win. if we're tied, we win. barack obama loses. people know what barack obama has to sell. and they know that he didn't deliver what he said he would deliver and i think that's a big problem for him. but independents don' generally break toward the incumbent. they know what barack obama promised, they know what he delivered. they know that the economy is in the ditch. so i like where we're at. >> what is mitt romney have to do? we've talked about biographies, he's got to reveal mo

the 60's and now you see more of that kind of critical you know intellectual emergence in the american press. there's a market for stories that dig in and to give people like halberstam. >> guest: all the great investigative reporting teams he put together both for regional, national and international pieces. he was a real trendsetter that time toward looking at the big issues, not just the small ones and set the pace for really an awful lot of -- at the time. >> guest: it was not a widespread occupation. let's put it that way. "the new york times" basically did very little. you had a -- massacre. that would have been a logical place for it. a little news service and little papers around the country. >> host: . [inaudible] >> guest: no, that was -- seymour hersh but he was at the times wasn't he? >> guest: no. later he was. >> guest: the times was very late in coming to investigative reporting. >> host: why is it that we have so little investigative reporting today? is it because of the economic problems that are resetting the nation's newspapers? >> guest: a lot of it is economics because n

now you see more of the kind of critical, you know, intellectual consciousness emerge on the american press. there's a market for stories that dig in, and you get people like halvorstin. >> bob greene of news day and all of the great investigative reporterring teams he put together for regional, national, and international pieces. he was a trend setter looking at the big issues facing us, not just the small ones, and so greene set the pace for really an awful lot of our business at the time. >> guest: it was not a wide spread occupation, let's put it that way. the "new york times" basically did very little. you know, you had a massacre -- >> host: i was thinking that when you said that. >> guest: that would have been a logical place for it, but didn't go there. went to a little news service and little papers around the country. >> host: didn't he do that in >> guest: no, that was seymour. >> host: at the times, wasn't he? >> no. >> guest: no, later he was. >> guest: later he was. he was late in coming to invest good reporting. people don't think about that >> host: why do we have so little

we see how americans pressed nietzsche into service using him to criticize the shortcomings of american democracy, the moral semidey of their priest, and the hollow promises of enchantment by the secular pop culture. the value of these letters, as historical documents, as historical sources. it seems to me it is not their philosophical value. that is to say how good they are as jesus on nietzsche. it is also for marriage and shortcomings. but what i think is important is to listen for their historical values and i think that has nothing to do with what do they get nietzsche right or wrong. those kind of judgments matter with your judgments for another day and i think another book. but not for the historian who is interested in using these letters to listen as it were to people from the past, to listen to people's moral reasoning come to listen to people's longing into their path obligee's and fear -- pathology and year. that is played with these letters, listen and have people make sense of their moral world and not to add to the kid who is getting them right and wrong. and the duties i

we see how americans press niche in to service. using him to criticize the shortcoming the moral much their priest an the hollow promises of enchantment. the value of these letters as historical documents and historical sources not philosophical value. one can surely read them for their philosophical merits and shortcomings. but what i want is important is to listen for their historical value. and i think that has nothing to do whether they get nietzsche right or wrong. those kinds of judgments matter but the judgments for another cay. i think probably another book. not for the history began who interested in using the letters to listen in as it were to people from the past. to listen in to people moral reasoning. to listen in to people's longings and pathology and fears. so that's what i do with these letters is to listen to how people are using nietzsche to make sense of the moral world. and the beauty, i think of doing that is we begin to understand how and why nietzsche goes from being an ab secure thinkers in the 19th century

let me just conclude by noting that i am at the american press institute. i'm always happy to be here at the cato institute. thank you very much. >> i would like to thank david and michael preparing today. the book today has been fundamental freedom by david lampo. it is available from your favorite bookseller. i'm sure david will be happy to sign any copy that you might want to talk to you about the book. you will have an opportunity to do so and to meet the author. we're going to go upstairs and have lunch as part of our cato forum. lunches upstairs in the george eger conference center. have to go up the stairs. i could say also that restrooms on the second floor. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> every weekend, booktv offers 40 hours of programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> the factors in our world when it comes to thinking about writing about politics than national security of the state, about what used to be called foreign policy but is now it is very small. >> we need people willing

when you ask about fairness, is the press fair to romney, fair to obama, according to pew the american basically yeah, they're fair to both of them. bill: mary katherine, one moment. because when these fox polling numbers came out yesterday. this is what popped on to our desk "time" magazine. mitt romney on the cover. what is it about? mormonism, faith. yet again there it is. what republicans argue is this, name a story that put mitt romney in a positive light? >> well, yeah, you have seen some, i guess you could say "newsweek" did the anti-obama obama cover. i will give them credit for that. about the "time" magazine story you ask the press secretary at the white house who used to work for time. this is perennial problem. the press at mids it. jake tapper said to laura ingraham said i think the press was largely unfair to hillary clinton against obama and john mccain against obama and tipped the election in obama's favor. not me who thinks it, the pretty itself looking at itself maybe we haven't been the fairest. bill: juan you're squinting when she is talking there. >> giving me a si

as you can already see, there is a severe conflict in europe, which is you notice in the american press, systematically underreported to science we now see a political reaction to the economic crisis of monumental proportions. tweedledum tweedledee, operations between two political parties, very much like republicans and democrats here. what was called the greek socialist party and they would alternate every few years and they would change the. this year, everything increased changed. after the crunched down on the greek people, making them pay for crisis that has nothing to do with those and then paid for bailing out the richest folks in greece, etc., the greek people did what no one thought they would. the majority of people did not vote for either of those two parties, trying to understand what it was like to vote for neither the republicans are the or the democrats. in the last two elections, democracy and socialist party together brought under 40% that can bind the vote. an explosive party is the party called the cerise a party. it is a far left-wing party that is against all oeste

you can already see the signs of severe conflict in europe, which as i notice in the american press, systematically underreported. two sides. i will pick greece and france. one country in terrible shape in one country considered to be in pretty good shape. first increase, we now see a political reaction to the economic crisis of monumental proportions over the last decade, many decades. greek politics have the same tweedledee tweedledum alteration between political parties very much like republican and democrat here. one is called a democracy party and one is called the greek socialist party. beowulf alternate every few years and would change seats and the red hats would be replaced by the blue hats and the rest. this year everything in greece changed. after the crunch down on the greek people, making them pay for a crisis they had nothing to do with, making them pay for bailing out the richest folks in greece etc., the great people did what no one thought they would. in the last two elections this year, an majority of great people did not vote for either of those two parties. try to

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american diplomatic missions in libya and egypt and by the death of an american consulate worker in benghazi. romney held a press conference the next day. >> possibly the administration was wrong sympathizing of those instead of condemning their actions. it's never too early for the united states government to condemn attacks on americans and to defend our values. the white house distanced the last night from the statement saying it wasn't cleared by washington. that reflects the mixed signals they are sending to the world. >> jon: president also faced the media on wednesday. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. >> jon: that is an extremely abbreviated time line. question for us on news watch how did the media react or fail to react to the news surrounding these events? let's go to correspondent shannon bream for more. >> late tuesday, g.o.p. nominee mitt romney released a statement calling the admin

went and did a press conference presenting their case to the american public and you know the guy whopresented this case he's sweating he's studying while the press is asking him questions and the best evidence they came up with is that bruce opens had a history of mental illness i'm sorry but one in five americans suffers from mental illness that's statistically show so that's not proof of his guilt that's a smear campaign and then on top of that the physical evidence they say that they have is a flask that was found in his home that contained anthrax spores the same stores that were out for dietrich maryland well if you work with the anthrax in your bio weapons lab technician i mean the chances of you having traces of the same force that you're working with your place of employment at home are pretty likely that doesn't it still hasn't no bearing on his guilt or anything like that it's completely baseless it is definitely baseless rob we haven't seen that evidence yet and you know like obama said the case is closed thank you so much for coming on and break it all down i know you've

only one industry specifically mentioned in the united states constitution as the press are fond founders knew that american democracy hinges on a free and vigorous press today we no longer have either it's time to bring back american democracy by bringing back news in the public interest. just. it's the good the bad of the very very by beige asli oddly the good kevin mccloud she glad she was the former owner of the pittsburgh pirates major league baseball team and in an interview with the new york times published on saturday mcclatchy came out as gay he told paper that homophobic language during his days in baseball convinced him that keeping his sexual orientation hidden was best clad she is one of the first sports team owners to come out as gay and it was day no active player in america's major sports leagues has ever come out as gay while f l stars have recently come out in support of marriage equality there's still a strong stigma against gay people in sports at all levels from youth leagues to the pros hopefully mcclatchey is decision will come to come out will help to stigmatize gays in sports and en

americans live. >> that was first lady michelle obama treated by the press. she gets the royal treatment. the media flat out ignores her pricey attire. she wore sneakers that cost over 500 bucks to a food bank event a 2,000 dollar sun dress during a hawaii vacation and to top it all off a 6,000 dollar jacket to an event at buckingham palace. where is the outrage there? you shouldn't be surprised to learn there was none. instead this is what the first lady is used to. >> she wore the tracy reeves dress and j. crew shoe and many male members have been commenting on this morning, a blue gray hue nail polish that is really the talk of the internet. i have been calling all morning at the first lady's office to discover the shade but i haven't been able to feigned out. >> the president's liberal bias is doing a disservice to every single voter who dares to tune into their broadcast. >> if the national news media

we hit $16 trillion of national debt that will saddle the next generation of americans, with that debt, you have a pressingericans are out of work. they need to get back do work. they are concern about the next generation. it will not be better off. >> let me talk about the debt. you built that. that debt is on your want. paul ryan, the guy that mitt romney picked --. >>shepard: there is a lot of debt over the last 3 1/2 years. >>guest: let me finish. paul ryan voted if the two wars unpaid for, prescription drug benefit unpaid for, two tax cuts unpaid for, 70 percent of today's deficit is a result of policies that paul ryan voted for. >>guest: he is a power will man, in you say one member of congress is equal to the president of the united states --. >>guest: he did not vote for those? >> he put out a budget and passion add budget that achieves balance and this president has not gotten one vote for a budget. >> that is not true. >>shepard: to make budget we have to get commercials in. i don't like them but we love our sponsors the guys, have a good time and enjoy yourselves. >>shepard: when the camera is n

an unknown number of americans according to associated press have also been injured. that is according to two libyan security officials. a long-awaited inspector general report on "operation fast and furious" placing the blame on dozens of senior level government officials from the justice department and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. fox news obtained exclusive portions of the report on "operation fast and furious" that have not yet been made public. and that report shows many senior government executives knew the united states was trafficking guns to mexico at the orders of atf. inspector general michael horowitz is scheduledded to testify before the house oversight committee on that report next wednesday. >> the city of los angeles considering a plan to allow illegal immigrants to use library cards as official documentation. under that promofl illegal immigrants in los angeles who can not obtain driver's licenses could use their library cards as identification which could then be used to open bank accounts, access city services. opponents are arguing