and the american revolution and republic as the french were all about equality. they talked about liberty, but they were really all about equality. he said by contrast of the americans and the american revolution is about liberty. they also talk about equality, but what they are after in america is liberty. this is one of herbert hoover's biggest complaints about the new deal, that it was turning america into a form that european totalitarianism. hoover had spent the early part of his career as a mining engineer doing huge many projects abroad, including europe. he has continued to live in europe when he did relief efforts. big food relief efforts during world war i and the postwar era. if you travel belgium especially, herbert hoover is a hero for saving the belgian people from starvation as well as in other countries. one of the things hoover noticed was that it was giving way to various forms of totalitarianism socialism, communism, is a, fascism. and then he came back to this country and was shocked because in the 1930s,

the american republic. it seems to was we civilians who aren't putting our lives on the line, the least we can do is make the case here at home before it's too late, before we hollow out our society and defend our principles. >> host: steve wheeler, twitter does mark purposely exaggerate his views on radio? his books books and this intervw display more self-control. >> guest: laughing. i don't purposely exaggerate anything. i am a guest here on c-span. it's like being a guest at a wedding or being a guest at whatever, and you conduct yourself as a guest. now, c-span is not talk radio. when i do my show, as i said earlier, this program, the host has to have integrity, so if you're as passionate as i am about these issues and the future of the country, that comps across on the microphone. i don't do npr orthos people have to intentionally sit there and speak like zombies. that's what they're told to do and that's what they do. i am myself. on the radio, and i'm myself here, too. you're asking me intelligent q

they're putting their lives on the line because of america, the american republic. seems to us we civilians who are not putting our lives on the line the least we could do is make the case here at home before it is too late before we hollow out our society and defend our principles. >> host: steve, twitter, does mark purpose the exaggerated views on radio? his books and this interview display more self control. >> guest: i don't purposely exaggerate anything. i am a guest here on c-span. it is like being a guest at a wedding or a guest at what ever. end you conduct yourself as a guest. c-span is not talk radio. when i do my show, as i said earlier on this program, the host has to have integrity. if you are as passionate as i am about these issues, the future of the country, that comes across on a microphone. i don't do and be our where those people speak like zombies. that is what they are told to do and it is what they do. myself and on the radio and -- i am myself here too. you are asking me intelligent questions so i am giving you straight answers. if the coo cal

absurd one of the main differences between the french revolution and republican and the american revolution republic is the french really all about equality. they talked about liberty, that they were really all about equality. esa by contrast to the americans and the american revolution is really about liberty. they also talk about equality but what they are after is liberty. this is one of hoover's biggest complaint about the new deal is that it is turning america into a form of european totalitarianism. hoover had spent the early part of his career as a mining engineer, and he'd continue to live in europe when he did relief efforts. food relief efforts during world war i and the postwar era. if you've travel in belgium, other countries injure, herbert hoover is a hero for essentially saving the belgium people from starvation as well as in other countries. one of the things he noticed during all that time in europe was it was giving way to praise forms of totalitarianism, socialism, communism, eventually not season, fascism. and decay back to this country and he was shocked because in the 1930s he

the american republic. that is our featured book this month on booktv's book club. you'll see book club at the top of booktv.org. click on book club, and you'll be able to participate in the conversation with other viewers, other readers of the liberty amendments. as, and this will be for the entire month of january. laura in new york city, please go ahead. you're the first call for mark levin. >> caller: hi. i've listened to mark levin's show every night for years now, and from what he means by liberty is the criminal elite looting this country clean, impoverishing the middle class and paying no taxes on the wealth they've stolen. what he means by liberty is to public money for social security, medicare, medicaid, education or the rebuilding of our crumbling infrastructure. he is a prop begannist for the criminal elite posing as a right-wing conservative. and his liberty amendments are to bring to an end once and for all in the united states of america any political representation for anyone in this countr

restoring the american republic. simply a to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. once there you can log in as a guest to post your thoughts. >> up next on book tv, after words with guest host stacey, and to make the director of the american society for muslim at advancements. her latest book in it, the co-author of the face club discusses her attempts to assimilate into u.s. culture will confronting americans to fear her family because of their faith and fellow muslims to she says distort as long. .. and landed in chicago, ended up majoring in math and engineering regulated from university of illinois, champaign. my mother is from crumbly and she was very young in 1948 and her father was a civil engineer and ended up being employed in kuwait. and so, my background, if you will, has my father going back to the oil-rich gulf states seeking a job as a young amount, filling him up with my mother in meeting her in kuwait, starting their family. i also grew up in dubai. >> host: they didn't have been

by the way, his most recent book is the liberty amendments: restoring the american republic. that is our featured book this month on booktv's book club. you'll see book club at the top of booktv.org. click on book club, and you'll be able to participate in the conversation with other viewers, other readers of the liberty amendments. as, and this will be for the entire month of january. laura in new york city, please go ahead. you're the first call for mark levin. >> caller: hi. i've listened to mark levin's show every night for years now, and from what he means by liberty is the criminal elite looting this country clean, impoverishing the middle class and paying no taxes on the wealth they've stolen. what he means by liberty is to public money for social security, medicare, medicaid, education or the rebuilding of our crumbling infrastructure. he is a prop begannist for the criminal elite posing as a right-wing conservative. and his liberty amendments are to bring to an end once and for all in the united states of america any political representation for anyone in this countr

this is a very important conversation that he's started with the beginning of the american republic andone through with at acts of the time of john adams and jefferson, early 20th century and 100 years late we're revisiting role of the individual in relationship to the state. the founders explicitly said that power should reside with the individual and not government. we've seen under bush and now under barack obama and the washington bureaucracy the aggregation of power away from the individual and state and the a dangerous trend we're on now. snowden has added greatly and mightily to the national debate, and made something -- done something very important that hasn't been done in the last 10, 15 years. >> jeff, you have a keen sense of history. any precedent for granting him some form of clemency or a plea deal? >> not that i'm aware of it. certainly the closest parallel, one that snowden supporters always use is daniel elsburg, who leaked the pentagon papers who was then prosecuted but the prosecution was thrown out because of various kinds of government misconduct. i think the prece

the obstruction was so bad that half of all nominees ever filibustered in the history of the american republic have been filibustered in president obama's five years in office. crisis in vacant judgeships and executive branch positions grew so bad that harry reid, long resistant to bold rule changes went ahead and pulled the trigger on the nuclear option, flat-out getting rid of filibusters for executive branch nominees and judicial nominees below the supreme court which means many, if not most of these nominees just renominated this week will be on firmed which is on the whole good news. the bad news, the frankly outrageous news, is the one name missing from that list, judge william thomas of florida. thomas is a well-respected florida attorney who's currently a judge in the miami-dade circuit. he's one of ten children, raised in a poor family, was on welfare and would have been the first openly gay black federal trial judge in history. back in 2012, with florida senator marco rubio's backing, the president nominated thomas to federal district in miami. so why, you might ask, was thomas not o

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the deficits, talk about how terrible spending is and turn back and look at the history of the american republicce world war ii and say only two times have we had budgets balanced or in surplus, do you think the other 48, 58 years were some horrible gamora of absolute moral degradation and american weakness, or do you think actually it turns out we could run deficits every year and be a groovy, powerful country? >> i don't think we can run deficits forever. that's where we disagree. where the president and i disagree. they think they can run deficits forever. there's a component to this -- money today we expect our children and grandchildren to pay off, i don't think so. if you want to spend that money, go out, raise taxes. the president won't do that. the democrats in the house and senate won't raise taxes to pay for this spending. republicans won't do that, either. and so this is a multiparty problem where they're spending more than they're taking in. >> i'm glad you're honest about that. in terms of where i come from, i'm happy to see taxes go up quite a bit, actually. if you're really saying

still ahead for you, celebrations in the central african-american republic after the president caves resigns unable to stop deadly violence forcing nearly 1 million people from their homes. we get a live report from that war-torn country. plus, i'll talk to the writer of this interesting article from "the washington post." our first lady, michelle obama, and beyonce, faces of 21st century feminism. >>> it's time for "your business" entrepreneur of the week. derrick lost his coat at a bar in college and thought there had to be a better way. the entrepreneurship major decided to update the coat check process for the digital age. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do somethi

the deficits, talk about how terrible spending is and turn back and look at the history of the american republicsay only two times have we had budgets balanced or in surplus, do you think the other 48, 58 years were some horrible gamora of absolute moral degradation and american weakness, or do you think actually it turns out we could run deficits every year and still be a groovy, powerful country? >> i don't think we can run deficits forever. that's where we disagree. where the president and i disagree. they think they can run deficits forever. tlafrs there's a component expe and grandchildren to pay back? if you want to raise that money, why should god, the democrats won't raise money for spending. republicans won't do that either. so this is a multi-party problem. >> in terms of where i come from i'm happy to see taxes go up. is it immoral or bad policy to borrow.? we have a $600 deficit with this? you got to come up with $600 billion in cuts. what do you want to cut that will come up to $600 billion? >> actually, if we cut 1% a year for the next six years we'd actually be in balance. it's a

and the american revolution republic is that the french were really all about equality. they talked about liberty but they were really all about equality. he said that contrasts the americans in and the american revolution is really about liberty. they also talk about equality but what they are really after in america is liberty. this is one of herbert hoover's biggest complaints about the new deal is that it was turning america into a form of european totalitarianism. hoover had spent the early part of his career as a mining engineer doing huge mining projects abroad including in europe and he continued to live in europe when he did relief efforts big food relief efforts during world war i and the post-war era. if you travel in belgium herbert hoover is a hero for essentially saving the belgium people from starvation as well as in other countries. one of the things we noticed during all that time in europe was that it was giving way to various forms of totalitarianis, communism and eventually nazism, fascism and then he

we're throwing stones at the window of the american republic. unfortunately, i think it does pretty much prove that these guys can't be beaten in the primaries. there is no outer limit. there's no boundary that says, no, don't go further than this. i had a guy on the other night, i said, the standard question, which he called me taking him down the rabbit hole. i did my sort of mental check. i said, was president obama a lim legitimately elected president? he said, i'm not going down that rabbit hole. i knew you'd do that. >> classic rabbit hole, chris. >> is this president the president of the united states? that is considered a trick question. >> well, i think, chris, it speaks to an evolution, one of the kind of plot lines that's unfolding in the president's -- in the white house telling us there's going to be a focus on executive action. the idea of recognizing the opposition to what it is, rachel. two things have happened in that relationship. one, the shutdown and catastrophic political consequences for the gop when the president held firm

background checks, 90% of americans want that. republics in congress oppose this. extending unemployment benefits, 75% of americans want that done, republicans in congress oppose it. >> schieffer: you don't -- they're just not -- they're out of touch with what's going on in america today. >> schieffer: let me just ask you this, senator. i think most people would say that the last meeting of congress was probably the least productive. maybe in the history, certainly the least productive that i can remember. what you seem to be saying to me, listen, we're in for the absolute same thing, nothing much is going to change here. >> bob, unless the republicans in congress decide they should do something for american people, i'm sorry toe say that's true. rating of congress is down. if somebody called me on a poll i'd vote with them. this is awful what has been going on. that's the reason, bob, that we had to change the rules. they were even opposing people who were part of obama's team. never in the history of the country to show you how -- my predecessor, one of my predece

month's booktv book club joined other readers to discuss the liberty amendments, restoring the american republicto booktv.org and click on book club to enter the jet for. you can log in as a guest or 3 or facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on the book. >> tell me essentially what part you played? >> i was an observer traveling in india with kathy and southeast asia, 18, 20 years and then as a foreign correspondent to the guardian, now we make documentary films in that part of the world and we have been passing through mumbai two days before the attacks happened in 2008 when the whole city was basically held hostage by the government and unlike 9/11 like greek writers, it didn't really see the first the some the that hundred. and determined to see justice in 2018 and put together what we hope is a tribute to the heroes of mumbai and explanation for what that kind of terror really means. >> did you return, or did you come back several weeks later? how did you coverages? >> we wait -- the last people to the story. and the hotel, close to the family, and also to the organization that

starting with wanting to give our americans a raise republic >> his and democrats i know that members of both parties of the house like to do the same. immigration will grow our economy and shrink the deficit in the next two decades and for good reasons of people come here to fulfill their dreams to study in the best to contribute to our culture they make our country more attractive place for businesses to locate and create business for everyone. solicited done this year. >> reporter: health care. >> reporter: climate change. >> reporter: income equality also >> reporter: at a lengthy standing ovation for cory who was almost killed by a bomb in afghanistan >> working towards the day were he to serve his country again. my recovery has not been easy he says nothing in life is worth anything it is easy. cory is here tonight and like the army he loves the american he serves sergeant first class corey rams burke does not give up nor does he quit. >> reporter: that was the most emotional evening of the night. spain wants to close guantanamo bay. he is most willing to work with congress. but

if she starts bailing them out, we're on the road to being a latin american republic in the 1970s whereround. it's not just the inflation. government money encourages corruption, inefficient city and wherever that's been done, economies grow very slowly. you have basically the italian problem. >> do you think we're going to be bailing out the insurance companies? >> i think we may be. no one really knows just how short of cash they are. but think about this, all those people whose paperwork doesn't go through properly, those are people that can't get their health insurance claims, but the president will twist the insurance company's arms to pay them anyway. remember, those insurance companies won't be getting their premiums. they will not be able to pay. they won't have the mechanism. where is that money going to come from? also they set rates on the basis of having lots of young people sign up. we know that they are not doing that. so they're going to be short of cash. >> yeah. look into your crystal ball, something tells me we may be bailing those guys out. happy new year to you. grea

campaign to broadcast the american perspective directly in foreign lands and amplified diplomacy's affect. i should note that while senator in trying to outreach to the islamic republic of iran, senator joseph biden had urged american public broadcasting, voice of america and radio free europe, to tone down some of its criticism of human rights in the iranian regime in order to make diplomacy work i could. that the course was well over a decade ago. it simply didn't work, but simply making the information campaign to be part and parcel of a broader strategy, or part and parcel, select diplomacy is younger brother, is something the wrong way to conduct business. desperation often leads to philly. between 1995-2000, american diplomats sought to engage the taliban. our current negotiations with the taliban are not new and they are not pathbreaking. we have done this before. the talk, of course went nowhere but the state department wouldn't take no for an answer or let reality intrude. in 1997, for example, the u.s. ambassador to extend wrote, there's little evidence to suggest that mullah omar is our radical with a western agenda. the head of the american negotiation de

he hears, caesar is riding in to destroy the american republic and cover up benghazi. >> that is whatt. do you talk to him point by point. this speech shows that president is an imperial president, he is a king, he is acting lawlessly. basing it on the speech. what is lawless? something i read three weeks ago in a conspiracy theory in a blog. >> i thought nut shell was about to describe that. >> let's get a republican voice. >> the majority whip, a former congressman, tom cole, you seem to be a reasonable fellow over the years, was the president being a lawless -- i thought he was avoiding poking the republican side of the eye. i thought he tried to avoid that. rallied the troops, i didn't think he had a stinger going after the other side. my view. what was yours? >> i don't think he was confrontational tonight. the president always gives a great speech, no doubt, i agree with rachael, the end was one of the more inspiring moments i experienced on the floor. bipartisan. we all appreciate the sacrifices made on our behalf. that was appropriate. i didn't see a lot new in the speech unfo

tennessee couples among dozens of americans desperate to bring home adopted children from the democratic republic of congo. there are thousands of orphaned children in the african nation, but the government has suspended foreign adoption, leaving the parent with little to do but hope in wait. jonathan martin has more. >> elaina carol has everything ready for her two adopted boys. their room is filled with shirts and shoes and a cute little stool to sit on. no one is here to use them. >> this breaks my heart. i want to adopt as many as i can. they don't have anybody, nobody to love or take care of them. >> justin carol left for the democratic republic of congo in november, thinking he'd come home with their seconons. seven months later he's still there. justin has missed a lot. the biggest change their new daughter born on the 25th. >> she doesn't look the same. she's 2-months-old. she's changing. it's getting hard. >> here is the problem. last year the democratic republic of congo suspended exit permits for the removal of children, even those that had previously met the criteria. >> it has everyt

republic are coming back to the vilings to pick up the pieces of their lives. automobiles. getting high-tech bells and whistles. heads turning at this year's auto-american auto show. >> welcome back. sectarian violence in the central african republic claimed the lives of more than 1200 people. entire villages have fled, hiding in the bush from christian and muslim militias. as barnaby fill inns repor phil some are returning to their home. >> people fled, houses burnt down. the villages have suffered attack after attack. but at this settlement hundreds of people emerged from the push, for the visit of a u.n. official. they were hanging on his every word. >> we want to hear about your needs. >> he was shown all that was left of the health center. everything taken by the seleka militia. these people do not have a government that can help them. any assistance has to come from outside. >> the institutions of the state don't exist. there's no health infrastructure, no schooling. we have to step up in an unprecedented way to respond to what is an unprecedented situation. it's so long now that this country, the people of this country have been languishing witho

in 1926 he held the precursor to the o a s, he tried to call a conference of all these republics, the pan-american union and he had written a whole sort of vision for this greater america and people didn't come, they stalled, people died on the way, there were too many animosities, he didn't want to invite the united states, then his vice president -- it became a -- that is when he said we have this revolution, we plowed the sea because he couldn't really move what he really wanted to move which was the unification of all of latin america. thank you. >> very brief, i would like to add a footnote to your answer about the education of bolivar by including -- >> one of his early tutors. he happened to be not much older than bolivar and budding as a tutor. thank you for that. >> you mentioned one gentleman, interesting to me, and that is co be read. taco bell about the person, and he was, and what influence he had on bolivar and if i could push you a little, second question, might give you an idea for your next book, if this lady -- any correspondence between her and madam whinge who is also irish and

republic. amassrian government may humanitarian access. he is meeting his american counterpart in paris. cut off by months of fighting. there was deep regret. whether he was to blame for the many deaths. israel said its final farewell to former prime minister. dignitaries, he died on saturday at the age of 85. it left him in a coma for which he never recovered. we report from jerusalem. >> with prayers and tributes, israel and its friends said a final farewell, eight years to the month. he said he would go down in history as one of israel's greatest military leaders. to sons and grandchildren, joe biden said in his passing also felt like a death in the family to many americans even though he .ad profound differences better, hestand him also lived in complex times. a very complex neighborhood. >> it was taken away to the family farm in israel. was controversial in death and in life. it made him a desirable prime minister. >> he earned a house in the city of jerusalem. have armedlers security guards. believesnt palestinian in nonviolent resistance. he said israel he should move on from the

massada but i think it's basically because of american foreign policy in american interest america had decided once the islamic republic was established that it wanted to contain iran in its pursuit of policy not because simply because john suggested in the interests of saudi arabia and israel but because it's how america how the united states has defined its own interests now that may be wrong that may be may think that is. that's been the wrong policy and i and i think in some cases he has a point but i think we shouldn't blame whatever flaws or we see in american foreign policy on its allies that is really i think an excuse to let washington off the hook i want this is as well we. mean and correct ok joe may know that maybe john if i get i guess allegedly part of time here but you know john and some would claim that the u.s. has the wrong now as we look in the middle east i mean before the state of israel the u.s. didn't have any enemies in the middle east and now it has many. countless number of enemies in the middle east now and that's not and that's not to cast aspersions on the state of israel but i mean if you

rather than a whole sale rejection to better protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans key values of our republic and we recommended that the government no longer hold the data and that it be required to obtain an individual court order, which i want to ask about, for each search but make no mistake, the review group reaffirmed that the program should remain a tool of our government in the fight against terrorism. then you go on. another misperception involved is the review group's view of the efficacy of section 215. many comment ators have said it found no value in the program. the report accurately said that the program has not been essential. i want to talk about the word essential, to preventing attacks since its creation. that's not the same thing as saying the program is not important to national security, which is why we did not recommend its elimination. mr. swire, do you agree with that, yes or no? >> there are about 14 things there. i'm sorry, i was trying to write them down. yes, on going to the private sector and keeping the program. yes on the court order for each search and the las

american father's frustration. he's been stuck in the democratic republic of congo for months now trying to bring home his adoptive son. >>> president obama gets ready to face the nation for his state of the union address. we'll look at the issues topping his agenda. >> evey sunday night, join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> our journalists are the best journalists in the world. >> she's the first female executive editor of the new york times. >> there's no question that the editorial stance is a liberal point of view. >> the head of the paper of record goes on the record with talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "al jazeera america." i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. >>> we get a preview of what to expect from president obama's state of union address this tuesday. the white house released an e-mail to supporters on saturday forecasting a set of proposals to strengthen the middle class and push immigration reform. a top aide says three words sum up the message, which are opportunity, action and optimis

the pilot of the republic airlines flight, which was operating as american eagle called for an emergencyng more than 60 people to slide down chutes in the freezing cold. the airline said the plane had landed safely but a flight deck instrument warned of a possible issue. no one was seriously hurt. >>> all right, a trial that just got under way in virginia could change how people rate businesses online. contractor chris fear dietz is suing a former client for $750,000 after she criticized his company. jane perez posted reviews on yelp and angie's list complain thank dietz did shoddy work on her home. he claims that those negative reviews have cost him jobs, and he is countersuing. >>> there was a bit of a surprise for actor jude law while he was testifying at a phone hacking trial of some british journalists. while on the witness stand law was told for the first time that a close family member allegedly sold stories about him to members of britain's tabloid press. law was shown the person's name on a piece of paper, but it was not shown to anyone else. >>> all right. here's something that

american revolution until the civil war. the idea of democracy, the idea of a republic, of people governing themselves, had soared upwards and then soared downwards, especially with the example of the french revolution. in 1861, the united states was really the only large scale surviving example of a democracy in the world. if we botched it, if we so to speak blew our own brains out in a civil war, the people to gain from it would be the monarchs and the princes who would say see what happens when you let ordinary people run the show, they can't do it. they don't know what they're doing. let us in. we'll do it for you. if that had happened, the entire idea of democracy might have gone into the freezer and we would be inspecting it as a relish. >> we will take a quick break here. be right back with more in just a moment. i can only send one of you to cover the game in new york. who's got what it takes? game on. [ male announcer ] the more devices you have, the more you need fios quantum. america's fastest, most reliable internet. still got slow internet terry? no...yes... [ male announcer ] for incredible uploading, streaming

they adopted two children from the democratic republic of congo, but an american couple can't bring the children home. the details on the big hold-up ahead. clayton j. adams >> the u.s. condemned an attack on a restaurant in the afghan capital of kabul. 21 died, including three americans. half those killed were foreign nationals. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. a suicide bomber blew up the secured entrance allowing gunmen to enter and start shooting. the restaurant owner died in that assault. >> south sudan's army says it recaptured bor, the last state capital under rebel control. hundreds have been left dead and thousands forced from their homes. the conflict raged for weeks between the president salva kiir and former vice president riek machar. >> a husband and wife are right to bring back their adopted children from democratic republic of congo. it has suspended foreign adoptions leaving parents with little to do but hope and wait. >> alaina carol has everything ready for their two adopted boys. their room is filled with shirts and shoes and a cute stall. no one is

americans have. but we have a constitutional republic that makes it difficult for presidents to do whatever he wants. i think they will be mostly piffle and he will take he can't wait for this, it is an appeal to the base. he has to keep the younger voters engaged and the name of the game for democrats, they know they will lose seats but can they prevent it from being a second obama care route? this would include talking about executive action that might help? >> the pesky three branches of government. >> it is checks and balances. and the truth is, that the checks and balances have led to a lot of grid lock since the president has become president and he will make the argument in terms of the things that american public wanted, minimum wage to be dealt with and gun control and immigration, that congress has been stalled. >> congress has been stalled. we have the most liberal president since woodrow wilson or fdr and most consensitive house since the 1920s, and that is not changing. and those are not changing in the next couple of years. but the problem is there is no common areas in which to it work

celebrating our american republic. we have much to celebrate as a country. but there are also very deep philosophical divides. and sometimes the tone of disagreement makes me wonder what happened to respect for the cherished notion of political opposition and the intellectual diversity that makes america truly great. but, mr. speaker, abortion is probably the toughest issue will you not hear about in the state of the union address -- you will not hear about in the state of the union address. the violence of abortion has wounded our society deeply. for instance, the gosnell case, which profiled late term abortion atrocities in urban philadelphia, shows what can happen when people become dessens advertised to death -- dessens advertised to death. many of the -- dessens advertiseed to death. so many persons are hurt by the act of abortion. they suffer silently when the culture that enticed them into an irreversible choice turns its back and refuses to acknowledge their pain. but, mr. speaker, with that said, there is also some good news. those who have been hur

the torch just made its way safely through the dagestan republic. americanes and athletes are being told not to wear their uniforms outside the olympic ring of steel. >> attorneys for officer kerik has filed a motion to stop them. last week a grand jury declined to indict kerik on voltaire manslaughter charges. >> meanwhile jury selection begins today in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin, alleging he accepted free trips and more than $200,000 in bribes for contractors. if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. nagin, you'll recall, became the public face of new orleans in the tragic aftermath of hurricane katrina. got to show you a heart pounding horse rescue in hamilton, massachusetts. that's 1,800 pound moonshine stuck in the mud and ice, stuck up to her mud. it took firefighters two hours to pull her out with ropes, chains, even a crane. we are very happy to report after warming ivs were used and a few hours in a heated barn, moonshine is expected to make a full recovery. no telling whether moonshine was used to warm h

. >>> a tennessee couple is among dozens of americans desperate to bring home their adopted children from the democratic republic of congo. there are thousands of orphaned children in the african nation, but the government suspended foreign adoptions leaving the parents with little to do but sit and hope and wait. jonathan martin reports. >> reporter: elena carroll has everything ready for the two adopted boys. their room is filled with shirts and shoes and a cute stool to sit on. no one is here to use them. >> it just breaks my heart. i want to adopt as many as i can because they don't have anybody. nobody to love them or take care of them. >> reporter: justin carroll left for congo in november thinking he'd come home shortly with their sons, but months later they're still 7,000 miles from home. elena asked us to hide the boys' faces in the photos for security reasons. justin has missed a lot in those months. the biggest change, their new daughter born on november 25th. >> she doesn't look the same she did when she was first born because she's 2 months old almost. she's changing and growing and out of her newbo

it is not a moment where the natural american anxieties which is as old as the republic does not feel those are reassured by the more center-left. i wonder what you fifth thing about this historically a of practically through the weapons of your father's work -- through the lens of your father's work. >> he was a great proponent of activist government. the republicans come to what they have done to stymied is disproved the theory government can do anything bad they do it by blocking activists programs that might have worked if obama could get a majority. so they have established the mindset why rely on government? it doesn't work you reproving by blocking the programs. it and it does give people a sense that government is not on their side anymore. it is distanced, a confused confused, the health care act, one reason it isn't working besides the bad website is 25 states controlled by republicans the refuse two's set up the portals which would have been work of what the state level instead of the federal level. so to show an activist government works is being blocked and therefore that

it will take, somebody to just say i will get it done, that is not what our republic says, the constitution says, the americanhey don't want a group of people in washington pitting people against each other and then saying i'll get it done for you. no, no, no, please, leave us alone. let us take care of it. let's take care of each other. let's have reasonable conversations. but we're not having that in washington. >> do you think there is a move away from that kind of executive power that the president seems to want to assert. do you think we'll see a move away from that sort of executive power in the wake of obama care's failures? governor chris christie's office abuse? these other reports that we have had, you know, the virginia governor today being indicted on certain crimes, alleged, the former virginia governor. >> i think so and i hope we don't have to have any kind of nasty event to do it, like you know, i think it was 1856. senator sumner went to the well of the senate and was speaking out against slavery. and what he said, basically, you know, both of these guys, the republicans are the whigs, and th

laughter] the people who appreciate the racial aspects of advancement in american history is directly from the very beginning of our republic through the civil war, through the progressive era, through the civil rights era, and now today down to obama, the people who appreciate the racial aspects talk only about race. they did not enlarge it. they do not pay attention to the lesson that monolithic thing in the civil-rights movement. the people he showed up, to me the most hopeful thing ifs, you have representatives from all the collateral movement that benefited from the civil rights era, the senior citizens, gay-rights movement in the women's movement, on and on set up and said, i am standing here because of what the sole rights movement did, that is half of the formula. make race relations the doorway dr. king said famously that when the civil rights movement in british segregation in the south , some of the chief beneficiaries of u.s. seveners. psychologically, economically and politically and when segregation wins. ever heard of the sun belt when it was segregated. it was the hookworm belt. my mayor in atlanta said not

applause] the people who appreciate the racial aspects of advancement in american history, historically, from the very beginning of our republic through the civil war, through the progressive era, through the civil rights era in and out today down to obama, the people who appreciate the racial aspects talk only about race. they don't enlarge it, they don't pay attention to the lesson the martin luther king and the civil rights movement, all this talk about the larger premise of judgment, of justice and use race as a doorway to talk about it. the people on the other hand, who showed up at the march the other day, and this was to me the most hopeful thing about the 50th anniversary march, you had representatives from all the collateral movements that benefit from the civil rights era, the senior citizen, a gay rights movement, the women's movement, the disabled movement, on and on, stood up and said i'm staying in because of what the civil rights movement did. that's half the formula. made race relations the doorway do things that benefit everyone. dr. king said famously in a line that is the first to be forgotten, that when the

american troops in the country. >>> the president and the prime minister of the central african republic have resigned and thousands in the country are celebrating. the leaders stepped down after admitting they haven't been able to contain the violence in their country. christian militia groups have displaced close to a million. a u.n. group has 15 days to replayerreplace djotodia. >>> if humanitarian crisis on the ground continues to worsen. the international crisis group says close to 10,000 people have been killed in less than a month of fighting. >> the warring sides are meeting face too face in ethiopia. al jazeera mohamed ado is there. mohamed before we get into the premise of these talks can you remind us what the current fighting there is all about? >> well, currently, the -- both sides in the negotiations here in addis ababa are waiting for the mediators are waiting for a cease fire. concentrate efforts on what they say the suffering the people been displaced and the killings have to stop first before the two sides can take their time and talk about the political issues between them. now there's been a lot