i think, if we can recall the war of 1812 as a civil war, if we recall just how unstable the american union and republic was in the generation after the revolution. there was a feeling of many people, the united states including many leaders, that they were embarked on a very risky experiment in the geographic scale, and they were conscious of the powerful regional differences, not just between north and south, but also between east and west, and there was a great deal of anxiety that some people were conspiring somewhere to kind of lead their section off separately, but i'm wondering if you balance out these regions in a way that would preserve the stability of the country. and then they thought they had a further problem with the native peoples to the west and they , were persuaded that the british were meddling with those native peoples and encouraging them, forming alliances with them to block american expansion, and that this might blow up the american union if they could fail to expand westward. then there's concern that grows especially from 1807 on that perhaps british spies are at

this conflicts with recent drought studies from stanford and the american geophysical union. it will likely worsen future california droughts. >>> we're going to get a lot of rain this week. big storm coming on thursday. let's get a check of the micro climate forecast with rop may a

during the american civil war years, ft. mchenry was garrisoned by union forces, however, baltimore had loyalties on both sides. many for the north, but also many for the south. the first bloodshed in the american civil war was actually in the streets of baltimore, first as pennsylvania troops were moves through the city on the 18th of april, and then even worse on the 19th of april as massachusetts troops were marching through the city, a large pro confederate mob descended on them. gunshots were fired on both sides. when the smoke cleared, four soldiers were killed and approximately nine baltimore civilians were killed and many wounded on both sides. that was the first deaths of the american civil war, the most costly conflict in american history. it was a lot of fear erupted. would baltimore be pro-southern? sovereign? would it take the entire state of maryland out of the union? not long thereafter union forces under benjamin butler occupied federal hill, a large hill near the inner harbour of baltimore, aimed their cannons at the city, and the big cann

in the city of baltimore were a number of after kaj-american union soldiers, union regiments. they called them the colored troops back then. they would have seen the starts and stripes after the emancipation proclamation. later in november, 1864, when maryland as a state yow lawed slavery, the stars and stripes stand as a symbol of freedom, a flag of liberation in the south. so i think it's interested that at one time at ft. mchenry you had three groups of americans. one group sees the starts and stripes as a symbol of tyranny after a federal/ks;÷government. another sees it as a symbol of hope for unity, and yet eat sees every american regardless of skin color. three groups of americans. one star-spangled banner. three different meanings. that meaning is going to change yet again a few generations later, as thousands of immigrants pour into this city. for that, let's look over and look at the cranes here. where these cranes now stand, at one time was the loek oust point immigration terminal. there was a strong relationship between the city of baltimore and germany. the north g

the american civil liberties union has criticized the nsa for releasing the documents on christmas eve, saying the timing suggests officials wanted to minimize their impact.

american es military history. he has written about the lives of union soldiers. american naval history and virginia history. dr. timothy or. [applause] >> on september 19, 1917. one of medal honors. the medal e admitted was a small conversation for his services. the more he looked at it the more despicable than medal.. i was left alone with across, i have thoughts in my mind with those that were with me. it resembled a grotesque impression of the war brutality. focused upon the colors, solid black with a sickly yellow edge. he began nightmares. he wrote, it seems like progress is made of shell. bandages crossing, voices, of stump of a leg. not want to see all those black and yellow sites again. he did not have to wait long for fate to render, four days later he was killed. of the area across -- iran cross. symbol of suffering and death. the middle ought to be designed for the symbolizes. who unremembered human cause. way the great war, it emphasized between what the war was and what people wanted it to be. the impersonal forces do not wait long to teach this lesson. the emptiness of the war spirit and astonishi

american es military history. he has written about the lives of union soldiers. american naval history and virginia history. dr.y or. [applause] >> on september 19, 1917. one of medal honors. the medal e admitted was a small conversation for his services. the more he looked at it the more despicable than medal.. i was left alone with across, i have thoughts in my mind with those that were with me. it resembled a grotesque impression of the war brutality. focused upon the colors, solid black with a sickly yellow edge. he began nightmares. he wrote, it seems like progress is made of shell. bandages crossing, voices, of stump of a leg. not want to see all those black and yellow sites again. he did not have to wait long for fate to render, four days later he was killed. of the area across -- iran cross. symbol of suffering and death. the middle ought to be designed for the symbolizes. who unremembered human cause. way the great war, it emphasized between what the war was and what people wanted it to be. the impersonal forces do not wait long to teach this lesson.

researchers report in the" american geophysical union journal" that while other three- year periods have been dry, the current drought is worse because of the combination of unusually- low rainfall and record-high temperatures. also in california tonight, so- called "wildlife killing contests" have been banned. the california fish and game commission approved the unprecedented ban on hunting derbies this week. now, hunters can no longer compete to kill the most coyotes, foxes, bobcats, raccoons or badgers to win prizes. a conservationist group pushed for the ban after finding some protected species were getting killed in the contests. california's the first state to impose such a ban. >> sreenivasan: the nation has been focused on staten island, ferguson and cleveland in the last few weeks as citizens and law enforcement assess how they have and should deal with one another. this as a new investigation by the "wall street journal" reveals that accounting for killings by police may be grossly underestimated. "wall street journal" reporter rob barry joins us now. so, how did you do your re

we were talking earlier about how there's a new report out by the american geophysical union journal that says this is the worst drought in 1200 years. >> at least. >> i wanted to talk to you about a situation coming up next year which is starting next month, undocumented immigrants in california will be able to get driver's licenses and this week a new dmv office opened in san jose to help them do just that. >> it's one of four offices the dmv is opening around the state. they're expecting to serve a million people who will be eligible to take the driver's test. they're going to have touch screens in all kinds of languages. they're doing cultural diversity training. of course they have to pass the test but they expect a lot of traffic in there, people coming in and trying to get driver's licenses. >> and the mexican consulate in l.a. has been providing driver's education. >> yes, which is a good thing. if they're going to get licenses, we want them to be good drivers. but what they're finding is that a lot of people, like over 70%, were failing the test so they need to -- like all o

for more, let me bring in mark, the president of the american postal workers union.s tonight. what is going to happen when these 82 facilities are going to be shut down. they are going to be reduced. congress didn't do anything about it. there were attempts by some to reverse this. what is the postal service going to be like in rural america after the first of the year? >> well, the plant closings go through. it is obviously going to leave more diminished and more degraded services. and at a time of the holiday season we're all reminded how valuable this national treasure called the national post office is. and our christmas seasons will never be the same of along with the plant closings, the postal service is implementing on january 5th, you understand the radar, the people need to know about this. they're implementing the way in which mail will be processed for everybody in this country. whether you're in a city or town where these plant closings are taking place. there will be no more overnight first class mail. everything else will be pushed back ask slowed down

. >> from the american civil liberties union, thank you for sharing your views here on al jazeera. >> now this year's nobel peace prize has been warded to two people. in la la cousafzai and kailash satyarthi have been awarded the nobel prize for peace. >> reporter: it was powerful symbolism for the joint award in front of another way's king and queen. in the city hall the prize was given to malala yousafzai and kailash satyrathi. one, a campaign for girls education. the other, a veteran campaigner against child labor. one muslim, one hindu from countries with decades of mutual suspicion and enmity. their work one for rights of children wherever they lived. >> one week of military expenditure could bring all children to classrooms. i refuse to accept that the cost on poverty can ever be stronger than the cost of freedom. i refuse to accept here. [applause] >> i am those 6 6 million girls who are deprived of education. and today i'm not raising my voice but the voice of those 66 million girls. >> both winners have paid a high personal price for their work. malala yousafzai survived a ta

the other is from the executive director of the american civil liberties union.bama administration could pardon. it could send a message to anyone using torture in the future. >> ian lee for us in cairo. >>> the congress passed a bill narrowly approving a trillion dollar bill to avoid a shutdown. we have dana bash with the latest. >> reporter: christine, crisis avert averted. the government remains open. funds are continuing to flow, but not without chaos here on capitol hill. late last night, just hours before the government was going to run out of money, the house finally passed a very large $1.1 trillion bill to keep the government running for an entire year. it was very, very close. it passed by only two votes. it wasn't clear up until the last minute that they were even going to put the house vote on the floor. here's why. this was not supposed to happen. people are used to brinksmanship. this spending bill was the product of democrat and republican negotiations in the house and senate. they thought they would be able to pass this. things began to unravel bi

. >>> for years, the american civil liberties union has been pushing for those in government responsible for the torture to be held accountable. now the aclu says, and paul just mentioned it, that president obama should issue pardons for president bush, vice president cheney and the cia director at the time and anybody else who may have allegedly authorized or overseen the enhanced interrogation program and everything that fell from it. i'm going to ask the aclu executive director why he thinks asking for pardons is the answer that he deems necessary. that's next. here's a question for you: if every driver in the u.s. kept their car's tires properly inflated, how many gallons of fuel could america save each year? up to 2 billion gallons? 4 billion? 6 billion? the answer is... up to 4 billion gallons. by keeping your tires properly inflated, you can increase your car's fuel economy and reduce its co2 emissions. take the energy quiz -- round 2. energy lives here. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differentl

he's now the chairman of the american conservative union. great to have both of you guys here.s is very personal to you because of your dad. why was he in a cuban prison and what did they do to him. >> this was right around 1963 and he had joined a group of counter revolutionaries so their goal was to overflow tthrow theo regime. my father understood for a long time the ramifications and dangers that came with a communist system. he started to see how the police and government would come into a business, knock on the door and say hand over your keys. this is no longer your business. this is of the state. this happened time and time again. in addition to that they would put spies all around the neighborhoods to check who was behaving and not behaving. the government took control. the castro regime took control of the university and said if you are not with the revolution, you're not allowed to attend the university. at that point when my father joined the counter revolution cause, they had intifiltrators found out and he was incarcerated. you have democrats talking about the tor

he's now the chairman of the american conservative union. great to have both of you guys here.s is very personal to you because of your dad. why was he in a cuban prison and what did they do to him. >> this was right around 1963 and he had joined a group of counter revolutionaries so their goal was to overflow tthrow theo regime. my father understood for a long time the ramifications and dangers that came with a communist system. he started to see how the police and government would come into a business, knock on the door and say hand over your keys. this is no longer your business. this is of the state. this happened time and time again. in addition to that they would put spies all around the neighborhoods to check who was behaving and not behaving. the government took control. the castro regime took control of the university and said if you are not with the revolution, you're not allowed to attend the university. at that point when my father joined the counter revolution cause, they had intifiltrators found out and he was incarcerated. you have democrats talking about the tor

now there is a sense that perhaps the -- the head of the american civil liberty's union have just writtenticle in the "new york times" saying, look, we should pardon, george bush, donald rumsfeld, and dick cheney ahead of time, because we will say it is criminal, but we will pardon them. so this will be the quid pro quo so that in the future no one will torture. those who administered, were in charge, or political authorized torture are all free. >> but these formal officials who's names we won't know, but they are saying we were under enormous pressure after 9/11. we were given cart blanche by the government to do what it took, and now we'll being betrayed. there is a loss of faith with the senate. >> that's very true. at the end of the day those truly responsible are the political echelon, not those in the cia. they act on behalf of the political rep senttive in the country. so at the end of the day, as they say, the buck stops with george bush and barack obama, with donald rumsfeld and so on and so forth with the civil leadership in the united states. and that's why this is going to be

host: mark dimondstein with the american postal workers union. inc. you for your time. -- thank you for your time. tomorrow, we are joined with a writer for the washington post. we also hear from the author of the end of greatness, and he examines what makes the presidents great and have the u.s. is affected by that area we also take your calls and look at the newspapers as well as washington journal comes your way tomorrow. [music playing] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> coming up, british prime minister david cameron discussing climate change and efforts to combat extremism. nationsted secretary-general ban ki-moon. later, a discussion about the future of u.s. foreign-policy. british prime minister david cameron discussed the u.k. climate change priorities and combating extremism. the prime minister meets with this committee made up of the chairs of the house of commons committees three

. >>> well, american civil liberties union is making a bold statement in delaware. >> state's charter schools are under fire for being too private and excluding, tax paying families, but aclu is saying coming up next, carol. >>> abraham lincoln men for his hats and his writing,es specially this new one, that story is coming up. >>> temperatures will be falling fast, across the delaware valley, and then it turns rainy for weekend. we will look at a the forecast, seven day, including eagles game day coming up, hi beasley. >>> eagles are prepping for that big match up sunday with the seahawks, shady mccoy has been focus all season. at will has number one defense in the game. we will get shady's thoughts on their d coming up in sports. we are following breaking news protesters at city hall tonight. >> it is latest protest begins the grand jury decision out of ferguson, missouri, it is a noisy protest. our todd quinones is at city hall with the demonstrators right now, todd? >> reporter: well, chris, it is quite the scene here. we are live inside the courtyard here at city hall, take a loo

this conflicts with recent drought studies from stanford and the american geophysical union. it will likely worsen future california droughts. >>> we're going to get a lot of rain this week. big storm coming on thursday. let's get a check of the micro climate forecast with rop may a mayeda. >> going back to 1995. 25-hour window. sustained winds over 40 miles per hour. peak gusts over the hilltops. look to the right. this is what we're expecting for thursday, between 2 to 3 inches of rain. winds at times getting sustained close to 40 miles per hour. going back to 2008 and 2009. that's a sampler. when it will be a lot of rain across san francisco and the bay area. hilltop locations seeing gusts above 60 miles per hour. this is getting started wednesday night into thursday afternoon. now, for the rest of the bay area, rain the other part of the story as you heard. robert honda, santa cruz mountains, one of the hotspots for rainfall. this will see the totals getting close to 6 inches of rain, plus the creek rises and mudslides likely. this storm is hitting the ground running with

the report presented here in san francisco at the american geofiscal union which is the world's largestpace and earth meeting has in the past only focused on the specific condition of the ice sheet. but this year scientists believe they have enough data to describe secondary effects in the arctic, for instance, on polar bears. >> we call them an ice-dependent species. the sea ice is their habitat. that's where they live, eat, and mate. this is effecting polar bear numbers. but also the health and condition of the polar bears. >> past studies of the arctic focused on very specific data, but now we're beginning to see the bigger picture. sea ice is melting, and that is having significant affects everywhere. jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> scientists have a new sign that life may have existed or could still exist on measures. the nasa rover called curiosity has detected low levels of methane gas on mars. it's not clear where it's coming from, but here on earth 90% of methane gas comes from living things. >>> a policy shift in cuba. so-called normalized relations with cuba are sti

. >> a study recently published by the american geo physical union found this is california's worst drought 1200 years. that is so astounding when you think about it. does your smiling mean you agree or disagree? >> so you know there are a lot of different ways to slice and dice the numbers. and by some metrics, you can say in terms of the number of years of dryness since we have been measuring rainfall these have been the three driest years in a row that we have had. so yeah, it has been the bad drought, not the single driest year in history by some other measures. i think those are numbers for scientists to have fun with. but it has been dry. >> no matter how you slice it is still a bad drought, is there a link between drought and climate change? >> that is also something scientists have been looking at to try to see whether or not this drought is consistent with what the models are saying, are predicting for california. what we know is that california has been getting more and more longer and the;kú wet bursts being shorter and more intense. and that is expected to continue. we also kno

. >>> our next guest is the chairman of the american conservative union and he has been friends withormer governor jeb bush for decades. good evening, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> i noticed you've told us about the fact that governor jeb bush might run for president. you said you have mixed feelings and you go on to say but he'll be a difference maker. what did you mean by that? >> a difference maker meaning, look, we live in an area of gridlock, less people turn out to vote than they ever did before. more people are registering no party affiliation. folks don't seem to be happy with either party. so jeb bush, who's a conservative problem solver, is coming and saying, look, it's time we get together, we heal our nation, we move forward witt things to do. we've got energy policy to put together. we've got tax reform. we've got to balance our budget. we've got to deal with our entitlements. i'm going to be the candidate with ideas. i'm not going to go out there with a strategist telling me precisely how to win. i'm going to share my vision and i hope the american people buy i

all of the 200,000 irish born men who fought in the american civil war, being in confederate gray or unione shared a common experience . it was a defining moment in their lives. that experience was immigration from the country of their birth. if we want to look at what led patrick to franklin, we first have to ask what led him to emigrate. the vast majority of immigrants came from poor backgrounds and were of the catholic faith. such wasn't the case of patrick. the future major general was born on the 16th of march, 1828, a little more than 6,000 kilometers from here. in the upstairs room of this house you see on the slide. bright park cot tanl in a rural home not far to the west of cork city. his father joseph was a medical doctor from county tiperrary and his mother with was from a well to do land owning family from cove in county cork. patrick was the third of four children born to the couple. he was baptized in nearby st. mary's protestant church.q the clayburns lived a comfortable life of middle class professional family. in addition to his medical program technician, joseph was also

a key demand of many of the recognized legal and civil rights groups including the american with civil liberties union and those incorporated into this resolution. an independent investigation into the nieto killing would be a concrete action of san francisco to take to implement the spirit of this resolution. >> public speaker: i wanted to speak actually in support of two items, item 52 and 53 and they are related. as far as item 52, i'm sure all the people behind me will have the things to say maybe better than i. i believe we need to stand with our youth today. if we pass this resolution, we will pass this resolution we will become part of a historical time because at this time there is going to be no turning back and we into -- need to join with the people standing up for these rights and standing up against police brutality and yes ferguson was the spark but we have had too many deaths here in san francisco, alex nieto and so when the police officers association takes offense with this resolution, i find that offensive myself. so please pass this and i work with a lot of youth and i know it's ver

. >> the american civil liberties union worry they'll gather evidence against activists. >> the sheriffay say he's going to use it for one pump purpose. and we just don't know. >> i have no intention to utilize these for surveillance purposes >> the sheriff says he'd oppose outlawing it. >> they want us to turn a blind eye to the fact we located a marijuana field with that device he says he talked with the aclu >>. sheriff and office have not reached out to us in more than a year. >> they said they'll be asking supervisor for laws to limit the use of the eye in the sky. >> just ahead, spencer is back >> just ahead, spencer is back and i'm about to i'm abstart my career.hool. i have two young boys, and i want their mommy to be safe and healthy. having health insurance gives you freedom. you can't rely on everything just to go smoothly in life. accidents happen all the time. with covered california, we were able to save a lot of money. i'm able to see a doctor that i love. i'm protected and i'm covered. i'm in. i'm in. and i'm making it on my own. you too can enjoy quality health coverage

rally the army of the shenandoah cemented his status in american history as an iconic american military general. union army ofe the shenandoah launched a successful afternoon counter attack that marks the end of the confederate control of the shenandoah valley and whereas union and8000 confederate men were killed, wounded, or capture that day and the second bloodiest battle in the shenandoah valley. thewhereas the defeat of confederacy and the shenandoah was a turning point that led to the preservation of our union and the beginning of the end of our nation's bloodiest conflict later,reas 150 years virginia recognizes the significance of the battle of cedar creek and the outcome of the american civil war, now therefore, i, terence mcauliffe, do hereby recognize october 19, 2014, as the 150th anniversary of the battle of cedar creek in virginia andlth of i call this observance to the attention of all of our citizens. [applause] thank you. is my distinct honor to introduce our keynote speaker. of distances list to read about jonathan i allis but the first one i want to share is that he is a passionate s

. >> the american civil liberties union worry they'll gather evidence against activists. >> the sheriff say he's going to use it for one pump purpose. and we just don't know. >> i have no intention to utilize these for surveillance purposes >> the sheriff says he'd oppose outlawing it. >> they want us to turn a blind eye to the fact we located a marijuana field with that device he says he talked with the aclu >>. sheriff and office have not reached out to us in more than a year. >> they said they'll be asking supervisor for laws to limit the use of the eye in the sky. >> just ahead, spencer is back with another look at the accuweather upda >>> majesty of yosemite's water falls are near full glory. officials say the falls are going at full force and provided us with this beautiful video. if you like to see highways 140ç 120, and 41 are open. >> looks nice for latest here let's check back with spencer christian. >> nice to see the majesty. check oud shadows moving eastward. there is scattered showers and pockets of light rain. in the north bay, light precipitation and this is the pattern

during those hearings i heard from the president of the north american building trades union that said ultimately, quote, in order for individual pensioners to receive benefits from our plan, the plans themselves must be preserved. end of quote. mr. speaker, without this kline-miller pension reform, the insolvency of these plans is exactly what will happen. ultimately hurting those most in need. just last month pbgc released its annual report which showed the deficit in this insurance program, it's increased from $8.3 billion to $42.4 billion in just one year. at this rate the pbgc anticipates the plans will become insolvent in the next decade. that meanings pensioners won't even be able to count on the minimum to backstop programs that are terminal. we must act now to give the trustees of these plans the tools necessary to allow the unions and their members the opportunity to salvage these multiemployer pension model. the longer we wait, the more the problem grows and more painful it becomes for pensioners and employers alike. our constituents didn't send us here to take the easy path