we're seeing in surveys for the first time that only about half of americans are agreeing that the american dream still holds true and that's remarkable. >> what's the practical consequences of that? of giving up faith and hope in that dream? >> the fact is that for most middle class and working-class americans, the politics seems increasingly removed from their everyday experience in their life. and there is a current of distrust and anger towards washington, that is so deep right now. >> when we turn on our tvs, our raasor pick up our newspapers we read about what is going on in our federal and state governments and we start to believe that you don't care about us. we hear that corporate welfare continues and that ceos get six-figure bonuses at taxpayer expense, and we wonder who are working for. and we look across the kitchen table at our families eating ramen noodles for the the third time this week and wonder how that's fair. we read that the wealthy get bigger tax breaks in hopes that their money will "trickle down" to us. then we turn the page and we read about how our school distric

writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african american actors and i actually had it vetted by august wilson, read it and checked it out for me and there's another fellow who wrote soldier's story, charles fuller, took a look at it for me. i wanted to make sure my bases were covered. but this new play, what i did was, i feel comfortable writing the characters, but you are never sure. one thing that happened was steven anthony jones helped me a great deal with the african american character. we took it to sundance and what happens when you go to sundance is you bring some actors and som

we are americans. the world's best entrepreneurs, and tests, researchers, colleges, universities. we have the most innovative workers. we have everything we need to thrive in this new economy. there is not a country on earth that would not gladly trade places with the united states. to secure a future that we want for our kids and our grandkids, we have to make a choice right now. in five days, we will choose our next president. [applause] and, boulder, it is more than just a choice between two candidates or parties. you will be making a choice between two fundamentally different visions of america. what were we return to the top- down policies that crashed the economy. don't boo, vote. vote. [applause] or a future built on a strong and growing middle class. we know what the choice needs to be. we are here because we believe if the country is back on the skills and ideas of its people, the jobs and businesses will follow. we believe the free market has been the engine of america's progress and we honor

i mean 29% of americans now have college degrees but much, much smaller percentage of americans were benefiting from this economic transformation. >> well aswe speak i can hear all of those wefree-marketers o they say "come on, piers - co on ccker, it is the global economy. it's the cheap labor overseas. it's those high-technology skills that you say are c required, these deep forces that actually are beyond our control, and are making inevitable this division between the top and everyone else," right? that's what they were saying as they listen to you right now. >> weop think the story that's told about how the global economy has shifted clearly matters. >> and again we wouldn't want to say that the kinds of changes that they were it talking about don't matter at all but they still leave open for a country to decide how they're going to respond to those kinds of economic challenges and when you look at other affluent democracies that ave also been exposed to these same kinds of pressures who are actually more open -- smaller economies are often more open to the global economy than t

who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene happening in that area. there's this wonderful book called fillmore harlem west and also there's several other books that are about that particular era. but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that'

>> because he was an american. not only american, but very visible president of the great university in the middle east. there was no more higher profile example of an american involved in that region than the presidency of a you be. >> the american university, beirut, back in the 1850's, what was a paper like? >> was and still is a multi cultural cosmopolitan city. then and now muslims, jews, and christians all next and co existed to a significant degree. in the american missionary presence was particularly significant in better, and it became sort of a launching pad for creating what became the greatest university in the region because of this american missionary connection. >> kid that university had been put in and other middle east and cities? >> perhaps. but the american presence was never anywhere else. the in visionary and practical of compassion. very patriotic the american. other nationalities to my other interests. he wants to create a school that represented the american model of education, lived americ

i want to wrap my story in the larger american story.nd for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. >> all around us, there were people who were crying. and halfway through i thought, this guy's life has changed and it will never be the same. >> i think i just have seen the first black president there. and the reason i say that is because i think the immigrant experience combined with the african background, combined with the incredible education, combined with his beautiful speech, that speech was a piece of work. >> i believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs, and that is as we stands on the crossroads of history, we can make the right

american movie saudi production emphasizes universal american team, sexualization, other top devices.american movie sold american exceptionalism, including puritanical moralist and as one observer put it. they occasionally need people such as keaton and charlie chaplin. is it is all done tongue-in-cheek to undermine the system itself. in 1832 u.s. at 18,000 movie houses and compared to francis, 2400 britain's 3000. europe simply could not compete with hollywood and american exceptionalism from the europeans want to be like mike. inflation, communist, agitation, ethnic unrest in the slow contradictions of versailles and cause the postwar european structure to crumble into the totalitarian moment. spain of course with the civil war was the first to see the future. as the rest of power in italy, then germany, then the samurai culture in japan, where assassination awaited anyone to all of asia, the remaining democracies in europe but it was just not even the weakest of aggressors. when miscellanies successfully crushed ethiopia and none of the leak of nationstates opposed him , and the en

the as we call it american r.t. yes plays a useful role in for violating coverage of things that the mainstream television networks do not cover in america i will say because i receive it on cable they play a role i receive it mainly because i want the news from moscow but they also cover things in america that are not covered by mainstream american television and this is a good thing but if we say thank you thank you then senator thank you for that but back to the third parties you know maybe they're thinking that the percentage you mentioned but do they really play any significant role in the political process well really not well you know we're a big country young now not territorially of in terms of people who are bigger country than you are persons in the soviet union they play third parties or did you really should be interviewing my wife katrina vanden who about this because she worries about this every day but we have fifty states fifty states and in these states some of the states the third parties do play

american movie saudi production codes that emphasize the universal american teens a teacher to some.god, fairplay and avoided sensationalism and other taboo faces. american movies sold american exceptionalism, including puritanical moralism as one observer put it. they occasionally make fun of values to the work of equal such as keaton and charlie chaplin, but this is all done tongue-in-cheek and never was meant to undermine the system is self. by 1930, the u.s. at 18,000 movie houses and compared to francis 2400 britain's 3000. europe simply could not compete with hollywood and as long as hollywood sold american exceptionalism, europeans wanted to be like mike, are in this case like clark gable. but inflation, communist agitation, ethnic unrest and most of all called the postwar european structure to crumble into the totalitarian moment. spain of course with the civil war was the first to see the future. the fascists rose to power in italy and germany in a totalitarian culture in japan for more assassination awaited anyone who questioned the destiny of japan to rule all of asia. the

how did african-americans do? there are two aspects of the african-american voters want to talk about. it's not like there was truly a national campaign in 2012. if you lived in a swing state, you saw politics was all consuming. that was all that life was about, the 2012 election. on the other hand, if you did not live in a swing state, you probably were not entirely aware there was an election going on at all. in terms of the black vote, want to point out a couple of things. before i point out be increase in the black vote, want to mention one thing about gender. a major aspect of this election was about appeals to women, the phraseology was i believe "the war on women." there were issues having to do with rape, abortion, contraception, that were major elements of the campaign. there was a gender gap, and the gender gap was essential in terms of the outcome of the election. but i want to mention there was a recurrence of the black gender gap. there has for a long time been bought heavily talked about, but there h

and american power. now americans in the era of 1812 were themselves actually very well-versed in population theory. regular methodical government accounts for all the inhabitants meant that even average people had access to basic facts that they nation's population strengths. from the time of the first national census in 1792 the second which was in 1800, the nation's numbers expanded them approximately 3.9 million, to about 5.3 million they continued rising sharply, reaching 7.2 million by the third official census in 1810. so in total, the nation's numbers increased nearly twofold in just two decades. these official figures were reported widely in regional and local newspapers as soon as the returns came in. complete census reports were printed, sometimes in a commemorative edition of county-by-county compilations and made available for public purchase. census numbers were featured in most standard almanacs, just the kind of basic information that even ordinary farm folks wanted to have at their finge

we thank you for the opportunity to gather, to honor four native americans from our community. remember those that are not with us, unable to be here, or traveling. we ask for blessing upon them, their families, their friends. we come before you. we are humbled two leggeds. we give things. honde,honde, the best it could possible me. to the singers, to the dancers, their families. honde, honde to everyone in attendance. ( spiritual chanting). (spiritual chanting). grandfather, creator, once again we come together, and gave praise and honor to you, and if you for the many blessings, and again honde, honde for this day. we say these things in your name. please remain standing as we welcome and present to you the grand entry of our eagle staff and our dancers. here we go. bring em in. carrying the first flag of this nation, of this land, the eagle staff larry harristan. how about a round of applause for larry? thank you larry. bringing in our dancers. (drums). good to see you. our southern and northern dancers. welcome ladies. welcome. followed by our jingle "dancing with dancers.

american book awards ceremony. when ishmael reid approached me about cosponsor the event today, i was really excited. to be perfectly honest, i was thrilled just to meet him as he is a legend in the african-american literary world and then had long been afraid to speak truth to power. but i was excited because he may or may not know the american book award was bestowed upon the former african-american studies faculty member, barbara christian, who is in fact one of my professors has an undergraduate juice but the brilliant color, but also a teacher cared deeply of african-american students and in many cases her legacy that i strive to enact the new department chair this year and african-american studies. that is the african-american studies has never been just about offering courses, writing about, publishing articles. our work here in the department and the university should be about transformation. transferring the critical consciousness, transfer means students to scholars and forming the knowledge in the field

do you want to make a difference, creating american jobs? david muir tonight shows us how to do it together for a happy holiday. >> we're in! >> we're in! >>> good evening. right now, millions and millions of americans are lining up to take a chance on a giant dream. a powerball ticket that could be worth more than half a billion dollars. the biggest in its history. the drawing is tonight. and some people have been willing to wait 2 1/2 hours in the long lines in arizona, while coast to coast, tickets are flying across the counters, 130,000 sold every minute. and that adds up to 7 million tickets sold every hour. so, we asked abc's steve osunsami to make his way into the vault where the lottery balls are kept under lock and key and tell us about all the americans hoping tonight is their night. >> reporter: if this is lottery fever -- >> it only takes one. >> that's the winner. >> the boats and the house and the cars. >> reporter: then millions of americans are trying to catch it. buying lottery tickets like never before. more than 189 millio

we have the first asian-american actress in hollywood. the first asian-american nba player. the first members of congress. these interns are the future of our community. they are the reason why we are here today. we're also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. this year it is the first year we are giving the lifetime achievement award. the lifetime achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. he is a trailblazer. a man who paved the way for many of us. he was the first asian-american mayor of a major city. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first person to serve two presidents in a cabinet. first as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. it was on 9/11 that secretary mineta showed us what he was made of. he made the call to ground all of the planes. it was secretary mineta who instituted the policy is -- policies at tsa. it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secre

this is the american way.f our servicemen and women who put themselves in harm's way for freedom. i have not seen that flag in 15 or 20 years or that scoutmaster but monument, colorado, is not that far from here. would you please welcome that scoutmaster from monument, colorado? [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. now, did i get that story right? >> you did, sir. >> that is a great flag, representing the greatest nation in the history of the earth. thank you. thank you. isn't that something? i see a troup of scouts here. thanks, young men, for your service in the community. it is in the american candidate, this idea -- the american spirit, this idea of giving to others. my sister is one of my life heroes. she is in her 70's now. she has 8 children. seven of them are raised with children of their own. the youngest of those children was born with down's syndrome. jeffrey is 43. my sister lives as a single mother. her husband passed away a few years ago. she has devoted her life, over 43 years and over these l

the americans had to pass of lengths of american students chanting death to america. each hostage was carefully held at the bus until the student cheer leader could organize another round of cheering. the faces of american showed guarded emotions running from bemusement to irony to downright anger. for 14 months they'd been captive it must have been hard to believe this was truly the beginning of the end. for some hostages the realization began to sink in as soon as they walked through the door of the algerean airliner. in fact, it was here parked on the runway that the hostages became returnees. the first step began when the negotiators shifted responsibility from the hostages out of iranian's hands. as more americans came on board more smiles began to break out and reunions began to be savored. it was a likely scene, not like that of a tourist ready to start their vacation. but one of someone who had been held captive after 444 days. >> that's great. that's great. >> it is no secret that president jimmy carter had wanted to make the announcement that the long ordeal

he wanted to create a school that represented the american model with education, that lived american values which and the people in the middle east and awareness that would benefit their lives here in tangible ways and he succeeded. >> why is it important to tell the story in your view? >> because i think most middle easterners and americans for that matter are unaware of this longer, deeper humanitarian dimension of the involvement in the middle east. when we think about the middle east it usually centers on israel and the military security and the middle easterners feel likewise. they don't think about what are the longer routes. it has nothing to do with oil or israel or the deployment to protect our interests. >> brian vandemark his most recent book americans be within two families, for generationsz33 and the story of america'z3s influence in the middle east. this is book tv on c-span2. >> tell us what you think about our programming this weekend. you can tweet, comment on our face the call or send an e-mail. book tv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> tonight i'm goin

it is not anti-american. it is pro-american. tavis: we will close on that note. when the kevin costner character speaks to the jury at the end, it is hard to talk about closing speech to the jury. the new book from oliver stone and peter kusnick is called "the on told a history of the united states." congratulations in advance on the success of the series. good to have you on the program. but to you. that is our show for tonight. congratulations to the new president if we know who that is. until tomorrow night -- we will have a wrap up on tomorrow night 's program about the election. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with this year's election results with larry king. that is next time. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger,

rhetoric -- a sense this is anti-american rhetoric?>> this has been fact checked by corporate fact checkers and a third set from showtime. this is facts. our interpretation is different. this is definitely hold up. tavis: i was trying to flip the page. first of all, in the introduction, we write this book as the curtain slowly draws down on the american empire. that is how you start the text. >> yes. >> that is our perspective on this. tavis: the curtain is going down? >> that is why he is shifting to the pacific, because he is trying to fight the rise of china. years ago doesn't chinese per capita income was 4% of the united states. now it is 9%. the united states had been the biggest trading partner with every country in asia. now china is the biggest trading partner with every country in asia. china is doing a lot of things right. china is investing many times as much money in infrastructure as the united states. the europeans out of china for a bailout, not the united states. -- the europeans asked china for a bailout, not the unit

when "father knew best" and american white men were at the helm of american society in television and beyond, women were abused and the silencing of minorities happened and there's an extraordinary inability of america to recognize freedom for everybody. for me, tradition is democracy, freedom, justice, equality, and the ability to project the best of the american spirit to the world. i believe in american traditions, just not the ones that bill o'reilly wants to celebrate. >> in your book you say ronald reagan lied about poverty so he could succeed. you wrote middle class folks didn't have to worry they were indulging resentment. they were doing it because those programs hurt poor people. reagan said so. do the republicans still believe this message? >> i don't know if they really believe it. i don't know if they care. they don't care about the poor, but they've been selling it for a long time, ed. i'm with michael. he is looking backwards to an america that wasn't as wonderful as he thinks, and he's becoming kind of like a glenn beck figure. he's really not leaving it alone. when he

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thank you, guys. [ applause ] >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" live from minneapolis. breaking news tonight. cia director david petraeus is out. rich people in this country better get their wallets out. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> the american people voted for action. not politics as usual. >> the president drops the hammer. no deal unless the rich start paying their fair share. we'll bring you the latest on today's major power play by president obama. >> it's time to get back to work. >>> hatred and racism explode following the president's re-election. professor michael eric dyson puts it all into perspective. >>> and bill clinton may have saved barack obama's second term. tonight, comedian darryl hammon tells us how bubba did it. >> barack obama is the only democratic nominee for president. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. president obama stepped out to talk about the economy today. he reminded america that there was an election on tuesday. and the people have spoken. th

every american. even if you and i were to lose in which everybody proudly voted as citizens than to have some kind of deeply bitterly divisive thing. obama is setting up if he does manage to scrape through he is setting up a hard second term because of the meanness and nastiness of his campaign. >> seems very close. thoughts? >> i am with karl but more bullish. i think it ends up 53-47, 300 electoral votes and we win the senate. i have always been an optimist. i said that with ronald reagan. >> i agree with your observation that especially the closing arguments in the debates. you may be responsible for him becoming such a good debater i think governor romney has grown dramatically. it is different than the comments in revenge verses the country is amazing. >> good to see you mr. speaker. >> next governor sarah palin and the president is asking voters who do they trust? the new poll has the answer. i am sure it's not the won the president was hoping to hear. de♪ ♪ you can help others along the way. ♪

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you are hispanic-american, italian-american. i spoke to someone from germany who chose to become an american. i asked why. he said you have so much more freedom here. in germany there are tremendous expectations about what you are supposed to do and how you are supposed to behave, based on your family background. here you are free. we want people who yearn from that freedom to come to the united states. they always have. we want them to continue to do so. it is what makes us americans. >> we have a question here. if you could ask your question and then hand over the microphone. >> i am a canadian working in the u.s. on an stage one visa, a process i would not wish on my worst enemy -- an h1 visa. how would you address the reforms for those who want to come to the u.s. to work? and i agree with his point on the emphasis being on work and to boost the economy and pay taxes in the american tradition. would we have to only get a job if there was not one for american -- if there was one for american? and on boosting wages for all lev

the american people know it.ew term. it's called obama noma. he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this an economy is an insult to recoveries. >> the numbers don't lie. we'll lay them out for you, tonight. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. >>> thanks for staying with "the ed show" tonight. the story goes to the heart of what we deserve. if we elect someone to the senate, we expect them to do what? get something done. unfortunately the republicans have been using the filibuster to block legislation. now the democrats want to change the rules to keep the next group of republicans from doing the s

for american non-americans alike, for blacks and whites and hispanics and asians and europeans, for the disabled, elderly, underprivileged and unhappy, for men, women and children of all ages, everywhere and anywhere. for this land they call america transcends borders. it is an idea. an idea of elegans that electrifies men and women who desire opportunity to require freedom. it is an idea of egregious and announced that inspired the tyranny to mediocrity and substitute god in government. without america as we know it, the world would be unfree at the mercy of socialism and radical islam. only america stands in the way. mine is a story, possibly dear in this country, only in america. in three short years, the achievements you recognize today ardea quips in the first 25 years of my life. born to hard-working parents in australia, both with european roots, they gave me every opportunity imaginable. i was a dream child. today with the marvels of technology designed by america, they get to watch these. they taught me to dream. they taught me to never give up. my father instilled in me to nev

american movie sold american exceptionalism, including quote puritanical moralism as one observer putit. they occasionally made fun of those values to the work of people such as buster keaton and charlie chaplin but this was all done tongue-in-cheek and never meant to totally undermined the system itself. by 1930, the u.s. had 18,000 movie houses and compared to frances 2400 britain's 3000. europe simply get.compete with hollywood and as long as hollywood sold american exceptionalism, europeans wanted to be like clark gable in this case. conflation communist education, ethnic unrest and most of all the contradictions cause the post-war european structure to crumble into the totalitarian moment. spain of course with its civil war was the first to see the future. the fascist rise in italy, then germany and the samurai totalitarian culture japan were assassination awaited anyone who questioned its destiny of all of asia and the remaining democracies lack of will to stop the weekend. when mussolini successfully crushed ethiopia and none of the league of nations opposed him, the entire not

you are great americans. and we cannot thank you enough for the freedoms that we take for granted every day. thanks for being with us. let not your heart be troubled the news continues. we throw it over to greta with on the record. see you tomorrow night. >> tonight, oh, boy, the sex scandal involving the nation's it spy got perioder. the investigator who launched the investigation of david petraeus is under suspicion himself. he's accused of sending of himsa woman involved in the case. no, we aren't making this up. it is the latest development in the gen. petraeus sex scandal. his secret exposed days before he was set to testify about benghazi and after the election. is if coincidence or coverup? >> i have a hard time believing the whole story. first of all how an e-mail matter becomes an fbi matter, how it was investigated so many months and it wasn't until election night the fbi suddenly realized it involved david petraeus? if they were investigating three or four months, that would have been the first thi

the american public, we just can't live with the american public if we let this stay. so kennedy is eventually persuaded. so we have to get rid of it. then you look at some of the other weapons systems. there was a lot of other military equipment in cuba. and the troops were the real issue here. the americans thought there was something about seven or 8000 troops. about 17,000 troops. there were about 43,000. on the 23rd of october, the day after kennedy speech to the nation, they started sending over low-level surveillance planes. and they discovered that there were combat troops that were organized around the island. they had nuclear capable rockets and what they're trying to decide in the weeks after this is do we want to insist on giving these other weapons and troops out and we need to get him to pull this out? the decision is actually quite different and it drags on. it's a low priority, one of the reasons is because these weapons and troops cannot reach american soil. they are a threat to guantÁnamo bay. >> host: and the u.s. naval bases at guantÁnamo. >> guest:

minds of americans.his has always been the case, it is even more emphatically the case. if you interpret the second goal, that is reducing our dependence on foreign oil, at least partially as an economic goal, what's striking in this set of findings in 2012 is that these are the only two goals where the percentage of americans saying that these are very important have gone up. the estimates of importance of the other goals have all dropped, by small numbers, by single digits, but there is clearly a pattern there of a sense of lessened threat from outside and greater desire to focus on domestic issues. so coming off of this assessment of threats and this construction of goals, how are americans going to think about the kind of role we should play? first, the good news is, at least in our estimation, in that the majority of americans do want to stay engaged in the world. even those who, by the way, say they want to stay out, there is a desire to be engaged internationally, it's not across the board. they s

, indeed to 98% of american families and 97% of american small businesses and that is to assure them that their taxes are not going to go up on january 1. assuming we can't get to a budget agreement before january 1, then automatically all of the bush tax cuts will end, and the senate has actually passed a law that will allow those tax cuts to be curtailed. to be protected. for families that earn $250,000 a year and less. that bill has passed the senate and it's now over at the house awaiting action by the house. the republican-controlled house is in a position any time the speaker chooses to call up that bill and pass a guarantee of protection from tax increases that will protect 98% of american families and 97% of american small businesses and i think they should do that. it is simply awaiting their action. there is nothing more we can do in the senate. we've already passed that bill. it is one step away, speaker boehner allowing it to be called up and having it voted on from becoming law and protecting 98% of families and 97% of small businesses from tax increases january 1. there

schools in american universities, leading american foundations. it's all there on the internet. people are not talking about world government anybody, but world governance, a form of transnational governance. look at four people, quick views, and talbot, the president of the brookings institution, a major think tank in washington. the former secretary of state, and as a journalist for time magazine in the 1990s, they wrote an article in which he welcomed super national political authority. he said, quote, "i'll bet within the next hundred years nationhood as we know it will be obsolete and all states will recognize a single global authority." he concluded saying "the devra davis luges of power upwards of units of administration is basically a positive phenomena." coe, currently, today, the chief legal adviser of the u.s. state department, in other words, he advises the president on what the law is, was gave a major speech last week at georgetown law, a major figure in international law writing, quote, "domestic courts must play a major role in coo

the majority of americans need us to. for me, it is about can we get taxes on the table and can we get more jobs created. if that happens in december, that would be great. if it happens in january, we will be fine with that to. >> going over the cliff, if they strike a deal to say that those who make $1 million and more will make more -- >> that does not generate enough money. >> one of the things that has come up is the tax issue. i'm curious to know where you stand on the sequester issue. what sort of solutions are you all proposing for that? >> instead of having the sequester? >> yes. >> we want the overall agreement. taxes, jobs. on the sequester, we feel like we have done great work in states to improve and medicaid and medicare. but we love to be part of a conversation about how to do that at the federal level. >> mary kay henry president, of seiu. thank you for being our newsmaker. read between the lines for us here. the seiu, other labor groups had a meeting with president obama last week. can you gather what is t

i am proud i have been with the american workers and the american auto industry. we are not just building cars again. we are building better cars, cars that by the middle of the next decade will go out twice as far on a gallon of gas. that kind of innovation, that kind of forward-thinking, it is not restricted to the auto industry. i want to bring manufacturing back. we have thousands of workers building long-lasting batteries, building wind turbines across the country. instead of subsidizing oil companies, profits, when they are making money hand over fist, i want to support energy jobs of tomorrow. which will cut our oil imports in half and held our environment, our national security. i do not want a tax code that will reward companies for creating jobs overseas. i want to reward companies creating those jobs in virginia. that is the future i see for this country. change is turning the page on a decade of war so we get so sick -- focus on nation-building at home. we will pursue our enemies with the strongest military the world has ever known. and virginia carrie

and even american geography. also, something i couldn't understand because i'm the same clerkships i was talking about promising vacations, i sit in the backseat with imap on my lap and i remember very clearly i would trace the exact route of where we went. i don't know why that is, but that's where my inclination was. so it is always interested in the subject and always felt that the threads that connect history to geography is something that needs to be explored. so that's why he moved on to that subject. each of my books i'd have to say in this series has come back in the same way. after he went from history to geography, i talked about important battles and realize the civil war was still the most important event in our history, the most mythologized in the most misunderstood. so i went back to that. reading about the civil war, i discovered it was the first time, certainly in american history and perhaps all of history, that people use the bible to determine their views on an issue, a political issue and tha

it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well. tonight's events would not be possible without our community partners. a group that helped make all this happened, i am going to read them all. the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the

same with american red cross. we have a representative there. so it's very much a partnership between southern baptists, the american red cross, the salvation army and we all work together very well and with local governments. >> and quickly, mike. it's a spiritual relief program as well as a material one, isn't it? >> sure is. first, we want to relieve the physical suffering. but secondly, we do have chaplains that come in with every unit, so they can be there for spiritual counseling, spiritual encouragement. this very much is just as much a physical crisis as it is a spiritual and emotional crisis for people. >> mike ebert of the southern baptist convention. many thanks. >> thank you, bob. >>> sandy also had an impact on the presidential campaigns. president obama took time off to tour some of the devastated areas of new jersey with governor chris christie. he promised that his administration would not forget the people suffering there. meanwhile, governor mitt romney held a relief rally in the battleground state of ohio for victims of sandy.

the american public demands that we work together. just imagine what we could do if we actually worked together. we can solve some real serious problems. we could do the american jobs act and we could do the infrastructure, we could rebuild new york and new jersey, desperately needed there. serious investment needs to be made on our infrastructure. we've got a lot of work to do. can only do that if we work across the aisle and get on. the president has laid out a very good starting point to get the negotiations under way. >> yeah, no doubt. congressman larson, do you think that there are any republicans in their caucus that will come over and work with the president and do the right thing to address this? or is this going to be another all-republican fraternal order to be followed by john boehner? >> no, i do believe that there are many decent, caring republicans, and i think we have two shining examples to point to. most recently, chris christie in the crisis came together with the president and demonstrated that when we work togethe