in england, african-american nurses cared for pows.some believed they were intentionally assigned to pows a job other nurses didn't want. stir in the world war ii years, generally the site of a military uniform commanded respect and special treatment, but that wasn't always the case, especially when the uniform was worn ipod women. luis miller had been serving overseas at a black nurse a unit. towards the end of the worse she traveled back to her home in the united states, we've experienced firsthand the insults of racism and her army uniform didn't shield her. during a layover at an airport coffee shop, she was told she could eat the shop, but only in the back of the room. luis said she left the shop without sert because in her words, i know that i could be alleged in a u.s. uniform as well as the man in overalls. we've experience with racism didn't and that the terminal door. just as she settled into a seat for the next leg of our trip, the flight attendant asked her to move to another seat. the way passenger didn't want to sit by he

the american sense of exceptionalism in most americans don't most americans are proud of their country and proud of themselves as russians are but it doesn't mean that we're all exceptional as i think there is a strain of exceptionalism in the united states but would say maybe even in your country one could find a little bit of that i think that what is important is what you just said that we need in our expressions particularly in public even though we have criticisms of each other and it's important obviously if we have criticisms to express them i think respectfully and politely and we ought to try to find ways as politicians find it very difficult to do to find the areas of common agreement we have a lot of people in this country over the years have come either to distrust or dislike president putin but that doesn't represent the national opinion that represents the opinion of individuals you are probably bombarded with many different opinions on the part of the united states most of them with respect to president putin that these days have been unfriendly although i can tell you t

it is time to stop this before it causes any more damage to american families and american businesses. countryes up cross the are not hiring because of the impact of this law. other businesses that are reducing hours for their employees because of this law. message to the united states senate is simple -- the american people do not want the government shutdown, and they do not want obamacare. house has listened to the american people. now it is time for the senate to listen to them as well. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> during his remarks about the auto industry and economy in missouri, the president spoke about the attempt by congress to defund the health care law. here is a look. is a faction on the far right of the republican party right now. it is not everybody, but it is a pretty big faction, who convince their leadership to threaten the government shutdown and potentially threaten to not r aise the debt ceiling if they can't shut off the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. now, think

many americans do not. many american suffer from a sleeping disorder. with so many not getting the sleep their body needs, more people are developing a dependence on sleep fiendly drugs. liz wall has the story. >> more than 9 million americans turn to sleeping pills. >> many patients say that they are not sleeping well and have not dreamed in years. >> the centers for disease control found one in 25 americans pop pills to get some shut eye. there are trends among users. prescription pill usage increases with age, higher among women, increases with education, and prescribed for those that doctors diagnosed with a sleep disorder. america's sleeping pill of choice is ambien o r its generic name. it knocks the user out pretty quick and the fda lowered the recommended dosage because it would keep them drowsy the next day. people sleepwalk while on the drug, from eating, driving, to having sex. >> it is not just prescription pills americans are using to fall asleep. millions more are turning to over-the-counter sleep aids. some of them are meant to make you s

they're looking at african-american males. and as professor nogueira said, they have very specific needs. and so how this is working is looking at them as individuals, looking at the issues that they face as african-american males in oakland. the fear that teachers have of them or shop owners have of them or as president obama said, the doors that lock as they walk by. that's a very different life that they lead than, say, a latina female. her issues that land her at the bottom of the achievement gap are very different. so looking at this, what they call targeted universalism, is trying to identify the needs of these kids. so it's jobs. it's confidence. it's mentors. it's role models. it's father of coursefigures. giving them those things that they need as african-american males is what the district is trying to do now and that is very different than the no child left behind approach of, okay, just throw money at everyone at the bottom of the achievement gap and see what happens. >> let me ask you about that. for people who lo

it's a question asked about african-americans -- breakthrough african-american like thurgood marshall. going all the way back. clearly i'm inspired by thing like that. not directly by obama, but, you know, in the book i do mention obama at the end. i mention clarence thomas at the end. i think they are in the middle in which they're in a world where african-americans are not expected to go, and at the same time, they're in a world in which people demand they be authentic, and they are struggling with that. and one of the things i try to show in the book that kind of struggle isn't new. it goes back to the civil rights era before. go ahead. >> i read that you were an electrical engineer with bill -- an integrated circuit design. >> yes. >> what made you change your career so dramatically? >> yeah. i started my career as an electrical engineer. i was an electrical engineer because, i guess, i was good in math and science and, you know, particularly if you're a minority you're good in math and science. everybody says you should be a engineer. my father is actually an engineer. it was the

called upon time and time again, the american people, the american people. i'll tell you something, mr. president. the american people know that every hour that he has spoken or speaks pushes us another hour closer to a republican government shutdown. now i watched, witnessed a government shutdown. the gross national product was hammered by tens of billions of dollars quickly. we had a meeting this morning and the former secretary of treasury talked. he said i was here. i know all about that shutdown. he said the world had more confidence in the united states then than they do now, with government being hammered at every angle by the anarchists. he doesn't know how badly we would be hurt with another government shutdown. he thinks it would be worse than the first one. so if anyone has any doubt that there are republicans rooting for a shutdown, they should just turn on the television. it's not all republicans, mr. president, and we know that. but they can look at tv and see that there are some working to almost single-handedly force us into a shutdown, becau

millions of americans are hurting. they are seeing their health care threatened, and yet sadly today senate democrats stood together and refused to listen to the american people. now we move to the house. the house last week showed remarkable courage, standing up and fighting to defund obamacare. the house listened to the american people, and i am hopeful, confident that the house will continue to stand its ground, continue to listen to the american people, and step up to respond and to stop this train wreck, this nightmare that is obamacare. when that happens, the bill will come back here, and it will be an opportunity for senate republicans to come together, for senate republicans to come home. i very much hope when the house bill comes back up all 46 republicans stand together, stand united, and i hope that some of the democrats who today decided not to listen to their constituents hear the voices of the millions of americans who are hurting and do the right thing and stand up and stop this train wreck, the nightmar

exceptionalism but i wonder if it puts american diplomacy at odds with the american public discourse because on one hand pretensions always have to read to re bad idea of america special of all but in diplomacy you can't really advance anywhere without recognizing the. your opponent whether it is in the case of russia or in the case of syria for example and when it comes to the united states of america secondly outlawed the syrian government the syrian president as a legitimate partner in negotiations when i think we've been concerned some of the actions that president putin has taken to promote russian nationalism and some of what he's criticizing may be the other side of the coin i don't know i say that with deepest respect because i'm an admirer of many of the things that president putin has done but i think that we ought to go back to the negotiating table and the negotiating table between russia the united states and my experience has almost always been a place to resolve issues on the basis of a realistic understanding of the situation and the production of practical innovative

we eve g've got to respond to n american -- the american people. we are motivating and energizing the american people. we have seen in a matter of weeks over 1.3 million americans go to don't fund it uh.com, sign a national petition, call their representatives, senators. today's decision is a sixtiry for the american people. those 1.3 million americans and a lot of them came as a result of your show signed the petition and spoke out. today the house answered the call. now the ball is in harry reid's hands. he needs to listen to the american people like john boehner did. i can guarantee you one thing. mike and i will fight with every breath in our body. as churchill said we'll fight on the beaches, on the street. we'll fight at every step to stop the biggest job killer in america. >> going to talk about blood, toil, sweat and tears. let's talk about -- all right, boehner -- i assume the house will go through with the c.r. to defund obamacare. the house passes that. goes to the senate. what next? >> what happens next after it passes the house is at t

president obama, hear the person american people, the polls say the majority of the american people don't and do you want the leader of such a country to be saying -- i mean this is what congress has to consider. >> exactly. i find it hilarious when a dictator who brutalizes his own people starts to talk to us about polls. the reality is iran is looking and what assad is saying it doesn't make any sense when you look at the amount of evidence, not just what the united states says, the arab league his neighbors have said you are guilt ye and condemned him for this. they just don't want military action. this is no longer a question as to whether or not assad was responsible. this is a question of what the united states will do and whether we should wait for the u.n. or have him sign some treaty. that's on the table. >> the president is going to sit down with six journalists today and going to grant them interviews about syria and tomorrow address the american people. the american people are rightly skeptical of all of this because of our, you know, great track record in the middle east, so

, african-americans. we say the studies did white males. i say, that's right. thank you for the question. yes, sir. >> good morning. my impression may be wrong but the patriots, the bulk of the patriots -- >> are we talking the new england patriots now? >> no. they were either out of new england or virginia. the ones we read about and hear about it is like in the army or the political realm? >> political. and i was wondering if you care to talk about the interplay between those two ends of the dumbbell, so to speak? >> the first six presidents of the united states come from massachusetts and virginia. so those are the big states. virginia is the biggest state in the union by far. but within the continental congress, pennsylvania is really big. it's a big state and it's a moderate state, meaning they are -- that the source of the modern movement that are reluctant to declare revolution. new york is also a moderate state. so that these other middle states play a role, but they don't assume leadership for th

it's a values conception of being american. it's a city notion of being american. that's something that is virtually unique throughout the world and unique throughout history, and what this book does is it ascribes that in some of the best detail i've ever read anywhere in the literature in both sociology and economics and academics, and even in popular books made for popular audience. for that notion i think it made me, you know, i studied immigration policy and i become skeptical the way my government does things. i become skeptical of the training and its immigration policy, but this really filled me with more enthusiasm and more hope for the future of this company and the ability to assimilate immigrants and to be a beacon in virtually any book i have read in my years of working on this topic. so i highly recommend it to all of you. i clearly recommend it more. it's a beautiful book. and thank you very much for coming today. [applause] >> thank you, alex. we have time for questions. if you have a question, please raise your hand and wait for the microphone. ide

the american people was this sort of american unity that was constantly being manufactured by the american media and american government and you alluded to that in the in the first part. but manufacturing unity is not just the political topic or wasn't just the political task is it's also an economic project that it was relatively easy at a time when your economy was growing and credits were cheap but obviously this is a major challenge one the can all make times a bit rough can the united states afford manufacturing unity as a political and economic value and also it's pretty dangerous when you lack unity in your country you know public protests and disenchant invigorate the population that's that could lead you to civil war and not just the united states but any other countries well sure sure no it is very dangerous but the conditions that were present for creating national unity of course are no longer there just as they are no longer there in russia so world war two was central for both nations in terms of creating national unity will hopefully. we won't have world war three but if tha

government is functioning well i don't think most americans think that -- to think most americans think that there is a terrible faction between the parties the deficit is too large and legislation is effective but i think there is a general concern i think it is quite reversible but at this moment they would do themselves c&s if they did not reflect the education system in the health care system is good for 70 percent of the people leaves the rest relatively underserved and the justice system i have problems with it myself but that prosecutors when 99 and a half percent and 97 percent are trials in the u.s. has six or 12 times incarcerated people as other to advanced democracies such as australia or germany or japan, that tells us something that 48 million americans with criminal records just by driving under the influence or a minor problems but you still have 15 percent of american adults as felons. that cannot be right and something should be done. it passed to deal with these problems. >> host: let's go back to the history of the united states. your first section stops in the year

that is the american peter. -- that is the american spirit. and yet we have tens of millions of people in this country out of work. every month we get the reports from the bureau of labor statistic that says, even more people have given up looking for work. now, the odd way our unemployment statistics work, that makes unemployment, the number the newspapers report, go down. because when a few hundred thousand people say, "all right, i give up,; it's s; it's so hop, i'll never find a job," that curiously results in unemployment going down. because the number record in the paper is the number that the reported number of people looking for work are unable to find it. i'm going to suggest to you, the number of people who are giving up -- that's even worse. what a sad testament, given the american spirit, the american spirit that we can do anything we set our minds to, that anyo anyone -- you know, the great blessings of this nation, mr. president, have been fundamentally that it doesn't matter who you are, doesn't matter who your daddy was, doesn'

american revolution.there is an active antislavery discussion happening on southern campuses. >> host: really? >> guest: yeah great college faculty and college students actually would debate the question of slavery quite a bit. >> host: in such universities that we recognized and we have talked about southeastern. >> host: georgia and north carolina the university of georgia and the university of north carolina. the university of north carolina has an abolitionist speaker at one of its graduations. this is in the early 19th century and the trustees actually published the speech. it has actually circulated around the united states. >> host: are these individuals who live in slaveholding states and again in "ebony and ivy" you write about it. are they abolitionist's? or is this a free exchange of intellectual debate and discussion? >> guest: to free exchange of intellectual debate and discussion and it's also often driven by abolitionist or at least by people who are uncomfortable with the continuation of s

african-americans. despite they make up 11.4% of the overall domestic work force. african-american nonunion 1% more than workers. if we want to rebuild america's nid will class. we need strong unions. unions play a major role in our economy and on behalf of economy. the essence of what they do is providing workers with a strong voice so they receive a fair share of the economic growth that h helped create. they have always been an important player in making sure that the economy works for all america. pped laborers have hill and paid ine eared health care. even today, union work iris still maintain more benefits and job protection than nonunion workers. union jobs continue to offer higher salaries, pensions, health care, benefits that give families, the economic security they deserve, the security to be able to sind their children to college or trade school. you see, i know firsthand, because my dad was a union worker. oftentimes, i would say, i was able to go to college because of union dollars. this i

last night president obama spoke to the american people on why he seeks military intervention in syria but he also stressed that he's willing to seek a diplomatic deal to him on what's next in the fate of syria just ahead and today marks twelve years since the world trade center towers fell and while we remember those who died that day some of the first responders and volunteers are still struggling with health issues that story coming up also more of the n.s.a.'s inner workings are revealed new documents shed some light on the top secret buys a court and how your phone privacy is being compromised more on the revelations later in the show. it's wednesday september eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. and we begin with a meeting in geneva scheduled to begin tomorrow between secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov the focus of the meeting is drafting a u.n. resolution that the security council can agree to to compel syrian president bashar al assad to give up his chemical weapons stockpiles as president obama noted in

. >> illegals steal american jobs. john: if immigrants are such up problem what is canada's immigration by billboards in america. >> we will take it. >> the fight of the american dream. that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. jo: my parents were born in germany and could not find work in europe,,so ttey came here to america, people around the world america is the dream. as a libertarian i say, let people come, let the man. there should be free trade and labor as well as goods and services because that leaves everyooe more free and rich. except how can you let everyone and if some of them want to murder arrest? and since america is a welfare state, someone to come here. america's answer has been, well, we will let some people in legally, but we should seal the border to keep undesirables out. we recently spent billions to put up the giants' offense on the mexican border. how is that working o? special corporation -- special correspondent just went to the southern border with califoonia assemblyman. a former

but to congress and the american people also think the u.s. should act now all of this is going on the senate is working on a new authorization for military force in syria one that hinges on all diplomatic measures being exhausted first before any targeted u.s. military strikes such a resolution may be able to attract more support in congress where lawmakers have received an earful from their constituents urging a no vote and a new c.n.n. poll shows that more than two thirds of americans are confident that a diplomatic solution will ultimately prevent a u.s. bombing campaign in syria. though of course today is september eleventh and it marks twelve years since the two thousand and one terrorist attacks that killed nearly three thousand people at the world trade center at the pentagon and in shanksville pennsylvania the day has been filled with memorials around the country . trudi. so much your brother they get there and you have a need and a never. mind. maybe. one day. of course some of the most iconic images from nine eleven are a first resp

i am american, i am not american. arab-american felt like it never fit. one of the things i learned in the journey of writing this and the play that i write before it is there is no -- you're not going to find an answer. identity is this, we are all mixed up. it depends on what you -- the book came out of a play that i wrote. we entitled to play "palestine" is a did not know what to call from ai got an award feminist organization. if i called the play "woman," what i have gotten an award from palestinian organization question market i? that argument cuts to different ways. it is a beautiful mosaic. it is a beautiful mix and one does not necessarily have to figure out, one can embrace all aspects of it is part and parcel of who you are. and i get that. on the other hand, if one does not figure something out, then one lives in a state of confusion and i do not know if that is where we want to be either or you want. >> is tricky because what happens is even -- i learned this i questioning my father. was i came of age and that in high school and college in th

the people who threaten american children, american soldiers, american lives.n, the problem is that when you talk about vital american interests, there are a majority of americans in this country who doubt that the rodeo clown in the white house and his clown car of humanitarian interventionists, the left wing idealogues like samantha power, susan rice, john kerry and valerie jarrett have no idea what the hell they are doing. >> you know, michelle. >> americans -- treasure on it. they are incompetent and it uh costs more american lives. >> listening to someone like you, the far right that backed president bush going into iraq saying our strength, our voice should support democratic efforts in the middle east. now because of oh your hatred of obama you are turning your back on americans in the larger world. >> excuse me. >> wait a minute. this is going to be a small attack, no boots on the ground, not about regime change, days not weeks. that is ineffective. it is not a strategy. >> we don't -- >> we are arming the enemies of our allies. >> we are talking about

the american people know this. they have gone rogue on the american people. it's as if elections don't matter when they get in their caucus, they're only there to obstruct. and their number-one reason is that they want to see this president fail on all levels. and i find it very ironic that as we have the hourglass turn headed to a government shutdown, lo and behold, we have barack obama not invading iran, he's actually talking to him on the telephone, and i'm sure the conservatives hate that too. president obama said today that if the tables were turned, if the tables were turned, and i want your reaction to this. if the tables were turned -- if there was a republican in the white house, things would be different. here it is. >> imagine if you had a republican president, and a democratic speaker and the democratic speaker said, well, we're not going to pass the debt ceiling unless we raise corporate taxes by 40%. or unless we pass background checks on guns. or whatever other list of agenda items democrats were interested in. does anybody actually think that

american economy. we have been strong supporters of the notion that all americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. we have also been strong supporters of you." i would note this is addressed to senate majority leader harry reid and house minority leader nancy pelosi." in campaign after campaign, we have put boots on the ground, gone door to door to get out the vote, run phone banks and raised money to secure this vision, the vision of a democratic majority in the senate. so how is that democratic majority in the senate working out for union workers across this country? well, the next sentence in this letter is -- "now this vision has come back to haunt us." mr. president, i would note this is the exact same sentiment i expressed a moment ago. senate democrats aren't listening to you. the letter continues -- "time is running out. congress wrote this law. we voted for you. we have a problem. you need to fix it. the unintended consequences of the a.c.a. are severe. perverse incentive

-- american people expect. i specked house of representatives to do the same. the house ofexpect representatives to do the same. democrats have a vital interest in continuing to help the american people. far, republicans in the house of representatives have refused to move forward. unlike the last time they threatened this course of action, this debate is really about deficits. our deficits are falling at the fastest pace that they have in 60 years. by the end of this year, we will have cut our deficits by more than half since i took office. that's not what this is about. have been following the discussion, the republicans in the house don't even make a pretense that this is what this is about. house republicans are so concerned with appeasing the tea party that they have threatened the government shutdown or worse unless i got or repeal the affordable -- gut or repeal the affordable care act. that's not going to happen. americans100 million currently already have new benefits and protections under the law. on

it's time for the senate to listen to the american people just like the house has listened to the americane and to pass a one-year delay of obama care and a permanent repeal of the medical device tax. >> lots of republicans have been critical. the senate hasn't been in session. >> he just is trying -- what he's trying to do, he's shutting down the government. he knows it. the american people know it. everyone knows it. so he tries to wriggle his way out of it. the bills he sent us were meaningless. in the house right now, is a clean extension of funding the government. not with obama care in it, doesn't make it better, doesn't make it worse, doesn't change it. that is the only way to overcome the shutdown. so we could be here today, tomorrow, the next day. until the house passes that bill which by the way, the road to it was paved by a majority of both democrats and republicans. 25 republicans voted to allow that bill to go forward in the house and in the senate, including mitch mcconnell, who i must say is showing a lot more strength and courage than speaker boehner, even though mcconnell

off a suicide attack what a somali american. >> and an american who had some political disagreement with the leader of the group and he was killed. so this is not a new thing. and i think this kind of incident about a shopping mall. americans morphed their definition of terrorism after 9/11. this is sort of the old school traditional definition of terrorist. >> when i turned on the tv and saw breaking news and west gate mall i assumed immediately it is in the united states. this is a sharp reminder that terrorism is a global problem. that's why what happens over there matters here. it doesn't stay over there. it's what you just said. i can't think of anything that's more relaxing or more ordinary than going to a shopping mall. >> this one, as we know, as she has been reporting, it has touched many of the officials, the foreign minister, who you were quoting earlier, one of her daughter's friends was killed. >> kenyetta had a nephew there. >> and people in cnn have relatives and friends out there. be interesting to know if i can ask nima a question. you heard what the foreign ministe

>> americans are tired of war.s been ten years and over a trillion dollars of taxpayer dollars spent. more importantly over 6,000 american lives lost. yes, is america reluctant to -- >> you're not answering my question. he telegraphed it would be unbelievably small. then walked it back. >> he didn't telegraph, john. >> yes, he did. >> the american people want to know what to expect. secretary kerry was telling them what to expect. >> no boots on the ground. >> not a drawn out war like iraq or afghanistan. >> no boots on the ground, no regime change. unbelievably small. what do you expect to accomplish? >> to maintain america's credibility in the world. make sure the world knows when we say something we mean it. when iran is watching, when all our friends and allies in the region are watching -- >> let's talk about credibility. >> one at a time. >> the first gulf let's talk a, okay? secretary kerry said we are dealing with adolf hitler and our response will be unbelievably small. >> a pinprick. >> i was a kid during

then i think we can get back to fulfilling the goals and aspirations of americans for the american dream. >> edward, where do we stand on the american dream. >> i think it's defined downward on every generation. 24% of young people said their american dream is not being in debt. they're not trying to get ahead. they're trying to get to zero and be something more than a funnel of money from their inters to their creditors. i think mr. bevans is right. there is an imbalance between employers. the drift drift between labor is to concentrate money at the top. that can't be arrested without an activist government. >> we'll have to end our discussion there. i want to thank all of our guests. thank you. we'll take a short break and when we come back, the interview with the director of the new film "inequality for all." stay with us. >> welcome back to inside story. the concerns of the middle class will be on the big screen with the new film "inequality for all." starring robert reisch. >> we're losing equal opportunity in america. any one of you who feels cynical, just consider where we have be

more distrustful of americans? >> i'm not surprised. i look at my daughter's textbooks. china is not done. the china i know. and how crazy we are. china is our partner and our rival. and we may know point to get your children about china. that doesn't make any sense to me. >> what do you think americans don't understand about china, and the chinese, that it's really important that we do understand? >> if you see, i think americans see china, to me, like a black and white. wind chime, 80% of china is gray. so that's what my book, that's where i go. i think a lot, china wants to make america understand china. but in the meantime, china is unwilling to reveal the dark side. and chinese people telling my family telling me to hide it. and the chinese people will not write the way i do, and i will not write the way i do if i'm not americanized. and i do see that, china presents itself with perfect image, the image looks so fake. and that's american, i know that revealing your honesty, your flaws, it's not necessary. it's

got sleep well apparently many americans do not in fact between fifty and seventy million americans suffer from some kind of sleep disorder and with so many americans not getting the sleep at their body means we're seeing more and more people develop a new dependence on sleep friendly drugs r t correspondent liz wall has the story desperate for some sleep more than nine million americans turn to sleeping pills that they've had many patients call them and say that they're not sleeping well may have been dreamed in years in the first study of its kind the centers for disease control found one in twenty five americans pop pills to get some shuteye the c.d.c. found some trends among users prescription pill use increases with age is higher among women increases with education and pills are prescribed to those that doctors diagnose with a sleep disorder. america's sleeping pill of choice ambien or its generic name is old but it's a sedative that typically knocks the user out pretty quick early this year the food and drug administration lowered the recommended dosage for women because it would ke

or any other americans. we have to be very, very vigilant and recognize that this is a worldwide danger. and we have a group of very committed individuals in our intelligence community, in our law enforcement community, our defense officials that are working with our partners around the world to combat terrorism, to identify it and retaliate against it and eliminate or mitigate the danger to americans all across the globe. but this is difficult work, it's ongoing. we should be really vigilant. i think this attack was obviously well planned. was very substantial. and i think any connection to americans we have to be particularly careful about and investigate thoroughly and be sure that we remain very, very vigilant in this very difficult fight against terror all over the world. >> congressman, i'm going to ask you to stay with us. coming up after the break we're going to talk more about how the clock is ticking, just a week left to hammer out a deal to avoid a government shutdown. both sides to be digging in.

off a suicide attack what a somali american. >> and an american who had some political disagreement with the leader of the group and he was killed. so this is not a new thing. and i think this kind of incident about a shopping mall. americans morphed their definition of terrorism after 9/11. this is sort of the old school traditional definition of terrorist. >> when i turned on the tv and saw breaking news and west gate mall i assumed immediately it is in the united states. this is a sharp reminder that terrorism is a global problem. that's why what happens over there matters here. it doesn't stay over there. it's what you just said. i can't think of anything that's more relaxing or more ordinary than going to a shopping mall. >> this one, as we know, as she has been reporting, it has touched many of the officials, the foreign minister, who you were quoting earlier, one of her daughter's friends was killed. >> kenyetta had a nephew there. >> and people in cnn have relatives and friends out there. be interesting to know if i can ask nemma a question. you heard what the foreign minist

the businessket, roundtable, the american chamber of commerce, all-american, 80% of the american people, including 75% republicans, thanks what is going on here, not taking care of the finances of this country is absolutely wrong. there is no reason to stall this. so i ask unanimous consent that at 6:30 p.m. today all closed cloture be yielded back without -- with the exception of an hour, with the first 40 minutes of that our be divided between allows 20 minutes for the two leaders, with my having the final 10 minutes, and that senator mcconnell would speak before me if he so chooses. senate proceed a vote on the motion to go cloture. if the cloture is an vote, all close cloture time yielded back, pending recommitment be redrawn, and no other minutes -- a minutes be in order. they motion to it is agreed to. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 402. the nays are zero, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the senate amendments are agreed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished busine

it marks the wisdom and bigger of the american and british. lieutenant general johnson respected the skills from warfare when he saw the most excellent marksman would be helpful in warfare. and the other was forced into their confidential army but were not as good as the english themselves. they would marvel at the achievement of the soldiers. he has'' of 100 years ago that alex of the multitude of rubble with they enter into a close distance with crowned heads. he paid tribute to the poor fellows his testimony was all the more powerful and later became filled the being author of military tactics and the commanding general. "the men who lost america" preserve the rest of the british empire through the caribbean. not just a story of defeat. we should be tied of the books said men who want canada. [laughter] by the end of george said third rain the largest empire of world history was of the global population it was not intellect that empire that the sun never sets. think you. [applause] >> we have time for some questions. >> please go to the mic

we want to shape the american story as we have shaped the american story.ou know, so people can think, i'm in new york, right? wake up for breakfast i'm going to have a bagel. for lunch i'm going to have tacos, and for dinner i'm going to have kebabs. that's the american story. we're shaped through food, culture, language, dress, what it means to be american. >> this is a question for all the performers. how do you move from the margin in terms of the mainstream. is this a consideration because you're up against shows like "24" that had millions and millions of viewers, and so self media reputation is important, but are we making an impact without getting to those kinds of numbers? >> negin, do you want to pick that up. >> there are two things that i feel responsible for as a comedian and filmmaker. one is to have mainstream jobs. every on this panel has worked mainstream culture, writing and directing for nickelodeon or comedy central. it's important-to-have a presence at that table. because when you see subtle bigotry creep into monday logan jokes, for ex

american soldiers, american business, american citizens, a direct threat to an ally, a nato ally, israell of those things. there's a lot of american interests in the middle east that i would say. >> a lot of people in israel are nervous right now. they have gas masks, worried about what's going on in syria. >> i think they're more at rest particular we bomb assad. >> explain that. >> so far assad is preoccupied in his own country and he hasn't had a chance to reach out or lash out at other countries. if we bomb him or corner him i think there's more of a chance he lashes out against israel. if you were to say i'm an oddsmaker what are the chances that a gas attack is launched on tel aviv if we attack assad i think they're greater. if we don't attack assad i think they're less. that doesn't mean he gets off scott free. i'm saying if we bomb assad you're going to create more chaos in the middle east. >> this sums up what i think about this really. is not the base you can message from president obama's speech tonight that to any dictator, when you slaughter your people just don't use gas? >

if you are african-american, you can't get a loan. you can't live in the all-white suburb by definition. those types of those are a product of the militarization. [inaudible] >> is it that or the -- [inaudible] as you said before, richland became, like, a southern town. there's a transplanting of jim crow and racial segregation. it may not have existed in that part of the country beforehand. so is it, you know, a militarization of civilian life, or is it, you know, [inaudible] plain and simple like -- [inaudible] is it just a reflection a hierarchy of society of that particular time? you know, you had racial inequality all over the country, but the military you certainly had had a lot of southern -- right. >> you know, -- >> yeah. i think the pasco ghetto and -- it's more like downtown baltimore and town send; right? it's the difference between a blighted older area is no longer, you know, you can't even get a loan there anymore because it's blighted. and the new and the brand new suburb where everybody wants to live who can. that sor

hostage theld american economy and the american people so you it is too can get your social agenda. it is too important to the middle class and too important during this time of economic recovery to not weaken the -- to start to weaken the pillars of recovery that will allow the middle class to get back on its feet. i don't think democrats are ready to engage in the shenanigans. it has nothing to do with budget in all to do with an extreme hard right social agenda. >> [speaking spanish] >> [speaking spanish] other questions. >> the question was a bit open- ended. so if you're saying the take out the language on the affordable care act but at something else -- >> if they were to bring up the cr, leave off any provisions that have to do with the defunding, but you have seen a list of different provisions that they have thought about adding. >> again, without specifying exactly what they would add to it heard their are other attempts to amend aspects of the care -- of the affordable care act. i don't think we should use this process is a legislative fix for the issues they're concerned