it did affect americans when they saw this. more americans became hopefully. you have the recession which is making us slightly fearful and then you see someone who made it from a beginning and then there is hope as well. >> does the american dream differ by race? >> it is amazing how similar it is. i would say virtually, no. one's children, one's ability to have a home, one's ability to have the children in school, the attitudes are similar. minorities are more hopeful. you need the dream more and it is more powerful for people who have a ways to go in terms of mobility. the actual opportunity to realize the dream does vary by race. one of the authors looks at s segerating and my race, sometimes minorities believe it in stronger but on the progress toward it they have lower progress. >> what about by gender? >> i was hoping you would ask that because my chapter is on gender. the similarity and what is so resilient about this dream is there is a commonality against american americans and it binds us together in a way that some cultures don't have this glue. me

the african-american community a separate history from white americans in north america. that had a particular history. much of it is subordination that within that subordination has created a community of culture that are worth preserving as opposed to the deep integration assumption is criticized by the black nationalist of 1960s and 1970s are basically imagines the black community should cease to exist once integrationist and succeed, but there will be a kindness painless genocide is african-americans are integrated into mainstream majority white institutions. so that is the thesis in a nutshell. the good and well-intentioned people in the 1960s and 1970s embraced racial justice that limited the amount that would need to be reformed in american society. for example in legal education s.a.t. schmidts university virginia school of law come a segregated institution by law until the late 1960s was part of the never say die persistence of the state of virginia. when i got there in the early 80s the school had been integrated at least there is no racial exclusion. integratio

israel nurses are pro-american jordan and a pro-american saudi arabia so the lights were never completely drawn. again it was the arab-israeli war of 1973 that enabled secretary of state henry kissinger with singular vision and drive to lay the foundations of a weekend today call in retrospect the pax americana. the keystone to kissinger's efforts was egypt. it was a move from the soviet to the american sphere. it signaled the rapid decline of the soviet union as a serious challenger to american hegemony in the middle east. the pax america, officially began with the 1979 peace treaty between egypt and israel. this treaty established the precedent for later peace treaty between israel and jordan as well as for the 1993 oslo accords between israel and the palestine liberation organization. it also set the precedent for later peace conferences whether it be in madrid or in annapolis. the people of the middle east became accustomed to the assumption that only the united states could play the role of effective mediator in defense pro-soviet states like syria would host over 30 visits by secret

>> host: earlier professor you said american presidents who have utilized the american dream politically have been successful. besides barack obama what are other examples? >> guest: fdr brought it up in a separate and modest way to try to get americans through the recession. ronald reagan used it to build self-confidence during a time of the conflict and difficulty with attitudes to americans. what do people think globally about us and our dream? because as i travel that we just aren't exploiting some one or the global situation to get our wealth which might be the definition of the dream for some. on the a very and i would like to see other countries have a version of the dream that is a unique but in falls they hope. to have freedom and opportunities. i did a preview show with people calling in. what i love is everyone can connect. it immigrants, and a small business owner with a totally different spin. he said take away the regulations. i cannot run my business. and the immigrant who was a mexican said it is those regulations that i came here for. i want the safety of a government th

no one has the right to determine whose believes are american or un-american. certainly no one in the united states house of representatives or the united states senate. it's troubling that there is a reflexive reaction in congress to label critics as unloyal. recognizing disagreement is part of the decision-making process of our democracy and arpful die long between all americans is critical to a well-functioning republic. certainly anything short of that is not worthy, is not worthy of the senate floor. i'm weary of the repeated attempted to distract the american people from the rollout and poor performance of obamacare. this week "the new york times" poll -- new york/cbs poll found that only 6% of americans believe that obamacare is working well and should be kept in place as is. i ask the jocialtion doe majoris the mean the other 94% of americans surveyed are liars? it is a disaster to our nation's health care system and our economy. the american people have made their opinions known and rather than remedy the situation, the majority leader and others are t

encouraging americans to work less or quit work altogether will undermine american prosperity and american values and american families i should say, security. those who find work and are willing and able to fulfill their jobs deserve wages that are unhindered by a government takeover of health care. combine the c.b.o. report with our experience of obamacare so far, and the future does not look promising. lower-income americans living off meager salaries and government health care subsidies just to get by. middle-income americans struggling to pay higher health insurance premiums and deductibles. upper-income americans and small business owners reluctant to create jobs and wealth for fear they'll be subjected to obamacare's burdensome taxes and regulations. that's not the kind of future any american desires. but that's exactly the future obamacare is bringing us. in fact, for too many americans that future is already here. with obamacare's full implementation this year, americans are facing huge premium increases and steep hikes in their out-of-pocket costs. they're losing access to their

in screw news have you paid any attention at all the american media's coverage of this year's winter olympics in sochi russia you might have noticed something very interesting very little of the early coverage had to do with the olympic games themselves instead it's been about internal russian politics so tell door knobs rumors about killing street dogs vague terror threats some coverage on the other hand like a report on hacking threats has even been flat out false similar threats exist everywhere in the world including the united states at all it's common for the media to use the olympics as a chance to dig deeper into the culture of the host country there does seem to be something unusual about the coverage of this year's olympics everyone knows the president obama and russian president vladimir putin don't always see eye to eye but the media's coverage of the sochi games does raise some interesting questions i mean if the media can't get the story straight when it comes to the olympics what else are they getting wrong when it comes to covering russia joining me now for more on th

all americans. moreover, attracting the best and brightest talent abroad will cement america's competitiveness in the global economy for generations to come. we need to fix this broken immigration system, we need to stop sending these bright ph.d.s who come to love america, who get the degrees, and then we just send them home. when they want to stay here and create a company that will employ american citizens, create wealth for american citizens right here on our soil. 40% of fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children. tech giants like google, ebay, and intel were founded by first or second generation americans. these pioneering companies employ millions of americans alongside american-born citizens. immigrants have spurred significant innovations and conducted critical research, pushing the united states forward. i urge congress to tack they will bureaucratic immigration backlog, regiant families and supercharge the economy for all americans. comprehensive immigration reform

n american university in beirut. american educators imparted american ideas. there was the idea of nationalism and independence. those ideas percolated through educated classes. first through middle eastern anditions -- christians then men military. there is a direct link between america's iphones and then that the arabdeas and awakening. there was the struggle for arab state independent. there is a huge impact on the arab-isreali situation. bristol turned to take ourselves out of it. america can be traced back to involvement in the middle east. i believe it is underappreciated. >> we had a fascinating conversation before we came in. i'm a great lover of historical anecdotes. you have to share to them with us if you would. impact of thethe civil war on the history of egypt. after that, perhaps that impact of egypt and the statue of liberty. [laughter] >> of the risk of sounding reductive, -- the american civil war, the north blockaded the south. that wasern cotton vital to the economy to britain and france was cut off. the only other place in the world that ha

what is the trick here to connecting the dots for americans?i think it's all about -- when we go over there, the number one thing you hear is you ask people over there, what do you want me to tell the world? they say just tell them we're here and we need help. tell them we will continue to survive but we need help. so it's almost putting a face to this huge issue. we see it and hear these huge numbers, hundreds of thousands, millions displaced, it's about -- still about a person at the end of the day, so it's putting faces to these people instead of these grand numbers and grand things -- >> yeah. >> -- that people can't replace to. >> i totally agree. the idea of a number is just a number. there's no face to it, so when you say one or a thousand or a hundred thousand, that doesn't mean anything. as syrian americans and people like us who have been there on the ground, it is sort of a responsibility. i have felt as i'm sure the rest of the guests have felt. the moment you are there, your take away is i'm not responsible to relay the message of

asian-americans, it's not just about asian-americans and not just for asian-americans. for one thing, my publisher wants to sell books, you know? and it's meant to talk about race more generally. many of the examples are about african-americans. and they're about african-americans because i realized -- i face prejudice. i face stereotypes. sometimes that's not recognized sometimes i -- i'm annoyed. and sometimes, in some instances, asian-americans can face serious hate crimes and bias. but by and large, what i face doesn't compare with what african-americans face. so i realized if i'm going to be serious about this work, civil rights work, i have to stand up and speak out not just when it's someone who happens to look like me but when it's others, when it's african-americans. their cause is my cause. if i only stood up when it was, say, the wen ho lee case, and said, "there's racial profiling," in that case, that wouldn't be standing up for principle. that would be standing up for self-interest. i have to stand up when it's "driving while black," when it's a different f

of american foreign policy. at that time, america was exercising its muscle, and it was getting used to being a world power or aspiring to be a world power. it was looking for an empire, looking for colonies, looking for competing against the european powers to show we too, americans, were a force in the world. the -- there was a revolution going on in cuba the cubans were fighting the spanish for independence, and there were people pro and con, and americans liked the fact there was a revolution going on because they didn't -- they wanted spain out of america, and we thought we had a lot of investment in cuba wanted to trade with cuba, and we sort of would be good if cuba was more open to u.s. influence and exchange. there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the idea was the show the spanish sthorts in cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaryies overthrow the government. maine was in havan

between german-americans and polish-americans. and non-german-americans. it was, it got ugly. so what they disliked about wilson was this, was this repression. not necessarily from, directly from the executive office, but countenanced by the executive office. >> fred, will you take one or two more? >> sure, as many as you'd like. >> [inaudible] >> the savant in the front row too. >> this will be the last question. >> hi, thanks. my name is pete chase. referring to one of the answers you gave earlier tonight, you said that what liberals despise is egalitarianism and, in particular, democracy i guess because it empowers the average guy in a way they find deplorable. but i'm having trouble squaring that with calls on the left, it's always for more democracy. repeal -- i mean, the 17th amendment, the calls for the abolition of the electoral college. it seems like on the left they're always calling for more direct democracy, and i'm having trouble squaring. >> stick with that word, direct. i think that's crucial. they want more direct

he has been outreaching to the african-american community. on monday he will be at another predominantly african-american university. he has spoken at other african-american communities in the past. what can the republican party do, lorraine, to maybe break up that bedrock of support that the african-american community seems right now to have had for democrats? african-americans are about their issues. republicans have fought that. i mentioned earlier that the president had put forth the jobs regret the beginning of the administration, and it was defeated. it had never had the kind of support in congress it should have. african-americans see this. , sos clear, it is evident you vote for who support you. we have not seen a lots of support from the republican party. that, there are many members of the house and the whote, who are republican, understand the issues in the african-american community. we just need to connect those dots. work together. i believe we can do this. we are willing, and the naacp -- are willing to extend ofir hand in an e

on c-span 3's american history v. here on c-span, we're live in the east room of the white house where president obama shortly will be signing an executive order raising the minimum wage for government contractors -- contract workers. it will get under way shortly. "the hill" writes about today's event, that the president will press congress to match the executive order with an equivalent hike to the federal minimum wage. the white house said on tuesday. according to a source familiar with this event, the president will appear alongside workers who are paid at or just above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. the white house said earlier in a statement, quote, that the president is using his executive authority to lead by example and will continue to work with congress to raise the minimum wage for all americans by passing the harkin-miller bill. the bill would raise the federal minimum wage for working americans in stages to $10.10 and index it to inflation thereafter. also raising the minimum wage for tipped

he sees in american progress vism and american form of socialism. but in the years of 1918 and 1920 were traumatic. in 1916, many left and embraced wilson as a form of a leader. by 1919, heavers seen as one whose rhetoric despised as mere mum ri. the 14 points, message of good luck to the republic of labor unions, the ussr, and warning to the allies their treatment of russia would be the acid test of their good will, intention, and unselfish sympathy, and mentally impressive to us explains matt eastman. speaking for many leftists and progressives. this was the extraordinary moment, extraordinary moment when russia's war connoisseur, referring to the now famous con cement of the fellow travel. it's wilson who is the model for coining the term "fellow traveler," and using that term later, it's not true, but for a time, this appears to be the case. the metaphor based on the belief that the american president shared a critique of imperialism and hope for reform in less capitalist u.s.. this could sound like the 1980s who still thought russia was going t

we want to ship american products overseas, not american jobs overseas. another provision in the tax code that encourages big corporations to move their process to tax shelters overseas, rather than having those funds invested here in america, in american jobs. so we're going to continue to push as the president outlined in his state of the union address for a tax code that works for everybody. not just for powerful special interests. that make sure we encourage investment here in the united states in all sorts of innovation and modernize our infrastructure because that will help put more americans back to work in good paying jobs. we hope our republican colleagues will join us in that effort. and now i want to turn it over to steve israel a good friend who is focused every day on trying to make sure that we build an economy that works for everybody. steve israel. >> thank you, chris. what you've heard from my pay agues, rising wages, equity for women, a fair tax code, immigration reform, these are not just topics, these are the fundamental differences in

you say that the 400 richests americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million americans.400 people in america own more than fully half of all americans combined. is this part of the problem, or can you have really, really rich people as well as a stable and healthy middle class? >> well, you could they aoreti y theoretically. one of the problems, though, of having so much income and wealth concentrated at the top is that you also have more and more political power concentrated at the top because naturally, power follows money and a lot of the wealthy videos and big corporations do exert in the united states a great deal of political power and control which is one reason why marginal income taxes on the top have gone down since the 1970s. we saw a big, big drop in the '80s and a little increase in the '90s and it continued to drop. we also have seen a deregulation, deregulation of wall street. i'm sorry on to say starting under the administration i worked for, bill clinton's administration. we have seen the very wealthy don't particularly want to invest as much as other co

wise there are more african americans on twitter. we know they will always be relevant, but what we are seeing now is twitter is leading them instead of them leading twitter. can they get back to the front? >> what you make of her conversation with the other civil rights leaders? how would you characterize what they view his agenda? >> like the rest of the americans, i think that there is an overall frustration at the pace of the recovery since 2008. she said something interesting, she said we are not in lockstep, but she will not elaborate where. that speaks to the larger -- just like the democratic party does not like to air the differences going on, she was hesitant to criticize the administration or the democrats on specific policy angles. >> one of the things that we know for a fact is that there has been strong criticism from some members of the african-american community of the obama administration as they do not think the white house has paid enough attention to these bedrock supporters. the white house has been concentrating

i am the american dream. i am the epitome of what the american dream basically said.t you can come from anywhere and be anything as you want in this country. that is exactly what i have done. that is not from george washington or thomas jefferson or even ronald reagan. that is will be goldberg. isn't will be going to be surprised when she hears that she was quoted at a tea party event. [laughter] betsy is right. that is what the american dream is all about. i have come to realize that the american dream on not be accomplished by restoring or returning back to what the founders had. they had the tyranny of the king and the oppression of parliament we don't want to return to what they had. we want to build upon what they created. thomas jefferson said, i like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. they laid the foundation. the next generation built upon it and the next in the next until their foundation gave rise to a light of liberty. this could never have happened without an enlightened and educated people. but early -- are we educated enough to

let's do more to help americans get ahead. let's help americans save for retirement. today, most americans don't have a pension. social security check often isn't enough on its own. and while the stock market has doubled over the last five years, that doesn't help folks who have 401k's. tomorrow i will direct the treasury to create a new way to elp americans start. myira. new savings bond to encourage folks to build a new nest egg. no risk of losing what you put in. if this congress wants to help with me, work with me and fix an upside down tax code that helps the wealthy saveb. offer every american access to an i.r.a. on the job so they can have access to an i.r.a. and the most important investment is their home, protect taxpayers from a housing crisis and keeps the dream of home ownership for uture generations. one last point on financial security. for decades, few things exposed hard-working families to economic hardship more than a broken health care system. and in case you haven't heard, we are in the process of fixing that. now, a pre-existing condition used to

swall well: each february during african-american history month, americans come together to celebrate the important contributions of african-americans throughout the nation. i'm proud to share the remarkable story of one of my constituents. captain leon "woody" spears. growing up near an airfield, young woody always dreamed of flying. after attending college, he was given the opportunity toe achieve -- to achieve his dreams. woody was among the few selected to join other young african-americans in alabama at the cuss key gee airfield where he was trained to fly. during training, woody overcame very tough odds. battling prejudice and racism to earn his wings and honor of serving with the tuskegee airmen. following training then lieutenant spears was sent to italy at the height of world war ii serving with the all african-american 33 touchdown fighter group. woody's -- 33 itnd fighter group. his tensist moment came in 1945 where his airplane was hit by anti-aircraft fire. he was forced to make an emergency landing in germany, only to be taken prisoner later by the german army. later woo

american manufacturing and energy and american innovation. american technology. a lot of what you're doing here at michigan state helps to spur on that innovation in all sorts of areas that can then be commercialized into new industries and to create new jobs. number two, training folks with the skills to fill those jobs. something this institution does very well. number three, guaranteeing access to a world-class education for every child, not just some. [applause] that has to be a priority. that means before they even start school, we are working on pre-k that is high-quality and get people prepared and take some of the way through college so they can afford it and beyond. therefore, making sure our economy rewards honest work with wages you can live on. and savings you can retire on. and, yes, health insurance that is there for you when you need it. [applause] some of this opportunity agenda i put forward will require congressional action. it is true. as i said at the state of the union, america does not stand still, neither will i. that is why over the past t

for every american. you know,s just recently, president obama's former secretary of energy -- and i would note under prior administrations it was the u.s. secretary of energy, but the president is fond of saying it's my secretary of energy, to his secretary of energy recently observed that the delay with the keystone pipeline is not scientific. it's political. there have been five environmental review, each of which has concluded the keystone pipeline does not raise significant environmental concerns and yet, it has not gone forward because this administration continues to block it. tens of thousands of high-paying jobs with the stroke of a pen the private sector could be allowed to create, but this administration is not stroking that pen. but here's the point, as much as we need to approve the keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that. we need to do far more. in coming weeks, i will be introducing a bill, the american energy renaissance act, that is designed to do two significant things.

the american -- speaking of business, the american sustainable business council is a growing national coalition of businesses and business organizations committed to advancing policies that support a vibrant and sustainable economy. the american sustainable business council, through its partner organizations, represents over 200,000 businesses and more than 325,000 business professionals, including industry associations, local and state chambers of commerce, microenterprises, social enterprises, green and steable sustainable businesses, local sustainable living economy groups, women and minority women business leaders and investors. and vester networks. while some -- investor networks. while some inside the beltway claim that regulations are holding back our economic recovery, the american sustainable business council has a different view. they, along with other small businesson organizations, re-- business organizations, released a february, 2012, poll of small business owners which found that small businesses don't see regulations as a major concern. our polling or their polling con

and both latino, and african american wealth are the lowest on record.have not had a time since we have been keeping records that black and latino wealth are as low as they are now. and that's the direct result of the housing crisis, and other factors of the economy that exposed those communities more to the hazards that were faced recently, and they are long tail tailed. and we can see that from unemployment rates in those communities. african american unemployment raid is in the double digits, and latino unemployment rate is almost 50% higher than what is the case for the general population that is recorded. if you look at what is happening in terms of black and latino youth unemployment. that's an even more dire picture of what is going on. so these are generational consequences, and usually what happens is that if these things are going to turn around in a recovery, they are sort of a v-shape, so it's going to be a prolonged claw back for those communities as a result. >> and unprecedented numbers of households with no net wealth at all, but that mea

reconsidering american ideologies of racial justice is the subtitle. the author is georgetown law professor gary peller. professor, what is your theme and your goal in this? .. >> today looking at the african-american community it should decide for itself but conservative leaders or action programs that -- have gotten perceived program so it seems we are in a crisis with no way for word. i set out to diagnose how we got here from the ideological place. what set of concepts and ideas and assumptions about race and justice in america that has led us to this stalemate and deadlock. so with my analysis of the roots from the ideological point of view could be fined in the 1960's but not the conventional confrontation that people look to but the story of racial justice describes the 1950's and '60's as a confrontation between advocates and opponents of white supremacy, segregation and those of integration and enlightenment that it is just the arbour jury fact of individuals but the critical focus we know who won that confrontation with the liberals and progr

while i was working on "american sniper" which i wrote with chris kyle, whose another great, great american. one night chris and i were hanging around in his den and we're looking at some pictures. a picture came up of some guys who were about to go out on a seal mission, and i noticed that one of them was a lot taller than the other people in the room and was wearing slightly different uniform. i said, who's that big guy? chris, chris the texan, said that's the only iraqi i ever trusted with the gun. that's pretty interesting, man. tell me about that. he told me that was a translator they called johnny walker. chris torbert talk about some of the missions been. i have to say that i write fiction, and the stories that chris was telling me sounded so much more remarkable and more fictional and more thrilling than stories that i've ever come up with that almost stopped writing novels. we ended up putting johnny in the book, in "american sniper." he is in about a paragraph. he changed his name and his background because we were very wary at the time we thought, johnny, we thought you were stil

the american legion, american veterans, amvets, concerned veterans for america, the tpheult officers association -- military officers association of america, the national guard association of the united states, the national military family association, the naval enlisted reserve association, the retired enlisted association, the u.s. army warrant officers association, the u.s. coast guard chief petty officers association, and the u.s. coast guard enlisted association. i hope my colleagues will vote for this commonsense amendment because we can fix this unfair cut to our military retirees and pay for it and make sure that we aren't also adding to our debt and burdening future generations. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent to engage in colloquy with the senator from south carolina. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i'd say to my friend from south carolina that we've received some disturbing news today. that is that the president o

former democratic congressman -- >> the american people can influence this. they don't want to see everything we do to promote the quality of life at home, devastated on the deficit reduction, they have to say, you know what, this reduction in military that hagel is talking about at the current level is a good start, but it's only a start. that we can go a lot further and still be very safe. >> former democratic congressman of massachusetts, barney frank. thank you for your time tonight. it's great to see you. >>> if you're a longtime watcher of our show, thank you. also, you may remember a story we covered a lot which we called the kill the maze bill. the surprising thing is it was american activists behind that bill from the start. that story has just become a very big deal including the president weighing in on it. it's still a story that is very much about the american political right. stay with us. no, just had to sty the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up

american wines.or the french president, i don't know whether it is a woulde of -- they sprinkle in some french wine and champagne. have somebody who wrangles everybody to sit down because they are trying to maximize their time. >> what is a hobby and s --- what is the ambience like? >> i worked for jimmy carter. i never got to attend the state dinners as a guest. i was under a lot of stress trying to write the toast. guests isce for the just fun and people are almost universally excited to be there. i'm not trying to make this sound silly but it would be dishonest to say that people don't enjoy this because there are a lot of usually well-known people there that have common interests. always interesting to see the vibe and the body language of the american president and his spouse and then the for leader. what they are like and how they carry themselves. it is a positive vibe. >> how important are these dinners for american diplomacy and had two heads of state view their visit and these events? >> th

american hustle. american hustle director david o. russell is joining us tonight. really got a good movie. wow. now, as many of you are aware, the united states -- where we live -- [laughter] has long been at the forefront of explodable technology having advanced in two short centuries from barrels labeled tnt -- [laughter] -- to today's flying tnt barrel delivering unmanned aerial vehicles. and you know what they say, if you got 'em, smoke 'em. >> you united states has been conducting targeted killings in battlefield tour 10.5 years. 375 of these strikes under president obama. >> jon: president obama is our country's all-time leader in outside battlefield sky killing or bsk for those of you -- he's like barry bombs. la laugh -- [laughter] of drone strikes, if will you. but there are limits to this practice. >> for the record, i do not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any united states citizen with a drone or with a shotgun without due process. >> jon: what a relief. [ laughter ] of course, that was in may. how does that stat

ever in american history. i was reading some comment this morning. i was reading comments from bruce springsteen that his 90th birthday at madison square garden, springsteen said -- he called him a living archive of american music and conscience, a testament to the song and culture. and i thought about hersh. one of the substitute in that sense, a living archive, a testament to the power of the expos day and the ability of journalism some much history along. chasing hersh for me has been the greatest in the last years of my life commend and thank you for joining me here tonight to it here about this. [applause] >> open up the questions. all come to you with the microphone. [inaudible question] >> i just want to be clearer on this. and 52. that is barely remember 58, 59. i'd you remember having how -- it was discussed and school during the trial. arrearages will kins, what -- was and it the times that told us the story? essentially was a freelance journalist. no 11 and that story. life magazine turned it them.

the socialism the rived in part from the american utopian socialist. he became an american. his father never made a real living and the family thought about moving to america and very nearly did so. he always felt he had one leg and america. but toqueville was unknown to these people. he wasn't important and he would have been seen as hopelessly pettis bruzual. there is a great short essay by a d.h. lawrence. is anyone familiar with this? it is how the bourgeoisie is not metaphorical. it's this attitude that gets picked up and sometimes they may get literally. >> my name is tom. i had trouble fitting what i thought was my understanding of liberalism or progressivism with what you said. you used the phrase it was the worst of all possible places. if you think about what happened a few years before the period that you are talking about, woodrow wilson signed into law against child labor and was struck down and in the new deal it was banned. it's not that liberals and progressives thought that american society was contempt or incapable of being redeemed, they thought it was cap

americans that work hard and will get a raise as these contracts,. this will be good for contractors, taxpayers, and america's bottom line. we know why this is important. our economy has grown for four years. businesses have greeted a .5 million new jobs. while those at the top are doing better than never, average wages have barely budge. working americans are harder than ever to get by, let alone get ahead. that has been true since before the recession. that is why we have to build an economy that works for everyone. we have to restore opportunity for all. the notion that no matter who you are or how you started out, with hard work and responsibility you can get ahead in america. the opportunity agenda i laid out is built on more new jobs that pay good wages, better training for people to fill those jobs, a smarter education for our kids, and making sure that honest work is rewarded. the action i took this week will reward hard work for more americans. to finish the job, congress needs to act. in the year since i first asked congress to raise the mi

and lbj said do he also mean the american dead? >> martin walker stand by.ike viqueira at the white house. mike, i want you to touch for a second on the pomp and circumstance we saw this morning. >> okay. >> these are big deals when the u.s. officially welcomes another head of state. >> it's interesting in this day and age when the president can teleconference and pick up the phone and talk to any world leader at anytime, why is this still necessary? why is this three-day visit -- of course we talked about the trip yesterday, and the ritual surrounding this day, the luncheon, president hollande will luncheon with secretary of state john kerry and joe biden, and then the state dinner tonight. and the obamas have tented off a portion of the south lawn, that's a relatively rare occurrence. normally happen here or across the way in the state dining room. so there's a lot that goes into this session. and also president hollande will go to silicon valley. and the past french president to come for a state visit spoke to a joint session of congress in the house cham

against american overseas were americans overseas coming us officials say, and the obama administrationwrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. your comment? >> i haven't seen the article yet, but the first paragraph should be shocking to every american and yet at this point, i think are probably kind of accustomed to it despite how radical it is because of how long-standing it has been accepted. the very idea that the u.s. government suspects an american citizen, not of having already engaged in crimes but of landing said, a -- like you pre-crime framework for the u.s. government tries to guess at who will engage in crimes in the future and then treat them as a criminal. not just treat them as a criminal, but declare them guilty in secret proceedings, not involving any court, but by the decree of the president of the united states -- literally, declare him guilty and impose the death penalty and then go out and carry out the execution -- just like they did with anwar al-awlaki and samir kha

imperial mission ok riccardo that's a pretty strong statement there a part of the toolkit of american foreign policy after all i mean if you look at where it's been use its force its been outside of its area of sensitivity its original core than the north atlantic how do you respond to what jonathan just said well actually. i tend to agree with him with much of what he said. perhaps i wouldn't be so i wouldn't be so certain that nato has pursued the ninety russia agenda but certainly nato is a large ment's has not been brought forward according to a consistent principle and this principle is actually common sensical i mean my opinion not a should expand whenever that expansion around increases and hans has security when that is not the case that no other laws mention not take place so in my opinion the words are a good rationale to expand nato to eastern european countries in the ninety's as there is a good rationale to to do the same thing for the balkan countries but the offer to the office ukraine and georgia back in two thousand and eight two for a prospect of nato membership in t

that allows the americans to see that there's a conservative agenda, that works for all americans, notricans who have access to lobbyists who can get a 0% corporate tax rate. we're here today to talk about those bold ideas. we hope that the people in the senate, the president, anybody in washington will look at those bold ideas and say, this is what what's right for america. frankly, we're skeptical. there's a status quo bias in this town that needs to be broke. we're committed to break it. bold ideas, we think, will work at the ballot box and we think anybody that works on bold ideas will result in electoral success. but right now there's -- there's not a conducive environment in washington, d.c. to advance a gold agenda that's good for all americans because this town is where bold ideas go to die. so it's not to be done in the next six month bus the process of starting that process is what we're here too do right now. >> are you advancing some of these ideas -- >> let me jump in here. that's a big part of what we do. our folks at heritage are traveling all over the country, working w

usually american at least the ones i have seen.american amity but they will sprinkle in french wines are champagnes but then you spend quite a while just talking with the people at your table and other places and finally they have somebody who tells everyone to sit down to maximize their schmoozing time. >> what is the obvious like in the white house and the state dining room? >> long ago i worked for jimmy

, but most americans say no. we don't want that kind of relationship between the american citizenry and our government. and just like the n.s.a., the consumer financial protection bureau is collecting financial data on the american citizenry. they're collecting information on almost one billion credit cards. i'll say it again. the consumer financial protection bureau is collecting data and information on almost one billion credit cards. and i would ask, do you think they've asked permission of the american people to take their financial data? absolutely not. all we ask for in this reform bill is, if you want to take america's financial information and you say that you're here to protect the american citizenry, well, why don't you ask them? ask if you can take it. because i guarantee i know what they're going to say. they're going to say no way. i'm ok with my bank having this information. my credit union having this information. but i'll be darned if i want some agency that says they're here to protect me collect

for example tweeted out there's no room for bigotry in american sports it takes courage to change the culture as of other players executives tweeted out similar messages of support are definitely homophobes in the n.f.l. like the rest of society the league is growing more accepting of sexual abuse the unnamed executive who said otherwise the sports illustrated should be ashamed of itself in large part for refusing to even put his name on his own statement this definitely is definitely there. and a very very ugly the copenhagen zoo the zoo is under fire today for killing a healthy male giraffe and feeding it to the lion it's yes that actually happened check it out to. copenhagen zoo chose to euthanize. healthy male to raft to avoid in-breeding but then the animal was dismembered in front of an audience that included children and fed to the zoo's lions animal activists started an online petition to save mario but the zoo said it had no place for him and its giraffe herd and i thought denmark was supposed to be a more enlightened place that is for you. coming up if you listen to republic

the american dream.e are going to realize it and we are going to serve this with the most patriotic motivation, and we are going to serve with joy. if you can serve with joy they can never defeat you. [applause] they are never going to defeat the tea party. we are stronger than ever before and anchored in the constitution and limited government and free enterprise and strong families. we are anchored in western civilization, which is the foundation for these things that we bb then. so, let's go out there and continue this effort in our homes in th and cities and churs and schools and the workplace and our families. god bless america. let's see that together. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome congressman raul labrador from idaho. [applause] >> good morning. it is an honor for me to beer. be here. i wouldn't be here if it were not for the teen party. [applause] four years ago i ran for office, and the establishment decided that i wasn't the right candidate for idaho. they decided that th

it's also visitcal for the american economy. -- critical for the american economy. because when women succeed, america succeeds. this is a theme we're going to spend a lot of time talking about. we're going to talk about women in the american economy and their success. and here are three of the principles. that we need to talk from. -- about. america's success. is dependent upon the success of women. because women are a major part of our work force today. and they're a major part of the poverty issue in america. one in three women in america are living in poverty. or teatering on the brink of poverty. that's 42 million women, plus the 28 million children who depend upon them. and the american family has changed. today only one in five families has a home maker, mom, that's a stay-at-home mom, and a working day. two out of three families de-- dad. two out of three families depend on the wages of the working mom. two out of three families depend on the wages of the working mom who are struggling to balance caregiving as well as bread winning. the average woman continu

her view of american society. has she talked about what she was saying and what she was trying to say? >> i think she did. she did soon after talk about that. in fact, at the time, she has said and expressed things in different ways. what happened in that moment was the political press had not been paying much attention to her. she was out mostly speaking to grassroots and supporters. i saw her a couple times on the campaign trail. people enjoyed hearing her in part because unlike the candidates, she was not so strictly message. she spoke from her heart without a lot of notes. the democratic grassroots found that refreshing. here comes this moment a where this one line is taken from this speech. it became his to defend -- it begins to define her. immediately snap into action and begin to create a different story around her because one emerge is not favorable. >> any comments on that narrative and how it's defined her and the opposition used it to create a narrative about the president? wouldlined up with they -- r

that's true of asian-americans. it's true of many groups. and if we want to really have a racially diverse, integrated society, we have to fight our own tendencies to do that. but partly, there's a difference. .. >> your grandchildren are going to be my grandchildren. there's going to be intermarriage. and and we have a shared future here. but if whites are anxious about being a minority you know what that shows? it shows two things. it shows there's some advantages to being white. there's a hierarchy, they'd have to to give something up. and second, it shows we're not yet really color blind because whites could never look around the room and say, whoa, i'm a minority. but that's not how it works. we may aspire to that, but we don't have that reality. c-span: your brothers, nelson and carson, what do they do? [laughter] >> guest: they're writers. tear twins. themson edits -- nelson edits an english-language magazine in taiwan. they both moved to taiwan. nelson married a girl who's from taiwan, and then carson -- well, because they're twinses

about all of the american workers? or are you just concerned with those who earn at higher rackets than $15,080 a year? a worker who works full time and still is pe low the federal poverty level will qualify for medicaid, for chip, for snap, an for other public assistance programs that cost taxpayers approximately $7 billion this year alone. let's raise the minimum wage. let's lift people out of poverty, without spending a dime of additional federal money. and let's save on those programs that the federal government has put in place to help those maintain a standard of living who need a helping hand. recent poll conducted by quin pee yak university found that 70% of american workers support raising the minimum wage. the same poll found that democrats, republicans and independents are in agreement that raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do. i refer back to the words of speaker boehner, in his first speech to this chamber on being sworn in on january 5 20, 11. he said,s the people's house. mr. polis: i yield