made in america used to be the most important thing. made in america meant something. have made in bangladesh or made in vietnam. you know what? i think people if they realized what's going on, they would buy american. let's go out and talk about that. and let's publicize it and instead of basically having this race to the bottom which is killing everybody. >> a lot of the folks you represent and have represented in times gone by were able to get good life-long jobs without a college education. is that still going to be a possibility in the future? >> william, it's a possibility if you drive a truck or if you work at ups. you can go out and survive. but we are such a small part of the segment. we are in transportation. we are in manufacturing, and we are very, you know, lucky to organize people that make good wages right now. but we are just part of the whole economy. it's a huge economy, and there are so many people out there struggling right now because they can't find the right job. they are working at. they are working at mcdonald's, working two and three jobs. >>

i want to talk little bit about america in the broadest scheme of things, to look at what america has meant in the world. if you think about human history, there are very few great inventions in history. the invention of the wheel, the invention of fire. i think america is responsible for perhaps the greatest invention of all -- the invention of wealth creation. what does that mean? that means that for centuries, and even millennia, no one knew how to create stuff. no one knew how to create wealth. i remember as a kid, i would go to school and i would have 10 marbles that would look at the other kids and they had more marbles than i did and i said to myself, how do i go from having 10 marbles to 12 marbles? i realize there was no way. none of us had any money. we had marbles. the only way for me to go from 10 to 12 was to take someone else's to marbles. historically, wealth was cquired through theft, through acquisition, and through conquest. how did countries get founded? machiavelli says all great nations are founded in crime. you found a country by invading someone else's country,

america.next here, it really does take a village. >> everybody needs a little bit of help sometimes. eventually, maybe some of us will need a lot of help a lot of the time. >> help, a hand, and learning how to get old. our special series: aging america, right after this break. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news.

"america tonight" weekend is up next. you can find us online, go to al jazeera america. gooech and thanks for -- good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen, and you're watching "america tonight," the weekend edition. we start with california, running dry. the northern part of the state is seeing some showers, it won't be enough to help the state-wide drought emergency. it could pour for the rest of the year and it wouldn't be enough. the before and after pictures from above shows how severe the situation is. snow-covered peaks are brown bare mountain tops. what a difference a year can make. this weekend president obama is spending the week in california to meet with farmers in the hartland, offering 160 million in relief aid. as "america tonight"'s chris brewery reports, the lack of hydration is forcing ranchers to make tough choices. >> for frank, the most devastating drought in memory means hard choices. >> his grandfather started the farm, but now he is calling a family meeting as to whether to sell most of the herd. >> we'll go through the herd. we have 20

america can do better. america cap can grow our economy. i want to say that president was gracious in meeting with us. he took our questions, and bipartisan does not mean we have to ignore our substantive, philosophical defenses. we think we can grow the economy, do better than a minimum wage economy. >> [indiscernible] >> i think we should invite ngarnor jindal to join the again. we are glad -- >> i apologize. we are out of time. as you have heard, there are issues we do agree, we agree to disagree. >> yes, absolutely. raising just say, if the minimum wage is going to is raising the, wage of economists who comment -- [indiscernible] also in washington, the national association of business economics held a conference conference. portion, the recent administration decision to to increase the federal minimum wage. i would raise the minimum stepsmaybe in a couple of , go to nine dollars or something first, and index it. that is the main thing. the reason the minimum wage is other wages, medium wages, now is that we do not index it, and we shou

byy were not impelled america's support for israel. it is because america is america.what it represents and what america is. as for the second question, what are the greater threats to israel? the iranian nuclear program. unequivocal. yeah people in egypt -- the up inl in egypt -- upheaval egypt and jordan have forced policymakers to rethink just about all of their assumptions it posed new east. challenges. a piece border used to be an open border. they made high-tech fence along that border. they're building a similar one along the northern border. civil war could spillover. it cannot be ignored. the threat to jordan is perhaps the greatest single challenge facing israel that arises from the arab spring. jordan is vital to the israel's security. that is very important. all of that pales compared to the possibility that a regime that is on the record saying that the destruction of the and its part and parcel will acquire nuclear capabilities and it can be made accessible and available to terrorist groups. a contrary were a nuclear arms race in the middle east in which

is america and that represents what america is.nd what is the greater threat to israel? the of people throughout the middle east with the iranian nuclear program and the answer is unequivocal. and the upheaval in egypt and the civil war civil war in syria, its impact on jordan has forced policymakers to rethink their assumptions of the middle east that they have maintained and it has posed new challenges and the peace border with egypt has been an open border and it's no longer an open border. they are building a similar high-tech northern border that has been acquired so it could spill over and it can't be ignored. it is perhaps the greatest single challenge that arises from the arab spring and it is vital to israel's security and it's not the israeli injured leading border but the iraqi border among other things. and that is very important. but all of that pales to the possibility that it is on the record saying that the destruction of the state as part of this and that it is going to require military capabilities with available

>> there is a place for teach in america.have to square the rhetoric and the way we talk about teach for america in the practices. there is a place for teach in america, well, i do know why it is getting so much attention than a program like the urban teacher res sen sis, we have bun in boston and it is a great program and similar to teach in america but they are not attracting for just two years, they are trying to do, which is give a route for the teaching folks that wouldn't normally go for the licenses and not paying for the master's degree and help them get licensed and give them a year in the classrooms and shadowing a teacher. and after a year, those people then move into the classrooms, dedicate at least three years and most stay for much longer than that. 80% of the students that completed the boston teacher program are still teaching in classrooms. that is a pretty impressive figure. >> the community is coming in with solutions... let the data speak for itself. >> teach for america should place core members as class

al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> in this week's state of union address president obama laid out a goal to reverse the economy and bring back the middle class weual know. these days the opportunity for upward mobility can be hard to find. with many living pay check to pay check, the definition of middle class has changed. take a look at the revival of the middle class. velshi. >> i would like to one day breathe a little easy. >> we have jobs. people don't have jobs. we are appreciative of that, and we are able to feed our family. we do struggle. >> we are not frivolous people. we don't have charge cards, we don't have car loans. my daughter can't go to college right now. it's not like, you know, we are spending the money and not paying attention to where it's going. we are working, doing what we have to do, and we can't get ahead. that's our lives. >> ali velshi is joining us now from new york. you know, this is really a picture of a new kind of middle class and we have talked on this program about a new

the truth is, america goes in, america gets out. we don't want to own anyone else's real estate.ur foreign-policy can be summed up in two phrases -- trade with us and don't bomb us. that is it. [applause] there are all kinds of criticisms to be made in america. i will be happy to make them as will the next guy. think taking the global perspective, taking the perspective of history and the comparative cost -- perspective, i end up with the words of jean , sometimes who said we have to face the truth about ourselves, no matter how pleasant it is. thank you very much. [applause] >> so many strongmen set up, it is hard to know where to begin. no one said that america is the most charitable place. there are a couple of assertions you have to take on faith that are astonishing. one is the idea that america's great invention was wealth creation, not taste on fact at all. sacking of the entire continent -- continent? that was a theft. the residents who lived here were murdered, and that was a part of it as well. i will go back to the question of contradiction. i said in the opening that

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america. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >>> now a snapshot of other stories making head lines here on al jazerra. the marriage equality movement got a huge boost from attorney general eric holder. america's top cop is telling state attorneys general they do not have to enforce their state's bans on same-sex marriage and in a speech on tuesday he remarked that such laws violate the constitution's equal protection clause. well, the department of transportation has penalized asian a airlines half a million dollars in the wake of that deadly plane crash at san francisco international airport. federal investigators say the airline failed to assist the family members of passengers in a timely manner. three people died and dozens were injured when th when the pass

al jazeera america. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> as the war plays out in force in colombia, the government is trying to enact key land reform. in 2011 colombia's president signed the victim's law, with a goal of returning millions of acres of land to those that have been displaced by the conflict. but the challenges are not small. even though colombia's war began when fighting the farc, the largest displacements took place in the 1990s. >> when you started really seeing those numbers that you saw now, is really when the paramilitary started to form into the self-defense forces of colombia. they started to complo employ a really deliberate strategy of employing >> the colombian government officially demilitarized the paramilitaries between 2003 and 2006. as part of the government's push to develop the region. >> we have been granted access, to one of the la

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those are the headlines, "america tonight" is next. on "america tonight", can it hold. amid the chaos, promise of a ceasefire in ukraine, but tempered by a step back. >> tapped out. in a californian community this counts on a flow of vintages and visitors, how the drought emergency is drying up hope. >> agriculture it the business of hope. you are planting, you have the crops and they require water. >> is it there a way to grow a future? >> the palestine people is a story of a farmer that lost their land. >> the jordan valley, and why this rough patch may be the best path to peace. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. is it really over. amid spiralling violence and opposition, ukraine's president viktor yanukovych announced on his website that he and opposition leaders had agreed to a truce. whether this holds or not, the stunning images we have seen over the last two days, the capital city, kiev, on fire. a harsh crackdown by government forces and fierce push back by opponents aimed at forcing change remain vivid and raise bigger questions about the impo

that includes "what's so great about america?" america."'s on his left is bill ayers, one of the nation's premier theorist on elementary education and a former leader of a counterculture movement that opposed the vietnam war. born in the chicago area, he is best known for his involvement in the political activism in the 1960's, and the leader of a weather underground, a self-described communist underground group that conducted bombings in the 1970's. he has had a distinguished career as a professor. he has written about social justice and characterized education as an ethical enterprise. to have two individuals of such distinction with us tonight is no small feat. we owe their presence to the tireless work of our sponsors and supporters. we would like to thank the young americans institution. their dedication to the ideas of liberty and the supporting apparatus of liberal debate will be displayed in full throughout tonight's discussion. we like to acknowledge the efforts of the college republicans and libertarians whose actions on the campus

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i think there is a place for teach for america.know why teach for america gets so much more attention than a program with like the urban teacher residence says that we have in boston. it's a great program that is very similar to teach for america in a lot of ways, but they are trying to do one of the things referred to earlier, which is give a root into teaching for folks who may not otherwise pursue licensure. they help those people get license. they give them a year in classrooms shadowing an experienced teacher -- >> like an apprenticeship. >> and after a year those people move into the classroom, dedicate at least three years, and 80% of students who have completed the boston teacher residency are still teaching in classrooms. >> our community has come in with a whole bunch of solutions . . . and mackenzie you were talking earlier about working with the experienced teachers. how do we work together to make it better for all of the kids? >> i feel like teach for america teachers, we come in with energy. we're ready to work. what

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america.e understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> do you know the gooey duck? it comes from the native american work meaning "dig deep." one country is refusing this lucrative strange delicacy after a botched shipment. as al jazeera science and technology correspondent jacob ward reports, it is becoming a cosley loss for puget sound in washington. >> sinking down, a diver seeks a rare prize. it's buried deep into the saidiment, hidden to all but the trained eye. it's called a gooey duck. while it's rarely seen in the united states, it's prizes as a delicacy in china. ess

call it inspiration from perspiration,e a tipping pointn america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. it is super bowl weekend so let's talk sports and business.. the two have a lot in common. for one thing it's pretty easy to keep score both on the field and the board room, so who better to run a company than a former college football player. i'm talking about kevin plank, the ceo of under armour. the company's stock skyrocketed after an earnings report that knocked the socks off of investors. total revenues for the company for $2.3 billion. smierlings an inspiration, and perspiration. >> it begins at the beginning such a personal story for me. i was a football player at the university of maryland who didn't like the way my cotton tee shirt felt beneath my uniform. with no more than a good idea i walked out to a fabric store and bought some material, that fit the idea i had. took it to a local tailor, said, serve me as many tee shirts as upon out of this fabric. i was graduating that year, spring of '96 and the guys tried them and said these things are terrific an

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nobody's saving money on $12 an hour in america. they're living hand to mouth. and i know that every single dollar is going to be multiplied through the economy. you give me a tax break, you know, working as i do in the entertainment industry and at the level of a tv producer and i can't figure out how to spend enough of it, you know. i might -- you know, i might have a little conscience. i might throw some of it to charity and try to feel better about myself. but i can't possibly -- how many yachts can i water ski behind in baltimore harbor? and yet that's the kind of argument that supply side economics is. give us the job makers, the money and we'll make jobs. not with all of it you won't. a lot of it's going to wall street and it's going to sit there and it's going to be subjected to much less tax liabilities, the capital gains. you know, the scam of it, the scam of what america's become, you know, give the money to the rich and they'll see that you're not poor. is that really what you're saying? but you know, you actually argue about making the poor people a

america. >>> across north america, turns out this moose populations are in steep decline. in some cases biologists say moose are literally dropping dead and are not sure why that is. "america tonight's" adam may traveled to the heart of moose country in minnesota where scientists with the state department of nas resources are using a high-tech method to try to help save this icon i can mit society animallal. >> reporter: it's a grace against time to time the moose in northern minnesota . rapidly moving from engaging erred too near extension in this part of the country. >> if we continuity trajectory we'll be out of moose in 2025. >> reporter: biologist michelle and her team are scrambling to find out why the mammoth mammals are dieing at such an alarming right. this one traveling with her calf is being corralled in to a state research project led by my sell, the study, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. >> yeah, if you can get her it's get her in the same spot . >> reporter: first,

> welcome to al jazeera america.m john siegenthaler in new york. here are tonight's top stories. new allegations in the political scandal involving the new jersey mayor chris croicht. a port authority official says christie knew about the lane closures when they occurred. he has the evidence to prove it. the governor again denies any knowledge. government authorities in ukraine, angry over protester reappearing met with top ceos today, signed a memo ordering the federal government to end hiring practices that discriminate against the unemployed. a controversial oil pipeline project between the u.s. and canada has cleared one hurdle. the white house is now expected to face more pressure to approve eit. >>> several letters containing white powder, powder was not hazardous. i'm john siegenthaler. i'll see you at 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. remember you can get the latest news on aljazeera.com. >> ton "america tonight": a bridge bomb shill, chris christie to the gw bridge scandal and how will what the governor knew rais

al jazeera america. >> scientists have made a genetic discovery. the remains of a child were found in the oldest-known burial place in north america. dna testing is showing a genetic link in the ancient tribes that roamed siberia. we're joined by, the co-author of the study that mapped the dna of that ancient child. that linked him to the earliest known north american people, the clovis people. where theber the bering strait, does this settle the debate? >> we think it does. we think this is pretty much if you will the final dirt of -- shovelful of dirt of europeans coming over here and being the first ones in america. >> what is the exact finding, what did you find? >> well, the exact finding was that the baby boy that was discovered here -- that was buried 12,500 years ago, is a direct ancestor, basically his parents are direct ancestors, to 80%, roughly speaking, 80% to all the native americans on both continents and we know this because we have dna profiles from contemporary, native american people f

al jazeera america.eal reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> as part of our series, the other america, we wanted to know what it's like to live with the diagnoses of schizophrenia. and we'll meet i remarkable woman who knows how to thrive with the debilitating illness americans. >> i had an episode in high school, i got up and started walking, and i felt they were sending me messages. you are special, you are ep bad, repent. and i felt like entities why putting thoughts in my head and it was scary. it really was. >> ellen sacks was just 16, and the thoughts why increasingly scary, and her psychosis worsened. >> i had a thought of a man raising a knife above my head with a waking nightmare, with all of the bizarre things. and only with a nightmare, it goes away, but no such luck with a psychotic episode. >> for years, she kept her mental illness from her family. and she g

tonight, we will have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. am richelle kerry. >> a convicted murderer is in custody. michael david elliott got away last night and abducted a woman and drove her car to a gauging station. she wasability escape and call 9-1-1. he was convicted in 1993 of murdering four people. the stockmarket dropped 326 points today. it's worse hit since june. analysts blame it on a disappointing factory activity report. manufacturing was at its slowest level in eight months. thousands of flights had been cancelled after a major winter storm hit the east coast from boston to washington, d.c. chris christie has declared a state of emergency. more storms are expected this week. the trial of michael dunn, accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis in a dispute over loud music. dunn says he was acting in self defense. the case has drawn compare songs to the death of tray von martin. >> the government says it will require cars to talk to each other. the department of transportation says the vehicle to vehicle technology is being de

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the barbary wars were america's first foreign wars, the first wars america fought outside the shoresgainst the pirates of what today are libya, tunisia, morocco. america didn't have a need and they could make a navy unless they had a central government to collect taxes to make the navy. and so the question how to fight the barbary pirates became integral to the debate of whether not how they had a constitution. go into the constitution, every state the barbary wars where there page after page, extraordinary. we don't -- we lose our foreign trade. the middle east fired the imaginations of american authors like herman melville, mark twain, freedom fighters like frederick douglass, john f. kennedy. huge influence, cultural and economic influence well before the advent of middle eastern o oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east, mostly in the form of kerosene. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, and mostly not through economics, not the oil but education. america's built the university of

. >> on "america tonight", tensions build. signs of russians hands at work amid clashes in you cane's borders. -- ukraine's borders. >> we'll do everything to stablilize the situation. >> also tonight - saving kids from the street. inspired by young black men in chicago, the president offers a new initiative. >> and the point was i could see myself in these young men. and by almost every measure the group that is facing some of the severe challenges in the 21st century, in this country are boys and young men of colour. >> and the life line on wheels. in our series "aging america", a look at the innovations that can keep her independent. i'm joie chen. a russian flag is waving above the ukranian parliament building in crimea tonight. the building was seized by pro have you hahn government who continue to occupy it. but in kiev the parliament voted for a new prime minister, one who is loyal to the open sayings. and tensions dividing the country are rippling well beyond the borders as america tonight's sheila reports. >> pro have

as a channel al jazeera america will start a year-long conversation on america's middle class. we are doing this on monday. it's called rebuilding the dreams, nine out of 10 americans identify themselves as being in or want to be in the middle class of america. all agree that the middle class is squeezed after years of job losses, rising costs and stagnant wages while the higher classes make money. starting monday a special one hour edition of "real money," we take a look at america's middle class and the challenges it fizz faces, including student debt. we'll talk to families, experts about how to fix this, how to move ahead, and what happened to the american dream and how to capture it. >> as you talk to people, do you have a sense that people know what the middle class is. is it an income thing, is it an education limit. how do we know what the middle class is? >> i'd like to have a real answer for you by august. by then you'll hear politicians across the country telling you how to vote for them, because they'll protect the middle class. if you ask 10 people, you'll get 13 a

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i think progress is do believe america will be redeemed, and they very much believe in america. liberals break with that over woodrow wilson. they see in wilson the embodiment in progressivism, and they want to break with it. they want nothing whatsoever to do with it and nothing whatsoever to do with the massive american society. they're not progressives. that's all i can say. i hope you read the book -- >> [inaudible] >> who are they? they are just the people who i described. they want, they want a new aristocracy to govern the land. >> next question. >> hi. david -- [inaudible] with the heritage foundation. thank you very much for the presentation. i look forward to reading the book. is obama a liberal or a progressive? i mean, at times e seems to -- [laughter] -- he seems not to reveal his contempt for the people when he says that they cling to their guns and their religion and their antipathy towards immigrants, but at times it's all about forward and improvement and blah, blah, blah. [laughter] >> the term "progressive" came back into use because the term account liberal"

progressives believe america is redeemed, and they very much believe in america. liberals break with that over wilson. they see in wilson, embodiment of progressivism and want to break with it, nothing whatsoever to do with the massive american society. they are not progressives. that's all i can say. i hope you read the book. >> [inaudible] >> who are they? they are just the people who i described. they want -- they want a new aristocracy to govern the land. >> not to reveal contempt for the people, clinging to guns and religion, but at times, it's all about forward and improvement and blah, blah, blah. >> the term "progressive" came to use because the term "liberal" was sump a pa seniortive because the world died off and replaced by the george mcgoverns and much worse. i would be describing the president as a liberal, and when he belongs to reverend wright's churnlings, one of the things he preach against is middle classness. preaches against middle classness, avoid middle class virtues. how do we get to be middle class about the virtues? explain this to me. con

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thithis is al jazeera america. real money with ali velshi is next. >> one of america's most pressing problems, crumbling bridges and outdated railroads. i'll tell you how to fix it and pay for it. >>> how much to cut from our defense budget. i'll talk to william cohen. plus confessions of a middle class cab driver. he would be back on the road to prosperity if he could just find the on ramp. i'm ali velshi. a and this is "real money." >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join our life conversation for the next half hour on twitter at aj real money, at facebook. d-plus. that's your grade, america. i'm talking about our roads, railways, communications and more. collectively infrastructure in america gets nothing better than a d-plus grade on a report card put out by the american society of civil engineers. not only are we not doing enough to modernize our public infrastructure, we're barely maintaining what we have running right now. once upon time the american infrastructure was the en

>> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> the struggling midddle class >> we just can't get ahead... >> working longer hours, for less pay. >> people are struggling everywhere. >> school loans... morgages... inflation... taking it's toll... >> we live paycheck to paycheck... >> now in a continuing series, join ali velshi as we follow families, just like yours, as they try to get by... >> we're all struggling financially... >> america's middle class: rebuilding the dream only on al jazeera america! >> for amanda knox it has become a never-ending nightmare. the seattle coed studying language and love in the italian country side nearly seven years ago, became the focus of the murder in her roommate. the case's bizarre twists and turns, including allegations of a sex game gone rogue, returned to the states but now a new ruling in italy puts her back before the cameras again and this time: raises the straiks ostakes onan international diplc intrigue. lori jane gliha brings us up to date. >> this really has h

those are the headlines - "america tonight" is next.'m thomas drayton in new york. >>> on "america tonight," peril lies the medical mystery alarming parents. >> i saw her left hand mid grasp stop working. >> and puzzling doctors. >> our suspicion is that this is a virus, but that's unproven. >> a polio-like illness playing children leaving little hope of recovery. also tonight, it's considered one of the most dangerous jobs in america. caring for the elderly. in our special series aging america, a closer look at the courageous caretakers who aren't often well taken care of themselves. >> they wao

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