focused on america.to that extent, i think european ideas and liberalization is being pushed out. on the other hand, if we were talking to a group of conservatives, they would be wailing regularly about the liberal aspects of the teaching system. the great foot soldiers of the democratic party are now the teachers, and teachers other people interpreter: on the outside. it is a factor. it is hard to say. there is quite a lot of evidence of young people in america seeming to be more conservative in their parents, stronger opposition to abortion, various examples posted timber 11 september 11, but it's hard to say. this been no direct polling evidence on that. adrian: it is concerning that many americans don't know that much about europe. many europeans don't know anything about america and perceive america as a set of caricatures. >> i would like to thank you both, adrian and john, for being with us today. [applause] >> i remind you that the book is available. thank you. thank you. >> on history bookshelf,

make america great again. this president is going to try to make the case tonight that this country is great, his hope of what can still be accomplished in his finand straight through election day. and quite frankly, george, up here on the hill, republicans are fully expecting that. in fact, the newly elected house speaker paul ryan saying today, joking with reporters that he practiced his poker face throughout the day today because as we all know, he has a role tonight to perform, as well. when does he applaud, when does he smile and simply sit there? america going to be watching this president and the new house speaker, as well, george. >> we see them right there. next to the vice president. he hoped to be vice president before that. jon karl is in the chamber, and jon, this house chamber, decidedly less friendly to the president than the first one he faced seven years ago. >> that's right. it is incredible to what's happened to what was a democratic majority when he first walk into this chamber as there are

his most impassioned, when he said that america spoke out against the idea that america's gotten weaker on his watch. his regrets, his regret that the suspicion between the parties has only grown while he is in office and you just saw him right there, his most emotional, when he talked about those americans who inspire him every day and make this america strong. i want to go to jon karl in the chamber, right by where the president was speaking. one other aspect of this speech, different. one thing that seemed to be different here watching it on television, i wondered what it felt like in the room, not a lot up until the end. this hall. i've been here for almost all of the president's state of the union addresses, and this one, by far, seemed the most subdued. there wasn't a lot of tension, you're right. there was much less in the way of specifics. that's probably a big part of it. but also, the applause lines were quieter, in large part because there are simply fewer democrats and most of the applause, as it is often in these state of the union addresses, you know, came solely from the

it set us back in latin america. that's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the cuban people. ( applause ) so if you want to consolidate our leadership and credibility in the hemisphere, recognize that the cold war is over. lift the embargo. ( applause ) the point is, american leadership in the 21st century is not ray choice between ignoring the rest of the world, except when we kill terrorists, or occupying and rebuilding whatever society is unraveling. application of military power, and rallying the world behind causes that are right. it means seeing our foreign assistance as a part of our national security, not something separate. not charity. when we lead nearly 200 nations to the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change, yes, that helps vulnerable countries, but it also predicts our kids. when we help ukraine defend its democracy or colombia resolve a decades-long war, that strengthens the international orde

we call ithe gregg of america. this is president obama in 2009, delivering his first address to the congress at age 47, with and each passing year, the brown hair gives way. and now at the age of 54, the president is almost totally gray, and i ask, "what's wrong with that?" we'll be back in just a moment with the republican response. nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, will be live on right back. >> pelley: speaking for the republicans tonight is nikki haley from south carolina. at 43, the youngest governor in america. she's a clemson university grad, the daughter of indian immigrants, married to a national guard captain who saw is the mother of two children. >> good evening. i'm nikki haley, governor of the great state of south carolina. i'm speaking tonight from columbia, our state's capital city. much like america as a whole, ours is a state with a rich and complicated history, one that proves the idea that each day can be better than the last. in just a minute, i'm going to talk about a vision of a bri

we call it the gregg of america. this is president obama in 2009, delivering his first address to the congress at age 47, with and each passing year, the brown hair gives way. and now at the age of 54, the president is almost totally gray, and i ask, "what's wrong with that?" we'll be back in just a moment with the republican response. nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, will be live on right back. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. >> pelley: speaking for the republicans tonight is nikki haley from south carolina. at 43, the youngest governor in america. she's a clemson university grad, immigrants, married to a national guard captain who saw combat in afghanistan, and she is the mother of two children. >> good evening. i'm nikki

it set us back in latin america. that's why we've restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, positioned ourselves to improve the lives with human people. -- lives of the cuban people. [applause] obama: so if you want to consolidate our leadership and credibility in the hemisphere, recognize that the cold war is over. lift the embargo. the point is, american leadership in the 21st century is not a choice between ignoring the rest of the world, except when we kill terrorists, or occupying and rebuilding whatever society is unraveling. leadership means a wise application of military power. and rallying the world behind causes that are right. it means seeing our foreign assistance as part of our national security, not something separate, not charity. when we lead nearly 200 nations to the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change, yes that helps vulnerable countries but it also protects our kids. when we help ukraine defend its democracy or colombia resolve a decades long war

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we call it the gregg of america. this is president obama in 2009, delivering his first address to the congress at age 47, with and each passing year, the brown hair gives way. and now at the age of 54, the president is almost totally gray, and i ask, "what's wrong with that?" we'll be back in just a moment with the republican response. nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, will be live on right back. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. >> pelley: speaking for the republicans tonight is nikki haley from south carolina. at 43, the youngest governor in america. she's a clemson university grad,

it tells america's story in places around the world that don't hear america's stories. it's journalism. stories about america, often governmental stories and my hope is it will expand to a broader swath of information about america, entrepreneurialism, how , finance, how to start a business, stories that are not being told globally that are coming out of american can be told. but there are parts of the world where voa is also a surrogate and that's in central africa. so the only independent news in many parts of america doing surrogate news. when burkina faso had that problem the only reporter in the air who went down with the voice recorder. when the shootings, the terrible shootings in paris went down it just so happened that a voice of america reporter was in paris and was able to do reporting for all the other entities from paris. and so voice of america wears two hats off in. it's a larger more capable organization but wearing to hats that's not to say in iran that there isn't remaining duplication but in my sense of the way we think about that the reform of that d

the news continues on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight": behind the scenes of the national gun debate. >> we can create reasonable legislation to accomplish both objectives here. reduce crimes of violence while still not eroding the second amendment. >> a police chief advising the president speaks exclusively with "america tonight." good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm adam may sitting in for joie chen tonight. it has been a politically charged week in our nation. the gun debate is back center-stage. after president obama took executive action to strengthen gun laws. a new poll shows he has the support of most americans. but opposition sits at nearly one-third and that includes the republican party. it may seem like consensus on this issue is nearly impossible but one man is working to change that. in this "america tonight" exclusive, the police chief advising president obama takes us behind the scenes. >> hold on, wane gets paid to sell guns, jim johnson gets paid to protect. what was that like? >> very, very challenging. >> jim johnson not only takes on the nationa

this is america tonight. >> sex, violence and disease. it's the seedy underbelly of the united nations effort in haiti. nearly six years after an earthquake rocked the country, i'm ali velshi, welcome to a special edition of "on target," haiti on shaky ground. the united nations can be a blessing and occurs but for latte, the western hemisphere's poorest country it's been both. six years ago haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. its worst natural disaster in more than two centuries. millions of

they want to change america. they want to change america. what you're left with is, instead of a president who has undertaken the systematic effort to redefine our country in every aspect of it. what you have now is a society where people hold views that they support traditional marriage, they call you a bigot and a hater. if you are pro-life, they say you are waging a war on women. instead of focusing on the people that are struggling and working harder than they have ever worked and making less, we have a president that is accessed with creating more government programs, oftentimes that benefit people at refused to work. we know that isis is actively recruiting people to infiltrate into our country using the syrian refugee crisis as a cover. you say you want to restrict the refugees, they say that is hateful. we have terrorists beheading people all over the world. isis is crucifying people, carrying out attacks in paris and then bernadino. we have the runway risk of radical jihadist and the president thinks the greatest risk we face is cli

i will work every day to get america -- to make america safe. udu will always be pro that you supported me. america for our children as great as our parents left it for us, the greatest nat ion in history. thank you. [applause] >> what happens when bert and ernie have a baby? you get a bernie. [laughter] >> that's a joke. the bernieupport sanders -- would you support taxie sanders' plan to co2? sen. rubio: no. they are out of control, everything they solve his attacks. text this, text that-- is a tax. tax this, tax that. we are one of the most tax crazy environments in the world. we will reduce taxes and embrace free enterprise. we will make poor people richer without having to make rich people poorer. [applause] >> things are coming out.-- t hanks for coming out. which taxes should we cut to allow businesses to grow? sen. rubio: the personal rate can be as big as 39.5%. to dorst thing i am going is ensure that all businesses in america are taxed no more than 25%, no matter how you are organized. that will make us globally competitive. be able i

this is america. we want to make it easier for people to participate, and o or the course of this year i intend to travel the country to push for reforms that do just that, changes in our political process, in not just who gets elected but how they get elected, that will only happen when the american people demand it. it depends onyou. that's what's meant by a government of, by, and for the people. what i'm'm suggesting is hard. it's a lot easier to be cynical, to accept thathange is not possible andolitics is hopeless. and the problem is, all the folks who are elected don't care. and to believe that our vces and our actions don't matter. forsake a better future. those with money and power will gain greater control over the decisions that could send a young soldier to war or allow another economic disaster or roll back the equal rigigs and voting rights that generations of americans have fought, even died to secure. and then as frustration grows, there will be voices urging us to fall back into our re

and is so voice of america -- and so voice of america wears two hats often.larger, more capable organization for wearing two hats because of the way it's resourced. now, that's not to say, ron, that there isn't some remaining duplication, but in my sense of the way we think about that, to reform that duplication would not be to eliminate, but rather to structure strategically so you can have greater impact. back to the point that the russians are spending $100 billion and we're spending $750 million, i think my first impulse wouldn't be to stop doing some things, it would be to take what we have and deploy it more strategically. >> right. >> host: so, john lansing, is it illegal to listen to radio-free asia in china? i mean, is the web site blocked? are the air waves blocked from people hearing or finding radio-free asia? >> guest: for the most part, yes. >> host: how do you get around that? >> guest: well, there's, in terms of the internet, there are investments that we make in our internet freedom program that allows people to circumvent the censorship and

america get from actually it is nothing. prisoners were released, but what else do we get in return? absolutely nothing. iran has $150 billion to build up the economy, destroying other countries in the middle east that don't agree with them. basically in the long run, we are in trouble. this president shows he is more for the iranians than the american people because our safety is now at risk. take care, god bless. host: from chicago. joining us on our line for independents. minister of iran with this tweet yesterday. a tweet from one of our viewers. sandra is joining us from columbus, georgia. independent line. good morning, welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you. host: go ahead please. caller: i am old enough. i remember iran for many years from many years ago as a young teenager to today. i have never known iran to keep their word about one thing. that $150 million that they insisted on having before they would release the american prisoners is not going to be spent to rebuild the economy. they will put it into th

at the voice america. along with her, from voice of america there is also a local reporter from radio free europe was the most influential investigative reporter inc. yes. so, in that one critical part of the world, where russia -- there is hot war on the eastern front, the most influential journalist entitiesountry are two from the united states, voice of america and radio free europe. cnn does a great job around the world, and i admire the work that they do, but, there is no comparison to the deployment of resources that we have. to the second point of your the abundanceink of information that we are dealing with in terms of propaganda, i think it is easy to overstate the influence that it is having. i think there is -- as early get it seriously and i understand that it is volume us. but in the research that we have done and in my own walking the streets of kiev, ukraine, talking to government officials there, i spoke to the foreign relations chair of the parliament and she told me that the work that is

so he urges oliver lodge has never been to america to come to america. oliver lodge comes to america at the first day of the day january, 1920. he comes to america and start telling americans as possible to communicate. they have the bosses in europe's. blue boss people during the war. but america was not really breathing. the lodge more than any single individual was the person who really inspired a whole renaissance in america, a revival. he comes to america in a couple months later norman rockwell is painting this couple doing a experiment on the page of the post. they are playing around. so became very popular. sÉances became the rage. it was all because oliver lodge went across the country and found it very convincing and people thought he presented. now what is happening right when the lodge is speaking to america. musician houdini had come to europe. houdini was probably more famous. when he first started out as magician, when he first received any recognition, it was in europe. he considered england a second home in a january night in 20, justice

we need to have that scaled, not only in u.s., but in central america, south america and the caribbean countries as well. >> is that possible, since they are poor countries and we only have five labs? >> this is going to require a plan. we need to have a commercially care. it is going to cause a backlog and delay diagnosis. >> only about 1 in 5 people infected actually get sick. symptoms are usually mild and last about a week. fever, rash, joint pain and pink eye. but in brazil, something more startling and insidious is happening. there infected pregnant women have given birth to more than 4,000 babies suffering from microcephaly, a rare neurological disorder that's being linked to zika virus. with this birth defect, the brain doesn't develop normally during pregnancy, resulting in a disproportionately small head and that's just the beginning. microcephaly can cause a host of other problems, including developmental delay, seizures, hearing and vision loss. the sheer numbers have caused officials to warn potential mothers not to travel to brazil. >> the guidance that the cdc has issued

[ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. patchy fog is think along the western border of the state this morning. this afternoon will be windy and warmer with highs above the freezing point. there is a chance for a brief light wintry mix this afternoon across northern iowa. temperatures will begin trending upwards in the days ahead. we'll go to the mid-30s today to the mid 40s by the weekend. the storm everyone is talking about should hit the next week. the storm is still pretty far out for exacts, but there could be some measurable snow. we'll continue to watch and update he's covered the iowa caucuses for more than three decades... but he's never seen one like this before. after the break... tom brokaw sits down with us to tell us why that is... and why he's concerned about where america is headed. the time has come to make a choice... about which candidate can actually make a difference for you. in a world as complex as this, we need a president as experienced as hill

america is thomas edison, the wright brothers, george washington carver, america is catherine johnson and sally ride. america is every immigrant an entrepreneur from boston, to austin, to silicon silicon valley, racing to shape our future [applause]. that is who we are. over the past seven years, we have nurtured that spirit. we protected and open internet and take a bold new steps to get new students and low income americans online. we have lunch next generation manufacturing, online tools to give a person everything here she needs to start a business in a single day. but we can do so much more. last year, vice president biden said with the new moon america can cure cancer, less month he worked with congress to give the national institute of health the strongest resources they have had in over a decade [applause]. a new national effort to get it done, because he has gone to the mat for all of us on so many issues over the past 40 years, i am putting am putting joe in charge of mission control. [applause]. for the loved ones we have all lost, for the families that we can still save, l

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