americorp is a gateway organization.leaning up debris after a hurricane or some light tutoring but how long before we have roving gangs of civic thugs holding up signs that say, will organize youth soccer league for food? >> well, now, you know, you brought up light tutoring and that leads me directly into the conscience of america in a brown paper bag at all times, former senator rick san form who has revealed he is heading to iowa in october presumably to kick the tires on a run for the presidency. is the country finally ready for a president who has publicly equated homosexuality with man on dog sex? >> god, would i love

we're talking about americorps today.i'm not sure what people think of americorps, but probably not much one way or the other t could be the add p mitted far left --ed at mitted far left radicals in the white house that could be using it like storm and international answer. a communist group. seiu and others bringing them under the umbrella of americorps under the form of one massive community organization. i haven't heard any other explanations for a civilian force as well funded as the military, and until i do, america, we must continue to ask questions. joining me now is michelle malkin, author of "culture of corruption" and pat cadd-ell, former advisor to president carter. both are fox news contributors. pat, quickly, the anarchist that was arrested in denver, first the democrats came out and said it is the enemies of healthcare. that made the republicans say i demand an answer, because they found out that this guy had been taking money from the democratic party, and i hear seiu, but more importantly, and nobody got t

as well as americorps. their good work goes on. we're here to report it four years after the storm. we're here to bring you a less welcomed story to light. >>> we come to you as well, as the nation remembers senator ted kennedy. a live picture tonight of the casket bearing his body, reposing at the kennedy library, looking out over the sea he so dearly loved. >>> we begin, however, tonight with breaking news. a story that is both miraculous and at the same time deeply horrifying and includes a bizarre jailhouse interview with the man creating that horror. this is jaycee dugard. in 1991 the year she was abducted. for all anyone believed never to be seen again alive. this was the latest computer assisted picture of how she might have looked today, 18 years later. the miracle tonight, the sketch is no longer necessary. a 29-year-old woman turned up yesterday at a san francisco parole office, the horror, she was there with a convicted sex offender and her two children. the oldest of which would have been born when she was only 14 or 15. her story of captivity is emerging right flow. the

ment does he mention americorps in there? >> americorps and church groups and acorn. >> church groups i'm guessing i is like your grandma's church or jeremiah wright's troop. does he refer to it as an armyn in the book? >> >> he refers to troops andn: am soldiers. >> glenn: america, here is something i want you toant you whunderstand. ab when you talk aboutou s overwhelming the system? r now are you overwhelmed with what is going on? conye sas john conyers overwhelmed when says what difference does i can it make, i can't read it in two days so why don't i just sign is it? isn't that a sign of the systeh overoverwhelmed, it doesn't work? e'hy would raid rathke say hey, this is a lot of benefits out here and we just got to get t everybody onboard for theit concept? c this isho called the clowsrd-pi he cloward many vin strategy. >> left wing radicals, advance str their strategy to end poverty in a may 2nd, 1966 article in n the nation.ma starts with the idea that there is a wide gap between the entitlements that poor people t ar

>> he mentions americorps. he mentions church groups. he mentions community groups, which i am guessing is acorn. glenn: church groups, i'm guessing it is your grandma's church or jeremiah wright's church, i'm not sure. does he refer to it as an army or troops in the book? >> he refers to them as troops an soldiers. glenn: america, here is what i want you to understand. when you're talking about overwhelming the system, ask yourself, are you overwhelmed right now with what is going on? is john conyers overwhelmed with what is going on when he says "what difference does it make? i can't read it in two days, so why don't i just sign it?" isn't that a a sign that the system is overwhelmed and doesn't work? well, why would you want to overwhelm the system? why would wade rathke say hey, there's a lot of benefits out here, and we just got to get everybody onboard for these benefits? why would you do that? it is called the chow ard and piven strategy. it is the cloward and piven strategy. this is important you understand what it is. here it is

we are back with a crowd from americorps, new orleans habitat for humanity.ot has changed in new orleans in the four years since hurricane katrina hit. $20 billion has been invested in infrastructure and villages like this musician's village. sm people are returning, others are moving here for the first time, like the uhl mat washington insider, james carville, a louisiana native, along with his wife, marlee matlin moved back to his hometown. >> there's a really trendy bar here. >> reporter: james carville sees signs of growth all around him. >> the interesting thing about brad street is, this got a good bit of water. everything after the storm was wiped out. seven blocks that way, some of the most affluent neighborhoods in the southern united states. seven blocks that way, some of the poorer neighborhoods. this is a place that, it can make a comeback and it is. >> this gym was the first business to re-open in this neighbored aafter the symptom. >> reporter: how is new orleans doing? >> it's doing very well. mike had, i think, three feet of watter in here. he

yes, teach for america is part of americorps.es, she voted against the bill named for ted kennedy. i don't know whether to congratulate you for raising a son that is willing to be unselfish and pitch in and help teach kids or to commiserate with you, congresswoman, because it seems your son has fallen prey to your so-called democratic conspiracy, the one you ripped last year. >> they want americans to take transit and move to the inner cities. they want americans to move to the urban core, live in tenements and take light rail to their government jobs. that's their vision of america. >> i don't know if this is your way of rebelled, but i want to applaud you all the same. and i will make sure we do not investigate your son for any anti-american views and congratulations for staying in "psycho talk." now coming up on "the ed show" the politics of hate. in the past 24 hour, we've witnessed a loaded gun at a presidential town hall, hateful threats towards illegal immigrants and a swastika in front of a congressman's office. come on,

>> with americorp. >> i rest my case. >> your prediction has already come true 30 seconds after you made it. but one last point here about what kent conrad said. is he going to prove to be wrong on this? that -- whether he decides to vote for the public option or not is it going to be in the bill? >> it will be in the bill because at the end of the day the republicans essentially senator grassley said this yesterday are not interested in being part this of at all. they're just stalling. senator grassley turned his back on any compromise yesterday pressured by his own party. i think he, left to his own devices, would work something out. so this is going to be left up to the democratic caucus to do and the majority of democrats believe you have to have real reform which includes a public option howard dean, former governor, former presidential candidate and one correct prediction already in the books for tonight. great thanks for your time, sir. >> thanks for having me on. >>> all right. there is a precedent for the health care battle. the stimulus bill as well saw the president fighting h

. >> an americorps member, university of washington student, a barista. >> the units are going fast. >> here is a deal for those who wanted more leg room on a flight. how does an entire airplane sound? for just $500 a night, you can reserve a deere plants week for the queen size bed, whirlpool, plus bad tv, private sauna. -- plasma t v, private sauna. >> the popular web site twitter suffered a cyber-attacks. the co-founder severed -- was the victim of computer hackers. facebook had a similar attack on thursday morning. but what sites are running smoothly this afternoon. -- both websites are running smoothly this afternoon. >> absolutely great, outstanding way to end the work week. we are seeing a whole lot of nothing on hd doppler right now. high-pressure as extended its reach over the area. dewolff hold lot for a good part of the weekend. it will only allow for a warm front, though. enjoy today. very pleasant out there. though humidity, load dew points. 81 at ocean city. a. they a sea breeze later on. beautiful skies in the mountains of western maryland. high of 75 in the was the ar

be this broadband plan the president already with roots and community organizing will think of americorpsteach for america and that is a group of young people who are trained or encore on japan worse, people in my age group looking to get back into civic engagement or public service that will go door-to-door working with families. think of this as a technology tupperware party. think of this as an opportunity to reach out at the grassroots and show a person how their life can be better. they can save energy, they can get connected and communicate with relatives, they can look at the medical records, the can get remote diagnostics from a health care clinic. that's sort of the grassroots movement that i would love to be part of that hundred cities were we to stop this new technology sort of court, americorps volunteers working in every community. >> if i can, if i can add to that one of the other things that i would encourage you to consider is the game changing nature of actually deploying broadband because a human computer interface for far too long we've thought about it in terms of typi

and americorps, you're there -- i'm just ironing my uniform getting ready to do his will -- next time, you should go back and listen to the white album, listen to the song cowritten by your progressive friend john lennon who got it, even during the peek of the pot smoking radicalism, listen to it all. you say you want a revolution, well, you know, well, you know, we all want to change the world. you say you'll change the constitution, well, you know, we all want to change your head. you tell me it's the institution, well, you know, you better free your mind instead, but if you go around carrying your pictures of chairman mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow. and you know what? it's going to be all right. ♪ you say you want to change the constitution, well, you know we all want to change your head you tell me it's glenn: all week i have been giving you the questions that you need to start asking, because this country is being transformed before our eyes, and the time for silence dissent is over. you get on to your e-mail system. you white letters. you call. i'm talking ab

and americorps, you're there -- i'm just ironing my uniform getting ready to do his will -- next time, you should go back and listen to the white album, listen to the song cowritten by your progressive friend john lennon who got it, even during the peek of the pot smoking radicalism, listen to it all. you say you want a revolution, well, you know, well, you know, we all want to change the world. you say you'll change the constitution, well, you know, we all want to change your head. you tell me it's the institution, well, you know, you better free your mind instead, but if you go around carrying your pictures of chairman mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow. and you know what? it's going to be all right. ♪ you say you want to change the constitution, well, you know we all want to change your head you tell me it's the institutions well, you know ♪ n diabetics on medicare. hello, i'm john fox---you may know that i'm a professional bass fisherman. but you may not know that i have diabetes. and it's never slowed me down thanks to the good folks at liberty medical. i've been

the president and acorn and americorps, all of it, we are building a new structure in our country. well, the other day i had the aarp people here, and i said how can you possibly be for healthcare, and they said, oh, we don't see anything hurtful to seniors in that healthcare package. it looks great to us. to me, that sounded the same as, well, glenn, i just found out i'm related to a nigerian prince, he's going to wire me $10 million, and all i have to do is give him $10,000 and my bank account number, and you're like, no, that's a scam and he's stop it, you're crazy. it doesn't say anywhere in the e-mail it is a scam, plus he made a promise. how many times have politicians promised us, both republicans an democrats have promised us the moon and given us detroit. no offense, detroit, but does your electricity even work anymore? you keep on voting in the same people, and in detroit, the median home price now is $7,500. in 1965, the politicians said medicare would cost us $9 billion by 19890. the -- by 1990. the actual cost, $66 billion. don't worry, they were only off by $57 billio

this is all happening along with americorps. the help of barack obama and ted kennedy, they have embedded themselves into the structure of this government. look at the czars and ask yourself, gee, who are these people and what are they doing? if and when, some would believe they could overwhelm the system to the point it cannot function anymore, and tell me, guys, we're not there or close to it, then they've already built a new system. it's already in place. all they have to do is just say, whoa, whoa, whoa, for the good of the republic, i didn't want to do this but i will have to fundamentally transform the united states of america, because obviously that's broken. in the movie "contact" the space travel machine was built using alien technology. everybody knew that it would face widespread public opposition. well, it was wildly expensive. no one even knew if it would work, so when the machine was destroyed right there, everybody thought, oh, that's it. until it was revealed to the nation and to the world that there just happene

under president clinton, kennedy was the prime mover in passing the paid volunteer program called americorps and wrote the bipartisan family and medical leave act allowing people to take time off from work for maternity and medical needs, the original creator of the chips program, health insurance for children of low income families. the massachusetts senator was one of the first opponents of the iraq war but also worked with the bush administration, sponsoring the no child left behind education act, and the bush medicare prescription drug benefit behind which kennedy was a driving force. >> kennedy's bipartisanship on healthcare extended to former massachusetts republican governor mitt romney. together, the two crafted that state's universal healthcare program just four years ago, and it is very much one that is being studied on chill for the national healthcare debate that now continues without ted kennedy. bret: carl, thanks. now the white house reaction. the president called kennedy one of the most accomplished americans in history. major garrett is with the president, who is vacationing

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there will be some members of group model after americorps. >> the city year people are here. they're actually there for crowd control. they are helping the people in line. there are all kinds of ambulances and emergency medical services people here as well because the heat is just so intense. there are 85 members of the family who are traveling in the motorcade, and as you said, senator kennedy when he arrives here, his body will be greeted outside by the former president of boston college. the family is going to form a greeting line outside the library as the senator is unloaded from the hearse and once inside the senator is going to be moved through a column of more than 100 current and former staffers as the coffin makes its way into the smith center where senator kennedy will lie in repose until saturday morning, and then once inside the smith center, father moynahan and father mcmillan will lead the family in a prayer. then at 6:00 the doors will open and the public will be invited in to come pay their respects. there will be a military honor guard there of family -- the

majorublic appearance in april, whe president obamsigned legislation he co-sponred to exnd the americorps volunteer program. this is a wonderful da ( applause ) or all of our country and al amerins who will now have a chae and the opportunity to give back ttheir communities nd the nation, the nation th we love so much.re >> lman: senator edward m. kennedy died at the nn edy compound in hyanniort, massachusett he was 77 years d. >> woodruff: we get se personal rlections now, from people who knew ted kennedy well. reprentative john lewis democrat from georgia he joins us from atlaa. om oliphant cered fr the "boston gle" for four decades, and fher gerry creedon, pastor of st. charles bromeo catholic chch iarlington, virginia, a longtime family friends, father creedon wl be one of the celebrants at the senator funeral mass on saturda fher creedon, to you, first. what drove ted knnedy? >> well, ielieve he had a passion for peace, for justice, and i thi underneath, a deep convicti about values, about faith. and i think tat in sme ys is the wholehistory of ireland writtennto some of his hiory an

national service and making sure that thousands of americans across the country who wanted to do americorpsportunity, and senator kennedy sat down with us, rolled up his sleeves, we met with him in the oval office with the president, and he was a very engaging man. he knew how to negotiate. he knew how to cut a deal. i think he will be sorely missed. >> roy, what do you think senator kennedy is really going to be remembered for? i mean, i think about the 1964 civil rights act. i think that really signatured his career and set the table for him to do a lot of things beyond that, which he was able to do. when you talk about 550 laws in this country with his name on it, that is just an unparalleled record. >> i think the lesson, ed, is really a human one. you know, kennedy was very thrust onto the political stage very young, probably before he was ready, and then even in 1980 remember when they asked him why are you running for president, and he couldn't really answer. but after his biggest defeat, he showed there actually can be a second and a third act in american lives, right? he found hims

public appearance in april, when president obama signed legislation he co-sponsored to expand the americorps volunteer program. this is a wonderful day, ( applause ) for all of our country and all americans who will now have a chance and the opportunity to give back to their communities and the nation, the nation that we love so much. >> holman: senator edward m. kennedy died at the kennedy compound in hyannisport, massachusetts. he was 77 years old. >> woodruff: we get some personal reflections now, from people who knew ted kennedy well. representative john lewis a democrat from georgia he joins us from atlanta. tom oliphant covered from the "boston globe" for four decades, and father gerry creedon, pastor of st. charles borromeo catholic church in arlington, virginia, a longtime family friends, father creedon will be one of the celebrants at the senator's funeral mass on saturday. father creedon, to you, first. what drove ted kennedy? >> well, i believe he had a passion for peace, for justice, and i think underneath, a deep conviction about values, about faith. and i think that in some way

insurance, the family medical leave act, the americans with disabilities act, workplace safety, americorps, if everyone only knew. he stood against judges that would turn back the clock on constitutional rights, stood against the war in iraq, his proudest vote, and for nearly four decades and all through his final days, he labored with all of his might to make health care a right for all americans. and we will do that in his honor. in these last months, every visit ted made to the senate, elicited and unstoppable outpouring of affection, tears welled up in the eyes of republicans and democrats. everyone missed his skills, booming call to arms and conscience. on his last visit, chris dodd and i stood on the back row beside his desk and listened to teddy regale us with an invitation to his efforts to throw out a ball at the red sox opening game. he laughed and poked fun at how reluctant his hand and muscles were to obey his commands. i was in awe of this moment of humility and selhumor. and as he so often said over the years, we have to take issues seriously, but never take ourselves too ser

you can volunteer, by contacting your local citizen corps or americorps councils, get free training on basic disaster response by joining a local community emergency response team. second, we need to find new ways to work with the private sector, to become more resilient to disasters, of all kinds. and, a key piece of this is securing our nation's critical infrastructure. this might sound just like the challenge for the government, but the fact of the mart is, 85% of our critical infrastructure is owned by the private sector. and these are critical. these are commercial facilities, chemical plants, emergency services, much of it owned as i said, in private hands. we must, therefore, be more effective in defining our critical assets and providing our private sector and their leaders with the knowledge and technical assistance to help them secure these assets. since the year 2003, dhs has issued more than 28 billion dollars in grants to help secure critical infrastructure the at the state and local level. but, it has to be more than dollars. it has to be the active engagement of employer

they included the national teacher's core, low income assistance program, age 18 voting law, may americorps. in 1971 he lost his senate whip seat to robert byrd. at the time the talk was chappaquiddick had caused senator kennedy to take his eye off of the ball. and then during the '70s and 80s he was a 1960s style of liberal politician. he opposed robert bork and clarence thomas to the supreme court. also john roberts and samuel alito. he opposed both wars in iraq. he faced, as you probably know, the early '90s, senate ethics investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and also drug use. he was cleared of all of those. we should hasten to add. and then he worked with george w. bush on the no child left behind bill but, of course, opposed george w. bush through much of his presidency. it is worth remembering that senator kennedy worked not just with one and two generations of bushes but three generations of bushes. he worked with senator prescott bush here in the senate. senator prescott bush retired in 1963. of course, senator kennedy came into the office here in 1962. he was re-ele

this was the same person who thought the americorp her son joined was, quote, reeducation camps and doesn'tt anybody to fill out the census because it could be some sort of implant in your brain or something. what would her signature issue be? >> well, she might try to improve america's relations with north america. >> good. >> i don't know. i think she might tell people, you know, look. you don't like being told what to do but you do like being told what to think so i'm your candidate. >> and my running mate, the invisible man standing next to me. let's go look at mr. delay. this guy was pushed out of the house, charged with conspiracy. campaign finance violations. so the dance thing would be like a step up from where he is right now, correct? >> yes, well, the word disgraced, does it not mean anything anymore? why do we bother having words if they just don't have a meaning anymore? like how are they going to get around like the idea of how he's famous on "dancing with the stars?" are they going to mention the disenfranchisement of black voters in texas or kind of gloss over that? >> that

in the clinton era, he was responsible for getting direct student loan payments approved, americorps.prime movers behind the family federal leave act. he sponsored a health care reform bill that is able to pass after the clinton health care debacle that began the beginning of medical savings accounts. during the bush presidency he was also deeply involved in bipartisanship. he helped the president passed a prescription medicare drug benefit. among other things, he helped president bush passed nclb. that puts him at odds with some progressives and liberals in his own party, but as people are saying today, he had a reputation for compromise. he could persuade the rules to come to the center to accept more moderate proposals, and because of the sheer dominance of his name, he was able to work with a lot of republicans. orrin hatch has noted how much he will be missed. john mccain under a bill with ted kennedy as well years ago. in jane: it is pretty stunning when you look at it all. thank you. jon: we have continuing coverage on the life and death of senator ted kennedy. it is not just a

he helped to pass americorps, the family and medical leave act, and a health-care bill that began theestablishing medical savings account in dealing with such controversial issues as affordability. during george w. bush's administration, ted kennedy was directly involved in health care proposals, a leading proponent of the leave no child behind act. working on both sides of the aisle, senator edward kennedy's name is literally on some of the most important legislation in the last 50 years. he was involved in the civil rights debate, the list goes on and on. gregg: what a career. thank you, carl. megyn: president obama says that he wants to move forward and not look back when it comes to looking at cia operatives engaged in harsh interrogation techniques. apparently eric holder did not get the memo. he said that those who interrogated certain suspects will be investigated themselves. perhaps even prosecuted. critics say that this could leave the country in danger. this morning, panel. >> good morning. megyn: this has become a rough issue for a lot of americans. whatever your feelings a

i just want to mention because the mayor talked about americorps. there is a proposal modeled on teach for america, which is to have a public media that would go into communities. i think the proposal is for about 20, and they would not only go into underserved communities and provide assistance with technological literacy, but would also reach out to the gatekeepers and leaders in these communities. child care providers, caregivers for the elderly and equip them with not only the technology, but also the audiovisual know how to connect these communities to the possibilities of broadband and meaningful content. fulfilling the promise of public media will require many changes. chief among these is better broadband. just as the original system was premised on universal service in every town, so to the new media system requires broad band. the broadband system without the mindful efforts of public media entities to create and connect. just to take one example, science education could move to a new level with access to hd to videoconferencing. for examp

on the state level, americorps. he was very much responsible for that and felt strongly about it.t was kind of a domestic extension of his brothers' efforts with the peace corps. he was involved in local issues, of course, and would weigh in on occasion, oftentimes around environmental issues. he was someone you could go to when you had a particular problem around a particular issue. kennedy's office and kennedy personally was very available. he had no pretense. that was very striking. he was known worldwide and yet he was a very approachable person without any pretense. on a personal level people who did not agree with him, some of the most ardent republicans in this area were among his best friends. host: how did critics treat him? guest: people who did not know him might lash out, listen to talk radio or the blogs, those who knew him well and were close to him, regardless of their politics all fell -- from what i have observed a over the many years had enormous affection for him. they will miss him. we all love him. host: i have read a couple of stories about the session and ho

city year is the nation's largest americorps program and a leader in the national service movement.the core members are typically high school graduates or college graduates between the ages of 17 and 24 and they give a year of their -- a year of their lives to help change the world by working in these challenged schools. the core members provide moderate intensity interventions, including attendance monitoring, homework assistance, small group instruction, and help understanding and completing assignments. they also lead a variety of really engaging after-school activities. in addition, the school contracted with communities and schools for two full-time social workers, who coordinate the provision of intensive interventions to students and families. one works mainly with sixth grade students and their families in an attempt to get the specialized intensive support to those students who need it the most early in the student's middle cchool career. the second social worker is the on-site coordinator. he works across grades six through eight to connect students and families to communi