but on the day we live in an america that is as loyal to our troops as they have been to us, we will live in a stronger america and that is why we must help elect barack obama our president. in election is a turning points election. and it's critical that we all understand what our choice really is. will we go forward together or wheth will we stall and slip backwards. think how much progress we have made already. when we first started, people everywhere asked the same questions, could a woman really serve as commander and chief? i think we answered that one. and could an african american really be our president and senator obama has answered that one. together senator obama and i achieved milestones essential to our progress as a nation and part of our duty to form a more perfect union. now, on a personal note, when i was asked what it means to be a woman running for president, i gave the same answer, i was proud to be running as a woman and i was running because i thought i would be the best president. but -- [ applause ] but i am a come and like millions women, i know there are sti

but on the day we live in an america fueled by renewable energy, we will live in a stronger america and that is why we have to help elect barack obama our president. we'll have to work hard to bring our troops home from iraq and get them the support they've earned by their service. but on the day we live in an america that's as loyal to our troops as they have been to us, we will live in a stronger america and that is why we must help elect barack obama our president. this election is a turning point election and it is critical that we all is. will we go forward together or will we stall and slip backwards? now think how much progress we've already made. when we first started people everywhere asked the same questions -- could a woman really serve as commander in chief? well, i think we answered that one. and could an african-american really be our president? and senator obama has answered that one. together senator obama and i achieved milestones essential to our progress as a nation, part of our perpetual duty to form a more perfect union. now on a personal note when i was asked what

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i believe in an america that is officially neither catholic, protestant, nor jewish and where religiousible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all. >> jon: now if you'll excuse me, there is a show girl. it was a watershed moment for catholic aspirations in this country, one that paved the way for kennedy's presidency and perhaps without that speech there would be no presidential candidacy for catholic rick santorum, a debt he acknowledges with the following. >> very late in my political career i had the opportunity to read the speech, and i almost threw up. snon i know. were you reading it in a car because that can or a poorly air ated bus. or reading it while on coney island on one of those crazy pirate ship thingy because it's hard to read on those things or stand. i can only assume you rick santorum were in an ill ventilated vehicle because kennedy's speech lays out why someone who practices a faith that voters are not as familiar with shouldn't be disqualified from office. unless... what did you think he said? >> to say that people of faith have no role no r

that is an optimistic america, an inclusive america, and a country with whom they want to partner and not fight. >> reporter: shah believes faith-based groups can, and should, be key partners in the u.s. government's humanitarian efforts. >> we want to do our work, which is about protecting people who are vulnerable around the world and expanding the reach of human dignity, as broadly as possible. and often it is communities of faith, ith- based oranizions, thatre there workinwhenhe rest ofhe world has forgotten about people who have no other place to turn. >> reporter: at 38, shah is one of the obama administration's youngest top-ranking officials. he is hindu and says his interest in humanitarian issues was first fostered by his parents, who immigrated to the u.s from india. >> when i was seven or eight years old, i don't remember exactly when, i went to visit india, and they took me through slum communities just so i could see how people lived. and i grew up in suburban detroit. i'nevebeen exposed to that before. and when you see other kids your age, when you're seven or eight year

number one, an america built to last needs a strong transportation infrastructure. that's why the president's budget will improve highways, railways and transit networks and will continue to ensure these systems are safe. of the president's $476 billion

an innovation economy. and nobody does innovation better than america. in today's innovation economy, we also need a world class commitment to science and research. to that end, our budget calls for $5 million to the office of science, which promotes -- which funds much of our more fundamental research with its mission. its mission being the department of energy missions. we have now five hubs -- three that are up and running, two more that are in preparatory stage of foas. these hubs, and if you add the centers that are the prototype of our hubs that were started in the previous administration, there's a lot of very, very good things now coming out of the first set of hubs, but our budget calls for a new hub on electricity systems. electricity systems means the unification of the power distribution, how do you si synchronize renewables with energy storage. our budget also calls for $120 million to continue the sport of the 46 energy frontier research centers we have. these centers are published more than a thousand peer review papers and filed patent di

number one, an america built to last needs a strong transportation infrastructure. that's why the president's budget will improve highways, railways and transit networks and will continue to ensure these systems are safe. of the president's $476 billion proposal, $305 billion would fund road and bridge improvements. a 34% increase over the previous authorization. the president's plan will modernize and simplify the highway structure by consolidating more than 55 programs into five programs. of course investing in our transit systems is another critical need. the president's budget includes $108 billion over six year for transit, 105% increase. it will prioritize projects that rebuild and rehabilitate existing transit systems and include an important new $45 million transit safety program, which we believe is critical. we've been talking to all of you about that for the last couple of years. and the president's budget provides $2.5 billion in 2013 as part of a $45 billion six-year investment to continue support of inner city passenger rail including construction of a

>> thomas friedman really clarified it for all of us he said we have to build an america where peopleto build here in america because they feel they will become successful here in america. they are also talking about the immigration -- >> oops. wait. hold on for one second. because newt gingrich is speaking. >> there we go. >> i think he is going to be heading for the podium. all right. let's go back -- i didn't mean to cut you off. >> no. there are many different concerns here. there are two conversations that came out in terms of economic rehabilitation here in the united states. he is starting so i'll hold off. >> you. we'll listen to him and come back to you. >> you can't help not listening to him. he'll make you. >> thank you all very, very much. and thank all of you up here. i particularly want to start by thanking the attorney general who has been a great statewide leader. i also want to thank the major and alan levine who co-chaired statewide and helped us put this together stayed wide. and i want to introduce my daughter kathy and her husband pall. i'm very proud of kathy, be

that creates a -- well, i just think an ugly situation in america. an unfair situation in america. and i think as the federal government does, which does not allow unions, public sector unions to negotiate wages and benefits, i think that's the local governments to be in the same position. >> thank you. this is the last question. interestingly enough, the most penetrating questions come from stu students. this is from a 13-year-old student who put a postscript on there. my teacher says she will bump my grade up to an "a" if you answer my question. so i'm helping you out. keeping light with a penetrating question, as president, how would you help homeless people? >> well, as i said before, we have -- we have to be concerned about everybody. from the very rich to the very poor. if you look at my track record, you know, we -- it was actually david brooks, no great friend of conservatives, who wrote several years ago, there hasn't been a single piece of legislation dealing with the poor in the senate over the last 12 years that my name wasn't either attached to or leading on. i really

at 27 and 29 to make room for the construction of the cruise ship terminal that will be used as an america's cup venue by installing a power facility at your 70. the request of our assistance as much as they did with the facilities in making a contribution to the project after the project has demonstrated that it is bringing additional kilowatt hours of demand to us. they would be obligated for the cost of the system. the staff is presenting this to their commission today, and assuming they receive consent, we will be bringing a similar item for your consideration at the next commission business meeting. >> on the 1.5 million, what does that represent? >> 1.5 of the 1.7 costs for the facility. it takes into consideration the total cost and opportunity for increased

i don't believe in an america where the separation of church and state is ab absolute. the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely anathetical to the objectives and the vision of our country. >> apparently not familiar with thomas jefferson. his arangement -- his argument which is stupid on all levels of stupid i wasn't aware of. he is mentioning the first amendment. it is basically -- he is making a free speech argument. >> he is making a free speech argument. >> nobody is saying you can't talk about religion. it is the establishment of religion in the functioning of government he is objecting to. >> he is not saying nobody can talk about religion and first of all and they are worried he will be taking orders from the pope. >> he did take orders from the pope. >> was the pope an intern? >> the thing about that comment and -- is he wasn't just wrong, he was lying. it couldn't be further from what he said. i will say he wasn't lying and he was just dumb. but let me read another line. we establish no religion in this coun

a line in "after america," it's an old talibans thing, not an old, a recent taliban saying. they say the americans have all the watches but we have all the time. i don't know if it is a genuine taliban saying it. sounds to me like a rather lame country's olympic but it might be. they have a point, in other words, they're taking the long view. and i think it is very hard to take the long view without religion. post-christian europe for example, it's fascinating to me. post-christian europe, and to use that phrase not provocatively. i use that phrase because the european commission or use it to me once, when we talk about the state of the european union and called it post-christian europe and, in other words, we refer to all that mumbo-jumbo and we do not have a perfect society. and in the way they did but just one generation. because it has no transcendent purpose and it's very difficult, even atheists, even atheists, if they think about it, honest, will understand that their life will be more agreeable in certain kinds of society than it would, if you ask the average atheist

. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute. where no catholic zealot would tell the president should he be catholic how to act. and no protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote. where no church or church school can granted any public funds or political preference. and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him. >> that makes me throw up. and it should make every american seeing from a president someone who is now trying to tell people of faith that you will do what the government says. we are going to impose our values on you. not that you can't come to the public square and argue against it but now we're going to turn around and say we're going to impose our values from the government on people of faith, which, of course, is the next logical step when people of faith, at least according to john kennedy have no role in the public square. >> bill: who is right? jfk or rick santorum? well, let's go to ro

i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute. where no catholic could tell the president should he be catholic how to act and no protestant minister would tell his people how to vote. >> wow. john, that was pretty unexceptional. he made the statement that the bishops of the day, there was a lot of fear of catholic bishops in those days, would not be his bosses. certainly the pope would not be. did he say something wrong? is santorum right here? should the bishops give the order to catholic politicians. >> the first amendment protects religion. i don't know how many ways we have to say this. mitt romney gave a speech more like jack kennedy's speech he would be in better shape in the polls. i think rick santorum is wrong on this. the reason religion flourishes in america is because it is protected from the government. i wish rick santorum -- >> how many states would jack kennedy have gotten if he gave a rick santorum speech back in '60? >> i think massachusetts. >> we laugh because it would have been an absurd statement to say. >>

the mta, the general fund department, that is one reason why we thought it was prudent to put in an america's cup budget allocation. >> any other questions or comments from the commission? >> thank you for a very cogent presentation. showing us what has evolved. >> thank you. there was a slide -- in determining the lost opportunity cost for the four -- for the port that was provided -- on the net present value -- >> the present value of the rent streams we would turn on those assets, the event authority by what we are reimbursing mumbai use of the assets is discounted by a 11%. that's a difference in methodology. baer investment earns 11% interest. >> i have a question to clarify. is it because budget and less use an estimate that we are now at 88 million and we would not -- i hear that correctly? >> that represents the estimate. the budget analyst recommends we reimburse them based on an estimate rather than actual. the actual cost may be higher or lower. one benefit to move to an estimate model is of helps us -- >> this is now on a fixed level for us. even know it's not based on actuals to

. >> i don't believe in an america of a separation of church and state. the idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country. to see that people of faith have no role in the public square? you bet that makes you throw up. >> wow. in september of 1960, many of us remember john kennedy travelled to houston to speak to the greater houston association. he argued that the catholic church would not dictate his presidency. let's watch a bit of that historic speech. >> it is apparently necessary for me to state once again. not what kind of church i believe in, for that should be important only to me, but what kind of america i believe in. i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute. where no catholic could tell the president to be catholic and how to act and no protestant minister would tell his people who to vote. >> wow. john, that was pretty unexceptional. he made the statement that the bishops of the day, there was

that is based on values, an america that is based on the surgeon moral principles and that is not afraid to lead and to engage. that was richard come and of course we miss him terribly. with richard there was no separation between the personal and professional. as a result, we shared everything. a center for 17 years he didn't miss a single day wherever he was in calling home. so this may come as a surprise to some. he was a very good husband. how he found the time to be such a caring for and to so many literally thousands of people and i say that now with some authority because i think i've had letters from most of them. i spent the first few weeks after richard's passing reading letters and we've been through them and letters of such quality i don't think i've received a single pro-forma condolence note. there were letters obviously written as much for the sake of the person writing them as for me. people seem to want to capture that interaction with this man with the sense that -- sorry. that he would not come again. or that his like. there was -- sorry. this is hard but it's importan

there was a reference in one of the publications that i read this week, an america built to last, which is a document the president put out right after he took office. an international minimum tax, the president's proposing to ensure that all american companies pay a minimum tax in their overseas profits. preventing other countries from attracting american business through a unusually low tax rates. >> you're giving us a little more credit for the idea than we deserve, because senator kemp proposed a similar strategy. >> how would you propose? >> we'll give you a little bit more detail in the next couple of weeks. because what you want to do, you want to look at the overall mix of a reduction in the corporate tax rate broadening the base. eand we have the same challenge. we have a tax system now, which at the margin encourages people to shift investment income, to lower tax jurisdictions and we would like to have a tax system that improves foreign investment in the united states, it's a hard thing to do, especially to do it in a way that's fiscally responsible. that's why we're proposin

i don't believe in an america with a separation of church and state is absolute. the idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country. this is the first amendment. the first amendment says the free exercise of religion. that means bringing everybody, people of faith and no faith, into the public square. kennedy for the first time articulated a vision saying, no, faith is not allowed in the public square. i will keep it separate. go on and read the speech. i will have nothing to do with faith. i won't consult with people of faith. it was an absolutist doctrine. >> rose: richard land is the president of the ethics and religious liberty commission. from washington e.j.study on, a columnist for the "washington post." here in new york jon meacham is executive editor of random house and matt dowd a contributor for bloomberg news and abc news. i am pleased to have all of them here. let me begin you with, matt dowd, tell me what you know about what the polling says

. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute.o catholic fellow would tell the president, should he be catholic, how to act. no protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote. where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference. where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him. or the people who might elect him. >> 51 years after then senator kennedy gave that speech in houston after winning the democratic presidential nomination we no longer live in kennedy's america and rick santorum is working hard to become the first catholic republican party nominee for president and now rick santorum is campaigning against a president who's been dead for 48 years. >> the first line, first substantive line in the speech says, i believe in america where the separation of church and state is absolute. i don't believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute. the idea that the church can have no influence

. >> and what a man did to win a high octane ride on an america's cup racing boat jie. and then later on "nightline." >> coming up next on "nightline," it is a steamy knew christian movement as pastors are urging their flock to have more sex to bring them back to god. and extreme penny pinchers. they compete to live on a dime and win >>> tonight the san francisco 49ers are a major step closer to playing in the south bay. santa clara has just signed off on the contractor, the terms, the pebble tees. the penalties. it looks like the goal is to complete it a year ahead of schedule. lisa, when did they help you get it built? >> august 31st, 2014, just in time for football season. if the contractors can't do it, they will face major penalties. a new stadium and a new home by 2014. >> not only is it a great contract to make sure things are built on time and on budget with the best people and the best materials, it means that we will have football here able to play in 2014. >> reporter: if the contractor doesn't meet its deadlines, it will be fined $6 million per missed game w

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