or national coordinator for the answer coalition keep our eyes out for this weekend with a conference in town. let's turn now to a film that was just released this week on d.v.d. and brings to light i history of the occupation of afghanistan and the violence and the struggles that continue in afghanistan now some documents years of the history there and how that history is paving or is playing a role in our world today it's called shadow of afghanistan and it's made up of twenty years of footage of the soviet occupation in that country which led to the exile of millions of refugees a violent civil war there and the evolution of the taliban and its relationship with al-qaeda here's a few scenes from the documentary. in the 1980's. documentary film which began covering the war in afghanistan. one would survive together with. one crew was focused on the afghan people fighting a superpower soviet union. the other was making a documentary on refugees around the world. to film projects would finally. dr susan bowman and jim burroughs they gave this story a chance to be told and retold once

prime backer from the answer coalition says israel and not iran which should be considered a major threat in the middle east. i don't think israel's assertions are real at all i think it's part of the game plan as part of a coordinated assault iran does not have a nuclear weapon israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons or one subscribes to the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency its nuclear program is monitored israel won't sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty israel routinely invades its neighbors as it has over the past four decades iran has never started a war so when you look at all of these actual facts you would say the real menace to the peace in the middle east is israel iran is not a menace is iran is being targeted and i think this is part of the israeli hype arrogating to itself the right to strike as it did in iraq in one thousand need you want to gets nuclear facilities as it did in syria in two thousand and seven as it would like to do now in iran but the united states government is somewhat afraid that if israel carries out a unilateral scrape within the middl

decides to take action well it earlier i spoke with brian becker the national carbonator for the answer coalition and i first asked him what he thinks will come out of this weekend's conference and also some of the broader implications of decisions regarding iran. we are witnessing a carefully coordinated and calibrated assault against iran this multi-faceted it includes economic sanctions that are very powerful as president obama said this week it's creating a world of hurt in iran i mean quite interesting that of course the people in iran are the ones suffering because of economic sanctions but at the same time you have assassinations of scientists you have subversion and commando units and covert operations and of course the always looming threat of actual military strikes by either israel or the united states so the idea is to keep is iran in a state of extreme tension as part of a destabilization effort of the current government but do you think that israel actually feels what jim extract from iran or is this you know more building up to high or as you say are trying to keep them in a state

. >> in san francisco dozens of protestors killed from the answer coalition demanded the u.s. end the war in afghanistan and withdrawal the troops now. staying any longer they say will lead to more massacres. >>> the president of the university of southern mississippi is apologizing for a derogatory chant made by band members during an ncaa tournament game. some members could be heard chanting quote where is your green card while kansas state freshman angel rodriguez was shooting free throws. he was born in puerto rico but a u.s. citizen. the president of southern miss is promising disciplinary action against the students involved. rodriguez and kansas state went on to beat southern miss 70-64. >>> many people in petaluma are pitching in to help out the little league team. last weekend someone broke into the team's equipment shed and made off with bats, balls and helmets. the total loss was estimated at $3,000. since then donations have been pouring in including a $1,000 from the petaluma police officers association. as a result they won't miss a single at bat. >>> the rivalry

. >> protesters from the answer coalition demanded that the u.s. withdraw our troops now. staying any longer, they said, will lead to more massacres. they also said the war is criminal and that apologies by the president and others are showing they're hypocrites. >>> and fishing game warden looking at the crab population. ktvu says that the fisherman is not going down without a fight. >> for the crab fishermen, it is one of the rules of the high seas. no matter what you find in the crab pot, leave the females and some of the males behind. >> for maturity and reproduction services. >> reporter: today, they convicted estes in what the prosecutors are calling a violation of state law. prosecutors say estes brought about 45,000-pounds of crab to this fishery in 2010. the catch was inspected. they found that 991 pounds measured under six and a quarter inches. the under-sized males are supposed to be left at sea to breed with the females and continue the species. >> so if those males were then caught on a commercial size, the population would collapse. >

. >> protesters from the answer coalition demanded that the u.s.anistan, and withdraw our troops now. staying any longer, they said, will lead to more massacres. they also said the war is criminal and that apologies by the president and others are showing they're hypocrites. >>> and fishing game warden looking at the crab says that t not going down without a fight. >> for the crab fishermen, it is one of the rules of the high seas. no matter what you find in the some of the males behind. >> for maturity and reproduction services. >> reporter: today, they convicted estes in what the prosecutors are calling a violation of state law. prosecutors say estes brought about 45,000-pounds of crab to this fishery in 2010. the catch was inspected. they found that 991 pounds measured under six and a quarter inches. the under-sized males are supposed to be left at sea to breed with the females and continue the species. >> so if those males were then caught on a commercial size, the population would collapse. >> the law allows one percent to be undersized. exper

i agree with what you said and i think that the short answer that i would give is that the coalition that is supported the legislation included the u.s. chamber of commerce, it included the afl, cio and many of the individual sectors that the legislation imposed obligations on but it was larnlly a washington-based coalition the challenge, the two buckets that the senator justified, which is we need to broaden and deepen the coalition that is in support, there need to be voices card across the country, it's partsly a education process and encouraging both the sector s of the economy and the worker s and the groups actually who get benefit from the us being a leader in technology and invention and creativity to speak up and have their voices haer haerds. and we need to responds in way that the campaign was run this time and be in a position to contradict claims that don't have a basis in truth. so, i think those are approximate -- those are the big challenges, being more effective in communicating. >> i appreciate that and i've been thinking through when it became this silicone valley

the short answer i would give is that the coalition that supported the legislation included the u.s. chamber of commerce, the afl/cio, many sectors of the legislation as opposed restraints on. i think the challenge -- we need to broaden and deepen the coalition that is in support. the need to be voices across the country well outside of washington. that is partly an education process. it is partly simply encouraging both sectors of the economy and the workers and the groups who derive the benefit from the u.s. being a leader in technology, invention, innovation, and creativity to speak up and have their voices heard. secondly, i think we have to get a lot smarter and a lot more engaged in terms of the communication, the social media and respond in the way the campaign was run this time and be in a position to contradict claims that do not have a basis in truth. in think those are the big challenges. broadening and deepening the coalition and having it well outside of washington i think would be much more effective in communicating. >> i appreciate that. literally millions of artists

coalition? >> it would. it would if it were three hours. quite frankly, some of our christian churches hold services that lasts three hours. they are not all 45 minutes masses. >> thank you for answering my question and making me feel guilty at the same time. >> you are welcome. [laughter] >> [leads names] -- reads names] >> that afternoon. i am part of the free muni women's rights coalition. we are going to be organizing low-income youth past campaigns. we are participating in the revenue panel to look for revenue solutions. we want to be a part of that. we really want to see solutions that improved muni without cutting service. > the index affairs for any age level. muni has been a full partner in identifying funding to pay for the program in working with the office, as you have heard, and we have identified a full pending and for the pilot project in gives us years to work together on a permanent part source of funding. there are some in the city, county, in regional sources that are designed to improve climate change and air quality to improve mobility for low-income communities of color and making transit youth more affordable. more specifically, $5 million of that will come from

but it's worth having a question and answer session, what we are doing on this side of the house, the two parties that came together in the coalition is sort out the banking system which she left in a mess. to sort out the public finances that she left in a mess. to sort out the economy which she left in a mess. to stop the privatization of the nhs that they left a mess. in government, the labor party ran out of ideas and in opposition they are running out of ideas. >> laurelly, birch. >> my friend may be aware of figures released this week that show there a their has been some progress toward the target of 15% of women on boards by 2015, what can our coalition government do to ensure that we -- that they meet this target and enrich our force with a diversity of talent to achieve the growth that we as a country need? >> i think it's excelleneen for progress to get more women on to our boards. i think everyone agrees that having more women on boards is good for all of the companies involved. there was a woefully misrepresentation of those on our board and i hope we will put the pressure on to see it increase in the future. >> mary?

coalition. >> gotcha. will? >> to answero not have an appetite for doing anything in syria. there's a month old cnn/orc poll that says 75% of americans feel no responsibility to intervene in syria. chris said something that really needs to be reflected on. he said it might not be a blip on the radar. i think that's extremely presumptuous based upon a short-term outcome in libya. we shouldn't go into any war, any military action with the presumption that it might not be prettied by eiey ebad. i think americans understand that. what's the end goal? libya is not over. we'll see how this plays out. >> let me play you guys a bit of the trailer from the sarah palin hbo movie that debuts this week. take a look. >> i'm not sure how much he knows about foreign policy. >> you can actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> my god, what have we done? >> it wasn't my fault. i wasn't properly prepped. i miss my baby. >> she's on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. >> telling me what to say, what to wear, how to talk. i am not

answer. >> they are probably looking for jobs. >> when it comes to office politics, you say build a broad coalition of support. >> i think what people make the mistake in doing a lot is if you are my peer and you are my boss, i'm going to talk to you all the time. talk to everybody. be nice to the receptionist. be nice to the facilities person. build a broad coalition of people who like you, because that's your work environment. and you want the grassroots, right, the politics, the grassroots people to like you. >> they are often your best friend. >> that's true. the -- >> and don't talk about people? >> the truism is, even though they might be interested in what you are saying about someone else, they are wondering, what does that person say about me behind my back? >> and core values? >> it is always good to stay with good core values. >> you also say, play by the rules. >> right. know what the politics of your office is. >> right. know what is proper behavior, what is not proper behavior. we talk about those intangibles. get to know them so you feel like one of the team. it is difficult to be an outliar. >> and we talk about dodg

>> i'll answer this and then -- i think the point we've said is that every tool is on the table today. and we, as a coalition, are going to pursue a range of options. we've talked about shareholder actions, consumer actions, what state and local pension funds can do. legal action, et cetera. at some point, we may decide, as a coalition, that there is a company worthy of a consumer boycott. we haven't made that decision yet. but it's the kind of tool we could use. please? >> we're going to pay the koch brothers a visit this spring, i promise. >> we -- i appreciated that answer, because common cause september of201 i had never heard of the koch brothers. we paid them a visit last january in california, where we had a rally and where we had a . and this was before they were fully exposed in the wisconsin issue and became houseld words. and the one thing i learned about charles and david is,h pu. they, for ten years, have had secret sessions in june and january to try to corporatize our democracy. of these groups have not only shown a light on the brother, but on other individual wealthy persons who want to move

coalition with a lengthy name. i come from a neighborhood with severe problem, and what i am offering is a way out of fashion -- of that, and i do not have the answers, but i have an algorithm. i think of is little early. >> i want to urge the task force to be clear about expectations it is creating, and you could decide to have the 50 your deadline and then decide to make changes to it, but thought would be a problem, so something you might want to consider is having some deadline for a final draft and made a really clear it is subject to final changes of a later meeting. >> i will take comments. >> i appreciate what the speakers said about the fifth being too close in their opinion, and i am beginning to share the opinion, to the fourth, and i am beginning to share that idea of needing a little more time to have access to its common and i would be comfortable moving the state to the ninth instead of the fifth region moving the date to the fifth if he is open. the other analogy is a construction analogy. if we think of substantial completion and are open to making small adjustments after the ninth should we take that approach, but i am very uncomfo

answers. i do want to thank kathy and kristin, the ms. magazine, feminist majority, moms rising are taking the lead in the her votes coalition. they've done an amazing job. thank you. those blog carnivals that her votes is doing are really fun and i encourage all of you, go to her votes.us. get engaged with the blog carnivals. they're really neat. we'll see more of them and more things going on as well through her votes as we approach the election. the national organization for women is engaged for this entire year leading right up to the 2012 elections in a massive voter education and mobilization project because we know that we have to get the word out to women about what is at stake this year. this really is a pivotal year for women. somebody gwh the women's vote - think, melanie, you gave statistics as to wh 2008. 64% of women voted in 2008 versus 57% of men. in 2010 those mb voting plummeted. that's the word defused by the noted pollster sheechlt sa. she said plummeted is exactly the right word. when women did not get out and vote in 2010, what was the result? the tea party. the tea party. a virtually unprecedented war a

have done as members of the coalition, members of the treatment and prevention, and awful you who have been so helpful, some of you since the very beginning in 1996. to answer the question what would be the one thing i would want to add? the final rule. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you all for coming today. i would also like to thank the national press club s journali institute and broadcast center for organizing today's event. finally, there is a reminder that you can find more information about the national presssite. also, if you would like to get a copy of today's program, please check out our web site at www.press.org. again, thank you all very much for joining us and we are all adjourned. [ applause ] >>> in a few moments, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on the economy. and in three hours, mary schapiro, member of the securities and exchange commission, talks about the dodd frank regulations law. these fans wrote to the white house coverage continues with a republican caucus and three primaries this month. on saturday, the missouri caucuses will continue determining delegates for the national convention. puerto rico hold its primary on sunda

i completely agree with what you said and i think the short answer that i would give is that the coalition that supported the legislation included the u.s. chamber of commerce, it included the afl-cio, it included actually many of the individual sectors out of the legislation impose obligations on. but it was largely a washington-based coalition. and i think the challenge, really the two buckets that the senate are just identify, which is we need to broaden and deepen the coalition that is in support, there needs to be voices across the country well outside of washington, and that's partly an education process. it's partly simply encouraging actually both the sectors of the economy and the workers and the groups actually who derived benefit from the u.s. being a leader in technology and invention and innovation, creativity, to actually speak up and have their voices heard. and then secondly, i think we have to get a lot smarter and a lot more engaged in terms of documentation and the social media and respond in the way that the campaign was run this time, and be in a position to contradict

shorthand answer, the policy remains the same and in pursuing that policy we have worked closely with the congress to implement the most far reaching sanctions and we have developed an international coalition that preventing iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability that is working with us. you know, three years ago, we did not have that consensus in the international community, there was a lot of unwillingness and resistance in going along with tougher sanctions, from the beginning we had a two track policy, pressure and engagement. and as we talk today the pressure is rachietly up, we ar working to implement the sanctions and and we have strong support for these sanctions by the international atomic energy agency and we have seen finally a response from iran that they are willing to discuss their nuclear weapons program with the p-5 plus one. so we think the sanction s are effecting the thinking of the iranians in the leadership. but, we have to remain vigilant and keep the pressure on. >> thank you very much. i think i can get a question and answer in 44 seconds? >> or you could yield back and give more time to others like i did. >> and being the wise legislator that he did, dr. pa

answers. a san jose group wants to know sooner than later what happened the man police shot a man to death in his bedroom. 47-year-old ga lindo threatened them with a gun. the coalition for justice and accountability sent a layer to chuck reid. they are urging him to make sure there is no unnecessary delay in the investigation into ga lindo's death. the deadly officer-involved shooting happened in december and they claim in the past, similar investigations had taken up to a year and say that's unreasonable. the gun ga lindo pointed their way is the same one that was used to kill a woman two months earlier. >> back online and back to normal after a major communication break down. thousands of verizon customers were disconnected after a contractor accidentally cut a fiber optic line. machines and internet service went down and phones were giving a busy signal. >> if there was a fire, the fire company is not going to be communicated with through our system. there was a problem with that. >> police say emergency services were never compromised. >> chalk it up as a win for the 49ers. the team is a step closer to getting a new stadium. a judge ruled the voters will not wei

answers. so my question to you is what is the defense department weighing? what the white house talking about internally as we go back to the earlier question about options and building an international coalition or letting this thing play out internally within syria and see a change of regime within that country? >> i would not be at all surprise surprised, and i say it not on the basis of personal information, but i would not be at all surprised if the pentagon would have been asked to game out a number of interventions, and i would suspect that one would include a management of no-fly zone without putting the boot s t boots on the ground, and i suspect that the other would be creating safe havens in turkey and jordan borders and the third is a creation of a humanitarian corridor protected by allied military units either with the turkish support or some other country closer to the ground. so i have a feeling that when the white house says to the pentagon that it is pulling together some things, that is what it is talking about. i don't believe that we should look at the exercise and planning to suggest that we are anywhere near a decision point on undertaking any of the i initiatives and i t

answer is no, they can't. we are spending billions of dollars there. the coalitionorces that are in place and the impact it has on the economy. this is the long-term issue. the international community is going to have to step up and decide how much support is there. we are not going to be there forever. the ability to sustain afghan security forces is not something they can do on their own. what afghanistan looks like past 2015 is a big question. caller: good morning. i agree with many of the callers this morning. in short, our goals in afghanistan are noble and come across as a good, positive thing. but truth be told, we could have those goals and a number of nations across the world. the bottom line is we cannot afford to keep doing it. for example, countries in africa. there is a lot of nation building we could continue to do but we cannot keep doing it. if we were in these and other third world countries, we would make new enemies. the taliban did not start out as our enemy. once we were there, they became our enemies. we simply cannot keep doing this. guest: ag

answers. moms rising are taking a lead in the her votes coalition. those blog carnivals are really fun. it in days. they are really needs. you will see more of them and more things going on through her votes. the national organization for women is engaged in a massive voter education and mobilization project. we know we have to get the word out to women about what is at stake this year. this really is a pivotal year for women. somebody gave statistics about what the women's vote was in 2008. 64% voted in 2008. in 2010, the number of women voting plummeted. that is the word that is used by the noted pollster. she said plummeted is the right word. when women did not get out and vote in 2010, what was the result? the tea party. an unprecedented war against women. tea party elected officials flooded into the united states congress and legislatures, taking over all three governing bodies, the house, the senate, and the governorship in many states. what is the result of that? we have seen the sorry and pathetic spectacle of a panel of men considering contraception and announcing to the world

answer this. i think the point we have said is that every tool is on the table today. we as a coalitione going to systematically pursued a range of options. we talked about shareholder actions, consumer actions, what the state and local pension funds can do, legal action, etc. . at some poor women decide there is a consumer boycott, will not made that yet. koch re going to pay the brothers a visit, i promise. [laughter] >> i present that answer because in december of 2010 i had never heard of the koch brothers. we pay them a visit and last january. fullys before they're exposed in the wisconsin issue and became household words. the one thing i learned is they do not like the publicity. for 10 years they have had a secret sessions in june and january to try to corporatize our democracy. many of these groups have not only shot a light on the brothers, bond other individual, wealthy persons who want to move our democracy more towards a plutocracy. it was bill moyers and said this is the most dangerous moment in american history. we will either be a nation of and five for the people, or of

answers that we hope you will be able to provide. naked, chairman. >> i think the gentleman, and i ask unanimous consent that a letter from a commodity customer's coalition thanks are committee for our work be part of the record today. >> without objection. so ordered. >> i would like to yield now to the general fund texas, mr. canseco. >> think you, mr. chairman. back in the fall of 2008, when the financial crisis was unfolding, then candidate obama stated in a debate the importance of holding ourselves accountable day in, day out, not just when there is a crisis for folks who have power and influence and can hire lobbyists, but for nurses, teachers, police officers, who frankly at the end of each month, they have a little financial crisis going. well, there is a big financial crisis going on right now. for farmers, ranchers across the country, that cannot access their portion of $1.6 billion that has gone missing at mf global. this past week we learned that the ceo john corson likely was not the innocent bystander he claimed to be in front of this committee in december. yet for all the rhetoric we hear from the obama administration about holding people

coalition partners. he talked about the shared values between candidate and the u.s. and later answeredminutes. they're courtesy of canada's public affairs channel cpac. >> the honorable ray mabus, u.s. secretary of the navy. ray mabus is the 75th u.s. secretary of the navy, as secretary he leads american's navy and marine corps and is responsible for a -- you have copies of his curriculum vitae, his biography in your packages, allow me simply to make a few remarks about his background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. mabus served in a variety of top posts and government and the private sector. in 1987, he was elected as the youngest governor of mississippi at the age of 39. in more than 100 years at the time of his election, and previously as state auditor, 1984 to 1988 and was instrumental in rooting out huge corruption and misappropriation of public funds in county government in 25 counties. he was appointed ambassador to the kingdom of saudi arabia for the clinton administration in 1984. let me end the introduction of our spendid speaker this morni

answers that we hope you'll be able to provide. and two, chairman. >> i thank the gentleman. i ask unanimous consent that a letter from the commodity customers coalition, actually thinking the full committee for our work, mf global to a part of the record today. without objection, so ordered. >> now i would like to yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. canseco, for a minute and a half. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, back in the fall of 2008, the financial crisis was unfolding. then candidate obama stated in a debate the importance of quote holding ourselves accountable day in, day out, not just when there's a crisis for folks who have power and influence and can hire lobbyists, but for nurses, the teacher, the police officer, who frankly at the end of each month, they've got a little financial crisis going, closed quote. well, there's a big financial crisis going on right now for farmers and ranchers across the country that can't access their portion of $1.6 billion that's gone missing at mf global. this past week we learned that ceo jon corzine likely wasn't the innocent bystander he claimed to be in front of this committee back in the summer