tavis: the new book from arianna huffington is called "third world america." she is co-founder of the huffington post. >> i would love to invite your viewers to come to our special and share their stories of struggle and overcoming obstacles, because by fighting each other and connecting with each other, we have a much better chance of solving these problems. tavis: : i am sure the viewers will take you up on that. arianna, think you for being on the program. that is our show for this kind. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i am tavis smiley. join me next time for our interview with tim robbins on the jamestown settlement. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer. literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. nationwide is on your side. >> an

go to arianna huffington. arianna, congratulations on "the huffington post." it's enormous. it's big. >> thank you. i thought you were going to congratulate me for bringing howard fineman on board. >> well, i was going to start with you, greatness. and your greatness. i'll start with yours. talk about the news. you cover the progressive news better than anybody. so let me talk about the progressive. let's call it the progressive centrist coalition which won the last election. the combination of moderates in the democratic party, progressives democratic party and some moderate high-thinking, i would say, republicans, like colin powell and people like that, who i know, susan eisenhower who voted for obama. how do you hold that thing together in perpitude? how do you build the way that tony blair built the new labor party in britain? here's bill clinton with some advice for the democrats, and nobody does this better the center left thing than mr. bill. let's listen. >> i told the president last time i talked to him, i said, i don't think they're saying very many things about yo

tonight, the perspective from the left and a book by arianna huffington. ifill sat down with her last week. she joins us from new york. welcome. >> thank you, gwen. >> ifill: arianna, i look at the cover of your book and i think to myself america is still the world's most prosperous nation. how do you define "third world"? >> well, i know it's a jarring phrase, gwen, but i chose it deliberatery because i felt that we needed a warning. we needed to sort of sound the alarm about the trajectory we're arm about the middle-class crumbling. and the middle-class is the foundation not just of our democracy and our prosperity but our political stability. and so as the middle-class is crumbling, we really have a certain time, a window during which we can course correct and turn things around. and i end the book on an optimistic note that we can do that, but only if we bring a sense of urgency to the undertaking. >> ifill: you're a political animal, when you say the middle-class is crumbling, what are the events you would say led us to this point? >> well, it has bee

joining us now is arianna huffington cofounder and editor-in-chief of huffington post and author of theo have you here. >> great to be here, rachel. >> democrats seem to be okay with conservative democrats sort of waging war against their own party. why is that? >> sort of hoping that one day maybe one of them will be the 60th vote on some compromise piece of legislation and therefore he cannot afford to really take them on. it's also something else which is that maybe progressives and the middle class need to sort of face up to the fact that the president is not that much into them. that he would rather hang out with larry summers or flirt with olympia snow or play war games late into the night with general petraeus. and there is something about that, too. plus, the fact that he has compromised his own arch narrative. remember, he set up the deficit commission before he set up a jobs commission. and we're not talking here about a marginal issue. we're talking about the core issue of the democratic party, which is jobs and protecting the middle class and working people. so when you do t

. >>> and analysis of all the week's politics with our "roundtable," with george will, arianna huffington, kate zernike, and jonathan karl. >>> and "the sunday funnies." >> the economy is so bad that the florida preacher, terry jones, now wants to burn his 401(k). that's how bad. >>> hello. the world economy once looked to the american consumer to pull it out of recession. not anymore. now the world is looking to china and emerging economies. where growth is taking hold. at his news conference on friday, the president admitted that economic progress here was "painfully slow." joining me this morning, the president's top economic adviser, austan goolsbee. who's just been appointed chair of the president's council of economic advisers. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you very much. i want to ask you what's just happened. the house minority leader, john boehner has said that he would consider extending the middle class tax cuts. if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for it, he said, on "face the nation" this morning. w

arianna huffington of "the huffington post," a pleasure. have a good weekend. >> thank you. >>> to get back to the tax cuts, we have tonight exclusive practical mathematical analysis of the impact of the bush tax cuts for the rich on the economy from 2001 to 2008. david k. johnson crunched the numbers and they are pretty sad numbers next on "countdown." at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. ♪ when it's planes in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logistics ♪ ♪ when the parts for the line ♪ ♪ come precisely on time ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ a continuous link, that is always in sync ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ there will be no more stress ♪ ♪ cause you've called ups, that's logistics ♪ [ woman ] chopping and peeling can be kinda relaxing at the end of the day. [ female announcer ] relaxing for who? try new market creations from lean cuisine. the new steam pouch locks in the fresh taste of crisp veggies, tender chicken,

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we've got arianna huffington to help with the alliance. is the quote still taboo? we're talking christine o'donnell. our friend bill mahr rebroadcast a clip of o'donnell from the show in which she said she once dabbled in witchcraft. what will the voters of delaware make of that? that said, extremist rhetoric was the official language this weekend. dale peterson said things like, president obama hates america. you know, the usual stuff. this hatred has gotten far out. so far, how the democrats going to fight with it. how about newt gingrich? he's out with the kool-aid and sounding like a paranoid, or is he, or just pretending to fire up his brand name. let me finish with what i saw in the town hall. we begin with the obama clinton coalition. arianna huffington, her new book, and howard fineman. let's go to arianna. it's enormous. everybody goes there. >> i thought you were going to congratulate me on bringing howard on board. >> well, i was going to start with you in your greatness. let's talk about the news. you cover progressive news better than anybody. let's ca

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. >> reporter: arianna huffington's new book is called "third world america."n her website, she's been gathering innovative solutions to keep that third world from happening. >> it's one person's idea, like, that's what i love. it's like, somebody imagined that, and is making it happen. >> reporter: one solution we heard about, gene epstein, a self-made millionaire who is going door to door in philadelphia, asking every small business to hire one more employee, just for six months. he says if 10% of businesses do that, one half million people will be employed. >> people will be buying, stocks will be moving, people will start spending the cash that they've had in hand, waiting to spend. >> reporter: so far, he's undaunted, though he's got only one signature, a carpet company. >> businesses have created what we are in the united states. why can't they be the salvation for what we are in the united states? >> reporter: just one person, six months. you think you can pay it forward that way? >> yes, i totally believe you can pay it forward. truth is that democracy'

arianna huffington is offering free rides to anybody would wants to go. last night, huffington announced she is giving free butts buss seats to anybody who shows up at her web site's office in new york city. rallies are scheduled for october 30th down on the mall. >>> everybody who lives around here knows that we have the second worst traffic in the country and now new worries. the new defense building going up along i-395 in alexandria. john henrehan has the latest for the ropes for concern. >> reporter: if you ask a motorist to describe current rush hour traffic on 359 in virginia, here what you get. >> maybe 15, 20 miles per hour. ted situation if you don't have anything in the car to spend your time. how long you can listen to music or the radio. >> reporter: traffic on 395 is probably going to get appreciably worse onier from now when the defense department opens adjoining office towers along the highway in the west end of alexandria. 6400 dod workers will be shifted here primarily from the office buildings in crit kris essential city which in a post

that's arianna huffington in the middle. those are the brothers. one is going through some kind of changes, but you can't judge a book by its cuff. it is awesomely gay, and predict leanne tie america, and all about george george bush or killing george bush. it involves two radicalized men and iraqi and soldier who fall in love and decide to kill the then president of the united states. i'm sure the fantasy of killing bush makes everyone feel edgy. i have no idea who is in the flick. you can bet actors will lineup to addition. what a great opportunity to obtain elite renegade status. killing a man hated by your celeb friends. that's better than voicing a pixar dog. and it will get you laid at coachella. they should make movies about present threats in the real world. but it would be dangerous and cost more than freedom and money. if you disagree, you are a homophobic adoxiphob. >>> kind of a cowardly movie, am i right? >> yeah, and i hate to point out the uh hock craw -- the huh poke craw see. if you made it about the current administration, it woul

arianna huffington says america is losing its position as an economic and political leader and puts the blame on corporations. for all of this weekend's programs and airtimes, go to book-tv.org. sol alinsky is considered the father of community organizing. >> this defies all the stereotypes of what it rabble rouser is supposed to be. >> nicholas hoffman writes about his experiences working with saul alinsky and talks about it sunday night. >president obama called for letting bush tax cuts aspire for individuals making more than $250,000 per year. he accused congressional republicans of blocking him in the house. this took place in cleveland. this is 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much everybody. it had a secret we have business to do today. thank you very much i love you back, thank you. before i get started, i want to just acknowledge some outstanding public servants who are here. one of the finest governors and this country, ted strickland. [applause] the lieutenant governor and soon-to-be junior senator from the great state of ohio, lee fisher is here. [applause] i used to

i don't want to be a downer, but, you know, my great friend arianna huffington has a book called "thirdy do you hate america? i don't hate america, i love america. i want it to be better. the only way for it to be better is to realistically criticize what's wrong with it. that's not what the republicans do. >> larry: so we can safely say you're a pessimist. >> i'm a realist. one man's realist is another man's pessimist. but, no, i'm not like mitt romney whose book is called "no apology, the case for american greatness." really? always waving the big foam number one finger, we're not number one in most things. we're number one in military, we're number one in money, we're number one in fat toddlers, meth labs, and people we send to prison. we're not number one in literacy, money spent on education, we're not even number one in social mobility.

he became a prominent anecdote in a very successful book by arianna huffington, he is live here to tellob wars, the scariest job in america. 1700 feet above the ground and no net. no cable. no way i would ever do that. we'll be right back. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. and our efforts aren't coming at tax-payer expense. i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments? i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. how's it work?

. >>> well, it seems website publisher arianna huffington wants to make sure there's a good turnout to attend the rally to restore sanity. during an appearance on stewart's show last night, anyone arriving at her show can hitch a free ride to the rally on one of her buses and she omised to provide as many buses as needed. they're holding competing rallies next month. the events are a liberal response to glenn beck's holding honor orrism. >>> coming up next. it's not too early to talk about the holidays. we've got a list of the top toys you'll want to get your hands on early. >>> a big whoops. you won't believe what happened on live television on the season finale of that show. >>> the latest entertainment >>> the latest entertainment scoop is still ahead four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he prected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich

later, arianna huffington of " the huffington post" is interviewed by cnbc's maria bartiromo. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are pleased to have joined us from the university of california at berkeley professor brad delong. we will be talking about economic stimulus and the economy in general. he writes a blog and as a professor of economics at uc- berkeley. you have argued in your blog and in writing that the stimulus of 2009, $787 billion stimulus and the proposed stimulus the president has made this week is not enough. why do you argue that? guest: i think after the fact is clear that it is not enough. the idea behind having the government trying to manage the economy as all is that the government does a few strategic interventions at the macro level that you can keep prices stable unemployment high, i'd like the 1970's, when inflation hit 10% -- either like the 1970's, when inflation hit 10%, or now, when unemployment hit 10%. strategic interventions keep the economy on an even keel, and right now we're not on an even keel. we are very far away from an even keel. host: can y

so attacking arianna huffington, my buddy over there, or the liberals, i don't -- it's such -- he's crossressuring his own people. he's trying to get out. >> help me on that, james. you know, and you know from firsthand experience, you're sitting with your wife right now, when somebody's mad at you in a relationship, you don't fix things by saying, you know, you're wrong to be mad at me, get over it. >> you don't? >> that doesn't work. >> well said. what a good husband you are. >> i think he's trying to explain -- i think he's trying to explain the situation. i saw a t-shirt one time in austin that said liberal about everything but other liberals. sometimes liberals can be somewhat annoying. certainly not arianna. she has a great website there. but he's trying to make the case and i think it's a reasonable case to express some frustration with the fact that they're under attack and try to do the best they can. it's a point that he's trying to make. i give him credit. they're going out there and trying to do something and, you know, who knows? what see what happens. if they get enthusiasm

it's a conversation with liberal democrat arianna huffington about her book, "third world america: how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the american dream." >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: the pastor of a small florida church said he will not go ahead with plans to burn the koran. he claimed it was part of a deal with muslim leaders in new york city to relocate the site of a controversial islamic community center. and, the government of iran announced plans to release one of three american hikers on saturday. sarah shourd has been imprisoned in iran for over a year. and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: we have a slideshow of recent images from the gulf oil spill narrated by associated press photographer gerald herbert. ray has penned a preview of a story on care at fort hood, texas for wounded soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan. plus for teachers headed back to school, our "newshour extra" page offers current events lesson plans, a daily video clip and reports fro

a big thanks to arianna huffington for the lively panel discussion. thanks to david axelrod anda ed gillespie for sharing. all the interviews will be uploaded to youtube, and the entire program will be applauded as well. thank you for participating in this google, youtube jam borie election preview. contentn's local vehicles are traveling the country, visiting local districts as we look at some of the most closely contested districts leading up to the midterm elections. >> the second congressional district in virginia is in the far southeast corner of the state. it takes in a virginia beach, which is the largest city in virginia, and parts of norfolk, virginia and hampton and an area known as the eastern shore, that are primarily farmers and tourism. domenik industries are the navy and tourism. -- its dominant industries are the navy and tourism. the u.s. navy and related military enterprises is its largest business. this particular congressional race is of high interest to republicans and democrats. when glenn nye, republicans fought very hard to kee

joining me arianna huffington author of "the huffington post."tart with you, tucker. this had to be a tough call in the white house. you have this florida pastor. 30 followers. yet, clearly from the beginning, the week until the president's interview with me yesterday, they said we have got to take this on. >> i don't think he needs to take it on. i think it was foolish to respond to your question. a good question was, he should have waved his hand dismissively. he represents no one. he's a lone wacko. i think the president believes the center of the country is just like this that are intolerant and hateful. >> setting aside what happens here in the united states which is a hard thing to set aside, i think the danger is if he's a wacko around the world he's seen as representing america. >> they're going to hate us more now? >> it's hard for him not to respond, when general petraeus says, this is going to be putting our troops at risk. i think one thing to make is connect it with the application to the mosque. >> that would be doubling down. >> yo

we're also going to talk about howard fineman, your exciting must've to arianna's "huffington post."or arianna. she is talked about. it's hot in the site. she's built it from nothing to the leading news site on the web. it's remarkable. >> back in '98, '99, people -- you can go into any news room in america and into any congressional office, and it was up there. on the bookmarks. "huffington post." people still -- it is that site now. >> you're absolutely right to make the analogy. even conservatives have to go there. >> one of the things that made drudge, one of the things out of news week about what we were doing on monica. >> worked the story. >> and drudge worked all the news rooms. he was the first to realize he could make news by getting stuff out of traditional news rooms. it's a broad-based sit. >> but this is the big step for her, to get the seasoned pro in washington, d.c. with all the contacts. she has not done that in the past. for you, that is the big step forward. >> she's got some terrific reporters. sam stein. >> he's wonderful. >> they just hired amanda turko. >> i g

afterwards, mariana huffington -- arianna huffington talks about the collapse of america and who is tolame. >> on the campus of the university of pennsylvania today, the democratic national committee held this event to promote their nationwide campaign efforts. we will hear from pennsylvania governor ed rendell. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all. we are pleased to have our guest here tonight. he was raised in mill creek. he began his career in public service as an intern for former senator mark hatfield. after working in d.c. for a few years in both the pentagon and the congressional budget office, just came back home to habitat for humanity in portland. he was elected to the portland house of representatives in 1998. in 2006, he became speaker, and held the post until he was elected to the u.s. senate. in 2009, he was sworn into the same seat that was once held by senator mark hatfield. jeff has been relentlessly focused on getting our nation back on track

on afterwards, posteditor in chief editor in chief arianna huffington. she's interviewed by cnbc's maria. go to book tv.org. >> the bottom line is we need our borders secured and we can't afford all the illegal immigration. >> it's hurt us. it's hurt arizona's economy seriously. we see the stories everyday. >> with the midterm elections about 50 days away, follow campaign 2010 online at the c-span video library with debates from key races across the country. it's easy to follow the candidates and issues any time, all free on your computer. prom will be holding a news conference on the economy in the east room of the white house. this is a live picture from that location. this will be his first news conference since may. and we'll have live coverage followed by your phone calls again, starts at the top of the hour at 11:00 eastern. until then your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." us more details. the we are also using "the washington story -- "the washington post" style section. this is their front page. it leads this way -- she quote

arianna huffington puts the blame on corporations. for all of this week and's programs, go to booktv.org. >> a task force presented a final recommendation to overhaul the defense department go so -- department's response to suicides of veterans. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> i just see one vip after another. you are the folks that can help us make an impact. i want to thank some of the sponsors that have already made an impact. we will mention them again. they sponsored our lunch. could you all just wave your hands so we can think you? it is time to introduce our second panel discussion, embracing the experience. i was just talking with alex, who is going to be the person to run this particular panel. she said, don't read my whole biography. as you know, she reports for cnn. she has been overseas with our forces in afghanistan and iraq. 18 months on and off. she has been embedded with every service we have fight in these wars. no, it isn't. she has won an award for excellence in journalism. i will get right with it. please

arianna huffington says america is losing its position as an economic leader and she puts the blame on corporate leaders. for more, go to booktv.org. >> the c-span networks -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, and american history on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites. i find are content any time through the c-span video library. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content of vehicle. it is washington your way. the c-span networks are now available in more than 100 homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> we will begin with the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. we are pleased to have the senator here tonight. jeff merkley is the son of a millwright. born in myrtle creek. he was an intern for former senator mark hatfield. after working in d.c. in the pentagon in the congressional budget office, he came back to oregon to work with families build