we are a nation moving forward. as nation that wants to reach out and include others and we don't want to leave nine judgment because that does not put us where we need to go. thinking of where we want our nation to be coming we have to think about a nation that to be voted on truth with a creative solution because part is saying what is to fall it does not make the truth go away but focus on the truth and create solutions first is looking at the past but let me tell you what you cannot fix the past. it does not change there is nothing there for us. it is gone. that is what we are about then had we make it so attractive that we all work together? so if we do this, how we work hard enough to make that happen? talk about abraham lincoln talk about ronald reagan and and why his words are important and jfk and the statement asked not what you can do for you but what you can do for your country and are we doing what we should? the hardest is to be a good example. i try to do that every day and failed by lunch but to underst

interior secretary ken sal aczar traveled down to the home of historic 40 acres to cristen it as a national historic landmark. the chavez-medina family was there. i was fortunate enough to travel as a reporter to go cover this historic event. and here it is. >> reporter: he put the weight of the farm workers' struggle on his shoulders. cesar chavez carried his nonviolent fight for rights to the small town of delain know. he fasted in 1968 and again in 1988 to strengthen the resolve of those who followed, and this was the bed that witnessed his weakest physical moments but his strongest spiritually. >> this was '88 when he did this fast. >> right. >> reporter: today interior secretary ken salazar toured the compound known as 40 acres. >> i am committed, dedicated, devoted and will not stop until we tell the story of all the people of america, including the stories of all of those people whose stories historically were swept under the rug. >> reporter: and with the power of the white house, secretary salazar officially dedicated 40 acres as a national historic landmark. >> this property of na

ireland had to receive a bailout in order for the whole european ache on a me to survive ireland as a nation is a systemic risk to the entire european union it's a complete mess so who's to blame earlier in the week i pin the blame on an out of control banking sector it took too many risks and ran their country to the ground. then they got off scot free without a with a with a bail out kind of like what happened in the u.s. two years ago but today thanks to a report by think progress want to also condemn a certain political ideology. these guys check out what prominent conservative think tanks and politicians have to say about the way the old irish were doing business back in two thousand and two the heritage foundation pretty much the policy writing wing of the republican party said this ireland already has shown that tax cuts are a recipe for prosperity thanks to reagan's tax rate reductions including a corporate income tax rate of just ten percent ireland has become the celtic tiger and is now the european union's second richest country. and again in two thousand and six the heritage foun

. >> they do not really recognized quebec as a nation. i have the greatest respect for canada, but it sounds its -- found as its policies on canada. as long as quebec is part of canada, they have to be there for quebec. hide his intention -- stephen harper hide his intentions. we cannot trust him. >> on may 2, choose a government that respects democracy. choose a government that respects the citizens' rights. choose a government that focuses on your priorities. mr. harper does not have your priorities in mind. his priorities are jets, jails, and corporate tax giveaways. our priorities are to help canadian families get an education for their kids, college and universities, early learning and child care for families that need it, home rentals so they can make their families more energy-efficient, and restore canada's broad place in the world. i hope he will vote liberal, but most of all, thank you for taking part in this debate tonight. >> i wanted think canadians for their honor and trust, having served as your prime minister of the past f

i have a chart that shows the growth in the debt. national debt as a percentage of g.d.p. he current policy happens to be the red. the obama 2012 budget is the blue. as you can see, by 2021, the national debt will be 87% of our g.d.p. well, on friday, march 18, 2011, c.b.o. released its estimates of the president's budget. these estimates showed that debt held by the public would grow to 87% of g.d.p. in ten years, just like it says on there -- on the far right. that alarming figure is also on the chart. now, let me put this another way. according to the congressional budget office, if we continue current tax policy -- don't raise rates, fix the a.m.t., provide estate tax relief and provide a fix to thephysician payment system or the s.g.r. it's known at -- policies supported by clear majorities of americans by 2021 debt held by the public will reach 97% of g.d.p. now, for those watching c-span, whose jus jaws just hit the flo, the news might even be worse. as bad as these numbers are, they may be dramatically understating the conditions of our fiscal policy. this is becaus

so via impact we're not taking as much notice of the nationality of a politician as they used to. use to move if in the early one nine hundred ninety s. they had not made the mistake of dividing the people into citizens of unknown citizens who were the politicians would have been compelled to talk about the economy social issues and structural reforms instead of harping on the theme of latvians and russians every two or four years were much we would have been able to deal with pressing issues much earlier and much more efficiently or we still have to contend with economic issues corruption and many other things and we're going to. despite its small size there was schools of major industrial plants and soviet latvia. three of them which employ between ten and fifteen thousand workers each specialized in electronics. another one made minivans which are used as ambulances throughout the soviet union. today their production line stand idle. factory workers an engine is going to small business. plants vs highly skilled professionals have left the country in search of a jog. culture is

and you'll hear fbi agents and executives talk about this all the time, but at the same time we as a nation, i think, are very uncomfortable with the idea of the fbi monitoring protests with sort of them watching anti-government groups who haven't necessarily committed a crime. and that every couple of years you do see these scandals where the fbi ends up monitoring sort of the wrong group and getting caught up with sort of innocent americans sort of wrongly swept up in these fbi dragnets. but at the same time when we say we don't want the next attack to happen, what that ends up meaning is you have to be able to be there to stop the plot in advance. >> host: we're here at the l.a. times festival of books, and this is the book we're talking about with garrett graff, "the threat matrix." garrett graff is the kind of writer that you think, where do you get all that time? [laughter] in addition to two years in the making of this book with lots of research and details, you can tell from the footnotes and the index. he also is the editor of a well-read magazine in washington, the washingtonian.

as a nation as a whole, we are very polarized.eople get together face-to- face, race to race, a place to place and realize when they under invest in each other, they cursing in the whole metropolitan region. >> i >> we have time for maybe a couple of questions from the audience. i will look out there. we have a microphone. go ahead. >> storm cunningham. i am wondering -- you have a great chart here demonstrating the relationship between economic growth and equity on the national level. does anyone have graphics at the metropolitan level? >> i wish i could just go like this. yes, we do, in a couple of books. you may find them argues. what we try to do is you can take a look at the relationship between economic growth and equity and we try to do a little bit of simultaneous modeling of in it. really, this is a relationship that has probably changed over time. >> i am looking for my microphone. >> i guess -- john podesta touched on this, but i would like to get straight to the politics that we are experiencing. the wealth gap, the ra

not as many as we need, and i think as a nation we need to have a discussion about whether this capability which we keep discovering we need more of where we're going to actually make the investment as a nation in it, i think the return on investment is enormously high. and just underlining the importance of that, of those decisions we have got brigadier general h. republican mcmaster, another tank driver, working the anticorruption issues with the afghan government. enormously bright, talented bulldog of a man but probably not the right skill set. somebody we'd probably rather have a civilian expert working that, the corruption problem for us. so we're seeing pretty heroic efforts by the folks we do have on the ground. we haven't yet built all of the capabilities we need to back here to deploy forward to increase our chances for success. >> just one thing on security gains. i think it's really important for people who are making the decisions here to keep focused on the threat to the united states, and if we start talking about and making arguments related to some costs and whether or not

as a nation as a whole, we are very polarized.eople get together face-to- face, race to race, a place to place and realize when they under invest in each other, they cursing in the whole metropolitan region. >> i think that put something in the water in washington, d.c. >> you have a great chart here demonstrating the relationship of economic growth. >> i wish i could just go like this. we do in a couple of books. we tried to -- you can really take a look at the relationship between economic growth and equity and we try to do a little bit of simultaneous modeling of it. the distribution of income itself, which is one of the frontiers of research, to begin to understand the simultaneous relationship between the two. the relationship has probably changed over time. >> i guess john podesta touched on this, but i would like to get straight to the politics that we are experiencing and ask you very pointedly, the wealth gap, the racial gap is all creating gap we have in this country with people not wanting to invest, thinking about it a

within challenged as a nation in many ways and we have always -- we have been challenged as a nationmany ways and we always risen. this is not anything different. we will figure it out. i am increasingly confident we will. host: we will leave it there, marks an, thank you for being non "washington journal." in 45 minutes, we will take a look at first-place medal school winners in their discussion on net neutrality. coming up after the break, saleh. you're watching the "washington journal." >> you are a c-span watching. every morning, "washington journal." we did is, watch live coverage of the u.s. house. weeknights, a congressional hearings and policy forms. supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, you can see our signature interview programs. you can watch our program any time at c-span.org. c-span, washington your way. every weekend, experience in american history on c-span3. here first-person accounts from people have shaped modern america on a world history, history bookshelf the best and history writers of the past decade. travel to important battlefields to learn about key

the deal has been tweaked to realize the rich maritime heritage of the embarcadero as a nationally recognized historic district, preserving the waterfront and historic buildings. the proposed preservation plan goes to the next step, and it really is protecting uses. i think that court staff agrees. it is needed in a lot of different ways. as defined in the land use plan, those require access to the water in order to function. does it really have to happen? does it need water access to thrive? the policy experts presented today, it is for formal and more specific policy direction, measures to foster financial and other strategies to support current and long term protection of valuable and limited connections and facilities. our days as a dominant cargo port are over. we still boast a very proud maritime portfolio, passengers moving across the docs. we don't of the largest commercial floating died drop -- dry dock in america and our home to pilots and marine exchanges, as well as others. it looks like after decades of effort, we are very close to building a middle-class cruise ship terminal. pl

is the kind of visionary leader that we need right now facing -- given the challenges facing us as a nation. tavis: to your book, "a reason to believe." >> you and i have talked about some of this in the past. i grew up on the south side of chicago and spent most of that time on welfare. my mother and sister and i used to live with our grandparents and various cousins. the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had assets of bunk beds. i went to under resource public schools, but we have a real sense of community. those were days in the 1950's and 1960's were every child was under every jurisdiction of every adult on the block. i think this book -- those experiences in different settings. i had a scholarship in 1970, harvard law school, in the sudan where i worked after college. those experiences from node and anonymous people has made me very helpful, given me a sense of idealism. the book is a gesture of gratitude to those people for those lessons. i try to pass on some of those lessons. tavis: you have some great stuff in the book. you are good at this oratory thing. you said som

as a mission to protect civilians against gadhafi is very soon and has turned into a questionable naseer how some experts call it now russia feels like its expectations of late as a nation have been betrayed. there is a real sense that the un resolution must be fulfilled whether russia voted for it as south africa did or abstained but it must be fulfilled in accordance with the wording and meaning and not with three interpretations of some states because we voted for a no fly zone to stop the escalation of the conflict so that we could separate the two sides but what we having now is a military operation it may not be on the ground yet but it's certainly going on up above a number of countries who are taking part and then nato stepped in but the resolution doesn't say a word about it that's why when i hear the resolution is bad i disagree the resolution is absolutely fine but it must be fulfilled without exceeding the mandate gets placed on them. and while french president nicolas sarkozy calls on four other members of the alliance to participate in the mission so far only six of them have been in a war with sounds many experts have already called it not a nato mission

this is where we are as a nation i hope it will be over soon and you can almost feel his heart breaking in two but in the end he again is very merciful without judgment and wants us to work together for a bright future. steve thank you so much. in your interactions with liberals, people of the liberal persuasion persuasion what are some common ground you are able to connect on especially with the material in this book? >> that is a great question. the question is what are the common grounds between republicans and liberals in terms of this book. we have mlk in the book and his speeches, and incredible speech and again i think we need to look at people who reach out to others include them in the movement as role models. jfk is in there. fdr is in there as well but again the idea was and is to have american stories. all of those that i mentioned, all of those authors asked us to be more antiwar. none of them say stay where you are and don't let government solve your problem. that wasn't their idea but really how do we figure out together. i will give another example in this is an area i t

the deal has been tweaked to realize the rich maritime heritage of the embarcadero as a nationally recognized historic district, preserving the waterfront and historic buildings. the proposed preservation plan goes to the next step, and it really is protecting uses. i think that court staff agrees. it is

mgm has already been recognized as a national leader. we're really working on those legacy systems. this sort of a lead certification standard where they give you gold, silver, or platinum entry-level. we qualify for gold certification. we are one of only a few handfuls of agencies in the country. we will continue to strive for platinum. really quickly, the department will task, emissions were about 67,000 metric tons. i will give you some quick context. that is the equivalent of a carbon hot dark side emission. it takes that much to travel. while it sounds like it is a lot, we are about 18% of the trips in the city. and we are roughly 1/3 of the mutual footprints. we have been working very closely with our biology's old program. we finally see the effects of those changes. at the end of the day, the mta's facilities represent -- even if we went carbon neutral, there is still not enough to end the problem. one-third is automobiles. one-third of it is the transportation system as a whole. we are on track to meet the zero emissions fleet. we of completed the green roof on the headquart

and that's where we are as a nation. and i tell them, as we try and figure out a way to save money, i remind them that the fast thing we did in this congress was cut $35 million from our own budgets to lead by example. we cut our own budgets in this house by $35 million. in that world where you're spending $46,000 and you're spending $78,000, ucks keys me, you're making $46,000 and spending $78,000, that $35 million represents $70 cents. that's how big the numbers are. and i think folks back home have started to grasp it. i certainly have started to grasp it. but i do give good questions when i give that presentation. some folks will ask me, they say, if i was in that position, not only would i try to cut expenditures but i'd get another job. i said, that's a really good point and that's what most families would do. with government it's different. with government the only chance they have to get that additional job, to get more money to come in is to raise taxes. and when i tell them, when they ask and say, why don't we r

into it was carrying a heavier burden than most folks imagine. as joe said, we have been a national family for the last 10 years. two and a half years ago, i stood in dover, delaware, watching as our son was deployed to iraq. i remember it like it was yesterday. but other military families, -- like other military families, and felt an intense mixture of pride in concern. and i can sing at a day passed during his year away when i did not -- and not a day passed during the year he was a way that i did not worry about his safety. that gives me comfort -- the prayer express his thanks for the sacrifice of these men and women and their families. that prayer has been a huge source of comfort to me. i could be anywhere in the course of my day, riding on the chalkboard and in my classroom or preparing a meal, and i would stop, close my eyes, and say that a quick prayer for him and all others serving in harm's way. now, i pass on this prayer to the moms and families in need, in the hopes that it comforts them as it did me. i had the opportunity over the last few years to attend several of th

comes together every year now at the educational revolution conference where we come together as a national community and a growing national community. and we're here now asking you to help us bring our programs and our event, which has helped us so much, to the public schools, where the need is the greatest. thank you. >> hello. i'm frankie. i'm a ninth grader. i go to gate way high school. i'm a new member of safe voices. safe voices has provided a community for me where students and graduates share the same learning disabilities as i do. same experiences as i do. safe voices has made me proud to have a learning disability or learning difference. it has helped me with challenges throughout school. and has also given me knowledge to spread and give to younger students who have learning disabilities. thank you. >> hi. my name is sarah. i'm a senior in the creative writing department at the school of the arts. i wanted to take a minute to kind of describe it. it has been said that it is the carnival for disabilities. it is a vibrant, life toing opportunity for kids to see a different way of

he served both as a federal judge and as an assistant general in the army national guard. he was appointed to the federal bench in 1996 after nearly 20 years of legal service in private practice as a hearing examiner for the west virginia workers' compensation fund and also as special prosecutor. he was commissioned to the army in 1972 after completing the rotc program in west virginia university. he served as an intelligence officer that included a tour in korea. in 1976 judge broadwater joined the west virginia army national guard as an operational detachment executive officer and rose through the ranks to brigadier general and assignment as assistantage want general for homeland defense in 2002. during his military service, he received countless awards and decorations including the defense superior service medal and the bronze star. i'm impressed with his clear dead gation as both a military officer and as a federal judge. i think that it is appropriate for us to honor his service to our nation and his memory by naming this federal building and courthouse after judge bro

we are a nation still at war and joined by leaders along side me today, i will continue to do everything in my power as commander-in-chief to keep our nation strong and the american people safe. with that i would like to invite each of these leaders to say a few words. i'm actually going to start with bob gates. >> thank you, mr. president, for your kind words. i want to thank mr. bush for first asking me to take this position and you, mr. president, for first inviting me to stay on and on and on. i also thank my wife becky for 44 years of extraordinary patience, but essentially the last 4 1/2 years of patience. every single day i have been secretary, our military has been engaged in two major wars and multiple other missions. it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve and to lead our men and women in uniform and our defense civilians. they are the best america has to offer. i will continue to give my all to them and to the president right through june 30, because obviously there is much less to do. my highest priority from my first day in office has been to do everything i could for our unifor

have the means to get rid of it and deal with our fourteen point three trillion dollars in debt as a nation that we put out there so we're carrying this start we need to do something about it we need to balance the budget at some point in the future and you have to cut government are going to try to get on the road to sweden and germany and sweden is cutting taxes because they're running a budget surplus a massive budget surplus or tatts it's actually you know there's got the circle so that it serves any any you pay if in my opinion the republicans are actually trying to create a recession because it'll make obama look bad and help them win the two thousand election but we'll see again senator carl levin chair of the senate subcommittee on investigations finally released his report on the causes of the financial collapse back in zero eight in it he points the finger at major banks like goldman sachs and washington mutual for the fourteen investors by selling them junk securities and manipulating the markets senator levin has now and over his report of the justice department so will banks th

will we be remembered as the congress that did nothing as the nation sped toward a presprentble debt crisis and irreversible decline? or will it instead be remembered as a congress that did the hard work of preventing that crisis? the one that chose this path to prosperity. this path to prosperity charts a different course. it gets us off this wrong track. it achieves four objectives. number one, grow the economy and get people back to work. number two, fulfill the mission of health and retirement -- fulfill the mission of health and retirement security. we don't want to ration medicare, we don't want to see medicare go bankrupt, we want to save medicare. number three, repair the social safety net. get it ready for the 21st century. we don't want a welfare system that encourages people to stay on welfare, we want them to get back on their feet and into flourishing, self-sufficient lives. so let's reform welfare for people who need it and let's end it for corporate welfare for people who don't need it. number four, let's do the work of lifting this crushing burden of debt from our chil

is a huge mistake it will be seen as the chris clooney a reaction by france that we don't view other people as that equals that we don't consider other nations to be suffering we decide to start and he's good so we take the good guy and put him in i for since this is a conflict the ivory coast or the ivory coast people to solve we may get involved not france once again we show from strong arms its will on others just like in the past were behaving like the world's policeman i used to believe russia's stance on this issue has been extremely wise. those front raise the risk of a terrorist attack on france. yes this creates two major brands first there's now more risk of a terrorist attack than first start there are bad guys in one side and good guys on the other we know perfectly well the so-called rebels from a tribe with many form a jihadist of who fought in iraq and afghanistan but we're trying to put them in power people who don't always have a peaceful friendly as she to our country the second major threat is seeing a flood of immigrants because the effect we're having is to open at libya's borders or we're just around six million muslims

he did have a base hit in his first at bat as a national.m only managed four other hits all day but between them and the rest of this more than solid lineup nobody seems to be worried about long-term offensive issues. >> i'm not worried about it. we have such good clutch hitters it will come. >> not every day we will face pitchers that will be on like that. we will be all right. we will be good this year. >> os open in tampa tonight. >>> san diego soccer. if you're a kid it is very cool to be a ball boy like this right up until the moment that the star player beans you right in the head as you're walking behind the goal. >> look at the kid. is he a gamer he gets up and chases the ball and he says in the game. >> that a boy. >> good thing it didn't hit him too hard. >> that's it for us. have a great weekend. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com 

they are about meeting our obligations, as a nation, it is about being fiscally responsible, and that's particularly important as we have the challenge of the deficit before us. and it's about growing the economy and preparing for the future. and this budget fails all three. i'm going to speak specifically about the fact that this budget really puts seniors, american seniors, at great risk. they have as you may remember, that the republicans railed against the health reform law, that's now the law of the land. and yet they scared seniors into believing that they -- there would be cuts to their benefits. there were no cuts to their benefits and there were enhancements to their benefits and ail speak to that in a moment. but this is a budget and what they're planning to do on medicare and medicaid should scare every senior in this country. and every american who someday they hope will be a senior. so within 10 years, we will not recognize medicare or medicaid. seniors will essentially be on their own. to find health insurance in an individual private marketplace that has failed most ameri

it was president nixon who backed us all down to 55 as a national speed limit back in the '70s. it was intended to save energy and lives, and it did. since then, however, individual states have been backing away from that and allowing cars to go much faster. top speed limits in the country these days are texas and utah. both top out at 80 miles an hour on some roads. now a bill in texas would allow a speed limit of 85 on selected new highways in the future. gary elkins, a republican who supports it told nbc it's because texans have a lot of ground to cover in a hurry. >> we're not talking like in the northeastern states where a lot of your viewers are where 50 miles is a long trip. everything in texas is 200 or 300 miles. in west texas, our state reps, their districts may be 500 miles from one end to the other. and you have to drive because there's not airports available in the rural towns and communities. so people need to be able to drive to get there in a timely manner. >> the bill to okay this 85 mile an hour limit still has passed one hurdle. it heads to the state senate an

this is a serious issue we face together as a nation. i began this conversation when i began running for congress almost two years and it's a conversation i continue to have with my constituents. this is an adult conversation about facts and our future. until we come to a solution that will put hardworking americans and hoosiers back to work, and our government begins to act in a responsible manner when it comes to our nation's fiscal issues, i'll continue to have this conversation with my constituents and with the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, for five minutes. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes without objection. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker pro tempore, there is a joke going around in congress that the difference between a boy scout troop and the house of representatives is t

it began in 1970 as a nation wise environmental teach-in and here's a look at some events in the bay area. in oakland, tours of a biodiesel production facility this morning. san jose, the bright green day event features tours of the nation's first clean energy showcase. that will run today and tomorrow at city hall plaza. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and here in san francisco, gordon lau elementary school opens up its new gardens, called a living library, all beginning at 11 a.m. this morning. >>> her favorite story, starbucks is celebrating earth day by giving out free coffee. you can get a free cup of coffee or tea just one, by bringing in your own mug. if you don't have one, you can request one of the store's [ indiscernible ] mugs. >> i'm usually a traveler in and out. >> they don't usually have seats when i go in one. >> drink will be on the house, as well. >> problem is they are not open at 3:30 a.m. when we get here. >> no. >> so we're kind of off the free coffee routine. >> you were a dunkin' donuts guy when you lived on the east coast. >> medium regular dunkie. >> is that the official

a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. >> louisa: national forecast what a mess. the severe weather continuing with tornado threats, heavy downpours and some hailed as well. earlier there it looks like there was a tornado through all >>, several people were trapped inside of homes and a cap ground as well. through school as well. severe weather in arkansas lead to 11 deaths and today spirit the department of emergency confirmed the latest victim died near arkansas' new 23. near western arkansas 10 people killed after or the storm spawned tornadoes. in missouri live video yesterday more rain coming down over night. one blast home is submerged here. they have warned people to evacuate. they deployed the national guard to help with the efforts. the city received 15 in. of rain in four days. more rain and severe thunderstorms moving to tennessee today, mississippi river will hit its highest level in the next several weeks. they are urging people around highway 19 to go to higher ground. >> mark: we will be right back after this short break as the news continues until 11:00 a.m. walnut creek 680 southbound traffic is starting to slow at the top of your s

we make mistakes as a nation if we try to in effect strangle that opportunity in its crib, because thatal gas is so abundant and clean for the environment and supports great paying jobs as well. yesterday a number of us introduced a bill to position natural gas as the second draft petition fuel, something we desperately need in this country. i think there is a desperate need for that abundant resources, and best of all, it is made here in america. chesapeake's relationship, i think they have entered into agreement with other foreign countries. that is not so unusual in the u.s. we have companies and countries that want to invest in the united states and see this as a great potential. we should support investment in america in a major way. host: calller from texas. jeb on the independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i have a comment and question. first off, if one were to pay attention to any sort of media that has an interactive element with the community, you hear the general public largely, and actually more soared now than ever before -- more so now than ever bef

go with the tried and true, to go with the system that has served us well and distinguishes us as a nation. >> reporter: republicans in congress today called it the right thing to do. >> the american people realized how wrong it was to hold a civilian trial anywhere in new york or anywhere on the continental united states. >> reporter: so did family members of the 9/11 victims. >> the man was caught in a military environment, in a war environment and should be tried in a military tribunal. >> reporter: tonight, military officials say they hope to have pretrial hearings under way in guantanamo by the tenth anniversary of the attacks this september with trials starting sometime later. brian? >> pete williams at the justice department tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now we turn to libya and the news from there tonight. after a two-day extension over the weekend, u.s. military officials now tell nbc news american war planes tonight are really going to end their air strike mission against moammar gadhafi's military targets, but they will continue to fly what they call support missions for nato aircr

as a good for the country? this is the most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic america. people come here to their communities and it is good for them, but is it good for us as a nation? >> it can be if it is done right. america was built on waves of people coming through they sort of bottom wrong neighborhoods which were just a squalid and mistrusted and illegal 100 years ago as they are now. a lot of the same debates happen. somehow it worked. people started businesses and succeeded and got their kids in to politics in school. i am looking for pathways assuming the economy will keep demanding people and people will come in whether we want them not. which tends to happen historically. how to make their neighborhoods work for them so they can help themselves rather than having to do with it 20 years from now as a criminal or welfare problem. tavis: i am scratching the surface on what is a provocative book that raises questions on our future, it is from doug saunders, called "arrival city: how the largest migration in history is reshaping our world". good to have you won. next, best-selling author michael connelly. stay with us. pleased to welcome michael connelly back

and president in the coming days, weeks and months will in many ways determine how we go forward as a nation and will impact the lives of virtually every one of our 300 million-plus citizens. the reality today, as i think most americans know, is that within our economy, we have a middle class which is collapsi collapsing. in the last ten years, median family income has declined by $2,500. millions of american workers are working longer hours for lower wages. if you look at real unemployment rather than the official unemployment, we're talking about 16% of our people unemployed or underemployed. numbers may be even higher for certain blue-collar workers and for young workers. middlmiddle class is in very die straits. poverty in america is increasi increasing. since 2000, nearly 12 million americans have slipped out of the middle class and into poverty. as a nation, we have 50 million americans today who have no health insurance and that number has increased in recent years. we have the highest rate of child poverty of any major country on earth. we are industrializing in a rapid rate. in the

spoke and from what i know of the subject, the world war ii memorial would not be available for us as a nation today in the absence of that individual, bob dole, who led the efforts. there are many things in bob dole's career here in washington, d.c., as a member of this body, of the united states senate, that we can heap accolades upon him. but certainly one of the things that i know he is most proud of and certainly one of the things that i and the american people are most grateful for is his efforts to recognize the 16 million americans who served their country in world war ii. there are only about 2.5 million americans 0 who served in world war ii now living, and we lose hundreds of them to every day. last week i was at the world war ii memorial with kansas world war ii ven veterans we welcominn honor flight, telling world war ii veterans from my home state, thank you for their service to our country. the world war ii memorial is a magnificent tribute to the sacrifice that many have made before us. i saw the worl world war ii mem. it serves its purpose. i saw it before it was ever dedicate

and when he had the power to accelerate a national, a national highway system as part of -- bill's point is right, i think -- infrastructure in 1954, '55, i think it this was somethg that he was all too happy to do as a president, to see that, help that go through. and i think, also, he was justified in military terms as many programs were in the 1950s. this was cold war era, but i think it was an infrastructure project, and it was something that it was the project of many years of planning. i think it was shelfed by world war ii. the roosevelt administration actually had plans that way, but it was the fulfillment of a vision that planners in washington, the army corps of engineers and others had for making the united states a truly continental economic system which is what we have. >> we have time for one more question. >> yes. you. >> if you could just speak loudly. >> [inaudible] >> okay. >> speak louder? >> no, we'll wait for the mic. >> oh, okay. >> your question is worth waiting for. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> yes. mccain and obama's, the result of their actions are, at least the

reverend dr martin luther king jr forty three years after his assassination just how far have we come as a nation and what lessons we still have to learn loss as the minutes passed the crisis in japan worsens where seven tons of radioactive waste are leaking every hour into the pacific ocean and how it could affect us back your home and republicans prepare to try to cut the budget and guess who is opposed to their plans the tea party more on this since and still ahead. forty three years ago today bill what solves the voice of america's greatest civil rights leader and frankly one of our nation's greatest leaders period thankfully reverend dr martin luther king jr his message continued to live on as the march for social justice continued all across our nation but on this forty third anniversary of his death it's important to remember what dr king was doing on the day he died. he was standing up for the rights of workers to unionize the rights of sanitation workers in memphis and gone on strike take a look at what dr king himself had to say on the issue. you are going. to. the us you are reminding.

as well. are we headed towards a new world order, as 27 other nations already have won world currency. >> westginia on the independent line. is this west virginia? are you there? >> yes, i am here. there has been, although the democrats did not get a budget passed last year. nobody knows why -- goes into what they did not get a budget passed. mitch mcconnell blocked everything. i think he threatened his whole group, not one republican wants to vote with the democrat because he started out saying he wanted to kill -- president obama would be a one-term president. that would be his one goal. if they want to fund the trips, take often of -- fund and the troops, take off the riders. they could run it through lickety-split is long is that all past those stupid things with it. >> we have mentioned a couple of reports out there about a possible deal. tweet, it is like sitting at a traffic jam where you sit clearing road. this is where it stands now on the budget deal, this close to done. california on the republican line. >> my question is, i know that when i don't need a deadline, i get a monetary p