solace, peace, and hehealin" >> it's been said that the character of a nation is forged not in tragedy, but in its response to tragedy. asmen, women and children lost here that day. the memorial represents a nation that, while never forgetting, maintains a conviction to build hope where once there was only despair, peace where once there was only conflict, and a future where once we saw only an ending. >> jameses laychak: it's an individual memorial, it'ss a collective memorial, and in a very eloquent way kind of tells a story out what happened there. the family members, when we talked about this, we said we wanted a place that would make people think, but not tell them what to think. >> wendy ploger: we were looking for a deeper meaning. we liked the feeling of going to a place and experiencing it in our own way. >> narrator: by september 2002, more than 1100 designs were submitted from around the world for the pentagon memorial. after much review, in february 20 the jury panel settled on a design by keith kaseman and july beckman, two young architects from philadelphia. in time, the design would become america's firsta

as a model to bring up their children. narrator: on a plot of land in arlington, virginia, overlooking our nation's capital, the grass is growing again. trees have been planted that bloom in newness of life each spring. the wall has been rebuilt. as if in silent honor, for the briefest of moments each evening, the setting sun itself pays tribute with a golden light pouring forth on what is now hallowed ground for all of america. rosemary dillard: we wanted some way to ensure that all of the victims murdered that day... they were never forgotten. >> in the night sky, the radiance of 184 illuminations of remembrance shimmer in the darkness in honor of 184 men, women and children whose lives were extinguished in an instant on a hauntingly beautiful fall morning. >> the last six, seven years have been absolutely surreal. in one minute, it seems like it was in another lifetime... when michele was here. in another minute, it seems like it was just 30 seconds ago. >> seven years later, thousands of americans come together to join hands with the wives, the husbands, the children and the grandchildren, the parents and the grandparents,

it's also a time to reflect on just how far we've come as a nation these past 11 years. on that clear september morning, as america watched the towers fall and the pentagon burn, and the wreckage smoldering in a pennsylvania field, we were filled with questions. where had the attacks come from, and how would america respond. would they fundamentally weaken the country we love, would they change who we are. the last decade has been a difficult one. but together, we have answered those questions and come back stronger as a nation. we took a fight against al-qaeda, decimating their leadership and put them on the path to defeat, and thanks to the courage and skill of our intelligence personnel and armed forces, usama bin laden will never threaten america again. instead of pulling back from the world, we've strengthened our alliances while improving our security here at home. as americans, we refuse to live in fear. today, a new tower rises above the new york skyline. and our country is stronger, safer, and more respected in the world. instead of turning on each other, we resi

nation's capital, dating back to the founding of america. some honor a select few men and women who shaped our country and helped define who we are as a nationoday... generals, political leaders, poets, statesmen, and scientists who changed the course of american history. some raised the hopes and aspiration of a nation unique in all the world. others set forth the values and ideals on which our republic was based, and to which we would aspire for generations to come. still others honor ordinary americans who, through their courage, dedication, and commitment, made extraordinary contributions to america and the cause of freedom around the world. many left their families and the comfort and security of home to unselfishly answer the call when their nation needed them most, and fought and died for all that we hold dear today. virtually all span the great history of america, commemorating events and individuals of our distant past. one, however, is unique among all the rest, for it represents the defining moment for this generation of americans. >> years from now, i hope they understand that what happened on that terrible day, that an enemy cam

on a great factor for our needs as a nation as a people, stewart simonton. on my traveling companion in wisconsin and west virginia, senator humphrey. on our devoted and courageous chairman, paul butler. and on that fighting campaigner whose support i now welcome, president truman. i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i am proud of the contrast of our republican competitors. not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last 12 months. [applause] i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party by nominating someone of my faith has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous. democratic party is once again placed its confidence in the american people and their ability to render a free and fair judgment and my ability to render a free and fair judgment. [applause] to uphold the constitution in my oath of office, to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my concept of the presidency in the national interest. my record of 14 years in supporting public education, sup

matter is, this has been a bipartisan issue we have been raising on this show, the fact that we as a nation have collectively been spending a lot more than what we are taking in. putting this in other perspective on the debt clock, when it hits $16 trillion, just to carry that, our national visa bill, it costs $240 billion a year in finance charges, without paying a deficit it off, just the finance charms to carry that sum. that is the big debate between the two parties as to how to get this under control. we will hear a lot about, are you better off four years ago, versus today? democrats have been arguing that the trend is their friend, you can take snapshots all you want but they have had 29 steady months of job growth and things are going their way. there was a wrinkle on that today with americans not feeling so optimistic and they are worse off by a margin of 2-1 than better off, in their eyes. now, austin joins me, the president's former top economic adviser, you never like to be the guy under whose watch a milestone is hit. what does it mean when we do? >> well, the milestone of the

these were all unable by his overarching understanding of america as a nation perpetually in progress. the president said i do not look upon these united states as a finished product. your stroke -- still in the making. it is notable that prior roosevelt it was always these united states to be after roosevelt the nation on the stick itself as the united states. it had moved from the notion of collective state to one of an actual mission. from fdr the nation, hierarchies, and citizenship or promised in the future and the present. first inaugural he declared that the basic thought underlying his policies is not merely nationalistic but the insistence as a first consideration upon the interdependence of various elements and parts in the united states. for roosevelt the entire nation was interconnected bill was not there for static and fixed. it was always in motion, all was developing. therefore required constant attention and adjustment, the kind of attention that only a strong presidency did in a strong central government could give. importantly he understood the nation has already fun

and say that, to the extent that we are a nation in "crisis," although i would not describe it as that because i believe that we can fundamentally overcome this and that we can do it in a fairly rational and reasonable way, i think the challenges that we have now had more than a generation of folks who are not willing to ask americans to sacrifice and to be realistic about how we take on our biggest challenges. for instance, everyone remembers the republican debate where they asked whether you would take the bargain of one dollar's worth of tax increases or $10 worth of basically tax cuts and everybody raised their hands and said they would not accept that. we have become a country where -- it is not just one side, both sides, but more one side now than ever is not willing to be realistic about how we can tackle these challenges. if there is a crisis that i see in the united states for the long term, it is not the temporal issue of how we will deal with money. because i am very confident we will be able to deal with that. it is how will we bring that -- bring back our sense of what we

and when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. st a few years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. and the dream my grandmother held that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her, then for her children, that dream was being crushed. but then, president obama took office and he took action. when detroit was in trouble, president obama saved the auto industry, and saved a million jobs. seven presidents before him, republicans and democrats, tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. he made a historic investment to lift our nation's public schools and expanded pel grants so that more young people could afford college. and because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-behindi inin inin ii students called dreamers. and now we need to make a choice, a choice that maybes it where millionaires can pay less

i think our expectations as a nation have been reducing. we are changing as a nation somebody said that we belong to the government. >> that is right. >> isn't it the other way around? they belong to us? neil: 51% of us are now getting something from the government. i'm not saying there is a percentage that can mention, i see that, but i do think that there are. >> the american people should wise up to this that we should never pay taxes so that a public servant can do patronage work. neil: last week they said who is next? millard fillmore? may be the last two years -- then you just have to say, all right, enough is enough. >> by the way, the amount of misrepresentation, how do the american people know what is going on? medicare is being berated, which is against the regulations. it is being rated so that obamacare numbers can work. the way they are justifying savings -- they are taking savings as well. they're saying they were not going to impact consumers of medical care. we will have lower quality hospitals, fewer people going into the me

now, as a nation -- [ applause ] as a nation, we've long rejected such cruelty, just a few days ago we150th anniversary of a document that i have hanging in the oval office, the emancipation proclamation. with the advance of union forces it brought a new day that all persons held as slaves would then forth be forever free. we wrote that promise into our constitution. we spent decades struggling to make it real. we joined with other nations in the universal declaration of human rights so that slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. global movement was sparked with the trafficking victims protection act signed by president clinton and carried on by president bush. and here at cgi, you've made impressive commitments in this fight. we ares especially honored to be joined today by advocates who dedicate their lives and at times risk their lives to liberate victims and help them recover. this includes men and women of faith, who like the great abolitionists before them, are truly doing the lord's work. evangelicals, the catholic church, international justice missi

dollar is no longer the value of the world and we are in a mess as a nation. we do not want that to happen. we want to fix it first. >> thank you. john was at our first forum. we are glad to have you again. jane, we will give you a few minutes for whatever comments you would like to make. bill gray, we are delighted to have you join us today. jane? >> thank you. sitting here with former colleagues and dear friends, i cannot help but observe that security is also a woman's issue. i served in congress for nine terms from the heart of california's aerospace industry and was on all of the major security committees. i left last year to secede lee hamilton at the wilson center. today is the jewish new year. i prayed for peace and prosperity both at home and abroad. my sunday school teachers taught me you do not pray to be given something but the will to do something. i decided to come here this afternoon to do something about our budget and national secure the. the white house released a report detailing the effects of sequestration on every aspect of military procur

that's how we can be free as a nation. ose values out across the country we don't need a police state to make us do the right thing. [applause] we don't need the federal government to force us or anyone else to carry out those values but what we do need is a government that doesn't create the laws and court rulings that keep us from practicing those values and our lives. [applause] freedom really is when millions of people can live and do and act the way that represents their values. the things that they value. not my values and your values but there's. that's freedom. and we, as the values voters, need to feel free to say we want folks to be free to do that, but we want to ensure that our laws to not keep us from living and practicing our faith and raising our children the way we want, and we want to make sure as the policies of the country allow us to do that. that's why things like school choice are important. i don't want to use on our education system to force my values on other people. but i want to make sure that if

stabment, emerges in the 19th century. >> were they dominantly christian, as if it was not founded as a nation free of any required state religion? >> no, i -- no, i -- this -- >> therefore, it was a secular nation, as they saw it, and they wanted it that way. >> i think you have to talk abt whether it's by law or by culture. and i think most everybody would have understood early on that by law, the nation was secular, but by choice, the nation was -- in other words, its people were christians and there's always been that dynamic, people have always understood there's a tension there between a population that's largely christian but uses its freedom to choose christiity and the laws that say go ahead and be whatever religion you want to be. >> this is what i understand from your text. one of five of the founding fathers had any religious stressed denomination or affiliation and that was when it existed calvinist and that was pretty much of a god almost independent of jesus, correct, a watch maker god who starts the earth and then he leaves it on its own, a deistic god? >> well, no, in terms of

as a dad, i'm going to do my part, and i know she'll do hers. but our responsibility as a nationtogether and do our part as one community, one united states of america, to ensure opportunity for all of our children. the days we live in are not easy ones. but we have seen days like this before, and america prevailed. with the wisdom of our founders and the value of our familyes, america prevailed. with each generation going further than the last, america prevailed. and with the opportunity we build today for a shared prosperity tomorrow, america will prevail. it begins with reelecting barack obama. it begins with you. it begins now. may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. ( cheers and applause ) thank you! >> ifill: an auspicious step on the national stage for the mayor of sa san antonio. sharing the spotlight with his three-year-old daughter who was having fun seeing himself. that is his mother. that is his wife on the right. and his mother, who was listening i'm sure with more than a little emotion to what her son was saying and talking about his grandm

it just it -- we risk our promise as a nation. families who asked -- never asked for anything risk losing everything. the dream of my grandmother held, that work will be rewarded, that the new class to be there for her children -- that dream was being crushed. then president -- president obama took office and took action. when detroit was in trouble, president obama save the auto industry and 1 million jobs. [cheers and applause] 7 presidents before him, republicans and democrats tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. [cheers and applause] he made a historic investment to lift our nation's public schools and expand pell grants so more young people can afford college. because he knows we do not have an ounce a ton to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants. [cheers and applause] now wait is time for congress to enshrined in law the right to pursue their dream in the only place they have ever called home -- america. [che

this election will, therefore, fail us as a nation, as a means of having a robust debate about a war we are still waging, while more than two-thirds of americans do not want us to be fighting it. elections are supposed to help us close the gap between what we want and what we get as a nation, because enterprising competitive politicians are supposed to recognize and seize political opportunity, when a policy is deeply, profoundly unpopular. but mitt romney is not capable of that on this issue. and so that means the pressure on this issue, the pressure on the policy makers, if there is going to be any, will have to come from the people, from us. because it seems like we care about this as a country, even if some of the people who say they want to lead us do not care about it. all right. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow night at 7:00, as our coverage of the democratic convention starts in prime-time. but right now, it is time for "barack obama: making history" which is hosted by our own chris matthews. have a great night. >>> some day, years from now, barack

as a nation we have long rejected such cruelty. proclamation. with the advance of union forces, it brought a new day, would henceforth be forever free. we wrote that promise into our constitution. we spent decades struggling to make it real. the universal declaration of human rights so that slavery and the slave trade would be prohibited in all their forms. a global movement was sparked with the trafficking victims protection act. here at cgi, you have made impressive commitments in this fight. we're honored to be joined by advocates who have risked their lives to liberate victims and help them recover. this includes men and women of faith who are truly doing the lord's work -- evangelicals, the catholic church, international justice missions, and world relief. even individual congregations like passion city church in atlanta. so many young people of faith who decided their conscience compels them to act in the face of injustice. groups like these are answering the bible's call, to seek justice and rescue the oppressed. be a leader in the global

no one has the right to restrict a people and nation. but we believe as a friend of nations we must help the nations around the world to obtain these rights through peaceful paths. through peaceful actions. and we have worked hard. i am now hard at work to organize a contact group in order to bring the two sides to a point of national agreement. >> but, mr. president, do you condemn the level of violence that president assad has brought against his people? because he has been slaughtering tens of thousands of syrians. if, as you say, you are a man of peace and you believe in fundamentally somebody's right to protest, this violence has to stop. have you told president assad it has to stop? >> translator: i am stating my opinion quite clearly. i cannot interfere in the internal matters of syria, but i can announce my opinions. and we are seeking an understanding. some have been working hard to supply weapons to the opposition. the government is also equipped to enter this conflict, and, based on the foundation that some pursue to resolve issues through mili

that he firmly believes that as a nation we're all in this together. hat unites us is far stronger and greater than what divides us. >> hang on. a president who thinks we're all in this together? what a snob. we're joined now by msnbc contributor and bloomberg few columnist, jonathan alter. former dn c communications director karen finney and proves james peterson of he lie university. karen, mitt romney is polling at zero with african-americans. he's -- it's said almost 70% of latinos will support the president, and now he says 47% of the entire electorate is obsessed with entitlements. answer this question, does this man really want to win this election? >> apparently not, i mean, you would think by the way he's running this campaign, no. it's appalling what he said because -- and this is the thing. it's not the first time he's talked about handouts and freebies. clearly there is something in his mind about who the hard working people and who are the moochers, right? who deserves those tax credits like that 3% that actually doesn't pay federal income

the nation, not yet a century old, was still seeking its own cultural and national identity. of the american landscape were now promoted as the country's unique heritage. the new york herald wrot "their beauty, their splendor, their extraordinary and sometimes terrible manifestations of nature form a series of attractions possessed by no other nation." three months later, moran's "the grand canyon of the yellowstone" was bought by the federal government for $10,000. the painting was hung in the u.s. capitol, a triumph for moran. soon after, he began signing his work with the monogram "t.y.m." for thomas "yellowsto" moran. yellowstone remained a source of inspiration throughout moran's career. in 1892, the artist returned to the park to create new paintings of its wonders. by this time, yellowstone was a popular tourist attraction. the idea of the national park, suggested two decades before, had been fully realized. moran's depictions of yellowstone left a permanent mark on the american consciousness, transforming the public perception of the west fr a frightful land of mystery into a patriotic symbol of the beauty and pro

and when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. and the dream my grandmother held that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her than for her children, that dream was being crushed. but then president obama took office and he took action. when detroit was in trouble, president obama saved the auto industry and saved a million jobs. seven presidents before him, republicans and democrats, tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. he made a historic investment to left public schools and because so that mb young people can afford college. he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. now it's time for congress to enshrine in law the right to pursue their dreams, the only place they've ever called home, america. four years ago, americ

these were all enabled by this overarching understanding of america as a nation for patchouli and progress. in 1936 the president said, do not look upon these united states as a finished product. we are still in the making. it is notable that prior to roosevelt it was always these united states after roosevelt the nation understood itself as the united states. added move from a motion -- notion of collective states to one of an exclamation. forestier the nation hierarchies in a citizenship work as much on the present as the future. the basic thoughts underlying his policies quote did not narrowed the nationalistic. >> insistence is the first consideration upon the interdependence of various elements as part of the united states. for roosevelt the entire nation was interconnected but was not therefore static infix. it was always in motion, always developing. at there for required constant attention and constant adjustment, the kind of attention that only a strong president seated in a strong government could give. importantly he understood the nation as already fundamentally united. the ver

a columnist for cookie national review." thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> tomorrow, a look ahead as congress returns from summer recess with reporters from roll- call and the hill followed by robert bigsby on the fiscal cliff in the plan to curb the $16 trillion national debt. then the scope and work of the transportation security administration with mickey mccarter. washington"journal of" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. live coverage from deep house and senate returning live tomorrow. the house begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter about what we can expect congress to address this week. host: john shaw is with market news international. when the house and senate come back, what is on the legislative agenda? guest: the elections are looming. it will be relatively brief return to washington. the one item everyone is focused on is keeping the government funded. one item on the agenda is passing a short-term spending bill to fund the government sparging october 1st. in july, house speaker john boehner and harry reid breached an agreement to pass a six-month stop g

a larger share of the hispanic vote. >> to become as committed to the democrats as the-- in the past while we're in trouble as a party and i think as a nation. >> stephen: yes. if hispanic goes with the democrats it will be bad for the nation. if they go with republicans, it will only be bad for hispanics. now the point is... (cheers and applause) the point is this election will come down to attracting latinos who, once again, are doing a job americans aren't willing to do, voting. so it is no surprise that the democrats made san antonio mayor julian castro their convention keynote speaker while republicans countered with chris christie who while not technically hispanic s at least 50% nacho. that's why... that's why this week unovision meet the candidates forum hosted both romney then obama, fold of course by a guy in an ape suit and a giant red grasshopper. and folks, romney had clearly prepared himself to appeal to latinos because here he is monday on the campaign trail. and here he is last night on univision. (applause) now clearly he wants it, clearly he wants it. apparently he just entered the spray can booth and cramped it up to mont

is dangerous. >> if the hispanic block become a committed to to the democrats as the african americans have we're in trouble as a party and i think as a nation. (audience reacts). >> jon: and this is a guy whose religion forbids him from drinking alcohol. can you imagine what he would say if he was (bleep) faced? (laughter) hey, let me tell you something else, don't get me started on the asians, i'll telling you! tricky, tricky people. for more on the story, we're joined by al madrigal and jessica williams. thank you for joining us. (applause) al madrigal, jessica, do you take these comments as a latino, as an african american, as offensive in any way. >> wait, you mean romney is not a latino? are you sure about that? >> jon: yeah. >> he's got great hair, five kids, his wife drives two cadillacs. it sound pretty latino to me. (laughter). >> jon: he's not. but he's saying that if he was latino it would be easier for him to become president. >> not just president, jon, everything in this country is easier if you're latino. (laughter) you think i could have gotten into college if i wasn't latino? no way! affirmative action! it's just like shake

it has no place in a civilized world. [ applause ] as a nation -- as a nation, we have long rejectedruelty. just a few days ago, we marked the 150th anniversary of a document i have hanging in the oval office, the emancipation proclamation. it brought a new day that all persons held as slaves would thenceforth be forever free. we wrote that promise into our consistent t constitution. we spent decades trying to make it real. we joined with other nations in the declaration of human rights so that slavery and is slave trade would be prohibited in all forms. a global movement was sparked with the trafficking victims proe tex act. signed by president clinton and carried on by president bush. here at cgi, you have hemade impressive advances in this fight. we're joined by people who have helped victims to recover. men and women of faith who like the great abolitionists before them, are truly doing the lord's work. evangelicals, the catholic church, international justice mission, and world relief, even individual congregations like passion city church in atlanta, and so many young people of

not reimbursed and so yes you do have it in structural taxes because they collect it basically as a national sales tax when you bring it into the country make a. there's about twenty percent in the range fifteen twenty percent which is functional tax that that right which is frankly a tariff and americans don't seem to be willing to have a b. eighty here you know so what happens is we go on and on with this and puts that a competitive disadvantage as far as how much. much cheaper goods are here because a lot of their taxes are collected differently and in ours or net it's after everything but beyond that the other thing is domestic preference because what will happen is if you go to for example france and the girl she sells the french frags french flags on that approximate france and nine out of the top ten cars sold in france are made in france and in fact number eight is the only important middle it's the that the most regular five hundred i think and so they don't have to worry about you know even with all their problems and they have high social costs there and they're not really good at

is a founder and chairman of keep america safe, a non- profit organization dedicated to education and advocacy about american national security policy. ass contributor, she provided analysis on on u.s. national security policy in the 2012 election. she was the second ranking state department official responsible for u.s. policy in the middle east. prior to that, she served as deputy assistant secretary of state from 2002-2004. i hope i got the dates right. [laughter] she is responsible for the establishment of the $300 million middle east partnership initiative to support educational reform and the empowerment of women. from 1999-2002, she served on assignment with the international corporation, a member of the world bank group. she served previously at the department of state and at the agency for international development, designing and managing u.s. assistance projects in eastern europe. she received her bachelor's degree in colorado. don't you love that all of them have colorado connections? [applause] she was married to philip perry and they have five children. please welcome liz cheney. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. it is

he served as a marine in vietnam, flying helicopters. joined the army national guard as a medac pilot. he was loved by his students and moved by his deep commitment to them. one student said, he opened up my eyes and by heart to the world. many others became teachers, nurses, firefighters. bill retired from the classroom and return to serve in the pentagon. there is no doubt he lost his life that morning because he stops to help somebody. there were thousands like bill that day. life takes on meaning only as the causes to which we attach ourselves have meaning. we become what we are through some cause we make our own. september 11 will always stand apart from other days. because of what those things say about all americans. as we remember the 184 lives that ended here and those that died in new york and pennsylvania, let us commit ourselves to the ideals for which they lived and which they believed. let us honor the generation inspired to step forward to defend our nation. a generation that still fights in afghanistan. let's rededicate our lives to giving back.

suzuki drive solent deep to homernd it's his second as a national. 1-0 nationals. in the seventh, desmond, the star, up the center and the nationals when a tough one. the yankees host the echoes at the top of the fifth. -- coast the orioles at the top of the fifth. tutu won the yankees. hear them say goodbye. the six looks like an instant replay. reynolds is not fixing it today. same play -- a three- n shot and the orioles went 8- 3. since two years ago, there hasn't been a steady running the redskins. it has been a rotation out of spinning into the offense. clearly they are doing well. when tim hightower was sent to injured reserve, they proved to do it. his stuff this year's sixth pick exceled in camp. spotty but each back brings something table. ferent to that they are proven players. i like what i have seen in practice at what i have seen in the game. each guy has a different quality be interesting to see them compete. brandon banks will compete on the roster again. the special teams star returned a 91 for a touchdown. for banksn the table hethat's how much he s

this election will, therefore, fail us as a nation, as a means of having a robust debate about a war, while more than two-thirds of americans do not want us to be fighting it. elections are supposed to help us close the gap between what we want and what we get as a nation, because enterprising competitive politicians are supposed to recognize and seize political opportunity, when a policy is deeply, profoundly unpopular. but mitt romney is not capable of that on this issue. and so that means the pressure on this issue, the pressure on