i hope and wish that we are treated at airports in this country as human beings, as american citizens. thank you for your time today. supervisor avalos: thank you. we very much appreciate it. >> i am john crew from the american civil liberties union of california. i will be happy to answer questions. this is an important topic. if we run out of time, i am happy to provide information later. i served as the police practices project director for 15 years. i served on the task force appointed by the police commission to draft san francisco intelligence policies. it is important for you to understand how it came about. it came about because the human rights commission held a similar hearing 20 years ago about similar issues. the board of supervisors endorsed it. the police. attention. they formed a task force that included a self -- myself and top levels of the police reported. we sat down and rewrote the sfpd policies. we are proud of the effort. it has served san francisco well for 20 years. chief casey sat in on the meetings with us. he asked why they were endorsing the changes because

with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediately. and that's what i embarked upon doing. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived in the apartment building with us. i had aunts upstairs. another aunt lived close by. pretty much 4 days a week my great uncle would come in and visi

not just puerto ricans-- who, by the way, are not immigrants, per se, because they're born as american citizensut then, el barrio becomes more mexican, more domincan, more kind of diverse. when you are named the head of el museo del barrio, there is a huge controversy. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: you're the first non-puerto rican to head what is considered, actually, in its formation, a puerto rican cultural institution. talk a little bit about what that was like. you have this artistic background from, you know, from louvre and the sorbonne, and then you come into this institution. they're saying, "hey, wait a second; you may be latino, you may be mexican, but you don't represent what el museo del barrio's supposed to be all about. >> correct, and actually, that was... that was... i was surprised a little bit by that. i think, you know, in a way it was... i was selected by my artistic credentials and my understanding of the richness, complexity of latino/latin american culture. but that... that tension that existed-- and again, at the beginning, with that... what... that pushing back, what it real

you feel as someone who is an american who was born in this can makes me feel like they're treating me like a terrorist or criminal and they're not giving me my my rights as an american citizen i was born and raised here so i feel different and it's not a nice feeling and tell me about you know a few details of the day when the f.b.i. actually showed up at your house and decided to get that tracker back off your car well they did in common knock on the door and they were they came by with two s.u.v.s and the f.b.i. saying next to my car and they were really intimidating they were threatening me with arrest if i don't give them a device back. you know finally i gave in and vice to ask me a couple questions and they were they were out there left me alone and since then i haven't heard from them but just the fact that they had it the device on my car the following me is sometimes i can feel paranoid and i have the right to feel that way you know. you know even sometimes when i'm driving i could i could see the same car driving behind me throughout the day so that's just a little bit scary sometimes can get somebody you know to feel really nervous so you have a little problem no

hospital an aneurysm is first and he starts with the very first i speak to you today not as an american citizen and not as a jew but has a human being and he has an outline for speech calling for world peace. but then he puts aside and pulls of his calculations again and the very last night and on that day he just keeps scrolling into the evening one of last line of equations to get himself still a little closer to the spirit manifest in the lobby of the universe with little crossroads and mathematical mistakes and finally trailing off in the end. thus it was a very important rebellious but incredibly imaginative food class patent clark became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos and the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom in the universe. thank you very much. [applause] >> walter isaacson, thank you very, very much. we knew this was went be interesting. don't forget please write your questions down on the cards we will be picking up the cards. before i begin with the first question though i would like to think walter for his contribution to our new orleans project. >> i would like t

as american muslims. i want to say that we are not in denial as a community that something is going on. that there are bad actors in every community and it is our role as citizens to gather together and look for justice to identify individuals. our data has shown that the american-muslim community has been in the forefront. there is something going on, though, which mr. king's hearing. he is onto something, but he is moving in the wrong direction. this approach is like finding a needle in a haystack by adding more hate. -- by adding more hay. the american-muslim community, i believe, is the best defense that we have against radicalization in america among american muslims. in fact, it is our opinion that if you look into the american- muslim community's response, we have done a lot, but we have much more to do. we will call on peter king and others to say, "why not be a constructive partner in the war against terror and to recognize that the number of muslims in america in march will double in the next few decades." we are here to stay as a community. fear and hate-speech will not make the problem any better. on behalf of the council, we remain committed to our

american society. my name is mohammad dawood > we are voicing our concern regarding the upcoming hearings. as citizens of the united states and as an integral part of the american interfaith community in u.s. society, we are keenly aware of the challenges and dangers facing carnation. muslims have been victimized by social violence, and seek to harm people in our nation. we have articulated the fact that random act of violence contradict the core values of our faith. we have come to the existence of legitimate law-enforcement officials who have brought such plans to our community. whether such plot that involves muslims, christians, or other religions or no faith at all, it is on the fabric of virus sense of moral value. -- it is on the fabric of our sense of moral value. anywhere they live, we have challenged both the actions and the motivations behind them. muslims have challenged plots involving muslim individuals were such actions have threatened the nation. all of these things are well known to the agencies. they are charged with the responsibility of protecting all of us. we are concerned that t

hitchens responded by having himself sworn in as an american citizen by the chief of homeland securitywhen we spoke to him last month, he seemed to be basking in the venom of his detractors. alexander cockburn, a former friend of yours, called you "self-serving, fat-ass, chain- smoking, drunken, opportunistic cynical contrarian." >> hitchens: well, i don't see what's wrong with that, though he should see my ass now. >> kroft: hitchens says he nearly died in january, when the chemotherapy began to destroy his innards. he called it a bad dress rehearsal. he is now in an experimental program with a cutting edge drug that has shown some promise attacking the specific type of cancer cells that are eating away at his body. he is hoping that it will produce a long remission, but as usual, he is keeping two sets of books. >> hitchens: i mean, i make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if i was going to carry on living. >> kroft: how far do you think ahead? >> hitchens: i hate it when people ask what the expiry date of my credit c

the district of columbia and its residents and his support for our rights of self-government as american citizens. i oppose this rule, i oppose this bill and at the appropriate time i will have a substitute to redirect the funds in this bill in accordance with the home rule wishes of the district of columbia. may i say i appreciate the words of my good friend from utah, but i do resent the use of the word liberty. at a time when this bill would deprive the residents of the district of columbia of the liberty every other district has in deciding local education decisions for itself, they have it in utah, we will never be satisfied as long as we do not have each and everything you have in utah. now, the majority ought to approach this rule with caution. many in the house ran on the promise to reduce the power of the federal government and to reduce the budget. now we are three months into the new congress and if they vote for this rule they will be breaking their promises. they will be voting for an unprecedented expansion of the federal government's power in the quintessential local decision of el

they learned that when they actually became american citizens as opposed to members of these international exchange good will delegations, racism really hit them hard. their ends were not well met, but as for your other question about the students who the generations, the next generation, we have spoken to several of the young men's descendents, and it's amazing to learn how many of them live here or in canada, and how many of them of those who live in china followed in the footsteps of their fathers and attended yale, m.. -- mit. it was a heart felt discovery forus. yes, ma'am? >> [inaudible] >> they had a hard time with their children and their children's children. >> the ones who came here had the misfortune. i'll repeat the question. the ones who decided to stay had a hard time, but their children went to yale and harvard. the ones who came here unfortunately died very young. one died as a child a couple months after he decided to stay. he was adopted by this beautiful family in connecticut who lost a son in the civil war, and saw this young man named tan as their second gift from god.

they learned that when they actually became american citizens as opposed to members of this international exchange, goodwill litigation, racism really hit them hard. and therein for not well met. but as for your other question about the students -- the generations, the next-generation, we have spoken to several of these young men defended. and it's amazing to learn how many of them lived either here or in canada and how many of them, even those in china followed in the first tops of their fathers and attended gill, columbia, mit, princeton. and they decided to learn this. they were generous as they opened up archives and letters in the photos in the book from there. there was a hard-fought discovery for a period yes,

they learned that when they actually became american citizens as opposed to members of of the international exchange goodwill delegation, racism and xenophobia really hit them hard and there and were not well met. .com as for your other question, about the students, the generations, the next generation, we have spoken to several of these young men's descendents and it is amazing to learn how many of them live either here or in canada and how many of them, even those who live in china, followed in the footsteps of their fathers and attended yale, columbia, m.i.t. and princeton. it may just happy to learn this and they were very generous. they opened up archives and some of the photos in the book, that was sort of a heartfelt discovery for us. yes, maam. [inaudible] their children and their children's children mated and when to yell and m.i.t. and harvard. >> once you came here had the misfortune -- i repeat the question. the question, the ones who came had a hard time with their children went to yale and harvard. the ones you came who came here unfortunately died very young. one died as a ch

- at least throughout my lifetime we've heard the discussion here in washington, d.c., i, as an american citizen, as an observer of the politics and the policies of our nation's capital, have heard year in and year out about the need to reduce spending, to balance the books, to quit spending so much money, to be more fiscally responsible, our fiscal house has to be put in order. those are words that i have heard throughout my entire adult life and yet i'm fearful that they have once again just become words. we do not have the luxury of those words meaning nothing this time around. and i would suggest that there are those who may observe the proceedings of this congress this year and say once again there is a political debate going on, it's rhetoric between republicans and democrats, it's a battle between the house and senate, between the congress and the president without recognizing that this debate has serious consequences to the american people today and into the future. razas i said earlier spending beyond our means is no longer an option much the failure for us to address these issues in a

as though the u.s. government is growing more and more concerned about the situation president obama said this about american citizens in japan today. even as japanese responders continue to do your roic work we know that the damage to the nuclear reactors in fukushima daiichi plant poses a substantial risk to people who are nearby that is why yesterday we called for an evacuation of american citizens who are within fifty miles of plant his decision was based upon a careful scientific evaluation and the guidelines that we would use to keep our citizens safe here in the united states or anywhere in the world. also united nations forecast shows a plume of radiation heading across the pacific ocean as we speak apparently could hit southern california by tomorrow state department dismissed any harmful effects for the west coast today is with the chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission gregory jack so had to say. basic physics and basic science tells us that there really can't be any risk or harm to anyone here in the united states or hawaii or any of the other territory so that's something that we feel very co

as the u.s. authorizes the first evacuations of american citizens. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. the united states will begin evacuating americans out of japan amid growing concern over the nuclear plant crisis. here's the latest. japanese military helicopters have begun dumping water on the crippled power plant to try to cool overheated nuclear fuel. engineers are trying to enstall a new power line so they can restore power to the plant's cooling system. a top u.s. nuclear official says he believes radiation levels at the plant are extremely high, and will soon be deadly. the obama administration has urged the evacuation of all americans from a 50-mile radius of the fukushima daiichi plant. now, charter japan, with more on this. good morning, charlie. tell us the latest where you are. >> good morning to you, betty. well, you may be wondering where i am. we've been trying to make our way to the quake zone. the japanese military has taken over all the highways. obviously we're trying

her boyfriend now an american citizen, known as paul cruising hot spots in his fancy range rover.taining friends in his sprawling hokka lounge n a chilling phone call two months before her death, jen describes the way paul treats her in her own voice. >> he is a pro at man nip plating. winning your heart, sweeps you off your feet. candles and flowers. it gets me loving him. so then as soon as he gets to that point, he flips it. and calls me ugly. fat. a gold digger. >> and they lived in the little homeless than a month. in the middle of an october week, 2009, disaster. >> this house is on fire. >> is everybody out? >> police video shows paul arriving at the scene. according to the landlord, desperate to know about jen. >> i said she's probably all right. >> what you're watching is paul's out of control and apparently painful reaction when detectives deliver the news a so far unidentified female body has been found in a burning bed in the cottage home he shared with jennifer. police about to turn this conversation from death notification to murder interrogation. >> this is awful. w

they learned that when they became american citizens as opposed to members of the international exchange goodwill delegation, racism and zina phobia hit them hard and there ends were not well matt. but as for your other question, about the students -- the generations -- the next generation, we have spoken to several of these young men's descendants and it is amazing to learn how many of them lived either here or in canada and how many of them, even those who live in china followed in the footsteps of their fathers and attended yale, columbia but personal mit and princeton. they were very generous. they opened family archives. that was a sort of heartfelt discovery for us. yes? [inaudible] >> their children and their children's children made it and went to yale and mit and harvard. >> the ones who came here had the misfortune. the ones who came -- had a hard time but their children went to yale and harvard. the ones who came here died very young. one died as a child a couple months after he decided to stay. he was adopted by this beautiful family in connecticut who had lost a son in the c

happen here. 80 miles north of the mexican-american border, 80 mile into the united states right now, we have signs posted it's not safe for you as an american citizen to go south of here between that 80-mile marker and mexico. can you imagine that? americans are afraid to even walk on the american soil because of drug dealers, thugs, illegal aliens, people who are transporting them into the country who might kill them. we had one border patrol agent who was shot and killed about a week ago and when he was shot and killed, we found out that he was told these drug dealers or illegal aliens or people who are bringing illegals in to stop and since they wouldn't stop, our border patrol agents were told they had to use bean bags, get, they had to use bean bags to be fired at these people who crossed the worder illegally who may have been drug dealers or whatever. the fellows they were pursuing turned around with ak-47's, an automatic weapon with high velocity bullets, and shot and killed this one border patrol agent and the president of the united states has told them that the first thing that they should use if they suspect somebody of bringing illegal

the heroes of 9/11 are firefighters and police are being asked to give away their rights as free american citizens at the bargaining table for wages and benefits. our resumesforamerica@mail.house.gov wants to abolish middle class prevailing wages -- our gotschors wants to abolish middle class prevailing wages. what's at stake in our nation is more than wages. what's at stake is liberty for all and opportunity for all. governor walker wasn't the firefighters in madison that robbed main street. you might ask your friends the koch brothers about that. governor kasich, it wasn't the teachers in ohio who financed the shipping of our jobs offshore. you voted for it and your buddies on wall street rammed it through congress. and governor daniels, it wasn't your public sector workers that created the biggest financial bubble in u.s. history and jumped ship. that was created by the policies of george w. bush where you served as director of the o.m.b. while the federal budget deficit exploded. i salute america's workers who are fighting for the middle class and our way of life. the whole world is watching.

immunity from this lawsuit in which an american citizen-- kansas born abdullah al-kid-- charges that mr. ashcroft approved a national policy to use a certain law known as material witness law, in order to detain american citizens and others. >> woodruff: but it's the obama administration arguing that the former attorney general should be immune from that? >> that's correct. because what's at stake here is prosecutors-- it could be the current attorney general, the next attorney general, or even lines of prosecutors, u.s. attorneys who could face damages suit under this material witness law. i want to explain what that law is, judy. basically that law tells law enforcement that if you want to arrest somebody as a material witness you have to show to a judge or magistrate that this person has material testimony and the only way you're going assure that person is available is by this material witness warrant. mr. al-kid was held for 16 days in three different detention centers in three different states under extremely harsh conditions. then he was under very big restrictions for 15 months at the ends of which he lost his job and he was separated from his

i think america is still a very, and i hesitate because now i'm speaking as an american citizen thati am. i think america is a very welcoming country, so those looking to come into the country legally by way of the proper processes, procedures, we are a very giving country, and we should continue to be that, but it is coming into the country illegally and posing a greater harm by that threat in the mix that we're looking at is what we're concerned about, especially those of us responsible for america's borders. >> great. we have to end it there. show your appreciation to our guest. [applause] we have a really expert panel to follow here. please stick with us, and we'll start that just in a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> this forum hosted by the national journal continued with a decision of ways to improve security. this is an hour. >> okay, the expert panel. i appreciate you being here and i'll do a quick introduction and we'll ask questions. to my right is michael shifter, president of inter-american dialogue. he's a long time adjunct professor at georgetown school of for

now i hear our citizens being referred to as people who are receiving funds that are going down a rat hole. the american citizens are not rats, the money that we are appropriationed through good public policy is not money that's going down a rat hole. as a matter of fact, he knows, if he knows anything about this crisis that we're confronted with, that not only have we bailed out the biggest institutions in america that are too big to fail with billions of dollars that we loaned to them and i didn't hear anybody talking about that money going down a rat hole or those people or these people. let us be a little bit more respectful as representatives of the people in the way we describe our public policy here. i don't consider that credible leadership, madam chair, and i would ask the gentleman to refrain from referring to the citizens of this country in that way. and i would ask the members of congress to reject those arguments and to look at what we're doing and to understand as the gentlelady from california has said, if they want to be credible in how they reduce the deficit, they should look at the mo

ship as we all do american government is also pulling their own citizens from the church and so the human eye. does now are the story of product news and we do not know what's really going on at the moment who should mark colvin situation and i believe the japanese government most comparable would let it assess the wall party norms of what's going on here. international body and the nations around in helpless situations the worst scenario nuclear disaster can be prevented. in the region here. chung live for us from beijing them thank you for your insight thank you thank you for the fear of radiation contamination from japan's troubled nuclear plant is spreading and well beyond the country's shores people in russia's neighboring far east are panic buying preventive medicines and radiation because this one seems like an incredible reports and spheres could prove far more damaging for their health than a real threat. maybe. the news arriving from japan is very worrying and for their concern they are closing nuclear plants but they measure of from disaster and difficulties it's hard not to be

as moammar gadhafi mo's down his own citizens and fighter jets and helicopters in libya today american corporations are busy securing their profits in the region are used to a moral standard of business in today's globalized world moral considerations have been thrown out the window and profits are apparently the only thing that matters libby has always been regarded as a rogue nation and we know for certain they could aki played a role in the terrorist bombing of pan am flight one of three that killed one hundred ninety american citizens. and yet u.s. based corporations are openly doing business with gadhafi and libya and have been since george w. bush made a legal in fact if you go online you can find a guidebook for u.s. companies written by the state department the department commerce and titled doing business in libya commercial guide for u.s. companies may as well be called here's how to get rich doing business with a brutal dictator one person instrumental in normalizing business relationships with libya back in two thousand and eight was david welch a u.s. diplomat under george

american citizens. we will stand with the people of japan as they contain this crisis. thank you very much. >> the house voted to ban federal funds for programming. the would prevent public protestations from expecting federal funds some programming. the measure is opposed by the white house. recognition? mrs. blackburn: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1764 -- 174, i call up h.r. 1076, a bill to prohibit federal funding of nation public radio and the use of federal funds to acquire radio content. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1076, a bill hibthibt -- a bill to prohibit federal funding of nation public radio and the use of federal funds to acquire radio content. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 174, the bill is considered as read. the gentlelady from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. and

as on in the past he was a vocal supporter of the ira as they were killing people including americans they killed an american citizen in london this is a man who historians here in the past and you are you making hammer strokes me going to care if this is a man that is clearly out there telling a falsehood that is a lying then how is that helping to educate the general i am trying to listen to what he cited was he heard from a mom at a committee hearing in congress who said yeah eighty percent or maybe we shouldn't listen to islamic radicals so much against it ok so that's how i actually say that you care and it's a fact it's a real organization it's a saudi fighters organization that owns the trust of most mosque in america that's no national islamic trust it's some organization if you want to make this a bit more of that cia let's talk about of the american muslims who are great at the value of it keep bringing us air let's. talk about people like me who work with law enforcement is a little terrorism is to give voices to muslims who believe that she would they do maybe not have national platforms they don't get f

as my primary language, but i am a citizen. i appreciate from this commission that there is an interpreter. i think as a spanish-speaking person, as a mexican and american, what i would like from this commission for me to really respect you, and for me and thousands of other immigrants, but i am going to speak for the spanish-speaking community, for us to feel that you are really here, and you mean what you say, it is beyond interpretation and intention. it is engagement, but it is also to stand up. i am going to give you a couple of examples. the new police chief just passed a law that if you don't have a driver's license, which is one of the main issues for latino undocumented people, that they are going to give you 20 minutes, they will take your car and pay a fee. but they are going to take your car. you are going to go into another debt for $1,000. you can say we support this. put an ad in the chronicle or announce it. that is one. the one, the chronicle and other english papers, i think because they have new reporters that don't understand the context of immigration and the complexities, they go on and on stererotyping latinos unfairly and unwarra

americans. for example, new immigrants or citizen citizens -- excuse me, let me start this again. for example, as new immigrants or citizens, the vast majority of muslim committee members within my jurisdiction is fiercely proud of their american identity and display their patriotism on a daily basis. what i made critical outreach to the community after 9/11, i was overwhelmed by the number of muslims who were ready and willing to connect with law enforcement. moreover, after the 2005 transit bombings in london, the muslim american homeland security congress was formed in los angeles county to engage muslim community members in our efforts to counter violent extremism. the homeland security congress is compromised of leaders from the religious, business, professional, and academic centers of the muslim american community. moreover, supports the efforts of our muslim community affairs unit, made up of arabic speaking muslim deputy sheriffs and i might add that the los angeles police department has the same effort going. the muslim american homeland security congress provides support to our homelan

as possible. so far, germany, britain, australia and france have all told their citizens to evacuate. americans are not being told to leave the country yet, though. the white house is monitoring the situation. those leaving tokyo say uncertainty about the nuclear emergency in fukushima nearly 200 miles away is forcing them to flee. >> reporter: are you really worried? >> i think we should leave. >> the tokyo metropolitan government says radiation levels have surged to 23 times the normal level in the capital. >>> dozens of bay area college students who are in japan are being told to return home. 12 students from san francisco state and three from san jose state have been staying there as part of an education abroad program. stanford says all 35 students from that school have been accounted for and are on the way home, as well. it's unclear when the students will be back in the u.s. >>> health experts in san francisco are stressing, there is no danger here from japan's nuclear emergency but the crisis has touched off a debate about radiation levels. simon perez has more on how we are exposed to

as president my immediate concern of safety of our citizens we of back with our embassy and all americans. when we took a series of swift steps in a matter of days to answer his aggression, we opposed froze $33 million of his assets. when other nations and the u.n. security council's were brought in award sanctions with an oil and arms embargo. holding omar khadafy's constituents a cobl accountable we are confident that he is not able to leave, and he needs to step come from power. and is not able to-lead his people. moammar gaddafi has chosen to escalate with a military campaign against libyans. innocent people were targeted, killed. hospitals, ambulances were attacked. journalists were arrested, sexually assaulted and killed. supplies of fuel and food were choked off, and water for hundreds of thousands of people was shut off. cities, towns were shelled, mosques were destroyed and apartments were reduced to rubble. military jets were unleashed upon people that no means to defend themselves against themselves from the assaults from the air. confronted by this brutal aggression and a loom

you keep answering questions about american citizens in japan as well as generally of date americans about the impact of the accidents or the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquake. i also have our deputy secretary of energy. we can at mind everything we're doing -- al everything. i will ask these two gentlemen to speak. if you could address questions related to them and we will let them get out of here and i will take questions on other issues. thanks very much. >> we believe the steps the japanese are taking are consistent with the approach we would use here in the u.s.. we advised americans in japan to follow the instructions of the japanese government with regard to nuclear facility. the agency has been providing technical assistance. we have dispatched two technical experts to japan and are continuing to assemble a team of experts that would be dispatched. i will then turn to dan. >> thank you. we have been working closely with our colleagues here at the department of energy. i just came from speaking with the secretary on this matter. john brennan has been coordinating the int