right before the beijing olympics when all the world community was gushing over the chinese dictatorship we went over and gave a list of political prisoners, including some who were there at tiananmen and remain incarcerated. the chinese government took the list and laid it aside. not one of those individuals have been released. the tiananmen square massacre was a turning point in china, and not for the better. the hard-liners in beijing have since unleashed unprecedented cruelty on labor activists, political prisoners, religious believers, and have committed massive crimes against women and children through forced abortions. the ugly spirit of tiananmen square massacre continues today unabated throughout china, with brutality and efficiency that only a nazi could love. with some notable exceptions, including last year's savage crackdown on the tibetans, the chinese leadership has taken their murder and torture behind closed doors, where the cries and screams and tears of thousands of dissidents are heard by no one except the torturers, themselves. for its part, the international communi

he ran for canada in the 4 by 10100 meter relay in the beijing olympics.rs old. >> in lane three, ivory williams from jefferson county, texas. his personal best is sub10. he's a 27-year-old. and of course next to him is usain bolt. fans are lined ten deep outside this stadium to see the jamaican hero. they have turned out in droves to see the world's fastest man. >> sean crawford of the united states has been overshadowed by bolt over the last 18 months. he was a silver medalist in beijing in the 200 meters. >> jared of charlotte town pei carries canadian hopes. he won silver with the canadian 4 by 100 meter relay team. he, too competed in beijing. and in lane 8 is bernard williams of the united states. he was second to sean crawford in a 200 meters in the athens olympics. so an excellent field. six olympians and usain bolt. as bernard williams poses. the focus in lane 4 with crawford next to him. this is a new track in toronto. a little softer than the one he ran on in beijing. and of course it is slickened by rain. but usain bolt is set to step in. and w

let's look at the world record that usain bolt currently holds he had a field day at the beijing olympicst summer. setting the record in the individual races. and ran the third leg in the 4 by 100 meter relay for jamaica, where another world record was broken. >> >> all right, still to come. they're under way in o-town. we'll update magic and lakers in their pivotal game 4 match-up. >> and we will update things from fenway right now the red sox nursing a 1-0 lead. penny and sabathia. we'll let you know what's going on. also, a thriller in houston. astros cubs and that right there, part of the highlig since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.

government officials and many american citizens, travel to the 2008 beijing olympics, a stated terrorist target for the etim. if their affiliation and recent behavior were not troubling enough, i'mal concerned about potential further radicalization of the eight years held with al qaeda members at guantanamo bay. without a declassified threat assessment, how can the american people know if they have not been further radicalized since their capture? how can we assist their potential threat once released into the u.s.? will they attack chinese targets within the u.s.? provide intelligence to al qaeda abroad? or stage an attack on americans at the direction of terrorist groups. reports indicate that etim's philosophy has dramatically evolved as a result of their training and cooperation with al qaeda and the taliban over the last several years. according to terrorism expert rohan gunaratna, an expert on the etim, he said in the post-9/11 era, etim began to believe in the global jihad agenda today the group follows the philosophy of al qaeda and respects osama bin laden. such groups that beli

we know in the beijing olympics, bolt, at 21 years old won the 100 meters and the 200 meters. he was one of the youngest persons ever to win those events and the first person since mr. lewis from new jersey to win both sprints in the olympics. we have had many outstanding people that started politics in new york. jack way back, fellow from st. lucia, he was born in 1905, moved up to new york, high school dropout, went to work for a company and worked his way up from a janitor to become a vice president of the firm. became active in politics and he became new york city democratic political leader, loyal to the tamm manny hall -- tamany hall feeaso. jack won seven straight elections to the new york state asimmably representing his harlem district. in 1953 he was elected president of manhattan becoming the first african-american to hold the post. elected more than a decade before the rise of big city black mayors in the 1960's, he was the highest ranking african-american municipal officer in the nation with an annual salary at that time of 25d,000. he was the highest paid black o

dozens and injured hundreds of innocent civilians as well as threats of attacks against the 2008 olympics in beijing, where people from around the world, including americans, gathered. over the past decade, the group has operated out of afghanistan and pakistan and has developed close links with al qaeda and the taliban. on august 19, 2002, then deputy secretary state richard armitage designated etim, a trit group. the group was designated by the state department under executive order 13224, quote, blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism, end of quote, which defines terrorist activity as activity that involved the violent act or act dangerously to human life, property or infrastructure. later in 2002, the u.s. embassy in beijing reported that two members of etim were deported from allegedly plotting to attack the u.s. embassy. following the attempted attacks the united nations designated etim as a terrorist group under security resolution 21267 and 1390 which provide for the freezing of the group's assets nfment 2004, the state

explain a little bit about the book that the airport and also what is happening in beijing both prior to the olympics and what has been happening since. i'm going to show you 50 photographs. many of them were taken by national geographic, of the neighborhood. it will go with it quickly and i will touch on a number of topics. it will take 45 minutes and then i will open it up, talk to orville annabelle tamir questions as well. that ms. c5 got my technology right here. no, i don't. i never intended to go to china. i should start with that in the beginning as we look at this map of old beijing. i grew up in minnesota in an area that was not even a suburb. it was all corn forms around this. when i went to the university of wisconsin in madison and i was calling to be a spanish teacher. in 19-- i eighth joined the piece corps because i thought i could go do let america with the peace corps but i put in my application and they called vectoring my student teaching and they said we want to send you tishri locka y said ayman spanish speaker, i don't really want to go the sri lanka. they said we will call you