for a long time we tried the bill ayers formula.we try to go over and build homes, lend them money, all of which were a complete waste of time and money. admittedly, for the moral edification of the people doing it, but of no real value to the people on the ground. the indians and the chinese had an insight and it could be called, very crudely, the advantage of backwardness. what is the advantage? we don't have a whole bunch of money, but we do have a whole bunch of people. if we can get those people not to sit around doing nothing, talking to anthropologists or social workers, but making stuff that other people actually want to buy, we will take over the world market. that is really what has happened. the american dream, our dream, has now become a global dream. this is the great gift that america has given and is giving to the world. i am talking about global technological capitalism, has been far and away the greatest anti-poverty program ever created. all of the concoctions of jane addams, and frankly, mother teresa, and every g

bill ayers. -- i will now turn the floor over to mr. bill ayers. you have 18 minutes to start his minutes tohave 18 start his opening remarks. this question and answer session will continue for 30 minutes until the debate ends. members that audience reserve all the questions to the time allotted and i present their questions clearly and directly as to give others around him a chance to speak as well. we hope that making this event responsive to issues that interest you that we can create an evening of debate and as enjoyable as it is memorable. with outfielder -- without further ado, i yield the floor to mr. ayres. [applause] >>. call for coming. this keeps being called a debate, but i don't know who the pro or con is. i think it is discussion about a lovely question -- what is so great about america? when a dialog was proposed to me on this expansive question, i immediately said, i think i will make a list. list, toppingn my the list is chicago. it is my hometown and i know it well. he cause it is one small piece crazy of its outsized and complexi

you could mean more the details at washingtonexaminer.com. >> next, dinesh d'souza and bill ayers debating the question, what is so great about america? ayers known for his 1960's activism. the debate was held at dartmouth college in new hampshire. it is two hours. >> good evening and welcome to tonight's feature debate between dinesh d'souza and bill ayers. i'm a junior at dartmouth and the current editor and chief of the dartmouth review. it is my privilege to serve as moderator and introduce you to the topic. i would like you to locate the nearest emergency exits and silence all cell phones. please note that flash photography is strictly prohibited but our artists like to encourage you to take photos and share what you are seeing on social media sites. when individuals like bill ayers and dinesh d'souza get together for an evening of discussion, there's sure to be much to talk about. the focus of the debate tonight has to do with the nature of america and its meaning in the world today. we will be asking our participants for what their thoughts are on what makes america unique and how i

. >> the discussion with bill ayers and dinesh d'souza is on c-span at 8:00 eastern. here on c-span2 book tv in prime-time with our 3-hour in in-depth interview with author and women's studies professor. >> new jersey governor chris christie held a town hall meeting focusing on hurricane sandy recovery efforts. he also took questions on other topics. you can see the meeting tonight and our companion network c-span at 10:00 p.m. eastern. here's a brief look with a question from our resident about grants for caylee. for -- grants for hurricane relief. >> we were flood victims. and my comment, you are right that there is not enough money to make everyone all. they are not going to get there, but i would like to know your reasoning behind privatizing a lot of the grant programs. my town beta hundred million to different contractors to run the program. the main one that comes to mind -- [applause] that could raise about a thousand houses. one of the men's eights gi. >> let me stop you for question -- seconal and your question. what is your suggestion on our should have don

bill ayers. i am from newberry, new hampshire. am just a citizen of the state, moved up here from new york and am now living in the great free state of new hampshire. the point i'm trying to make was this -- it was going back to your questions of why we went into iraq. i believe, if i am correct that , the majority of the congress did vote on that and based upon the facts that they had at the time, we went into iraq based on that, weapons of mass destruction, and i think mr. d'souza was accurate on that as far as that goes. we did go there. as far as where the money went to, as far as halliburton and everything like that goes, my question is why were you not on the front lines going against that? i will tell you a little story about something that i heard from two kids that went and actually served in iraq. one served for three to wars -- three tours, the other served for two. the point i'm trying to make is that when you talk to the people on the ground, one of the troops over there fighting, what the people over there want is wh

but bill ayers, he gave speeches with him, was only asked one time about his relationship with him, and guy in the neighborhood. you got to debate ayers last night. and we got a piece of the tape. let's roll it. >> you started out as a revolutionary -- well, you started out frankly in the osama bin laden mode. you tried to bomb the pentagon and the u.s. capitol. here is my question here to you. you talked totally different today. you talked about a teacher and educator, so my question is what happened to that old revolutionary? is he still alive or has he thrown in the towel? >> no, i actually feel i am a revolutionary, if by revolutionary you mean -- if what you mean by revolutionary is having a fully worked out program by which we can kind of imagine a different world and then overthrow a government and move forward. no, i'm not that. but if you mean i'm someone who is willing to dive into the contradictions, make sense of them. try to fight for more peace, balance, justice and sustainability, and try to move forward? sure, i still see myself as someone who sees the need for a fundame

dinesh dwatch them -- 'souza and bill ayers.hen you watch them, you can see that they are both right. it is hard for people to hold things like that but they are both right. they come from different places but they are both right. i am 65.e, i have watched immigrants and republicans compromise all my life. but suddenly, they can't. i am not sure why that is. can you speak to that? guest: that is a good question and there are several reasons for that. you are 65. people who are older remember in the 1940's and the 1950's and 70's, there were liberal republicans and conservative republicans, liberal democrats and conservative democrats. every time that there was a fight, on tax policy or spending, there were democrats who were hawkish on defense, republicans who were dovish, democrats who would fight like john f. kennedy and those who wouldn't, and republicans like barry goldwater. all fights were bipartisan. republicans and democrats would get together and fight conservatives, democrat and republican on every issue so you saw bip

i just watched a rebroadcast of dineshty souza and bill ayers, and when you watch them, what you realize is they're both right. i know it's hard for people to hold two things like that, it's very hard. but they're both right. they're coming from different places, but they're both right. and i don't know, compromise is -- i'm 65. so i've watched democrats and republicans compromise all my life. but all of a sudden they can't, and i'm not sure why that is, so could you speak to that? >> host: okay. >> guest: sure. it's a very good question. there are several reasons for that. the first is, you're 65. people who are older remember back in the '30s and the '40s and the '50s and the '60s and the '70s when there were liberal republicans and conservative republicans and liberal democrats and conservative democrats. so every time there was a fight, there were democrats who were hawkish on defense and republicans who were doveish, democrats who would vote for tax cut cans like john f. kennedy and republicans who wouldn't with like barry goldwater. there was a lot of mixture. so all fights were bi

bill ayer and anesh desouza debate what's to so great about america. friday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> last month, the columbia university journalist school began a year-long project titled "journalism after snowden." this 90-minute forum talks about how they broke the edward snowden story. also on the panel is executive editor of "new york times" and members of the president's n.s.a. reform panel. >> good evening. if you're interested and care about the u.s. constitution and freedom of speech and press, protected by the first amendment, or if you care about the role of journal. i and the press -- journalism and the press in informing the public about important public issues, or if you care about the rules and rights of leakers of government classified information, or the level of information the public needs to exercise our responsibilities of self-government in a democracy, or the role of the state in keeping its citizens safe and functions effectively, or in the perplexing problems of working out a global system of free expression, in a new world d

. >> bill ayers and dinesh d'souza debate what's so great about america friday night at 8 eastern on c-span. >> idaho congressman paul labrador recently addressed marriage and religious freedom issues. he spoke at the heritage foundation's conservative policy summit. following his opening remarks, congressman labrador took part in a discussion with panelists on the same topic. his comments are about 35 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. we have made it to our last panel of the day. thank all of you for being here, and this has been a tremendous day where we've gotten to coffer a lot of -- cover a lot of of really great and important issues. this last issue is another very importantn issue. we're going to talk about religious freedom on in this last panel today. is to talk to us about that, we have raul labrador today representing a new generation of conservative leaders. you know, he's been conservative through and through since he got here. he does not bend, he fights fore principle, and he is, i think, one of our most talented young, up and coming communicators in the hous

. >> tonight on c-span, conservative author dinesh d'souza and bill ayers debate what is so great about america. lectures aboutor the history of corruption in the state. the the national annual governors association winter meeting in washington. the all new c-span.org website is now mobile friendly. that means you can access our of americanoverage history er

. >> bill ayers and dinesh d'souza debate what separates about america friday night at eight eastern on c-span. >> now from booktv, investigative reporter james bamford discusses the history of national security agency spying. nsa surveillance of american citizens since 9/11 and the edward snowden leaks. this is an hour 15 minutes.y muh >> thank you very much. really appreciate everybody coming it. a really great event. it's only the second the greatest event i've had here. right through those doors i was married a few years ago wedding, which i discovered later was the major russian spy, bob hansen. i had known him for years as one of my sources. i did not realize what his application was. but it is really good to have you all here. i was very happy that the president decided to hold off on his announcements until tomorrow so that he could hear what i had to say tonight. it was very nice of him. i don't think he will agree with most of what i have to say, but i will be interested to hear what he has to say tomorrow. one of the things that is fascinating is how many people actually k

debate over what is so great about america, with conservative author desousa and liberal activist bill ayers. booktv with author bonnie morris, and a look at the lives of thomas jefferson at 8:00 p.m. eastern. new jersey governor chris christie held a town-hall meeting to talk to residents about hurricane sack -- sandy rougher. next we'll show you a portion where the governor answers a question from an unhappy resident. >> my name is tom, i am an elderly -- flood victim, sandy victim. my comment is, you're right that there isn't enough money to make everyone whole, and we're not going to get that. but i like to know your reasoning behind privatizing a lot of the grant program? you paid about $100 million to different contracts to run the program. the main one that comes to mind is -- that could raise about a thousand houses. one of them is hgi -- >> let me stop you for a second. i'll answer your question. what is your suggestion how i should have done it? should i have hired thousands of new government employees to be able to administer these programs? >> well, i've heard you on tv saying yo

. >> and bill ayers and dinesh d'souza debate what is so great about america tonight at 8:00 p.m. on the c-span. now i do culture secretary tom bill suck -- now agriculture secretary tom vilsack finds the cost increasing even as the number are declining. he spoke yesterday on the yours outlook. usda, and in my personal opinion, to lead this i do culture industry van tom vilsack . i think he has demonstrated his commitment, his vision, perseverance, determination. he is going to help lead us to a very bright future. he is going to come up now and talk a little bit about a sneak peak about the new census, so please welcome secretary vilsack . [applause] >> so here is the deal -- there is a big huge clock that is right in front of me, that is massive, and the deputy really should have used the shorter version of the introduction because i cannot actually talk about the census until one second after 12:00. [laughter] so for the next couple of minutes -- [laughter] -- if i were a comedian, which i'm not, obviously, i would give you some jokes, but let me talk to you about the 2014 farm

. >> bill ayers and dinesh d'souza debate what's the great about america, tonight at eight eastern onc-span. >> the u.s. department of agriculture this week hosted its annual agricultural outlook forum in arlington, virginia. one session focused on the role of agriculture in international trade. we would've from agriculture secretary tom vilsack. the department's chief economist and head of the u.s. agency for international development. this is one hour 40 minutes. >> good morning. i'm deputy secretary of agriculture, and this is usda 19th annual outlook forum. let me start with some housekeeping and ask you to turn off your cell phones to everybody take a minute, turn them off. i turned mine off before i got a. so please do that. on behalf of secretary tom vilsack and usda's office of the chief economist, welcome to each of you. thank you for being with us. especially our international guests, and a special greeting to everyone who will be watching the forum later via webcast. several representatives from foreign embassies are in the audience including mayors of agriculture of costa

ayers. kpix5. >> the new bill would allow business owners to follow last year's law which asks employees toimize contact with food and wash their hands. >>> a woman who tried to sneak her way onto a plane at sfo landed in jail. the d.a. says this woman, marilyn hartman, said she was dying of cancer and wanted to go somewhere warm. it's unclear what she will be charged with, but we're told this is the third time she tried to sneak onto a plane. >>> talk about an in flight emergency, incredible video from south florida. this guy flying a small plane minding his own business, wham. a bird crashes right through the windshield. the impact sent glass and plastic flying, even knocked the pilot's glasses off his face. luckily he wasn't badly hurt, was able to land the plane with a few cuts. >>> this may seem like a touchy or either ridiculous question, but who should asian women marry if they want smart and successful kids? betty yu finds out one answer is quickly becoming the talk of the bay area. >> reporter: if you go there, you're going to be stereotyping. it makes some people nervous, but amy

>> i'll do everything i can to keep the gloves off my hands. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the revised billould allow business owners to follow last year's law which asks employees to minimize contact with food and wash their hands. >>> let's send it over to elizabeth for a look at traffic. is it quiet out there this morning? >> it's okay. we actually did have a couple of incidents earlier and one is -- one accident is slowing down the commute in the east bay. first we'll go live to the eastshore freeway which is moving at the speed limit this morning heading into emeryville and the macarthur maze. you know this exit right there before you turn off toward the bay bridge so right now the drive time is about 18 or 19 minutes. you can see it there on your screen the bottom drive time 19 minutes carquinez bridge to the maze. it's that westbound 580 ride that once again is our stickler, our hotspot once again in the early-morning commute because of an accident in the livermore valley. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. they did clear all the overnight roadwork. caltrans says it's a

. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the new bill would allow business owners to follow last year's law which asks employees to minimize contact with food and wash their hands. >>> the u.s. military must be reshaped to deal with budget cuts and defense secretary chuck hagel sees the u.s. military of the future as a smaller more focused and more high-tech one. his budget plan released yesterday would shrink the number of troops in the army to its lowest level since before world war ii. it also calls for the elimination of the air force's a-10 attack jets and u-2 spy planes and reduction of military benefits. >> the reality of reduced resources and a challenging and changing strategic environment requires us to prioritize and make difficult choices. >> muscle that's going to be cut there. there's going to be some smart individuals that the military will lose and a brain drain. >> hagel is confident the military can make due with less. with new technology employed to fight the wars of the future. his proposals will be part of the 2015 budget plan president obama submits to congress nex

but about ayer from now you will start seeing a different name plate on your bills, certainly and chancesare your prices won't change all that much but that is what consumers and consumer advocates are concerned about, not just the pricing but, you know, the service, will it continue to be-- will it improve or be the same old same old in terms of just my cable is out, my internet is out, an it's taking a day or two for anyone to get to my house. >> ifill: when we think of media companies gobbling up other media companies time warner and aol, we think to ourselves this is going to result in reduced choice kpr consume-- redoesed choice for consumers. the cable industry is different is that likely here? >> right, that's a good point the cable companiesing time warner cable and comcast don't compete against each other. comcast c.e.o. brian roberts said this morning on a press call we done even compete down to a certain zip code. they are not in the same market. so the way that regulators will probably want to view this or at least one aspect is will consumers see less choice as a result of th