blair. [applause] >> thank you and welcome. i want to thank my fellow board members at the constitution center and our president and ceo. thank you for your support. our chief park ranger, thank you for where you do. most of all, i want to thank my longtime friend and former prime minister -- my longtime the former premier ester. -- prime minister. as i think most of you know, the first time i had any hand in presenting this award was in my first year as president before this center was here. in 1993 on july 4. we give it to nelson mandela. we have had at least five winners of the nobel peace prize win this award and many others who have done noble and good things. when he was prime minister, tony blair worked hard to modernize his country's economy and improve its performance for ordinary citizens. he worked to reform the uk's health, education, and social welfare systems so the advanced opportunities and responsibility and were effective. he led the uk on an impressive path to reduce green

i'm still going in how did blair blow its legacy by doing so and why did he come out how to bush. well of course over hey we was portrayed as a poodle to bush and if you read blair's own book as well when he says he was willing to lose the government he was says he what he means by that he was quite willing for members of the cabinet and the government to vote against him it was a very very close vote as you remember and of course it will spawn on our forty five minute claim in the dodgy dossier of ourself was in favor of the invasion of iraq i still agree with pushing blair to a certain extent that they got rid of an evil tyrant but one has to say there was no real evidence was there in the end of weapons of mass destruction and blair misled it all was laid lead to mislaid the british public his legacy is so badly damaged by this you are correct two million people marched on the streets of london blair ignored them and in his book today george bush effectively says he had no regard for british public opinion and a lot of people in britain sort of says this illustrates the disconn

i spoke with tony blair tonight. hear how he is working to change the future. >>> an amazing true story turned into a movie, nothing you haven't heard before. but this one comes with a warning, why some people are passing out or getting sick during the new james franko film. >>> beautiful sunset across the bay area. now rain moves in. use that umbrella . your opinion point forecast is still straight ahead. ,,,,,,,, former british prime minister tony blair is in san francisco tonight. he's introducing local teaching kids to be tolerant of other religions. tony blair is introducing schools to his program that helps give kids a voice to help solve the world's problems. >> reporter: violence like this is often driven by religion. tone ablair wants to change that. he wants faith restored as an instrument of progress. >> so many people think of religion and conflict and division and people fighting each other. actually, when you look at the wonderful work that religion inspires people to do, it's such a tragedy that you ha

tony blair wants to change that. he wants favery stored as an instrument of progress. >> today, so many people think of religion and think of conflict and divisions and people fighting each other and actually, when you look at the wonderful work that religion inspires people to do, it's such a tragedy that you have this other dimension that people concentrate on. >> reporter: the. >> the former british prime minister is trying to change that perception through young people. his faith foundation has a global schools program. it uses video teleconferences like this so they can meet and talk with kids from other religious background. >> peace, understanding. >> 12 bay area schools are participating. teachers met with mr. blair and had an opportunity to question him about the program. >> continuing ongoing throwing that goes on. >> one of them, monica ward, helps side the state's educational curriculum. she hopes to see blair's face to face program in as many schools as possible because she says kids get it. >> i think w

blair. [applause] >> thank you and welcome. i want to thank my fellow board members at the constitution center and our president and ceo. thank you for your support. our chief park rger, thank you for where you do. mo of all, i want to thank my longtime frid and former prime minister -- my longtime the former premier ester. -- prime minister. as i think most of you know, the first time i had any hand in presenting this award was iny first year as president before this center was here. in 1993 on july 4. we give it to nelson mandela. we have had at least five winners of the nobel peace prizwin this award and many others who have done noble and good things. when he was prime minister, tony blair worked hard to modernize his country's economy and improve its performance for ordinary citizens. he worked to reform the uk's health, education, and social welfare systems so the advanced opportunities and responsibility and were effective. he led the uk on an impressive path to reduce greenhouse gas

blair telling him, "i am in, even if it costs me the government."e newmar will feed the americans need for it. in general, americans do look kindly upon former presidents, even those who were, at times, very unpopular. one of the lowest points of george bush's presidency was hurricane katrina as thousands of people languished in a flooded new orleans. he was attacked by the rapper kanye west. >> president bush does not like black people. >> he called me a racist. it is not true. >> people were queuing around the block in dallas today. he says he's comfortable that he will not be around to hear the verdict on his presidency. >> the result is no surprise, not after such a careful a planned general election. burma's military-back party says it has one by a landslide. the ballot has been denounced by the west and pro-democracy parties as a sham. >> counting the votes by candlelight in the northwest. the living conditions here are harsh. while these people want to cast their votes in a much- criticized elections, many homes in this area are empty, many h

tony blair wants to change that. he wants faith restored as an instrument of progress. >> today so many people think of religion and think of conflict and division and people fighting each other. and actually, when you look at the wonderful work that religion inspires people to do, it's such a tragedy that you have this other dimension that people concentrate on. >> reporter: the former british prime minister is trying to change that perception through young people. the tony blair faith foundation has a global program, it uses video teleconferences like this so young people can meet and talk with other kids. >> love. >> peace. >> understanding. >> reporter: 12 bay area schools are participating. teachers met with mr. blair and had an opportunity to question him about the program. >> continuing ongoing dialogue that goes on. >> reporter: one of them, monica ward, helps decide the state's educational curriculum. she hopes to see blair's face to faith program in as many schools as possible because she says kids get it.

blair saying that he was in even if it cost him the government. he has found a way to reshape the legacy and to make americans feel more kindly about him in retrospect. in general, americans do look kindly upon past presidents. one of the lowest points of his presidency was hurricane katrina. thousands of people languished in a flooded new orleans, mr. bush was attacked by kanye west. >> george bush does not like black people. >> he called me a racist. i resented this. this is not true. >> they were around the block for the book. mr. bush says that he will not be around to hear the verdict on his presidency and that he is comfortable with that. >> nearly four and a half thousand people were stranded on a cruise ship off of the mexican coast. the carnival splendor was 300 kilometers south of san diego when an engine fire cut the power supply. no one was injured. the ship will not arrive at least until wednesday. you're watching "bbc world news," from london. how on nostalgia for the old east germany is turning into a money maker. the russian presid

blair.lcome you for calling so many to the great call of civic engagement and securing and extending the blessings of liberty around the world. thank you. [applause] >> these words from the good friday agreement. "we the participants believe that the agreement we have negotiated offers a truly historic opportunity for a new beginning. the tragedies of the past have left a deep and profoundly regrettable legacy of suffering. we must never forget those who have died or have been injuried and their families, but we can best honor them through a fresh start in which we firmly dedicate ourselves to the achievement of reconciliation, toll rens, and mutual trust, and the vindication of all." the belfast agreement brought an end to 30 years of violence which had its roots in political and religious differences that went back several centuries. like the declaration of independence and other declarations, those who wrote their -- this agreement chose to put in writing what they believed would form the

blair says he knows he has to keep moving, but right now he has nowhere to go. in vallejo, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >>> a 13-year-old oakland boy who received a liver transplant is making good on his promise to help others. michael karaway and his family spent the morning feeding the homeless. michael received a liver transplant two years ago from a teenager killed in an accident. he told his mother he wanted to thank the donor's family by feeding the homeless. >> what the donor gave to me, i can't give back to the family, so that's why i feed the homeless. >> this is the second year of the teen's thanksgiving feast. he and his family have also served food to the family throughout the year. we'll have more of michael's story at 6:00. >>> volunteers were out before sunrise in san francisco. thanks to their hard work they provided free meals this thanksgiving. elise kirschner has the story. >> reporter: 100 turkeys cooked. >> a lot of preparation. we have a lot of people getting it ready. >> reporter: starting at 4:00 a.m. on thanksgiving, the preparations

blair describes his role in shaping our recent history. charting the ups and downs and addressing the issues and complexities of our global world. today we have an opportunity to listen as mr. blair engages in a conversation about these and many other issues with his friend and colleague, former president of the united states and chairman of the national constitution center, bill clinton. on behalf of the constitution center, it is an honor to present these two international leaders who have shared the world stage during key events in each of their political lives. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming tony blair and bill clinton. [applause] >> now, i've promised to keep any comments and questions brief because we have so many issues to cover in the next hour beginning with this: based on both of your experiences in northern ireland and the middle east, what are the essential elements to being an effective peacemaker? [laughter] >> i want to tell you i'm going to commit the truth here. i probably shouldn't do this, but when we

admiral blair has thought a great deal about all of this. i am pleased to have him on this program for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. it's good to be here. >> rose: i want to start with the obvious. help us understand, after 9/11, how the d.n.i. was created and the office of the director of national intelligence, and what was its purpose and why was it better in intent? >> coming out of the 9/11-- 9/11 tragedy, the 9/11 commission found that the intelligence community was still in a pretty balkanized state. it was no longer unified by a big common enemily the soviet union and had not done as good a job it as could detecting these new threats like al qaeda and specifically the agencies had not shared intelligence enough to put together a total picture that would have helped. it was all laid out in the 9/11 commission -- >> one might be sitting on information that was relevant to another but they didn't know. >> exactly, exactly, and there was no forcing mechanism to get them together on that. this was not a new idea because t

political analyst blair lee joins us for the record.i blair. >> hi jennifer. >> with republicann winning control of the house in congress. all the talk in washington is about cutting the deficit, cutting spending. meantime in annapolis, we keep electing the same people, that have gotten pretty used to a great big federal government handout to balance the books. are you on a collision course fiscally here in maryland. >> i think annapolis and collision course. the national mandate from the tea party and republicans, and even democrats across the nation, was less spending, less debt, smaller government. but in maryland, it seemed like voters were saying we want more spending more taxes, more debt and more government. you cannot have both. >> and voters have been clear here in maryland that they seem to like the direction that the state is going. in fact, you said if the republican party were publicly traded company you would not buy stock in it. >> here is the problem. congress trumped annapolis, if in fact, the republicans that now contr

tony blair foundation. for more information visit tony blair office.org. >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice recalls her childhood in birmingham, alabama, in the 1960s, and profiles are parents, john and angelena. ms. rice discusses her memoir with her cousin constance rice, codirector of the advancement project at the millennium biltmore hotel in los angeles. the program runs close to one hour. spent we're going to reflect a bit for people. we are not sisters. we are cousins. we are related because our fathers are first cousins, and we are very, very close, both as children and as adults. and, indeed, connie and i did not meet until i was provost at stanford and she was be at the stanford law school. i had met her father many, many times as a little girl, but when we went to visit them, connie was already in college so we didn't need. but i knew of her because the time would always come when someone would say, you know, i saw you on a program in los angeles and you were expressing views that i wo

this is like gordon brown itching to become prime minister and tony blair will not leave. >> that was the worst political deal in history, the deal between tony blair and gordon brown. >> i do not feel bad for steny hoyer. i feel bad for jim clyburn. there was a very large number of representatives in the caucus who wanted him to be next in line. the cdc is really upset about how this all happened. but steny hoyer raise a lot of money and had it coming to him when it is argued that jim clyburn is a more effective communicator. >> as you say you want to see changes in the white house staff. i think we will see those. i am not sure what will happen with robert gibbs, will he move up to the role of david axelrod as he moves up to chicago? >> i think talking of robert gibbs we need a new press secretary. >> i could not agree more. there is absolutely no utility in keeping what has become a pretty contentious relationship with the press going with him. he has a lot of value and the president's ear. he probably belongs in the west wing where he can do more good and usher in a new era of com

[laughter] >> tony blair and i became fast friends. i admire him aad lot.re h i admire him because when he gives you his word, he keeps it. i admire his sense of humor. laura and i spent a lot of time with he and cherie, and i made a lot of friends in thehim international arena -- john wi howard of australia, for example -- i better not start naming 'em, but i would say tony and i ended up with a very fast friendship. what's interesting is i found it to be unusual to find politicians or people in electe office to be ablear to look beyd the horizon. and i thought tony blair could do that in a way that was very strategic in thought. and i believe had the state -- heads of state need to be strategic in their thought and have a long-term view of issues. and tony had that view. >> now, you did have a few debates with cherie blair. >> one on the death penalty. yeah, i did, one on the death penalty and probably lost. i made it clear to her, he waspb objecting to my position when i was governor of texas in supporting the death penalty --r and

[laughter] >> guest: tony blair and i became fast friends. i admire him a lot.i admire him because he is a courageous person in when he gives you his word he keeps it, his sense of humor, laura -- laura and i spend a lot of time with him and his wife. i meant a lot of friends and the international arena like an all-star act, i better not start because then i will leave somebody out but we had a fast friendship. it is unusual to find politicians are people in elected office to look beyond the horizon it but tony blair could do that in a way with that was very strategic and i believe the head of state needs to be strategic and their thoughts and have a long-term view of the issues. and tony has that you. >> host: you did have a few debates with his wife. [laughter] >> guest: y and that i probably lost but i made it clear, she was objecting to my position when i was governor of texas and president of supporting the death penalty i made it that affair and swift it saves lives and she did not agree. >> host: you were reelected with the majority of the vote win the pr

. >> reporter: carl blair knows what he's doing isn't making him popular in this neighborhood. >> $3.er: 55-year-old blair sells what's left of his belongings on the side of the road during the day, and sleeps in this tent at night. he said his life imploded over the last few months, losing his job as a copter, his wife and house in the process. now he's out in the cold. >> oh, there's more than just me. there's -- you drive up and down through here, you'll find many, many homeless people. >> reporter: police are keeping an eye on him and on the many homeless encampments throughout vallejo like this one. you have to squint to see it through the trees, but it's big enough to house many people. in april, 2009, this cadillac dealership had become a full-blown tent city until police shut it down. police say -- >> they ought to think it might be them next or their brother or sister or mother. >> reporter: blair really liked a spot not far from here where he said a lot of people pulled over to purchase his items but he had to relocate. >> they told me i had to move but gave me plenty of tim

morgan goes bust tony blair. he's not to serve course but he really is he's the he's part of the oligarchies aristocrat sort of class dominating the world with their fraudulent schemes of ponzi schemes and defrauding us he's a surreptitiously stealing money from people kind of a server. well of course because he consults for a j.p. morgan at two million dollars a year and that goes back to that exit plan for the politically corrupt class but as we've talked about they're allowed to insider trade and in the u.k. they're allowed to walk out of downing street walk across the street and walk into j.p. morgan say give me two million dollars a year and tony blair's case he could run of the cup also as well he's got the double play he's got the j.p. morgan bonus and the jesus play good work tony you're a war criminal and you should be hanging from a rope somewhere all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max go away much more coming your way so stay right there. and. they're useful. r

when tony blair's book came out did you did you take something from that is that where you got the idea from and i mean how successful were they yes that is where i got the idea from it was you know i virtually read about that on waging nonviolence and they took tony blair's memoir a journey and moved it to the crime section of the bookstore and i think i actually saw that it was also placed and that the toiletries aisle of a supermarket and that was hugely successful it were like it was covered by all the major major news media outlets in the u.k. and thousands of people like were on this facebook page you know signed up to do this and there are hundreds of photos on the face of gays or you can see the player memoir in the crime section and humor section and dark you know dark fantasy section and i'm hoping and have the same amount of success with the bush memoir or how much feedback are you getting so far. so far the feedback has been great it's hard to tell because we promoted this in that through a few different venues and there's actually like a nother there's other places that are

this issue runs deeper than tony blair's latest spending.eeper than politics and budget cuts, this is an issue of a fundamental right of a human being's life. by securing our troops, it would be the first step to sort out the mess. i want them to look a 6-year-old girl in the eye and tell her we're going to keep our troops in there for years to come. the terror of her walking down the street not knong if she is going to step on a bomb or be shot like her dad in the crossfire continues every day of her life. bring the troops home is essential. not just because of the massive negative impact this is happening but because of the facts. this government is killing innocent human beings. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction to the debate. to oppose the motion, i hope you will welcome him as i call our next speaker. [applause] >> we pullout by 2012 and terrorism prevails by 2013. we stick to our commitment and complete the task webre year -- would away years of terror. we must stay in afghanistan to win the threat to global secu

today's event kicked off this afternoon at montgomery blair high school in silver spring. it's aimed at renewing recycling efforts and increasing awareness in communities all across the country. >> this event is a paper and shredding event and a household good clothing collections event. basically we're providing convenient dropoff for residents in the county to bring their recyclables for shredding and recycling. it also provides residents an opportunity to donate used clothing still in usable companies. >> america recycles day is annual each november 15th. >> great day to be outside, right, gwen? >> absolutely. >> you might be questioning are we really in november? for a second day temperatures above sevennal. we hit 65 degrees today at national airport, some 7 degrees warmer than we should be. the same for dulles and baltimore 64 degrees. we hit 10 degrees warmer yesterday. so talk about a great weekend that we have experienced. 46 degrees right now at gaithersburg, 46 at dulles, 41 in manassas, 53 degrees in hagerstown and 43 at baltimore, 51 degrees in washington. tem

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blair lee. good to see you sir. >> hi, jeff. >> is the time of the arrest suspect in your opinion?yeah, it is frankly. would this have been a game changer in the election if this bust, if this front page headline news had happened say in october rather than after the election? >> in your opinion, what is the political fall out in this case, if any? johnson is on the way out anyway. >> i think the fallout is long range. makes prince george's county more of a place that people avoid when theyywant to do business. if they want to move. if they want to buy a house. why woulddyou go to a county that seems to have a rampant lawlessness and corruption. >> does this case in your opinion have implications outside of pg county? >> certainly it gives prince george's county a bad reputation state wide, regionally and nationwide. this is even on the chinese news. i saw a tape today of jack johnson on the chinese news. >> how about other politicians distancing themselves within the same party, like governor o'malley who was ellcted to a second term. >> democrats do not criticize other democrats.

blair river, the nearly 600-pound man you see here.staurant's spokesperson. >> other diets don't blif r deliver results, but i've made incredible progress on the heart attack grill progress. a couple months ago i was wearing these. >> i personally guarantee a stable upward progression of body while enjoying great food. >> so blair is a regular customer at the heart attack grill, which according to twitter fans has been featured on food network and other places. he says modeling contracts are hard to come by in the economy and it's hard for him to lose weight because he loves food. but with nearly 30% of our population overweight, should they encourage obese people to gorge on fatty foods, and are they exploiting their model there? what does your gut tell you? should obese people be given burgers and fries for free? go to "news nation" to vote. take ha look at what you're saying about yesterday's gut check. graphic cigarette warnings proposed by the fda really work on getting people to stop. 36% of you say yes. i'm tamron hall. catch "n

i am speaking in support of the proposed landscape ordnance -- my name is blair randall. each year, people are learning sustainable practices through hands-on workshops. for 20 years, we've watched san francisco homeowners and renters learn new landscape practices. for 20 years, we have watched san francisco homeowners and renters adopt an borgmann to lisa berlinski practices. it has been our experience that san franciscans want to adopt sustainable home landscape ruckuses because it is meaningful and a direct way to contribute to be local and global environment. we support the wednesday ordinance because it gives san franciscans the opportunity and guidance to maintain water eat fish and landscapes. with practical and hands on instruction, like we have offer for 20 years, we have

not just me but tony blair and our allies. the use of military was the last option. -- i believe and i said this in the book. i firmly believe the choice was saddam hussein's to make, as to whether or not we used force. i go on to describe that he made the decision to resist inspectors and to not be with forthright because he never felt we would use force. i say what more could i have done? >> sean: you side a psychological profile of him told i he wouldn't -- >> the psycological profile was that he wanted to -- >> sean: maintain power. >> maintain power. turns out he didn't think we would use force. i'm not sure what more i could have done to make it clear. >> sean: you talk about wmd, when saddam didn't use wmd on our troops, i was relieved. you talk about the absence of work md stockpiles. frustrating for you? >> of course. everybody thought he had wmd, every intelligence service, everybody in the administration. >> sean: a lot of democrats said it. >> a lot of members of congress. >> i think for the sake of history, prior to my arrival congress had overwhelmingly