on revenues from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georges all refused to and during their brains or africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans and voluntarily of course. ironically the increase in the number of slaves was more of a burden than benefit to most virginia planters. sleeves were usually unskilled and unable to speak english and they had fewer incentives to work in peace workers in the north and as they aged and fathered children they added enormous numbers of nonproductive infants and elderly to the population the planters had to support. in only 50 years from 17221770 just before the american revolution, in those 50 years virginia slave population grew almost eightfold from two to 5,000 when the problem was still controllable to nearly 200,000 or more than 90% of the white population. virginians owned 40% of all the slaves in america and with slave traders streaming up the james ri

half will be trained by the british, half by the americans. some of these troops coming to this region will already be trained. some will come to be trained from the beginning. the commitment i have from president karzai is that he now sees that helman is a party and he would dispatch troops there where he sees that a lot of the violence is. it is in recognition of that but i have made the announcements that i have today. >> the premise your will know that yemeni nationals for one of the largest groups operating within al qaeda both in afghanistan and pakistan. would the prime minister give a commitment that he will continue to work with the government of yemen to make sure it does not become a failed state? >> he is right to point to the terrorist threats we see in different parts of the world. it is absolutely true that terrorists operating from yemen and a sometimes strained in pakistan are people we have had to follow and pursue. it is also right that somalia has become a major center for the development of terroristic activity. some of th

now what makes trenton so important is that the british had almost won the war by christmas of 1776. their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and in to pennsylvania.

this week gordon brown answered questions on the british involvement in afghanistan. mr. brown announced this week that 10 nato nations are ready to send about 5,000 troops to afghanistan. they questioned about the iraq secrecy and asked about how the government was responding to recent floods in the u.k. >> doctor, refer to blackmon woods. >> before listing my engagements this week, i am sure the house will wish to join me to paying tribute to sergeant robert dixon from the fourth regiment, who has died in afghanistan. the debt of gratitude we owe him is permanent, and we send our condolences to his family and friends. he and the sacrifice he has made will not be forgotten. all of us i believe will want to pay tribute to police constable big barker who tragically died in the course of duty, serving the community he was so committed to. and we remember the individuals who lost their lives during the recent floods, and our thoughts are with all families and friends, and with all those affected by the serious flooding, who will have our support now and into the future. let

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the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens to pull out of the country if president karzai can't clean up his corrupt government. these are contradictory messages they are sending out mixed signals. can the prime minister now square that circle?vu >> we are in the country because of the threat to britain. a threat that has been seen over eight years as a result of projected and actual terrorist defenses in our country. three-quarters of which come from afghanistan and pakistan and mainly the borders of pakistan. that is why we are there to protect the streets of britain. i was right to ask president karzai to give us assurances about how in his second term he would tackle corruption. he has now announced an anticorruption task force. i gather 12 people have been arrested yesterday from within the core administration. at the same time, i've asked him to appoint district and regional governors and he has agreed to do so that are free of corruption and will deal with the problems of hand

he talked about trainers, focusing on number of trainers that the british were going to increase numbers, going to build a training facility, he talked about additional manned vehicles, more flying time, newer and better helicopters in larger numbers coming from britain. he talked about having a plan for the reintegration of the taliban and larger economic commitment but that would be conditional about a plan to reduce corruption in the afghan government. and he talked about this all being contingent upon nato and the international community also supporting and coming through with additional kinds of support and commitments on the part of the international community. and then he said at the end of that and we would also increase the number of troops. one of a large number of factors. we would increase the number of troops conditional upon all those other things happening from 9,000 to 9,500. that is a modest increase. i would hope any increase in combat forces that the president decides upon would be that modest if it comes at all. >> senator levin, there have been a lot of polls out say

>> i can speak about the british.as far as the saudis, presidents karzai mentioned to them by name. he asked king of dulles to play a role here. -- he asked king abdallah to play a role here we would be supportive of any thing that the kingdom chose to do in this regard. >> i was talking about pakistan. the talks between pakistan and the taliban. >> i don't know anything about that. i read a news account but i do not know. >> you mentioned the trade- transit agreement. what is the status of those negotiations? it seems they are stalled and that will not meet the end of the year deadline. >> i don't think that is a foregone conclusion. have you ever seen a negotiation that did not go down to the wire? i think we have a good shot of making the deadline. if you want more details on that, call our office. we are hopeful it will be done. let's be clear for those of you not involved in this negotiation -- this negotiation began before half of you in this room were born. it is 44-years old. it is older than you are. [laughte

. >> the prime minister has said that we are in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism and yet in the same breath, they threatened to pull out of the country if president karzai cannot clean up his corrupt government. now, from london, prime minister's questions. this week, prime minister gordon brown answered questions on military strategy in afghanistan. according to the associated press, mr. brown announced that canada nations agreed to send about 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. the prime minister also discussed how the government was responding to recent floods in the uk. >> questions to the prime minister. >> mr. speaker, before i begin, i am sure the whole house would like to join me to pay tribute to sgt dixon from the second regiment royal military police who has died in afghanistan. we send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. he and the sacrifice he has made will not be forgotten. all of us will also want to pay tribute to police constable bill barker who died in the course of duty, serving the community he was so committed to. also those a lo

. >> announcer: "my city my secret" destination information is sponsored by british airways.ely on "my city my secret" to find hot spots and hidden gems at your destination. british airways, be there face to face. >>> well, it is just nerve-racking enough, anticipating being parents for the very first time. but one minneapolis couple decided to share their experience with thousands of people online. now, yesterday morning they welcomed their 6 pound 8 ounce baby girl here on a social networking site called moms like me.com. the site tracked new mom lindsey's experience from day one following her around for checkups and all the way through her 8-hour labor and delivery. cute baby. the former teacher looked at the experience as an educational tool and a way to create a lasting memento for her baby girl. congratulations. >>> the dalai lama is in an indian town today to lead prayer services for buddhist amomonks. china and india claim ownership of the town of tibet. chiep na sees the dalai lama's visit as a provocation. india says he's tree to travel anywhere in india. >>> a suic

be a british obama. they're concerned about whether minorities have the kind of chances in their system that a minority candidate did in the american context. this was a surprising comparison because the minority population throughout europe and especially in the uk do not compare to the kind of diversity we have. nevertheless, a lot more attention in the press was focused on minority members of parliament and what their prospects might be. they took the party individually and look at how the parties were doing with the black minority candidates and women. i have evidence of the british fascination with obama. in a moment, i will show you a table about obama book sales. this is the number one significant difference. it was not just a surface familiar with our elections. the number of people who read the obama books was amending -- amazing. the british book award gave his one book the british book of the year award. i will come back to that. the fascination with sarah palin was unbelievable to me. but fam

british police released video today. images, a couple of them, of how mad lieleine might have changed. her father hopes the video will inspire someone who knows what happened to his daughter to come forward. >>> lawyers for the d.c. area sniper mastermind are planning to appeal to the supreme court to spare his life. john allen muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection next week. he and his teenage accomplice killed ten people in 2002. attorneys plan to file the appeal today malvo is serving life in prison. >>> if you ever lost your luggage just hope it wasn't in phoenix. more than 1,000 pieces of luggage have been found in a home outside of the city. police said the couple that lived there stole it all from sky harbor international. passengers there. the pair is now under arrest. >>> lawmakers want to ban pilots from using laptop computers in cockpits. a flight overshot minneapolis by 150 miles and pilots claimed they used their laptops in the cockpit at the time. the chairman of the aviation subcommittee says th

british police say his alcohol level was over the legal limit. pilot has been removed from duty as the airline investigates but a spokeswoman read this statement. united's policy is among the strictest in the industry. >>> a rockslide closes down a busy highway in tennessee as workers try the clear the road from an earlier incident almost got hit by another slide and that one was caught on videotape. take a look. pretty impressive. a local news crew was cover the cleanup and managed to get the second slide. a state jol gist warned everyone there might be this second slide and moved them out of the way. u.s. 64 near copper hill and duckville, tense may be closed a week. >>> a story of survival near the arctic circle a 17-year-old hunter trapped on an ice flow in hudson bay. he wasn't alone. there were three polar bears on the patch of ice. the teen spent two nights adrift. one bear got too close and the hunter shot it. finally rescuers reached him by boat and helped get him to safety and then got trapped. they had to spend a night on the ice and a

klein, and then prime minister gordon brown at the british house of commons. after that, a forum, looking ahead to the 2010 and 2012 elections. . . >> naomi klein . be like that leave? >> i am a critic of corporate power. the term globalization, i have not found all that helpful. >> as you know, this is written by people that we do not know. have you ever looked at it? >> no. i have this allergy. >> she was raised with left wing activism. her parents moved to montreal from the usa in 1967 as war resisters to the vietnam war. her mother is best known for her anti pornography film. her father is a position. her brother is director of the british columbia office of the command -- the canadian center for policy alternatives. >> i come from a family of troublemakers. >> where did your parents come from? >> my father was born in new jersey and my mother was born in new -- philadelphia. my grandparents were also activists. my grandfather was a union organizer at walt disney. he was at animator. he used to draw a donald duck 4 walt disney. -- 4 walt disney. --fo for d

it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is such an emotional response that makes it very difficult to govern, and the role of the media does not help. particularly when the media is more visual than it is reality. the images tell partial truth, the humans do not tell the truth. they distort the american political system and indeed, the american political issue. it is astounding to me to see how people can claim a victory on today's news stories. it is going on today, as we speak. i find it very discouraging. i remained optimistic about the qualities of american society. its willingness to recognize merit -- the one thing that is disturbing to me is the corruption. not just an economic corruption, but in terms of the money that it takes to dominate the media on one level or another and how this can be presented to the american public in ways that really did not tell an accurate sto

the prime minister has said we're in afghanistan to protect british people against terrorism. and yet almost in the same breath threatens to pull out of the country if president karzai can't clean up his corrupt government. these are contradictory messages they are sending out mixed signals. can the prime minister now square that circle?vu >> we are in the country because of the threat to britain. a threat that has been seen over eight years as a result of projected and actual terrorist defenses in our country. three-quarters of which come from afghanistan and pakistan and mainly the borders of pakistan. that is why we are there to protect the streets of britain. i was right to ask president karzai to give us assurances about how in his second term he would tackle corruption. he has now announced an anticorruption task force. i gather 12 people have been arrested yesterday from within the core administration. at the same time, i've asked him to appoint district and regional governors and he has agreed to do so that are free of corruption and will deal with the problems of hand

many young people have hoped to get a british ships, and they are generally not available. -- to get apprenticeships. >> we have been joined by andrew mckinley. thank you for your support. we also have a liberal democrat member front montgomery. [applause] another underrepresented region this morning is the northwest. >> young people have got to be given or at least have a chance to earn the opportunity of having a job, especially in the economic climate we are in. through no fault of ours, there will be less job opportunities for young people. my point is that more emphasis has got to be put on job opportunities for young people. we are the future, as has been said before. it has to come from the government. it is not our fault. it has to be addressed, job opportunities for young people. thank you. [applause] another underrepresented region this morning is wales. >> someone mentioned earlier that there needs to be more apprenticeships created. people are completing three years of a course in coming out with no experience and no hope of finding jobs. who wants to employ someone who h

>> every unit of the government was composed in equal parts of british and americans. that was one thing. so, yeah it was british and american. >> as far as the artifacts saved can you give a couple of examples of the better known pieces? >> there were lots of paintings that the nazis had taken from florence. we are talking about 563 paintings from the gallery taken up with and traced back and returned to florence before the end of the war. so that was the most important accomplishment. >> could you put a general percentage of the amount of artifacts that were saved? >> i think most were saved. that is not a very scientific way to put it. but it is extraordinary how much was saved or how little damage. if you think the campaign in italy covered the entire territory lasting 22 months and went from south to north and was a grueling battle all over. so in the end of their where three major buildings completely destroyed. everything else thinks to their intervention was restored after the war. >> where with the artifacts held during the war? >> everything that could be mov

every time i see the speaker of the british house of commons, i accuse him in 1814, when the britishthe capitol down, they also stole our mace. you read the stories of former speakers, when this place got rowdy or people got out of hand, there was a fight on the floor, you had% the mace. it is a symbol of what this country has invested in the congress, the power of the congress, the power of people coming together and getting things done. >> congressmembers, please take your seats. >> i always have to explain to students when they come about what is really going on on the house floor. i say this is america coming together. this is like the stock exchange, but of ideas, and the hubbub and the discussions, there is a lot of business actually occurring down on the floor. it is one of the few chances a member has to find another member. you can see all of this activity down there. it is a very exciting time, actually, and the people in the galleries say, why did they sit in their seats, behave themselves, and yet it is where ideas are exchanged and is very alive. for all that is good abo

british and french were equally unsupporteive. when they were prepared to take stronger action on one of the things i am deeply pleased about is the beginning of the war crimes trial. russians in fact were not terribly vigorous in their opposition and were persuaded to send military units to participate in the nato-led intervention force, and there were very complicated issues about the relationship with the russian forces to the nato command, and that issue brought to before the issue of nato enlargement, which we have talked about earlier in this conference. there was no question but 1994 -- by 1994 that there was very strong pressure in central and eastern europe, their strong desire to join the alliance, that this was probably going to happen, and the russians were adamantly opposed for a variety of reasons, and one of the biggest challenges was to so manage the relationship with russia that it was possible to go forward with enlargement without an open break with moscow, and by and large, that was a success. but it was an ear

every time i see the speaker of the british house of commons, i accuse him in 1814, when the britishcapitol down, they also stole our mace. you read the stories of former speakers, when this place got rowdy or people got out of hand, there was a fight on the floor, you had% the mace. it is a symbol of what this country has invested in the congress, the power of the congress, the power of people coming together and getting things done. >> congressmembers, please take your seats. >> i always have to explain to students when they come about what is really going on on the house floor. i say this is america coming together. this is like the stock exchange, but of ideas, and the hubbub and the discussions, there is a lot of business actually occurring down on the floor. it is one of the few chances a member has to find another member. you can see all of this activity down there. it is a very exciting time, actually, and the people in the galleries say, why did they sit in their seats, behave themselves, and yet it is where ideas are exchanged and is very alive. for all that is good about t

shock doctrine" and after that prime minister's questions with british prime minister gordon brown on britain's military strategy to fight terrorism in afghanistan. ... the term globalization, i have never found all of that helpful. >> as you know, this is written by people we do not know and comes together. have you ever looked at it? >> no, i have this allergy. >> ok, let me be brief. naomi grew up with left wing activism. her parents moved to canada from the usa as war resisters to the vietnam war yet her mother, a documentary filmmaker, bonnie sherr klein is best known for our anti-pornography film "not a love story." her father, michael klein, works at another group. >> yes, i come from a family of troublemakers. my father was born in new york, new jersey, and they both went to sandford at crackhead school and met there. my grandparents, my father's parents, they were also activists, and my grandfather was actually a union organizer at walt disney. he was an animator. he used to draw a donald duck for walt disney. he was in charge of donald duck continuity. in the 1940's, he was

literature 101 involves a set of four books by the british author. it's in egypt between the first and second world wars and the ancient city of alex andrea ya. then it proceeds to describe the same events in the fight each narrative in perspective of other participates. one wonders why read about the same event more than once? the reason is each story is different. the moral is to get a sense of reality, it's necessary to see things from more than one set of eyes. this may apply to interactions in the community in a courtroom or international relations. or what the america does may seem responsible to ourerer spective. but very different from the perspective in the european and in asia. adding eyes illuminates rather than narrows judgment. the reality 101, in the most profound political science observation of the 20th century, albert einstein said to split the atom. 9/11 taught us that the thinking must change because of the destructive power, but because of the nature of the small act. violent and social division are rooted in the hate. such though

british police arrested him when he flunked a breathalyzer test, though. washington is now grounded. there have been several incidents for the airlines industry recently. this morning on our sister network a former ntsb official said flyers should be concerned. >> the whole structure of flying has changed. the airline had industry has been in a profound downturn for a number of years and not getting any better. pilots, they -- flight crews are the key component. they're being worked harder. they're being paid less. they're under more stress. and i think there is an issue. and i think you're going to see the ntsb and the faa looking at the whole issue of pilot fatigue, pilot work rules. how do we optimize people's attention in these cockpits? i think that's going to come up in the next few months. >> washington is now the third u.s. pilot and the second from united to be busted at heathrow on alcohol charges in just over a year. an airline spokeswoman says -- >>> the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation in 2002 said nothing before

it was british and americans.>host: as far as the artifacts save coming can you give us examples of the pattern pieces? >>guest: there were a lot of paintings that the nazis had taken from florence, 563 from the galleries and taken up north. that was the most important accomplishment. >>host: could you put a general percentage on the amount of artifacts that were saved? >>guest: i think most were saved part of that is not very scientific but it is extraordinary how much was

. >> host: and yet when british india was partitioned in 1947, the two states now three, bangladesh was back in 1971, but you look at any which just finished a month of eminence elections except for a brief interlude of emergency rule under in your gandhi, the markers in india has never been interrupted and never had a military coup. it's worked and yet pakistan has at least four military coups, disrupted elections. what's the difference? >> guest: there no government in pakistan has ever fulfilled its terms. it was never successfully taken root. the politics of u.s. relations in pakistan have also always been based on personalities. if we look at post-9/11, the entire part was on president bush are. so you see no the country wants those institutions to develop an. ducey from pakistan is the only country in the world where, the only muslim country in a world where they demand the rule of law and demand judiciary. so this is a very, very unique about pakistan overlooked to other muslim countries. compared to india, it's hard to say how do you differentiate the culture. there is something

government in the british to intervene.ey don't want to help for various reasons. >> and walker is doing all of these things like he brings back slavery in nicaragua. >> unbelievable and he had no interest gildea these napoleonic vision said he would cop role of latin america, so needless to say, the neighbors of nicaragua got a little worried about him so vanderbilt carried out this private foreign policy and started negotiating with the neighbors-- he found this guy who had been acquitted of murdering his captain it was his first mate, was acquitted because the one saw him do it. when in the captain's cabin, came out and the captain had been bludgeoned. vanderbilt sent amock to costa rica were literally a crate of gold and a bunch of rifles and he led a commando raid, some wonderful scenes, that sees all these steamboats and cut of walker from his reinforcements and it really is, something out of a comrade novel. it is just remarkable. >> or marquez. this one american scott i think it was down there. captain scott and van

are british fans different from your fans here in the united states?the united states. but we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. maybe we'll come back and put it together. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do some interviews, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. so it made for a wonderful experience for all of us, and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i'm

a panel of british politicians provided commentary. it also included interviews with students, current mp's, and the new speaker of the house. >> today is the last time this will happen before the next election. with that thought, it is bound to dominate our discussion. our lovely studio just across the way from the palace of westminster, lovely vantage point of the events taking place after year of turmoil for members of parliament. scandals caused by a parliamentary expenses have caused a great deal of discussion. that is the backdrop. this is where the queen will be arriving in 45 minutes time. with an election is expected in six months at the most, there is hardly any time to start an ambitious new program of legislation. plenty for us to talk about and plenty to watch. i'm pleased to say that some things never change. the colors and traditions of the state opening are reassuringly familiar. a short while ago, the yeoman of the guards before their ceremonial search of the bolts of westminster, insuring that all was secure. the yeom

british police arrested him when he flunked the breathalyzer.s morning on cnn, a former ntsb official was asked if more regulations are needed to keep drunk pilots out of the cockpit. >> the thing to remember on this is that this pilot was -- you know, outed or turned in the by the flight crew itself. that's really the line of defense. these flight crews are extraordinarily responsible. if they see one of their own members not capable of flying, of performing their own tasks, they called him out. it was the right thing to do. >> a spokesperson says united's policy is among the strictest in the industry. >>> the master mind behind the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation in 2002 said nothing before his execution last night. john allen muhammad died by leathal injection last night. he refused to make a final statement. some victim's relatives witnessed the execution, so did the prosecutor who won the conviction. >> he died very peacefully, much more than most of his victims. i felt a sense of closure and i hope they did, too. >> he got the de

and as i recall, the decision in that case was helping, helping the british defeat the united states is not treason against new york. it might be treason against the united states, but not against new york. so there were other cases, but they were very rare. and to my, to the best of my knowledge that was -- and i think it's well documented -- the first execution for treason against a state. yes, sir. >> do you think that john brown's confession or understanding of this trial changed as it went on? >> yes, i do. i really think that, i think that there was a change in brown. i think in the beginning that he thought that he might actually be held not, be found not guilty because of the fact that he didn't really intend to do any harm here. i think it was naive, but i think that he really did believe that, and he did really want some attorneys who might help him prove that case. very quickly, however, he changed his mind, and he decided that it was far better for him to be executeed for his noble cause than for him to be found not guilt or to escape from jail if he could have done that.

, so yeah, british and american. >> as far as the artifacts that were saved, can you give as a couple of examples of some of the better known pieces? >> well, there were lots of paintings and nazis had taken from florence. were talking about 563 paintings from the gallery, that were taken up north and traced back and returned to florence before the end, at the end of the war. so that was the most important accomplishment. >> could you put a general percentage on the amount of artifacts that were saved to? i think most would say that's not a very scientific way to put it, but add extraordinary how much was saved or how little damage. if you think that the command object campaign in italy, the entire territory, lasted 22 months, and what comes out to north, and it was a grueling battle all over, so in the end, there were three major buildings that were completely destroyed. everything else, thanks to their intervention, was restored after the war. >> what with the artifacts held during the war? >> everything that could be moved was taken out of the

another in new york that had something to do with the war of 1812 with people who were supplying british ships in the harbor with necessary material for the war and they were charged with treason against new york and desert recalled the decision in that case was helping the british defeat the united states is not treason against new york. it might be treason against the yen in back but not against new york said there were other cases that they were very rare and to the best of my knowledge, and i think it is well documented, the first execution for treason against a state. yes, sir. >> do you think that john brown's understanding of his trial changed as that went on? >> esi do. at i think that there was a change in brown. i think in the beginning that he thought that he might actually be found not guilty, because of the fact that he didn't really intend to do any harm. i think it was naÏve, but i think he really did believe that any did want some attorneys who might help improve that case. very quickly however, he changed his mind and he decided that it was far better for him to be execu

a british woman took these pictures of her smiling boys after chunks of it were chipped away.her living room looked right over the wall. they could see the east german border guards in their tower. she says looking back she can't imagine how they managed to live with such a depressing site. . when she found out what was happening she fought back tears while racing home to catch the news. she said that evening people were celebrating trying to take it all in. there was also a sense of apprehension. was this really going to happen? would it last? check out amazing stories and contribute your own. send us your stories, your images, breaking news wherever you are. upload now link is where you look. that's the icon. >>> the man walked into his own funeral. really. shocked relatives tried to jump out of the funeral home's windows after seeing him approach alive. this happened on the holiday known as the day of the dead. family members and friends mistakenly i.d.'d a body from a car crash. it was wearing the same kind of clothes as the man. he said he spent the night drinking at a ba

storm number one is currently right near kan vufr, british columbia.k at the cold front jacking toward the pacific, heavy rain pulling in towards oregon, washington and northern california coast. storm number two, tomorrow afternoon, it goes right on the heels of the one that's there right now. look at the heavy rain just offshore from northern california, towards portland. now beginning to show signs yellow and red, the heavy rain moving in. once that hit the sierra nevada, it's going to squeeze out into snow, heavy at times today. i think that snow level about 3,000 feet, maybe 4,000 feet. you'll see maybe one to two feet of snow over the next couple of days, rob. more in a bit. winter storm warnings out there in red. fresh powder in the sierra nevada. >>> two sisters have a business that's apparently right on the money. see how they're using cash to make flower arrangements. >>> and also ahead -- you may soon have to pick up the tab for the afghanistan war? who's proposing a tax to cover the cost. >>> a window washer is okay after falling eight stor

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two years into the war of 1812, british troops enter at 7:30.d towards the white house. >> it is one of the biggest melodramatic moments of the white house. mrs. madison was looking through the telescope and she was absolutely terrified. nobody thought that they would really burn the building. one slave that was the last one to see the white house wrote a memoir. madison sat with monroe and had a glass of wine. they took off. they locked the doors just before the british came that night. they had 22 javelins' that had rags on the end, all of them lighted and the throne -- thrown. it burned until the early morning rain came that pretty much put the fire up. it was a big stone box with ashes at the bottom. it was a tremendous jolt for the american people. >> below the first lady saved the portrait of washington, most cannot be saved. >> that was one of the byproducts, they were considered terrible cowards for running. >> with and jackson's symbolic victory in january of 1815, the war comes to a close and helps restore part of the madisons' public

her father is a physician and her brother seth clooin is director of the british colombia center for canadian center for policy alternatives. . he used to draw a donald duck for disney. in the 1940's, he was one of several union organizers and they staged the first animator'' strike and he got fired and blacklisted. because of the history of blacklisting in the family, when my father was drafted to go to vietnam, he did not want to go. he was a pacifist. he also did not want to go through the process of proving his political credentials because of the history of un- american activities and the political resonance in his own family of having been the son of a blacklisted artist. he preferred to leave and came to canada. that is why i am a canadian. i was born a few years later. >> your mother and father were married here? >> in new jersey. i have an older brother. >> where did they move? >> to montreal. >> are they still there? >> no, they are in vancouver for the weather. many american young people in this time moved to canada. it was kind of a brain drain. our universities are fille

it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is such an emotional response that makes it very difficult to govern, and the role of the media does not help. particularly when the media is more visual than it is reality. the images tell partial truth, the humans do not tell the truth. they distort the american political system and indeed, the american political issue. it is astounding to me to see how people can claim a victory on today's news stories. it is going on today, as we speak. i find it very discouraging. i remained optimistic about the qualities of american society. its willingness to recognize merit -- the one thing that is disturbing to me is the corruption. not just an economic corruption, but in terms of the money that it takes to dominate the media on one level or another and how this can be presented to the american public in ways that really did not tell an accurate sto

he liked -- he quoted early 17th century british poets, he could quote pulpit, who rhymes easily. if they don't rhyme easily, they're pretty hard to quote. we may have liked elliott, but he wasn't as easy to quote, but he loved to quote pope, and things that rhymed and he could remember those rhymes. but he also read, you know, some of modern poets, you know. he was familiar with edward arlington jefferson, he read poetry and enjoyed it and understood and the last line of my book says we found in this a way of explaining transcenden ideas that prose doesn't do and my book ends with a quote, a contemporary eulogy by went democrat barry. the death abides by brief knows, we are what we have lost. >> well, as an army veteran, thank you for your service to our country. but you did mention that the chief justice and yourself because of your army experience had a fear of government. >> i can't hear you. >> i'm sorry. both the chief justice and yourself had a fear of government because of your early military experience. how did that affect his thinking in the court? >> well, i'm not sure

two years into the war of 1812, british troops enter at 7:30.ead towards the white house. >> it is one of the biggest melodramatic moments of the white house. mrs. madison was looking through the telescope and she was absolutely terrified. nobody thought that they would really burn the building. one slave that was the last one to see the white house wrote a memoir. madison sat with monroe and had a glass of wine. they took off. they locked the doors just before the british came that night. they had 22 javelins' that had rags on the end, all of them lighted and the throne -- thrown. it burned until the early morning rain came that pretty much put the fire up. it was a big stone box with ashes at the bottom. it was a tremendous jolt for the american people. >> below the first lady saved the portrait of washington, most cannot be saved. >> that was one of the byproducts, they were considered terrible cowards for running. >> with and jackson's symbolic victory in january of 1815, the war comes to a close and helps restore part of the madisons' publi

the views suggested that the strain between the british and u.s. allies, known to some degree at the time, were more severe." you can read more in "the new york times." democratic line, good morning. soaking america's rich? caller: so your callers have made statements that these taxes need to be reduced. what they need to spend time with is the historical time of the highest income tax rate paid by the richest of the ridge. there are a couple of things that are very interesting about it. 35% is the highest marginal rate. looking at world war ii one, it goes from single digits, where they were looking for a 70%, it dropped down into the 1920's. then they find themselves in world war ii with a top marginal rate for most of the war years. basically it has settled into the 1990's and 1970's for ronald reagan, where it was 60% higher for those terms. to talk about raising taxes to under the 39% that they were during the clinton time, which was a huge boom, i do not think that that is unreasonable. people have to look at these numbers instead of fantasiz

>> i can't speak about the british. you have to ask them. as far as the saudis go, president karzai mentioned them by name in his speech. it's well known that he asked king abdullah to play a role here. and i will let the saudis speak for themselves. i have talked to the saudis. i have been to riyadh. i talked to king abdullah about it myself. we would be supportive of anything that the kingdom chose to do in this regard. >> but i was talking about pakistan there. >> i thought -- >> about the talks with pakistan -- >> oh. i don't know anything about that. i read a news account, but i don't know what the facts are. >> you also mentioned the trade transit agreement. what is the status of those negotiations between afghanistan and pakistan? it seems that they are stalled and that you won't make the deadline at the end of the year. >> i don't think that's a fair conclusion. have any of you ever seen a negotiation which didn't go down to the wire? an international negotiation? i think we have a good shot at making the deadline. there are two or t

>> i can't speak about the british, you have to ask them. as far as the saudis go, president karzai mentioned him by name, he asked king abdullah to play a role here. i will let the saudis speak for themselves, i have talked to saudi, i have been to riyadh and talked to king abdullah about it myself, we would be supportive of anything that the kingdom chose to do in this regard. >> but i was talking about pakistan there. the talks with pakistan and -- >> oh, i don't know anything about that. i read it a news account, but i don't know about that. >> then you mentioned the trade transit agreement. what is the status between those negotiations. is seems they're stalled and you won't make the deadline at the end of the year. >> i don't think that's a fair conclusion. have any of you ever seen a negotiation which didn't go down to the wire, international gokes? i think we have a good -- negotiation. i think we have a good shot at making the deadline. if you want more detail than that, why don't you call the office and -- i don't want to involve e

you to them on this inquiry. >> is there no diplomatic question about providing witnesses for the british? they wanted to have american participation. >> we would be happy to cooperate insofar as that can be helpful. yet they need information and if it is in our power to provide the kind of information, of course we're willing to cooperate. it is an important democratic process. yes. >> i was wondering the state department's position on the upcoming elections in honduras. >> the state department's position on the upcoming election on honduras? well, that has not changed. we are providing technical assistance to help the hondurans ensure ithat this is a free, fair, and transparent election. it is going to take place in the number of days. we have an embassy on the ground, and the embassy is closely monitoring the lead up to the elections themselves, which take place on sunday. i think it is important to understand that these elections are being carried out by the independent supreme electoral tribunal. it is not being conducted by the de facto regime. the supreme electoral tribunal was sel

the british actress who is much older than you. didn't have to be a black or white or young or old.it? >> well, i had just worked with lee daniels on another independent film which i feel like that was our learning experience of how to work together and our, you know, we're very close friends now. and i just trust him and i really believe he knows what's right when it comes to his projects. so at the last minute, they did say -- he did tell me that about helen mirren. and i hope it's correct because i don't want to run around spreading lies but i mean, that's daunting and i didn't really know that's who they had considered. clearly, this oscar winning, fabulous actress. and he just said, look. i need, you know, this is last minute and i know it but -- but -- and it was only three days before. >> larry: oh really? >> yeah. so my prep time was -- and -- >> larry: how about the question of playing down the looks? >> well, here's what he said. i'm going to make you under and then we're going to make you over on a couple of things, like a little moustache on the sides. >> larry: i notice