and in campaign for america's future, i think puts it perfectly. this is what they write.ealth is not a qualifier for public service nor should it be, but it should never be a prerequisite for government service. unfortunately today in the crash driven system, it usually is. only the wealthy can afford the time it takes to get elected, only the wealthy can write the checks to get the campaign started and only the wealthy have the connections needed to finance a winning campaign. affable the mcdonnells felt the pressure to live in the glitzy political lifestyle, one they clearly could not afford. and that's a separate story. what they did was wrong, but does this not speak to why other people don't want to get into politics? >> yeah, i think it's cost prohibitive for most people, especially at the statewide level or at the national level. it's just not a thing -- the regular people cannot do this anymore. and unfortunately i do think people who are sort of average americans that get into office as they get higher and higher are around more wealthy people. and the level of w

contributor, director of africana studies, viviana hurtado and bill scher, a senior wrier writer at campaign for america'shas the upper leg because he is right in front of me. this never happens that we get him physically in the building so he's got a little advantage. jam james, i'll start with you. this snowstorm is the first big test for new york city's mayor. we saw him shoveling and then saw his son out doing a little shoveling as well so putting the kids to work. here is a clip of the mayor talking about it. take a listen. >> will we be seeing you shovel outside of gracie maximnsion as well? >> let's not get crazy here. i am keeping this house no matter what so i have to make sure it's shoveled whenever there's snow. >> some may calling shoveling progressive but the bigger question target the teeth of the mayor's agenda when it comes to education. it reads when mayor bloomberg became mayor in 2001, fewer than half of new york city's high school students graduated in four years. that figure is now 61%. school reform in new york is still a work in progress, but mr. de blasio seems to side with those w

and the push for benefits, president obama gearing up, an all out campaign for america's unemployed. "newsroom" starts now. good morning i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. bitter cold and brutal winds for millions of americans, history is about to be made just outside their frost covered windows. today and tomorrow much of the country will see their coldest temperatures in nearly two decades. parts of the midwest won't even get to zero today. a brutal finishing touch to the snowstorm that dumped nearly a foot of snow on chicago. that one-two punch shut down schools there as well as in st. louis and milwaukee. in indianapolis it's illegal to drive today except in a most dire emergency. the so-called red travel warning is the city's first since the legendary 1978 blizzard. the wind chill temperatures will feel like 45 degrees below zero. even the deep south will see wind chills well below zero. atlanta is on a slow and steady slide into the single digits by tomorrow morning and believe me people are panicking here. we begin our coverage this morning with george howell

hard to believe only a few years after the campaign for america's energy independence, having being dominatedill baby drill our country now finds itself in a serious discussion over where it should expert oil. energy independence has been a well-worn staple of virtually every politician's speech for decades. now the country is in the enviable position of having choices about the energy future. in other words, the question becomes how can this energy boom create the greatest benefit for america? can energy help grow the economy ? the answer is of course. reduce country dependence on fuel from countries that do not always have our best interest in mind? again, of course. those are the easy questions. the harder questions, how can you come up with a policy where america can have it all? can our country get the domestic benefits and still retain a cost advantage for domestic consumers of businesses and families. that is certainly my goal. in an effort to keep today's hearing under seven or eight hours, we will have to have a focus. i want it understood for this a particulare interest on focusing

it's hard to believe only a few years after campaign for america's energy independence having donated the slogans like drill baby drill we find ourselves having a conversation whether it should import cruid oil. energy independence has been a staple of virtually every politician's energy speech for decades. now, our country is in the enviable position of having choices about our energy future. in other words, the question becomes how can this energy boom create the greatest benefit for america. can energy help grow our economy and create jobs? the answer is of course. can the production he is the pain at the pump for the hard-working middle class families? of course. can the country reduce its dependency on fuel from countries that do not always have our best interest in mind? again, of course. those are the easy questions. the hard question is how can you come up with a policy where america can have it all? can our country get the domestic benefits from exports and still maintain the cost advantage for domestic consumers both businesses and families? .. i just want it understood that

and the push for benefits, president obama gearing up, an all out campaign for america's unemployed.

but i think the important thing for america to understand is that this president campaign and one on and change and tonight america really hopes for change in this administration and i am not sure that they are going to get it. lou: also your thoughts. is there any way in the world that you can see this administration turning, if you will, in a direction that would be beneficial to the middle class and to working men and women in this country? because that has to be the focus of not only this president of the republican party itself. which is often embraced rather than working men and women. >> it is really for everyone. what we do is we increase that economic growth and it will filter down for everyone. the problem that i have is that obama has had enormous opportunity and what a fantastic person with a great background. all of these accomplishments he has and he throws it away in the first five years. in the final one here with the minimum wage in all of this stuff. remember john f. kennedy's race. the best form of a welfare is a good high paying job and that is a way to make the p

. >> regarding your report and the america's choice campaign, is this going to create ratings of congressional candidates for office? >> we support all political candidates who support oil and natural gas and understand the vision and the potential for this country. to date, we currently do not rate and we will not use this opportunity to rate current members. i will tell you that as we look at contributions, as we look at support for members, we look at one thing -- the voting record. elections matter. elections translates to votes. votes matter. i believe the congress and administration are lagging indicators. i believe the american public sets the agenda in our country and it happens at the polling booth. america's energy, america's choice is designed to continue to educate the american people and to encourage them to participate in the democratic processes that alecto's officials that come here to represent those interests. when you see over 70% of the american public saying we should produce more of the nation's oil and natural gas industry, there is clearly a disconnect in policy formulation and the wi

for america. let's bring in abc's jon karl for more. the white house knows that one speech won't make a big difference without a follow-up campaign. >> reporter: that's right and the president was out there hitting that give america a raise theme hard today in campaign-style events in pennsylvania and maryland. the white house believes this is a win/win issue for the president even if he cannot get congress to go along with an increase to the minimum wage, democrats, they believe, will have a campaign issue for the fall and look at the abc news/"washington post" poll from last month showing overwhelming support for minimum wage increase, 66% favoring, just 31% opposing. >> so the president is going to push hard on that. there were great notes in the speech. that tribute to the army ranger cory remsburg and a shout-out from the president for house speaker john boehner. let's listen. >> here in america our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. that's how the son of a barkeep is speaker of the house. [ applause ] >> a lot of cheers there, john, and there are some signs of

campaigns. this is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome to the new america foundation. for the folks here and watching on our live livestream and folks on c-span2. welcome to the first event of the political reform program at new america. i am mark schmitt and i recently returned to new america to get this program launched. it's not the first event or discussion we have had about political reform issues here but it is the first in the series and there will be more in which i hope you'll come to. today we are bringing people to together to discuss a fabulous new book called "subsidizing democracy" by michael g. miller who is it for fest at the university of illinois springfield. what we are -- the value of this book is that it's really the first book to look at, what is really happening in some of the states particularly arizona that it had a robust public financing system for some years now. at the national level the conversation about money and politics is mostly been a conversation of despair. the numbers are huge. outside money overwhelms the candidates and parties, the

that was a big time of -- big part of the lobbying campaign by airlines for america. the air line pilots association, which is a union for airline pilots. a lot of these unions and business groups really got together and made sure that congress heard from passengers who were experiencing travel delays and essentially made it known that the sequester was at fault, that the faa and tsa did not have enough funding, and people were facing long security lines. there was an effort -- there were air traffic controllers serving -- not serving as much as they used to. you start hearing over the loudspeaker in the airport, your flight has been delayed. it is the sequester's fault. that was something that was communicated from the lobby groups in washington to their members in the airlines. host: ratchet up the public pressure. guest: essentially, congress passed a bill to do a quick shift of funds from one area back to the federal aviation administration. it was the first stent in the sequester. president obama was saying we either get rid of the sequester or we keep it. it was

campaigned for republican goldwater. she headed the health care task force, advocated for the rights of women and children, and campaigned at save americaistoric sites. her husband would eventually be impeached for his affair with a white house intern. hillary clinton went on to become the first first lady to become u.s. senator before serving as u.s. secretary of the. join us for first lady's monday on c-span, c-span 3, and c-span radio. our website has more about the first ladies, including a special section called "welcome to the white house," produced by the historical association. find out more at cspan.or/firstladies. also the first ladies book for $12.95 shipping. that is at c-span.org/products. we sat down with barbara bush at her home in houston. she spoke about meeting her husband and what it was like to live in the white house. >> barbara bush, with all the posts you and your husband have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, did you feel repaired? >> yes, i really did. first, i wasn't elected, so it didn't make that much difference. notice the differenc

america. he is the star of the companies campaign for this year.et's find out what is going on. hans nichols. uniquely qualified to talk about this. >> i have been avoiding talking about the details of this ad campaign all morning. we are going to jump into it, this is h&m's attempt to increase their 10% market share, the revenue that comes from the states. they are going big with david beckham. torre 12, they had a big hit that went viral. the question is, how did they monetize office and get people from saying that is a neat ad to actually buy the underwear he is selling? an opportunity through samsung tv to purchase directly from your tv. i have never made a purchase like that, that is their goal. that is what they are heading into. they reported earnings this morning, disappointing in part because they are overly weighted on the european market. european sales down a little bit. they are dealing with currency fluctuation. they went to go to the u.s. and to china. this is part of their ad campaign to get there. >> guy? [laughter] >> guy is lost

campaign. mr. d' souza is best known for his documentary 2016 obama's america which was very critical of the president's campaign. here is a clib. >> obama has a dream. a dream that the sins of colonialism be right and america be down sized. >> dennis michael lynch is also a conservative documentary filmmaker maker of "they" come to america." i know you believe he may be a victim of political targeting here. why? >> absolutely. film is the most powerful medium we have. we have captain morge -- captiv audience for two hours. when you have a film that hits the president between the eyes and could shift an election you become a target because you are not only talking but you are a visual. you put that together. i know i have lived through this with immigration reform. i helped impact which way that was going to show by showing films that give you what you need to see. you do that you become dangerous to the other side. when you are dangerous to the other side you walk around with a target on your back. that's what you are seeing. >> to your knowledge was he working on another film? if it was retribution wo

conservative activists to dash to susan that produced the 2016 obama is america has been indicted for fidelity campaign finance fraud. his film was highly critical of the obama ben administration releas to the 2012 election. he is accused of persuading his friends to donate and $20,000 to ed kennedy in the states of the york for reimbursing the donors. the fda claims it was from a routine review of campaign five legs with the sec but the indictment was brought forward by u.s. attorney from manhattan. his co-producer accuse the administration did to criminalize dissent within selective enforcement of the law saying that he did not act with that the criminal intent whenever but it was misguided friendship it is worth pointing not a john edwards daughter was accused of exactly the same crime by the bush to administration in 2007 and was charged with a misdemeanor. in just the latest example of what seems to be political reprisal, after the irs expose the targeng of conservive groups the department of justice exposed for the targeting of journalists. conservative activist is of a similar position today. hh

that was a big time of -- big part of the lobbying campaign by airlines for america.air line pilots association, which is a union for airline pilots. unions andese business groups really got together and made sure that congress heard from passengers who were experiencing travel delays and essentially made it known that the sequester was at fault, that the faa and tsa did not have enough funding, and people were facing long security lines. there was an effort -- there were air traffic controllers not serving as much as they used to. you start hearing over the loudspeaker in the airport, your flight has been delayed. it is the sequester's fault. that was something that was communicated from the lobby groups in washington to their members in the airlines. host: ratchet up the public pressure. guest: essentially, congress passed a bill to do a quick shift of funds from one area back to the federal aviation administration. it was the first stent in the sequester. obama was saying we either get rid of the sequester or we keep it. it was his leverage to stop the government s

president obama and campaigned for him and held rallies for him but have decried tax cuts for the rich, and have said oh they're robbing these poverty programs and the social contract with americaing destroyed, middle-class is harmed. then you go and rob these very anti-poverty programs by calling yourself a farmer. come on. that is the type of hypocrisy that is frustrating to see and, why i wrote the book, and are calling out these people on, on their duplicity. >> one final example, some of the activist lefts are eager to promote capitalists they glamourize the weather underground, killed people and bombed buildings. years later president obama held a fund raiser in his living room. sure enough, robert redford came out with a movie based on the weather underground. in this clip, the terrorists are on the run. >> i don't think he is running away. i think he is trying to clear his name. >> we never betrayed each other any of us over all these years. >> got him. >> what are you willing to take a risk for? >> i saw an interview with him about this movie. he is behind it. 100%. promoted it. good, good a thing. that is sad. what kind of statement. promote somebody that, that was bl

in fact, president obama's grassroots groups organizing for america is out with a new campaign highlighting stories from real people like this getting covered under obama care. listen to this and tell me how important it is to get the real people's story out there. >> in 2006 i was diagnosed with breast cancer. shortly thereafter i lost my health care coverage. i've been waiting a long time for january 1st, 2014. >> i found a new plan on the exchange. and it's going to have a lot more coverage. i'm excited about that. >> to go from paying $15,000 a year to less than $300 a month is unbelievable. >> the maternity services are covered. we're thinking about having another kid because we could afford it. >> regular people on ads talking about the affordability. talking about they can now get covered. the congressman talking about real people facing real health threats. i mean, there's nothing scarier than having a health threat. how do the fact that we're seeing people get this out there, how is this on the politics? >> it matters a huge amount. not only are these stories real. not only are the

weapon for them so they can become whole, they can have economic growth, they can grow as becoming part of the american culture and most importantly part of the changing face of america, big campaignhave going on now. in part because they are the changing face in america in cities that are all over the nation not just the big cities but all over the country. >> thanks for all our guests, neil, myra, sarah, we will see you online at aljazeera.com/ajamstream. >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. >> if i don't get home to my parents i'm going to like freak out! >> a frozen nightmare. students stranded at school. drivers on gridlock on highways after an ice storm paralyzes parts of the south. running dry, in california, weeks away from running out of water, steps taken to deal with the drought. human trade, the sex slavery and forced

taxes in france or the u.k., the ngo is campaigning for an amazon boycott, denouncing the company's tax evasion. despite the polar blast gripping parts of north america, many authorities are recommending and cozyays snug indoors, some have braved the icy temperatures to conduct interesting experiments. we selected some of the best science demonstrations on the web. illustrated by scores of photos and videos over the past few days, one of the most popular experiments involved blowing bubbles outside at below zero temperatures. the bubbles crystallize and turn hard and just a few seconds. and here's another experiment that has got north americans to find the intense cold. throwingoily water -- oily water into the freezing air, creating tiny ice crystals almost instantaneously. finally, some try to find out what happens when you leave what close outside. t-shirts totally freeze and become as hard as stone, rigidly in shape. the demonstration gives an idea of how cold it has been in north america. nepalese viewers in nepal have been posting urging the government to ban the use of genetically modified feed. the online campaign has paid off. wednesday, the

>> with 282 smokers in china, it's a vast problem for the government to tackle as anti-smoking campaigners will tell you. if the people of north america and europe gave up smoking, it wouldn't matter if the tab -- tobacco smokers get more consent. the government has been accused not dealing with it. in more recent times there has been astring ept methods taken. there's no longer the blatant advertising. now there has been a directive from the communist parties ordering the officials to take the lead and set an example, no longer to take sponsorship money from the parties, and for communist parties no longer to smoke in public places such as schools and hospitals. health officials being brought foo place by this year and next year, which will ban smoking in indoor public places and also in work places. china finally adopting the measures in place elsewhere in the world. >> it's being called the coldest winter in the last half century. record temperatures have been recorded across the states. freezing conditions have been tough on the homeless. tens of thousands are sleeping in shelters every night. >> it's a full house at the barry mis

encouraging the american public it makes for good, sound public policy and that's where our primary focus will be on america's energy, america's choice campaign. >> and the last question, you spoke a lot about the need for more u.s. oil and natural gas in our energy supply to address the challenges of the future and our opportunities. with increased domestic production, what is the role of energy efficiency in contributing to our energy security? >> energy efficiency is key to our entire energy equation. it should be a component part likes all forms should be a component part. today it produced twice the gdp activity for the same amount of activity. we as a nation are more energy efficient today than we ever have been. that doesn't me we need to stop. we need to continue to be more and more energy efficient, however, we have to be more efficient. it does require energy to heat our homes, provide the lights, all the added value products that call can. energy is essential. and energy efficiency is a key component of that driveway. it is one component. including oil and gas which provides over 60% of that energy today. thank you very much. let m

his second midterm election is not going to be a welcome visitor to a lost places in america for political campaigns. jon: we're going to be talking next hour with senator john thune about some of the electoral prospects for democratic senators in some of these tough states. karl rove, thanks for giving as you preview you. >> bet, thank you. jenna: well a new ruling halting a sex abuse case against a doctor already convicted of murdering his wife. what the judge ruled in martin macneil's latest legal battle. we'll get you up-to-date on that. >>> a border patrol crash, and grounds the entire fleet. the question it raises about border security next. keeping up with these two is more than a full time job and i don't have time for unreliable companies. angie's list definitely saves me time and money. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. what does that first spoonful taste likok. honey bunches of oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mmmm! wow! it's the oats. honey. yeah. honey bunches of oats. this is a great cereal. jon: right now new developments and some crim

campaign about it. does for thethat spirit of america. what does that do for business?as one of the greatest programs, to have these olympians actually working in our store. who else to create such enthusiasm, the competitiveness, the focus, the intensity? >> does that equate to dollars? >> it does. we want -- we won more medals than some countries that year at the winter olympics. our team, i could not be more proud of them. we were very excited. our associates love the association with the olympics and the paralympics. greatght it was a program. the association we had with the limbic committee and these young men and women was fantastic. >> are you going to sochi? >> no, i'm not. >> why not? >> i'm not either. >> but why not. youas such a passion for when you were celebrating our athletes. >> salt lake is an easier flight. >> we had a wonderful relationship and we knew the olympians. we followed them in each of their offense. there was -- in each of their events. there was a camaraderie and affection that i just do not have today. >> if not lindsay von, who will be wa

for four years ago today the political gain in america change. that's when the supreme court struck down more than a century of campaign finance law and its citizens united decision the new paved the way for unlimited political spending this what we've learned in the last forty years first daily and is in the new malay yet. before citizens united outside election spending was always in the millions take a lot. in two thousand nissan more than fifty million dollars in outside standing by the next presidential election in two thousand ford that increase to nearly two hundred million in two thousand it was almost three hundred forty million dollars now cite spending and that citizens united happened in two thousand. well that was a game changer. and in the very next election year two thousand to twelve. that is a land we passed the billion mark so clearly you have to pay to play. the data also shows the disproportionate standing among political parties take a look at the numbers compiled by open secrets dot com. as you can see in two thousand fourteen thousand six and two thousand and liberal groups outs and conservative groups and national elections

for this vicious bombing campaign. seven bombs today in baghdad, scott. the iraqi security forces say they need american weapons to help fight them but given their general level of discipline and competence, america may have to face the blame for the collateral damage. >> pelley: liz palmer in the iraqi capital tonight. the supreme court considers restrictions at abortion clinics. and is los angeles prepared for the big one? when the "cbs evening news" continues. as fast as you use oing anything which is funny, 'cause i still do it better than her. you know, i don't think i was meant to sweep. it's a little frustrating. look. [ zach ] i can't help out as much as i used to. do you need help? [ doorbell rings ] let's open it up. it's a swiffer sweeper. it's a swiffer dusters. it can extend so i don't have to get on the step stool. i don't know how it stays on there. it's like a dirt magnet -- just like my kids. [ afi ] this is a danger zone. that is crazy. ah-ha-ha! [ zach ] yeah. no, this definitely beats hanging out on a step ladder. what's up, baby? my feet felt so heavy at the they used to get really tired. until i started gellin'. i got dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. when they're in my sh

pretty much you know it's no where this campaign of course when i first heard about this it seemed remarkably. appropriate for the indigenous people of america to embrace bitcoin because one of the features of the block chain of big going is that all the contracts are embedded in the block chain and there's no ability to go back and change the block saying so people cannot claim that what was on the block chain was not there to begin with and i think what's going to a lot of people's minds is that the history of the american army and the indians is one of busted treaties treaties get broken all the time this is the history that we've grown up knowing so bitcoin is really in effect a way to put all of those documents and legal documents into the transparent and irreversible block change your thoughts. exactly you bring a very good point. ironically you know so you've mentioned we're already starting to get some blowback from the tribal president's office. federal agents and we had a couple of. agents toward the corn was a we will. be sure to mount us now and i'm sure one of numerous news reports are sure that it's not. but if you look at it f

for everyone in the country. some are saying that the president making this move,they are trying to decide if it helps or hinders the raise the wage campaign in america for more americans. i think it shows that the economy is still the number one issue for this president, five years, five of these state of the unions now. presidents get too much credit and too much blame for the economy. the economy is stronger. not everyone is feeling it. tonight, that would be the focus of his remarks. >> our economy is badly weakened. homes have been lost, jobs shut, businesses shuttered. >> reporter: in the depth of the economic crisis, the president promised action. five years later, the recovery is real for some. >> we have cleared away the rubble from the financial crisis. >> reporter: home values are soaring, a series of stock market records have boosted 401(k)s. banks have paid back government loans and are turning huge profits. sales of american cars are at a six-year high. >> the u.s. economy is healing and if you compare it to pastimes, our economy or other economies that have had this kind of fip nannancial crisis, don't look so bad. >> the fed has pumpe

. >> regarding your tort -- report and the america's choice campaign, is this going to create ratings of congressional candidates foroffice? >> we support all political candidates who support oil and natural gas and understand the vision and the potential for this country. to date, we currently do not rate and we will not use this opportunity to rate current members. i will tell you that as we look at contributions, as we look at support for members, we look at one thing -- the voting record. elections matter. elections translates to votes. votes matter. i believe the congress and administration are lagging indicators. i believe the american public sets the agenda and our country -- in our country and it happens at the polling booth. america's energy, america's choice is designed to continue the american people and to encourage them to participate in the democratic processes that alecto's officials that come here to represent those interests. when you see over 70% of the american public saying we should produce more of the nation's oil and natural gas industry, there is clearly a disconnect in policy formulation and

america. >> a human rights lawyer who campaigned against corruption is on trial in china. he's one of several activists facing prosecution for favouring transparency of government. al jazeera's reporter tried to make his way to the trial but was blocked from covering the event. >> there's extreme sensitivity to the court case. normally we are allowed to stand about 200 metres towards the beijing court for the trial. we are being pushed away by local police. people are being herded out of the area. this didn't happen for the court kiss for borche li, showing how serious the government is taking the case against jing yong, charged with attempting to disrupt order in a public place, because of a campaign against education laws in china. he was campaigning for the rights of country side children who are not allowed to attend schools and universities in urban areas of he was detained in july, charged and arrested in august. during his detention he made a bold statement about china's civil rights movement and in this to say. >> translation: however defeated and absurd the society is, the country needs courageous citizens to stand

campaigns he struggled to earn the sports in the n.h.l. roaster and decided just walk north america's second tier age for europe's top division the cage becoming a welcome addition to its newest addition creation side medalist shark biggest obstacle was coming over and just basically help put an n.h.l. on hold like i had last three years and try to make it back and you know it just wasn't great fits for me. but over here i wanted to come play this is probably the first to go so the n.h.l. so for me i wanted to you know i had a high level still and coming over here i think provided that opportunity it's been a long and rocky road on the journey that brought cheechoo it was not great where maybe shaq i making the occasional debut in their fifty fourth year while thirty three year old cheechoo became the team's captain and made history by scoring their first to make a chill go had fun time in madison they've been great fans over there and it was great for them. for me to be able to experience it now first call and how loud it got and how excited they were. just been having a lot of fun. i like the fans over here they really get into it you know p

for america is that? where are the toddler pga epteds, where are the guns, where is the lap band surgery? (cheers and applause) great campaigni'm pushing my way through times square i always think why can't we have more drunk euro teens taking photos with a crusty bootleg elmo? besides, america does not need a commercial. it makes us seem desperate like jamaica or the democratic republic of sandals. and if you are's going to make a tourism ad t should look like this. america, come or don't. we don't give a [bleep] (cheers and applause) and i haven't even shown you the worse part of the pathetic government begfest. ♪ land of dream ♪ ♪ come find your land of dreams ♪ ♪. >> stephen: all right, all right, jim, freeze it right there. (laughter) okay. did they really have to reveal to the world that everyone in america paraglides wile an eagle lands on their arm? that was supposed to be a secretary et. now every tomas, dolf and jorge are going to want in. the lines at eagle arm canyon are going to be insane. (laughter) i just know the next time i go parahawking which is tonight, by the way, all the good birds will be taken, i'll b

with 282 million smoker in china, it is a vast problem for the government to tackle as anti-smoking campaigners tell you if all the north america indur. it wouldn't matter if the tobacco companies get a few more of the population ticking up smoking. the government knows there's a problem. it's been accused of not dealing with it effectively. in recent times there has been more stringent methods taken. we no longer see the blatant advertising open in china. now there's a directive from the communist party, ordering officials to take the lead, set an example, no longer taking sponsorship money and for communist party officials no longer to be smoking in public places, such as schools and hospitals. health officials point to measures brought into place this year and next year, banning smoking in indoor public places and work places. china adopting the same measures in place elsewhere in the world. more than 1,000 people in japan fell sick after eating contaminated food. the victims report vomiting and diarrhoea after eating piecea. >> last month, some of the frozen food was found to contain a pesticide used in corn. >> a u.s. mili

campaign. reverend wright known for making these very inflammatory comments like this one. >> not god bless america. god damn america that's in the bible. for killing innocent people. god damn america for treating us citizens as less than human. god damn america islam. >> here is a question. why in the world would the chicago's teacher's union invite such a controversial speaker to their event today? in minutes you will hear what reverend wright told the teacher afternoon former allen west what he thinks right now griff jenkins very strange encourt with reverend wright in chicago. >> quick question, reverend wright would you comment on your speech? you mentioned the president. could you. >> security. i'm going to ask to you stop. >> can we ask him to comment. >> i'm going to ask you stop. that's what we're going to ask you to do. i'm going to ask you to stop. >> can we ask him a quick question. >> no, you can't. i'm asking you to stop. >> you can comment on the policy that you mentioned? the president's policy. >> you need to go that way. we have classes and we have members. >> invited here. >> i u

campaign. reverend wright known for making these very inflammatory comments like this one. >> not god bless americaamn america for treating us citizens as less than human. god damn america islam. >> here is a question. why in the world would the chicago's teacher's union invite such a controversial speaker to their event today? in minutes you will hear what reverend wright told the teacher afternoon

the presidency in 2000 after a campaign in which terrorism and for that matter foreign policy got almost no attention. yet the bush presidency was defined by 9/11 and america's americans were sent in to harm's way because the intelligence on which decisions were made was simply wrong. we should not forget that. if warp speed advances in technology have given us the ability to do better, we should embrace that not diminish it. the president gave an excellent outline of the new challenges but left the hard capacity for later, for one deciding where the vast trove of data the government is now able to collect should be stored. to me a little delay is just as well, these questions are so complex they must be based on more than emotional reaction to revelations suddenly thrust upon us. let's take the time to think this through. in the meantime here is my tip to german chancellor merkel the way to keep others from picking up sensitive information on your cell phone is to stop talking on it. as the said there street a reason why blackberries and iphones are not allowed in the white house situation room. back in a minute. tall the building is, or how ornate the hall

campaign for ken cuccinelli when he was running for governor. and the state of virginia. so i don't think there's any love loss there. reince priebus told dana bash and dan-americahis morning he doesn't think chris christie should step down. priebus being the chairman of the republican national committee. so this is sort of the first -- the first whiff we've gotten of this. but i think you also have to understand where it's coming from. i don't see any ground swell out there for chris christie to step down as head of the governor's association. >> yeah. and debuted out in southern florida, south florida -- >> yeah, raising money. >> raising money for rick scott, the republican governor, the incumbent of florida up for re-election. he's -- i would be shocked if he decided to step down, unless -- unless there is some hard evidence directly linking him to some of these allegations. we haven't seen that hard evidence yet, but there are investigations under way. gloria, thanks very much. >>> he admits using poor judgment, but the former virginia governor, robert mcdonnell, emphatically denies he did anything illegal. feds have now indicted mcdonnell and his wife on c

campaign. reverend wright known for making these very inflammatory comments like this one. >> not god bless americamerica that's in the bible. for killing innocent people. god damn america for treating us citizens as less than human. god damn america islam. >> here is a question. why in the world would the chicago's teacher's union invite such a controversial speaker to their event today? in minutes you will hear what reverend wright told the teacher afternoon

what he's done with give america a raise, i think that turn of phrase will have traction on the campaign trail forple running against a record that is difficult for them right now in some districts. >> that's when he was talking about raising the minimum wage to $10.10. >> the president made a push for equal pay for women, that we shouldn't live in a world where the work environment was, for women, as it was in the show "mad men", he got tremendous applause for that. given the reaction from congles, you'd think this would pass easily. will that go anywhere? >> i think there's a big myth that has been subsubstantiated when it comes to pay inequality. there's a lot of variables, a lot of strong vibrant women in the workforce earnings much, if not more than men. a lot of this are about the choices to stay home, start the business, apply different things, that doesn't add up. i think what you saw there was the president giving a checklist to michael's point to the democrats, saying, "let me talk about gender issues and things that appeal to latinos and african-americans, pay, minimum wage. let me talk