i'm from the dream south, charleston, south carolina. as we like to say, all roads lead north from charleston. (laughter) where does this movie take place? >> it takes place in louisiana. >> stephen: okay, well that's understandable. those people are terrible. (laughter) south carolina, was slavery bad everywhere? because i grew up hearing that some slaves enjoyed at least the job security. i'm not saying slavery. (audience reacts) honest to god. i grew up being taught the civil war was not about slavery, it was about economic issues and about states rights and that a lot of slaves, you know, enjoyed the job security. >> i would doubt that very much. (laughter) >> stephen: you learn something new everyday. >> yeah. i will say no to that completely and emphatically, in fact. quite emphatically. >> stephen: okay. let me ask you something. i a lot of times -- i don't care but i hear you're a black guy. >> apparently. >> stephen: okay. if you're a black guy but you have an english accent. >> correct, yes. >> stephen: what is an english person

after that, kentucky senator rand paul speaking at the citadel military academy in charleston, south carolina. later, a look at how elections are being affected by partisan politics. >> during question time this past week, prime minister judy cameron -- david cameron talked about his call with the iranian prime minister. it was the first call between a british prime minister and iranian leader in over a decade. on iran's nuclear program. the prime minister also talk about domestic issues including child care benefits. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> mr. prime minister. >> and you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will with to join me in paying tribute to warrant officer ian fisher of the third battalion who was killed on operation in afghanistan on tuesday, the fifth of november. it is clear that he was a professional and well respected soldier. he made a huge contribution to the army over many years on a number of operational tours. our thoughts and condolences should be with his family and friends. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with colleagues and in addition t

charleston south carolina. and it doesn't hurt to have 42 peaches and a party town. hard to beat that. >> coming up a big time actor chooses to mentor young kids in prison instead self instead of hacking hanging outt hollywood parties. reaching out to kid on lockdown. e resources to alow us as journalists to go in depth and produce the kind of films... the people that you don't see anywhere else on television. >> we intend to reach out to the people who aren't being heard. >>we wanna see the people who are actually effected by the news of the day... >> it's digging deeper it's asking that second, that third question, finding that person no one spoken to yet... >> you can't tell the stories of the people if you don't get their voices out there, and al jazeera america is doing just that. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello, welcome to the news hour, in doha, our top stories. the world's top diplomats fly to geneva, but israel warns of an epic mistake. >>> the crime of the century, that's the conclusion of the palestinians who say that yasser arafat was assass

. >> the result was charleston, south carolina's own buy local group.t's a group called low country, local first. >> i often tell people we're about preserving a people and a place. i think it gave a collective voice to the local businesses here in this community. >> executive director, jamie hailey says thinking small wasn't something a lot of people talked about in 2007. >> there was no -- nobody advocating for them, nobody educating the community why it was important. >> while trying to get started wasn't easy. >> nobody was working together to try to get that message out. we just did a lot of knocking on people's doors and saying, hey will you meet with me. >> since then low country local first has grown to 500 members. each with a vested interest in getting residents and visitors to shop local. >> it's so grassroots that other people were telling their colleagues about it. and it just sort of snowballed. >> in order to best support local outlets, members have to meet certain criteria. >> you need to be locally owned and independent, that you have t

charleston south carolina. and it doesn't hurt to have 42 peaches and a party town. hard to beat that. >> coming up a big time actor chooses to mentor young kids in prison instead self instead of hacking hanging outt hollywood parties. reaching out to kid on lockdown. al jazeera america... >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their >> the u.s. prison system houses one out of every four prisoners worldwide. the system has been under scrutiny for dec decades. go in 2006 there was a book letters from a young brother. he was inspired to write another book targeted towards inmates and their family. great to have you here. >> thank you so much. you wrote two books and then you geget a whole bunch of lers lets from inmates did you expect that? >> no i had no idea it would happen. letters for a young brother won the american lobbir library award for 2007 and a lot of judges started asigning the book as part of t

. >> 175 years ago, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina, named angelina grimke, became the first american woman to address a legislative body. she spoke before the masses uses state legislator -- the massachusetts state legislature. coming up, this is just over two hours. [applause] >> welcome, everyone. moderatoryour evening . we are here tonight to explore how women become political. we will look at the past and the future,and consider the too. there will be some remarks and the panel of discussion you'd regretfully, senator elizabeth warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. someone has to work. she is there to work in the senate. [applause] has made a short video for us that we will share place of the remarks she would have given. during the evening, we invite you to tweak and send your questions in via twitter at -- to tweet and send your questions in via twitter at #womenpoli2013. also, silence your cell phones right now. everybody moving to silence the cell phones? good. and for those who could not attend tonight, the good news is that

kentucky down through charleston, south carolina and atlanta. all of that lifts northeast.ght at 9:30 so i think we're going to be done in most areas with the football games before the rain moves in and overnight friday night into saturday morning we'll be dealing with a few showers but i think a stronger system here will be around sunday night, monday morning midday. today 55 degrees, sunny and milder. tomorrow after starting in the 30s, we'll get to 59 unless the clouds are a little bit thicker then maybe 57. 40s friday night with a couple of showers into saturday morning. saturday a little sun in the afternoon, 62. sunday mid-60s with a late shower. then mid-60s again monday with showers the first half of the day. some late clearing and then the cold stuff returns tuesday and wednesday with highs in the 40s. here comes monika now, timesaver traffic. she's got notes. i don't like that. >> i do have some notes. luckily there aren't any big incidents right now but enough to tell you about, especially on the southbound side of i-270 for those of you who come out of frederick

after that, kentucky senator rand paul speaking at the citadel military academy in charleston, south carolina. later, a look at how elections are being affected by partisan politics. >> during question time this past week, prime minister judy cameron -- david cameron talked about his call with the iranian prime minister. it was the first call between a british prime minister and iranian leader in over a decade. on iran's nuclear program. the prime minister

well, that's how the parts for the dreamliner all come together, either in everett or charleston, south carolina. remember, parts of the dreamliner, they're spread out around the world in terms of where they're manufactured. and then the dreamlifter, which is actually a modified 747, the tail actually opens up. so it's a huge cathedral-like area. it's bakally just carrying parts. there's nothing else inside of that plane. and then it flies. they're constantly flying. landing in one loading and going on to the final assembly. >> then you've got the dream weaver which can help us get through the night. phil, thank you. >> thanks very much, phil. >>> let's get back to the wall and dominic chu. you were telling us about some of the best dividend players. i think we were halfway through a mystery chart. it has a yield of over 4%. and you said it was consumer staples. i don't know, i was thinking maybe p&g or kimberly-clark? >> it might have also been a grocery, but we're going to take it a step further. the next hint is that this company -- i got "dream weaver" stuck in my head. thanks, brian, for th

last week, i heard from national natalie, a wife and mother of three in charleston, south carolina. whose health insurance costs are seeing double digit increases. mr. president, these are the faces of real people impacted by obamacare. they're not stats. they're not numbers. they don't get waivers. they're taxpayers. middle-income taxpayers. and obamacare is forcing many to choose between saving for college for these three little kids, and paying for health care. they shouldn't have to choose. obamacare and health care.gov are words we now know are synonymous with failure. i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> senator from arkansas. >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to tell the story of a constituent that e-mailed me that is so representative of what -- thousand are going through in arkansas. this is mark from little rock. he wrote me after receiving his cancellation notice. here's what he had to say. i recently received from blue cross blue shield that my individual health insurance policy will not be renewed after 2014 due obamacare. a lot i'm happy with this policy, i'

angelina grimke, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina, became the first american woman to address the legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great-great-grandson with us. please give him applause. [applause] angelina grimke's purpose in addressing the legislative body was to present petitions bearing the signatures of 20,000 massachusetts women, black and white, to a joint committee of the general court. the petitioners sought to have congress end slavery in the district of columbia. before grimke spoke about the issue of slavery, she knew she had to address the elephant in the room -- the fact that she was a woman giving a speech to a group of elected officials, not to mention her other audience -- all the men and women who had crowded into the house chamber. hers was a radical act in 1838, not only because women could not vote or run for office but also because of the firm societal conviction that women did not belong in what was called the public sphere. indeed, a woman who spoke to a mixed audience of men and women gather for any purpose was considere

activism. 175 years ago, right here in boston, angelina grimke, a white southerner from charleston, south carolinaecame the first american woman to address a legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great great grandson, mark mason here with us. please give him applause. [applause] angelina grimke's purpose was to present petitions bearing the signatures of 20,000 massachusetts women. black and white, to a joint committee of the general court. the petitioner sought to have congress and slavery in the district of convio but before angelina grimke spoke about the issue of slavery, she knew she had to address the elephant in the room. the fact that she was a woman giving a speech to group of elected officials, not to mention her other audience, all the men and women who had crowded into the house chamber. hers was a radical act in 1838. not only because women could not vote or run for office, but also because of the firm societal conviction that women do not belong in what was called the public sphere. indeed, a woman who spoke to a mixed audience of men and women gathered for any purpos

coming up later today, an event honoring women in politics and a white southerner from charleston, south carolina. she became the first american woman to address the legislative body. she spoke about slavery and women's rights before the massachusetts state legislature. the forum was hosted by simmons college and included a panel looking at women in politics. here's a preview. think the word entitlement often has a negative connotation but, really, the goal is for girls and women to operate with a greater sense of entitlement. to say that i am deserving of that opportunity, i am prepared and qualified. all those other nagging insecurities and doubts that often get in the way. was alluding to that earlier but the data says it takes a minimum of seven people to convince a woman to run for office would you venture to guess how many it takes to convince a man? himself. [laughter] it actually is not a joke. [laughter] say that i was recruited to run for office. that is the case for most women. i was not in some corner politically calculated my political ascension area i had been an aide to senator joh

i've spent most of my time in places like des moines iowa and manchester new hampshire and charleston south carolinad other places like that covering campaigns. the segue from there to here is an interesting one to me and that is george and jerry monee monee -- george and jeremy have laid out serious problems of this country is facing in his face for some time in the question is to what extent is the political system capable of confronting those. as bob said i wrote about the 2008 campaign and about was if anybody can remember a unique campaign and a historic campaign obviously because of the election of the first african-american in america's history. it seemed to be a special moment george indicated there was this feeling that in one way or another, because of expectations about obama and because of the aspirational message that he carried to that campaign, that we might be at a point where the political system could turn through the bush administration back and the clinton and stray shin and the polarization and break through that. when i decided to try to do a book about 20121 of my biggest conc

state, long beach, california, salt lake city, huntsville, alabama, san antonio and north charleston, south carolinaother boeing news, companies advising about a new icing problem on the 747. boeing is urging 15 carriers to avoid flying them near high-level thunderstorms and japan airlines has already changed a couple of the routes with different plane, replacing these planes with other planes. everyone knows i'm a nervous flier. and we have people on planes watching us now. i'm going to cut this conversation short. >> i don't know if they're watching from a 787. and if i could accept my payment right now for getting up so early. which is a cheap tease of my show "signs" at 2:00. this stock no matter what pro problem you have. the battery problems, this. nothing has held -- >> the growth of the middle class in china and india. because that's where you're seeing all of the orders coming in. >> which i find odd considering china is going to soon produce and sell its own jet which looks shockingly similar to the boeing 737. so we're going to talk about boeing. we're going to sort of hammer into this na

charleston. he is joining us from south carolina. thank you. guest: good to be with you. host: our viewers want to know what a third-party is. guest: a third-party is any challenger to the republicans and democrats. to talk about what a party is, a party is an organization that differs from an interest group and it has an electoral function . not all third parties actually run candidates. they challenged the republicans and the democrats in some way or another. host: is very true influential third-party in the united states? guest: the three leading third parties are libertarian party, green party, and the constitution party. there was a party that ross perot tried to set up, the reform party. it did not go anywhere. like so many parties in the past , the reform party bit the dust. host: when it comes to influence, have third parties been able to influence other elections? guest: yes, absolutely. one of the things the major parties have by way of indictment is the so-called spoiling affect. i would like to say something about that. when the spoiling effect is looked at fr

i spent most of my time in places like des moines, iowa and charleston, south carolina and other stranges like that covering campaigns. the segue from there to here is an interesting one to me. that is jordan and jeremy have both played out serious problems that this country is facing and has space for some time. the question is, to what extent is the political system capable of confronting those in dealing with those? as god said, i wrote a book with haynes johnson about the 2008 campaign. that was, as everybody can remember, a unique campaign, an historic campaign because of the election of the first african american in the country's history. it seemed to be a special moment as george indicated that there was this feeling that in one way or another, because of expectations about obama and because of the kind of aspirational message that he carried through that campaign, that we might be at a point where the political system could turn from the kind of politics we have seen through the bush administration and back into the clinton is ration. the polarization and often gridlock and break

charleston. he is joining us from south carolina. thank you. good to be with you.now our viewers want to what a third-party is. a third-party is any challenger to the republicans and democrats. is, ak about what a party party is an organization that differs from an interest group and it has an electoral function . not all third parties actually run candidates. the republicans and the democrats in some way or another. is very true influential third-party in the united states? the three leading third parties are libertarian party, green party, and the constitution party. party that ross perot tried to set up, the reform party. it did not go anywhere. pastso many parties in the , the reform party bit the dust. host: when it comes to influence, have third parties been able to influence other elections? yes, absolutely. one of the things the major parties have by way of indictment is the so-called spoiling affect. i would like to say something about that. when the spoiling effect is looked at from a third-party perspective, it looks very different. there is no doubt tha

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south carolina. republican senator rand paul of kentucky is due to speak at any time now at the citadel corps of cadets. paul attended a fund-raiser in charleston yesterday where he told the audience in order to win the republican party needs to look more like the rest of america. and according to the state.com paul said we've got to do it with tattoos, without tattoos, with earrings, with pony tails. everybody. we are going to have some disagreement bus we need more people. and when we do that, we'll be the dominant party once again. joining me now, jimmy williams and republican strategist hogan gidley, who i don't see any facial tattoos or tattoos anywhere or hair or pony tails, but the morning is young. hogan, let me start with you. is that all it's going to take, more republicans coming under the tent with tattoos and earrings? that's the voting block of diversity that the gop is going for? >> obviously more people voting for your candidates mean more wins in the political sphere. i mean that's just obvious. the question is how you go out and get those people. i understand what he's trying to do and what he's trying to say. we have a lot of