[laughter] his backpack said charlie brown, not your ordinary blockade. [laughter] he said his name was monktu but i soon learned it was about to enter people who had many names and flew with identities. it was like a bomb to me, that idea, how not to be stuck with yourself, to be someone else for a while. we walked to the stand only a few minutes away from the temple. it was already crowded and things happen quickly. there were two men of oblix and there was no conversation just a glance of acknowledgment, shifting of body weight, the riding of engines. i had no idea where we were going. we passed the house of the superintendent of police, which i recognized from my last visit. he was a candid man the superintendent of police. and, frankly speaking, this cannot be solved by police or military. the problem with these troubles is they don't understand agreed unless they become greedy there is no hope for us. [laughter] i told my boss remove the force and put atv in every home. everything will be automatically sorted out. in no time at all we were riding ou

smarty pants professors talking about who knows what and redubbs it with the teacher's voice from charlie browna journalism. get ready for, hey journalist, i gotcha! i reedit my interviews with journalists to make it look like they were the ones that were woefully unprepared. so katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. gotcha! >> well, tina fey's impressions of sarah palin, fair or not, shaped some perceptions of the former alaskan governor during the 2008 presidential race. could the comedian have an impact on the 2012 race if palin decides to run. bring in anna marie cox, washington correspondent for gq magazine. does it shape perceptions of sarah palin now and her role in current politics? >> i think that tina fey's impression had one of the largest impacts of any comedians on the last election and probably a big factor in like over 50% of americans say they don't want sarah palin to be president. i actually know a lot of people who think sarah palin is the one who actually said, i can see alaska from my porch. that was from tina fey's sk

[laughter] >> is backpack said charlie brown, not your ordinary blockade. [laughter] >> he said his name, but i soon learned that the force i was about to enter was full of people had many names and fluid identities. it was like bomb to me that idea, how lovely not to be stuck with yourself to become someone else for a while. we walked to the bust in only a few minutes away from the temple. it was already crowded, and things happen quickly. there were two men on motorbikes. there was no conversation. just a glance of acknowledgment, a shifting of body weight, the revving of engines. i had no idea where we're going. we passed the house the superintendent of police, which i recognize from my last visit. he was a candid man, the superintendent of police. frankly speaking this problem can be solved by of police or military. the problem with these titles is they don't understand greek. unless they become greedy there is no room for us. [laughter] >> i told my boss remove the force and put a tv in every home. everything will be automatically sorted out. in no tim

>> yeah, i used to watch charlie brown and there's a character on it i used to always imitate. >> larryreally is. >> larry: he's gone. there's never been anything like peanuts. >> no. >> larry: what do you think about obama? how's he doing? >> i think he's doing a great job, you know, considering all the pressure that he was up against, taking over a bad situation from the beginning and trying to clean up and move forward and get us back on the right pace. but to me, you know, he's doing a great job because we're in a better state than we were in two years ago. >> larry: okay. you want snoop dogg to get you to your next meeting? he's going to do it. with turn-by-turn directions on your gps. it's a demonstration with me. you're not going to believe it. you're not going to believe it. it's coming up. >> larry: good night, everybody. >> good night. ♪ snoop >> turn right in 20 yards. >> larry: i feel like i'm being controlled by my gps. i'm turning right as instructed. >> make another right in 40 yards. >> larry: sweeping deftly into the right-hand lane. >> proceed east and turn right in 40

smarty pants professors talking about who knows what and re-dubs it with the teacher's voice from charlie brown. do you hate gotcha journalism? get ready for hey journalist, i gotcha, where i reedit my interviews with journalists to make them look like the ones who were woefully unprepared. so, katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. gotcha. >> i'm afraid this attempt to relaunch palin isn't just a joke. >>> anyway, next, the power of prayer. new jersey governor is at odds with the teacher's union over plans to cut education funding. prompted association leaders last week to issue this memo containing a mock prayer. here it is. their prayer. "dear lord this year you have taken away my favorite actor, patrick swayze, favorite actress, farrah fawcett, favorite singer, michael jackson and favorite salesman billy mays. i wanted to let you know chris christie is my favorite governor." which of course could be interpreted as a death wish. he defended the memo saying it was a joke not intended to be made public. governor cristie isn't happy. when

it remind you of charlie brown. but, in fact, that kind of approach is of helpful. i think would be important is to constantly remind the american public that the differences are not so great. and that the reason why islam is, in fact, the fastest growing religious in prisons is not only because of the values that it espouses. but it can be used in order to resist those oppressive administrative practices that i saw so clearly throughout the time that i was allowed to visit prison. >> absolutely. let me just add as a christian i wish that our churches would spend as much time in prison ministry as they do on building funds. >> i totally agree with you. >> you're supposed to keep track of the imprisoned, the widows, we get that with our jewish brothers and sisters. orphan, the widow and the weak they are the focus of one's witness. and then by the time you get to that first palestinian you name jesus who comes out prophetic judaism what you've done onto to me you've done to the prisoner, the weak and the physically challenged it's at black people. it's not antirich.

. >> yeah i used to watch charlie brown and a character i used to imitate. >> larry: snoopy. >> yeaheanuts. >> no. >> larry: what do you think of obama, how's he doing? >> i think that he's doing a great job considering all the pressure that he was up against you know taking over a bad situation from the beginning and trying to clean up and move forward and get us back on the right pace but to me you know he's doing a great job because we're in a better state than we were in two years ago. >> larry: okay you want snoop dogg to get you to your next meeting? he's going to do it. with turn-by-turn directions on your gps. here's a demonstration with me, you're not going to believe it, you're not going to believe it. it's coming up. if you've taken your sleep aid and you're still fighting to sleep in the middle of the night, why would you go one more round using it ? you don't need a rematch-- but a re-think-- with lunesta. lunesta is different. it keys into receptors that support sleep, setting your sleep process in motion. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. when taking lu

. >> when i watch you dance it's kind of like the charlie brown teacher. >> it wasn't really a dance.d a an atrocious performance on "dancing with the stars" this week was more than the voting public could bear. >> leaving right now is kate and tony. >> reporter: kate will see on down the road, on your next self-promotional, exploitive venture. >> thank you for believing in me. >> reporter: the number one story of the week. [ speaking forei eyjafjallajokull. >> eyjafjallajokull. >> eyjafjallajokull. >> reporter: that icelandic volcano which, for the record is pronounced roethlisberger. >> hey, you want to see something cool? >> reporter: the bibb lickal cloud hung over europe for well over a week, stranding thousands of restless travelers and causing anti-iceland iic sentiment. >> i hate iceland. i hate iceland. >> reporter: the relentless spewing of ash reminded some of europe's most famous encounter of an angry volcano. >> it's the worst volcano i've seen since i spent the summer in pompeii. >> reporter: the volcano backed down this week after a direct challenge from one brave man w

starring charlie brown. >> and lucy. all right.se we have the general i believe standing by. >> that's great. >> al qaeda in iraq has suffered wa could be a major setback after u.s. and iraqi forces killed two top figures during a raid in a remote corner of the anbar province. >> their deaths are potentially devastating blows to al qaeda iraq. but equally important in my view is this action demonstrates the improved security strength, and capacity of iraqi security forces. >> all right. let's get right now to baghdad with the commander of the u.s. armed forces in iraq, general ray odierno. general, thanks very much for joining us. i guess we should say congratulations for your success is what the vice president saying though, is there more to it, that the iraqis might be standing up on their own a bit here? >> yeah, i think there is a lot more to it. first off, it is fairly significant. the leader of al qaeda in iraq, the foreign leader abu al masri, the egyptian and abu omar al baghdadi, were both killed. that is significant. what

charlie brown and his gang are off to a new home.hts have been sold to a new york-based brand management company iconics for $175 million. this will enter them into a partnership with a family of peanuts creator charles shultz who died in 2000. >>> imagine making less than the person sitting next to you. imagine getting promoted less frequently than the person next to you. imagine the only reason for that is your gender. that's what a lot of women are saying. women who work for walmart, still do. i'll tell you about it. >>> walmart could soon face the largest class action employment lawsuit in u.s. history. it's all got to do with an allegation that female workers were paid less and promoted also than their male counterparts. hundreds of thousands of current and former female workers with ban together in the lawsuit. it's been okayed by a federal appeals court. the court was divided. i want to talk now to ted butroes, he's a lawyer for walmart and lisa bloom, cnn legal analyst. ted, thanks for joining us. basically the appeals court,

elite, the show that takes c-span footage of a bunch of and redubs it with a teacher's voice from charlie brown you hate journalist? get ready for hey journalists, i got cha where i reedit my interviews to make them look like the ones who were woefully unprepared. so katie, what newspaper doss you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. got cha. host: that's tina fay paretting the former governor of alaska. governor palin is still in the spotlight even though she stepped back from politics and is focusing on her fox tv show. what does this say to us about these personalities in politics and how they gain momentum and a grass rooths u.s. base? -- roots support base? guest: i spend so much time trying to figure out the sara palin effect. and what's going on with her and voters. and i talk with voters, talk to a lot of folks. and i don't understand it but i -- there's no question that 10, 15% of voters, a decent chunk of the republican base, likes her. and my sense is there's certainly policy that a lot of them identify with. but by and large a lot of them like her because

. -- mariko rubio-charlie crist battle. sherrod brown is quoted as campaign manager in 2006, saying, and you will need an enormous amount of money to be heard among the screaming. fund-raisers say they will not say whether they will stick with the governor. would you talk about money and independent candidates? guest: money is extremely important. joe lieberman was able to win as an independent, but he was elected incumbent senator. he lost his democratic primary -- did he lose it? i think he lost it and chose to run as an independent. i think he had the name recognition and also have the ability to raise money. charlie crist has the ability to raise money. whether he has the ability to raise it on par with democrats and republicans is going to be difficult. it is absolutely true that money is still important. it depends on the independent candidate in question in each case, whether that person has the name identification and the appeal to get the number of contributions. and that would normally be a number of small contributions to a en

charlie crist. it's a drama playing out in g.o.p. races across the country. >> brown: and we get the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the federal government accused goldman sachs today of fraud. the securities and exchange commission filed civil charges against the powerful wall street investment banking firm. the s.e.c. alleged goldman did not disclose it was marketing sub-prime mortgage securities while, at the same time, betting against them through a large hedge fund. investors in those securities lost more than $1 billion when the housing market crashed. in response, goldman called the charges "completely unfounded." it is the most prominent case brought by the government thus far in response to the financial crisis

. >> brown: white house chief of staff rahm emanuel also sounded hopeful on monday, in an interview with p.b.s. charlie rose. >> i think it will be bipartisan, because i think people realize, charlie, that while it's been 14 months, 12 months, and there are still damages from that crisis, that you have a financial system over the last 20 years that raced ahead of where the regulatory system was. >> brown: but the bipartisan road ahead remains uncertain. today, the senate agriculture committee moved to update part of the regulatory system-- imposing curbs on derivatives, but largely on party lines. derivatives are complex financial instruments that allow traders to bet on the direction of prices of stocks and other assets and much else. some derivatives are well-known, like corn futures, and lock in prices for goods that fluctuate in value. more exotic derivatives, including credit default swaps, have been blamed for fueling the global financial crisis. the senate committee approved strict limits on big banks trading in derivatives. and it required nearly all derivatives contracts to be traded openly on

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charlie crist primary battle. from this new york times story this means that mr. crist will have to win voters across the political spectrum at a time when partisan anger has intensified. sherri brown is quoted, anyone running alone will need an enormous amount of money to be heard above the screaming. later on there right remains an issue. fund-raisers say, will not say whether they plan to stick with the governor if he pulls from the party. florida campaigns are especially costly. talk about the money. >> money is extremely important. joe lieberman was able to win as an independent. he was the elected incumbent senator. losses democratic primary. i can't remember, did he lose it or did he? obviously had the name recognition. the ability to raise money. the governor of florida. i imagine he has the ability to raise money. whether he has the ability to raise money on par with the party operations, that is going to be very difficult. absolutely true that money is still important. it depends on the independent candidate in question in each case whether that person has the name id and the appeal to get the number of contributions. that would normally be a lot of small contributions to

charlie parker. that is sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, the first of three british election debates. for the first time, prime minister gordon brownon and nick cleg will face off with the dates. the first election debate courtesy of i-tv on c-span. >> a house hearing on u.s. nuclear weapons policy. we hear about the posture review which sets the rules for using weapons and maintaining the u.s. arsenal. ike skelton chairs the committee. this is about two and a half hours. >> good morning. the armed services committee meets to receive testimony armed -- on the u.s. nuclear policy. as well as the structure in light of the recent nuclear posture review, as well as the signing of the new treaty. joining us today is a very formal witness panel -- formidable witness panel. general kevin chilton the hon. tom d'agostino undersecretary of energy for the national security administration, and no stranger here and we welcome her back the honerable ellen tauscher. it is a thrill to have you back. we appreciate it for you appearing here today. the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2008 requires the secretary of defense to perfor