christian science.hing all them gaybo hollywood actors do to keep their stuff away from other guys' butts? don't you understand? scotty needs help. and he'll get it... through faith. that's right. we will heal him with the power of prayer. y-you can't just let them just walk out of here! oh, i think they'll be back. are those their keys? no, they're my keys. and they said because of their faith, they don't believe in medicine. mom, i think there's a lot of religions that do that. well, that may be, meg, but that poor little baby has cancer, and they're just gonna take him home and pray over him?! well, that's what they do. they believe that disease is just an illusion. and the only way to fight it is to make your faith stronger. illusions?! you want to talk about illusions?! if you die tomorrow, you think we're gonna be devastated! but you know what?! we're just gonna go out and buy another dog! and maybe this dog will fetch a stick and bring me my slippers instead of prattling on about the pros and con

christian science, look at things that might be a little jewish too. gather to worship you, lord. kidding it is a parking structure. funny that people even think about this. when i saw this picture, to me if you added some colors, and you know you paint the end parts white it looks like a rainbow with two cloud on either end. i don't have my mind in the gutter like the rest of you. what i really want to know who typed the words church and penis into google earth to accidentally find this. and one more item of note. this is an interesting product. a japanese company has a new iphone accessory called sente, a device plugs into your phone and releases the smell of your choice whenever you got a message. which is, it is great for, people who love their phone but, just wish it could be more like a candle. so every time you get a text message or e-mail your phone will have a puff of scented air. the device costs $35. each cartridge which lasts 100 puffs costs $5. if you have $40 to make your text messages smell look roast beef, you probably have too much mon

c-span: why did you go to work first at the christian science monitor? what was the--what was the draw for you there? >> guest: well, part of it was--was happenstance because my wife was--was admitted to harvard law school, and she was gonna be living up in the boston area. and, therefore, i needed a job in the boston area. and the boston globe would not give me the time of day, and the christian science monitor saw something there and they took a chance on me and hired me. and it was a--it was actually a great opportunity because they're--they're not as well read as they used to be, but they're a very good newspaper and they really cover the world and they gave me a lot of experience reporting and writing and editing national news. c-span: what would you describe as your political philosophy? >> guest: i would say it's fairly conservative. c-span: where'd you get that? >> guest: i guess part of it is from my parents because, having grown up under a communist regime, they naturally saw the horrors of that and recoiled from it and, as a result, became wha

christian science, look at things that might be a little jewish too. gather to worship you, lord. kidding it is a parking structure. funny that people even think about this. when i saw this picture, to me if you added some colors, and you know you paint the end parts white it looks like a rainbow with two cloud on either end. i don't have my mind in the gutter like the rest of you. what i really want to know who typed the words church and penis into google earth to accidentally find this. and one more item of note. this is an interesting product. a japanese company has a new iphone accessory called sente, a device plugs into your phone and releases the smell of your choice whenever you got a message. which is, it is great for, people who love their phone but, just wish it could be more like a candle. so every time you get a text message or e-mail your phone will have a puff of scented air. the device costs $35. each cartridge which lasts 100 puffs costs $5. if you have $40 to make your text messages smell look roast beef, you probably have too much mon

contractors ordered the crew to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rig. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. financial headlines to watch. and. i. splits divides the syrian opposition party takes a closer look it's like. he's just a diplomat us from the capital damascus he's like a state within a state free syrian army it's all in his head they say when mitchell and tenet. reports from fragmenting syrian rebel held territories. syria on level. one are. easy for dishes about thirty percent of the seafood the same stuff is number one in blue graham. so

there's actually an article i'm going to show you in a minute from the christian science monitor saidwas the year of the bookstore. it goes pack to what i was saying -- back to what i was saying when we put this story out in the first place. when you do what's in front of you because you think it's important and because you think it's a good idea, nobody can take that away from you. and the consequences of your decision are bigger than just for you. nobody's going to beat amazon, right? but we don't have to. all we have to do is fly below the radar and do what we're doing. people want to come to our bookstore because it's fun. they want to pet the cats, they want to eat the french toast, they want to hear jack's accent, they want to tell us a story. they come not because we're convenient, not because we're easy, but because we're fun. and because they value us being there. we now employ people in our community. we employ kelly. we have a part-time person who works for us. we are slowly but surely creeping up. now we employ four people in the community, thank you, but in big stone gap

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. i told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports on. please know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month so it is secure. no more weasel words when you veda direct question me prepared for a change when you plunge be ready for a battle freedom of speech means little down the freedoms of past. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through to some nine hundred ton two cities of russia. relay

bill hardekopf - columnist in forbes & the christian science monitor and ceo of lowcards.com has written about this study. bill how does cash cost us? 200 billion is a big figure. break it down for us to the individual or the household. > >well, 200 billion is a huge figure bill. it averages $1739 per household. and that's a lot of money that carrying cash can cost each american. > >help me understand this. how is it costing us? > >there are a number of factors that go into it. some of it is theft. some of it is the atm fees that we all have to pay when we go out of network to use our atm cards. but the majority of it surprisingly is the time that it takes us to get cash. the time that it takes us to go to those atm machines or to the banks. everybody has a cost for each of the minutes and hours that they spend. and the cost of getting our cash is actually what's costing us the majority of that 200 billion dollars. > >i guess some of this over time will be obviated once we get our cell phones up to speed and we can use them as a substitute for cash. but in terms of fees outside of the ou

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. to music sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build renewables most sophisticated. mission to teach me. to speak your language. news programs. to you. stories. in a recently published united nations report it is found that about forty percent of the world's population soon will be connected to the internet at the same time. when we log on to the internet. opportunities as well as the powers that be to watch every move we make even read our thoughts. totally. did you know the price is the only industry specifically menti

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems the could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. do we speak your language they will not advance. the music programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tentative angles cadence stories. you hear. detroit all teach spanish find out more visit i to allahabad all tito it's calm. play. play. play. clock i. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refused to notice. faces changed the walls of lights never. told pictures of today's events log on to and from around the globe. up to. fifty. wheezy produces about thirty percent of the sea

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. put it under water all morning a watershed. peter. a pleasure to have you with us here today. that was a new alert and of patients. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news. alexander's family cry tears and so why at him pray things other than just this theoretical regard at a court of law found i'm glad this is a story made for the movies playing out in real life. mission street couldn't take three months for charges free to make amends three. three stooges free. download free blog c

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rig. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. it's a quick fix for a long time to increasingly intoxicating addiction the u.s. may have avoided a fault but it keeps dragging the world into an ever deeper debt. is it still possible to break this vicious cycle. to limp the torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred and twenty three days. through two thousand one hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a length think torch relay. on our cheat

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rig. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. splits to the syrian opposition party takes a close look at life on rebel ground it's just a few kilometers from the capital damascus it is like a state within a state free syrian army. big still in miniature and. reports from fragmented syrian rebel held territory. syrian rebel group. where is the trust element here because even if they even if we have these internet groups break themselves away or attempt to break away from the n.s.a. they have other ways of finding getting into data anyway so there's a. good case of it co

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems that could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. it's a quick fix for a long and increasingly intoxicating addiction the us may have avoided the fault but it keeps dragging the world into an ever deeper debt tom is it still possible to break this vicious cycle. i thought that. over. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy shrek albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across se

contractors ordered the crude to ignore the rigs warning systems and keep drilling according to the christian science monitor on the day of the explosion a team of engineers who had flown to the rig to run a critical safety test were ordered by b.p. to skip the test instead. b.p. threw a party aboard the deepwater horizon to celebrate the rigs flawless safety record the engineers were air lifted off the rick. twelve hours later. the safety alarms and shut down systems the could have saved lives and possibly altered history had been manually disabled so the rig could drill faster. the first. this is a media lead us so we need to be. closest to two of the other party is a. question is that no one is asking with the guests that deserve answers from. politics only on r t. wealthy british style. that's not on. the. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports. produces about thirty percent of the seafood the same in study number one and blues priam frampton or stripper so it is a huge industry a multibillion dollar industry. the health and huma

. >>> that was in fact peter ford a journalist from the christian science monitor.ere is that report now. >> reporter: autumn days in china never used to be this dark, but years of rapid industrialization means this has become the new normal. it's aggravated by the seasonal burning of crop stocks that are then used as fertilizer on agricultural land. in this city visit ability was at less than 3 meters. the unhealthy fog also lead to schools being closed. public roads not being used and the airport stopping operations. the pollution levels in many areas are going beyond hazardous on international measuring scales. it isn't just a health and environmental issue, it's also a political one. the smog feeds into growing anger. information on pollution levels and its effect on health is now easily available. the government is pushing for a shift to cleaner energy and has introduced a regard program that allocate $800 million to priority regions that successfully reduce air pollution by the end of the year. >> we have a lot of [ inaudible ] for instance in [ inaudible ] ch

a headline from christian science monitor, government shutdown forces 90% of staff cut at the nuclear regulatory commission. the agency had been able to skirt the shutdown by using carryover funds but the funds have run dry. that's happening in agency after agency, and along the way the polls are changing. the gallup organization, since 1939, has been asking an open-ended questions of americans. what's the biggest problem in the united states? this year more people said, the government, than at any time in the history of this country. and in addition, the lowest republican approval rating in the -- in recent history, where in 1999 when the impeached bill clinton. that was 32% now. you're at 28%. are you concerned about your party? >> i'm concerned about the country. i represent a district with a lot of civilian defense workers and women and men in uniform, contractors. so i've always been an opponent on shutting down the government. i don't think we had to get here. i think if the president has been willing to sit down and negotiate earlier, the speaker offered him a way that both sid

i want to share a piece from the "christian science monitor" with you. the piece points out that with no end in sight for the government shutdown, the partisan animosity has gotten unusually bitter and personal, even for washington. americans are angry as well. on that note, on the partisan nature of this, is it as bad as it is ever been? guest: no. the point of history is to remind us that our own times are not uniquely oppressive. i hear people saying, i can't believe how awful it is. prophets of doom and gloom. our country has been through a lot worse. sacred battlefield sites for the civil war are now shutdown. this is always going to have political feuds. we tend to over romanticized how marvelous it was between tip o'neill and ronald reagan or newt gingrich and bill clinton. sunday barack obama and congressman boehner will play well together, either a year from now or when they are both out of office. i don't think we want to over magnify and say things are worse now than ever. the tea party movement is unique and it is potent. some people say it i

-- thomasne donahue spoke about the government shutdown and 2014 elections in remarks at the christian science monitor. you can see the him -- the event in its entirety at c-span.org. here is a look. >> i do not know senator chris. we are all getting to watching. i think about him as a tenant -- tennis player. of motion have a lot to the left and right. he has his right as a member of the senate to get out and push the things he supports and retract the things he does not support. we will try to work with them wherever we can. remember the issue. how youe results and will try to get it done. we will see how it goes. -- people aref assuming the business community would like him to sit down and shut up. >> that might be is one thing we could work on. [laughter] >> what sort of leverage do you have over him? >> i do not know. i have not spent a lot of time thinking about it. we are trying to look at this thing in a broader context, one person. there are a lot of democrats in the house worried -- in the senate, excuse me, that are worried about the upcoming election. i think to come on in in the s

this is event is hosted by the "christian science monitor." it's an hour. >> thanks for coming. bruce johnston, the chamber's executive vice president of governmental affairs. the chamber is the world not for profit business. we welcome him back. mr. donahue led the chamber since 1997. he served for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the american trucking association prior to his tour at the a.t.a., he was group vice president for the chamber for eight years. in an earlier chapter of his life, he was postmaster general and vice president for connecticut spearfield university. he's a new york native and has a bachelor's degree from st. john's university and an mba from adele fie. he's the government and senior political affairs executive. started as a telemarketer in 1974. came to the organization quick for a rapid rise with a degree from harvard. he oversees six major divisions within the chamber. so much for biography. now for the thrilling process portion of the program. we're on the record. no live blogging and tweeting in short no filing of any kind while t

the christian science monitor reporting because of fda furloughs, 91% of sea foods that americans eat will be not inspected. in south carolina, the shutdown is affecting the state's military readiness. drilling for thousands of guardsmen has been cancelled. and in southern california, today's miramar air show is off and that will deal a blow to the local economy. those are just a few examples. i want to bring in matt welch and amanda terkel. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i don't know if you saw this new poll out this morning. 72% of americans disapprove of the government shutdown. i don't know what else 72% of americans agree on. is that, matt, what is spurring john boehner to try to do something to get out of this mess? >> i would hope so, yeah. the other thing that 72% of americans agree on is that they don't like to hike the debt ceiling without conditions to cut spending, which means that the republicans had a great hand to play, which they immediately squandered. >> so they muddied it or squandered it? >> they have muddied it for sure and i fear they squander

that is a recent edition of the "christian science monitor." we are going to continue taking your calls and comments on the debt ceiling. we want to know how confident you are that a deal can be reached by thursday. it is day 14 of the government shutdown and plenty of stories out there on the impact of the government shutdown. i want to show you a clip. yesterday former defense secretary leon panetta was on " to talket the press hairc about the shutdown of governments effect on national security. >> we have 12 combat squadrons that have been grounded. half of the air force is not combat ready. we've got ships that are not being deployed. we have training rotations that have been canceled. we've got 800,000 federal employees that have been furloughed under sequester and that are not taking a hit on the shutdown. all of this is impacting on our readiness and our ability to be able to handle a major crisis outside of afghanistan. host: former defense secretary here's ata. picture of a veteran turned down a memorial barricade. a story on the hundr

they said to him no you can't we cut a deal with the reagan campaign that was published in the christian science monitor in march of this year and there wasn't a peep about it you know the president of iran saying that president reagan committed treason how i'd love to get your thoughts on that we have to take a quick break and we'll come right back with that daniel she had more of kind of tonight's conversations of the great minds of daniel right after the break. drama is the chance to be ignoring the. stories of others who refused to notice. the food since changing the world rights never. on full picture of today's events on the phone to and from around the globe. broke to the. t.v. . a public. oversight. that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy shred albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several weeks when a hydrogen client handful of transnational corporations they will profit by destroyin

they said to him no you can't we cut a deal with the reagan campaign bat was published in the christian science monitor in march of this year and there wasn't a peep about it you know the president of iran saying that president reagan committed treason how i'd love to get your thoughts on that we have to take a quick break and we come right back with that daniel she had more of tonight's conversations of the great minds of dana right after the break. wealthy british style. spot on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look good but global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question for. could you take three. three. three. three. three. three both video for your media project free media r t dot com. this point being the expensive car saloon. the new fashion show. oh so designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. luxury is the schoo

my comment is while i'll a feel for christian science pointed you, i have the issue with them trying to force issues that they believe even if it is a different religion. lobbying the government to keep abortion out of the lives of other people but not everybody will follow that type of lifestyle. the bible also speaks of free will. that we will do what we will do. i don't think it is up to the christians a lot of people who call themselves christians are not just in name only and i see that with the republican party they value the life of the child when it gets here that alan to teaching or feet or care for it can you expand. >> guest: this same argument could be used about slavery white you impose your religious views on the us just let us continue to continue slavery. that person would have been wrong because those who were speaking to the evangelicals christian said no don't know you do have the right because you are not the only one involved there is another human being created in the image of god not that we want to impose our views about what we believe about religion but it t

we have here, i'm going to mess up your last name, from the christian science monitor. if the qaeda leadership is along the afghan-pack as -- afghan- pakistan border, does that mean the u.s. has lost this war? if we have not won the war in 12 years, what more can u.s. troops the cobblers? what i would like to add to that, there is a narrative that is pushed by the pro-taliban faction and by other people in washington that says the taliban does not have any beef with america beyond the fact you are in their backyard. there is no ideology. go home and we are done, it is over. those are the people who believe that the taliban and al qaeda's relationship can be questioned and pulled apart.

here is a little what he said at the christian science monitor. >>> our first deal is sequential is 2014 is the house. let me be saying we don't do presidential politic. let me say something it sounds like presidential politics. on behalf of the american business community, given a choice i would not like to see this administration with the white house, the senate, and the house. i think it would be a long two years. and so you could be sure that we'll be very vigorous in the house. we'll also participate in the senate, we'll support some people's discomfort, number of democrats in both houses. to help and support the american business community and help our country when it's in trouble. >> cathy? hi. [inaudible] >> could you give me a sense of the timeline? what evaluation of the landscape are you expecting? when? and when will you pull the trigger on saying this is the depth we're go? this is how vigorous we're going? and finally, what is the funding level? you're saying you need. we need two times, three teems what we've in the past. >> the honest answer, sometime next year. we have -

we have here, i'm going to mess up your last name, from the christian science monitor. the qaeda leadership is along the afghan-pack as -- afghan- pakistan border, does that mean the u.s. has lost this war? war in 12 not won the years, what more can u.s. troops the cobblers? what i would like to add to that , there is a narrative that is pushed by the pro-taliban faction and by other people in washington that says the taliban does not have any beef with america beyond the fact you are in their backyard. there is no ideology. go home and we are done, it is over. those are the people who believe 'sat the taliban and al qaeda relationship can be questioned and pulled apart. i would put to that that of all the people from the taliban side who have been persuaded to give up arms, not a single one of them has ever publicly announce -- renounced al qaeda. not a single taliban leader, not the haqqanis, who have more than 30,000 fighters. achieve military could beyond 2013, 2014, 2015 -- why we should care, what are the consequences of coming home, why does it matter? >> you wan

i do applaud the christian science point of view. i have an issue with them trying to force issues that they believe onto others even if it is a different religion. the government -- you are lobbying the government to keep abortions out of the lives of people. not everybody follows that lifestyle situation. the bible also speaks of free will. god gives us free will to do what we are going to do. i do not think it is up to the christians. a lot of people who call themselves christians are really not. they are just christian in name only and they crucify christ twice. they do not want to teach it. guest: i think the issue is that the same argument could be used in 19th century america about slavery. why impose your religious views on us? someone might have said in the 19th century. those who are speaking to him are saying you do not have the right to and slave another human being because you are the only one involved here. what we are saying is not that we want to impose our views on you about what we believe about religion. we believe

he was hosted by the "christian science monitor" for little more than an hour. >> he rico folks. thanks for coming. tom donahue presidency of the u.s. chamber of commerce and the chamber's executive vice president bruce josten of the world's largest not-for-profit business federation. both up have been our guest before me welcome them back. mr. donohue has just led the chamber since 1987 and served 13 years as president chief executive officer of the american trucking association and prior to his tour at the ata he was vice president of the chamber for eight years and in an earlier chapter of his life postmaster general and vice president of connecticut's fairfield university in new york native and has a bachelor's degree from st. johns university and an mba from a delphi. bruce josten is the political affairs executive starting as a telemarketer in 1974 came to the organization will touch it quits for rapid rise. he is a degree from harvard and oversees six divisions of the chamber. so much for biography and now i want to go through the process portion of the program. please no

hosted by the "christian science monitor," this is an hour.[inaudible conversations] >> here we go, folks. thanks for coming. our guests today are tom the -- tom donohue and bruce josten from the chamber's executive vice president of government affairs at the gym is the world's largest not-for-profit business federation. both inhibit our guests before and we welcome them back. esther dardinger's lead the gym since 1997 be before they serve for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the american trucking association, prior to his tour at the ada, he was group vice president for ages. and an earlier chapter of his life his deputy assistant postmaster general and vice president of connecticut university. is a new york native and has a bachelor's degree from st. john's university. and an nba from a delphi. bruce josten is a senior government and political affairs executive started in the chamber's new york office as a telemarketer in 1974. he can be our position well-equipped for a rapid rise with a degree from harvard. he oversees s

we have here, i'm going to mess up your last name, from the christian science monitor.if the qaeda leadership is along the afghan-pack as -- afghan- pakistan border, does that mean the u.s. has lost this war? if we have not won the war in 12 years, what more can u.s. troops the cobblers? what i would like to add to that, there is a narrative that is pushed by the pro-taliban faction and by other people in washington that says the taliban does not have any beef with america beyond the fact you are in their backyard. there is no ideology. go home and we are done, it is over. those are the people who believe that the taliban and al qaeda's relationship can be questioned and pulled apart. i would put to that that of all the people from the taliban side who have been persuaded to give up arms, not a single one of them has ever publicly announce renounced al qaeda. not a single taliban leader, not the haqqanis, who have more than 30,000 fighters. what the military could achieve beyond 2013, 2014, 2015 -- why we should care, what are the consequences of coming home, why does i

here from anna, sorry, i'm going to mess up your last name, but i think it's morani from the christian science monitor who said if the al-qaeda leadership is still along the afghanistan/pakistan border, does this mean the u.s. has lost its decades-long war? and i think the part that is even more relevant is if we haven't won the war in 12 years, what more can u.s. troops accomplish beyond 2013, '14, '15? so what i would like to add to that is there is a their ty that is -- narrative that is pushed by the pro-taliban sort of faction and by other people in washington that says the taliban doesn't have any beef with america beyond the fact that you're in their backyard. there's no ideology in this fight. go home, and we're done, it's over. and, you know, those are people who believe that the taliban and al-qaeda's relationship can be questioned and, you know, and pulled apart. and i would put to that that people from the taliban side who have come over or been persuaded to give up arms, not a single one of them has ever publicly renounced al-qaeda, not the haqqanis who have more than 30,000 fight

i do applaud the christian science point of view. i have an issue with them trying to force issues that they itieve onto others even if is a different religion. you arernment -- lobbying the government to keep abortions out of the lives of people. not everybody follows that lifestyle situation. the bible also speaks of free will. god gives us free will to do what we are going to do. i do not think it is up to the christians. a lot of people who call themselves christians are really not. they are just christian in name only and could sophia christ twice. crucify christ twice. they do not want to teach it. guest: i think the issue is that the same argument could be used in 19th century america about slavery. why impose your religious views on us? someone might have said in the 19th century. those who are speaking to him are saying you do not have the right to and slave another human being because you are the only one involved here. what we are saying is not that we want to impose our views on you about what we believe about religion. w

i want to share a piece from the "christian science monitor" with you.he piece points out that with no end in sight for the government shutdown, the partisan animosity has gotten unusually bitter and personal, even for washington. americans are angry as well. on that note, on the partisan nature of this, is it as bad as it is ever been? guest: no. the point of history is to remind us that our own times are not uniquely oppressive. i hear people saying, i can't believe how awful it is. prophets of doom and gloom here . our country has been through a lot worse. sacred battlefield sites for the civil war are now shutdown. this is always going to have political feuds. we tend to over romanticized how marvelous it was between tip o'neill and ronald reagan or newt gingrich and bill clinton. sunday barack obama and congressman boehner will play well together, either a year from now or when they are both out of office. we want to over magnify and say things are worse now than ever. the tea party movement is unique and it is potent. some people say it is toxic. t

there's actually an article i'm going to show you in a minute from the christian science monitor saidwas the year of the bookstore. it goes pack to what i was saying -- back to what i was saying when we put this story out in the first place. when you do what's in front of you because you think it's important and because you think it's a good idea, nobody can take that away from you. and the consequences of your decision are bigger than just for you. nobody's going to beat amazon, right? but we don't have to. all we have to do is fly below the radar and do what we're doing. people want to come to our bookstore because it's fun. they want to pet the cats, they want to eat the french toast, they want to hear jack's accent, they want to tell us a story. they come not because we're convenient, not because we're easy, but because we're fun. and because they value us being there. we now employ people in our community. we employ kelly. we have a part-time person who works for us. we are slowly but surely creeping up. now we employ four people in the community, thank you, but in big stone gap

>> know i try to respect the individual people but people who are christian have sensible views of science i can even respect them but i cannot respect said use of the creationist it is either ignorant or stupid but i hope i treat them with politeness. the british journalist said i respect you as a person to much to respect your ridicule of belief. >> host. [laughter] is that a nice way? >> guest: i think so. >> your book is called the appetite for wonder and and that is the people who are religious talk about a kid you separate those out? >> of course. any good scientists is filled with wonder einstein said carl sagan said it. they rely on their imagination he says it is more important than knowledge and they think they have a better handle on the winter. we are aware of the sheer wonder that the universe is a gigantic the time is gigantic that life was produced by inexplicable phenomenon working on very simple beginnings just molecule's interacting and by the astonishing process through natural selection produced ever increasing complexity of living creatures including ourselves or our b

individual people whether or not i respect their beliefs and in the case of people who are christian that has views of sciencethan i can even respect them. i can't respect the beliefs of the creationists and i have to regard them as ignorant but i hope they treat them with politeness. johan hari british journalists that are rather nice thing. he said i respect you as a person too much to respect your ridiculous beliefs. [laughter] >> host: that was rather nicely. because your hook is called "an appetite for wonder" and also wonder often is what people who are religious believers talk about the transcendent, is the wonder of the universe, the wonder of god and all that. can you separate those out? >> guest:? >> guest: of course, yes. any good scientist is filled with wonder. einstein said great scientists are always filled with wonder. they rely on their imagination. einstein said imagination is more important than knowledge. so wonder yes and i think scientists have more wonder than theologians. we are aware of the sheer wonder of the facts of the universe is gigantic and time is gigantic, that life was produ

speaking at the christian science monitor breakfast in washington, d.c.is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> mr. done hue has led the chamber since 1997. before that he served for 1 years with the american trucking association prior to his tour he was vice president for eight years. in an earlier chapter he was deputy assistant post master general and vice president of connecticut fairfield university. he is a new york native and has a master's degree from st. johns and mba. bruce johnson is the political affairs executive started in the chambers' new york office in 1974. came to the organization well equipped for rapid rise with a degree from harvard. he oversees six major divisions within the chamber. now on to the thrilling process portion. we're on the record here. please no live blogging or tweeting in short no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way. there's no embargo when the session ends except that our friends at c-span have agreed not to air the session until one hour after the breakfast ends to give reporters in the room time to file

>> i always respect the individual people, and people that are christians but have science, i canof respectheir beliefs. i cannot respect the beliefs of creationist. withe i treat them politeness. a british journalist said i respect you as a person too much to respect your ridiculous believe. quinn talks to richard dawkins on "american history tv on " "afterwords," part of booktv on c-span2. >> niagara is a reconstruction of a ship built here in the winter of 1813 for the battle of lake erie. it was built to contest control with the british and to wrest control of the lake with the rest of the squadron of ships that was built here. it includes timbers from the original. they are not structural or load- bearing. they are a symbolic presence. what is original about the ship is the way it sales. the work the crew has to do is very much what this team and had to do in 1813. en had to do inm 1813. teach in, and appreciation of the war of 1812, and the maritime history of the great lakes, but really most of the learning that is on board is about the functioning of the team. that is of real value

but in the case of the people who are christian but have a sensible view of science i can even respect them that i can't respect of the belief of the creationists. i regard them as either ignorant or stupid i hope i treat them with a polite mess. a british journalist said i respect you as a person to much to respect your ridiculous beliefs. >> host: because your book is called an appetite for wonder and also wonder often is what people who are religious believers talk about the wonders of the universe and all that can you separate those out? >> guest: of course. i think any good scientist is filled with wonder. they rely on their imagination. einsteins had no imagination is more important than wonder. and i think that scientists have a better handle on wonder than theologians. we are aware of the fact that the converse is gigantic, that life must produced by explicable phenomena marking a very long time working on very simple beginnings, just until walls of chemistry and molecules in collecting with each other and by this astonishing process called evolution by a darwinian natural sele

in the case of the bishops and people who are christian but that sensible views of science, then i can even respect their belief. i can't respect the police of the creations but i had regard them as either ignorant or stupid. but i hope i treat them with politeness. johann hari, a british journalist said i respect you as a person, too much to respect your ridiculous beliefs. [laughter] >> host: that was rather nicely because your book is called "an appetite for wonder," and also wonder often is what people who are religious believers talk about, the transcendent, the wonders of the universe, the wonder of god, all of that. can you separate those out trendy of course, yes. i think any good scientist is filled with wonder. einstein said great scientists are always filled with wonder. they rely on their imagination to einstein said imagination is more important than knowledge. so wonder, yes. and i think that scientist have probably have a better handle on wonder than theologians. we are aware of the sheer wonder of the fact that the universe is gigantic. that time is gigantic, that life

christian oriented. >> yes. >> where you get your ph.d.? >> cambridge university. the philosophy of science, particularly biology. did my dissertation on the origin of life and on our wednesday at the of scientific reasoning which is allied get to the idea of intelligent design, oddly enough. >> and your subtitle includes the words intelligent design. how do you define intelligent design? >> great question. intelligent design is the idea that there are certain features of a biological system that are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an -- a process such as random selection of mutation. maybe the best way to understand , saying what it is it is my understanding the contrast to that particular meeting of evolution that it was formulated to challenge. different meanings of evolution. one of them is the idea of change over time. knowing these challenges, the idea that life now is different than what it was a long time ago a book, cambrian explosion is all about that. another is the idea of common and just to have common ancestry. the third meeting is the idea that and i'm dire

abc7 news weather forecaster spencer christian received a special honor for his four decades on television. the national academy of television, arts and sciences honored him in san francisco. spencer was named to the silver circle for his contribution to northern california tv. spencer talked about how he got his first job as a weather man in 1975. >> the general manager called me to his office and said our ratings have gone up and we would like you to be the full time weather man. i said no, no, no. i am a journalist. i do news. he said we can just about double your salary if you do the weather. i said, i am a weather man. >> spencer joined us at kgo in 1999 after 12 years with "good morning america." >>> and meteorologist leigh glaser is here to tell us what is left for our weekend forecast. >> yes, and i strongly remember spencer's first day here. i had to show him around the building. it was quite fun. congratulations, spencer. a terrific weekend. live doppler 7hd is showing you a little bit of fog just right off the coast. very light indeed. it could possibly bring us a little bit of overcast conditions tomorrow morning. this is what i am

the heaven," a 12-year-old boy is caught in the tug of war between the mental of science and the message of christianityke what? >> i don't know. like stuff we learn in church, kind of wonder what role god plays in all this, if any. >> i think it would be early to take that leap. >> do you think god had something to do with it? >> wow. car bin bernsen stars in the film as the young boy's father and joins us this morning. welcome back to the couch. >> good to see you. >> we got a new couch for you. >> i know. it used to be in that direction. >> it was over that. >> yeah. >> i love that clip. >> thank you. >> it was great because i think it's so real and so relatable. what was your goal with it? >> my mother, who is on "the young and the restless" for 40 years and passed away this year, she always taught me to look at things from all sides. don't accept what anybody says, don't become this or that because you've been told to. create your own relationship. investigate. go in. challenge, debate. we were talking earlier, people say, oh, how could you go do this show, it's so conservative. i said you know, le

abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian has received a special honor for his nearly four decades on television. the national academy of television arts and sciencesed him yesterday in san francisco. spencer was named to the silver circle for his contributions to the industry. spencer talked about how he got his first job as a weatherman back in 1975. >> the general manager called me into his office and he said our ratings have gone up and you have become a hit and we would like you to be our full time weatherman. but, of course, i protested. i said, no, i'm a journalist, i do news. he said we could just about double your salary if you do the weather. and i'm a weatherman! [applause] >> spencer joined us here at abc7 news in 1999 after spending twelve years with good morning america. lisa, he's one of the nicest guys in the business. our congratulations this morning to mr. christian. >> a funny guy. we are going to a break because we are having a ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't

. >>> abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian has received a special on more for his nearly four decades on the national academy of television arts and sciencessco. spencer was named to the silver circle for his contributions to the industry. he talk about how he got his first job as a weatherman back in 1975. >> the general manager called me into his office and he said our ratings have gone up and you have become a hit and we would like you to be our full time weatherman. but, of course, i protested. i said, no, i'm a journalist, i do news. he said we could just about double your salary if you do the weather. and i'm a weatherman! >> spencer joined us here at abc7 news in 1999 after spending twelve years with good morning america. you see dan ashley there that presented him with a pen. spencer had all sorts of stories to share. i'm sure you have a lot of them too. >> he is a comedian. he is funny. we are looking at foggier condition this morning. causing problems if you are navigating early, early, early. let me get the live doppler 7hd up. first you may want to look at the neat picture from the exploratorium where you can see the fog. it's