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there is a lot of influence in this city from the surrounding areas, within the city, it is fair to sayhat over the last 16-80 months, the evidence national security forces showed increased capability in the city. we saw a lot of interaction, absolutely. the insurgents still have an influence. overall, we saw an increase capability to deliver security to ghana city. if you bring the afghans to a point where they can take the lead in security, my experience is that they will not let you down. i think it is a key issue to have a bottom-up approach regarding governments and r &d. >> how long do think it will take to degrade the taliban to a point where they are no longer influential? >> that is a great question. i could talk for hours about that. the first question is, who is the television? Ñi-- who is the taliban? they will always have an influence. they were never reconcile or read the great. on the other side of the spectrum, you have the $10 per day taliban who are paid to work for the insurgents. it is easy to reconcile them. they protect the narco trade. the key in the counter insur
there is a lot of influence in this city from the surrounding areas, within the city, it is fair to sayhat over the last 16-80 months, the evidence national security forces showed increased capability in the city. we saw a lot of interaction, absolutely. the insurgents still have an influence. overall, we saw an increase capability to deliver security to ghana city. if you bring the afghans to a point where they can take the lead in security, my experience is that they will not let you down. i...
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prests erupted in other cities as well. there was no word arrests, but web sites repoed at least one person s wounded. we have a repo narrated by jonhan rugman of independent television news. >> rorter: they burned a piure of the republic founde its supreme leader, and th the president. iran's protest movement back on the streets today, its anger at the regime aarently as fierst as eve. death to the dictator the students in tean shouted as the waved irian flags with symbol of the revolution, t word allah missing from the center. at one university they knocked down the gates. and at another, they sat in the street, calling iran's supreme leader eyea khamenei a criminal an murderer. internaonal news agencies have been told to st inside for hours. and in the past few days iran's iernetonnection has swed to arickle. but that hasn't stopped ptestors from exporting pictures fm their mobile phones to the outside world. this was in nrtheast iran. the fact that the protestors have no sgle leader or manifestis making it that much har
prests erupted in other cities as well. there was no word arrests, but web sites repoed at least one person s wounded. we have a repo narrated by jonhan rugman of independent television news. >> rorter: they burned a piure of the republic founde its supreme leader, and th the president. iran's protest movement back on the streets today, its anger at the regime aarently as fierst as eve. death to the dictator the students in tean shouted as the waved irian flags with symbol of the...
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city revenue is way down. federal money can fill a gap for philadelphiaans as they wait for a better year in 2010. >> . >> lehrer: tomorrow night ray reports from ann arbor, michigan, a college town prospering in an economic depressed state >> ifill: jim, we turn our attention now to this week's big meeting in copenhagen on climate change, and a new decision from the obama administration. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins with more about the meeting in denmark. . >> reporter: diplomats from 192 nation its gathered in copenhagen today for the largest and potentially most important u.n. climate change conference ever. their goal to shift away from fossil fuels and get rich countries to send billions of dollars to poorer ones to help them adapt. organizers warned this could be the critical last chance to curb global warming. >> the science has never been clearer. the solutions have never been more abundant. political will has never been stronger. and let me warn you, political will will never be stronger
city revenue is way down. federal money can fill a gap for philadelphiaans as they wait for a better year in 2010. >> . >> lehrer: tomorrow night ray reports from ann arbor, michigan, a college town prospering in an economic depressed state >> ifill: jim, we turn our attention now to this week's big meeting in copenhagen on climate change, and a new decision from the obama administration. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins with more about the meeting in denmark. ....
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we have to share what's working in our city or what's not working in our city with other cities aroundcountry. and that's the kind of commitment. and when it says sacramento steps forward that means everyone has to be part of the solution, whether it be the business community, whether it be nonprofits and providers. everyone needs to be part of the solution and that's what we mean by sacramento steps forward. we were able to provide more winter shelters this year than we were able to do last year with even less because we had a five-way split. we had federal dollars come in. we had county dollars, we had city dollars, we had the business fillan tropic community and we had people chip in. so we had a tremendous challenge in our country but i think it's one that we are already for and our commitment is to make sure that sacramento is a city that works for everyone. thank you. >> thank you, mayor johnson. i'm so pleased to be here today to have the opportunity to join the mayors -- stoltz and johnson. i want to thank director cochran who has been a tremendous leader on this and so many ot
we have to share what's working in our city or what's not working in our city with other cities aroundcountry. and that's the kind of commitment. and when it says sacramento steps forward that means everyone has to be part of the solution, whether it be the business community, whether it be nonprofits and providers. everyone needs to be part of the solution and that's what we mean by sacramento steps forward. we were able to provide more winter shelters this year than we were able to do last...
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you can look at the city today and see the city that he envisioned. in the late 18th century. he died in 1825. his estate was worth less than $100. he was sort of an unforgotten man. he was buried in a grave on a maryland farm. his grave was a marked by even a tombstone. there was a cedar tree planted to mark his grave. so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne, and other designers, city designers, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him the proper burial he had never had and recognizing the man who had designed the nation's capital. they did it here. they brought him to this spot in 1909. and gave him this grave, a little late maybe, but better late than never. so the way they have it arranged here, is that you often find the name of -- this is a u.s. air corps lieutenant. you will find the name of the person who was in the service on one side of the two, and on the other side, you will find his or her spouse's name. so at arlington, the rule is that if you qualify for burial here, your husband or wife can come as well. and in order to save
you can look at the city today and see the city that he envisioned. in the late 18th century. he died in 1825. his estate was worth less than $100. he was sort of an unforgotten man. he was buried in a grave on a maryland farm. his grave was a marked by even a tombstone. there was a cedar tree planted to mark his grave. so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne, and other designers, city designers, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him the proper burial he...
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some dissention within your city trouble you at all? >> yes, it does. >> ogletree: and what do you think--you may not say it publicly. what do you think's the real reason? what's underlying this? >> well, i'm thinking that this is an african-american businessman, and there are a lot of caucasian businesspeople that have made an investment in their boutiques and businesses and establishments in and around the multiplex. there perhaps is some concern that mr. mason's business will attract a large number of racial minorities-- hispanics, african americans-- and will tend to diminish the value of the property and the esteem in which the surrounding businesses are held. that's what i'm thinking privately. >> ogletree: all right. mr. greenman, you're the publisher of the belleville times. your reporters are telling you that the story divides along racial lines. is that part of the story, or are you just going to use the buzzwords about "it doesn't fit within the neighborhood." that's what they said. it's going to attract noisy teenagers, crea
some dissention within your city trouble you at all? >> yes, it does. >> ogletree: and what do you think--you may not say it publicly. what do you think's the real reason? what's underlying this? >> well, i'm thinking that this is an african-american businessman, and there are a lot of caucasian businesspeople that have made an investment in their boutiques and businesses and establishments in and around the multiplex. there perhaps is some concern that mr. mason's business...
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into the city.one of the most exciting things for us is the opportunity that gatherings such as this will afford the employees who will move into chicago. if you have to make a significant turning to participate in a luncheon such as this, it is more difficult to do so. certainly, our employees will be more a part of the fabric of the city. the relationship with o'hare, frankly, has been illustrative of the relationship between the hometown and the development of a fully-competitive hub to ensure the commercial success of the hub and the city to ensure the continued development of the region. i have long held the view -- i am sure you can all imagine who else i might be talking about. you lose hub status in this country, and you lose direct flights. the destinations such that i mentioned a moment ago. he meant -- you begin a process of erosion. when you go into the city, you have to compete against and o'hare -- an o'hare and you do not have one, that is the significance disadvantage. >> the star al
into the city.one of the most exciting things for us is the opportunity that gatherings such as this will afford the employees who will move into chicago. if you have to make a significant turning to participate in a luncheon such as this, it is more difficult to do so. certainly, our employees will be more a part of the fabric of the city. the relationship with o'hare, frankly, has been illustrative of the relationship between the hometown and the development of a fully-competitive hub to...
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there are other cities in the state also have 10 cities. and we are very committed to making sure that we talk about the homeless population in sacramento, that the stigma that we once associated with a homelessness is much broader. it is no longer a certain profile. its expanded. you're now talking about families, you are now talking about women and children. you are not talking about stable families who were renters who the landlords have lost homes and are now on the street exit of a much broader tent of those who are homeless around this country. so our initiative is called sacramental steps for. and that initiativinitiative of sacramento since four is broadening the 10 year plan to end chronic homelessness that it takes that peace and broadens it again because we have a much broader population. the stimulus support that we're getting has been very significant in sacramento. we are able to get dollars for the neighborhood stimulus nation funds. $6 million, dollars for hp rp. what i'm very thankful to the obama administration secretary d
there are other cities in the state also have 10 cities. and we are very committed to making sure that we talk about the homeless population in sacramento, that the stigma that we once associated with a homelessness is much broader. it is no longer a certain profile. its expanded. you're now talking about families, you are now talking about women and children. you are not talking about stable families who were renters who the landlords have lost homes and are now on the street exit of a much...
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lincoln city has a lot going for it. but any place that needs to go from 7,500 year round residents to 30,000 in the high season to keep everybody working, leaves itself vulnerable to the whims of things beyond its control: weather and the wider economy. the little town must maintain all the necessities of a much bigger one says lori hollingsworth, a massage therapist and the mayor of lincoln city. >> the biggest complication really is being able to build out the infrastructure for 30,000 in the summer. the water, the sewer, all the needs that people have; the transportation. >> suarez: the money to maintain public services comes from building permits and motel taxes and both are down. lincoln city is one of patchwork nation's "service worker centers." during the early part of this decade, when people had money to burn on vacation homes and the like, the place was thriving. but. when the national economy took a nose dive last year, people here felt the effects almost immediately. kip ward owns a bed and breakfast. >> you
lincoln city has a lot going for it. but any place that needs to go from 7,500 year round residents to 30,000 in the high season to keep everybody working, leaves itself vulnerable to the whims of things beyond its control: weather and the wider economy. the little town must maintain all the necessities of a much bigger one says lori hollingsworth, a massage therapist and the mayor of lincoln city. >> the biggest complication really is being able to build out the infrastructure for 30,000...
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out a city or don'or the way a city's changi sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. >> sreenivas: also online a port on how residents in switzerland feel abouthe country's refendum banning the construction of narets on sques part of our collaboration with the onlin news venture "obal post". you can find a this and more at newshr.pbs.org judy. >> woodruf and that's the wshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> woodruff: "washingt week" can be seelater this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you on-line. and again here mondaevening. have a ne weekend. i'm jilehrer. thank yoand good night. major funding fothe pbs newshour iprovided by: >> what the rld needs now is energy. e energy to get e economy humminagain. the ener to tackle challges like climate change. what is that energcame from an engy company? everay, chevron invests $62 million in people, in eas-- seeking,eaching, building. eling growth around the worl toove us all ahead. this is thpower of human engy. evron. and monsanto. and by toyota. the national scien foundation. suppting education and research across all fields
out a city or don'or the way a city's changi sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. >> sreenivas: also online a port on how residents in switzerland feel abouthe country's refendum banning the construction of narets on sques part of our collaboration with the onlin news venture "obal post". you can find a this and more at newshr.pbs.org judy. >> woodruf and that's the wshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> woodruff: "washingt week" can be...
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the city-state's. here is how to make it better. >> some thoughts about political figures, your thoughts on figures and their role in postwar conservatism. barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many t
the city-state's. here is how to make it better. >> some thoughts about political figures, your thoughts on figures and their role in postwar conservatism. barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her,...
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host: we will listen to read from new york city. on twitter. we will listen to greg from new york city. caller: i love the debate we're having here. mr. solomon, i love your intentions and intelligence. mr. tapscott, i find you are skirting any solid question with any value towards the american public. i have three questions for you. first, the beginning of the u.s. when the boat came over and basically was welcomed by the natives of there in new england. and talked how to live on this land. yet the result of that kind this was turned back them with murder and mayhem. the country moves toward. you brought up barry goldwater and want brown points for the civil-rights movement. the white democrats did not want to pass it down south. we wanted to do it.
host: we will listen to read from new york city. on twitter. we will listen to greg from new york city. caller: i love the debate we're having here. mr. solomon, i love your intentions and intelligence. mr. tapscott, i find you are skirting any solid question with any value towards the american public. i have three questions for you. first, the beginning of the u.s. when the boat came over and basically was welcomed by the natives of there in new england. and talked how to live on this land....
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the first targeted a police patrol in the city's dora district. the new location of the finance ministry was also hit, as was a court complex, and a judicial training institute. the worst was at the courts complex, where a bomber plowed through a checkpoint and detonated a carload of explosives. the blast brought down parts of buildings and killed several judges, among dozens of others. the attacks shattered a month of relative calm. violence in iraq has diminished over the last 18 months and november saw the fewest civilian deaths since the u.s. invasion in 2003. still, militants have continued to mount spectacular, mass- casualty strikes. in late october, bombings outside three ministries killed more than 150 people and in august, attacks on two other government targets killed 122. amid today's violence, iraqi leaders announced long-delayed parliamentary elections will take place on march 7. that's two months later that originally planned. >> ( translated ): we promise the iraqi people to hold good and honest elections that will meet their deman
the first targeted a police patrol in the city's dora district. the new location of the finance ministry was also hit, as was a court complex, and a judicial training institute. the worst was at the courts complex, where a bomber plowed through a checkpoint and detonated a carload of explosives. the blast brought down parts of buildings and killed several judges, among dozens of others. the attacks shattered a month of relative calm. violence in iraq has diminished over the last 18 months and...
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the city-state's. here is how to make it better. >> some thoughts about political figures, your thoughts on figures and their role in postwar conservatism. barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many t
the city-state's. here is how to make it better. >> some thoughts about political figures, your thoughts on figures and their role in postwar conservatism. barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her,...
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and if you had a ticket that had all those cities the made you stay on. i'm going to skip a little bit. that was on a tuesday i believe. on that late friday night, cotter said i'm going to take you back to fix where he belonged. they got in a limousine and came back as far as the tennessee alabama state line at ardmore about one or 2:00 in the morning. they found a phone, called national and for a station wagon, drove back and picked them up and took them back to birmingham. now you've heard that one of the things we did here in nashville in the sedans, which was a very unique, flexible if the store had 20 seats at the counter we would send a group of 20 people, 21 with captain. the very first day of the said in they were arrested so the national police said o.k. it's over. this is nothing. well, what they didn't know is there were 20 more at the back of the store waiting to go in the back door to fill the seats. and the object here in nashville was to fill the jails which we did. john lewis had never been arrested before. he said that was like going to h
and if you had a ticket that had all those cities the made you stay on. i'm going to skip a little bit. that was on a tuesday i believe. on that late friday night, cotter said i'm going to take you back to fix where he belonged. they got in a limousine and came back as far as the tennessee alabama state line at ardmore about one or 2:00 in the morning. they found a phone, called national and for a station wagon, drove back and picked them up and took them back to birmingham. now you've heard...
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do more. >> reporter: the city council, saying, "slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: the union saying, "hey! slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: certainly have some parents, not all, maybe, but some parents, saying, "slow down." you have mayor adrian fenty saying, "faster. faster." >> hundred miles an hour. that's what he likes to say. >> reporter: and its the speed rhee prefers. >> i'm living what i think education reformers and parents throughout this country have long hoped for, which is, somebody will just come in and do the things that they felt was right, and everything else be damned. >> so far, so good. but there are storm clouds gathering. and they ought to be cognizant of those storm clouds, and not underestimate them. >> reporter: the storm is brewing. have you done anything that you regret? >> you know, i'm a very unusual person in that, in my entire life, i don't have any regrets. >> reporter: recently, rhee announced that six of the 23 schools she had intended to close would be spared, but she added four new ones to the list. >> woodruff: that report was back in 2008. mich
do more. >> reporter: the city council, saying, "slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: the union saying, "hey! slow down." >> mm-hm. >> reporter: certainly have some parents, not all, maybe, but some parents, saying, "slow down." you have mayor adrian fenty saying, "faster. faster." >> hundred miles an hour. that's what he likes to say. >> reporter: and its the speed rhee prefers. >> i'm living what i think...
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the tent cities. want to talk about the homeless populations that the stigma associated with homelessness is much broader. is no longer a certain profile. it is expanded of your talking about families, women and children, you are talking about stable families who are renters who the landlords have lost their homes and are now on the streets. you have a much broader tent of those who are homeless around the country. our initiative is called sacramento steps forward. that initiative is broadening the 10-year plan to end chronic homeless this. it takes that peace and broadens it because we have a much broader population. the stimulus support we're getting has been very significant. we were able to get dollars for a neighborhood stabilization funds. $6 million of funding for hprp. i am thankful to the obama administration and secretary donovan treat their transforming in redefining the way you look at homelessness. the continue of care will always be disappointing, but from that housing is where we're goi
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invasion city. despite the rhetoric in the media of that painting it later as a city follow sadam hussain said of the nonsense. it was a city in iraq where there is no fighting during the invasion. americans' role did the people put forth a couple of people to work with them they said we're glad saddam hussein is gone. we did not like kimmie there. that is pretty common. they welcome to the americans and and there were no problems but then i believe april april 28, 2003, little less than three weeks after the american stock baghdad, and fallujah of the talked to -- there we're occupying a secondary school, a demonstration because folks wanted their kids to use the school to go to school and the americans opened fired on demonstrators and killed 17 people and civil investigations are done and of course, americans claim they took fire from the demonstrations. the next day another demonstration was happening in this city against the americans because of the people killed the previous day and four more
invasion city. despite the rhetoric in the media of that painting it later as a city follow sadam hussain said of the nonsense. it was a city in iraq where there is no fighting during the invasion. americans' role did the people put forth a couple of people to work with them they said we're glad saddam hussein is gone. we did not like kimmie there. that is pretty common. they welcome to the americans and and there were no problems but then i believe april april 28, 2003, little less than three...
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the city's mayor is expected to sign it into law. polish police have recovered the sign stolen from the main gate of the auschwitz concentration camp. officials said today they arrested five men described as common criminals looking to make a profit. the thieves allegedly cut the sign into three pieces to make it easier to transport. the men could face up to ten years in prison for theft of an object of special cultural value. the ash wits sign has become one of the defining symbols of the holocaust. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's website. for now back to gwen. >> ifill: and we move on to iran and the protests that won't go away. margaret warner reports. >> warner: the streets of iran's holy city and the center of its religious life filled with tens of thousands of mourners today. they came both to honor a founding father of modern iran, grand ayatollah, and to protest the government he had come to oppose. foreign journalists were kept away but unconfirmed reports f
the city's mayor is expected to sign it into law. polish police have recovered the sign stolen from the main gate of the auschwitz concentration camp. officials said today they arrested five men described as common criminals looking to make a profit. the thieves allegedly cut the sign into three pieces to make it easier to transport. the men could face up to ten years in prison for theft of an object of special cultural value. the ash wits sign has become one of the defining symbols of the...
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the south was strictly agrarian with few towns and almost no cities.at the end of the road out of one plantation lead only to the beginning of the road into the next. so where exactly were the sleeps' to go? how would the feed and clothe themselves? where would they live? the only jobs in the south were for field workers. it was the widespread fear of slave rebellions that sparked the idea of resettling blacks in africa and in 1817 the year after monroe's election of the presidency a group of southern plantation owners joined with number abolitionists to form an alliance called american colonization society to purchase and emancipate sleeves and transport them to africa. president monroe's urging the attack,, chris appropriated 100 balls of dollars, a lot of money then, to return africans captured from slave traders, to return them to their native land. in 1821 the colonization society bought a large tract of land at the mouth of the st. paul river in present-day liberia as a temporary haven for returning sleeves expecting them to set off for their nat
the south was strictly agrarian with few towns and almost no cities.at the end of the road out of one plantation lead only to the beginning of the road into the next. so where exactly were the sleeps' to go? how would the feed and clothe themselves? where would they live? the only jobs in the south were for field workers. it was the widespread fear of slave rebellions that sparked the idea of resettling blacks in africa and in 1817 the year after monroe's election of the presidency a group of...
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he wanted to get to the city. if he got to the city the atlantic ocean he would cut off the confederacy, cut off the confederacy in half. it would mean that general lee in virginia would have few sources of supply to keep his troops going just south of washington, d.c.. if he caught savanna, if he cut the south of savanna he would also make it impossible for one of the ports the british had been using to be used to further and savannah was also and 8-yard for the confederates. they have little ships left but the did have some in the port of savannah. to get to savannah meant moving troops 300 miles. they couldn't stay any way because there was nothing there. the union navy was off the coast. if he could get to the coast the union navy would help supply his troops. in the meantime they would have to live off of the land. the land between atlanta and savannah. he worked this all out. he sent telegrams before she cut off the telegraph lines to the department of agriculture in washington asking for information on the
he wanted to get to the city. if he got to the city the atlantic ocean he would cut off the confederacy, cut off the confederacy in half. it would mean that general lee in virginia would have few sources of supply to keep his troops going just south of washington, d.c.. if he caught savanna, if he cut the south of savanna he would also make it impossible for one of the ports the british had been using to be used to further and savannah was also and 8-yard for the confederates. they have little...
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and cities are ready to act. we are ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal -- a greater planet. -- "if you want to go first, go along. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast." in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you'll join us. in copenhagen, we have been working hard to prepare for your a rifle. you are, indeed, some of our most important guests this year. as a former commissioner, i negotiated for the ec in kyoto. i know what is expected from you. i know you will face days of hard work and nights without sleep. on the optimistic side, i also know how solutions can be reached at the very last moment. so i am absolutely sure you will do a great job in copenhagen. i also hope you will be able to see some of the work we have been doing in copenhagen. we have a vision, a goal in fact, to be the first car been- neutral capital -- carbon- neutral capital and the world by 2025. this is a
and cities are ready to act. we are ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal -- a greater planet. -- "if you want to go first, go along. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast." in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you'll join us. in copenhagen, we have been working hard to prepare for your a rifle. you are, indeed, some of our most important guests this...
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and cities are ready to act.the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are indeed some of our most important guests this year. as a former commissioner, i negotiated for the e.c. in kyoto. i know what is expected from you. i know you will face days of hard work and nights without sleep. but on the optimistic side, i also know how solutions can be reached at the very last moment. so i am absolutely sure you will do a great job in copenhagen. i also hope you will be able to see some of the work we have been doing in copenhagen. we have been a vision ÑiÑiÑiwe have a vision, a goal,n fact, to be the first carbon- neutral
and cities are ready to act.the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are indeed some of our...
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he grows up a son of privilege in new york city.fascinated by bugs, insects, the outdoors but he's told as a very young man he probably won't live to his 21st birthday. he's a sickly child. he's asthmatic. he has all manners of ailments and he's nearsighted. he wears spectacles. he's scrawny. he's almost anorexic. he's told if he does want to live to his 21st birthday he probably shouldn't go outdoors. and roosevelt wills his way to strength. he says in his autobiography, i will will myself stronger. he was afraid of the dark. he was afraid the trees. he was afraid of horses. this most robust and male of our presidents was basically this very scared child and he wills his way to strength. he goes to harvard. he falls in love with this beautiful woman, and he leaves harvard and he starts his political career at a very young age. he joins the republican party. then he said was the least corrupt of the two corrupt parties as he said in new york, the legislature 100% corrupt but 98% corrupt. he had family wealth so he could afford virtu
he grows up a son of privilege in new york city.fascinated by bugs, insects, the outdoors but he's told as a very young man he probably won't live to his 21st birthday. he's a sickly child. he's asthmatic. he has all manners of ailments and he's nearsighted. he wears spectacles. he's scrawny. he's almost anorexic. he's told if he does want to live to his 21st birthday he probably shouldn't go outdoors. and roosevelt wills his way to strength. he says in his autobiography, i will will myself...
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and cities are ready to act.re ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are indeed some of our most important guests this year. as a former commissioner, i negotiated for the e.c. in kyoto. i know what is expected from you. i know you will face days of hard work and nights without sleep. but on the optimistic side, i also know how solutions can be reached at the very last moment. so i am absolutely sure you will do a great job in copenhagen. i also hope you will be able to see some of the work we have been doing in copenhagen. we have been a vision, a goal in fact, to be the first carbon neutral cap
and cities are ready to act.re ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are...
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in that event, the city will be gone. that is why we know that the attorney general's decision is fundamentally wrong. it enhances the threat to all families. we know it is foolish and irresponsible to grant an unrepentant mass murderer the constitutional rights to due process when they will be used to disrupt the fight against terrorism and open up classified information. thousands are already dead because of khalid sheikh mohammed's choices. we do not want to see thousands dead because of the attorney general's choices. we know the national security risk is not worth taking when the outcome will have no meaning to the defendant. there is nothing more certain than the guilty plea that khalid sheikh mohammed desired to make before a military tribunal. we should not be asked to spend millions of dollars, to waste millions of dollars to gamble on a guilty verdict just so we can say we did it our way. thank you. [applause] [chanting "usa"] >> i entered the lobby of the north tower of the world trade center. an instant later,
in that event, the city will be gone. that is why we know that the attorney general's decision is fundamentally wrong. it enhances the threat to all families. we know it is foolish and irresponsible to grant an unrepentant mass murderer the constitutional rights to due process when they will be used to disrupt the fight against terrorism and open up classified information. thousands are already dead because of khalid sheikh mohammed's choices. we do not want to see thousands dead because of the...
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of toronto, thousands of citizens would be killed. >> this is your city?. born and raised. home grown. >> reporter: it's fair to say, it could have happened, had mubine sheik not intervened. but his spying on the toronto a-team has made him an outcast in the city and neighborhood he grew up. he's now considered a rat by some in toronto's muslim community. he has no regrets, because had the plan worked, he knows muslims would no longer be welcome here. >> i thought to myself, really. i'm born and raised here, i love this place. i thought, it would have been over. i may as well just burn my passport and find some hole in the ground to live in. >> reporter: what may surprise you even more than the plaque to kill tho kill thousands of canadians is the punishment handed down for trying to pull it off. one got a 14-year prison sentence but can apply for parole in just 2.5 years. the other will be sentenced in january. zakaria amara has plead guilty and faces a sentence next month of up to life in prison. but in canada, life means 25 years with the possibility fo
of toronto, thousands of citizens would be killed. >> this is your city?. born and raised. home grown. >> reporter: it's fair to say, it could have happened, had mubine sheik not intervened. but his spying on the toronto a-team has made him an outcast in the city and neighborhood he grew up. he's now considered a rat by some in toronto's muslim community. he has no regrets, because had the plan worked, he knows muslims would no longer be welcome here. >> i thought to myself,...
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it is in three cities: seattle, washington; rochester, minnesota and salt lake city, utah. goes on to say if everyone got health care in salt lake city, utah, it would be the best in the country and one-third cheaper than the national average. one-third cheaper than the national average because the focus in that plan, as it is in rochester, minnesota, mayo clinic and other places, is trying to make health care better and, therefore, cheaper instead of focusing on taking the present system and perpetuating it. if we don't get into that mentality, if we just take the present system, which this bill does, and spread it over a wider number of people which this bill does, we will see the spending go up, and we will see everything else suffer as a result of it, and the health care will not get any better for the people who are involved. now, mr. president, i see the senator from iowa wishes to ask me a question, and i'm happy to respond. tell me how much time i have left and maybe some of it will have to come off of him. the presiding officer: the senator has 2 minutes remaining.
it is in three cities: seattle, washington; rochester, minnesota and salt lake city, utah. goes on to say if everyone got health care in salt lake city, utah, it would be the best in the country and one-third cheaper than the national average. one-third cheaper than the national average because the focus in that plan, as it is in rochester, minnesota, mayo clinic and other places, is trying to make health care better and, therefore, cheaper instead of focusing on taking the present system and...
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the challenges that we are facing in our city. people's livelihoods hang in the balance. >>> i can't read and talk. i'm not good at both. that's my weakness when i try to read and do that. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in giving a rock and roll welcome for the 55th mayor of the city of sacramento, mr. kevin johnson. >> i'm not asking you to always follow everything i say. as i said earlier, sometimes i'm gonna be wrong, sometimes i'm gonna miss a shot, but what i am asking you is, if you disagree with me, challenge me, but challenge me on the merit of the idea, not because it flies in the face of the way things have been done in the past. our attitude and our perspective is going to to be the difference on how we navigate through all of these challenges. it is our ability to give back, to serve, especially for those who are less fortunate than ourselves. thank you very much for your time, and god bless each and every one of you. (applause) >> really a great job. >> thank you. >> at some point did your heart take over that speec
the challenges that we are facing in our city. people's livelihoods hang in the balance. >>> i can't read and talk. i'm not good at both. that's my weakness when i try to read and do that. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in giving a rock and roll welcome for the 55th mayor of the city of sacramento, mr. kevin johnson. >> i'm not asking you to always follow everything i say. as i said earlier, sometimes i'm gonna be wrong, sometimes i'm gonna miss a shot, but what i am...
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and cities are ready to act.are ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are indeed some of our most important guests this year. as a former commissioner, i negotiated for the e.c. in kyoto. i know what is expected from you. i know you will face days of hard work and nights without sleep. but on the optimistic side, i also know how solutions can be reached at the very last moment. so i am absolutely sure you will do a great job in copenhagen. i also hope you will be able to see some of the work we have been doing in copenhagen. we have been a vision, a goal in fact, to be the first carbon neutral ca
and cities are ready to act.are ready to assume the mantle of leadership in reaching the same goal, a greener planet. al gore says it clearly in his new book, and i quote. if you want to go first, go alone. if you want to go far, go together. we need to go very far, very fast. end quote. and in copenhagen, we are ready to do so, and mayors from the world's biggest cities are ready to do so. i do hope you will join us. in copenhagen we have been working hard to prepare for your arrival. you are...
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kuwait sold its 4.1 billion stake in citi group today making a profit of more than i billion dollars.anks this weekend raising the total for the year to 130. and "the blindside" won the weekend box office. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news. >> simon: tim donaghy was at the top of his game. a referee in the national basketball association, he loved the limelight, was considered one of the n.b.a.'s better refs, and was making almost $300,000 a year. but he was also living a secret life-- during the last four years of his 13-year career, he committed a personal foul. he betrayed the fans and the league by betting on n.b.a. games, including some he was officiating. donaghy won about 75% of his bets, an incredible percentage, confirmed by the f.b.i. tonight, tim donaghy speaks out publicly for the first time, telling us why he bet on n.b.a. games, how he won so often, how his world collapsed. and what a world it was. it was your dream job. >> tim donaghy: yes. >> simon: why? >> donaghy: i had the opportunity to run up and down the court with the greatest athletes in the world. i just loved the g
kuwait sold its 4.1 billion stake in citi group today making a profit of more than i billion dollars.anks this weekend raising the total for the year to 130. and "the blindside" won the weekend box office. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news. >> simon: tim donaghy was at the top of his game. a referee in the national basketball association, he loved the limelight, was considered one of the n.b.a.'s better refs, and was making almost $300,000 a year. but he was also living a secret...
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so we have situation where cities have gotten much, much hotter. this is important that the passageway of humanity will be living in cities come the end of the century. again, we need to have a conversation about what is the best thing we can do for these people to cut emissions so we have a situation where we do the kyoto protocol will we get slightly less in the end of the century. maybe not. we do know there is simple measures like getting more water features, more parks into cities. as one way we can degrees temperatures by about 14 degrees their night in london. we know that if we put in more white services, simply stop having as much black tarmac, paint our roads wider, not black or at least. we can decrease even more. again, studies in london so this could reach up to 18 degrees fahrenheit and cutting the temperature in london. i'm starting to engage ourselves in a conversation of saying cutting carbon emissions is not the only solution to those problems and we need to start thinking about can we do this smart. and we do this in a better way
so we have situation where cities have gotten much, much hotter. this is important that the passageway of humanity will be living in cities come the end of the century. again, we need to have a conversation about what is the best thing we can do for these people to cut emissions so we have a situation where we do the kyoto protocol will we get slightly less in the end of the century. maybe not. we do know there is simple measures like getting more water features, more parks into cities. as one...
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there was the mystery of the lost city. what i find him there a live amid the distance of some forgotten race living in splendor? these were my thoughts as we passed the native villages never change for 100 years. >> mr. did eventually make it out of the jungle, though barely. he came up with clues to solve the mystery of though his theory eventually collapsed. here is one of the british consoles on the right to actually new fawcett for good they were good friends and had always held out hope that his friend who seemed invincible, would come back. this man on the left was that trapper who believed he had found evidence that fawcett was alive and was determined to find him. here they are looking at a map and a trapper, mr. bratton, eventually went to find fawcett and he was never seen again. here is our movie star, albert. heat too was never seen again. one of the things that really interested me when i was doing my research into this was that the search parties and his fascination with the mystery didn't just go on in the 2
there was the mystery of the lost city. what i find him there a live amid the distance of some forgotten race living in splendor? these were my thoughts as we passed the native villages never change for 100 years. >> mr. did eventually make it out of the jungle, though barely. he came up with clues to solve the mystery of though his theory eventually collapsed. here is one of the british consoles on the right to actually new fawcett for good they were good friends and had always held out...
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kandahar city itself, is an interesting city. the perception pashtun is that the situation of this city will define their security in the future. kandahar city is of vital ground. if you focus on the city itself, you will find that with counterinsurgency, there is a balance of power between criminals, tribes, economic power brokers, and just pouring in a huge amount up coalition forces -- of coalition forces, will not have a positive effect. we handed over most of the security, and we should focus on mentoring. how to get better security in the city itself, the key is securing this approach -- the approaches. [unintelligible] where the insurgents have their safe havens. from there, they project their power and intimidate people within kandahar city. what we should do, i is try to secure the approaches towards the city. secure these places. by doing that, you will significantly increase the security situation within kandahar city itself, especially if you go through m arjah. central helmun, marjah, kandahar city, is key to success
kandahar city itself, is an interesting city. the perception pashtun is that the situation of this city will define their security in the future. kandahar city is of vital ground. if you focus on the city itself, you will find that with counterinsurgency, there is a balance of power between criminals, tribes, economic power brokers, and just pouring in a huge amount up coalition forces -- of coalition forces, will not have a positive effect. we handed over most of the security, and we should...
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city around the country they are invariably the african-american and latino communities. both crime and incarceration are dictated by race and class. everybody pays of the cost of crime in ways they are not aware of because we did not used to do things. people talk about the nature -- need to fix land-use policies concentrate population in order to reduce our car been footprint so then they drive less. nobody in that discussion has mentioned the reason they move to the suburbs of the first place is to get away from the crime and if we cannot fix the crime problem we cannot get people back into the city's. the fear of crime ships everybody's life when i was 13 i lived in baltimore i was a baseball fan and i was cheap and the most cost-effective way was the "twilight" night doubleheader they knew only paid one admission soap ads 6:00 would take a bus changing in a rough parts of a rough town. watch the games and come back at midnight and a change in the same rough neighborhood and my parents who were not by any means negligent, never thought twice it was considered perfectl
city around the country they are invariably the african-american and latino communities. both crime and incarceration are dictated by race and class. everybody pays of the cost of crime in ways they are not aware of because we did not used to do things. people talk about the nature -- need to fix land-use policies concentrate population in order to reduce our car been footprint so then they drive less. nobody in that discussion has mentioned the reason they move to the suburbs of the first...
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of course the entire baseball community in the city of brotherly love was saddened this year with the passing of one of the game's great announcer, hall of famer harry callus. he was one of those class acts that for so many of us made the moments on the field magical. derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus passed away at the age of 73, a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked f
of course the entire baseball community in the city of brotherly love was saddened this year with the passing of one of the game's great announcer, hall of famer harry callus. he was one of those class acts that for so many of us made the moments on the field magical. derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus passed away at the age of 73, a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the...
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in the country than new york city. that said, i think the city to try cleedcleed in civilian khalid sheikh mohammad in in civilian court. as i say. it's -- point two, there's no question. khalid sheikh mohammad is a very, very skilled person in propaganda and is going to use that flosm incite people in the united states and argue his point of view. if there's ever a reason to contest a military commission, it seems to be the reason is to tocks i mean i think we're going to come to regret that decision very much. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, pat on our line for democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning. i wanted to ask. i'm glad the guy just talked about the trial. in new york. khalid sheikh mohammad, the blind sheik was tried there, and we were able a handle that. yauns why we can't show the world that we can handle terrorism. and my next point is ted kennedy was turned away on a no-fly list about five tiles. now how can you -- the problem is with credibility. i'm sure most of the people in that airport knew who ted
in the country than new york city. that said, i think the city to try cleedcleed in civilian khalid sheikh mohammad in in civilian court. as i say. it's -- point two, there's no question. khalid sheikh mohammad is a very, very skilled person in propaganda and is going to use that flosm incite people in the united states and argue his point of view. if there's ever a reason to contest a military commission, it seems to be the reason is to tocks i mean i think we're going to come to regret that...
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, and we drove by the city hall.he city hall was built by the u.s. army. general blackjack pershing had ruled the area from that building. across the street from the city hall, right over there, it said pershing park. there was a big marble whatever and it was pershing park. i thought i was safe in front of a city hall built by the american army, and there is pershing park. i got out of my car. my bodyguard did not think so. he left his arm by the sidearm, scanning their roofs and windows. two days after left muslim terrorist hit the town and plunged into darkness and blew up the sidewalk nearby where i had been standing. 100 years after mission accomplished, the united states troops are still fighting in the philippines. when i went to hawaii, i had been going in and out of hawaii since 1974 when i went to university of japan, but i never realized the hidden history there. i realize that hawaii was the first example of american regime change. in 1893-- you know why he was not some unsophisticated pacific islands. ha
, and we drove by the city hall.he city hall was built by the u.s. army. general blackjack pershing had ruled the area from that building. across the street from the city hall, right over there, it said pershing park. there was a big marble whatever and it was pershing park. i thought i was safe in front of a city hall built by the american army, and there is pershing park. i got out of my car. my bodyguard did not think so. he left his arm by the sidearm, scanning their roofs and windows. two...
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the citys like a life prerver, floating in a state whose economy has be sinking for a decade.michigan ihome to the nation's highest employment rate, 30% in detroit, ana full-blown collse of its manufacturing econy. but, ann arb, built around the universityf michigan campus is--literally--buzzing with activity. >>that's not a neun, is it? >> suarez: in the bament of a non-deript office builng, greg gage antim marzullo are nkering with a machine that records the neuralctivity of a cockroach's g. so this, this that i hearing, this st of geiger counter sound. >> yeah, ectly. >> suarez:ts coming from this little leg here? >> exactly. what we have here in our hds, these are thuh cockroaches wee using. >> suare gage and marzullo, an engineer and a neurobiolist, teamed up as backyard brai, to build inexpensive equipmt for students tmeasure electrical tivity in nerve cells. they hope theiinvention will soon be used in highchool biology clses across the country. they are among a gup of some thirty studentntrepreneurs who make utech arb, an incubator, funded partly by the uversity of mic
the citys like a life prerver, floating in a state whose economy has be sinking for a decade.michigan ihome to the nation's highest employment rate, 30% in detroit, ana full-blown collse of its manufacturing econy. but, ann arb, built around the universityf michigan campus is--literally--buzzing with activity. >>that's not a neun, is it? >> suarez: in the bament of a non-deript office builng, greg gage antim marzullo are nkering with a machine that records the neuralctivity of a...
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citi is living example what you can do. you can do exactly what they've done with the debit and credit cards and also provide free checking and have a very reasonable response in these areas. hip those involved in the lending institutions are not going try these tricks. again, further evidencing why you need a consumer financial product safety. you don't have to have a bill in every time. here i have to introduce a bill again to put a freeze on these rates instead of having an agency who can put an end to it. immediately without having to go through all of. this i thank all of you you i've been very gracious. we thank you. we know you've come down and we know it is not easy for anyone to stand up and talk about something. all of us agree. we all bear responsible at the out seth to con -- outset to conduct our affairs and be knowledgeable where we are in these matters to talk about a situation that involved 2.17 for a guy what's been in business for many, many years obviously is an uncomfortable moment but we appreciate you
citi is living example what you can do. you can do exactly what they've done with the debit and credit cards and also provide free checking and have a very reasonable response in these areas. hip those involved in the lending institutions are not going try these tricks. again, further evidencing why you need a consumer financial product safety. you don't have to have a bill in every time. here i have to introduce a bill again to put a freeze on these rates instead of having an agency who can...
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with robert moses, i tried to show how urban power works in cities. with lyndon johnson, he understood national power better than almost anyone. if i can take his life, i can show how national power works. >> i say you want for the third in your series, you won the national book award. what's the effect of that? >> the effect on it -- the effect on me was terrific. i was happy to win it. >> did. change book sales? anything? >> i'm not -- not sure i know or remember the answer to that question. to be honest with you. he did very well. you know? that book did well. i can't remember this. i had an impact on it. >> author robert. >> author ann. we're a into the obama administration. rate it? >> i'd say, worst than carter on policy, and worst than domestic policy. other than that, i think he's doing great. >> in what way worse than president carter? >> i now understand the look on my father's face was carter was president. everything that obama does is the wrong thing. you don't know what's going to happen. but he's pouring gasoline all over the world, in
with robert moses, i tried to show how urban power works in cities. with lyndon johnson, he understood national power better than almost anyone. if i can take his life, i can show how national power works. >> i say you want for the third in your series, you won the national book award. what's the effect of that? >> the effect on it -- the effect on me was terrific. i was happy to win it. >> did. change book sales? anything? >> i'm not -- not sure i know or remember the...
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he has been a friend to some the new york city finist chefs. she's an activist in the fight against hiv and aids. and we're honored to have her as part of our panel. [applause] : >> surely, you've been quite of bit of yourself. and what was your driving force? >> i was thinking the way he was talking office slavery. in 1930 when i was about 8 years old. it was 65 years from the end of slavery. now i'm 87 years old, and it's 65 years since the world war ii. now put those two things together. you have two parts of history that effected the african-american tremendously. fighting out of slavery, going to reconstruction, going through the lynching, then world war ii, opening the door. integrating the military, civil rights movement, and what you want to ask what i mean about the post-racial society. there's a post-segregation society. because when i was a young kid, segregation was the law of the land. i went to the black school. i went to dunbar high school in washington, d.c. great school. and since our schools are great. because we made them gre
he has been a friend to some the new york city finist chefs. she's an activist in the fight against hiv and aids. and we're honored to have her as part of our panel. [applause] : >> surely, you've been quite of bit of yourself. and what was your driving force? >> i was thinking the way he was talking office slavery. in 1930 when i was about 8 years old. it was 65 years from the end of slavery. now i'm 87 years old, and it's 65 years since the world war ii. now put those two things...
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jeffrey, a co-editor, jeffrey sinclair in oregon city, he puts this site up on the material about 7:30 so we crack and at about 6:30 and discuss what stories might go on the site of the previous day we talk about what is going on and what people seem to be interested in in what the big events are and then jeffrey gets the site up somewhere between 6:30 and 8:00, time and i am in an early morning donner anyway. i do columns, counterpunch material, column for the nation, the one i've been doing since 1984. i do that every second tuesday, to a syndicated column. and we are usually working on a couple of books for counterpunch -- those are the birds, which really that dogs and cats and birds write everything for me but we try to be quiet about that. want to recall for me? sit down, here, sit, sit. good boy. now, you're miserable life as a doll of. want to give me the first chapter? some writers like note malaise. i like animals because they don't criticize -- annals always do that as start es -- soon as you start talking the drown you out. anyway, that takes me through the morning, editing
jeffrey, a co-editor, jeffrey sinclair in oregon city, he puts this site up on the material about 7:30 so we crack and at about 6:30 and discuss what stories might go on the site of the previous day we talk about what is going on and what people seem to be interested in in what the big events are and then jeffrey gets the site up somewhere between 6:30 and 8:00, time and i am in an early morning donner anyway. i do columns, counterpunch material, column for the nation, the one i've been doing...
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thanyou. >> brown: now, in a weak onomy, what may be a ticking time bomb for many stas, cities andowns. hundreds of billions ipension liabities that are currently underfunded. in california, goverr arnold schwarzeneer warned just this week that histate will need billions more from t federal governmentor basic operations, even as longer-term pensio requirements loom. ewshour" correspondent spenc michels reports. reporter: when 86-year-old john canfield retired fromis cafornia state job, he was making about50,000 a year. as a senior enneer, he had designed highway bridges useby thousands of californians. >> destructed l over the state of califora and i take pride in that. reporter: today with yearly increases for co of living, his state pension totals about $63,000. that's more than the avera for ste workers because canfield was one of the higher paid employees. >> i feel that iarned that tirement pay. considered it a contract between me and the ste of california. reporter: for decades, retireesike canfield drew their pay with little noticeut no that xpayers in california and other stes
thanyou. >> brown: now, in a weak onomy, what may be a ticking time bomb for many stas, cities andowns. hundreds of billions ipension liabities that are currently underfunded. in california, goverr arnold schwarzeneer warned just this week that histate will need billions more from t federal governmentor basic operations, even as longer-term pensio requirements loom. ewshour" correspondent spenc michels reports. reporter: when 86-year-old john canfield retired fromis cafornia state...
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oklahoma cities. it is the wizards third straight loss. after the game, arenas acknowledged that dc police are investigating the report of weapons found inside of the wizard's locker room. he had unloaded guns in a container. investigators want to know where he got she firearms. >>> now we head west to morgantown with marquette threatening west virginia. down one point with no time out. the mountaineers to butler goes the length of the floor and nails the game-winning shot. west virginia stays unbeaten. >>> while many redskins fans said good riddens to vinny cerrato he actually did draft orakpo and he has shined in his rookie year and now he's the first redskins defensive rookie to go to the pro bowl in 40 years. he leads all rookies with 11 sacks but said he would give up his spot to fletcher who's been snubbed again. >> i feel great when i got here but fletcher has done so much for me. i'd trade slots with him anymore. he deserves it as much as me if not more. i would trade him spots any day for what he brings to the table and the team.
oklahoma cities. it is the wizards third straight loss. after the game, arenas acknowledged that dc police are investigating the report of weapons found inside of the wizard's locker room. he had unloaded guns in a container. investigators want to know where he got she firearms. >>> now we head west to morgantown with marquette threatening west virginia. down one point with no time out. the mountaineers to butler goes the length of the floor and nails the game-winning shot. west...
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the city's skyline is dominated by minarets.sques are teeming. ( bell rings ) but the city's richest and most renowned christian churches are museums today, mecca's for tourists, not for worshipers. from the chora church, with its fresco of jesus whose eyes seem to go right through you, to the hagia sophia, the first great church in christendom and an architectural wonder built a thousand years before st. peters in rome, and for centuries, the most important church in the christian world. ( chanting ) fast forward a few centuries and it's hard to find christians in istanbul. this church holds 500 people, but during its sunday service its pews were practically empty. it was the same everywhere we went. at the turn of the last century there were nearly two million orthodox christians in turkey. one and a half million were expelled in 1923 and another 150,000 left after violent anti- christian riots in istanbul in 1955. today, in all of turkey, there are only 4,000 orthodox christians left. >> bartholomew: we are treated as citizen
the city's skyline is dominated by minarets.sques are teeming. ( bell rings ) but the city's richest and most renowned christian churches are museums today, mecca's for tourists, not for worshipers. from the chora church, with its fresco of jesus whose eyes seem to go right through you, to the hagia sophia, the first great church in christendom and an architectural wonder built a thousand years before st. peters in rome, and for centuries, the most important church in the christian world. (...
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denver hosting kansas city. a win today and then a win next week the broncos would be in and the jets control their fate now. next week they'll be hosting cincinnati and the jets with a win would get in. if denver loses baltimore moves in there as the controlling their own destiny team, along with the jets. now two yards short of the first, moreno. third down on the way. on the n.f.c. side, if dallas wins tonight then the giants are eliminated. if the cowboys win tonight then we'll know the six teams and some things will have to be settled next week in terms of order of seeds. and the n.f.c. east. that game down in dallas. third and 2. time-out, denver. jim: next sunday we will have double-header action. you'll have to check your local listings. pittsburgh at miami. new england at houston. kansas city at denver. baltimore and oakland now shaping up as a big one. if denver loses then the ravens would need that win at oakland to get in. it all begins with j.b., dan, shannon, boomer and coach cowher on "the nfl tod
denver hosting kansas city. a win today and then a win next week the broncos would be in and the jets control their fate now. next week they'll be hosting cincinnati and the jets with a win would get in. if denver loses baltimore moves in there as the controlling their own destiny team, along with the jets. now two yards short of the first, moreno. third down on the way. on the n.f.c. side, if dallas wins tonight then the giants are eliminated. if the cowboys win tonight then we'll know the six...