born in what was once czechoslovakia, she was raised as a roman catholic who then became an episcopalian, then after she became secretary of state, she discovered she'd been born jewish. >> one of the people that i respect the most is archbishop tutu, he had an amazing statement about religion in his kind of homey way of saying it is that religion is like a knife that you can pick up and stick in somebody's back or use to cut bread. and so it's the cutting bread part that we have to get to. >> axelrod: explain to me, then, why the sticking the knife in the back part seems to be winning in so many cases. >> i don't know whether it's really winning or whether it is... >> axelrod: it certainly seems dominant. >> what has happened is the extremists are the ones that get the attention, that create the acts that are divisive to everybody else. whatever changes in terms of a different approach among the extremists of islam has to come from within the muslim religion. >> axelrod: but i think the skeptics would probably say good luck with that, right? >> none of this is easy. none of this has an

. >> to your point, they have the museum of communism, and it is about soviet area czechoslovakia and the conditions and everything. i am looking at all these horrible things and the stuff these people went through. i think thank god for the billionaire save yes,avior of democracy. without him they would still be mired. >> shouldn't all-americans go there? >> you can't find a better example. you have a country that was broken and you had -- here is the eastern block side. misery, the country falls apart and another country where they are able to become wealthy and happy and overweight and make disgusting pour gnaw pornographic films. >> you know what it is like, it is the highlights. if you were to set up an experiment, it would be better than that. >> you know what is amazing, i was smoking cigarettes in bar had. >> yes, that's true. and it is also true, but it is amazing how counter intuitive capitalism is no matter how many times we run the experiment, you have to explain to people all over again how the government providing healthcare isn't going to make it cheaper and better. >>

it's what happened in czechoslovakia in '46.t van jones has talked about happening in america. >> bill: it's not going to happen not in our lifetime. >> if they are informed. >> bill: continue to be informed by us. i'm at the movies the other day. i see you. and i thought it was a commercial for the curse of frankenstein. kind of like lightning bolts and you came out walking stiffly. >> that's not exactly. >> bill: you are in the movies again. >> you know -- >> bill: tomorrow? thursday? >> yeah. >> bill: you are in the movies again? >> this is actually more of a town hall meeting. here is what it is. i explain visually we have got quite -- >> bill: black boards. >> i have got black boards and '65 mustang that i'm restoring. '65 mustang. several people on stage with me and props. i'm going to explain the fed. i'm going to explain how all of these things work. the stimulus package -- see he is mocking me. >> bill: i'm not mocking you. here is what i don't understand. i'm not with you here. this isn't a bold fresh thing. this is th

this is a major investment not just because of the cost of the dog that you get, he was bred in czechoslovakia> we do all our training in house but it's far more efficient for us to do that. we have a lot of success with our program that way. they can work, you know, they cut the work load for officers in half. and it's kind of invaluable what they contribute to officer safety on the street. >> and we know that they go out with the officers. this is one of the canine bulletproof vests that's really heavy. i would assume it's quite a burden them for them to wear it but costs about $16,000 -- >> $1600. >> still a lot of money. a lot of folks say $1600 for a bulletproof vest for a dog in these tough budget times why is it important to have that? >> it's imperative for their safety. it's kind of becoming more of a trend that we're seeing dogs are getting injured either by stabbing or gunshot wound and it's really good for them. it's just very protective. like we wear this same thing for our protection. they should have the same level of protection. but we have a foundation that's happening raise m

[laughter] and basically, my father was ambassador, czechoslovakia ambassador to yugoslavia. so happen to know a little bit about the history. so he starts in on history and i said wait a minute, i know the history. we don't have to do this. is talk about what's happening now. and i also had another trick which i would say i have come a long way so i must be frank. and i would really let him have it. now, the problem was the following, and this was, i had turned down the idea that there be a press conference because he wanted to stand next to him and try to make nice? so he ambushed me, and brought cameras in the end he said, if you what has my book is a picture of me. one of the hard parts come for an american especially to be shaking hands with somebody and not smile. or not be nice but it's just kind of an automatic reaction. so i just had his game face on that was fairly grim. but the bottom line is you have is -- you had to talk to people you don't like it and the question is how long you have some kind of a decent human conversation, and then after that how, in fact, yo

administration had developed and was prepared to deploy in poland with the radars associated in czechoslovakia. and we have also said now that with respect to our nato deployment of the so-called phased adaptive approach, the first three phases will be deployed but the fourth phase, the one that is most effective against an icbm coming from long range, which could include a country like russia, is available, not deployed but available. by 2020. instead of having a firm rebuttal in response to what the russians said in the preamble and in their signing statement accompanying the preamble -- the signing of the treaty, what was our response? it was not a firm rebuttal. we didn't say, "no, that is not correct. that's not our understanding." that's not what we did, even though we had done that, by the way, with the start i treaty. we pushed back very firmly on the russian signing statement. but instead, the state department response to the russian unilateral statement reads as follows -- and i quote -- "the united states of america takes note of 9 statemenof thestatement on missy the russian federa

under george bush, he began the process to establish the missiles in poland and the radar in czechoslovakia and he had it set up to go to protect western europe and eventually america from missiles coming out of iran and what happened? we elected a new president, one who i don't think has an understanding of this geopolitical chess game that's going on with our national security and the destiny of all humanity, who did what? pulled the missiles out of poland and the headlines in the warsaw papers said, betrayed. betrayed. i believe that was the largest and most colossal foreign policy mistake made by the obama administration that emboldened not just iran to accelerate their nuclear enkever but emboldened north korea as well to go to the point of shelling the islands of south korea because they know, at least think they they know that this country can't retaliate. i ask this question does this nation have the capability and will to shut off that building capability in iran and north korea? if we do, we have a strong position to negotiate from. if we do not, we need to achieve that ability an

born in czechoslovakia to a family deeply involved in international diplomacy, she became a u.s.ed an academic career, becoming an accomplished professor. dr. madeleine albright was appointed by president clinton as the representative for the united nations. she instantly became a major force at the u.n. because of her expertise in world politics as well as her leadership skills. secretary of state from 1996 to 2001, and as the first woman to ever hold the position, dr. madeleine albright worked tirelessly to advance peace and democracy around the globe. she strengthened america's relationship with rest of the world, campaign for human rights, promoted international peace, and advocated for improved environment standards abroad. she saw the successful campaign to reverse ethnic cleansing in kosovo while promoting peace and propagating democracy in europe, asia, and latin america. she has reduced nuclear dangers with relations with russia and has developed in much-needed relationship with china, not only with trade, but with human- rights. she worked diligently to advance peace in

administration had developed and was prepared to deploy in poland with the radars associated in czechoslovakia. and we have also said now that with respect to our nato deployment of the so-called phased adaptive approach, the first three phases will be deployed but the fourth phase, the one that is most effective against an icbm coming from long range, which could include a country like russia, is available, not deployed but available. by 2020. instead of having a firm rebuttal in response to what the russians said in the preamble and in their signing statement accompanying the preamble -- the signing of the treaty, what was our response? it was not a firm rebuttal. we didn't say, "no, that is not correct. that's not our understanding." that's not what we did, even though we had done that, by the way, with the start i treaty. we pushed back very firmly on the russian signing statement. but instead, the state department response to the russian unilateral statement reads as follows -- and i quote -- "the united states of america takes note of 9 statemenof thestatement on missy the russian federa

the death march ended in volary , czechoslovakia, when they were liberated by the united states army. she was one of 120 women who survived. one of the american army officers who helped liberated gerda was a germany-born lieutenant kurt klein. comberda and kurt fell in love, got married and moved to the united states and started a family. once here, gerda and kurt worked diligently to promote holocaust education and remembrance. they taught tolerance and worked to combat hunger. she devoted her life work with gratitude. she founded citizen camps, a nonprofit organization that teaches our young to appreciate the majesty of their american citizenship in 1957, gerda's first book, qugs all about my life" was published. it chronicles her life struggles during the holocaust. in 1996, one survivor remembers, her documentary during the holocaust, won an academy award. gerda weissmann klein's life and work have expired generations of americans and countless individuals around the world. last month, president barack obama announced that gerda weissmann klein would be awarded the presidential me