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dalai lama didn't get the joke.good morning! it is wednesday, june 15th. good morning, everyone. >> nice to see you guys. >>> we have been following developments in greece. massive protests because of the austerity measures and turned violent this morning. police using tear gas and water cannons on thousands of demonstrators. they are angry about budget cuts and proposed tax hikes by the government. lawmakers set to begin debate on a five-year austerity campaign. they don't have much choice to keep greece from defaulting on its debt. >> the folks in greece don't like it too much as you see the action playing out in the streets of athens right now. >>> a drone strike has killed four suspected militants according to intelligence officials. the attacks took place in a main city in wothe south waziristan area. >> pakistan as top military spy agency arresting informants who helped the cia track down bin laden. among those taken into custody, pakistani army major who wrote down license plate numbers to visitors to bin lad

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security and so while we have some more seriousness i know friday hard to believe turns out the dalai lama is a marxist but apparently he's not honest at least according to a means that he made two hundred fifty chinese students at the university of minnesota well i guess that's good to know except that marxism is still coercive eliminates the concept of private property and its derivatives historically not exactly peaceful you know how's the whole china thing working out for tibet. i guess it's just been occupied by the wrong kind of marxists and he had to make the distinction about leninism because that's the bad kind of marxism the kind with the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party so does he think he's the good kind of marxist i thought it was marx and said religion to be the opiate of the masses i never thought the dalai lama could be so disappointing all right now in financial news usa today reports that one ratings agency in china has already declared a u.s. default on debt obligations to china whoops one president dong global credit rating company l

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that interviewed the dalai lama, and i guess the anchor wanted to lighten the mood with a joke but forgety element to any successful joke is making sure the person you're telling it to has some understanding of what the hell you're talking about. >> the dalai lama walks into a pe pizza shop -- >> pizza shop. >> yeah. and says, can you make me one with everything? >> yes. >> do you know what i mean? can you make me one with everything? >> oh. >> i knew that wouldn't work. >> jimmy: do the one about the two rabbis in the bar. lamas are known for their endurance in the mountains, not their senses of humor. and big news from dc comics. dc comics is relaunching the superman comic in september and when they do, the man of steel will have an all-new look. this is the new superman costume on the right. he still has the blue suit and the red cape but his belt is changing from yellow to red and his underpants are now under his pants. between superman and anthony weiner, that look is popular. and he's also wearing uggs instead of regular boots. it's a little disturbing. these heroes, you grow up wit

during a visit with the dalai lama, angela merkel host of the spiritual leader at the chancellery. they encountered fierce criticism from china. >> just because the german government wants something, you cannot expect the chinese to give in to all our demands. we have to get used to the fact that the main priority of the chinese government is to maintain stability in their country. >> political pressure can also have results. last week, the outspoken chinese arst ai wei-wei was released after three months in custody, coinciding with the chancellor's -- with the premier's trip to europe. there are still questions over beijing's true motives. for now, answers remain behind closed doors. >> i asked our correspondent in beijing, given the artists released ahead of wen jiabao's european trachoma how serious -- ahead of wen jiabao's european trip, how seriously do they take issues of human rights? >> they take the series because they do not like interference with internal affairs. that is how they put it. but in this case, i think they set him free because of pressure from the european g

she is a sort of mother teresa and has been praised by the dalai lama for work. >> in mexico, migrants are kidnapped and murdered. i tell everyone from guatemala and el salvador that they need to be careful. >> an estimated 400,000 migrants across mexico each year in buses, on foot, on freight trains. they often encounter corrupt police officers and criminal gangs. >> there are organized gangs in mexico that target people like us. there is danger lurking everywhere. it makes you very nervous. >> her refuge is called the home of the good shepherd jesus christ. she provides a bed, a warm meal, and medical tree been free of charge. for visitors, this is a welcome safe haven. police have come to this ranch where abducted migrants were discovered. those it cannot pay ransom are beaten. she tries to help the victims. >> i often feel if i have been completely abandoned by my own compatriots. i hard to get any help. >> this is home to latin america's biggest deportation prison. she gives advice to the migrants. she has become highly critical of her home country, mexico. >> that there's definit

the accompanying article fantasizes about her life, tweeting the dalai lama and owning a loft apartment in new york. the picture is stirring up debate. some calling it creepy. others say it is ridiculous and shudder inducing. diana would have turned 50 on friday. >>> google is taking aim at facebook unveiling a new project that's designed to compete with the social network giant. the google-plus project debuted on a limited tasty basis -- limited basis today. its claim is that the network is safer, it allows you to put up people you know in different segments or circles like friends, family, and co-workers. other elements include video chats and group chats, as well. >>> seems like everyone does it from president obama to lady gaga and perhaps even you. now you can add pope benedict xvi to the list of people who tweet. the pope using an ipad. the vatican has been using social media for quite some time. today marked the first time the pope himself tweeted. the pope used th vatican's twitter account to announce a new web site that's up and running. the tweet said "dear friends, i just lau

: the rinpoche says the garden of 1,000 buddhas will be ready for visitors by 2014 and that the dalai lamas agreed to personally consecrate it. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm lucky severson in arlee, montana. >>> finally, belief and practice. recently, jews celebrated the festival of shavuot, honoring god's gift of the torah. some jews stay up all night on shavuot to study the torah. it's also a harvest festival, with special food and everyone attempting to be happy. we visited the sixth and i historic synagogue in washington, d.c. and talked with rabbi shira stutman. >> the shavuot holiday is actually one of the more important holidays in the jewish tradition. and it basically has two reasons for being the original reason comes out of the israelite people bei an agricultural pple a few thousand yea ago in the land that we now call israel. the israelites would bring the bikkurim -- the first fruits, the first offerings -- of their harvest up to the temple as an offering to god, as a way of saying thank you and in hopes of a good harvest. after the temple was destroyed in about 7

their well today top ranked raw feeling clinical display to be twice for up robin struggling the dalai lama himself into a class with andy murray the fourth ranked scot himself was the last to progress after seeing off origin time veteran to chela ultra strict. so maria sharapova has a big weekend ahead there around she shouldn't have any trouble paying for extended stay in any caribbean hotel that she desires there twenty four year old finding herself in the forbes top fifty of the world's highest paid athletes for twenty ten she's a small woman on the list and is the only russian ranking twenty nine coming around a total of twenty four point two million dollars last year a dollar is one spot below new york basketball star mari stottlemyre who recently signed a deal worth a hundred million dollars tiger woods meanwhile holds on to the top earning spot with a total of seventy five million in two thousand and ten n.b.a. megastars kobe bryant and the braun change are catching up to the golfer though having cashed in fifty three forty eight million respectively. talking of james his miami side

murderer of two of their agents but to many peltier supporters ranging from foreign parliaments to the dalai lama to the late mother teresa he is a political prisoner had an unfair trial and deserves clemency now earlier i spoke with one of called here supporters brian becker he's national coordinator of the answer coalition and he has organized protests on peltier's behalf i asked him first you know peltier is in his sixty's he served more than three decades in prison he's had a stroke he has diabetes he's partially blind on humanitarian grounds as so many of his rips supporters call for what is wrong with clemency here's what he said. there's nothing wrong with clemency leonard peltier should not be in prison he should have never been in prison he's the victim of an f.b.i. witch hunt the frame of the individual who has been held culpable for what was a conflict a very deep rooted conflict between the native american communities in that part of the country and the f.b.i. which was conducting the cointelpro when the counterintelligence program designed to destroy the american indian movement whic

. >>> give be an interview to the spiritual leader dalai lama could you think is a good thing, right?ne of my producers met the gentleman and she said he's warm and funny. but they tried to crack a joke and it was -- well, you can see for yourself. what's today's sound effect. >> i don't want you to feel like i'm disrespecting you. >> yes, say anything to me. >> the dealai lama walks into a pizza shop -- yeah, pizza shop. and says, can you make me one with everything? >> what's that? i sorry? yes. >> do you know what i mean? can you make me one with everything? >> oh. it's impossible. >> i knew that wouldn't work. >> can you say awkward? wasn't that painful? the dalai lama was kind enough to console the anchor and say it was, quote, no problem. >>> the college world series is set this weekend in omaha, nebraska. but the first pitch could be delayed by the missouri river. a live report coming up next. . we know it's intimidating. instant torque. top speed of 100 miles an hour. that's one serious machine. but you can do this. any socket can. the volt only needs about a buck fifty worth

the photo shot picture, what she would tweet the dalai lama. >> don't judge an article by its cover.ets coming. we will read more of your thoughts late in the program. >>> things are erupting in greece as workers fill the streets. they are fighting with police. tear gas is flying. europe's economy is hanging in the balance right now. by the way, if things don't go well in greece, it's going to affect you right here. we're live in middle of it and bring you up-to-speed on the other side. ♪ we believe doing the right thing never goes unnoticed. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> i'm christine romans. breaking news this morning. greece tightening its belt again, sparking chaos on the streets of athens. an important vote happening right now to secure a major international bailout. protesters right now dodging tear gas canisters. we are live in athens with the very latest. >> i'm kiran chetry. kabul's most luxury famous hotel, the target of a terror attack. ten people killed. the taliban claiming responsibility. eight attackers also killed. most in a four-ho

. >> the dalai lama and sister helen prejean talk about violence and the death penalty. and foreign policy. this monday july 4, at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> it used to be we did not release transcripts of arguments. we release them within half an hour. it used to be the audio recordings were released at the end of the term. now they are released at the end of every week. we're moving in a particular direction. cameras present challenges that these other areas do not. >> right now on the youtube channel, watched chief justice john robert's, cameras in the courtroom. -- john robert's comments on cameras in the court room. >> senate republicans held a news conference to announce their support for amendment to the u.s. constitution. it would require the president to submit and congress to pass a balanced budget each year and cap spending at 18% of gross domestic product. it would also require a two- thirds vote in congress to raise taxes. they also talked about the state of the negotiations on the federal debt limit. from t

. >> then the dalai lama and others talk about religion, violence and the death penalty. later, nixon white house insiders discuss his foreign policy. this monday, july 4th, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. for the complete schedule of programs and times, go to c-span.org. >> every saturday in july, hear historic supreme court orally arguments on c-span radio about 14th amendment cases on equal protection, including sexual orientation, and gender and race discrimination. coming up, 1982 case, moip women versus hogan. tune in on xm slight radio 119. >> president obama's counterterrorism and homeland security advisor john brennan unveiled the administration's new counterterrorism strategy today. it focuses on al qaeda's ability to attack the u.s. and the role of pakistan in disrupting terrorist networks. the johns-hopkins school of advanced studies held this event. it is an hour and 15 minutes. >> well, i am jessica eimhorn, and i must say i have never heard it so quiet in a room before. i think that is a sense of our ants makes and excitement about the program to