you know occupy folks like us here in gauging and folks who are more traditionally involved in democratic online. but so that's the thing right is this is more of a democratic conference if we think about it and this is one of the questions that i feel like no one's ever going to stop asking the occupy movement is what do you really want are you going to work with the democratic party or you know work completely outside the system i mean i'm one person is obvious i can't speak for the entire movement but for me it's about creating power outside of outside of the existing power structures to hold them accountable that doesn't mean that we're not going to work with politicians but it also doesn't mean that we're going to endorse flat out any democrat going to hold people accountable or continue to push them. i mean and i think the biggest piece with occupy and what we can you especially with what we're doing with occupy homes is we're demanding answers to problems that haven't been addressed in the political system and as long as the people of either party democrats or republicans failed to addres

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erick annuity democratic strategist and vince colonies senior online editor at the daily caller welcome to all of you let's start out with the best government money can buy it seems like we officially have it shelly adelson has now come out and said he will pour at least one hundred million dollars into defeating president obama he's worth twenty five billion dollars so you know he probably would even notice one hundred million dollars there's a new report out that america's health insurance plans a hip the lobbying group for the health insurance industry. has. funneled more than one hundred million dollars through the chamber of commerce into this giant pool of cash and then we have the spectacle yesterday in the senate a block of senators basically throwing softballs and jamie diamond including chuck schumer the democrat bob corker and mike crapo other republicans all three of whom lose j.p. morgan chase is their number one campaign donor so do we have are we officially living in our oligarchy and why aren't you know there are democrats yelling about this i haven't heard republicans y

won and lost in the healthcare battle, the campaign today boasted about raising more money online from democratsover the decision that presumptive republican nominee collected. although team obama will not reveal numbers. >> the re-election team started to hock $30 t-shirt playing off vice president biden's profane claim now it's still a big, [bleep]ing deal. they tout the benefit to people and key provision. >> new republicans think they can make a big provision but they have to explain why they want to roll back a law that is produce something much good for the american people. >> not so fast, insists top republicans, who believe their base has been ignited over the high court ruling. this is a big bleeping tax. >> this will be front and center in the presidential campaign. i can't imagine that anything that president obama will want to talk about less than the tax on the middle class. >> obama camp is dancing around whether it's a tax and at most says it will affect 2% of americans. >> whether it's a mandate or tax it's a penalty on very few americans who don't, who can afford healthcare. don

democratic leaders. watch everything online at the c-span video library. >> coming up this alhurra on "washington journal," we talk to dennis kelleher. then, grover norquist discusses the federal debt, the bush share a tax cut set to expire in january, and whether congressional candidates should sign tax pledge shares --

won and lost in the healthcare battle, his campaign today boasted about raising more money online from democrats fired up over the decision than presumptive republican nominee mitt romney collected, although team obama won't reveal any numbers. his reelection team started hocking $30 t-shirts playing off vice president biden's profane claim by saying now it's still a big bleeping deal as top campaign advisors tout the benefit to the people and the president from key provisions. not so fast insist top republicans who believe their base -- fast says top republicans who believe their base has been ignited who is in their words a big bleeping tax. >> this will be front and center in the president campaign and i can't imagine anything president obama will want to talk about less than his tax on the middle class. >> reporter: the obama camp is dancing around whether its a tax and says at most it will affect 2% of americans. in massachusetts governor duval pa frick taunted a certain predecessor who used -- patrick taunted a certain predecessor who used to support a mandate. >> supported 1% of state spe

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democratic strategist and vince collin a senior online editor at the daily caller let's get back to it let's talk about that stuff the george washington could. help and pot rhode island just became the seventeenth state in the nation to decriminalize. possession of the small amount of marijuana independent governor lincoln chase chafee signed legislation the law it's not one hundred fifty dollars fine with a small instead of a felony or even a mr meters not even a misdemeanor anymore illinois massachusetts missouri new york hampshire ohio pennsylvania all have these things coming up on their ballots too in some cases even regulate it like alcohol basically just make it a recreational drug or a medical drug. isn't this just common sense to end nixon's field drug war since. i think i kind of one of these one of those places where i again i have hazy opinions but i will say like you know on one hand i certainly understand why you would want to decriminalize pot because i think a lot of people make the mistake make the mistake growing up of using it and they shouldn't have to live with tha

also online most americans agree the best way to elect authorities is a direct democratic vote but in one texas city it seems a photo of the dice maybe and what you find out online. now it's a bad news story turned good throughout the course. it's the story of the scandal between russia's top investigator and a leading opposition paper and the last trio as it came to an amicable end with the two sides apologizing to each other now earlier the newspaper claimed that the official had taken one of the journalists is serious stuff this to a forest where the accusation is he threatened to kill him the investigator on his side denied those allegations calling them the ravings of a madman peter all of picks it all up. it seems like this could have been a potentially harmful scandal for the newspaper perhaps for the investigative committee perhaps for both it seems now that it has been sorted out with a handshake between the editor of the opposition newspaper and. the chairman of the investigation committee now this all came about following an editorial that was posted by the editor of. which

25 years later, the former speaker was honored on the house floor by republican and democratic leaders. watch onlineat the c-span video library. on today's washington journal, we spoke with the head of the commodities futures trading commission. that agency regulates futures contracts or agreements to buy or sell a commodity like green or oil. the head of the commission explained his agency's duties and took phone calls for 40 minutes. host: we have been focusing on federal agencies. we began with the chairman of the securities and exchange commission. today, we focus on the commodity futures trading commission. the chairman of that commission joins us right now. he is gary gensler. it chairman, thank you for joining us. how to explain about your organization and what it does? guest: we have two market regulators. you may be more familiar with the securities and exchange commission. president roosevelt requested another to see the commodities market. it is a department of agriculture. we overseas markets for contract that help people locked in a price. originally it was for corn and wheat. a farmer

democratic changes and baiting. drive to take a grip on power. and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. .it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in a hama province there are however conflicting accounts us the number of victims but estimates ranging from nine to several dozen or so also on the clear who was behind the incident but the u.s. and its allies already blaming the syrian government once again calling for action against our side lottie's roof and brings us her latest report from syria some of the images disturbing there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria then all the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. stands at almost one hundred dead and this is the figure that's been picked up very quickly by most of the international media immediately after it emerged now the opposition's claim is that government forces shelled two piece villages in central syria not far from the city of how mark and after that allegedly.

square revealed the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic changes are fading as islamists try to take. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims but estimates ranging from nine to several dozen or so so unclear who was behind the atrocity. explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. stands at. most one hundred and this is the figure that's been picked up very quickly by most of the international media immediately after it emerged now the opposition's claim is that government.

democratic leaders. watch those tributes or any part of her career in the house online at the c-span video library. >>> up next, a three-part forum hosted by usa i.d. on u.s. foreign assistance and development. first we'll hear remarks from outgoing republican senator dick luger. that's outgoing republican senator dick luger. during his 20 minutes remarks he talks that u.s. foreign aid money is going to climate change programs over traditional education or food assistance programs. after that, we'll hear from the presidents of liberia, malawi and kosovo on developing their countries and a discussion on relief work in afghanistan, haiti, somalia and iran. dick luger is introduced by ravij shah. >> thank you for that introduction and hosting us for these next few days but for the deep and meaningful relationship that georgetown has displayed in partnering to produce frontiers in development. it's been a team effort with the georgetown team and development experts so thank you very much. i also want to take a moment to recognize that this really is an example of a wonderful public/private partnership with pa

second point, both democrats and republicans are using these kind of targeting tactics online. we know that the obama campaign is one of the ones that worked with microsoft this year to do this kind of targeting. your question was really to more thoughtly, what other kinds of targeting are going on here and what else is using it. yes, there are tool that's allow labor unions for instance, i've been working with data firm to use this new social organizing tools. they're asking people who want to volunteer to work with them. to log into facebook and they will use the facebook interface to show friend that they might want to contact. it will save the records of those relationships so that political campaigns, unions are trying to start to use your social network as a tool for their campaign. one thing think that's important to note here, there's a difference between doing this kind of targeting behind the scenes and not asking for permission and having volunteer who are interested in reaching out to friends and family and give permission saying i want to log into facebook. when yo

the democratic broadcast will also be available online. thank you for joining us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this was something that was swept under the rug and kept not only from the american people, but the mexican people as well. there are hundreds of faceless, innocent mexican victims as the result of this. the only thing we knew is that guns from american gun dealers were going into mexico and causing all of these problems with the cartel when really, the government was sanctioning these sales and sending them into mexico. >> she is interviewed by mr. garrett. tonight at 9:00 on c-span 2. >> charlie cook moderated a preview of the 2012 elections. he spoke with two former congressmen. topics included congressional races. mitt romney and president obama 2012 campaign and the challenges of deficit reduction for both parties in congress. this is about one hour and a half. >> good morning everybody. thank you for joining us this morning. it is my pleasure to welcome you this mo

democratic leaders. watch the tributes or any part of her career in the house online at the c-span video library. >>> tomorrow, british prime minister david cameron testifies before a panel examining the relationship between the press and politicians. all this week, the levison inquiry has heard testimony from senior politicians, including former prime ministers john major and gordon brown. it concludes tomorrow with comments from prime minister cameron. see it live starting at 5:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >>> the story behind the star spangled banner. the invasion and burning of washington, d.c. this weekend on american history tv, mark the buy scentennial of the start of the war from ft. mchenry through the rock et cetera red glare, historian authors and your calls on this little-known war live saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also this weekend, more from our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history. "the contenders," sunday at 7:30 p.m. this week with three-time democratic for president, william jennings bryan. >>> yesterday, the senate health and labor

online. by most americans agree that the best way to elect authorities is vajra direct democratic vote but they'd same's in one texan city a fro with the dice may be enough. russia's top investigator has denied allegations that he threatened one of the country's opposition journalists over a newspaper article the controversial report claimed that the high ranking official took part in a criminal conspiracy with a high profile gang more for marty's paper all of them. the head of no vague as yet said to me has written an editorial and which he claims one of his journalists said it. was taken into woods in moscow on the orders of alexander to take in the chairman of the investigative committee now in those woods it's claimed that the journalist life was threatened the article goes on to say that this comes off the back of an opinion piece that was written by so cold in which he made a series of very serious allegations against mistaken accusing him of having links with organized crime in southern russia now this was followed by a public bus stop between so could all of. us to be can which resulted i

. >> you can have the last word online on our blog, the last word.msnbc.com. >>> anti-democratic shenanigansm chris matthewin washington, let's start with the purging of voter rolls in florida. i have deep suspicions. why is the secretary of state removing people this summer before the presidential election. is he looking for suspected >>> anti-democratic shenanigans, let's play "hardball." >> i'm chris matthews in washington, let's start with the purging of voter rolls in florida. i have deep suspicions. why is the secretary of state removing people this summer before the presidential election. is he looking for suspected aliens or democrats? it does smell like what the government did in 2000 when the florida was declared for bush by the u.s. supreme court. that year they decided the election for w., some 1200 felonies were kept from voting.

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would be interesting+ because we social democrats are part of an opposition alliance that controls the upper house of parliament. >> some opponents have launched an online petition. others are protesting outside the chancellor. the government may have passed the bill, but the controversy continues. >> finally, one of the great writers of the 20th century, ray bradbury, has died at the age of 91. he broke classics like "the martian chronicles" and "the illustrated man." >> his most famous work was "fahrenheit 451, quarter made which unfolds in a totalitarian dictatorship where books are band -- "fahrenheit 451," which unfolds in a totalitarian dictatorship where books totalitarianbanned. >> stay with us. we will have more news in about half an hour's time. >> stay with us. captioned by the

online. how most americans agree that the best way to a lexus or a t's is direct democratic voting but in onetexas city it seems to throw the dice maybe enough find out more about tito because. it all makes sense and i can promise you a raging recession social problems soaring the two go hand in hand in ireland growing a drug addiction is among the many difficulties being faced there now laura smith explains next a government struggling to keep the country's economy afloat also struggling to foot the bill for people trying to get off drugs as well. it's a tale of two cities a happy go lucky dublin where locals and tourists shop drink and make mary rubbing shoulders with the seedy underbelly telamon blocks where the poor struggle to make ends meet and drug workers estimate one person in sixty takes heroin tony gagan runs a needle exchange and rehab program where he sees marginalized people who take a cocktail of drugs leading often to crime and recessions making it worst he's seeing eleven new people a week. off . between drugs and crime and no not his real name is recovering from years of dru

football hooligans we got more pictures more on that story online and most americans agree that the best way to elect authorities is a day wrecked democratic vote but in one texas city it seems a throw of the dice may be enough. this is tape russia's top investigator has denied allegations that he stretton one of the country's opposition journalists over a newspaper article the controversial report claimed that the high ranking official took part in a criminal conspiracy when a high profile going. more of the stories developing in russia on the case. of i guess the answer is the newspaper isn't it now far from being government friendly let's face it what's he trying to highlight here. well the heads of. the me team of has written an editorial in which he claims one of his journalists. was taken into woods in moscow on the orders of alexander that he can the chairman of the investigative council now in those woods it's claimed that he was his life was threatened the article goes on to say that this comes off the back of an opinion piece that was written by and which he made a series of very serious allegations against that he can accusing h

how are the democrats who had the word out about this or how is it being used right now on the eaveve of an election? >> a couple of things. progressives are trying to raise money for online video ads because there is no mortising time you can buy in the state of wisconsin. >> that's been the indicates several days. the democrats are issuing press releases to try to aim at independents, to try to educate moderate, sent rift voters about what the john doe investigation is and what these justice department specifics are so, for example, you heard a lot of democratic officials over the last several days in wilk citing chapter and verse about they cannot indictment two months before an election if scott walker is demanding that he be cleared from the investigation, the justice department is obligated to provide him that cover if they can. so you have a sort of -- even attorneys being brought on conference calls by democrats, set up by other folks simply to try to show that, look. here is what the justice department is doing. you can't believe scott walker and does wisconsin want to take this chance? the republicans, for their part, are also trying to play politics. they are s

online booktv.org. on june 17th, 1970 to 5 men were arrested trying to break into the democratic national committee headquarters at the watergate office complex here in washington d.c. five years later former president richard nixon sat down for a series of interviews with david frost. the 11 sessions aired worldwide and included the former president's thoughts on topics ranging from the watergate scandal to the vietnam war. in a frost nixon, behind the scenes of the nixon interviews sir david frost recounts the preparation and execution required to produce the interviews and includes personal remembrances of his on and off camera conversations with president nixon. in 2007 david frost discussed his book with timothy attali, the director of the richard nixon presidential library and museum on book tv weekly interview program afterwards.

democrats' line. caller: he did not answer the question about whether the koch brothers were online. -- were involved. how many companies have come up in the last few years that are non-profit? you have never addressed that. i watch c-span all the time. it seems like there are a lot of nonprofit corporations or whatever they call themselves. are the koch brothers involved? are they giving you money? also about romney. it seems like he would know who is going to be speaking at your conference. guest: sharon, you are from my home town. the koch brothers had never given me any money. they invest their resources. their tremendous patriots. i am happy to read about their efforts. with american for prosperity foundation conference, i do not know. i know we have governor sarah palin. and a handful of other tremendous conservatives speaking about what we are trying to accomplish. that is to educate other citizens about the value of online media, getting our message out. and amplifying what we are accomplishing with americans for prosperity foundation's education efforts. host: burr, pennsylvania. republican l

online and bloomberg. roberts is on the democratic line from vail, arizona. caller: first, can you give me quite a bit of time, please? even though the subject is complex, the answer is a lot easier. i am going to start off by having your note that i notice i don't get represented. your telephone on the other end, many times i stay on the phone like 15 minutes. by the time i get through, the subject has changed. in many cases. have severalwhy we ways to participate, like sending an e-mail. but please go ahead and we're glad that you got through. caller: what i'm getting at mainly is nobody picks up the phone. there will be a dial tone and ringing and ringing and then it rings about 30 or 40 seconds. if somebody does not pick up in a certain time, i don't get to be represented. you have a lot of power. host: please use your time. caller: people are not represented at all. what if all the governments in the world spent their money on behalf of the people that are starving, people that cannot get by, and the people that feel screwed? even though i lost over $80,

democratic governments and rights we all enjoy are a rarity, not a norm. i'm proud to be an american. and when it comes to the internet, we think everyone is online. but only 1 billion people have smartphones and only 2 billion have access to the web. for most of the world, internet cafes are like digital oa'way cease in technological deserts. but the spread of mobile phones, new forms of productivity offer us the prospect of connecting every community in our lifetime. when that happens, connectivity can revolutionize every aspect of is society, politically, socially, economically. to connect the world is to free the world, i say, and so if we get this right so we can fix all the other problems at the same time, and, again, no pressure on our graduates today. it's true we have all the knowledge literally at our fingertips, but just because we know much more than we used to doesn't mean that our problems go away. the future doesn't just happen. it's not etched or written or coded anywhere. there's no algorithm or formula that says technology will do x or y to be sure to happen. technology doesn't work on its own, but it's a tool, and you are the on

online. we will go to robert on the democratic line from louisiana.'re on with harley geiger from the center for democracy and technology. caller: hosi have been watching this program and have concerns about this, cameras and so forth. argument and of different theories about 9/11. call it whichever you will. i've seen an erosion of american rights one by one. if you look at the patriot act, the nsa is spyin gog on us. now they have aircraft. if somebody decided they would take over the government, all the pieces are put in place. i intend to vote against anyone who signed the patriot act because we're being set up for a government takeover. host: we will go to jay on the independent line. guest: i would like to respond to something roberts said. in other people think that is very kooky. i don't think there is a conspiracy to bring us towards a totalitarian state. we do not know what the world will be like in 20 to 50 years. a loss privacy protections are put in place, there is no reason why the world will not be a darker place. that is the reason to

one screen online this is with international news and opinion live from new center here in syria should be able to choose his own future and prevent a civil war through a democratic process president vladimir putin and barack obama pledged their commitment to the country as they met on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit in mexico the first conference of heads of state also focused on the deadlock and much more as all reports. the meeting of the two leaders lasted around two hours and that's a lot or a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit the range of issues on their table was huge the leaders came up with a joint statement on syria they both agree that syrian people should decide their own fate and that a political not military process is needed to prevent a civil war that's what russia has been saying all along as was pointed out by president bush when he sought common grounds in their approach on syria it might sound surprising to many because the rather break so far between russia and the u.s. has been very tense on syria with the two countries accusing each other of stoking violence there on iran's leaders came up with a very general statement to

online! [ all chuckling ] all right, look busy, the manager is coming. >>> coming up, the nra is putting pressure on house democrats for contempt tomorrow. my commentary on that and why the democrats should not cave to the pressure for the sake of political careers. >>> luis gutierrez gives his colleagues a pop quiz to draw attention to immigration and arizona's papers please law. the congressman will join us on "the ed show" later. >> and tomorrow night on thijç program, democratic leader nancy pelosi will join me to give her reaction to the supreme court's ruling on health care. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag ed show. we're coming right back. it's my dream vehicle. on a day to day basis, i am not using gas. my round trip is approximately 40 miles to work. head on home, stop at the grocery store, whatever else that i need to do -- still don't have to use gas. i'm never at the gas station unless i want some coffee. it's the best thing ever. as a matter of fact, i'm taking my savings so that i can go to hawaii. ♪ so that i can go to hawaii. if you made a list of countries from around the world...

the democratic broadcast will also be available online. thank you for joining us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> at 2:00 pm, the u.s. house gavels in. remarks from leon panetta, who spoke at a veterans' suicide conference in washington. >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. introduction. and thank you all for your leadership, for your wise counsel, and for your commitment to ensuring that our service members and their families receive the kind of treatment and support that they so richly deserves. i would like to express my appreciation to all of you in this audience. appreciation for coming together, appreciation for the work you have been doing at this three day conference. appreciation for the focus that you are making to give attention to one of the most complex problems facing our military families, the problem of suicide. you are the experts in trying to deal with a difficult issue. nobel prize winner. he had won the prize in a complex area of physics, and

online only at southwest.com. >> 6 :30. 72 degrees and most mostly sunny. thanks for staying with wjz. scott walker becomes the first ever governor to survive a recall election. democratsanted to push him out of office but they may have hurt their cause in the process. campaign 2012. reports from the white house. >> governor scott walker visited a wisconsin factory on wednesday and attempted to bridge the political divide in his state. >> the election is done. we don't have a -- opponents anymore. >> reporter: walk er was the third governor in u.s. history to face a recall, and the first to survive after beating milwaukee mayor, tom barrett. democrats launched the effort to remove walker after he pushed through controversial legislation, taking away union rights for most public workers. passions ran high. one barrett supporter was apparently so upset he conceded the race, she slapped him. barrett was composed in defeat. >> this is not an end tonight. it's an end of another chapter of wisconsin's history. >> reporter: the white house insists walker's win won't hurt president obama's re-election efforts in wisconsin. democrats have won in 6 straight presidential election

online, exactly what it is they stand for. explain that? >> well, sean, the new party was far to the left of the democratic party.that's the reason it was created. the leaders of the new party were frustrated by the democratic party under bill clinton. they believed it was far too pro business, they wanted it to be for leftist. the leaders and founders of the new party called themselves social democrats. they very consciously wanted to model their party and its platform on the leftist parties of europe. their goal was to create in the united states a giant welfare state of the type we see in scandinavia. of course, mitt romney says this is exactly president obama's goal. the fact president obama joined the party that has -- had as its open goal, imitating the social democratic welfare states of europe certainly strengthenaes romney's point? it certainly does explain a lot about why this president couldn't triangulate like bill clinton and adjust to the marketplace and he holds and clings to this rigid ideology of his. now, he -- he downplayed his relationships with the radical friends. he downplayed his relations