dennis kucinich talked about having a department of peace you know an actual advocate of a cabinet level saying hey wait a minute. any thoughts on further steps in that direction you talked earlier about the ins and the general insanity of war itself i refer to it as mass mental illness mass insanity what do we do. well as you well know tom you've been writing and talking about this for a while and thank you for that i think one of the things we need to do is not pleasant but we need to look at in the end say these wars are failures men and women are being killed they're being killed in afghanistan they killed in iraq that killed in vietnam and lives are not are being lost in vain we don't like to say that because it's painful but that's the truth and billions and billions of dollars are being squandered and until we begin to confront the fact these are failures total and complete failures from security points of view from our country's point of view from a moral right if you we're not going to be able to stop the next one from happening when they get up there again and start talking abo

congressman dennis kucinich some years ago proposed that we should have actual cabinet level department of peace that there should be somebody sitting around that table with the president whenever he meets with his cabinet was sole job is to say wait a minute has anybody thought about peace we think about that. could idea. that it is somebody i have a lot of admiration for you are branded as a flake if you talk in those terms. as a pacifist who has a naive romantic completely under realestate picture of. the way things work in international relations but i think it's obvious at this point that war is so crowded productive it's totally irrational as well as being immoral the cost of war vastly outweigh any possible benefits the united states regularly harms its moral standing in the world with its drone assassinations and it cements the military so i think for many reasons we have to find a way past this current era so well said john horgan thank you so much for dropping by and for writing this brilliant book my pleasure one of the biggest hurdles in achieving a peaceful society and stopping the

and you were kicking off an effort to create a department of peace and i thought that's a brilliant mean you know a brilliant idea or this department of defense used to call it a proto war that if you were afraid of the robot when you look at the violence which is attendant not only in our international affairs but perhaps more particularly more significantly you're here at home we have to challenge this idea that violence is as american as apple pie that violence is inevitable why then is peace not inevitable if violence is a learned response socially why then cannot be a learned response to potential aggression on an interpersonal level as well as an international level so what i propose. is that which is in legislation that i introduced regularly in the congress is the idea of creating a permanent structure in our government that aims at domestic violence spousal abuse child abuse violence in school gang violence gun violence racial violence violence against gays police community clashes and use that as a basis to rework our social compact in this country that engineering but give peo

. >> this department of peace would hold peace as an organizing principle. >> richard b.y such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office. >> democratic congressman dennis kucinich lost his bid for re-elections last night to congresswoman marcy captor in a redistricting march that pitted the two democratic colleagues and friends against each other. it was a bitter campaign. in the end kucinich offered what you might call half-hearted congratulations. >> i would like to be able to congratulate congresswoman captor. but i do have to say that she ran a campaign in the cleveland media market that was utterly lacking in integrity. >> congressman kucinich joins us now from capitol hill. congressman, you were not thrilled last night. and my condolences on your loss. i know it's hard to lose a campaign. you were not thrilled last night. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash poke to the winning candidate, marcy "capote" for today. she says you guys have been friends and she hopes this. we have a personal relationship as well as a professional one. >

profit two and four year schools sign off on loans also according through the department of education and the loans of peace corps profit schools are pretty hefty too based on an analysis of better all data by the college board more than half of students attending four year for profit colleges are going to merge with that of more than thirty thousand dollars compared to less than a quarter of students at private nonprofit colleges and twelve percent of students at public universities so this is mitt romney solution to our student loan debt problem everybody but i wonder if father since his takes prove that for profit institutions in fact saddle students with more debt i would support them i guess the answer is always follow the money twice romney has endorsed a full sale university this is a for profit institution in florida where by the way constitution runs more than eighty thousand. dollars but what i didn't mention is that full sales chief executive man named bill hemmer he's a major campaign donor and the cochairman of his state fund raising team in florida on top of that he and his wife and each given

peace in africa for over 25 years. he's cofounder of the enough project, an efficientive to end crimes against humanity. he's worked for the clinton white house, the state department, two members of congress, and many other organizations promoting peace and human rights. he's been a big brother for over 25 years as well as the youth counselor and basketball coach and he is the co-author of ten boo books. his first little brother is also on our panel today. michael maddox is the coauthor of the unlikely brothers with john pendergrass. he emerged from living in a homeless shelter and dealing drugs as a teen and becoming a husband and father of five boys, often working two jobs at once in order to support his family. he also helps coach his sons on their football teams. we'll then hear from dr. katherine gallagher, the director of the cochran collaboration college for policy where she's the associate professor of criminology in law and society. her research focuses on improving the intersection between health care and justice systems to better address the needs of adverse populations in public health in larger communities. she also provides guidance to numerous feder

department policies. in california law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the office of citizen complaints serbs that purpose for the san francisco police department. we are staffed by the first group of citizens who have never been police officers. we have a 35 member staff. the majority are investigators. the balance consists of attorney and support staff. the goal is to increase the public trust in law enforcement by being the bridge between the public and the police in matters of police misconduct and matters of police policy. our mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased investigations in making investigations on police policy and practices. when conducting an investigation, we do so to find out what happened. we follow the evidence come to interview the person who brought the complaint, sometimes in person, sometimes by phone. the involved police officers are also interviewed in civilian witnesses are interviewed. we have subpoena power to obtain evidence. we obtained additional -- we obtain addition

the state department of justice documents 7600 weapons registered to peace officers in the past decade. you'll find some in contracost and and solano counties. one city stands out: oakland. why? because this is what opd is dealing with. more high powered weapons seized from the bad guys than any other bay area city. it's a deadly reality made out three years ago. >> we hoss four officers in one -- lost four officers in one day. and that person fired seven wounds and killed four officers. >> reporter: so oakland's chief supports his officers buying their own assault rifles and they're ahoud to use them off -- allowed to use them off-duty. >> the police officers here in the city have the equipment to protect them. >> reporter: they still have an assault rifle and when they retire, it makes this illegal. >> have we made them a criminal? >> reporter: years the haw was unclear and then -- haw was unclear and -- law was unclear. the retiring officers is not allowed to keep the assault weapon. >> so now we're in a conundrum of what do you do. >> reporter: because if cops are paid to pack and

using every tool because of not forget you have local law enforcement they can deal with peaceful protest movements you have the f.b.i. you don't necessarily need bring the department of homeland security which is meant to protect against outside charisse threats you know in into this kind of mix if you're going to have some measure of law enforcement out there monitoring peaceful movements then you have other departments should be doing it but i guess that will be doing it not necessarily i agree but john thanks so much for joining us tonight here absolutely my pleasure. are we taking a break when we come back members of the hacktivist group anonymous has been arrested for going after government websites and is the right to bear arms and more precious right to vote that question after the break.

peaceful protest movements you have the f.b.i. you don't necessarily you bring the department of homeland security which is meant to protect against outside carers threats you know into into this kind of mix if you're going to have some measure of law enforcement out there are monitoring peaceful movements then you have other departments should be doing it but i guess that will be doing it not necessarily i agree but john thanks so much for joining us tonight here absolutely my pleasure. kyra.

peace tree. >> reporter: his work is influenced by his duel eye department tees. >> at the roots the roots of peace are war. >> reporter: in a way that's kind of what your job is little bit like during the day, right? you're not going there to help people like come better killing machines. >> definitely not, man. that's the only reason i do it. at the end of the day like i can tell that these marines are learning something. (gunfire) >> reporter: three years ago this was a mock iraqi village. but as that war wound down the military built a new afghan village. iraqi role players were let go and afghans took their place. >> i think the only thing that will change obviously is the type of role player, the type of culture that they may ask for three years from now we could be asking for, you know, iranians. we could be asking for koreans, who knows. >> reporter: for now the training continues with afghans. but marine combat troops will start leaving afghanistan next year and virtually all troops will be gone by 2014. >> woodruff: now, the fallout in the national football league following an investigati

department where hundreds if not thousands have gathered. the latest on the ground there, ron, give me a sense of the tenor of that march. was it peaceful? both before they got to that police department? >> reporter: it's very peaceful. there are a lot of families here, a lot of kids, a lot of young people, teenagers are here. it's a very peaceful gathering. there's been no hint of violence, no hint of trouble. everybody is conducting themselves in a very dignified way. and the number of speakers at the podium there have urged people to do that as well. you also heard reverend sharpton addressing the criticism of these continuing rallies. he says and others that the martin family, trayvon martin's parents, asked them to be here and as long as they continue asking them to be here, they will be here. and there are signs that this could escalate or step up in some ways -- there's talk of civil disobedience, sit-ins, pray-ins outside the police department and other places around the city. there's talk of trying to target some of the corporations that fund and support group that is back the "stand your ground" law here in florida and elsewher

of the state department. you have helped really to restore america's position in the world as our ranking member said, as a partner for peace and democracy. and we are all grateful and thank you for your service. and we've had a lot of discussions today about various parts of the world that are of great concern, and particularly unsettled areas of great violence. i'd like to focus my inquiry on two areas really closer to home. the first is, i'll just articulate the questions and give you the balance of my time. the first is really about the sort of events in the middle east in general. in syria, in iran, in that region of the world. and its impact on our gas prices here in the united states. and i know that we -- in my home state, we've seen a tremendous increase in gas prices. and almost 40 cents from a year ago today. and i'm wondering if you can speak to your perspective on how a variety of international events that you are closely monitoring might have an impact on fuel prices in the near term and also what we're doing both diplomatically and in terms of development efforts in the long term to ensure that gas prices are

peace that doesn't actually exist yet u.n. the u.n. peacekeeping department also says that it might go to damascus to try and put some sort of plan in place for enforcing some kind of peace. the six point plan for peace which involves a bilateral ceasefire but so far nothing concrete on the table or it's no more than a week since the u.n. security council issued a statement appealing for a cease fire in syria but it is being heated and if not what can we expect to see. well quite the opposite actually we've seen in the last couple of days an upsurge in the amount of violence. gunmen from the opposition are reported to have kidnapped a high ranking military pilots and also assassinated two colonels from the army on thursday so that looks like the opposition is stepping up its attacks in fact there's a reported forty three people dead from violence just on thursday. we are seeing sort of a sort of concerted plan to implement this cease fire but we seem to be in something of a standoff at the moment the opposition says that it won't contemplate even negotiating on anything which would allow for our side to stay in power meanwhile assad is ve

department of defense. because of this conflict, many of you are already abroad. more than a million americans in 91 foreign countries. first and foremost of course, americans are overseas to help preserve the peace. by maintaining an alert readiness to meet the threat of aggression, america's armed forces in concert with those of its allies are serving as a deterrent to war. some of you may wonder how directly involved in the contest you are. or will be. perhaps your active duty is behind you or soon will be. and with it, you may believe your involvement in the contest ends. but the truth is that involvement in this conflict is far ranging indeed. it touches not only members of the armed forces and their families, but everyone who supports the mission of the armed forces. every defenserkw[,every taxpayerwho footswhe bill,ho in ft is not]nvolved. and the conflict itself, how can it be defined? well, let's look at it this way. the communist plok woubloc woulo see the entire world under domination. the determination has convinced them that the war would be the costly gamble, they have begun to talk more and more about their ability to win from us in the arena of ideas. this of course is fine wi

with the return of peace in europe, with the signing of the treaty of ghent, trade was restored. ships departeddaily for ports are run or. a westward the homeless and underway in the united states with soaring land values, population growth and substantial new towns. there was a new unity symbolized by james and dolley madison. there's james himself. they left washington riding a rise of popular. the fighting had been launched out of the reception as henry clay expressed, that war was is necessary to america as a tool is a young officer to prevent his being bullied and elbowed in society. and while the american belligerence had clearly not vanquished pepfar, the war of 1812 did bullet the nation's confidence. according to one observer, french ambassador, the war has given the americans what they so essentially locked, a national character founded on the glory common to all. in the ensuing decades with policies such as the monroe doctrine, the united states would begin to demonstrate its newfound confidence in a belief that the united states had an essential role to play in the larger world. tha

of the justice department just this afternoon. elizabeth corden has the latest in the case. >> i said no justice. >> no peace. enter supporters in hoodies standing in solidarity with the slayed teen's family. martin's parents defending their son after acknowledging trayvon was visiting his father while on a ten day suspension from school. a baggy tested positive for marijuana. >> whatever trayvon martin was suspended for had absolutely no baring on what happened on the night of february 26. >> they killed my son. now they are trying to kill his reputation. >> george zimmerman remains in hiding. the neighborhood watchman says he acted in self-defense when he shot martin when he was unarmed. one of zimmerman's friends is seeking out on his behalf. >> this is an incident when someone who was just trying to do the right thing ended up in a very, very bad position. >> the investigation is now in the hands of a special prosecutor. >> we do believe when we're done with our investigation, the family will know all of the facts and details. >> i'm elizabeth reporting. >> coming up tonight at 7:00, do you remember these

department of justice investigates this case. this heartbroken family calls for calm. >> mr. martin do you recommend that protestors act peaceful? >> very peaceful. we are looking for peaceful resolution. >> the grand jury will hear the case april 10. the martin family is calling for patience. in northwest d.c., news 4. >>> there is new security video from florida tonight. shows about 50 high school students ransacking a store. while protesting trayvon martin's death. police in north miami beach say the students were part of a group that walked out of school. the kids should be easy to catch because some of them dropped their i.d.s in the store. >>> mitt romney hammered president obama again this evening as he sat down with jay leno for taping of the tonight show. after criticizing the president yesterday for his off mike comments about russian relations, to night romney focused on afghanistan. >> i think it was a mistake to say the date we withdraw, a mistake to say the day we would end combat operations, the president made a mistake in not giving the troops the number of troops necessary for the surge. and believe that we hav

clinton, and michelle obama teamed up to celebrate international women of courage at the state department. special guests included nobel peace>> we know that investing in women's employment, health, and education levels leads to greater economic growth across a broad spectrum. it also leads to healthier children and a better educated population overall. >> if these ten women can endure death threats and horrifying violence and years behind bars to stand up for what they believe in, then, surely, our young people can find a way to stand up for what they believe in. >> i get angry when i think about it. no woman should sit down and allow a man to speak about her reproductive rights. >> sarah brown is a leading advocate for educating girls and young women, particularly in rural communities, and a global patron for the white ribbon alliance for safe motherhood. and she's also the author of "behind the black door." diane von furstenberg is the president of the counsel of fashion designers of america, and a leading philanthropist for the white ribbon alliance and other women's causes as well. welcome both, two very special guests,

department of agriculture to raise awareness about food stamps for senior citizens and kids is the government now pushing for senior citizens to take more handouts enough with food stamps. as well as our nation of peace a trip oh you think this is funny sort of warning our station to station a truly secure we afford it we ask you because you can also afford it out of course you cannot afford food stamps for the poor but you sure can't afford tax cuts for the rich writes by the way did you notice the giant who's ruining the economy graphic over there what's better than watching a bunch of media millionaires yak it up on a comfy couch and demonize the poorest of the poor in america including children who haven't had enough food to eat each day unless the government steps in to help them forty seven percent of all food stamp recipients in america under the age of eighteen and we back to the argument talking heads are saying that with a trillion dollar deficit we can't afford to give food stamps to more struggling americans. well here's a little econ one hundred one lesson for you we're in debt so we can either spend more money to stimulate the economy to increase tax revenues and get us out of debt or w

may his soul and the souls of all the departed through the mercy of god rest in peace. amen. the speaker: the the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. higgins. mr. higgins: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. mr. poe: mr. speaker, iran continues to inch closer to making its nuclear ambitions a reality. the administration wants israel to diplomacy more time but prime minister netanyahu said pressure on iran is growing but time is gr

of the country. >> this is also new this morning, the taliban has suspected preliminary peace talks with the u.s. in the wake of the shootings. >>> members of san francisco's fire departmented about the aging ambulances they operate. the freighters union says the department is about to receive $6.8 million in state money. they want the department to spend much of that money on new workers, new ambulances and new equipment. >> you have something that is so old that the manufacture won't cover it's performance. >> it is an aging fleet. currently we have five ambulances on order and shortly there after we'll order another five. >> now fire crews say one thing that makes this more urgent is soon they will be responding to a higher percentage of life support calls that come from 911 dispatchers. >> it's 6:16. the centers for disease control says it's seeing an increase in disease out breaks from imported food. the cdc says according to the latest study disease out breaks from reported foods were up in 2009 and 10. vegetables were the most common source. 16% of what we eat in the u.s. comes from other countries. >>> hbo is canceling one of its series. the show luck was abruptly

these are products of an annual competition we have, which is called the sadat art for peace program. it's in conjunction with our outstanding art department. and usually the best painting and the best sculpture. these are the winners from 2011. let me tell you, the best winner for sculpture is jesse barrows which is intended to represent hearing the voices of the people in the arab awakening. the painting is by phonat chow for a piece called one and two. i don't know if they're with us, i want to congratulate them. i'm going to go right to a substitute questions. not surprisingly i'll start with each of you. the sadat forum, mrs. sadat is here, but egypt is not only an important country in the middle east, but there are p essential choices regarding egypt. before i ask you now what we should be doing, the crisis that came out of the ngo. i want to look a little bit before the revolution, i know that you have been a key player in mediating the camp david accords between egypt and israel at camp david maryland. and when you look at american farm policy over the last several decades, it's been anchored around a particular relationship with e

department, i am here to tell you it is not true. >> not the real one, but this one. tim waters, one of the nation's most a claimed clinton copiers. he tried to get peace between the two. they squared off in the kitchen where gold allegedly stabbed fox in the stomach with a kitchen knife. was gold just trying to defend himself? his lawyer says absolutely. fox was treated and is making a recovery but if the case goes to trial, what a political pa prayed of witnesses. >> how do i look tonight ladies? >> did bill clinton start the ugly mess? >> i come here tonight as a mom. >> what about michelle obama she let the accused into the house that night. where was her husband? he was upstairs sleeping. >> i know what you thinking. a what about sarah palin? did she go rogue? >> as with politicians even the fake ones this might be cuffed to get a straight answer. >> god bless you all and god bless america. thank you. >>> that is crazy. all right. we'll be right back. we'll show you the saint patrick's day parade right down our street. stay with us. >>> these guys cal ripken, jr. and bill ripkin are working for you to help disadvantaged children with life lessons.

peaceful use of nuclear energy. the north agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and ex pand inspections. but the agreement had no mention of the light water reactor. the u.s. state department envoy says the united states hopes to reach an agreement soon with north korea regarding food aid for the country. robert king of the u.s. special envoy for north korean human rights issues arrived in beijing on tuesday. >> we'll finish the conversations and discussions that we've had on the administrative issues relating to providing humanitarian assistance to north korea. >> king said he will meet with the north korean official on wednesday and again on thursday if necessary. the deputy director general of the u.s. affairs at north korea's foreign ministry also arrived in the chinese capital. in direct talks between dust and north korea last month, the north agreed to suspend uranium enrichment. the u.s. agreed to provide 240,000 tons of nutritional assistance. the u.s. is offering to send 20,000 tons of nutritional supplements per month mainly for infants and pregnant women. it wants a monitoring system to make sure supplies reach those in need. the focus of the meeting is on wheth

department over them. as. the leader of the military coup claims he now has complete control of the country after ousting the president on wednesday. of this peace talks with trial red rebels and has promised to give up power after elections de lay's the us security council has denounced because and called for an immediate restoration of constitutional rule. all the fuel that was left aboard the capsized costa concordia cruise ship has now been pumped up these trip and vessel it's thought that it could take up to a year to remove the wrecked how that ship people died out of the ship hit a reef and killed. and killed all about the tuscan crows thing to the passengers are still missing you can call it is cotton is under house arrest and faces charges of manslaughter and causing the ship wreck. older brother the man who shot seven people dead in toulouse could be facing charges on suspicion of being an accomplice abdelkader mero who had been investigated for helping his brother mohamed was previously questions about sending its from the french city to iraq the plasma that was released from custody without charge on friday mohamed merah died in a ba

department. >> though we are from different part of the world, we meet and we come here with the same shared goal, that is to stand for justice, peace and freedom. i dare to speak that this award is not only for us but also for all of the women who want to change of the projects of their society. for burma, it the now very critical time for democratic reform and it is also the time to ask the questions. what is the rule of woman in many democratic reform? and how much we can do. fortunately, we already have an inspacingal leader through ong sang suu kui. in traditional society, the rule of the women is that women just become wives which means weise are objects of men. and surely the ability to choose is the only significant differences between human and other creators. we women are human and so we must choose what we want to become or what we want to have in our lives. those women of courage are now here and it is great pleasure for me to be a friend of them. and we are here tore appreciate to initiate the sisterhood of the future leaders. finally, i would like to appreciate the hospitality of the united states and i would like to a

peace or, you know, get the immigration settled. because, you know, there's more -- i guess there's more people here because i used to take care of the immigration department and i would get calls and they would pick up people with papers. one or two and sometimes three. but now there is -- >> that's when they were patrolling the streets. >> yes. they were just caught by chance and we would help them and get the green card and come back and but now there's -- i mean, a lot of them. and i think they should, you know, do something. since they are working here, pay income tax and everything. but i'm not the government so this is what -- >> this is your opinion? >> yes. >> any final thoughts, rudy, as we wrap it up here? >> i think service to the public is always important. that's an ongoing message. and i think one of the most other important things that i learned in my life with cesar is that there's nothing that you can't do. you know, that moat toe motto. [ speaking in spanish ] that's how it really moves on. holidays and buildings and streets, and then, you know, the 50th anniversary of the ufw. we'd like to invite everybody to come to bakersfield, simila

state department said it has not made any decisions op the transfer. back in the villages of panjwi district, it isn't peace talks but justice that's being demanded right now. something the u.s. has repeatedly promised will be done. in the streets and in the afghan presidential palace, anger and skepticism reign. so far three protests have erupted in the last week with skaul calls for justice and death to america. if you speak with everyday afghans about what happened, they are outraged about the massacre and even more furious the u.s. soldier accused in the case has been sent back to america. but so far we have not seen the kind of massive, angry protest wes saw after u.s. troops mistakeningly burned korans. some people are worried that tensions are building. no one is sure what might happen next. >> thank you. now this -- >> this is what the politicians should focus on instead of promising lower taxes and lowering the gas and stopping pornography. i pay the tax, i pay the high gas prices. focus on violence that's killing these kids. >> a 6-year-old girl shot to death in a drive by while playing on her own