some obvious injustice i couldn't live with myself i can't if i had some place i'm going to try ellis island and on my deathbed and say at least i tried to make it. when i thought we were getting deployed we're living in ohio so we just threw everything in a van and moved back home so now everything's kind of settled and i'm getting out of the army. and i have to go through all this crap and figure out what's the stuff i keep what's the stuff i turn back to the unit. so i can get out without paying too much money. i know it's. we are back from iraq on july twenty fourth that's the day utah celebrates its statehood and so we you know there's like tons of fireworks praise and things like that it was a bad day to come home as a soldier as well it sounds really really jittery and a little bit like that's the way i look it was the right. he called me one night and his son when i come home i have to do something i missed war spending a year in iraq is no the true journalist i saw so much waste going on with u.s. contractors i saw so many soldiers not having a clear mission or just kind of wasting

. >>> angel island is often called the ellis island of the west. today some of the first immigrants to the island will celebrate that history. family members will place a plaque in dedication to the ancestors. the dedication will be today from 11:00 this morning until noon. >>> the "u.s.s. hornet" will celebrate its race to the moon. 42 years ago the apollo 11 spacecraft made its flashdown in the pacific ocean. the "uss hornet" roefrd it from the water. an exhibit will feature the space suits and equipment used by the astronauts. >>> in san francisco, the hood games will ramp up celebrating skateboarding. artistic designer founded the games six years ago. from 10:00 this morning to 9:00 p.m. tonight, they'll feature skateboarding demonstrations by world renowned skate pros and hip-hop performances for free as well. >>> in the south bay, it is the end of an era. no more disco music, line dances or roller skates for a rink that's been around for decades. nbc bay area's scott budman takes us for a final spin around the floor. >> reporter: one last birt

and they gave us this at ellis island. my father asked for political asylum. kind to us. and then we came to the united states in 1948. and my father used to describe the real difference. he said when we were in england, people couldn't have been nicer. they said, you know, your country has been taken over by a terrible dictator. you're welcome here. what can we do to help you, but when are you going home? when we came to the united states, people were very, very nice and they said your country has been taken over by a terrible system, and you're welcome here. what can we do to help you, and when will you become a citizen? ♪ >> $10, come and get it. certificate covers, $10. >> $10, come on, come on, come on. >> have you ever committed a crime or offense for which you were not arrested? >> have you ever smuggled anyone into the united states? >> are you now or have you ever been a member of a communist party? >> no, i'm not a commie. >> have you ever been a habitual drug user? >> have you ever been confined as patient in a mental institution? >> have you ever s

compared to the ellis island is how people learn english.t half of learn some reasonable english. in the first five years, two thirds have learned some usable english. people are living english faster today than they learned in the past. by every other measure you can look at, whether it's language, whether it's education, whether it's level of your child, but they are below the poverty line. again, one great set of numbers. when you look at first-generation latinos by the time the second-generation kids of the same age, 85% of high school degrees. in many cases on many measures, immigrants are catching up to the native lauren. so there's a few out there in the reality of the integration numbers are that i think people don't know enough that whatever jobs are to be getting that information out to the majority. but the other piece of it i think is kind of complicates her interesting discussion here, picking up on what is kind of the description of the panel also something jennifer said, often the things that seem to divide us are the things t

he came to america and became a american citizen, and i went to the naturalization ceremony on ellis islandered how they did it in other states. i thought, i know, i want to go check out the other ceremonies in other states, so i went to all 50 states to look at the rituals of how they celebrate citizenship across america. >> and you also chronicled celebrities coming to america, and weave it in with the faces that we know and what they have achieved and others that we don't know who may be headliners and celebrities. >> that is the point. i met so many new american citizens just starting their lives here, and just working everyday, living the american dream, and then i wanted to edit it next to people like henry kissinger and gene simmons and arianna huffington to show that any one of these new immigrants could be the next sergei brand from google. >> and we have those questions of those seeking to become citizens were asked. >> have you ever sold or bought marijuana or speed? >> have you ever been a habitual druncard? >> have you told your body for money? >> no, i have never been involved

small village at the coast of the naval board we travel all the way to the united states passed ellis island and the medical inspection and for training in chicago get off their and then come down with the early sentiment of smallpox very high fever and severe back pain often for letting the to vomiting it was a terrible flu like condition, but then miraculously the fever started to society. and the person felt better. of course might even feel good enough to go to work or off to school. that is when they started to become contingents. they had been relocating rapidly in the throat and the nerves and ultimately it was produced as terrible skin eruption that ravaged the skin and was the most horrific and a visible sign of small pox but, as all of this was going on the virus was replicated in the internal organs as well and attacking them. so people usually when they died dhaka of acute respiratory failure. it was not a pleasant experience. most survivors meanwhile were left scarred for life usually with deep scars all over their face many of them were blinded so that is smallpox. the turn-of-

coast that naples, board the steamships, travel all the way to the united states, passed through ellis island and the medical inspection there, board a train to chicago and get off their, and then come down with the simpsons, the early symptoms of smallpox. those early symptoms were very high fever, severe back pain, often vomiting. it was a terrible kind of flulike condition. then miraculously the fever started to subside and the person felt better. a person might even feel good enough to go to work or off to school. and that was when they started to become contagious. the virus had been replicating very rapidly. and ultimately it would produce this terrible skin sort of eruption by this rash that ravaged the skin, and was the most horrific visible sign of smallpox. that as all of this was going on, the virus was replicating in the internal organs as well and attacking them. so people usually when they died, died of acute respiratory failure. it was not a pleasant experience of any of it. most survivors, meanwhile, of smallpox, were left scarred for life left with deep scars all over their f

that's close to what it was in the ellis island days. because the gates have been shut basically from 1925 to 1965 very few immigrants came in those days. we got to a low point in our history of foreign-born population of immigrants. the fact of the matter it is it made social cohesion easier. the numbers are pretty startling. we are at a high point in our history of -- at our highest point in the ellis island wave of people coming in. in the 1950's, 1960's, a couple hundred thousand came in. now we are 1.5 million immigrants coming in every year. it's true as the fear mongers and the naysayers say, we're hearing a lot of foreign languages we didn't hear in the 1940's, 1950's and one language that's particularly spanish and whole industries and marketing, just the whole marketing sector in america devoted to marketing in languages and marketing ethnic products and marketing to cars and beers and you name it, tens of millions of dollars that go to marketing to these sectors. obviously spanish tv and spanish radio, there were always german

we are high point in our history as we were in the ellis island wave of people coming in. in the 1950's, a couple thousand. now we're up to 1.5 million a minute -- immigrants every year. it is true as the fear mongers and say, we're hearing a lot of foreign languages we did not hear in the 1940's and 1950's. particularly spanish. whole industries and marketing are now devoted to marketing in languages and ethnic products, marketing to cars and tens of millions of dollars that go to marketing to the sectors. spanish tv and radio, there were always german newspapers. there is a kind of presence to eight, and here is where we get to a divide that we have not been talking about. we are not so troubled by. people who live in new york and los angeles take this for granted. if you live in a town in the midwest that did not have any immigrants until 20 years ago and now is 1/3 immigrants, we live somewhere in georgia where there were no immigrants and suddenly because there is a carpet plant or whatever it is now a third immigrants, people's heads are exploding. we think it is bac

of gay pride, but it is a huge place in our hearts for that, and then also statute of liberty, ellis island think we all became new yorkers at that time. i think we just as a country have a connection to new york like no other state. >> and help people understand who might not know, forgive me if this sounds like a silly question, a lot of people might have it, are gay weddings like any other wedding you've essentially been to, a cake, somebody walking down the aisles, the dress, the same? >> the same thing. only difference is the gender of the two people standing at the altar. >> now do advertisers even have to -- do you have people i guess caters and different things like that who necessarily, forgive the expression, cater for gay weddings or a lot of people are just wedding planners coming to you and saying we have services you might need? >> or we have, you know, i guess it's three varieties, the gay and wedding planning businesses, that specialize in gay weddings, and straight wedding planning businesses that cater to both and then we have different, you know, like those coming to us s

my father's father came into ellis island, on a boat from st. petersburg, russia.hours, that he left with nothing and came to america and pretty much died with nothing, too. but had a taste of freedom and loved this country. >> that's a great story. >> i love the fourth of july. because people start discussing all those things. if you are working and you are frustrated and a lot of people are. >> and you feel like you're being overlooked for promotion. >> you want a promotion and you feel like, what am i doing wrong, what is wrong? they pulled a bunch of bosses and asked them the question -- why are people not being promoted. and these are what some of the reasons were. that you may not be getting promoted. what is keeping you from moving up? >> by the way, if you think you should and you ask for a raise, tomorrow is the best day to do it. >> tuesday. >> tuesday -- >> tomorrow. >> tuesday is the best day. because -- >> don't say happy booze-day, give me a boost. >> don't do that. tuesday. here's what's preventing you from getting a promotion. according to career bu

we're back to the 12% to 15% range, about like it was in the ellis island days. we have -- we had gotten to a low point in our history of foreign born immigrants. that made kalisha a lot easier. -- that made cohesion a lot easier. we are as high -- at as high a point as we were during the oleson island days. a couple thousand were coming in every year after that and now we are at about 1.5 million every year. we are hearing a lot of foreign languages that we did not hear in the '40's through the '60s. in particular, spanish. and there is a whole marketing sector in america devoted to marketing in languages and in ethnic products and you name it -- tens of millions of dollars that go to marketing to the sectors. there is spanish tv and spanish radio. there were always german newspapers, but there is a presence to it now. people live in new york and people who live in l.a. take this for granted. i live in the heartland and if you live in a town that did not have any immigrants 30 years ago and now is one-third immigrant because of the meat packing plant in town. or

of white when they say we want our america back we want our america back ♪ ♪ before there was ellis islandviting them into our bed the days and the terrorists and who let in that woman who looks after my kids and the one who is cleaning my mess live was righteous, life was cleaned send them back, including me when they say we want our america back what the fuck does it mean ♪ before the gays at the agenda before the slaves were free before that man from kenya we want our america back our america back, our america back when they say we want our america back what the fuck does that mean ♪ [cheers and applause] >> i did not expect that. thank you. saree for cussing s --orry for cussing. here is a song that i wrote a while ago, and i will just play it. ♪ if i had a jet pack, the first thing that i would do is fly across the gridlock and come to you i would begin to the windows on fifth avenue to see how the other side lives and if i had a jet pack, i would strap it on. i would get out of this one room and i would be gone to where there are houses with big front yards if i had a jet pack, i wou

the idea that no matter what we look like, who we are, no matter if our ancestors came from ellis island or on a slave ship were crossed the rio grande, we are all collected -- all connected to one another and we rise and fall together. that is the idea at the heart of america. that is the idea at the heart of our last campaign. that is the idea at the heart of this campaign and that is why i will need your help more than ever. [applause] the campaign is at its early stages. i have a day job. [laughter] i have things to do. while i am working, there will be candidates parading around the country. [laughter] they are going to do what they do. they are going to attack. we are in philadelphia. they are going to attack. they won't have a plan. but they will attack. i understand that. that is politics as we have come to know it. what i also understand is that the american people are less interested in us attacking each other. they are more interested in us attacking the country's problems. [applause] they are less interested in hearing us exchanged insults about the past. they want us to exch