understanding that at cape henry, where english-speaking settlers first came, they erected a cross as their first act in order to thank god for having gotten across the atlantic. understanding that at jamestown, our first permanent settlement, they established the principle "if you do the do not work you will not eat" not for the poor but for the air rest toe cats. it was at the heart of our wealth forereform in 1986. it is our most successful conservative program in the modern times. 65%% of the people on welfare went to work or went to school. [applause] >> it's why we have to teach american history accurately and honestly, and frankly, replace those professors and those teachers unwilling to be accurate and honest about american history. [applause] >> it is why we have to have judges who refer to the american constitution and worry about american presidents and reject those would-be judges or replace those judges who insist on quoting foreign precedent and foreign law which has no application to the united states of america. [applause] >> it's why we recognize that american entrepr

al jazeera english has a broader perspective. it is broadcast in english. it addresses so many different audiences in various parts of the world, including the american audience. host: we are talking to abderrahim foukara from al jazeera. jimmy is on the phone. caller: i have a concern about hypocrisy. barack obama goes abroad and talks about democracy. i find it fascinating because you do not have democracy in the united states. there is an issue in terms of the treatment of african american people in america. i wonder why al jazeera does not deal with the injustices for african-americans in the united states. guest: there is the issue of hypocrisy in the issue of what al jazeera covers in the united states. as far as democracy is concerned, i'm speaking as a non-americans living in the united states. the american political system is an amazing political system treat it is capable of redress corrections. it has checks and balances, freedom of speech, the first amendment. it is obviously not the perfect political system. it does have its failings. we, in th

you know, i love english-language. i like in english. i think in english. i even dream in english which is extraordinary in some ways. but since 1989, every year a new book of mine is published in hungary. translated into hungarian. even though these books of mine, 14 books, 15 books of mine translated there, and only one of them is in my native country. so every year i go there, national book week, don't misunderstand me, there's a little money in it but very little. so it barely pays my hotel bill, but still i have never expected this to happen. so my life changed. my life is change in other ways also. my writing career became to some extent successful and so forth. and so i decided to write this other election, not the history of the last 20 years, but how my beliefs and ideas and everything changed in the last 20 years, hence the title "last rites." but you see there is a much greater, deeper change there. confessional of an original center, i never write books are a bestseller. sold about 10000 copies. which is pretty good for an average book, you know

i don't have a lot of trouble as i travel my state as i say more snins english but to new americans in spanish, and i do this all the time to me there's a simple three-part step. [speaking spanish][newline] obey the law, the old patriotic american, support yourself, and speak english or teach your children. i get -- i believe this is something that the vast, vast majority of every citizen, whether they have came on the, you know, on the plymouth rock or across the border recently has subscribed to, and i think it's a grave, grave mistake to act as though somehow we ought to pull up the fences that we -- that in any way becoming a multi more multi ethnic society is a threat to america. it's a reality and it can be the strength of america as it's always been if we 'em place brace it but emphasis but emphasize that many efailure bus unum is still always the motto and always must be. >> i agree with everything that's been said about assimilation. i think it's really hard though to maintain an asim list agenda at the same time you have mass, uncontrolled immigration, you know, people from m

, new york has many dual-language schools, chinese hch english, spanish-english, so the idea was to start this, there was a concern that there aren't enough people who speak arabic in this country who can work for our country in issues of natural security and all different arenas, and -- but immediately upon the announcement of this school by the d.o.e. in new york, there was a real skepticism by many in the media and especially the conservative media, that this school would be not just an arabic-english school but a school that would instill values of what some people referred to as islam i can fast sift movement, agreeding ground for anti-american sentiment. of course this was a new york city public school, under the aegis of joe klein, the chancellor of the board of education with the same curriculum as all the other schools, just also taught arabic. now, you know, we embarked on this story, debbie had really been given a hard time in the press, especially the "new york post" and we thought the d.o.e. and people involved would talk to us but everywhere we went there was a lot of we won

. >> guest: in english, how was it in english -- >> host: st. joseph, you who had without doing, make it so that i do without having. translator is wonderful. mark freeman is the translator. absolutely cannot tell that this is a translation. and i did not have a spanish copy of the books like couldn't make any of these comparisons, but i am really impressed translation. >> guest: and the other translator i had before -- >> host: he translated this, right? >> guest: open veins, yes. we had a very special relationship. very, very special. he had such a close connection with me that when he blows translating i think there are three volumes, yes, and he died during the book of embraces, and when he arrived to check one of the 1,000 stories, which he would not write. i wouldn't say that. i wouldn't say that. i disagree with this bomb, it was his right of course. he sent me terrible letters insulting me. how could you say something so false, stupid, such a lie, for instance about chaplin, he was working in hollywood 40 years and in these words to prov

the english historical review was the institutional expression on that view. a different view survived in a funny way. that says there is no history without personal interpretation. history is not the record of every one. having completed something like that. history is, above all, ordering what does not count. i am feeling big for a second. he describes himself as a historian. what does that mean? what does the literature from the greek meaning? it doesn't mean -- it doesn't really mean story. the record -- it means inquiry. from the very first sentence, he turned -- with some disparity counted on. i rather love him for that. a wonderful way of describing him. he was writing the history of the war but in the greek version you begin with a big question. why did it happen? it is to that question that you deliver your ordering system and significant evidence. given that you cannot escape in the writing of history, personal, subjective interpretation, there's a kind of fantasy about history writing itself, the imagined purity of the archive. those who are histori

in my freshman english class we have 11 students. freshman english 101, required for everybody. it is crazy. >> what does he mean by crazy? >> first of all, i am interpreting jared's mind, so who knows what he means by any of this. it is a 10 to one student to teacher ratio. everybody has to take two semesters of english. they read the same stuff. everybody has to take two semesters of history. it is almost all original source materials. everybody has to take a full semester course on the constitution of the united states. if you get a ba, you have to take a language. everybody has to take two or three courses of natural sciences. the core curriculum takes up about half the time. the core curriculum is probably going to be reformed so it becomes bigger. >> only 53% of people who enter college get out within six years. what is the graduation rate at your place? >> i only have the four-year graduation rate. i have just been looking at up, because i saw that study that you saw. our four-year rate is about 70%. here is the way that works. i do not know what our six-year rate is. it

george free used to go to a local library in williamsburg and would read deeply in the debate of the englishar of the 1640 is that in the up cutting off the head of the king and he imagined him looking at the debates and the discourse is and the string parliamentary debate and think that could happen in the land of tepid tea and early, anything could happen in the american library. [laughter] so, the free library of philadelphia, fantastic ghosts of franklin. and i did want to come to philadelphia partly because one of the programs was called american fervor which is about religion, and it was particularly about a black african american religion. and we had to make a choice between here in the spirit of operation between savannah and philadelphia, and somehow, you know, savannah had won over the cheese steak. don't ask me why i know, lousy taste, i know, exactly right. so this project both book and television, i would be happy to answer questions after about how the writing is different for both forms of kraft which i believe they are, but both the book and the television project were born i

this is a dictionary that my brother who just retired as an english teacher at berkeley high school put together year after year. and it's a very, very smart book about language and the palace tisty of language. the opening word is all right. final word in the book is zook, a man dressed in latin style very stylishly and carefully dressed. the best thing i've ever done in my life is to raise three extraordinary kids, and the most fun i have these days is taking care of my grandchildren. >> do you have any pictures of them here? >> yeah. i have tons of pictures of them. that's -- there's one, there's one -- >> what's her name? >> dalen. that gives me a lot to do, and also the other thing i like about taking care of my granddaughters is that it's not only kind of personally satisfying and wonderful to watch kids grow up and to watch their minds work and to watch them make the connections, you know, that we take for granted and to have them looking at the world in a different way, but also i feel like it's useful because i have these -- my son and my daughter-in-law are extraordinarily har

new york city has many dual language schools, chinese english, spanish english, and so forth. so the idea was to start an arabic english school. there was a concern that there aren't enough people who speak arabic in this country who can work for our country in issues of national security and in all different arenas. and, but immediately upon the announcement of this school by the dough in new york, -- department of education in new york, there was a real skepticism by many in the media and especial thri conservative media that this school would not only be an arab eek lish school but would instill values of the islamo facist movement. in other words, be a breeding ground for anti-american sentiment. of course,, thsk a new york city public school. it was under the ejiss of joel kline, the chancellor of the board of education and had the same curriculum of all the other schools, it just always taught arabic. now, we embarked on this story. debbie had been given a hard time in the press, and we thought that the doe and people who were involved would come talk to us. but everywhe

. >> host: which other books of yours are translated in english and? >> guest: all of them written in this period thinks to the military dictatorship's gave me time to write, it was a very difficult experience. all american history, all american history volumes thru short stories telling it as something that you could touch, not ideas but the human touching of history when it is really alive. >> host: in "mirrors" you create a tapestry of stories. there is a flow was from one epic sometimes to cover a thousand years and at page. other times you go back and forth a little bit. >> guest: we were running not below the line. how is it called in english. >> host: an underground river. >> guest: underground river, like an underground river. music uniting all these different pieces that may turn into a mass, absolutely crazy but it's not. i hope it's not. >> host: one almost inevitably leads to another. i found reading "mirrors" sometimes i would start in the middle, just pick it up and start reading and then be carried forward then because i had to prepare f

interestingly enough, exactly what the germans did to the english when they bombed england, they stood in the english resolve where production proved, the regime, much strengthened in their attempts to pursue the war. , but you will see that over and over again in the history of strategic bombing. in korea, right after world war ii, the bomber general really took over the air force, cut the fighters to almost nothing, force the most brilliant combat leader we had out of the air force because he was the bobber guy, still advocating fighters and tactical support. and we inherited a whirlwind when korea broke out, we had a small army taskforce totally overwhelmed by the north koreans, being pushed down the peninsula. what did the air force do? they saw -- they sent 90 b 29s with the proposition that if they firebombed a bunch of cities, the same stupidity, and what happens was the commanders diverted the be 29s, close support. 12,000 casualties in the first few months. by the way, just to contrast, at that time, the marine corps and the navy, they were very suited for close support, they

guest: first of all, i would like to say something in defense of the solid english word "no." it appears in the constitution, and the five most beautiful words in english language, congress shall make no law. the bill of rights is a series of nos, it's something that the government cannot do, and unreasonable searches and seizures. and no has a role of context where most new ideas are bad or false. the truth is less plural than all the errors in the world. so to say no is a respectable thing to do. but beyond that, i would like to think i have solutions to a lot of america's problems. not all of them, but i have ideas. they don't involve expanding the government. now some people say if you are against expanding the government, you are generally negative. that's not true. i am for the market and initiative and for entrepreneurship and for light taxes and regulation. in health care, insuring the un insured. the simplest thing, give them money. vouchers or a debit card loaded with a value. that's simple. that empowers individuals and not make them dependent on the government. hos

just english. nothing to brag about. i'm a generalist. every time i try to learn a few words and then i go to portugal and latvia and i can't even remember my own area code. i make kind of a big deal about the fact that i'm a monoglot that substantiates my teaching. it's try to encourage americans travel boldly even if you don't speak the language and i'm able to go to europe and have tv shows speaking the world's linguistic. if a greek meets a norwegian hiking in the alps how do they speak? english. my son speaks fluent italian right now. i'm envy yes, sir. he has a better connection than i do. i wish i spoke the languages if you want to go to portugal, don't worry about it. have a good time. >> you travel with an open mind and an open heart. and that's perhaps more important than speaking the language. >> much more important. if you're going there to learn instead of judge. >> okay. how do you balance your relatively positive impressions of iran for them to develop nuclear weapons by seeming volatile leaders. >> i would try to arrange i

i am curious about something icy, the messages -- i see -- the messages in english, yet reporters are banned from covering a. we see all this demonstration in this faraway country. we have so many internal problems here that need to be fixed. most people here i am assuming are not really caring or interested in the iran and its problems, elections, or anything else. we are concerned about what goes on right here in the united states, yet we see this messaging and english. it is printed very clearly. the messages above it are in arabic, or your language. i am curious as to whether there is intervention on the american side and one to messaging to come to the united states as to what is going on there. the messages have had a tweak of americanism in it and it is not our election. the demonstrations are from people in your country. what is the purpose of putting the messaging out in anguish to americans if you are blocking reporters from covering them? guest: you have to differentiate and those are blocking the reporters from those who are putting up the messages. those who block the rep

we are going to continue to take calls in english. caller: i enlisted in the navy because i didn't want to go to the army because i didn't want to go to europe because i had relatives over in germany. i know i didn't have no relatives in japan but i would have went wherever they sent me but they sent me to the pacific and i put three years in there. it's a very emotional day for me. host: joseph, thank you very much for your call. we are going to dip into the speech now by canadian prime minister harper. >> that even if the engines had stopped or broken down, sheer will power would have driven the craft to shore. [speaking french] the iron will of those troops, the careful planning of their commarneds, and the unwaivering support of their fellow citizens back home resulted in victory that day and in the eventual triumph of good over evil in the months that followed. this was the most spectacular achievement of what has famously and rightly been described as the greatest generation. the fathers and mothers of today's leaders, the fathe

how is it called an english? and subway is. >> host: and underground river. >> guest: underground river, like an underground river there is some music uniting all of these different pieces that may turn into a mass of something, something crazy. but it is not. i hope it is not here and they are articulated because we have this river. >> host: and one almost inevitably leads to another. i have found that rating "mirrors" sometimes i would start in the middle just pick it up and sometimes reading and be carried foreign. then because i had to prepare for this i read all the way through, but there is always, it is almost like a push rather than a pull. i can't stop. i have to -- the thing i am reading now makes me read the next little story. how you create your stories? but i think what we should take a

they usually take us to some english country house. we usually take them to the motel 6 in maryland. [laughter] we were trying to spice it up. we took them to gettysburg. we went to the army war college. besides the business meetings, there are cultural events as well. the cultural event was to walk the battlefield. we want someone from the college that actually knew the battle. we walked through it each of the three days. we got today 3, the day of picket's charge. we were there along the ridge looking at the trees. we were standing where the army of northern virginia was. we could see were the army of the potomac was stationed. they were giving us the description of the generals objecting to each other. longstreet does not for pickett to begin the charge that he knew was doomed. we began to go up the ridge. my counterpart was named sir francis. i turned to him and told thhim that more people would die in that battle than died on the beaches at normandy. he was stunned at that realization. americans are sometimes characterized as bein

her parents were english teachers so it is a very literary the lens through which she refracts of her work a very literary less. hand as she comes out as the adolescent she learns of her father is a repressed homosexual and as she makes that discovery he kills himself. it is a powerful, a poignant, funny an incredibly moving book. alice sen is one of my favorite current writers, authors, artists and another book is a graphic memoir of the iranian revolution. the author is an iranian french woman and it is an extraordinary book with a very different style and coming of age at a time of repression and autocracy and a theological or theocratic nightmare in her country and to flee to france and as all of the adolescents tropes of falling in love, discovering your body and the rest of it but told against the backdrop of this gigantic historic moment. a very moving book and shows you both books together show you the great flexibility of this medium and the great things you can do with comex which i don't pretend to be an expert. taught comex for a long time i have written a comic. it is a t

isabella, born a slave in 1797 in the hudson valley of new york where she lived in a dutch world, no english was spoken. african religious slavery and the dutch milieu shaped her years. as a result of that background and into an industrious outspoken and mystical person. enslavement, i maintain was the determining factor in her pursuit of a progressive agenda. and spirituality was the guiding engine. her verbal and oratory skills were the fuel. she first embraced methodism but found institutional religion too confining, too conservative and unreceptive to women. nonetheless, methodisms egalitarian spirituality, its teachings of biblical discipleship and its ability to convince her that doing good was the best way to pursue change bound her to the teachings and the doctrines of methodism even though she rejected the institutional church. the philosophy of methodism and her 1843 epiphany as sojourner truth converged into a divine dispensation that had her speak against the evils of society. she was summoned by the spirit that speaks to me. she was confident, bold, and unafraid to as she said g

-- not english artist, marie karzai, and also he encountered a with a john trumbull recommended seeing the famous dome, the hotel the solid -- excuse my french but i am from the midwest. so anyway, he stated that dome and stared at the dome and ultimately his love for emery fell by the wayside over time. but his love for the dome ultimately became the first residential home in the united states when he built that at monticello. and curiously it had 13 skylights. it reminded me that freemasons from jefferson to franklin, they all loved all things 13a. i even noticed the national press club is on the 13th floor. and if you look at, this is a visual aid now, the dollar bill, i know it is much smaller from back there and perhaps it is deflationary or inflation, we are not sure. [laughter] but it does look smaller from afar but virtually everything in this dollar bill if you look at it, the pyramid on its -- you can do this at home -- and there is an all seeing eye on the top of it, 12 players that lead up to that high, there are 30 narrows, there are 13 in all of leaves symbolizing the pea

english?>> we've had many complaints about the fact that it's difficult for electric cooperateives to participate in this process, both because of the size and complexity and type of expertise that's required to participate independently. but also i think a lot of it does come down the situation that big entities in the region, quite frankly, are the ones that seem to have the control and the influence or at least feel they should. and many of those, so that basically 0 doesn't have an all inclusive broad participation locally in designing many of the systems that come forward. so i think there's much more that needs to be done and the improvements in that and hopefully we'll see that in the future. we need at that broad based planning system in place. >> mr. nipper? >> yes, ma'am. we would agree with the comments that have been made that it requires participation by everybody involved. the stake holders. in our member's views that's among regions some a bit better than others but really is ne

, american english we have the largest vocabulary on the planet earth. the largest vocabulary 400,000 words. i do not know how they count los. i do not know if for a sample use a run is another running is that the same word, runner, ran, you get the idea. i read this several times more than 400,000 words, shakespeare used about 30,000 and i do not know how you count those. i counted my own, my computer did and i know my account and i will not tell you because i am embarrassed even with all the words might count was so far shied of shakespeare one i feel inferior, well i am but i do not need to feel that way all the time. [laughter] if we have the richest vocabulary on earth why would we use it? who would say the five will live on bread and water even though next-door there is the almost endless buffet of anything i can imagine further yes there are people who live on bread and water and there are people in "roads to quoz" who will do that you will be her i am not saying there's anything wrong with it but it would be wrong for me. i like good bread but if

she announced on the program, on al jazeera english, across the world. then we get an interview tragically, and sadly, on december 27, which was the last interview she ever gave, when she was just planning to return. december 27, i should say, was the day of the assassination. the interview was early in december. but it was one of the last thing she ever did. she was talking in dubai about her family wanting to go back to fight for democracy and freedom in the country. her children were urging her on, wanting her to go on, even though they all knew the risk to is taking. there were times in her life of a controversial -- she was a very brave, idealistic young woman, and she knew the risks she was taking when she went back. unfortunately, that came to pass on december 27, 2007. host: where in england are you from? guest: all over because my father was a methodist minister. he used to get posters outside the church trying to get people into his room on sunday. he put up one sign that said come to church on sunday and avoid the christmas rush. we lived abou

our next witness is glenn english.e is the chief executive officer of the national rural electric cooperative association, but more significantly, he served in the united states congress for ten terms as one of our most distinguished members and it's our honor to have you back before the subcommittee, glen, whr you're ready please begin. >> i appreciate that. i'm not sure my board of directors would agree with the more significantly, but i appreciate that and understand where you're coming from on that. i think the one thing the board and i can share in common is that we'll each reserve to ourselves which of us believes that you had a more important job. both of you are thinking -- the fact that you are both so important for us. >> you are very kind. i appreciate that. electrical operatives are consumer owned and we're in 47 states across the country and we serve, however, 7% of the population through about three-quarters of the land mass of the united states. so when we talk about transmission and when we talk about t

the president's executive order, dated january 22, 2009, the seven pages long, in the english version of it, and that's set on this ply board and then the arabic version is about the same number of pages and there's plexy glass over the top of it so these inmates, these worst of the worst, however many we have left down there, they can interrupt their soccer game or stop or if they're waiting their turn to play or whatever it might be, go over there and read and then reread the executive order which says, it's a promise to the worst of the worst, the gitmo detainees, that they are not going to be down there in gitmo one day past january 22, 2010. that's the pledge to them. when i looked at that i had been involved in a will the low of this discussion that had to do with the gitmo detainees and the utter logic that says keep them there, don't close guantanamo bay, you couldn't have a better -- no nation has treated the people they picked up in warfare as well as we have treated the gitmo detainees. and so these individuals are down there and they live in air conditioning and they say t

this was on al jazeera english, frost over the world and then we did an interview tragically and sadly on december 27, which was the last interview she ever gave when she was just planning to return. december 27 by should say is the day of the assassination, the interview was early december but it was the last interview she ever did and she was talking in dubai where her family were and so on and talking about how her family wanted to go back to fight for democracy and freedom in pakistan. the children were urging her and wanted her to go on even though they knew the risks she was taking so at times it was controversy all allegations and she was a very brave idealistic woman and she knew the risks she was taking when she went back and of course unfortunately that came to pass on december 27, 2007. >> host: where in england are you from? >> guest: all over because my father was a methodist minister. he used posters outside the church to get people into the church on sunday so i remember one september he put up a sign that said come to church next sunday and avoid the christmas rush. we

english? >> i believe the bill in itself, since this will be part of the legislation the bill itself takes part of that so no. >> mr. welch, i know you do support. >> with my company and independent transmission company you make the policy, we are going to support the policy. >> mr. miller. >> i think it is an interesting concept that apply to lines that feed into the grid but unfortunately the authorities being discussed would apply to transmission that is not simply for bringing new generation on to the grid, but for expansion of the grid as a whole. i would have to say no. >> i will let you answer. >> just to touch on these two points we are talking about specially authorized renewable energy transmission lines that would be feeding into the larger grid, not to the larger grid. and with glenn that if this is the attached to h.r. 2454 and inactive, then some of the reason for it goes away but there is always the possibility that this will become disconnected from that bill and freestanding m

and spanish, some english and people laugh at me and she found the person that left the loudest and longest was a woman with chalk and her hands at a chalkboard, her teacher. at 5-years-old maria, like so many in her community realized it is easier to make people laugh with you that you. it's easier to be a class clown and to be a bully. it's easier to be in on the joke and so maria gave up on school and her teacher i ron ackley became her father. her father who came home and bought his daughter this present she will never forget that 5-years-old it will send a barbie doll, it wasn't a bicycle, it wasn't a book by dr. seuss, but he bought this little girl shiny red boxing gloves and told her life is tough and when it locks you down you better get back up swinging so at 5-years-old this little girl learn how to swing first and fast, how to keep a stiff upper lip and never show weakness in public, never cried because if she started she may never stop and never rat or snitch on the homeboy. at the age of five this little girl watched her father get handcuffed by the fbi taken to a maxi

place where you see the obama administration pushing this is in the support for higher standards in english, math, and science, across the board. but the work more so -- i don't mean not to answer this but it's both the states that are also pushing this right now. the council of chief state school officers and the national governors association just came out two weeks ago for the common core, which is joining together for clearer standards. and the question is will they take up science next. >> our guest is with us until 9:00 a and the discussion we are going to have is about math and science education in the united states. tennessee, doug on our independent line. you are up first. caller: good morning. i really -- what bothers me about this whole mads and science thing is i think -- math and science thing is you have to realize that american students don't see a big incentive to get into it because my son wants to get into computer science and he goes over to the college to register and he sees lines of foreign students who see a way to get into the job market here in this country. and the

english. in partnership with the center for american progress and energy foundation, the energy future colish and undertook a series of listening sessions with a diverse group of stockholders including federal agencies, duraid operators, transportation companies, utilities and environmental groups and we found broad support for changes in the federal law to facilitate the transmission needed to bring stranded renewable resources to market. went in the great plains, the desert southwest and yes offshore wind in the east. the vision statement for the national clean energies margaret which is attached to my statement was endorsed by 55 organizations including afl-cio, council on competitiveness and digital energy solutions campaign along with many renewable energy advocates and environmental groups including the sierra club who are not usually prone to supporting new transmission capacities. what brought these environmental groups to the table and ultimately to agreement was the imperative of act

she actually goes to england in the 1920's to learn how the english do their unemployment compensation system. she sees workers climbing on rickety letters and using shoeboxes and she said the-- that is not going to work in america. >> thank you. [applause] >> kirstin downey is the contributor and former staff writer for "the washington post." where she focused on labor and economic issues for 20 years. she was a member of "the washington post" staff who receive the 2008 pulitzer prize for their coverage of the virginia tech shootings. for more information visit the authors web site at kirstin downey.com. >> booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> former house historian, race moc, what are you reading? >> right now i am reading richard bernstein's book on the founding fathers, the founding fathers reconsidered which is a new book that is just out and richard is a wonderful writer who characterizes the founding fathers of this country, looks at them with a fresh eye and it is just a wonderful book. another one that is closely related is by richard beeman, delancy new book out on the

vulnerable populations, the elderly, low-income families, minorities, families whose first language is not english. they're the hardest to reach, and what we've been concentrating our outreach efforts on those groups, and i think with each of those groups we've made substantial progress. >> host: so your call centers would be bilingual? >> guest: yes. we also have the ability to refer calls to a translator service where they can handle 100 languages, so if we get calls in hungarian, we'll be able to handle them. >> host: congressman says half the nation has already gone digital and there haven't been any problems. >> guest: that's a good thing because the tidal wave on june 12th will be smaller, but they tended to be smaller stations and smaller communities. only about 15 percent of the population has been substantially affected by the transition so far. so there's no question that what remains for june 12th will be the bigger wave, and we're trying to prepare so that people who haven't already prepared will know what to do then. >> host: well, we went to one of the stations that hadn't prepared,

so how do you teach the matt strength and bring the english op?>> guest: and that's the beauty of differentiated instruction. differentiated instruction looks at all those things and then helps you teach the child. you're not teaching curriculum, you're teaching children and we need to remember that. >> host: how many children were in the class? >> guest: 28. >> host: does that become difficult with children transient sometimes? you describe children from very different homes. how were you able to give time, the required time to all these kids? >> guest: well, i think good teachers find a way and if that means to stay in at lunch and recess and help the kids that need extra attention or after school i reentering sessions just to make sure they were getting the extra attention they needed and school districts are looking at that. school districts are looking at longer days making sure kids have more instructional time so they are getting the services they need and certainly when we are weak in an area it needs to be addressed. you can just focus on

who never left lower than 15,000 feet who knew next to nothing about the outside world who spoke no english and to give them so stable a new life around the world that even the economist which is not the most dustin of magazines calls it as far and away the most successful refugee community on the planet. and one thing that i found out when i was researching my book was that the very first was the dalai lama said when he completed that flight that i had been listening to as a little bleak and finally set foot in india were to his younger brother and he turned around the minute he left in tibet he said now we are free. quite amazing words. as we see he lost the people that he was going to rule, he lost his destiny, but he but seeing loss as opportunity realizing he could do many things in exile that would have been next to impossible for him to do had he been in lhasa. he could offer new opportunities to women and bring science and to his curriculum. he could rescue tibet from the centuries-old isolation and probably most important, he could bring democracy to his people for the first time a

the elderly, low-income families, minorities, families whose first language is not english they are the hardest to reach and what we have been concentrating on outreach efforts on those groups and i think with each of those groups we've made substantial progress since the during. >> so the call centers would be bilingual? >> yes, we have bilingual agents and are able to refer calls to a translator service where they can handle 100 languages so if we get calls in hungary and we can handle them. >> the congressman said half the nation has gone digital and hasn't been problems. >> we think that is a good thing because the tidal wave on june 12th will be that much smaller but they tend to be small workstations and smaller communities. by our estimate 15% of the population has been substantially affected by the transition so far so there is no question what remains for june 12th will be the bigger waves and we are trying to prepare so people who haven't already prepared will know what to do. >> we went to one of the stations that is a public station here in washington, d.c., weta. >> kevin h