everything about you is expedient... expediency. there's something wrong here and i can't let color... because i have a lot of african americans who are passionately involved with barack obama and see him as deity, see him as the messiah and i say don't be too hasty. >> rose: you have lost none of your souand your fighting spirit. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight part one of a conversation with hair belafonte -- harry belafonte. he has a new memoir called "my song: a memoir." we're glad you have joined us for the first night with harry belafonte coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance

>>james: coming up in my tech report, wide web sites like expedient, orbits and compaq are furious with google. >>catherine: jeff >> of people were out on bicycles. donner pass is usually closed at this time of year but it is open and a clear view of the lake can be seen. this time of year it is unthinkable to go outside without a hat and heavy gloves. man-made snow is everywhere. the slopes were packed with people young and old. the lines were long and filled with anxious people. if you are into winter sports this view is a little more like spring were down in 1926 is. phoenix is the only city that saw housing prices increase from september to october but not much. home prices have now fallen 32 percent nationwide since the housing bubble burst about five years ago. there is some reason for optimism. residential construction was up in 2011 the first time in four years could have been the case. however, apartment building is the residential construction we are talking about. people are renting with some people with good credit to actually purchase homes. we talked with a local housing e

did he makes these shifts out of conviction or expedience?ps, so to speak, aren't left to right, right to left. it's kind of a restless mind trying on new ideas and then discarding them. so a voter might look upon those and say, maybe it's not political expedience, that's more a matter of changing his mind. in the case of romney with abortion, he argued that he changed his mind because of discussions he had looking into stem cell research and that's why he moved to a more pro-life position. there are some republicans that have looked at that and said, you know, that's an acceptable rationale for changing your mind. voters could look at it and say, maybe it's a coincidence he changed his mind just as he's trying think abrunning for the republican nomination. >> which of these two candidates stand to lose the most by being labelled the dreaded flip-floppers? is it gingrich who actually seems to be able to absorb a lot of the criticism in way that is romney can't? >> i think it has to do with the political persona. newt gingrich is known among r

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you cannot yield habitat to expedience. we have to think about what the park is, not just for us, but for the other forms of life that enjoy it. john mclaren and the founders continued -- intended it to be a refuge for all wild life. the fact we have parents and coyotes living in the park is proof that it is commodious for other forms of life. thank you for your time. president olague: thank you. next speaker? >> my name is terrance faulkner. my father worked most of his life with golden gate park and the rec and park department from world war ii straight to 1974. our next door neighbor hood was -- neighbor was the general manager. we wrote -- the road some of the bond issues for rec and park that eventually went on the ballot and got passed. they felt strongly about maintaining their role character of the park. what is being proposed here is something different. many years ago before went to law school i was the recreation director and i saw what they did out there with a klieg lights and astroturf. what is being proposed

everything about you is expedient... expediency. something wrong here and i can't let color... because i have a lot of african americans who are passionately involved with barack obama and see him as deity, see him as the messiah and i say don't be too hasty. >> rose: you have lost none of your souand your fighting spirit. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

>> there is no question, it was political expediency. >> greta: what do they get out of it? >> the democrats got a tremendous out of t. the democrats, for the last two days look like the champions for the working-class people that they are fighting for lower taxes for them, which is a bit absurd because the democrats keep wanting to raise tax. we were pushing for one year. they want two months. politically, you know, i can just say that the last two days have not been good for republicans. but i think at the end, american people are going to look at this and analyze it and realize that we really were trying to do the right thing. hoar -- here's the result, no good deed goes unpunished in washington. we wanted goodless and we got bashed for it. >> greta: all right. are you supportive of the leadership in the house, republican leadership? because you obviously -- you got outmaneuvered by the democrats for your own statements? >> absolutely. let me tell you, speaker boehner has been consistent. he has really tried to change the cult nur washington, do things the right way and d

john mccain is among the critics calling it political expediency.s question what if government forces can't keep the country secure. will cain, elsie grander, l.z contributes to cnn.com and a senior writer at epsn. l.z, off camera we'll talk about kobe. what? no prenup? we'll talk about that. we've got to stick to politics. was it time to bring the troops home, l.z? >> you know what? first of all i'm going to tell you i don't think anyone really knows when is the right time to pull out of a situation like iraq, right? we've been in there eight, nine years. we've seen what the numbers are in terms of people lost on both sides, in terms of money spent. we're still trying to figure out exactly what the mission is i think at this point. >> was it a political decision though as john mccain says? >> you know what? here is the thing with john mccain. here is a guy who was one of the earlier sponsors of the dream act. when he was challenged in 2010 in the primary, he was against it. here is a guy who said that when the general said they come to me on don't

but all too often his switchbacks have been so expedient to make you wonder how stupid or short sighted he thinks the electorate is. and that is the label, right? that he has just -- for massachusetts governor he ran as a moderate, now as president trying to run as a conservative. he's not been able to shake that. >> you know you get the sense with romney, he's a very smart guy and in the old days he used to talk to me he didn't talk to me this year. but he's not talking to anybody. this strategy has been disastrous for him because you know you look at his interview with fox news this week, which was very uncomfortable. if you choose not to ever confront issues like these flip-flops, even fox news is going to ask you about them when they finally get a shot at you. that's what happen this week. that's what's going to happen every single time romney makes himself avail. >> to the media. if he doesn't make himself available to us, he's going to suffer as well, as he has been. >> so they come up with their first tv ad in iowa. the calculation seems to be they need to play there in an aggres

or just for expediency that i would sign? >> so the difference is, passing this resolution or sending a transmittal letter? >> no, no, pass this in any case. >> so you're talking about two documents. >> right. >> and a cover letter of love. >> and one signature versus five, is that just how impressive you are as opposed to how impressive i am. >> precisely. the price of leadership rests in your hands. >> yeah, i would like to sign it. >> you'd like to sign it? >> yeah, i would. >> if you do, i'd like to sign it. >> we'll figure out how to do that without a having a sunshine act problem. >> ok. that sounds right to me. does that get us to a place where a motion is in order? i see mr. pillpull standing there. >> a bit of suggestion. if you take a transmittal letter and to the extent that you're infusing it with all the stuff we want to infuse it with, if you bring back a policy item to the commission next month, in four weeks or six weeks, to codify that as commission policy, that would further strengthen your resolve going for

. >> like the "union leader," your critics charge that you make decisions based on political expediencyou have been on the both sides of some issues. and there's videotape of you going back years, speaking about different issues, climate change, abortion, immigration, gay rights. how can voters trust what they hear from you today is what you will believe if you win the white house? >> well, brett, your list is just not accurate. so, one we're going to have to be better informed about my views on issues. >> do you believe that that was the right thing for massachusetts? do you think a mandate, mandating people to buy insurance, is the right tool? >> brett, i don't know how many hundred times i've said this, too. this is an unusual interview. all right, let's do it again. absolutely. >> mark halperin, he's uncomfortable there. >> my simple view of presidential politics. you win when you're controlling your public image and you lose when your public image is a negative. he had a horrible week, not just that interview. but in general he is being characterized as an unprincipled flip-flopper

i think rather than revisit all the things we have already heard, it may be more expedient to more interesting for everyone to simply entertain your questions. i think he clearly articulated what we're doing together collectively. as the dialogue continues, i think we will get a better understanding of the housing authority's operations and what is that we're able to do and are consistent movement in housing homeless families. i would say, however, before we get to that discussion, that homeless families are our number one preference in our housing processes on both sides of the aisle, of public housing and in our section eight product. their number one. as a result, we typically house a number of homeless families. what we're doing specifically different in this particular case is we are matching the intersection family-for-family between the shelter process that the city is operating in the waiting list that the housing authority operates. what we're discovering is that many of those families, there is an intersection. they're not always number one. they could be 200, 300. our goal is to try

i think rather than revisit all the things we have already heard, it may be more expedient to more interesting for everyone to simply entertain your questions. i think he clearly articulated what we're doing together collectively. as the dialogue continues, i think we will get a better understanding of the housing authority's operations and what is that we're able to do and are consistent movement in housing homeless families. i would say, however, before we get to that discussion, that homeless families are

political expediency triumphing over military necessity. both in baghdad and washington. >> the last american troops stationed in iraq will return home by the end of the year. there are still about 5500 troops in iraq. 4487 americans have been killed. one million troops have served in iraq and the u.s. spent $712 billion fighting there. >> and it's a bright spot in the bay area real estate numbers that came out today. the data quick service reports that all though sales were sluggish last month, down 2% they're up from last year. and the median price for november is $363,000, up 3.9% from the month before. a grand jury has apparently been looking into the solyndra bankruptcy, the manufacturer closed door was out repaying a $535 million loan and this plant was raided for the fbi. the failure has been the subject of several inquiries into whether there was political influence. both president obama and energy secretary steven hsu says the loan was granted on mer yates yits. >> wall street sink frz a third day z fears that the european debt cri

is that somebody who says things for political expedience, does he have the core convictions and willhe be the same guy in the white house? how did he answer for the fact he had different views back then than he has now? he wasn't able to answer it. that i think has to trouble him. they know the question is coming. it hasn't come for the reason charles suggested. but it's now going to come again and again and again. as they continue to do more interviews and as the race intensifies. >> bret: kirsten thoughts in the online show. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a presidential trip to the bookstore. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion.