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and fense secretary robt gates sa iraqi security has improved amingly. >> back in the 1960's, the boomingmican car industry was one of the factors drawg african-americs away from their home and tothe north. it was the birthf an african-american mdle-class. 40 years o prospects are rath different for the car kers. we report from detroit on wt that means f the livelihos which depend on them. >> ok, ware going to bow our heads and bless the food. lord we cometo you today thanking you for ts thering. >> they might also give thanks for th ford mot coany. king cars has made the granger family a comfortable livi. roy is retired afte36 years onhe payroll. his wife, jane is still there, 31 years and counting, as all fo of their sons. >> when i first starte i was mang about two dollars and something an hour bk in 1966. i think wednesday up to about92 $29 an hou-- went up to about 29 an hourhen i rered. for an uneduted guy, it provided a goolife for me. >> and it was a similar story for tens of thousan of afcan-americans over the pa few years. drawn to the car plants. ford l the way are the first of

. >>> fense secretary robert gates was in iraq today getng firsthand look at future military missi in country. gates arrived at acommand post in e southern iraq area, where u.s. troops are servi mainly as advisers toiraqi rces. the unit a prototype for americans ashey move from front-line combat to suort roles. fr there, gates went onto baghdad where he metwith prime minister nuri al maliki who suggested last week whoight ask for an tension. yond the year ater next if iraq needs re help with its security. >>> in the caribbean today t u.s. cot guard continued its search for dozens of haitns still missing ater an overloaded wood sailboa capsized. it happens off of the turks in caicos islas. more an 100 we rescued whe at least 11 bodi were found. >>> fm cuba tonigh word that the united statesas turned off an eltronic sign. and its diplomaticission that ad outraged the cuban government since it was put up three years ago. theign flhed "prodemocracy messages from th u.s. intert seion. the cuban governme took steps o try to obscure it by view by placing huge bck flags in front of the bildin

meanwhile, for two players on fense.re is no time to waste when it comes to making up for lost opportunities last season. we have been out here for one day. one of the best battles, shaping up. number two wide receiver spot. coaches have gone on record and said, they would love formal comb kelly or devin thomas to step up. grab the starting role by the neck. something they both covet. especially after their disappointing rookie seasons. people expect a lot out of you. >> i take it for what it was. that's what people expect. i know what i expect. keep working hard. earn my keep. if i deserve to be a starter i will earn it. >> how important to be a starter and contributor. >> it's important. you don't want to play to sit behind anybody. when they feel like, you know between me and them. who ever wants to got out there. who ever wants it. that's who will get it. got to go to bed every night. come to practice every day like it is your job to lose. that's how you got to approach it. >> today was the day that malcolm and devin

. >> what about the misle fense shield system, which the united states has been bking in is that still a problem hanging out here? >> it is problem hanging out, and that's why as you know, russians were waiting until the last minute today announce that some wding was worked out about the nucle missile agreement. certnly, it is a problem. bu they very much apreciate the fact that barack ama is not chargingon forward with this -- wh this desion and very cautious abt the fact that it will work only if -- if it tests -- it tes well and woulprove signicance and that russians doisten to this nd of diplomatic language and willing toecognize and make concessions. >>ere's a question for you. it's been 20 yrs since the end of the cold war. how would u assifyussia toy? >> russia is a -- is an autritarian systm. with a varis koi possibilies and opportuties. but asit was in the soviet pes, the power's still structured from th kremn down with now, with no two people in power. and although i think that -- does tkerecedence over medvedev. and it has moved on, hough. i mean i's -- it' not entirely plan

and that may explain why he took a break in italy to record his weekend address and focus it on a fense of his $787 billion stimulus pack a lester? >> chuck todd, and and nbc's mara sciavocampo takes us inside. >> reporter: we're headed to cape coast to visit a former slave castle. >> we're here. >> yes. >> reporter: europeans built dozens of force up and down the coast for trading and commodity, things like gold and tragically people. millions of enslaved africans passed through for theifications like this, they were kept mere for months wait fog board ships bound for the americas. es. el blankson guide the obamas here today. >> the level of inhumanity attached to this soil, this soil the slaves lived on, it was krugtded around 1792. it was designed for 1,000 people. >> can we turn that off and just see how dark it really is. >> so that was the only light. >> this was the condition in the dungeon, the hole that provided them with light and ventilation. they lived there for three months. the average age was 13 and 30. >> 13? >> so children as young as 10. were all taken. >> reporter: be

mimiilile fense was certainly the issue betweeee t the countries at the b benning ofof this day andttt wasmmrtant for the u.u.s.s that missile defenseseot be a part of the s sta t taty, the e netrtrea they're trying to reknew. they d didt t nt to set up a siation where russia sayay we're not doing to t trey y less you mamaken n agement about missssil defense. russia didn't get the anansw they were lolookg g fo the unitededtatatedidn't either. relylyave tabled this issue.e. but the u.s. is realal t truing some progrgres we don't have e a w w stt treaty totoy,y, b we have a framewowork where both countries cldld reredu their sosols b up to a third. ththother big ise they'y' lklkg a lot about is atat russia will nonow allow t the u. militaryry t use ai space a an la t tertory to m move susulies, arms, weapons, ttt k kindd of thing, into afghanistan. the adminintrtratn's really poraying that as significant.t. >> i'm going t taa w witjack jacobs a abo t tt coming up. i knowhahat's been realalopop sa kl forhe milititar thank k yoveveryuch. >>> a crush mournenexxcted michael jjacon's memoria

so she really doesn't have out of pocket legal fenses. i meegal expenses. >> tnk you for the compliment diggi this out, but it did ta six days which tells us something else. another story. ba to this, though. this attempt tspin the fact now that this lie has be uncovered. we're now supposed to believe that the other pubservants of ask the prison league, road crews, public safety officers and teachers anpeople who do research with the fish we somehow diverted to help in the palin investigation. i mean, i ked thfirst lie better tn this one. >> wel in the days since that statement, she's been trng -- with help. you can tell there'sn some profeson help applied. to find something that actually works, andhe's backing -- she'filling in, and on this one going forward, i tnk sarah palin is now goi n to answer any questions. she's going to say, i've answered your questions, and sterday, the day before yesterday, in thanea mitchell interview, when she accused anea of not listening to her answers wheshe wasn't gingn answer. sarah palin is very od as

they organized meetings fohim with american fense coractors, with the chairman of the joi chiefs of staff, th theecretary of defense, and most notably sin indonesia is a major oil producing cpany with american oil executives who descbed their meetings in memos of congress as great moments of sritual honesty between themlv and the dictator. >> jf, briefly, we're just about out of time t religion is obviously a prite matr in this country. doou think the members of congress who belong to this religious group shld feel compelled to tell the untry more about the group do you fl that would be appropriate? >> i think when you have members of cgress who are looking to a sense of authority thais for a explitly antidemocratic, explitly fetishizing strength and dictatorial power, if they want to do that it's their choice but i thi they owe it to their constituents to say here is why i have chosen leave the mainstreams of american relion and affiliate self with this sect th is so unorthodox and so rely brutal in its tology. >> jeff sharlet contriting editor at arpers" magazine and auor of the book "t

ththinthere's all sorts of fenses of empathy and partrt o the problem is empathyhytstselis such a squishy, , nsnstitional word that itit lveves self open to allll ststs oattack. t i thought that was s st t of nice way of mamaki t t point ththatmpmpat doesn't make you crazy. itoesn't mean that every single time you sesee whwhitguy you fly into a rage. empathy means yoyou mpmp derstand both sides of thehe disputute. and i just want todd thhat totomar in her veryry,ery brff openingstatement, it w was seveve mites, reallyly totook j the facts asas stripippedd dn a they couould be, b oneoioint she made was juststhat shee h fidelity of the law,utut she also had a n ni ltlerrif a abt how when s shwrwrit an opinion she writes ohehe law,w,hen she writes outhehe otherr side of te story and then gugus out in heopinion whether they'r'r right or wrong. i think it was a a w o of telegraphingngi i he both sides. >> dollyly liwiwi, thanks very mumuchor coming on the show.w. i'i'm ryry eited for the rest of the hearings. t tnk you. >>> coming u uonon "untdown" keitith s s re on attorney general eric holde

russian linkage of rticular steps that the uned states must take from their point of view o missile fense fore, in fact, they ca agr to a general reduction of nuclear weapons anduclear delivery vehicles, as ie said and nproliferation, bviously, is ver importt, because it lates directly to iran and north korea. there, there have been some general statemts made we await to see interms of the follow-on which ll have to come, as to how much the two can cooperate to dl with these very difficult and iractable problems >> thomas pickering, who's been there, knows it, and can give us the best guidance on what to expect out of moscow toda thank you mh, mr. ambassador, od to see you again. >> thanks, andrea. nice to be with you. >>> when we comeba wasilla, alaska, and the attorney for sarah palin, exclusively on msnbc, when we ce back. freere! tell your friends, tell your dad, tell your mom never mind, they've been singing g ousosong sincwe first showed up witith our pirate hats on! if you'r're noinin fake sword figh popointylippers and grgrn n wo tights takeke aipip fm a knight who knonows free cr

theyl l lk about a missile fense system in easternn europepe. all of these t tngngs have russ upupse they'll bee on the fro rner during this susuitit. the prpresidtt is gooinggto mak one of hisis speeches dictly t thruruian people on the model ofhat he did inprague, ofof what he did in iro, about h visionon forow u.s.-russia relations shohoul proceed in the future, alex. >> me,e, mny thanksks for aat. >>> > lelet go nowoo aska's soon-to-be ex-governor saarah palinnd what she says she willll do next. she'ssing febook to d w his about her next move. e e ites my family and i determined after ayerful nsnsidation that sacrificing my title h hel asaskaost and am now lookokin aheadndnd how e can advdvan this cououryry togegetherititour vues of less government intervention, greater energy independence, strgeger nanatial security and m mu needed fiscal straint. earlrlier dadai a ask nbc n nss chief f feign afafair corresesndnden andrea mitchell what the future holdld f for pa. >> i it c cerin that she's going to be very accti on the speaeakingiririt and

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cheney forced to py fense now with the weeke's revelation that it was he who ordered the cia not comply with the laws requiring full intebriefings for congressional leads, followed quickly by today's "wall seet journal" story tt what mr. cheney concealed from congress were the failed attempts to me up with cia plans for tting al eda, a story that raises a ho of questions. concerng the congressional leaders had alrey en briefed abt the president's 2001 rective ordering the capture and killing of al qaeda members. on june 23rd of this yeacia officials concerned about sleading congress still told the new director leopanetta about the qaeda effort, what deilabout it no one has yet sa. panetta then told congress, essentiallconfirming to the dismay of the righwing speaker pesi'svious claim the cia had not told her in 20 about e waterboarding it was conducting at that time. let me turn fit to the author the dark side, the inside story of how the war oterror turned into a war on american ideals" and of crse staff writer at "t new yorker" magane. thanksor being with us. >> great to be with you.

created that rule princie four of the nurmberg law specifically says fllowin superior ords is not a fense the obama administration are rewriting nurmberg with allf these preconditionsnd they're rewriting it in very ig noble and in my view immoral image >> s is the obama administtion shifting? is this an answer tohose who say, no, you have to do more because as youoint out the law would seem toimpell it? or is there some dication, perhaps, that mr. holder is stking out on his on and that there might in this be the ge of a hopeful signha this cod be broaden as time goes by rather thanarrowed or being nothin at ll? >> like a lot of civil rtarians i must admit i've grown re cical with time, th this administration. theyave tried so mitily to avoidny prosecuon or even investigation of war crimes that there is a lot of cynicism out there. i'm just not convinced. i think that attorney genel holder is finding it very har he's becoming almost a tragic, cocal figu like sergeant schultz saying, i see nothing, i see nothing, when every wk brin out compelling evidence of a war me. on topof thatwe had s

whetr you're talking about the naacp or the puerto rican lgal fense fund, as mayor bloombe said, it's only in washington th you can volunteer for a great nonprofit group sving a group, trying tod itsay into the mastream of america and be critized for it. >> so you don't believe jst to finish the point, you don't ink the national alth ram we're going to get i october in tis year, manyf us hope we're going to get, should include federal funding for abortion you think shoulnot. >> it definily should have a nscience clause involved in it so those who cnot in gd conscience provide abortion services willi not be compelled to. i think that's been our settled situatn in america. >> suld any public program if there is a pc health ce program as part of this plan, should any public proam pay for abortns? >> whait boils down to is whether ill allowealth insurance policies to cover it. think as long as the conscience clause is involved in it, th can i can stand by it and say tt's accepta >> thank you vy much, dick durbin,anking -- actually majority whip of the uted states senate. let's go to senat

>> cheney figures ththe stst fense is a good offense soso he'll try to tururn isis othe decrcrat but lookok at's happened here is s eierer this was nototn n imrtant prprram in which case we f faid at something t tt t yoand i and evereryby y el assumed we were doing. wh a allhis bad stuff was happening to the constititutn,n, dodon'knknowbout you but i assumed atat lstste're killing the bad guys in n thdadarkf night. the dark side was gogoodoror something, o oining qaeda. so eitithethth didn't do that, which case we all shohod d be more scared nonow ououterrorism, orf f itas a big, important prprogm and they didn't infofo congress aboututt,t, ty broke the lalaw. see,e,vever nce the 1970s, the a has been required toto rorort at least what t th c cl the gang of eight. members of the l learsrshiand the chchrmrmannd ranking members ofofhe intelligence commititte in each chambebe they must t rertrtn their operations. ththatveveight was implemented after the last cia abuseses t t 7070s ich are quite similar to what we're t tkikingbout, the so-called phoenix progograinin vietnam tatargeded vt

in the american-russian relaonship it's the general idea of the ssile fense shield.ty would neutralize their ability to deteus whereas we would have the abilit to deter them. >> but i heard at the time that the reement was made bween the united stes and poland that it causedreat resentment from the russians t you're saying that's not a deal breaker, a ctral issue in these lks and a half no, i didn't say tha what i said was the sort of elements that were compensatory with the pol for going along wit don't rely bother the russians that much. what bothers the russians is the key ise of the deal, mainly the id this miil defense arrangementill be based in polandlose to them. that's what they are objecting to. they are arguing this somehow or the oer is directed agait them. it probablis notdirected against them. infact, i think we know it isn't. there issome legitimac to the argue that it does enhance our overl capability ventually, maybe, to have a really viable ti-missile defense shield. >> let's bring in carloswatson. carlos. >> dr. brzezinski, i was inrested to ar iden

as said, it't' not th the obama administrationon i so prp mimisse e fense that they caan' come in h heenonndnd appear weak. they just t wa to parate these isissu a ando they'll wanto gi s se kind of assurancetoto russssiaaying, lookok we can dl with that. we can talkk aut that butut lets not let be an obsbstaee for whwhate want to do. >>ll right. great reportrtin b by nbc's savannah guthrie livee ososco i'm jujust hoping th y youave ough time to maybe pi mommy up someusussi vodkdka. i hohopeouou c keke tt happen. >> get itn the cornrn d dow hehe, mika. >> reporter: is ththathahat at was? i thought it was water,r, mika. clclr.r. it looked like wwat.. >> you're ririgh wellllbrbrinsome home. llllalk to you later. vannah, thanks very mumu.. up next, the palinin qststn. why is she stepping g do an acacally chris says wre getting undated a abo e e-mlsls something i jusustt set. i got an ananyy e-mamailrom the national director ofof the tional urban leleag policy institute, so mamayb i i'll tryd clear up what i said,, althoughi stand by .. >> s sta b by it. >> i stand b by what i meant, atat's