this idle no more movement and activists and first nation's leader is all working in tandem. if canada does not come to the tables and, you are going to see a coordinated, national effort in very short order because of three suspense's weakening condition that will make them reconsider just how important we are in this country and how many canadians will stand beside us. this impact canadians and americans. >> is a hunger strike the way to achieve those goals? >> she is also doing a sacred fast. this part of our culture and tradition. it is one of the ways to highlight the issue. keep in mind what hunger strike is -- every day she does not eat, she is slowly dying. that represents what's happening to first nations in this country every day. we have up to 20 years left of a life span because of a purposeful, chronic underfunding and the theft of our lands and resources. what she is doing symbolizes what is happening to first nations. if there is one way to speak to canadians, maybe it is that way. >> is this a relationship that can be turned around and repaired? by all appearan

too often overlooked the state of first nations communities or native american indigenous groups in canada a movement advocating first nations communities of rights called idle no more has been gained quite a bit of steam manifesto is centered around the rights of aboriginal and native americans and states the following the taking of resources have left many lands and waters poisoned the animals and plants are dying in many areas in canada we cannot live without the land and water we have laws older than this colonial government about how to live with the land. well put and now although it's been years since protests of those kind of taken place in canada or the us tens of thousands of people are supporting the movement and holding demonstrations and solidarity across both countries so i hope you learn more about idle no more and why it transcends us and canadians policy canada's policies sorry i'm joined by racial justice a native rights blogger at the nation or a god oh thank you so much for coming on or i abbi thanks for having me so i wanted to first ask about this piece of legislation

way that land is leased out there's a misconception that currently land can't be leased up by first nations in fact it can there's a process through which that happens this huge on the bus bill just takes that away the navigable waters act puts nearly all of the rivers and lakes in canada basically up for grabs despite the environmental degradation that might come along with it and it really paves the way for pipelines to come through and the environmental assessment act basically lowers the standards through which corporations would have to meet certain environmental criteria in order to begin new projects or it seems like there's been advances against indigenous communities across these lands for decades centuries and of course why this bill specifically i mean it was just kind of the tipping point to garner this movement and sparked this outrage whether just wait too much did it go farther than any other bill had gone. you know that's a good question and this really is a centuries old problem this really started with colonization post fourteen ninety two and i think that the reason that

supporters prime minister harper of course and the losers are not just first nations people in canada the losers are people even outside of canada period going back to the indian act in and of itself this is going to make changes to this agreement that first nations people and canada's government made quite a long time ago and canada's government made quite a long time ago responsibilities that the canadian government holds to first nations people and by making these sweeping changes in these in this bill it. really negates the responsibility of the federal government to negotiate with first nations people you talk a lot of a little bit about are corporations sort of benefiting from that of what's happening in canada right now that this is so timely in terms of what the future of the country might look like. i mean at the xcel pipeline definitely comes to mind i'm definitely more for me. we are with what's going on in the united states in terms of native rights but in canada there definitely are a lot of corporations that would benefit not only from the navigable waters act that's par

of this is going to make changes first nation. this is so timely in terms of what the future of the country might look like. i mean at the xcel pipeline definitely comes to mind i'm definitely more familiar with what's going on in the united states in terms of native rights but in canada there definitely are a lot of corporations that would benefit not only from the navigable waters act that's part of this on the bus bill but also the environmental assessment act as it stands right now if somebody has effects the corporation has a large project that could possibly have environmental. environmentally devastating consequences there is a route through which that needs to be assessed and approved this omnibus bill essentially takes that away or you wrote about this for the nation and you wrote about someone at the center of this movement chief theresa spence of the ottawa hiscock cream band plan saying that right chief spence began a hundred hunger strike about thirty days ago what's her role in this has so you know during these nine

they do not have former first reform of first nation indigenous that as yet. -- they do not have formal first nation indigenous status yet. >> it is not for them to say this community is right, this community is wrong. >> nuclear power now only meets 6% of south africa's needs. by 2030 the government wants it to contribute 22%. by building the nuclear power station 2,200 meters back from the coastline, it will avoid damaging any archaeological importance sites. but that has done nothing to placate the tribe. >> we talked to all the stakeholders, but they do not want to listen to us. >> putting a nuclear reactor on land sacred to her tribe will only alienate them further. tonya page, al jazeera, south africa. >> almost 6 million people in spain are out of work as the honorable mayor rate hit 26.2% at the end of last year. -- as the unemployment rate hit 26.2% at the end of last year. in may 20 -- in may 2007, unemployment was low at 7.9%. since the global recession can -- began gaining most mentum, -- began gaining momentum, it is rising. 18 months level -- 18 months later, it reached 20

or native american and indigenous groups in canada a movement advocating first nations communities of rights called idle no more has been gained quite a bit of steam manifesto is centered around the rights of aboriginal and native americans and states the following the taking of resources have left many lands and waters.

he's the first national manager to win two just like that since the mid-70's. ladies and gentlemen, the manager of the world champion giants, bruce bochy. [cheers and applause] >> that's right. bruce! okay. now let's meet the players themselves. [cheers and applause] we need to give this guy a big round of applause. unfortunately he couldn't be here because of a family emergency but he had the winning run in game four. give it up for ryan theriot. he saved a perfect game with the greatest catch of the season and he kept doing it all through the post season, left fielder number seven. gregor blank koa. >> he did it with his bat and with his words. the guy sort of got the giants going before game through with cincinnati, hunter pens. [cheers and applause] >> in game four in detroit he knocked in the first run with a triple off the right field wall, first base man number nine. brandon belt. >> a norn california native. he joined the giants later in the year and part of the home stretch. xavier nadel. >> this guy played andlet better he got. he could play almost an

thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass movement 01/04/13 01/04/13 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the honorable john boehner from the state of ohio, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly collected speaker of the house of representatives. >> a new congress is sworn in, the most diverse in the nation's history, but not the most aggressive. who is in and who is out, with john nichols. then a debate on fracking. >> energy self-sufficient and can ensure -- >> coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear governor cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. >> as new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. all that and more coming up. welcome to

and rookie matt irwin, first game, first national hockey league goal. back at it tomorrow night at the tank against vancouver. >>> tennis' first major of the year winding down, the women's at the all january open, the champ, azarenka, facing na. na won the first set but victoria roars back in the second. takes the set. after a ten-minute fire of fireworks delay in the third set for australia day, na, who was leading, falls and hits her head right here on the court. she was checked out by the medical team after getting cleared. she was never the same. azarenka pounces. championship point. azarenka wins back-to-back opens with the victory. >> college men's hoops, santa clara are and san diego. this game was all broncos. santa clara now 4-3 with a 64-55 final. saint mary's hosting pepperdine. the crowd was pumped. so does beck. he had 19. fred waldo added 13 points, saint mary shoots % from the field. gaels are now 6-1 in their conference with the win. >> the third round of the farmers insurance open. lucas with the two-ball trick shot, and jerry kell where

a ceremony held in hanoi on friday was the first nationally sponsored event to observe the 1973 deal. it is likely a move by the communist party to gain wider support by emphasizing the historic achievement. the cold war split the country into northern and southern regimes which fought fiercely. the united states which supported south vietnam signed the peace agreement in paris on january 27th, 1973. the anti-war movement gained momentum and two years later, the u.s. withdrew from the former south vietnamese capital of saigon. the president emphasized the legitimacy of one-party rule by the communist party. >> translator: the paris peace accord was our largest diplomatic victory in the war with the united states. there's an outstanding historical event. >> sung added that his country must learn from history in order to protect its independence, sovereignty and territory. a ceremony has been held in april every year to observe the fall of saigon which marked the end of the south vietnam regime but friday's event was the first to celebrate the paris peace accords. observers say that the

these are people that the first primary in the nation, they're very involved, candidates go to the people's houses if we can get people more engaged in the political system. get moms and women to run it would be a -- >> don't forget pay your governors and state legislators lower salaries. all goes to the fact that women are about getting things done. making a difference in their community, making a difference in the world. the more that we can really support those efforts by donating to women candidates by supporting them, by encouraging all those bright spots that we see in our communities throw their names in the hat. run for the next office. more we can replicate this idea. >> thank you. let's point out. if we talk about washington, the gridlock we're all struggling with. research shows women reach across the aisle and engage in politics in nonpartisan ways that men don't do. >> that's it to are this edition "to the contrary." please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe and at "to the contrary" and check our website, pbs.org/ttc where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think,

in canada, the first nations chief theresa spence has ended her six-week long fasts following a pledge by key political figures to sign on to her demands. she has gone without food since december 11 in protest of a budget bill weakening in fermenta protections and indigenous rights. fraction helped draw global attention to the idle no more movement, which has seen indigenous-lit protest actions across canada for several months. she spent -- she decided to end her fast after leaders of the assembly of first nations and two canadian opposition parties agreed to a series of principles safeguarding indigenous rights. she has been hospitalized to help her recover. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting live from park city tv in utah, home of the sundance film festival. egyptian youth activists have called for large rallies today to mark the second anniversary of the start of the revolution that ended hosni mubarak's three-decade reign. inspired by the uprising in tunisia, tens of thousands o

a ceremony held in hanoi on friday was the first nationally sponsored event to observe the 1973 deal. it is likely a move by the communist party to gain wider support by emphasizing the historic achievement. the cold war split the country into northern and southern regimes which fought fiercely. the united states which supported south vietnam signed the peace agreement in paris on january 27th, 1973. the anti-war movement gained momentum and two years later, the u.s. withdrew from the former south vietnamese capital of saigon. the president emphasized the legitimacy of one-party rule by the communist party. >> translator: the paris peace accord was our largest diplomatic victory in the war with the united states. there's an outstanding historical event. >> sung added that his country must learn from history in order to protect its independence, sovereignty and territory. a ceremony has been held in april every year to observe the fall of saigon which marked the end of the south vietnam regime but friday's event was the first to celebrate the paris peace accords. observers say that the

when first horizon national, about 200 branches reported mixed results, stock got hit, fell 30 cents or 2.92%, one of the worst performers today. the problem, first horizon's net interest margin, on the difference between what they pay you for your deposits and what they make from the loans disappointed the street. the company also had lower fee income, something i thought would have been higher. maybe even much higher in this quarter. i'm wondering how much this should bother us, though. i've been telling you net interest margins stink for all the banks, but other things are getting better. and that's what i've tried to focus on with first horizon. the company had 12% growth, first horizon brought back a substantial amount of stock last year, equalled more than 5% of the market cap. did the market overreact? did the sellers come away with the wrong conclusion? or is there more work to do? let's check in with brian jordan the chairman and ceo of first horizon national and find out more about the quarter and where his company's headed. mr. jordan, welcome back to "mad money." >> thank

thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass movement for political transformation, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. hundreds of bangladeshi garment workers, most women, have staged a hunger strike in the capital dhaka to demand safer working additions and better pay. a factory fire at a bangladeshi plant that made goods for wal- mart killed at least 111 workers in november, marking the country's worst industrial accident. the head of the national garment workers federation, amirul haq amin, condemned the retail giant and demanded rights for workers. >> they are responsible. we lost 112. unfortunately until today, management -- >> the white house released a statement attached by president obama to the controversial national defense authorization act that disputes the law's restriction on transferring prisoners out of guantanamo. obama signed despite opposing limits on prisoner transfers. he made a

the golden arches will be the first national restaurant chain to carry the blue eco label from the marine certification group. a busy day in the weather department. topper is just joining me with the latest on the snow. >> it is moving out fast. so some good news there. bad news is, it's not going to get warm for a while. be careful if you are walking around. people will be walking around after beverages. let's be careful. good news, if we don't make it tomorrow, we'll make it above freezing. we haven't been above 30 in the last three days. let's start with a live look outside. this is right outside broadcast house. that's wisconsin avenue to the left. and a little different street off to the right. the side street has snow. so, you know, it's going to stay in the teens and twenties. never got above 25 today. so it's going to be slick all night. thankfully, don't see anymore accumulating snow. right now, 21 downtown. dew point 16. relative humidity 80%. that's not bad outside. inside it's running about 15%. like living in the desert. so, cumberland, 13 inches of snow. perserville, almost

dozens came together to compete in kazakhstan's first national ice festival.ticipants used chain saws to create animals and fairy tale characters to try to scoop the $6500 top prize. once it was made a nighttime fireworks display showered the display. one way to keep warm. >> vatican city is home to a cover model. pope benedict's personal secretary has been promoted not only to archbishop but to the front page of italy's "vanity fair" magazine. known by the media as gorgeous george. the headline reads "it's not a sin to be blufl." a magazine spokeswoman said the archbishop did not pose or interview for the feature. i love that. >> it's a good picture. >> and you can argue that beauty comes from god. works well. time for a look ahead and a look back. a hearing will be held today in new york for 37-year-old noelle alba. the woman accused of running a scam for what she called a funeral fund for one of the sandy hook victims. >>> ten years ago today on january 16th, 2003, the crew of "columbia" and crew of seven blasted off from cape canaveral, florida. the shuttl

and notre dame looking for its first national title in 24 years.hey would have to take down defending champion alabama. and on the tide's opening drive, eddie lacy, up the middle. 20 yards for the score. lacy rushed for 140 yards on the day. alabama scores on its opening drive. and next crimson tide drive, a.j. mccarron, over the middle to michael williams. two tide drives. they march down the field against the irish's top-scoring "d" in the land. in the second quarter, first play. t.j. yeldon, capping off an 80-yard drive. yeldon, 108 yards and that score. mccarron, dumps it off to lacy. the irish didn't allow 14 in the season until the second game. in the third quarter, the tide continued to dominate. finding amari cooper all alone, for the 34-yard touchdown. mccarron. alabama in the quarter, everett golson on the offense, gets notre dame on the board. fourth quarter, mccarron, with plenty of time. hits cooper for his second score of the half. mccarron four touchdowns. and alabama wins its second-straight national title, 42-14. >>> that's your "s

first, national transportation safety board officials are investigating an onboard fire on a dreamliner yesterday at logan airport in boston. that fire had carriers inspecting their 787s, and united airlines found improperly installed wiring according to reports. the "wall street journal" reports both issues center around the plane's auxiliary power system. shares fell 2.6% on heavy volume. the company is increasing production of the dreamliner, aiming to boost its delivery of the planes. almost 800 of them have been ordered by air carriers around the world. videogame retailer game stop may want a reset for the past holiday season. the company warned sales at stores open for at least a year fell, forcing the company to cut the top end of its financial forecast for the quarter. traders and investors hit the sell button. shares fell 6.3% on heavy volume. sales dropped for both new and used video games. we have more analysis of game stop's stock chart on our web site, www.nbr.com. under the "blogs" tab is where you will find michael kahn's technical analysis blog. game stop wasn't alone in

she made the appeal in what called the first national strategy. gilliard said the region seems increasingly unsetted by political rivalries and territorial disputes. >> australia has a key role to play in building patents of cooperation and trust in the asia pacific and in the wider world. >> gillard said the emergence of strong, new economies is altering the balance of power in the region. she urged the united states and china to avoid any miscalculations over potential hotspots, referring to territorial disputes in the south china and east china seas. >> we remain optimistic about china around the united states to manage change in the region but it brings with it strategic competition as china's global interests expand. >> gillard called for the peaceful resolution of disagreements through dialogue using forums such as the east asia summit. she said australia would work closely other countries to help solve problems through diplomacy. >>> afghan security forces will take the lead in their own country. repeated insider attacks have damaged trust

a resurgent and unbeaten notre dame, looking for its first national title in a quarter century. >> itould be a good time for us to win this championship. >> reporter: the fighting irish stand on history's doorstep thanks in part to senior captain and linebacker, manti te'o, the emotional core of the team. earlier this season he lost his grandmother and then hours later learned his girlfriend had died of leukemia. yet he persevered through it all. >> manti's the heart and soul of this team. >> reporter: for te'o, this game is now everything. >> the past three years that i've sat in my living room and watched that game, i texted one of my teammates, i do not wanna be sitting in this living room watching this game. >> reporter: on the other side of the field, alabama quarterback a.j. mccarron, who's not just playing for his team, but a little girl who he met while she was undergoing treatment for leukemia a little over a year ago. she gave him a bright yellow bracelet, invibed with the words "just trust." he will be wearing it on the field tomorrow. >> i never take it off. i'm always thi

it's the first national demonstration since the sandy hook shooting. the marches want new law to ban assault style weapons and magazines and they want more background checks. dozens of residents from newtown, connecticut joined the march today. >> reporter: emotions for newtown residents still raw. >> we have to start somewhere. >> reporter: katie kent says tn have not died in vain, but they must act. >> have to do something. that's why i'm here today. we have to write our congressman. we can't sit back and say i support you. we have to do something. >> people need to stand up for what they believe. also i just had a baby. he's two months old and it kills me to know i brought him in to a world that's so violent. >> reporter: adrian came to march because her step brother was shot in a car in a random robbery on capitol hill and died christmas eve. >> senseless acts of violence happy every day. >> reporter: a passionate speech by the delegate. >> we are all culpable if we do nothing now. >> reporter: education secretary says it's not about taking away se

legal history stuff, i did a dissertation, the draft that was enacted during the civil war, the first national draft act, and i became -- and from reading the documents i read and all the materials, generated by government agencies i get very concerned about how power is exercised. and whether their is a voice for people who are not in power, how did the powerless get somebody to listen to them? that's what i love so much about the commission. i was insisting on a listening to people, you know, when you go to the san antonio texas and there was a hearing. the commission had held on latinos that i've read about in the book. all these latinos, no one has ever listened to them. kick the school because he spoke spanish. there were told it was a dirty language. all these people or awful. runover by carbon in 1951. 1961. the commission listen to and because he was at war veteran. this sheriff stop the car and shot him, for no reason. later came out he shot him because he was black and is one to shoot somebody. the guy was paralyzed. he was a veteran. get the dea wanted not to give a pension because

national antiwar movement grow. there are essentially four main grounds upon which americans oppose the war. the firstne which you can see very clearly in this post is on the grounds of morality, that this was an unjust war which would bring national dishonor on the united states. congressman joshua of ohio repeatedly warned the house of representatives that in order to be patriotic people have to quote this sent from this aggressive uphold an unjust war, and he said and the murder of mexicans upon the own soil are robbing them of the country. i can take no part you now or thereafter, and getting, he was rather strong in his opinion, but that was a kind of critique that you see, certainly by march of 1847 when the united states bombarded the town of vera cruz leading to the death of a lot of civilians, there was an anti-mexican worker take that was based on morality. the second grounds upon which people critique the war were on the ground of slavery. and getting -- he was an abolitionist, but it was not just abolitionists or people in new england who so issues of slavery in really important to this wi

. >>> mcdonald's says it will be the first national restaurant chain no carry a label from a group which certifies sustainable fishing practices. the blue ecolabel from the marine stewardship council certifies the alaskan pollack used in the filet-o-fish sandwiches comes from suppliers with sustainable fishing practice; finally on sunday you will need another penny to mail a letter. the price of a first class stamp will rise to 46 cents. the hike comes as the postal service continues to struggle in desperate need for help from congress. in the past year the postal service cut hours of thousands of post offices and consolidated some of its plants. so get that penny ready. forever stamps. >> get the stamps now. >> the forever stamps -- it just flabbergasts me they don't transition their stuff to more online and make their money that way. it sounds easier than it could be but that's why they're losing customers right? >> they still have the infrastructure there that you know there are still people out there delivering the mail and there's really not much they can do about that. the reason t

. >>> speaking of seafood, mcdonald's says it will be the first national restaurant chain to carry a blue ecolabel. this is for their filet of fish sandwiches. the label comes from the marine stewardship council that certifies products that come from sustainable fishing practices. >>> to win the super bowl you have to outlast, outperform the other team. and part of that winning strategy is food. in today's healthwatch, dr. kim mulvihill reports on the best way to fuel your local football player. >>> reporter: the 9ers are back to work. but it's what you don't see on the field that may give them the edge. >> i mean, it's important to this game. if you don't do the right things -- >> reporter: the right thing to fuel a big win is to fuel players with top nutrition. >> mostly i keep it healthy because i can tell the difference as far as endurance when i'm running. >> that's sort of the hidden aspect of training. nutrition is really the hidden aspect of training. you don't know what the other team is going to prepare. >> reporter: suzanne nelson is director of sports performance nutritio

it's remarkable a guiding document has worked 223 years in the world's most of first nation. why do you think it works? >> because our forefathers did not write a document of that kind but they rode it to last. they did that by trying not to define, but to use terms and concepts that each generation could interpret. one of the biggest issues the court is constantly grappling with it is in this age of new technology, what is unreasonable search and seizure? we have dealt with cases about can the government flyover your home and use technology that takes the air that emanates from your home? we have questions about wiretaps, a gps tracking tracking, people in cars, we will have many more. for sure the forefathers had no idea. [laughter] computers and computer chips would come into existence. even benjamin franklin, i doubt very much. [laughter] that he ever in his wildest fantasies imagines the things we can do today. if they had used terms that were more specific, we would not have been given the opportunity to define with experience. said they did a mixture of very, very clea

legal history stuff and did a dissertation about the draft enacted during the civil wrar, -- war first national draft act within i became -- from reading drowments and i read and the materials and so generated by government agencies and being in legal history and in the law, i got very concerned about how power is exercised, and whether there's a voice for people who are not in power. how do get -- how do the powerless get somebody to listen, which is what i love about the commission. i was insisting on listening to people. you know, when you go to san antonio, texas, and it was the first hearing the commission had held on latinos they write about in the book. they are all of these will tones -- latinos who nobody ever listen to the them. there were kids kicked out of school because they were spoke spanish. they were told it was a dirty language. there was all these people. the education was awful the conditions were awful. we listened to them. or when you goo and read about the guy in the book, the oldest crimes who was run over a by car in 1951 and the commission 1961 and the commission reaso

long before the national anthem composed by francis scott key the 50 people that this land. >> >> the first people that this land had these fight songs, national anthems for these tribes, paying homage to the first flag of this land, the eagle staff. remembering our veterans as well, the warriors whether going to battle or returning from battle paying homage to their service, paying homage to this flag. always honored our veterans, our warriors. (chanting) (spiritual chanting). remember our fallen veterans and those still in battle. going into a victory song. here we go. everybody dance. (drums). go dancing rocking san francisco city hall indian way. how about a big round of applause for all our dancers? all right. [applause] all right. once again let's hear it for your singers, our dancers from everywhere here in the san francisco bay area. [applause] all right. good singing. good dancing. posting the eagle staff at this time. be shout out to larry harrison for taking care of our eagle staff. you maybe seated. calling up to the podium at this time michael lupdtin and vice president of the

the golden statue will visit at least 10 cities, including washington as part of its first national tour. it is scheduled to visit d.c. on february 7. the academy awards will air february 24 right here on abc 7. >> looking forward to seeing that. gabriby douglas donating a piece of her olympic experience to washington. >> not just peace peace is. the smithsonian is all about preserving our history. we all remember the pictures. last summer in london as 16 years old she was the first african-american woman to win the gold in all around. the virginia native is now giving the smithsonian the leotard she wore during the competition. she is also giving them the risk tapes and her mother's olympic ticket personal pictures, and her olympic credentials. the items will go on display this friday at the national museum of american history and that it will go to the national museum of african-american history and culture, which opens up in 2015. good for her for donating items. >> well the ravens and 49ers get ready for the superbowl -- while the ravens and 49ers get ready for the super bowl, the de