that institution, gentlemen, is a court. our court system has its faults, as do all other human institutions. our courts are the great levelers. and in our courts all men are created equal. i know idealists to believe firmly in the integrity of our court and our jury system. that's a living, working reality. gentlemen, a court is only as good as every man of you sitting before me on this jury. a court is only as sound as its jury and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up . i'm confident that you will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision and restore this defendant to his family. in the name of god, do your duty. in the name of god, believe him. [applause] >> what you heard was a literal translation of the book word for word, and we have to remember that this book was written just at the onset of the civil rights movement. so we're going to talk about this book. we're also going to talk about the written word and how powerful it is in terms of our perceptions of the justice system.

there she goes, ladies and gentlemen. and then we have the pizza pie there and there it is, the empire state building and on top of that we used to have rupert g bring in a meatball, a big, beautiful fat meatball and it would go right up there on top of the tree. and it was silly and symbolic because that's how our first christmas here what happened to the -- >> i don't snow what happened to the meatball. >> dave: we didn't put it on yet. it was up earlier. >> paul: i remember it being up there. >> dave: it was up there. >> paul: i remember it. >> dave: where-- what-- (laughter) oh boy. wow. and he's worried about cathy griffin hurting his credibility. (laughter) there, we found the meatball, ladies and gentlemen. we'll be right back with ladies and gentlemen. we'll be right back with lindsey vonn, everybody i couldn't sleep right. next day it took forever to get going. night after night, i sat up. sprayed up. took a shower... or took a pill. then i tried drug-free breathe right advanced. and instantly, i breathed better!

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, yo-yo ma. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, sonny rollins. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, meryl streep. [applause] [laughter] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michele obama. [applause] ♪ [hail to the chief] ♪ >> well, good evening, everybody. welcome to the white house. what a spectacular looking crowd here. [laughter] i want to start by thanking david rubenstein, michael kaiser, and the kennedy center trustees, and everyone who has made the kennedy center such a wonderful place for so many people for so many years. i also want to acknowledge my good friend, caroline kennedy, for continuing her family's legacy of supporting the arts. and finally, i want to thank the creator of the kennedy center honors and the co-chair of the president's committee on the arts and the humanities, george stevens. [applause] george and his son, michael, are still bringing this show to life after 34 years, and we are grateful to both of them. so -- [applause] tonight, we honor five giants from the world of the arts --

justice activist and a commissioner on the peace and justice commission of the city of berkeley gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in any time. i want and i very much encourage it but first let's have a look at some of the issues surrounding p.f.c. bradley manning. the case of with the with suspect bradley manning today it's the first step in a legal process that could end with a life sentence for a u.s. soldier accused of leaking a trove of military and diplomatic documents private manning who turned twenty four tomorrow is to peer in a court martial in maryland amid intense debate over the merits of the allegations believing that. having done the right manning was apprehended in iraq in two thousand and ten on suspicion of giving without permission thousands of classified documents to the whistle blowing website we can leaks the documents were subsequently published worldwide and led to the controversial revelation of diplomatic and military secrets including possible war crimes for the last eighteen months the soldier has been held in pretrial detention much of it in s

gentlemen ok james dean is embarrassing for his name's in oklahoma city you want to jump in they're going to have about one hundred thousand people have been killed due to the illegal war just there i would gentlemen i'd like to go to james we have now james is also a guest on the program james go ahead go ahead that's. the fundamental one of the issues that keeps coming up scene keeps arguing that is a private first class at least in this matter what gives him the right to a leak this the truth is that every soldier every rake has not just the right but a duty to stop work crimes whenever possible nuremberg principles and make this very clear it doesn't matter what his rank is certainly it should be at the top the generals know so someday if you choose generation it's very very likely that high ranking officers possibly presidents could stand to stand trial for war crimes trials that future may come but right now the one guy that will not be standing trial charges for trials and that is p.f.c. bradley manning he didn't want to be he had only a go ahead you're you you you accuse me

gentlemen you know hillary clinton has already admitted you know and gates secretary of defense gates also. what has been released the cables were embarrassing but they have both admitted that there has been no risk to national some of their role in embarrassing for the yemeni president in the case is it you shouldn't the hands of all right gentlemen gentlemen ok judy it is embarrassing for decades in oklahoma city you want to jump in there going to the hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed due to the illegal war just the i would gentleman i'd like to go to james we have all james is also a guest on the program james go ahead that's. the fundamental one of the issues that keeps coming up scene keeps arguing that is a private first class at least in this matter what gives him the right to a leak this the truth is that every soldier of every rake has not just the right but a duty to stop work crimes whenever possible nuremberg principles and make this very clear it doesn't matter what his rank is certainly it's been to the top the generals know so someday if you choose ge

let's go, gentlemen. 4 prisoners coming out. prisoners coming out. [buzzer] let's go, gentlemen. kimble, you're here. carlson, right over there. partida, up front, left. copeland, you're back here with me. yeah, right. come on, make yourself comfortable. all right, you know the routine, gentlemen. i'm tired. mmm. 20 miles from menard. we should be there in about 40 minutes. i'll be glad to get rid of this load. let mckenzie take care of 'em. always got something good to eat there. i'm starving. aw, me, too. had enough of that prison chow. ohh, man. hey, old ed here, he don't care. his old lady's got him on a diet. [vomiting] [coughing] hey, somebody get in here quick! get a hack in here! he's getting sick back here. let's go! he's foaming at the mouth. we're almost to the prison. come on, he's choking! come on. come on. just wait. aah! ohh! oh, god. kimble! kimble, get over here! you're a doctor! do something! unlock me. unlock me! here. hang in there. you're going to be ok. [train whistle] what the hell was that? give me a hand with this man. oh, the hell with you. copeland, giv

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ladies and gentlemen, the popemobile is the safest car on the road.t doesn't just have a dashboard jesus, it has jesus in the dashboard. the pope doesn't need to wear seat belts because if the pope gets in an accident jesus deploys. (laughter) and if the pope had a little too much of the sacrament, jesus can turn the wine back into water so he doesn't get a d.u.i . speaking of alcohol, folks... (cheers and applause) thank you. my final judgment involves a controversial new billboard. >> the billboards came down hours after the anti-definition league publicly called them offensive. the ads touting the polish spired wodka claimed it had christmas quality at chanukah pricing. (audience reacts). >> stephen: yes. christmas quality, chanukah pricing. now, some say this ad is offensive to christians and jews and maybe even muslims because if you look closely, that dog is an afghan. (laughter) so is this ad offensive? yahweh or no way? yahweh! ♪ hallelujah... ladies and gentlemen, i am personally offended that wodka claims their $9 potato peel bathtub hooch i

one more thing, gentlemen, before i quit. thomas jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase which the yankees and the side of the executive branch in washington are fond at hurling at us. there is a tendency in this year of grace, 1935, to use this phrase out of context to satisfy all conditions, the most ridiculous example i can think of is when the people who run our public education promote that stupid and idle along with the industryous. because all men are created equal, educators gravely tell us the children left behind suffer terrible feelings of inadequacy. we all know that all men are not created equal. in the sense some people would have us believe. some people are smarter than others. some have more opportunity because they're born with it. some men make more money than others. some ladies bake better cakes than others. some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men. but there is one way in our society that all men are created equal. there is one human institution that makes the p

gentlemen i'm sorry i'm not listening gentlemen i'm going to i'm going to try and here john i want to talk about israel ok i want to talk about the arab league and syria ok so let's see what is it we say yes of course the same you say and i'm going to say right now do you think i mean what i think is very interesting is go back to libya ok i mean once you have the major powers with the backing of the of the arab league saying a leader must go the west is not going to back down until it happens just look at libya. yes well yeah i totally agree i mean. why do assume that the syrians who are demonstrating inside syria are opposed to any foreign intervention or even intervention i think you know they have been friday is called the fridays of foreign protection i mean you know i don't buy into this narrative that there is a war inside syria until we get some objective observers and foreign media going in and this whole narrative that there is that they're being funneled into syria is not something we're sure of and what we know is that there are so many syrians mostly civilians were being

ladies and gentlemen. thanks for everything.e aholidy and friends in mobile, alabama happy holidays. >> dave: thank you very muchhapr family and friends in mobile, alabama. >>> years and years and yearsagk playing for the jets and we had a meat ball and knock it off the tree and he kept throwing and missing an throwing and missing and throwing and missing and then from the green room he came running out and grabbed the football and threw it once and knocked the meat ball off. and zoom it was gone. and then that night he proceeded to tell the single greatest talk show story ever. >> paul: that is right. >> dave: a tradition was born. >> paul: that is all there wast. >> dave: ladies and gentlemenfoe anyone funnier than jay thomas? sirius, xm radio show host jay thomas. come on out! ♪you get excited about coming here, jay. >> i do.i like when you say is e anybody funnier? and they all go, yeah there is. >> dave: i get excited aboutthe. i don't toss the ball around like i used to. to. are you ready for this. >> i'm shot up like a ra

now, gentlemen, in you go. >> in there, with him? why? >> to await the police. in, gentlemen.l advise inspector lestrade at once. >> you can't leave us in here! >> remember the gorilla is a social animal. and if you both mind your manners, you will do well enough, i dare say. >> ah, mr. bennett and ms. presbury. >> yes. >> i decided i had to accompany jack, mr. holmes. >> have you brought the list of missing dates? >> yes. roy also barked on these nights. >> please, never mind that, mr. holmes. we have far more urgent matters to impart. >> is that so? ms. morphy has renounced my father. >> she's returned his ring? >> today, since when he has remained locked in his study. >> every time i've knocked, he's shouted abuse at me. >> the logic of it, watson. of this progression, do you see it? >> please. >> the first three occasions are self-evident. we know of those. what happened on the 5th of october? >> roy barked all night. on the 12th too. also days upon which the professor received packages from london east central. >> this is the date on which the face appeared at the window

. >> honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate thelippine- american history month. we're honored to have the honorable city mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating -- this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck -- governor edwin brown announced that he had signed ab 199, school curriculum, social sciences, filipinos in world war ii. i think that all of these events show that the filipino- americans are really coming out of the woodwork and showing themselves as a group that needs to be recognized. as we, this evening, a well recognized quite a number of them. we welcome you tonight. may i also ask you to welcome the honorable mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> well, welcome. welcom

>> dave: ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the big program. say hello to shannon ice. how are you? >> fantastic, thank you. >> dave: she is chairman, c.e.o., and president of the international toy consortium, and every year she cheers and shows us toys and i think these represent the best, most popular new toys, is that what it is? >> we have several of those, sure. >> dave: how are your kids? have you done all of your shopping? >> i did. >> dave: how many kids do you have? >> still just two. >> dave: why, what have you heard? what kind of things do you buy for your kids? do you get them this kind of stuff right here? >> we have gotten them a little activity stuff. they're big into games right now. >> dave: computer games. >> some but there are tabletop games that are take off. >> dave: the threats, and i keep reading more and more from the surgeon general, if a kid plays computer games constantly, his eyes will cross. is there any truth to that, shannon? >> he would know better than-- >> dave: of course he would. that's why he's the surgeon general. and your kid smoke

does the tree not look wonderful, ladies and gentlemen? coming this evening to join speaker boehner, members of congress, cast the california delegation, the army band and other guests to like the united states capitol christmas tree. goodnight to everyone -- a good night and merry christmas to everyone. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> obama criticizes republicans in congress for blocking the nomination of former ohio attorney general richter -- richard court jury. he renewed his call to republicans to extend the payroll tax to middle-class americans. john maynard -- and boehner talks about part of the gop jobs bill. that will be taken up next week. >> today, america faces a make or break moment for the middle class. it is the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. some want to return to the same policies that got us into this mess. the same policies that stacked the deck against working americans for too long. the part of the philosophy where e

good morning, ladies and gentlemen.me of you may know, 11 days ago, atmospheric tracking determined that russian communications satellite ikon has initiated orbital degradation. computer trajectory models predict a steady acceleration in sequence with the gravitational constant. there's a total systems failure in the online navigation and guidance avionics. all redundant systems are non-responsive. without active course correction, in the next 30-40 days, the satellite will reenter the earth's atmosphere. and crash? general... ikon has given you 14 years oservice. that is within the performance range of a communications satellite. it will probably crash in the ocean or burn up in the atmosphere. i think it's best that we let it. [clears throat] my country's grateful for the efforts of nasa and the state department. however, losing ikon is not an option. ikon is not just a communications satellite to the russian federation. ikon is the communications satellite. you are, undoubtedly, aware of our restructuring problems. l

paris we cross to tell me he is the editor in chief and co-founder of arab thank dot com all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at the arab league and syria. for decades now the arab league has had a shaky reputation often being dismissed as ineffective and only to the interest of its autocratic regimes but with the onset of the arab spring it has managed to come to the forefront as a regional mediator calling the shots and researching its relevance in the arab world the blocs role in regional affairs group back in march when it voted to suspend libya's membership and called for a no fly zone following the breakout of protests against moammar gadhafi regime concerning the no fly zone. it has one goal to protect this a billion population regardless of any president we want to protect the civilian population in libya in fact some say that without the league there would have been no libya campaign at all presently the organization has focused on syria where the uprising against bashar al assad's regime

. >> at an earlier meeting, i had pointed out to the gentlemen who was giving some sort of a presentation that we must all remember that this area we call san francisco belongs to the first people. and in case you ladies and gentlemen do not know who they are, they are the [unintelligible] having said that, at yerba buena island, hundreds and hundreds of remains are found. so we have people who come and talk about the eir, and they talk about ceqa, and they talk about this, that, and the other, but they do not have the decency to address the cultural or archaeological factors over which they simply override. in fact, if you go to the university of berkeley, uc berkeley, there are over 10,000 remains, and we have this in the year 2011. so all these things, you know, improvements that we call, should be holistic. we should have some compassion. all these things that we build, they will collapse. but if we, in our arrogance, do not do what is right and there are federal laws that the native american graves and protection act, which the gentlemen it has not read, nor have you so-called repres

ladies and gentlemen, our mayor, ed lee. >> thank you.hought all you want it was her two front teeth? thank you very much for coming. it is wonderful to see so many families here together. this is the season where we celebrate with our family and kids. i cannot think of any place more wonderful to be than this 130- year cyprus to share with you the lighting of this wonderful tree. i want to thank our department representatives, city official family, elected officials. i also want to let you know, i came here last year. we saw painted on the side of this train, the world series chickenshit emblem. this year, we have our san francisco fire engine. -- championship emblem. a wonderful tribute to our fire department. i want to thank the chief for coming here tonight, for helping us with the toy drive, and for bringing a special guest. santa is here tonight, a special guest from our fire department. he is coming. i also want to let you know, in addition to tonight, on the weekend of december 17, 18, rec and park, city hall, all of our city offi

we have no leadership, ladies and gentlemen.ht that ronald reagan used to talk about, that shining city on the hill, that moose people and transforms the world is not shining that light. it's not that beacon that reflects liberty, democracy, human rights, and free markets. and i would argue that when the united states is strong, the world is a better place. when the united states speaks up about what it means to be a friend and ally, the world is a better place. we have not spoken of as a country in a very long time. about what it means to be a friend and ally of the united states, and that must change. so, too, must two of the deficits that we face, that i think are at the core of where we said today as people. number one, is an economic deficit. you see, we have $15 trillion in debt, and i would like -- liken it to cancer which is metastasizing in this country. when you were at 70% debt to gdp and rising, because under this president, and i would argue if we do not get new leadership, we will see a lost decade of economic grow

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ladies and gentlemen, here's tonight's top ten list. he comes in and helps us. you love sound effects? >> paul: that's a good sound. >> dave: oh, that crackling. warming your hand by the fire. >> paul: christmas fire. >> dave: the category tonight, top ten items on king jong un's to do to-do list. he's only in his 20s and he's now taking over north korea. it's like boom, being thrown out of a truck. you have to hit the ground running, a lot of things to do because they're taking care of business. top ten things kim jong-un has to do now that his father is gone. are you kidding me? (applause) trying to save enough money to get this monkey off my back. number two: (applause) ladies and gentlemen, when we come back, harry connick, jr., will be right here, everybody. (cheers and applause) [ horse neighs ] you're leaving. it is my destiny. ♪ take this. it is a piece of me. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's movie time. with a wii twist. netflix now delivers unlimited tv episodes and movies instantly through wii and nintendo 3ds. all for only 8 bucks a month. seriously, what i

i say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her . she has committed no crime. she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. she is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance but i cannot pity her. she is white. she understood full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking she persisted in breaking it. she persisted, and her subsequent behavior is something we have all known at one time or another. she tried to put the -- she did something every child has done. she tried to put the evidence of her offense away from her, but in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband. she struck out as her victim of necessity. she must put him away from her. she must remove him from her presence, from this world. she must destroy the evidence of her offense. what was the evidence of her offense? tom robinson, a human being. she must put tom robinson away from her. tom robinson was her daily reminder

. >> ladies and gentlemen, heroes walk among us. we applaud your stories tonight. >> they are ordinary people often toiling in obscurity. but they're doing extraordinary things. and they deserve our recognition and our help. >> redemption is beautiful, dangerous, never-ending work. and a hero never fears it. >> every day this woman confronts the worst of what humanity has to offer. >> he is my hero because one day he rolled a window down and asked, are you hungry. >> last year i was in the heart of the war zone watching this show. and i can't believe that one year later i'm standing on the stage. >> so cnn heroes program totally blew the roof off of what we were able to do beforehand. we made the same in one month that we made in the entire year previous. >> since i've been recognized as a cnn hero my team has grown. provided millions of dollars worth of equipment. you guys are fantastic. couldn't have done it without you. >> each person has a hero hidden within them. >> a simple thing can change lives. that's what heroes do. >> all

. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.oys and girls, and welcome to oreo park at camden yards. >> david mcgowan stepping down after 14 years as the teams public address announcer. the orioles are accepting audition tapes until january 25th. for more information on the position log on to wjz.com and click on the links and numbers section. >>> it was a guys shopping trip for the president and beau, the first dog. with the women of the white house on vacation in hawaii, the president and first dog had an afternoon out together. beau wanted to stop at petsmart in alexandria for a new chew toy. the guys then went over to best buy where the president picked up some video games for his daughters. they aren't watching, right? because i don't want them to know. they ended their big afternoon with a stop for some take out pizza. i don't think pizza is good for beau. >> what do you guess the president couldn't find anything and said let's go shopping? >> [laughter]. >> i can't find any of your stuff. let's go. >> oh, man. >> i wonder

ladies and gentlemen, the filipina women's network. ♪ >> later, a teacher, mother, filipina. celebration of filipino women begins of providing a safe place for all women and girls and a powering them to achieve their lives purpose. this year, the filipina women's network had eight philippine leadership summits and honor the 100 most influential philippine that american women in the united states. in the golden city of san francisco, where diversity in progress is a way of life. the san francisco bay area filipino-american communities ... milestone, a legacy of innovation, respect, and an unapologetic advocacy for equality. >> representing the philippine a women's network -- and >> may i call the members of the filipino women's network to come on over? this certificate is for all of you. i think most of them are here already. when did the bodies and that the philippine population in the u.s. are filipino women, you can just imagine the contributions to the economy of america and what it is all about. i want to thank abs-cvn, the council general, and the city of san francisco,

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, yo-yo ma. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen sonny rollins. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, meryl streep. [applause] ♪ sweet caroline ♪ [laughter] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] >> well, good evening, everybody. welcome to the white house. what a spectacular-looking crowd here. [laughter] >> i want to start by thanking david rubenstein, michael kaiser and the kennedy center trustees and everyone who has made the kennedy center such a wonderful place for so many people for so many years. i also want to acknowledge my good friend caroline kennedy for continuing her family's legacy of supporting the arts and finally i want to thank the creator of the kennedy center honors and the co-chair of the president's committee on the arts an the humanities, george stevens. [applause] george and his son michael are still bringing this show to life and we are grateful to both of them. tonight, we honor five giants from the world of the arts. not just for a single role or a certain perform

in nashville we cross the jets and phillips he is the founder of the tea party nation all right gentlemen this is cross talk and you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it but first let's have a look at the man himself. as a candidate newt gingrich seems to have become a flavor of the month nominee among republican front runners with less than three weeks before the first nominating contest in iowa gingrich enjoys the strongest lead of any candidate this year commanding some forty percent support among likely g.o.p. voters an impressive advantage compared with twenty three percent for republican mitt romney gingrich a quirky politician who's perplexed a number of people during his campaign is not new to washington which is a fact he enjoys stressing i think at a time when we're hurting financially we're hurting in jobs we're hurting in the deficit we're hurting in foreign policy having somebody who is a serious developer of better solutions and somebody who has a track record of actually doing it in washington all a certain kind of job but it's his track record of making pr

ok gentlemen i go back to you in nashville and ask you just kind of just point blank if you like the man do you think he can beat barack obama oh absolutely there's no question about it. in fact it's almost a situation of who can beat barack obama now because. if they're if the republicans are smart what they're going to run next year on is when the republicans last controlled the government unemployment was at four point six percent the economy growing for fifty two consecutive months and gas was about two dollars and twenty two cents a gallon by the time obama's going to be up for election when the election is actually held next year employment is probably still unemployment rather still going to be north of nine percent the economy's not going to growing and if the experts are right gas is also going to be north of four dollars a gallon and that's just going to be an unwinnable combination and then when when obama and gingrich debate holy cow that ought to be on pay per view that is going to you know that's going to be like like a high school team going up against albert pool hall