also in china to remote basketball on the tour, the team from georgetown university. they played an exhibition game against a chinese pro team and a brawl broke out during the game. perches cleared, punches thrown. a wild scene in a game ha was reportedly very physical from the start. the georgetown team walked off for its own safety. i'll say this, if it was the goodwill tour, those kids from georgetown should have for diplomatic immunity. to the guys who are supposed to hit, the patriots, chad ochocinco got flat-out leveled against the bucs. mason foster nearly took off his head. the league is trying to crack down on these types of hits and mason was given a penalty. but chad would have the last laugh, scored his first touchdown as a patriot. >>> steelers hines ward won "dancing with the stars" in the off-season and scored a touchdown. and cue the music, that's called the washing machine. the steelers 14-4 win over the eagl eagles. >>> now for a look at the weather, here once again is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. did you get that,

and international studies, alan paller of the sands institute, and catherine lotrionte of georgetown, university. this is the final segment in a monthlong series on cybersecurity. >> host: well, this is week four in our look on "the communicators" at cybersecurity and cyber threats that face the u.s. and this week we've invited tree cybersecurity experts to join us to talk about some of these issues. first off, james lewis who is the directer of the technology and public policy program at csis. he also worked on the president's recent cybersecurity report. also joining us is catherine lotrionte, she is is director of the cybersecurity project at georgetown university. she served in the general counsel office at the cia and also worked on the president's foreign intelligence advisory board during the george w. bush administration. alan paller is the founder and research director of the sands institute, and he was also an adviser to both president clinton and president bush administrations at different levels. thank you all for being here today, we sure appreciate it. if i could start with a quest

she is the director of the cybersecurity project at georgetown university. she served in the general counsel office at the cia and also worked on the president's foreign intelligence advisory board board during the george w. bush administration. alan paller is the founder and research director of the sans institute which teaches cybersecurity training and he was also an adviser adviser to both president clinton and president bush administrations at different levels. thank you all for being here today. we sure appreciate it. if i could start with a question for all three of you and mr. paller we will start with you. how would you assess the cybersecurity threat currently facing the u.s. and are we doing enough to confront it? >> guest: they are explosive, they are expansive, they are getting larger and they are getting more sophisticated and although we are doing a lot we are falling further and further behind every week. >> host: why? >> guest: because the technology of the attackers is accelerating and the sharing of data among the attackers is elegant and

. >> georgetown university basketball players got in a big-time brawl during what is supposed to be aoodwill game in china. what happened? stay with us. we will tell you on "the early show." >> not good. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. bacon?! bacon? bacon! who wants a beggin' strip? meee! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum, yum, yum... it's bacon!!! mmmmm...i love you. i love bacon. i love you. [ male announcer ] there's no time like beggin' time. get amazing savings throughout the store on appliances, tools, and electronics... ...with back to schools' lowest prices on clothes and all shoes on sal

also joining us is catherine, the director of the cyber security project at georgetown university. she served at the cia and work on the foreign intelligence advisory board during the george w. bush administration. the founder and research director of the institute that teaches several security training and also an adviser to both president clinton and president bush at different levels. we appreciate it. we will start with you. how will you assess the cyber security threats currently facing the u.s.? are we doing enough to confront them? >> they are explosive, expansive, they are getting larger and more sophisticated. because the technology of the attackers is accelerating and our technology is not catching up. >> what is the solution? >> people have found a wonderful solutions across different areas, but most people are not doing them. you have a lot of reasons why other people are not doing them. i don't take they have enough money and people are making some much money that they don't want to switch over. >> they are getting more sophisticated and complicated. that will continue

also in china basketball on the tour, the team from georgetown university. they played an exhibition game against the chinese pro team, and the will wasn't so good. a brawl broke out during the game. the benches cleared. punches were thrown. a wild scene in a game that was reportedly very physical from the start. the georgetown team walked off for its own safety. i'll say this, if it was a goodwill tour, those kids from georgetown should have diplomatic immunity. >>> to the guys who are supposed to hit, the patriots chad ochocinco got leveled against the bucs. mason foster nearly took off his head. the league is trying to crack down on these types of hits, and there was a penalty gin. chad would have the last laugh. he scored the first touchdown for the patriots. they won it big 31-14. >>> steelers hines ward won "dancing with the stars" and showed his moves last night. scored a touchdown and key the music. that's called the washing machine. steelers with a 24-14 win over the eagles. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific week

the chinese basketball team that got in a brought with george township university players -- georgetown universityrs in good will tour will play a rematch sunday. video shows the players punching each other, throwing chairs while the chinese spectators tossed water bottles at the americans and the fight ended when the georgetown coach pulled his team off the court and asked but did not get a police excourt to the hotel. "washington post" reporter was inside the arena. >> the benches cleared. at that point, the chairs started flying. there were skirmishing all over the court, there was a complete disaster. i have been in this business for 20 years. i have never seen an ending like this. today, the chinese team met with a georgetown team at the beijing airport to reconcile and see the rivals off to shanghai before the rematch. the chinese foreign minister says the situation is all cleared up and the two teams exchanged souvenirs. nice way to end it, i guess. >> see what happens in the rematch. cordial. >> yeah. >> check in with mike to talk about the forecast after the break. >> we'll have a lot of

the chinese basketball team that got in a brought with george township university players -- georgetown universityin good will tour will play a rematch sunday. video shows the players punching each other, throwing chairs while the chinese spectators tossed water bottles at the americans and the fight ended when the georgetown coach pulled his team off the court and asked but did not get a police excourt to the hotel. "washington post" reporter was inside the arena. >> the benches cleared. at that point, the chairs started flying. there were skirmishing all over the court, there was a complete disaster. i have been in this business for 20 years. i have never seen an ending like this. today, the chinese team met with a georgetown team at the beijing airport to reconcile and see the rivals off to shanghai before the rematch. the chinese foreign minister says the situation is all cleared up and the two teams exchanged souvenirs. nice way to end it, i guess. >> see what happens in the rematch. cordial. >> yeah. >> check in with mike to talk about the forecast after the break. >> we'll have a lot of sun

. >>> a basketball game between georgetown university and a chinese team was supposed to showcase goodwill. as you can see here a brawl erupted instead. players mobbed a georgetown player. fist flew. the state department is calling this an unfortunate incident. >>> the battle of the bay is coming up this saturday. preseason football, 9ers and raiders. >>> feeling lucky, there is a new addition at oakland airport offering direct service to vegas and a cool down heading to the bay area. bill martin will tell you how it is going to impact your weekend. >>> keep in mind you have watch all of our newscasts on the web [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. ♪ ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forwa

tomorrow, georgetown university's center on education and the workforce will release research that shows these pay differences are due mostly to education. for example, an elementary or middle school teacher with a bachelors degree can expect to make $1.8 million dollars over a lifetime, compared with $2.2 million for a teacher with a masters degree. an accountant with a high school diploma will make about $1.5 million, compared with an accountant with a bachelors degree, who will make $2.4 million. the higher the level of education, the higher the payoff. what's more, the gap is widening, with an 84% lifetime income premium for a four-year degree over a high school diploma. there are some important caveats to the study. things like age, gender, and ethnicity are wild cards in the equation. the bottom line is that education pays. that's something very important to remember as all of us try to find a way out of this recession. i'm jamie merisotis. >> suzanne: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, august 4. i'm suzanne pratt. good night everyone, and good night to you too, tom. >>

tomorrow, georgetown university's center on education and the workforce will release research that shows these pay differences are due mostly to education. for example, an elementary or middle school teacher with a bachelors degree can expect to make $1.8 million dollars over a lifetime, compared with $2.2 million for a teacher with a masters degree. an accountant with a high school diploma will make about $1.5 million, compared with an accountant with a bachelors degree, who will make $2.4 million. the higher the level of education, the higher the payoff. what's more, the gap is widening, with an 84% lifetime income premium for a four-year degree over a high school diploma. there are some important caveats to the study. things like age, gender, and ethnicity are wild cards in the equation. the bottom line is that education pays. that's something very important to remember as all of us try to find a way out of this recession. i'm jamie merisotis. >> suzanne: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, august 4. i'm suzanne pratt. good night everyone, and good night to you too, tom. >>

georgetown university players or escorted off of the court. >> that is dangerous. this was labeled a goodwill tour. that is too much basketball year round for these kids. >> that is not my interpretation of goodwill. we will have to see what happens if there are any sanctions for this fight. >> because they're playing overseas i do not think it falls on the ncaa guidelines. >> speaking of the ncaa investigations, new stuff out of miami. we have been talking about this scandal. they went back to practice today and two of the players were saying how this will not keep them from getting ready for the season. >> for people who do not know the story, some guy who was in prison is talking about how he used to give money to the players, that would be eliminated if they gave the athletes a little bit of money. even putting it into an escrow account so that when they graduate they get $50,000. these guys spend five-six hours a day on football. they are like employees in a sense, only that are not getting paid. >> they went back to practice yesterday trying to put this behin

game in china during vice president joe biden's visit to beijing, when a foul called between georgetown university, a violent brawl erupted. the game was called off. the chinese fans pelted the american players with bottles and other debris. the two teams are scheduled to play sunday night in shanghai. so much for goodwill. >>> when we come back, another look at the top stories. >>> this is not the proper way to pull into a gas station. a wild ride and a close call in texas. ride and a close call in texas. the only hair color that's clinically proven to be less damaging. for a healthy look... look no further than natural instincts. it's all good. it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masseuse, who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive the

asked, i would like to introduce my wife, lindsey kaplan, an associate professor of english at georgetown university, and our daughter, tamar. and representing the united states in prague is a family effort. and i believe the czech people have come to appreciate my family as much as i do. well, almost as much as i do. when i was last before the committee, i reflected upon my extraordinary good fortune as a first generation american from the vantagepoint of our small fast food restaurant in los angeles where i grew up. my mother, a czech, czech holocaust survivor and my father, an immigrant from poland, could never have imagined that their son would someday serve as the united states ambassador. as senator lieberman noted, and my mother put it recently, just little more succinctly, the nazis took us away in cattle cars and now my son has returned representing the mightiest nation on earth. as that sentiment suggests, my mission in the czech republic is strongly informed by my deep sense of obligation to this country. to the united states. since ply arrival in prague in january, i worked with a talent

later, georgetown university professor angela stent looks back at the construction of the berlin wall and the cultural, geopolitical, and economic impact of a divided germany. "washington journal" is next. >> with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner is michelle bachmann. [applause] >> all of the greatness, all of the energy, all that we need to do to take the country back in 2012 his right here in this room in ames, iowa. we will do it together. and take it back. ♪ caller: hhost: rep michelle bacn who entered the race two months ago one an hour early yesterday over ron paul in this trouble. she is appeared also in the morning programs. her witness, the same weekend as governor rick perry enters the presidential race, announcing in south carolina and tomorrow, the president heads to in the midwest with campaign stops in iowa, illinois, and minnesota to talk about jobs and the economy. it is a week and a presidential politics and we want to hear from you. tell us what you think about the ames straw poll and rick perry entering the race. the numbers are on your screen. let's look at the res

today" program, jamie gangel, columnist for "the new york times," david brooks, author and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, and the bbc's catty kay. >>> good morning, the worst may still be to come as hurricane irene hits new york city. it's just a matter of time, and the concern now, flooding from storm surges. after making landfall early saturday, irene left her mark on the outer banks with heavy rain and high wind. by last evening, the storm unrelenting in ocean city, maryland, and coastal virginia. this morning at 5:30 a.m., a second landfall in little egg inlet, new jersey. so far, the storm is responsible for at least ten deaths and power outages across nine states, leaving more than 3 million homes without electricity this morning. states of emergency have been declared in ten states along the eastern seaboard. joining us now for the very latest from new york, nbc meteorologist bill karins. and bill, do we have an actual change in what the storm is now? >> yes. as expected, it is now a tropical storm. it really rapidly weakened overnight last night. we haven't even had

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. >> what started as exhibition basketball game between georgetown university and chinese team turnedn a bench-clearing brawl. it was part of a so-called good will tour. not much good will as they exchanged blows. the georgetown coach pulled his playiers off the court with 9:30 left in the game and the fight ended after george township coach pulled his team off the court. huddling in the locker room and asked but did not get police headquarters. both sides made up and you can't find this story at all in the chinese media. >> what is surprise. coming up, give a woop for the mankini. the curious words officially joining the english language. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody

michael eric dyson, georgetown university professor and msnbc political analyst.henderson, political reporter for "the washington post." and republican strategist john feehery. mitt romney, where has he been? he's only appeared publicly 24 times. he was the invisible man throughout the debt debate. john, is this any way to show leadership? >> well, it's working for him, in first place in all the primary polls, and i think it is working for him. there's no reason to get in the middle of this fight in washington, d.c. where people are splattering mud on one another. i think he picket exactly the right strategy, doing exactly what he needs to do, talking to people in their hometowns, not getting -- not creating a lot of controversy. i think he's doing the right thing. >> and that was john feehery, and i'm al that were ton and i approved his message. you just did a great commercial for the democrats. he should be president of the united states, but he shouldn't, dr. dyson, get involved in this messy stuff like debt reduction and preventing the nation from default? >>

>> reporter: players from the rockets mobbed the georgetown university player after a hard foul.game was tied at 64 when everything spiraled out of control. one player was hit by a chair. the coach pulled the team off of the floor after the chaos. the crowd threw water bottles as the players left the court. the vice president attended a game yesterday but was not at today's game. >>> life-saving medications can be tough to find unless you are willing to pay for them. the gray market that is emerging for some of the most sought-after prescriptions and who is calling on congress to stop the price gouging. >>> the iphone, what deal apsell close to signing -- apple is close to signing ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. . >>> federal haeg officials say cases -- federal officials say cases of legenares disease is going up. but dying from it has gone down. cases tripled in the last decade. 3500 cases in 2009 compared to 1100 in 2000. the cdc of

a game between the georgetown university men's team and the chinese team went from friendly to fractious. as you can see in moments abc's jim sciutto joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in china most of the criticism directed at the chinese team. fans laying into them on chinese social media, one writing today the team better at kung fu than basketball. criticism also here in the u.s. of the georgetown team, georgetown no plans to shorten their 11-day tour of the country but they'll be traveling now with security guards. basketball diplomacy, it wasn't. the friendly exhibition between the georgetown hoyas and professional bayi rockets turned into a shoving match then an all-out brawl. both teams swarmed the court. a georgetown player kicked on the ground. a chinese player wielding a chair over his head. "washington post" reporter gene wong was inside the arena. >> benches cleared at that point chairs started flying. skirmishes all over the court and complete disaster. >> reporter: the fight ended when georgetown coach john compton pulled his team

. >> i am from georgetown university and a member of the national journalism center. i agree with your analysis of abraham lincoln. my one question would be how do you look at lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus in maryland? that was one incident that would seem to contradict the constitution and a declaration of independence but might have preserved the union. >> but great question. it is in the constitution that you can suspend it in a time of insurrection and we had a large insurrection. at the beginning he suspended on its own. there's an argument whether you need congress to do it or not and he took a bunch of measures on his own authority that in the best interpretation were extralegal. he goes to congress and says these blessed the fief and he blessed them all except for habeas corpus. i think it was the correct call. you have the nation under a fundamental threat and if you do not get an army into washington the capital can collapse and in baltimore you have a near insurrection and maryland officials saying stop -- don't send them through baltimore or throug

eric michael dyson is georgetown university professor and msnbc political analyst.ormer political correspondent and king feature syndicated columnist and matt lauerens a senior contributor for the daily caller. let's talk first about rick perry for president, breaking news tonight, political news is that he is going to run. rick perry's prayer rally took place saturday night. he now appears to be moving closer and closer to a run, politico reports perry will give a speech in south carolina saturday and make it clear he is running for president. immediately following that, he heads to new hampshire for a party. then he's expected to go to iowa where his competitors will be this weekend for the straw poll. bob, is this bad news for the field? >> well, i think so. i mean, he can credibly claim that he has executive experience as the governor of texas. but at the same time the other ones who can make that claim are considered too moderate by the true believers in the republican party. i think that the problem really night be, when he was at reliant stadium in houston at

let's bring in the hot ones that i think can handle these hot issues today, mike at dyson georgetown universityron christie, president -- let's start with president obama and the economy. this morning president obama's former press secretary robert gibbs pointed the finger right at republicans, saying they want to see the -- >> at some point you get to ask yourself, are they not dealing with these things, because quite frankly they just don't want to see this economy get better, because they want to see an election that might turn out better for them? >> mike at, is he right? >> i think so. i think somebody finally has the courage to say so, somebody in the obama camp steps forward and articulates a truth that many of us have believed for a long time, the republicans are willing to do anything, especially the far right wing, to make us lose our aaa rating, to talk about a reduction in spending, and to raise the debt reverend al, of really sticking it to poor people, working class people and the working poor. so i think that if the economy isn't doing well, then president obama's chances of reel

firsz mike condemn eric die son professor of sociology at georgetown university and the author of "canlanders on free speech tv and editor of the book "at the tea party." and bill press nationally syndicated radio host and author of toxic talk. is senator mcconnell right, dr. die son? will all the future votes to raise the debt ceiling be held hostage by the political opposition? >> thank you, reverend sharpton. by the way, you were brilliant at the funeral services for butch lewis today. >> thank you. >> i think absolutely he is right and distressingly right. that once having been successful at blindfolding the american public, putting a gun to the president's head, forcing him to read into law or to sign into law this extraordinary act of, i think, unpatriotic and irrational frenzy, i think they're emboldened. they'll take this as a blueprint and a document of manifesto of sorts to go forward and disrupt the workings of american government at the behest of a splinter group that needs to be brought to account for the devastation it has wrought on it this economy. >> earlier tonight i

across town, a full-on brawl erupted in an exhibition basketball game between georgetown university basketballd a professional chinese team. it's not clear what started it. players tackled each other and started throwing punches. both benches cleared. eventually chairs and bottles started flying through the air. as well as through everybody's side empty bench. nobody was seriously hurt, but it looked real ugly. just the night before, biden attended a georgetown game against a different chai these team, as part of what was billed as a friendship match between the two nations. the state department calling the brawl unfortunate. we'll be right back. one little smile, one little laugh. honey bunny. [ babbles ] [ laughs ] we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. it was really easy to do. [ spits ] [ both laugh ] [ shapiro ] we created legal zoom to help you take care of the ones you love. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will in minutes. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. go to legalzoom.com today and complete your will

monday the pros and cons of mandatory voting and tuesday, professors from georgetown and the universitytts on taxing stock trades, derivatives and currencies. debating the controversial, monday and tuesday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> today on "washington journal" we talked about the shooting down of the u.s. army helicopter that killed 30 u.s. troops and eight afghans. the president in a few moments. the thing we're focusing on. pictures from afghanistan and some headlines including the l.a. times and this from the denver l.a. post. worse day for the u.s. is the headline and from the orange country register. 38 dead including the e let navy seal team. covering the story for the los angeles times she's kabul, afghanistan. thanks for being with us. what can you tell us what happened friday the death toll and is the taliban responsible? caller: that focus remains unchanged. the claiming responsibility for the downing of this helicopter, but military officials say that is probable but not conclusively established so that's where it stands a the this point. host: we know these are mem

we are joined by sandra who is a psychologist at georgetown university and talk to us about how the muppets in making kids smarter. parents will breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the tv set has not hurt the kids over to the years, although, there are kids who didn't grow up with elmo but they know who he is, and the most famous muppet to come off of sesame street besides elmo. >> well, thomas, one of the things about elmo is that he is so popular with young children, and he sis meaningful to them, and what we had elmo do, thomas, so to demonstrate how to sequence cups, and we compared him to a character who did, department of educatidodo who was popular in taiwan, and we saw children sequence cups which is an early math skill. >> well, they cite stats from 2006 watching tv among toddlers and says that 80% of the kids, toddlers watch video programs on average of two hours ov s of sc time a day elmo or not, and there are parents who should be concerned about too much television? >> well, you have to look at the media diet, and there is a quantity and quality issue, and so if you look at q

bush presidential and msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson professor of sociology at georgetown university and the author of the book, can you hear me now? thanks for joining me tonight. michael, you first. rick perry has inferred that president obama doesn't love america. is there an element of racism in that comment in your opinion? what do you think? >> absolutely. i think you made it explicit, ed. they're trying to suggest that president obama doesn't love america, is not loyal to america, is not patriotic, does not see, think, believe and imagine what is best for america. it's a deeply and profoundly racist comments because, number one, president obama is president of the united states of america. number two, he has continued to show his deep and abiding loyalty to this nation by putting it first and center at his consciousness and in all of his practices. this notion that barack obama doesn't love america, we need a president who loves america is to constantly blow the dog whistle of right wing politics that suggests that this is the other. this person is outside the parra parameters

from georgetown university, law degree from new york university and alan paller founder and research director of the sans institute, degrees from cornell and m.i.t.. mr. paller very quickly what is the sans institute in how did you get involved in this type of work? >> guest: sans is the main training organization. we have trained 20,000 people year in the techniques that they are used to -- computers and exploit computers. i got involved because the software companies sold to another company in the security area and learned it that way. >> host: do you train a lot of government folks? >> guest: more commercial and defense industrial base of a small number of government folks in law enforcement particular and the intelligence community. >> host: catherine lotrionte how did you get involved in working in the general counsel office of the cia and cybersecurity? >> guest: so my background in cyber started actually at cia when i was given the information warfare account akin 1997 as a lawyer and sunrise and -- were just around the corner and kept interest in it and found a spot at george

a chinese team got into a punching, chair-throwing brawl with the georgetown university men's basketballred on this video from sportsgrid.com. the georgetown team was visiting from washington on a goodwill tour. for his part, vice president biden, who'd attended a more peaceful game earlier in the week, wraps up his china visit sunday. for more on the u.s. and china amid the current financial turmoil, we go to: yasheng huang, professor of international management at m.i.t.'s sloan school of management. he's the author of "capitalism with chinese characteristics"; and gordon chang, an author whose books include "the coming collapse of china." he was a lawyer in china and hong kong for 20 years, and now writes a blog on commentary.com. yasheng huang, what is going on in these meetings in beijing? it looks a lot like attempts at mutual reassurance? >> well, i think there are several things going on. vice president biden wases to engage his chinese-- the other side-- the-- on the other side who is going to be the president of the country come 2013. the other thing as you pointed out is that

later, he took in a basketball game between the georgetown university hoyas from washington d.c. a chinese team. mr. biden is expected to try reassure chinese leaders about the u.s. economy. china holds more than $1 trillion in u.s. government debt -- the most of any nation. mass protests built across india today as a leading anti- corruption campaigner fasted in jail. 74-year old anna hazare was arrested on tuesday, then ordered released. he refused to leave jail unless he's allowed to fast in a city park. at least 15,000 people turned out today in new delhi, supporting hazare. similar protests erupted in mumbai, bangalore and elsewhere, with farmers, students, lawyers and others joining in. a debate is now brewing in britain over the jail terms handed out in the wake of last week's riots. human rights groups raised new concerns today that some of the sentences are too tough-- citing the cases of two men in northwestern england. we have a report from stephen douglas of "independent television news." >> reporter: it's what didn't happen on these streets that's brought both praise

goodwill trip, but goodwill was in short supply. [ crowd noise ] >> that, my friends, is georgetown university'say have seen this already, but what you didn't see was an earlier incident involving u.s. reporter. they got roughed up by chinese security right down the hall from where vice president joe biden was speaking with china's vice president. >>> maureen o connor, state ff writer for gawker.com, the game was bad enough, what happened to those covering biden? >> reporter: on biden's first full day in china he was having bilateral talks with the vice president of china. beforehand, the reporters were supposed to be allowed to listen to each give remarks. so she gave his remarks, and then biden was giving his. part way through, chinese press aides started shoving reporters out the door, chinese and international reporters. apparently the reporter didn't want to leave vice president bide anne -- vice president biden's staff didn't want reporters to leave. the chinese officials locked arms and started shoving them out the door. an "los angeles times" reporters described it as fisticuffs emerging

joining me tonight is michael eric dyson, political analyst, professor at georgetown university, and "can you hear me now?" good to have you with us tonight, michael. >> always good to be here, ed. >> we had a report earlier tonight from two weather channel meteorologists painting a very grim picture of what people along the east coast in this country. there's going to be millions of people who are going to be affected by this and we have a political leader in washington saying, hey, wait a minute, we're not sure if queer going to be help to help you. what do you make of this, this. >> that's just the cras refusal to do the business of the people. you're a politician. put in office to address the critical needs of people. politics, after all is not simply about the art of the possible, it's about directing critical resources to vulnerable populations in a time of crisis. and you are talking about playing political football here and playing politics with the resources of the people. if they need it, then fund them. they are disaster stricken, then they must be relieved. ed, this is a

faces, katherine of georgetown university and jim lewis of csis. we'll see you next week. >> "the communicators" also airs in prime time each monday night. if you missed any of this discussion on the obama administration's proposals for reducing cyber threats, you can see "the communicators" again tonight at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> coming up next, national transportation safety board chairman deborah hersman talks about safety challenges facing her industry. and later we're live from the brookings institution for a discussion on the obama administration's relations for changes to the early education program head start. >> tonight booktv continues its monthlong schedule of prime time programming as we travel to some of this year's book fairs and festivals. beginning at 8:30 eastern, you can see a discussion on the biography of malcolm x at the harlem book fair. at 9:45 you'll hear from don luskin on his book "i am john galt" which profiles individuals who symbolized characters by ayn rand. and later, james mcgregor burns talks at the 2011

has his roots back here because he is a graduate not in faculty, but on the disney board at georgetown university and he is a world-class cyclist. so he goes uphill flight that. wonderful, wonderful athlete. sitting next to him as a friend and colleague many years, gregory thomas. gregory is also a cyclist. by the way, both are from brooklyn. i know gregory cycles and prospect part. this morning i said that the guy that passed in three times around that google was brian, although i don't know whether he knew that are not. gregory and i met before 9/11 because gregory was the head of the school safety for the new york city public schools at the time of 9/11 and provided wonderful leadership at that point in time. i often say gregory knows a great deal about the issues of school safety and violence in this country and everything that he learned he learned from his wife. write, gregory clicks the go. true story. next to craig is marlene law. you know, i call marleen wong arcos bester because every time you have an emergency to be going to call? we are going to call transcendent. she is burdened work

and tuesday, professors from georgetown and the university of massachusetts on taxing stock trades, derivatives and currencies. debating the controversial, monday and tuesday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the norwegian parliament held a memorial service for the victims killed in the july 22 shooting spree and bombing in oslo. at least 76 children and adults were killed. a norwegian man is in custody for the attacks. . >> what we have experienced together is still difficult to comprehend. it was an attack against our government. against our values. and against our community. an entire nation is suffering pain and loss. the international community is full of compassion for those in mourning. some members of a norwegian parliament were on utoya. there is the next of kin. on behalf of a united parliam t parliament, i want to express my deepest sympathy, of all of those affected by the government and those on utoya. without the heroic actions of those present in both oslo and utoya. our loss may have been even greater. on behalf of the norwegian parliament, i express my gratitudes to police, me

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