>> next, jeremy suri talked to booktv about his new book, liberty's surest guardian. the interview which took place at the university of texas at austin is part of booktv's college series. >> professor jeremy suri, what is nation-building? >> nation-building is the effort to actually get involved in another society and help that society improve itself as you improve yourself as well. >> who does the nation-building? >> well, a variety of actors but one of the points i make in my book is that part of nation-building is actually being a part of a process that involves bringing americans to another society, not dictating to another society but working with people in another society. so it's americans and citizens of another society working together. >> liberty's surest guardian is your most recent book and i want to read just a portion and get your thoughts on this. nothing could be more american than to pursue global peace through the spread of american-style institutions. nothing could be more american than to expect ready support of this process from a mix of local po

is it is for the parents and guardians. it is a mediation using an outside mediator. >> it is a mediation for the parents and principals. >> the next step would be for the parents and principals, yes. >> thank you for the clarification. next speaker please. >> i am the associate executive director for urban services ymca. we are the lead agency managing the program, and i wanted to come tonight to say that the accusations made against our staff are being fully investigated. we take this situation extremely seriously. i have already begun a situation, and i have not found any evidence to support this, but i will continue to investigate, and i wanted to put that on record tonight. >> would you report back after your investigation? thank you. >> i met -- i am at paul revere. that fire is what went out to parents, so they think it is a town -- the flyer is what went out to parents, so they think it is a town hall meeting. >> i am a 25-year classroom teacher in san francisco and currently on the executive board of united educato

as a source when i couldn't even get the big guardian to to stand by this story but eric i'm talking later waited in line and worse and we've we've run out of time and joshua has done a great job of going to be bunking that over adulter net as well yes i think you know you talked about eric byler thank you so being with us tonight thank you tom i do appreciate it according to los angeles times occupy l.a. filed a court complaint yesterday arguing that the city's looming crackdown represents an assault on the first amendment i'll have more on that aspect of the occupy movement internets daily take. just. yup it's the good the bad of the very very spot agendas silly ugly the good. norm stamper as the former police chief in seattle's stamper has a perspective we should all listen to when it comes to the crackdown on occupy wall street referring to the police using crowd chemical weapons against peaceful patriots stamper said it is clearly an abuse of tear gas when it is used against passive demonstrators who are taking part in acts of civil disobedience which are such a rich part of our

teddy was my guardian angel. and i know for a fact he wasn't just my guardian angel, he was the guardian angel of many people. and such atrong, kind wonderful person. it's just so sad to see it. >> charlie: never asked him to thank him. >> he wouldn't let me thank him. he wouldn't let me thank him. i don't know if you heard it but i know many people around teddy heard him say this. his motto was you save one life you save the world. >> charlie: thank you. >> charlie: some of his appearances on this program ted forstmann talked not just about his business but also a philosophy of life and a reason for giving. >> i think that if you are lucky enough to have been given certain talents and results and you have ideas being a big believer in the power of ideas, that you ought to try to promulgate those ideas for the good of everyone. and i, you know, i would, sous like a big deal but you can do it in tiny ways. i would like, i try to spend as much time as i can in as many ways as ian trying to make the world a little b

. >> how the guardian angels will be helping black local black friday shoppers. >> a look when the great weather will come to an end. boo. we'll be right back. >>> folks have been spending the night overnight. it was a cold one for them. >> definitely. things are getting better right now. we're look at mainly clear skies this morning. that means lots of sunshine later on this afternoon. always a good thing. this time of the fall. but things are still pretty cool. you want the jacket as you step out this morning. our day planner features a lot of sunshine. we'll keep things fairly calm for the next couple of days. going out the door this morning though, we're seeing temperatures in the 40s inside the beltway. the 30s outside the beltway at this hour. all should be in the middle range 40s by later on this morning. we will see highs today pushing on up into the 60s but again, the chill is on at this hour. so, take the sunglasses with you as well. we'll feature a lot of sunshine. current temperatures down into the 30s for most of us in the region. we're look at about 37 degrees down toward s

the guardian newspaper the guardian of course had to deal with wiki leaks the kind of character assassination around the world by mainstream media trying to attack this man and it just goes to show what a state journalism is in. the london stock exchange protesters recently i don't suppose many of those mainstream journalists really understand what's going on over there i think one argument here is that the craft of journalism is in crisis julian has become some sort of overall professor of journalism and they should close all the university's courses in journalism down because he really did teach a lot of people that it's about speaking truth to power and speaking of the power less and the idea of him being in court and now the idea of him being rendered for torture in a state that as we know is we carrying out rogue assassinations of its own citizens is is just breathtaking. interest in what you think about the u.k. courts verdict our dot com and let's have the cons screen at the moment so far the majority of those who've responded think that the u.s. is using the u.k. as a puppet again alm

university of california a group of students staging a sit down protest were pepper sprayed and the guardian newspaper is reporting on a merely released video showing police were brutally beating iraq war veteran in oakland a man suffered a ruptured spleen but as art is an associate you're going to report the crackdown only seems to be hardening the resolve of protesters. human tsunami of tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of new york. hundreds arrested dozens dragged and abused by police thousands more protests across the u.s. on thursday the feast of america's civil war against corporate greed and wealth inequality we call the park the place where occupy wall street was born looks nothing like it did just a couple of days ago officials were hoping that a big thing the protesters would put an end to the movement but this has backfired a day of action brought more people out onto the streets with more bigger than ever before it's absolutely a story we haven't seen something like this in america for thirty forty years and its history of eating itself the pleasure to make of it wh

of security we're the guardians of peace all of this stuff going out all going on and i tell you scare it is just chaos that you need which of course egyptians don't believe that anymore very few arabs in the middle east believe their governments are actually protecting them actually in most cases they still oppress them so the military is trying to have it both ways matey . well i'm not quite sure about the speculation going over the military code is a conspiracy to dispose elections i have derived it i have written about it and have derived from the so many elections before in egypt that in thirty or forty years the military regime time and again we have had the coast of the most of brotherhood look to participate in the elections and with our provocation they have a dialogue about a lot of quite sure this is a question right now because it is the situation in egypt the sousa veer is so frightening is so unstable a baby is so cozy really are a danger to the situation through the whole situation the middle east so i'm not quite sure this is according to the situation but let me tell y

guardian of the iranian people can't be seen to take their own initiative and actually overthrow the governments themselves i think any intervention that the way is likely to run is going to play is going to put any kind of potential uprising or arab spring in iran on the whole right gentlemen gentlemen we're running out of time we'll see where this goes many thanks to my guest today in london washington and it ruptures university in new jersey and thanks to our viewers for watching us here arche see you next time and remember last time. you. all. in defense of the. increasing international isolation of the west for regime change . president assad has the united states and its allies call to action to bring about the downfall of the syrian leader. turning up the heat tough talks between the u.s. and china over trade and currency issues as the apec summit comes to a close. u.s. putting pressure on the corporate occupy protesters tearing down the resting activist. movement escalates across the country top stories. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hour

guardian of the iranian people can't be seen to take their own initiative and actually overthrow the governments themselves i think any intervention in the west like going to iran is going to raise going to put any kind of potential uprising or arab spring in iran on the whole all right gentlemen gentlemen we're running out of time we'll see where this goes many thanks my guest today in london washington and it ruptures university in new jersey and thanks to our viewers for watching us you darkie see you next time remember. keep. well with the. audience technology innovation all the lives developments from around russia we've got the future coverage.

the guardian newspaper the guardian of course had to deal with wiki leaks a kind of character assassinationaround the world by mainstream media trying to attack this and it just goes to show what a state journalism is in. new york where the london stock exchange protest just recently i don't suppose many of those mainstream journalists really understand what's going on over there i think one argument here is. is that where the craft of journalism is in crisis julian assange should become some sort of overall professor of journalism and close all the university's courses in journalism down because he really did teach a lot of people that it's about speaking truth to power and speaking of the power less and the idea of him being in court and now the idea of him being rendered for torture in a state that as we know has been carrying out rogue assassinations of its own citizens is is just breathtaking. some of the world news we're covering for you today will start with a rock where a triple explosions rocked a local market in baghdad now reports suggest eight people have been killed and over tw

the guardian newspaper the guardian of course i deal with wiki leaks the kind of character assassinationaround the world by mainstream media trying to attack this man and it just goes to show what a state journalism is in. the occupy and the london stock exchange protesters recently i don't suppose many of those mainstream journalists really understand what's going on over there i think one argument here is that the craft of journalism is in crisis julian assange should become some sort of overall professor of journalism and they should close all the universities courses in journalism down because he really did teach a lot of people that it's about speaking truth to power and speaking for the power less and the idea of him being in court and now the idea of him being rendered for torture in a state that as we know it's been carrying out rogue assassinations of its own citizens is just breathtaking. extensive coverage of what's behind pursuing that we can expound is a party dot com and more online view there today as well vying for votes the heat is on for a seat in russia's parliament we

guardian of the iranian people can't be seen to take their own initiative and actually overthrow the governments themselves i think any intervention in the west like thing is going to play is going to put any kind of potential uprising or arab spring in iran on the whole right gentlemen gentlemen we're running out of time we'll see where this goes many thanks my guest today in london washington and it ruptures university in new jersey and thanks to our viewers for watching us you darkie see you next time and remember. you. in defense. moscow blamed syria's increasing international isolation on western plans to bring about regime change. syria's hour of the day visit to the box president assad says the united states and its allies pull for tougher action to bring about the downfall of the syrian leader. turning up the heat on china strange tough language over trade and currency issues as the apec summit comes to a close and who won. three. one. back in business a crew of three heads to the international space station on a russian soyuz it comes three months from the crash of a similar

guardian of the iranian people who can't be seen to take their own initiative and actually overthrow the governments themselves i think any intervention that the way is likely to iran is going to play is going to put any kind of potential uprising or arab spring in iran on the whole all right gentlemen gentlemen we're running out of time we'll see where this goes many thanks to my guest today in london from washington and it rutgers university in new jersey and thanks to our viewers for watching us here arche see you next time remember. keep. still. russia condemns foreign powers for inciting the opposition in syria in an attempt to topple president assad. syria's are of the neighbors to the bucks president assad says the united states and its allies call for tougher action to bring about the downfall of the syrian leader a. changing of the guard as new prime ministers take over in italy and greece we take a look at how they hope to tackle their country's overwhelming debt. police in the u.s. cramp up pressure on the occupied movement as they crack down on peaceful protests and march

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guardian of the iranian people can't be seen to take their own initiative and actually overthrow the governments themselves i think any intervention in the west like i'm sure rand is going to say is going to put any kind of potential uprising or arab spring in iran on the whole all right gentlemen gentlemen we're running out of time we'll see where this goes many thanks to my guest today in london washington and it rutgers university in new jersey and thanks to our viewers for watching us here arche see you next time remember last time. you. will see the. technology innovation all the lives developments around russia we've got the future covered. in defense of. syria's increasing international isolation. regime change. syria's arab neighbors turn their backs on president assad as the united states and its allies call for tougher action to bring about the downfall of the syrian leader. turning up the heat tough talks between the u.s. and china over trading currency issues as the apec summit comes to a close in hawaii. as you watch. and back on track a crew of three heads to the intern

university of california a group of students staging a sit down protest where pepper spray and the guardian newspaper is reporting on a newly released video showing police which brutally beating an iraq war veteran no one man suffered a ruptured spleen. reports the crackdown always seems to be hardening the resolve of protesters. in the financial capital of the world a movement called occupy wall street is born in weeks the fight against u.s. corporate greed and wealth inequality and that infests in all fifty states i don't know make american movement not seen since the sixty's as the power of the people grows louder police force grows stronger peaceful activists beaten by the tons lined in by me and thrown to the ground unarmed activists pitched tents law enforcement launched flash grenade. fear. being. people exercising their democratic rights. why would. you. tell. them. thousands of occupy activists have been jailed throughout the two month campaign and mass arrests of eight hundred on the brooklyn bridge garnered international attention but this image of an eighty four year old former

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we would set up patrols, guardians, to make sure that non-indians would not come out and make us stop, arrest us, so this is just part of who we are. when you see these dancers, years of dance styles combined, because of our ancestors who said they wanted to remember for their young ones to be able to sing and dance. once again, calling our dancers, or rocaurora, we are ready to g. maybe not. how about our veterans? many veterans out there? stand up. [applause] calling all of our veterans forward. come on up, right in front. veterans, lineup, just like you are going to the chow hall. we are going to honor our veterans at this time, as we always have. there is a period of time when our veterans came home, they were called names, baby killers, spat upon. but native americans, native americans, we have always honored our veterans. we do the same today. going over to our friendship house drum, veterans song please. please stand if you are able. [applause] >> once again, thank you veterans. ross mirkarimi, our newly elected sheriff of san francisco county, and a former supervisor? welcome,