if you go back far enough may be all of humankind this effort can. said it began there then you could make the argument all americans are in some sense african-american it depends on how you want to define what you are saying obviously barack obama is the first person who view himself as black and that is the context i view him as the first black american. >> host: "the persistence of the color line" racial politics and the obama presidency" randall kennedy most recent book. winston-salem. >> caller: thank you for the program and i would like for him to speak kind the issue of president obama, a politician in nine as to martin luther king as a leader. >> guest: it is very important to recognize people occupied different phases and have different missions. margin mr. king, jr. was then head of a wonderful and am perked -- important political social movement. he was a civil rights leader and a leader of the struggle and he occupied a certain role and he has certain responsibilities and a burden to carry eight when you occupy that role. as a policy issu

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we had achieved the longest space voyage ever so that humankind can one day create a new dawn on the surface of the distance -- distant planet. >> the test was to see if man could deal with the potentially 8 month journey across space. their minds and bodies were tested continuously. they started their journey in june last year. the most exciting moment was stepping out here on to this pile of sand, the simulation of a walk on the surface of mars. at times, it was very obviously a simulation. this felt very real to them. genuine astronauts say going to mars is a great ambition. >> this is a long way away but this is difficult with children. in reality, this is what we dream about. going to mars. >> the mission had its lighter moments but scientists insisted this was a serious experiment, getting ready for a voyage to mars and about 20 years. >> this is not your typical cop. he emigrated from yemen when he was wanted and he joined the police force shortly after earning his degree. a year later, new york was hit by the 9/11 attacks. >> at the age of 15, we went to the school. my mother

. >> we have achieved on earth the longest space voyage ever said that humankind can one day create a new dawn. >> the idea was to test whether man could deal with the stress and boredom of a long voyage to mars, approximately an 8 month journey across $45 million -- 45 million miles across space. they started their virtual journey in june last year. the most exciting moment was stepping out here on to this pile of sand, a simulation of a walk on the surface of mars. at times, the experiment was very obviously assimilation but they said that cut off from the outside world, it felt real for them. genuine oscar not say that going to mars is the -- astronauts say that going to mars is the big ambition. >> that is what we dream about. >> going to mars? >> going to mars. >> the mission had its light moments but scientists insist this was a serious experiment, getting ready for a voyage in about 20 years time. >> no way i would do that. this is not your typical cop. he bows down to mecca on his lunch breaks and the worst to foster understanding between the police department. he joined the p

we have achieved the longest space voyage ever so that humankind can meet a new dawn -- reached a newawn on a new planet. >> the idea was to test weather the men couldn't door of the stress of a long voyage -- to test whether them and called in door of the stress of a long voyage. scientists insist this was a serious experiment. the most exciting much for the men was stepping out here on to this pile of sand, a simulation of a walk on the surface of mars. the experiment had major shortcomings. there was no weightlessness,radiation, and they were never in any real danger. so far, man has only been to the moon. it took three days to cover 320,000 miles. just getting to mars will take at least 250 days. it is a minimum of 35 million miles. astronauts say it is within reach. >> we will make a big effort starting today, i think we can do it and 10 or 15 years. >> for decades, morris has been a distant dream for those interested in human -- mars has been a distant dream for those interested in human space flight. >> mars may be far away, a series of olympic posters have been unveiled in lon

on the mars500 mission, we have achieved on earth the longest space voyage ever, so that humankind can one day greek a on another planet. it has been an honor to have been part of this remarkable achievement with five of the most professional, friendly, and resilient individuals i have ever worked with. i will be forever thankful for those close to me during this long odyssey. >> daniel was there. you were with the families. how did they ever let them go? >> i do not think they have much choice. this is something the six men chose to do. it is not a conventional space exploration. it was essentially a very large tin can in a suburb in moscow. throughout the 500 days, they kept spirits that this was a worthwhile project. they do feel like this has proved something and opened up the way for men to make the trip to mars. they were all still talking about mars still being at least 20 years away, if not more than that. >> they said the most difficult thing was the isolation and the tedium. >> in truth, that will be the biggest problem, if anyone does make the journey to mars. it would take

zi's mother said it restored her faith in humankind. >>> this one here at home, police in new york are holding a man they call a lone wolf terrorist in custody they say they got him just before he finished building a bomb that could flatten a car. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the story. pierre? >> reporter: george, talk about homegrown terror, the suspect was building a bomb on his mom's couch in the building behind me. jose pymeningtel was an hour away from having a powerful pipe bomb ready to explode in new york city. the replica revealed deadly intentions. >> he talked about killing u.s. service member returning from iraq and afghanistan and bombing post offices in and around washington heights and police cars in new york city. >> reporter: authorities began investigating the 27-year-old recent convert to islam after he created this extremist website. on it he expressed support for osama bin laden and the radical american born cleric awlaki. >> what set him off was the elimination of awlaki. >> reporter: he is described as a classic lone wolf unemployed livin

now there are more discussions and more debates among humankind. we are in a battle of perceptions and ideas that will never end. now we have to worry about kasich distortion of his lomb that certain terrorist groups of come up with. we have to respond to that with facts. we also need to explain our own country. if we do not, others will do it for us. >> if his voice or face looks familiar to you, that is because he spent 32 years in television and radio news. five years with national public radio. nearly 20 years with abc news as a foreign correspondent in many locations including communist countries. then a about eight years with c and n as their national security correspondent. he became director of voa on august 1, 2011. you mentioned the islam issue. in pakistan,voa is starting a new service. how are you developing that service? how is it different from what you have done in the past? >> it is a very difficult country. the relationship between a america and pakistan is a difficult one. we are allies, but it is contentious. in no other place is

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figure at nine point three billion people concerns are mounting that such sustained expansion of humankind threatens to run dry this planet's already overstretched resources. the business as usual scenario predicts that humanity will be using renewable resources and land at the rate of two planets each year by twenty thirty and just over two point eight planets each year by twenty fifty in addition to medical progress and higher agricultural productivity fertility is thought to be the main driver of population interesting re enough worldwide population continues to grow despite the fact that the growth rate itself has been steadily declining the reason for this is the fact that there is still more people living in countries with a higher birth rate these countries are also in some of the developing world poorest such as niger some malya afghanistan and congo which means more people born into dire poverty the seven billionth citizen will be born into war go counter contradictions we have potential for. us to starving social and economic equity as at the crux of the phenomenon because not on

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millions upon millions of people are kept from premature death because it's an extraordinary boom to humankind that in china it's no longer wracked by famine. europe is no longer rocked by famine. children are no longer dying. at the same tidal wave of globalization is sweeping away languages and cultures at this extraordinary rate. and you osha people, your world about the information explosion, how much more we know. wait a minute, are we losing a language every 10 days, or whatever it is. so there's this huge human cost to this -- >> do you fight it? do you come -- [inaudible] >> try to fight this global energy, or has the door now been opened and they can't close speakers i don't think the door is closed but you can survey, on the human level, mitigate this. and i think people are torn. they want to embrace the world. my kids, you know, our tremendous sense of japanese animate, and you know, they have little hand club in amherst, massachusetts, so that's a fine thing that they are exposed to this. but at the same time there's all kind of other, you know, reasons why they want to kind of --

if you go back far enough may be all of humankind this effort can. said it began there then you could make the argument all americans are in some sense african-american it depends on how you want to define what you are saying obviously barack obama is the first person who view himself as black and that is the context i view him as the first black american. >> host: "the persistence of the color line" racial politics and the obama presidency" randall kennedy most recent book. winston-salem. >> caller: thank you for the program and i would like for him to speak kind the issue of president obama, a politician in nine as to martin luther king as a leader. >> guest: it is very important to recognize people occupied different phases and have different missions. margin mr. king, jr. was then head of a wonderful and am perked -- important political social movement. he was a civil rights leader and a leader of the struggle and he occupied a certain role and he has certain responsibilities and a burden to carry eight when you occupy that role. as a policy issu

you heard anything humankind can think of. i will suggest the answers that were given are relevant and important. one of the reasons our group did not get as big reductions in appropriated accounts as other plants was because we came upon the idea that we were going to have to come up with revenue, we ought to have a budget that was understanding in this area or it would be attacked to destroy it as we were trying to create a country that was strong again. we did take care of the problem. i will tell you from my own experience, one time i asked a wise man, what do we do to help poverty? the person said i can tell you in one word. i thought, he must have ties with the holy spirit. he said, a ticket. -- educate. people must get educated. that will not solve the bread on the table. any plan should look at whether the poor people are getting educated. >> i agree, sir. >> secondly, the country has to grow or there is nothing to split. there is nothing to give to our people. whatever problems you are talking about have to have growt

. >> well, because i think that humankind is advanced by technology that has wisdom in the hands thativase that technology and passion that they bring to their lives as well. it is an estimate, a tool. we have had some hearts, and they should drive the technology, not the other way around. that is what i believe. i also worry that as a stanford law senior when i was out there doing work in silicon valley, was sitting in the courtyard at stanford law school and those on line, in this segment can over to me. very partial to stanford because i love the love of tuition there for my daughter. [laughter] but he said to be, a very pertinent question. he said, you have written a lot about generations. my generation. now, a very relevant question. how you measure. it ought not to be just because you share a facebook page or they know how to tweet or how to find you. >> and also one of the things that your book speaks about is the notion that technology in some way also answer rubs our course of thinking. in the think this will lead is quite nicely. >> i must say, i -- you really have to bring

it's an extraordinary won -- boon to humankind. china is no longer racked by famine, europe is no longer racked by famine. this is a good thing, i think, right? children are no longer dying. but that same tidal wave is sweeping away languages and cultures at this extraordinary exchange. how much more we know, but you're going to say, wait a minute, are we losing a language every ten days or whatever the guess is? so that there's this huge human cost to this. >> you fight it? do you fight it? >> me personally? >> no, as a human response. does one try to fight this global energy, or has the door been opened and it can't close? >> i don't think the door can close, but you can certainly, um, you know, on a human level mitigate this. and i think people are torn. you know, they want to embrace the world. you want to -- my kids, you know, are tremendous fans of japanese anime, and they have a little manga fan club in massachusetts. [laughter] so that's a fine thing, that they're exposed to this. but at the same time there's all kinds of o

. >> i think that humankind advanced by technology that has wisdom in the hands that debate that technologyave passion. it's an instrument. we have had some hearts and they a shipwreck that technology, not the other way around. i also worry that a stanford law senior when i was out here doing work in silicon valley for a spin in the courtyard at stanford law school in the zone line and this man came up to two in a very partial to stanford because i watched a lot of tuition there for my daughter when she went there for four years. he said a very pertinent question. did you read a lot about generations. what about my generation in the definition in the meeting a friend? do we know what that means you are going to lose it because we've made it a verb or friending people now. that's a very relevant question. how do you measure friendship? it ought not to be because you share a facebook page where they know how to tweet you. >> and also, one of things that sherbrooke speaks about is the notion that knowledge in some ways also interest our course of thinking. and i think this will lead us quite n

with wisdom and justice, grace and compassion, bringing honor to your name and your blessing to humankind. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 2, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent 25 the senator from connecticut,, a man who is an everyday example to all of us and whose observance to his religion is something we all admire, senator lieberman. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair, i thank our leader and i would s

investments in nature generate jobs, economic momentum and may generate these very tangible returns that humankind count on. so that's why we think people rally around this cause is important for americans and legislators to understand. that's my first point. second point, federal budget spending on nature conservation amounts to a grand total of 1.26% of the federal budget. why do i mention that number? 1.26% of the budget because spending on nature conservation to cause the deficit and cutting spending on conservation can't fix the deficit. therefore it's important we urge congress to understand cuts to nature conservation should not be disproportionate. third point, third and final point. that is not to say that investments in nature and government activities in these areas can't be a nice, can't be improved, cannot be redesigned so we get more bang for the buck to the conservancy is strongly in favor of looking hard at federal spending in nature on conservation spending so that programs are grown and programs that should be cut back or cut back is appropriate. the key message i want to make hi

generate jobs, they generate economic momentum, and they generate these very tangible returns that humankind counts on. so that's why we think people are rallying around this cause, and that's important for americans and our legislators to understand. that's my first point. second point, federal budget spending on nature conservation amounts to a grand total of 1.26% of the federal budget. why do i mention that number? 11.26 -- 1.26 percent of the budget? because spending on nature conservation didn't cause the deficit and can't fix the deficit. therefore, it's important that we urge congress to understand cuts to nature conservation should not be disproportionate. third point, third and final point, that's not to say that investments in nature and government activities in these areas can't be optimized, can't be improved, can't be redesigned so we get more bang for the buck. the conservancy is strongly in favor and looking hard at federal spending in nature on conservation spending to fine tune investments so that the better programs are grown and those programs that should be cut back are

. >> well, you have heard almost anything humankind can entrance. but i would suggest to you that the answers we are given are really relevant and important. one of the reasons that our group did not get as big of reductions in appropriated accounts has other plans was because we came upon the idea that we were going to have to come up with some revenue and we have to have it just a misunderstanding in understanding in this area or i would quite properly be a tactic. with equal vigor to destroy it as we were trying to create a country that was strong again. and so we did take care of the problem you talk about. but every time you are my own experience as they leave the scene. one time i asked a very wise man, what do we do to help poverty? person said i can tell you in one word and i thought he must have direct ties with the holy spirit. and he said to educate. what he says his people must get educated. that won't solve the bread on the table. but in a plan you have in mind should obviously look at whether the four people are getting educated or not

. >> you have heard almost anything humankind can think of. i would suggest that the answers given are relevant and important. one of the reasons the other group did not get as big of a reduction in appropriated accounts as other plants was because we came upon the idea that we were going to have to come up with some revenue. we should have a budget that was understanding in this area. it would be attacked with equal vigor to destroy the it as we were trying to create a country that was strong again. i will tell you from my own experience as i leave the scene , one time i asked a wise man what we do to help poverty. the person said, i can tell you in one word. i thought, you must have direct ties with the holy spirit. he said, educates. . people must get educated. that will not solve the plan on the table. any plan you have in mind should look at whether poor people are getting educated or not. secondly, you can grow it there is nothing to split. there is nothing to give to our people. that is why our tax plans are growth tax plans. theirs is

thank you for those of every age and generation, who by their courage and sacrifice, won freedom for humankindved in the u.s. 442nd combat team, endorsed our gratitude with your divine approval. we praise you, lord, for the thousands of japanese-american veterans who more than self their country loved. sacrificing for liberty when their friends and families were experiencing discrimination at home. made their exemplary service inspire us to cultivate in our lives their courage and danger, of their steadfastness in trial, their perseverance in difficulty, their loyalty when loyalty is costly. their love, which nothing can change, and their joy, which nothing can take away. amen. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the representative from the 29th district of california, the hon. adam schiff. >> for their dedication to our country during world war ii. these remarkable men left a segregated nation to fight and defend america with no guarantee that their own freedom would be returned. there are no words more eloquent than the legacy they left behind and then their own words, words like thes