how worried is america and is the right to be worried? >> they used to be a great sense of optimism that anyone would do well and this is increasingly becoming a much more segregated place in terms of their outlook and that is not so different from a lot of the other markets. >> do you see it like that? >> it is a true that the good news is that americans are worried. they will do something about it. that is traditionally the case in america to go along and you are told that russia will overtake you and china will overtake you. this is all policy mistakes that do it. this is the place. do you see immigration like that? you don't. they see opportunity and freedom. i am optimistic. i will get more optimistic maybe after 2012. >> this has become a point where this is a bigger economy, china, then the u.s. it will be a very long time before it has a higher per- capita income. >> it will be decades and decades. to the economy is bigger supporting 1.3 billion people compared to 300, that is not me that they're better off. >> how does it seem in

a long history with the america's cup. when is it about the america's cup that keeps the french coming back and winning and succeeding? what keeps you coming back every year? >> america's cup is very important in france. it is have a great opportunity every four years to race against the best in the world. it is part of our history in france. wonderful to be here. >> next to you, representing new zealand of the emirate's team, welcome to san francisco. you are one of the more experienced teams. how do you see the field shaping up in the 34th america's cup? >> we have a fantastic group. the quality of the teams will reflect the quality of the events in the end. we have a nice mixture of teams here, a good number of competitors. it will be fantastic. >> next, representing at italy, darrio valencia. italy has been involved since 1993. what keeps you coming back and what are you excited about this next america's cup? >> there is a field in italy because of the tradition and glamour it represents. there has been a history of successful

>> this is all about 21st century america. well i will do is put these on a web site, and all this 21st century alabama, so they can see what i am doing is avoiding for the library of congress website. >> how many photographs did you take? >> about 5000. >> this is on film or digital? >> once digital became high- resolution enough, i said this was it, and i took the library of congress with me. they expected the collection to be the largest photographic digital collection in the library of congress. >> who pays for this? >> a man funded me to the state of alabama and defunded me to go down there. and these are all free of copyrights. we are just now looking for a corporate sponsor to carry on throughout the whole united states. the national parks service, the library of congress -- and for a corporate sponsor this would be a very special partnership. >> we are seeking about 375- $5,000 per year. i would be got about eight months of the year, and i would take about 10,000 or 12,000 photographs, -- >> anybody can use these, anywh

union organization is going to be slaughtered well let's look at these videos to see what america might look like the next the next time the deficit ceiling is hit here's india's parliament you see a nice brawl there. let's turn to the punjab parliament. and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step then a tea party female moderator sling with michele bachmann and the other sharks and once again with the glasses of bachmann and sarah palin to get those two in the mud money rustling for votes so i vote for the ok let's move on to some serious stuff here looks talk about what is going on for the banana republic is ation of america and the biggest corporate occupier is the banks and this is our headline here max the fed audit so this is from senator bernie sanders website he was responsible for inserting into the wall street reform bill last year a clause which demanded one time audit of the fed and that is out and what they've discovered is that the

itself is looking like a big giant ghetto and wherever you go oh that ghetto special of america where there is probably stronger ghettos chicago did. roy probst on this is saying group of corporations caterpillar is a enabling jennifer cation in palestine same thing in detroit because you got a minority of c.e.o.'s who take all that money from the government put it in their pockets and they claim that while there's a lot of infrastructure there to spread around amongst the population because they're responsible for pool and infrastructure and building infrastructure because we're talking about themselves how can the people simply construe as a representative democracy we've got in florida so you are still in mourning wholesale and claiming that the compost we distributed because of the money. and finally max for the entire picture of a banana republic so they would been fighting over this deficit right eleven stunning facts about america's prisons prisons cost america six hundred billion dollars per year compare that to medicare is four hundred fifty two billion per year medicaid whic

second case when children were ripley's from the russian federation for vacation tonight as this is america and to a problem free is free free days a goal is a head to bear but didn't. so why don't why goes. this is a kind of fictional adoption i can say but this is not a legal adult show they're actually making the kids ok i mean i mean but the kid has no rights if he's there is a legally what do americans court say about that all american official said told us that we're is not violence or is not cruelty toward these children so we don't have any authority to to do something if me if you go to the united states and stay there for three years is there are three months they'll keep you out because you're violating the laws so we're always they can stay with three years and well you can say things like i cannot explain the situation because we have some papers from some response from american officials from the state of or your some of the city will abuse a child leave now. this is they didn't see any any violations of law anywhere else. and as we told the. seventeen died or keel children in

. >> america is doing so poorly. the leadership is very poor. we're doing very poorly. >> donald trump, how he would solve the debt crisis and what he would do to give america grace. and remember the uproar over obama's birth certificate? how smiley says that was race basing. i'll ask him why. he says the 2012 white house will be the last in history. and why the white house itself pays too much attention to wall street. >> if you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't look for barack obama. >> we'll have a conversation with tavis smiley. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> donald trump says america's economy could be going bad from worse. he joins me tonight on the phone. donald, how are you? >> hello, piers. >> first of all, congratulations on becoming a grandfather again. your lovely daughter ivanka and a baby girl ella rose, i understand. >> that is true. we're very happy about that. >> tell me, if we were trying to prescribe an economic future or young arabella that you would feel comfortable about, what would you do. >> first you have

it is not called captain america, but the character is called captain america throughout the movie. aren't we insulting the other countries because we are assuming they won't notice. we don't put it -- they will go, wait! his name's captain america. >> yeah. by the way, how dare you? do you not besmirch captain korea. have you seen captain korea? none of the guys are over 18. there is a lot of captain korea and guess what the uniform is? nothing! i will not tell you what their shield is, but i think if you watch, you will love it. here's my feeling. they hate us because their people love us. it's a love/hate thing. have you 3 million russians here and a million or -- from ukraine. they are also really pissed. there is a millian koreans, it's a brain drain. >> who is milla? >> she's the one that we made her date the guy from home alone. [laughter] >> we made her! >> no wonder! >> in your face. that was the trade. she wanted to come from the ukraine to the united states and only if you date -- we can't even remember his name. macauley culkin. >> yeah, that guy. the moment she got big,

that is the idea at the heart of america. it was the heart of our campaign. s why i'm going to need your help now more than ever. there'll be candidates parading around the country. they will do what they do which is that they will attack. they won't have a plan but they will attack. i and a stand that. the american people are lot less interested in us attacking each other, they are more interested in us attacking the country's problems. [applause] they are less interested in us exchanging insults about the past, they want to talk about the future. that is the concept that america needs. that is a concept that we will win. [applause] philadelphia, i know that there are some of you that are frustrated that we have not gotten done everything that we said we would have gotten done in two and a half years. it has only been two and a half years. 5 1/2 more years ago. [applause] there times when i feel frustrated. but we knew this was not going to be easy. there will be setbacks like there was setbacks during the first campaign. there'll be times when we stumble jus

and russian specialists minister for the occasion and from the department of justice of that is this if america is really planning to to sign similar similar agreements with countries in europe yes of course fortunately during last eight years the eighteen years which we. have these persons of international adoptions we don't have enough enough agreements and we have all new one agreement was italian republic unfortunately and our goal is to establish or underside all these contracts agreement of treaties and with all contras from where adoptive parents come to russia to pick up to take and to adopt our russian children across the border adoptions gone wrong have shown the failure of international law to look after children's rights spotlights media reports. a russian boy flown back to moscow by he's adoptive family in america the story made headlines a year ago it stirred public indignation and made lawmakers of the two countries work on a solution seven year old aaron. they believe we know we don't know much from these adoptive mother she claimed the boy was mentally unstable and she could no

collapsing and there are a lot of political things that they do all over the world but the fact is america itself is looking like a big giant ghetto and wherever you go oh that over gershon of america whether it's palestine or daedalus chicago did. roid problems but there's a saying group of corporations caterpillars are enabling getafe attention in palestine same thing in detroit because you got a minority of c.e.o.'s who take all that money from the government put it in their pockets and they claim that while there's a lot of infrastructure there to spread around amongst the population because they're responsible for building the infrastructure and building infrastructure because we're talking about of themselves how can the people simply construed as a representative democracy we've got installers and still stealing money wholesale and claiming that the chemicals were distributed because they don't have the money to do so because they could. and finally maxed for the entire picture of a banana republic so they would been fighting over this deficit right eleven stunning facts about ameri

there is a state of emergency in america. a matter of national security, the condition of poor and, whoing people, as much as iraq and as much as afghanistan. barack obama does not make that a priority. that's why i'm deeply disappointed. >> why is he not prioritizing this? >> he has the wrong team. he has the wrong people around him. i heard you say he is very calm and serene. i love calmness. but when people i am concerned about is catching hell, which is working people of all colors, poor people of all colors, then you ought to have a state of emergency. fdr had a state of emergency. abraham lincoln, state of emergency. lbj, our white brother from jim crow, texas, has a state of emergency in regard to black america. he had a conscience. >> let me ask you a question. does the african-american community in america, generally do you think, does it feel particularly let down because he is african-american that you feel he is not doing enough for other african-americans? many of whom are poor? >> i think brother tavis said it we

god bless america. >> to call you a fellow citizen of the united states of america. this isuntry. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] ♪ >> eight years ago my husband was one of millions of immigrants who came to america legally. since he married me, and i was born in the usa, he had no problem getting a greencard. >> this is a greencard. this is it. this is going the change my whole life. i drink to the greatest country on earth. >> reporter: he was happy as a resident alien until one day -- ♪ born in the usa, i was -- >> daddy wasn't -- ♪ born in the usa." >> daddy wasn't born in the usa, thomas. >> i have to become a citizen, because i can't be a foreigner my own family. >> suddenly, he realized he really had to become an american. so he started down the path to citizenship. in order to become an american, he must be a permanent resident for three to five years. be able to read, write, and speak english. >> you guys think daddy know house to speak english? >> yes. >> have you ever practiced polygamy? >> no. >> be a person of good moral ch

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." -- "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." we are reporting from washington. assassinated in afghanistan, president karzai's half-brother is killed. who will fill the powerful politicians shoes? -- politician's shoes? former prime minister gordon brown is accusing them of breaking the law to gain access to his personal details. the u.s. is digging fast to catch up on rare-earth minerals. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. it was a brutal attack in afghanistan today which claimed the life of president hamid karzai's half-brother, one of the country's most powerful and controversial politicians. the head of the provincial council had been accuse

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is not the america that i know and love which apparently is the america of the 1950's. >> what is going to ease that ht anchor? if he brings it up and 2008 during the primaries and the talks about w the bitter people clinging to their guns andlind religion. enormous blow back. he may have lost taxes. >> i don't think the issue is religion here. in large measure i don't thinken the issue is guns. i think the issue is that there are just a hard core set of people who question everything about, you know, this presidencn in the direction of thise country. i'm not sure that is going to g away anytime soon. i guess the spin on that is thas these folks are stuck in thath old paradigm intend to be rather old. so at some point they're goings to give way to some other people. >> talk about growing up on the west side. you write in the book about the impact that riding on the west o side when you were a youngwest i person had on you. >> staff. i mean, i am a chicagoan. happy to be back. i am a product of a particular part of c

let's do what is right for america. -- drop some of the partisanship. let's do what is right for america. we need to sit down and resolve the issue. america cannot default on its obligations. >> i do not believe it is an impediment. it is a catalyst. it will get people to talk about things. i think they will resolve it. >> i signed it because i believe it is a good approach to resolve the fiscal irresponsibility in washington, d.c. it is not the only way. it is a way. we need to start and make some tough decisions now. >> will it end up pushing more cuts down to the states grant -- down to the states? >> for every dollar cut in washington, 1/3 of it will come at the doorstep of the states. everything they are talking about is real to us. what we did in our letter, dave and i, is say, let us be part of the conversation so you know the consequences. because of how fragile the recovery is in some states, it can trigger them to slide back again. that is the last thing i think congress who want to see happen. that is why we want to engage and be part of this.

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." the taliban continued to attack nato forces, but one u.s. senator tells us american troops must leave the country even sooner. a long march across africa for these somali refugees. the threat of drought and civil war has driven them to desperation. >> we can scale up our operation to meet the growing need. this crisis could turn into a catastrophe. >> and a royal welcome in one of canada's most remote regions. the duke and duchess of cambridge get a taste of the great outdoors. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and to our viewers across the globe. stop bombing, stop fighting, and joined the political process. that is what the british prime mini

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now bbc world news america. >> he is back. president hugo chavez makes a surprise visit -- return to venezuela. questions about his health continue. a court room becomes the scene of high drama as radical and let it is ejected from his trial. -- ratko mladic is ejected from his trial. the latest tribute to the 40th president is unveiled in the u.k. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. it is the beginning of my return, that was the triumphant verdict of hugo chavez on his surprise trip back home. he has been in cuba for almost a month and being treated for cancer. he was determined not to miss the 200th anniversary of his independence. his political opponents say he is in no state to run the country. >> uprising vene

that is evolving is not the america thati knew and loved which is the america of the 1950s. >> what is going to ease that anger? obama brings up during the primaries when he talked about the bitter people clinging to their guns and religion and he got enormous blow back. he may have lost texas for that. >> i don't think the issue is a religion here. in large number of don't think it is done is. i think the issue is there are a hard core set of people who question everything about this president and the current direction of this country and i am not sure that will go away anytime soon. the positive spin on that is these folks stuck in the old paradigm tend to be rather old so at some point they will give way to other people. >> talk about growing up on the west side. you write in the book about the impact rioting on the west side when you were a young person had on you. >> i am a chicagoan and i will be back this weekend in chicago and i am part of a particular part of chicago. for me a fundamental part of my childhood was gr

this is what america needs? himself? this is what america needs. first, you read that thing. ould take perry another hour to finish that sentence. >> eric: do you like rick perry? >> greg: i don't know enough about him. but media says religion is laughable from the right and laudable from the left. when someone is religious like barack obama or jimmy carter it's spiritual. if it's from the right it's right wing christian extremists. >> bob: the guy is suggesting that god is calling him to run. >> andrea: i don't think he is. what is so bad about that? why can't you be a religious politician? >> bob: god doesn't get in the business of asking people to run for politics, that's why. it's the most absurd thing. >> andrea: you say he has call on you to do certain things and spoke to you. he doesn't speak about presidential pom tick noose >> bob: he doesn't get ahold of me and ask who my dates are. >> greg: no one has called me for anything. when you hear that, it's strange. i'm i lone at night no one calls. you don't even call me. >> eric: all right. coming up, potential problems f

all i can say is that america's freedom is best secured when she, america, is assisting others to obtain theirs, and the one thing history tells us free people settle their differences without resorting to the evils of war. to those in this body and throughout the country, i know we're broke. we're here today to be supposedly to talk about the budget. well, we're not doing anything but talking. we're $14.3 trillion in debt. there's all kind of ideas between republicans and democrats on how to get the country's fiscal house in order. it's the 5th of july, and we're here looking at each other doing nothing, but there's another part of the world as the senate and the house basically talks about america being in debt, there's people dying as i speak trying to change their government for the better, and what should we do? i'll tell you what we should do. we should help where we can, and senator mccain experienced war unlike very few people in this body, and he knows that when you go to war, bad things happen to good people, and to the idea that he or myself or anybody else relishes trying to

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." the taliban continued to attack nato forces, but one u.s. senator tells us american troops must leave the country even sooner. a long march across africa for these somali refugees. the threat of drought and civil war has driven them to desperation. >> we can scale up our operation to meet the growing need. this crisis could turn into a catastrophe. >> and a royal welcome in one of canada's most remote regions. the duke and duchess of cambridge get a taste of the great outdoors. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and to our viewers across the globe. stop bombing, stop fighting, and joined the political process. that is what the british prime mini

it's like saying why doesn't the marine corps make a profit. >> piers: america is a country, unlike in britain where you have the class system, where you went too school and who your parents are and who you are bred into, that's how you get on in life. in america, i've spend four or five years immerse ing myself in this culture, the class system is built on hard work, success and achievement. it's surprising to me the people governing the country pander to that by this rhetoric of everything has to make a profit because the way you have a yardstick of success. >> if you're talking about social mobility, yes, that's the american dream, the ability of one generation to do better than the generation that spawned them. that was something that was quintessentially american. we're tenth in the american dream right now. we're tenth in social mobility compared to other countries around the world. which is like sweden coming in tenth for swedish meat balls. >> piers: i happen to be on donald trump. i like him. i've been on one of his shows obviously. he went lashing into china, i thought he sli

she's going to as the them to continue to to finance america and china is going to say you america have to do something about your debt situation because we don't like what's going on so she will be on the defensive and rightly so so what is a likely scenario for developments in the united states i mean as you know the republicans and democrats in the u.s. have until next week to strike a deal out of us will be unable to pay its bills so is that a foreigner a real possibility in that situation i mean i know you're as a reporter i have to report on all that stuff but i don't pay too much attention to it is political noise is political gamesmanship america will do something they'll be some kind of deal they will continue to stay in business america is not going out of business next week and i assure you there. may be a day or two but no is going forward america someday will default there's no question marina america's the largest debtor nation in the world there's no way america can ever pay off its debt it will either inflate that money away or we won't chan

itself is looking like a big giant ghetto and wherever you go well that it was your show of america the weather is probably a stunner ghettoes chicago did. sure i would probably start this just saying group of corporations caterpillar is a enabling benefit pension and balanced on something in detroit because you got a minority of c.e.o.'s who take all that money from the government put it in their pockets and they claim that while there's a lot of infrastructure there to spread around amongst the population because your response before building infrastructure and the building infrastructure because are pocketing the money themselves how can that be possibly construed as a representative democracy we've got insiders are still stealing money wholesale and i'm claiming that they can't possibly distribute them because they don't have the money to do so because they stole the money and finally max for the entire picture of a banana republic so they were fighting over this deficit right eleven stunning facts about america's prisons prisons cost america six hundred billion dollars per year

is this obviously there's a general distaste towards taxes in america and so you automatically hear that these are socialist policies that this is wealth redistribution if you expect the rich to pay for the poor how do you battle those claims and try to explain to people that this is what needs to happen if we want to increase our revenue you know the way i was raised to much is given much is expected you know in my view in any decent society would not let a member of the languish in poverty particularly if their senior citizen or a or a child or a person with a disability or this is who is on social security medicare medicaid these are the people who bit for the from these programs these are not able bodied adults who can go up there and make their own way these are people who are aged people who are children people who are sick infirm and so in my opinion you know we just have to go back to the basics i know of no code of ethics no code of ethics christianity judaism. islam buddhist hindu or any just being a moral person that says that it's ok to just ignore and neglect the most vulner

. >> here is why -- when i look at candy i think of the beauty that is america. i am just practicing for the 5:00 slot. it reminds me of the -- because you know what is amazing about america, variety. there are over 25 million kinds of candy. do you know how many types of fruit there are sf 12. -- there are? 12. and vegetables there are only five vegetables. if you go to the candy aisle, that is america. every single kind of candy -- you can't possibly eat them all at the same time. there are just so many. >> i would rather be in communist russia and wait in line for one green bean. you earn it. you earn it. americans just get everything. >> i looked it up. this are 18 well known fruits. >> i dated half of them. >> you didn't really date them. you lubed them. >> i don't even know what that means. >> i don't know where i am. >> candy to me is a tribute to society. can we just agree to that? and every kid should eat as much as possible. >> why are you trying to keep these kids as fat as humanly possible? >> the only problem is you can't have candy when you are drunk