but also fundamentally it is more serious i think. america is a more serious place. and everything that screams out of you from hollywood and from tv generally and from knowing america, it couldn't be less true. q. are fundamentally in your core ac these people. we are fundamentally in our core a kind of battered and rather drunken and u.n. serious people. and i think getting that street and exploring why it is and where it comes from certainly for me in the whole eight years i was in the united states it is just an endless fascination. >> in "cheers, america" you mentioned the relationship with of the u.s. and the u.k. and you write that the relationship with china is more important than its relationship with england. >> absolutely. the idea that the united states needs to base its foreign policy in the future, our little country without dwindling military resources, that somehow because of our purpose of democracy, we believe in freedom roughly speaking, but because of that, we are somehow going to be important here in the future i think it couldn't be more wrong. t

. >> this is the america that we know all too well. yesterday, we watched the justice system fail miserably again. >> bill: far left running wild with the zimmerman verdict. we will tell you what's going on in those precincts. >> we don't get democracy we get capitalism and white supremacy. >> bill: also tonight is america really biased against black people. >> i think this is for many americans another piece of the evidence of the inconvertible contempt that this nation often shows for black men. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now.

, is that america? >> that is the challenge. we're feeling very isolated.ese failures are societial failures. >> '60s and '70s were terrible. don't throw in the towel. >> sean, sean. monica, yes? go ahead. >> listen, remember in 2008, barack obama constantly talked about the fundamental transformation of the nation. and we have been focused on changes the economics away from a free market system to a more socialist system, but i think the critical point about the fundamental transformation is whether or not the far left is changing the very character of america. >> people like tamara. >> it's anthony weiner's false, ryan braun's fault. look at sports. it was never america's past time. mickey mantle came to the games drunk, willie mayes took amphetamines. >> we have to realize, one, america's stronger. out of adversity, we've always >> we have to realize, one, america's stronger. out of adversity, we've always been a greater nation. we're in a tough time. we are fighting a fundamental transformation. we have political issues. national security issues. cultur

. >> it is america at its

what is your message for corporate america s? it seems to be a disparity between the salaries they are earning and the workers pay. where do think that will end up in the next decade? >> what you think is behind this corporate salaries going up like that? >> when the competition causes them to pay more -- they have to pay to get the best talent. -$39ccording to that report million in overall compensation. , the head of disney. and at no. 6 is the head of the ebay, john donohoe. howard schultz of starbucks with $29 million in compensation. out the top 10. the report there was mentioned in a number of publications including the new york times recently. rounding out the top 10. you are a retail shoe store owner. tell us about that. >> basically a family run business. the government is trying to stop small and medium-sized businesses by taxing the crud out of us. >> what is the challenge that family-run businesses use a faces? you say faces? >> the new health care bill is a monster. for company my size. just in that regulation is goin

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debts and locking up people and and part of the way these were sold to local communities across america is that these are jobs for you you know tending these the gulags and in keeping these prisoners in prison that drug prohibition in america is ending pot will be legalized decriminalized so all those people going into prison that make corrections government money will not be going to prison because net net as anonymous analytics points out the economics does not support that model for the states or for the federal government so it's going to be a huge shift and to capture that shift sell your stock in this company are so sure if enough hedge funds sell short they can force the price down to zero that's what happened two hundred lifesciences remember hedge funds attacked huntington life sciences the animal cruelty company down to zero you can do the same thing with corrections core of america because they treat people like donal's it's animal testing it's the new slave model it's plantation economics it's slavery in america let's get rid of it well you know during the raid. in times when w

[cheers] [applause] john: this is the optimism that makes america possible. when i look at your sideburns, and i think people would say that this is not a normal guy. [laughter] >> definitely guilty as charged. we are different because we have the looks. [laughter] [cheers] [alause] [laughter] [applause] >> that but social awkwardness is not a sin in defense of liberty. john: i am socially awkward as well. i overcome it if i have to. but what is it about many of the people who like to analyze the opposite? is a personality type? >> economists would argue that everything we do when we fight for freedom and show up at rallies, when we care about the futu of our country, economists will say that is irrational. the we happen to think t is the best thing to do because we care not only about our country, but her future, our kids future, that is not normal in this country. that is what we have to face. >> it is part of our culturend part of our etrepreneurs. that is what freedom is about. hope to do it better next time. john: well, we should talk about the pepective

is right. we need to invest in america and invest in the middle class. at's growth and that gets growth. >> we don't need a president who is a cheerleader, and this president is speaking to us like adulting telling us the truth. we've been passed by europe and other nations around the world in upward mobility. that's a fact no one disputed, and the reason for that is because if you are born rich in the country, you are likely to stay rich. if you're born poor, there's a slim chance to succeed. it doesn't mean it's not the greatest country on earth with a lot of opportunity here, but it's less and less and less, dennis, and we have to work harder and harder to achieve. dennis: you guys blame policies and republicans or capitalists for what's happened in the wealth disparity, but you leave out economic trend, okay? our economy was based on the hydrocarbon atom, blue collars, and no college degree earned great money and big industrial plants. we switched over to be bissed on the silicon molecule and engineers, and that's harder. it's part tech tonic plates,

is coming up at the top of the hour meghan lopez. many americans still have the almost cult like belief that america is the greatest nation on earth for the past thirty years the us has been in decline relative to other countries yet during this time washington continues to fight wars abroad and egypt is a nation building is america becoming a third world country. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harmon welcome to the big picture. you know the resume. is a. glowing welcome to crossfire all things are considered on peter lavelle many americans still have the almost cult like believe that america is the greatest nation on earth. but objective facts belies this exaggerated patriotism for the past thirty years the us has been in decline relative to other

to cross-talk america in decline i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in wa .

your thoughts on what is going on in america right now. continue the economic growth? what's your name? >> my name is kim joiner-shuler. >> where are you from? >> from austin, texas. >> oh, you got a lot going on down in austin, texas, as of late. >> yeah, it's been historical in the last couple of weeks with the voter and then the -- what's the -- >> attack on women's right. >> attacks on women's rights and we really have to worry about getting rick perry out of office. so -- >> what does america need right now? >> structure. we need to put people back to work. we need to decrease the student loan, the student loan hikes is a disgrace and we need to make sure that we extend the voters right for all minorities. i know that president bush extended it before he left office, but we need to make it a mandate. it shouldn't ab an expiration date on voteing. >> do you agree with that, folks? [cheers and applause] >> your name. >> misty mostly from east st. louis illinois. >> east st. louis, illinois. >> yes. >> well, tell me about your america. wh

or governmental america with a capital g is be trusted. they don't see a way out. they see a conspiracy in corporate america, in big government corporate america by the middle-class. chris: you can mess around in school, get b's. a lot of us got serious about life. if you come out of a bad situation with a bad education when the time comes to grow up, it's too late. >> i think the real question is when does this become a political force nationally and the expectations so many people who are trying to go get the middle-class because there still is a middle-class in this country or it's perceived to be by lots of people that they are in the middle-class and they want to even more higher. so how does that harnessed? does the anger -- chris: is it the crime statistics? poverty statistics? what gets people aroused? >> that's the question. we're talking about. we see this as a big problem. indeed, it is. but i don't see the politicalization of it. and who is going to lead it and how are they going to do it to force this system? joe's

and since america is a welfare state, someone to come here. ica's aner has been, well, we will let someeople in legally, but we should seal the border to keep undesirables out. we recently spent billions to put up the giants' offense on the mexican border. how is that working out? special corporation -- special correspondent just went to the southern border with califoonia assemblyman. a former member of the minutemen , one of the volunteer groups that started their own border patrol's to try to help stop illegal immigration. >> caught between two governments. so many politicians pontificate. john: the border fence to n cover the old border. >> as smart smuggler is not going to go to where the security is. he will take the weak spot. john: lots of weak spots like this and guarded tunnel that led him what to mexico. >> you are in mexico now. you're in violation. john: even where there was fans, people vetiver. they bring ladders like this one we found lying right next to the fans', they c holes in the fence. this one has been passed, but it does

this is america's very on climate change brought line. with the summer melt under way, this is the last chance to drive over the sea ice without the risk of falling through. the results of years of field work show the ice is getting thinner and younker. it really it -- rarely lasts for more than three or four years. of arctic iceme has fallen by more than half in a generation. all this reflective surface that we see here is someone keeping the planet cooler. it will be gone. >> alaska significance in the climate story is about calls as well as effect. the north slope is america's biggest oil field. the u.s. is desperate to tap new sources of alaskan oil. 30we have safely drilled wells in the arctic in the 1980's. it can be done. i am confident it will be done. i am confident it will be done safely. >> another oil company in france has looked at the arctic and said the risks are too big, it still would do too much damage. >> the arctic is going to be developed. who do we want in the lead? do want a country like russia, who doesn't have the

[cheers] [applause] john: this is the optimism that makes america possible. when i look at your sideburns, and i think people would say that this is not a normal guy. [laughter] >> definitely guilty as charged. >> we are different because we have the looks. [laughter] [cheers] [applause] [laughter] [cheers] [applau] >> that but social awkwardness is not a sin in defense of liberty. john: i am socially awkward as well. i overcome it if i have to. but what is it about many of the people who like to analyze the opposite? is a personality type? >> economists would argue that everything we do when we fight for freedom and show up at rallies, when we care about the future of ourcountry, economists will say that is irrational. the we happen to think it is the best thing to do because we care not only about our country, but her future, our kids future, that is not normal in this country. that is what we have to face. >> it is part of our culture and part of our entrepreneurs. that is what freedom is about. hope to do it better next time. john: well, we should talk abo

a talent and the opportunities is what america givers you. several recent studies challenge this notion. one report from pew finds social mobility is on the decline and means u.s. is not the best bet to move up the economic ladder if you're born poor. the rich stay rich more observe in this country. that sounds distinctly un-american. my question to you feels like one america and two economies. is it race that is dividing us in money or is it class? >> well, based upon race you have less access to education. you're more jailed. now, christine, you have the case where in chicago, for example, the prisoners, the county makes $3 million off telephone calls. the poor get the telephone calls to make. the other part is prison labor is on the rise. south carolina, 20% of all prisoners are lease to do companies, for example, that some kids in cook county jail in there five years waiting for pretrial retention. when you go through a month ago the blooks and whites use marijuana about the same level and blacks third time more likely to be raefarrested t

. >>> there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. >> we are not as divided as our politics subject. there is not a black america and a white america and latino america. and asian america. we remain a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> we want you to disburse. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> trayvon marlttin could have been me 35 years ago. >> this town is legitimate to look at the tea party. here are a group of people who are admittedly racist. >> i'm not going to -- i don't know what they're so afraid of. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. >> you have awakened sleeping giants. >> the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform. >> the first big step is, we have to have a serious border security. >> is america a divided nation? welcome to the live studio audience edition of hannity. tonight for the entire hour, we'll be tackling the most controversial issues from race relations, obama care. no topic tonight is off limits. as we've seen in the wake of the zimmerman verdict, and ev

here is some of what you shared with us. >> daniel girard said america is great because of all of thoset because we are free to live, worship, work and play as we choose. our nation is the most giving in the world. i'm proud to be part of it. >> from our own ainsley earhardt, she was out on a boat yesterday celebrating america's independence. >> nice picture. we will continue to share your stories and photos this week. keep on e-mailing and tweeting to us. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. happy independence day! >> happy 4th! >> good morning everybody. it is thursday, july 4. happy independence day. happy 4th of july. i'm gretchen carlson. fox news alert. the new leader of egypt sworn in after president morsi forced out by the people in the military. so who is it and what does it mean for america? we're live with all the details. >>brian: she's been closed to the public for more than eight months after being ravaged by superstorm sandy, but now lady liberty is making a come-back on america's birthday. live from there coming up. >>clayton: good morning. i'm clayton morris. she lost 1

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but now that criticism seems to be dying down from your point of view why is that. america takes a different is very split when it comes to the west many countries are very very critical just like the bolivian as well and here are they could work in other countries tent city to negotiate more with the u.s. that's the case for chile for example they're negotiating a trade agreement with the u.s. and brazil's president dilma rousseff has had close contacts with president barack obama and that includes a state visit to the u.s. so i would say that the posture of bless america towards the u.s. might be of some criticism now on the microphones well behind the scenes is going to be a little more split things. which sounds american country from your point of view most likely to grant snowden asylum if any. if any i would say that that would be the case for bolivia the reason is basically where i was doesn't have much to lose he doesn't have any trade agreements to negotiate with europe or with us his country is very very poor in south america and they could be on the highlights ag

>> and now "bbc world news america." is kathy k, reporting from london. america has some soul-searching to do. obama speaks out on racial tensions and the george zimmerman verdict. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> could there be new life in the middle east peace effort? secretary of state announces both sides have laid the groundwork for new talks. the space race. we introduce you to one woman who worked a friend the scenes to be a pioneer in the field. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. president obama said the country needs to do some soul-searching in the wake of a verdict that found toward zimmerman not guilty of murdering trayvon martin, and unarmed african- american teenager. in a surprise appearance in the briefing room, mr. obama said the case might have turned out if whitley if trayvon martin had been white. he also had a personal message to those who were upset i the ruling. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said this could have been my son. ,nother way of saying that is trayvo

hi, we could not have picked a better day, mother nature is helping out. america'sup is free to everyone, one of the benefits, take a look at the crowd behind me, the park just opened to the public, you can see racing boats and a concert venue and interactive exhibits. since it is right along the water front it is likely to attract thousands who walk by on beautiful days like today. i spoke with the america's cup director and he explains why san francisco is a one-of-a- kind host city. >> this is my 11th cup, doing all of them since 1980 in 1 capacity or the other, what is exciting for me this is the first time in the 162 history of the cup the fans can see it from shore. >> as you can see from this practice footage san francisco's windy day makes for fast and exciting races, which organizers say everyone will enjoy. however today's grand opening was a long time in the making, from funding issues with private and public partnerships to the controversial convert venue which have had many people who own homes in the marina area and who could forget the loss of a racer

is america the land of equal opportunity? that is bugging me and we want to hear from you.nnouncer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test tra. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz deal. but hurry, offers end july 31st. cheryl: dennis kneale is getting a ton of responses underwood is bugging me today. dennis: we asked to weigh in. is president obama right? is america the land of inequal opportunity, i am fed up with his failure to take responsibility and lead, he is divisive and harvard jones says go, dennis, another speech about nothing blaming the other guy for problems in washington. nothing new. gerri: there's more on twitter. dennis: don't miss it. cheryl: we are moments away from the u.s. attorney's news conference, looking at a live picture, that is not the u.s. attorney but getting things ready to go. criminal charges filed against hedge fund sac capital. we will bring you this news conference, more on this fascinating story. dennis: will investors stick by steve cohen. the fed's won

is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> how many think america is turning to crime? raise your hands. ree? why? >> i don't think it's on deklain as it goes through a change. i have faith in america. there are bumps in the road here, but i'm not going to throw in the towel. there are a lot of good people out there. look at the guys who serve in the military. for example, haven't things changed a lot in this country? maybe not -- >> for catholic boys. look what the catholic church has gone through the last 20 years. penn state. washington, eric holder. he's held in contempt of court. things are going down the tubes. not good. >> historically, every generation thinks the generation before them was great and everything's on the decline. we're america. we'll bounce back. if you believe it's diversity that you're opposed to, it's a good thing for this country. >> all right. >> i get on the bus in the early bus with folks who get up every day to take care of their families, take care of kids. some of them are struggling, really trying to figure out how they're going to make it in america, but

president david chiu, he knew that we had to get this done for our great celebration this year which is america's cup. that forced us to have this exciting first phase done. we will talk about a second phase later. i know supervisor chiu is going to welcome you all to his district. he's working very hard with me. we meet every week and he is constantly reminding me about the second phase of this and that, all the investments we have to make. i have already heard it, three times in fact last month and we are working together for the next phase. we have to take this moment to celebrate because without this recognition of how we got here already. it shouldn't take six years but it did. i need to thank a lot of people for that effort. six years of planning with the planning department and working out so many inclusionary meetings with everybody to make sure all of our agencies, the mta and office of economic development and the staff have been wonderful, but it takes a long time for something incredibly potentially interruptive to everything we were able to work through it. sometimes things take a li

>> if you look at this story is much in america, that was the case this but definitely they actually ense but the of the difference this is where i believe they will continue to grow because hugo chavez left behind a huge, huge structure a and as i said in my presentation of government of venezuela has been designed to to perpetuate itself so i believe using him as and issue they say they still like it bremer that the appeal to the spectators was really effective. something who'd do has work to achieve? this is why he was but the support for the ruling party diminished. i believe there will be more social rewards cover more mobilization by civil society and the organization's. but i believe she will respond with more and more aggression. we have seen that now. i believe eventually the elections will be abolished because after april 40 in the message was with a dose of pessimism that every regime can survive even when being pour. lookit north korea and look at cuba. so they can survive even they don't have enough resources. they can have rewards but also repress them. i think in my opi

europe is practically dead. and america is actually-- as we put on the cover a year ago everyone sort of believes-- is the comeback kids. america has tremendous advantages and -- >> would we be the comeback kid without the energy equation. >> it woul would in part. >> whether you think it's for good oril he has done a lot. i think there's an open question about how healthy the economy is going to feel. and i think there's a chance when he leaves office we are going to feel, boy, we have had a decade and a half of pretty disappointing economic growth and then i think there is a risk for the democrats that middle class people are going to say, "wait a second. do the democrats actually know how to fix this?" and we could see more fissures in the democratic party of the kind we see in the republican party. >> rose: the president and the economy when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we take a look this evening at president obama who laid ou

russia is no latin america and both sides are going to try to very carefully i must not forget that edward snowden is not seen as a spy in russia in fact it's interesting enough in a recent poll in the us he was seen as more of a hero in a poll then there. that's why so it's the american government it's the obama administration that sees this man as a spy these human rights activists are are going to support him and they're going to fight for him to the end of whether that means getting political will fly them in russia others certainly going to do their best to make sure he stays safe and that he's not handed over to the united states sure and she said thank you very much we'll be back of course and we'll chat to you more but right now our. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly promised to stop releasing leaks that haul washington in return for asylum here in russia that was the condition that from from to be former cia contract so to was drawn his previous application for russian asylum and he gathered thirteen human rights activists and lawyers a big transit zone of shereme

job and intelligence is accused of using america's notorious surveillance program to its advantage that's just weeks. washington. faces stiff questions over just how involved germany was in the n.s.a. spying program. an epidemic. in iraq is blamed on the u.s. led coalition's use of depleted uranium in military assaults. becoming increasingly visible. britain's prime minister admits there's too much extremism among the syrian rebels his clearest indication yet willing to go.

this is america. on this issue, you cannot lead from behind. what's lacking in this moment is moral leadership. the country is begging for it. they're craving it. and i disagree with the president respectfully that politicians, elected officials, can't occupy this space on race. lincoln did, truman did, johnson did, president obama did. he's the right person in the right place at the right time, but he has to step into his moment. i don't want him to be like bill clinton, when he's out of office, regretting that he didn't move on rwanda. i don't want the president to look back and realize he didn't do as much as he could have in this critical moment. >> to tavis's point, professor, there has been criticism, it's been building through the week. there was an article in "the washington post" that he had imposed himself in the silence about race. and she wrote this. "during this period of self-imposed silence, we have watched our criminal laws become radicalized, our race criminalized. blacks continue to be faced with punishing unfairness and inequa