the middle east department working on the history zionism and at that time a book appeared in a john peters book from time immemorial which was receiving an enormous praise everywhere under it's a lot of reviews the greatest thing that's chocolate ice cream. the bull was completely preposterous and worthless the book said that there were no palestinians in palestine until the zionists came along and made the desert bloom and then the palestinians began to arrive to palestine it was the book that was a no value whatsoever it simply recycled very old and stale israeli propaganda but it was the book that american jews want to have because it completely whitewashed israel. and the book was a huge success and received every accolade in america until norman finkelstein wrote a longer view article in which he exposed the spurious scholarship behind that book and i send out my findings to like twenty five people tied them up. and then one side of the morning i got a quote from professor chomsky you know this is noam chomsky he said i read your writings and they saw on the right to me i mean is goin

lonely and welcome to cross john peter lavelle when it comes to finding solutions to the world's economic and financial woes is bigger and more better members of the group of twenty meeting in seoul may think so critics of such gatherings claim otherwise the g twenty is only a bloated version of ga. you can. still get. to discuss the meaningfulness of the g. twenty today i'm joined by pepe escobar in san paulo he is a journalist and author of obama does global stand in washington we have john ruth roth he is a director of member add you have to see an interaction and in syracuse we go to horace campbell he's a professor at syracuse university and another member of our cross talk team you and the hunger all right pepe i'd like to go to you first i used to always think the g.a.a. was a waste of time is the g. twenty i bigger waste of time as it meets in seoul no no the g eight is that the g twenty is the new kid on the block as the rio saying but in fact what it matters the g two it's unofficial but this is where the action really is the u.s. and china what is the u.s. doing at the moment q

a former strategist for the democrats and an adviser to al gore and john kerry joins us. peter, thank you very much for your time. how bad do you expect it to be, and why is that? >> i think it will be pretty bad for the democrats. the fact is that most folks believe that the house of representatives will switch from the democratic to republican party. they think there is even a possibility if republicans run the table that they can pick of the 10 senate seats needed to switch the senate from the democrats to the republicans. that is a little less likely but still possible. what you have here is you have the economy. you have a situation where the american people in 2008 were angry and scared and want to change and elected barack obama, and in 2010, and they are angry and scared and now want change. the pendulum has swung very far, very fast, and i think voters are coming out, especially those who are against barack obama, and i am not sure if the folks that voted in 2008, there were 15 million new voters, in that year, and we are afraid that those voters will not turn out in a

however five defendants could is enough already jose and peter and john crane faces special when strikedefense which carries with it a life sentence if convicted. the prosecutor handling these preliminary hearings to leave that by the time this is all over the defendants could face additional charges and in fact some charges could be dropped. at the contra costa county d.a. office kron 4 news. >> at sfo larger number than more of travelers are making their way through the skin and all the plants mostly to elaine on-time except those whose aircraft were delayed because of weather across the country about half of american's rivals are delayed. that is causing a ripple effect at sfo. this is the first test the body scanner is a lot of folks in the secured line going through the body scanner for the first time a lot to look so sure about what they're doing that the vast majority of passengers are submitting to be scanned as it been padded down. jonathan blum kron 4 news. >> creek picture on google street you in germany is making the rounds of the web. kimberly shows us the startling image.

[applause] >> thank you very much to you, john dick bove, peter holt, general colin powell, and othersho have come together to build this underground education gentle. it will be across the street. we have 25 million. the momentum is gathering. we are enormously proud. we will link 58,000 of our fellow soldiers, marines, airmen, soldiers, when their birthday comes up, we will memorialize them in the education gentle. the next two years will be crucial. go online, and give us a hand. let me also take one second to say how pride -- proud i am. does company i was -- the company i was privileged to serve with in the vietnam gets together. the first sergeant and i are still the old guys. i started at age 25. can i ask all -- can i ask them all to stand up? thank you for your service. [applause] >> my purpose and privilege is to it is everybody's marshall kym osley. the united states and australia are long-standing allies. we fought together in vietnam. many of the items left at the law reflect the service of these australian stock -- soldiers and airmen. kym osley now works of the embassy o

john eric sanchez? is mr. sanchez here? ok. peter glikhstern? thanks for waiting.come to the rules committee. >> thank you so much. good morning, afternoon at this point. it is nice to see it again. my name is peter, and i'm here to ask you to appoint me to the entertainment commission. i hope you have had an opportunity to review my resume and application. i have made san francisco my home the past 30 years. i have opened six different bars and clubs over the past 15 years and have also been active in organizing the entertainment community for over a decade now. i was one of the founding members of the san francisco night coalition, which brought about the formation of the entertainment commission. i am also active in the small business committee and currently serving my third term as president of the merchants association. i have a great deal of experience and my background that will help me be an effective commissioner. i have worked and continue to work with at least half the city's different police different precincts. one of the things that i would like to do

covering these stories, peter baker of the "new york times," john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news, and joan biskupic of "usa today." >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week with gwen ifill," produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> in 1975, my professor at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said sure. that's the start of it. exxonmobil have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. they are amazing little creatures. they secrete oils which we can change into biofuels. they absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuel that we use in our vehicles. to do this at a large enough scale to some day help the -- meet the world's energy demands. >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we have been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years from insurance to investment management, from real estat

peter king of sports illustrated. he is one of two coaches of the 49ers thinking of replacing mike singletary. and johndon, and broadcasting and jim harbob an accordd to peter king and the single terry was on top tonight with 21- 3. 49ers in the quarter and remember, the 49ers are 3-7. arizona = 3-7. and they're not going to beat the green bay packers. nonetheless, the 49ers are off to a good start tonight. if all selalso ae johnson and courtland finnegan both players were fines $25k and finnegan was voted the dirtiest player and hockey will say that they will like to see violence. >> and it is just a fast, physical sport so sometimes the cannot stop it. >> and sometimes, the n f l, they're really getting brutal. and when i fight catherine in the newsroom. time will make sure that everybody drop all their equipment [laughter] >> and this is pretty rough. they're tearing off each other's helmet. >> and you are a billion dollar business. and we class there's no sport like ours. we get all the television ratings. and if you need attention? however, if you are have the attention? >> to drop all pencils and

let's talk to fox legal analyst, peter john junison jr. >> good morning, steve.udge is taking a political agenda but i think the judge is exercising caution. at the same time, the judge is saying she believes she will prevail in this case. people who are opposing the proposition in the state of oklahoma that says in oklahoma, the state courts will not consider international law or so-called sharia law which is islamic law and it was based on this case in new jersey where a guy went kind of scot-free trying to say baseed on my faith, i had an opportunity to beat my wife. that was later reversed but it reflects a concern on a lot of americans parts that foreign law, the imposition of nonamerican law as precedent, in america, the latin, is a bad thing. whether it's sharia law or other law. happened to be roman catholic. i don't want roman catholic law to be applied in the case of criminal cases. so say somehow my acts are excusesed because of my religious beliefs and i don't think, and a lot of americans don't think whether you're jewish or muslim, that should be an

covering this remarkable week, peter baker of "the new york times," michael duffy of "time" magazine, john harris of politico, and karen tumulty of the "washington post. plus a final salute to one of our own, charlie mcdowell. >> awarding-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal". corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> i volunteered. >> i was drafted. >>i enlisted. >> i was nervous. >> and there i was in asia. >> europe. >> the gulf. and i saw things. >> incredible things. >> and people you never forget. >> i did my job. >> for my country. >> my buddies. >> for total strangers. >> and i was proud. >> so grateful. >> for my family. >> my freedom. >> for all who served and all who serve, we can never thank them enough. there's one thing dave's always wanted to do when he retires. keep working. but for himself. so as his financial advisor i took a look at everything he has. 401k, insurance policies, even money he's invested else

john miller. [applause] >> thank you for that. i always thought that this must be what it is like to be code, to go out to st. peter's on the balcony, and go out and there's hundreds of thousands of people, so i would like to bless you all -- i always thought that this must be what it is like should be pope. amen. i would also like to introduce the man who is now the new lieutenant governor and the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. [applause] what is next, dave? >> i think it is time to meet your 2010 world series champion san francisco giants. let's meet them. first off, former giant first baseman, still in the ball club as instructor and broadcaster, jg snow. former giants shortstop also now an instructor, sean dustin. catching instructor, bill hayes. the giants great third base coach, tim flannery. the bench coach, ron waters. giants' hitting coach, hensley euless. first base coach, ronesto kelley. giants' bullpen coach mark gardner. the pitching coach, did a pretty good job, i thought, dave righetti. [applause] how about the giants skipper, his second world series, the ma