now, let me state that, my students come from all regions. despite their different backgrounds, they live together, and they communicate with me. during one of our conversations, one student expressed concern that afghanistan is [unintelligible] despite all of these efforts, what is the strategic -- the strategy of the afghanistan government? this is most important in regards to nation and state building? are rebuilding a nation state in afghanistan -- are we building a nation state in afghanistan? >> the afghan nation is too doesn't years old. we are not building a nation. -- the afghan nation is 2000 years old. we are not building a nation. the fact is that, despite the fact that afghans live as refugees in neighboring countries, the sense of nationhood has become much stronger. i can tell you from personal experience, when we were drafting the new constitution of afghanistan, many ideas were debated. one idea was to have this system. people from the countryside were very much against it. there were so adamant to make sure that we have a str

let me state categorically well this is not a history of white versus black i do not buy any means underestimate or ignore the overwhelming importance of black race in america. i of familiar with the truly gigantic literature that explains the meaning and honest to god reality of the existence of race when it meets black. in comparison with this preoccupation the statutory and biological definitions of plate race remain notoriously vague. though the beings of what is not black. but this of vagueness does not indicate a lack of interest. but lack to the contrary vast historical literature match less known today explains the meaning importance and honest to god reality of the existence of white racist. it may seem odd to begin a book on americans and antiquity a point* long before europeans discovered the western hemisphere and thousands of years before the invention of concept of race but given the prevalence of the notion that it is permanent many believe it is possible to trace something recognizable back more than 2,000 years and not the westerners have tried to rationalize antiquity making an

let me state categorically that while this is not a history and white versus black, i do not by any means underestimate orono the overwhelming importance of black race in america. i am familiar with a truly gigantic literature that explains the meaning and portends an honest to god reality of the existence of race. it's imperative and a statutory biological definitions of white race, we may notoriously vague. believing that what is not black. the disc thickness does not indicate lack of interest. quite to the contrary for another, past historical literature, much less known today explains the meaning and portends an honest to god reality of the existence of white races. they may seem not to be given a book on americans in antiquity, a pure fun before europeans discovered the western hemisphere and thousands of years he for the invention of the constant of race. they given the prevalence of the notion that racist permanent, many believe it possible to trace something recognizable as the white race, back more than 2000 years. in addition, not few westerners have racialized antiquity making

first, let me state that i have a large number of money, men, women and students when i taught at the touch come and they also break me about the politics at institutions in afghanistan. the processes of political socialization inside the country, because one of my students said, now let me say that my students, from all groups. that's how, east, west, and despite their different background, they enjoyed living together. now they are back, and they can mutate with each other. they are very close. and during one of our conversation, the point that the very term of afghanistan is now being -- the gentleman who argued said that over the last 30 years we have one nation identity. so despite all of these efforts, money being important, what is to be if afghanistan goes on the new political socialization processes, which are the most important ingredient of nation? are we building nationstate in afghanistan, or what else? thank you. >> thank you very much. we are not building nation in afghanistan. the afghan nation is 2000 years old. the afghan nation has been around for many, many years.

let me to our state of the states before we get to that. christina, if you were talking to students coming out of school right now, what would you advise them? it is a tough economy. we all know that. what would be your advice for people today? >> i think we are on the road to recovery. i think we are a lot better off than we were a year ago. that was certainly a frightening time. i think the economy is growing again. it is still going to be a very tough job market for quite a while. that is the sad reality. i will put in a plug. i think we need to be doing as much as possible to make the unemployment rate come down much more quickly than it isfahan -- then it an it is. i think being flexible is going to be unbelievably important. i think perseverance is important. getting the ideal job in the ideal place is going to be much harder. you will need to say, "let me make the most of where i am now ." where are the jobs? education and health care are the fields that have grown through this whole recession. we anticipate them a continuing to grow

>> let me -- from our state and our federal -- people who basically have the responsibility of lookingand doing all the mine inspections. >> all explosions are preventible. the mine operator would need to follow he has enough air and ventilation to keep an explosion from occurring. not only an explosion, an ignition. it's quite evident something wen ask to give us an opportunity to conduct the full investigation and we'll leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom and tell you exactly what was not going right here when this explosion did occur. >> officials had described the people who are operating this mine, massey -- a long history, not just at this mine, violations, fines, lawsuits. did the chief executive of this state, are you comfortable with the way massey operates? >> i'm not comfortable any time there's an accident, no matter what it is. let me tell you where i stand. when sago, 1968, farmington, my uncle and family, nothing had been done up until 1968. why? we have a horrible explosion, 78 miners. then the mine safety act passed. nothing had been done since the '70s up unt

let me state that i have a large number of younger then and when and -- men and women.ch. the brief me about the political and other situations in afghanistan. what we were curious about was the processes of the liberalization. my students come from all groups in afghanistan. despite their different backgrounds, they come together. we are very close. during one of our conversations, one said that the very term of afghanistan is now [inaudible] the gentlemen who argued said that the identity -- despite all of these things, which are the most important ingredients in the nation building? what else? thank you. >> thank you very much. we are not building a nation in afghanistan. the afghan nation is 2000 years old. the afghan nation has been around for many years. a lot of our neighboring countries are younger than i am. the fact is that despite the fact that afghans live as refugees in neighboring countries, in the sense of nationhood becomes much stronger. i can tell you my personal experience. i know you are talking about one student. when we were drafting the new condit

let me state that i have a large number of younger then and when and -- men and women. we are very much in touch. the brief me about the political and other situations in afghanistan. what we were curious about was the processes of the liberalization. my students come from all groups in afghanistan. despite their different backgrounds, they come together. we are very close. during one of our conversations, one said that the very term of afghanistan is now [inaudible] the gentlemen who argued said that the identity -- despite all of these things, which are the most important ingredients in the nation building? what else? thank you. >> thank you very much. we are not building a nation in afghanistan. the afghan nation is 2000 years old. the afghan nation has been around for many years. a lot of our neighboring countries are younger than i am. the fact is that despite the fact that afghans live as refugees in neighboring countries, in the sense of nationhood becomes much stronger. i can tell you my personal experience. i know you are talking about one student. when we were

without any further delay, let me introduce the first lady of the united states of america, michelle obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, everyone. thanks so much, everyone. please rest. you're working hard enough as is. [laughter] well, hello, and welcome to the white house, sort of. we are across the street, but it is good to have you all here. i want to think valerie for the kind introduction and for her outstanding work, not just on this issue but for so many others, her friendship and support. i also want to thank her staff again you have done a phenomenal job in organizing this conference and bringing us all together. this is just a wonderful way to spend an afternoon on an important issue. i would also like to thank all of the outstanding members of this administration who are here for taking the time to be here today. and i want to thank everyone who has joined us to share their ideas and expertise on this critically important topic. thank you for taking the time. we have come here today to have a conversation about workplace flexibility. an important part of balancing

and long tom -- longtime student of the strategic relationship between russia and the united states. let me turn it over to george. >> thanks. just to build low little on what jim said to set up the discussion to introduce alexei arbatov, the start treaty has been agreed will be signed next week there are other things you ask alexei arbatov to talk about and contextualize for us with the questions because just as the united states i believe next tuesday the obama administration will release or at least preview the new -- nuclear posture the administration review of the nuclear policy enforced the rash of announced the new military doctrine and i think it will be very useful 45 to discuss that with us. also us today is papers recount there is movement in the security council to deal with iran's violation of the security council resolutions and i ata resolutions and the relationship that is very important in that process which again alexei is very well situated to discuss and in the broader question end up well how will all of these issues of a nuclear dimension fit into the overall resets of

. >> let me state before i returned to the questions that were we disagree is injecting capital into those companies -- is where we disagree. the house passed a $150 billion it, what i would call a bailout fund. i note secretary geithner has called for that to be removed. in a failing business like lehman brothers, we do not think it is appropriate to put additional capital, particularly by governmental entities. that is where there is serious disagreement, not that you do not need more resolution authority as they go into bankruptcy or bankruptcy like proceedings. there is no disagreement there. i think we are getting closer together. let me ask you this, secretary geithner. the examiner's report is replete with examples of a new york federal reserve, the sec missing red flags that were presented lehman brothers implosion from being as devastating as the markets -- to the markets and economy as it ultimately was third had the government -- had the government acted sooner, there would have been more or gratuities for a soft landing. markets might have been speared the turmoil of lehm

but let me state very clearly -- the resolution process that was put in the dodd bill, no rational management team would ever throact choose because -- no rational management team would ever elect to choose because it will lead to extermination of the firm. the share's common equity will be wiped out, the firm's management will be wiped out. resolution will never be chosen as a preferred route. bankruptcy will be the preferred route. even in that case we still put additional protections in place so no future administration, having seen the blowback from the public on using resolution in 2008 -- i can't imagine any future administration actually wanting to use this mechanism, but to ensure again -- and senator corker and i spent a great deal of time on this -- we have again protection so that resolution is not misused. we put very strict criteria before it can be implemented. we require three keys in effect to be turned simultaneously. the nuclear option analogy of different keys being turned before this tool could be used. we require the chair of the federal reserve, the fdic, and the treasur

let me state before i to read -- before i turn to the questions, that where we disagree is injectingcapital into those companies. the house passed $150 billion -- what i continue to call a bailout fund. it is $50 billion in the house. secretary gartner is calling for that to be removed, -- secretary geithner is calling for them to be removed, but we disagree that it is appropriate to put capital by our government entities. that is where there is serious disagreement -- not that you do not need more resolution authorities or as they go into bankruptcy procedures -- there is no disagreement there, so i think we're getting closer together. let me ask you this, secretary ,geithner. the examiner's report is replete with examples of the new york federal reserve and the sec missing red flags that would have prevented lehman cause it's -- impose an from being as devastating -- lehman's inclusion from being as devastating. had the government acted on what it knew or should have known, there would have mean -- would have been more opportunities for a soft landing. as harsh as the criticism is,

meetings, but we believe this represents the best interest for the united states and our partners and allies around the world. >> let me begin by thanking secretary gates, secretary clinton, and admiral mullen. this was a truly multi agency review that reflected the expertise of the state department, the energy department, and the department of defense. this report reflects the administration's understanding that the effort to reduce nuclear dangers will require an all-out government approach. it also reflects the president's commitment. as the president said in prague, we will sustain a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal as long as nuclear weapons exist. this nuclear posture review reflects the commitment and puts the nation on a path to providing the resources required to make that possible. it defines specific steps to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime. the npr is based on several principles that will guide future u.s. the decisions of stockpile management. first, the united states not conduct nuclear testing and will seek gratification of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. we will not de

this is my comment and i think the secretary of state very much. >> let me turn them into a question. [laughter] you use the term micro strategies. that is exactly where we are going. >> first of all, i was just didn't kenya and the embassy there endure ambassador and is working on these sorts of things for example, very serious about radicalization in the in nairobi neighborhood which has an enormous popular proposition a somali refugees and that is a problem. we fully believe that working as i suggested to my remarks that working for the empowerment of women is an important strategy in this regard because that is both a strategy for property protection and diminishing rattled the was a chanel lot of communities in which women today don't have the tools to oppose radicals. sell both of those things are very important and every community is different this presents us with a real challenge because we have to have the basis of what to do in particular communities and work with partner governments and also ngos because frankly people who look like me should not be walking into some of th

now, let's bring back connecticut state representative beth bye. beth, let mesk you a big question about this. one of the real concerns has always been that very often the allegations of abuse don't emerge for a long time. first of all, we know this is a very traumatic for children, but why does it take so, so long for some people, into their 30s, 40s, even 50s? >> i've talked to very many victims, and you realize that what it is, is that they're anxious to come forward with this sort of allegation. they think it reflects on them or somehow it's their fault that they were abused, and so they put it away in a place and it has significant impacts on their lives, where they don't want to face up to it. and they don't want to report it. or they have no evidence. it's their word against an adult. in it my case, i had some victims who described the doctor who abused them as wearing a gun under his lab coat, so they had a lot of fear. people that perpetrate these crimes are very clever, and usually in positions of authority. so there are lots of reasons kids don't rep

which, you know, one of the attorneys is going to be sovereignty in association with the united states. let me repeat that. sovereignty in association with the united states. people of america call in if you know what that means. call in right now if you figured it out. i'm sure there's political scientists all over the country, you know what? it's not -- it's ok if we don't understand it. the congressional research service, that's what they are paid for, they got smart people there. you know what they said? it's ambiguous at best. and this is going to be a congressionally sanctioned and one of the alternatives our congressional research service says they don't even have an explanation for? let's make sure -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. gutierrez: vote no. thank you so much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. gutierrez: look, we had a debate the last time. if statehood wins, i'll support it. i'm going to support it. but it's got to win in a fair way. it's got to win in a fair way. you know what? the people o

states that are party to the npt and in compliance with their non preparation obligations. we believe this is a important step as we approach the npt review conference next month. let me thank secretary date, secretary chu admiral mullin. you'll be he -- you will be hearing from experts that worked on this. ,, we believe that this represents the best interest of the united states and our partners around the world. >> let me begin by thanking secretary gates and secretary clinton and admiral mullen. as we said before, while the defense department led the effort, this was a balanced reviewed text reflected the expertise of these eight departments and the energy department as well as the the department of defense. the effort to reduce nuclear dangers will require an all of government approach and it also reflects the president's commitment to address these issues and a way that improves the security of our people and our partners around the world. in prague we will sustain us effective nuclear arsenal as long as the weapons exist. this puts the nation on a path to provide the nations -- the it defines specific steps in the non poor relation -- non- proliferation regime.

let me state very clearly, the reasons why we think tuition fees discourage people from going to university, particularly from modest backgrounds. we think it is just unfair that you graduate and you have not taken your first step and to the working world to be saddled with debt around your neck. debt shoots up to 44,000 if the labor party has their way. the third reason is look what happened at our economy. it has been held below the waterline because of excessive debt. since when is get an answer to debt? -- debt an answer to death? debt? if you bring people into the world with a starting point of debt, it is just wrong. we used to have a policy before the greed and the banking system credit these terrible problems, we used to have a policy of getting rid of tuition fees and immediately put up because money is tight, we are doing incremental steps over six years. you are quite right, the first is removing the tuition fees if you are on your first undergraduate degree in your first year of study. next year, it would move on to people. how many part-time students are there here? >> you are

likewise, there is one area here that offers the kind of privacy that we had never seen in the states. >> let mew you the bathroom. this is the standard bathroom for n unit. >> in an american prison, all the toilets are out in the open. in this prison, people could actually walk into their bathroom and shut a door and have privacy. >> that's the law. >> one n block inmate, 24-year-old, agreed to speak with us. he is serving a life sentence for murder and says his problems began after borrowing money from a friend to buy drugs. >> translator: i did not have money to pay my debt. he said he would help me to pay my debt but i have to go somewhere with him. i was stupid enough to pay my debt this way. >> the two men attempted to burglarize a home. >> translator: my job was to search the house and not to hurt anyone. nobody was supposed to beat this man. we were supposed to search the house and it just happened. and a man is dead. the prosecution claims that i participated. that i must have hit the man as well. i was in a different section of the house. i at any time even know this man was being beat

state guard? >> anderson, let me frame the debate and make sure your viewers understand what i said. i made a benign statement yesterday picked up reaffirming the second amendment rights. we, here in oklahoma appreciate the second amendment rights. without it, our constitution is in dire trouble. it gives us the right to keep and bear arms. it's unquestionable. it's undeniable. most citizens in this state appreciate it. >> you said you were approached by tea party groups about the possibility of the state guard called a militia. some sort of volunteer armed force. your critics say you are trying to have it both ways, saying it's allowed for, but without setting your own position. again, i have to ask you, would you support some sort of volunteer force, call it a state guard if it's on the books? would you support that idea? >> here is my position. i would like to see a quiet revolution. i want to see the restoration of our founding principals. i believe in limited government and personal responsibility and expansion of freedom. all of those things are protected in the constitution. t

and let me state absolutely, because i can state from the systemic risk, too big to fail portion, theand find that common ground that has been so absent from so many of our previous debates we've had over the last 15 months. i think particularly about the fact of the systemic risk, too big to fail and resolution authorities that senator corker and i have worked on. and there's been no better partner i could have than senator bob corker, kind of grinding through hundreds of hours, recognizing there was no democratic or republican response to too big to fail and systemic risk, but that we had to get it right. while there may be parts of this bill that can still be be tightened up and tweaked here and there, the overarching goal of making sure that the taxpayers never would be again on the hook, i believe we've taken giant steps forward. and if you've just heard from the chairman already, those conversations are ongoing even today. so please, while we kind of give sometimes in this body to hyperbole, anybody who makes the claim that this piece of legislation is partisan only just doesn't

. >> well, if that's the case, and that's not exactly news, but let me just state for the record, i aming as important as this, and you just laid it all out, and i totally agree with you, mr. assad, something as important as this could not command a single instruction, a single directive, a single objective, a single gold even in the qdr. will the gentleman yield? >> absolutely. >> sometimes i think in order to be able to say what we need is a we have to speak in tongues. what i think i heard you say was that you belief there should be major emphasis in the qdr of our contracting, and it is not in their come is that correct? >> no, that's not correct. what i believe is that there needs to be a more integrated recognition of the requirement for services, but i'm not responsible for developing. >> but this is your baby, isn't? >> sir, this is my responsibility. >> your answer concerns me more. i would rather you be fighting the battle and losing that not even fighting the battle adult. >> is not a question of fighting the battle. >> why is that? >> i think we have made, if we look at how

reminds me of when rob litak led the way with term rogue state. rogue reg geem. madeleine albright said let's not use that term anymore. is the choice of language away of communicating to the muslim world, quote, unquote, islam is not the issue even though there are extremists who are muslim? is that the purpose? >> i get this question with every appearance. i think that the best way to put it is that the issues of what constitutes true islam and what does not are best answered among muslims and by muslims. our concern is really with those who seek to use violence as a means to affect our policy and our actions in the world. i would argue that it's a sign of our seriousness we don't resort to that kind of language precisely because it has had such negative effects in the past when people have gotten themselves tangled up in issues of muslim doctrine and i think that it is counterproductive for american political officials, for officials of any kind to start holding forth in terms of doctrineal terms what a religion says or doesn't. it has not gotten us anywhere in the past and i don't think i

do you want to state what it is? >> let me just state is. that is you were talking about stress in the cds market. that it becomes more dangerous when there's a lot of stress. but my understanding is throughout the financial crisis, even after lehman, the cds market has continued to function. and so i just want to understand -- don't answer it now please. because we don't have the time. >> oh. >> i would like you to respond in writing to the question of why it is that the cds market was not disrupted and continue to function. >> i think it functioned with enormous volatility. i'd be delighted to response. >> mr. georgiou. >> i wanted to state something for the record. as you respond to the issue that was raised by commissioner murren on the capital arbitrage with regard to the liquidity puts, those are to be distinguished from an unconditional line of credit that might otherwise be necessary to backstop the commercial paper that you were selling. and that, of course, you would have to show on your books and capitalize whereas the liquidity p

let me share some of the headlines in the local papers. the register herald, clinging for hope. the charlotte gazette, rescuers hope for a americale. and let me tell you, the entire state of west virginia rallying around these four families waiting for good news, waiting for a miracle. back to you. >> will, we sure are, too. thank you so much for that report. >> we should say that officials are locking into whether any safety rules were overlooked in the mine explosion. the same mine has had three previous fatalities in the last 15 years. and the federal mining safety and health administration has fined the massey energy site nearly $2 million since 2007. >>> another big story we're following. shots fired, four people in the hospital. police in laurel are trying it figure out if the shootings are connected. >> just after 1:00 police found two victims on alma avenue and a mile away two more people on hitching post lane. that's where stacy cohan is live this morning with more details. >> reporter: good morning. it has been a very frustrating morning, i can tell you, it's now 8 hours after the shooting. we have had a very difficult time getting any information from the ho

mid 70s on average, some of the states. let me put them on now. all right. nice day here in the northeast. well, the easter bunnies have arrived. now here's jenna. >> okay, janice, thank you. >>> a california family on vacation here in new york city was walking along a famous tourist area when disaster struck. their 2-year-old toddler fell 20 feet, plunging into a river. her father and an innocent bystander jumped in the frinl ied waters and saved her and it was all caught on tape. eric stringer and jenny stringer are here to tell us about it. >> good morning. >> thanks for being with us. thanks, guys for coming. >> you're welcome. >> eric, let me start with you. it's a saturday afternoon here in new york city. you're in a very touristy area and you see a dad and the little girl walking about the pier. the little girl falls in. >> i didn't even see her. we were going to the circus and we said let's head to the sea port and it's a beautiful day out. we had just bought a new camera. we'll take some pick theures and we were just finishing a hot dog and started

do you want to state what it is? >> let me just state is. that is you were talking about stress in the cds market. that it becomes more dangerous when there's a lot of stress. but my understanding is throughout the financial crisis, even after lehman, the cds market has continued to function. and so i just want to understand -- don't answer it now please. because we don't have the time. >> oh. >> i would like you to respond in writing to the question of why it is that the cds market was not disrupted and continue to function. >> i think it functioned with enormous volatility. i'd be delighted to response. >> mr. georgiou. >> i wanted to state something for the record. as you respond to the issue that was raised by commissioner murren on the capital arbitrage with regard to the liquidity puts, those are to be distinguished from an unconditional line of credit that might otherwise be necessary to backstop the commercial paper that you were selling. and that, of course, you would have to show on your books and capitalize whereas the liquidity p

last time we did and the united states didn't go, saying people will pick on israel, we had 9/11. host: got your point, douglas. let me let josh rogin respond. guest: this summit has 47 countries represented at the deputy prime minister or state of government or head of government level. are you sharks why narcs you name it. this is ability as much credibility you can give to the process. goals are narrowed as such be commonality. it's a relatively noncontroversial thing. on mutual destruction. no matter what the new treaties s say they'll still have enough to mo' the world up five points over. several years in the future when we talk about getting to hutch lower levels of weapons we can talk about how that gets other people not to enter that. on iran, i think it's widely known they support extremist groups all over the world. they're the number one according to the states department do. they attack anybody? maybe not in open for a pretty long-time but they're responsible for all sorts of mischief around the world and that's cheer and that's why they acquiring a nuclear weapon is a dangerous situation. from i ran's le

let me give another -- in illinois, throughout the state, there were four primaries for congress at that point. the more conservative candidate won, and in one particular, superb and chicago, the one but a strong appeal to minority voters for charter schools. >> against local communities wanting -- gave a 13-year-old example of nebraska and the fact that most of the -- for all the hypocrisy about the special funds available for boosting the economy, most of these localities have grabbed them, and happily so. so there is a lot of -- you can make very bold statement of the fact is the government is large and if you are going to cut the government you will cut it by cutting whole departments, not just programs, departments, but some of which were created by conservatives like the department of education. >> what conservative critic the department of education? >> william bennett was the education secretary. >> the very first education secretary was shirley hostetler, a judge in ninth sector -- ninth as a appeals appointed by jimmy carter. >> the point is education secretary -- >> he was one

so to matters or to conclude, let me say this that the central european states bordering russia are concerned about russia's ambitions in countries such as ukraine, moldova and georgia. andrew mentioned the possibility of another war in georgia. it's not to be discounted. and the pressure that moscow can exert even on their own security particularly with the most -- more vulnerable three baltic stimulates. -- states. as proof of nato's article 5 defense guarantees, they have pushed the alliance to prepare four contingency plans for their defense. which is now evidently taking place for the three baltic states to stage more regular exercises not just air exercises in the eastern part of nato. russia has staged quite, i would say provocative exercises last year next to the polish and baltic borders. and nato did not respond. and even to positions some nato infrastructure on their territories. this is why the -- this month the deployment of a battery of missiles with a small american contingent in northern poland is significant because it ties nato closer to the defense of these countries. they

. >> it gets worse in terms of state officials. let me go to steve kornacki. the same point. the degrees of this, there are people like the attorney general of florida. he talks about this as an invasion of the sovereignty of florida, this bill. use words like invasion. of course, the governor of texas using words like secession. we're going to meet them at the border, the state line. that's a phrase used. we're going to meet the federal government at the state line and almost like a posse kind of thing. we're going to meet them with arms. there's a lot of reference -- obviously i've had this dispute with rush limbaugh about the use of the word regime again and again and again or junta, that they're foreign elements. it does play to the black helicopter notion somebody is coming to take over your country and take over you. >> there isn't a whole lot that's new about this. we live in an era where we have to technology to document all the episodes and instances like this and publicize it and get it out there, but imagine if we had the technology we now do, videocame videocamera

. >> it gets worse in terms of state officials. let me go to steve. the same point. the degrees of this, there are people like the attorney general of florida. he talks about this as an invaix ofsoeverty. the governor of texas using words like succession. we're going to meet them at the border, the state line. almost like a posse kind of thing. there's a lot of reference. i've had this dispute with rush limbaugh, but using the word regime again and again. it does play to the black helicopter notion that somebody's coming to take over your country and you. >> there isn't a whole lot that's new about this. we live in an era where we have to technology to document all the episodes and instances like this and publicize it and get it out there, but imagine if we had the technology we do back during reconstruction. imagine if we had it during the debate over social security. every major sort of progressive action, every piece of progressive legislation, really in american history has been met with this kind of fierce, emotional backlash from the right. during reconstructio

state. [laughter] >> that is an important point. >> let me say quite seriously -- you alluded to some of this with hillary in her confirmation hearings. i think this is really important. when bush was president, when i started all this, we tried to do the following things. we tried not to go to any country where doing so would cause real conflict with american foreign policy interests. i think it was more important to me than others because

let me talk about the united states. as part of the mpt, our obligation that the largest nuclear power and the world needs to take steps to reduce our nuclear stockpile and that is what the start treaty was about, sending a message that we will meet our obligations. as far as israel, i will not and come and on their programent on. we have urged all countries to become a member of the mpt. we think it is important that we have an international approach that is universal. there is no contradiction there. those of us who have nuclear weapons are making serious efforts to reduce those stockpiles and that we all are working against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and those countries that do not have currently have no clear weapons make the decision not to pursue nuclear weapons and that all countries have access to peaceful nuclear energy. whether we talk about israel or any other country, we think that becoming part of the mpt is important. that is not a new position, by the way. that has been and are consistent positio

let me be very clear. the minute the united states loses the sole authority to tax its citizens and to decide where those tax revenues go, the minute that authority is delegated to international organization, it is is clear of violation of sovereignty that we can imagine. can imagine. now that maybe painful for the international left to hear, but i think it's critical for americans given the basis of our own revolution. not to recognize that the taxes authority, like the prosecution international delegated out to the international criminal board is something we should not let go. now finally in a whole range of areas that i think we normally would consider issues that should be debated in our domestic politics. take whatever position on them that you will, that the advocates of global governance keep trying to push these issues into the international arena. i think one reason for that -- one very important reason is that they typically don't get the results they want in the democratic process in this country. they don't succeed at the federal or the state level. so they say we are going to broaden this debat

legislature we have expressively points to the need for the state to take a balancing of the immigration magnet concerns and public health. let me to speak to -- >> the thought of the actual language, second to the actual language of the statute saying it is the highest priority, so on what basis as the state looked at -- [inaudible] >> the federal statute expressly grants the federal authority to add additional criteria. >> if i may, counsel, why is this -- this is being denied, a woman who is also being denied an unborn child she is bearing, and that child is going to be an american citizen. she is an american citizen and has it right to be here under asylum. so how is this statute properly applied? do we find out whether we have the standard apply here? or should we simply deny this as granted because this statute does not really apply to the case? >> justice, pregnancy does not rendered the statute equivocal to the american citizen. an unborn child is not an american citizen, and it is not clear whether this child will be going in the united states. >> ariz., in choosing to exclude non-citizens because of the things you have

state. that's my question. >> guest: let me see if i can handle that for you. first of all, my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world war ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out if what happened in italy and germany would never happen in the united states could we followed mussolini or hitler would we tolerate things like holocaust in this country and the sad answer was yes there is some segment of the population that has an offer tyrian personality. the book and the study was probably rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology that has its own the problems. another record of social scientists particularly one who landed in the canada, robert altmire, decided to look up the question again, and doing get by rather solid and empirical studies by that i mean he would question people went out of the nature of the personality dispositions and what have you and what overtime collect one of the largest databases we would ever assembled and found

let me tell you, our nation is at a time of crisis. we stand at a crossroads. down one path is a socialistic state and the other is reagan's shining city on a hill. if you elect me i promise to lead the charge to reagan's shining city on a hill. ronald reagan said let us be sure that those who come after us will save us in their time that in our time we did everything that could be done. we finished the race. and we kept the faith. i hope you will vote for me on may 4. god bless indiana and god bless the united states. >> thank you for a spirited discussion. i know our viewers across the hoosier state enjoyed it and enjoy listening. thanks to all of you for çwatching to our u.s. senate debate sponsored by the indiana debate commission. our thanks to the staffs. a special thanks to the voters to ask the questions. speaking of voters, primary day is tuesday, may 4. go vote for one of these five individuals. look for news from the indiana debate commission at that debates coming this fall. from indianapolis, good night. ho[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright na

state ballot. with us now, john avalon, author of "wingnuts." roland, let me play devil's advocate here. at's wrong with the state of arizona saying you know what, a presidential candidate should produce a birth certificate and we have the right to demand that? >> because they're stupid, they're stupid. these are the same people who always talk about state's rights. basically what they're saying is to the state of hawaii, we don't trust you. i would turn it on this head, how would state officials in arizona feel if another state rejected their birth certificates? it's not so simple as present a birth certificate. the other thing is, there's no standard birth certificate in the united states. there are different types of birth certificates and different states in different counties. if i don't have my original out of harris county in texas, if i get a duplicate, it might not have the raised seal on it but a vital statistics birth certificate. this is a nonsensical issue. they are playing to the nuts on the right. >> john, do you agree this is all about politics? >> yeah. it has become all

states. this is wrong. even with the closest allies, let me say, i have spent some very happy time in the united states and i was feeling that cultural affinity, the strong partnership as strong as anyone else. but the friendship has to be balanced. differences have to be able to be expressed, not automatic deferring an older partner. . >> and i also think in the stomach or the european leaders have decided what their approach would be, far too much time has been spent creating new institutions and mechanisms. this is not a time for institution building. this is not a time for institutional rivalries and jealousies. this is the time for the imf and the european union to act in concert with each other and not allow vanity to disturb and what needs to be a well coordinated, thorough, and rigorous brecker -- approach to the problems in greece. i think reece is taking grave and difficult steps in order to try to regain confidence in the markets in the state of their finances. it would be a betrayal of those efforts if the european union and the imf were to start playing institutional games with each other rath

let me say this. i think everybody here in the united states, virtual everybody, and the vast majority of israelis want peace. they're willing to accept a two-state solution. the best way to bring about that peace is let the two sides negotiate, and bring them together. i think one of the problems we have faced in the middle east, is that too many palestinians they elect in hamas warned to israel's destruction don't really believe in peace. i do believe that you have to let the two parties come together. if the united states imposes preconditions, particularly on the palestinian and arab side, they will say we won't come an negotiate. >> very quickly, senator kyl. you helped lead the cause of immigration reform in 2007. senator majority leader harry reid said he's going to bring up immigration reform. you said in yuma, arizona the republicans use the opportunity to filibuster. are you ing to help filibuster the immigration reform? >> i don't think i said that. i said the conditions no longer exist. the consensus that existed no longer exists. and among other reasons, this current administration has not

should the united states continue to back afghanistan's president karzai? let mehink. and, as all, go to our website to see some good answers to last week's question. now, as i do every week, i want to recommend a book. this week it is "mandela's way: 15 lessons on life, love and courage." it's just out from today's guest, rick stengel. the two collaborated on the biography "long walk to freedom." for this book, rick went back to his notes from the mandela years and turned it into advice on leadership and reflections on character. it is a short book and well worth reading. and now for the last look. behold the monument of african renaissance. the $27 million statue was unveiled this week to celebrate the nation's 50 years of independence. this in a country where, at last check, only about half the people are employed. and this is how the government chooses to spend its money. dignitaries from around the world took part in the celebration, but many senegalise are outraged, they held a protest with their own less expensive version of the monument but money wasn't th

state. [laughter] >> that is an important point. >> let me say quite seriously. you know, you alluded to some of this with hillary in her confirmation hearings. i think this is really important. -- president bush was president when i started all this, and we tried to do the following things. number one, we tried not to go into any country where doing so would cause real conflict with america's foreign policy interests. i think more important for me than others because of my previous position. number two, whenever possible, we try to work with pepfor, and we have a very good relationship with them. i argued that he should allow those funds to buy the least expensive generic drug, and we reached an agreement which he honored, which is if the medicines that we sell in 70 countries that serve 2 million of those four million people greg treatment, that if they passed f.d.a. scrutiny, pepfore money could be used. my goal is not to go somewhere where my being there causes problem for american foreign policy, and working with the country on the ground as well as with the

states. it is a cool title. it is much better than being secretary of the treasury, let me tell you that.i want to upset thank her for taking -- i want to thank her for bringing this remarkable group of women together. i read an article last week that asked the question of, "what if women ran on wall street?" i thought that was an excellent question, but kind of a local bar. -- a low bar. [laughter] today, three of the past four secretaries of state have and women. nancy pelosi is a strong female secretary -- the female speaker of the house. still, only 7% of ceos are women. only 78 -- only 17% of congress is women. if we look at past president of the new york fed, you will see a striking similarity among all of us. the federal government still does not provide unpaid parental leave. women who graduate from college are paid 20% less than men, despite higher gpa's. the president and congress are working to make things better. the first bill that the president signed into law was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. congress is working to pass the federal employees paid parental leave act. how

there's the red state of mind. let me introduce you to purple.i think most people live. let me be the first to jump on the purple movement. because i'm just not sure about a lot of stuff, and i can admit it. >>> goldman sachs defending itself against an sec fraud suit. goldman pocketed nearly 3$3.5 million in profits just last quarter. it may add fuel to the fire as congress looks at reining in the financial industry. those remarkable numbers bring us right back to our week-long series, "america the angry." today we take a hard look at greed in the country, anger because of greed and anger at the greed. did today's anger begin in the boom of the '80s when we looked up to the rich in awe? >> greed, for lack of a better word, is good. greed is right. greed works. greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. greed, you mark my words, will not only save this corporation, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the usa. >> the poster child for greed, goldman sachs. here's senate majority leader harry reid

lot of history, with mow to talk about this is virginia state senator, donald mceachen, and historian doug brinkley joining us as well. brag, let mert with you. you're group has been pushing for confederate history month for a long time. why do we need it? >> virginia was a southern state. the confederate soldier was the person who defended that state against a huge invasion by the north. he hasn't been honored and it's very similar to what's happening today with the vietnam veteran. it's like a chapter of history has been erased. governor mcdonnell said it perfectly. there's education that will benefit everybody and tourism will help the state and make people money. the confederate soldier needs to be honored and remembered. >> what do you make of the governor's decision to add this anti slavery language to the proclamation today? >> as you can see from governor wilder's statement, it really doesn't matter if that's in there or not. he's still against it. that makes a good case, i think for the need for confederate history month, because the opposition, the people who are making the most noise about this don't even want to hear i

let government, move to new hampshire. if you want more government, move to massachusetts. but if the federal government makes the laws oppressive in every state, there is nowhere to move. let merica. what is freedom? freedom is the ats blity of every person to exercise his own free will and conscience, rather than be subject to the will of a bureaucrat of the government. free will is gift from god. the government cannot take it away nou away. in the christian world, today is holy thursday, known as the last is upper in literature and art. the last supper was a je to ish passover and the final meal that jesus ate before he died. at the supper he performed two miracles. he transformed bread and wine in his own body and blood. and he empowered his diciples and their successors to do the same. on good friday, commemorated tomorrow he was eevecuted for rmeaiming to be god. he died so we might be set free from sin and oppression. three days later on easter, he rose from the dead. easter has a meaning that is both simple and incomprehensible. easter means that there is hope for the dead and if there is hbe see for the dead, there is hope for the living. and we the living can only ac