president, new president of liberia is coming. nobel prize winning president -- i said liberia, i meant libya, and the nobel prize winning president of liberia is coming and a lot of other world leaders from around the world. >> mike duke will be on the opening, president of wal-mart along with the head of the world bank and secretary-general of the u.n. because of at least among american companies wal-mart is the number one user of solar power in america and they use quite a bit of wind too, so it is very interesting that they have, a buying part of their business strategy and their stock has been up and growth is good, it is cutting down on their traditional energy use. >> schieffer: i want to wish you the best of luck with this but also want to talk to you a little bit about american politics. you have clearly were the star of the detrimentally convention. you probably made the best case that anybody could probably make for your side. let's just talk about what is going on in the campaign right now. the buying topic this week w

ago, the security council sent in thousands of peacekeepers to liberia. civil war had devastated the country. just two years after that, ellen johnson was elected president, the first woman to lead an african state. former dictator charles taylor was put on trial for war crimes. for the u.n., it was a success story, but in syria, the legitimacy of the security council is in jeopardy. russia and china had vetoed an intervention. no one thinks that getting rid of their veto right is an option, but there are other suggestions for reforms. >> you could consider making countries that veto resolutions publish a justification of their vote or of restricting veto rights in instances where major violations of human rights are being committed. >> but even the smallest reform will take time. too much time to help thousands of people suffering in syria. >> inside syria, a gun battle erupted earlier today around headquarters of the syrian army in the heart of damascus. the clashes there followed dole bombings -- dual bombings. >> both the free syrian army and a radica

president, new president of liberia is coming. nobel prize winning president -- i said liberia, i meant libya, and the nobel prize winning president of liberia is coming and a lot of other world leaders from around the world. >> mike duke will be on the opening, president of wal-mart along with the head of the world bank and secretary-general of the u.n. because of at least among american companies wal-mart is the number one user of solar power in america and they use quite a bit of wind too, so it is very interesting that they have, a buying part of their business strategy and their stock has been up and growth is good, it is cutting down on their traditional energy use. >> schieffer: i want to wish you the best of luck with this but also want to talk to you a little bit about american politics. you have clearly were the star of the detrimentally convention. you probably made the best case that anybody could probably make for your side. let's just talk about what is going on in the campaign right now. the buying topic this week w

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ellen general son turley, nobel prize winning president of liberia, a good friend of mine, she has been to a lot of our programs, a lot of these people come year in, year out. the secretary-general of the u.n. and president of the world bank dr. jim kim and the president of wal-mart are going to be there at the opening to talk about-- . >> jon: does he greet people as they walk in? >> no, he hires unemployed senior citizens like me to do that. but... . >> jon: all right, fair enough. >> but look, here's why he is coming. and i got him to change his schedule to come for this reason. wal-mart has deployed more photo voltaics on their building than any other company in america. they are the number one solar company in america now. and they also run some of their buildings with wind energy. and they also have cut their packaging. and i want him to describe what i am trying to get people to think about, which is, most people make money and decide i want to do something good. that's a noble and good thing. they have decided instead to go back to square one and say what good do we want. we wan

a major earthquake, just reported off the coast of costa rica near the town of liberia. the earthquake apparently hit offshore, 7.9 magnitude according to u.s. geological survey. originally there were tsunami warnings, pretty common in a case like this of a very powerful earthquake happening offshore. the tsunami warnings have been lifted. so far no reports of damage but it is early. a major 7.9-magnitude earthquake off the northwest coast, pacific side of costa rica, near generally the town of liberia. if we get more information about damage or other problems resulting from it we'll bring them to you "happening now." right now brand knew stories breaking news. jenna: we're live at the democratic national convention as former president clinton getting ready for his big speech tonight. as we get new reaction what first lady michelle obama had to say. >>> charges of national security leaks rocking israel forcing prime minister netanyahu to cancel a cabinet meeting. what one of his cabinet members is demand something even more shocking. we'll tell you about that. >>> verdic

ellen general son turley, nobel prize winning president of liberia, a good friend of mine, she has beenur programs, a lot of these people come year in, year out. the secretary-general of the u.n. and president of the world bank dr. jim kim and the president of wal-mart are going to be there at the opening to talk about-- . >> jon: does he greet people as they walk in? >> no, he hires unemployed senior citizens like me to do that. but... . >> jon: all right, fair enough. >> but look, here's why he is coming. and i got him to change his schedule to come for this reason. wal-mart has deployed more photo voltaics on their building than any other company in america. they are the number one solar company in america now. and they also run some of their buildings with wind energy. and they also have cut their packaging. and i want him to describe what i am trying to get people to think about, which is, most people make money and decide i want to do something good. that's a noble and good thing. they have decided instead to go back to square one and say what good do we want. we want to avoid the

liberia because we wanted to and we tried we took the risk i know that gap between governments often not communicate with each other they're all to communicate with each of us sometimes hostile relations with the humanitarian we operate with not based upon auguring sovereignty based upon auguring last august government relations it was a humanitarian plea that given that some good things are happening in the governmental leadership for example a building an educational system and it's free in the by the half women the being educated and that's a step in the right direction. the health care system that is that it is in a hospital and you see the growth of the hospitals and mental cinema is free the building on the on the oceanfront in the gum ball that is in fact this track that by the issue of killings in jail that was a holding up access to free press opening of ponding some prisoners and stop an execution is the right thing to do it's also a very practical benefits i think the president really making that judgment we tried to get our own government on to the not killed troy davis i

. >> reporter: carnival is incorporated in panama, royal caribbean in liberia, and princess cruises inermuda, even though their headquarters are in florida, a source of contention for rockefeller. from 2004 to 2011, carnival paid just 1.1% in federal, state and foreign taxes, yet recorded $11.3 billion in profits. the member of the cruise line international association says no matter where a boat is register, all lines have to follow the international rules of the sea. but he concedes there are tax advantages to registering outside the united states. >> are there some fees and taxation considerations that go into that? certainly. we pay a wide array of fees, duties, and we pay all of the taxes that we are required to pay. >> reporter: of all commercial cruise ships, only one, norwegian's "pride of america," is registered in the united states. carnival ships are registered in several countries. the costa cruise line, for instance, flies an italian flag and pays italian taxes accordingly, a rate of 30%. senator rockefeller says the industry is piloting their boats through legal loopholes

. >> carnival is incorporated in panama, royal caribbean in liberia, and princess cruises in bermuda,ters are in florida, a source of contention for rockefeller. from 2004 to 2011, carnival paid just 1.1% in federal, state and foreign taxes, yet recorded $11.3 billion in profits. the member of the cruise line international association says no matter where a boat is registered, all lines have to follow the international rules of the sea. but he concedes there are tax advantages to registering outside the united states. >> are there some fees and taxation considerations that go into that? certainly. we pay a wide array of fees, duties, and we pay all of the taxes that we are required to pay. >> of all commercial cruise ships, only one, norwegian's pride of america, is registered in the united states. carnival ships are registered in several countries. the costa cruise line for instance flies an italian flag and pays italian taxes accordingly, a rate of 30%. senator rockefeller says the industry is piloting their boats through legal loopholes. >> they don't reimburse coast guard. they do

unlimited supply of stockpiled cold war weapons to bad guys around the world, including charles taylor of liberialater convicted of war crimes. according to the u.s. indictment, bout had a unique selling point when it came to weapons trafficking: a fleet of cargo airplanes capable of transporting weapons and military equipment anytime, anywhere. more than 60 planes in all, his own private air force. >> those russian aircraft were built like flying dump trucks. he could move this stuff and drop it with pinpoint accuracy to any desert, to any jungle, to any other remote place in the world, right into the hands of what i refer to as the potpourri of global scum. >> by the late 1990s, bout was a legend in the shadowy world of illicit arms dealing, so illusive that the only two pictures that surfaced of him back then were taken without bout's knowledge by a belgian photographer. later, bout became the inspiration behind the nicolas cage character in the movie lord of war. >> i was an equal opportunity merchant of death. i supplied every army but the salvation army. >> u.s. treasury documents reveal a

charles taylor of liberia was recently found guilty by the u.n.n, and president bashir has been indicted by the international criminal court. today's cleverest dictators have evolved. they allow a certain amount of dissent as an escape valve. consider china. there's a study by three political scientists at harvard. they've devised a way to analyze millions of social media posts in china. what's special is that they claim to do this before the chinese government gets to censor them. so it provides a unique insight, not just into what the chinese people think, but also what the government deems necessary to centu censor. what did they find? contrary to what you think, it turns out criticisms of the government are not more likely to get censored. even vitriolic criticism is allowed. the focus is on stopping mass mobilization. last year beijing blocked internet searches for tunisia's jasmine revolution to prevent discussions about the arab spring. similarly, searches for the number 4-6 were censored, the numbers representing june 4, the anniversary of

i came from west africa, liberia.o this country, worked for four years in restaurants, paying my way through college. if i knew then what i know how, i would probably not go down that path and just stay in a comfort zone of earning a pay check week to week. >> did you like it, young man? >> yeah. >> we have a failed system. we the small business people, we are tired of watching legislators argue and take naps and that political gridlock that we have going on within our government is stifling the economy in america. the reason i'm successful in this business is because i put in seven days a week, 16-hour days. so do the math. that's over 110 hours a week that i put in. i don't want my kids to grow up like that. >> john king joins me now. dan lothian and jim acosta with the romney campaign. the latest polling, we asked likely voters which candidate would better handle taxes, what did they say? >> president obama, anderson. republicans normally have the edge, but at this moment, the president does. 51% to 46%. close but

i came from west africa, liberia, i came to this country, worked for four years in restaurants whileollege. if i knew then what i know now, i would probably not go down that path, and just stay in a comfort zone of where you earn your paycheck week to week. >> did you like it, young man? >> yeah. >> we have a failed system. we, the small business people, we are tired of watching legislators stay there and argue and take naps and that political gridlock that we have going on, within our government, it's stifling. the economy in america, the reason i'm successful in this business is because i put in seven days a week, 16-hour days. do the math, that's over 110 hours a week that i put in. i don't want my kids to grow up like that. >> john king joins me now. dan lothian has been traveling with the president. we asked likely voters, which candidate would better handle taxes, what do the numbers say? >> president obama the democrat. at the moment, the president has the edge, a number of reasons why. majority, 51-46. close, but advantage to the president. one of the reasons why. you ask lik

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world's largest democracy that killed 20, death in monogoal la and ghana -- mongolia and ghana and liberia. in 2007 when nick cat sarkozy was -- sarkozy was elected president of france, they had 600 cases of arson and 600 people arrested. so we're fortunate in the united states that we don't have violence around our presidential election. and a lot of that is due to the behavior of the loser, because they come out and they say i'm disappointed, but i accept the results. it's now time for our country to unify around the winner and move forward. and they have to do that because winners can only govern with the loser's consent. again, if you on the losing end and you say i refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the winner, how can anything get done? and i think one of the reasons i wrote the book, at least i hope one of the messages in the book is that i do worry that we're getting to a point there's so much polarization that we're going the lose this wonderful tradition. you've had, especially over the last saferl several presidencies i think starting with clinton, bush and obama, people are

said he built this plane, he was going to be the first american flyer to fly from new york city to liberiad i guess it was a pretty rickety plane because he invited chamberlain to fly with him, and chamberlain cocked his eye at it and said you're not going to fly in that, are you? and he goes, yeah, come along with me. the plane took off and within about three seconds and landed in the east river, and julian with was in the hospital for about a week or something like that. and i don't think he ever tried it again, but he was a fascinating character, and i think he went on in aviation. but chamberlain was, you know, the only person -- it's interesting, because chamberlain was the only one of the flyers in the prize to get along with levine, and he was the only one of the -- this guy who was not movie star caliber, he was the only one of the flyers to get along with levine who everybody else disparaged partly because of anti-semitism. and he was the only one to take up the only black flyer in new york that i could find during, based in new york during that time. so i think he was really pret

involve free blacks transported to finally after some other possibilities transported to west africa to liberiaon said this concept gave him an opportunity to if not be so disillusioned about the future because he envisioned it as the green light to begin with gradual emancipation. however he called this a double operation and he thought that the country should not embark on emancipation until it was firmly coupled with colonization. that one should not begin the first half of this double operation until they were sure of the second half and that was not to be. there was -- monticello and monday leader are 20 miles apart. madison's manservant every time he went to monticello all with the company him. he certainly got to know the various monticello slaves and their were monticello slaves that were part of jefferson's white house that prevent heart of madison's white house. one fellow in particular named john freeman was purchased by president madison from president jefferson at the transition to the administration and he was married for a member of monticello's well-known family. there was plent