policy supporting this concept of the common heritage of mankind. what we have been debating in the ensuing years is exactly how you define that in ways with which we can live. formal negotiations were launched over three years later and the convention was finalized this 1982. the united states supported the 1982 convention with the exception of the deep sea bed provisions. in 1983 president reagan issued a statement explaining that because of certain concerns with the provisions, the u.s. would not sign the convention. he affirm and i think this is important that the united states would voluntarily follow the bulk of the treaty. negotiations began during the george perbert walker bush administration to rewrite the mining provisions. implementing agreement was signed in 1994 which dealt with each of the problems identified by president reagan. the clinton administration submitted the convention in the agreement to the senate in july of 1994. president george w. bush urged approval of the convention, both in 2004 and in 2007 arguing that, and the quo

they have a value in how it benefits mankind . if they had the benefit to someone.t is taxpayer dollars. and this is part of the program and million dollar program. and that saves the ozone layer. >> as i understand it. it was a combination of public utilities. and it is not coming out of the government's pocket. >> that is in partner ship with them, wayne. it is coming and that is a fair enough point. we did this for cash for clunkers. and at this point considering the fiscal condition of the country do we need to reevaluate the way it is. it was part of an effort to jump start the audio industry . that is why they are doing so well in michigan. as to johnathon's point there is little extend pure of government taxpayer dollars here. and let me finish the point. they love this program and utility likes it because it helps them get the clean air and in terms of what people are worried about. we are talking about americay. and things that are hazardous. and this is in the interest of the companies to do this. >> there is no best entrance of government force. what abou

that no team has ever blown in ltd history of mankind. >> those stats are meant to be broken. >> all of my fingers are crossed. let's get to the developing news out of egypt this morning. a day before we learned who's going to be the new president of that country, we're now getting some conflicting reports about the health of the former president hosni mubarak. a state news agency is reporting that the 84-year-old is clinically dead. his lawyer says he's in a coma. the military says mubarak's condition is critical but that he is still alive. all of this confusion is coming at a critical time for egypt. thousands gathering overnight in cairo's tahrir square protesting the military leaders who stripped major powers from the office of the presidency. you'll remember this was the place where the movement to overflow mubarak was born. thousands of protesters staring down tanks and risking their lives for something they now worry is going to be taken away. ivan watson is live in cairo. what's the latest? how crowded is the square? >> reporter: the square has thinned out, the crowd were gon

i demand that in exchange for my participation in mankind, i receive 2.5 percent, non-adjusted grosson your humanity. [ laughter ] i'm sorry, that's a deal breaker. luckily i'm not the only one who feels that way. because rather than raise taxes, legislatures all over the united states have drastically cut funding to all sorts of community services. like schools, parks, and police departments. oh without, schools, parks, and police departments, it's gonna get scary out there. not for me, 'cuz i don't live out there. [ laughter ] i live in beautiful lake orchard sycamore pine oak field estates. it's a gated community. and if the permit clears, a moated community. [ laughter ] a place where i am forever protected from violent crime, by which i mean loud music after 9 pm. of course, we still have some bad seeds. for instance, some common street thug keeps stealing my decorative house flags. just this year they've made off with my thanksgiving cornucopia, my christmas "frosty having a snowball fight," my mlk day "martin on the mountaintop." [ laughter ] and my flag day "flag with a pictu

for mankind. for now.ughter) (bleep). >> jon: it's the "prometheus"... >> the "prometheus" finger. >> jon: were you an "aliens" guy when you were... >> i was. the first time i saw i it i think i was 13 or so. >> jon: are you serious? >> yeah. >> jon: are you that... did you wait a long time? (laughter) were you 13 when it came out? >> no, well it came out in '72, didn't it, and i was... >> jon: yes, it did. (laughter) >> so i was two when it came o out. >> jon: pretty (bleep)ing proud of yourself, aren't you? (laughter) two years old, look at you! >> i got to see it on video cassette. if that makes you feel better. >> jon: oh! oh! "when i was a kid we had to do the reel by hand, i tell you." >> you had to act it out. one person went to the cinema and acted it out for the whole family. >> jon: that's hilarious. where are you... are you living in london? where do you live? is that your base? >> london's the base. i would like to spend a bit of time in new york, actually. (cheers and applause). >> jon: we wou

the years the lawrence berkeley lab has worked on some of the toughest scientific questions facing mankind. but in 2007 the lab had a vexing problem and struggled to find answers. it faced an invasion of wild turkeys and here's our report at the time from ktvu's amber lee. >> reporter: just before sunset. >> i counted 55. >> reporter: forging and a few flying into trees to settle in for the night. scientists who work at the lab complain that the birds have become a nuisance. >> they've been flying into windows, apparently they like to see their reflection and they peck on things. >> reporter: that behavior has led into two different incidents. where turkeys have broken windows in labs. >> large pieces of glass were falling, and an area where we have a will the of our staff going around. >> reporter: scientists don lucas says the lab has put up fences and put up decoys to try to keep the turkeys away. lucas says the lab is now on a waiting list for california fish and game to send out turkey wranglers. but the relocation has to half before spring. the scientists say the waiting list is long

that's the history of mankind. that's why we need to make sure that the defense budget is not weakened, and we're in a position to provide leadership. this stuff about droves making enemies, we use nod drones. the only time we used weapons in the 1990s was to defend muslims in bosnia and kosovo and alqaida turned around and attacked us on 9/11. >> cenk: yeah, look what happens happens? they attack us. we just killed the bad people. drones are not doing anything wrong. now there is evidence that there are twice as many people who are in al-qaeda and yemen as before. but evidence be dammed had the let's just kill them and see what happens afterwards. listen to the last woke from peter king. >> there are evil people in the world. drones are not evil. we're a force of good and we're using drones to carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness. >> cenk: righteousness and goodness even if we kill 55 civilians. by definition we're the good guys and whoever we're killing are the goodbyes. that's the guy now support

the world, ask not what america can do for you but we can do working together for the freedom of mankind. that sentence is something that has been really a began -- beacon in addition to the original part it. my father was part of the administration. so i am honored in the name of all of you in the people of san francisco to bear witness to his work and martin luther king, jr. i was at the margin in 1960. guess what, i had to leave. i cannot stay for speeches. i had to leave because i was going home to get married. paul and i will be married 49 years at the beginning of september. there was ample 28, but guests are coming in, and i had to get going. but i did see the march come in, and it was meant as a. and my brother tommy later became mayor of baltimore. he worked with martin luther king, jr., on equal accommodations, whether it was housing or restaurants or whatever it was in the transition time. so this has a lot of history in making this a very emotional day for me. it is a wonderful honor. it is a wonderful honor. it is just unbelievable and staggering, and i am only now beginning

add to that, that we dealt with potentially the gravest threat to mankind. we've reduced our reliance on nuclear weapons and the size of our arsenal, and in the new start treaty we got the russians to reduce theirs as well. we brought the world together to secure nuclear materials and prevent those materials from getting into the hands of terrorists, and we isolated countries like iran and north korea whose nuclear programs threaten not only us, but world peace and stability. at the same time we demonstrated that we don't have to choose between protecting our country and living the values we preach. we shut down secret prisons overseas and we banned torture. it was the right thing to do. it enhanced our power of our persuasion around the world, and the security of our soldiers around the world. president obama also knew we needed to ensure our military was postured to meet these new objectives and new challenges. and just as general george c. marshall wanted a west point graduate for that pivotal mission, when world war ii hung in the balance, president obam

probably the greatest in the history of mankind and we have some serious problems. that we need to confront. we need to learn from history. we need to learn from others. if we do, if we draw upon successes and inject the failures, we can create a better future that will be more, more of many things that by the way, will be affordable and sustainable rather than where we are now. >> and that's what we've even discovered when talked to karen and collin later in the show, some of the farmers we've met along the way who happen to be a marine veteran and a lot of folks that are showing you choices, any category. >> i'm trying to till the soil to help prepare the way so that elected officials who will do three things. provide truth, leadership and solutions can help us see the way forward, create a better future so our future will be better than our paes pr our country, our kids and grand kids. >> it's a big one. the world's biggest roto tiller. thank you for tilling the soil. thank you for all the best. i look forward to working with you in the future. it's nice to know

stand, it's not the german question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind[ applause ] yet i do not come here to lament. i find in berlin a message of hope, even in the shadow of this wall a message of triumph. in this season of spring in 1945, the people of berlin emerged from their air raid shelters to find devastation. thousands of miles away the people of the united states reached out to help, and in 1947, secretary of state, as you've been told, george marshal announced the creation of what would become known as the marshal plan. speaking precisely 40 years ago this month, he said, our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. [ applause ] a few moments ago i saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the marshall plan. i was struck by a sign on a burnt-out gutted structure that was being rebuilt. i understand that berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city. the sign read simply, the marshall plan is helping

. >>> here's something that has never happened before in the history of mankind in the sport of tracka photo finish. this is a dead heat in the women's 100 meters at olympic trials going on in oregon. >> unbelievable. the two runners are training partners. there's no procedure to break ties. the first-ever runoff will likely take place to see which of these ladies make the olympic team. >> that's allison phoenix, and -- >> the apprentice and the master. >>> the writing on the wall for for handwriting. the average person goes six weeks without writing everything. and one out of three people hasn't written anything for six months. >> are we texting all the time? yes. blame it on technology. if we do take notes, it's done with a keyboard. and most people have trouble reading their own handwriting when they finally do write something. what am i writing? >> hi, john. that's not so bad, actually. >> i like cognitive on this. i like to write. instead of using my calculator, use my head. >> i use coffee. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >>> for everyone else, point-sized singers

confederates, they're basically -- though they're trying to fight for their independence, they're enemies of mankind. on the page before, he says they're not in rebellion for civil slavery. they're in rebellion for the right of burning human creatures alive and argues there is this moral distinction, like there's some people who are good for fighting back and some people who are not. in this case, like these people are just straight-up evil. >> that's very good. >> and we need to get -- we can't support them. >> that's a great point. that's a very good point. in fact, let's jump to the -- to the england's dilemma. caught -- the people who suffered the most in england were the working-class textile -- the millworkers. they were literally starving to death. i mean even before the civil war, you couldn't call them free in the way most political theorists define freedom and that individual freedom is the freedom of mobility. the mill workers didn't have a choice of getting a job elsewhere. they were truly exploited and with a blockade and with the secession of cotton being imported, textiles -- the fact

. >> and i offer the golden gate bridge as one case of when mankind has improved on nature, the golden state bridge and it is stunning today every time i go near it. thank you robert reich and ed rendell for joining us. >>> and coming up is john edwards with a comeback and there is a man with optimism, and after a dramatic fall, could he rise again? this is "hardball." its retinol formula visibly reduces wrinkles in one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> well, john edwards may have gone free yesterday, but can he rebuild the political career? three jurors who spoke with matt lauer thismorning said they believed he was guilty of the crime crimes he was accused of, but didn't have the evidence to convict. >> he had knowledge. i believe he had knowledge of the money and where he was going. >> and he was smart enough to hide it and we did not have enough evidenc

. >> i have to tell you, the golden gauge bridge, i offer it as example in the one case in which mankind has improved on nature, the golden gate bridge. it's stunning today every time i go near it. thank you, robert reich and ed rendell. >>> coming up, john edwards hints at a comeback. could he actually rise again after such a dramatic fall? this is "hardball." with prilosec otc. and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yourself. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn hotels, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and now stay rewarded with vacation pay. stay two weekend nights and get a $75 prepaid card. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine®... power to your mouth™. >>> well, john edwards may have gone free yesterday, but can he rebuild his political career? three j

talking of geopolitics or energy or environment or i don't know all of these are global problems that mankind is facing today and we have one still one global tool between our hands that enables better communication better sharing of knowledge better participation in political and democratic process what i feel what i suspect is that global universal internet is the only tool we still have between our hands to solid rebel those global issues and this is why this is a central fight that we have to fight and that we all have a responsibility here too to fight. yesterday the sun will be here at our eleven thirty g.m.t. and if you've missed any of the series so far you can catch all editions at r.t. the cup. hundred billion euros is not enough to allay the e.u. spain's that's the message being signaled by investors well just days after the eurozone agreed to an enormous bailout for spanish banks initial market optimism quickly that created a spanish journalist or rather says that on top of all that broken jobless spaniards have been left to fend for themselves the spanish government has been push

do not crucify mankind up on a trough of gold. >> michael, how long was the speech in 1896? why was it referred to as a crop of gold? >> about 45 minutes long. and cross of gold was a powerful metaphor and william jennings bryant, a very serious evanggel call question, who who wanted to keep them on a gold standard, wanted to keep interest rates high, reflikt the supply of money. for bryant and many who supported him, this was a way of keeping american who's were poor, poorer, keep americans in debt deeper in debt. a way of keeping the british economy, the supreme economy in the world. this economy based on the gold standard, so it sounds like a have at the kalish eau, but really an issue of haves to have-nots, that's the way bryant saw it. to crucify gold would be, of course, connected to pontius pilate crucifying christ. in the same way, bryant and populist minded democrats and republicans thought that the american economy was being run for the interest of those who already had property or had money, those who already had banks so it's really a class divide in america at t

he is not neutral in the freedom of mankind. and i'm telling you, if we just do what we're supposed to do, oh my gosh, miracles are are coming. he's -- at the same time he's going to withdraw his protection, the farther we get from him. he has to. he will withdraw his protection. and it will feel, some will say he's smashing us. preachers might tell you we're paying for -- no. the lord's arm is extended. he is our father. he's saying come to me. please. just come to me. let's come to him. let's be better than we were yesterday. let's, i am telling you we are doing another event in not in washington this time. i really don't like this city. and i've learned in the last 24 hours it doesn't really like me. but -- thank you, you're not from around these parts, are you? in dallas, the scariest thing i ever did was write a check, sign my name to the bottom of a lease for dallas cowboys stadium. and i did not knowing if anyone would -- not knowing if anyone would come. this july we're doing three nights in dallas. we're doing first nig

were willing to sacrifice and lose in 2010 because we believe in the humanity of all women kind and mankind. thank god. thank america, thank the constitution and thank the united states supreme court. i walk away in dignity! oh, yes! >> our last speaker will be hanson clark from michigan. >> thank you very much. >> everyone, i'm hanson clark and i represent the city of detroit, one of the most hard hit regions in the country. this ruling is clear, but very simple. it says that health care is a right for all americans and that when more people have health insurance, health insurance is affordable for everyone. it makes financial sense. we needed this mandate in order to make insurance affordable for even the sickest americans. we needed americans who are healthy and can buy health insurance. the more of us who have health insurance, the cheaper it is for all americans. thank you so much. >> thank you, everybody. this has been a progressive caucus. >> more years! >> four more years! >> everyone, let's take your leader! >> and to recap, we have been looking at and listening to reaction to the

talking of geopolitics or energy or environment or i don't know all of these are global problems that mankind is facing today and we have one still one global tool between our hands that enables better communication better sharing of knowledge better participation in in political and democratic process what i feel when i suspect is that a global universal internet is the only tool we still have between our hands to saw a rebel those global issues and this is why this is a central fight that we have to fight and that we all have a responsibility here too to fight. that edition of julius launches show airs tuesday eleven thirty g.m.t. and remember you can catch up on all previous programs any time you'd like at r.t. dot com also on line for you harry relation new york's police department fires a jewish officer who refused to treat his beard sparking a lawsuit well this is discrimination. in saudi arabia has got talent but not a musical one a town in the gulf kingdom is launching its own entertainment show but no singing or dancing allowed and women are banned from taking part in find out more a

jewish christian or turkish appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify enslave mankind and monopolize power and profit. historian very schwartz describes our first president george washington's religious beliefs writing george washington's practice of christianity was limited in superficial because he was not himself great yet he repeatedly declined the church's sacraments never did he take communion and when his wife martha did he waited for her outside the sanctuary even on his deathbed washington asked for no ritual no prayer to christ and expressed no wish to be attended by his church's representative and his thomas jefferson wrote eight hundred fourteen long after the constitution was ratified christianity never is nor ever was a part of the common law. in seven hundred ninety six our nation signed a peace treaty with tripoli what we now call libya and in this treaty negotiated by the george washington administration and signed by president john adams our founding fathers made very clear the religious nature of the united states when they wrote the government of th