joining me now to put all of these incidents in perspective as well as the afghanistan war is michael brooks the producer of the majority report hey there michael so a lot to talk about here let's start out with talking about this green on blue violence what's the problem here what are we seeing happen. well i think there's a couple of things going on one is there is inherently a kind of institutional and structural challenge of basically building a new type of army from the ground the wall you know we occupy a country so a lot of personal conflicts local politics and a variety of different things kind of get absorbed into the and then not to mention the ongoing. you know ambivalence to say the least. by the afghans of our presence there. the things like civilian casualties and a variety of other variables just make it a really hard situation because when you just think of it institutionally that actually builds a new force in such a chaotic and difficult concepts that environment now one thing i do want to mention is that neither president obama nor mitt romney actually addressed the green

brooks. >> supervisors, michael -- with the san francisco -- trades council. i want ta thank supervisor campos about his kind remarks earlier about neighbors on board. since some of the prior speakers called out their -- in san francisco i lived all but six of my 56 years within five blocks of mission street. i'm here to speak on behalf of brother vince courtney, and his reappointment. the laborers are an absolute critical part of the puc efforts. it's the laborers who are digging the tunnels for the -- it's the laborers doing a grand part of the transmission pipeline work, and laborers have their hands in virtually everything in the wis inwith the exception of the water change out. it's altogether appropriate that laborers are represented on the puc commission. and i have a long and good working relationship with vince. we're free to speak our minds to each other, and do. so i'll be happy to see his reappointment. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. >> jason freid,i'm coming as a private citizen taking some unused furlough time from last year to speak to you

>>shepard: thank you, michael, from the brookings institute. >> officials in louisiana say they are stillgure out whether hurricane isaac washed up the oil from b.p.'s deep water disasterous oil spill. a large mat of tar was found on one beach. when we covered this, we were warned the oil could be washed ashore and it appears that is what they found. and advisors to the governor said surveys found several more so there are a number of locations. officials have restricted fishing in waters a mile off a 13-mile stretch of coastline. b.p. says it is too early to tell if the oil is from the deep water horizon disaster which sparked the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. astronauts taking another spacewalk today outside the international space station. we will take you there for that coming up on "studio b" live from the democratic national convention. >>shepard: astronauts on the international space station made critical repairs with a tooth british. one of the tools that nasa astronaut and her japanese crew made, they spent eight hour on a risky spacewalk to repair the power system of

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and michael hanlen is a senior official at the brookings institute. good morning to both of you. michael, would anyone have predicted we would be where we are today? >> overall, i would say it's been better than i would have predicted on violence. there was a lot of fear, for example, that in egypt, an islamic movement, a muslim brotherhood government could have actually ruptured ties with israel by now, could have cut off all intelligence cooperation with the united states. none of that has happened. it's important at a difficult time like this to bear in mind where things could have gone in a much more negative direction. it's been a terrible week for the united states, but i'm still hopeful about a lot of the arab spring. we've got to navigate some tough times right now, and syria remains a huge mess. but if you ask me how things are compared to how i would have guessed a year ago, probably better than i would have surmised. >> the u.s. still controls pursestrings in as much of the foreign aid to that part of the world. will that allow the u.s. to continue to exert some influen

michael clarke duncan ahead in a moment. >>> but first, we head to charlotte, north carolina, where our brooke anderson is at the democraticention. with much more on her day with the first lady. >> hi, kevin. i'm right in the thick of it. at the time warner cable arena. the headquarters of the democratic national convention, where it's all about first lady michelle obama tonight.

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michael coroleon. that's it for me. i'm brooke baldwin. let's take you to charlotte now. day one of the dnc. wolf blitzer and "the situation room" beginning right now. >>> thanks very much. happening now, brand new cnn/orc polls just in on the heated battle for the white house. did the republican national convention give mitt romney the bounce he needs to get out in front of president obama? you're going to find out in a matter of a few seconds. plus, one hour from now the democratic national convention formally kicks off. tonight, the president's most powerful political weapon takes center stage. and with the enthusiasm building here in the convention hall, republicans are already pouncing. they're seizing on the grade the president gives himself for improving the economy. i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming into "the situation room." we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an ac

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michael clarke duncan's emotional funeral. we're there as "the green mile" star is honored and laid to rest. >> inside the touching ceremony. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brookeerson. >>> "the insider" is on. >>> he was so -- he was so happy. >> jay leno's emotional speech at the funeral. >> duncan's just-released death certificate. >> what his doctor revealed at the service as the stars reach out to his grieving fiance. >> she's taking this very hard. >>> then -- an "extreme makeover" trainer's kidnapping scare. >> his suv carjacked with his 1-year-old son inside. >> i heard our nanny screaming. >>> oprah aged. inside winfrey's new film with jane fonda. two's playing nancy reagan in "star watch." >>> and the celebrity mom on her cell phone as her baby takes a tumble. >>

michael o'hanlon. mike is senior fellow and director of research for foreign policy at brookings where he wants the iraq, afghanistan indices and specializes in u.s. defense and policy issues. mike is literally the busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tank, but if you go on his online bio you see literally hundreds of articles that is written well tv and radio appearances number not in the hundreds but the thousand. maybe even tens of thousands. not clear. i'm on top of that he's written several great books, the wounded john, america's armed forces, topping out in afghanistan, and the science of war. is working on a new publication entitled why nuclear arms control is still important. then we'll hear from todd harrison. is a graduate of mit, degrees in aeronautics and astronautics. he's worked in the aerospace, developing systems and technologies, also serves and use the air force reserves. he's presently senior fellow for defense budget studies at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments what he is one of the top voices on the american defense budget. he has authored multiple publica

brooks wrote this column, thurston howell romney. he wrote the people that receive a disproportionate share of money, they are white men with high school degrees. basically pointing out to what michael said. a lot of people that may not believe they're in this category that mitt romney referred to during this off-camera moment. joe scarborough said something this morning. we know where he stands and he's a conservative. he talked about the waiters in the video. those are the very people perhaps that fall into this description of governor romney if he was elected president, he would be president of all people. it sounds as if he's playing to a certain group, and that night that group paid $50,000 a plate to have that amen moment with the republican nominee. >> it's interesting because david brooks said this is what millionaires tell each other. i wasn't aware of that until i read the column. it's hard to say if governor romney was pandering to the group and he was repeating or saying something he believes. con flating the popularity of president obama, about half the country that doesn't pay the federal income tax. i suspect we won't get a complete dissection of his remarks from gove

brooke anderson. >>> "the insider" is on. >> tom hanks paying tribute to his fallen co-star. >> he was just a big crate of love and laughs. >> we're at the church today for michaelduncan's funeral. >> his tee yan say's touching final tribute. >> i just loved him. >> then -- >> big wedding news. >> blake lively from gossip girl married ryan reynolds. >> were these stars at the reception? the cell phone ban at the ceremony. >> inside an event planner's strict rules to keeping a swlebryty wedding secret. >> anyone who works on any of my events signs confidentiality agreements. >> and where we spotted ryan's ex-wife getting close with her ex-boyfriend. >>> amanda

michaels and barbara walters. he finally explains that character. >> she confronts him. >> i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brooke andersonamanda bynes counts. while kate middleton wins big in court. tonight's inside story, tracking the latest in the royal nude photo scandal. >> the big victory for the royals. >> the court ruling came down a short time ago. >> this is a clear legal victory for the palace and for william and kate. >> kate and william, upbeat in the south pacific today, as a french court rules in their favor. middleton was photographed in native dress and dancing on the last day of their royal tour. all that as the court ordered the french magazine, "closer," which published the nude photos of kate middleton sunbathing, to hand over all digital copies and they blocked further publication of them. >> the royal couple have really said, you know what, watch out, because we are going to take action. >> he's a british tv producer and reporter who has been following the court case. >> the french injunction doesn't cover ireland or italy. it will be interesting to see what happens in the other countries now. >>> m

michael heineman. he is the senior fellow and director of research at perkins, where he runs the iraq and afghanistan indices. mike is literally the business -- busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tankdom. there are literally hundreds of articles that he has written, while his tv appearances are in the thousands, maybe even the tens of thousands. he has written several books. he is working on a new publication entitled "why nuclear arms control is still important." that will hear from todd harrison, a degree in aeronautics and astronautics from mit. he has worked in advanced aerospace and technologies and served in the u.s. air force reserve. he is presently a senior fellow of defense budget studies for the center for strategic defense. he is the author of multiple publications on modern trend, military personnel costs most recently. and finally we will hear from marvin kalb. he is a graduate of city college of new york with a master's from harvard. before finishing his doctorate in russian history, he left to join the moscow assignment with the state department in 1956, which then led to a 30-year career in journalism. with both cbs and nbc news he served

michael greenstone, threats of the hamilton project, karen anderson, managing director of the hamilton project, and adam mooney, project and senior fellow brookings institute. let me also thank our enormously talented and hard-working staff, without which nothing that we do at the hamilton project would over. with that i thank you for being -- would occur. the pudding is yours. -- the podium is yours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> thank you everyone for joining us. i think the reason we're here today is the history of america is really been one of having the k-12 system that is in been in the world. and i think enforcement over the last couple decades that seems to be true. there's a lot of statistics that one can use to demonstrate that. test scores have been flat for several decades. spending has been up. college completion rates, we used to be number one in the world. we are now number 16. high school completion rates have roughly been flat for 25 or 30 years. and i think the consequences of what has, the decline in the american education system are revealing themselves in our society. we see unacceptable levels of inequality, the decline in