so, please, give me a warm press club welcome for michael brown. [applause] >> hi, everybody. thanks for coming out. i appreciate it. i was just thinking that, jan, as you were talking, one of the things that struck me that i really hadn't thought about for a while in terms of this book, between your introduction and some of the people who are in this room, there's another story that hasn't been told that probably needs to be told about katrina. and that's all of the people, i heard this come up the other day, and i forget who asked me the question. but another reporter asked me the question, and then ray nagin was on the today show yesterday in the an interview with matt lauer when this question came up again about race. and how did race and social economics effect what took place in katrina. and i am astounded that that issue still comes up when you think about the men and the women who worked for the federal emergency management agency and dhs and, for that matter, the entire federal government. now, i know if you take x number -- i don't know what the number in dhs is now,

[applause] >> that was michael brown liberal former director of the federal emergency management agency. visit his website at michaelbrowntoday.com. >> we're back with more from frankfurt, kentucky. brad asher recounts cecilia, a former slave who crossed into canada accompanying ms. ballard on a trip to niagara falls. this is 20 minutes. .. younger sister and younger brother and a younger sister was very young and so most likely mary who was the mother was purchased as a kind of made for the infant, and so that's when they would meet and the household kind of came together in that fashion. >> so they kind of grew up together? >> the did grow up together. and in fact, the younger children, fanny's number brother and sister died quite young in the mid 1830's, one right after the other. so, you know, you can imagine this big family of four and it goes -- a big family of six goes to a family of four and all of a sudden fanny is no longer the big sister, she's little girl again and of a person nearest to her age in the house is cecilia, so they do grow up as companions and probably something

and former bush administration official michael brown has told me that gadhafi is fate will be decided by the west but punishment will be carried out in libya. be careful what you ask for you might get it then again you may not the example of egypt that was just given they're not a they didn't get what they were fighting for that may happen in libya as well. it seems that. the west is very there's a there's a bond between the libyan rebels and the western countries there's a lot of input now what we'll have to do are a lot of you know a lot of interplay i should say but now we'll have to wait and see. the rebels who are still sort of you know exactly who are what are they and how will they did they are they just using the west to get to take over tripoli in the country and get rid of gadhafi and then once that's done they're going to do their own thing and they don't need the west anymore i was there when when saddam was was tried in hong. my personal feeling is that that it wasn't so much the people of iraq that tried in hong them it was. i think he deserved what he got don't get me w

i remember when brownie -- the michael brown came down and said i'm doing a heck of a job.ile people were still living on the roofs of their house. they didn't have food, they didn't have water. and the thing they were hoping, the thing that scared them the most, is that republicans were the last people to have control of how they were going to get the heck out of there. and so as i listen to perry and as i listen to bachmann talk about disaster relief, they have a lot to overcome. >> they really do. now, ron paul, this weekend, he was telling reporters that if he were around back in the day, fema didn't play a very good role, and in fact, didn't even exist, and they recovered back then. here it is. >> i live on the gulf coast. we put up with hurricanes all of the time. i have galveston in my district. and fema is only about 30 or 40 years old. i don't know exactly how old. but the worst disaster we've ever had was in my district in galveston in 1900, before fema. the local people rebuilt the city, built a sea wall, and they survived without fema. >> so mike, there's the re

and michael brown. michael, when you think about it, we break voters into demographics, right?ps. we talk about african-americans, asian americans, latino americans. irish-americans. break it apart. fill in the blank. what other group could be disparaged this way, meaning the tea party and people would get away with it without some fall-out of some kind? >> i don't know what you are talking about no fall-out. clearly there has been fall-out, you are talking about it on your show. >> maxine waters not in any trouble here. >> point she making is a good one. >> sean: they can go straight to hell? >> talking the substance of the tea party and how they didn't negotiate in good faith relating to dealing with the budget. >> sean: the tea party said when they elected candidates, they wanted a balanced budget, cuts across the board. they stayed true to their principles and they want any more compromise. >> i think their principles are based in politics. i didn't hear the tea party having some major uprising against president bush when he was spending all kind of dollars in wars all over

the former fema director michael brown, you remember him from the days of katrina.. what about ron palms comment? fema creates many of our problems. >> he's partially right in the sense that the country is broke. there is only a limited amount of cash available to spend on these projects. what fema is done is something fema has done throughout its budget kri is, to say with an accounting mechanism we are not going to spend money on long-term projects that we might not have to write a check for for a year or two. but instead will write checks for things we have to pay today. but the problem is, dr. paul will get this directly. fema has these problems every single year. as long as we have the flood insurance program and continue to give out more and in more money through these disaster programs we'll continue to face these problems. bill: now with the budget so strained and a deficit running 14-plus trillion dollars, a focus in washington's change, it's been put on a tether 18. >> degrees. eric cantor is with us yesterday. what he's say can is if you want to give my d

obviously, george bush had the history of michael brown, who had been an arabian horse official before he took over fema. you've got the right person in charge, a great team at noaa doing the forecasts, and getting the country ready for what's coming. >> the president was expected back, he was going to be the big speaker at the martin luther king ceremonies, the dedication ceremonies. we don't even know if that's going to be delayed. so far this week in d.c., we've had the earthquake with significant damage to the washington monument, to the cathedral, the national building museum, and other buildings. plus libya. the president on his vacation has had to deal with libya, which has been a constant. >> yeah. so i think it's time to finally put a fork in the idea that august is a quiet month in washington. >> perhaps. >> between the debt ceiling and libya and the earthquake and now the hurricane, you know, all 12 months of the year are busy months, and august is now a busy month. i think august has been a month that has been a political problem for the president. during the campaign in 20

his apartment of homeland security great and we can fema and the year before hurricane katrina michael brown the fema director ask a wrote a series of memos talking about how it would make the agency less effective when or if a big storm came and michael brown was looking for another job when katrina hit. he thought that yeah he thought it wasn't going to work and he turned out to be right. michael chernoff was admittedly did a very good job but he was not effective i thought an effective leader at the department of homeland security and yet bush kept them on as a matter of loyalty which is disturbing. i would also add that kathleen blanco who wasn't really terribly cooperative with the federal response despite being pushed on this deserves part of the blame. so i think some of it is the immensity of the disaster and some of it is that there is a lot of blame to go around in terms of incompetent crisis decision on the part of bush and others. >> in the short-term managing the crisis was not well done. actually 2000, early 2005 was a bad year for karl rove because they preferred to try and re

bush, who had appointed michael brown, a man with little background in handling emergencies and a recent job with an arabian horse association to lead fema." let's go to a resident of new orleans. mary, democratic caller. caller: hello? host: you are on the program. caller: i'm from new orleans. irene was overexposed. i went through katrina. ok? um -- and i traveled miles and miles and miles to get out of the way of katrina. the people who stayed in new orleans -- i saw people dead, people on their rooftops. we had -- in new orleans, there was no one to come help the people who stayed. people on their roofs. and it was horrible. there was a woman in a wheelchair at the superdome who was dead. dead. for over a week. i was lucky enough to be in houston finally. and all we saw was nothing. and ray nagin begged the president, begged him over and over to get us to help. host: mary, thank you for sharing your personal story, which i am sure that the e -- short cannot be easy -- caller: warned -- host: what do you think at everybody learn from that experience? caller: to get the heck out of her

. >> lehrer: ruth marcus and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we close with a look back at an extraordinary moment in history, 20 years ago today, that led to the end of the soviet union. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- more cleaner, safer and smarter. >> collaborating with the best in the field. >> chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech companies. >> and yet, it's really basic. >> it's paying off every day. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation fo

. >> lehrer: michael, ruth, thank you both very much. >> brown: finally tonight, we remember a dramatic day in history, 20 years later, as it unfolded on the newshour. >> macneil: good evening. the stunning overthrow of mikhail gorbachev by communist hard-liners dominates the news this monday. gorbachev was reported under house arrest as soviet tanks took up positions throughout moscow. >> brown: that was how robert macneil described the shocking developments of august 19, 1991, on the "macneil/lehrer newshour," a coup that would backfire and lead to the end of the soviet union. a report from robert moore of independent television news showed the chaos on the ground. >> reporter: the red army tanks had rolled into the heart of the city, and not even heroic gestures could stop them. workers and shoppers quickly surrounded the security forces... the man who has taken over is vice-president gennady yanayev, whose reputation as a hard-liner is matched only by his image as a gray man who would serve loyally. >> brown: then came a description of what would become the most iconic image of the

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conflict torn nation i'm joined by former bush administration official michael o'brien he's live in our studio in washington d.c. mr brown thank you very much indeed for being with us so now we have a temporary government with no experience of democracy a little knowledge of how to run a country almost no cash can stability really be built on such a fragile foundation. well we'll have to wait and see obviously kind of goes without saying but the fact of the matter is you know be careful what you ask for you might get it then again you may not the example of egypt that was just given they're not really they're a they didn't get what they were fighting for that may happen in libya as well. it seems that. the west is very there's a there's a bond between the libyan rebels and the western countries there's a lot of input. now what will have to do are a lot of you know a lot of interplay i should say but now we'll have to wait and see. the rebels who are still sort of you know exactly who are what are they and how will they did they are they just using the west to get to take over tripoli in the country and get rid of gadhafi

in our panel this morning, we will be hearing from cave brown tunie, theresaamara covington, michael pettipetit, e burstain. miss brown, please proceed with your opening statement. >> members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here to discuss this very important topic of child deaths due to maltreatment. my remarks are based on the d.o.a. report released today. i plan to cover three issues, the number children who die from maltreatment, the state reporting challenges, and hhs assistance mistakes. first, on the number of child deaths. every year, children in the united states die after being physically abused, severely neglected, or otherwise maltreated. frito-lay, at the hands of their parents or other trusted -- frequently, at the hands of their parents or other trusted caregivers. we know that there were at least 1770 deaths in 2009. but this is likely an undercount. all of these state agencies reported only those cases that were known to them. yet these agents is do not necessarily know about all children who die from maltreatment. some children may not have been previo

all right, ed rappaport thanks so much for joining us. >> brown: lastly, we focus on the historic shutdown and evacuations in new york city. michael grynbaum is covering this for "the new york times" and joins me now. mayor bloomberg ordered the evacuation of some, it's about 300,000 people now. how do you do that in such a populous urban center? >> with great difficulty. but as you said they've been planning it for a few days now. they've had police officers, community representatives and politicians fanning out through all the communities that are right on the coastline urging residents to leave their homes, telling them that the deadline is by 5 p.m. tomorrow. they set up shelters throughout the city. there's room for about 71,000 persons. and the remainder of the city hopes will stay with relatives or friends throughout the area. >> brown: you know people, of course, on the outer banks, places like that, are used to this sort of thing they are probably not in battery park, they're not in coney island. so is there a sense of urgency? is there a sense that you've been able to pick up or other reporters that people are taking thi

aaron carson vaughn, matt mills, john brown, kevin houston, michael strange. just five of the 30 u.s. troops killed in the taliban shootdown of the chinook helicopter. >> their loss is a reminder of the risks these men and women take every day on behalf of our country. day after day, night after night, they carry out missions like this in the midst of enemy driver and fallen danger. >> 22 were navy s.e.a.l.s, the same team that took out osama bin laden. mccraven spoke as he began a new job on monday as head of all special operation forces. >> our thoughts and praiseyers with you. we will never forget the sacrifice nor the ultimate price your loved ones paid. >> it happened in eastern afghanistan in the wardak province. the s.e.a.l.s had been called in to help military caught in fire. the rangers saw a rocket-propelled grenade hit the chopper according to a senior military official. military sources tell cnn investigators will look at several key questions, including, is there reason to believe the taliban have any advanced shoulder-fired weapons now. was the h

brown. >> reporter: there was michael strange of philadelphia who loved snowboarding, surfing, scuba diving, and running and his father says he loved his country and loved protecting his country. so just a few examples, very tragic loss for this country and for the military. alisyn: all of them such heroes and role models for us. bill: when that news trickled across the country saturday morning, how devastating that was. alisyn: i got that alert on my blackberries, everybody gasped, and we feel like we know the seal teams so well after the bin laden raid. bill: we're going to get to a bit more on this in a moment, some of the stories we're watches. >>> these missions are a lot more common than you know and our military analyst is going to take us through, step by step, of this operation. stay tuned for that. alisyn: they kicked in windows, set buildings on fire and looted stores, rioters in a brazen faceoff with the police. bill: they keep on going, don't they? >> new outrage over the tsa patdown, a pregnant flyer saying that agents took something from her that she cannot live without. >> a

matt mills, john brown, kevin houston, michael strange, patrick hamburger, craig vickers.t seven the 22 navy s.e.a.l.s. killed in saturday's chopper crash in afghanistan. total of 30 u.s. service members were killed in the attack, which is the single largest loss of life for the u.s. military since the afghan war began nearly ten years ago. afghan officials say the ch 47 chinook helicopter went down after it came under heavy fire and a rocket propelled grenade attack from the taliban. the s.e.a.l.s. were going to help troops on the ground fighting insurgents. the crash site has been cordoned off. seven afghan troops were aboard the helicopter as well and they died. barbara starr is joining us from the pentagon now. i understand, barbara, the pentagon has released information about coverage at dover air force base in delaware where the bodies will return to the united states. what have they told us. >> reporter: that's right wolf. this is the most unsettling news we are going to tell people very precisely what the pentagon has said. it will be unsettling, perhaps, to the fa

. >> governor jerry brown appointed a bank of america executive on how to create jobs in california. michael will take a position as the liaison between the governor and california business leaders. colonelly he lives in pebble beach. >>> many university of california staff and faculty will get their first pay hike in 4 years. $140million will be given to nonunion employees who earn less than $200,000 a year. it will not effect union employee whose have separate contracts. workers who went without raises raises and unpaid furloughs deserve compensation. >> customer whose use debt cards may have to get higher fees. it will be applied to checking accounts starting in october. >> the big banks are the leaders in charging all of these uand bigger fees. you can find free checking at almost any credit union and many local banks. >> the banks stand teloses millions in revenue because of new rules limiting how much banks can collect. >> stronger than expected earnings report. stocks mixed that close. >> target, staples and del posted better earnings than protected but higher whole sale prices counte

michael vick for your fantasy team? if so, i think you'll like this. mike vick called his number from eight yards out. eagles beat the browns. or maybe you'll draft cam newton. he played well in the preseason. didn't throw a touchdown against the bengals but he did roll over a defender on his way to the end zone. if are you in the market for a defensive player, you can't go wrong with the redskins deangelo hall. picked off joe flacco. should have been tackled a couple of times. he stayed on his feet and scampered 52 yards for a touchdown. not enough, though. ravens won it, though. >>> finally back to baseball. california punched its ticket to the u.s. little league world series final with a win over pennsylvania. they'll play montana tomorrow. hands off to the youngsters of clinton county, pennsylvania. they break attendance records every time they hit the field and leave an indelible mark on the little league world series. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> early today sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> three opening films take on "the help" this weekend at the box office. your ear

michael strange from philadelphia became a navy s.e.a.l. about two years ago. air force technical sergeant john browna was in his mother's words, a gentle giant. aaron carson vaughn, of union city, tennessee, was a 30-year-old member of s.e.a.l. team 6. aaron vaughn leaves his wife kimberly, his 2-year-old son reagan and his 2-month-old daughter chamberlain. 32-year-old chief petty officer robert james reeves, served on s.e.a.l. team 6 and had earned four bronze stars. robert grew up in shreveport, louisiana with jonas kelsall, lieutenant commander kelsall was a member of s.e.a.l. team 7. craig vickers was on the maui high school football team in hawaii and was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. kraig lived in virginia beach with his wife who is pregnant and their three children. he would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old john tumilson always wanted to be a navy s.e.a.l. he was a wrestler in high school and a neighbor told the associated press, he was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwitch university in 2001 and then joine

michael strange from philadelphia became a navy s.e.a.l. about two years ago. air force technical sergeant john brown was, in his mother's words, a gentle giant. aaron carson vaughn of union city, tennessee, was a 30-year-old member of s.e.a.l. team six. aaron leaves his wife, 2-year-old son reagan, and 2-month-old daughter. 32-year-old robert james reeves served on s.e.a.l. team six and had earned four bronze stars. robert reeves grew up in shreveport, louisiana. joe than kelsall, a member of s.e.a.l. team seven. kraig vickers was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. he lived in virginia beach, virginia with his wife, who's now pregnant and their three children. kraig would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old jon tumilson was a wrestler in high school and was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwich university in 2001. a high school teacher of brian bill's said, "brian just wanted to do his best to protect other people, challenge did not deter him. ever." most of the names of the people lost in the helicopter crash are not yet k

brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with ruth marcus and michael gerson, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org which foot was it? best make that "best wishes." we don't want them getng their hopes up, do we? no, i suppose not. have always done it. why should she watch the flowers? nobody really remembers, >> hello and welcome to "the journal." i am brian thomas. headlines at this

brown is up by hosting portuguese giants and feet. now meanwhile chelsea midfielder john obi mikel is still awaiting news about his father who's been abducted in nigeria michael obi has been missing since he left work on friday off today in the city of jobs where he runs a transport company police have appealed to help but have yet to be contacted by the kidnappers twenty four year old make out learned about the it went from sunday morning still turned out to chelsea in their will will draw at stoke and the blue star has given an emotional interview on british television asking for anyone who had any information to come forward. i'm from. you know i've always tried to help the quandary we been everywhere playing for the country solving the country it never would have came out laughing this is the time for the contras we're all to help me in this situation. so i just i just i'm just going to stay wherever it is got my. emotional police contact me and hopefully will be released. the international olympic committee has said russia is making substantial progress in preparation for their first ever winter games while their medal hopes of also received a boost as s

michael jackson's death. what he'll tell the judge. that and more later on "the early show." that will do it for the "cbs morning news." on this tuesday, appreciate your watching, i'm terrell brownake care, everybody. have a great day. mrng. appreciate your watching. i'm terrell brown. ,,,,

michael collins. ton le stoked. anderson now a four time winner in sonoma making the all time leader. that's capped at the bottom of the screen with his 32nd creek win. brownor the third time this year. topping 314 miles per hour career win number 28 for brown. 43 cars lined up for nascar's once a year event at indianapolis. the brickyard 400. 41 laps to go, definitely what you call side by side racing. castle the guy who doesn't quite fit. castle comes to the stop. but as a result of all that time, four laps to go. paul menard on the brightly colored number 27 car. passes mcmurray and wins the lead. carl edwards who was 14th the day retains the series leads minard. and childress racing team wins the game with the kissing of the bricks. >>> recovering from surgery in the final year of his contract, 49er running back frank gore was hardly dealing from a position of strength when he decided not to show up at training camp. gore has now ended his hold out. team spokesman tonight confirmed that gore spoke with jim harbaugh and decided to practice while he negotiates a contract. gore's season ended after a hip fracture. he could be subject to $90,000 in fines f

michael's recurring problem. 49 ers need a big play receiver. they hope this man can do the job. edwards edwards gets a one year 3 and half million dollar contract. he started his career with the brownsod numbers went to the pro bowl. but he spent the last two y with the jets. drop pass. off the field issues including a dui but lake head coach harbaugh edwards is a michigan man and that counts. >> i know his family. know his dad. if one of the real class guys. never went through the michigan football program. >> i have known coach harbaugh pretty much my whole life. he and my father played together and it was a plus. i thought it was a rebuilding team that has a lot of talent. a lot of ability but just hasn't crossed over yet and i think i can be a part of that. i would love to be a part of helping this team out. >> pretty crazy in the middle of the practice run out and jump in there. just another addition to strange year. so great to see him. great player and the more you can add to it, makes the team better. >> under the new collective bargaining agreement that passed today, today was the first day that recently signed free agent could practice with their teams so this was day one

brown went along and paid his way. >> if this isn't a good buddy network system it's very close to it. >> this assemblyman says the governor needs to replace michaelfy. >> if you're breaking bread with people and having a good time same people then next day have you to regulate, i don't like that. >> and from citizens we heard from this trip isn't going down well its not okay. and they shouldn't do that. >> they never tell us the truth. >> and hill wants to do is have the governor replace paefy. and gray davis was the chief of staff. and the chief of staff is carol brown, a very close friend of jeff brown jeff brown is jerry brown's cousin. gets complicated. >> and it is getting ugly out there. >> crew has been forced to move away from what's happening. >>> let's update you now on this rolling protest. >> that is where you can see police have responded there as well jonathan? >> that is right. you can see protestors gathering around. now, there is a muni bus stopped as a result of police activity and they have managed to shut down four bart stations. and those two are now partially open then marching through the squarey building and there is as fa

michael strange. >> he loves all you guys, all his friends. >> reporter: they came from all over the united states. craig vickers, a bomb disposal expert, was from the hawaiian islands, john brown, a medic with the s.e.a.l.s, from arkansas. his wife and mother were among the 30 families who heard the worst possible news. >> the office of -- called my daughter-in-law, tabitha, and informed her that my son, john, had been killed this morning in afghanistan. >> reporter: today there is a ceremony scheduled at the operation command in florida, the headquarters for the navy s.e.a.l.s. what had been planned as a celebration will now be a very somber event. chris? >> cbs' david martin at the pentagon for us. david, thank you. >>> first check of our weather this morning. >> we start on the west coast. the area that's only seen below normal temperatures. take a look at seattle, 76. 63 in frsan francisco. even los angeles is below average. due in part to the water temperatures, it's cooling down >> that's your latest weather. now over to chris and nancy. >> thanks. erica hill is in east africa, reporting from a refugee camp that is now home for hundreds of thousands of victims of a growi