mr. jefferson. [applause] mr. jefferson? mr. jefferson. >> yes. >> would you care to take one or two questions from some of our board members? >> share. >> do we have any questions from the board? -- >> sure. >> do you have any questions from the board? seeing none, thank you for speaking with us and giving us a look at what is like. ms. robinson, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. i am 32 years old. i am currently a resident here in san francisco. i'm not a originally from here, and i do not have statistics or anything else to be viewed besides what i have experienced and what i have overcome through the help of all the services that have been provided to me since i have been here. the only reason -- the reason that i'm here to this day is because in 2006, i -- my life had taken a turn for, to me when i look back, for the worse. yes, i have been -- i do have a criminal history before this time had come, and at that point, i had no idea that i was -- that i had any type of mental disorder or anythi

mr. jefferson had in mind. and so i would hope that representative king and i can come together and agree that this idea of religious liberty is too important to compromise. if you don't let this islamic community center go forward here, why would people around the country say that a house of worship should go forward anywhere? why not just raise a ruckus and intimidate these people to set up a house of worship in any community. you can always say this is not the right time or right place. martin luther king said you can't put your time line on somebody else's freedom. and the fact is, i think that these community meetings that representative king has talked about probably should go forward. but the idea at that organizers of the islamic center can't build this structure it would be a real problem and would be a setback for liberty. >> congressman king? >> every right there is a responsibility. to me, the responsibility here is for the muslim leadership to realize the tremendous hurt -- tremendous insensitivity

mr. smith goes to washington." 1939, frank capra, lived till he was 93 or 94 years old. here is jefferson smith. these movie folks like the name jefferson. you see it several times. he rises to introduce his bill to set aside a portion of willet creek in his home state to be used for a boys' camp. why did the boy scouts of america not let their names be used in this movie? >> i'm not sure of all the reasons at the time. people are shy about being presented in the hollywood version. there is a sense that you are going to be misrepresented. so they became -- they are not the boy scouts. >> boy rangers. >> the boy rangers are the heroes of the movie. they are the ones who, ultimately, rise to senator smith's defense. it is similar for the military at times, which is uneasy about what hollywood will do when they make a presentation, especially if they do not have control over that depiction. >> senator paine is played by claude rains. he was born in britain but became an american citizen. >> excuse me. >> what did you get me out of bed for? >> the show is about to commence. >> mind telling me

mr. smith goes to washington." 1939, frank capra. he lived until he was 89 or a 90 years old. these movie folks like the name of jefferson. he rises to introduce his bill. set aside a portion of willow creek in his home state to be used for a boys' camp. why did the boys out of america -- i do not know are aware of this -- know if you are aware of this -- not let -- why did the boy scouts of america and not let their names be used? >> there is a sense that you are going to be misrepresented. so they became -- they are not the boy scouts. >> boys rangers. >> they are the heroes of the movie. the are the ones to, ultimately, rise to senator smith's defense. it is similar for the military at times, which is an uneasy about what hollywood will do when they make a presentation, especially if they do not have control over that depiction. >> could senator pain is played by ko'd rains -- claude raynes. >> what did you get me out of bed for? mind telling me what is going on? >> i've got the principal actor in our play. don quixote smith. over here, a guerrilla in man's clothing. >> the mean + in boots -- you mean puss in boots. >>

mr. vargo, you say you want to avoid and i can't say i really understand the china problem. the united states, beginning with jefferson, i'm writing a book on the subject so i certainly know what i'm talking about, has the requirement to protect american industry. i sometimes like to say the american president is the president of the american people. nobody in this country is determined to stand up for the americans. the americans haven't caused the problem. they have borne the brunt of the problem. now, the problem lies, the principle antagonist is china without any question. everybody knows that. but no one wants to take any action against china. china's manipulation of its currency and its trade fares is designed to keep the united states on the defensive. host: david, let me read "the new york times" op-ed. they say the tolerant attitude is probably why retaliating against china with punitive trade barriers, as urged by some in congress, would stark a tit-for-at that time confrontation that would endanger economic recovery. china also is doing other things, increasing pension payments and unemployment checks and p