mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department farm, and that close proximity begins to rapidly backup. mr. smith begins to advance on officer suguitan. of a suguitan continues to back up, but begin to officer fong and mr. johnson in the doorway. nor were they aware of it at this moment that their lives were in danger. officer suguitan, fearing for his life and that of his partner, and for ms. johnson, discharged at least two rounds of his firearms that mr. smith and his willful attempt to stop the threat posed by mr. smith. noticing that mr. smith was still advancing, officer suguitan discharged more rounds, mortally wounding him. mr. smith collap

mr. smith, mr. johnson, we want to thank you both. gentlemen, please come back. >> thank you. >> up next, we will ask our sunday group what the u.s. strike against anwar al-awlaki means for the war on terrorism. i means for [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil no and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ listen to this. three out of four americans don't get enough vegetables. so here's five bucks to help you buy v8 juice. five bucks. that's a lot of green. go to v8juice.com for coupons. you can count on us. whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater. natal gas is critical to our future. at exxonmobil we recognize the chall

mr. smith and mr.ohnson, we thank you both for sharing your insights and gentleman, please come back. up next, we'll ask the sunday group about the u.s. strike against anar al-awlaki means on the war on terror. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security a printed statement or receipt provides... ...with mail. it's good for your business. ♪ and even better for your customers. ♪ for safe and secure ways to stay connected, visit usps.com/mail >> further proof that al-qaida and affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> bin laden is dead. al-awlaki is dead. al-qaida is a much diminished network. >> chris: president obama and just retired chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen talking about the significance of killing one of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> brit hume fox news analysis. mara liasson national public record. and bill kristol from the weekly standard. and juan willi

soviet style hippies as i've managed to churn out because i consider what i do you hear it r t what mr smith would call real reporting and fact i regularly bring up topics and questions that ben smith and his friends in the mainstream media don't seem to care much about such as why democrats and republicans can't seem to agree on anything once it comes to extending the most dangerous provisions of the patriot act for which they're happy to come together in a show of unity or continuing to allow the military industrial complex to always keep growing now is also one of the only news programs to follow the occupy wall street movement from its first day on mr smith and his mainstream media cohorts were content to sit back and mock the protesters as dirty hippies that is of course tell a story became too big for even them to ignore not just to name a few let's continue on this topic of real news reporting dive into the rest of this little jet the smith wanted to critique the story the reporter r t had done so he continued his real news reporting by saying the following in this one in which report

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mr. smith, mr.ohnson, we want to thank you both for sharing your insights and gentlemen, please come back. >> thank you. >> chris: up next, we will ask our sunday group what the u.s. strike against anwar al-awlaki means for the war on terror.kie blawps plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. we're off to a good start. but now it'time to go to the next level. so let's do a little detective work. pick up what we need. roll out... caulk...and install. and pretty soon, we're seeing the fruits of our labor right there at our bottom line. more saving. moreoing. that's the power of the home depot. owens corning ecotouch attic insulation is only $9.97 a roll. >>> it is further proof that al-qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> bin laden is dead. al-awlaki is dead, al-qaeda is a much diminished network. >> chris: president obama and just retired chairman of the joint chiefs o

mr. smith, mr. johnson, we want to thank you both for sharing your insights and gentlemen, please come back. >> thank you. >> chris: up next, we will ask our sunday group what the u.s. strike against anwar al-awlaki means for >>> it is further proof that al-qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> bin laden is dead. al-awlaki is dead, al-qaeda is a much diminished network. >> chris: president obama and just retired chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen talking about the significance of killing one of the world's most wanted terrorists. and it is time for our sunday group, brit hume, fox news senior political analyst. mara liasson of national public radio. bill kristol from the weekly standard. and fox news political analyst, juan williams. well, after two years of searching, u.s. intelligence and special forces finally got their man. drone strikes friday taking down this guy, anwar al-awlaki, the american born cleric who was so effective in recruiting ji

supervisor campos: thank you, mr. smith. again, thank you for your work, and also, thank you for focusing on this very important item, which i think it is one of the more important things we are doing as a city, from my perspective. not only the actual work, but what it means. so with that, let us hear from the chief, who has been recommended for sainthood -- as we heard. >> forgive me, supervisors. i am a little embarrassed. chief probation officer. i am very delighted to appear on behalf of the department to share for presentation today. i appear at today's hearing, along with assistant probation officers, who have really propelled the new log cabin grant program into being. there are the principal planners iand designers and caretakers of the new program. there would be no log cabin rich program without their vision and leadership. certainly, they will be able to respond to any question that may come up after i conclude this report. log cabin branch is a key component in the san francisco juvenile justice system. it serve

first we have mrs. smith. she's's senior advisor to mayor gavin newsom. david onick. malik senfero. director of bay view safe haven. children youth and families. cheryl davis. momagic. last but not least, we have jenay. >> we have tyre and then we have cheryl. john. i have a question for you. i hear there's a summer school safety plan that started in may 2007. >> they were 4 partners that collaborates on looking at summer school sites. the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth services with san francisco police department and the security guards through the san francisco unified school district and d.c. yf. we rolled out responsibilities and it was within the scope of work we were doing and to form what that looked like. they are going to be the primary lead but have support of m tap to deal with interventions outside the perimeter the school. and the police department was a supportive roll if it escalated. previous to this, there had been incidences almost riots at different schools. lots of arrests and last year there were minimal, if none. >> this was last summer? this was the fir

mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. and thank you for the ways and means committee for their excellent work on the trade agreements and most importantly on trade adjustment assistance. i agree with the comments with the comments of my colleague from wisconsin. the bottom line is t.a.a. and the trade agreements themselves are part of figuring out how to help american workers and the american economy compete in a very, very difficult global economic situation. the amount of skills that our workers need now are vastly beyond what they needed in previous generations and the need to update this constantly in order to be competitive and continue to be employable are a significant challenge for american workers and this program is one way to give them help, to help get them the training and skills that they need to continue to be employable. and it is incredibly important -- the number of workers who have benefited from these countries, but i also submit to you that it's critical for our economy. our

mr. smith, good morning. welcome to the government audit and oversight committee. thank you to you and your members of the -- and the members of your committee for your work. the 10 findings and 11 recommendations you may with respect to this matter. >> thank you. appreciate being here. this is the fifth of eight reports from the civil grand jury. you have heard several of the more controversial items previously. you also heard this morning the hunters point, and now log cabin. in two weeks, you will hear a whistle blower and central subway. two weeks after that will be the continuity report. we appreciate you spending the time to read the the reports and to hopefully make san francisco a better place. in beginning the jury process, it interviewing, they always say you will spend between 500 and 800 hours as a volunteer. i think we spend more time than that. we were a rather aggressive civil grand jury, as you can see. the three people on this committee have heard over the past few weeks. this report just came

maybe mr. smith can talk about what were his prospects about winning the 1948 campaign against roosevelt. >> now the 1948 campaign against truman -- i think the 1944 campaign i am not sure he ever really expected to win. i think he expected to win four years later. again, as we talked a little bit earlier, he was not a complacent figure sitting unquestionably on his lead that you might think from some of the textbook accounts. he was very confident of the fact that public opinion was a dynamic thing. he sensed a slippage in the last few days of the campaign. i think he felt he was almost trapped. he had a strategy that brought him this far. there was no reason to believe it would not carry him across the finish line first. >> american samoa thomas e. dooley, jr. told us tonight, his father turned the page and moved on. he goes on to still play a role in party politics. what is it? what is the influence? >> imagine being an older statesmen and 1946. -- in 46. that is something. he remains governor of

maybe mr. smith can talk about what were his prospects about winning the 1948 campaign against roosevelt. >> now the 1948 campaign against truman -- i think the 1944 campaign i am not sure he ever really expected to win. i think he expected to win four years later. again, as we talked a little bit earlier, he was not a complacent figure sitting unquestionably on his lead that you might think from some of the textbook accounts. he was very confident of the fact that public opinion was a dynamic thing. he sensed slippage in the last few days of the campaign. i think he felt he was almost trapped. he had a strategy that brought him this far. there was no reason to believe it would not carry him across the finish line first. >> as thomas e. dewey, jr., told us tonight, his father turned the page and moved on. he goes on to still play a role in party politics. what is it? what is the influence? >> imagine being an elder statesmen at 46. that is something. he remains governor of new york for another six ye

mr. smith: thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be here and certainly i appreciate my colleague from california talking about agriculture and it certainly speaks to the diversity of american agriculture when he listed so many products and i don't think a single one of those you listed are actually grown in nebraska. obviously we produce a lot of agriculture products in nebraska and we know what it's like to even po deuce more than we consume in our state alone. california may be slightly different but we know that we've got efficient production across america. i want to take a moment to discuss the impact and benefits of trade agreements to nebraska and certainly the national economy. as our economies continues to struggle we should obviously be exploring every avenue to create businesses and create new jobs. markets around the world present tremendous opportunity because of their size, scope and rate of growth and we've heard a lot of numbers tossed around this evening but we know that beyond the u.

and mr. smith is correct. the private marketplace has lost confidence in the obama administration's economic policies. as i remember as that. therefore -- simple as that. the democrats have a huge problem. how can they elect mr. obama if the economy is so terrible. speaking on cbs martin o'malley a uber democrat laid out strategy. >> there are two going to be two economic plans that the country will choose from. one, that was the failed plan proven to have failed under george w. bush, which brought us not only record deficits but, worse, record job losses in our country. and then you will have the plan that has been advanced by the president, once again renewed with his drive for the american jobs act, that will create jobs in our country. >> bill: so governor o'malley is basically saying mr. obama will continue to demonize former president bush putting forth that more federal spending will create jobs and that the evil republicans are blocking that job creation. in reply, mississippi governor haley bar borrow

mr. smith's recommendation. he is a very dangerous person, and he needs to remain detained. gant, state also feels he's a very dangerous person, and i think the court cannot take the chance he may cause another person harm and he needs to remain detained as a danger to the community also. >> judge, we agree with the psychological component of the recommendation, but i would like the opportunity to argue that they should no longer be detained while the case pends. >> the decision is not an easy one for the judge, and answers won't come overnight. services need to be ordered, placement options explored, and ultimately she must decide if it is in everyone's best interest to send the boys home while all this is in motion. >> well, today of course the court will order that both boys have a psychological evaluation. i know kenneth that you want to leave. i read the letter you wrote to the court about your girlfriend having a baby soon. i'm certain you would like to be there as you told me in your letter, and i would like to give you a break here, but in light of this is the sixth r

mr. smith's mindset be able to pull it off? despite that, thank you so much. i enjoy watching. >> i think that is an interesting question. smith goes through a very weird political transition in the 1930's. after it lost the election, he does look of a lot of what he stood for up to that point. i know we will get to talking about that a little later in the show. he was a populist of sorts. cuba is not an absolute populace. he was certainly not a william and jennings bryant populace. if anything, he really did not like bryan week of the party around cultural issues. he was an urban populist. i think it is true that he is and advocate of the middle class. he is a figure that embodies and advertises he embodies the kind of, working your way up to the american system from childhood of poverty ought to success. would a candidate today who had that kind of populist message, would it be successful? i think it is hard to say. smith was not particularly successful in his day on the national stage. i think populism has kind -- has had a kind of a mixed history in the un

mr. smith's mindset be able to pull off? despite that, thank you so much. i enjoy watching. >> beverly gage. >> i think that is an interesting question. smith goes through a very weird political transition in the 1930's. after he lost the election, he does slip on a lot of what he stood for up to that point. i know we will get to talking about that a little later in the show. he was a populist of sorts. he is not an absolute populist. he was certainly not a william jennings bryan populist. if anything, he really did not like bryan around cultural issues. he was an urban populist. i think it is true that he is an advocate of the middle class. he is a figure that embodies and advertises that he embodies the kind of "working your way up to the american system from a childhood of poverty" success. would a candidate today who had that kind of populist message, or least pseudo-populist, would they be successful? i think it is hard to say. smith was not particularly successful in his day on the national stage. i think populism has had a kind of a mixed history in

mr. smith, we still miss you here in springfield. i had a question about 1952. i remember reading about and illinois senator who was a taft supporter and a convention here in chicago. he went up to nominate taft and wag his finger at dewey who said you had led us down the wrong path twice. of course he lost to eisenhower. what role did he play convincing people to play -- to select nixon, and what kind of role that he play in the campaign? >> he was instrumental in getting eisenhower into the race. i will tell you a story. at this point, eisenhower was over in paris as the commander of nato. he really did not want to leave. he did not want to sully himself by campaigning actively for the nomination. at one point,dewey wrote a letter. no copy exists. his secretary for years told me this story. he writes the letter, she mailed it. it in it, do we says that if you don't come home and actively seek the nomination, my fear is that the delegates will nominate douglas macarthur. that was the ultimate hot button to push with eisenhower. three shortly after the letter wa

but there, in 1844, mr. smithwho coincidentally was running for president at the time, was attacked and killed in jail. that incident alone clearly demonstrates why this latest outburst of religious intolerance should not be tolerated by anyone, even if it is to their own political advantage. one of the more interesting contrasts between the united states and the united kingdom is the way politicians regard their personal faith. in britain, there's an established church where bishops sit in the upper house of parliament, where the angleton church plays a role in everything. and yet politicians generally say very little about their personal faith. indeed, tony blair's spokesman, when asked about the former prime minister's religious beliefs, rebuffed the question saying, "we don't do god." now compare that with the united states, a nation whose very constitution prevents the establishment of a national religion. what do we find? politicians who never stop talking about their religious convictions. mitt romney can b

pitts: i yield one minute to the distinguished chairman of the pro-life caucus, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: abortion not only dismembers and chemically poisons unborn children to death. mr. pallone used to be very pro-arrive, but it hurts women's health and puts future children subsequently born to women at significant risk. 102 studies show significant psychological harm, major depression and elevated suicide risks. published last month in the british journal of sigh ki at try, an analysis comprised of 22 studies and 887,000 participants, the largest estimate of mental health risks associated with abortion in world literature revealed that woman who have undergone an abortion have a high risk of mental health problems. you never hear that from the abortion side. the times of london have found the clear linching that women had twice the level of psychological problems and depression. subsequent risk to children born to woman who had a previous abortion -- further time? this is all about no taxpayer funding for a

mr. dog smith. mr.ts to hear good news like john beck will start in the red skins game sunday. >>> find us on facebook searching fox 5 morning news there is no space between fox and number 5 post a comment under mr. dog smith's photo.  >>> third annual velocity dc dance festival starts its four day run tomorrow. >> that is my only move. >> well, you can't be part of this crew. >> holly is live at shake peer company's -- shakespeare company's sidney harman hall. >> reporter: the point of this festival is for you to come out and engage the first two years it was sold out evidence it is a great idea the idea is result of a partnership with dance metro dv washington performing arts society and shakespeare theatre company where we are live this morning. he is with edge works, founder and artistic director. first hand how special this will be how is this different than other festivals. >> this is modeled off of fall for dance in new york city. ifs a fast paced event that provide you with many world class a

. >> mr. smith is recognized. >> i thank my distinguished chairman for recognizing me. let me ask a couple of questions. 10 years after the taliban, not a single public christian church remains in afghanistan. he w. christian afghan citizens almost certainly would have lost their lives had there not been a huge intervention, and we were part of that. i know you were part of that. my question would be -- what are we doing to ensure that christians and other minority religions are not subjected to an increase repression? the international u.s. commission said that the situation for christians "worsens" in the last few years. we see the same in pakistan. we know that pakistan's minister for minority affairs was assassinated, a terrible loss. he was opposing the blasphemy laws in pakistan, and we know that other faiths, including the induce -- it has been reported by the human rights commission of pakistan that 20 to 25 hindu girls are abducted and converted to islam every month. i just chaired a hearing about caustic christian girls, a three-hour hearing focused on -- and

mr. smith: i thank you, my good friend, for yielding. madam speaker, the protect life act authored by chairman joe pitts and dan lipinski ensures that all the elements of the hyde amendment applies to all the programs that are authorized and appropriated in obamacare. by now i trust that all members fully understand that because programs in obamacare are both authorized and appropriated in the law, on a parallel track not subject to appropriations under h.h.s., the actual hyde amendment therefore has no legal effect whatsoever. hyde only affects labor-hhs programs not the massive expansion of government funded health care. thus obamacare when phased in fully in 2014 will open up the floodgates of public funding for abortion in a myriad of programs, including and especially in the exchanges, resulting in more dead babies and wounded mothers than would otherwise have been the case. because abortion methods dismember, decapitate, crush, poison, or starve to death, or induce premature labor, prolife members of congress and according to every

i thank mr. smith. mr. sherman is recognized. >> thank you, ma'am second, -- secretary for coming before us. i hear you have a busy schedule and i missed your opening statement for the same reason as the ranking member. all politics is local and our districts are colocated. my first question or matter relates to the sind province of pakistan. and i, you may have just want to respond for the record because that isn't one of the hot issues but the sindies have been influenced by the sufi strain of islam. they have moderate values, harmonious with american ideals. and i would hope that we would do all we could for rural sind that is sufficient remembering from this year's -- suffering from this year's floods which are on top of last year's floods and you would speak to the pakistanis. you have so many issues to cover with them but one are the disappearances of sindi activists in southern pakistan. in this committee room we dealt with the authorization bill. it may never become law but it does reflect whatever

one of my favorite movies is mr. smiths to washington where somebody stands up and speaks for 48 hours. the republicans don't have the guts to get up and actually filibuster this bill. >> this is tit for tat. >> tit for tat? we're down to tit for tat? that's where we're at, brad? that's what's wrong with washington. >> last week changing senate rules which were historically different than what you guys did, and harry reid took to the podium and said, basically, suck it up. we're not going to be filled into another stimulus bill which does nothing but add further pain and unemployment to america. we're not going to -- >> let them vote. let them vote. it's not what you want. let 'em vote and send it over to the house, and let them deal with it. but this is just plain old washington log jam and log rolling. it is wrong for the american people. >> you changed the rules when it's good for you, and then -- >> oh, my god, change the rules. >> -- and then you complain when we're not just rolling over and giving you exactly what yo

mr. shepard smith this is the fox report. tonight, increasing pressure on iran and the president on who will pay the price for the terror plot. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. plus, counting up the cash for campaign 2012. president obama and the democratic party announcing they just raised tens of millions in just a few months. we'll see how their piggy bank compares with those of the top republican contenders. growing trouble for the attorney general eric holder from the controversy over gitmo to his push to prosecute 9/11 suspects in federal court to the gun sting that ar armed mexican cartels. >> we want answers and we want those responsible to be held accountable. >> shepard: and some republicans now calling on the attorney general to resign. >> i don't know that the president is getting the best advice. >> shepard: tonight, controversy in the capital. plus, bloodbath at the beauty salon. witnesses say the gunman just burst through the door and started blowing people away. >> he looked as though he was eithe

maybe mr. smith can talk about what were his prospects about winning the 1948 campaign against roosevelt. >> now the 1948 campaign against truman -- i think the 1944 campaign i am not sure he ever really expected to win. i think he expected to win four years later. again, as we talked a little bit earlier, he was not a complacent figure sitting unquestionably on his lead that you might think from some of the textbook accounts. he was very confident of the fact that public opinion was a dynamic thing. he sensed slippage in the last few days of the campaign. i think he felt he was almost trapped. he had a strategy that brought him this far. there was no reason to believe it would not carry him across the finish line first. >> as thomas e. dooley, jr., told us tonight, his father turned the page and moved on. he goes on to still play a role in party politics. what is it? what is the influence? >> imagine being an older statesmen in '46. that is something. he remains governor of new york for another six

mr. dog smith. he wants to hear some good news today like john beck will be starting in redskin game on sunday. >> we'll find out in a few hours. let's talk a little bit about it with the sports junkies right now. junkies join us from 106.7 the fan. good morning, guys. do we have the junkies this morning? there they are. good morning. >> hello. >> what's happening. >> doing great. before we get to the redskins situation, i'm trying to understand this carson palmer trade and i say this because, when you look at quarterbacks that have been traded in the nfl recently, you look at the redskins sending jason campbell for a four round pick, donovan mcnabb for a sixth round pick and you get carson palmer that could go for potentially two first round picks. last i checked, carson palmer was no tom brady. this to me says if the redskins want to go get a quarterback somewhere else now, they have to trade their first round picks for the next 30 years. >> it is appear act of desperation bit oakland raiders and

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mr. smith from washington. >> i hope my comments can have a more calm and affect on the audience. i doubt it. i thank you very much for having us here. we have had a number of experts analyze and our national security needs. we have the two people who are most in charge. it is a honor to have you here. they do not have an easy job as they tried to wrestle with the budget challenges. i agree, the cuts we are facing in our department to place -- do place national security interests. we have to figure out how to accommodate the cuts that have been put into place. there will be difficult challenges in that. i think we should also point out, in addition to the frustration, it is not just that it would require for the cuts in defense. for the cuts in all discretionary spending. i am concerned about innovation and a number of other areas that have already been cut and face more cuts. it is important the committee understand the way that was crafted. it requires across-the-board cuts. every line item i

. >> mr. smith is recognized. >> i thank my distinguished chairman for recognizing me. let me ask a couple of questions. 10 years after the taliban, not a single public christian church remains in afghanistan. he w. christian afghan citizens almost certainly would have lost their lives had there not been a huge intervention, and we were part of that. i know you were part of that. my question would be -- what are we doing to ensure that christians and other minority religions are not subjected to an increase repression? the international u.s. commission said that the situation for christians "worsens" in the last few years. we see the same in pakistan. we know that pakistan's minister for minority affairs was assassinated, a terrible loss. he was opposing the blasphemy laws in pakistan, and we know that other faiths, including the induce -- it has been reported by the human rights commission of pakistan that 20 to 25 hindu girls are abducted and converted to islam every month. i just chaired a hearing about caustic christian girls, a three-hour hearing focused on -- and

conference, um, i just want to say looking at the panelists there the last one and the panelists, mr. smith, mr. stevens, ellen, mr. schneider, everybody, it's really, really an impressive collection. and i think it should be noted that it really speaks to the, um, underlying need and want for this conversation. and i'm personally appreciative of this, as i know everybody is. and i think it's about time to bring them together for this conversation. and for that, i want to bring up the economic correspondent from the national journal, jim tankersley. [applause] >> hi there. thank you all so much for coming. this could not be a more important panel, and i'm just thrilled with both the quality of the panelists that we have here and with the amazing turnout. um, the housing market, as we all know, has been a huge sore spot in the recovery. i'm one of the economics writers who's of the persuasion that it is the most important sore spot in the recovery, that until we can figure out a way forward and really to stabilize the market and stabilize the wealth of middle class americans, that we will no

mr. smith's proposal for the debt to equity proposal. seems to be a very credible and reasonable and practical way to deal with the underwater problems and i am wondering whether he wanted to say anymore about it and if other panelists want to comment. >> i do believe it is being tested in the private sector like many solutions. it has had some success. it is initially clunky like most new initiatives but has very practical applications. what i particularly like is it keeps the family in the home and create shared equity environment. there are some limitations. can't dispose of the assets without the lender who has the lean. you can't rent or lease to your cousin. you have to maintain that as your primary residence and maintain other obligations as a homeowner. there are hurdles. the hurdle is convincing the lender or private investors that they will take a hair cut on the loan. they have to come to the realization that that house is worth 150 and the family is not going to honor the original mortgage. they just can't. nor do they have t

. >> i want to introduce mr. smith he is not used to wearing suits and not your conventional think tank fellow program author, journalist cover reported widely from syria in lebanon and the author of a terrific book. called the strong course it is insightful and an analysis of the region and i would like him to talk about syria in lebanon in particular it is a battleground today and he has some unique insights what is happening there. >> i am not sure my insights are so unique but thanks to hudson for inviting me here. i went to talk about something that we had mentioned before the debate that takes place here in one way to phrase it is of the iranian regime and is rational with this thinking and will come back around to that but first i want to talk about the syrian uprising as one aspect of the arab springs that is still going on and this this seventh month which is remarkable. was saying i want to point* out that has to do with iran , look at what has happened over the last seven months it is remarkable what we've t

mr. smith's mindset be able to pull off? despite that, thank you so much. i enjoy watching. >> beverly gage. >> i think that is an interesting question. smith goes through a very weird political transition in the 1930's. after he lost the election, he does look of a lot of what he -- does slip on a lot of what he stood for up to that point. i know we will get to talking about that a little later in the show. he was a populist of sorts. he is not an absolute populist. he was certainly not a william jennings bryan populace. -- populist. if anything, he really did not like bryan around cultural issues. he was an urban populist. i think it is true that he is and advocate of the middle class. he is a figure that embodies and advertises he embodies the kind of, working your way up to the american system from childhood of poverty ought to success. would a candidate today who had that kind of populist message, or least pseudo-populist, would it be successful? i think it is hard to say. smith was not particularly successful in his day on the national stage. i think