so that's, i mean, you can watch the doc tomorrow night on msnbc, i think it's 7, 6 whatever eastern time it is, but it's on msnbc tomorrow night, and that was a very profound little clip about b the taliban's current leadership and their hostile antagonism towards the west. >> are we almost up? >> any other questions? >> i just want to remind everybody that we have a current web site up. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> kabul 24 movie.com, www.kabul24movie.com, and if you hit that site, it'll tell you a lot more. >> yeah. it'll show you a trailer for the movie, and the book is out now. so thank you very much for coming, and i think terry -- >> i was just going to ask one final question myself. >> absolutely. >> i guess i'm on here, okay. have these individuals who experienced this seen your movie and your book, and what were their reactions, and what are they doing now? >> oh, boy. yeah. >> well, we've got another five minutes, we'll answer this question. [laughter] >> the head folks at shelter now international in germany have seen, they saw a rough cut and recently gaylord tugman, the intern

joining us now is msnbc political analyst richard wolff, also senior strategist at public strategies and author of "renegade, the making of a president." good evening. governor palin says that because her son is fair game, questioning president obama's citizenship is fair game, even though it was never the obama campaign that targeted her kid, even though she complains at every turn about the people she calls trig-truthers. is she trying to have it both ways? >> can we count the number of ways she's trying to have it here? i think there is a nice insight here into the thinking of sarah palin here. first of all, this concept of fair game. the idea that it is a game or there's some -- kind of an immature way to look at politics and campaign interchanges. it's not actually equivalent to raise questions about citizenship compared to voting records. so it's not the questions being asked that makes it similar. there's no equivalence just because one set of stories involves a birth certificate and so does another. it's either willfully deceptive or incredibly simplistic or there's a third o

he served previously as a correspondent for cnn and msnbc. bob franken, who -- whom i've known for a number of years, was recently inducted into the society for professional journalists in washington's hall of fame. our second panelist is margaret brennan, an anchor and reporter for bloomberg television news in new york. previously she was a contributor to cnbc and nightly news as well as msnbc. she is also a graduate of mr. jefferson's university of virginia. alan murray is executev editor on line for "the wall street journal" and author of the papers weekly business column. he has served as washington bureau chief for snbc and "the wall street journal." we are fortunate to have him on our govern n counsel ill here at the university. next we've robert sam uleson, contributing editor at "newsweek" and "the washington post" where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977. his articles have appeared in the wall street journal, "new york times" and other papers. his latest book is on the past and future of american avenue will

instead of the customary 85 or 100 people, more than 1000 people, three national television sound, cnn, msnbc, and fox. and there were a lot of it to produce statements. one man approached me and said the lord was going to stand before me. i think he meant to say that i was going to stand before the lord. senators are reputed to have power, but not quite that much power. well, i think the public tenor is considerably more favor to health care insurance than it was then. and after the 2010 election, it may be substantially more favorable. but i think we have to move ahead with building blocks. and we do have the chance to improve the building conference. i would point to the provisions of the bill, as to what we have. we have eerie significant insurance reforms, eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions. we have new health insurance exchanges. we have an elimination of account. we cover many of the uninsured, expanding to some 33 million additional people, substantial more small-business assistance. preventative care, increased health workforce. we have improvements in the hea

causality probably happens i do not think the bob is trying to enrich ge even though they still own msnbc prayer even though they seeing the but hall in new york at obama's som. [laughter] i don't think he is trying to enrich them but they just see the way the two make money in the world of obamanomics is to line up with government and what does that do? it sacks of entrepreneurs and that means you don't have jobs when you get out of college and thus one of the chosen few that it could go, microsoft, general electric, they will increasingly control more of the economy but that has a nazi fact of being bad on the whole economy. >> i don't know if the microphone can reach that far. [laughter] >> you mentioned earlier you felt the american people a being left out in favor of big government and big business. however believe specifically in terms of the ballet and the stimulus package of fire remember correctly were policies that the times of 40 of the majority of the american public. had the feel the government should address those issues when the majority of the people are supporting an init

>> there is a fox news effect in may and msnbc of fact, it goes both ways.the base. but the base excited. they do not appeal to the middle. that is important in campaigns. medstar with your basic and without to the middle. you will see more of that in 2010. i don't think -- republicans have fox news and democrats have the blogs underside. i don't think we generate as much enthusiasm as democrats do in the blogs. in 2000, each election cycle and that last two years, my kids were born in odd numbers of years, the american odd numbered years. we take is pretty seriously. [laughter] i have a cooperative right -- white. -- wife. the 2000 election cycle, they had not heard of blogs. they did not exist. i'm not sure the analogies are quite there. another question? >> before the 2008 election, i was working for a candidate and one of the big things we saw in rural states like alaska and tennessee, the democrats act like republicans in certain issues. they are for gun-control. do you seek similar things happening with the tea party? i am starting to see that in flori

i had the privilege of having some bosses at in this nbc -- at msnbc that saw it as a plus. even when i worked for bill gray, that was the first time i thought that i might have to cut my hair. i went down to my first day of my internship and i thought they would say that i would have to go cut my hair and come back. i was not sure what i would do if they said that. they sent me down to get my id laminated. there are various junctions' where it was not considered so radical. it was a part of who i was. they were cool with it. fast forward. i went back to school and after having been in the national spotlight a little bit, i decided i wanted to be anonymous as a graduate student. i also had this idea that you should change your hair cut once a decade and that was coming up on two. -- check that -- haircut once a decade and that was coming up on two. what would have happened if there had not been an internet in the obama campaign? >> the internet allows candidates who are inspiring on some kind of cause, whether it is ron paul for the libertarian community or others, if you ha

. -- msnbc. they have to pay him of some $20 million. he is now back on television and back on the radio and problem -- probably has multi-year contracts. what did we game? -- what did we gain out of all of that? >> nothing. nothing. he sat out a little bit. i guess we gained -- his show has not whitefaces. i think that we missed an opportunity. i want to explain to people that the educational process is how we change views on people. we cannot just educate and times -- in times of crisis. >> what was the statistic? >> 46% of those incarcerated are black americans. currently. that does not include people who are under some form of supervision. we are talking about massive numbers of black men engaged in one way or another in the criminal justice system. >> what is your take on why? >> i think it is a systemic and i also think it is personal. from a systemic standpoint, we never really fixed education in america. we never really fixed the placement of jobs and a way to give people opportunities. i mention william julius wilson earlier. he

if you're the republican party, but cnn, msnbc, fox, no. don't show that. i think that was very damaging. >> mr. overstreet, you self publish this book. >> i had to self publish it because the idea came to me from watching gore debate george bush actually, previously. and i watched the debate and i would think george bush, really didn't do that you go or won that debate. he was very informative. so at the end of the debate i would wait for the postdebate coverage and sure enough they would say things like george bush was really funny. he did a good job on that debate. and i'm looking, going, did they just watch the same -- the media is telling people that you and i get calls of people saying i don't know, it looks like george bush won that debate. they're getting the information from the media. i got that idea then. but then once i saw obama at a convention give his speech back in 2004 i just thought, if you got a chance to run, i was to have the media try to parse what he says. the book just wrote itself. i mean, from the first democratic convention on. th

and i've had things like that, actually i remember a guy was mad at me for going on msnbc and saying that rush limbaugh wanted to own the st. louis rams because he wanted to own a plantation full of black men. [laughter] so his response to me for that was he sent me a picture of a lynching which i think is in this book, and there was some little cutie line with it or something like, you know, these are your cousins. like as if i don't know that. as if i don't know that history, as if i don't know these people are my direct relatives. they are still my brothers and sisters even if they're not my bloodline. but i think there's a value in us knowing this amount of racism still exists. i was on o'reilly's show before the election, but o'reilly wasn't there, it was laura ingram, and she made, she -- the decision was will there still be racism if -- and at that point they were conceding obama was going to be b elected -- if and when he's elected? and i was arguing, of course there will still be racism, and she laughed like that was the most ridiculous concept ever. like if this man is elec

jennette used to work at msnbc. do you know her? she grew up in west virginia under the most unbelievable conditions and she writes about it and how she views her life through the glass castle of this existence with a very mentally ill mother and a very poor existed. and it is a book i'm sharing with my daughters. and then she has another book out just now. i can't remember the title of it. i have to get her first win under my belt. >> you also are writing a book. >> im. is out january figure i'm a little nervous. it's called all things that once. and it is about the search for the inability to admit to myself that i love to work. and it is an important to me as my children and my husband. and how my time off looking for work forced me to realize that, sort of a mental journey to get there. but along the way in this book do i couple of other messages about the female identity in this day and age, and how you kind of have to really push through a lot of things, not to lose sight of it. there are some messages in their that are fairly

applause] >> a renowned journalist and author and cultural critic, he is curley on the morning meeting at msnbcand hose to show on pop shot at on the record that he is been featured in the newer time, "the new yorker" and several other publications, and he is also offered his own three books, the celebrated collection never drinking kool-aid, the short story collection, portable promised land, and the novel full city. and he is curly at work on a highly sophisticated fourth book about the current state of black america. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> and last but far from least we have rebecca sando who is the daughter of ernest smith, one of the original authors of "the black book." nesters that wasn't avid art collector and teacher, and he shared his love of the arts with his children. rebecca has carried his exhibit at the museum of natural history and has been a friend to some of new york city's finest chefs and restaurateurs. she is an activist in the fight against hiv aids and we are honored to have her as part of our panel. [applause] >> so we are ready to get started. and

i think keith oberman from msnbc has a great mind. i'd put his mind up against anybody. guest: he's a funny guy. i appreciate the way he's brought the impact of sports to the political world. host: among the journalists on this list, at 37 fareed zakaria. guest: he brings a lot to the table. some of these sunday shows you get a lot of politicians and consultants. it's refreshing to see real experts on tv. host: mike on the line. go ahead. . . due to technology and all these other things. guest: i think charlie rose is certainly one of the most insightful interviewers and journalists around today. we do not have many journalists on the list. if we did, he would have to be on it. host: this is the first time a foreign policy has put together a list like this? guest: we had a list a few years ago about public individuals -- intellectuals. we talked about geo strategists and politicians, right in our warehouse. host: how does an intellectual differ from a politician? guest: in a global thinker is speaking to a wider audience. host: how many people were involved in putting th

but i had a wonderful experience being with the msnbc family so long, so not only was i take -- talking to people who were choosing to seek out financial content, it was going and talking to people at home who were forced to understand financial news all of a sudden and that is scratching the surface but it raises the question of how much onus should be put on the journalists themselves to be disstill sg down to the point that people do need to know and not just reflecting what people want to hear. >> not just the journalists but the people who tell the journalists what they should be covering the >> right. >> which is not a problem at pbs. >> no, no. that's why i stayed there all those years. i've been at the newshour or one of its incarnations or another since 1985 and literally it's true that within a couple of years of being there i thought i will never take another job anywhere else in television because it would be so confining and it would not allow me to do what i do. even so, the length of a typical newshour piece is shrinking. >> down to seven minutes now? >> no, we still go l

. -- msnbc is talk, talk, talk.ap, investigative reporting is expensive. >> thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number on your screen. for free transcripts or give us comments on the program, visit us at qanda.org. >> next on c-span, the portrait unveiling for former senator trent lott and the u.s. capitol. at 8:00 eastern, interviews with supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth later ginsburg -- bader ginsburg. >> later on c-span, a look ahead at the future with vladimir prudent and his call-in show. -- putin and his call-in show. the creator avi segway and co- creator of guitar hero. >> mr. lott was joined by former president bill clinton, former house speaker newt gingrich, and senate majority leader harry reid. this is 50 minutes. >> i welcome everybody to the united states senate. president clinton, it is real good to see you, of course. speaker gingrich. leader mc

i think keith oberman from msnbc has a great mind. i'd put his mind up against anybody. guest: he's a funny guy. i appreciate the way he's brought the impact of sports to the political world. host: among the journalists on this list, at 37 fareed zakaria. guest: he brings a lot to the table. some of these sunday shows you get a lot of politicians and consultants. it's refreshing to see real experts on tv. host: mike on the line. go ahead. . . due to technology and all these other things. guest: i think charlie rose is certainly one of the most insightful interviewers and journalists around today. we do not have many journalists on the list. if we did, he would have to be on it. host: this is the first time a foreign policy has put together a list like this? guest: we had a list a few years ago about public individuals -- intellectuals. we talked about geo strategists and politicians, right in our warehouse. host: how does an intellectual differ from a politician? guest: in a global thinker is speaking to a wider audience. host: how many people were involved in putting th

customary 85 or 100 people more than 1,000 people in three national television sound tracks, cnn, msnbc and fox and there were a lot of statements. one man approached me apoplectic i think he got mixed up. i think he meant to say that i was going to stand before the lord. senators are reputed to have power but not quite that much power. well, i think the public tanner is considerably more favorable to health care insurance today than it was then and after the 2010 election it may be substantially more favorable. but i think we have to move ahead with building blocks and we do have the chance to improve the building conference. i would point to the provisions of the bill though as to what we have. we have very significant insurance reforms, eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions. we have new health insurance exchanges. we have and the elimination of a cap. we cover many of the uninsured, expanding to some 33 million additional people. substantially more small business assistance, preventative care, increase health workforce. we have improvements in the health delivery

customary 85 or 100 people, more than 1,000 people and three national television sound trucks, cnn, msnbc and fox. and there were two -- one man approached me, said that the lord was going to stand before me. i think he got mixed up. i think he meant to say that i was going to stand before the lord. senators are reputed to have power, but not quite that much power. well, i think the public tenor is considerably more favorable to health care insurance today than it was then. and after the 2010 election, it may be substantially more favorable. but i think we have to move ahead with building blocks. and we do have the chance to approve the bill in conference -- improve the bill in conference. i would point to the provisions of the bill as to what we have. we have very significant insurance reforms. eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions. we have new health insurance exchanges. we have an elimination of a cap. we cover many of the uninsured, expanding to some 33 million additional people. substantial more small business assistance. preventive care. increased health workfor

customary 85 or 100 people, more than 1,000 people and three national television sound trucks, cnn, msnbc and fox. and there were two -- one man approached me, said that the lord was going to stand before me. i think he got mixed up. i think he meant to say that i was going to stand before the lord. senators are reputed to have power, but not quite that much power. well, i think the public tenor is considerably more favorable to health care insurance today than it was then. and after the 2010 election, it may be substantially more favorable. but i think we have to move ahead with building blocks. and we do have the chance to approve the bill in conference -- improve the bill in conference. i would point to the provisions of the bill as to what we have. we have very significant insurance reforms. eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions. we have new health insurance exchanges. we have an elimination of a cap. we cover many of the uninsured, expanding to some 33 million additional people. substantial more small business assistance. preventive care. increased health workfor