grew up in miami, actually, and, um, miami as you pointed out is a city of, you know, very multicultural city. i went to school with a lot of kids from cuba and from haiti and everywhere. and, um, i lived in new york and l.a., and it was recently news that those cities, big cities are not meeting the needs of english language learners. and, um, you know, they're treated as a relatively low priority in the public school system, and i think that's largely because, you know, they don't -- not all the kids have voices yet, and if they don't have voices, the parents don't have voices because they may not speak english. i think it's important to give all kids a great education, and that's what i would like to see, better programs and schools for the kids who need it most. >> host: with so many nationalities represented at the school in brooklyn, were there tensions between kids from different countries? >> guest: yeah, definitely. you know, one of the ones that always comes to mind, and it wasn't, you know, it wasn't too bad, but, um, tibetan students and chinese students. the whole reason that a l

>> bob: this is a multicultural city. ic: this is a christmas tree, c-h-r-i-s-t christ in christmas. thank you. >> bob: boy, you got a christmas tree. i should keep christ in christmas. all right. >> eric: what does vit to do with it? gun does not equal violence. >> bob: why don't you buy everybody a gun. >> kimberly: you have to table that discussion. tonight is a christmas tree lighting in new york city. donald trump. we show you what he said. you want to stick around see if bowling will have the hat on when we come back from the break. right? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back to "the five." president obama will be in new york tonight, oh, great, for another fundraiser. it's also the night of the christmas tree lighting here, so obama being here adds to the madness. donald trump not happy about it. listen. >> we have a president who doesn't give a damn about inconveniencing people. i want to talk about inconvenient. you will never see a mess like this tomorrow night. president obama is holding a fundraiser. this president is

multiculturalism what holds us together? >> his book is suicide of a superpower. from new york city the 60 second annual national book awards. find the schedule at booktv.org. >> next, roya hakakian talked about the 1992 killing of four iranian kurdish dissidents and a trial that followed. this is about 45 minutes. >> what a lovely place. i think it was gertrude stein's concept that they brought to life and this bookstore in miami. the cafe and restaurant and courtyard. magnificent. thank you so much for having me. this is an absolute pleasure to be here in this wonderful beautiful place. so this will not shock you because you don't know me but i started out as a poet. the idea of writing about crime is the farthest thing that has ever been from my mind. i have never pictured myself in any way, shape or form interested in guns, blood, dead bodies. i try to stay away from them for as long as i can and as far as i can. and usually even when we are watching tv at home and someone draws out a gun i am the first person to reach for the remote control and change the channel. this won't su

multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. buchanan's book is suicide of a superpower. and from new york city, the 62nd annual national book awards. find the complete schedule on booktv.org/booktv. >> paul farmer talks about the 2010 earthquake in haiti and the aid agencies that have been working there since. paul farmer was interviewed by a cbs correspondent. this is just under 50 minutes. [applause] >> i guess i'll just start it up. thank you so much for inviting me. i'm honored to down here. >> i'm sure your patients are worried about their endoscopies. it's having to do the prep without the procedure. that's what they're going to really be irritated at. [laughter] >> that's all right. they all know. i'm also -- i'm keenly aware that you are -- we have about 30 minutes. and that you're here -- you're here to to listen to paul, not to me. i'm going to be a facilitator of paul talking. on a personal note i want to thank you for chapter 2's practice and policy. because what that taught me is that if you highlight a word in the kindle, the dictionary pops up and you can learn what the word pra

multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. the guinness book is suicide of a superpower. from new york cityhe 67th annual national book award. find a complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> today, the house national resource can be held here looking at the arctic national wildlife refuge and the potential for oil production in the area. you can see the hearing in its entirety starting at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. in the meantime, here is a portion. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the meeting will come to order. the chair notes the presence of a quorum, which under rule three is two members. the committee meets again today to resume its september 21, 2011 hearing on jobs, energy and deficit reduction. under committee rule, we'll go straight to the witness testimonies, and we have seated at the panel of distinguished list of witnesses. mr. douglas brady, professor of history at rice university. ms. sara james, board chair of the questions nation distinctly. and ms. lauren paygo, policy director for earthworks. .. in the league of conservation voters. for tho

when the melting pot has been thrown out and you are preaching multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> from new york city, the 62nd annual book awards. find a complete schedule online. >> jon huntsman discusses his jobs proposal on monday while criticizing the economic plans of president obama and his fellow republican candidates. this event took place at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. it is the first in a series of forums with the candidates discussing the economy. this is about 50 minutes. >> this session will be the first in what we hope is a series in which each of the republican candidates will come and have a session like this. we did something like this in 2008 with democrats and republicans. our guest this afternoon is governor john huntsman, the former governor of utah. today's discussion will focus on the economy, jobs, tax reform, and the budget. the governor will outline his comprehensive plan to create jobs and revive the economy. it is also a great pleasure to welcome his daughter and her husband. this is the third time brookings has posted governor huntsman -- hosted governo

forces, and when the melting pot has been thrown out and you are preaching multiculturalism, what holds us together? from new york city, the 62nd annual national book awards. find the complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> up next, a 90 minute portion of today's debate. >> we want to reduce federal spending and reduce the federal deficit. balanced was during a clinton administration, when republicans in congress passed the first balanced budget in over 25 years. meanwhile the federal debt has climbed from less than $400 billion in 1970 to over $15 trillion today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. i'd ask members on the minority side, in the rear of the chamber, to take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, president obama has set the wrong kind of new record. the national debt has increased faster under his administration than under any other president in history. america cannot continue to run huge federal budget deficits. financing federal overspending through continued borrowing threatens to drown americans in high taxes and heavy d

multiculturalism. what holds us together? >> mr. buchanan's book is suicide of a superpower and from new york city the 62nd annual national book award. find a complete schedule on line at booktv.org. >> there's a story i was told from the of administration that when obama was given the first budget and there were some six or 7000 earmarks, his first instinct was to detail that budget and he was told by his lobbyist on capitol hill there is no way can do that. you can't cut ties with the democrats and i just think had he vetoed that he would have been the tea party. had he signaled his fundamental desire to change the system and to change the way the for washington works, he could have continued to rally the reform movement that now breaks out all over literally the world because of its frustration with the current way that democracy doesn't function. >> next, gop presidential candidates michele bachmann meets with the "des moines register" editorial board to talk about her campaign. she discusses the nation's health care system, foreign-policy and weighs in on the use of waterboarding during interrogations of terrorist suspects. the

multiculturalism, what holds us together? >> mr. buchanan pocketbook is "suicide of a superpower." from new york city, the national book awards. find the complete schedule online at booktv.org. >> in about a half an hour, we will go to the jefferson davis -- jefferson jackson dinner. a look at the future of the occupied movement with an activist and wall street occupier. >> for the next 45 minutes, we will talk about the goals of the occupy movement. >> it is a moral movement that has a structural critique of where we are today. >> tell me what is going on today and how this movement has evolved to where it is now today in new york. >> it started on september 17. the whole idea was occupy wall street. the issues were social and economic justice and equality. the idea of the 99% not being represented by the government and the government not being responsive to the will of the people. that is where it started. it has gained momentum since then. people are beginning to see that critique and they are adopting it. they feel that they are identified with that. host: joining us here in washington, d.c. to talk about the movement in d