my nephew nathan.applause] nathan is a true modern warrior who has really overcome incredible challenges, so please join us in honoring him right now. [applause] >> kqed, thank you. i'm kind of surprised at this all. i just keep trying to do what i do and help people. that is what i was taught. you earn your keep and stay busy. keep moving, but smiles on people's faces, make them happy? -- make them happy. happy that we are alive and caring for each other. we watch over each other. and their families. they are supposed to be doing that. being not selfish but open hearted and giving and caring for one another. loving mother earth every day sign up to sun down, but i just have a little piece of something i wrote down from my perspective, i guess, so here goes. i want to thank the community for this award. i see the strengths and weaknesses that need to be focused on, and to address the problems that our community will face in the future. as a member of the san francisco clinical consortium advisory commi

nathan, i appreciate your perspective. what i'm concerned about is that after 9/11 when bin laden bin laden gave his six reasons for the attacks, one of the key ones was the u.s. propping up in support of corrupt governments. and as i hear the response and the coverage on cnn, msnbc, certainly fox news, mike huck biin particular, that seems to be very, very true, that our interest is solely in finding a partner in supporting israel and the regime in israel. and that to me is absolutely frightening that we've held 80 million people hostage through the implementation of zionism and israel, and all they really want is democracy. and my question to you is, you have been to both countries. i've certainly been to egypt quite a few times on business. my question to you is, isn't it apparent that values of the people in egypt are far closer aligned to the values of americans in terms of the desire for a pluralistic, color blind, free and democratic society? aren't we more align today egypt than we are to israel? >> thank you, joe.

dana, nathan lane. >> that's me. [ laughter ] think i could get a date?mickey would introduce him before. he would go, "once in a lifetime, a talent comes along. ladies and gentlemen, for your edification, mr. nathan lane." and they'd applaud. and then it would be my turn. i'd look like i was 12 years old. and he would, "now dana flarney will come out here and --" >> jimmy: dana flarney. that's not what he said. >> but he was king of the non sequiturs . he would just, all of a sudden, out of the blue go, "i was the number one star in the world. you hear me? bang! [ kiss sound ] the world." [ laughter ] now, that's only funny because it's absolutely true. >> jimmy: come on! >> and people ask me, "did he really go --" [ kiss sound ] and i go, "he did." and mathematically, it's brilliant because he couldn't go, "i was the number one star in the world. bang! you hear me? the world." right? he needed "number one star in the world. bang! you hear me? [ kiss sound ] the world." you know? it's kind of a nice little set up. >> jimmy: that is ridiculous that he did

with general forrest slated for twenty fourteen but there's one little tiny problem with general nathan bedford for it's past you see he was a grand wizard in the klu klux klan after the civil war so obviously the thought of honoring a member of the k.k.k. isn't really sitting well with everybody the end of lacey if he calls the move stupid i would call it something a little bit worse than that and some of the sane residents of the state are also none too happy about the idea they've started a facebook group called mississippians against the commemoration of grand wizard nathan forrest and they created a drawing of what it could look like complete with a hooded klansman and the center of a regular mississippi car tag so to prove the point of the tag is a bad idea we decided to come up with a few other suggestions on how states out there could alter their residents who have questionable pasts how about california getting a play honoring charles manson i mean yeah he killed people but was he really just fighting crime in his own way i think it all depends on who you ask now down in florid

hodges described in his new book as armed humanitarians so here are the scots the book is nathan hodge father of our humanitarians the rise of the nation builders nathan thanks so much for being here thanks for starters why do you write the book i wrote the book because i was going to watch american military operations overseas in places like iraq and afghanistan and i found that the people who were doing things like digging wells repairing schools doing electrification in rural areas they were the ones wearing birkenstocks or wearing combat boots and i thought this is a really interesting phenomenon because about ten fifteen years ago the word nation building the phrase was really anathema especially in american political discourse the idea was you don't like to do nation building that sort of superpowers don't don't do windows was the phrase it's some sort of other mission that we don't need to have but if you listen to people like our current president obama himself has also said that we're not in afghanistan for the business of nation building right our strategy our goals always se

nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers.ee all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we will have larry harrison, will you lead our dancers out? robert leroy will be the last one to exit. and we do that because after our dancers leave, as they are making their way out, a veteran should be the last one to leave that arena. when you are ready. please stand if you are able as our dancers make their exit.

nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers. see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we will have larry harrison, will you lead our dancers out? robert leroy will be the last one to exit. and we do that because after our dancers leave, as they are making their way out, a veteran should be the last one to leave that arena. when you are ready. please stand if you are able as our dancers make their exit. i want to thank each and every one of these dances for coming out, helping us to honor our own. no. traditional dancers, string dancers, grass dancers, no. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well. our bets the war dancer. thank you. good singing, good dancing, all right, one more time. let's hear it for our singers and our dancers. looking good. all right, good job. all ri

nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers.ee all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we willh

nathan brown. >> good morning. i have three questions. i realize that there is unrest throughout the middle east. it is difficult to figure out who the actors are in the up rising. my question is what does it say to the confidence of the obama administration when they start to insist that president mum mumbarak back off. number two, why the push for the mugs limb brother hood to be part of the new government they are part of the mosque committed to overthrow israel. we are seen as the big satan. number three is, why are the radical left there now? we have code pink in the islam yik papers saying help us cleanse our country. >> we'll get those points on the mail. acting in the name of the american people did back pedal. it wasn't quite sure exactly where to push things there. to be fair, this is a rapidly changing evolvement until the beginning of this week that mumbarak may actually step down in september. it is also not clear exactly how much the entire process is going to honor the exiting procedures. what they are doing is trying to re

my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist.i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their reco

my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist.i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the

nathan hill, michelle obama, and madame j.c. walker.my experience with bedbugs -- i want to tell you, there are solutions. we have bedbugs in sor's. they even talk about bedbugs in the united nations. good night, sleep tight. do not let the bed bugs bite. i have found out that bedbugs could be sexual. it could be not getting proper showers. if you look at san francisco, all the shelters used to be back clubs. people walk around with bedbugs. i go to one hotel and i asked him to put plastic on the bed. in 9/11 at a shelter -- that was my first time to see bedbugs and lice. when i went to a shelter at 150 golden gate, there was a guy they could not make take a shower. i have long hair. i take the bedbug shampoo and mix it with a lotion. it could be invisible. they could be invisible. people never know. it is also cedar wood. we must use every idea to kill bedbugs in our lives. thank you. president murphy: thank you very much. i do not see any further speakers. commissioner walker: i want to thank you. i know it is a long hearing on this i

the budget cuts and the one area that always seems to get off completely untouched defense spending nathan hodge will join me in studio to talk about the military industrial complex and his new book armed humanitarians next the media world has exploded with news of c.b.s. correspondent lara logan's assault while reporting on protests in egypt now though it's rare to hear about incidents like this do female reporters face problems like this on the regular is it a risk that comes with the job we're going to speak with mother jones reporter mark mcclellan and even though the defense department seems untouchable there is still yet another industry that is doing even better right now pharmaceuticals aren't.

don't make him come back tomorrow nathan hodge from the wall street journal of be on the program to discuss his new book armed humanitarians now in the meantime don't forget become a fan of a lot of show on facebook kind of follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the night's program or any other night you can always catch dolly you tube dot com slash the on the show where we post the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next in the news of the latest headlines from the u.s. i don't want. our oh my god we're going to get all. right all right. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer will. they will wear uniforms that little damage is the black family and but very little damning the way. they are the key to our problem are already. the official. from the. video. of your. freedom of speech versus the official line in lithuania politician is facing trial for denying that saudi troops were responsible for the deaths of protesters in vilnius twenty years ago. and ambitions for world domination are how western media seems reluctant to bestselling cold war when it comes

was up at the close as the price of gold reached thirteen hundred eighty three dollars per ounce nathan's capital says the ongoing tension in the middle east continues to shake the markets. g.d.p. number that came up. was. four point three percent blue from december versus december two thousand and. eight so people are very nervous you know there is. inflation is eating into. real disposable income declining almost being the pre-crisis levels but the real terms. because of. inflation in january. and standard and poor's has raised its long term corporate credit rating the russian giant wimble down from the minus to be plus the upgrade follows pepsico its acquisition of a sixty six percent stake in wimbledon for three point eight. dolans this brought the soft total ownership in the russian company to seventy seven percent it's also expected the pepsi co will offer to acquire the remaining shares of this spring. from may join my colleague. eight twenty in the morning moscow time that is headlines are next on the to do stay with us. our. stock we are going to. come back. we'll have a rally wi

. >> reporter: hip-hop dancer nathan macaranas thought the choir kids were losers.e. what did your friends think of you when you tould them you were going to do this? >> they thought it was lame, too. and i was like, another just watch. it's going to be awesome. >> reporter: it's awesome now, thanks in part to a little song and dance number called "glee." the show is now at the center of pop culture. matthew morrison, who plays mr. shue, said some schools are having to change their tune about music programs. >> some schools can't cut the glee club because it's glee club. it's become such a thing now they won't touch it. >> reporter: it's called the "glee" effect. before the show, there were an estimated 200 show choirs at schools across the country. now there are about 600. the choirs are often support bide their own fund-raising, or if they're lucky, they get paid to perform. and glee clubs are now in demand at major events. the kids of ps-22 in new york were shocked when actress anne hathaway invited them to perform at the oscars this sunday. >> i was psyched. i w

and nathan lane was in it.was in i. >> reporter: i don't suppose there's any videotape of this? >> i sure hope not. >> reporter: it was performed at the nearby west bank cafe literally an underground theater. >> we're in the basement of the west bank cafe. >> reporter: back then in 1988, it was run by the comedian lewis black. louis black, the guy who yells. >> lewis black the guy who yells. >> he comes down. he's got this play. i'm the playwright in residence. and i read it. it's really funny. >> reporter: you put this on for him. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's where he was discovered. and it led to a few good men. >> it led to a few good men. >> reporter: you did discover him. he gives you credit. he gives you credit. >> that's terrific. and i wish he would give me a job. i mean, it would have been so good in west wing. that would have been just a touch. would that have been too much to act. >> reporter: the social network. you would have been perfect. i look at you and i see mark zuckerberg. >> (laughing). >>

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i do an impression of nathan lane's face with my fingers.ow is on all over the place. is it 80 -- >> 80 districts, yeah. >> jimmy: 80 countries worldwide? and you try to do your promos with different languages? >> i do my best. >> jimmy: but do you speak other languages? >> you know, i have a good ear for language. i'm turkish. so, i speak turkish and french, but i'm not great at languages. they just feed it in my ear. so, i shoot the promos across the hall sometimes. i've actually gone to these countries. i went to lake como and shot one in italy, which was sort of cool. >> jimmy: we actually have a promo of you doing that. >> oh, the italian one? >> jimmy: the italian one. here's dr. oz speaking italian. >> perfect. ♪ [ speaking italian ] >> jimmy: i mean, come on. that's pretty good. that's pretty fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] >> before we go, the nevi, it's got to go, buddy. on the air or not, we got to take of it. that's got to go, deal? >> jimmy: deal. i'll do it. >> because i love you. >> jimmy: all right, buddy. thank you, pal.

nathan brown discusses the latest developments in egypt and how a change in government could affect the entire middle east. then at democratic strategist and former republican national committee director talked about president obama's reelection efforts and senators who could be in danger of losing their seats in 2012. after that, a presidential historian marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and talks about the legacy of the nation's 40th president, plus your e-mail and phone calls. that is live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> this weekend, on c-span3, we will visit the old naval observatory, which operated until 1893 in washington, d.c. we will look at the fugitive slave laws of 1850 and held indirectly resulted in the expansion of the underground railroad, and a look at the political cartoons of the civil war. experience in american history tv on c-span3, all weekend, every weekend. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. >> mr. president, it is my great honor today to speak on the floor for the first time as a u.s. senator. >> the new class has been gi

now, andrew nathan is a review for the new york review books and describe that particular bibliography as bits of plastic and jade. i would rather focus on the jade and take that. i don't have time. i could take the jade. and not one to go and jump up and down because of another piece of plastic in the book. i would rather take that. the way i look at it history left a graphically is that book has actually made it possible for others like myself to write about this time and about mao in a much more critical manner. so i still believe that book is a fundamental from a historian graphical point of view, and i keep on going back to it. now that i am working 1949 to 1947i still go back. i read once, twice, check the foot notes. of course there is plastic, but there is still a lot of jade and there. what else is there to read? not an awful lot. >> exaggeration. but contained in decisions. >> it seems to me my biggest reservation is as follows, it portrays now as a monster, which he was. but it does not really look at all of the others who were there to support now, all of the others who wer

. >> reporter: nathan says he sold his restaurant in the city and bought a truck and now making moneywo months in. >> it doesn't cost a lot of money to start this business. it is a lot of work and harder than a lot of people know there is. >> reporter: off the grid matthew says there are 40 gourmet trucks roaming the city and he believes more are on the way. >> i think the intent in the legislation was the recognition is that there is an increasing demand for these things. >> reporter: a food truck vendor with five locations pays about $9400 for the initial permit. next month the cost drops from $1500 to $2,000 depending on the number of locations requested. >> i think that we are going to see a lot of these out on the streets because i think people want them. the entrepreneurs who are find them are finding it to be a very good way to get quality food to people. >> reporter: a few restaurants have voiced frustration with the trucks working too close to their friend doors, to their customers. >> i don't think you will ever replace going to restaurants. >> we want go to jardiner every d

. >> reporter: nathan says he sold his restaurant in the city and bought a truck and now making money two months in. >> it doesn't cost a lot of money to start this business. it is a lot of work and harder than a lot of people know there is. >> reporter: off the grid matthew says there are 40 gourmet trucks roaming the city and he believes more are on the way. >> i think the intent in the legislation was the recognition is that there is an increasing demand for these things. >> reporter: a food truck vendor with five locations pays about $9400 for the initial permit. next month the cost drops from $1500 to $2,000 depending on the number of locations requested. >> i think that we are going to see a lot of these out on the streets because i think people want them. the entrepreneurs who are find them are finding it to be a very good way to get quality food to people. >> reporter: a few restaurants have voiced frustration with the trucks working too close to their friend doors, to their customers. >> i don't think you will ever replace going to restaurants. >> we want go to jardiner every

. >> sunday often "washington journal" george washington university professor nathan brown discusses the latest developments in egypt and how a change in government could affect the entire middle east region. then democratic strategist tracy sefl and former communications director doug heye talk about president obama's re-election efforts and senators who could be in danger of losing their seats in 2012. and after that, presidential historian richard norton smith marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and talks about the legacy of the nation's 40th president. . >> sunday, a documentary producer on hubert humphrey, the part of the possible. >> it was to show another side of this. everybody thinks of humphrey as somebody who is within johnson's lackey and people did not understand the pressure. > >> sunday night at 8:00 on c- span. >> next, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius release the data it -- the latest dietary guidelines. there recommend less salt, more fruits and vegetables, and less calories overall. they are designed

nathan glazer in 1993 in the new republic said it seems when you look at mass immigration we have in sensibly refer to it to a policy of mass immigration without ever making the decision to do so. i don't have this in the book, but i did do a paper on at about the 1965 immigration reform act, which essentially lifted the realistic national origins quote as at that time, both the democratic party, which backed it, and the times which took its cues, from them said it would not swell the role of immigrants with the third world -- wouldn't change the demographic character of a country, nor would there be millions of people lining up. in fact, both have happened. whether the demographic changes good or bad makes no difference to me. what is important is that this was a huge pivotal period -- pivotal moment in immigration history and the times was completely at a loss to understand it. since then, the times has followed a very pro immigration script. this goes particularly in areas like alien criminality. there was one case where the el salvadorean gang ms 13 actually send an assassin of t

. >> sunday on washington journal, nathan brown discusses egypt and the ramifications for the entire region. then former communications director doug heye talk about the reelection of obama. and then historian richard norton smith marks the 100th birthday of ronald reagan and his legacy. plus your emails and phone calls. it is live at 7:00 am eastern. >> the environment of politics came apart. it became destroyed and violent. documentary on hubert humphrey. >> everybody just remember him somebody licking lyndon johnson's boots with no mind of his own. people don't understand the pressures he was under. >> next, serveraral senators commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birthday of ronald reagan. this is about 25 minutes. much, madam president. as a native californian, i come to the floor now to honor the 100th birthday of president ronald reagan. former fst lady nancy reagan ask that i serve on the ronald reagan centennial commission and i was very honored to accept. today i join senator jim webb, also a member, and orrin hatch to continue president reagan's spirit of bipartisansh

one plate what honor confederate general nathan bedford forrest, an early leader of the ku klux klan. we will talk about the anniversary of the civil war and the abraham lincoln presidency coming up on the "washington journal." those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the patriot act made it easier to conduct surveillance on terrorism suspects, now with provisions of the bell ending this month, lawmakers are trying to renew aspiring provisions bit of the house for doing that this week but failed to get the two- thirds needed to pass it of all the history of the bill through today online at c-span's congressional chronicle, where you contracted daily floor action in the house and senate with timelines and transcripts. on the full video archive for every member at c-span.org/ congress. the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites. and find our content any time through c-span video library. and we take c-span on the road with

sergeant nathan kennedy of cla classville, pavment corporal jared king of eerie, pavment specialist dale k rhode island idlow. private first class sevment rg e krapow. staff sergeant patrick kuchboch -- staff sergeant patrick kuchboch of mckeesport, pavment sergeant ryan lane with pittsburgh, pavment master sergeant arthur lily of smithtown -- smithfield, pavment capital ronald luce jr. of wayne, pavment specialist jonathan lusher of scranton, pennsylvania. master sergeant thomas mohallack of bradford, pennsylvania. jonathan mcculley of gettysburg, pavment sergeant andrew mcconnell of carlisle, pennsylvania. first sergeant christopher raftery of brownsville, pavment first sergeant christopher raverty of brownsville, pennsylvania. specialist jesse reed of orfield, pavment sergeant joshua rhymer of rochester, pennsylvania. begunry sergeant justin schmolsteg of pittsburgh, pavment sergeant first class michael shannon of canadensis. chief warrant officer iv michael slobidick of gibsonville, pavment staff sergeant glenn stiveson of blaresville, pavment corporal sasha strewingal of, pennsylvan

the naacp has called for them to denounce the plan to honor nathan bedford forest. he led a massacre of black union troops during the civil war. >>> just a week before the january 8 shooting in tucson that wounded gabrielle giffords and killed six others police were on alert at the community college that had suspended suspect jared loughner. e-mails between administrators and campus security reveal plans to distribute his picture to tighten security against him. >>> employees at los angeles schools will receive warnings that they face layoffs at the end of the year if a $408 million budget gap isn't closed. the move would leave some 5,100 teachers and counselors out of a job. >>> a weak retail sales report released tuesday sent stocks for a dive. melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange. what are you watching today? >> dell blew the doors off earnings which has stocks in a good mood. other companies are out there replacing outdated equipment which is good for the economy. the bank of england speaking a short time ago sounding soft on inflation saying it thi

a classic dish but we are giving it a caribbean flair with nathan lippe.alk about the weather. >> not so yummy unfortunately. the week ahead, much of the country below normal with temperatures exception being southern california and the southwest. wet on the east coast. mid-week, much of the country below normal with a wet gulf coast and snow in the mid mississippi river valley. the latter part of the week, snow in the great lakes. the northeast, new england, midatlantic states down into the gulf. we have rain. above normal out west with rain in the pacific northwest and the plains should be mild as well. >>> our neck of the woods, looking good once again, onshore flow but some fog, lifting above the highway, but take it easy across the golden gate bridge. mild conditions today, high pressure still in control. temperatures up into the 70s but no 80s like we saw yesterday. 70 degrees in los gatos, 71 in santa cruz, rain on the way towards the end of the week. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. up next, affordable gift ideas for your sweet

we have nathan berger, indian affairs director for senator murkowski's office. wendy from irndian affairs advisors to senator reid. we have wade henderson from the leadership counsel of civil rights. president of the leadership council of sieve rights also joined us here today. as we get started also before i do that i also want to introduce we have tammy duckworth who is the, from the department of veterans' affairs, the assistant secretary and she has given us some special news here this morning. which she is joined by stephanie birdwell, being announced as being the new director for office the indian affairs at the department of veterans' affairs. would like to congratulate her on this new opportunity. i want to thank across the country, native voice one and many tribal and public radio stations who picked up our broadcast this morning to air this address. at this time, it is my pleasure to be able to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians, jefferson kiel. jefferson kiel currently serves as lieutenant governor the chickasaw natio

president of the city college board and his three children, his twins, will and theo and his son -- nathan. are you around? >> they're picking out books. >> that's important, more important than standing here. then i want to introduce abbey's mother, lenore and my friend walter. i like to say a special thanks to bruce oka but doesn't seem to be here but was a key factor in getting this library named after my son. i like to mention peter warfield who is not enthusiastic all the time but he does what he believes is important for our library. and you -- you are all very important, each one of you. because you love libraries, you love learning and you're here today to share the spirit of the richmond. and so as we initiate a new year for our city and our family, to support what is really one of the marks of our democracy, a library, the libraries and the schools are the most important parts of the establishing of theory of democracy in our children. so -- >> [applause] >> so please continue to be there with us and for us, and be the leaders that you are and encourage others to follow you becau