hence, nation to nation. that's the way the law developed at that time in the 1790s. and that's the way the law is today. it's still nation to nation. our ancestors really knew these presidents, washington and lincoln and other notable and in many cases rightly so beloved people. the delegates, when they arrived by canoe and over land but mostly by canoe from savannah, they docked at the bottom of manhattan and were greeted by 300 white men dressed like indians who were members of the society which had been named for a chief, the chief who first made the treaty with william penn for the british colony known as the william penn colony for parts of philadelphia. so this society people were dressed as they thought indians were and mostly -- and they were cheering the arrival of the delegates. and then they carried them, they escorted them as in a parade to congress. later on the delegates were dining with george washington at his home, and an artist was there. and he had just completed the iconic portrait of washington, the life-size portrait of him in his military outfit

nations regain land, policy advances, across a huge range. she is a poet, columnist. winner of honorary doctorate degrees, fellowships. all kinds of wonderful and amazing things. if you seen the nation to nation -- if you have seen the nation to nation exhibit, fantastic educational exhibit. she has been the driving force and the curator on that. she is a treasure to the indian country. you are so fortunate to have her with us. since rick does have the laryngitis thing happening i am going to step in for rick and join our panelists and moderate this session. you are going to speak from here right? >> good morning. this museum, the national museum of the american indian, he began -- has its origins in repeat repatriation and it all began on february 20, 1987 when a hearing was held in the u.s. senate committee on indian affairs on a bill sponsored by senator john melcher. of montana. senator melcher's bill provided for the repatriation of native american human remains and objects that had been or might be found in future on federal land. lands administered by the federal agency of the u.s. government. the smithsonian institution was invited to present testimony that caring. the secretary of th

but beyond that, i know the issues you focus on very from nation to nation. of the things that offends me is when people say indian nation, everything is the same. it is different. it is different from the east coast to the west to the central part of the country to the southwest. not everyone has the same problems and concerns. concerns onltiple your agenda as you meet this week. we recognize the difficulties you face working with state government to secure, for example, federal disaster recovery funding. that is why the standing --overy improvement act after hurricane sandy we amended something called the stafford act so you could go directly to the president of the united states to ask for disaster declarations in times of need. we know the importance of preserving sacred lands and sites. that is why we took action to preserve places like -- places of great cultural significant, like the desert peaks in new mexico. we recognize the rights of sovereign governments to protect their people. that is why the president signed the tribal general welfare exclusion

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to the pra? and nag >> the national museum of the american indian act applies only arguably to the national museum of the american indian, which was not formed until the act was signed into law. naturaleum of history. there definitely was some discomfort about having it apply to any other smithsonian museum. when the other came along, was signed into law. the great debate that took place shouldn't nagpra be applied to the smithsonian? the argument from the smithsonian site is we are ready have repatriations provisions. they are not tailored to the smithsonian as they are they thatsent a point in time the repatriation state was going on. that debate became much more extensive. smithsonian ise -- is not subject nagpra.rovisions of >> why don't we turn to your thoughts on the public? we have a lot of the political stuff going on. suzanne has the activist stuff. >> so many things come to mind after hearing these pieces that have been presented so well by .veryone saything that i need to it's about the way repatriation has been interpreted and i think misinterpreted by a number of judges in the country

would defer to suzanne for the most part on this issue, but the national museum of the american indian act for establishing this museum was clearly the focal point of that effort. with the national dialogue going on, and this led to an in-depth experience having been part of that, the national dialogue was beginning to shape and change, at least on the surface, the orientation of the initial outrage of the scientific institutions, which has kevin said, and this was said many more times than once that there are going to be large moving vans pulling up to the loading docks of museums and scientific institutions and everything that is native in their collections, whether human remains or associated will be taken from those most the ends because they were -- taken from those museums because they were federally funded. that national dialogue which was going on at the same time began to sensitize through very good interaction, the committee and the committees of congress participated in this just as observers. you began to see an "ah-ha" moment began to dawn in the minds of those opponents by saying, what i want my grandparents disinterred? what i want there remains to be taken apart

you need to expand the moon by giving the nation's of alaska the same authority to protect their people they were extending to all other nationsuse] you need to extend the moon by giving nations the right to prosecute and convict strangers who hurt or rape the dems on tribal lands. we need to expand the moon. [applause] changing the culture that tolerates the abuse of a woman by a man, native or non-native, we need to expand the moon fundamental changing the way domestic violence is talked about in indian country. we need people to speak up and speak out because violence against women, violence against women is not a woman's issue of the. it is a man's issue. it's on us to do something about it. [applause] it's on all of us to change the culture. a culture, a culture that asks the wrong questions. it's never the right question for a woman to ask, what did i do? it's never, never appropriate. the question should be, why was it done to me? and, will someone do something about it? [applause] folks, we need to expand the moon. while we will never completely eliminate domestic violence, we have succeeded, and was succeeded, when th

nation. a are also a jewish nation, muslim nation, a buddhist nation, a hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers. years later, speaking as president obama, and toferent audience in turkey, obama explained we do not consider ourselves a christian nation or a jewish nation, or a muslim nation. pluralism had been reconfigured into neither .or repudiation of particulars most political and christian conservatives share their disapproval of obama right. speech, cried glenn back. to defend the united states as a christian nation. book faith and danforth senator john maintain that some people have asked if america is a christian country. be, no.er must to call this a christian country is to say that non-christians are a lesser order, not full-fledged citizens of one nation. these recent debates and disagreements are not new. the problem of what it means to be, or not to be, a christian nation has been a touchstone of conversations about religion and politics for two centuries. i wanted take us back to the age of revolution and turn our attention to a cast of forgotten founders. a group of men who harnessed the language of christian nationalism in poign

national anthem, and our invitation. [band plays "the star-spangled banner"] >> let us pray. lord, god of hosts, whose power and authority is everlasting to everlasting, we honor you and recognize your providence and protection on our nation. we thank you for this opportunity to assemble here, to honor the veterans of our nation's armed forces. may we never forget those who served to secure our nation and our liberty. let us never take for granted the high cost that these men and women have paid. we pray for the veterans who were crippled in war with the loss of a limb. we pray for those injured by unseen wounds of the heart and mind, and we pray for veterans and homeless shelters or on the street suffering from wounds that they do not understand. bless the families of those we honor today. fill them with the pride that because of their sacrifices they shared equally in the appreciation awarded today, and finally, lord, we want to pay special respect to those veterans of the greatest generation. they did so much to halt evil and reshape civilization into what is our modern society, so let us share in their memories, their stories, and their tears to in rich us on this way. amen. >> thank you. you may be seated. it's now my privilege to introduce the superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks service

the nation to nation is an eternal, critical part of the fabric of united states itself. it's not only about history, it's also about our shared future. i would like to introduce our panelists. n has served - bria on the indian senate since 1985 and served as the chairman. excuse me -- president of the national congress of american indians and present of the association of washington tribes and executive board member of the washington gaming association. be matthewim will fletcher, a professor of law at michigan state university college of law, director of the university's indigenous law center. he is an appellate judge for various tribes. it will be followed by director ofin gover, the director this museum, a former professor of law at the sandra day o'connor college of law at arizona state university from 1997-2001. assistant secretary for indian affairs and the u.s. department of the interior. i think the person who we all me to always keep in mind when we think about the book or read the book or the exhibit and think about these things is our good friend suzanne sho-ha

service and the architect of the capitol have partnered to bring a christmas tree to the capitol from one of our nation's national forests. i'd like to specifically thank all of the dedicated forest service staff, both here in washington and in minnesota, who have helped make this event possible. it's quite an undertaking. and we are always so appreciative of your hard work. in particular, we'd all like to say thank you to beverly carol, who will be retiring after 39 years with the forest service. and beverly has been a part of the capitol christmas tree tradition for 20 years. and we wish you all the best, beverly! let's give them all a round of applause. [applause] joining us tonight is the honorable robert bonnie, representing the department of agriculture. he has a holiday message to share with all of you this evening. mr. bonnie? >> it's an honor to be here today, to represent the u.s. department of agriculture and the u.s. forest service. 50 years ago, speaker of the house john mccormick began the tradition of the capitol christmas tree to celebrate the season and share a little holiday spirit. the capitol

we defend the nation day in and day out and the command and control structure is air national guard. going back to the airforce expectations of its components, they expect the air national guard to do that mission. our nation expects the air national guard to do that mission without fail or hesitation. you don't hear much about the mission, but it is there. it is always there. it is the light insurance policy and you hope you never have to exercise that. we accomplish fighting fires with aircraft and around the bases and our airman get called out to support local fire departments where they don't have a robust fire department in the community. we find ways to use i cannot tell you house education and workforce committee times people have found stuff in attics or fields but we go out there and help pick it up and disable it. we want to ensure the citizens at home with the capabilities of the equipiment and the at home as well. we have the uniqueness of governors being able to call out airman on state active duty. don't put them on active funding but they will go out and support what the government wants. if it has to be a bigger issue, it has to be contained or dealt wit

nation. we are also a jewish nation, a muslim nation, a buddhist nation, a hindu nation and a nation of nonbelievers. three years later now speaking as president obama and to a very different audience in turkey, obama explained we do not consider ourselves a christian nation or a jewish nation or a muslim nation. his both embrace of pluralism has been reconfigured into a repudiation of particulars. most political and christian conservatives share their disapprove of obama. but they are anything but united on this matter of religious nationalism. it's not hate speech cried radio and television host glenn beck to defend the united states as a christian nation in 2010. in the 2000 book faith and politics senator john dan forth main tained, some people asked me whether america is a christian country. the answer must be called no. for to call that a christian country is that nonchristians are not full fledged citizens of one nation. these recent debates and disagreements are not knew. the problem of what it means to be or not to be a christian ation has been a touch stone of religion for more than two centuries. i want to turn our attention to a cast of forgott

awakening gave him the perfect excuse to go back and say, well, we don't need to do national reconciliation at the national level because you have all of this local reconciliation happening at the local level. basically he used the awakening movement as an excuse to an sond the national government and his group of doing anything at the national level. and here we are. we are now at another critical opportunity and i think the window is going to close very quickly, but we are there at this critical juncture where a national reconciliation process led by an acceptable mediator and that we're talking about that. i think if we look around the region, i agree, it's not going to be the iraqis doing that. i think each one of them, any iraqi mediator will be a polarizing figure for some party. it has to be a regional figure. i don't think the americans can play that role. we have lost in a way that moral credibility in the eyes of many iraqis to be able to play the role of a mediator. we were talking about this panel, egypt. i think egypt still is a possibility. there is a possibility for egypt to play that role o

thank you for being here and thanks so much to the national park foundation and the national park servicenderful holiday tradition year after year. i'd like to offer each of you a personal welcome to president's park, which is managed by the national park service and the department of the interior. and of course, home to the first family. and we're so delighted they're here today. it's a great honor to help care for the extraordinary system of 401 national parks that commemorate our history, our culture and our incredibly beautiful landscape. i'm also proud of the thousands of dedicated federal employees and many, many volunteers who care for our public lands, our waters and our wildlife for the benefit of all americans. we are blessed with the spirit of the holidays. when many traditions mark this darkest month of the year, of love, of giving, of family and friends. it's a time of year when we are reminded that it's truly better to give than to receive and that our lives ultimately are measured not by what we acquire or the positions we hold but by how much we love and are loved by other

we needed to send a simple message to our nation possibly leaders. -- nation possibly leaders. -- nation's leaders. comprehensive mental health bills this year need to be passed. [applause] we have the power to make the difference and the personal experience needed to be taken seriously. we know what it means to have our lives or the lives of people we love get off track because of mental illness. that mentald illness is serious and can be absolutely devastating. we also know that mental illness can be treatable when we have the access to appropriate comprehensive care. i know it is largely because of our personal experience with mental illness that each of us is here today. as i learn more about my own illness and the experience of others, i realize how much we all have in common. even if mental illness has made a few headlines because of my career. there is a number of ways in which i have been very lucky. yet, even with access to so much, my journey has not been an easy one by any means. during my darkest times, i did not know why i was alive and i did not like myself. . have very low i

quote -- "climate change will affect the department of defense's ability to defend the nation, imposed immediate risks to u.s. national security. climate change will affect the department of defense's ability to defend the nation and poses immediate risks to u.s. national security. that would seem to me to be a phrase worth listening to. the business and financial community also see climate risk. former bush treasury secretary hank paulson teamed up with form er new york city mayor and business tycoon, michael bloomberg, and indeed, former republican senator olympia snowe and others to put together an evidence-based assessment of the risks posed by climate change to the united states economy. the report found that between $66 billion and $106 billion worth of existing american coastal property will likely be below sea level by mid century. that price tag could top $500 billion by the end of the century. $500 billion worth of property below sea level by 2100. extreme heat they also found could reduce labor productivity of outdoor workers by as much as 3% by the end of the century. they found that shifting agricultural

we needed to send a simple message to our nation possibly leaders. -- nation possibly leaders. -- nation's leaders. comprehensive mental health bills this year need to be passed. [applause] we have the power to make the difference and the personal experience needed to be taken we know what it means to have our lives or the lives of people we love get off track because of mental illness. that mentald illness is serious and can be absolutely devastating. we also know that mental illness can be treatable when we have the access to appropriate comprehensive care. i know it is largely because of our personal experience with mental illness that each of us is here today. as i learn more about my own illness and the experience of others, i realize how much we all have in common. even if mental illness has made a few headlines because of my career. there is a number of ways in which i have been very lucky. yet, even with access to so much, my journey has not been an easy one by any means. during my darkest times, i did not know why i was alive and i did not like myself. . have very low it's that we

same time only the things that are happening -- as to the policies of the national security agency and the national intelligence agency and f.b.i. in regard to sort of respecting the boundaries of our rights, they are good, relative to many other overnments around the world. we have to think about how to protect not just the rights of americans but people around the world who live under much more authoritarian regimes and the only way is to make sure there are international standards well agreed upon as to what behavior is proper or improper. we have court mechanisms that can enforce these. and ultimately, fundamentally, we can enforce these through technology.

nation with the idea that if you use your ability to express yourself yourselfves, we're going to threat tone harm americans. that is anes lacing. >> it is not even just threatening the nation, it is nation. when we think of hacking we think of one or two individuals or a small group. it has in the been necessarily confirmed but an entire nation is doing this you are talking nations. now it isn't confirmed but all of the signs point to north korea direct involvement. the question here is are they acting in a capacity in which as you said it is not just a criminal gang that is stealing money, is it ace deliberate intent on the part of the nation state to terrorize a nation. >> some people are saying come on they cannot really do anything. is this really credible thing that we should be taken seriously. >> alex, consider this it is not just an attack on a nation or a nation state or several nations, it is an attack on the western way of life because think for a moment if whoever did this the north koreans or somebody who is helping them and likely a a nation state because it is very sophisticated if they can shut down a film by threatening the studio who says they cannot reach into every n

to proclaim such national monuments. since then, many presidents have added units to the national park system through monument designation. national tly, as monuments under jurisdiction, as well. en here studying a petrified log. the petrified forest is now a national park. enlarged and established by congress in 1962. and contains a 50,000 acre established in 1970. petrified forest national park, and craters of ional monument were the first units to receive ion within the at boundaries. the movement to establish national monuments has continued. clinton t bill proclaimed a giant sequoia national monument, near where i live. oted so, the president qu directly from john muir, saying will ese domestic cheese continue to preach god's words fresh from heaven. i know from personally participating in this campaign how much this accomplishment was as a result of citizen efforts. recent national monument was just proclaimed last month by president obama here in california. north of los angeles. san gabriel mountains is the series of t in a national monuments proclaims by almost every national president since theodore roosevelt.

support from the national conference of state legislatures, cindy mccain, wife of senator mccain, and i have done a lost work on this issue. we suffolk their national -- we spoke to their national conference this year. national center for missing and exploited children supports the bill. the fraternal order of police supports l bill. national alliance to end sexual violence, united methodist women -- the list goes on. but what i will say is that it is time to get it done. there is error in the house bill, a minor one, that we need to correct and that's why we need to pass the senate bill. we have made the changes that are in the house bill and we also feed to pass it in the senate because this one includes the national sex trafficking strategy. we have -- senator cornyn has been working this on her side. there appear to be no objections. i will explain in a bit the amendment that passed out of judiciary 18-0 that of his portion that's complud in this bill we joined forces because i was actually having trouble getting the bill through on its own and so we had joined forces on this bill and now it appears that we could have some objections on our side that i hope get cleared up,

cemetery quite >> i would prefer to be buried in a place that is a national shrine and states can achieve nationaldings and be cared for by individuals who are committed to perpetual care of our nation's heroes. >> let me ask you this. the cemetery and boulder city is great. but how much oversight you have an stay cemeteries after you provide some of the funding quite state cemetery is a very very much in terms of quality, policy, or a ability of same-sex mac couples. do you go back and oversee these? want to give the money, you will trust the state veterans to be sure they keep the national standard quite >> no, ma'am. we have a fairly rigorous compliance review program, which we just revamped about a year or so ago. where we go to state facilities and we apply the same scorecard, same operational standards and measures that we do to her national cemeteries to the states where applicable. obviously there is some criteria that are only applicable to federal facilities. we do review the states. we have scorecard for them. we give them opportunities to submit corrective action plans in those instanc

>> i would prefer to be buried in a place that is a national shrine and states can achieve national shrine standing and be cared for by individuals who are committed to the perpetual care of our nation's hero. >> let me ask you this. i think the cemetery in boulder city is great, but how much oversight you have on state cemeteries after you provide some of the funding? because state cemeteries vary quality, in terms of policy, burial of same-sex couples. do you go back and oversee these, or once you give the money you just trust the state's veterans association to be sure they keep the national standard? >> no, ma'am. we have a fairly rigorous compliance review program which we just revamped about a year or so ago. we go to state facilities and applied the same scorecard, the same operational standards and measures that we do to our national cemeteries to the states were apical -- where applicable. some are only applicable to state facilities. we do review them. we have scorecards for them. we have opportunities to submit corrective action plans were in shortcomings and we work with them t

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nationho has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >> television icon norman lear >> we hoped we were delivering real characters... >> creator of "all in the family" "the jeffersons" and "good times" talks race, comedy and american culture today... >> you're taking me to a place in this interview, i haven't been before... >> i told you this would be your best interview >> ...and it is... it's the current one... >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera, only on al jazeera america . >> well, this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. 132 children and tin staff members dead after a taliban assault fr

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nationho has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in the "stream." later the dark side of e-commerce, how illegal wildlife the web. ♪

nation. we are also a jewish nation, a muslim nation, a buddhist nation, a hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers. three years later, speaking as president obama, and to a different audience in turkey obama explained we do not consider ourselves a christian nation or a jewish nation, or a muslim nation. his embrace of pluralism had been reconfigured into neither nor repudiation of particulars. most political and christian conservatives share their disapproval of obama. it is not hate speech, cried radio and television host glenn back, to defend the united states as a christian nation. in the 2000 book faith and politics, senator john danforth maintained that some people have asked if america is a christian country. the answer must be, no. to call this a christian country is to say that non-christians are a lesser order, not full-fledged citizens of one nation. these recent debates and disagreements are not new. the problem of what it means to be, or not to be, a christian nation has been a touchstone of conversations about religion and politics for two centuries. i wanted take us back to the age of revolution and turn our attention to a cast of forgot

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nationho has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> a major victory for the japanese prime minister ruling coalition in a snap election. ♪ you are watching al jazeera. coming up, stepping down, haiti's prime minister resigns after weeks of protest, calling for him and the president to leave. a global warming deal is reached in peru paving the way for what is seen to be the most ambitious agreement in environmental history. building that sounds like science fiction but is more fact

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nation has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. > >>> paying tribute - thousands of police throughout the country come out in full force to mourn a fallen new york city police officer. his family perhaps to lay him to rest. >> the blame game - north korea lashing out on the united states and pointing the finger directly at president obama, >>> and a massive flooding in south-east asia, where rescue crews are struggling to reach

the others, we're very serious about making sure that we are good and strong partners in this nation-to-nationp, making sure that we make opportunity real, that we make economic growth real in every corner of this country and especially visible and apparent to the young people who are coming up in indian country, but also all around the country. so that's a focus of this, of today's conference, but more importantly it's a focus of the work that we do day in and day out, year by year. we have two years left in this administration, and if there's anything that we all wake up every morning feeling -- and if we don't feel it, it is instilled in us by the guy that we work for -- is that we want to make every single day of those two years count. and we know and have enough experience in government now to know and to have the humility to know that we can only make that happen if we're doing this in real partnership with all of you which is why the tribal nations conference so important to us. it is also why the relationship that happens in between the conferences is so important to us. so i thank you

my third point directly related to national defense and national security, we cannot continue to try o erode our intelligence-gathering capabilities. the threats that we face around the world are real and they are significant. they are threats from nation states like russia and china. they are the threats of rogue states like iran and north korea. they are the threats of nonstate actors like al qaeda and isil, and they are the threat of transnational criminal groups who steal personal data of americans and who could potentially conduct other cyber attacks against our infrastructure. these threats are real, and i hope the day never comes, but if it does that another major attack occurs here in the homeland, perhaps one even worse than 9/11. the first question people are going to ask is why didn't we know about it. why weren't we able to stop it? and the answer cannot be because we took apart our intelligence gathering capability, because we took down our ability to identify these threats and we took them down because of conspiracy theories, because we have people running around telling

coming here to visit our nation and see how united we are as a people and how well off we are together as a whole nation, so that they can go back home to their nations and it may be wake up on their dictate ors doorstep and knock on the door and say, hey. we need to talk, in order to be that america, americans have to be in charge of their nation. in order to be in charge of our nation, we need representatives that represent us. it's common knowledge why they don't represent us anymore. so what we need to do is replace the system with a system where the american people are randomly selected just like jurors are in our justice system. host: okay. we had that comment earlier as well. guest: i am not sure i have economicwise i would add. host: add off from arlington, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. good morning, america. my question is or my curiosity is that i am presently in a position at my employment where i have performed a job that requires the equivalent of a college degree based upon what i do. i have basically done this job for 20s years. it's an engineering position. there is a do

to proclaim such national monuments. since then many presidents have added units to the national park system through monument designation. recently as national monuments under blm or forest jurisdictions as well. the petrified forest is now a national park, enlarged and established by congress in 1962. it contains a 50,000 acre wilderness established in 1970. in fact the petrified forest national park, where the first units of the national park system -- national park were the first units of the system to receive their boundaries. the movement to establish national monuments has continued. president bill clinton proclaims a giant sequoia national monument near where i live in april of 2000. he quoted to record from john muir, saying, "these domestic -- these majestic trees will continue to promote god from heaven." this a company it was the result of citizen efforts. the most recent national monument was just proclaimed last month by president obama here in california, just north of los angeles. send gabriel mountains is one of the most recent in a series of national monuments proclaimed that almost every president since

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nationho has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >> if we don't have a verdict by one o'clock it's gonna be another day. >> well it's either gonna be before noon, or they get to come back at one thirty. >> the waiting is what will knock you for a loop. if she goes to jail again i think she'll come out in a body bag. >> are they out? we are sitting right there in my office on pins and needles. >>

to lead those nations. we really do. we are, i still think, the sing nationho has the biggest role to play but we can't play it alone and it means our marshaling that consensus among other great powers not just the ones wins who won world war ii but the new powers of this 70s trial as well. >> an marie-slaughter, pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> what do we want? justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off we're not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's emmy winning, investigative, documentary, series... >> this is al jazeera america live. we have today ace top stories. a wake in new york for a slain police officer, the latest in the ongoing national discussion of police and the communities they are sworn to protect. and it was the day afte

it's important to remember that washington was a local place before it was a national capital. it had to learn how to become national, how to think of itself as a national city. it also became global at some point, too. native people and a native presence helped shape that process as well that process of becoming. >> what part of the 19th century are we talking about when we talk about native american influence in washington? >> if we think about the actual native population in the city, there were ebbs and flows. at particular moments in the time period surrounding the removal policies of the 1830s when large numbers of chair key and other southeastern tribal nations were coming to the city, there were very large numbers of native people here. in the 1850s and 1870s, these were time periods when there were large numbers of native people in the city. in terms of my work though, i want to span the entire 19th century from the beginnings of the city as the federal city and even come up into and through the 20th century. one of the things i'm going to do here at the library is thinking about how to book end the project

today is 100 percent error national guard and the fighters on alert around the nation are also tanker units on alert providing air sovereignty over the nation is an important part tolargely the command and control structure for the air national guard. they get me going back to the air force expectations of the components expect the air national guard to do that mission. our nation expects the air national guard without fail, without hesitation day and and day out. you do not here much about that mission, but it is there. it there. it is always there. it is the life insurance policy, something that we do day in and day out. the other homeland operations missions that we support, 15 or 20 different varieties. .. >> >> but with the capabilities of equipment into that air men as well. not ro only kirby daschle guard but somehow the air national guard and sent to be calling out the eric lin to do the to put the one stay active duty if it gets to be a bigger problem or issue it has to be contained in the region have funding for the manpower also but he's even today with members of the southwest border to support those that are important to the governor. we believe we ou

to the nation as a core part of what they do in life. we will attract people who are attracted to the idea -- if you are doing something that matters to this nation and you are helping to defend this nation, we will attract people on the basis of, we're going to let you do some really neat things. and we're also attracting people on the basis of, in our culture, our model, we're going to give you responsibility at a pretty junior or young age. that seems to have resonated with both the military and civilian parts of our workforce. >> is there -- and i ask this question at goodfellow. we train infantry using an m-16. they know how to do it pretty well. when they leave, it's clear they don't take that weapon with them back into the private sector. is there an ethics element to the cyber-trained folks? they'll take that skill set with them that could go rogue if they don't have the right kind of mind set. is there some kind of training and constant reminder that we're giving you tools that if used in the private sector could do good harm? >> ethics is part of what we do as a force, an organization, if you will. i think it's the same challenge, if yo

they send a person that doesn't know the language, has never been to the country, has no familiarity with national security to a nationf this importance, of this importance, then, my friends, we are making a serious mistake. >> and joining us, the hill's editor-in-chief and national review's tom rogan. presidents for decades have been appointing professional and nonprofessional foreign service to ambassador posts. why is this one causing such a stir with republicans? >> well, it's the latest one, basically, and you have to wonder what the interview process is. do you speak the language of the country? have you ever been to the country? this has happened before. the interesting part was angus king, he voted with the republicans for rejecting both of these nominees. >> i was surprised -- in fact, i looked at the number. 35% of the appointees are not foreign service but then you go back and look at reagan, 38% were not foreign service. but when these two were appointed and the first one to hungary seems so uninformed about what is going on. you would have thought she'd at least do her homework and the argentina one, too.

forest , where the first units of the national park system -- national park were the first units of the system to receive their boundaries. the movement to establish national monuments has continued. president bill clinton proclaims a giant sequoia national inument near where i live april of 2000. he quoted to record from john muir, saying, "these domestic -- these majestic trees will continue to promote god from heaven." it was the result of citizen efforts. most recent national monument was just proclaimed last month by president obama here in california, just north of los angeles. is one ofel mountains the most recent in a series of national monuments proclaimed that almost every president since theodore roosevelt. pinnacles national park is our notedecent national park -- note the quotes here. everybody needs beauty as well as bread. pray in, play in and where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. legacy through his life reminds us of the important things that one person can do. said "if you think about all the games our society has made, from independence to now, it was not government. it was activism. roosevelt's teddy -- teddy ro

it varies so much from nation to nation and person to person. >> reporter: for "good morning america,was an interesting idea, though. >> encouraging that so few changed her basic structure. >> getting there. >> slowly but surely. >>> a lot of people calling 2014 the year of the selfie. so no surprise that one of the hottest gift this is holiday season is the selfie stick. we have been trying it out all morning. and linsey davis has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. narcissistic? maybe. nifty? definitely. it's advertised as taking the perfect selfie or self-we. the group shot you don't have to ask someone else to take. and to help out an increasingly self-absorbed culture. and the song, the flattering filters, and for some, there's plastic surgery all for the sake of the selfie. >> my darn chin just bugs the living daylights out of me. we are a narcissistic society. we are obsessed with ourselves and documenting our lives. >> reporter: let's face it, 2014 was the year of the selfie. but 2015 is all about the self-we. the novelty industry now making it even easier to

national service alliance. we are a proud member of the alliance. i want to recognize our alliance partners, the franklin project, voices for national service, and service nationks to all of you for being members of the alliance. the goal of the alliance and service year is fairly simple. one is to dramatically increase the service opportunities for young people in america. there are a lot more people who want to serve than there are positions and we need to change that. the second thing is to foster the type of active engaged citizenship that the ncoc charter calls for. we know from the data and from our research that when people are engaged in any way, they tend to be more engaged in other ways. if you volunteer, you are more likely to vote and vice versa. national service is a real multiplier. people serve the community for a year, they are very active. and also going to the nonprofit sector. we need lots of folks to serve communities that way. so we are a proud member of the national service alliance. of course, all of our work would be easier if schools were to embrace their civic mission. after all, that was the idea of public education, right? partners

thank you for being here and thanks so much to the national park foundation and the national park servicey tradition year after year. i'd like to offer each of you a personal welcome to president's park, which is managed by the national park service and the department of the interior. and of course, home to the first family. and we're so delighted they're here today. it's a great honor to help care for the extraordinary system of 401 national parks that commemorate our history, our culture and our incredibly beautiful landscape. i'm also proud of the thousands of dedicated federal employees and many, many volunteers who care for our public lands, our waters and our wildlife for the benefit of all americans. we are blessed with the spirit of the holidays. when many traditions mark this darkest month of the year, of love, of giving, of family and friends. it's a time of year when we are reminded that it's truly better to give than to receive and that our lives ultimately are measured not by what we acquire or the positions we hold but by how much we love and are loved by others. so for the