[speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: and, fortunately, a few months ago -- a few weeks ago the european union announced the names of 32 iranians. they have been banned from entering europe. if they have any property in europe, their property will be confiscated even if it is in swiss banks. these people have participated in the killings and repression of the people. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: of course, violators of human rights are smarter than that. i think up until now they have moved their property and transferred it to other countries where they can later use it and live a good life. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: but the important point is that the world has become smaller for violaters of human rights. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: and they understand now that they can be held accountable for the killing and repression of our people somewhere, some way. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the first time sanks against people -- sanctions against people who have participated in the killings of other

>> as it's an old native joke. how many people are in an average native american family? the answer is five, a four, mother, two children, and an anthropology. [laughter] >> why am i surprised there's so much humor? the reason why someone not part of that culture might ask is you don't think of it on the outside as a culture with much to laugh about. we focus on the difficulties that native americans have so is this humor in spite of difficulties or woven into the culture itself? >> i think it's both. native americans are not the only one to have humor of the situation. part of it, i could way off here, but native americans are american americans too, and america in general, i think, is a humorous country often. i mean, that's what people say. that's the reputation of americanss in other countries that we're follow-upny. why wouldn't native americans be funny too? some are just hysterical. this one woman i interviewed, oh, she's so funny. every time i tell her a joke, she's already heard it. she asked have you lived on a reservation all your life? she'll say, not yet. [la

>> oh, it's an old joke -- it's an old native joke, how many people are there in a typical native american family. the answer is, five, a father, a mother, two children and an anthropologist. [laughter] >> so there's a lot of humor, a lot of it is unexpected but when you stand back and you ask, why am i surprised there's so much humor, the reason why someone who's not part of that culture might ask is, you don't think of it on the outside as a culture that has much to laugh about. we focus on the difficulties that native americans have. so is this humor in spite of those difficulties or is it woven into the culture itself? >> i think it's both. i think native americans are not the only people to have gallows humor about the situation. part of it is gallows humor. a part of it -- i could be way off here, but native americans are americans-americans, too. america in general, i think, is a humorous country often. i mean, that's what people say -- that's the reputation of americans in other countries. that we're funny. so why wouldn't native americans be funny, too? but some are just hysterica

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: not leaders of this movement, but they walked along with the movement. the presence has strengthened the movement. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: within this movement people with different ideologies exist, different groups, some of them believe that we have to throw the constitution out. [speaking in native tongue]

as he holds office never again would and native americans be forgotten or ignored he didn't bring up or acknowledge culture here how important is that to any semblance of a support of native americans where you rank at a rate it as far as acknowledging it and granting clemency i would say leonard peltier is to the native american indian indigenous population in the united states what nelson mandela was in south africa he is the symbol of the struggle for freedom for civil rights for justice they believe the native people in many other people including the italian parliament the belgian parliament the opinion that he is the victim of an unfair trial he is the victim of a frame up so this has the notional significance for indigenous people still fighting for their rights all over the united states it is the cardinal case for indian people and a symbol that continues after this last day of anguish that we thought over the weekend.

which really is culpable for the murder of many scores of native american activists and trying to say historically if there was violence it was all because of the indigenous people not the f.b.i. is ongoing covert war against the indian people and of that's one thing that that supporters like yourself argue what is the most controlling piece of evidence at that well well we know from the from the church ariens in one thousand nine hundred six these were senate hearings that the cointelpro operation by the f.b.i. targeted political activists they targeted them for assess the nation's surveillance they tried to create divisions within groups in the case of the american indian movement that was rampant that's all part of the record and we can see from the evidence from the trials that the the the prosecution in the f.b.i. asserted that these agents had been executed at short range that wasn't true they said that the that they were that the vehicle belonged to one pulpier that was untrue all of the evidence turned out in subsequent hearings to be untrue but nonetheless leonard peltier is

because of a unusual 100-year-old federal law, non-natives can acquire land within the reservation.ided by his vision, the rinpoche determined that this was where he should build a garden of 1,000 buddhas to promote world peace. workers have been busy casting buddhas for months, but it's a slow process, and each buddha must be perfect before it's blessed. >> this is the spine of the statue which has been cast. all these are scrolls which contain sacred tibetan power syllables or mantras all with healing prayer, all that goes right in the cast. >> reporter: sitting in this old barn are hundreds of buddhas waiting to make their grand entrance. the site is still under construction, but when it's completed it will resemble the shape of a dharma wheel, which symbolizes the basic teachings of buddha. at the center of the eight spokes is the statue of the great mother packed inside with sacred texts. but before the rinpoche did anything, he wanted to make sure the garden of buddhas was acceptable to the tribes. >> and so he extended his hand to the tribal elders to come and bless the land.

what is even remarkable from the timing is he is asking only four native species. at the very moment the nation is threatened by the almighty british army george groschen seems to think he should create the all-american guard edgardo english trees are allowed to put in the soil. [laughter] he continues the idea after when he returns to mount vernon 1783 he builds a bowling green and a shrubbery around it and they are planted with native species only. we have to remember what he is doing is remarkable because until then american gardeners try to recreate the plant to plant the european plant. so bertram was growing here but his customers are english were french or german. the few american customers he had they want to the european plants that he had received from his english customers. of the ornamental garden to make a very deliberate choice. when he returns from the war of independence, jeno's he is a revolutionary hero that mount vernon would be the nicest private of in the united states in making sure that it is the all-american guard in. you can just see the sh

so the english garden loves american evergreens because only four native evergreens. the flowering dogwood and the thin stream. what they saw were actually the growth of plants that had grown over the past five decades from john barton. over the course of this card and jefferson and adams really discovered that the english were rather crazy about american trees and shrubs. so in a strange twist of irony at the very moment to that the colonies had declared independence the english garden is actually filled with american trees and shrubs. so jefferson who had for so long admired the english garden now did find it actually rather easy to regret that he liked them because the english garden was kind of american. so he could create one in monticello without feeling a bit erratic. let me give you a slightly more speculative example about the importance of plants in the shaping of america. it is speculation to argue that a visit to jon barnes darden changed the course of history. it seems a little bit more than just pure coincidence that what happens here in the summer of 17

now go things and station already mcelroy has been enjoying a hero's reception back in his native no than island off to bringing home a major trophy at the age of twenty two the twenty eleven years open champ of braiding the silverware around his native town of hollywood the record breaking start to finish victory elevating mcleroy to a career high ranking of fourth in the world. also caught at the lowest score ever in the tournaments history winning by eight shots the use open trophy the us staying in the island off the last is event was won by a graeme mcdowell microwave al said to enjoy a few weeks holiday but now is a whole new set of challenges await next month at the british open. and finally sports medicine plays a crucial role in the success of athletes these days and one russian doctor is considered one of its pioneers my city of roman goes techniques help this obvious basketball team claim olympic gold in one thousand nine hundred eighty in seoul and the film has now been made about his amazing career which is still going strong and pharma has more. at sixty two years old t

wolf is a california native. the jaguar is a california native. most people don't realize. >> animal that's used to call this space home, but pushed out by humans, like the grizzly bear. >> because of the proximity to the bay, marine mammals coming down the oak woodlands being here was one of the prime areas for grizzly wears -- bears in the state of california. >> the exhibits only take up 20 acres of the new space, 30 acres to natural habitats for plants and animals. and teaching visitors about preservation. >> you can see development that occurred and what we want to do is this is what impact humans have been as you look east you get to see whether there is no development. >> visitors will get up the hill in an all-electric gondola and be able to camp outovernight among the exhibits. the $72 million project will continue in july with a ground breaking for a new veterinary hospital. the grand opening is expected in 2015. >> i love that idea. being able to camp out there. how cool is that? like a safari. >> thanks for joining us for this edition

harm the native peoples. the c the comprehensive legislation i'm introducing today puts forth a new vision of native education, one that is grounded in culture, language and local community control. the bill provides for many new access opportunities for tribes to be partners in their own education system and paves the way for innovative language and culture based instruction programs. additionally, it provides much stronger accountability by agencies to native communities for the administration of the children's education. provisions of this bill are the result of consultation and input with a wide range of american indian and alaska native and native hawaiian stakeholders. the introduction of this bill is only the beginning of a dialogue about this new vision of native education. we will continue to work with our native stakeholders to improve this bill and ensure that it builds strong roots and meets the unique needs of our native students. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the passage of this

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power and control that the executive class has now administered on the judicial class. the judicial power, discretion, separateness now has been vastly, vastly inroaded. the kind of final comment, and i'll put it into contemporary setting, is when it is said the law is fair, it applies to everyone equally. no one is above or below the law. the rule of frame is the street brople cannot sleep under the

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in

the giants, but nobody had more big home runs, seventh inning or later, down the stretch, bay area native, grew up a giants fan, outfielder tad burrow. [applause] how about what a weapon this guy turned into? first baseman, travis ishikawa. [applause] this guy knocked in a run in game 1 of the world series, bay area native, giants fan, outfielder nate sherholmes. [applause] latest and gentlemen, the hall of fame in cooperstown new york, for this morning because they have a lot of memorabilia from the giants on display right now, including the batting helmets worn in the world series. ladies and gentlemen, the national league championship series mvp, here is toni ross. -- tony ross. [applause] an important pick up midseason, late-season from the chicago cubs, he started four different post-season games for the giants, infielder. will the recovery once hunted for a double. travis ishikawa -- we saw this, but we never thought we would see a bunt later, but there it was in the clinching game, aubrey huff. [applause] how about this next giant -- so young to be the longest tenured member of the

this week's top stories here on r t the lead in capitals been brought by natives have used air strikes since the beginning of the military operation with dozens killed in the attacks and anger at foreign intervention growing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if they are guarantees the are free from deadly e. coli bacteria assurance came from president medvedev during the russian new talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt greece which sparks massive protests against further progress in the country and outrages people in germany who say it's time the debtors leave the eurozone. and us people here in moscow prepare to celebrate russia day we look back twenty years to when the country stays this first free presidential election. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r.t.

to see mohammed that harry's extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and native born mean killed five of them his father one of his brothers his sister and her own family mohammed shows us the picture of little jamal. just days before he pulled her dead body from on the debris. i woke up when i heard an explosion and stones a piece of the roof fell on me i ran immediately see how my family is and many were dead my mother died another brother is in a coma and we don't know when or if he will recover but how does that not reach

my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i'd like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. >> welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation -- competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they're great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion

end of the seventeenth century the church was especially guarded by piece of the great these are native a large sum of money tourists it's a beautiful landmark which i have seen many times sitting in traffic nearby is also located one of moscow's main hospitals the scripts associate scientific research institute of emergency medicine the history of this complex of gram buildings dates back two hundred g. is unconscious message from an old russian noble family to the hospital on the spot in the memory of his beloved wife in one thousand twenty three discusses the institution was founded instead of the old hospital and now moving fifty thousand patients here were treated in the hospitals fully equipped emergency surgeries and intensive care rooms. as a way one of the largest such religious situations in europe we will fall more than eight hundred thousand operations a year including trans bunch of holland liver kidneys pancreas and nowadays even see of. moving round to the west of the city now and there are several large hotels in the golden ring such as the peking that you can see here t

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power and control that the executive class has now administered on the judicial class. the judicial power, discretion, separateness now has been vastly, vastly inroaded. the kind of final comment, and i'll put it into contemporary setting, is when it is said the law is fair, it applies to everyone equally. no one is above or below the law. the rule of frame is the street people cannot sleep under the bridge, but the chief of police and the district attorney cannot sleep under the bridge. see how fair it is? it's equal. isn't it? [applause] >> actually, we'll have the d.a. here and the chief of police. so we can ask them that question. [laughing] now, sheldon, you've written books about a fictional defense attorney. the stories that you tell really get into, i thin

in the modern interpretation, created his irish and native american roots to create a unique sound. [music] >> speaking spanish... >> from some of the sounds they used to play we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. for instance. >> this means attention, be alert. something's going to happen. wake up, wake up. >> some of the drumming part has been rescued by compose the cultural association. drumming... [music] [applause] [music] >> our most popular streaming video is another expression of japanese culture. a form of comic story telling produced without background scenary, make up or stellar performers. main stage taped a performance. >> important. new dudes are too soft and soggy. no good. should be nice and firm. slurp.... h hum... disgusting again. to soft a noodles. it's good for my -- it's hard to pick up a noodles without breaking them. ha, ha, do you use a fish cake? yes, really? really? i have been looking for it. [laughter]. but i cannot find any. i got one. oh , no wonder i could not find it it is so thin. i can see through to over there. [laughter

trees, is there weren't a lot of native trees in those climates. they're shrubry and branchry and they don't make good street trees. >> a good street tree is a tall tree that hasn't been topped or hacked back to get under wires. one reason this is lovely, is it is allowed to achieve its actual frm and a lot of times you see this lollipop trees or trees that are packed back to get under wires. on this particular street, we don't have overhead wires, we'll release them and they can definitely more naturally. >> this is a great street tree, it is a new tree, it is a hearty urban tree but it didn't have some of the problems of a ficas. it is more like a column at maturity, it gets good size, but it is less prone, it will do sidewalk damage or infrastructure damage sometimes. but the roots are not as aggressive of the fica roots. it is another tree we love in urban conditions, it is very reseal yebt. >> name again. >> brings -- brisbane box. >> if we look across the street, you see a newish building, you see street trees along the face of this new build

it's one of the last intact and accessible native american burial grounds in the bay area.y want to construct walking and biking trails that will form a ring around the bay. it also calls for bathrooms, parking lots and paved trails on top of this spiritual site. >> and a lot of us were inspired by what we saw up there and thought the best thing we can do, most of us are from the east bay and san francisco, would be to come here and tell bay trail to stop immediately and make sure they're not funding the desecration of sacred sites. >> many people in the group are bicyclists who frequently use the existing portions of the bay trail. they want to keep the native american grounds protected. >>> a bit of health news for you. patients with pre-existing conditions like cancer, diabetes or asthma who have signed up for federal health care will get their premiums cut by some 40%. that announcement today will apply to people living in two dozen states. california may be added to the list eventually, but it's not on it yet. so far 18,000 people have signed up, well short of governme

native species with patriotism and planters and their gardens, and drawn from the natural world brought into politics. so i think it is almost impossible to understand the making of the united states without looking at the founding father as governors and as farmers. and this is played out on many different levels. so the first most obvious level is really the economic level is the importance of good agricultural crops for the country's self-sufficiency. it works on an ideological level which is the jeffersonian vision of america as an agrarian republic. it works in terms of national identity because america's spectacular landscape becomes very much invested with patriotism, and it works literally and symbolically because they all use their gardens as a canvas for their political statement. let me take you to the summer of 1776. america declared independence. manhattan west soldiers stroll the streets. the commander of chief and new york is facing 30,000 british troops. the largest fleet that has ever arrived on america's shores. washington has about half the manpower, and it has experi

just rueful notional reports the only thing some libyans have received are injuries inflicted by native. son my husband who has breath or. the doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and myself. but who wants to kill the teenager summer's major city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months they have been fooling around the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive era yet there have been sixteen nato airstrikes in just ten hours attacks against civilians must start daffy must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently quain success and the military operation is supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested that innocent civilians have been among the dead the claims have not been independently very hard but one thing as clear since march nineteenth the life wouldn't really