you know but there were those warning though not only was there warning the project for a new american century which was the think tank the people who filled the bush administration almost everybody in that administration the neo cons came out of the project for a new american century and they issued a report saying that we need to massively rebuild america's defenses it's going to take us a long time unless there's a new pearl harbor and that's what they see as the pilot after nine eleven so even though they probably were too inept to have been involved in causing it. to blind to stop it even though they had all the warnings in the world that they should have been able to stop it seized upon it and use it terry vantage to do everything they would if they were in new pearl harbor which is what the way they saw this exact thing just fell right into a couple months after the docking it was written the thing that i love about this book in the series is that it completely counters the myth of american exceptionalism this is the concept that we've heard obama doubled down recently to other world le

of americans want renewable energies and i remember back in ninety eight that project for new american century published a rather famous paper in which they said they wanted to invade iraq and they wanted to get the oil for iraq and have a u.s. footprint right in the middle of the middle east and they said it would take a pro harbor like event to make that happen george bush clearly saw such an event in nine eleven and used it leverage it to invade iraq. could it be that it's going to take some sort of pearl harbor you talked earlier about our economy you know the ship of state move slowly the but the ship of state did not move slowly in one thousand nine hundred two you know we mobilize really really rapidly after pearl harbor and we mobilized really really rapidly after nine eleven the defense budget right now is three times what it was in one thousand nine hundred seven is there is there a common pearl harbor event is it possible for us to take the next katrina and and. market is the wrong word but you know help people understand that the pearl harbor event is happening right now what are y

of americans want renewable energies and i remember back in ninety eight that project for new american century published a rather famous paper in which they said they wanted to invade iraq and they wanted to get the oil for iraq and have a u.s. footprint right in the middle of the middle east and they said it would take a pro harbor like event to make that have. george bush clearly saw such an event in nine eleven and used it leverage it to invade iraq. could it be that it's going to take some sort of pearl harbor you talked earlier about our economy you know the ship of state move slowly and that the ship of state did not move slowly in one thousand nine hundred two we mobilize really really rapidly after pearl harbor and we mobilized a really really rapidly after nine eleven the defense budget right now is three times what it was in one thousand nine hundred seventy is there is there a coming pearl harbor event is it possible for us to take the next katrina and and. market is the wrong word but you know help people understand that the pearl harbor event is happening right now what are your t

we have a chance to usher in a new american century and to write the latest chapter in the story of the single greatest nation that man has ever known. and so i hope as we conclude these debates on -- on issues such as this, we will somehow find a way to begin to work together on the things that really matter, on the things of importance, on the things that impact americans now and those yet to come. which leads me to one final point. because i see my colleague is here from wisconsin as well as others who may wish to speak in a moment. i just want to close with one more point, one more issue that i think we're being distracted from because of the silliness of breaking the rules to change the rules. so we can impose on the american people out of the mainstream judges and cabinet appointments that are less than qualified. and that's the issue of american leadership in the world. look around the world today. look at the impact of uncertainty about our foreign policy and what it's having across the planet, and on this front, i'm going to be honest right there, straightforward about this one

this is the american century. this is the new it out. >> what an indictment our growth has a two in front of it as opposed to a three or four which is possible. >> the american public has some hope and faith that here we are no label problem solvers, republicans, democrats, independents. they are willing to put their country before themselves or their party. that's what it's about. we'll find some fixes. >> hope is on the way. >> hope is on the way. >> they are killing the snowy owl at jfk. >> mika is concerned about bigger issues right now. jon, it's always great to see you. >> former governor jon huntsman, senatorory manchin. thank you very much. great to see you. mark mckinnon stay with us if you can. up next "fortune" magazine out with a special investor guide. leigh gallagher explains where the smart money is in the year ahead. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? that's ju

. >> a native american tripe that are the villains and a new movie are not happy. kaelyn forde has more. >> for centuries the ramapough indian nation called these mountains home. just 30 miles from new york city, the tribe of 5,000 kept their traditions alive. >> this is a kinduwahwekan. it's where we come and pray, and the images that you see are essentially spirits of the forest that look over the forest. >> the ramapough have more than 60 acres of land, but the tribe says it's been a struggle to keep the land and protect their culture. the tribe had racism. a hollywood film opened old wound, reviving stereotypes. >> people up in the hills have their own breed of justice that does not include us >> "out of the furnace" tells the story of a kidnapping by hill people. harland degroat is one of two characters bearing a name. the gang is known as jackson whites, a name that has been a racial slur against the ramapough. >> degroat is the worst. he hunts the mound an. >> the real issue with the film is that it's not that it's racist all the way through, but the underlying current is so ugly and pronounced, a

we have with us to historians who have written two new books about a couple major 19th century figures in american history and politics. to my immediate left, h. w. brands has written this book about ulysses s. grant called "the man who saved the union: ulysses s. grant in war and peace." and to my father left we have john taliaferro -- to my farther left we have john taliaferro and his book is called content about the statesman john hay. so i thought what we could do is start by asking each of our authors starting with h. w. about his subject and why they wanted to write it right now. h.e.w.? >> yeah, thanks, erica. thanks all for coming. i wrote a book about ulysses s. grant because i had music that he said i was going to write a history of the united states through biographies. i had written my way up to the middle of the 19th century. then i had a gap and i picked it up again at the end the 19th century and i'd been avoiding the civil war for a while for a number of reasons. one is there's lots of subjects about the civil war. secondly, there was a lincoln bicentennial that was coming and it w

it was the us closed the middle eights but became its new tropes in twentieth century america this is called because of a chain one in spain american air let's hear it feel more corporation and us airways group have announced the completion of their seventeen point eight billion dollar merger formally created the world's largest airline american airlines group incorporated the announcement comes as ammar emerge from its twenty eleven bankruptcy filing. us airways doug parker will become ceo of the combined company said ammar style or two will become chairman shares in the new company will trade under the ticker symbol a l. the merger had previously been barred by the us justice department due to concerns over competition within the sector says twenty oh five merger said that the industry from nine major life changes for which now control more than eighty percent of u s market the american airlines group operates six thousand seven hundred daily flights to more than three hundred and thirty destinations to more than fifty countries. it will employ more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide airline officials say they take up

new jersey received rave reviews from critics, but not native americans. al jazeera's kaelyn forde reports members of that tribe are suing the film makers. >> for centuries, the ramapough indian nation called the mountains home. just 30 miles from new york city, a tribe of 5,000 kept traditions alive. >> it's where we come and pray in the images that you see. they are spirits of the forest. >> they have 60 acres of land here. for the tribes it's a struggle to keep their land. the tribe have fought racism, discrimination. now the ramapough say a hollywood film set in the mountains opened old wounds, reviving stereotypes. >> "out of the furnace" tells the story of a kidnapping. its main villain is one of two characters bearing a common name. the film's criminal gang is known as jackson whites, a name suicide as a racial slur against the ramapough. >> this is the worst. >> the real issue with the film is that it's not that it's racist all the way through, but the ind lying current is so ugly and so pronounced that - and so identifiably connected to our tribal people that it's sort of giving carte blanch to hate red. >> morningstar mann's children have been bu

century. start using it for other stuff. and i read it in the book and as the native american military threat in new england declined, the interest in evangelizing native americans declined with the best. to some extent linked. that doesn't mean there wasn't the desire to christianize native people but there was also a strategic interest in evangelizing and christianizing them. one of the things that happened that i wrestled with in the book related to the question you asked me earlier, did students bring slaves to campus? yes. they marry and pay fees for slaves on campus. ending king's college, george washington comes to new york city with jackie and jackie's slave and the president of columbia king's college, myles cooper, gives him a suite of rooms that jackie has painted and suited to his taste and joe is given the smaller bed room of the two. students arrive with slave to campus, the faculty often had slaves but one of the things i wanted to get across in a chapter about enslaved people on campus is enslaved people were inseparable part of the college experience in the colonial world. >> host: they were exposed to higher edu

american in this country, have been here since the 16th century. slave ships came. they've watched wave after wave of americans and asians, european americans, come in. italians, jewish, irish. each newn and they're here all this time and they welcome them and here's this butler at the white house, one president after another coming in. and he's got to get used to each political wave. that's how i saw it. i know it probably is too big, but there's nobody more american than african-americans. but we're always coming of age. >> that's such a fascinating take on it. a couple of years ago, i wrote a story on why haven't we seen that great epic on the civil rights movement. it's been the backdrop of several films, but just the breadth, the scope, the weight of it hasn't really been captured on film, but this movie did it. the way that it weaves sort of the history of the civil rights movement and also just the black middle class in washington and depicting the family life. it was just gorgeous. >> it popped and also turns howard and oprah winfrey. >> what an ensemble. >> i don't think anybody doesn't see this as great. >> here's another one that got to me. doc. a documentary about african

business in america and discouraged moving american jobs overseas toward the end of the twentieth century both republican and democratic lawmakers began to embrace a new form of free market express extremism what they called free trade free trade opened up the economy to foreign competition and outsourced jobs once done by american workers workers overseas detroit was hit especially hard as foreign car companies like toyota took advantage of lax trade policies to sell their products to american consumers this decimated. detroit's industrial core motor city's manufacturing workforce to two hundred thousand and nine hundred fifty today it's twenty thousand but any possibility that those foreign companies would help provide new jobs to detroit's now unemployed auto workers who stopped dead in its tracks by right to work for less states in the south using their anti worker laws to attract foreign manufacturers like volkswagen and toyota and with the jobs gone and poverty rampant detroit like so many other de industrializing cities across america then became the target for banks toure's looking to make a quick buck with rip off mortgage schemes as a result

business in america and discouraged moving american jobs overseas toward the end of the twentieth century both republican and democratic lawmakers began to embrace a new form of free market exposure six three ms of what they called free trade free trade opened up the economy to foreign competition and outsourced jobs once done by american workers workers overseas detroit was hit especially hard as foreign car companies like toyota took advantage of lax trade policies to sell their products to american consumers this decimated detroit's industrial core motor city's manufacturing workforce to two hundred thousand in one nine hundred fifty today it's twenty thousand but any possibility that those foreign companies would help provide new jobs to detroit's now unemployed auto workers who stopped dead in its tracks by right to work for less states in the south using their anti worker laws to attract foreign manufacturers like volkswagen and toyota and with the jobs gone and poverty rampant detroit like so many other indian does to realize in cities across america then became the target for banks toure's looking to make a quick buck with rip off mortgage sch

american icon. a half-century in the making, entirely remodeled its ford mustang. it's coming here. the worldwide reveal of a brand-newts way through the streets of new york. which has no traffic on it. >> it should be here on time. >> okay, guys. thanks. >>> we're going to begin with the latest on nigella lawson, back on the stand today at the fraud trial of her former assistants. after hours of questioning, where it seemed like she's the one on trial. lama hasan is right outside the court in london with the story. >> reporter: appearing confident and fiery in the courtroom, it was the celebrity chef's chance to hit back. this morning, she told the court that she's, quote, not proud of taking drugs. but that i would rather be honest than ashamed. not bullied with lies. on wednesday, lawson made some explosive admissions. saying she had used cocaine a total of seven times. and, quote, smoked the odd joint. nigella lawson is insisting she does not have a drug problem. explaining to the jury, quote, the idea that i'm a drug addict or habitual user of cocaine is absolutely ridiculous. adding, i didn't have a drug problem

americanization of hawaii in the 19th century parallels the americanization of america. just as the pier at ten forebears had set off on their arrogance into the wilderness of living lent, the newgland missionaries of sale for the islanders in a place they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. just as perhaps nine out of ten needed so th since the america e wiped out by contact with european diseases fell with the native hawaiian population ravaged by smallpox, measles, whooping cough and venereal disease. just as the industrial revolution and building of the railroad brought in the huddled masses of immigrants to the united states, the sugar in patients founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive inputs of labor, primarily from china, japan, korea, portugal and the philippines transforming hawaii into what it has become, a multiethnic into which every race is a minority. hence the plate lunch. two scoops of japanese styled rice and one scoop of macaroni salad air lifted from some church potluck in anywhere usa and served alongside a polynesian or asian proteins such as hello, teriyaki beef were loco logo a hamburger patty topped with gravy and fried egg a dish pre

century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of t

new information from south africa this morning. >> and climbing the stairs of america's attics. the smithsonian reveals treasures from two centuries of american it is the wintry mix that brings about the potential for ice. >> by midafternoon we were in the middle of a full-blown snowstorm. >> the bushes are flying this morning with the first family to soweto. so is hillary clinton. 30 or 40 members of congress are also expected to attend. >> it's expected to be one of the biggest in recent history. >> the biggest event south africa will witness. >> defense secretary chuck hagel visited pakistan today. he met with leaders to talk about the use of u.s. drones. >> the geneva agreement on iran's nuclear program passed its first test this weekend. >> allowing inspectors. that's pretty significant. >> yes. they have let inspectors in the plants in the past while other plants were being built. >> five top entertainers receive the nation's highest honor at the kennedy center. >> just people who like my music. >> for the all-time mshg from 64 the kick is good! history is made! >> boy, he's got legs. >> oh, boy. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and

rod and a sense of a fear of the other and new see that in nativism in the 19th century there was a political party that was the know nothing of the american party and they were based on nativism. there was an anticatholic party in that sense and it is really kind of astonishing. and so yes, we hope that these prejudices' our ground down, but i think the idea of citizenship, voting rights few and you see that after the civil war when black men are put against black women and white women against who gets to vote and it's interesting you see that same kind of hit fact in 2008 when barack obama was pitted against hillary clinton. they are on the same side but people were displeased with both of them and wanted to see them as adversaries. in certain senses they were so it is complicated and ongoing i think, and i think it is in every culture by the way. i mean i think it certainly is part of our legacy that the citizenship is constantly with france and other places constantly being reinvestigated. sorry to go on. >> could you discuss the role or the lack thereof among the political opponents of compromising during the times you looked at and h

americans have always had a sort of lust for the new. that's a quote from de tocqueville. he knew that about us in the mid-19th century. we've had a lust for the new, so we accepted technology more readily than other people, and we have had to suffer some of the consequences of that. so the europeans look at this, and they ask themselves this question, which is a good question: "is it possible for us to maximize the benefits of new technologies while minimizing some of the negative consequences? can we, through education or political action or social policy, inhibit technology from destroying that which we wish to preserve?" that's a good question, and i don't know the answer to it and they don't know the answer to it, but they're asking it. i like to put this sort of hypothetical issue to people. suppose it were 1906 and we knew what we know now about the automobile with a combustion engine and we were able to have a conversation about it, a national conversation, and someone listed for us all of the benefits of the automobile, which are many, and then all of the deficits, including that it would poison our air and ch

actually seeking trade authority, he's not seeking the new 21st century trade authority we need to get trade agreements that work for most americans, but sadly he's going back trying to revive nixon's tired, inappropriate, dangerous, old fast track. the question now should be what form of trade authority is appropriate for the 21st century, not the boring battle over yes or no on fast track. that relic of the 1970's that should be sent to the smithsonian. the issues are questions fundamentally of government, checks and balances, separation of powers, the roles of government in the era of globalization. these are issues that are not democratic or republican. so it's not a shocker that actually 151 house democrats would join 30 house republicans writing a letter -- yes, they were together. that's probably news. what isn't news is they were together saying that congress must maintain its constitutional authority over trade. now, in researching this book, "the rise and fall of fast track trade authority," which we were able to do thanks to a dangerous grant from the sloan foundation, we went into the bowels of the library of congress

american boom. does their staying power result in sales in 21st century america? >> live from bloomberg headquarters in newwith erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. >> welcome to "market makers." >>

american boom. does their staying power result in sales in 21st century america? >> live from bloomberg headquarters in nework, this is "market makers," with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. >> welcome to "market makers." >> happy friday. we have a lot to talk about. >> as we wrap up this week. we had so many days apart that we lost our group. >> we need to get our synchronization back. we will start with the news feed. this is the top is the stories around the world. eddie lambert is spinning off lands' end. he has been selling off sears shares. end has been called the jewel in their crown. it does not make much money. they made $1.6 billion last year. another struggling retailer, j.c. penney says the sec has asked for information about its finances. septemberrk sales in and is attempting to turn around shareholders. by 30 eighthares percent. and it is the latest escalation and holiday shopping. kohls department stores will keep their stores open for 100 hours straight from december 20 until christmas eve. they operate almost 1200 stores nationwide. >> i hope you are not there. hopefully you will be wr

century kind of guy. but we think the place to go is to the 1930's because in our view, modern american conservatism is a essentially a response to the new deal of the 1930's, to franklin roosevelt. and to ask the conservative response in the 1930's was the beginning of the modern american conservatism and that response initially actually came from former president herbert hoover. lots of people debate how conservative he was as a president and as a secretary of commerce in the 1920's and by happy to talk about that in the q&a if you would like but we are looking at him in the 1930's when he was shocked by the excesses of the new deal. the 1930's was the height of progressivism and we argue in this book that just as edmund burke the english political philosopher began modern conservatism as a response to the french revolution we think that there's a distinctive brand of modern american conservatism and that in effect the new deal was the french revolution. the new deal change politics and government and so responding to our own french revolution, herbert hoover starts to stake out the case for the modern american conservatism and if you

century. >> host: some believe they can't financially -- >> guest: they are still using it. and to be perfectly honest. i tread in the book is as the native american military threat in new england decline, the interest in evangelizing native american declines. within the book and saints related to the question that you asked me earlier about did students bring slaves to campus. yes. they do. at william and mary they pay fees to house the slaves on campus. at klum -- columbia and king's college. george washington comes to new york city with his stepson, jackie, and jackie is a slave. and the president of columbia, king's college at the time, myles cooper gives him a suite of rooms that jackie has painted and suited to obtain. and joe is actually in the smaller bedroom of the two where he can , you know, so yes. people -- the students arrived with slaves to campus. the faculty often had slaves. but one of the thing i wanted to get across in the book, particularly in the chapter about enslaved people on campus. enslaved people were inseparateble part of the college experience in the colonial world. >> host: which meant that -- they were exposed to higher education. >> gues

american sports in the last quarter century. from a rags to riches heavyweight champion success story to convicted rapist to ear-biting mess, tyson is now attempting a newct in his life, something no one saw coming on the streets of brownsville back in the warriors days. iron mike tyson is now an author work ing with co-author larry s oman on "mike tyson undisputed truth" telling his story with an honesty that's both tragedy and comedy. thanks for joining us, champ. appreciate it. so a new book. >> yes. >> very thick. >> yes. >> the undisputed truth. broadway show, hbo special, you're going to start boxing promoting. what's the goal here? is this a redemption? is this just the next phase of your life? what are you hoping for? >> i don't want anything. i want to entertain people. i don't believe in redemption. no one can redeem themselves. it's either they want to change their lifestyle or they don't. there's no such thing as we want to redeem ourselves. we don't forget what happened in the past. people always say forget, forget that, forget that, but we never forget, do we? we never forget. >> the incredibly difficult childhood that you write about, you

new future for commuters. >>> the conclusion is vitamins have no advantage for americans. >>> all these views are made possible by the century more beatles music, it's to keep other people from selling the music. >> are you a beatles person or a rolling stones person? >>> even though they haven't had the drawing yet. i want to say congratulations to the eight people who work in a staple manufacturing plant. >>> i'm charlie rose with norah o'donnell. gayle king will join us shortly back from south africa. high ranking silicone executives are meeting with president obama at the white house. last week some of the companies criticized the national security agency for collecting american's personal information. >>> yesterday a court ruled against the nsa surveillance program exposed by edward snowden. jan crawford is in washington with the story. jan, good morning. >> it was a 68-page blistering i think is the word for it decision. that said the program was probably unconstitutional. the first of its kind. in this ruling judge richard leon said the program was almost orwellian and the founding fathers would be aghast to say how i

if we don't have 21st century education capabilities, if we don't make sure that americans with disabilities have access to the capabilities of the newchnology network, if we don't make sure that tribal americans have opportunities to use the networks, then we have failed in our goal. so those three things -- economic growth, the network compact, and what networks and ouare the three pillars of policy. but at the heart of them as competition. it has become a joke, at least in my office, i keep saying competition, competition, competition, but that is very much what we believe. let me do a quick look at the three areas where the commission is keeping pace with that innovative economy. first is process reform. the committee's bipartisan effort yesterday is significant and noted and appreciated. on my second day, mr. chairman, i began the process that will produce a report in 60 days, looking at how to enhance accountability through deadlines and tracking systems, how to expedite the licensing process, like you referenced, how to shorten the processing time of applications for review, and the commissioner has an interesting idea. how to

american university doesn't and when the book ends. it continues into the 20th century because those same racial concepts actually come to justify all sorts of new brutalities in the modern world. we shouldn't forget that a lot of those ideas didn't have their origin on campus but they got their legitimacy on campus. they got refined on campus. they got validated on campus. they got modernized on campus and got their prestige on campus. >> host: is there another 10 years? [laughter] to go from the 1830s forward? >> guest: whoever wants to i will help them every step of the way. >> host: it's fascinating. >> guest: the young person with a full head of hair that won't set project that will help them every step of the way. >> host: amazing. to say it's at page-turner doesn't do it justice and i encourage everyone to please read this book and i started off making sure that people understood the this is not a textbook. this is not a textbook. this is an excellent chronological experience that you have taken our universities that we hear so much about and really it is their very history. it's their history from the beginning to where they are now. i d

american inventors have led the world for centuries in new innovations, from benjamin franklin and thomas edison to the wright brothers and henry ford. but if we want to continue as leaders in the global economy, we must encourage the innovators of today to develop the technologies of tomorrow. this bill holds true to the constitution, our founders, and our promise to future generations that america will continue to lead the world as a fountain for discovery, innovation and economic growth. i stand in strong opposition to this substitute and i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill, oppose the substitute and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i'm pleased now to recognize the co-sponsor of this substitute two ent, mel watt, for minutes. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina voiced for two minutes. mr. watt: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the conyers-watt substitute because the substitute is a superior alternative. the short title of our subst

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late 20th century feminism and feminism in contemporary american culture have led critics to label her as antifeminist. depth, your- questions for christina hoff sommers. looking ahead to the newear on in-depth, join radio talkshow .ost mark levin the first sunday of every month on c-span2. if you are a middle or high school student, we want to know what the most important issue that congress should address in 2014. there is a grand prize of five thousand dollars with $100,000 in total prizes. get more info at student cam.org. "washington journal co continues. >> he served as a spokesman from 2005-2009. he's here to talk about some of commentst articles and about the obama administration and their military strategy. we will start off with the piece you wrote in the wa "washington times." the piece implies that administration is using sequestration process to transform the u.s. military. what do you mean by that? thehanks for having me on show this morning. right now we are seeing a massive drawdown in military. we have $1 trillion in defense cuts coming down the pike and that is going to hollow out the military like during the 1970s. it will be terrible for this country. we wi

actually seeking trade authority, he's not seeking the new 21st century trade authority we need to get trade agreements that work for most americansdly he's going back trying to revive nixon's tired, inappropriate, dangerous, old fast track. the question now should be what form of trade authority is appropriate for the 21st century, not the boring battle over yes or no on fast track. that relic of the 1970's that should be sent to the smithsonian. the issues are questions fundamentally of government, checks and balances, separation of powers, the roles of government in the era of globalization. these are issues that are not democratic or republican. so it's not a shocker that actually 151 house democrats would join 30 house republicans writing a letter -- yes, they were together. that's probably news. what isn't news is they were together saying that congress ust maintain its constitutional authority over trade. now, in researching this book, "the rise and fall of fast track trade authority," which we were able to do thanks to a dangerous grant from the sloan foundation, we went into the bowels of the library of congress to the pr

for centuries people from every corner of the globe have traveled to the united states to start a new life, work hard, build a future for their children and pursue their share of the american dream. in new york specialy, immigrants have long been -- especially, immigrants have long been an important part of the cultural fabric. whether it is chinatown, little italy, or our burgeoning latino population, immigrants have made our city stronger, a more vibrant place, offering invaluable economic and cultural contributions while shaping the city's identity. there are numerous ways we pay tribute to immigrants' role in american society. the statue of liberty and ellis island honor the thousands who arrived in new york's ports seeking a greater opportunity and freedom. this past week we celebrated thanksgiving, a holiday that originated with some of our earliest immigrants. in short, symbols of immigration's importance is wovegen throughout our society -- is woven throughout our society. holidays, even our family's histories. in my district, the lower east side tenement building, reminds u.s. residents and visitors alike of the challenges faced by some of our city's earliest immi

we have with us to historians who have written two new books about a couple major 19th century figures in american history and politics. to my immediate left, h. w. brands has written this book about ulysses s. grant called "the man who saved the union: ulysses s. grant in war and peace." and to my father left we have john taliaferro -- to my farther left we have john taliaferro and his book is called content about the statesman john hay. so

new mexico. in the 16th century. >> ray suarez, what is one thing we are going to learn reading "latino americans"? >> at 23 states of the current united states were once all or part of the spanish empire. all the way from vancouver island and what's now british columbia, crew across to florida in this enormous crescent. that was all part of the spanish empire. there really three empires. the spanish, french and wish with their elbows out, rubbing up against each other, pushing against each other. i'm suggesting you think of the united states not just as an english thing that starts on the east coast and moves to the pacific, but as a multi-entire thing that wrestles until we have a winner and that's the united states. that takes in people from everywhere and make them american. >> host: ray suarez of al jazeera. the book is called "latino americans: the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation."