host: we will listen to read from new york city. on twitter. we will listen to greg from new york city. caller: i love the debate we're having here. mr. solomon, i love your intentions and intelligence. mr. tapscott, i find you are skirting any solid question with any value towards the american public. i have three questions for you. first, the beginning of the u.s. when the boat came over and basically was welcomed by the natives of there in new england. and talked how to live on this land. yet the result of that kind this was turned back them with murder and mayhem. the country moves toward. you brought up barry goldwater and want brown points for the civil-rights movement. the white democrats did not want to pass it down south. we wanted to do it.

connection with the 9/11 attacks including cleedcleed, that's going to be taking place some time in new york city. your thoughts on puting the trial in new york and the security concerns that will follow, making that decision? caller: well, i have lots of comments, in new york city to do whatever there's no better police force in the country than new york city. that said, i think the city to try cleedcleed in civilian khalid sheikh mohammad in in civilian court. as i say. it's -- point two, there's no question. khalid sheikh mohammad is a very, very skilled person in propaganda and is going to use that flosm incite people in the united states and argue his point of view. if there's ever a reason to contest a military commission, it seems to be the reason is to tocks i mean i think we're going to come to regret that decision very much. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, pat on our line for democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning. i wanted to ask. i'm glad the guy just talked about the trial. in new york. khalid sheikh mohammad, the blind sheik was tried there, and we were able a handle that. yauns

he grows up a son of privilege in new york city.fascinated by bugs, insects, the outdoors but he's told as a very young man he probably won't live to his 21st birthday. he's a sickly child. he's asthmatic. he has all manners of ailments and he's nearsighted. he wears spectacles. he's scrawny. he's almost anorexic. he's told if he does want to live to his 21st birthday he probably shouldn't go outdoors. and roosevelt wills his way to strength. he says in his autobiography, i will will myself stronger. he was afraid of the dark. he was afraid the trees. he was afraid of horses. this most robust and male of our presidents was basically this very scared child and he wills his way to strength. he goes to harvard. he falls in love with this beautiful woman, and he leaves harvard and he starts his political career at a very young age. he joins the republican party. then he said was the least corrupt of the two corrupt parties as he said in new york, the legislature 100% corrupt but 98% corrupt. he had family wealth so he could afford virtu

the september 11 attack killed 343 new york city fire fighters , 37 port authority police officers, 23 new york city police officers, hundreds of construction workers, and thousands of other innocents. these murderers showed no mercy. they did not think twice about the rights of our families and friends when they planned this attack. attorney-general holder has suggested that we oppose prosecuting these men and that courthouse are afraid of khalid sheikh mohammed. let me ask you something. do these guys look like they are afraid? i do not think so. that somehow we do not have the courage to face khalid sheikh mohammed. you do not think these guys will face him? these are men here. these are americans. how dare eric holder imply that we lack courage? courage is carrying on after watching your loved ones die, knowing that they burned to death, that they were crushed to death, or they jumped from 100 floors up. courage is carrying on even as we waited for something of our friends to bury. more than 1100 families are still waiting for something to barry. how dare the attorney general sugge

harlow unger reclaimed says james mur's political career at marlowe's books in new york city. this is 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm honored to be here tonight and one to thank my publisher and person is books. my thanks to c-span television and borders bookstore, a landmark here at 57th street and park avenue in new york city. i am particularly honored by the presence of several renown authors, the wonderful alex fleming, whose latest book is a biography of martin luther king, jr. a dream of hope. the naval historian paul silverstone is here tonight, and one of america's great historians is here, thomas fleming. his new book out is the intimate lives of the founding fathers. i wonder what that's about. [laughter] i am particularly honored by having you all here because i know that some of you sacrificed the $15,000 a plate fund-raiser for president obama to might. i can only offer you food for thought the price is right. i'm sure you've all seen the famous painting of george washington crossing the delaware, and you probably remember there's a soldier stan

the september 11th attack killed 343 new york city firefighters, 37 port authority police officers, 23 new york city police officers, hundreds of construction workers and thousands of other innocents. these murders showed no mercy -- murderers showed no mercy, and they didn't think twice about the rights of our family and friends when they planned this attack. attorney general holder has suggested that we who oppose prosecuting these men in that courthouse are afraid of khalid shaich mohammed. let me ask you something, do these guys look like they're afraid? i don't think so. that somehow we don't have the courage to face cleed shaich mohammed. you don't think these guys will face him? these are men here. these are americans. how dare eric holder imply that we lack courage. courage is carrying on after watching your loved ones die. knowing that they burned to death, they were crushed to death, or they jumped from 100 floors up. courage is carrying on even as we waited in some cases for something of our friends to bury more than 1100 families still wait for something to bury. how dare t

new york, she started to cross the busy street against the light. my wife yelled that thereinafter word in cold fury my daughter said, thanks a lot mom for running my reputation in new york city. [laughter] i knew that deo's story which are write then in more than that i recognize his feelings and not just to my daughter. i could imagine myself in his place, fearing not be, fearing the eyes of strangers, fearing not the darkness one of the parker what might happen to me if i surrendered myself to sleep there, but the distain a pity of strangers who would never be anything but strangers and feeling this i thought i could find a way into his story if he decided he would let me tell it, as he eventually did. the other day someone told me i was a purposeful writer. i think that is a word. i think she meant writing aims to expose and analyze important problems and offer persuasive solutions but somehow it seems important to say that i don't deserve that compliment. other writers do. riders to understand that the world's recurring catastrophes, the grossly inequitable distribution of health for instance or the bens flexible war and genocide aren't accidents but the products of soci

connection with the 9/11 attacks including cleedcleed, that's going to be taking place some time in new york cityyour thoughts on puting the trial in new york and the security concerns that will follow, making that decision? caller: well, i have lots of comments, in new york city to do whatever there's no better police force in the country than new york city. that said, i think the city to try cleedcleed in civilian khalid sheikh mohammad in in civilian court. as i say. it's -- point two, there's no question. khalid sheikh mohammad is a very, very skilled person in propaganda and is going to use that flosm incite people in the united states and argue his point of view. if there's ever a reason to contest a military commission, it seems to be the reason is to tocks i mean i think we're going to come to regret that decision very much. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, pat on our line for democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning. i wanted to ask. i'm glad the guy just talked about the trial. in new york. khalid sheikh mohammad, the blind sheik was tried there, and we were able a handle that. yauns wh

, two, would put pressure on new york city. you will see stories in the paper as you vote for this bill, you will see stories in the paper of snipers on the rooftops, tanks, khalid shake muhammad will be in new york city for -- khalid sikh muhammad will be in new york city for four years. four years or more. moussaoui was in northern virginia for over four years. he will be -- he will say things and do things that will be unconsiderableable. as you vote for this bill, you are in essence allowing that to take place. it's crazy. it's absolutely crazy to think you can try khalid sikh muhammad. then they are going to bring others in. so muhammad gets civilian trial when a young 19-year-old person in the army, man or woman, who does something wrong, has to go through a military court-martial. for that reason the bill spends too much, but for those reasons, and i believe that by bringing khalid shake muhammad and the others here, we may very well endanger people and bring about another attack. secondly, to spend all that money to prot

. >> hello, new york city. can they hear a salmo us? >> been morning. -- good morning. next i can hear you. >> one will have been with china -- what will happen with china? [unintelligible] >> i think that we should be positive about the growth in the chinese economy. the chinese are lifting millions of people out of poverty, which is a very important goal. we know that there are many problems the chinese economy pose, not lead to the united states but to mexico and others -- the chinese economy poses, not only to the united states but to mexico and the others. here we are in the midst of an economic crisis, and we need all the growth we can get, because that will help every country be able to overcome this recession because we are so interdependent. i think it is also important to say that i think the north american markets of which mexico is such a central part under nafta, is going to remain strong. the fact that food can be manufactured and assembled in mexico, cutting down on transportation costs, cutting

most notably, he is president of the bronx community college and creditor at the city university of new york. he sits on the board of several community organization including the boys and girls club, the funds for the city of new york, the urban issues group,

. >> we have been watching this in new york city. in the past 45 minutes i have watched this snow come down at a terrific rate. it picked up rather dramatically since about 4:00 p.m. light snow flurries. you can see how heavy it is. quite a tremendous snowfall rate. the traffic has staperred off. new york city is expecting between ten and 15 inches of snowfall as this classic nor'easter moves up the coast. from the mid atlantic where it has shut down quite a few interstates. in virginia alone they have reported more than 4,000 traffic accidents. this area of low pressure treks towards the northeast. from philadelphia to boston, between ten and 24 inches of snowfall. the nation's capital will rival the snowstorm of 1922, the knickerbocker storm that produced 28 to 33 inches of snow. >> cnn will have complete coverage of the storm at 10:00. right now stay tuned for "larry king live." >> larry: tonight, president obama slams the money men. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> larry:

of bronx community college and director of the center for early education policy at the city university of new york he sits on the board of several community organizations including the boys and girls club, the fund for the city of new york, the urban issues group, the arthur ashe foundation and 100 black men and. doctor brown has received the naacp freedom award, and the congressional gold medal for his service during world war ii. as commander of the 100th fighter squadron of the 332nd fighter group. better known as the tuskegee airmen. [applause] >> ilyasah shabazz is an author, educator and lecturer dedicated to preserving the shabazz member. her father, widely known as knock him ask, remains globally revered as one of the most important human rights leader. her mother, dr. betty shabazz, was a nurse, educator and activist and an international advocate for women's rights. today, she is committed to developing educational programs that foster self empowerment to expanding the role of governme government, to encourage individual responsibility for improving society. and to capitalize among the ar

the manhattan institute in new york city posts this 45 minute event. >> i have this -- i didn't choose this picture. it just happened to be one of put on for the discussion period, which by the way is always valuable here at the manhattan institute and so i'm not going to exceed my 20 minutes. i want to be sure we have plenty of time for a question period. but that was an awfully pleasant picture to put up before i have my more sober graphs, and that -- i don't know whether any of you have actually seen it. it is a 42-foot wide mural that dominates shepard hall city university, and it was done by ed wim slash field in 1904. it's called the graduate. and you can get the image of the idealism that expired particularly new york state at the turn of the century and how successful it was then. some of the themes of this new book, the making americans are new to my riding and i will connect some of them with the more familiar ones of low student achievement, and equality of result, disturbingly low level of civic commitment. now the historical context for what i'm going to say is a less beau

after that, a rally in new york city concerning the upcoming terrorist trial, and malcolm gladwell. on december 7, 1941, a surprise japanese attack on pearl harbor left 2003 hundred 90 americans dead. the national park service has been collecting survivors -- 2390 americans dead. the national park service has been collecting survivors' testimony. >> we waited at the largest aircraft carrier. monday, the ship was scheduled to come back to the states, and i would have gotten out, and i saved $400 to go to medical school. the day before was non-eventful except i did not go ashore because honolulu in those davis was not a favorite port because there were no women. -- in those days was not a favorite port because there were no when then. people said, what are all those planes terrain on a sunday morning -- doing on a sunday morning? about the time i looked up, i was almost positive there were six of them coming information. i saw the bomb dropped, and then i saw this huge red plane and black smoke, and i thought, those are real bombs. i thought somebody really made mistake. about the tim

it doesn't cost 37 cents to really move a letter from new jersey to new york city. it probably costs less. but the average is 37 cents so someone request mail a letter from south dakota. that's great. we september that. that's the way it should be. if you do the same thing off the coastline of new jersey, that's going to undermine the economics from the east coast because it hasn't factored into cost of transmitting that energy 1500 miles all the way into the east coast market. the question becomes how many new jobs will be created alonching the east coast of the united states if there is no incentive any longer. because he's almost bound by his obligation to his share holders to take all of this inexpensive but subsidized energy. >> how do we square this circle so that others on the disincentive to produce renewables. >> broad based fair rates. the people using the power are paying the cost sf i looked at this last year alone the price difference change from 20-30 miles an hour. >> it would be cheaper to use a wind farm operating in the plains 40% of the time. it's

host: new york city on the republican line. caller: i have lived in new york city for most of my adult life, not all. all your words some fantastic, but the reality -- your programs have been an unmitigated disaster for the black community. start with the fact that the black community has largely supported the programs that have caused a meltdown with the fannie mae and freddie. freddie talk about the programs that have encouraged the breakdown of the black community. i did tremendous work with a group called new york youth at risk who work with the most at risk members of community. the stuff that held these kids back had nothing to do with the programs you are talking about the greatest metric you should focus on is single-parent families. it has nothing to do with government progress. it does have a tremendous moral program -- breakdown of morality within that community. hollywood encourages that. here is an interesting statistic. if you take away the metric that has to do with single-parent -- primarily the mother families -

so that all medicare beneficiaries, regardless of where they live, be it in fillmore, utah, or new york city had choice in coverage. again, we did not want beneficiaries stuck with a one-size-fits-all government plan, which, by the way, this monstrosity is. today, medicare advantage works. every medicare beneficiary has access to a medicare advantage plan if they so choose. one-quarter of them have so chosen and it has worked amazingly well. and close to 95% of medicare beneficiaries participating in the program are satisfied with their health coverage. but that could all change should this health care reform legislation currently being considered become law. choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than 10 million americans nationwide. beneficiaries in every state have benefited from medicare advantage. let me just show you some things here, and since it's very difficult to read on television, i'm sure, let me go through all these states. these charts show the estimated impact of current medicare advantage payment reform -- the payment reform proposal we have here. i'm

and the legal in that category is certainly the campaign for fiscal equity from new york city. but again, can at least indirectly touch upon resources education program. however, i interpret your question asked, could we really bring a success suit based upon the disparity, the disparities between minority and nonminority, and between poor and nonpoor, which the core of the achievement gap. and which goes to the no child left behind act. my colleagues argue that the new accountability standards established under the no child left behind act, now provides the law and civil rights litigator with the measurable standard exactly what is a quality education, which courts have refrained from doing because they said courts are not in the business of education, as well as a measure to determine what was the violation from a non-violation. . . , congressman scott, that you could help address the question of the achievement gap in the upcoming reorganization of the esea by creating a private right of action in the no child left behind act. without a private right of action, there's no re

the plight that i am going to fly from the region in in new york city. -- fly originate in new york cityat flight from san diego to new york city that and make every week to get on my flight -- how is that factored into safety regulations or is it? is it just not counted? >> currently, it is not counted. commuting, what do not think the majority of pilots communique kate -- to meet -- commute, they would commute based on short- term events. it may be new piece of equipment in another area. they would commute within their own system. if you the commuting, you will find the vast majority is limited to their own systems. one had a base in [unintelligible] and new jersey. there would commutes on their own airline. longer distance commuting is something different. it does not count. i committed myself for five years. >> i am not questioning anybody is professionalism. i understand the issue of living away from home. all listed at here. flying back and forth even halfway across the country every week is a hard work. it is tiring. it is exhausting. you start to weaken. you feel you have not had

you fast forward to my first job at a big firm in new york city.ed so much from that experience. but i have a feeling this is in quite where i should be. i need to go back to my roots and to a place where i can have impact, where i can be of service on a daily basis. that money to go to washington and to work in government for the house judiciary committee. this is something that will stay with me all of my life. you get to work. i worked on the big pieces of legislation. i have learnt a lot from that. one instance i will always remember. a woman called me. she was in fear of her life and never son's life. she was trying to figure out how to get through the system in boston. i talked to her and helped her get an advocate in court. she later wrote me in sending a card to thank me because she was able to get out of those circumstances. she made a donation in my name to a shelter. this was a woman who was just struggling to try to get by. it touched me so deeply that i was able just threw that job i had a commitment to public service by an opportunity

san diego and new york city. that flight from san diego to new york city the make every week to get on my flight, how is that factored into safety regulations, or is it just not counted? >> no, is currently not counted. commuting, walt i do not think the majority of pollock's commute, it is difficult. -- while i do not think the majority of pilots commute, it is difficult. maybe a new piece of equipment was offered and the didn't want to move children out of school. i think if you look get commuting, the vast majority is commuting on their own system. i think if there were as a base in virginia and new jersey for colgan. there is a variety of ways you can do that. lagered distance commuting is something different. -- longer distance commuting is something different. i commuted for five years. i wanted that. >> i am a question in anybody's professionalism. i understand living away from home. all of us do that here. but i would tell you flying back and forth even halfway across the country every week is hard worker.

san diego and new york city. that flight from san diego to new york city the make every week to get on my flight, how is that factored into safety regulations, or is it just not counted? >> no, is currently not counted. commuting, walt i do not think the majority of pollock's commute, it is difficult. -- while i do not think the majority of pilots commute, it is difficult. maybe a new piece of equipment was offered and the didn't want to move children out of school. i think if you look get commuting, the vast majority is commuting on their own system. i think if there were as a base in virginia and new jersey for colgan. there is a variety of ways you can do that. lagered distance commuting is something different. -- longer distance commuting is something different. i commuted for five years. i wanted that. >> i am a question in anybody's professionalism. i understand living away from home. all of us do that here. but i would tell you flying back and forth even halfway across the country every week is hard worker.

we will hear now from new york city. ralph is on the line. go ahead. caller: yes, i just wanted to thank you very much for what you're giving to our country, for your service. i was also curious, is there still a sense in afghanistan -- do you get 8 cents for the list of the for the help that we brought them the time? guest: yes. we have cleaned a lot of things up around callable from out when they came. we are helping a lot, and afghans appreciate it so much. host: we are joined by your father. go ahead and talk to your son. caller: good morning. merry christmas. host: what is it like to have your son away? tell us about your feelings this christmas morning. caller: sad about him not being here, but we are all proud of what he is doing. host: petty officer thorn, guest: the guest:-- go ahead. guest: i wish i was home to be there with you all to eat some home cooking down south. caller: we wish you were here, also. we will be thinking about you. host: thank you. thank you for joining us this morning, and mary christmas to you, and good luck as well. we

also, the trial in new york city for the terrorists.i see a lot of bad things coming from this, and health care. when you have 10% unemployment rate and imposing taxes, how is this going to help? this is the nationalization of health care. i think the country is moving in the wrong direction. i am proud of the tea party movement that has occurred. this is a waking up of the american society. and there were mentions of the polls, how they are not defining for presidents, and i have to disagree with this. this is an indication of what the american general public is feeling. host: thank you. robert slicing her -- slashing her -- schlesinger? guest: polls are a reflection of the american public, but oftentimes they changed their mind. it is like we are watching one football play per day. they dropped the past, do we fire the coach, offensive coordinator? then the next day the team is rolling. you have to sit back and see how things play held a little bit. host: talk about how healthcare has been a defining moment in the decade. guest: the f

that was the same year it happened that a group of environmental lawyers shared office space in new york city and that was the beginning of the natural resources defense council. like the epa, the nrdc is dedicated to policies grounded in sound science, the rule of law and the public interest. over the past four decades, we have journeyed together on a mission to safeguard our earth. seldom has that mission brought our goals more closely in alignment than it has under the tenure of lisa jackson. with lisa watching, the epa has used the authority it has to question mountaintop removal and to require special permits and special scientific scrutiny of those who would remove mountains to get to coal. with lisa watching, the epa has restored protections against pollution in a number of waterways that have been put in a kind of legal limbo by supreme court desomething'ses and with lisa watching, the epa has moved swiftly to call carbon emissions for what they are, a pollutant that is warming our planet and must be checked and must be regulated. seldom have we walked more closely together in fact th

. >> you live in new york city in the west village?u intend to live in the united states for the rest of your life? >> i don't know. i like it here. i love this country and have all my friends here. if i ended up in europe when they are back in canada, i would not be terribly surprised request year earlier, there are four of them, all on the new york times best-seller list. they are still on after 10 years. malcolm gladfwell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. c-span3 c-spa[captioning perfory national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number on your screen. q&a programs are available as cspan podcast. s. up next live, your phone calls and comments on "washington journal." the u.s. house of record of of this begins the working day with general speeches. -- house of representatives begins the working day with general speeches. >> this week, the senate continues debate on health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, cspan 2, the on

host: 1 accident this past winter just outside of buffalo, new york, a plane that was traveling from new york cityo buffalo. in essence, what we have been hearing is that the pilots may be were ill-prepared to fly the plane. guest: thet( safety board looked at that accident with 50 fatalities, and within three months of the accident, we held a three-day public hearing, and there were a lot of issues that came out during that hearing with respect to training, with respect to the flight history of the pilot, with respect to their experience in certain conditions. also, the commuting. these pilots were based on the east coast and the captain was commuting from florida and the first officer was commuting from seattle. i think there has been a lot of attention since the public hearing focused on some of these issues. i think we think that that is very important. the captain was older, the first officer was fairly young. we are looking very closely at their experience. we are beginning to wrap up that investigation and we will be holding our board meeting on february 2 to release the probable cause an a

all the critics of the war are daut pelosi democrats from cambridge and new york city.the supporters are sarah palin republic and. the people he has to convince are his natural constituency. palin is just looking for a chance to say he is covering it up. the politics in this are terrible. yes? >> you mention that we do not know and there have been no credible reports. there have been reports over a number of years that he has not stayed in above iran what is going back and forth. there were reports in the 2004 and photographic evidence. the had seen him there in january 2009. how do you analyze those reports? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin lawn was was eight years ago. -- osama bin laden was 8 years ago. he said it has been a few years. senate -- gates has been my boss in more organizations than i can remember. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we have had any idea. has he been in iraq? i do not rule it out. al qaeda has been able to operate in iran on more than one occasion. we do not

frank has a nice connection in new york city now.thern offensive rebound and the putback! the first opportunity to be converted on. they really established themselves on the offensive glass, they need to see something good happen as a result o. frak haith will go to the bench. we will look at malcolm grant in a minute. you establish your offense, you do it with the referees an starts to show on itself. right hook won't go and goes the other way. a foul. that will be on collins, his first personalment malcolm grant comes in wearing number 3, transfer from villanova. checking in audrdrian thomas, number 30. working on grant. shooting the three. jackson in the corner. jones on him. in that zone. reggie johnson, the big guy from south carolina with the basketball. >> mike: so far, made a nice presence on the floor an defensive presence. checking in for boston college, evan raf vvenel, number 24. they like this guy, big three-point shooter. off the binge against minnesoen in the last game. johnson, his first two. >> mike: had a terrific g

host: 1 accident this past winter just outside of buffalo, new york, a plane that was traveling from new york cityo buffalo. in essence, what we have been hearing is that the pilots may be were ill-prepared to fly the plane. guest: thet( safety board looked at that accident with 50 fatalities, and within three months of the accident, we held a three-day public hearing, and there were a lot of issues that came out during that hearing with respect to training, with respect to the flight history of the pilot, with respect to their experience in certain conditions. also, the commuting. these pilots were based on the east coast and the captain was commuting from florida and the first officer was commuting from seattle. i think there has been a lot of attention since the public hearing focused on some of these issues. i think we think that that is very important. the captain was older, the first officer was fairly young. we are looking very closely at their experience. we are beginning to wrap up that investigation and we will be holding our board meeting on february 2 to release the probable cause an a

in new york city, you see them cleaning buildings at night. you cannot get native-born americans to do that kind of work. it is a very complex issue. guest: i think the most important part is getting the exchange rate right with china. we have not had a consistent position. we would like china to raise the value of their currency but -- >guest: the white house is too busy getting down on it. guest: if the obama administration wants china to raise the rate, they have to say this. we can do this unilaterally. you have low value for the l uan. guest: administration has convinced the american people that is china's sovereign right to set the value of the dollar. guest: it will have two in packs. it will raise the price of chinese imports. that is a negative thing. it will be more incentive to purchase domestically produced goods. guest: economists say that things would be more expensive at wal-mart. are you better off making $15 an hour in an american factory paying $30 for a coffee maker or being unemployed and being able to get the coffee maker

and we read about sotomayor's walks in new york city and her family. and anyone can bring up. speeches she made a long time ago. and then you try to with hold themselveses as much as possible. i agree with atcham we saw a morely reden of that from justice sotomayor. it's in the end, he is the person we have to thank for this umpire met for. which is not understanding the court. and the real problem westbound this is that the conversation process because it happens under big lights in washington and there are these day night hearings. it could be a touchn't moment. but it completely isn't. and so there's this disconnect. on the one hand you have a amount of worming and coming down from the mountain but before you goat the demourt this moment where your -- we're talking about different threads of injured. perhaps we could get really interesting on explaining some. that's why the plit story gets told so often. we completely lose that opportunity. i'm really ununcertain to doing that. but i'm looking forward to everybody's thoughts. thank you. [applause] >> we're going to throw th

city. he grew up not far from harlem, in another tough new york neighborhood-- the south bronx.he and his three brothers were raised by their mother, who was barely able to get by. >> canada: when i first found out that superman wasn't real, i was about maybe eight. and i was talking to my mother about it, and she was like, "no, no, no, there's no superman." and i started crying. the chaos, the violence, the danger-- no hero was coming. >> cooper: canada got lucky, however. as a teenager, his grandparents moved to the suburbs, and he went with them. he got into bowdoin college, and then the harvard school of education. >> canada: good morning, boys and girls. >> cooper: he's been working with kids in harlem virtually ever since. >> canada: you know, one of the first things kids ask me when they really get to know me, they say, "mr. canada." i say, "yes, sir." "are you rich?" and i say, "yeah, i am." and they're so excited, because they think, "i finally know somebody who has power." what they really want to ask is, "is there any way that you can help me figure out how to... to g

new york city is moving almost like normal after getting nearly a foot of snow. the big apple got off relatively easy. many places in the northeast received more than twice as much, setting one-day records. airports are slowly getting back to service. and you tillty companies are hard at work in the carolinas trying to get the lights back on for about 46,000 customers there. one thing the massive storm did not slow down is the u.s. senate which is in session right now. democrats are intensifying efforts to pass a health care reform bill before christmas, the first of several key votes is scheduled to take place about 3 1/2 hours from now at 1:00 a.m. eastern. cnn will have live coverage of that vote. join me and our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, for our special at midnight eastern. we'll look at what's in the bill, what's out, and what it could mean to you. you can go to i-report.com and leave us your thoughts on this senate bill on health care, what it might mean to you, and frankly whether or not you even understand it. share your thoughts and

he has been a friend to some the new york city finist chefs. she's an activist in the fight against hiv and aids. and we're honored to have her as part of our panel. [applause] : >> surely, you've been quite of bit of yourself. and what was your driving force? >> i was thinking the way he was talking office slavery. in 1930 when i was about 8 years old. it was 65 years from the end of slavery. now i'm 87 years old, and it's 65 years since the world war ii. now put those two things together. you have two parts of history that effected the african-american tremendously. fighting out of slavery, going to reconstruction, going through the lynching, then world war ii, opening the door. integrating the military, civil rights movement, and what you want to ask what i mean about the post-racial society. there's a post-segregation society. because when i was a young kid, segregation was the law of the land. i went to the black school. i went to dunbar high school in washington, d.c. great school. and since our schools are great. because we made them gre

and ameet back-and-forth between san diego and new york city. that flight from san diego to new york city that i make every week to get on my flight, how is that factored into safety regulations or is it? is it just not counted? >> no, there currently-- is currently not counted in commuting, while i don't think the majority of pilots commute, it is difficult. pilots in the traditional times whitcomb null] based on some short-term event. in other words may be a piece of equipment was offered in another domicile and they would bid that domicile so they would commute within their own system but i think if you look it to meeting you will find the fest majority is limited to commuting and do their own systems so for example in colgan i think they had two bases. they have a base in virginia and the case in new jersey so if someone took an assignment in new york then they would commit on their own airline or in a variety of ways. long-distance commuting is something a little different. but no, it does not count and pilots, we have depended on profession

>> new york city i wish he would write more letter torkts middle east and the people of pakistan and iran instead of ending in more troops. we need more letters and more talk. we left vietnam in a terrible situation. it's unified. there was no domino tier row. the domino was towards capitalism and the west. but korea, it's divided and we spend all this money. it's about time we wrote letters. more letters and trade. the best things in the world is to come home from korea. >> larry: ben? >> kim jong-il is probably the evilist person on the planet. he starves people by the millions and he lives the life of an international play boy. the idea that you can change him by writing him a letter is comical and the idea we should not be defending south korea against him is comical. i don't know where the idea has come from. it's comical. >> i think the issue is really one of engagement. adds ben well knows, his former boss, president nixon, engaged with a bad guy oning schi that. the issue is whether or not we are going to engage. writing a better of picking up the phone? i'm not going to spea

is done and the american court system and that this trail can be held and held successfully in new york city. >> well, i think what concerns me the most is that actually i think the decision was not fully vetted and thought out in terms of what the potential consequences would be. i have no doubt as to what the attorney general's attention are, but he's not the final judge so to speak and someone else will be making that decision. for example,

what was going on, on the national scene, there were people making decisions and investments in new york city or on the east coast, that when it failed for them was when it ripped my world apart. >> suarez: you didn't have a sense of that before? >> i had no sense of that whatsoever. i didn't, i've never even heard the word derivative before and didn't understand the implications of that. i have a much better understanding. as a small business owner, i'm a little bitter and a little angry that those individuals have been bailed out and their interests have been protected. and yet, mine have not or my peers here. >> i don't feel recovery in this economy as we knew it several years ago for years. >> suarez: barbara jenkins gibson owns a christmas specialty shop. she actually had a good year. she says people cling to tradition even during hard times and they can spend less than $10 and walk out of the store with a nice gift. >> it's a good opportunity to get better at what we do. when its really good, on a constant basis you don't take the time, you don't have the time, to really fine tune a lot

guest: there is a chapter where i describe horse manure at new york city, turn-of-the-century. is part of history. host: you are also quoted as saying that most textbooks are not only dumbed down for kids, they are dumped down for teachers. guest: they are, and the answers to get better teachers. we have good teachers, and we need to appreciate them, and we need to have a new kind of teaching. the old model is the expert standing in front of the classroom lecturing. that does not work in the information age. so we need to create a learning environment. we generate excitement. we are adding exponential knowledge. so if you are in the classroom and you, a student, ask me the question, and i know the answer, that is the end of the question. if you come back and report to us, then we have everybody together. and we have a lot of people terrified. learn. let's all learn together. and then school becomes exciting. host: if a poet writes you a letter, pay attention. >> yes. i was an editorial writer. newspaper editors do not write their own, but i like to do that, occasionally. one ed

in new york city today. we'll talk more about both of them and their role in a moment. it is our job to discuss the findings and help policy, government and all of our institutions to reflect them. it incorporates essays from a wide range of cultural leaders, not just the policy wonks. by bringing those perspectives together, it makes it a unique document. that is one of the many ways, the first lady of california, lead this effort she went out to talk about -- talk to real people about how this is affecting them on the ground. we are grateful to maria. she is inspirational. she brings a human perspective to talk about the important policy issues we are debating. she brought inspirational and intellectual leadership to the project. rededication -- -- her dedication convinced us that some family change is necessary. leslie miller and olivia morgan also worked with us. we are grateful to her. in 2004, as we were developing our first policy agenda, which began at the park -- a process as defining the future dir

were we at war when the bush administration reduced new york city's anti-terror funding by $80 millionthe ground that there were no national landmarks there. the bush administration and its gop allies didn't move forward with a democratic proposals to inspect cargo containers and shipping containers that were coming into the u.s.? look, we could play a very partisan game about failures on both sides. what we really need to do now is to try to think about something that's proactive instead of reacting to the last terror attempt. >> larry: s.e., if it is a time of war, why criticize the chief executive? i thought we all band together. >> well -- well, sure. of course i'm not rooting for obama to fail or to the country to be attacked. that's outrageous. but i think it's my patriotic duty to question the president when he comes out four days after we've been almost attacked -- and by the way, this was not a failure. they succeeded. they succeeded in terrorizing us. four days after the fact. and basically says, well, we're going to look into this. then his secretary of homeland security com

hollywood, milwaukee, and recently here in new york city. when you think about, it's not civilian. taliban is not civilians. so book goes out of his way distinguish from the real people from those who are armed or intended to cause problems. i know many of you who are in the room, you know that i value not just the strength by many gifts as my role models and applications for my ins ration. i spent hours with me sharing my own. and tonight i would like to do is what the book does best. which is talk not about my journey, but also the people who live in these great countries, afghanistan, pakistan, darfur. it's their story that has changed me. it's their story that i hope will change you. dealing with everyday hardship that i can't imagine. even having witnessed it myself. and we have to continue to value the same things that we have done. compassion, generosity, gratefulness. the journey started in ethiopia. i was making a film there for pbs. i visited with with sick children in southern ethiopia. i was there to document the work with the children. after several days on the road wi

tim geithner was the head of the federal reserve from new york city, put there by the major bankers. others that have ties to wall street. but the fact of the matter is, larry, that this administration has tried to damp down, camp down, regulate wall street. but it needs to do much more. it's not a matter of tone. it's not a matter of the right choice of words. it's a matter of deeds. wall street is not responsible. wall street has demonstrated irresponsibility again and again. and to be on the verge of awarding $20 to $30 billion of bon bonuses to its top executives in the face of all of the money from taxpayers that went to wall street which the inspector general of the t.a.r.p. fund says much of which is never going to be returned to taxpayers is the height of hubris. the president ought to force wall street not only to return all that money but also with interest. and to, as i said, break them up. break up the big ones and resurrect glass stiegle. >> larry: larry, do you think government has no say in this at all? >> of course they have a say in it. you have to regulate against f

interesting about the grand concourse, -- what's interesting about the grand concourse, it shows what new york city is and what this country is because as you travel the concourse not only physically but through its history you see the different groups of people who came to new york, who came to the bronx, who set along the concourse, as we call it, and became part of america. and so as we see people enjoying the parks and enjoying and socializing on the concourse, we see the different groups that have arrived from throughout the world and from my birthplace of puerto rico. the grand concourse has for them fulfilled and exceeded its plans and intentions over series of generations occupying a central place in the hearts and minds of bronxites past and present. and so i have come here in support of this resolution. i hope everyone will support it. i thank the committee, chairman and the ranking members for their support. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, i have no other speakers, and so i yield back the balance of my time. i urg

and began to talk about washington's role in the world and how at the end of the war with only new york city to reoccupy washington did that on the fourth of december 1783 and then went home to mount vernon to resign from the army and be a private citizen again and that he came home on christmas eve and the children were all very excited about it, the idea washington would have come home on christmas eve and they have all kind of questions for me. first grade, fourth grade. they didn't know much american history but they had studied the beginnings of america in each case. they wanted to know how washington got home. did he write a horse? how did he do it? did they have christmas trees? what was the name of his horse? that really baffled me, the name of washington's worse. i looked it up and found out his horse's name was nelson because the governor of south carolina, whose name was nelson had given him a horse so he named the horse nelson and at the end of the war he returned nelson to nelson. the horse arrived as washington did. and i decided i will take out the ending of this book i was pl