>> coming up next on booktv, william mcgowan says that the "new york times" "new york times" has adopted a liberal ideological agenda under the tenure of current publisher arthur sulzberger junior. he says the newspaper has tarnished his reputation of a trusted news source. william mcgowan presents his arguments in the debate with the american editor at large for "the guardian." u.. >> a few months ago, the daily beast absorbed "newsweek" or the other way around. and we have seen situations in which there's now some original content that occurs only online. i mentioned two sources. the fiscal times, and those who want to follow new york issues, web site called "the city pragmatist." something exciting is happening, and one good thing is this web page of "the new york times." a rocky start. a lot of good content. the title of tonight's discussion, "the new york times" good for democracy? a better question would have been, wouldn't have been as provocative, on balance, is "the new york times" good for democracy? and to that question we can give, yes, but, and no, but, answers, with a lot o

and that would be old and in with the new is it time for the new york times to get with the times huffington post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus news . it's friday march eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends out there watching our city. well to start off today we want to look at the situation in japan where a catastrophic eight point nine earthquake struck off the coast there followed by a devastating tsunami that battered many regions of the country now officials estimate thousands are dead and thousands more missing throughout the day today devastating pictures of cars being fronts on highways by powerful water and people literally running for their lives that the most major damage was to the port city of sendai in the northeastern part of the country and the close of major city to the epicenter of the earthquake and now of the aftereffects include not only aftershocks but fears of a radioactive fallout after a japanese nuclear power plant northeast of tokyo is having the major issues i want to go now to columbus ohio and speak to harvey wasserman he is

and now with the old then in with the new is it time for the new york times to get with the times the huffington post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus news. as the on rest in the mideast unfold how will the u.s. react from oil interests to keeping allies land of the free is finding itself in this work spot. it's friday march eleventh seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for now you're watching our t.v. . well we continue our coverage following the eight point nine earthquake struck off the coast of japan now the aftereffects include not only aftershocks but fears of a radioactive fallout after a japanese nuclear power plant northeast of tokyo is having some major issues the radiation levels now a thousand times normal levels i want to go now to columbus ohio and speak to harvey wasserman is the author of solar topia are green powered earth eighty three . harvey i know we spoke a few hours ago but i want to get the latest as the sun comes up in japan and the radioactive levels get extremely high can you tell us what's happening. now when last we talked about one rea

and now with the old and in with the new is it time for the new york times to get with the times the having to post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus new. and as the un rest in the mid east unfolds how will the u.s. reacts from oil interests to keeping allies the land of the free finding itself and its links. it's friday march eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine prison you're watching our t.v. . well the third on today we want to look at the situation in japan where a catastrophic eight point nine earthquake struck off the coast there followed by a devastating tsunami that battered many regions of the country now officials estimate thousands are dead thousands more missing throughout the day we have seen some devastating pictures of cars being swept off highways by powerful lotter of people literally running for their lives the most major damage was to the port city of sendai in the northeastern part of the country and the closest major city to the epicenter and now the after effects include not only aftershocks but fears of a radioactive fallout after a ja

now with the old and in with the new is it time for the new york times to get on with the time the huffington post seems to think so we'll debate old media versus new. it's friday march eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for us now you're watching our t.v. well the sun has now come up in japan and the fallout from japan's eight point nine earthquake is getting worse by the minute the tsunami that it triggered was the cause of some of the most dramatic pictures from that region homes swept up in the wave cars literally being washed off the highway people running and swimming for their lives well it turns out the chain reaction of events has made things a whole lot worse and the country has now declared states yes states of emergency for five nuclear reactors to power plants about twenty thousand people are being evacuated from the vicinity of the fukushima plant or a backup generator failed making it impossible for the cooling system to supply water to cool the reactor now we are hearing reports of radiation levels of one thousand times normal inside that plant and there's a ch

selling billick bill keller is the come from behind position if you can imagine that for the new york times which is a brand but not of random a layer of personalities the new york times speaks through words not through individual personalities and we're in celebrity land. our joe i want to thank you very much for joining us and i think that you and i are in agreement here that i think both sides blew you know what could have been a broader argument about where journalism is going today really just turned into a tit for tat between the media royalty as they like to call themselves thanks so much thank you. a newly elected tea party member in new hampshire is made a few comments that are so politically correct you see one of the newest members of the state house is ninety one year old martin hardy elected into office what the hell from the tea party and yes he is a freshman and he is ninety one years old now even though hardy is probably about forty years older than your typical freshman state politician he clearly knows how to stir things up tea party style when hardy received an e-mail fro

." >> i don't care. >> does "the new york times"pay attention? don't pay attention. >> they constantly beat up on " the new york times"as being the antiqued christ. >> i don't pay attention to and i don't know anyone in the building who pays attention to it. they are striving to be objective. we all have opinions and they are different than a dozen other major theme in a part of this area do you live in? >> in park slope. >> how often do you go into the office? >> as often as needed. if i can work from home, i will do it. >> how often do you get ideas for a column outside of either a pole or survey? where did they come from? >> i have ideas all the time and things i love to write about that i cannot find data to support. i follow pop culture. there are many things there i would love to read about. contrary to what many believe, i am not a political nerve at heart. l nerd at heart. i have a broad range of interest to some of them feel too light for that space and some don't have data to support them so i do not write them. >> this is a column from

>> i do not care. >> does the "new york times" pay attention inside? >> i do not read it, if so. >> if there is a huge following, they beat up on them. they beat up on the "new york times" as being the antichrist. >> i do not pay attention. i think the newsroom may pay more attention because they're striving to be objective. and they really are trying earnestly to strip down the middle -- to shoot straight down the middle. i am on the opinion side. i have an opinion. you have one. it does not bother me. >> what part of this area do live in? >> i live in park slope brooklyn. i go into the office as often as needed. if i can work from home, i will do it. >> how often do you get ideas for columns outside of a poll or survey? if you do, where do they come from? >> i have ideas all the time on things i would like to write about but cannot find data to support, so i do not write about it. i follow pop culture a lot. there are a lot of things out there i would love to write about. i am not a political nerd at heart. i have a broad range of interests. it is jus

was the new york times covering it at that time? oh, yes. before television accelerated? oh, yeah. that was a decision made by turner catledge of philadelphia, mississippi, the new york times executive editor, immediately upon brown versus board of education that they would cover this, assigning johnny popham, a wonderful reporter, to do it and then eventually two of my personal heroes, claude sitton and john herbers. i mean, these were foreign correspondents or war correspondents working on american domestic soil. we forget so readily in this country that particular part of our shameful history and how much energy went into suppression of the human spirit, which is why this movement is so great. 'cause, "a," it is a children's movement. and it is really about-- i really-- the book that we've mentioned here is my favorite book of my own, because it's really about the nobility of ordinary people. they're not famous. they weren't even big men or women on the black campuses. they were children of people who, i think, almost family by family, had never finished high school. so the fact

and now if the internet existed in 1933 unlike the closed door information of the "new york times" in 1933 a guy like walter durante may not have been able to bury suppress the story of the six to eightmel that were killed by joseph stalin. in 1957 and "new york times" reporter herbert matthews would not have been able to pass castro as the new george washington but he did. thank you internet. you've changed everything for the better. [applause] >> what happens when a place like world net daily is writing he said -- you can come -- when you put out a new idea you become the source of people with similar thought all across the world. before this is over i would help about a dozen people. people from places like australia, south africa, india, switzerland, hawaii and all across the united states. now, my single -- now, for all of that i'm going to to embarrass him when this is over. he's a savvy smart well-written observations from him. hey, did you see this -- here's one you threw by me. he said in bill ayers1993 book to teach these students go down to the hudson river and one kid says

>> of this week on "q&a," charles blow, the visual op-ed columnist for the "new york times." >> your biography it starts with this. he is the visual op-ed columnist for the "national geographic" -- "new york times" since 2008. he features charts as the form of opinion journalism. what is that about? >> it is pretty much as it says. i am in numbers guy. i am a trend-spotter. i use charts to visualize the trends. i use those charts in my opinion pieces. i kind of build and opinion out of the charts. i do not decide i will talk about the subject and then go out for the data. i search for the data first on something interesting something that agrees with an opinion that i have. sometimes i find something that would surprise my readers. >> i started reading you on saturdays. there is always a big chart on there. when was it decided that they wanted you to do this? >> i started almost three years ago. i left "the times" to become the art director for n"national geographic." i never left washington. i commuted from brooklyn to washington. i was single with three kids. i had three nannies. it

asÍ lo revelÓ el periódico new york times.e alto nivel y alta sofisticaciÓn en nuestro paÍs para efectos de espionaje o de investigaciÓn sobre los carteles del narcotrÁfico. >> en un comunicado emitido por el vocero de seguridad nacional alejandro juÁrez se admite que el gobierno mexicano solicitÓ este tipo de apoyo para la obtenciÓn de información, pero el control de estas acciones estÁ en manos de las autoridades mexicanas. >> es otro nivel de los esfuerzos de cooperaciÓn entre los estados unidos y mÉxico. >> isabel... experta en temas bilaterales asegura que los criminales cursarÁn su poderÍo para librar esta nueva amenaza. >> Éstos son negocios que permiten tener ganancias extraordinarias, pues obviamente ante una lucha frontal para acabar con ese crimen es lÓgico pensar que los criminales buscarÁn utilizar esas mÁximas ganancias para proteger sus mercados. >> el caso tiene antecedentes. aviones no tripulados de estados unidos sobrevolaron colombia en secreto en la lucha contra narcotraficantes y guerrilleros por varios aÑ

all of you have been in main stream outlets, whether nbc news, new york times.hat is it like to be the raisin in the buttermilk? you can write that one down. what's that like? >> at nbc, i think there is definitely -- they get it a lot more. they understand it much better, that you need to be a little more diverse, particularly in the newsroom. nobody is perfect but there is a good mix and i'm in those big meetings when they're deciding what stories are going out. but i think it's very important, and i think that, you know, look, america is diverse as we've been talking about and i think it's important the newsroom reflects america. not just our skin but what we think. >> what's also interesting is all of you, in response to the lack of diversity, didn't just complain about it, you found new spaces to offer your vision of the world. how important has it been for this next generation of african-americans to craft new media spaces to articulate their vision? >> i think it's been incredibly important. for so long, only a few were allowed in. now you don't even have

"unbroken" remains number one on the net "the new york times" -- the "the new york times" book list. some of the stories from the book section of "the new york times". phoenix, arizona. welcome to the conversation. caller: i do support what the president is doing. some of these calls are disappointing. the united states stands for freedom. when people are crying out and they need freedom, some of your callers are week when it comes to that. that is pretty sad. there are military members out there. i am not -- i am probably a little biased and that is what people are going to think, but i do not want war. i do not want any of that. but when freedom are -- but people are crying for freedom, that is what we stand for. i support the president and i disagree with him on many things, but this is one thing i do agree with him on. i think people like wendy who called earlier, talking about we tried to kill his son. i wish she would go back and look at history. remember pan am flight 103. everybody seems to forget those families that are hurting because of what gaddafi did that time. i know it

host: our guest has been with the "new york times" since 2002. rior to that he was with the "los angeles times" and let's go to the first phone call. go ahead, clarence. caller: what does the foreign lobbyists offer the congressman in order to get them to change their votes? i would suspect there is a money trail, or some influence in local districts. tell us a little bit about that. guest: as with domestic lobbyists, foreign lobbyists are all part of the key players in the campaign finance system. they are attending fund-raisers, giving donations, greasing the wheels. the cash and the duffel bags scenario a lot of people think of is the worst case. it rarely ever happens. this scenario where you are talking about actual pay off, at least publicly in terms of establishing a parade -- a quid pro quo, those cases are relatively rare, at least in terms of being able to prove them. but there is no doubt in terms of getting access to congressmen, we talk about a lot -- we talk about the fact that a lot of these members used to be members of -- these lo

recessions this country's ever seen and have less money to spend in general and what does the new york times come up with to save itself making people pay for the product that they've been getting for free i don't know about that but anyhow i earlier i spoke with georgetown university professor and author of the blog naturals revenge quest for chambers here's part of that conversation. there is some some credence to that because they think they figured they were going to be able to build some great wall of china i mean a great well china itself and kicking about the mongols that long but it is kind of a filter where there are some kind of lanes that you can go through where they kind of figure we'll see if we put these lanes in it people will try to jump over it and you can get through it through social media there is really look at it like coming through search engines like google as a way of kind of knocking that off but you know you plus you've got your twenty visits and how many people are going to you know going to go through you know me twenty minutes a month i mean the people who are

this is courtesy of the "new york times." there is a picture of the clinton and rice.

>> reporter: the latest is the libyan government has released the four new york times journalists. were captured six days ago and have now been released. that's the best news we've heard so far today. u.s. involvement over the weekend very heavy. u.s. involvement involved tomahawk missiles. the u.s. took a role this weekend and have planned great success. from here it does appear the u.s. plans a much more liberal approach. secretary robert gates says within days he expects to turn over the primary responsibility for this campaign to others either to france and britain or to nato. military officials say that gladafi himself is not a target. they are keeping the role of trying to protect civilians. >> when this all started a few weeks back ghadafi said he would fight to the last drop of his own blood. what's been his response in >> reporter: very similar. he's being very defiant and threatening. he using mostly words, which seems to be his greatest weapon. he has no plans to accept down. he's promising a long war. there's no evidence at all of any civilian casualties. the ghadafi go

they didn't give it to the new york times they gave it to the soviet union they're not whistleblowersthey're spies. what it meant or what manning has been charged giving away is i think of such a nature destructive to our foreign policy just destructive to our national interests that if he did all of what he's been accused of doing not charged as you point out i do i do think he deserves to be executed yes he's been tried in the media just as the rosenbergs were tried in the media here he's been held incommunicado charges have not yet been pressed and yet he stripped naked every night i mean he's being held in a way that would be humiliating and considered a form of torture why because they're trying to do what yes when you when you look at when you keep people. relieving of torture when you humiliate people when you degrade people it's a form of psychological psych ups terror and just as ethel rosenberg who they knew was in no way involved in any of this. to the extent that it existed the way she was held in a in a particular way threatened with death hoping that she would abandon he

of course we read him every day on the "new york times." thanks for being with us. >> it's good to be here. tavis: blair underwood next. stay with us. always pleased to welcome blair underwood in addition to his role in the nbc primtime drama "the event." he stars in "i will follow" from the african-american film festival releasing movement. here's a scene from the show than airs on nbc monday nights at 9:00 called "the event." >> unfortunately senator, all i can tell you is it's a matter of national security. >> those two words are so overused. and your government has been able to rid them of any meaning. and in the process this made the country less secure. >> senator, you've held public office for all of two weeks. you weren't even elected. you want to be outraged, your state has the highest unemployment in the country, the highest obesity. why don't you have the next 90 days to relieve those people and leave national security with those with actual credentials. the next time you question my authority i will eviscerate yours. tavis: what

the new york times, september 11th, 2001. on top of the world, and after that he had to hide his head. he became a figure of total disrepute. his book sunk quickly into obscurity. i would be just horrified if i put so much faith in that and that is what happened. i saw a picture and started reading it. altogether actually a pretty good book. say what you will, he had an event full life and in seven full time. once you get into the heart of the story it's pretty compelling. i mean, a fugitive from justice for ten years, setting up bombs, blowing people up. dan gets blown up in a greenwich village bomb blast. i begin to see certain patterns. i feel like i am reading something have already read before. and i have my first eureka moment, but it is kind of a stupid one. what i thought at first, crush, i have to -- they are both in chicago, both kind of radical, they have the same ghostwriter. some same left-wing poets. i had no idea about errors background. here are two sentences that caught my eye early on. i'll just read them. t

what bradley manning is accused of doing is releasing classified documents that the new york times published and that other mainstream media in europe published but what's important is that the military is treating him as if he could be and the charges are being prepared so that he could be sentenced to life in prison or executed for releasing these documents but the new york times suffer at the present and in that case too we're in you hear the republicans and conservatives in congress and in the media saying yes bradley manning should be if need be executed to to send a message to other people whistleblowers so in that sense i think there is a comparison even though some of the fact headlines are different things said bradley manning be executed for what he's done if he's convicted of doing what they said yes for that before i'll say it again but i don't think it's the comparison to look daniel ellsberg of the next year rosen bros war room whistleblowers they didn't give it to the new york times they gave it to the soviet union they're not whistleblowers their spies what what metta world m

stay with us. >> rose: joining me today from washington, david sanger of the "new york times" who'd been covering this story. from harvard's kennedy school, olli heinonen former chief inspector for atomic energy agency. he monitors the nuclear industry in japan during the 1980s. with me in new york, frank von hippel00 he advised the clinton white house and he is at princeton university now. aam pleased to have each of them here to talk about this extraordinary situation. what's the latest we know, david? >> charlie, we're a little bit in the fog of crisis here where we're trying to sort through the various reports about each of these three different reactors that you mentioned and maybe the most remarkable thing about this entire incident, certainly to those of us who used to live in japan as olli did and i did for many years is that you have three nuclear crises under way simultaneously in adjacent plants. each one a little bit different. the one that really focused everyone's attention over the past 24 hours has been the number-two reactor at the dai-ichi plant. and the reports that ca

up to so basically the new york times reported on friday that g didn't pay any taxes in fact they got three point two billion dollars worth of tax credits right now g.'s and contributions is this year and it's asking employees to do away with their health insurance they're going to give people these health savings accounts which only save corporations money and cost workers their lives because they will provide savings out of is there like a limit of five thousand dollars a year or something like that high deductible any of taking your own money or putting in the account and then if you get sick you hope you have enough money to cover it because in their own work they save corporations money because workers their lives so now they want all employees to get that they've already implemented this for their nonunion salaried employees and on top of that they're going to limit they want to eliminate pensions for new hires general electric so no pensions anymore if you're a general on kayseri and not even that not even that well so we're talking about a corporation which is made massive pro

he started doing the "new york times" crossword when he was 12. maybe one day he would be a big success and maybe he could be a clue. take a look at "new york times", wilson is clue 30 down. meanwhile, 38 down was his number. it was the giants season opener for l.a. he is out with a strained muscle. >> all right. >> we'll be right back.#ñ#ñ#ñ7ñ@ >>> today at 3:00, you know her music and sheryl crow shows us a healthier way to eat and sheet on at 5:00. emeryville camera looking across the city. calm waters, record temperatures around the bay new study why faucets may carry more germs. >> a international festival and motown classic. don sanchez has what's hot. ♪ >> ashford and simpson make motown magic in their classic songs on stage in the razz room at hotel nicokko. >> high stakes comedy, in free for all, an evening of improv comedy in yerba buena. >> it's one of the premier companies in the world. american dance theater sets a standard. annual visit to the berkeley campus from cal performances at zellerbach hall. >> i did a lot of inner work, blah

. >>> the new york times tries to recover what has been lost online. >>> northbound 101 traffic looking good. another update straight ahead. >>> good morning, pretty good front coming through. we are getting rain out ahead of it. actually more showery in nature. this system will barrel in. we are seeing pockets of heavy rain. look for the rain to pick up later today with very windy conditions. >> thank you, steve. >>> this morning the united nations is getting ready for possible military action against libya. and the people in the city of ben gay city -- bengazi cannot be more excited. this is how the celebration looked last night after they voted for the military action along with a no fly zone. it's one of the areas in libya not being controlled by libyan leader moammar gadhafi. secretary of state hillary clinton says implementing a no fly zone will declare air strikes against the country. the secretary of state also said any air strikes against libya would first be launched by british and french aircraft, nato forces could also be asked to help out. but according to clinton, ground f

war theory or the new york daily news which an editorial proposes atom bombing china counting 200 million persons at their estimate as reasonable or for that matter the new york times, the business as usual crisis flames my own fantasies of arson. being that as it may, as a minor e equivalent to the text, i find aboveground language as often inflammatory as underground rhetoric as would wc fields. [laughter] that was allen ginsberg in 1970s. you know, they brought people to movement school and showed up political participation, they welcomed participation in all aspects of newspaper production. a lot of times they engaged in muck raking, and in the book i point to a couple instances i think the papers outperformed establishment journalists at the "new york times" and "washington post" because they were often so visible in the communities, they were in some cases there and the offices doubled as meeting spots for hippy travelers and activists in some very robust enclaves, a person could earn a living by selling the newspapers on street corners and at rally and whatnot. you know, as a result of the visibility, another big theme in the book is the fact they encountere

. >>> turkey has secured the release of four new york time journalists that have been prisoners in libya. the journalists were captured in the eastern part of that country last week. the new york times say the four entered the country from egypt without visas. >>> hip hop artist is recovering from a minor gunshot wound on his hand during a visit to his native haiti. the 41-year-old singer was injured shortly after stepping out of his car on saturday in port-au prince. he was there to support a candidate. he wanted to run in that election but haitian officials rejected his candidacy because his primary residence is in new jersey. >>> he has been visiting flood and cyclone victims. many star struck young ladies were greeting him. he also hinted returning to australia for a honeymoon with kate middleton after they are married late next month. >>> santa cruz county officials will have a response after the tsunami surge. now county officials are expecting an even bigger turnout. in the meantime north harbor where most of the damage occurred is still closed. south harbor is opened for boats un

one of the few interview she did with "the new york times" in her post-white house -- post-white houseyears was for a magazine article, which took up the critics accusations that he was dancing to leak into his 1940s. he was too old. he should get off the stage. and jackie sadat for him and gave an interview for the article saying he's magnificent and he should dance until he drops. he died very young of age in the end and she was one of his supporters on the way to the end. >> it is surprising how subversive and wicked some of her dance books can be. this is a very funny photographs from martha graham's memoir called blood memory, which jackie would almost certainly have select it and help put together herself because graham died in between finishing the text and the book coming out. so jackie would have been involved in select in the air for that. in one of the things which appeared in graham's memoir is a picture of her from the 1930s in a dance called every soul is a circus. and the caption to this reads, just before i tapped eric with the flower and every soul is a circus, i thoug

about four "new york times" journalists who were captured and held for six days by pro-gadhafi forces while covering this conflict in libya, all four have been released with the help of the turkish ambassador to libya. there he is in the center of this photo. he negotiated their release and helped them make their safe crossing to tunisia. >>> the u.s. army tonight has apologized after photos army officials called repugnant appeared in a german magazine. the photos show american soldiers in afghanistan smiling over the dead bodies of afghans. at least one of the soldiers in the der spiegel photos is facing court-martial on charges of premeditated murder of afghan civilians. the photos drew immediate comparisons to the abhorrent torture pictures of abu ghraib prison in iraq. the army said today the new photos depict actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the u.s. army, end of quote. >>> when we come back here tonight, we'll go to japan, still dealing with twin disasters, and now a food scare along with it. >>> and later, the end of the journe

he is 30 down in "the new york times" cross word puzzle. ould have accepted kenny rogers or dave fisher. that's in "the new york times." brian wilson in the crossword puzzle. >> he wanted to be in it. that was one of his goals. >> i have another one. seven down -- no. let's talk wall street. the dow industrials are barely moving this morning. we have good weekly jobless numbers. the big numbers come tomorrow. that's when we get the labor department's assessment of employment in the united states. take a look at this. the silicon valley ceo is racing his way across india in a rickshock. he has entered a competition to raise money for unicef. >>> breaking news and more on that missing child coming up in a half hour. [ ryan ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ ryan ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ so i used mine, to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's

out to those that are concerned about it that especially those that are concerned about "the new york times" article that the former director of the pennsylvania department of environmental quality and the former governor, governor rendell, submitted a rebuttal to "the new york times" that "the new york times" wouldn't print because it was too long. but, it addressed many of the concerns that were raised in the article. and of course the article also was not a peer review or scientific expression of hydraulic fracking. so i would refer to those who concerned about it to former governor rendell and the former director in the state. following up on that in using that as a segue, can you tell me what does the epa to that states are incapable of doing through their own departments of environmental quality? >> well, maam as you know water moves the claim states in the air moves between states and countries and so i think epa's most important role and over its history epa often help states to set up their program. now we have moved more into a role where we oversee programs to ensure that the cle

. >>> four reporters from the new york times are missing in libya. editors for the paper say they were last heard from on tuesday. the new york times says if it turns out that the reporters were captured by military forces, the libyan government has promised to release them unharmed. >>> an american cia contractor just released from prison in pakistan has left the country. raymond davis was accused of killing two pakistan men who he claims tried to rob him. pakistan officials say the u.s. paid more than $2 million ransom for his release. family members of those killed announced that they were dropping charges in exchange for money. >>> time now 6:16. secretary of state hillary clinton says she will not continue in her current job even if president obama wins re- election next year. secretary clinton says she plans to step away from her job by early 2013. and she says she doesn't want to run for president or vice president either. >>> back at home state regulators are threatening to fine pg&e up to $1 million a day after pg&e handed over incomplete saf

meanwhile, the front page of " the new york times" - below the fold in the new york times, there's a story on the event recovered live on c-span yesterday. this is prompting us to ask republicans to define what will define the gop primary. with that, republicans only -- 202 the area code. our first call is from ardmore, oklahoma. caller: good morning. i believe the people of united states, their first concern is the economy. another thing we have to be concerned about is full disclosure. in this administration under obama, there has never been such hit in things. he spends money like going to brazil and giving out this money. they owe us tons of money. under the clinton years clinton lent them $100 billion. it goes on and on and on. when did congress lose the power of the purse? the other thing which is the greatest thing in our nation is we have to come back to god and of this nation repents if my people called by my name on themselves in prayer and turn from their wicked ways, i will hear from heaven and i will heal their land. if this nation wanted, we can start prayer meetings al

while the paper back came out on january 30th of this year and since out it's been on the new york times best seller selling over 700,000 copies now. and it's one man's mission to promote peace. and they're still baffleed manhattan because they're scratching their heads the first month because there's only - well no big city book editor did it so to be a best seller you need new york times or the chronicle or boston globes to give you good book reviews. no national t.v. or, m pr so paul said what's going on out there. i said, you know this is what i think it's about book clubs and women's groups, synagogues, mosques and churches and an incredible amount of book clubs here in the bay view area and about people yearning for piece and looking for the answers of peace. any ways it's been really incredible and aspire together see people from all walks of life i really think can re late to promoting peace one child at a time. we got some news last month that the pentagon purchased 5,000 copies. let me finish it. and it's for counter intelligence training, 101 and mandatory reading for they're

there is enough attention being paid to the missions. >> the series appearing this week in the "new york times" all available at the website ny times.com host: on the phone from new york. caller: good morning. they don't have to disclose anything we don't know the levels or what is happening with them as they come up out of the well. it has been discharged. we don't know the full downstream about what is going on. this was not designed to kreet the waste water. i live in a rural area. it's a pristine area. i do not trust this industry. they've talked about areas and say, there is no prove that our drilling has created the ill affects of these wells. we've been told if we want our wells tested before anything goes on, we have to pay for that and document all the roadways with a large expense and bad economy. we will put the claims in for the construction of the roads. the 24/7 noise pollution. it destroys the whole communit . host: sam, thanks for the call. guest: among the various concerns. water conservation is on the top of the list. one of the regular twitter followers that said natural gas

in 1933 on like the information of "the new york times" in 1933 the guy like walter wouldn't have beenable to bury the press the story of six to eight killed by joseph stalin. in 1957 to '59 "the new york times" reporter herbert matthews calls the internet existed wouldn't have been able to pass the new george washington did it. thank you, internet. you've changed everything for the better. what happens -- [applause] what happens is the place where i was writing is you could come when you put off a new idea is to become the source of people with similar thoughts across the world. before this is over i would have about a half a dozen people from places like australia, south africa, israel, india, switzerland, hawaii and all across the united states. my single best, for all of that coming and going to in in paris and he's an incredibly savvy, smart, well written observation from him, he says did you see this -- here's one that he threw by any. people teach the students go into the hudson river and the one kid is is to the other book the river is flowing from north to south and the other

matter of time for this to really pick up a lot momentum that already has but in the last week the new york times l.a. times san francisco chronicle the guardian the economist have all editorialized against the torture of bradley manning and it's up to president obama now to take action to make the phone call and stop the torture of bradley manning and i think you're right and you say the cat's out of the bag and there's not a threat from the obama administration michael thank you so much for joining us thanks for having me. now we're taking a short break we're going to return pastor terry jones finally got to burn the koran that he's been saying for this time he held a mock trial first and then police all over the united states are being trained to fight terrorism but wait until you hear about the so-called experts thirteen thousand. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture a. new web site with twenty four seven live streaming news towns what to do about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited three high quality videos for download. and stori

government of good in america despite surprise some of your viewers the lead instrument is the new york times and i literally call the new york times the closest thing in america to an official state ministry of information and probably it has put out this race the reports about what he's going on it would be what did go wanted egypt didn't say very much you know it's what about egypt now and you really you. know who we are reporting on the. world affairs expert steven cohen says what's happening in libya will necessarily bring about democracy and here's some of what we'll hear next hour when the new york examine talks dorothy. street has intervened militarily and so many countries in my lifetime very were as it worked out from american intervention. discredits you know her to the tyranny of its being overthrown because it appears the pirate was overthrown with the backing of the united states and the forces in favor of domestic. abuse and they're going to do what we're witnessing and it will be here. it's not clear that this report democracy movements here these are. despotic movements that

i witnessed the fact that the new york times wanted me to write about my life. the summer after that i was on the panel at the democratic national convention talking about the youth vote. amazing. then i was listened to. i don't think that young people -- i'm thinking of my own three adult children -- have the same sense of being a part of the process. as i know that i did. >> yes, mark. >> i'm constantly kicking myself because i missed the punk movement. after 7i actually think punk is culturally probably more important than most of us and this from realize. i notice that they yawned anarchist kids relate to punk, neil plonk. that is their music. so i think oh, man, i missed something. no, i just about can maybe figure out jam it tarnishes sensibility, his movies. he is pawned. anyway, so i second what martha said about everybody thinking. on the other hand, there was something special about those of us who grew up in the 50's and early 60's and experienced the civil rights movement in the south because that was an example of a moment in history : what an indiv

host: there was a story and the "the new york times" and which it indicated that they may have lost a valuable time. uest: i think we'll have an opportunity when the crisis is resolved to go back and see how decisions were made and what if anything could be done better. if there were decisions like that that were made, i think that will be valuable information for as as we look at our process and our system to see if there are some things we need to think about ahead of time so that we do not lose a valuable, valuable time. host: when will you get these answers? guest: several months after the crisis is fully resolved. as i said, we intend to do a short-term look. i think that that will be done and a much shorter time frame, just to take the available information that we have and really look at our plan and make sure there are not any immediate actions we need to take. host: how does this learning process affect the pace and which agency can make decisions on licenses, issuing new ones? guest: i would anticipate the reviews we are going to do would be a in line with the time frames we