there with caroline hellman professor of politics there occidental college. and of course among those feeling the strains of those jobs being sent overseas are veterans and then women who have served their country and upon getting out find that instead of being met with open arms they're faced with unemployment and a whole new set of battles well today is veterans day and as we remember those who gave their lives in service to this country we want to remember also those who come home and who still need support our correspondent on a saucer churkin or takes a deeper look. well. their job is to defend their country's interests but once that job gaps up their country has no interest in them any longer tens of thousands of american war veterans are simply being discarded they're coming home just proportionate rate of homelessness of foreclosures and infections and she doesn't spend a lot in seventy five thousand iraqi years inventions united states were homeless receiving under streets were veterans like fifty five year old joe when joe after sixteen years of mil

trying to set up our feet and earlier i spoke to caroline hellman professor of politics at occidental college she told me people in the u.s. may want to adjust their attitudes toward china and explain the times a little friendly rivalry isn't so bad take a listen i think that it is positive when we have another global competitor as they talked before about you know the united states basically having to play nice with others because more people are are in the game i think that's positive but on an individual level no actually americans are getting benefiting tremendously from the cheap labor sometimes child labor and lower labor standards in china and wal-mart is basically walking into a retail chain for china so the notion that somehow this will be bad at the individual level seems a little absurd i mean you say caroline that americans are benefiting and i'm pretty sure you mean americans are benefiting because they can get goods for so cheap because of how cheap they cost to produce these goods on our great example i think but look around the country look at these abandoned factories and war

largest economy earlier i posed that question to dr caroline hellman professor of politics at occidental college to tell us who actually thinks this is similar to some earlier red scares of this country has faced. i think about superpower dominance in terms of economics military and favor ability and according to a few study americans are still the highest when and when it comes to figure ability of superpowers our military spending is many times over any other countries including china and it when it comes to economics sheer size and nuff is not going to be enough to supplant us dominance in this area so for example china's g.d.p. their gross domestic product is expected to match the u.s. in the eurozone which would be about fifteen trillion dollars a year it's currently about seven trillion that that's anticipated to happen around two thousand and twenty but even then it doesn't mean that the yuan will be a player along with the euro and the u.s. dollar because china's markets are not open enough for that to be a stable place to elevate that currency so again i think it's overstated this notio

soon it is certainly a reality here in washington caroline hellman professor of politics at occidental college in our los angeles studio thanks well among those feeling the strain of jobs being sent overseas our veterans men and women who have served this country and upon getting out find that instead of being met with open arms or face with unemployment a whole new set of battles all today is veterans day and as we remember those who gave their lives in service to this country we want to remember those who made it home and who still need support our g. correspondent ana stasia churkin takes a deeper look. well. their job is to defend their country's interests but once that job they have stopped their country has no interest in them any longer tens of thousands of american war veterans are simply being discarded coming home to a just proportionate rate of homelessness and for soldiers and infections and she doesn't stand a whopping seventy five thousand iraqi afghanistan veterans united states homeless receiving on the streets war veterans like fifty five year old gentleman joe after sixteen y

meantime caroline helpmann from the occidental college in los angeles says that washington feels the need to paint china as a new evil empire china becomes this very convenient target we need an enemy right the cold war is over terrorism doesn't provide a concrete enemy for the united states to confront so when we hear these republican competitors talking about china as an enemy i do think that it fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to do that resilience of nationalism and again i find i take issue with that nationalism but at the same time i think it's good for the u.s. to have competitors it's never good for a global superpower to be the only one at the top of perceived because then they act with impunity and i believe at various points in u.s. history we have seen the evidence of that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations. you're watching on t.v. now political correctness may have many stopping to think before opening their mouths these days but has it gone too far that's the question lori haas finished better kno

holdman from occidental college in los angeles says that washington feels the need to paint china as a new evil empire. china becomes this very convenient target we need an enemy right the cold war is over terrorism doesn't provide a concrete enemy for the united states to confront someone we hear this republican competitors talking about china as an enemy i do think that fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to buoy the resilience of nationalism and again i find that nationalism but at the same time i think it's good for the u.s. to have competitors it's never good for a global superpower to be the only one at the top are seen because then they act with impunity and i believe at various points in u.s. history we have seen the evidence of that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations. i don't know what subtlety dot com you can find out how the occupy wall street demonstration was turned into performance art new york police detained two clowns run it by a compass dressed as a massive bill attempted to attract the beasts at

meantime daughter caroline hellman from the occidental college in los angeles says that china may become the new enemy but only politicians and washington. china becomes this very convenient target we need an enemy right the cold war is over terrorism doesn't provide a concrete enemy for the united states to confront someone we hear this republican talking about china as an enemy i do think that it fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to do that resilience of nationalism and again i find i take issue with that nationalism but at the same time i think it's good for the u.s. to have competitors it's never good for a global superpower to be the only one at the top because then they act with impunity and i believe at various points in u.s. history we have seen the evidence of that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations. and what you know still ahead for you this. team travels to russia's black sea can see how the popular resort is attracting growing numbers of daring workers. plus. people who are getting a little crazy with be

how they deal with reporting from washington and i can say oh i see dr caroline helpmann from occidental college in los angeles says washington feels the need to paint china as the new evil empire. china becomes this very convenient target we need an enemy right the cold war is over terrorism doesn't provide a concrete enemy for the united states to confide so when we hear this republican competitors talking about china as an enemy i do think that it fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to prove the resilience of nationalism and again i think i take issue with that nationalism but at the same time i think it's good for the u.s. to have competitors it's never good for a global superpower to be the only one at the top of perceived because then they act with impunity and i believe that various points in u.s. history we have seen the evidence of that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations and now it's time for our close up series as we put a spotlight on the many wonders of russia for you. when we're on the black sea coast in of itsel

these photos show a young obama, cigarette in hand, at occidental college.a result smoking dogged him since his days on the campaign trail. >> when's the last time you've fallen off the wagon? >> i don't remember. it was probably -- it's been a while. >> reporter: he was often seen chewing nicorette gum to. mrs. obama famously asked for america's help. >> america watch, please keep an eye on him and call me if you see him smoking. >> quitting smoke something an enormous achievement. it is very difficult to stop a long-term nicotine addiction. >> reporter: more than 46 million americans smoke but for a politician taking a drag can be a bit of a lightning rod. herman cain video went viral showing the candidate's campaign manager smoking. many americans were angered forcing cain to explain he does not endorse smoking. analysts say the stigma may be one more reason the president worked so hard to quit. >> people want their presidents to be role models and it only reaffirms this president is human, he has struggles and that in this instance he was able to overcom