some of her books include "the temple of liberty," "buildings of the district of columbia," "designingthe nation's capitol", and "the fortress of finance," and pam is going to talk about benjamin henry latrobe's work at the capitol. i month don is thrilled about that. ready to have the capitol become front and center in the limelight. and, of course, latrobe is also the architect of decatur house and st. john's across the square, and so hopefully you'll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. thank you. come on, pam. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, bill. your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. i want to add my thanks to the many, many thanks to the people who have organized this wonderful symposium. i have learned so much and have enjoyed it so much and i'm sure that we all feel that way about what is almost over but still ongoing. today i'm talking about benjamin henry latrobe's capitol. i am an architectural historian, and i hope that i have watered down a little bit of my rhetor

of the war of 1812. you look at the early national period, and party differences were deep and bitter. and i think they were deepest during the quasi war in the late 1790s, and during the period of the restrictist system and the war to 1815. these differences could not be bridged by some bipartisan compromise. and i think it's important that we understand that. these were deep-seeded policy issues that could not be bridged. and it looks to me like there are other periods in our history. the 1815s, on the eve of the civil war, the 1890s, when we saw the rise of populism. the 1960s, when we were divided over a host of fundamentalists, most notably the war in vietnam. and today. and i think the policy differences in these periods are so deep seeded, they cannot be bridged by bipartisan. so my advice to those who call for bipartisanship today is, don't be surprised if you don't get it. now, how do we resolve these matters? well, typically the civil war i guess was an exception, but typically we resolve these

of people.ds of other it sounds like a large amount of money, the great bulk of it is identified for specific purposes and undergraduate scholarships, endowed professorships, funding to upport research programs and the schools within the university and some of it to the building and construction of new infrastructure. and guest on end the c-span bus is michael mcrobby, the president of university. how did you end up the president? know i was aid you native of australia? recruited here for -- i was recruited 18 years ago. vice president of research and progress and appointed president. i never expected when i moved i would end up president of the university. but honored and delighted to be position. and i must say as much as i njoy visiting my home country, i'm an american citizen now, i never regretted the move for one nanosecond. this is home, indiana, blooming ton, wonderful place. fabulousniversity is a university. university. and i enjoy every minute of my life here. lawrence, pennsylvania an educator, hi, lawrence? hi.ler: to get to your general education program. know kind of a

hundreds of millions of human beings have been freed from the prison of poverty with a proportion of those living in extreme poverty cut in half. the world economy continues to strengthen after the worst financial crisis of our lives. today, whether you live in downtown manhattan, or in my grandmother's village more than 200 miles from nairobi, you can hold in your hand more information than the world's greatest libraries. together, we have learned how to cure disease, and harness the power of the wind and the sun. the very existence of this institution is a unique achievement. the people of the world committing to resolve their differences peacefully, and to solve their problems together. i often tell young people in the united states that despite the headlines, this is the best time in human history to be born -- for you are more likely than ever before to be literate, to be healthy, to be free to pursue your dreams, and yet there is a pervasive unease in our world, a sense of the very forces that have brought us together have created new dangers, made it difficult for any single n

become one of the shareholders essentially of the bank of england. so the monetary policy would be part of conditions in scotland t would have access to all the facilities the bank of england could offer, the lender of last resort facilities that could offer to the broader scottish economy. from snp and independent scott point of view that makes sense. where i go to charlie, not at all clear to me that really makes sense for england if you like, for the rest of the u.k. i think of that both from economic reasons and for political reasons. the economic reason would be that all the risks essentially would be on the one side. the way to think about it, if scotland got into trouble, and if independent scotland got into trouble, england would have resources to bail it out. if england got into trouble, scotland wouldn't have resources to bail it out. so, it is classic moral hazard. all the risks lie on the english side. there is very little reason i could see for them to actually want to sign up to this type of currency union. they're exposing themselves t

of thousands -- hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of iraqis have beenquilled. -- killed. they're now dead. but, mr. president, there are some pushing hard here in congress to authorize the use of military force right now -- right now. dick cheney was here yesterday. i guess that's who they're following. but, mr. president, wouldn't it be a good idea for us to stand back a little bit and see what the president of the united states has to say tonight? he's addressing the nation. let's allow him to speak to our country, to our fellow citizens, and lay out his plan. it's absolutely critical that the american people and congress hear directly from the president of the united states. here in the senate, we're going to have an all-senators briefing tomorrow afternoon. the administration will come to one of our classified rooms here in the capitol complex and lay out to us in detail what's going on that's not in the news. so every member of this body will have a chance to get as much information as possible. the president speaks tonight. tomorrow afternoon ther

of the lady, four secretaries of the treasury and four secretaries of war. already any number of historians who have just said, this man couldn't hold a cabinet to save hifls. this is the symptom of all things that weapon wrong in the, with his cabinet. i'll look at the two. madison's first secretary of war, a man named eustis, it's pretty clear, had very few ideas about strategy or tactics. and he was compelled more or less to act as this glorified postmaster general. he would think about larger problems on how to defeat the british. he was forced out in 1812 and monroe could have handled the details of the war problems, and as monroe comes back into the war department after the british had burned, but much of what monroe did when he was in the war department was designed to position himself to become president in 1817. and enacting in that way, he fueled a very little bit of food with the second wofld war who actually held office from 1813 to 1814. the problem was madison also wanted to be president in 1817. neither armstrong nor monroe feel they've lost a

anniversary of the burning of washington d.c. and the war of 1812. first andrew lambert on the naval aspects of the war. then catherine al ger, author of the perfect union, dolly madison and the creation of a perfect nation. that's followed by alan taylor talking about his book the civil war of 1812 and later remarks by john stagg, editor of the james madison papers at the university of virginia. >>> coming up, day one of a symposium of the burning of washington and the war of 1812 hosted by the white house historical association, u.s. capitol historical society and james madison's montpelier. next andrew lambert, author of "challenge, brittain against america in the naval war of 1812." this is 45 minutes. >>> my name is stewart mcwarren and i'm the president of the white house historical association where we are privileged to convene today for this significant event. we're honored to have with us today two members of the board of directors of the white house historical association, the honorable ann stock and mr. nide kiplinger.

one of them is to develop under measures of peace our display of the experience of the world in that covers economic military, other questions. it is now the haven of historians all over the world. because the germany library was destroyed, the french library was destroyed and the british library was damaged, this is the complete story of what has happened in the last 50 years. >> how did the idea of a library start? >> i was crossing the north sea on a usual journey with the belgium connection of relief and i had a book written by andrew d. white. he was the great historian of the french revolution. and he complained in that book that he had not been able to present the life of the people in general in france because of the disappearance of franklin literature, newspapers bulletins, a thousand things that displayed the life of the people. i told him that i was in a unique position to collect that material so i established collection agencies in all of the countries at war in europe. i was going behind the lines once a month on a circuit around in connection with my particular job, a

one of them is to aid in the development of measures of peace out of the display of the experience oft is now the haven of historians from all over the world. because the german war lie brave was destroyed in the last war. the french war library was destroyed. and the british war library was greatly damaged. this is practically the only complete story of what has happened in the last 50 years. >> how did the idea of a library start? >> i was crossing the north sea on a usual journey to bet jump in connection with relief and i had a book with me to read of written by andrew d. white. he was the great historian of the french revolution. >> yes. >> and he complained in that book that he had not been able to present the life of the people in general of france because of the disappearance of franklin terry newspaper, literature, bulletins, thousands of things that displayed the life of the people. >> i concluded that i was in the unique position to collect that material. so i established collection agencies in all of the countries at war in europe. i was going behind the lines, once a mont

now, the library of congress in those days faced the western edge of the wall of the mall. western edge of the capitol. overlooking the mall. and it was a large room, about 86 feet long with timbered ceilings so it went up like a tinderbox. all 3,000 books were destroyed. ironically, many of them were printed in britain and some of them were on british parliamentary procedure. you know about thomas jefferson offering and it was accepted his private library as a nucleus of a new library of congress 6, 487 and he said it will take about two weeks for the wagons to arrive in washington. they're so great. they had a fire in the middle of the 19th century but you can see what remains of them in curved bookcases at the library of congress and it's incredible. this man, this renaissance man, every subject you can think of is there. archaeology. history. art. farming. it's all there in different languages. that was thomas jefferson. amazing. well, two days before the british arrived, the commandant ordered the navy clerk to get a hold of transport to take 124 barrels of gun powder

the stories of all of them. although too off overlooked, their tales of heroism are truly inspiring. when i was secretary of state, i knew i could count on my state department colleagues to respond with speed and skill to any challenge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even as the world shifted under their feet. the diplomacy center will capture this trademark quality in an exhibit entitled "diplomacy is everywhere, 24/7." the exhibit will emphasize a simple reality: no matter what political upheaval or crisis the world faces, diplomacy never sleeps. american diplomats are and will be hard at work managing a myriad of problems. there's, of course, another big reason that this center is very important. it will explain why diplomacy matters to every american citizen. such an understanding of the purpose and practice of state craft in a democracy like ours extremely critical because the people are the ultimate arbiters of our foreign policy. during tough times like today, as crisis brews in the ukraine, the entire mi

the familiar sound of an africa tired of war, an iraqi victim of extremism, a syrian fearful of terrorism and a lebanese worried about violence and sectarianism. i believe if countries claiming leadership of the coalition do so to continue their [ inaudible ] in the region, they will be making a strategic mistake. obviously since the pain is better known by the countries in the region, better they can form a coalition and accept the leadership to counter violence and terrorism, and if other nations wish to take action against terrorism, they must come to their support. i warn that if we do not muster all of our strengths against extremism and violence, and fail to entrust the job to the people in the region who can deliver tomorrow this world will not be safe for anyone. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, last year i tried to fulfill the role of my country in the realization of peace at the regional and international levels by putting forward a proposal of a world against violence and extremism, which was met with general support. in the chaosic region of the middle east, iran is one of

i welcome the election of the president of iraq and the speaker of house of representatives and also his assumption of the new government. such developments are promising and should reflect with positivety in iraq. mr. president, at a time where we look forward to the complete formation of the iraqi government so it will shoulder the dangerous task of facing the challenges, mainly terrorism, it is important for all iraqis to take part of the management of iraq and this is the only means to face the serious challenges facing this country so they would express national unity in the government. you could perhaps agree this only happens through a serious national dialogue. we would support our brothers and sisters in any sect that could seek to maintain iraq and defeat terrorism. the world is following with much concern and interest the hackeds acts of killing in the region. as we discuss options to face the groupings and to face their danger to the region and the world we think that the success of the international community would only be possible through political will and internationa

this is coming off of a low of 0.4% in 2012. here, it's really a rebound off the 2012 low, which as many know was mainly due to a large number of top-selling brand name drugs that lost patent protection in 2012. so the impact was felt in 2012. that kept spending growth down in 2012. so in 2013 there were some additional brand name drugs that lost patent protection. there was an a dollar value of drugs that lost patent projection. that's the primary reason for the acceleration. the next period 2014-2015, which are the two years that you'll see the major impact of the coverage expansions. for medicare and private health insurance, higher growth is of 12.8 for medicare and -- medicaid and 6.8 for private health insurance for 2014 is due to higher use as a result of the covered expansions where we're expecting a reduction of 9 million in 2014. in 2015 we're expecting additional 8 million reduction in the uninsured which will keep private health insurance growth strong at 6.9%. for medicaid we're projecting a slow down in growth of 6

of foreigng number terrorist fighters as a not, of course, of the conflict in syria. a long period of upheaval and outrageous human rights abuses in syria have created a house of horrors. there can be no genuine protection of civilians if the extremist groups are permitted to act with impunity and the syrian government continues its assault on its own people. for more than a year, i have sounded the alarm about the vicious and unjustifiable actions of these groups, and the iraq,s they pose to syria, the wider region, international peace and security. we need a creative and comprehensive political strategy in syria and beyond to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters. terrorists must be defeated, but we must do so in a way that avoids the deliberate acts of provocation that they said for victimization, radicalization, and more civilian death. eliminating terrorism requires international solidarity and i'm -- and ated approach multifaceted approach are among the many tools we must use, you must tackle the underlying conditions that provide valid groups -- violent g

tyler of course would have none of this. tyler brings all his wit to bear in getting them to leave the union so both of them proved to be really problematic for lincoln. one of the inside the tent and one outside the tent. other questions? yeah. >> hi. you mentioned history and politics seem to repeat itself and the antics that preceded lincoln's term. it seems like there's a lot of similar activity going on nowadays especially how it relates to the economy and the budget and how much we are spending on entitlements. and with the introduction of the tea party, you draw any more parallels and is this kind of a foreshadowing of another civil war? >> no, thankfully but here's the thing. i was a history junkie, very active in politics and that i have a great opportunity because of people like you, people watching c-span at home to write three books now. history will be worth it to me to read just because it's a great story. some of the most amazing stories ever found in history. you wouldn't believe that somebody wrote it in a n

the naic, a sense of deep knowledge of the issues, a sense of balance of professionalism about how toe them. i think a lot of these kind of issues, looking to the naic and the different perspectives and the different states and the way they're represented is a good way to get a window into the issues. so i thank ted for his comments here and i hope we do keep this issue primarily at the state level. i think it's the kind of issue that differs dramatically across the states. one more comment i want to make is the event that shawn carr asked me to organize and attend. and then shortly after i learned of his sudden death. i just want to take a moment to commemorate shawn. he was i think a reporter in the very best tradition. just a natural curiosity about issues and just did a bang-up job of covering these issues, particularly at the naic. so with that i'll get into my comments. i basically have three points to make. one is around the networks and what was intended in the aca in terms of setting up the exchanges and competition within the exchanges. two, what are some of the broader issu

having one of the problems of the u.s. intelligence community is how to go from knowledge to wisdom. you can know lots of facts but how do you know what to do with it as an institution? it's really hard. abouttanks are all letting people do things with the idea that a lot of different people do a lot of different things and somehow out of the middle, you will end up in the individual but no decision is necessarily absolutely the right decision. your experience suggests to me is that we have to think of the nation. how deep into this can we get? what outcomes can we produce? reticent, become too i think a lot of my air france have claimed the obama administration is much too reticent and they think there's nothing you're willing to do and you become less relevant. as a country, we have to be better at the gearing out where we can do things. there is physics and chemistry involved. there are times we have to be very precise about applying psychology politics. times three say that is too delicate. we can't do that. and compen

investigations of the conduct of their forces.p until now, both sides although israel for its part has a just system have really failed that test. given that it seems that element on the ground that they at the very least provide some sort of leverage or improved behavior in this regard in addressing these violations of the law, frankly is a national criminal court. unlike the institution that's been set up to deal with situations with states that have a primary responsibility that are unable or unwilling to carry out that responsibility. we are in a new situation politically in that since the last conflict of 2012, the palestinian authority could ratify the treaty which would make it a party to the statute and therefore eligible to present cases, allegations for the investigation by the international criminal court. that something they didn't have that capacity until a year or so ago legally speaking, diplomatically speaking. israel, while it signed the treaty back in 1999, has ever ratified it and has indicated that it has no pl

but they thought of themselves large state because of the importation of slaves and 3/5 doption of the compromise. but at a crucial moment, those absent that day, allowing the majority of the georgia delegations to swing the the connecticut compromise, five in favor, four divided. massachusetts >> we don't know quite why, right? that they wanted this union to go forward. i will say if there's a single achievement of this convention single virtue of the collectivity of men who gathered assembly room, is that ultimately with a few men tions, theementz were who checked their egos at the door. these were men who ultimately able to put their own personal and often strongly held aside for the sake of union. benjamin franklin had a role in convention. he's 81. he moves in and out of lucidity. i can't resist this one anecdote. they're debating how you should members of the supreme court. and franklin gets up and gives a speech that we should follow the scottish example lawyers that all of the in the country will cast ballots. elect from among their number the ablest men and they comprise the s

vast amount of money goes into this, and the vast amount of the hopes of generations of americans that their children will have a chance to be in the middle class. depends on having post-secondary credentials. show the stakes are extremely high here. and the reason we did this conference is we want to make sure that they're not the unintended harm done. the first rule of policymaking, especially when it's so close to the destiny of america and its people, is do no harm, do no additional harm. try to think about ways that you can do things positively and country. i don't think anybody who is in today doesn't think that it would be better to have more, accountable institutions. it's not a simple issue. particularly it's not a simple issue as some of our analysts have pointed out when the data that you have doesn't exist. when you in fact a soundbite on the basis of a theoretical data that doesn't yet exist, you create problems that are not foreseeable on any dimension. so i think what we would be doing it as we go forward in the theory come is to be taking these papers, now that the auth

names of some of the captains.cnally, despite the information he was providing, was hard to work with. ranks disgruntled that has did not correspond with his contributions to national security. 1917, he boasted that no country had ever entered a war with such a detailed fightinge of enemies i th due to my work. president wilson was sympathetic and urged action on secretary lansing who manage the pay raise but cannot get a formal promotion but led mcnally to complain to the number two in the state department. he said it was costing the country thousands of lives and millions of dollars. mcnally's eagle and a radical ways did not endear him to americans and allies around him in zÜrich and doubts abourose about his loyalty. it was kind of novel at the time. mcnally was openly associating with a german officer for son-in-law. and was known to make rash statements that could be known as anti-british or anti-french. most of his close friends in switzerland were pro-german. a lot of americans were really uneasy about this

and was at the scene of one of the u.s. military's biggest setbacks in the first year of the iraq war. u.s. forces eventually retake the city in late 2004, but insurgent groups continue to operate in and around fallujah. then in 2006 and 2007 as president bush decided to search the u.s. troops in iraq, local tribes also moved to reject al qaeda affiliate fighters and the united states was able to coordinate these efforts by the local tribes with the campaign of u.s. and iraqi security forces. that coordination, of course, has since come undone in the wake of the u.s. withdrawal and sectarian ms. wu by the maliki government and fallujah is now occupied by islam xd fighters. while much has been written about what happened in and bar they offer the perspective of those that actually served there. in their book, they held up fallujah an example of what can be achieved by the right combination of leadership and perseverance. their story is not really a story of a major military battle in 2004 but of the more complex military, po

white wash of the war of 1812.blaming the british in every respect, and using invective and describing the destruction of washington. as time went on, you know, madison stuck to that narrative, stuck to his guns. and egged on by jefferson as well, because jefferson was really most proactive of the two of them in looking for a republican who they could trust to open their private papers and allow them, public and private papers, and allow them to write the authoritative history of parties. they were combatting for many years the multivol ume biograph of washington by john marshall, which got well beyond george washington's life and into partisan politics. and they were especially jefferson desperately afraid that american history would be told from the opposition point of view. so you know, this kind of explains why they weren't prepared to let history judge them without their doing everything possible to line up the authoritative writers of the history of the times. >> i want to add one point. this is why history c

the bill has the support of georgia's -- of both of georgia's republican u.s. senators and 77 bipartisan members of the house of representatives. this is an important piece of legislation for the people of georgia's fourth congressional district who i represent. but also for the thousands of heroes who fought tirelessly during the civil rights movement for equality in the south and throughout the country. the west hunter street baptist church study act authorizes the department of the interior to conduct a study of the west hunter street baptist church in atlanta, georgia, to determine if it meets the requirements to become part of our nation's park system. according to the national park service, the site may be considered for designation as a national park if it is associated with significant events and people in our nation's history and contributes to the understanding of these historic events and figures. during the civil rights movement, the west hunter street baptist church served as the headquarters for many civil rights workers and organizers. it was the

of representatives, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the united states capitol. tomorrow at 8:46 a.m., the capitol will join the nation in a moment of silent tribute to those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. tol will jo a moment of silent tribute to those we lost on september 11, 2001. it is one of many such moments, silent or otherwise. they come by instinct now. we stand taller for the colors, the hand is steadier on the heart, a prayer is felt, not just said and we pull together when we might not have done so before. this is the response of a people who share a stubborn belief in each other. it's a search to grasp whatever it was in the character of those men and women who, eaving life at its peak, thought of others before hemselves. tomorrow we mourn for what was taken from us. today we conside

reading of declaration of independence in defense of equality. that will be published at end of this month by norton. we also have with us, professor joseph ellis. a noted biographer of our founding fathers, historian of the revolutionary era. he has written prize-winning books on thomas jefferson and john adams. he is for many years professor at holyoke, mount holyoke college and now he is professor at the commonwealth -- sorry, commonwealth honors college at university of massachusetts at amherst. we'll talk about his new book today, published in 2013. that book is quote revolutionary summer, the birth of american independence." so i would like to start out, we have here a philosopher and a historian, and, they take different approaches, both to our founding documents, our texts and also to the stories that they tell. i wanted to begin with danielle. you say at one point, in the books, thatou history can functn as a barrier to entry for some people trying to understand texts and ideas. and i wonder if you can elaborate on that? >> sure. i would

in a drab suburb of paris at the church of saint-denis once the glorious burial place of the kings of france we can pinpoint the moment of transition to the new, visionary gothic style. it's rare in the history of western architecture when we can see a new style born in a new place in one monument at a very specific moment in time. such is the case here where, for the first time the gothic style was created. william clark is an art historian who has made new contributions to our knowledge of saint-denis and chartres. the new style of architecture is characterized by these tall, thin columns, their foliage capitals that lift up the ceiling height, a network of pointed arches and rib vau@ts. these things had been used before. what's new at saint-denis is the sense of the organization of the space. the divisions are played down in favor of a unified space that flows from one side of the building to the other. the differences from romanesque architecture are clear. romanesquerchitecture had massive, heavy, thick walls and divided spaces. here at saint-denis, the divisions between units, l

to take 124 barrels of gun powder out of the navy yard into the safety of virginia. settled up across into georgetown and saw a wagon outside a store. he rode up and told the two apparent owners he was impounding it for the department of navy. this is wartime. and so some citizens who might normally have buckled to bureaucratic pressure bustled chasing off government officials with abuse and profanities. this is exactly what happened to booth. in a vivid chronicle written two weeks after the departure of the british, he described what happened next. and it's got my fingerprints all over it at the national archives. i dismounted and followed them into the store. where they made use of such language as was degrading to gentlemen. he didn't have any backup power. he didn't get the wagon. but booth was one of the last to free the city before the british arrived. and before he did so, he decided to check at the white house to see if anybody was there and to get reliable information. when he rode up, he saw an american colonel on horseback near the front door. the colonel

of the implications and without that there will be no hope of freeing up syria iraq of of its tyrants of various forms jabari london do you think this is what isis counts on is that there is such the the relationships in alliances in the region are so complex complicated and contradictory even that it's going to be very difficult for the region to deal with them all a no no where years. to we think just ignore. the. decided to attack people and kill for nothing the depth of feeling and the. verse to that conference and many partners were not meeting in the interest. of the situation specially in styria while in iraq was different of course the. government which. looked to the. brutal regime of saddam but in syria. played the in the very clever way but learned of the. norbu this conflict. ok ok we're on this. and i'm going to just we're going to go to a short break about about. your discussion on the islamic state stay. over the muslims are. from. her. mum. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process

it's part of the magic of the end. so lots of work going on there. and how to be relevant to our customers. how to know them. i have never seen a prospect customer come to me and say you are so large, you're so impersonal, i'm going to join you so i can be 162,723. i never heard that. they say know me. help me understand me, and reward me. make it very personal about me. another big issue we are working on is all things risk. when i joined the industry, if you got your loan book right, the rest of it was insignificant. in fact, that was probably the case even as recently as 10 years ago. incidentally, during the most difficult time of the down turn we were losing over 2% of our loans to losses. which actually was not that high compared to a lot of competitors. in the second quarter of last year -- this year, we lost around a third of a%. almost eight times better. credit has never been better. but today you have things like cyberrisk and you have interest rate risk and reputation risk, litigation risk, foreign exchange risk. knowing your customer. so

koester of. now what's also significant above the route is not include some of the world's richest gas fields for a start to china and in sky a field is in the far eastern russian region. it's estimated to have gas reserves of around one point three three million cubic metres it's fast on the new power of siberia network will link it to another rich gas field in eastern siberia. in island where there is thought to be around one point two trillion cubic meters of gas on russia's largest field which is believed to be the world's second biggest natural reserve is located in west siberia for over ten trillion cubic meters all the sites will be linked up to start to levering gas to china in twenty nine team. let's take a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world a suicide bombing in western iraq has claimed the lives of twenty two security personnel and fifteen civilians a terrorist drove a bomb laden car into a nine story building used by the police force an army extremist netwo

out with something of an accreditation of plans. how is that going to work? and is that going to work well? how does that fit in with what all of the other parties are doing? >> i think it is a welcome development in the sense that those kinds of accreditation programs i think can be helpful and that they are sort of a level below regulation. at the federal level you have to worry about once a regulation is put into effect it is hard to change. the states tend to be a lot more nimble about trying something and if it doesn't work doing it. that was not my experience at the federal government. looking at different things through accreditation and approach it softer than a regulation are to be commended. i think in general i don't know a lot about the standards. when i skim through them they look to be more process oriented and making insurers work through a process of asking the right questions and having answers and not so much on kind of bottom line standards. i could be wrong on some of the details. that was my impression, more of

pathology, is the idea of culture of poverty. this idea of a culture of poverty comes most explicitly from anthropologist oscar lewis. and lewis wrote a book, initially he was writing about a mexican family in a small village in mexico. and what he argued in this book is that the poverty that this family had lived in for generations had created a pathological culture. or a culture of poverty. so that these poor people had different values, a different way of living than nonpoor people did. he had a list of 50 different characteristics. they were things like tendency toward violence and inability to defer gratification and all of these sort of negative values that got passed on generation to generation, right? so again, even if you argue as lewis did that the origination of the problem was being kept out of opportunity, he's arguing again that this culture becomes self perpetuating. so what causes children to be poor, it's the culture of their families and communities that causes them to be poor. he wrote then a book about a port

of the university of wisconsin system. thank you for being here. let's begin with this distinction of being the president of the university of wisconsin's system. what does that mean? >> within the university of wisconsin system, greta, there's 13 four-year institutions and 13 two-year feeder institutions extension is in all 72 counties, in addition to that, there are 180,000 students throughout the system. 40,000 employees. it's roughly the sixth largest system in the united states, with about a $6 billion budget. it's pretty sizable higher education, public higher education operation. >> what does it mean that you are the president of the system as opposed to a president of just let's say the university of wisconsin, madison, of one site? >> part of the theory behind a system is that they're meant to coordinate and to develop state wide issues, issues that impact the whole state. and serve the institutions in a way that -- in terms of shared resources in helping them more effectively and cost effectively deal with some o

of course, the question of retaliation.normous part in the eyes of a lot of people and we are so vulnerable because of all those things that make us so great, our freedoms and sense of security that we have. america has been changed today by all this. >>> oh, another one just hit! >> a very large plane just flew directly over my building. >> the instant that second plane hit that second tower the looks that were exchanged in that studio were chilling, and i'll never forget them. >> they were eyewitnesses to history. >> there has been a declaration of war by terrorists on the united states. >> i think the role of a journalist is to tell everyone that there is a new reality here.

as i say, hood was promoted to temporary rank of general and given command of the army of tennessee. after receiving this word, secretary of war sedin sends hood another telegram and lays out his expectations. it may yet be practicable to cut the communication of the enemy or find or make an opportunity of equal encounter. in other words, one, do two things that joe johnston never had done, attack sherman if you see an opportunity of advantage, and send your cavalry. don't wait on the administration to order forester morgan. how do we assess hood's character? unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, hindsight reigns. we are always thinking of hood in terms of post-atlanta, subsequent to the fall of the city, the bloody frontal attack on may 30 and the -- allowing -- taking defensive positions south of nashville and allowing thomas to gain strength and rout the army in mid-december. as you see here, here's the cemetery where the confederate dead are buried and the five generals killed in action on november 30, including cleburne. bohannon is only one of the recent rath of historians who p

it was sort of a set of a set of explorations, of ideas-- me trying to figure out a lot of how i thought the world worked in terms of race and politics-- but very much informed not only by my academic scholarship, but by, you know, a particular formulation that came from my life experiences. so you know, i'm the child of a sort of freedom fighting african-american first generation college professor, and in many ways, it was my father's voice, my father's experiences that helped to frame my understanding about what race in america is. now, coming into adulthood and into true adult scholarship and into thinking of myself as... >> hinojosa: because that was baby scholarship? >> yeah, well, i mean, it was... >> hinojosa: ( laughing ) >> ...i think it, you know, that early stuff is still... when people claim to be writing objectively, i really believe all professors are always writing books about themselves, if you look carefully enough. so for me, as i started working at the university of chicago-- i spent seven years there as an assistant professor... >> hinojosa: heady place. >> an amazing

after four years of discipline policies of the chancellor of have thequer, we now fastest growth of the g7 economies. we have employment nearing a record high. we have nearly 2 million new apprenticeships. this is a remarkable economic turnaround from a catastrophic situation. >> does the leader of the house agree that scottish independence is not about getting one over westminster, not about embarrassing the prime minister or the leader of the opposition, not about defeating the old enemy, but it is about scotland turning its back on 300 years of successful union and rejecting so much that this country has done to make us all so proud of being part of great britain? my honorable friend is right. it is not about any individual or party or election. it is a far longer-term decision than that. in my experience, other nations regard the u.k. with admiration and sometimes even envy. if scotland voted yes, all over the world, people who share our values and count on our contribution to peace, stability and human rights would be disappointed. those who don't share those priorities and beliefs

of 23 years of war and trouble. and multiplied the budget from 3.5 billion to as much as 75 billion with, a growth of government agencies from about 300 up to some 1600. and fabulous waste and kuply indication and waste and lack of efficiency. so the congress with at i profl of the president in each case set up a commission and in both cases i was asked to take the chairmanship. >> the first reorganization commission of six years ago. secured the adoption of a great many of the recommendations of 70%. they related largely to reorganizations of different agencies and setting up a new structure, of the government. the korean war and the rearmament came along and obscured whatever savings there were the second commission examined the government from a functional and a policy point of view. we have made recommendations, which if adopted would enable the balancing of the budget and a very substantial reduction in taxes. the last commission required five years. to get its proposals adopted, it may take it some years to ge

but in terms of the dynamict  and how much of that is indigenous end of that phenomenon.so when the region began.@ and then with so many others. we because it becomes that the source is this big activism movement. but we are against extremism. we're also inspired by the same phenomenon. so between fact is the framework that they have. but will give you one example. said he would go and to meet. [inaudible] and he was also part of a special forces.ll he was sent a few years ago from the government. and brian large to have a good relationship. because they say we need your help. because the taliban has already left. unfortunately is behaving. but they kept him and be headed him?]e [inaudible] but with the military tried their very best. '01 taliban never listen to the other taliban. and to assist the suicide bombers. so i the face maybe there was the disconnect in that ideological framework at the end of the day it comes to get other. >> >> and a majority comes from opium. if you talk to the british answer. but from the american perspective funding is haphazard with your

freedom, of justice, and of peace we hold so dear.. >> thank you, sir. i am so pleased to be with you here today, especially this day. v.j. day, as you know, is a special day of this country and a day we commemorate the end of world war ii and a day we celebrate the unity and spirit of the american people who together helped to end the war. and it is a day when we can celebrate the same unity and spirit that has allowed us to turn our former enemies into allies and friends. as you heard mentioned, on the 50th anniversary of the attack of pearl harbor, i produced a documentary in hawaii to commemorate that event. one member i interviewed was a salty sea dog named john fin. as a navy petty officer on december 7, 1941, john finn grabbed a 50 caliber machine gun and mounted it on an instruction stand. despite being wounded 21 times, chief finn fired on japanese aircraft from that exposed position for two solid hours. he was one of 15 men awarded medals of honor for their heroic actions that day. and when i asked john finn for an interview

voluntary nature of it, economies of scale of a global network.nsure we're including and becoming increasingly inclusive both in the decision making about how information works and in our deliberations and respect of what others expect from the network. >> okay. thank you. so christine, you focus on trade issues. what are the challenges you're seeing? >> again, thank you very much for the invitation to be part of this distinguished panel. appreciate the opportunity to be here. certainly this is a very essential important part of the trade agenda. we start from the premise that digital trade and information flows are becoming a more and more important source of our gdp, employment, and just overall business productivity and opportunity for innovation. from that point of view, in terms of challenges, specifically, i think i would say the number one challenge that we see and it very much overlaps with comments danny has made is localization requirements in various forms. i think most specifically tied to internet. it's either in the form of local ser

of course, one of the things that we do is be one of the most important funders of the encourage the authority to restore its authority in a stepping stone towards further negotiations. there is no military solution , we need to learn the lessons of the past. i welcome his backing for what we are doing to resupply the kurds. we should continue to do that. he asked a series of questions. in terms of the pressure on reaching out to all parts of iraq i'm a we are part of solid international pressure to make sure that that happens. in terms of talking to the region to make sure that financial support is cut off for extremism, i have have those conversations with many over the summer. in terms of turkey we are working more closely with them than ever before on this issue. in terms of the measures at home, i am delighted he is going to support the measures for seizing passports as we reintroduce this legislation. i welcome all party discussions on discretionary powers to make sure that we correct the problems we have in a proper way. on the last two points, i think it is important that eve

but the model of the kind of creating a form of of as weak or that romantic nature as a citizen that allows us to live our actual urban lives we are in fact an urban industrial people is a way of reconciling things that cannot be reconciled. >> was their public policy fights about creating central park >> central park being in new york city really had more to do with finance than it did with policy. central park was not -- it was inhabited by several thousand black and irish people with their farms and the new york state legislature aj decision to commit some six or $7 million to buy and construct the park because they recognized that it would raise the land value. so the parks have always been billed as real estate amenities. they actually so -- the new york legislature said we will fund this for the betterment of the finance of the city. that's what happened when he built this thing suddenly everyone had to live on upper fifth avenue up in the 50s and to be built mansions and that's how that worked. so real estate is typically at the heart of these things although you will find pub

of faith. a lot of what happened in the early days of this republic, when we were still in our adolescence and trying to survive, had to do with our faith. faith in ourselves. faith in our ability to sustain what we had created here, and it is that faith, really, that carry the defenders of fort mchenry and others involved in that conflict through to a point where suddenly when it was all over, when this battle ended, when the word went out, the world was suddenly aware that there was a new player on the global stage and it was here to stay. >> at 8:56, we'll hear the barrage, again, representing symbolically the bombardment of this fort. as we wait and i think it is important to wait in silence, but as we reflect, think of the power of place, this is not a rebuilt fort, it is not the mock-up fort, this is the fort that was there. sure, our maintenance team maintains it, the national park service as stewards of these treasures keep it in good repair and the united states army itself throughout

of the war of 1812 and the british burning of washington. the white house historical association, the u.s. capitol historical society, and montpelier hosted this event. it is about one hour. >> thank you. our next speaker will be william seale. and to us at the association, he doesn't really need much introduction. he's been a part of our organization as an adviser to our board for at least as the time he published his president's house" in 1986. he's been a mentor to us on the staff with research eeducation, publication. over all those many years and now is the editor of our white

the two of them had to take care of that son.e had a very complicated relationship with warren harding. i would say it is in a sense more of a business-type relationship in some sense that they really did -- he pros speaker -- he prospered in terms of business and political career. she was a very strong woman. richard and i talked about this. why was warren harding drawn so such strong women? his mother was a very strong woman and a very dominant person in that family, too. very complicated story. >> let's talk a little bit about carrie phillips. i was very impressed with harding's assessment of her with the letter we found in the military -- karen found in the military intelligence folks. she's a brilliant woman of intellectual superiority. and then goes on to say, i thought a bit patronizingly, i have thought most of it -- that's the pro-german diatribes, was due to an ego tictism. women weren't supposed to do this. >> you want to see a picture of carrie phillips? >> maybe it's not patronizing because he's trying to call the do

hundreds of millions of human beings have been freed from the prison of poverty with the proportion of those living in extreme poverty cut in half. and the world economy continues to strengthen after the worst financial crisis of our lives. today whether you live in downtown manhattan or in my grandmother's village more than 200 miles from nairobi, you can hold in your hand more information than the world's greatest libraries. together we have learned how to cure disease, and harness the power of the wind and the sun. the very existence of this institution is a unique achievement. the people of the world committing to resolve their differences peacefully, and to solve their problems together. i have been telling young people in the united states that despite the headlines, this is the best time in human history to be born, for you are more likely than ever before to be literate, to be healthy, so be free to pursue your dreams. and yet there is a pervasive unease in our world. a sense that the very forces that have brought us together, have created new dangers, and made it difficult for