what do you restricted and shut down the entire pacific ocean and alaska? >> what about the northeast, north atlantic? >> because this is a political and sensible statement. if it is successful and it does not cause horrible environmental damage, and the studies show that it is feasible, we move on. if it does, you stop. >> al gore said that fossil fuels are destroying our environment. >> well, he says that, yes. >> all the time. >> it is not destroying our environment. these things can be controlled. president obama has proposed -- nina is right. this is a prototype effort. it works, we will expanded. the pacific is not off limits for ever and ever, amen. >> what are we testing? we have a ton of dueling happening every day in the gulf of mexico, in a hurricane area, and it is successful. >> it is whether we can neutralize this as a political issue and take away drill, baby, drill as the theme song. >> and there is even deeper drilling, and gas drilling off the shores. there is stop to find out about, and the bush administration did not do any scientific --

last baseball on fox, 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific, jimmie johnson won four of the last five races here but dale earnhardt, jr. has a good car coming in starting fifth. join us for nascar on fox a little bit later in phoenix. >> joe: chris looks good, looks rested. >> tim: he does. >> joe: the desert has been kind to him. >> tim: yes, it has. >> joe: a ball to sean rodriguez. 51 homeruns the last two years at aaa and a guy who came to the organization in the trade from the angels. here is another piece of the puzzle. should get a lot of action at second base and when the rays he facing a right-hander they willle play some second and zobrist will go out to right. today against the lefty zobrist played second and kapler got the start in right. that is in the dirt, 2-1. >> tim: talk about pieces of the puzzle. pieces of the buzz until his family.

king kamehameha is a legendary figure to the people of hawaii and pacific. he was the king of great physical and mental pow rest -- prowess who united the hawaiian islands. he was a fierce warrior, a resourceful strategist, a visionary, and ambitious leader, and above all an unrelenting protector of his people. for much of its history the hawaiian islands were controlled by competing chiefs. they waged frequent battles over land and resources and witnessed many civilian casualties. by bringing the islands together, kamehameha ushered in a period of peace and prosperity. he established laws, organized the government, sponsored agriculture, encouraged trade, and built houses. his most renowned edict, the law of the splintered paddle, ensures the protection of civilians during war. this law illustrates kay maya maya's compassion -- kamehameha's compassion for his people, especially those most vulnerable. his steadfast leadership came at a pivotal point in hawaii yeas history, a time when the islands made first contact with foreigners. at the dawn of a new era f

the solomons are in the pacific rim's ring of fire. a massive vol canic formation frequently rocked by earthquakes. there have been a number of devastating quakes around the world already this year. gee yolgss say the number of earthquakes isn't increasing but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. one geologist says earthquakes the size of the one that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happen 15 to 20 times every year and mostly in areas with little or no population. >>> look at this. a landmark that has graced the dallas/ft. worth metroplex since 1971 here now just falling right into a pile of rubble. and dust for that matter. texas stadium home to the dallas cowboys through their five super bowl championships is a goner folks. team moved to a new billion-dollar stadium last season. the city of irving imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project. >>> death threats against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is blamed for it. the senate sergeant

pacific command. that is the largest. during his career, he served on a guided missile destroyers in the atlantic and pacific fleets and commanded the kittyhawk battle group. he served as director of joint chiefs and is the first associate director of central intelligence at the sea it -- cia. he also served at the national security council. 1968 graduate of the u.s. naval academy, he earned his master's degree in languages from oxford, and he was there as a rhodes scholar. please join me in welcoming adam -- enroll dennis blair. -- admiral dennis blair. [applause] >> thank you very much. when i received the invitation to this group and saw the list of analysts who would proceed may, i felt like a character robert duvall plays in "loans and of," and it says, -- lonesome dove, it says if you're going to be honda, it might as well be by friends. -- to be hung in my, as well be by friends. it is a serious consideration where we go from here, and i would like to thank you not only the work that led to the terrorist reform unm

we've got two enormous garbage patches in the atlantic, in the pacific.fact, the united nations survey show that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic every square mile, and some of it is 95 feet thick, alex. >> there was a report from the national research council saying that the ocean absorbs about one-third of all man-made carbon dioxide. that's not something that we talk about much when we talk about global warming. but what's the effect there? >> well, the effects are the oceans are becoming more acidic, and as they acidify, their ability to suck co2 out of the air and keep it under check is reduced, and as that happens, of course, the earth continues to warm and these are all not good telltales. >> reese, the president has taken criticism for opening up the floodwaters off the u.s. coast for oil drilling. how serious a concern is it environmentally, or are you confident that the technology is there to keep disasters from happening? of course notwithstanding this oil rig explosion that we've been dealing with in the gulf of mexico. >> yeah. now, look, a

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he ended up living with kennedy on a tent on a pacific island for two months.chief gave him a cane as a gift. >> first, he used this cane when he was first walking. >> robbinson kept that cane for years. >> the cane remained under my bed. >> today robinson donated the cane to the smithsonian museum of american history. >> it can be tangible and real. >> it symbolizes more memories, for robinson, it's a piece of american history. >>> that cane will be kept in storage at the american history museum. >>> it's been one of those rainy, dreary, cold days. >> it has. it was chilly for april. we are going to bounce back tomorrow and on friday. and bounce somewhere else. that's all i'm saying. the next three days, here's your forecast first. tomorrow, very nice. we do run the risk of afternoon showers, but the bulk of the day will be nice. about 70. and 70 and mild on friday with sunshine and bounce into an unsettled weekend. showers and light rain on saturday. temperatures in the upper 60s. now for tonight, we are looking at showers ending early, partial clearing. it w

so, the sea lion is being cared for at the pacific marine animal center. named fiddler, after "fiddler on the roof." >> how did he get up there? >>> finally, a pint-sized invasion at officers around the country. the white house was no different. >> first lady played host to kids on bring your child to work day. and they weren't afraid to pose tough questions. >> the question is, is it fun living in the white house. and, yes, it's fun living in the white house. bo likes it, too. >> do you miss chicago? >> the thing i miss in chicago, is being able to walk out of my house and go down on the lake and ride my bike. but i can't do that here, either. so -- what i tell my girls is if there's a reason why -- if there's something i miss about chicago, it would be my family. and everybody is here with me. so, it makes it a lot easier to adjust because all the people that i love are still right here. you know, there's never been anybody in my race who had been here. i know. i know. all right. you're going to have to go. i'm going to lead with treats. it's slippery. a

by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge school in carlsbad, california. all high school students all as fans of our special guest seth macfarlane, there they are. hee's the emmy-winner and voiced many of the characters he created. the 150th episode of "family guy" may 2nd on fox. here's a sneak peek. >> well, come on. you don't know how to use that thing. >> really? what if i hold it sideways like a black guy. >> i don't want any trouble. >> there's not going to be any trouble if you eat my poo. >> that is not happening. >> then i'll be forced to shoot you. >> there's east no bullets. >> then i'll shoot you. >> i will. i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off. >> larry: you know, you are sick. >> yes, yes. i have a lot of problems. >> larry: how did all this start for you? you were a cartoonist? >> yeah. i was -- you know, i had been drawing cartoons since i was about 2 years old. my parents have woody woodpeckers and fred flintstones from way, way, way back and my first job was doing a cartoon, a weekly strip for the local, small

a new storm in the pacific northwest is expected to bre bring heavy rain.up to two inches is possible in isolated locations. and there will be scattered storms in the carolinas. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. goldman sachs executives testify before a senate committee this morning. the government has accused goldman of misleading investors. >>> and walmart is facing a massive class action suit. the suit alleges gender discrimination. walmart says it will appeal. >>> the latest health information on people in america is not good news. sandra hughes has the shocking results of a new government survey. >> reporter: stop someone on any street in america and chances are you'll find a chronic health problem. >> a little high on the cholesterol. >> i have high cholesterol, yes. >> reporter: this man has high blood pressure. >> i'm hoping i can get off this medication. all right they have plenty of company. the centers for disease control has startling new data about the state of our health. 45% of americans, almost half the entire adult popu

worldwide because clearly we have more demand than capacity in raw materials, especially as asia-pacific continues to grow, we're going to always be faced with firming up of the material, but on the other hand we have great plans in place with our product and our productivity to offset those increases. i think another key thing that you mentioned is just the fundamental economy, and we're very pleased with a slower recovery than we've had in the past but a good recovery trajectory in the united states and europe and, of course, asia-pacific is really growing, so i think everybody is focused on the economy and continuing the growth in the economy is the most important thing for all of us. >> reporter: you've got the fiesta coming out in another couple months. who is the buyer? are you looking at people that are now looking at those smaller japanese vehicles? >> it's interesting, because the market segment for smaller vehicles is very substantial, and if you look at the small, the medium and the large, it's about equally split. in the past, because we couldn't make money on smaller vehicle

>> guest: over the years his positions have been forgotten and his pacific's and has become to be viewed by partisans on both sides as somebody who was a straight shooter who told that the way it was and had the respect of the sulfide spectrum and asses history has outcast regardless if you agreed it lowered disagreed bed to looking at the best interest of the country. and that has a certain charm and well reception to get a good reception with the efforts. there is a nice comparison. uest: i'm looking for him. i'm not sure there is. there are, there are people who speak their mind, but he was, he became a, you know, a unique figure in american politics because of his outspokenness and his -- he took a very unpopular position at the time. conservativism was very young when he started a movement and made it very sensible, it was very common sense conservativism. we don't have somebody who's starting a movement like that today, at least hasn't surfaced on my radar. >> host: when did you first meet barry goldwater? >> guest: when i was 13 years old. his son and i were roommates in prep scho

. >>> a rare and deadly form of airborne fungus spreading fast across the pacific northwest. where did it come from and how big a threat is it. >>> plus, rock star bret michaels in the hospital after suffering bleeding on the brain. the latest on his condition is coming up. >>> and a rash of robberies targeting older men in florida, who's behind it and why do police believe there's even more victims out there? >>> good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc saturday." well, the fight over immigration in this country is escalating to a whole new level. fierce reaction is pouring in after the governor of arizona signed a controversial new bill that enacts laws against illegal immigrants. jan brewer is defending her decision to sign that measure. it will make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. it also requires police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants. and one immigrant group is already promising a legal fight. the mexican-american legal defense and education fund says t

with more than 140 years of experience, pacific life can help you achieve your vision of the future.sk your financial professional about pacific life... the power to help you succeed. >>> imagine the pope not being able to wear his hat outside or priests having to lose their collar. in belgium, they are close to banning be banni banning burqas in public. nick live in brussels. will it happen? >> reporter: who would have guessed. date when the government was about to enter into history as the first government in europe to pass a law banning the burqa that the government itself is on the verge of collapse. the prime minister has handed in his resignation. he is literally considering it. it is about the dutch speakers and the french speakers, historic divisions. it is a weak coalition government on the verge of collapsing. this ban may not go ahead today. the legislation is there. they have cross parties. this will make it illegal for a woman to make a burqa or the va veil that covers the face. they will go to jail if they break that law. >> what's behind this? >> well, you know what, g

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with more than 140 years of experience, pacific life can help you achieve your vision of the future.r financial professional about pacific life... the power to help you succeed. >>> your stop stories three minutes away. we're following a developing story, one that could leave hundreds of children and parents in limbo. russia is not allowing any more americans to adopt children after one woman from tennessee disowned her son and put him back to moscow on a plane alone. the boys' adoptive grandmother said he terrorized the family and even threatened to burn down the house. >> reporter: it began when this 7-year-old little boy stepped off the plane in moscow alone with a note from his adoptive mom saying she was returning home because he was mentally unstable and violent. the country's foreign minister threatened to as you ssuspend a to the u.s. and the media looking for the family that sent the kid back. that family doesn't want to be found. we would like to get the family's side of the story because right now they don't look too good in the headlines. >> they are listed in four differ

what some guys came up with that's working at the pacific northwest national laboratories using a sort of plasma zone where very hot cyanide gas inside it would break apart the materials into an component. so this is fundamentally have a melter with a plasma operating above the moaten glass to the inorganic materials that go into the glass. >> so basically this is how it works. first this is brought. here the waste is hydrogen and carbon gases. these gases are thin gas. the waste will then fall into a chamber with a plasma-enhanced melter. there they can reach 10,000 degrees celsius. the plasma earth whisks away into its original element. the gases were thin gas and can be used for fuel production. the metals strain into their metal element. it falls to glass to make an artificial subsidiary. >> and the byproduct? >> the only byproduct of the process are the kind of glass, and when i talk about the glass, it really is -- it looks exactly like obsidian. one of the videos on our website, one of our scientists, a former c.e.o., who was holding a block of this glass, and that block of glas

showers in the pacific northwest. rain from dakota to wisconsin.winds topping 50 miles an hour from utah to new mexico. isolated thunderstorms across texas. >> 80 in dallas today. 78 for omaha. 59 in chicago. boston climbs to 58. new york 66. 50s in billings, boise, and portland. 77 in albuquerque. and 83 today in phoenix. >>> a new orleans company has come up with a creative way to deal with the economic downturn. >> yeah, maid service is boosting its bottom line by going topless. yep, that's it. totally nude too if that's what the customer wants. the got it maid clean cog's been around seven years but the housekeepers only started taking off their clothes last year as business tapered off. >> customers are free to chat with the maids or just watch them clean but they must adhere to a strict no touching policy. >> and now they have to clean up a lot of drool too, i'm guessing too. >> don't really know how that's news, but all right. >> we'll be right back. assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for

. >>> there's been a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the south pacific.reports of damage and experts do not expect a tsunami there. the solomon islands are located along the so-called ring of fire, an arc of earthquake in volcanic zones around the pacific rim. >>> and astronauts working on the international space station this morning overcame technical difficulties as they performed the second spacewalk in three days, both needing extra elbow grease to loosen some bolts. more from candy crowley and "state of the union" after this. when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with comfort suites. spacious rooms, free hi-speed internet, and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. now stay two separate times with comfort suites... or any choice hotel and earn a free night. book at choicehotels.com. or any choice hotel and earn a free night. ♪ well, look who's here. it's ellen. hey, mayor white. how you doing? great. come on in. would you like to see our new police department? yeah, all right. this way. and here it is. completely networked. so, an

other than that, no huge storms, except for the pacific northwest, showers rolling in there.s. 68 degrees for the high expected in memphis. this little shower will bring its way over to the east. it will pose rain in memphis towards new orleans. the biggest problem will be across parts of florida where the showers continue today. that will be an issue because we have something called the space shuttle trying to make a landing at 8:48 later on today. a rare descending node approach, meaning it will come across north america and make its way down, which means if you live in seattle, at 5:13 local time, you'll be able to see this thing streaking across the sky through st. louis and arriving down across the kennedy space center. but there are showers around so we'll have to watch this closely. if all goes according to plan, they'll be landing here on "american morning" towards the end of the show. >> sounds cool. thanks so much. this morning's top stories minutes away, including the great wait. close to 7 million travelers affected by the volcanic cloud over europe. will there be

pacific to after 7 p.m. pacific time.ng and several hundred people still here in the parking lot. they seem to like your shown3 they watch a lot of greta van susteren programs. >> greta: thank you and thank them. estimating crowds is impossible and we could be dead wrong on any of our estimates. we'll hear maybe tomorrow from law enforcement as they make better estimates. we are live in washington, d.c.. today this is the heart of the action. the tea party express rumbled it is not a republican vs. democrat thing. it is a big government vs. fiscal conservative thing. ♪ i need a bailout ♪ somebody rescue me. >> why are you here? >> a week ago we were going these people have been in the news for a year, republicans, democrats, independents, they don't speak remotely for us. we don't think the country is on the path of socialism. taxes are essential for clean water, highways. who are they speaking for? what happened to the other 95%? ♪ i need a hand-out and bailout help me out today ♪ >> greta: are you worried about the defi

also tonight, actress anna torv, who can be seen and a much talked-about new series, "pacific." marc morial and actress anna torv, coming up, right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but, mostly, we are looking forward to helping you build stronger communities and relationships, because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions by viewers like you. to pbs stations. thank you. tavis: marc morial is president and ceo of the urban league. this year's report included findings about the latino community, as well. marc morial joins us tonight from washington. good to have you back on the program. >> thank you so much for having me. tavis: let me jump to our report. on the cover, you cannot miss the word "j-o-b-s." certainly, the center of it is about jobs. you all are working with numb

congress to found and co-chair the congressional humanities' caucus, and ultimately chaired the asia- pacific subcommittee. he then fled congress temporarily two years ago and taught at princeton and harvard before he was sucked back into the federal government to serve as the chair of the neh. his most interesting distinction is not his congressional service, his eight on reader agrees, but i think he must be the only neh chair in history to be honored in the international wrestling hall of fame. it is certainly good training for congress. welcome to the aspen institute. >> i am honored to be i think that has been -- i am honored to be here. there are a lot of things that we could talk about. what i wanted to actually ask you -- it goes back to what i said in my introduction. you have an absolutely unique and invaluable training for a cultural chairman, which is that you were a member of congress. you understand the congressional process. that is something that is really fundamental to the success of the cultural agencies

eastern and pacific. all this month, see the wonders of our studentcam video documentary competition. . tonight. this is the inaugural event of the truth teller series. i am more than happy to have the i am more than happy to have the our guest speaking to us tonight -- our guest speaking ato us tonight. we are the only age demographic based committee at the club representing everyone from the ages of 18 to 35, including our students members. anyone who is in journalism school is more than welcome to join. and thank you for coming. this is a more than exciting event. i am happy to be organizing this, it is something i have wanted to see done since i was in journalism school. thank you. to introduce our guest i. >> we hope we can raise awareness where press freedom is threatened. you might know it now but iran is at a very bad point at its history. reporters are fleeing the country. some of them are afraid that some friends or the families have been found by the government. they are deleting facebook from

that's according to the pacific tsunami center. the 6.2 magnitude quake hit 130 miles southeast of the capital city. the city felt the powerful effects of the tremor, but major damages and injuries are not reported yet. >>> a massive volcanic formation frequently rocked by earthquakes. there have been a number of devastating quakes around the world already this year. geologists say the number of earthquakes isn't increasing but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. one geologist says earthquakes the size of the ones that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happen to 15 to 20 times every year and they're in areas with little or no population. >>> look at this. a landmark that has graced the dallas metroplex since 1971 now has fallen into a pile of rubble. texas stadium, home to the dallas cowboys through their five super bowl championships is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new billion dollar stadium last city and the city of irving which owns this site imploded the stadium to make w

nobody really knows why the salmon from the sacramento river, which usually head out in the pacific,pretty much disappeared. lots of questions. last year, instead of the normal 750,000 king salmon there were less than 40,000, the second year in a row where the population collapsed. some blame warming oceans, others blame habitat damage. nobody can say for sure. the season will be limited along most of the west coast, but nowhere as much as central california, and that could keep wild cot salmon prices high. >> the bulk of the state of california's only going to get eight days of fishing, when normally, they get five months. so, the small amount of fish that's landed, i am sure will be quite precious. >> right now the market seems pretty strong. people are very in tune with where their salmon are coming from now. >> and dan oberdovich who leads the team of pacific seafood says wild caught salmon could go up for consumers, the prices in consumers' favor. there is a lot of farm-raised salmon and the downturn in the industry is pushing prices lower, but at least there will be some salmon

about temperature its back in the low to mid 60s by the middle of the upcoming minneapolis and the pacificl in the 50s and 60s and rain in the california coast and snow in the higher elevations. and where are you guys from? >> vermont. >> welcome to "the today show." >> all right. you can also get your weather any time when we're not here by logging on to weather.com. here's jenna. >> janice, thank you. >>> it all comes down to today, tiger woods is going to the masters championship as he heads into the final round of augusta national. kerry has been keeping an eye on things down there. good morning, kerry. >> reporter: tiger woods had said he would moderate his behavior and tone things down both on and off the golf course and then there was the 6th hole yesterday where he used language not normally associated with this genteel sport and oh, yeah, it was on tv live, no delay. it's as if tiger woods were never involved in a scandal as if his alleged dozen plus extra marital affairs never happened. less than seven and a half weeks ago the 34-year-old had said he would take an indefinite leav

eastern and pacific. >> this weekend, on c-span2's " book tv," rebecca skloot. his book is "super power allusions." then, nell irvin painter. on the entire schedule at book tv.org. but president old, told workers at a manufacturing plant that the economy was beginning to turn the corner. the labor department shows that employers added 152,000 jobs. unemployment remains at 9.7%. the president spoke at a lithium ion battery parts manufacturer. >> mr. president, we're honored by your visit. on behalf of our company, we want to thank you for selecting our site to post your town hall meeting today. we are a global leader in technology and we are particularly proud of what we have accomplished. as a pioneer in leader in the development of high performance separators, we are one of the largest global suppliers in the lithium battery separator industry. we're the only supplier that develop products here in the united states. we established operations in charlotte with the emergence of the industry about 45 years ago. today, the charlotte region remains a important part

trying to have it both ways, drill in some areas, butn some other areas, beautiful cape cod, the pacific coast, we aren't going to drill there. some areas of alaska, but not others. he does have a way of straddling these issues. and i think looking at his performance over the last year, it is not effective. it leaves both sides unhappy, feeling he hasn't gotten the point. chris: most americans have a point about easthetics but they want the drilling. >> we're going to drill, but not going to drill. chris: the president is -- the president has created a deficit commission. the growth for type said it's for taxes. is he going to do something on the deficits? >> he will do something. commissions, this is a kick the can down the road. the next commission he takes on is going to be something on social security. chris: that's the same question. >> it's part of the same question. one of the ways he kicks the admission can down the road, we had this social security conversation, medicaid and medicare conversation. chris: it comes down to two decisions, raise taxes, a value -added tax or cut -- n

resource, and providing power to the pacific northwest. i have been privileged to work with the lower columbia river estuary partnership which heads our local estuary program. it's an unparalleled bistate public and private partnership involving collaborative efforts monkey federal partnersing e.p.a., the army corps of engineers. they work with government at all levels as well as a broad away of stakeholders that address these many challenges facing the estuary from habitat degradation to wetland loss and endangered species to toxic contaminants. this is a model nonregulatory community-based program that gets results. national estuary partners focuses on the ground activities and involving local communities with technical support and basic funding coming from the federal government. the accomplishments in the columbia are impressive. the partners have restored 2,600 acres of habitat. opened more than 53 miles of stream. completed toxic and conventional water quality monitoring and engaged the public in innovative cleanup efforts around the

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those also extend into the pacific and into the middle east. sustaining the safe, secure, and effective arsenal. this has been an area of a lot of discussion and i am sure we will have several questions here. no new testing, no new warheads. the secretary went to the criteria associated with that. no new missions or capabilities. life extension programs will focus on existing, tested designs. there are three principal categories of weapons, those that we refurbished, those that we reuse and those that we replace. and the case of refurbishment, these are designs that were previously produced. we have not changed anything associated with what we would call the physics package. the nuclear part of this thing. that will not be touched. in a refurbishment, you are working around the components that have become obsolete or those that by replacing them, would substantially reproved -- improve the safety or effectiveness of that weapon. in the case of reuse, those are nuclear designs from different warhead types. we might match the warhead from one wit

census to collect data to black white american indian native and asian-pacific islander. hawaii and was added later after the concession to protest and one ethnic category hispanic latino which is not racial. it was good for civil rights but open the way to chaos. >> the classification portended enormous turmoil and now there was a non instead equate category dither not exist hispanic white people? yes. faced with a given racial choices on the census of 200042. to percent of latinos checked some other race rather than black or white although nearly 6% of other americans went into a ratio will go. in addition the u.s. census of 2000 had to increase a deeper and more personal recognition of multiracial identities. for the first time respondents were allowed to describe themselves as belonging to one or more of the 15 racial identities. a so often in the past added confusion and a list of races including nationalities. this expansion been allowed for 126 s no racial groups or for the pure 63 races it did not take much of analytical ability to see any notion of race was so di

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attack anesized about what would happen if in fact the japanese attacked british territory in the pacific war in asia and what would america do? britain would then be faced with a two front row with no american lifeline. judging from roosevelt's reaction, he may have been an incredibly good actor. ed murrow was in the white house that night and he talked about how roosevelt was action and so upset. i don't know. i don't believe either of these two men new. i don't think there was a conspiracy. >> if you will permit me i really don't like to ask questions. i like to make statements. i think a lot of people should like to make statements to get writers to write more about history that is more pertinent writur lives and all. i was wondering if you may be interested in writing about this history. first of all about the tax when kennedy came into office, the tax rate for corporations was 93%. we don't hear that at all. o> we are short on time so we t is have to skip that one. >> that is not my area expertise. t'slking over each other] >> give us better government if we could get our taxes -- t

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a maritime safety vessel, the pacific responder, is also set in a v shape around the ship, in the hope of containing any potential spill. while there is hope that it could break up, so the crews have benefited from hopeful -- salvage crews have benefited from hopeful weather conditions. the australian government is considering tightening up its maritime laws. it still wants to know why such a heavy cargo ship was traveling so far off course in a channel that was so hard to navigate. >> it is still to be outrageous that this chinese ship in broad daylight to be 12 kilometers of course in the middle of the great barrier reef. let's just call a spade a spade. >> the oil has already leaked into the sea from a punctured fuel tank has broken up following the use of chemical dispersants, and none of this has reached for short, but tourists have stressed -- expressed concern for the great barrier reef, one of australia's natural attractions. >> we do not have anything like that in germany, not at all. it is just a joy. >> maritime authorities plan to tow the ship to clear waters where divers c

ask your financial professional about pacific life.ic life...the power to help you succeed. >>> i want to give you breaking news in from iraq. according to nuri al maliki, two major militant figures have been killed there. one is the leader of al qaeda in iraq. the other is the leader of an umbrella group to that one called the islamic state of iraq. you see where we are getting the word that they were killed in a security operation in al anbar province in iraq. they have been killed according to the prime minister. of course, so much fighting and so much attention has been focused on what is happening in afghanistan. the fighting still, of course, does continue, the struggle still continues in iraq in a lot of ways. we have seen an uptick in violence after the march 7th elections there, which, by the way, still haven't been worked out. there was concern whether or not iraqi security forces were going to be able to secure and continue to secure that country as u.s. military officials were about to pull troops out and get down to levels