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the more on this now i'm joined by paul lapham our journalist lecturer at london's grinnell university good to have you with us so we haven't heard from bin laden much recently aside from some regular tapes that he sent out audio recordings how significant is his death i think you. know but. hopefully it will be the beginning of the end for the islamicist terrorist organizations in the middle east i think it's a very significant moment i think in some ways he's been sidelined by the events of the arab spring which showed that the populations rather than moving in his direction want to see freedom and liberty and the opportunity to express democratic views which is not what he was really interested so whilst he may be slightly sidelined it's not going to be very visible he still remains clearly symbol of you know the events that led to nine eleven and all subsequent. now the propaganda war has already started up in this the pakistani taliban already claiming that bin laden yet lives then saying that we haven't seen his body however there are reports that he's already been buried at sea

cannonized by pope john paul vi, and a few years later katherine drexell, the founder of xavier university. >> and the causes of sainthood are at the vatican. the unlike pope john paul ii, investigation consist take years if not decades, but the honor can be worth the wait. >> i think everybody acknowledges what kind of impact they've had as catholics in this country and would love to see the day all of them are announced universally for the church. >> and we thank lauren green for that very interesting. let's go back to vatican city, pope benedict. >> the redeemer of men, inspire for the fullness in your life at easter, to-- women and child are he respected and promoted. and these prayers i call upon you and your families the pea peace. >> and now in the german language. . [speaking german] >> the father asked that we may live the words of the gospel demonstrating to the world the mercy of god and the love of christ. now in the spanish language. keep in mind of course the youth world day this august will be in madrid, spain. many of here are present for that great event this year. the hol

incentives -- 21 new businesses have started because of initiatives that the university of rochester started recently. the paul ryan budget would destroy those. the proper role of government is to provide a helping hand in places like universities where they can create jobs. the university of rochester itself as a large employer around here as well it has been since 1986 since we have a major overhaul of our tax code. >> prebuttle? >> there we go, more government. that is what i keep hearing. at the end of the day, my opponent is more supportive of more government. at the heart of europe, she increased spending 21%. -- at the audobon bureau, she increased spending 21%. it is always more government, more spending. what happened to the private sector? what happened to have in partnerships with the university of rochester to make those projects happen? i am supportive of government grants. i think the government grant process at the university would be very successful. but we cannot forget that private-sector knows how to create jobs, not government. >> this hochul? >> i guess this comes from listen to what i sai

supreme court justice john paul stevens will deliver the commencement address at northwestern university law school. stevens, who graduated in 1947 is the third longest serving justice in the supreme court's history. >>> speaking today in new jersey, the dalai lama. hosted by newark's mayor, the three-day conference focuses on peace-making practices from around the world. >>> and happy birthday to musician stevie wonder who turns 63 today. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. how potential gop presidential candidate mitt romney is defending his own health care record while attacking president obama's. >>> and the very latest in the casey anthony murder case where jury selection in the trial has been slow going. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," j

>> reporter: i think -- one of the things about john paul ii that makes him so universally attractiveing he was going to be an actor. he was tremendously attracted to the stage and dreamed of becoming an actor, and wrote plays and in doing so he began to conceive of people, a way of making people see themselves as stars. he could adapt himself to every single situation, but at the same time he encouraged people to star in their own lives. it's like he anticipated the reality show, except he had a way of making young people in particular feel like they were destined to see the grand stars of their own lives. >> we have been talking so much about the polish culture and all the poles that travelled to visit here, and john paul ii was the pope in many years that was not italian. he had a connection to rome that started with his youth. can you tell us about that? >> reporter: john paul ii did not arrive in rome and say, i don't know my way around to find the pizza, and when he came here he had been here twice before elected pope. and he was right near the heart of town, and right around th

. >> which would speak to how john paul lived his life as well. >> universal agreement that he was a man of god and loved god and he was a man that had this unshakeable hope in the good. >> so let's take a look at the press he is for john paul. i know that we started in 2005. pope benedict waived the five- year waiting period for sainthood induction. and then what happened in. >> people go to their bishop and say we think this man or this woman is a saint. and so the bishop collected all of the material they have on the person's life and send it's to rome. and then there is a group of people in rome whose job is to look at all of their writing, to interview people who knew them and worked with them, to interview family members and to say we see a pattern of holiness. we see a pattern that this person in ordinary ways understand the christian message. >> and there is an investigation that goes on? >> yes. everything that the person wrote or may be recorded that they talked about is examined. so for someone like pope john paul ii it's an enormous body of work. and when they come to the

winner of the bradley prize, which will be given out tonight, a professor of history at the university of tennessee, paulates, juan williams, journalist and fox news analyst, a co-editor of this new volume. our conversation will be guided by and diana's two other coeditors, and teachers at the university of chicago and now with us in washington. amy will get us started this morning. with no further ado, amy katz. [applause] >> thank you. can anybody hear me? at one point in his essay "true americanism," theodore roosevelt suggested that americans who choose to live in europe never become europeans. they only cease to be american and become nothing. centuries -- a century later, at the university of chicago, i saw this assertion turned upside down. a few weeks after 9/11 in the first week of my course on human beings and citizens, i began by asking the 28 eager freshmen to identify themselves by name and say a few words about who they were broug. the following ensued -- student 1, korean-american. student 2, hispanic- american. student 3, catholic-american. and so it went until one student well,"i'm q, an

means to live a holy life and how we saw that in the life of john paul ii, and as it is related to the gospel and to the scripture, the universalecially, in the divine mercy sunday. the mercy of god, who looks upon us in our weakness and im perfect and sin and says, i'm with you, don't worry, you are not alone and john paul ii told us that as a nation, as a world. >> jamie: and we won't miss a moment of it when he begins, but, quickly, if you can, the young nun we heard from, from australia, had the honor of participating today. what does it take to be a part of this? >> good connections, how's that! jamie, what we see is a universal representation of the church -- >> jamie: father, the pope -- we have to listen, pope benedict xvi is about to begin. thank you. >> okay. >> translator: we gathered at the if you remember of pope john paul ii, and... he had an immense grace, that embraced the whole world. a grace which was in some way the fruit of my beloved predecessor's entire life and, especially, of his witness in suffering. even then we perceived the fragrance of his sanctity and in any number of ways god's people have showed

paul hewitt has been hired to replace the coach who left for the university of miami.from georgia tech last month, but while he was there he coached them to a national championship game in '04. he searched a $7.2 million buyout from the hokies which makes him more affordable in the eyes of a team like the patriots. >>> the redskins begin the nfl draft with 8 picks. they finish the weekend with 12 new players. it's what they did with the picks that have people scratching their heads a little bit. they didn't pick a quarterback at all. donavan mcnabb on his way out, rex grossman a free agent, all signs point to john beck as their starter. beck was said to be the best qv in his draft class yet he hasn't taken a snap since '07. beck says he's been practicing with superbowl winning quarterbacks drew brees offseason in san diego. that's an interesting scenario we'll have to watch unfold. >>> here's a look at who the redskins selected this year. in the first round, linebacker ryan out of perdue. he was the big 10 player of the year. in the second round they bolstered their de

university of maryland. it has been fun, but it has been different. >> bittersweet. thank you very much. >>> ron paul attended 80 party rally. he was able to do some serious fund-raising. >> he pulled down over $1 million yesterday during a 24- hour fundraiser. his presidential exploratory committee notified supporters by e-mail and social networking site prompting a flood of online donations. he pioneered this fund-raising technique during the 2008 campaign. this is the second major one-day fundraiser of the 2012 race. at wendy's we grill fresh beef only from north america 'cause we believe that's the way u make hot and juicy hamburgers. the other guys use frozen beef and some of it comes from ... whonoswhere. you won't findny frozozen beef at wendy's. so try our bacon mushshroom melt with applewood smoked bacon and a cheesy mushroom sauce. you know a hot and juicy hamburger when you taste it. ♪ you know when it's real ♪ >>> it is a speed trap catching thousands of drivers on i-95. where is all the ticket money going? not where you think. we investigate and follow the money trail tonight at 11:00. >

of a new seminary to be named after pope john paul, the blessed john paul ii seminary located on taylor street near catholic university. that is scheduled to officially open this fall. we're live outside st. matthews. now back to you. >>> the world's most famous newlyweds have released their official wedding pictures. the photos of the happy couple and their family were taken in the throne room of buckingham palace after friday's wedding. william and kate have announced they are delaying their honeymoon as well, citing privacy issues. tomorrow it's back to work for the prince as he'll resume his job as a military search and rescue pilot. >> good for him. i think it's sad when a honeymoon has to be delayed. you want a couple to go off and enjoy the moment. >> the normal honeymoon is, what, a week? a month, i'm sure. >> six months. go around the world. >>> 9:07 right now. new developments in lindsay lohan's latest run-in with the law. the deal the troubled actress may finally be willing to make. >>> and apparently not everybody has bieber fever. the incident that made the pop star so angry he almost cancelled a concert.

paul. by the way. >> you have lost weight dan. >> universal i believe. >> flattery will get you everywhere. >> shark then turn it around on the red wing. frantic finish to game 4 of the play off series. sports wing. frantic finish to game 4 of the play off series. sports is next. you you you you. >> coming up tonight at 11:00. new evidence from osama bin laden compound in pakistan. from notes to plots. what a local terrorism expert has to say about what is being called an al qaeda play book. >> construction project planned for california state prison and how it could save taxpayers millions. those stories and good deal more for you coming up on 7 news at 11:00 over on channel 7. hope you can join us for that. but larry here with all the sports and sharks didn't quite get it done. >> no they did a lot better at the end than they did at the beginning. beginning looked weak. if sharks almost pulled off amazing come back in detroit. down 3. competely dominated. came all the way back only to see detroit stay alive at the end. bottom line. all coming back to san jose for game 5. getting to know you. lines

mary's university will dedicate a statue in honor of pope john paul ii. >>> we are continuing to followhe follow-up situation in libya where a nato airstrike has killed gadhafi's youngest son and his three grandchildren. the libyan government says 29- year-old died during a nato air strike. gadhafi himself provided the attack according to -- -- the news set is off a celebration among opposition supporters. -- reporting from the level stronghold. >>> and it was pandemonium late on saturday night in the opposition capitol. this is what it looked like when reports came that one of gadhafi's sons was reportedly killed in a nato air strike. hundreds of people gathering in this major square waiving the revolution flag and honking their horns and singing and dancing. lots of gunfire. of course, the man they want gone is colonel gadhafi, but saturday night's news was good enough reason for these people to celebrate. >>translator: by god, we're not supposed to rejoin anyone's death, but we want him to feel the pain and sorrow that we are going through when our own children get killed. we're happ

dot com and a columnist for now lebannon and paul sam he's an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute and professor of israel studies at the university of maryland ok gentlemen crossed this is cross talk and i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's have a look at the chessboard and some of its pieces. u.s. president barack obama is faced with a daunting task how broker a peace settlement between israel and the palestinians that both parties can live with while the same time be accepted by the international community it is early days but obama's latest initiative has so far only exposed the divisions between washington and tel aviv as well as galvanised what is called the israel lobby in the u.s. all the while the palestinians are listening on the sidelines but there might be the position of passing miracle administrations obama said last week that any future settlements should be based within various established and recognized by international law we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and re

to that same ideology maybe like paul ryan's staff they all had to read atlas shrugged so how is letting billionaires determine what students learn in public universities ethical and what are the consequences of the sort of philanthropic activism we fought as a reporter and blogger extraordinary for think progress he joins me now lee welcome . for having me thanks for joining us from your in faraway california today as a. for profit i said you know i can understand. a founder or a donor at a private college or say jerry falwell's liberty college or whatever it's called saying you know i want certain kinds of teachers or for that matter a private college particularly a religious want or one that has a particular agenda saying you know we all want but but this is a state owned university. this this dog that's being wegg by the tail of the koch brothers nation isn't there some right fundamentally wrong about that. well you have to understand that the koch brothers fundamentally don't believe in public anything they don't believe that there is a public good for our air quality you don't think we have a public good as in our water quality and they don't bel

unannounced who signed a universal health care plan in massachusetts that won him an endorsement that will not help. >> i agree with mitt romney. >> reporter: congressman ron paul, michele bachmann and the donald. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the candidate from reality tv. >> i spoke today to huckabee's top advisor, he says he's guessing that huckabee will announce that he's not running. but even he doesn't know. huckabee hasn't told him either. >> john, thanks to you. >>> the feds are following an arrest in south florida, an imam of a miami mosque and two of his sons, one of them also an imam, accused of providing $50,000 to the pakistani taliban which of course the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. >>> in pakistan, the rift with the u.s. is growing deeper over the raid on osama bin laden's compound. the anger and mistrust was clear today after headlines of pornography found in bin laden's compound. another deadly 24 hours in that country. nick schifrin is there. >> reporter: once again today, pakistan buried its dead and is in no mood to trust the u.s. 80 paramilitary recruits were supposed to be home today. instead they were killed by two suicide bom

we go to john paul nidia he's the author of the book don't speak english parlayed globish and in hong kong we have david read all he is a distinguished visiting scholar at city university of hong kong and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk we can jump in anytime you want and jump on i'd like to go to you you have a new i suppose a language or posse language that you're introducing to the world and it's called globus and how is it different from english and if you could for partly could you answer in globish for us oh there is english isn't even meant to be very correct english but it is the record english light it is a simplified from a piece with miss words you would see it's another fifteen thousand words and you know it's not easy surely that's way too much so you may get the most efficient it with fifteen hundred words and the children know those words and they make use of those words you can express all you need in the world for business purposes or is it boys so it is in english lite it's still a great thing that i will give us an example given his example what it sounds like and what words you like to

did for george mesa university was take them to five ncaa tournaments a a final four and turned them into a -- from a no named into a national power. you replace him with this guy, paulduced today as the new george mason coach, the former georgia tech head man, spent 11 seasons with the control le jackets -- yellow jackets led them to the title game in '04. he followed bobby clemens and -- cremins there and follows another one here. >> a school where everybody is on the same page in what we have to do to be successful from the president down to the players, that's an exciting opportunity. >> reporter: in case you missed it, the redskins who started out with six picks in this weekend's nfl draft wound up with 12 after pulling off a handful of trades, espn's mel kuiper today gave the skins a c plus on their draft class pointing out they addressed most of their needs except the biggest one, quarterback. if you live anywhere near bethesda you have six weeks until the corner of river road and bradley boulevard turns into grand central station. that's because the u.s. open coming back to congressional country club. they held their big media today unveiling the grueling new

paul kremer. he teaches military science at george mason university talking about the world and the mission of the when was it found it? what is its mission? guest: it was federally founded in 1916. started with president wilson that authorized the rotc nationwide. the mission of the rotc, and it is to recruit young leaders, develop those leaders, retain them in our program for a series of years until they graduate. the ultimate goal of a cadet command is to commission them as the new young officers for the army. host: how does it work? guest: they come into the office, contact us on our website, and express some sort of interest. we look at their qualifications. we get them into a class and do our best to find a way forward it they are able to continue in our program. host: some of the requirements are that you have to be a u.s. citizen between the ages of 18- 26. a minimum score of 920 on the sat. what are the physical standards? guest: we have a a two-mile run, said ups, pushups. host: and have to serve for how long? guest: the contract is a standard eight years. depending on scholarships or ju

when the president speaks at the local university tonight it will be something infused with local clergy. just downed road there's st. paul'salso is st. mary's catholic church. it will be congruous if you will. they also have a remote closed circuit tv t seems to me more than 2,000 will turn out tonight. logistically it could be difficult with the city being ravaged by the tornado. the police will seek outside help and allow for the president's visit to go smoothly. >> there is no question it will be a little inconvenient, our streets are not in particularly good shape even now. it will be inconvenient but we will make more provisions so people can get around. >> reporter: also on this sunday fema will be open and people will be able to go in front of them and be able to state their cases if you will. a lot of people looking for loans so they can rebuild. >> joe we've been talking about this over the weekend. the president just coming from europe to joplin, the scene of so much disruption but you haven't heard people explaining about how long it's taken them to get there. >> no, not in the least and in fact, people here hav

his decision leaves ron paul and newt gingrich as the only republicans officially in the race. >>> the catholic universityawarded the agree to boehner at his commencement ceremony yesterday in washington, d.c. the house speaker pulled out a handkerchief after being emotional during the ceremony. he also teared up during his speech. >> so there you have it, humility, patience and faith, and always a few tears from me. >> boehner's visit to catholic university did bring some controversy. several faculty members sent him a sharp message this week, calling his voting record for the poor among the worst. >>> those wearing the cap and gones. >> fired up, excited. >> a 2011 uc berkely commencement was held yesterday. the prosession itself lasted two hours as 2400 graduates each heard their name read outloud before shaking the chancellor's hand. the good news is the job outlook, according to the national association of colleges and employers. companies will higher 19.3% more college graduates compared to last spring. >>> just about two hours at 9:00 a.m., we could learn more about injured giant fan, bryan stow, a

university of nebraska. taking roy hallu, safe toy john gomes and niles paul in the 4th and 5th rounds.he first time they have taken the players from the same school since 1985. and the running back from nebraska, so we'll see what that does for the backfield this season. >> hopefully some good things. if they play at all. >>> 7:51 right now. we'll be right back. >>> our facebook fan of the day is george diaz. he said sometimes he misses the business waiting to see if he was picked fan of the day. we don't want to you do that too many more times and you are fan of the day today and hope you have a good day at school it. be tomorrow's fan of the day find us on facebook and then post a comment under george's photo. >>> time now is 7:55 on this monday morning. and after the break we'll check in with weather and traffic. >>> plus much more on today's top story which is the death of osama bin laden. from reaction at the white house and up in new york along with how bin laden's death will change the ongoing war on terror. the very latest coming up at 8:00. >>> the united states has conducted

paul was pope for almost 27 years. there's a healthy debate about whether he resolved all of those issues correctly or not. beneath that, though, i think there was a near universalthat this was a mist, a real, authentic human being with a fantastic sense of humor who had a great love of life and a great capacity for friendship. you will remember almost every day, anybody who was in rome who had anything interesting to see, at night, he would have the rolling graduate seminars. i think his idea of original sin was to walk into a room and not greet every person in that room. this was just a guy who had a kind of that people responded to whether they agreed with him or not. >> the fact is, on those trips, and i wrote about this on my blog on cnn, the fact is that he traveled an enormous distance. this is a man who grew up under no, sirzies, under communism, not under freedom at all. and his ability to reach out to learn things, to be educated, to go on a seminary, even, it was an underground seminary, his ability to just sort of improve himself was something that is incredible when you see the difference that he has gone, from his moral, poor town in poland in the

university of new hampshire poll. gop primary voters. look at this. romney, 33%. ron paul, 9%. gingrich, 7. down, giuliani is not running. palin, 5%. john, first to you. you're from new england. is he like a native son, mitt romney, in new hampshire right now? >> yes. i was in new hampshire on friday. i spent a lot of time talking to republicans. governor huntsman, he was up there. governor romney is by far the overwhelming front-runner. he was governor of massachusetts, owns a summer home, a lake home in new hampshire. he has 1,000 percent name identification. he ran last time. so he is by far the front-runner. other than, that i wouldn't put too much stock in the early polling except to say that romney at this point has to win new hampshire. he's the big front-runner. he's not going to compete full time in iowa. new hampshire is the make or break state for governor romney. >> will other republicans ignore new hampshire looking at these numbs? >> no. they will try to take governor romney out. somebody will get a spring board and a bounce out of iowa. we'll see. it's early, but as of now th

paul ii one step closer to sainthood. we will take you there live for the extraordinary ceremony. "today," sunday, may 1s, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt in tuscaloosa, alabama. >>> and i'm jenna wolfe in new york. and, lester, the scope of the destruction from those tornadoes is just unimaginable. you've been there for days now. what can you tell us about the situation this morning? >>> the more time you spend here, jenna, you realize the defining patterns of these tornadoes. i'm standing on the edge of one and you see perhaps a parking garage or trees in the background about a quarter mile, a little more, that's the width. this particular tornado went across tuscaloosa. so there's so much damage like this and then you go a few blocks and everything is fine. they're starting to get power n onto many of the affected neighborhoods in tuscaloosa. the death toll went up one overnight, up to 342. here in alabama alone at least 250 people were killed. this morning officials are racing against time trying to find the hundreds who are still unaccounted for bu

paul h. school of advanced international studies of the john hopkins university. i want to thank you all for being here today, and please give your opening statements. we'll start from my left and your right, mr. ashkan soltani. >> chairman franken, ranking member coburn, and established members of the committee. thank you. my name is ashkan soltani, a technology researcher and consultant specializing with the internet. i am here on my own not representing the view of my previous employers. unlike desk top computers, mobile devices introduce privacy challenges. users carry their phones and tablets with this everywhere they go from homes, offices, day care, to the grocery discoer. a device's location is determined ewes a number of different technologies including gps, information about nearby cell towers and points and other techniques. while the accuracy varies depending on technology used, it can be sense titch and perm in all cases. if you live in -- it's reasonably easier to know where you work and play. this information reveals who you are as a person and how

>> wolf, retired justice john paul stevens says the killing of osama bin laden was legally justified. during remarks at a northwestern university president obama ordered the raid and called it, quote, entirely appropriate. that's according to two people who were there. >>> and new york city has a new way to remind drivers to slow down. new digital warning signs equipped with radar speed monitors will flash an image of a skeleton next to the words "slow down" when a driver approaches a crosswalk at more than 30 miles per hour. and wolf, i wanted to wish you luck tomorrow. i know you're giving the commencement address at penn state. congratulations. >> thank you very much. i'm excited to go to penn state. it's a great, great university. looking forward to meeting the students. congratulations to the class of 2011. mary, thank you. >> sure. >>> dogs are now are being used to sniff in new ways for explosives in crowds. look at this. >> and since explosives at a greater range for as long as 15 minutes and track down where that scent is coming from. >> we're going to tell you about how else the role of dogs at airports may be expandi

paul is running. former governor mike huckabee makes his plans known. indiana governor mitch daniels is still on the fence. and mitt romney takes on gop critics over his support for universal health care as governor of massachusetts. >> my massachusetts health care plan was considered, at least by me, to be an asset politically. i hear some laughter in the room. that's not the case now. >> so, who will emerge as the most viable candidate to challenge president obama? and how vulnerable will the president be over the economy? our "political roundtable" weighs in. columnist for "the washington post," e.j. dionne, columnist for "the wall street journal" peggy noonan, senior analyst for "time" magazine, mark halperin, white house correspondent for "the new york times," helene cooper, and chief political writer for "the new york times" magazine, matt bai. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. another turn in the republican presidential field. former arkansas governor mike huckabee announced on his fox news program last night that he would not be a candidate for president. >> all the factors say go, but my heart says no, and that's the decision that i h

university of cycle southbound. he is making the moves and may make an announcement to run for the presidential nomination. suzanne. >> paul >>> former president carter, he's 86 years old and we were twooit quite surprised at really how active he is. he still plants peanuts, he paints oil portraits and goes fly fishing. which activity do you think he did before we sat down for the interview? a, write a politically charged open he had, b, call word leaders, c, write sunday school lessons or d, bag a turkey? aaah! [ airplane engine whines ] [ grunts ] [ dog barking ] gah! [ children shouting ] [ grunts ] [ whacking piñata ] [ whacking piñata, grunting ] >>> before my interview with former president carter, he told me what he had done during the day. was it, a, write a politically charged op-ed, b, call world leaders, c, write sunday school lessons or d, bag a turkey? the answer, can you believe it? e. all of the above. bagging a turkey for you city slickers it means hunting and killing a turkey. not just going to the grocery store and putting it in the bag. we understand the former first lady cooked it. >> did she pluck it?

wilfred mcclay, professor of history at the university of tennessee at chattanooga and senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, paul singer founder of elliott associates, juan williams, journalist and fox news political analyst, diana schaub, professor of political science at loyola college in maryland and co-editor of the new volume. our conversation will be guided by diana's two other editors and two great teachers for decades at the university of chicago and now with us in washington, amy kass at the hudson institute and leon kass the american surprise institute. without further ado, amy kass. [applause] >> thank you. can everybody hear me? at one point in his essay theodore roosevelt asserts that americans who choose to live in europe never really become europeans, only cease becoming americans and become nothing. over a century later in a class at the university of chicago, i saw roosevelt's assertion turned upside down. just a few weeks after 9/11, on the first day of my course on human being and citizen i began by asking the 28 eager freshman to identify themselves by name and say a few words about who they

this afternoon's panelists are paul goldberger executive director, helen, vice president of asian americans united, stuart dhaka, fella with the university of arkansas, kenneth smartness, executive vice president of the institute for jewish and community research, hillary shelton, senior vice president of advocacy for the naacp, and rajeep. he will have ten minutes to mature steegmans and as i said earlier if he were not here there is a series of traffic lights that red, yellow, green so we know what means when yellow comes you've got to minutes left and to we ask you to wrap up when ret hits. i'm going to be rude and interrupt folks in the middle of the statement but i hope that won't happen. i now ask all the panelists to please, raise your right hand and swear or affirm the and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. is that so? let the record reflect the fall said yes. so we will begin our questioning statements this morning with ms. goldberg. please begin. >> my name is paul goldberger and i'm the executive director and founder of the national parent center in minnesota that provides information and resources to parents o

university and so will the governor of missouri. it's expected to be, you know, quite an emotional memorial service, joe. >> certainly is. we'll be watching. thanks so much for that, paul vercammen in joplin. to find out how you can help those affected by the flooding and devastated by the tornadoes, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> president obama is in poland right now. the stop in warsaw today is the last on his six-day european trip. president obama has been meeting with poland's prime minister on a host of issues, including tourist visas and f-16s. this trip was actually supposed to happen last year, but an ash cloud from a volcano in iceland changed those plans. >>> jared loughner has been moved to a federal hospital in springfield, missouri. three days ago a judge declared loughner isn't mentally fit to stand trial for now at least for the shooting that killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he was transferred from tucson to the facility in missouri for further testing. >>> the casey anthony murder trial starts up in less than an hour. yesterday, jurors heard from the owner of a tow company that impounded anthony's car. he said he smelled what