it improves the peace corps. it makes it a better institution, but it tells our young people that you go somewhere in the world to represent america, to do something good, just to do something good for somebody else with no other motive, that we're going to do everything we can to protect you and then we're going to hold people accountable for what they do to you and we're going to do everything we can as americans to take care of you if a crime is committed against you. in the last 10 years, mr. speaker, the peace corps has witnessed over 100 sexual assaults a year against its volunteers. that's 100 too many. we want to bring it down to zero. as the chairman has mentioned about this legislation, it does several things. it creates and requires the peace corps to follow best practices in training their volunteers in responding to assaults against these young people. second, it creates a system of restricted and unrestricted rorpgs so victims have control over their own information and can report only as much as th

joined by an icon of television journalism as resume includes being a founding organizer of the peace corps a press secretary for president lyndon johnson decades of reporting for both print and television outlets the most famous project was bill moyers journal that we put the television show that was one of the highest rated public affairs programs around television in two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten as many as two million viewers tuned in to hear what he had to say every single week and his accomplishments have not gone unnoticed as a recipient of more than thirty emmy awards and nine peabody awards as well as a slew of other honors and this month he released his latest book bill moyers journal the conversation continues because when he has something to say people listen that's why i am honored to be joined from new york tonight by none other than bill moyers bill welcome. i think oh my pleasure can imagine you were right there with all of that that's very kind of you you're one of those where people who have impacted both media and politics it's it's it's a remarkable lif

if someone does not honor this, will the officials in the peace corps suffer consequences? >> absolutely. absolutely. that's part of the bill too. and the other part that we think would have made a difference in kate's situation is that if volunteer feels like they are not safe in their site, in their village, that they will be removed until they do feel they are safe. jenna: it's such an interesting time in our country right now, there seems to be so many polarizing topics. i'm just wondering, what will you say to the president today? >> well, one of the things we want to thank him for is the fact -- and everyone for -- is the fact that it's been such a wonderful bipartisan effort. for us, the government has worked in these times. the bill went through in five months which is amazing. it passed man positively -- unanimously in the senate and in the house, and we have just felt support from all directions. i particularly, one of the reasons we wanted to come forward and to come on your show was to thank all of those people that have been touched by kate's story and have sen

peace corps is turning 50.o helping others. and leaves volunteers with an experience they carry for the rest of their lives. watch. >> one day a posse of men came. five of them on horseback with a horse for me. they knocked on my door and brought me up the mountain for the first time. and they said, we want to build a school and we need to figure out how to do it. it took us about a year to build the first two-classroom school. even today when i come up the mountain, i can barely get through it without, my throat catches. >> that is maureen norris. she will never forget that school. just returned from columbia, again, where she just helped to deliver 600 computers to the one laptop per child program. hey, maureen, great to see you. welcome. >> thank you. >> you know, so, you're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the peace corps in a very special way by creating these peace corps video postcards. we just saw yours in the intro you were a volunteer back in the 1960s, why did you decide to do it and how formative

the bill mandates better training for peace corp. volunteers. it also urges the corp. to hire victims advocates. parents can be more confident now when their children join the peace corp. >> they can be very confident now and be confident that their children will be handled the way they should be overseas. >> the senate already has approved the kate pusey bill. today's vote in the house sends the measure directly to the president for his signature. >>> a new report shows california continues to lag behind most other states when it comes to education. california ranks a 59. according to the latest test results 25% of 8th graders tested proficient in reading. in math, 25% of 4th graders were found to be proficient. >>> it's a miracle a mother has prayed for for two years. and now her twin girls have been cut apart. >>> to fee or not to fee. why bank of america changed its controversial bank regarding fees. >>> you are looking at pictures from inside the operating room as a team of doctors separated two little girls today who have been joined together since birth. it was

and, brian, the president signed into law the kay puzey peace corps volunteer act named for a young woman who was murdered in 2009 while serving in the peace corps after she blew the whistle on a fellow volunteer who she believed was molesting young girls and this will protect whistle-blowers and victims of violent crime? >> exactly. very important bill for people to be able to come forward and not expect to be harmed because they did say. >> kay puzey's mother told abc news this has restored her faith in humankind. >>> now to another story but this one here at home. police in new york are holding a man they call a lone wolf terrorist in custody tonight. they say they got him just before he finished building a bomb that could flatten a car. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the story. pierre? >> reporter: george, talk about homegrown terror, police say the suspect was building a bomb on his mom's couch right in the building behind me. according to police jose pimental was just an hour away from having a powerful pipe bomb ready to explode in new york city. police say th

. >>> the peace corps has new whistle baltimore protection laws today. president obama signed the protection act into law. it's named after a peace corps worker who was murdered in 2009. >> out of tragedy we brought out something that has been positive and will make a big difference for volunteers. >> it requires volunteers receive training and they must hire victim's advocates. >>> aaa is estimating 42 million americans plan to travel this thanksgiving. a live look right now that airport. 3.5% will fly to get to their destination. that is higher than last year. the cost for round trip tickets now averages $373. that is up 11% from last year. >>> here is a live picture of interstate 80. it is slow going in both directions there. most of the people heading out of town for thanksgiving will be doing it by car. they are expected to drive 50 miles or more. 5.3million in california. why the uptick? it's likely do to demand from families. >>> the prices a thet gas pump are down in the bay area. just in time for the holiday. san francisco, gas $3.84. oakland $3

motivation behind the move to care for those serving in the peace corp.. >>> country music, star n=%>t in the east room. we'll be right back. >>> president barack obama expected to sign an act, providing better protection for peaceful volunteers serving overseas. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife will host early thanksgiving dinner for wounded warriors. their son was a captain and deployed to iraq in 2008 for a year. >>> nashville, coming to the capitol, a live look at dc. the president, first lady, tonight hosting the country music and performance of the white house. catch that live at white house .gov. >>> dancing with the stars ballroom tonight. performing final dances before the winner is announced tuesday. finales begin at 8:00. catch it here on abc2 news. >>> sunday night football night america, philadelphia eagles led by backup vince young. remember him? took down the new york giants 17-10. not the kind of job a homeowner wants to do, sometimes it's got to be done. one question that got herman cain choked up. why you may want to avoid buying electronic items on black fr

however there is rule in the peace corps, people have to be out in five years.al memory. we really need legislation to cement changes so that these things don't happen in the future. the peace corps has been given chance time and time again to reform itself and it hasn't been able to. jenna: the version of the bill approved by the house is already passed in the senate. now it is heading to the president's desk to be signed into law. as we mentioned, jon, bipartisanship on that bill going into law, well, fairly easy. hopefully changes to come. jon: that doesn't happen very often in washington these days, that's for sure. >>> tight security in a number of ports in the western part of the country after several shipping containers explode. what authorities think is behind all this. >>> and he is the only republican in president obama's cabinet but transportation secretary ray lahood does not have high praise for his party these days. he joins us next to explain why he calmed some members of his own party, obstructionists jenna: our next guest says he worked in washi

your mom was in the peace corp. she was one of the best volunteers because she never quit.taking us. i get inspired thinking about it. there was never a doubt where kennedy was taking us. >> jack kennedy didn't like conventional wisdom. he was looking for a new way forward. >> you are right. you are a student. as you always have been. >> chris matthews, author of jack kennedy. great thanksgiving day present for the inlaws. >> black friday, go out and get it. >> my mom said don't go shopping black friday, it's too busy downtown. >>> up next, it's only been on the air for a couple hours, but mitt romney's ad has democrats up in arms. michele bachmann plays a word association with jimmy fallon. did newt gingrich say child labor laws are stupid? that's coming up. tuscan chicken is the soup of the day. you are watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. ♪ sen♪ co-signed her credit card - "buy books, not beer!" ♪ ♪ut the second at she shut the door ♪ ♪ girl started blowing up their credit score ♪ ♪ she bought a pizza party for the whole dorm floor ♪ ♪ hundred pounds of makeup at th

scott biel who runs -- reverse peace corps where people come from all over the world to serve in the united states and learn and i think when you think about preemptively how do we learn and prevent there is a broad range of tools. the military peace may be part of that but if we think creatively we have so many wonderful social entrepreneurs, people doing incredible things around world that if we start to support them and leverage them that will get us farther. thank you. >> you have clearly reached levels of excellence in everything you set out to do. what do you credit that to? it is just in your dna or your upbringing? >> first of all, thank you very much. one of the things i should point out and i hope is made clear when you read the book is what you may be seeing is the end of a very long journey. along the way there is a tremendous amount of pain and difficulty and failure that is tied up in that. we just have to acknowledge all of that. and to the extent i have been able to be successful in some of these areas i think what i would credit it to many times is having the right k

fill the ranks of service organizations, like habitat for humanity, teach for america, and the peace corps. >> it's a great school academically, but also the commitment to serving others and using your education to further the good of the world and humanity. >> there's a whole variety of programs to get involved in, depending on your interests and language abilities oftentimes. so you can take what you learn in the classroom and apply it to social justice in d.c. >> georgetown has a very important saying, and that's "men and women for others." >> there's yet another latin phrase that you hear students use to describe their georgetown experience. >> it really fosters "cura personalis," or, you know, "the formation of a person as a whole," and it emphasizes each aspect, so your intellectual development, your spiritual growth and development, and academic growth and development. >> and that leads to leadership. for example, the georgetown class of 1968 delivered three future presidents -- arroyo of the philippines, cristiani of el salvador, and our very own 42nd president, bill clinton. georg

i do not know what he said about the peace corps. i think he might have said that humphrey helped them -- these are humphrey ideas some of these ideas. when he lost the primary to jfk, he said i want to get my ideas into this administration. he worked on them. >> hubert humphrey was 57 years old. he was born in 1911. in 1968 he was 57 years old. how did he present himself as a candidate? we have all of this change going on in society. was he conventional? >> extremely conventional we talk a little bit about the difficulty he had portraying himself as an opponent of the war. he was born in 1911. he is not a counterculture and die. there is no way he will be standing around and made dashiki or with long hair and be credible. he is trying to say that he understands the need for stability and law and order even though he is not a law-and-order candidate. he is in a suit and tie and he has difficulty even with the kind of poetics that robert kennedy had employed when the kennedy -- when king was assassinated. that is not huber humphrey. h

. >> bob: when i was in the peace corps in the philippines they invited to us come to thanksgiving dinnerlete pig. pig with the snout and everything. now that -- >> dana: kimberly, what was your favorite thing? >> kimberly: i didn't have to cook and i did the dishes. i like doing dishes. bring a dish washing outfit, cute apron and i do the dishes. everyone is happy. >> bob: maid's outfit or something. >> eric: anyone had deep fried turkey? >> dana: yes, love it. >> eric: never had it. >> dana: you have to follow directions carefully. >> eric: deep fried. >> dana: it can be dangerous. you have to make sure, don't try it at home. >> kimberly: it can catch on fire. >> greg: i notice i'm getting older at thanksgiving. every thanksgiving bruce willis in "die hard" looks younger. you go wow, he was really young back then. no, you're just old. >> dana: what was your favorite thanksgiving? >> greg: watching "die hard." it is always on, on thanksgiving weekend. >> bob: "silence of the lambs." it's a great movie. i've seen it 80 times. i had a steak for dinner. >> eric: watching "die hard" and you

peace corps. >>> pg and e says corrosion has caused a hole in the natural gas pipeline on the peninsulaame line that exploded in san bruno last year. pg and e said the corrosion didn't mean problems for the whole pipeline. the crew finished repairs today. >>> a smart phone standard could be a thing of the past. adobe says it's not going to upgrade it's flash. steve jobs had forbidden the use of flash on his drives, because he considered it an energy hog. adobe says it is going to lay off 200 employees now. but the company is vowing to create new software for mobile devices. >>> a nominee for time magazine's person of the year could break all the years. steve jobs has jobs has been nominated. if chosen, he would be the first person to win the award after his death. >>> in news of the world tonight, in turkey, an aftershock measuring 5.7 struck the eastern part of the country today, it comes after last month's 7.2 earthquake. dozens of people are trapped in buildings that collapsedk and rescuers struggled to find survivers. at least seven people are now confirmed dead. journalists trapped

i do not know if he ever said it about the peace corps.ght have said that these were ideas that helped him. when humphrey lost the primary to jfk, he said he wanted to get his ideas into the administration. he worked on them. in 1968 he was 57 years old. how did he present himself as a candidate? we have all of this change going on in society. was he conventional? >> extremely conventional. we talk a little bit about the difficulty he had portraying himself as an opponent of the war. he was born in 1911. he is not a counterculture and die. -- guy. there is no way he will be standing around in a dashiki or with long hair and be credible. he is trying to say that he understands the need for stability and law and order even though he is not a law-and- order candidate. he is in a suit and tie and he has difficulty even with the kind of poetics that robert kennedy had employed when king was assassinated. that is not hubert humphrey. hubert humphrey is a great speaker. but how you speak -- you have people screaming at you and they see you as an

led us bravely and successfully, backed civil rights and people around the world like me in the peace corps and, yes, took us to the moon. it will be a great honor to speak tonight at the john f. kennedy library here in boston and to bring it all back. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> republicans make their choice and they are siding with the rich. tonight, an outrageous new plan to protect millionaires by cutting jobs and freezing pay. these people have no shame and must be stopped. >>> right now, millions more school kids are too poor to afford lunch and need government help. this is what the debate in washington is really all about. >>> plus, willard slams newt. newt slams willard and newt also slams fox news. >> part of the real change comes when you're running for president and being an analyst is i actually have to know what i'm talking about. >>> welcome to "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. we start with breaking news. a new republican plan to protect the rich by destroying jobs and crushing the middle clas

we saw what kennedy in taking us to the moon, sending young americans around the globe in the peace corps, putting the american presidency on the side of civil rights. it was can-do time, because we had a can-do president, and we need one again. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politics nation withal sharpton" starts right now. >>> the dayne controversy, it's a republican party crisis. another day, another herman cain bombshell. politico reports $45,000 paid to one woman on top of $35,000 to another woman. >> that is the d.c. culture -- guilty until proven innocent. >> the candidate finding fault in 9-9-9 directions except one -- >> blake yourself. >> the latest details with nia malika henderson and clarence page. >> if it turns out he's right, they better fire a bunch of people in the next 24 hours. >> now newt gingrich is making a move up? it's a hot mess for the republicans. ed ren del and rick lazio on the gop's 2012 meltdown. senate republicans get a third chance to do the right thing on jobs. how did that go? >> senator bernie sanders is live on the republican s

how about march 1st, the day he by executive order created the peace corps which sent young men and womenloping countries make their way? may 25th, he set as a national goal the landing of americans on the moon before 1970 or june 10th when he gave the peace speech at american university which sent such a positive message that khrushchev had it broadcast throughout the soviet union. june 11th in 1963 when he gave his historic televised address to country calling for civil rights, the end of racial discrimination in the country ice restaurants, hotels and other places of public accommodation. june 23rd when he gave the speech in west berlin, perhaps the greatest speech of the cold war. october 7th when he signed the nuclear test band treaty with the soviet union. october 28th, ended the nuclear crisis and avoided a nuclear war. november 8th, the day he was elected. the first roman catholic president. or as i said, may 29th his birthday. as his navy buddy once said, i quote in my new book, we must never let his death shadow the triumphant victory of his life.

be a lawyer and right now my options are basically find a way to go to grad school or join the peace corps or do some other service work because i don't want to sell my soul. >> and that i think becomes the -- the real tragedy and the real -- this is what will dictate the next 50 years of this country. >> that's exactly right, and this whole situation was summed up by one of the best signs i saw down at occupy wall street. and it sent went broke trying to become middle class. that's what erica is on track to do. on track to go broke just to become middle class. people are borrowing their way to a better future and it's a gamble. it used to be a college degree was a pretty guaranteed ticket to a middle class job. that's no longer the case anymore. a lot of college grads are going to be fine and do very well, and they have a leg up compared to people without college degrees in this economy, but it's not a guarantee, and when it comes with five-figure student loan debt, that's when we have to really pause and say is this what we want the future of the country to look like? and we all have a s

the push for the civil rights bill, the peace corps, the space program, nuclear arms control.t war. what are president obama's dreams? if there were no tea party, no eric cantor, where would he take us? he needs to tell us. the day before he was killed, president kennedy spoke in san antonio about how little irish boys would get themselves to climb over high walls by first throwing their caps over. that would force them over the wall to get them back. what is missing in the obama presidency is that spirit of adventure, that mission. if it's who to blame, the verdict will be mixed. of course. if it's about how bad things are now, the verdict will be simple, negative and unfortunately for the president, bad. but if it's about the future, right there is the prospect for president obama. he needs to be taking us somewhere. what does he want to do with this sec

he would create the peace corps and alliance for progress, boosting the space program, calling up troopserlin crisis, calling for civil rights for all americans. his presidency was not going to be a spectator sport, something to sit back, watch and judge. that's what the obama presidency needs, the sense of the part of the american public of being called to join in the effort. it is felt most by all who voted for him with enthusiasm. cried on election night. got swept up in his inaugural fever. there are certain basics to becoming a leader. the first is asking people to follow. kennedy asked, obama still needs to. the american people who elected barack obama have been on the verge of feeling discarded. too many feel they were used for that purpose, to give him the job then fade back into the obscurity from which they cheered him, saw him as their deliverance. it's something he has to fix and can. he needs to find inspirational ways to include us in the work of rebuilding america. he needs to start asking. my book "jack kennedy elusive hero" is out in stores tomorrow. i'm asking you to go

in the peace corps, putting the american presidency on the side of civil rights. it was can-do time because we had a can-do present. and we need one again. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show." tonight from new york, the analysis is the republican party hates president obama so much that they want to make you suffer. for the third time every republican voted to kill a jobs bill. so i have to ask tonight, when does it become un-american? this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> 72% of the american people support the ideas in this bill. there's no excuse for 100% of washington republicans to say no. >> 100% of republicans did vote against the jobs bill today. new polling shows americans agree republicans are tanking the economy on purpose. >> our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. >> tonight dccc chairman steve israel. and "washington monthly's" steve bennan on republican sabota

saw what kennedy did in taking us to the moon, sending young americans around the globe in the peace corpsivil rights. it was can-do time because we

that's what the peace corp. about. >> there's some wonderfully undiplomatic statements in this book. >> one or two? >> one or two, thank goodness. i learned she named here poodle dugal in the 1950s. [laughter] >> that was any foot night, she should not be remembered for that. >> it was a nice detail. did those surprise you. >> when she said that she came to have the same, i think opinion of french people as she did of people in wisconsin. [laughter] i think sort of for the same reasons because wisconsin could not ultimately vote overwhelmingly for john kennedy, and the french, particularly, charles dugal, was giving her husband a great deal of trouble. you can see that to some extent as a great test to loyalty. >> there's beautiful language in the middle of thing the in the cuban missile crisis, there was no day or night. >> no difference between sleeping and waking. >> right. >> i thought that was so signaled because one of the though -- toughest things in the story, and i think you'd agree, is to find out what

i saw members of my family and friends join the peace corps and do other things, to go around the world to spread our influence. and everywhere i went when i became a senator, around the world i'd hear from people, thank goodness america came in and helped us. you know, i would hope that my children and my grandchildren would not hear a different story when they travel abroad. the funding in this bill which is strongly supported by the department of defense is along with the united states military, the best form of insurance the american people have. so i want to thank chairman inouye and senator cochran for their support of the subcommittee's budget. i want to thank senator graham who is a highly informed and passionate advocate for united states corporal leadership. i appreciate his input as well as the other members of the appropriations committee from both parties. madam president, it is easy for us to stand up and speak about how we want america to be number one. it's easy to sit on the sidelines and say you'd thraoeubg win the new york -- you'd like to win the new york marathon bu

. >> there's a picture of you behind you there in the peace corps in africa. >> yeah. >> did that beginwe've been so luck toy go back. gone on safaris. maybe it's tarzan, the jungle, but i always wanted to go back. it's where we all came from. mankind came from,africa. i just am -- i was thinking about it today how much i want to go back again. when in doubt, i want to be out some game drive somewhere looking at the animals. just want to be with them. >> chris has wonderful photographs from the southwest. i have to share with you, he can do terrific animal person nations but refused to let us put cameras on him he has a new elusive he. you can cah him on hardball on msnbc. in just a moment, our big three panel weighs if on chris matthews' criticism of president obama. is he right in claiming the president isn't leading like he should? you're watching "weekends with alex witt." what's going on here? hey, whats up guys? this is not how witness protection works! when we set you up with that little hardware store we didn't intend for your face to be everywhere. but fedex office makes it so

you know, you read the paper yesterday and today and the peace corps is down and revenue is the challengehave in the education system. you go to china and other countries that speak our language fluently as kids find out how many kids in america speak the second language. so i think that the lack of accountability in the system for some the six standard of truth allows this chaotic kind of confused non-dialogue to take place which is based on anything but their real needs and concerns of the country so where else are we going to find if we don't have the papers of record or the institutions of record with respect to the news getting actually help people discern or hold people accountable the things that are just absurd there isn't any accountability to things that are patently absurd and it's getting harder and harder and in the democracy if people don't get good information or there isn't accountability you can say anything big money has the ability to say what it wants to say. it can buy the message and that is what is happened under the citizens united decision where people can now sec

i do not know what he said about the peace corps.nk he might have said that humphrey helped them -- these are humphrey ideas some of these ideas. he took them on the 1960 campaign. when he lost the primary to jfk, he said i want to get my ideas into this administration. he worked on them. >> hubert humphrey was 57 years old. he was born in 1911. in 1968 he was 57 years old. how did he present himself as a candidate? we have all of this change going on in society. was he conventional? >> extremely conventional. we talk a little bit about the difficulty he had portraying himself as an opponent of the war. he was born in 1911. he is not a counterculture and die. there is no way he will be standing around in a dashiki or with long hair and be credible. he is trying to say that he understands the need for stability and law and order even though he is not a law-and- order candidate. he is in a suit and tie and he has difficulty even with the kind of poetics that robert kennedy had employed when king was assassinated. that is not huber hump