author of "culture war: the myth of a polarized america."hael demmok let me start with you. we heard the president say and the quote is: our country is not as divided as our politics suggest. was he right? >> well, there is a truth to that, to be sure, as your lead-in pointed out. the majority of americans are not caught up in this kind of ideological streaight-line thinking. that's the view or the perspective of a minority of americans, but it is a growing minority and a very vocal minority of the american public. when you layer on top of that the kind of partisan antipathy, the us versions them men 2589ty, arguably faster trajectory in the nation, it creates these log jams that become problematic. >> one of the graphs in your study most striking sort of set out the average republican and the average democrat and compared them to where most of the other party is. and now, sizeable, huge, poefr whelming majorities of the other partyover whelming majorities of the other par party. are to one side of the average member of the other party? >> r

i think a thing that russian success in in making a big big dent in the uni polar world was the case of syria russia's cooperation with you on is another example that russia wants to make it make a serious dent in the fast to do my seeing the point of war so you know these things are very significant russian chinese exercises military exercises are literally exciting exercise is but most recent exercise is a good example of a kind of russian collaboration for that little sheet and let's talk about this kind of collaboration you know mark it's interesting. that the statement according president putin that the collapse of the soviet union was the worst catastrophe of the twentieth century but it's very interesting again if you look at the context of this if you were to read the next few lines of that speech because i remember in watching it live he talked about how people fell into despair economic catastrophe people finding themselves on the wrong side of the border it's much more then it wasn't even about lamenting the passage of the soviet union as a great power but would when its c

pivot is all about china and its continued rise on the global stage this all translates into a multi-polar world that challenges washington's doctrine of full spectrum dominance. cross-talk the multipolar world i'm joined by my guest rodney shakespeare in london he is a political and economic democrat and co-founder of the global justice movement in washington we have a son rory he is a independent defense consultant as well as a specialist in great power relations and trans national security and here in moscow we cross to marc sloboda he's a senior lecturer and researcher at moscow state university are gentlemen cross-talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate romney if i can go to you first. ukraine it was the. a moment that people are focusing on but the united states and. its allies have been turning away from russia or never embraced russia since the end of the cold war and we see the two kind of moving in different directions i mean i can tell you for sure a lot of people here have had enough dealing with the west because well it's not d

it's not polarization but party sorting.f you look at polarization of parties in terms that it has not changed in 30 years. polarization in ideological terms it has not changed since the 70's. moderate is a major category. what has happened, and it's been written about as well, sorting. increasingly liberals are in the democratic party, and conservatives are in the republican party. and there have been a lot of conversation with journalists this past week and the confusion arises because the report does not extremity but consistency. it's been lost on many readers that the people on the lest are not extreme liberals but consistent liberals. and the people in the center are not really centrists, they're people with mixed attitudes. it's based on ten questions. do you favor military strength or diplomacy do you favor programs for the poor or not. most people don't feel 100% one side or the other on those dichotomies. 65% military strength, 35% diplomacy. if i answered every question like that i'll be in the not extreme liberal

we are talking about political polarization in the united states.he new pew poll examines how polarization impacts the way we choose to live. michael, if you leave a place like michigan or wisconsin, and look for a place to go, you could go to california or choices. >> yes, we are finding that people's preferences about neighbours and environment is linked to political thinking. it doesn't mean they choose explicitly because of the people they want to live with idea logically. broader preferences are coordinated with politics. we asked people if you could choose, would you like to work in a bigger house. or would you rather trade off a smaller house in a neighbourhood where you could walk to those things. 75% of the liberals say they want the walkable community, closed in neighbourhood. 75% of the consistent conservatives we have been talking about prefer the tradeoff of the larger house, even if it meant driving further. conservatives prefer to live in rural areas and small towns. the liberrals tell us they'd like to live in cities or suburbs. ther

those explaining the open polar sea that we all believed in. on the pacific side there was another sea while that was known to exist that swept north towards the bavarian straight. no one knew for sure where it went that the theory was again that the tunnel under the eyes cap and these two great currents of the world met at the north pole. this wonderful sort of symmetrical grandiose elaborate thermoregulation system that the planet supposedly had. only some romantic have crazy german intellectual would come up with this theory and convinced a lot of people that it was true. so here is another rendering of it. the key word here is supposed to. so somebody who is captivated by the ideas of dr. august peterman was this guy also excellent facial hair. this is james gordon bennett junior publisher of the new york herald which was then the largest newspaper in the world. he was the third richest man in manhattan, he inherited his newspaper from his dad and he was the sort of spoiled brat playboy. he was a yachtsman who won the first transatlantic ya

they're saying society is polarized. not geographically or regionally. families are polarized. just because of political opinions. either you're pro or un-erdogan. whether he turns into an autocrat and whether he'll embrace the whole nation is the question. >> is he this popular partly because of the economy? turkey has done well under his leadership. >> yeah exactly. that's one of the things he has had in the last 12 years. turkey economy has tripled. however, recently the economy is shrinking. the growth is at 4% at the moment which was above 10%. there are some significant figures. turkey needs foreign investment and the image that turkey provides to the international world is very important in that sense. so mr. erdogan seen as an autocrat might harm that which in the end might harm the economy. when talking about the economy, we need to remember what's happening in iraq and syria affecting the turkish economy too. they used to be very important expor export markets. >> what other things mostly that polarize people, what are issues? >> well mr. erdogan rhetoric is tough end

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court them the california legislature is actually more polarized than the california voters.fact, most kra extrajanuaries are politically in the middle of the two parties. and this may explain why lots of californians including some democrats aren't happy with the democrat controlled legislature. the recent poll by the public policy institute of california showed that only 36% of california voters approve of the legislature. so -- next time you're watching the news and you think to yourself, what are these politicians doing? they are going too far. according to this study, you are probably right. >> so we talked about it a little bit but our population is so diverse and so-so the geography. people in moe dock county don't care what people in l. a. are doing and want to break it up into six states because people in the valley probably don't care about silicon valley. >> they're large geographical span explains why we can held extreme left and right in the same place at the same time. but there are a lot of explanations as to why it might be that our voters are more moderate th

. >> reporter: the polar star is our nation's last active polar class heavy icebreaker.g san francisco bay. what's an icebreakerrer doing here? >> well, the polar star is here, we're going to go to mare island for dry dock. >> reporter: maintenance for the next several months. it will have its engines and three 11-foot propellers tuned up. folks onshore have noticed this strange ship. >> i was in the navy so i should know about this stuff. >> reporter: it's an icebreaker. >> really? >> reporter: what if i told you it's an icebreakerrer? >> icebreakerrer? that's interesting. but there's no ice in san francisco. >> i don't know. i have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: this is the time lapse video of the polar star approaching the antarctic ice shelf where the sun never sets during summer. >> it's absolutely phenomenal, one of the most beautiful places. i recommend if you can get there, to get there. >> reporter: the ship crushes ice sometimes 20 feet thick. petty officer patrick toomey says the uniform is a little different. >> it's fun to wear. >> reporter: oh,

are they more polarized than ever, how the military is handling the crisis. after decades of turmoil what's different now? my co-host and digital producer wajahat ali is here. israel and palestine there's obviously a lot of conflict but sometimes there's also agreement particularly this mutual dislike of what their mutual governments are doing and how they're doing it. >> the third rail of, sweet scribe has a sweet note. great irony. boast jews and arabs are semites. canned we just get along? to quote hemingway, wouldn't it be good to think so? i believe the only way is a one state solution, that allows for equal for palestinians and israelis. >> if there are many things that palestinians seem to agree on its their opposition to actions in gaza. >> let me ask you sir -- >> is hamas a terrorist organization, let -- yes or no? is hamas what part of it can't you get through your thick head? >> school? >> is hamas a terrorist organization, yes or no? >> consume? >> that clip has got b gotten a lot of attention, attracting millions of views. although most question

do you know what the polar vortex-- have you ever heard of it? well, they just created it for this week. >> all they need to do is to convince the public that the science is uncertain. and that's why you'll find some of their advocates who will deny that climate change exists, deny the science altogether, but others who will--who are somewhat more surreptitious in their attack will concede some of the scientific evidence, but will say that there's too much uncertainty, that the impacts might be substantially smaller than what the scientists who study impact say. so there are these various lines of attack from denying climate change outright to simply contesting that it's a problem. the only commonality being the argument that we don't need to transition away from our reliance on fossil fuels, an argument, that's of course, that's very convenient to the fossil fuel interests who are funding all of this disinformation. >> you talk about the scientization of politics. what exactly does that mean? >> one of the other things that they've done is to co

icons from either party to try to solve the polarization. well, a journalist, a nasty guy. i have some history around crack roosevelt. you don't want upon amount. the speaker to be safe context the fbi and says i have to find out about this. ordered reluctantly, does not like to do this kind of work, but he is off to find out. he is rejected but initially he goes back and finds out what he knows. and he goes back -- is a journalist as an art. so he is ready to give up on the case. the speaker says i have to know what the journal's new or i can't go ahead with my project. so the fbi agent has to find out why the journalist was killed and with the back story, so he goes off initially to see what he can find out about the treasure. they're is a subplot that runs through both books, a terrorist in this country who tries to disrupt america by attacking its monuments. we call him the monument. in the first book the lincoln memorial is in jeopardy. the second book mount rushmore which is the goal of the speaker to expand is in jeopardy. so we have our agent who has to deal with th

in other words, to become so highly part of a political... of polarized political process that no longer are the people and the realities, the social and cultural realities of our regions, of our societies, part of the understanding of the decision makers. policy is being developed on the basis of a very... a superficial, stereotypical and unreal image of people in countries that are critical to the united states in its future, and critical for policy makers to understand better... to understand their aspirations and what they're really looking for in order to identify that common ground which means that together we can make solutions, whether they're latin american, northern american solutions, or they're that critical relationship between countries in the middle east and the united states. i don't know if i was very clear on that one. >> hinojosa: well, no, but i think what you're saying is that the human contact is so important, the understanding of humanity. and so, you know, again, you are such a symbol in so many ways, your majesty. so i'm sure that there are many people who would

i try to snowfall polarization. well, there's a journalist, kind of a nasty guy, who says, i've got some history on franklin roosevelt you don't want to put him up on the mountain so the speaker to be safe, contacts the fbi and says i have to find out about this, and zane rigby is ordered, reluctantly, doesn't like to do this work, but is off to find -- initially rejected by the journalist but determined find out what hes no, and when he goes back he finds the journalist has been murdered. so, he is a ready to give up on the case but the speaker says, have to know what the journalist knew or i can't go ahead with my project. so the fbi agent has to find out why the journalist was killed and what is the back story with fdr hat the journalist was going to use to undercut the speaker's plan. so he goes off to cocoa island initially to see what he can find out about the treasure. and then there's a subplot that runs through this -- runs through both books -- a terrorist in this country who tries to disrupt america by at

transforming the operation of a very complex atmospheric system and sometimes we've got to get the polar vortex which itself is explained by global warming because the iraq because sophie is warming up this these are sort of cold air that constantly goes around the big easy being pushed out so you get these. sweeping across the united states and yet you know one snowstorm in washington for some people is enough to obliterate painstaking scientific work according to recent drugstore university seventy five percent of all funding behind climate change and i was actually on it for like we cannot trace where this is coming from how we sort of fight back against the propaganda we don't even know where it's coming from. well we don't know specifically where it's coming from but we do know there's a huge amount of money that is being channeled through obscure sources and then being fed into the conservative think tanks here in washington and elsewhere in order to try to undermine the legitimacy and believability of this body of evidence on climate science and also to attack personally and also

you know it's fresh in the wake of the polar vortex i mean how do you respond to people saying that is proof that global warming isn't happening i mean look we have to listen to the scientists these are the people who are experts and yet you have politicians the senators on the hill who suddenly become. very they can reject the mountain of scientific evidence and make their own personal judgment i mean do they were quantum gravity because they just a lot could or it's inconsistent with their ideology climate scientists have a good explanation for the polar vortex leibel warming doesn't mean that you know every year it's going to go up by half a degree consistently it means we're transforming the operation of a very complex atmospheric system and sometimes we've got to get bands like the polar vortex which itself is explained by global warming because the oc because sophie is warming up. these are sort of cold air that constantly goes around the big easy being pushed out so you get these. sweeping across the united states and yet you know one snowstorm in washington for some table is en

climate change (clapping) why this is a debate i'll never know, you know, we don't talk about drowning polar bears but new york was hit with super short term sandy it was the largest and when it hit new jersey but spit despite it was the second most it's truthful storm in history trailing katrina sandy caused more than $68 billion in damage and it happened in new york state it happened in the real estate to our bridges and tunnels and roads all things were flooded with significant damage. the energy infrastructure was seriously damaged being e merged in seawater. thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentleman is going to be surprised i want to thank governor cuomo i said it he really, really jumped 0 into action and not only responded to the storm in a significant way but afterward looked at ou

this is not a debate and unless we do something about climate change we're going to drawn like the polar bears. (clapping.) thank you >> i think my mom's in the audience thanks mom. and it's not just storms we've also have dealt with over the last couple of years some of the warmest summers in fact, 2010 was the warmest on record willing in the history we've been keeping weather 2010 was the hottest but 2011, 2012 and 2013 were the hottest. we look at the 10 warmest summers on record have happened since 1998 this is according to the - yeah, that one administration you know the name better than i do i'm reading the not. and so, you know, this brings us to the point why we're here; right? because we're here not only because we're in the solar energy but a call to action; right? so solar like all renewable incurs is needed now. so we have to do a couple of things in terms of things we need to approve the ohio protective combrrpg and aggressively set goals for green house gas emissions and our fossil fuels we need to use the blue print to have the keep that in mind system this is what new yo

it is a very polarized state right now. money,not spend as much we will have a feed the ground to get this done. >> how about bringing in high-profile state -- people? will hillary clinton hit the trail for some of your candidates? secretary clinton and president clinton have been such advocates. hopeful and expect to see some activity. of so much of this is about turnout and making sure our andrs get to the polls anything that is mobilizing and energizing to get women to the poll, to get african-american and hispanics to the polls, it will make a huge difference. i think it will be all hands on deck. you did not mention wendy davis in texas. i want to ask. polls show her down significantly. do you think she still has a chance to win? is this more about taking advantage of the demographic changes and make it competitive down the road? >> i do believe she has a chance. we have been watching it for a long time. it hasn't moved that much. is some movement on her side. it just started. this is a huge state. there is lots of med

non-polarized. >> thank you so much. single best chart. >> talk about a cultural cap. -- gap. a list of words and phrases that editors they are likely to stand the test of time. i'm not sure i agree with this. .ne of the new entries, yolo as in, you only live once. >> carpe diem. >> yolo. here is another one. amazeballs. what was his name? >> mike myers. >> what is the character? >> austin powers. >> thank you. amazeballs?y listical, hasn't made the list? -- has it made the list? >> yes. here is another one. hot mess. can you believe that? >> i don't know why oxford is doing this. >> desecration of the english language. >> vape i can almost get to. it is sort of out there. i think they're under a lot of pressure to be hip and current. what is the new word for you? in the absolute clutches of the cultural zeitgeist. >> i am nervous about paying for kids' college. is that a word? >> you know you are the third week in august. hashtag?s your top linzanity. >> seriously, if you want to make an iconic image, just put two dolla

the country has been polarized. they thought that a candidate that would be an independent over the parties - apolitical figure may be - might be interesting for the waters. they might prefer him more than recep tayyip erdogan, and ekmeleddin ihsanoglu. the main potential candidate comes from a religious background that recep tayyip erdogan used, the religious background. they thought this may - being of pious flavour may take the advantage. this was a deliberate strategy. >> it has not worked? >> according to the polls before the elections, there was a two-digit difference between recep tayyip erdogan and ekmeleddin ihsanoglu. we are not sure of the results. if recep tayyip erdogan wins in the first round. the strategy means it did not work out. >> you say people commentate that he's a polarizing figure. recep tayyip erdogan has over seen a growing economy, growth in turkey's economic prospects and enfranchised a group much people. pios masses that felt alienated. he, from what we see, represents them. this is a ma

the polarization has taken place.ink what responsible people can do is let the process take place before you rush to judgment. and when you have state lawmakers like this out there inciting people, i don't think it helps. >> you already have people saying those who are trying to offer the officers possible side or at least allow for the possible that he may not be guilty and need to see the facts play out, well, that's racism. that's people who don't sympathize with the black community and black plight. >> i do take big issue with eric holder's position here. this is a man running around the country telling people criticism of him and obama is race-based. he's been running around the country saying voter id laws are being pushed by white republicans who are trying to disenfranchise blacks. the idea that anyone would consider him impartial in a case as racially charge as this one is just a joke. >> jason, good to see you. >> thank you. >>> live to the streets of ferguson in a moment and speak with a local radio host ab

if it is a multi polar world are others russia and china? is that what we want to see to have the american economy and diplomacy and military so strong space in the world would think of testing us. [applause] and so i am proud to say i want to return to the principles of harry truman. to say we will be involved in the world. but to keep bad things from happening. intelligence tells us that isis is being formed a and the president watched now it is difficult to pull it out it is important. this kind of group would-be a terrible conclusion for the world and for us. and not pulling back to say we hope that things will happen. that is like paying the cannibals to eat you last. [laughter] we have to be involved we're the leader of the free world. we will promote our values and free enterprise human rights, human dignity and finally we will be strong and how the military and linked arms with the allies we will not waffle about our creditors. [applause] >> if you have to see that for safety and security and confidence our children will live in free

>> extremely polarized along idea logical, ethnic lines. have around 45% of the population who adore him. >> those who adore him -- obviously this is a good day for them. what trouble do you anticipate further down the line if that polarization becomes more announced? >>> president erdogan is going to face enormous challenges. first the the stagnated economy that underpinned economy last ten years. now it's entering a long prolonged sluggish phase. also he has the foreign policy challenges that that's implosion of iraq, civil war, unresolved kurdish question in turkey. >> right now this is a key moment for the turkish for what's going on in the region. >> it shares borders with iraq, iran and syria. at the same time, turkey is isolated in the middle east which may prevent turkey from playing the role and ambitions it fors for itself in the region. >> thank you very much. appreciate you coming in. >>> now the hunt for the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 will focus on the southern part of the existing search zone. australia's deputy pr

we're seeing the repercussions for that polarization across the region playing out over the next couple of days if reports are to be confirmed. they haven't as yet. this sort of interference from the outside actually started several years ago. you saw complaints from within libya about that interference and involvement from qatar and turkey and other places as well as egypt and uae much earlier on. definitely if yesterday's strikes of the past week are anything to go by, it means another notch in that polarization across the region. >> how worrying would you find it if that is confirmed we have a very active military engagement from external powers. >> it means indeed that the stakes have been put higher. i don't think we can reasonably assume there's a lessoning of tensions any time soon. there's a new parliament that's been put into force over the last few weeks. new elections that swept a lot of the political groups that support r the islamist militias from power. the islamist side is still backing the former gnc, general national congress. i think you're going to see that sort of st

. >> most of the country got slammed by the polar vortex. coming up, the very unexpected surprise from those long cold winter nights. >> hi i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. well guess what? we've got some showers outside the monsoon continues. and if you're planning to go to hawaii, we've got a hurricane brewing. we'll talk about that coming up next. >> and we continue to follow a breaking news out of redwood city. a deadly accident on 101 involving a car, a construction site. a number of workers have been hurt and one has died. we'll have the very latest coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, chopper five is live over t scene of a deadly accident >>> back to the breaking news now. this is down in redwood city. chopper 5 live over the scene of a deadly accident. southbound 101 near marsh road. car veered off the highway, crashed into a construction zone nearby. and then into a fence. three construction workers were hit. one of them has died. that parking lot you see right below there at the stanford outpatient medical cen

seriously they never explain the polar bears and the whole church scene at the end i was i don't there were things about them sad sad sad. our show today is fonts are by our nation's corrections industry here's an important word from. you hate black people maybe don't hate them but just don't want them in your face or your neighborhood or your grocery store. these days employment housing discrimination are illegal what if i told you there was something easy you could do to keep the black community down right now you're probably thinking this guy is full of it. but no i'm not all you have to do is support breivik prison. or checked always a private prison companies which make sure to keep people black people locked up yes violent crime rates have plunged the last few decades so we had to find other reasons to put people black people behind bars we did so by acting like illegal drug use is worse than prescription drug use or beating your wife or laundering millions of dollars in drug cartel h.s.b.c. and looking in your direction drug use among flex was brought to the same blacks are conv

it is a very polarized state right now. the truth is, we're in a great position with mary burke. we may not spend as much money, but we will have the feet on the ground. >> what about bringing in high-profile people in states like wisconsin. normer -- former secretary of state hillary clinton, do you think she will hit the campaign trail for some of your candidates? >> both hillary clinton and president clinton have been very helpful in helping candidates. so yes, we hope to see some activity here, and we are hopeful. i think this is all hands on deck this year. so much of this is about turnout and making sure our voters get to the polls. anything that is mobilizing that is energizing to get women to the polls, to get african-americans and hispanics and the entire coalition to the polls is going to make a huge difference. i think, as i said, it is going to be all hands on deck to hold the senate and to pick up some governor seats. >> one thing you didn't mention, i suspect you were going to, is in texas, wendy davis. >> i had a feeling you were going to say that. yes. >> polls sh

what this did was tended to polarize the political process. your enemy or opponent was no longer merely misguided. your enemy was evil. if you believe that america was a godless land and the western territories were the providence of the lord, extending not across the land but across the globe, then these two evils had to be vanquished. when abraham858, lincoln, who was anti-slavery, when he ran against stephen douglas as a democrat in 1858 greatecipitated the lincoln-douglas debates, the republican party slogan, the slogan under which abraham lincoln ran his campaign was vanquished the twin despotisms, catholicism and slavery. those two strains and republican party were essential for its success. in fact, in 1860, when abraham lincoln went to the white house and was elected resident, the 16th president of the united many of his votes came from protestant workingmen in the cities who could care less about the slavery issue, but they knew that the republican party, as the evangelical christian party, stood for the rights of protestants over the

so there was definitely -- if the polarization is coincided with the weakening of money. basically when money is weak and there is a sense of increasing unfairness that the system is rigged and that you are being defrauded. people fixed income salaries see their money losing value while other people are reading what look like artificially and unfair gain and the link between the effort and the reward is severed and that's why in economies with unstable currency gets more corruption and crime and a number of studies have found that inflation has a stronger connection to actually a stronger connection to crime and joblessness. the crime rates in fact in the u.s. dropped immediately after the financial crisis when there was a serious deflation but they began to move up in 2010 during the quantitative easing which is sort of interesting thing that we say in the book and these are just a few highlights from the chapter. and both left and right agree today that this is a period of malaise that we hope this puts aside some of the finger-pointing that's been taking place in recen

all the polarization goes back past watergate to vietnam. that was the thing that tour us apart. that i think is still the thing that created this huge cultural divide that the two sides have chewed on for 40 years. there are times when i look at my kids and say, this is not going to end in this country until the vietnam generation goes to our rest homes and we are not here anymore poisoning the water. i would trace it past watergate. richard nixon was the last casualty. >> we are getting a lot of tweets. this is from brad. 49 always amazed nixon won out of 50 states in 1972 and months later forced to resign. >> a fellow writes social history about the 1960's and 1970's. he begins his book called "nixon in 1964, 10ing years before he resigned, you had lyndon johnson with this huge landslide. later, you hadrs nixon with an identical landslide from the other side. it was a volatile time going back and forth in american politics. >> from sarasota, florida, harry hone. the po go ahead. >> i wonder if nixon was forced to resign by the republican party for watergate because of what he

it was definitely, this polarization coincided with the weakening of money. basically we money is weak and there's a sense of increasing unfairness, that the system is rigged, that you're being defrauded. people on fixed income, on salaries see the money losing value of the people are reaping what look like artificially and unfair windfall gains. the link between effort and reward a separate. that's why economies of unstable currencies you get more corruption and triggered a number of studies have found that inflation has a stronger connection, actually a stronger connection to crime than joblessness. crime rates in fact in the u.s. dropped immediately after the financial crisis when there was a serious deflation but they began to move up in 2010 during quantitative easing which sort of an interesting thing that we say in the book. these are just a few highlights from the chapter. both left and right agree today that this is a period of malaise, but we hope this book helps people put aside some of the finger-pointing that's been taking place in recent years a