archaeologist william sanders. the economy of any given human group, any culture, is a powerful factor that affects the rest of that culture -- the social organization, the political institutions, even the ideology, the religion of a people. from my perspective, the economy of a group is one of the most powerful determinants of human behavior. keach: to archaeologists, all economies fall somewhere on a spectrum from simple to complex. in a simple economy, people grow or gather all the food they eat. they make all the things they use. households in such simple economies are almost completely self-sufficient. at the other end of the spectrum are highly complex economies in which people specialize in one particular job, like these shoe salesmen in morocco. specialization means people are no longer self-sufficient, but depend on each other. the shoe salesmen are dependent on the shoemakers, and the shoemakers are dependent on the tanners, and so on. this dependence on others makes society in general more complex, so sp

sanders changed my life and outlook in history and critical thinking. if you go through college without taking a class from him, your education is incomplete. it's the kind of praise that all of us who are university educators envy. today, dr. sanders will give us the benefit of his expertise and skills to analyze eisenhower's racial views and the little rock crisis, so without further expansion on my part, i will turn the microphone over to mr. marshall. >> thank you, and i want to thank the library and the foundation for putting together this series of programs and for allowing me to come out and participate. it's been a wonderful excuse for me to build on what i have read and studied about president eisenhower's service to our country, and i've enjoyed it immensely. as some of you know, we had hoped that former secretary william coleman could join us for this discussion, but his inability to join us today gives me a chance to quote from his book, which i promise you he would have done liberally this afternoon, but as a true pioneer in his own right a

sanders' point that eisenhower was first and last a man of moderation. can you be a leader from that position? >> i would just like everyone to think about that, and i believe we have a question from the audience? >> i would like to thank dr. speck and dr. sand eers and marshall, just very brief background. i graduated in 1972 which was six, seven -- quite a few years after brown versus board and we had a total of my best recollection, three black students out of 1600 students even at that time, and it was an interesting process of how the zoning went. that said, and i feel like i suffered for it. i feel like i was really, when i went to kansas university after that. it was a culture shock. i didn't know how black people act. i just knew there was trouble and that sort of thing, but i remember the days of blockbuster and they would pay it off because the perception was rightly or wrongly that the value of your home would go down and that would sit right with them. and i want to address them for just a moment. it's my understanding that indicates several

joining me now is senator sanders of vermont. good to have you with us i'm sorry i didn't pick the vermont beer up there but at least i have the good union stuff here, miller lite. is the beer delivery and some other things a way that could really turn around the postal service? what are you proposing? >> ed, absolutely. the post office today is extraordinarily restricted in the kind of services and products that it can provide. if you go in a post office and you say to the clerk, can you notarize this letter for me, post office clerk says it's against the law, can't do it. can i get ten copies of my letter? sorry, can't do that. a fishing license? hunting license? can't do that. if i want to christmas time, can you wrap my package with christmas wrapping, can't do that. all over europe with post offices are doing is significantly diversifying, they are getting involved in e-telecommunications and making revenue. we've got to do a couple things. short term as you indicated, we have to relieve the post office of this horrendously

please help me welcome barry sanders. [applause] >> thank you. it's an honor and privilege to be here at vroman's brookstore. vroman's as a institution in southern california from the altar largest bookstore and it's wonderful to be here today. the book "american avatar" is a book that derives from years of thinking about the issue of images of our country and how people form their ideas. it's a book about ideas, but i try to write in a way that looks at it from the point of view of human nature and commonsense. so what i'm asking what i talk about images of america is not just the question of why they hate us, though there are people out there who do hate us, but you'll find the majority people around the world have always still to this day have a favorable impression of this country. so the question i'm asking is how do people come by their ideas? how do they derive this idea from an idea about america, or how do they derive any idea? you could ask people about the images of finland or ecuador, and they may have some or they may have none. but

we'll have the latest with bernie sanders. >> this this country the government doesn't tell you or your organization what your religious views are. >> the republican war on women's health continues. as they misrepresent the president on anti-religion. >> this issue won't go away until the administration simply backs down. >> joan walsh and krystal ball way in on the potential blow-back. >>> tonight, we're taking a look back at the storied rise and tragic fall of whitney houston. the grio's joy-ann reid is here. >>> thanks for watching. rick santorum has been hiding in plain daylight for conservative voters. they finally are getting a good look at him and like what they see. the average of recent polls gives santorum a slight lead over mitt romney for t michigan huge. santorum now leads romney by 15 points, according to public policy polling. romney was born in detroit, his father a two-term governor in the state of michigan but santorum has surged while romney has lost momentum. on this chart, santorum's trend is almost a vert cal line. look at that. how many politicians do you or races

sanders opted to enroll over stanford over oklahoma state. he is electric with the football and could have an instant impact on the cardinal. like father, like son. cody whit field whose son played for stanford signed up with the cardinals and davidson. peak ranked as the best offensive tackle in the country and the son of todd pete heads to the farm at stanford where they call it one of the best classes in history. cal has been searching for a quarterback since aaron rogers left. zach klein may be the man. he may be the best prospect as quarterback to come out of the bay area in years. klein already on campus, and he is taking classes in berkeley and learning the playbook. cal lost a bunch of recruits after two coaches left for washington. it feels more like a salvage operation than an out right victory. line backer nicker son and michael bartman will have the defense. triggs may be the prep receiver on the west coast. most people noted tom brady grew up in the bay area. but another player you will see in the super bowl is julian edelman fro

sanders opted to enroll over stanford over oklahoma state. electric with the football and could have an instant impact on t cardinal. like father, like son. cody whit field whose son played for stanford signed up with the cardinals and davidson. peak ranked as the best offensive tackle in the country and the son of todd pete heads to the farm at stanford where they call it one of the best classes in history. cal has been searching for a quarterback since aaron rogers left. zach klein may be the man. he may be the best prospect as quarterback to come out of the bay area in years. klein already on campus, and he is taking classes in berkeley and learning the playbook. cal lost a bunch of recruits after two coaches left for washington. it feels more like a salvage operation than an out right victory. line backer nicker son and michael bartman will have the defense. triggs may be the prep receiver on the west coast. most people noted tom brady grew up in the bay area. but another player you will see in the super bowl is julian edelman from the co

did stanford get the next barry sanders ? that we know forwho is goi who is going where on national signing day? sports is next. >>> good evening. stanford and cal had classes ranked in the top 20 nationally. stanford might be top five. the cardinals are feeling better about the way things turned out than cal. this was national signing day. among the eye-catching names joining stanford, barry sanders. yes, the son of the all pro detroit running back. sanders opted to enroll over stanford over oklahoma state. he is electric with the football and could have an instant impact on the cardinal. like father, like son. cody whit field whose son played for stanford signed up with the cardinals and davidson. peak ranked as the best offensive tackle in the country and the son of todd pete heads to the farm at stanford where they call it one of the best classes in history. cal has been searching for a quarterback since aaron rogers left. zach klein may be the man. he may be the best prospect as quarterback to come out of the bay area in

we've got a football expert. >> yes. >> deion sanders. >> how you doing?me quarterback. >> yes. >> we're not worthy. >> so, first -- >> i'm that going to say anything about the kick, though. >> i appreciate it. >> no. >> just the approach. >> i'm a little gimpy. what can i tell you? >> you're going to teach us right now. >> i'm going to teach you. to throw a football. first of all, a football is a she. so you hold her. >> a she. >> she has been good to me. >> okay. >> i just talked to kurt warner, for the nfl network, two fingers or three fingers. you've got to get some laces. some laces. and hold her firm. >> hmm. >> oh, yes. >> go ahead. >> hold her firm and just let it roll. >> roll. >> gently. gently. gently. >> a nice spiral. >> you've got to follow through. just follow through. >> can we try that? >> sure. >> how do we throw this then, which direction? >> you two against us. >> there you go. >> okay. >> who's throwing? am i throwing? >> okay i'm throwing. >> just like -- natalie here we go. one, two -- i'm going to throw adeion. one, two, three. >> o

bernie sanders tonight. scott walker went to cpac to beg for money.elieve how walker did, and i'll show you the tape now. the shock and sandness over whitney houston's death and amazing tributes later in the show. stay with us. we'll be right back. i wouldn't do that. pay the check? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. was that really necessary? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? cover for me. i have an audition. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! [ camera shutter clicks ]

>> the combination has to be just right. >> so colonel sanders called in to this kfc in it malaysia, told these employees, you better get out there and stop this. >> you know, i think that's exactly what happened. thank you, investigator. >> it's just a theory. [ screaming ] >>> do you remember that video i showed you of those animatronic dinosaurs at that museum in australia? >> yes, love it. >> i found something similar, but it's not nearly as cool. ♪ >> yeah, you're right. it's not nearly as cool. can any of you guess what's going on here? >> i believe that there is a papier-mache rhinoceros and two men walking. >> why are there police officers trying to capture this thing? >> this is the zoo in tokyo, japan. and they are training their staff members in case of a rino escapes its pit. >> is this like a comedy? >> they want staff members to be ready to help corral it. >> this is a real gun. that's a real gun that the guy is shooting at the papier-mache rino. >> wait, there's the dart. >> here's another one. this is the zoo trying to capture a tiger, should it escape. >> oh, my god.

kerry sanders has the report. >> reporter: like trapped animals in cages, prisoners had no escape as the fire raced through the overcrowded penitentiary. honduran officials and inmates who escaped the inferno say the fire was set by an enraged inmate. a local government official says that prisoner called her from a cell phone moments before setting the blaze and announced he intended to kill everyone. the prison built in the 1940s, each door on the jail cell requires a key. the guard with those keys could not be found. >> residents nearby watched helplesslyened to the screams of those dying inside. family members tried to break down the prison gates to reached loved ones, only to find hundreds of prisoners dead. kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> iran's top nuclear negotiator claims the country is ready to resume talks over the nuclear program. wednesday, mahmoud ahmadinejad toured a facility. it is a move designed to show iran has not been crippled by the killings of the scientists. u.s. intelligence says iran is at least a year away from building any kind of weapon. iran is threatening a

good afternoon i'm steve sanders. >>and i'm nancy loo in for dina bair. julian crews is live with the details >>he was a retired 83 year-old living on fixed income ... we're learning more about the victim neighbors say for years that julius borrowersos lived modestly in the single-family home people who knew him said that he had nothing of value and no one can understand why this happened people say the home was ransacked the lake county sheriff's detectives will not save robbery was the motive his body was discovered yesterday detectives are not commenting on the homicide investigation at all. the indiana coroner indicates that he was shot multiple times. understandably neighbors are frightened by this news and reluctant to speak on camera police in the northwest suburbs are combing the forest preserve for a woman from north barrington. wgn's j. miller tells us the woman disappeared for disco issues get a free trip to florida >>the woman was looking forward to spending a valentine's day with her husband during a trip to florida but she vanished without a

please help me to wellcome barry sanders. [applause] >> it is an honor and privilege to be here brahmans bookstore it. it is an institution in southern california the oldest and largest. the book "american avatar" derives from years of the king of the issue of how people form their ideas it is a book about ideas but i try to write it in a way from the point* of view of human nature and common sense. what i am asking when i talk about images of america not just why they hate us but you'll find the majority of people have a favorable impression that the question i am asking is how do people come by their ideas? how do they derive any idea? asked about the image of ecuador or finland and they may have some warren nine but it is worth talking about images of america because it is one of the rare concepts that is in the minds and has for over 200 years that makes it a place to where people form their ideas not only today and there is surprising continuity and what is particularly useful is you start off with the and standing at of

kerry sanders, nbc news, hollywood, florida. >> that's a recipe for a long life i like.ly news" continues -- actually, that's it for us. that's "nbc nightly news." i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. have a great night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i am diane dwyer. there is word that w o

nbc's kerry sanders has our report. [ sirens ] >> reporter: like trapped animals in cages, prisoners had no escape as the fire raced through the overcrowded penitentiary. honduran prison officials and inmates who escaped the inferno say the fire was set by an enraged inmate. a local government official says that prisoner called her from a cell phone just moments before setting the blaze and announced he intended to kill everyone. the comayala prison was built in the 1940s. each door on the jail cell requires a key. reports are, the guard with those keys could not be found. residents nearby watched helplessly as they listened to the screams of those dying inside. family members tried to break down the prison gates to reach loved ones, only to find hundreds of prisoners dead. kerry sanders, nbc news. >> terrible story. >>> well, iran's top nuclear negotiator has sent a letter to world leaders, claiming the country is ready to resume talks with the u.s. over its nuclear program. but on wednesday, president mahmoud ahmadinejad toured a research reactor in tehran as his country bragged ab

kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> back to this country now. once again in this wild gop primary campaign, mitt romney is in a tough spot. as the analysts always like to point out, he's still the best finance candidate with the best organization, but on top of the fact rick santorum one three of the last four contests, while romney is from michigan, he owns place necessary four other states, and these days is working hard to explain why he was against the government's auto industry bailouts. that doesn't go over well in the state we associate with detroit and american cars. nbc's peter alexander is in grand rapids tonight. >> reporter: a self-described son of detroit, mitt romney is son of michigan's legendary governors george romney, the sign of an auto executive who proudly claims cars are in his bones. >> detroit auto show with my dad. that was a big deal. i want to make michigan stronger and better. michigan has been my home and this is personal. >> reporter: for adults of a certain age across this state, romney is a household name dating b

take vo ---la escuela robert sanders tiene un solo laboratorio de computadoras para 500 estudiantes..ora de uso por alumno a la semana.. ---asi que en un video de 2 minutos, los niÑos se vistieron de reporteros y preguntaron por qu ellos no podan recibir el premio 'juntos por la tecnologa' de 48 mil dlares que regala la fundacin del corredor de carros de nascar jimmy johnson.... y se lo ganaron.. take sot maestro dice: 34:08:00 "esta comunidad donde vivimos donde está robert sanders, no tenemos familias que pueden dar mucho a la escuela y es muy difícil recibir fondos." vo ---a pesar de las carencias, los maestros dicen que los alumnos no usan eso de pretexto para no aprender.. cu ---ya comenzo la capacitacion de trabajadores de la industria alimenticia, y como parte de nuestra colaboracion periodistica, celina rodriguez, de buenos dias con celina, nos muestra en que consiste... celina... cu ---recuerde sintonizar buenos dias con celina para saber mas sobre este tema... cu ariel rodriguez tiene el pronostico del tiempo....... roll open take pkg muchas gracias a traves de todo el secto

we will lynn -- do you have a date buddy. >> this is local match maker gwen sanders. >> i have an eventnight, bar 7. free speed dating event tonight it will be a hot thing. >> check it out on the web tony over to you. >> all right very good thank you. >> coming up, which big stars are coming to the white house to celebrate black history month and inspiring story you don't want to miss a little girl battling cancer meets the man of her dreams, justin bieber how they spent their prevalentine date and what he had to say about it when they come back  -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >> president obama and the first lady will hang with a rolling stone next week

. >> reporter: having their own place to fix up and decorate is a big step for marcia sanders, after katrina forced her from her home in lawz lawz. >> it was devastating. emotionally, financially. >> sanders felt lost until she found home in harpers columbia. >> once i got here, it was just a reloose to know that this was my grace. >> reporter: jim and patty roust started enterprise homes with one goal in mind. >> they wanted to make sure that there was fitting affordable housing for people of all walks of life. >> reporter: now on the company's 30th anniversary, sanders says she's proof roust is reaching his dream. because without harper house, she wouldn't have a home. >> at the time, i wasn't working. and my rent was really affordable. that was a huge life changer for me. >> recently, harper house underwent $21 million in renovation. they wanted to show people of all incomes. >> you know, your environment can make a huge difference in your outlook. so i feel renewed in a way. . >> reporter: monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> enterprise has many low- income housing projects in

that is just reprehensible. >> senator bernie sander, hau for being with us tonight. nice to see you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> best new thing in the world, still to come, stay with us. >>> i am hypersensitive to visual stimuli. i cannot have moving images and pictures around me too much or i get distracted and can't concentrate on anything else. that's why i'm not great with action movies any time after they started digitizing the explosions. it's also why my future career as an air traffic controller is not very bright. the way it affects me every day to be hypersensitive to stimuli, when we're prepping the show, what material we have available to us to make the tv, i have to look at transcripts. i look at transcripts of things that happen on tape rather than looking at the tape, itself. i'm not bragging about this. this actually makes me worse at my job and not better at it. sometimes the most important thing going on, even just in politics news, is not what's being said at on event and therefore what makes it into the transcript, but what's happen

bernie sanders has the details. >>> the fight for workers rights is exploding in arizona. police, firefighters and teachers are under fire in the desert, and we're going there for the latest. >>> on capitol hill the arrest everyone is talking about. >> this is a public hearing. i'm within my first amendment rights. i'm being taken out. >> josh fox was arrested for filming a house committee hearing on fracking. because republicans didn't want him there. tonight, director josh fox joins me exclusively. >>> good to have you with us tonight folks, thanks for watching. >>> mitt romney won big in florida but still has a major problem connecting with regular folks. his problem got a lot worse today. >> i'm in this case because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if it needs repair i'll fix it. not concerned about the very rich, they're doing fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america, the 90, 95% of americans who are struggling, i'll take that message across the nation. >> mitt romney thinks the country has done enou

>>good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. they came under fire for the decision ... the komen foundation originally said that it cut funding to planned parenthood because the organization is under investigation for allegedly using federal money for abortions. but it just about an hour ago the foundation announced that it will reinstate breast cancer screenings at planned parenthood. it also issued an apology stating: " we have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize planned parenthood. there were not. ... " the president weighed in on the unemployment figures ... but he warned that we still have a tough road ahead and one solution is to hire returning military veterans >>our veterans are some of the most highly trained and highly educated charlie skilled workers that we haveworkers that we have companies ought to be competing to hire t

you can see senator bernie sanders and senator tom coburn. i thank you for joining us and agreeing to do so in this conversational fashion. we could fight about a million things. what would you say will be the thing that you think, senator sanders, that you're most likely to agree when it comes to electoral dysfunction in america? >> i honestly don't know the senator's position, but i think it's clear to most americans that big money plays an extraordinary major role in the political process in this country on issue after issue. bills that come to the floor, the american people want to move it one direction and congress moves in another direction. for example, the american people are very strong about wanting to maintain social security, maintain medicare. big money interests want to cut those programs. people in congress are talking about that. i would hope that the senator would agree with me, that when you have a result of citizens united these horrendous super pacs pouring in huge amounts of money from a handful of billionaires, that they