joining me in the studio is cindy solomon, she is ceo of solomon and associates and a new author. are in leadership and consulting process and you work with executives all over the place. >> i think the things i see consistently across industry and around the world in my work is women struggle with three very speck things that i believe get in the way. the first is women think networking is nice to do but rather than have to do. as they continue up the corporate ladder it's theships relationships they build within their industry that will help them succeed tanned get to the higher levels. second thing, women don't ask. we believe if we sit and work harder than anybody else and keep focused on the job, somebody will come up behind us and give us the promotion that we want. the reality is that we have to ask for those things. women don't do it. less than 20% of women ask for a raise, ask for a promotion or ask for that assignment as compared to men. i think the third thing that women struggle is we forget that our development is our job. going after those new skills and taking the t

solomon's comment. which is we plan to bring this item to the curriculum committee on may 2 and i at that time would like to invite uesf to give us a short presentation about the document. so we'll -- desmond already knows about this. that's the -- she's the staff liaison but i wanted to make sure you're aware of that, that you're invited to have some time to present some of the concerns that are in this document at the curriculum committee on may 2. president mendoza: great, thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, once again. i'm still dennis kelly, i still have spots on my shirt. thank you, commissioner mendoza. it's still a pink shirt, thank you superintendent garcia. may 9 through 13 we are talking about a state of emergency in california with regard to education. that says may 9 through 13, state of emergency. we have come to the point where we're no longer talking about cutting schools, cutting programs and all that. it's getting time that we whip out the old zapat a-line. about being better to

was norman solomon founder and president of the institute for public accuracy. actually that as for now for more on the stories that we've covered this go to arky dot com sasha say so what are you two pages you tube dot com slash r t america and as always feel free to follow me on twitter as well it's to see catherine of siena right back here and how are. we. right here in the yeah i think. the the on the well yeah yeah. we're never going to get there safe to grab me.

because we really do appreciate your work thank you thank you was norman solomon founder and president of the institute for public accuracy now a quick update on the budget battle here in capitol hill we're hearing some reports that the white house and congressional leaders may have come to a bit of an agreement over some of the controversial policy riders in the stalled funding bill now these are the house backed amendments on things like defunding planned parenthood or preventing the e.p.a. from regulated greenhouse gases and the white house is reportedly getting some reports reviewing a framework that includes thirty eight billion dollars in cuts but no official agreement at this point on the final numbers meaning that is shut down at midnight is still unfortunately likely now that does it for now for more on the stories we've covered please go to our t. dot com slash u.s.a. and check out our you tube page it's you tube dot com slash r t america and feel free to follow me on twitter as well it's at lucy catherine of one board have a great.

my name is gina solomon, i'm a practicing physician. i'm also a senior scientist at the national resources defense council and a and the director of the occupational and environmental medicine residency program at the university of california san francisco. most health professionals at some point in their career encounter a disease cluster. disease cluster is a mysterious excess of one or more illnesses such as cancer, birth defects or neurological disease in a particular work place or particular community over a period of time. and the disease clusters are frightening for communities and often frustrating for scientists because at least in the past there were limited tools for understanding and solving them. but my disease clusters also hold the potential especially with the new scientific tools of today and that are emerging as we move forward. these disease clusters may unlock some of the mysteries of chronic disease including birth defects and cancer. when i was a clinical fellow harvard in the mid 1990's, i learned about the cancer

jason henderson, mark solomon and linda chapman. whatever order. >> i have an overhead. can we get the overhead, please? thank you. i wanted to make a comment here about the previous speaker who was talking about densification of the city. here is his home. as you can see, it is a single-family home. two parking spaces there. a beautiful view out of the hillings right? so we're not seeing any densification happening here. in the paper this morning he was quoted talking about nimbies. here is his backyard. it is a nice backyard. i don't have a backyard that big. it is much bigger than my house. he is being paid by developers to create the illusion of some sort of broad coalition demanding more housing. now i take issue to the chair with what commissioner borden said here, that we need to get the talent in this room to figure out how to accommodate future growth without trashing the transit system. that's the task here. and just saying, oh, growth is going to be coming, waving our hands is not going to cut it because that is going actually trash sb 75 and demolish ab 72 an

norman solomon of the institute for public accuracy says there are some glaring omissions in the way some media outlets are reporting washington's military campaigns approach the assumption often implicit is through the media that uncle sam has a halo rovers and he's trying to do really good sometimes he screws up but basically the usa has the best of intentions now if there was no oil in libya or iraq and the main export say was to converse i don't think the us would have invested billions of dollars in military actions but that is part of the equation that's often left out when the news media explain events to us. still to come on the program whatever happened to the space race. to spread so if there's nothing more to do in outer space well as those more to do but is it worth doing is humanity to troubled by more down to earth problems to care about the final frontier anymore residents bring change and reaction for you. also the pipeline that's in the pipeline we travel to see firsthand the progress in the construction of your stream a project that promises to transform energy ties

advertising, firefighter jeff novak, hopkins hospital, william bradley, brig a deer general allison solomonnd lynn brick. >> today we're honoring people, we're honoring a firefighter who literally saved lives, we're honoring corporations who have gone above and beyond to help out in the community, and every one of them is special in their own way. >> i tell you the key note speaker was my friend joe ehrman. ever hear joe speak? he'll will a crowd. and tonight charlie crowson served as mc. what a night huh. >>> uh-huh. >> you work hard, times are tough, you would like a raise. >> yeah. >> you got it. you want more on your paycheck you got to do it yourself. >> listen to this, a school nurse is out of a job because of some comments she was accused of making to a special student and you are not gonna believe the statement that got her fired. >>> never too early to start thinking about your spring hunch. what's wrong with that sentence? that and more when abc 2 news returns in just 60 seconds. >>> an easter egg hunt versus a swing egg hunt. that's one debate going on. munson trustees say a gove

studious graham following a good guy who would come in and see goldman sachs or before that it was solomon brothers its arms out he's just a conniving backstabbing insider trading market manipulating schmock like. or jamie diamond or lloyd blankfein or any of the other crooks on wall street the fact that he's in omaha doesn't make him any less of all street crooks and charlie monger. needs to to excuse himself from the public forum and just disappear for a while because he's told all embarrassment i don't care how old the guy is they put on your depends and get out of dodge because your back your stinking up the joint charlie munger get out of here david sokol thinks that he would be able to get away with the same crimes that a guy like charlie monger can but i think remember there longly apply selectively to certain people some guys are just totally exempt from them and you see this in this following headline max how a big u.s. bank laundered billions from mexico's murderous drug gangs so this is the guardian news and they've done a deep investigation into the story that we've covered bef

in israel goodies available in cinema hotel for derrius solomon hotel jerusalem. past the hour ahead in russian capital headlines for you nato airstrikes hit the center of the libyan capital leading to more civilian casualties something street people reportedly killed as a proto dolphin forces are pushed out of the rebel held city of misrata but claim they'll be replaced by tribesmen. india's latest census reveals an alarming sex ratio exposes of boys and abortions when tens discover they're having a girl for the whole family's sons are considered financially far more attractive than daughters. and the u.s. pastor infamous for burning the koran is blocks from holding an anti islamic rally in the city described as america's muslim capital a call to ban the protestors and threaten to incite just hatred and for the violence. next we look at a russian republic where oil pumps give way to innovation response technology meet . just. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're in because it's the capital of the russian republic of the stone and a city of cont

but you know i'm always as as i am rand would say you were discussing atlas shrugged i'm a realist solomon in the real world i think rich nations quits at some point things above money and that's america we put up jobs anybody near the top we probably could see the kids getting cancer a cause that other countries who are poor put jobs in muddy to keep people from starvation above health for their citizens that's just the way the world. and so it's a pretty perfect situation where people in america build the items and then ship them overseas to people who need jobs or they would starve to death i think the people there will tell you they want the jobs they're very clear about that some day weekend you're gonna become a rich station they'll put health above those jobs and they'll build those plants that b.p. built but right now i think it's working for both sides of those people lose their jobs if there is demand for nuclear waste and people in india didn't know it was harmful would you feel comfortable selling it to block so what is your plan right now because she looks lance you've got the

norman solomon of the institute of public accuracy says there are some glaring omissions in the way some media outlets are reporting washington's military campaigns abroad the assumption after implicit is through the media uncle sam has it here or is it and he's trying to do really good sometimes you screw up but basically the u.s. has the best of intentions now if there was no war you all you know or iraq and the main export say was to converse i think the u.s. would have invested billions of dollars in military action and what is part of the equation that's often left out or when going to explain events to us here we have a program here in our seats and our it whatever happened to the space race we are asked. to see it it's too expensive there's nothing more to do in outer space those more to do but is it worth doing and there's a question we ask is humanity to troubled by more down to earth problems to care about the final frontier anymore or the residents gauging reaction to that also. the pipeline that's in the pipeline we travel to see the progress in the construction of north stre

dollar of which it is the issuer so there is no issue of solvency there cannot be an issue of solomon c. the united states is always going to be able to pay it debts i think a lot of what is going on here is fear mongering and look if you look at to be here you know you have getting more you know graded several times by the rating agencies the ten year yield on the japanese government the equivalent of our ten year treasury is yielding one point five percent so the interest rate will be unaffected however i will say this a lot of people view this i think through sort of a prism of misinformation some of the misinformation in that piece you just relaying that i think really do believe what i think our nation impel nice information in the sense that a downgrade would lead automatically and necessarily to higher or skyrocketing interest rates that just isn't true why why why later they laugh it with a more current that if people were concerned about the i think it would be to pay back what if the u.s. was threatened as the reserve currency the u.s. dollar it because as you said as they s

egypt saudi arabia offering yemen three now to discuss this and much more is the legendary norman solomon he's the founder of the institute for public accuracy and the author of many books including this one here made love got war close encounters of the americas or fair state thank you so much for being here it's really quite an honor oh thank you i don't actually want to focus on this human rights report but i want to talk about is why there seems to be so little honest discussion in the media in our country when it comes to the reality of our foreign policy so for example we don't talk about how the united states actually supported the mubarak regime until it becomes so close that the regime falls we don't really talk about yemen i mean there are some reporters doing an investigative reporting and and sort of showing how our operations there are undermining both the security of the people but office supporting the regime but again there really isn't any incentive to see him support for honest discussions about this but i think your tour will sort of very well those who control the past

it hit about 100 miles southeast of the solomon islands and was held mostly in the capital city. shaking continued for a couple minutes. the tsunami warning centers of the quake didn't trigger a tsunami. the country may have nearly 1,000 islands that lie in the arc of an earthquake and volcanic zones. >>> funeral services will be held for a popular fremont swim coach. joseph martinez died last week after falling at his home in san jose. he coached the boys and girls swimming teams and water pole polo team. the medical examiner says it could take up to six weeks to figure out how he died. >>> another protest is planned today at the site of what native-american tribal leaders call a burial site. tribal members say the area is a final resting place of many of their north american ancestors. they say some graves date back 3500 years. protests have been ongoing at that site for more than a week and today's event will begin at 1:00 p.m.. >>> skyrocketing gas prices have drivers very frustrated out there. what the president said this morning about possible solutions. >>> the maker of a

is covered by the solomon amendment because we get some federal money. the science labs get federal money, that strikes me is nonsincecal. and so i would say -- nonsensical. so i would say where the fraud is taking place involved with federal laws and federal conditions and federal money, is it tarp money, for instance, is it medicaid money? >> where does this federal money come from? doesn't it come from the citizens of the state of new york? >> not in their capacity as state citizens but as national citizens. and -- >> i thought money was green. [laughter] nora? >> just to give a different perspective and say it's not new york. >> it wasn't. >> give my experience from somewhere like connecticut and with due respect to the notion it would be much better for the state to do it, the criminal justice system in connecticut, there's no state grand jury system. in a case like this, again, i have to believe it goes beyond just the concessions. a grand jury's probably critical to this case. and so that would weigh highly in favor of the federal -- fed taking th

relish solomons have expanded from 100,000 to 300,000 today so.ot of the problems have multiplied and become even larger. that is one thing we wanted to emphasize. it's a deepening of the conflict. >> this includes your personal stories. you have live there. you have raised two small children. you there from 1999 to 2007. you said that israel has a thriving economy. but they cannot solve this problem. guest: one reason we wrote this book is we felt that there is a lot of talk in washington if we could just give back to the peace process. we always hear, if we just can go back to the peace process and get the israelis and palestinians talking as they did when you talk been -- itzyak rabin was on the scene. during the time we live there, the psychological landscape between the israelis and palestinians changed to such a degree. you need to come at the problem with a new perspective as to how both sides were changed. >> -- host: what did they not understand about the conflict that you think they should understand, given that you were on the ground? g

it's a remarkable solomon that period. from 65 on the shah no longer needed this.rom 74, it was the west that now needed the shah's money. they went on the landing bend and gave away about 1.5 billion to almost anybody that came from london's mayor asking for money to rebuild from london to zimbabwe to pakistan, anybody that came, france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy and got their money and went back. with this economic independence came political independence. they no longer needed to keep the american pressure to democratize. moreover, mexican to power in the united states, and has implemented what was called the nixon doctrine and i argue in the book about the development of the doctrine and how the shah was influential in the development of the doctrine, but the doctrine basically said if the shah what he wants, sell as much military as he wants and don't put him about the democracy. abutting the shah about the democracy is something that every u.s. administration from roosevelt to carter had done with the exception of nixon

speaker, i rise today to honor the life of one of america's great military heroes, lieutenant general solomonells, or jim, as he was known to his family. general wells passed away in december at the age of 94 after a lifetime of distinguished service to his country. today, his friends, family and loved ones will gather to celebrate his amazing life at a special service near his home in california. among those will be his children, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. mr. speaker, there's no way i could do it justice to all the achievements of this amazing man in the time i have here. jim first earned his wings in 1941 and went on to log over 12,000 hours of flying time as a command pilot with over 700 hours of combat time. he flew hundreds of missions during three wars. world war ii, korea and vietnam, and has been honored with almost every medal imaginable. after commanding all over the world, he culminated his career as inspector general of the air force here in washington. today, i'd like to join with my colleagues here in the u.s. house of representatives to express to jim's f

it's a remarkable solomon that period. from 65 on the shah no longer needed this. from 74, it was the west that now needed the shah's money. they went on the landing bend and gave away about 1.5 billion to almost anybody that came from london's mayor asking for money to rebuild from london to zimbabwe to pakistan, anybody that came, france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy and got their money and went back. with this economic independence came political independence. they no longer needed to keep the american pressure to democratize. moreover, mexican to power in the united states, and has implemented what was called the nixon doctrine and i argue in the book about the development of the doctrine and how the shah was influential in the development of the doctrine, but the doctrine basically said if the shah what he wants, sell as much military as he wants and don't put him about the democracy. abutting the shah about the democracy is something that every u.s. administration from roosevelt to carter had done with the exception of nix

and joshua solomon who tried the same experiments and he got such hostility that he quit after two weeks. he couldn't take it. so all those people who believed we live in a post-race paradise, how the john howard griffin altered that experience and see how it works for say a month or two. >> host: has it changed in 50 years? >> guest: well, i think the media don't help showing fear by some groups and by using hate as a product. so the media -- and i've been a critic of the media for a number of years informs public perceptions and even public policy by, you know, parading the same old stereotypes that have been around for 100 years. before i began this research, i didn't realize booker t. washington, 100 years ago complained about the images of black men and black women in the media and the first great novelist, charles chestnut, and his two novels both villains are media people. first a newspaper people who get a guy lynched and a second novel a newspaper editor who get -- who foments civil disturbance in north carolina. >> host: in your most recent nonfiction book, "barack obama and th

there was another young man, joshua solomon who tried the same experiments, and he got such hostility that he quit after two weeks. everybody who believes we live in a post-race paradise needs to try that experiment, alter their appearance and see how it works for a month or two. >> host: has it changed in 50 years? >> guest: well, the media doesn't help by raising fear against unpopular groups and by using hate as a product, though the media -- i've been a critic of the media for a number of years, influences public perceptions and even public policy by parading the same old stereotypes around for 100 years. before i began the research, i didn't realize this, but booker t. washington 100 years ago complained about the images of black men and women in the media, and the 1st grade novellest, charles chesnut and his two novels and the newspaper man who gets a guy lynched and in the second novel a newspaper editor who gets a -- pulled in for civil disturbance in north carolina. >> host: in your most recent nonfiction book, "barak obama and the jim crow media," what do you mean? >> guest:

and of course it is borrowed from the bullpen at bloomberg and before that it's borrowed from the solomonrothers' trading floor. you have the wealthiest people on the planet who in the normal times with morrill industries would sit behind giant doors and protective officers and enjoy all the space and privacy they could have and yet they don't. they choose to be right on top of each other because you're in the industry where the knowledge matters more than space and it is basically how the cities succeed and how new york came back with knowledge more valuable in space and financing new york the cause there's no industry knowing just a little bit more is more valuable is more important. and that's why there's this very strong tendency of ideal oriented industries to be the mainstay of urban renaissance whether talking it out by utech in massachusetts or computers in greater san francisco, talking about leveraging this urban ability to connect people with and learn from one another. now what is often suggested of course that they make it obsolete but i don't think that's true because there'

after a distinguished career in the house, which started with congressman solomon's office in 1981 is, as an intern, and five years as a political appointee at the department of state, mark has decided to retire from government service. our committee will be losing an immense talent and dedicated public servant. someone driven to an unwavering commitment to doing what is right for our nation and by the members that he has served throughout the last three decades. mark's expertise and sharp wit will surely be missed. i wish mark a wonderful retirement with his lovely wife and their three terrific dogs. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? wide. -- without objection. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. courtney: i rise to congratulate coach tim calhoun and the basketball team for their win last night. that is the third national championship under coach cal hewn who hails from the second congressional district of eastern connecticut. this was a remarkable year when the seas

solomon brothers he got there early and got to know the other guy who was there early, the ceo. >> nia she says when people get ruder, she gets nicer. never fall to the level of the behavior of the people around you. that one jumped out at me. >> she's so great, so funny and so wonderful. her advice was important. one thing i tell young people when they are looking for jobs is manners matter. write thank you notes, have good eye contact, a firm handshake. you never get a second chance to make a first impression. wasn't that the head and shoulders ad? >> i have heard that before, yes. matthew mcconaughey. tough work to get him in the book. he had great ones. he talked about his father telling him, never say "i can't." when he used to try to start a lawn mower. dad said, no, no, it hasn't worked yet. >> it's not "i can't." you're having trouble. that's a life lesson. if something's challenging you can't give up. that's a theme of the book from a lot of people. you have to keep trying. for example, catherine stockily who wrote "the help" was rejected 60 times. i love her. >> there is a ch

relish solomons have expanded from 100,000 to 300,000 today so. a lot of the problems have multiplied and become even larger. that is one thing we wanted to emphasize. it's a deepening of the conflict. >> this includes your personal stories. you have live there. you have raised two small children. you there from 1999 to 2007. you said that israel has a thriving economy. but they cannot solve this problem. guest: one reason we wrote this book is we felt that there is a lot of talk in washington if we could just give back to the peace process. we always hear, if we just can go back to the peace process and get the israelis and palestinians talking as they did when you talk been -- itzyak rabin was on the scene. during the time we live there, the psychological landscape between thesraelis and palestinians changed to such a degree. you need to come at the problem with a new perspective as to how both sides were changed. >> -- host: what did they not understand about the conflict that you think they should understand, given that you were on the ground?