political capital was so invested in the middle east that there was this window of opportunity for south american the people of south america to make their own choices free of the normal dominating u.s. influence where the name street sweeper social club come from street sweeper social club is the name of the group that i share with we have a new record out called the ghetto blaster e.p. and we're currently enjoying our time on the rock the bells to where the name derived from all the street sweeper is a firearm it's like it's like a machine gun to shoot shotgun shells and the idea is that our music is. a weapon for social change the reason why it's a show a social club is one because we're a very social unit and there's a very low bar for entry into the social club well you got to do is listen and. are jams are coming to show in your and also we're trying to avoid litigation because someone else on the name streets with what role do you think musicians should play as far as social justice and political change goes you think that they should take on a more like role and work towards different iss

seeing sort of you know indigenous people in power you're seeing economic domestic policy the south american countries geared towards helping the poor like saying out loud they're helping the poor some you can never say in the united states in an election and so there is some some reason for hope what role do you think musicians should play as far as social justice and political change goes you think that they should take on a more like role and work towards different issues or do you think they should get on the ground and work with movements to implement that change what i would say first of all i would never what musicians need to do is is what is honest to themselves you know i would never suggest that musicians to do not have a. social conscious adopt one because i suggest you know me but but on the other hand i think that not just musicians but people in any profession whether they're journalists or cameramen or you know groundskeepers but they don't divorce their lives from their politics and their beliefs and that's you know what i don't choose to be a guitar player that shows me stu

there's a balance to that and you look at the progressive change that happened a lot of south american countries of the course of the last last decade while u.s. while u.s. aggression was pointed at the middle east but there really has been. a resurgence in people's democracies that are not that are not dictators but you know you're seeing sort of indigenous people in power you're seeing the economic domestic policy of south american countries geared towards helping the poor like saying out loud they're helping the poor some you can never say in the united states in an election and so there is some some reason for hope what do you make of what's happening in latin america right now you're seeing a lot of those developing nations collaborate with each other to throw off these very strong influence to the u.s. as you know had and that region for decades i think of the movement in south america towards a. the people democracies and a democratization of those economies really was able to occur occur because the you know the idea of sauron was pointed at the middle east you know and the the

. >> more and more japanese teams are being coached by south american or european coaches, so soccer there has developed enormously. >> the german national players went to japan early on. after winning the 1990 world cup, they finished their playing careers and worked as coaches in japan. the scout still looks to them for advice. even with his next transfer deal in the making, he knows the generation of players is not about to replace the ever popular stars imported from south america. >> due to the relatively small size of the country, they cannot produce the amount of top players that brazil or south america can. that is clear just looking at the rankings. >> be that as it may, fans in tokyo are enjoying their players in the bundesliga. and one in particular. [cheering] >> as the second half of the season gets underway, we decided to examine the biggest muscle and the achilles heel of the league. here are the seasons tops and flops so far. take a look. >> the team plays catch-up in the second half of the season after playing a fairly unspectacular first leg. they came into the seas

china has been increasing its ties with south american nations as they scour the world for resources to feed their economy. they have a trade deficit with the brazilians. they sell china more than they buy from here. here in washington, policy makers have a couple of questions about the new brazilian government. first, is economics. will rousseff move to a more state-led economic policy? second is about diplomacy, how reliable a partner is brazil for the u.s.? under the president lula, they were warm but they cooled recently after brazil and attempted to befriend iran. the american delegation is being led by hillary clinton. >> india increasingly sees brazil as a useful ally to have on the world stage. historically, they have not had a lot to do with one another because of course geographically they are so far apart but that is changing as the two governments realize how much they have in common. they are regional superpowers with fast-emerging economies. of the last few years, they have got together with russia and china. the idea is to try to counter the influence of the west in gl

. >>> and south american fireball. a factory in venezuela is rocked by a series of deadly explosions. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with egypt in crisis. with protests, defiance and violence showing no signs of letting up, the united states has put a plan in place to evacuate thousands of americans from the chaos and uncertainty gripping the country. nbc's tracie potts is live for us in washington with the latest. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. two of the three charter flights out of cairo to athens, greece, should have arrived by now, but at this hour we're told they have been delayed. meantime, here in washington, washington is in a bit of a tough spot trying to support our ally, promote democracy, but denounce the violence. >> reporter: response in the u.s. range from quiet vigils to loud protests. americans with family in egypt are concerned. >> my heart is broke for my country. >> reporter: this couple came home a day earlier.

and then an overview shot, we want to immerse the visitor in the south american forest. on the exterior, we will house the monkeys on the threatened list. we just brought them in from a research project. they were about to be euthanize, so we were able to rescue them. the origination of their exhibit is the yoke of a tree there. you see on their design, we will have an organic tree like exhibit for them. it is a concept for the xl area. in another area of the zoo, adjacent to the grisly gulch, we want to create a gateway to north america and house those animals at risk in north america, particularly will. for those of you could do not know, the gray wolf just went back on the in danger -- for those of you who do not know, the grey wolf just went back on the endangered species list. i will show you the concept drawing here. we have the moose and the wolves in the far right there as well as the beaver exhibit and play area for children to mimic the beaver area, and the next area thanks to a friend family -- they have provided a gift to redo our youth zone. it, too, will re

. >>> another potential disaster for the south american country of chile as people there are recovering from today's magnitude 7.1 earthquake. the u.s. geological survey reports the epicenter is 45 miles away from the provincial capital where 200,000 people live.ca experts say the quake measured 11 miles deep and was followed by a 5.0 aftershock. so far there are no reports of any injuries or major damage. some cell phone service is down near the epicenter, though. chile has endured its share of crises this past year. as a massive earthquake and tsunami in february and the 33 trapped miners who spent more than two months underground as well. >>> ahead tonight at 11:00, snow shuts down one very busy california freeway. >>> and i'm rob mayeda. around the bay area, the showers starting to shut down right now. you can see a few off the coast as the rain moves into southern california. but just offshore, we have one more area of low pressure spinning our way. will it bring any rain for your workweek? find out your forecast, coming up. >>> all right, plus the stage is set, and they're cleanin

adeco-agro is a south american agricultural conglomerate. it cut its initial asking price and saw a nice pop today. interxion operates computer data centers. it also saw some continued interest up 6%. earlier in the week, t.v. ratings company nielsen can public. it remains above its i.p.o. price tonight. and internet content firm demand media also remains above its initial price. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: a new ticker symbol trading here at the nyse: b.k.u. bank united went public today raising $786 million. its top executives marked the occasion by ringing the opening bell at the big board. today's i.p.o. marks a dramatic turnaround for the miami-based bank. it was shut down by regulators in 2009, after collapsing under a pile of bad mortgage loans. private equity investors including wilbur ross, the carlyle group, and blackstone bought it for $1 billion. it now has $11 billion in assets and its profitable. so why should investors take a fresh look at bankunited? that's what i asked the bank's c.e.o. john kanas. >> we've

it's the largest estuary on the west coast on both the north and south american continents. it's a region that's home to about 7 million people. it's beautiful, prosperous, a spectacular place. this is my beat. this is where i work. now, this is the bay back in the middle of the 19th century. the yellow area shows where the bay used to be, where the tidal wetlands were. it used to be much bigger than it is today. but siltation from hydraulic gold mining, diking to create salt ponds and duck hunting clubs, garbage dumps along the shore of the bay and frankly land fill operations to create real estate reduced the size of the bay by about a third between 1849 and 1960. that's when the united states army corps of engineers produced this map. it was intended to show that it was economically feasible and, in fact, desirable to fill another 60 percent of the bay. that was their intention. instead, when this map was published it alarmed the public and it motivated them to take action to prevent the bay from becoming little more than a broad river. they didn't like what the corps had

she's the first female and first african american and south asian american attorney general ever in california >>> and new superintendent of public instruction took the oath of office today in concord. he used to teach there has been involved in local and state politics for 32 years. that experience is likely to come in handy sin california education system is expected to be the target of governor brown's budget. he says he expects things to get worse for education funding before it get any better. >>> this was inauguration day and in oakland jean kwan became the city new mayor and made history in the progress. she is the first female and first asian american to hold that job. she promised more open administration in her speech today and then as allen wong report promptly opened her office doors to the public. >>reporter: there was a grass root feel at mayor kwan open house inauguration where the public washington invited into her office. >> neighborhood and people that live there should influence and make decisions about what happens in city hall. now we have a mayor that allow that had to ha

. >> chile is getting back on track this morning after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the south americanday. cellphone communication and electrical power knocked out but no reported deaths or injuries. the quake's epicenter was only 125 miles south of conceptyon. people in a frantic dash to get away. >> over the holidays did you try to go see a movie? >> i did not. >> if you did, you may find had harder to find a seat at the moves. we'll talk about that. and why facebook.com really likes its newest friends. >> the snowy situation of getting thousands over the grapevine. >> a cliff hanger for a man's pet. >> an east bay agency that helps keep thousands of workers working faces some tough times of his own. dinner's ready! it's french's crunchy onion chicken! (announcer) for a quick and easy dinner crush french fried onions. dip chicken in egg. coat with onion crumbs and bake. when dinner's made with french's french fried onions, everyone's happy. french's. happy starts here. look for it in the canned vegetable aisle. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible crow. here are some

poetry and fiction by south asian american writers. encounter people of asian decent in the americas her novel, braided tongue was published in 2003. i introduce rashne. >> i'm reading from a selection from a longer narrative. memory is no longer confused. it has a home land. from a farm by the late ali. sometimes the circle breaks and the woman meets the child. face-to-face. each one seeing for the first time her strength in the other. a poem by jenny. [inaudible]. after more than a year of e mails and phone conversations, amy,ling and i met at the university of wisconsin in madison. it was sometime during the mid 1980. calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you hav

it's one of the south american country's deadliest natural disasters on record.he rain is hindering rescue efforts but there have been many cases of rescuers going all out to save lives. still, officials fear the death toll will rise sharply. the number of people of missing is still unknown. >> terrible video. >>> an impressive turnaround for a silicon valley giant. your moneywatch report coming up next. >>> and from scrapping state workers cell phones to major college cuts, governor brown is making waves this week. political insider phil matier and willie brown are here to weigh in on brown's new budget proposal. ,, [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. washington, d-c. secretary of state hilary clinton is giving a major address.. laying ou >>>

. >> more and more japanese teams are being coached by south american or european coaches, so soccer there has developed enormously. >> the german national players went to japan early on. after winning the 1990 world cup, they finished their playing careers and worked as coaches in japan. the scout still looks to them for advice. even with his next transfer deal in the making, he knows the generation of players is not about to replace the ever popular stars imported from south america. >> due to the relatively small size of the country, they cannot produce the amount of top players that brazil or south america can. that is clear just looking at the rankings. >> be that as it may, fans in tokyo are enjoying their players in the bundesliga. and one in particular. [cheering] >> as the second half of the season gets underway, we decided to examine the biggest muscle and the achilles heel of the league. here are the seasons tops and flops so far. take a look. >> the team plays catch-up in the second half of the season after playing a fairly unspectacular first leg. they came into the seas

these are the facts of life from the 1890's to the 1960's and the american south. it's hard to believe now but these are the facts of their lives and we are not talking about slavery. we are talking about a casseaux system enforced during the lifetime of many americans still alive today during the lifetime of many people in the room with us tonight. there were days when whites could go to music parks in the day when blacks could go if they were permitted at all. there were right elevators and colored elevators meeting the freight elevators in the back right here in atlanta. there were white ambulances and black ambulances to bury the sticks and white hearses and black purses for those who didn't survive whatever was wrong with them. there were white and black waiting rooms for any conceivable place a person might have to wait for something from the bus depot to the doctor's office. an interesting story in "the wall street journal" in 1958 and described a new segregated bus station that had just gone up in jacksonville florida. it had two of everything including to s

she's the first female and first african and south asian american attorney general in california. >> a traffic mess because of an overturned garbage truck on the highway. three right lanes of southbound 101 shut dune and northbound contactor ramp is closed. sky 7 is on the way. we'll show you the situation as soon as this arrives overhead. there is winter weather making travel to southern california slow and difficult tonight. there is a stretch of i-5 closed and traffic was a mess. it's strange to see snow near palmdale. >> we've got snow in southern california. here in the high desert there not a lot of snow but this yeerk it's here and real. there is a nice blanket on the ground there. is still more of this around town. >> this is a bright new year in the high desert. >> i love it. it's a nice change. >> it's hot here, there is a nice change to do shredding and enjoy time off. >> snow in high desert. >> got to love it. >> today they head back to school until nearly two days of snowfall blanketed roads. >> it's a wonderful day. we love it. it's beautiful. you love it? >> and yes yo

you had sunnies helping the south and americans #, and others going to fallujah to help fight the americans there. it might not seem like a reasonable optimism, but it's a sign they were fighting to the again the occupation which might bring a common narrative against struggle and get over the occupation and have the bloody midst that so many people need when they are founding or refounding themselves, but that wasn't to be because groups were dispounding shiites constantly and truck drivers going to jordan were being stopped close to fallujah and having their heads cut off. they are beginning to resent them more and more for harboring al-qaeda guys. when fallujah was destroyed by americans in late 2004, you didn't see them coming to the aide. they felt they deserved it because they were harboring. as a result of the destruction of fallujah in 2004, you had hundreds of thousands of refugees from fallujah coming into western baghdad. they began to dispolice shiias living there. because you had no american or iraqi security forces to protect local communities, local self-defense militias were

. >> reporter: in houston, albuquerque, toledo and south carolina, egyptian-americans are showing theirt for reform. >> we're very concerned here. and excited for the potential for a change in egypt. >> reporter: but at the same time countless american families are worried about the safety of loves ones, amid the unrest. >> the flight just landed. i was worried about them all day yesterday. they didn't pick up any of my phone calls or anything. >> reporter: internet and cell phone shutdowns are making communications spotty, add to the worry. on new york's long island, jim burks finally got a text from his daughter, her first in days. she said she spent the night in a railroad station with other students to avoid the violence. in sacramento, california, another waiting game. >> what we're seeing on the news is very difficult to watch. >> reporter: jeannine finally got through to her son taylor, a student in egypt, trying to get home. >> what was it like at the airport? >> a complete mob. >> reporter: for another mom, relief. mona said she had no communication with her sons until they arr

it is totally unreasonable that the south american continent which has undergone extraordinary demographicgrowth the personal and additional five hundred million in haven'ts, on a permanent basis. what should we do about india? 20 or 30 countriess, it will be the most populous country. india holding a permanent seat edge in the aftermath of the war, there was a 1-year meeting-that is that being insulting to anyone. the only one that counted was one currency. who in this room would be so bold as to tell me in 2011 as we stand here today the world we face had anything to do with the world we face in 1945. who could possibly claim that? i say this to friends across the atlantic. you know how attached i have to the partnership and friendship we have with the usa. nobody wants to weaken the dollar. nobody wants to weaken the dollar. the world needs the dollar. the dollar will continue to be the world's number one currency. 62% of the world's currency was measured in dollars. 82% of trade is in dollars worldwide. let me ask you this question. dominant currency doesn't necessarily spell single on

. >>> up next, a monster storm that has much of the american south in a state of emergency. >>> this brutal winter is hitting home again. this time in the south where a powerful weather system is bringing snow, ice and sleet. we mentioned a state of emergency. it's been declared in half a dozen states. travel is treacherous to say the least. schools have been closed, a ton of flights have been canceled. our own ron mott is with us tonight in the buckhead section of atlanta tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. on a good day, this city could be a very tough city to get around. with all this nasty weather that's visited us, today was clearly not a good day. >> his engine began smoking. >> reporter: on atlanta tv, fire on ice. spinning tires erupting into flames. >> started overheating, and then that's when you guys told me that i was on fire. >> reporter: across the south from texas to mississippi to the carolinas, a major winter storm dumped as much as nine inches of snow and slush in places. >> i spun sideways over to where i'm at right here. >> reporte

why should we chinese act any differently towards the south china sea than you americans due to the caribbean -- due to the caribbean? said the south china sea is a coming issue. it's an issue that's going to be -- that has a great future in the headline, as much as the persian gulf has had in the last few decades. so let me close up with this idea that military activities is often not linear. the vietnam war was more like the philippine war, the philippine insurrection at the turn of the 20th century than it was like korea and world war ii, which preceded it. the second gulf war bore little relationship to the first gulf war and is more similar to vietnam in the philippine insurrection. the fact that america has been preoccupied for a decade with messy land wars in the greater middle east doesn't mean that the future to let terri activities is necessarily. it could very well be maritime centric and air centric. thank you very much. caught back pockmarked. [applause] okay, i'll take questions now. yes, sir. >> jean strauss, foundation. it appears to be everything you say is wonderful to learn

from the 1890's to the 1960's in the american south it is hard to believe no, but these are the facts of their lives. we are not talking about slavery. we are talking about a caste system that was enforced during a lifetime of many americans still alive today during a lifetime of many people in the room with us tonight. there were days when whites could go to amusement parks and days when blacks could. there were white elevators meaning that freight elevators in the back right here in atlanta. white ambulances and black ambulances to ferry the sec. white hearses and by curses for those who did not survive whatever was or with them. colored waiting rooms in any conceivable place that a person might have to do something. it described a new segregated bus station that had just gone up in jacksonville florida. it had two of everything, including to segregated cocktail land is. less the races brush elbows over a martini. there was, believe it or not, a colored window at the post office. there were white and colored telephone booths in oklahoma. we don't even consider them to be the south,

why should we chinese act any differently towards the south china sea than you americans did to the caribbean? so the south china sea is a coming issue. it's an issue that's going to be with a great future in the headlines as much as the persian gulf has had in the last few decades. let me close up with this idea that mill trair activity -- military activity is often not linnier. the vietnam war was more like the philippine war at the turn of the 20th century then it was like korea in world war ii which proceeded it. the second gulf war bore very little relationship to the first gulf war and is more similar to vietnam in the fill fifteens -- philippines. the fact that america was preoccupied for a decade with necessariy land -- messy land wars in the middle east, doesn't mean the future of military activity is necessarily land. it could be maritime and air centric. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> okay. i'll take questions now. yes? sir? >> [inaudible] it appears to me everything you say is wonderful to learn, some of which i know that economic nationalism will be in the near fut

i start my book with 1871 was the year that the grim warrior who had destroyed the american south and these guys were nasty pieces of work when it came to battle. i'm talking about grant and sherman and sheridan. that is who it was. they had unleashed more carnage than the world has ever seen with more weaponry. they finally decided in 1871 where i start my book with the battle of black cocaine in that year. they prague -- rummy said enough is enough. this frontier has been frozen for 40 years. know whether india am cried -- indian tribe held it up. basically that is where the frontier sat for 40 years or 35 years. and you think of it, and other words they said okay enough is enough. there were 4000 of these guys out there. we have 51,000 casualties at gettysburg along. so this final will i guess the will to go get them was the beginning of the end of the comanches. that was couple of course with the slaughter of the buffalo where they took their commerce vary in their food away but 1871 and a the guy that they sent was this guy named randall mackenzie. there are so many storied -- pe