south bronx. where feeding garbage a daily fight for dignity it is the poorest district in america but. just a twenty minute ride from the wealth of manhattan this is the stop for those whose life is largely a struggle a staggering quarter of a million people are living below the poverty line right here for many it's a tough life from the get go every second child in the area lives in poverty mothers like recently unemployed asia are livid is ridiculous now we want a job i have a child i need a job i think maybe the government could do a little bit better know what they're doing now rap group live and work in the south. with. the new district like the back of their hand mike tyson was in here the a max is the names of celebrities but you know hundreds of thousands of young people behind bars. this is the infamous spofford prison. rod starr says industrial dumping into heavily secured areas is causing toxic waste sites we're standing in front of a mile in of garbage it's a dump site for the garbage

several decades ago almost half of the south bronx was largely burnt or abandoned a result of a downward spiral of economic decline middle class flight and skyrocketing crime so many streets have by now had a facelift just doesn't plastic surgery the exterior look may have somewhat improved but within the forgotten baro of new york remains destroyed is the thirty south bronx new york. and earlier i spoke with u.s. congressional candidate dan o'connor about the growing disparity and poverty and what it means for the state of the u.s. today. because a really important topic here in the u.s. i think everyone is quite aware of it and i think that it's something that is becoming more and more obvious and it's becoming. increasingly worse and i think it tells us that the direction that we've been going in for a long time is a complete failure the us federal government really actively became involved in the redistribution of wealth process about one hundred years ago and throughout that process we've seen the poverty level get greater the more and more people poverty stricken become greater and

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that's right just blocks away from the wall street ball is america's fourth district welcome to the south bronx. it's tuesday february seventh seven pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. well we begin tonight with the deadly conflict in syria the u.n. estimates the death toll now what over six thousand russia and china facing condemnation from the west an arab states for their decision to veto a u.n. resolution on syria as diplomatic efforts fail a list is growing of countries pulling their basters out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their own busy the u.k. called its ambassador or recalled its ambassador to damascus and today france spain italy all called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia oman qatar and kuwait did the same it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime and while they want president assad to step down russia and china refuse to choose sides are going to pour in i joined us just a short while ago from new york and gave me the latest on the conflict after getting heavy criticism for not backing the resolu

and jump away from the financial capital of the us is the other side of the coin welcome to the south bronx better known as the poorest district in the us where poverty is leaving a toxic legacy. it's tuesday february seventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. well we begin today with syria where deadly violence is escalating the u.n. estimates the death toll now at over six thousand and as the world watches clashing opinions about what to do about the rising tension that's ripping the country apart russia and china facing condemnation from the west an arab states for their decision to veto a u.n. resolution on syria and as diplomatic efforts fail the list is growing of countries pulling their ambassadors out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their embassy the u.k. recalled its ambassador to damascus and today spain france italy all polled and called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia oman qatar and kuwait also took the measure it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime. and while they want president assad to st

of course, you did not see the south bronx or this year as are the rockies and it is partial. then would be totally accurate or accurate at all nine would be partial dealing with the subject but you go home with a perception in. maybe your brother-in-law? or he told somebody else it is a game of telephone. even if what they saw is what they experience. when it the images collected is more than that. i don't know who has not had the experience of not really being sure is something they remember or something you imagine. the source of confusions of real and invented the the imagery is made inaccurate the moment it hits your brain or something that was created or something that is degrading. and not to remember so well are not at all. it is not a perfect stone collection but a big collection and because of the nature of these perceptions they are conflicting with each other but to have conflicting ideas at the same time, nobody fails to have conflicting ideas at the same time. a magic and a youngster borne toward the end of world war ii in germany with bombs dropping from america

last night in south bronx a child was born to single mother. may have been on crack. last night somebody was born to white couple in greenwich, connecticut. do they have an equal shot? >> eric: in america, yes. >> bob: you're out of your mind. >> eric: there is inequality in every system. in fact, in capitalism in america capitalism, the income inequality is lesser, shorter than socialist countries. so you want more inequality or less? >> dana: even if there were two babies born last night, one to a crack mom and one to a white cuple in connecticut, it still doesn't close the gap of president obama's argument that raising taxes then helps -- i don't understand how it helps a young it person get a job. >> bob: the amount of head start money. >> greg: we could talk about this forever but i want to talk about santorum support, froster freeze -- what a great name? foster freeze. on msnbc talking about birth control and rick santorum had a response with charlie rose about is he responsible for what his supporters say in they were talking about contraception. roll it. >> th

i started in the south bronx, got lucky, a teacher man to fish, feed him for life, no don't give him> talking redistribution of wealth. >> i'm talking equal opportunity, he is talking equal distribution. >> you heard it here first, if the dems control congress, you are out of the country, consider leaving the country. lee, good to have you on the program, always wonderful to talk to you, we appreciate your time. lee keeperman, chairman and ceo of omega. >>> later, crude realities, pain and gain, we will look at which companies are profiting from the spike in oil and the impact that it is having on everything from retail to the presidential election. keep it here, you don't know what's going to be said on the closing bell. wither back in a moment. [ tom ] we invented the turbine business right here in schenectady. without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity.

of course, you didn't see the rockies and you didn't see the south bronx and you didn't see the sierras and you didn't see texas but you have a perception. it's partial. no perception can be totally accurate or acted at all in the sense that any perception anybody has is going to be partial when it deals with the subject so broad and noble as america. but you go with a perception to her maybe her brother-in-law went to disney world and he came and told you. or he came and told someone else who told you. maybe it's always a game of telephone were someone says something similar who said something, by the time gets to your brain does resemble what they said. third of all these problems of perception, problems of communication. so it finally gets to your mind with images are collected a somewhat imperfect. more than that, you have things that you invented entirely. i don't know who have had the experience of not really being sure whether something in mind is something to remember. or something you imagined. maybe it was a dream. these sorts of conditions between the real and invented are ty

bronx zoo. at the pyramids rose daisy, a lovely camel with an attitude. earlier this month in southring the gop primary, i didn't expect to run into a camel. on the shoot at firefly vodka, off in the distance, glistening in the sun, i saw this. yeah, that's a hump. where there's a hump, there's a camel, right? wrong. so what -- is this a cow, a camel, what is it? >> it's a miniature broma. it's not a kau. she still has horns. she has a hump like a camel and she can store water and fat for extended periods of time. >> just like a camel? >> just like a camel. >> they have humps, too. it rocked my world. there's a breed of cattle with a hump. according to the american breeders association this is neat. they rank number one in vigor, efficiency and heat tolerance. it sure sounds like a camel to me. i have been curious about how many other animals have humps. right before the show, we went online and we googled animals and pumps. after wading through a ton of sites that were not what we were

bronx zoo. at the pyramids rose daisy, a lovely camel with an attitude. earlier this month in southina covering the gop primary, i didn't expect to run into a camel. on the shoot at firefly vodka, off in the distance, glistening in the sun, i saw this. yeah, that's a hump. where there's a hump, there's a camel, right? wrong. so what -- is this a cow, a camel, what is it? >> it's a miniature broma. it's not a kau. she still has horns. she has a hump like a camel and she can store water and fat for extended periods of time. >> just like a camel? >> just like a camel. >> they have humps, too. it rocked my world. there's a breed of cattle with a hump. according to the american breeders association this is neat. they rank number one in vigor, efficiency and heat tolerance. it sure sounds like a camel to me. i have been curious about how many other animals have humps. right before the show, we went online and we googled animals and pumps. after wading through a t

alexander and there's joshua at the bronx zoo, and at the pyramids, rode daisy, a l e lovelov lovely camel with an attitude. earlier this month, when i was in south didn't expect to run into a camel inton while on a shoot in firefly vodka. until in the distance, i saw this, there's a hump. where there's a hump, there's a camel, right? wrong. is this a cow, a camel, what is it the. >> a miniature broma. it's a cow with horns, and she has a hump just like a camel does. and she can store water and fat for extended periods of time. >> just like a camel. >> just like a camel. >> just like a camel. brahmans have humps, too. it rocked my world. i feel like i have been limiting myself when there's a breed of cattle with a hump. according to the american breeders association, this is neat, american brahmans rank number one in heat, efficiency and heat tolerance. that sounds like a camtool me. i have been curious how many other animals have humps, so before this show, we went online and googled