the cubans as their mother writer said are not listening to the united states is not really the issue the issue is that the cuban regime not the cubans is not listening to the cuban people the issue here is a little better more complex i'm sorry let me let me finish my thought the issue here is a little bit more complicated danny than it has been pointed out it is not true is not factually accurate to say that all dissidents support one policy or the other this is this is one of those efforts to try to paint cuba in black and white their dishes as support one policy their dissident who have gone to prison for supporting a u.s. policy finally i don't know of any country in the world and the history of where we're in a political scientists who has changed policy just to deny another government a an excuse that makes no no sense at all finally they embargo all the talk about a nuanced embargo then bargain is very new once that thirty forty years ago was one thing today american companies sand sale hundreds of millions of dollars to cuba if the cuban government were to allow their remitta

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first it states that a u.s. court either state or federal shall not enforce a foreign judgment for defamation if the judgment is inconsistent with the first amendment. second, it clarifies that a foreign ruling denying an american citizen due process guarantees will also not be enforced. and third, h.r. 2765 prevents enforcement of foreign rulings that complex with the telecommunications law that protects consumers' rights to criticize misconduct on internet bulletin boards. this version includes essential provisions to deter libel tourists from bringing these suits in the first place. among these is a feature that allows a u.s. citizen who loses a foreign suit to bring a declaratory judgment action in a federal court to determine whether the foreign verdict is repugnant to the constitution or the laws of the united states. mr. speaker, this bipartisan legislation provides appropriate and necessary protection for u.s. journalists and authors and represents the strongest policy response to libel tourism. the issu

by the state. this is a relic of the old days when it was felt that you should not have wide distribution of liquor because people would be more drunk and it would be easier for children to acquire all. so, there has been -- as part of the republican party's modernization of appeals literally for 40 years now, is it that that system is archaic and should be hidden -- should be gotten rid of. and we are joining other states. basically, the objections are threefold. one, there is a small number of conservative republicans who think that that will increase the availability of liquor. it tends to be just enough to push the union-backing democrats across the majority line in both chambers of the state legislature. so, there is always this loose coalition of the anti-drinking availability and the we are for the union-democrats. and the third thing is that republican governors see this as a privatization issue and a justice issue and a bring us into the 20th century issue. democrat governors see it as a a

but the state as graded barriers. we need well leadership that -- but the state has created the barriers. we need leadership. we need to streamline and reduce the cost of government. we need to reform the worst tax code in this country to get michigan moving again. thank you. >> you did your opening statements in exactly 60 seconds. i will be polite, but ruthless and the question of the answer -- question and answer, it is possible to be both. -- if it is possible to be both. let's start with jobs. you have little bit of a divided over what the governor can do when it comes to creating jobs. to go out of every three e-mails i have received -- two out of every three e-mails i have received has been about jobs. what is your plan for putting michigan back to work? >> state government helps mold the environment that can be conducive to job growth. it regulates business, invest in infrastructure, educate our children. these all require resources. those resources have been shifted to social programs -- welfare and medicaid.

there could be a two state solution where you have the palace if you have a palestinian state and a jewish state dividing judea and some area and what others call the former west bank of jordan let's remember that israel in order for israel to be a viable jewish state it has to be able to protect itself against the most simplest of rockets that are now position by the hamas and by fatah militias in the west any people to protect themselves and or to tell the palestinians be able to protect themselves as well. i hope so i will what you should do is ask the five tough whether hundreds of their fellow members of the five top we've been thrown out of windows in gaza by the hamas and killed in other areas of the west bank by the hamas will be able to be protected by their own people from their own people by their own people right now the israeli army as is well known by insiders is the only force that is protecting the palestinian authority in ramallah the jordanian monarchy in jordan and the jewish people and the and the israeli people who are not jewish dan i'm going to have to jump in here t

after the state's -- will he man up and go after these states? guest: he raises a very good and important point. unfortunately, the issue of immigration, every time it comes up is a very difficult one to deal with. it has to deal with race. it deals with fear. it has to deal with promoting that. i think you are hearing on the right and they laughed a lot of political spin and theater when it comes to the issue of immigration. the sad part about the immigration efforts, even on the federal level, when they try to fix the very broken system is that you were trying to get enough votes to pass that it will not really pass reality. the reality is these states are in crisis. you are seeing them pushing back and the -- they are not responding. you can hold some meetings with hispanic leaders and faced based leaders to say you want to get something done. there has been a lot of people in this administration saying this is a downward economy. you were getting a mixed message at best. they're still talking enforcement. they will have to come together and f

. >> lehrer: then margaret warner assesses the economic state of the states. with governors ed rendell of pennsylvania. >> woodruff: fred de sam laz ro reports on one man's mission to help the unemployed find work. >> i think about the training and you get papers and if you get papers you can get jobs easily. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. >> woodruff: and we look at the hype and the fallout from basketball star lebron james's decision to leave the cleveland cavaliers . >> it is very tough and i'm going to take pie talent to the beech and join the miami heat. >> lehrer: ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> . >> woodruff: the justice department formally announced completion today of the largest exchange of spies since the end of the cold war. it unfol

not all states are doing this. some have strong majorities that feel the other way. >> ifill: was that foul? was a whistle blown today, mr. hefman? >> it wasn't a whistle blown. i think arizona got back their midterm example and i think they're already planning. >> ifill: michael hef heffan and steven gonzalez. thank you very much. >> lehrer: still to come on the "newshour": u.s./pakistani relations; the oil in the gulf and a man on a mission. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: a bus packed with passengers t a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan today, killing 25 people. 20 others were wounded. the bus was blown up as it drove through nimroz province on a main highway to kabul. meanwhile, nato reported a u.s. service member was killed yesterday in the south. 59 americans have died this month. a record 60 were killed in june. the budget crunch in california is going to hit state workers again. california governor arnold schwarzenegger today ordered a new

not too long in the future there will be a completely latino state or predominantly latino state. george w. bush as governor and president certainly reached out to hispanic voters with his views son immigration reform. your position is different than the presidents. was wha does the republican party need to do to keep texas as a republican state and to win back hispanic voters? >> well, i have about a third of my constituents who are hispanic, and i do my very best to represent their interests together with all 24 million of us in the states of texas. and i would say the hispanic voters are predem nantly culturally conservative, very family oriented, patriotic, small businessmen and women, entrepreneurs, and they are interested in education and opportunities to basically realize the american dream. >> and they vote for democrats. >> well, i got 35% of the hispanic vote in 2008 and i'm working hard to earn a larger portion of the vote the next time. but the immigration issue has been somewhat devicive and we do need to find a solution to it. that's why in 2005 i introduced a bill w

this is really an abomination in foreign policy the only other foreign foreign policy the united states has and i think even gets remotely close is with iran it's just it's psychopathic it's a psychopathic obsession around one of them and it's even worse with cuba because it's just simply longer i mean this what is this embargo really achieved. nothing it hasn't achieved anything i mean it was supposed to help the human rights in cuba and the people are suffering that they have enough so that they don't have need to they don't have cheese for their pizza as i mean they don't have the basics in life that make life pleasurable they can't leave the island they're just it's a disaster the government's five field customers brother have always had a great time they're living a beautiful life so the embargo has done nothing for me then the castro brothers are doing great the people are suffering it is a failed policy it's not logical it's emotional and i don't know when we start running things in this country based soley on emotions it's not a logical embargo and it needs to be lifted we go wi

and in this situation, we have a state, one state, in effect, trying to seize that power. and if you think about it, if that is permitted to continue, then there's a danger that all other states will try to do it. and the states are never going to agree. so it essentially threatens the federal order and the supremecy of congressional power here. >> suarez: professor koback, you are co-author of the bill. what do you make of that line of argument? >> well, if i might initially point out, the law doesn't make it a crime to be in the state illegally. the law says if you are not carrying certain registration documents that the federal law already required you to carry then you will be committing a state misdemeanor. but as far as the claim that it usurps federal authority, the courts of the united states, including the supreme court of the united states have not so held. the supreme court has two precedents on this issue, one from 1976 and one from 2005 and they both support what arizona is doing. the court has held that states pay pass laws to discourage illegal immigration w

there are 12 other authorities in the state of california, all based on state legislation. as a health and maintenance organization, which is what the health authority is, it is regulated and licensed by the state department of managed health care. part of that requirement, because it is a health plan, is the ongoing review of financial stability and liability and integrity of the organization. so on a monthly, quarterly, an annual basis, all financial statements of the authority are submitted to the state for review. all of those various financial reports are put on the state's website so that individuals can have an opportunity to look at the financial integrity and soundness of the health plan that delivers service. so while it is true that the board of supervisors and the controller's office has not done that review, the state of california understands the importance of making sure there are financially sound hmos. so that review is on the state level. we are happy to support any controller office review. >> mr. chairman, just as a follow up in connection with your ques

the state wanted to do something. it had overwhelming suppoot in the state.he obama administration has a different opinion. it is tough to find compromise with that. host: one of your pieces earlier from the tennessee paper, what is to try to get there? guest: many people would say that we have to start enforcing the law first. let's stop talking about the idea that we will let illegal immigrants stay, that they will get a kind of amnesty -- whatever we call it. the public and common sense suggests the first thing you must do is restore the rule of law. collector employers. keep track of those coming in on a temporary basis. if you constantly say we will, right now -- you are going to do tto things. you encouraged illegal immigration, and at the same time destroy morale of those whose job is to enforce the law. host: on the other side there are those who say that at some point you have to offer amnesty because you cannot take those who are already here illegally and send them back to their country of origin, then expect them to get in the back of the line. th

state. think that's the most important development for us in peace because we know we're -- the dominant that peace could be achieved, exact issue on the table 10 years ago at camp david. >> charlie: everybody knows what has to be sought and everybody knows what the outlines of a future agreement are. >> yeah. so we emphasize -- and part of what will come to the table very early in direct negotiations is the security demands of israel. we should make sure that what happened in lebanon from which i pulled out -- i ordered the pulling out of lebanon to the last inch 10 years ago. it ended up that in spite of a further war and several u.n. security council resolutions, area is full now with 45,000 rockets and missiles of all kinds. sharon, out of all ople, made this gallant u-turn and pulled out from gaza, last square inch, every settler, every soldier out. it ended up in spite of a further military operation -- so first of all we should make sure that the west bank, if we end up in an agreemen

the way you make our state well. coming you cut your taxes -- corporate tax should cut to 5% immediately. state personal income at 5.5%, that could be cut to 5% immediately. that sends a message to wealthy companies throughout the country -- moved to oklahoma. it is a low-tech state. we are not yet. you cannot attract industry to move here until you begin to attract wealthy companies. you're not going to begin to make your state welfare. that is our would begin to do it. -- that is how i would begin to do it. >> jari askins. >> i have advocated the creation of a children's cabinet, which is not a new entity, but an opportunity to bring together directors, the decision makers of agencies responsible for funding programs for children, as well as private sector, a not-for-profit entities that are involved in cash child advocacy. the states that have enacted at children's cabinet, they adopt a policy that utilizes the best dollars available. when you bring together all those months, okla. with the opportunity to help chi

and welcome the crosstalk i'm here all about does pakistan face the prospect of becoming a failed state the u.s. claims it is an indispensable ally in its so-called war on terror opinions on the ground see the u.s. as part of pakistan's security problems are washington and islamabad really on the same page. and you can. still see. to discuss pakistan u.s. relations i'm joined by dan kai human dubai he's the editor of the news service pakistan. dot com in washington we have now was he's the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council of the united states and author of crossed swords pakistan its army and wars within and in london we go to anatol lieven the chair of international relations and terrorism studies at king's college london and the author of the upcoming book pakistan a hard country and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger all right across talk rules in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want and until i want to go to you first hillary clinton was in islamabad not long ago i had a gift five hundred million dollars for a civilia

host: is that state-by-state? guest: yes, that is correct. we saw a couple dozen states that quickly said, yes, we would like to participate in this and design our own state program with the federal money. other states have not been so it is asked about doing that, so there will be the federal. -- there will be the federal reinsurance program or state governments are not doing that. host: how much of that has been implemented? guest: implemented is a little bit tricky. i don't think there are many people getting their health insurance yet because of that, but i would say that probably by the fall, you will see a good number of people that are eligible. some of the estimates i have seen are that by january you will have gotten about 1 million additional people covered through a number of these things that we're talking about right now. host: ceci connolly is our guest, a longtime health care reporter for "the washington post," and co-author of the book "landmark." one of your to what this will be featured on booktv this week, alec mcginnis --

back to the states as far as anyone knows. the wall street explosion was not just the first car bomb it was a terrorist blueprint. and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremists jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. were determined to drive arabs out by terror. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was the head. were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab dis

i'm prepared to have a demilitarized state live next to the jewish state of israel. i think the palestinians should not be either subject of israel or citizens of israel. they should have their own independent country. we should be assured that this country is not used as a staging ground for iranian-sponsored terrorist attacks on us. and i think this combination of state for the palestinians and security for israel is something that can be brought about in direct negotiations that i propose to start without any preconditions, without any pretext. >> larry: right. >> leaders don't need excuses. they just have to get on with it and i'm prepared to get on with it. >> larry: do you -- you absolutely favor a palestinian state though, right? >> i do. and i want to make sure that it -- that we don't have a repeat of what happened in the other two times that we vacated territory. you know, we left lebanon, every last square inch of it. and iran came in and used it as a staging ground to launch 6,000 rockets on israel's cities. 6,000. we left gaza, last square inch, and iran

the united states for example under george w. bush pushing very very heavily for forced regime change in the name of democracy i mean does that give devalue the currency of democracy when it is being forced upon another country and a lot of people say for geopolitical reasons for american interests or oil for example. i think people who genuinely have worked on behalf of the markets the world wide. took quite a blow during the bush administration because it got so associated with regime change strategies in places like iraq etc and being challenged indeed in a country like afghanistan i think there is a strong sentiment and it gets back to the question of values about the value of democracy because it does relate only to accountability but it relates to human rights. and i think that that is still a strong sentiment it doesn't always relate one on one to economic growth and i think that for some countries but if you look at i do spend a lot of my time looking at africa the lack of accountability and rule of law and human rights i

>> in seven states, you can never vote again. most states, you cannot vote while you are on paper. because of the criminal background record checks that are now ubiquitous, incredibly, a, you have a hard time ending an apartment, getting a car loan, getting any kind of job. i'm a convicted felon, and it would not hire me and walmart. i could not work the cash register at burger king. most occupations and recessions are close to you because you are a convicted felon -- occupations and jobs. when you see homeless people outside, most of them have felony convictions, mostly bullshit felonies, the little felonies. that is why they cannot get jobs. that is why they are panhandling and sleeping in doorways. their numbers are just going to multiplied next year, the year after, 10 years from now. >> let me ask, would you agree there are significant areas for people who have criminal history records? >> i would agree. it is not just people who have felony convictions and going to prison, but i was struck this morning by the stories that amy told, and a gentleman who was a reporter in santa

senate and represent the entire state. both candidates have been running hard for the august 3 vote and now it is time for their first televised debate. 27 ksnt, kshb kansas city, the topeka capital journal and the macpherson sentinel present this debate between congressman jerry moran and congressman todd tiahrt. >> good evening, kelli stegeman. >> i am dr. bob beattie. thank you for joining us on this special night. >> we would like to welcome you to the first televised debate between congress and todd tiahrt and congressman jerry moran. thank you for being here this evening. >> for the next hour, these two senate candidates will field questions from a variety of sources, including 27 news staff, 27 news viewers and co- sponsors of this debate. >> we will also be taking questions from you at home. if you have a question that pertains to both candidates, send your question to the address on your screen. >> in order to cover as much ground as possible, we have asked each canada to keep their answers to 1.5 minutes with 30

does that include the states?we should go ahead and extend doing away with the estate tax as well. >> if you are anti cap and trade, and opposed to immigration, why do you not vote for republicans? how do you posture where you are different? >> i think that the united states senate needs more common sense. we need more democrats from the heartland so that people in washington understand that people on the main streets of kentucky do not think that washington is working for them. i do not think that we need to raise taxes in a recession. it is a bad deal for kentucky coal. i will always stand up for kentucky's interest. i said that we need to take a chance on health care to i would have voted for health care. i am a democrat because i believe in job security and health security. i believe that we provide opportunities to those who truly need it and i think we are the more inclusive party. i take issue with the premise of your question. there are so many differences between me and rand paul. on how we would treat fo

speaker, seven more countries now join mexico and the united states to sue the state of arizona. they are nicaragua, peru, paraguay and guatemala. not exactly all champions of human or civil rights. they say illegals in arizona might mistreated. but here's the real kicker, our old state department has sided with these other nations against the american people. it has filed a declaration in the lawsuit saying the arizona law is causing an international incident and hurting foreign policy. now it's nine chris versus arizona. the nerve of our government to side with foreign powers and sue the american people, foreign countries have no business meddling in and dictating american national security. our government is on the wrong side. it should support and defend the constitution and the people of arizona. it should be not be siding with nations that have illeagues in our country. it's nine countries versus arizona. i cast my lot with the people of arizona. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does

i think states can do it. alternately i think states will do it. that requires a little flexibility than gov. douglas was talking about. . i agree. -- >> i agree. every time we tried to refashion medicaid, they take away $3 for every $1. we did not get the benefit of the savings. there is no incentive. establishing a partnership in terms of reworking it, the flexibility and maintenance of effort, if we did have not, i am sure we could compensate for the lack of revenues we're looking for if it were phasedown so we would be able to be in a better position. >> to the casual listener, the message here on the outside is more about give us the money than give us the flexibility. >> we cut because of shortfalls but we had cut $300 million to get $100 million in state savings. we damaged more of the economy because of what we had done and there's no savings with the federal government said there is no incentive. that is the flexibility of manages we're talking about. >> at this meeting we had the ceo of ibm, health care economists and they all said the sa

as a jewish democratic state i would be furious most refused to swear allegiance to a state they believe explicitly excludes and marginalizes them. here with our team news channel broadcasting twenty four hours a day from the russian capital and still to come in the program a manhunt is underway in southern russia. we follow a police station across north caucasus searching for those behind the attack on the hydroelectric power station and the shooting death of two guards. and american government tries. to stop controversial draconian immigration laws coming into force in arizona next week for more here on r.t. . but first a moscow court has delayed its verdict on a group of the. of murder and other new race hate crimes until psychiatric tests on four of the accused the men are accused of dozens of ethically motivated killings and terror plots and if convicted could face life in jail say see vivants has more . us some of the defendants said that they are guilty of some of the charges some of them say that they are innocent so there is like a nit picking of who is guilty and who's innocent

they come to the united states. on average, there is about 450,000 immigrants coming into the united states illegally every single year, and they are coming because there are jobs for them, so it is an economic problem for all. it is an economic problem and requires an economic solution. mexico right now, and i have to say that, is not interested in stopping that, because what are they going to do with these 900,000 new workers every single year without a job? i am sorry. it is something that has to be dealt with with both governments. the united states thinks that they can do with immigration alone, by themselves. it is not possible. they have to deal with mexico on this issue. >> you have had lively discussions from time to time. here is a little bit of a lively excerpt from lou dobbs, back and forth, which happened after lou dobbsleft cnn. >> i mentioned what word? >> president barack obama, john mccain, newt gingrich, they have stopped using the word "illegal immigrants" or "illegals." can you change that now? >

state has done. it is due to take effect on july 29. oil stained more of the u.s. gulf coast today. officials reported crude in various forms has penetrated deep into the sensitive waterways of lower louisiana. two-and-a-half months into the gulf spill there were fresh signs that its reach is still spreading. oily sheens and tar balls were spotted in lake ponchartrain, the giant salt water to the north of new orleans. an eight-mile water way that passs from the gulf into the lake. crews put a barge in place to try to slow the spread. >> it won't stop the oil entirely. we get very strong currents through the rigolets. you need to actively skim it. >> sreenivasan: tar balls have been found on texas beaches near galveston. that means all five gulf states are now oil affected. in houston today retired coast guard admiral thaad allen said the first of two relief wells is now within 265 feet of the damaged well. >> right now they have what they call a depth to distance time graph. they are about seven days

the national socialist society i want to turn into an old state. a man on design the way for those behind a series of explosions and shootings there's a power plant in the north caucuses two security guards were killed when the assailants stormed into the station with forces of cold and i've seen this. wall street islam through the biggest financial reforms in decades but some economists say the bill is a watered down version that's way off the bog president of palmer of sacrificing consumer protection to suit the republicans who oppose the changes and modifications. under an arab man convicted of rape by deception for having consensual sex with a jewish woman in israel says the rooting highlights racism in the country couples differences in faith say they feel persecuted by the state and to plead to their relationship going. here is very palestinian conflict is continuing to divide the middle east sat down with journalist and author jonathan koch who says that is when its regional me and i actually benefits from the division. with me i have jonath

the new breakdown how will vary from state to state? guest: first of all, each state -- and we provided a map for your viewers -- each state has legislation that is kind of the umbrella for how the state will administer unemployment compensation. this year we put out millions of dollars of the state can modernize. part-time workers in most states are not eligible for unemployment. even though we know that many people can only work part time because they cannot find full- time employment. h., we have two different maps. a top us through them. guest: the multicolored map tells you where we were in may when the extensi -- when we were still giving three tiers of benefits. that tells you the weeks each state offered. the map with the fewer colors is what is in existence today. i did many will have questions of how many weeks i am entitled to and hopefully this affirmation -- and i know you will put our 800 number -- they can get specific information. host: the number that she mentioned is the part of labor pulls the 3 line -- 877 -- us2- jo

every state in the country new hampshire -- every state in the country. host: new hampshire, go ahead. caller: next to the new racetrack there has been a global every referendum vote i have seen. rejection has gone anywhere why would we know what the fish as a means of if we were to pass the extended gambling or gaining, it becomes part of the bay channel. people the gas was maybe $500 million. the park has not been doing quite as well. we are always following the gaming debate. by keeping a close and accurate in gambling operations. that is the main concern. we are also concerned about what happened if we let in two casinos. will there be a constitutional debate? if there had been a budget of an argument, there would be more racetracks' over the years. basically it is a state franchise in million dollars in licenses and we are ready to get other gamblers. hot we have got a lot of gambling up here already. never mind the lottery, the first national or state lottery in the nation back in 1963. when you are driving towards one of the dog tracks -- there is

from mexico el salvador other countries being the united states if he thinks he's going to. and injustices against african-americans by waging war effectively by creating a repressive climate against human beings who happen to be born on the other side of the us mexico border he's wrong and he's fundamentally misguided in the sense that he's creating the same type of races climate what he says war we did not invade his country mexico very innovative country and they are killing people but also we need to make the united states a country that respects migrants first and foremost human beings and doesn't see. or intends words invaders they should be able to vote they should be able to pay taxes they should be able to come out of the shadows and be full members of the commute like everyone else. sociologist joseph and a civil rights activist ted hayes talking to my colleague there watching live from moscow still have for you this hour the spy sagas continue the new guest starring on screen in the american media this summer. and stay with r.t. for a visit to the region the cente