exceptionalism yes united states is. because of its prison inmate population is quite exceptional death penalty not too many countries in the world have that exceptionally bad health care maybe that will change social inequality public education none of these things are particularly proud beacons in american society right now if you compared to other countries if i go to peter on the out there i mean all the things that we used to be so proud of in the united states there are a lot of them are lagging and blocking very badly. i would agree with that. and i would say as. we say in our book that excessive exceptionalism. has two sides of the coin there are some very bad ways in which we are exceptional as well as many good ways so i would not contest that at all what i would say is that the united states is unusually. it's usually strong in its self-criticism. for all the arrogance that it may be perceived abroad the united states domestically is a very very self-critical people and so the the the process sees the politica

tendencies the state is knowledge c.s.s. that for instance and forces stage a rally is all far seems to not like they should the world model on some fascist needs a right answer to a call for change something else he said will give rise to nationalism in xenophobia and spirit. again coming up next off i read about your crosstalk who said on people of al in this edition the guests debate whether american exceptionalism is a self-serving. it used to be an ideal place for a holiday but it won't change in a moment. the wounds of war are still visible. the republic is not only relieved but also shaping the future. the kick. started. to. flow in welcoming across an arc i'm purely about just how exceptional american exceptionalism goes to the very foundation of how most americans see their country's history and place in the world is there any truth to this worldview or is it just a myth. can. you discuss the meaning of american exceptionalism i'm joined by david merkel in copenhagen he's a former deputy assistant secretary of state

recoveries facilitated by the united states you also have. mentioned the e.u. is also a project that benefited a lot i think from from american policy and then finally there's the world trading regime which is a very important institution for living together disparate. societies and economies and the u.s. played a leading role in all of those except obviously for the e.u. which. played a facilitative certainly certainly did. so that's one thing the second thing is that the fact that a statement is arrogant. that it causes negative reactions around the world does not mean it is false. and said in a different way in the west and the west. you know assertive or aggressive way but it doesn't mean that it's false. the third thing to say is that let me jump in here a bit. if i can just say something about woodrow wilson i mean which are wilson said in the speech in philadelphia if there is such a thing as being too proud to fight it was not too proud to attack mexico twice. and in fact he did get involved in the run but what he did do was to suggest that the rest of

people in the united states of exaggerations how different they are and. side how exceptional to weld history the history of the united states and many many important ways has been part of large movements. larger ideas the protestant reformation the enlightenment all kinds of political and legal ideas which came from europe but also such great historical movements as the competition between the british and french empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries industrialisation the industrial revolution all of these things said to present the united states to somehow create it by only american events and ideas such as you know massachusetts puritanism or frederick jackson turns the front seems to me to be distorting history that's the one idea the second idea which is probably more controversial is the idea that somehow since the end of the cold war an exceptional has become more nationalistic more aggressive and more of a problem for the rest of the world if i go to you peter i mean a lot of people say american exceptionalism is a problem from america

some states don't have an existing state law and some states passed legislation this year. vast majority are effective reviewers and we will do everything we can to support the small number of states left to get them there. >> you have testimony focusing on transparency and accountability, however there are a number of areas in my opinion, the administration has fallen short ol both. i sent a letter asking that she fully consider the effect of benefit mandates and urged her to provide a comment period, however none was provided. can you tell me why the administration is seemingly transparent in their implementation process for some programs, but not all. >> when we issued the initial interim final rule on preventive services last year, we did get comments on various aspects of preventative services and what should be included in the costs and things like that. we took those comments into account when we just issued the latest decision with regard toll women's preventative services. we do feel like we took comment and responded to the comment. nonetheless i think in the amen

and when the funding comes through, it will come through to the state -- from the state controller to thel local toer and they will fund the realignment plan. our sport -- it will become effective on october 1, 2011. my first concern is that it is october 1, 2011, and now here we sit in july, and there is a lot of work to be done. fortunately, with the collaborative partners, which i really want to recognize those agencies that sit on the executive committee and other entities, such as the mayor's office, and other departments such as the office of economic and workforce development, also hsa, and others that do not have an official seat on the committee, yet were critical to create a collaborative realignment plan that joined in this effort wit. there is a listing of all those individuals that helped develop it in the body of the plan. i would like to say a special thank you to them and to recognize the city's spirit of collaboration. i work with the chiefs from across the state. we're in the same place in terms of developing the plans. san francisco has a lot to be proud of we have

so the state has been a bit more flexible. those buildings are pre- existing, and they do not want the space to go to waste, but they are still reluctant to allow uses other than trust uses, even though the cost of restoring those buildings are often astronomical. what we have done here, the red buildings are the historic buildings that are actually on trust land, where we have provided some flexibility in the statute to allow non-trust uses so that the public can access them, ensure that they are returned to federal standards set forth by the secretary of interior. but some of the key historic buildings are in yellow. they are not shown it in a different color on this map. in those building we retain complete flexibility to use the inside for any purpose, whatsoever. that is really going to assist the port in the renovation and preservation of those buildings. that is all. thank you. i am here for questions if you have any. >> thank you so much, bill. the only thing i would have to correct from the presentation is that i did

the right answer for every state is to determine what is right for those states no to impose obamacarethe nation. that's why i would repeal it. >> chris: congresswoman bachmann you are a big believer of the 10th amendment and granting power to the states. does that make any difference whether mandatory health insurance is being imposed by a state or the federal government? >> no, i don't believe it does. i think the government is without authority to compel its citizens to purchase a product or service against their will. because effectively, when the federal government does that, what they are doing is saying to the individual, they going to set the price of what that product is. if the federal government can force citizens or if a state can force their citizens to purchase health insurance there is nothing that the state cannot do. this is clearly an unconstitutional action. whether at the federal level or state level. i will not rest as the president of the united states, until we repeal obamacare. as the nominee of the republican party, i also will not rest until i can elect additi

the state will transfer services to state governments and local governments. to city and local governments. we have the legislature's proposal to eliminate or condition the redevelopment agencies which is not directly addressed by this measure. there is an overlap. a lot of the economic activities have an impact on our economic climate in the city. within the current state budget, there are a number of figures in the budget and what the state did to balance this budget as i am sure you have heard is rather than actually does make all the cuts that it needed to get to balance, the state made an aggressive assumption about the revenue that will be coming in over the next year but essentially said that if that revenue does not command, there will be triggered some place said that if we don't see the revenue, these cuts will go into effect. despite the fact that the state has passed a budget, we are potentially going to see additional cuts to public safety, child care, other services in the city. i know that the issues of government service are certainly relevant

we addressed -- our state is a very strict contract state.has been very adamant and very clear that our pensions plan creates a contract ripe with existing workers and there are very limited things we can do with that. and we tried to get as creative as we could within the limits that the supreme court allowed us to modify the plan for existing beneficiaries. we essentially gave the existing beneficiaries an option for future years of accrued service. we didn't touch any of past year's recruit service, but for future years, they have an option of either electing to reduce their multiplier earned by about 25%, reduce it back to 1993 levels and pay the same amount of money in, or they can get about a 6% increase in their multiplier up to 1.85 instead of 1.75 multiplier but pay 2% of their salary more into the system for future years of service. it has almost the exact same effect on decreasing unfunded liabilities but different legal impacts for both. and our hope was that if the supreme court liked one idea but didn't like the other idea that

at the state of arizona -- the state of arizona has term limits on their senators. if you are in for just a few years, then the bureaucracy runs the state. that is what i have been told. one thing i do not want to do is empower the bureaucracy because they already have a lot of power as it is. what i want to do is cut back the bureaucracy. we need members of congress to do the right thing. the same with the president of the united states. we need someone who does the right thing. they tell me we have to go. there is the hook. i want you to know i love you, i care about you. i am thank you came. get to michelebachmann.com. we will take the country back in 2012. god bless you all. thank you for coming. i love you. thank you. ♪ ♪ "a less conversation" playing] [james brown's "i feel good"] ♪ ♪ knee >> next, your calls on "washington journal." then a discussion of non-violent movement around the world. remarks on the u.s. security issues by john mclaughlin. >> it is a country fraught with corruption, natural disasters, an islamic extremist. >> in pakistan, the assassina

why couldn't a secretary of state said that twenty five or thirty years ago. if you can see the difference between obama and bush you know they're not really looking close i'm not going. to do that they're not now washington to the region ok i think they raised more or less to say yeah they're not one hundred eighty degrees but but but there are significant differences but i come back to a point that tariq ali made because it's an important point you know during the cold war one of the huge mistakes that the united states made as we do is we kind of worked with or against this so the so-called third world was we lumped everything together as communism and marx that is marxism and we didn't see the way that nationalism and local factors and culture and all those things entered and so in brazil i've been back and forth quite a few times i mean for you know for the president of brazil who came into office feared as a great last for this to have emerged with eighty percent popularity in his own country when he leaves office you know most leaders around the world w

effort in the state of california? >> this is a great time to work on the issue of the death penalty. every day we get closer and closer to ending the death penalty in california and across the country and indeed, across the world. several states have into the death penalty in the last four years. most recently, the state of illinois into the death penalty in march of this year. [applause] we are now at the time when 16 states, puerto rico and the district of columbia do not have the death penalty. many more states are addressing this issue, connecticut and montana, colorado, kansas, these are all states that have had bills in their legislature to into the death penalty that have moved through least one house in some cases, both houses. connecticut passed a bill a couple of years ago to end the death penalty that was vetoed by the then republican governor who is no longer in office. this is for states in four years and we expect more on the way. >> this deserves applause. >> we're making progress in california. the sta

like in our state, our state workers are extremely hard- working. i want to make sure they're compensated fairly. one thing we have to do in government, we have to do exactly what our expectations as a private sector. we buy the product or service a the best price begin by in the private sector. we should have the same expectations in government, the expectation our government, whether it is federal or state or local, it's better and more efficient all the time. that is what i am trying to do. our state workers are extremely hard working. they have a mission to the right thing, whether you're dealing with children and families or medicaid or law enforcement. i want to make sure they are treated fairly. on the other side, i have to make sure there is no waste in the system. that is what taxpayers one. they want to make sure their government is efficient. host: the next call, a democrat, florida. caller: 82, c-span, and happy to speak to our government. he is proposing 40,000 unit development. talking about foreclosures. we cannot sell homes in florid

we know there's a difference state to state. arizona will have 360,000 latino turnout for the polls, almost 4 million latinos we project will vote in california. more than 1.6 million in florida. we see exponential increases in the states of latino votes. in states like illinois, new jersey, new mexico, new york and texas, our number of voters will also continue to increase. here in the lone star state we project nearly 2 million latinos will go to the polls in november 2008. that's the good news. we will continue to seek historic numbers of latino voters in next years election. we anticipate that the road to the white house in 2012, once again, we'll go through latino communities, that both political parties and the candidates that present themselves to the presidency when the system have to a latino strategy to capture their share of the vote nationally. but a sobering statistic about the work we have ahead of us. so, this one shows the steady increase of latino voters from presidential elections to presidential elections. it

sovereign state. holysee is party to various conventions. the vienna convention of diplomatic relations, 1961, requires staff without prejudice. it is the duty of persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving state. they also have a duty not to interfere with the internal affairs of the state. the holy see has conducted itself in a manner that belies any relationship with the irish state. the vatican went to great lengths to make its new financial watchdog more independent. what about those criminals who inflicted such terrible suffering on the children of this country? surely the violation of children should take precedence over any suspicious financial transactions. i would urge using every channel available to challenge the failure of the vatican state to report on its compliance. under the united convention of 2003, i draw your attention to article 6 on the rights of the child and the failure of the holy see to insured that all cases of sexual

lawmakers state assemblyman. and how to hash out model legislation as they call it can be brought back to our state capitals across the country and introduced as legislation but right now it's not. the evening here in new orleans now it will are done with the legislation writing for the day and now it's the party time time warner as a part of the start about fifteen minutes where they're bringing out lawmakers from across the country and it's giving them gumbo and alcohol but they're a party to offer that there's about five or six different private receptions where corporate lobbyist after feeding people legislation now they're feeding them food and booze yeah any day any details any secrets that you've uncovered. well we've got a couple big scoops we haven't recorded them on paper iris but i'd like to break a little bit of news on your program tonight this has been reported yet i'm here in new orleans with my colleague scott because he also writes for progress a very talented reporter we were actually denied pre

it's a small state. it's only four electoral votes. >> romney is the nominee. >> we're going to see a close election. four electoral votes could make the difference. >> chris, going to see you a lot in the next couple of weeks, brother. thanks for being here. >>> still ahead, we'll take you live to the opening bell on wall street. can stocks keep up their rally? >>> plus taking the pledge. what is it about this political season that's causing pledges with their pledge pins? >>> since 1980 in the years without an incumbent republican president running for re-election, how many times has a dole or a bush won the iowa caucuses? tweet me, the answer @chucktodd, @dailyrundown. >>> i'm going to be live in des moines at java joe's, good friend of the show. 8:00 a.m. in des moines. come on down and watch the show, you iowans. and on saturday, don't miss a special primetime edition of "the daily rundown." we'll be the results show for the ames straw poll. we'll be right back. what's up, smart? oh, just booked a s

and the president campaigns all blue states last time, illinois is his home state. a little questionable, especially iowa has been a swing state. 2008 he splits the white vote. 2011 a new pugh center study shows 52% to 39% for the republicans. that what this bus tour is about? trying to reconnect with white voters in small-town rural america? >> well, first off, john, he is not out there campaigning. he is out there as president. this is an official trip. i think it's important that he is out of washington. he'll be a better president the more time he spends outside of that city. i think it's great that he is out talking to people out here in the heartland, out here in the rural midwest. >> no disrespect. i understand he is the president of the united states and this is a listening tour. i'll let the republicans argue about who should pay for it or where the money should come from. but he is in minnesota, iowa, and illinois, in areas, maybe he is not officially campaigning. but if he is not campaign, i'm not standing. >> but he isn't campaigning. he's out there talk

the wisconsin state senate. three republican senators have held on to their seats tonight, fending off recall efforts. one of them is republican senator robert cowles. he easily held on to his seat tonight. robert cowles's recall race against democratic challenger nancy nusbaum was the first one that was called tonight. it was called in senator cowles's favor. in this race senator cowles had been considered the safest of the six republicans facing recall tonight. the petition to recall him was the last one to be filed, and in a set of elections that was drenched in campaign cash the total spending on both sides of the cowles race was reported to be the lowest of all the recall races. again, with 94% of precincts reporting, this race long called the recall -- the republican, excuse me, state senator, the incumbent robert cowles having fended off nancy nusbaum as the democratic challenger. also, district 10 tonight, that was the second race called tonight. the republican incumbent, state senator sheila harsdorf, h

>> evacuate the whole state. it's not the real world. >> not the whole state but those in most risk? >> the problem with vermont, all of our -- in the lowlands. our population centers are located near rivers and streams, and, you know, you just can't get away from it in a little state like vermont. we are a state of mountains with rivers flowing through them, and it's not like a western state or some of the big southern states where you have huge areas of dry land. we just don't have that here in vermont which abuts new hampshire. >> what do you need? >> a lot of power lines are down. we brought in crews from around the country and are dealing with that pretty effectively. really, our challenge right now is simply getting to people who are in trouble and need help. we're doing a pretty good job of it, but, frankly, we're stretching our resources. >> art. governor, we appreciate your time and we certainly wish you the best of luck getting to those folk whose need help there in vermont. thank you very much for your

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because people move from state to state in a society like ours they have children. one state recognizes a marriage and the other does not, what kind of divorce proceeding potential would there be? marriage is a status not an activity that goes on within the walls of a state. a result our marriage status relationship should be constant across the country. i believe we should have a federal amendment to the constitution that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and woman. because i believe the ideal place to raise a child is in a home with a mom and a dad. >> next governor huntsman. recently, a des moines register poll found that 58% of likely caucusgoers, republican caucusgoers here in iowa consider support of civilian unions a deal kill . why are you right and most other candidates wrong? >> i'm running on my record. i'm proud to run on my record. some run from their record, i'm running on my record. i believe in traditional marriage first and foremost, i've been married 28 years, seven kids. i believe in civil unions. i think this nation can do a better

the united states it was a result of world war two war one of the united states came out as a pretty predominant power but it was not wilson campaigned about keeping neutral there was a huge debate united states we weren't prepared and it was a tragic result of the ravages of world war one on europe and the united states did come out as a more dominant power relative to the destruction of europe after world war one but look what happened after world war one look what happened after world war two the united states' role in rebuilding other countries other former enemies was specific and peter i think i think obviously we should all learn more about history but i would say that the policymakers in the united states who thought about the importance of protecting the sovereignty of russia's neighbors who thought about the importance of nato enlargement knew well the massive contribution of the citizens of the soviet union during world war two and knew well of the ravages that stalin brought on russia's neighbors afterwards and i think that those two things made the importance of what pre

the state plex, the state office workers complex, where most state workers are located, is new non-functional got some serious problems. >> were the people of vermont adequately warned about this disaster? >> yeah. i think they were. the problem is what could not have been anticipated is that six to eight inches of rain fell in a very short period of time, and -- and brooks suddenly became, you know, raging rivers and that caused the damage, but i think the state did an excellent job in telling people to be aware of all possibilities. >> what about the federal government? who you are they handling vermont? >> very well so far. the fema people are here. they are coordinating activities with the state emergency people. i've just been on the phone with the secretary of transportation who promises us help. my understanding is that the governor has been in touch with the president so we expect strong cooperation between the feds and vermont. you know, we are a small state and while nobody at this point can assess the damage, you're talking tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars of damage, i

behavior emanating from a state. whether it is from your student body or your private companies or individuals. what is acceptable in the states responsibility to make sure no other territory or status harmed from something emanating from your country. >> guest: while we are doing the diplomacy, we need to remember that part of warfare part of economic competition, the weapons, the next competition will be people and we are way behind on the people side. our colleges are teaching people how to defend computers or how to develop new techniques. our high schools are teaching the basics. our middle schools aren't teaching programming. we are so far off tap, we have a wonderfully called the u.s. cyber challenge which is a big national come petition. thousands of kids are engaged, very positive not the negative pressure that the pla's doing better finding wonderful kids that are way behind and ratchet that up in a fast rate. >> guest: one thing you want to think about though is that we can split up in categories, the chin

the crisis in syria, however is not about the united states directly. as i said, it offers us opportunities to promote respect for our principles and our ideals. the syrian crisis offers us opportunities eventually to reinforce stability and peace in the middle east. but syrians, syrians must resolve the crisis. the manner in which the crisis is resolved has to be a syrian one. my job is to help establish the space for syrian activists and syrian thinkers, for syrian business people and for the syrian people generally to develop and organize the political transition that must occur if syria is to be stable again. syria's 23 million people are already thinking about what happens when assad is no longer president of syria. i believe we and the syrian people share a vision of what syria could be, an open and democratic country where governance is based on consent of the governed. a unified and tolerant country where arabs and kurds, sunnis, christians and jews see themselves as syrians first and celebrate syria's rich cultural diversity. a strong country,

the question is does a state have the authority and under the precedence of the united states, they do. my colleague opposite has made the claim that these are radical measures. hardly, in fact, every one of the 50 states police officers exercise this authority all the time. they pull someone over for speeding, the federal government has a 24/7 hotline and if the police officer says, you know, this doesn't look look right, there's ten people crammed into a six-person car, they're acting evasively and i have reasonable suspicion something's going on here, the federal government allows the officers to discretionaryly say hey, i'm going to make that call. in alabama they're standardizing the practice. >> suarez: is the secretary of state right that the federal government has already been using local law enforcement around the country to assist in detaining and eventually deporting illegal immigrants? >> sure. but not in this way. not in a way that allows states to arrest and detain people without real evidence based solely on what they look like. on some reasonable suspicion which is not

what is being the state capital. -- one is being the state capital. we have a rural environment as well as semi-urban. we have a rich and colorful history. we are the only city in kentucky where the kentucky river runs right through our city. we are also home to kentucky state university, one of the historical black universities. we also on the east side of town, a very unique and colorful, if you can use this word, cemetery. the westminster abbey of kentucky. we have daniel boone, and the daniel boone site gives you a view of the kentucky river as it goes through our city. also, the capitol building. it overlooks and you can see the beauty of our city. host: that is the mayor of frankfordt, kentucky as we spend the weekend looking at history and literary life on our c-span channel. every month this year, we are visiting a different southeastern american city to tell you more about their history and the literary life. frankford, kentucky this weekend. all you can spend time with us brought back to your calls. -- hope you can spend time with us. back t

and mitt romney has an in and out relationship with the state of iowa.been playing down especially the significance of the straw poll saying that, sure, he'll be around, but will he invest a lot in the caucuses, what is your sense? we do know a lot of romney supporters in the state, i've gotten a phone call saying it would help us out if you come to ames. is he all-in, or is he being cute here? >> i think his national strategy is to try to play more national this time and not as much in iowa. i was a big supporter of his in 2007 and one of the reasons i'm uncommitted to this point is that they're not playing aggressively in iowa as i would like. so, i'm puzzled also exactly what the strategy is. i told him what i think it should be, but i'm not quite sure what it. >> okay. as two guys who are invested in iowa, i want to ask you first about this, governor rick perry, he's not on the straw poll ballot, although people could write him in. he will declare on saturday in south carolina, he's going to fly to new hampshire and iowa, mr. chairman to you first, i

in my adopted home state of iowa, i'm coming to you live from java joe's, the state is the center of the political universe as this weekend. we'll be here today and tomorrow and on saturday, we're bringing you the straw poll results live from ames. let's get right to my first read of the morning. we're in for a whirlwind 48 hours on the campaign trail. the republican candidates have been crisscrossing the state here, making their final pitches before saturday's straw poll. tonight is fight night. eight republicans meet in the third presidential debate of the cycle, ahead of that high stakes event on saturday, the 2012 hopefuls are trying to win over hawkeye state voters. >> from waterloo, we're very modest means people. i've lived a real life. i didn't go to washington to be a politician. i am not a politician. >> i imagine you're going to see more of me from time to time between now and early january. you're going to have a little event here, some caucuses here, i would like to do darn well in the caucuses. >> there are a few people here from the media tonight. we have a challenge f

are on the ground it was gods to find out what their political operatives are up to in the badger state to make sure republicans come out on top in the upcoming recall elections here's a hint voter suppression. now that the republican written debt limit deal has passed the house and senate with half the democratic caucus eighteen along the way and president obama has signed the raw deal into law republicans are soaking in their victory it was john boehner last night an interview with c.b.s. when you look at the list this final agreement that will be came through the white house and i got ninety eight percent about i want it i'm pretty happy. i'd be happy to do that sort of compromise and here's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell telling fox so-called news that since the hostage taking work he's ready to try to again. in the future nail no president in the near future maybe in the distant future is going to be able to get the debt ceiling increase without a read ignition reigniting of the same discussion of how do we cut spending and get america headed in right direction i suspect th

states of america. i would just close by saying i know this is an issue involved in america. the feelings that most of the majority of the people in the america's opinion about same-sex marriage have changed, and i think they have changed for the better. this new law does not mandate any, does not mandate any religion to change it's beliefs. the new law does not mandate any state to change it's laws. what it does is say that as a nation, our federal government is going to recognize the rights of same-sex couples to the basic benefits which they are entitled to. this could have been a hearing under my subcommittee for constitutional law and human rights, but chairman leahy asked, and i'm glad they came for support. >> thank you very much, senator durbin. let me thank the witnesses. we have a vote at 12:00. there's another panel coming up. i'm going to move on, i hope that's agreeable. let me thank everyone. i've been in a lot of these, this was very good testimony, and i think all of us will remember it.

think the united states for example. in the defeat of nazi germany and we can all be very good i'll give you a very good example i was on a radio discussion as it happens a while ago when i made the point that while the united states played a very important part in defeating nazi germany to the british empire which most americans value violently disapproved of and so to the soviet union which even more americans disagreed with the american academic told him just simply thought i was talking nonsense it was a completely new idea that the the great britain or the the soviet union played any role in fighting nazi germany that's what i mean by except i think you should tax the united states for every stupid thing that an academic says that we say well stupid things i mean i think it's ok. i think i have very good morning very has there been a very good point because they have long and how policy is formed i mean roger brings up an excellent point here i mean the number how many people actually know the role in the united sta

the state also endured a three- week long state government shutdown this summer.m there, the presidential bus rolled on to iowa, with 6% unemployment-- low by national standards, but well above where it was in recent years. illinois' jobless rate stands above 9%. it's also facing severe budget woes and significant cuts. speaking at a town hall in atkinson this afternoon, the president acknowledged that a vital component of any turnaround-- the housing market -- is at least a year away from coming back. >> the federal government is not going to be able to do this all by itself. and it will probably take this year and next year for us to see a slow appreciation again in the housing market. >> brown: in his bus trip this week, the president outlined several relatively small initiatives to spur job growth in rural areas. but today, his aides said he'll lay out a major new national jobs plan in a speech after labor day. one that will include tax breaks, help for the long-term unemployed, and spending on construction projects. and the president will call for more than $

the state. last week she won the iowa republican straw poll. this is just over one hour. ♪ [elvis singing "promised land"] [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i want to make one comment from our previous introduction. there is no doubt here today that anyone here would have any problems of -- on january 2015 when michele bachmann leaves the white house. ladies and gentlemen, michele bachmann. [applause] >> thank you. ♪ thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you for coming. thank you. thank you. hey, everybody. hey, or a beach, south carolina. you would think we are on vacation. let's give a big cheer for myrtle beach. you would think this is an election night victory party. you are all invited. who is ready to make barack obama a one-term president? we have got our mission. we have our marching orders. now all we get to do is make it happen. that is what we are going to do. we have wonderful people here with us today. please go ahead and have a seat. i know it is warm. plea

>> no longer the united states, wolf. that is for sure.e're going to show you on the screen the 15 remaining aaa-rated countries in the world right now. we were part of this club until 8:00 p.m. eastern last night when s&p removed us from it. everyone from australia to denmark, germany, which is your strongest economy, the netherlands, sweden, the united kingdom, and even the isle of man off the coast of the uk. so this is the harsh reality, as one wall street analyst put it in his note, he believes the emperor had no close to the united states. however, i want to put this in perspective and show you other countries and where they stand in their ratings. let's look at china, japan, brazil and india. china right now, which is the biggest holder of our debt, is rated below us. aa-minus. japan, same. brazil, some of these are wrong on your screen, so i'm going to correct them. japan is rated aaa. brazil is a bbb-plus. india is a bbb-plus. japan, i think, is a prime example. this is a country that in the '90s saw its debt downgraded to eventua

north dakota isn't a state, which brings me to threat number three, fake states. nation, and i'm not talking to you, north dakota, there are now over 670,000 foreigners masked