of the independence of southern sudan may lead to a necessity to review the. grievance on the status of nadal is this is this pretty dangerous to to start reviewing these agreements. once again this is not an issue which is principle irresponsible but i think your denial is of such critical importance to all the neighboring countries that i would defer to their judgment as to how best to do to proceed but i have seen that air force base by egypt by its your peer by uganda to ensure that the waters of denial is truly something for the benefit of all the people you know you know the point of view of your colleagues our politicians another african countries there are similar maybe not great but similar problems in many regions of africa do you think that the neighbors and and other countries on the continent are afraid to see a precedent happen in sudan that can perhaps be a precedent for the for the separatists in their countries believe that that is so however in need to succeed for the heads of states i mean of the african leaders in cairo reached a decision t

sudan. panelists included representatives from the northern and southern sudanese government as well as analysts who work in sudan. this is an hour and a half. >> welcome to this even gone sudan. it's an important point in sudanese history. i am david smock, senior vice president here. my most important role is to ask you to turn off yourself phones. please do so. as you all know, and did that is the reason you are here today, the referendum in southern sudan and referendum are scheduled for january 9th. but many issues remain to be resolved. registration in southern sudan has been delayed, and this raises the question of whether the january 9th date can be met. no progress has been made on the referendum in of also holding the referendum there is even more question. once the referendum in this office concluded, questions may arise of the credibility of the referendum. assuming the referendum is concluded successfully and the results accepted, and the secession is the outcome of the vote the

now, back to ray.] >> suarez: and we turn to the african nation of sudan. referendum set for next month could split the already war-torn country in two. special correspondent jeffrey kaye has the first of two reports on the challenges and opportunities if the south declares independence. >> reporter: the dusty city of juba in south sudan could be on the verge of becoming the capital of the world's newest country. with less than two weeks before the south votes on whether or not to secede from the north, there's a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation. if there is separation, do you think your life will change? >> yes, my life will change. >> reporter: how? >> because things are now very hard, lack of job opportunities. >> if independence comes, from day one, there'll be a lot of development. >> reporter: already, juba has the hallmarks of a boom town. laborers are putting up commercial and government buildings. store fronts are conducting a brisk trade in construction materials. there's traffic congestion, vibrant commerce and the hope by many for r

mission in sudan. we've heard at least from the north statements to the effect that they won't be accepted in sudan after the ref referendum, and i'm wondering if the pam sees a role for the u.n. in sudan after the interim period, and if so, how will it change? thank you. >> anybody want to address that? >> for us in the south, we want the u.n. to continue after the referendum for one or two things. number one, they can actually stabilize the situation of the referendum making sure we have peaceful disengagement of our forces and even managing the border so that we minimize scrimmages on the border. second, is to help in the south to build the capacity of the new state so that we can catch up with the rest of the world. yes, we need some help so this is where they can contribute in building our capacity and providing skills to those who need them, so i think it is very important for them to continue after the referendum and the two parties should commit to that. >> go ahead. >> well, i'll just echo tha

southern sudan, which has had a world with northern sudan, southern sudan on january 9, 2011, very soon, is going to be voting for it's right to it's own independence. now 80% of sudan's oil is in the south of the country. there's only one way that oil leaves the country, through the north. through a pipeline, the pipeline is heavily protected by chinese oil interest. it used to be a u.s. company which has divested because of so much political power. i had the very curious conversation with some of the former farmers, sudanese farmers solved off of their land by oil interest; right? they are now essentially fisherman, they fish in puddles. i had a group of men say to me, why can't you bring back chevron. we much perform chevron and western oil interest to chinese ones. at least they try to get to know us. that is to say in what looks like economic policies, we need to say out of particular areas is frequently on the ground much more complicated than it looks at a distance. >> host: good morning, you are on with eliza griswold. >> caller: hi, i wanted to thank the lady between the statem

mission in sudan. we've heard at least from the north statements to the effect that they won't be accepted in sudan after the ref referendum, and i'm wondering if the pam sees a role for the u.n. in sudan after the interim period, and if so, how will it change? thank you. >> anybody want to address that? >> for us in the south, we want the u.n. to continue after the referendum for one or two things. number one, they can actually stabilize the situation of the referendum making sure we have peaceful disengagement of our forces and even managing the border so that we minimize scrimmages on the border. second, is to help in the south to build the capacity of the new state so that we can catch up with the rest of the world. yes, we need some help so this is where they can contribute in building our capacity and providing skills to those who need them, so i think it is very important for them to continue after the referendum and the two parties should commit to that. >> go ahead. >> well, i'll just echo tha

the survivors of sudan and the kids, we've got to make this moment matter to them. this is a moment when if we say enough, loudly enough, we can help stop some of africa's deadliest human rights crimes. thanks you so much for coming tonight. [applause] >> if you have got a question raise your hand and wait for me to bring you the microphone. i will be right there. yes? >> hello. i have two short questions. the first one is -- [inaudible] my question is related of what happened sudan [inaudible] and my second question is [inaudible] [laughter] >> i knew it. everywhere i go. anyway, i do carry it back sometimes. i miss that. but first, this is what happens. when the book comes out, you've got to do the same. so he is working. but we did in the event together in los angeles and he is committed to doing as best he can and is an incredible one advocate for the last five years ever since we were on our first trip in africa cities in the game, he's not here tonight. sorry about that. second country for bringing it up, it's an untenable important issue. for those of you tha

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the survivors of sudan and the kids, we have to make this moment matter to them. this is a moment when if we say enough is enough badly enough we can help stop some of the deadliest human-rights crimes. thank you so much for coming. [applauding] [applauding] >> we have time to take some questions from the audience. if you have a question just raise your hand and wait for me to come with a microphone. >> yes. >> hello. i have two short questions. the first one is -- i'm sorry. in the door for the coalition. my question is related to the acc. i would like to ask your opinion on what happened last week with the meeting at the u.n. about saddam and the fact that the acc was not mentioned. my second question is more. >> i knew it. i knew it. everywhere i go. when emma? anyway, i'd to carry his bags sometimes. i admit that. the second question first. he is doing a movie. this is what happens. when the book comes out he's got to do his thing. he's working. we did an event together at los angeles and he is committed to doing as much as he can. he has been an incredible ad

the sudan security service has been largely effective in preventing an al qaeda return to sudan, butate conditions favorable to infiltration and the formation of new al qaeda cells. a renewed conflict in sudan would quickly bring uganda, ethiopia, and egypt as sponsors or even military partners of one side or another. uganda, especially, with an experienced, well-trained, well- equipped military has said it is willing to protect south sudan independence. a new civil war in sudan can also easily spark the first major water war, a costly harbinger of future global struggles over increasingly scarce resources. the south sudan president has warned of a return to violence on a massive scale if the referendum does not go ahead as scheduled. no amount of military measures will convince most southerners that their future lies in

the sudan security service has been largely effective in preventing an al qaeda return to sudan, buteneral breakdown in security could create conditions favorable to infiltration and the formation of new al qaeda cells. a renewed conflict in sudan would quickly bring uganda, ethiopia, and egypt as sponsors or even military partners of one side or another. uganda, especially, with an experienced, well-trained, well- equipped military has said it is willing to protect south sudan independence. a new civil war in sudan can also easily spark the first major water war, a costly harbinger of future global struggles over increasingly scarce resources. the south sudan president has warned of a return to violence on a massive scale if the referendum does not go ahead as scheduled. no amount of military measures will convince most southerners that their future lies in a united sudan under the rule of tribes. failure to conduct this on time could lead to a unilateral declaration of independence. as the south sudan president says, -- of course, it must be recognized that even a vote for unity wo

>> suarez: still to come on the "newshour": southern sudan's coming vote on independence; new models for charitable giving; departing democrat james oberstar; shutting down ethnic studies classes and remembering jazz legend billy taylor. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the snow plows kept going in new york city today, four days after last weekend's blizzard. officials said crews have plowed every street at least once, and they're trying to get down to the asphalt streets. some blocks were still impassable because of abandoned cars. mayor michael bloomberg today called the city's response to the storm inadequate and unacceptable. he's been heavily criticized, but he promised to get answers, after the cleanup. >> you can get angry or you can focus on number one keep our work force out there and trying to solve problem of today. number one priority and to do it safely. number two, we can then go and have an investigation to learn so that we can do it better. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, new storms in the west dumped heavy rain and snow on ari

his father bowl was in the army and knew his family couldn't survive life in sudan. >> my dad told my to move out so we moved to south africa first and then we moved from out africa [ indiscernible ] when i was 6 months. i moved to kenya and then the united states. in the process of moving i lost a couple of relatives. >> reporter: he came to the united states not knowing what had happened to his father and could not re-enter sudan to find out. >> my dad thought i was dead. i was dead because a lot of people told him that your son is not alive so he actually forgot about me. >> reporter: it was a cousin that reunited them in 2007. he made the trip to sudan to see him for the first time in san francisco years. >> he couldn't believe that i was still alive. it was kind of awkward at first because kind of taller than me. i didn't expect that. saw him for three days. >> reporter: the 6'9" forward continues to improve on mike montgomery's bench. he switched from soccer to basketball just over three years ago at village christian high school in los angeles. according to montgomery, his deve

un to add that ted value to its own foreign policy priorities like darfur like sudan like you know sri lanka. but you know that the u.n. also relies on the u.s. for its diplomatic and political support and also financial support so it's not i think one or the other really. really good out of probably not everybody out there would respond that way but let's look at the last time right you mentioned this isn't the first time with the u.s. has been caught spying this is true as there was the reaction so muted last time as well well they're more shock well again you know it's not like the u.n. could have done anything you know the security council those that voted as it did in the run up to the iraq war there was sort of shock that the u.s. might be spying on kofi but it was in short of that i think unexpected and all that unexpected we could do something while he's speaking of giving a speech about it right that's what they do that by taking so much from you i so much thank you are coming up next one tea partiers says that if you don't land russian be allowed crazy comments on him tonight

people in sudan are scheduled to vote on a referendum on whether to divide the country. >>> a long-time bay area resident may be deported, but he wants governor schwarzenegger to grant him a pardon -- pardon. 41-year-old eddie zheng served time in san quentin but serves at an outreach program. he was imprisoned for a h ome- invasion robbery. he was paroled. immigration wants him deported. >> i deserve the chance using the skills i have cultivated staying in the united states with my family and continue to serve the community. >> several prominent politicians and community leaders have j oined in with governor schwarzenegger that he should be deported. >>> five chairs at sugar loaf fell 30 feet. eight people were hurt. some of them were children. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening, though. that lift started the day on a wind hold because of the weather there. but sugarloaf officials decided it was safe enough to operate. they are not sure if it was a mechanical accident or w ind- related. >> i heard a big jerk and i heard people screaming and then i hear

. >>> imágenes de policías que se ríen mientras azotan a una mujer en sudan han causado indignación enstodia, la policía de suez cia busca a assange por presuntos delitos sexuales. . cuerpos en una ma playa de nueva york. >>> enseguida a su llegada a perú, vargas llosa se enfrenta a una candidata a la presidencia la campaña por la presidencia de perú encendida por vargas llosa, que al llegar a su país hizo declaraciones en contra de quien aparece segunda en las encuestas keiko fujimori. . >>> el premio nobel, llegó alí más con un kacansancio en el rostro. >>> agradeció al país que ha sido uno de sus fuentes de inspiraciones. >>> desde el primer momento que hayan sentido que este es un premio suyo un premio en el que se reconoce a la literatura peruana. pero su cansancio no le impide opinar cuando le preguntan sobre la campaña presidencial de keiko fujimori. >>> si la hija del dictador que está condenado a la cárcel por criminal y ladrón tiene posibilidad de ser presidenta del perú voy a salir a tratar de impedir impedirlo. >>> yo no soy hija de un ladrón o un asesino. >>> quizás ya sab

muchas partes del mundo ha causado imÁgenes de policÍas que se ríen mientras azotan a una mujer en sudÁna samaritano a apareciÓ en la escena y ayudó al policÍa. la gente logrÓ recuperarse y con la ayuda de una colega que llegÓ pudo dominar al hombre de 64 aÑos que ahora enfrenta varios cargos. el presidente hugo chÁvez no quiere gobernar con la asamblea nacional que se posesiona en enero. la razÓn es sencilla, tendrÁ más oposiciÓn. por eso pidiÓ a la actual asamblea donde tiene muchos amigos que le permitan gobernar por decreto. >> el presidente hugo chÁvez tiene mÁs poder del que ya tiene, poder especial para gobernar. le ha pedido a la asamblea nacional que Él renuncia sus funciones legislativas y aprobar una ley. chavez que para poder enfrentar mejor lo que dejÓ la lluvia en todo el paÍs. >> para enfrentar la emergencia y las causas de la emergencia. >> la duraciÓn serÁ por 12 meses. en nueve Ámbitos de la vida nacional que incluirÁ aspectos econÓmicos. >> esteremos apoyando esta ley consultandola con toda la poblaciÓn y estarÍamos sancionando el día jueves. >> es la cuarta ley habili

clooney wants sudan to document just how perilous the situation is.vinced that war, even atrocities could happen here? >> i am much, much more convinced. >> reporter: after gathering what he considers convincing evidence, clooney headed home to sound the alarm and his pr offensive began right here at "today." do you think this war can actually be stopped? >> i think it can be stopped if we get involved now. we have a shot. >> reporter: then clooney proceeded to blanket the air waives. >> he's on a mission to help save sudan.ves. >> he's on a mission to help save sudan. >> george clooney shedding light on what's happening in sudan. >> do we turn away? does the world care? >> that's not the biggest danger. >> thank you for using your celebrity for good and not evil, george clooney. >> reporter: he reached millions of people during his media blitz. then phase two of his plan, bringing the message to the halls of power. he hit the capitol. our job is to report on what we saw, and that's what we're here to do. >> reporter: and the white house t meeting is

they risked everything, leaving behind homes and families in sudan and other troubled african countries. we came across this group, hungry, just after they've been caught by the israeli border control. >> why did you come to israel? did you hear stories about israel? >> we want a better life. we want to live here. >> some say they are political refugees. others, like these men, are clearly looking for work. either way, israel says the situation is getting out of control. >> this is the scale of the problem facing israel. it goes through an open, unprotected border. at the bottom of the dry river bed, egypt. some 700 migrants are crossing into israel every week. after recently flying over the area, the prime minister of israel announced a four hundred million dollar project to build a huge wall on the border. many in the local tourism sector say that is the wrong approach. they need cheap, foreign labor. they say more, albeit illegal migration, should be encouraged. -- legal migration, should be entrenched. the >-- should be encouraged. >> about 1500 empty jobs. they are needed. no israe

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they're all keeping watch on sudan by satellite. this is all ahead of a controversial vote scheduled next month. george clooney's organization is called not on our watch. it's funding the start up phase of the satellite project. the satellite images will show any mass movements of troops, civilians or any other warning signs of any potential violence. on january 9, the people of sudan are scheduled to vote on a referendum that would -- whether to divide up that country. >>> well, just in time for breakfast. you are about to learn a lot more about the meat you eat. the agriculture department is announcing new rules for nutrition labels. allison burns is live in our washington d.c. newsroom with details. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, claudine. new labels on meat are going to look like the nutrition labels you're used to seeing on lots of other products. they're going to list calories, calories from fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and more on the most commonly purchased cuts of meat. the feds say the

and human rights organizations to keep watch on sudan by satellite. clooney's group not on our watch is starting a phase. satellite images will show mass movements of troops, civilians or other warning signs of potential violence. on january 9 people in sudan are expected to vote on a referendum on whether to divide the country. >>> just in time for your breakfast, you're about to find out a lot more about the meat you eat. the agriculture department is announcing some new rules for nutrition labels. ktvu's allison burns is live in our washington d.c. newsroom with the details. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. it might be some information you'd rather ignore. these new labels are going to include information listing calories, calories from fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and more on the most commonly purchased cuts of meat. nutrition experts predict people might be shocked at what's in meat. a 4-ounce serving of ground beef 73% lean meat has 350- calories, 270 of them from fat. the new label wills appear in 2012.

on thursday, we'll look at next month's independence vote in southern sudan. i'm ray suarez. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. a program note before we go, especially for our viewers in los angeles and the surrounding area. as you may know, pbs programs are moving to a different station in los angeles next week. starting monday, the "newshour" will have a new home on channel 50-- that's koce tv. same time-- 6:00 pm pacific. you can learn more about the changes at pbs.socal.org. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> auto companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and enviro

these are people we liberated from iraq, helped get out of sudan, out of cuba, out of ethiopia, out of thailand. we take enormous pride in that and when we bring them here, there are some americans who don't exactly roll out the welcome mat. these young people have been subjected to terrible racial slurs. for example, there was an attempt to not allow them to use the city parks to practice soccer. even after all of that, the youngsters will say, it is so much better here than it was back where they came from. then we have a story about somebody i'm sure you probably know about, now, wes moore, who is a young man who had kind of a difficult start in life that went to johns hopkins, rhodes scholar, white house fellow and in his same neighborhood there was another wes moore who didn't get on the right foot and is now in prison and he's written a remarkable book called "the other wes moore" and it's about expectations versus environment. we have a young woman who lost both of her legs but went on to be a successful model, a gay woman in seattle who could not visit her dying partner in the

the river's water - all of whom reject treaties putin place by the british - which gave egypt and sudan full rights over all the nile's water. >>blair: egypt had used rather bellicose language when the upstream countries started the discussion about having a new treaty - bellicose language won't get it any where any more because these countries are both stronger, they're more efficient and with the world's media looking at the region there isn't any alternative except a negotiated treaty. >>reporter: however many of country's water experts are optimistic that a new deal can be reached and - that much more of the nile's water can be utilised. >>abu-zeid: we have been negotiating a new treaty for the past 10 years - what is encouraging is that the water that falls on the nile basin is annually 1,600 billions cubic metre a year and the amount of water used right now is just five per cent of that. >>abu-zeid: there is a lot of water that is being lost in swamps in many areas - and this water could be developed for the benefit of all the countries sharing the nile river basin. >>reporter: th

sudan's president bashir says the country will withdraw from peace talks with rebels if no agreement is reached by thursday militants in the western darfur region have been fighting against government troops since two thousand and three some three hundred thousand people have died and over two and a half million the flood as a result of the conflict. well time now to see a bit more of russia close up as we head off on a siberian expedition. this time we're in the southwest and which was once the capital of siberia today we focus on it sporting prowess now the people of all know how to make the most of the ice sprout as they are of that we're now and professional hockey team up on guard but as tom barton explains it's not the only example of siberian strength. mom's going to surrounding region has always been a tough place to survive because tough weather conditions and it's required tough people to come and live here and it's that idea of strength from particularly off money must has found its way into the sporting and physical culture here as well and it's that feeling that i've bee

the real costs of the military including the wars the two wars ongoing well there's also yemen and sudan and pakistan all of those wars are not included on their back. it's cheap for some reason nor is the cost of actually providing medical care for the injured soldiers so war is the number one reason but why would they collude everything on the balance sheet you know the war profiteering industry mimics wall street they are generated by fees not by freedom but by the dumb america is a great global imperial feat dome they go into countries blow it up for the fees that they pay the military contractors and hardware providers of the software providers to go commit genocide in various countries for a fig of course keeping it off the belge means that allow the underlying corporations who are involved in this program get to pay themselves huge stock option bonuses because the liabilities never at their balance sheet again another lesson learned from the warmongers on wall street and the next headline max is america a plutocracy so this is france is fully fukuyama and he's asking if america's

in sudan over wasn't able to wasn't allowed on t.v. for years. earlier periods i'm not talking about small politics politicians. many cultural borchers outstanding people were banned from doing the most liberal times. say the writer solzhenitsyn or his wife because with i'm not trying to say anything bad about the ninety's as compared to now because the authority was like. an olive branch the wind was strong it was possible to own away entirely what we have to face up to the truth and he talked about. there are two key points i think you are the first aspect is the people of georgia this is who provides humor and information from hot spots from skin valley to baghdad globally to the to me and the other aspect is defeat among all the viewer this is quite important to me when all of us use the channel your news was brought in from russia ten years ago russia twenty four year old they like to directly left channels and we're going to have twenty more channels and several years as you said this gives us a telling the degree of freedom he has so like

sudan's president bashir says the country will withdraw from peace talks with the rebels if no agreement to reach by thursday attempts last in the darfur region cutting fighting against government troops since two thousand and three some three hundred thousand people died going over to the whole flight path as a result of the conflict. but time now to see more russia close up as we head on a siberian expedition. yes where in the southwest and screecher in them which was once the capital siberia today we focus on it sporting prowess the people of all sky know how to make the most of the ice proud as they are of their down professional hockey team. tom potter explained it's not the only example of some of the unspent. almost on the surrounding region has always been a tough place to survive because tough weather conditions and it's required to tough people to come and live here and it's not idea of strength from particularly off money knows it's found its way into the sporting i'm physical culture here as well and it's that feeling that i've been examining him out of. i. don't skills while

un video publicado en internet desató protestas de mujeres en sudan, las imágenes muestran el castigolones de pesos, en sistema y seguridad si los presos se salen por las puertas alguien ha dicho que el señor guzmán mo se escapó, lo sacaron y tienen razón quien declaraba ante la prensa era jorge tello entonces subsecretario de gobierno de vicente fox hambre o de corrupción dentro del penal reconociendo no tener pista de hospital hechos. plan de fuga que incluía bloqueo de video interno, utilizaciones de un carro de lavandería donde se ocultó el reo para su salida por la aduana. >>> hasta ahora esta ha sido la versión oficial que el narcotraficante más peligroso del país salió escondido dentro de un contendor de ropa sucia con a wrud de oficiales y custodios algunos fueron presos y otros liberados por falta de prueba. >>> se identificó el posible camino de evación que va desde su celda para escapar finalmente por la zona donde se concentra el desperdicio y basura. >>> pero la versión ha dado un giro inesperado, anabel hernández, periodista mexicana afirma que sguz mano no salió como di

there's a lot of interest in sending forces to sudan to rescue the beleaguered peoples of sudan. maybe if this were the early 1990s, we would do it. but we're not going to do it now. we might have done more in haiti after the earthquake 20 years ago than we're doing now. we will have to make choices, and we will not do some things that we would like to do and that if we did them would make the world a better place. >> you do say when it's all done, that it is going to be a more dangerous and disorderly world with. and then you have one comment that i, that really echoes with me to allies or people who don't even want to have to consider ourselves allies but discovered how important we were. and that is that the world is going to learn that they may have been uncomfortable with an america that was too powerful. they're going to be even more uncomfortable with an america which is too unpowerful. >> if you didn't like an america that was too strong, wait until you see an america that's too weak. it'll be even worse. >> michael, thank you very much. it's a terrific session. [applause

they were fired and center in the sudan. they became -- they were front and center in the sudan. they do not have the numbers. their operatives play key role in strength and a the capabilities of its allies elsewhere. just as our allies in bed officers in forces to train them and strengthen their command capabilities and provide them with additional training, that is exactly what al qaeda does. interestingly, al qaeda's focus of improving the capabilities of its allies is not just restricted to kinetic. somalia is a perfect case in point to demonstrate. this is across the board. we know that a senior al qaeda commander was indicted in u.s. federal court for his role in the 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi. he played a key operational command role on the attack of two targets in kenya. he was in somalia training militia and many somali- americans who left this country and where radicalized and recruited in minnesota. he was training suicide terrorist. it was a somali-american who commited the first known terrorist attack by a u.s. citizen two years ago in october of 200

i kept thinking, man, if i owned a pharmaceutical plant in sudan, i would be nervous right now.u never have seen a president in a hero to go. i believe it was a staff holiday party. >> no, come on. oh, i thought staff christmas party. >> i was about to start the war up again. >> no, we will fix that. >> no labels. >> like i said, so boring. >> ivan bay sounds more interesting. chris, you said grassroots things come out of an idea. this is what i like about no labels. we need more stability, and theyy quit it with -- equate it with being moderate. why can't you have political convictions and also be civil? >> what they are trying to say is it is not working. >> i agree and i actually agree with them on that part even though they suck and they are awful human beings. i think they should be civil to them. >> they think it is not working because the saville stey -- the saville tee or the anger is coming from the side. it is a romantic action to be protesting. you think racist. >> greg? >> yeah? >> making sure you are okay. >> greg, you showed a couple of those no label t-shirts. wit

southern sudan will vote on january 9 on whether to remain united with northern sudan or become an income pendent country. tomorrow, a panel will leave you that referendum. live coverage from the u.s. institute of peace begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later on c-span3, a forum on the future of afghanistan as the u.s. plans to begin withdrawing troops next summer. that is live at the center for a new american security act 1:00 at 30 eastern. >> it is hard to get there and hit hard to leave here. all of us to leave and the senate always continues. >> search for farewell speeches and look at retired members on the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. more than 160,000 hours, all on line, all free. is washington your way. white house economic adviser lawrence summers said that he expects low consumer demand to remain a drag on the u.s. economy for several years. he spoke at the economic policy institute. mr. summers is stepping down as director of the national economic council at the end of the year. this is all little over an hour. >> hello, my name is larry mi