it wanted to rebuild communities and synagogues. the greatest of recent challenge was the integration of jews from the former soviet union. today, they make up the majority of germany's jewish communities. >> there is a new jewish plurality in germany. it is the new jewish normality, a great chance for us. >> a chance to be back in the center of society, just like the synagogue in the heart of munich. >> part of europe are experiencing the hottest summer in years. in switzerland, attention has been drawn to its melting glaciers. one to the southeast of the country is disappearing at an alarming rate. >> even up here on the glacier, there is no beating the heat wave. is glacier in the swiss alps is melting away at a a te of 20 centimeters a day. here is what it looked like last year at the foot of this glacier. giant cave of eyes. which today is completely gone. melted into the ever widening current flowing toward the valley. >> a glacier of this size, which is 7 kilometers long, takes about 20 years to react to the environment. the

i said, you know this is what i think it's about book clubs and women's groups, synagogues, mosques and churches and an incredible amount of book clubs here in the bay view area and about people yearning for piece and looking for the answers of peace. any ways it's been really incredible and aspire together see people from all walks of life i really think can re late to promoting peace one child at a time. we got some news last month that the pentagon purchased 5,000 copies. let me finish it. and it's for counter intelligence training, 101 and mandatory reading for they're course encounter intelligence. this is in tan sa any a. i went there when i was three years old and my father founded a medical center and my mother started a school. it was a wonderful childhood. i went to school with children from two dozen countries. with jews and christians and hindus and for me that was the way the world was. finally it came time to come back to america. i was in high school and really looking forward to coming back to a place whether i heard about fourth of jewels lies anulies . i got beat up. t

as rabbi emeritus of the synagogue, i have been privileged to develop friendship for carol and deep respect for her leadership abilities. carol has the skills and experience to be an excellent commissioner, and brings experience in oversight in that her husband was murdered at gunpoint in the 101 california incident. carol knows firsthand the tremendous impact of gun violence. her commitment to reducing violence is apparent in her advocacy work for several years and in the legal community against violence for the last 16-plus years. commissioners are required to make decisions that involve complex matters and difficult issues. carol brings more than 27 years of experience practicing law and resolving conflict. she is prepared to

originally it was a synagogue. the family says they were offered $1 million to move, and unlike some palestinians who sold to jews, they turned them down. she told me, "i will only leave my home dead, or they will have to throw me out of -- out on the street. those who do not have faith will sell, but those who have religion will not." local palestinians were kept back until they passed by. israeli nationalists have expanded the jewish presence here enormously. but tension rising again, there are new warnings that peace is impossible of palestinian rights in this city are ignored. -- if palestinian rights and in this city are ignored. bbc news, in east jerusalem. >> the latest figures from china showed the rate of growth is slowing. gdp growth in the three months to june was 10.3% according to government figures released today. that is down from 11.9% in previous months. a bigger drop than the market was expecting. an iranian nuclear scientist tickets appeared a year ago and resurfaced this week in washington has r

authorization they live in our communities they they go to the schools with their children their members of synagogues and churches they part of the u.s. fabric and they should be treated with respect and dignity and then that to the extent the blocking of this or part of this gives them a little breathing space that's a victory but it's a victory much larger war the federal government been waging against unauthorized immigrants for decades now as a black man as a west african descendant of the slaves it's a slap in our face because what has happened is citizens of foreign countries have invaded my country the united states of america in which i have jurisdiction even in the days when i was a slave i was on the jurisdiction of the united states and these folks are coming to my country in the name ironically of people of color my color skin color and the civil rights of legacy equating their struggle or whatever the suffering in mexico but the mother salvador career. their struggle is not to be equated with the struggle of my enslaved ancestors and emancipated forefathers for them to come into my count

authorization they live in our communities they they go to the schools with their children the members of synagogues and churches they part of the u.s. fabric and they should be treated with respect and dignity as a black man as a west african descendant of the slaves this is a slap in our face because what has happened is citizens of foreign countries have invaded my country the united states of america in which i have jurisdiction even in the days when i was a slave i was on the jurisdiction of the united states and these folks are coming to my country in the name ironically of people of color. my color skin color and the civil rights of legacy and creating their struggle of whatever the suffering in mexico but the model with. their struggle is not to be equated with the struggle and slave ancestors and emancipated forefathers for them to come into my country and take my legacy is to rob me of everything that i am and if they get amnesty the black people in this country we will die because of the numbers that are coming in this country through the through the. of the fourteenth amendment you know

is what you get for catholic churches all of these red dots right here this is what you get for synagogues in new york and this is what you get for mosques a staggering difference that really speaks for itself a plant islam makes center and mosque just steps away from ground zero is the biggest such project if you willing resistance right now nobody in their right minds would have any problem with that but of course the. including people who've been brainwashed by the nine eleven inside job and the people who are history that are going to make sure that there are a lot of controversy about it the belief is growing that when islam does turn radical it's because u.s. foreign policies create a vicious circle eighty percent of the. soldiers in iraq were asked why are you here they said payback on nine eleven you know even though iraq had nothing to do with lebanon the person is radicalized not by the ideology of it but by american u.s. foreign policy and this is actually the objective of the quote unquote terrorists if you will to get the west to show its true face in the international arena t

we need to get our church and our synagogues involved.eed to get the community to understand that elected officials aren't going to get leekted by tough on crime, put the child away as an adult. because they're so young, they're going to get out by the time they're 40. then what? >> larry: alex, do you ever fear you could be violent again? >> um, actually that would come back to a vow that i took with -- when i was in barcelona with my mother. a vow of nonviolence. a movement started by deepak chopra. >> larry: he'll be with us in a little while. you have vowed nonviolence? >> yes, i have. >> larry: what would you add, kathryn, as to what to do when we -- by the way what was public opinion at the time in florida? >> it was really widely divided. >> larry: they do polls? >> they do polls. a lot of people were saying these children should, you know, they're monsters and they need to go away forever. but there was a compassionate few who said, you know what, there are alternatives that we need to investigate. there were a lot of people with

various synagogues, schools and sensitive applications. at a time of heightened threat, the police can provide extra security to identified locations. or, if we get calls that an incident is occurring at an address, we can know immediately that address is a synagogue. you want to have additional reformation. the effort in this new world we are living in is to deal with a -ppopulation that unlike other countries has merged into the mainstream of our communities. there are very few communities where they take up a whole neighborhood. muslims are scattered throughout los angeles. many of their applications -- locations are not as clearly identifiable as they might be in other religions. it could be a store front. it oftentimes is. as we were developing relationships with them, we thought it would be a good idea, four times of heightened threat, we need to know, where are you? so that we can identify in a call comes in and that there is a disturbance, we see that that is a mosque. we know that it is a significant location. well intended, but i

way, we would see the discussions at the grass roots and people talking and breaking bread and at synagogues and rotary clubs, and people talking about these things. you have to take the leadership on top and it has to come from the white house. guest: i think what we are ignoring on this discussion that the country doesn't know how they see this thing. i have talked with colleagues and they believe we have a black president and they have said, well, you got a black president, what is wrong. why are we still talking about this. there is a perception and i see you sophia, you are an attorney and where is this inequality. there is a difference in how this is perceived. and that's where the advisors need to come in, and you better watch this and you talk about race and piss off half the country, you will have a problem. that's real. host: let's take a break and look at this speech and the role of politics and how money plays into it. >> you know, i haven't seen such a mean-spirit people as i have seen lately over this issue of health care. some (inaudible) thought we thought was buried resurfac

do other than our nation's security can be handled by individuals, by families, by churches and synagogues and mosques, by counties, by cities, by states. but our national security can only be handled by the federal government. now, the president of the united states has just issued what we refer to by the acronym a sap around here, a statement of administration policy and while we sit here having a debate, which is important for us to have, the president has said that if we don't provide him a clean bill that is independent of all these other extraneous matters, and by the way, if they don't pass, this bill dies and we have to start over again, he will veto it. and so it is fascinating. we, as republicans, and many thoughtful democrats, have stepped up to the plate and said we will join with the president to ensure that that $33.5 billion that is needed is there for our men and women in uniform. we have heard from the distinguished ranking member of the committee on armed services, who talked about the fact that just this week, general david petraeus and secretary gates and others have sa

way, we would see the discussions at the grass roots and people talking and breaking bread and at synagogues and rotary clubs, and people talking about these things. you have to take the leadership on top and it has to come from the white house. guest: i think what we are ignoring on this discussion that the country doesn't know how they see this thing. i have talked with colleagues and they believe we have a black president and they have said, well, you got a black president, what is wrong. why are we still talking about this. there is a perception and i see you sophia, you are an attorney and where is this inequality. there is a difference in how this is perceived. and that's where the advisors need to come in, and you better watch this and you talk about race and piss off half the country, you will have a problem. that's real. host: let's take a break and look at this speech and the role of politics and how money plays into it. >> you know, i haven't seen such a mean-spirit people as i have seen lately over this issue of health care. some (inaudible) thought we thought was buried resurfac

and the cantor in my synagogue in brockton was an emgrant from vienna and he got me interested as a youngster in opera and some of thieves assignments, opera and classical music saved my sanity. >> is it true you have a room in your house where you play classical music at great volumes and this is how you relax now? >> it's one way. i've got technologically a nice system with thousands of operas and c.d.'s, classical music. i mean, some people read, some people play softball, there's a lot of -- go to the movies. you do what works best for you in terms of trying, 9-11, i must have gone to the kennedy center or to carnegie hall or the metropolitan opera three nights a week, otherwise you'd go mad doing these assignments. and you've got to find some outlet. >> have you ever considered going on to the opera as a performer, or not yet? >> well, now that you're the head of the kennedy stern, david -- it shal center. >> we'll work that out. we have some time for questions from our guests, i don't know if there are mics out there, but people, i don't have any cards, but anybody, raise your hands if

and the cantor in my synagogue in brockton was an emgrant from vienna and he got me interested as a youngster in opera and some of thieves assignments, opera and classical music saved my sanity. >> is it true you have a room in your house where you play classical music at great volumes and this is how you relax now? >> it's one way. i've got technologically a nice system with thousands of operas and c.d.'s, classical music. i mean, some people read, some people play softball, there's a lot of -- go to the movies. you do what works best for you in terms of trying, 9-11, i must have gone to the kennedy center or to carnegie hall or the metropolitan opera three nights a week, otherwise you'd go mad doing these assignments. and you've got to find some outlet. >> have you ever considered going on to the opera as a performer, or not yet? >> well, now that you're the head of the kennedy stern, david -- it shal center. >> we'll work that out. we have some time for questions from our guests, i don't know if there are mics out there, but people, i don't have any cards, but anybody, raise your hands if

left alone to raise our families to run an honest living to work in our communities, churches, synagoguesmake a difference the way we want to make a difference. but here is the great irony of american of represented democracy. if we ought to be left alone to enjoy those freedoms, we have to get involved to fight for those freedoms every day. [applause] and you are here doing that. i know you're back home doing that and that is what this afternoon is about. i hope you come back at 3:00 as americans for prosperity hosts the november rally coming in this room after this conference at 3 p.m. i hope you come back. we will go door-to-door together and make phone calls together. we will begin the hard work of freedom to make sure we do our part to pass america on to our next generation. thank you very much. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please welcome [inaudible] ♪ >> thank yu. it's great to be back here at rightonline. it's exciting to see how energized and active conserves have come. give yourselves a hand. this is a terrific time and it's really your success. but i'm afraid i have to make a

virtually everything else we do can be dealt with by individuals, families, churches, or synagogues, cities, counties, or states. but the national security of the united states of america can only be dealt with by the federal government and we should never forget that. now, as we listen to some of the specious charges that have been coming from the other side of the aisle like this chart that my colleague on the rules committee offered saying that this was from the republican national committee. this is from usgovernmentspending.com. and they are facts. we have seen a dramatic increase in spending. my friend regularly talks about the fact that this administration, this president inherited a bad economy. we all acknowledge that. but what is it that's happened since then, madam speaker? contrary to what my friend just said, we have seen the economy get worse and worse and worse. we were promised -- i'll be happy to yield to my friend, we were promised the unemployment rate would not exceed 8% if we were to pass the trillion dollar stimulus bill. where is it today? 9.5%. across the coun

done can be done by other levels of government, whether it be individuals, families, churches or synagogues or mosques, cities, county, states, but national security can only be handled by the united states of america's federal government. and that's why i believe that we need to do what we can to ensure that we are successful and as i said, our men and women come home as quickly as possible and safely. so i will say that my colleagues are working diligently on this, but i do believe that at the end of the day this resolution is not worthy of our support. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair reck nizzes -- recognizes mr. mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. let me begin by saying that i'm not sure whether the underlying resolution introduced by mr. kucinich is necessarily the right way to approach this issue, but he and mr. paul are reflecting the anxiety, the growing anxiety and growing fear of a lot of members of congress and throughout the country that the united states of america gets -- is continuously

way, we would see the dcussions at the grass roots and people talking and breaking bread and at synagogues and rotary clubs, and people talking about these things. you have to take the leadership on top and it has to come from the white house. guest: i think what we are ignoring on this discussion that the country doesn't know how they see this thing. i have talked with colleagues and they believe we have a black president and they have id, well, you got a black president, what is wrong. why are we still talking about this. there is a perception and i see you sophia, you are an attorney and where is this inequaty. there is a difference in how this is perceived. and that's where the advisors need to come in, and you better watch this and you talk about race and piss off half the country, you will have a problem. that's real. host: let's take a break and look at this speech and the role of pitics and how money plays into it. >> you know, i haven't seen such a mean-spirit people as i have seen lately over this issue of health care. some (inaudible) thought we thought was buried resurfaced. we

and the cantor in my synagogue was from indiana and was a world-class expert in opera and classical music. and again, he got me interested as a youngster -- >> the house taking a break now. earlier, they consider five bills including one about adult education and another for a national child care were in this month. back at 6:00 p.m. eastern for a recorded vote and special orders. among the issues member has to deal with this week, unemployment benefits, additional war spending, and a couple of deals dealing with oil. more house coverages 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i mean, some people read. some people go play softball. go to the movies. you do what works best for you in terms of trying. but 9/11, i must have gone to the kennedy center or to carnegie hall or the metropolitan opera three nights a week. otherwise you go mad doing these assignments. you have to find some outlet. >> have you ever considered going on to the opera as a performer? not yet? >> well, now that you're the head of the kennedy center, david -- july >> we can make arrangements. >> you will see. we have some t

because of the long standing realization that religious organizations -- to suggest that a jewish synagogue should hire a baptist would be sort of ridiculous. i am hoping that we have not changed the policy and that we continue to recognize religious freedom in that regard, to be able to hire based on a religious basis. i commend your effort to repeal a law that says someone could not wear a scarf in at the classroom. with that, i will deal back. -- yield back. >> we have to the votes on the floor -- two votes in the floor. we will recess this hearing and reconvene as soon as those votes are finished. we can excuse the witness. while we are gone, the next panel can take its seat at the table. this hearing is recessed until the conclusion of these votes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we will now proceed with our third panel. the witness has just taken his place. in the interest of time, and will introduce him. richard thornburgh is currently council for an international law firm. previously served as govern