the american public was still fairly isolationist. they do not want to get involved in the european war. they were angry they had not been repaid for the loans from world war i. was trying to help them understand it was a global war, a global village and things that happened was directly affecting them and would impact their ability to enjoy the freedoms democracy.erican >> it is called the four freedoms speech and is related the unionte of speech. what was the reaction of congress and the american public? sparrow: it was a delayed reaction. there was some critics who planned the speech. it was the last 2.5 minutes of a speech that ran over 35 minutes long. the first part is traditional. the annual address to congress. normal state of a union address. but the rest gained momentum over and became a central rallying cry. norman rockwell created the four paintings several years later that went on to raise $180 million in war bonds. traveled the world, became famous. generated the four freedoms park in roosevelt island. foundation for what

the american public at that point was still fairly isolationist. they did not win to get involved in the european war. they were still angry about the fact they had not been repaid the loans of world war i. roosevelt was trying to help them understand that it was a global world, global village. and he was addressing what would enjoy their ability to these freedoms that are so vital to democracy. >> it is called the four freedoms speech. reaction by congress and the rest of the american public to that speech? >> interesting. bit of a a little delayed reaction. at first, there were some critics who pay and the speech. was only the last two and half minutes of a speech that ran over 30 minutes long, where ,he first part is traditional the annual address to congress, a traditional state of the union address. what happened is the four freedoms really gained moment over and became a central .allying cry obviously, norman rockwell created four paintings that went on to raise $180 million in war bonds. park on a four freedoms roosevelt island in new york. t

and that, i think, ultimately disserves the american public. it distorts the investment decisions of the private sector. >> host: ajit pai is the senior commissioner on, for the republicans on the federal communications commission. his term is up june 30, 2016. brian fung, a graduate of middlebury college in vermont, is technology reporter for "the washington post". >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. [inaudible conversations]

issue is, as much as i feel about educating the american public is obviously the ideal for what we want, we all want to be united in an effort especially with war, because we are talking about sending people out to dine and resources etc., how would you attempt to educate the american public in situations like when we drop a bomb and we do not even know what is going to happen with it? like in the case of hiroshima and nagasaki? brooks: we do not mr. simpson: we do not know. this notion of how to rouse public opinion, for training courses crusades. the war against terrorism. that wars become crusades, because that's one way in which you tell people this is a war against good versus evil. course good, and we will subdue evil. think about how sometimes that turns out. wonder who is really good or evil, or some combination thereof. evilimes a war to destroy requires us as americans to work with people who later on we find are not enter than the people that we have joined with them to fight against, the soviet union. the soviet union would view the united states in the same way. they would

the stories of so-called people of color, minority americans, are not well-known to the american public. in the literary cultural world immigrantrrative experience, there are many choices for european immigrants.

again, i believe the american public has it right. >> you believe the momentum is swinging in the direction now? >> i do, i do. in fact no matter who acquires the president's role as we go into the future i think they'll come to realize that this was the will of the american public and this will, in fact, help save lives in the united states. >> up next: gun shows and loopholes. "america tonight's" christof putzel on just how easy it is to purchase weapons in texas with no questions asked. >>> and later, a mother's pain and her fight to keep the peace on the violent streets of chicago . and hot on "america tonight's" website now, what we have learned after 500 cop cushions and three years of college football? explore more at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear...

claudia: my issue is, as much as i feel about educating the american public is obviously the ideal for what we want, we all want to be united in an effort especially with war, because we are talking about sending people .ut to die how would you attempt to educate the american public in situations like when we drop a bomb and we do not even know what is going to happen with it? like in the case of hiroshima and nagasaki? brooks: we do not know how it will work until it is deployed.

ultimately, that deserves the american public. it distorts the private sector and limits the range of choices

i think the american public has it right. >> do you believe the momentum is swinging? >> i do. no matter who acquires it, as we go into the future, i think they'll come to realise that this was the american public, that this will in fact help save lives in the united states >>> up next - work place accidents. waiting to happen. "america tonight" lori jane gliha exposes the lack of government inspectors, and the amazing story of a work place survivor. and later left behind and fighting for a right to vote. christopher putzel follows a woman's journey to reclaim her civil rights. >>> welcome back, it may seem like a relic from our industrial past, but work place injuries are a problem. more than a dozen die every day, and millions suffer work-related illnesses. "america tonight"s lori jane gliha discovered the government does not have nearly enough superiors to check the work place, and she has the story of a survivor, who says this accident was a speak. i want to warn you that some of the images seen in the report are graphic. >> i have never been hurt before or had restriction.

what measures could be taken that are reasonable but don't infringe upon the second i think the american public has it right. >> do you believe the momentum is swinging? >> i do. no matter who acquires it, as we go into the future, i think they'll come to realise that this was the american public, that this will in fact help save lives in the united states >>> up next - work place accidents. waiting to happen. "america tonight" lori jane gliha exposes the lack of government inspectors, and the amazing story of a work place survivor. and later left behind and fighting for a right to vote. christopher putzel follows a woman's journey to reclaim her civil rights. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >>> welcome back, it may seem like a relic from our industrial past, but work

i was telling the american public we need to get involved nazis are because the evil. the americans are wanting to helping hand to great britain and later the soviet union. involved to the point it was going to involve a of americans. >> so we talk about the idea of a big like to envision grand scale thing to put ourselves to. have aess i kind of question. your types of, i guess, call them social crusades. the literacy and poverty. you think there's any significance that we have a war on drugs and war on poverty or whatever. that -- do you think that helps galvanize and mobilize the at all? people >> yes. otherwise i wouldn't use those tells. all right. aslike to talk about things conducting wars and wars that we to end up withg victories. toe sell it in a different way is different. george w. bush early on when he talked about the war on terror it would be a different kind of war. there was a war without any resolution. there was a war without an ceremony.surrendererer it has change. be always be terrorists. you could distill do this group but not over groups. i mean t

again, i believe the american public has it right. >> you believe the momentum is swinging in the direction now? >> i do, i do. in fact no matter who acquires the president's role as we go into the future i think they'll come to realize that this was the will of the american public and this will, in fact, help save lives in the united states. >> up next: gun shows and loopholes. "america tonight's" christof putzel on just how easy it is to purchase weapons in texas with no questions asked. >>> and later, a mother's pain and her fight to keep the peace on the violent streets of chicago. and hot on "america tonight's" website now, what we have learned after 500 cop cushions and three years of college football? explore more at aljazeera.com/americatonight. and welcome back. president obama announced this week that he plans to use executive action to close the so-called gun show loopholes. this is a move that once again has sparked a huge debate on gun control. these loopholes currently allow gun dealers to sell guns without background checks. "america tonight's" christof putzel takes us inside

the public will get interested. if you look at survey research today, three quarters of the american public says yes, we want those jobs yes, we want to produce more oil and natural gas right here at home. and then, when they begin to understand what we like to call the u.s. model, that cleaner burning natural gas has made the united states the leader in carbon reductions in the world, it would have a very different dynamic to it. we can start showing improvement. so i believe the more the american public understands, the more engaged they'll be. i think the first thing we ought to do is we need to realize that all the market-driven dynamics that we're experiencing today the worst thing we can do is get government to intervene and try to manipulate the market place. the best opportunity is long range, long term visionary policies. those are the opportunities we need. we're not asking for government swer vengs. we're asking for the opportunity to compete on a global scale. the initiative to lift the ban on experts from iran and allow them access to that global marketplace. we finally allowed the u.s. producers to do the

the stories of so-called people of color, minority americans, are not well-known to the american public. in the literary cultural world immigrantrrative experience, there are many choices for european immigrants. including the german-american experience. -- greek american experience i think there is a great body of work for the african-american experience. some great writers who contributed to american cultural life for many decades. i still think there is a need to tell the story from as much as i can, the perspective of the from the county that exported the most chinese to america during a certain time in chinese american history, i want to at least contribute a chinese that thereory so would be an understanding of what came before this big wave of chinese-american, asian americans all over silicon valley and all over the university community, contributing greatly to american progress, american science, to american technology. they were doing all sorts of ,hings, railroads, agriculture i wantts of hard labor more people to learn of that. cities tour staff travel to oakland, california

. >> has this made it easier for the american public to digest the concept of the perpetual war? >> it's one of the things that happens when you have a great big military that's funded to manage the foreign policy instead of the diplomats who are trying to work out something at the table. we put all of our money into the defense industry and we starve the state department and people trying to make peace at the table. >> can you see a time in the next ten to 15 years where we wouldn't be in the same situation that we are right now? >> jim used to get this question when he would make a talk and he would always say that he was an optimist and he thought that the common sense of the american people would force the kind of change that needs to be made in washington. the book is published by thomas dunne books. thank you. >> no one on the right has attracted more of a trail from the left, more intense the trail then the possible george bush or richard nixon and i think that there is a very logical reason that stood on or near the pinnacle of power this country for decades uniquely from

the stories of some so called people of color, minority americans are still not very well known to the american public. in the literary cultural world, and in the narratives, the immigrant experience, there are many many many choices for european immigrants. for the jewish american experience. the irish american experience, including for the german american experience. for the greek american experience. and i think there is also a great body of work for the african-american experience. some great writers who have contributed to american cultural life. for many, many, many decades. it is a little thinner in my estimation. i still think there is a need to tell the story from as much as i can, the perspective, of a chinese man from the county that exported the most chinese to american during a certain period of chinese american history. i want to at least contribute a chinese american man story in a more -- so there would be an understanding of what came before this big wave of chinese american, asian americans that are now all over silicon valley, the medical community, the university communities. contr

she was taking shots and introduction herself to the american public. who those what may happen as this race continues and we continue to see the divisiveness across the board with republicans and democrats. she was making it clear and a conscious effort to the rest of the republican party that wants to have a choice, that there is a different message to be heard. charles: you mentioned you were once a republican and you like the idea she is trying to pursue a message of inclusion across races and across religious affiliations and those kinds of things. >> as we look at the nation we live in, i was a republican when i was in the military, when i watt out of the military i became a democrat because i was disinnen from chased with both parties. when now i'm an independent. when you look at both parties, we have 75% of the congress has never served in the military. every single one of them if you go count list have entered -- not everyone of them. they entered at middle class and within two years they are millionaires. so i'm disenchanted with the whole gro

professionals with the information they need to help the public make informed choices about their diets at home, school, work and in their communities. "protecting the health of the american public includes empowering them with the tools they need to make healthy choices in their daily lives," said secretary burwell. "by focusing on small shifts in what we eat and drink, eating healthy becomes more manageable. the dietary guidelines provide science- based recommendations on food and nutrition so people can make decisions that may help keep their weight under control, and prevent chronic conditions, like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease." the newly released 8th edition of the dietary guidelines reflects advancements in scientific understanding about healthy eating choices and health outcomes over a lifetime. this edition recognizes the importance of focusing not on individual nutrients or foods in isolation, but on the variety of what wholeto bring about lasting improvements in individual and population health. "the dietary guidelines for americans is one of many important tools that help to support a healthier next generation of americans," said secretary

the american public is coming together not just after these mass shootings but the daily terror where 89 people are killed every day to say enough. the president used those terms and tomorrow the president is going to demonstrate that he's had enough. he'll take meaningful action. it's classic how these presidential candidates on the republican side are coming out criticizing it saying it's unconstitutional without knowing what it is. all the president is going to be doing tomorrow is going to be clarifying and enforcing laws that already exist and laws that are focused on keeping guns out of the hands of the people that we all agree shouldn't have them. laws that i might add that 93% of the american public when it comes to expanding brady background checks, 93% of the american public supports. it appears as though it's a bold action. reality is if you message this correctly and show this is just about keeping guns out of the hands of the people we all agree should aren't have them, it's actually a very politically safe and smart place to be. >> you've got to tell that to the members

but the american people are more willing to vote for a man or a woman who proves to be human just like them. this might explain why so far arerepublican front runners non-politicians. the american public is not satisfied with politics as usual. the second question, which model best bolsters the american economy and provides benefits for the common person. president coolidge's fiscal policy encourage speculation, with the help the investment of the mid-1920's and to gambling and for the growth of the time, president coolidge bus with policies are also not exacerbated. income and buying power. on the other hand, president reagan's policy of supply side and trickle-down economics reinvigorated the economy. leftover still the from the nixon, ford, and carter administrations. yet, nominal federal spending increased, with federal spending as a share of the economy falling, making goods cheaper for the average american, and while calvin coolidge did make noteworthy cuts, it was before the existence of noteworthy programs, such as social security and medicare, which are problems we have deal with in the status quo today. on the topic of immigration reform, there are two crucial regions why re

that were certainly available to most well-to-do consumers and not to the large majority of the american public, regardless of race. so this kind of employment allowed pullman porters to move into areas that we would today classify as sort of the middle class. they were middle-class and within the lack community itself -- the black community itself. they were sort of the catalyst for a lot of businesses that were started wherever they decided to live, and a lot of places were terminal points along the railroad, like here in oakland, where this is the terminus of the railroad. many of them decided that they like california and that they were going to stay in california, and thus they contributed to the jump starting of the african american community here in oakland. so in terms of community building for the black community , they are essential. they are not the only once, i might add, but they are important. here in oakland, one of the i guess most important things that the pullman porters are known for is the founding of the first black labor movement, the brotherhood of sleeping car orders --

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1916 election, the democratic party slogan -- "he kept us out of war" -- helped wilson prevail in a close election. americans understood the way deaths of american travelers affected the public and some argued that americans should stay home and deaths on ships would not drag us into war. no single citizen should be allowed to run the risk of dredging this nation in blood. congress members propose to ban passports to americans for travel on ships and sailing on ships carrying contraband but these things did not pass. in an article that probably got more play than anything historians have ever written, carlton hayes wrote an essay in early 1917, um, and his proposal then gets picked up later. i will tell you about the armed ship bill that wilson took up. but he says along the way, what purpose would be served by joining this conflict full-fledged? we shall be additional targets for german for funerals -- german torpedoes. we shall be sacrificing thousands of lives to avenge hundreds. others are strongly believed in american neutral rights, including the right to travel on the ocean and to sell goods to belligerence. former president theodore roosevelt thought it was a matter

the coralville public library for a town hall. mike huckabee is hosting several events today. his stops include the coffee corner in washington, the williamsburg public library... ... and at the american legion in coralville. rick santorum will hold a town hall meeting in independence, then comes to cedar rapids for a house party, and then heads to a private house party in robins. and donald trump will hold a campaign rally is at the university of northern iowa's west gym. a group of iowa caucus goers plan to protest at donald trump's event today. they say they're against his "out of touch economic policy". the protesters will gather outside of the uni gym at 5:30 this evening. candidate hillary clinton kicked off her two- day tour in the electric park ballroom in waterloo. " iowa will have the first chance, in the nation, to express its -- your views -- about who we want to be president. " clinton has spent much of her presidential campaign focusing on republicans. but that changed yesterday when she confronted democratic opponent bernie sanders more directly. she attempted to undermine his positions on gun control, health care, and wall street regulations. after months of being comf

the american public will have to arrive at their own conclusions. eneral the administration is quite strongly supportive of the principle of having independent oversight primarily because of the obligation to taxpayers. >> can you think of another example in history of someone with the experience of secretary clinton publicly criticizing such a position in the way that she did recently for basically accusing this high-ranking official of colluding with a political party to influence an election. can you think of another example of this happening? >> what i can say is, i think that while people who have a position like i do have the responsibility of protecting the independence of the inspector general and the administration and it is one of the reasons i try not to comment too much because i don't want to leave you with the appearance of trying to influence their activities. responsibility on the part of the inspector general to avoid in deed and appearance actions that would be carried out to politically benefit one side of the other one party or an

reporting live -- rachel moore -- fox five news -- president obama continues to try to convince the american public to support tighter u.s. gun rules. the president claiming 90 percent of americans support his proposed gun reforms. fox's casey stegall has the story president obama once again working to making the case to the american public... for new, tighter rules aimed at curbing gun violence. potus says: "we want to put everybody on notice." potus says: "if you are making a profit and repeatedly selling guns then you should have to follow the same rules as every other gun dealer." the president taking questions in fairfax, virginia during an hour- long town hall event on guns thursday night... kyle says: "the laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening, right? and that's a very tough pill to swallow." potus says: right. potus says: "at one point michelle turned to me and she said, "you know, if i was living in a farm house...where the sheriff department's pretty far away...i'd want to have a shotgun or a rifle to make sure that i was protected and my the national rifle a

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you think the american public is prepared for the ultimate blow because we can't win this the way we won the cold war. >> i talked to a number of civilian people who have never went in military. 4,000 u.s. troops went over there and endured tragedy so you wouldn't have to. it's only a matter of time before the isis punks get a nuke from north korea. charles: what if they shot down a passenger plane? >> it's a disaster. islam or the religion or political ideology that's fueling this needs to be addressed. we need to use the political ideology, the islam, and target the right people through that. we can't puddle around and use political correctness. charles: saudi arabia took decisive action many people are applauding. maybe this is the first step in a long step saying we have to get the allies in that region to step up. maybe they are waiting on to us step up, too. >> maybe so. but i think you are referring to the 47 people they just executed, most of whom were sunni. most of whom were involved with al qaeda. there were four shiia, one of whom was an ayatollah or iman who just got a w

the president wants to rally the american public to encourage congress to respond. >> very quickly on the middle east. yesterday from the podium you called on both saudi arabia and iran to de-escalate their conflict. place pending by secretary kerry. is there any evidence those calls have been heeded today? josh: again, for -- positions or announcements that may be planned by the iranians or saudis, i would refer you to them. >> is there deescalation today is what i'm asking. josh: i haven't heard any new announcements from them that would appear to inflame or escalate the situation. but this is not something that, again, we are going to judge based on 24-hour increments but rather over the long term can this decades, centuries long sectarian conflict in this region of the world that is being fueled by the leaders of these two countries that is having a terribly destabilizing influence on the entire region, can they change that path? it's not in the interest of either of those -- the leaders of either of those countries or citizens of either of those countries to continue to destabili

in his first town hall event of the new year, president obama tried to convince the american public to support tighter u.s. gun rules. "we want to put everybody on notice. if you are making a profit and repeatedly selling guns then you should have to follow the same rules as every other gun dealer." the president explained why he wants increased restrictions- including expanded background checks. at the event--gabby giffords -- the former representative who was shot five years ago and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly. "gabby and i are both gun owners. we take gun ownership very seriously." position... including taya kyle-- the widow of 'american sniper' chris kyle. "the thing is that the laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening." a c-n-n o-rc found that a majority of the public supports the measures that obama outlined this week-- but less than half of americans think they will actually work. a minnesota doctor crawls for 16 hours to find help.... after falling into deep ditch and breaking his leg. he says he knew he needed a game plan to survive. the

is it so hard to get the american public to go out and vote. do you think that the bernie sanders is going to generate people to vote in the numbers needed or for that the matter donald trump. i don't think he's going to get the numbers to overpower hillary clinton. i do know that his bases very energized. and she has shared with me some of the events she's attended and the caliber of the people that are there you have physicists. you have doctors. you have the college students and they are energized and they are angry. he's like the donald trump on the democratic side. clinton who they don't trust. i don't know if it's going to be enough to overcome her. very soon we will know in nevada with our caucus coming up in february and by the time nevada caucus rolls around we'll have iowa and new hampshire. we'll begin to see once people go to vote for candidates. we've got 15 seconds apiece. joe heck and deborah cortez mass toe. >> i'm very joe heck is going to be our next u.s. senator. i think there's going to be a lot of money in that race on both

>> i tend to the think to fcc doesn't do the american public a favorite when they exclude certain companies from participating in spectrum. it ends up distorting the marketplace in a way that i don't think serves consumers because the spectrum doesn't flow to the highest value. it is not the fcc's job under the law or good policy to decide what the outcome should be. we should set this framework that givers everybody a fair opportunity to participate and we didn't do that hear unfortunately. >> another thing that has been interesting to me is automotive technology. at an event earlier today, your colleague, commissioner riley was saying how the 5.9 giga hertz of spectrum is not being used enough. and some of the technology will not be mature for some time. what is your thought on how 5.9 giga hertz should be used? >> i commend commissioner riley on this issue and think it highlights one of the most promising areas of innovation. the five giga hertz broadband is taylor made for the next generation of wi-fi. the technical standard is in place to use it. there are all sorts of applications yea

administration bent over backward to push through and selling iran as a new sort of iran to the american publicat are your thoughts on this whole thing? >> well, i'm not -- i don't fear iran and most of congress, most of the american public does not fear iran the same way that obama for sake of his legacy and for a recklessly naive and sometimes woefully dangerous foreign policy, that the president's approach has, in many respects, as a matter of policy, fears iran. so, secretary kerry might be celebrating the iran nuclear deal when our sailors get released, yet, there is silence when iran convicts a washington post reporter since the jcpoa was signed on our side, they test fire ballistic missiles in violation of u.n. security council resolutions, were silent. iranians, they fire a rocket past a naval warship and nothing is said. so, what's happening now is that we, the united states of america, the greatest country in the world with the strongest military, and a leadership role and style that has been relinquished. unfortunately, now we've reached the point where we fear iran as a matter of po

we have to get the president some help so he can raise to the american public. i haven't bought a gun online but talking to the people that have, if you buy a gun online, there will be a background check. you have to go to a gun store and they really appreciate having you buy a weapon online and come to the store where they ve broken and they are the ones that have to make sure the law is complied with. but you just can't go online and buy a gun unless you are an outlaw already violating a law in which case more laws won't make a difference. enforcing laws would stop that kind of kind of conduct. n article from paul beddard, january 5, obama's new control force, eight times the size isis commando team, points out that according to a white house fact sheet, the president plans to vr more agents to help enforce our gun laws. he plans to add at least 230 new f.b.i. agents deployed over the back grounds on grun buyers. and in iraq, by comparison, the white house is moving to install special ted 100 to 250 operations forces to take down isis. but here again, to add f.

the next generation of americans. i'm american history is not being taught well. if you think about that charter of the washington prize, it is around works of great fellowship that speak to the american public. what better work to have that happen. to be here this evening to -- with a short video we would like to play and i will be back to you in a few minutes. thank you very much. ♪ i want to be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens i want to be in the room where it happens i want to be in the room be nt to room to be in the hold your nose and close your eyes ♪ i'm laugh and ♪ rise up ise up [applause] >> when you contacted us of a having a dinner in december, they only have a certain number of dates. it is only fitting that tonight we celebrate that unit 16th anniversary of george washington's death. . before i join mount for in three early 1850's,the six years after his death, the house was falling apart. nephew wasrand trying to sell the house to his beloved mount vernon, or the commonwealth of virginia, night -- neither of whom wanted a part of it. formed the mount vernon ladies association. she did at the behest of her mother who said that if the men of america who c

again i believe the american public has it right. >> you believe the momentum is swinging the other direction now? >> i do. in fact no matter who acquires the president's role as we go into the future, i think they'll come to realize that this was the will of the american public and this will, in fact, help save lives in the united states. >> adam may, al jazeera, towson, maryland. >> you can see more of adam may's report on "america tonight." >>> one giant leap for mankind. a look at several new elements added to the periodic table. and my conversation with jeff koons about his inspiration and the controversy surrounding his work. >> the obama administration has released its latest advice of what americans should and should not eat. the dietary guidelines are updated every five years based on the latest nutrition science. but as ines ferre reports, what people eat can be influenced by politics. >> they say americans should take in not more than 10% of daily calories in sugars. >> the guidelines influence the foods chosen for school lunch programs feeding 30 million children a day. >> we're o

the american people chose him over and over when they had the chance to cut him on the basis of his own actions, it was in the public record when he was the president and the american people did not choose to hold him accountable. how dare we penalize his wife because she has political aspirations. people do what they can. >> as far as a cover up... >> there's a left and right stand on this one. >> all right. thank you so much for being with us. straight ahead - reporters shining a light on big money, attempting to control our democracy shouldn't face retaliation, but too often they do. my final thought is up next. >>> before we go, time for a final thought. one of america's finest reporters, her latest book digs into a decades long effort by wealthy ultra conservatives to turn american politics to the far right. two of the wealthiest americans, charles and david koch have a poll of around $80 billion. that kind of money doesn't by influence, it influences makers. university chairs, political ads, and let's be real - it influences some politicians. now we are seeing that when a reporter dares to investigate the mone

despite the american public's misgivings about u.s. involvement in the middle east american leadership is needed to media th te the conflict between these rivals. america can play a constructive role, talk of new assassination he could undermine that but when the u.s. sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. the news continues here on al jazeera america. ♪ executive action president obama takes up the gun fight moving ahead on its own to close gun show loopholes. >>> in the occupation in oregon armed protesters give al jazeera a tour of the land they claimed as local officials ask them to leave. >> i do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for this job at a moment of great importance. >> reporter: bill clinton hitting the campaign trail for his wife but could his past help or hurt her bid in new hampshire. >>> second day of talks and the chinese government is stepping in to prop up its struggling financial market. ♪

said that this is an example of how the obama administration has been taking away rights from the american public. bubuin e wake of mass shoototgs in south carolina, california and oregon, clinton told a crowd about 500 strong she's behind the presidents plan. potus ama is looking t ttake executive action to try to require more gun sellers to require more background checks i am all for that. we need more comprehensive background checks. we need to close the gun show loophole, close the online loophole close what they call the charlestown loophole. the obama administration is expected to roll out the specifics of that plan later this week -- but potentially later today or tomorrow. clinton says she's also in favor of keeping people on the no-fly list from buying guns.she says if someone is too dangerous to fly, their too generous to own a gun. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, kevin barry, cbs 2 news live at five. on the republican side, candidates are saying obama is acting more like a king than a president. since rumors of the action surfaced, gun control has been the talk of the campaign t

despite the american public's misgivings about u.s. involvement in the middle east american leadership is needed to media th te the conflict between these rivals. america can play a constructive role, talk of new assassination he could undermine that but when the u.s. sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> still living in these tent cities. >> we're back to square minus one. >> the city is a powder keg at the moment. >> you see transactional sex and no one is held to account for that. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: >>> a group of armed opinion has taken ore a federal building at a wildlife refuge in eastern oregon. they say they are prepared to hold the facility for years. the men are armed. some have told reporters they are prepared to kill and die for their cause. federal officers haven't simply run them off of the property. have

despite the american public's misgivings about u.s. volvement in the middle east american leadership is needed to media thte the conflict between these rivals. america can play a constructive role, talk of new assassination he could undermine that but when the u.s. sits idly by, only increases the rash acts biour allies in the region lie saudi arabia. that's our show today. i'm ali velshi. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: >> on "america tonight": why they run. children with autism and the impulses that can lead them to bottle toward danger. but first the refugee crisis in europe and the big issue now on the forefront: unaccompanied miles an hour. >> do yominors. >> do you think about your family? >> yes. >> does your family know where you are? >> no. >> sheila macvicar on athe road ahead for refugees. good evening and thank you for

>> it was such a nice evening and i think the best part of all of this is that the american public arefinally hearing the details of what's missing in the gun laws that everybody says enforce the laws that are already there. they're now learning that there are big chunks that are missing in these laws and these laws are old. so addressing the online sales and the mental illness part that has fallen apart in our country over the last few years, last 20 years, this is all really good information for the american public to have. >> yeah. you're talking about progress and the president talked about making progress. let's hear a little from the town hall. >> i just want to emphasize that the goal here is just to make progress. it's interesting. as i enter into my last year as president i could not be prouder of the workthatwe've donebut it also makes you really humble because you realize that change takes a long time. and a lot of the work you do is just to incrementally make things better so that 10 years from now, 20 years from now, the crime rate has gone down. >> so lonnie or sandy, di

the american public entrusted funds to us. we take that responsibility very seriously.ct, we believe that one of our greatest strengths is working in collaboration with like-minded organizations, not companies that you suggest. and we have sought out organizations that have specific capacities and skills to compliment the work we are do and the commitment we have. they help us to build hospitals, job training, and work side by side with staff and volunteers in all the project sites. one thing that i should add is that we believe that working collaboratively is much more proficient. efforts. ensure gaps are covered. and helps us expand our reach, and that is what the american people gave funding to do. to save lives and help as many haitians recover from the disaster. we work closely with the organizations to negotiate possible. in some cases they are zero, we believe it's an effective and more efficient way to leverage the dollar. and the american people should be proud. >> on target, a week from now, part two of our special report. haiti on shaky ground. >> to bring pe