[applause] the recipient of the 2011 national humanities metadal. [applause] ♪ ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. ♪ [band plays "hail to the chief"] [applause] >>thank you. hello, everybody. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. thank you. thank you so much for joining us in this celebration of the arts and the humanities. two outstanding public servants and ambassadors for the arts are here: rocco landesman. where's rocco? there he is, right here -- chairman of the national endowment of the arts. and jim leach. where's jim? good to see you, jim -- the chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. we also have two good friends and co-chairs of the president's committee on the arts and the humanities who are here: margo lions and george stevens. and i also want to acknowledge one of our honorees who, unfortunately, could not make it. ever the artist, andrÉ watts had a concert to give in salt lake city. [laughter]

the director of the national museum of african ame history and culture and his staff. general corporate and individual donors who have taken a dream deferred and helped it find its place in history. this is an end but also a beginning. there is still much work to do. sit us down through the ages. we must call up on the courage of those who were in the struggle long before any of us were born. we must tell the story, the whole story 400 year story of african american contribution to this nation's history from slavery to the present without anger or apology. the problem we face today as a nation make it plain, make it clear that there is still a great deal of pain that needs to be healed. story told in this building, speak the truth that has the power to set an entire nation free. revealed the oldest lesson of liberty, justice and a true democracy to us all. i look forward to the day when i can ample through the exhibit, search through the archives, participate in a program and rest my tired feet in a cafe and get laws of history inside the granite wall of an idea whose

we were the wealthiest nation because we were the freest nation. not the richest nation anymore. but they got away off base because entitlement sounds like a good word. we are entitled to the right to our life and our liberties. but we are not entitled to someone else's money. in goblins have become what people demand or one or insist on. they become entitlements, and literally, i imagine more than that to% of the people in this country thinks that entitlement is a right. we get our lives and our liberty from our creator. we did it in a national way. we do not get it from the government, but we have a right to our lives and our liberty, we ought to back a right to keep the fruits of our labor. which, of course, means there would be no income tax, if you could live with that. a lot of people will challenge me, of course, because i want to start off the first year with a token $1 trillion. [cheers and applause] and basic, quite frequently, the questions are quite clear, because when the nest egg on the keynesian economics, what would happen if the government quit spending $1 trillio

the national museum of african-american history and culture. copper son or scarlet seed, jungle track, strong, bronze men. women from whose loins i sprang when the birds of eden sang. one or three centuries removed from the land your father loved. spicy groves and cinnamon trees. what is africa to me? i too sing america. i'm the darker brother. when company would come they would send me to the kitchen. but that's all right. i'd fast go to the kitchen, i'd eat and grow fast. tomorrow, i'd be at the table. company would come, and they i . and no one could ever send me to again. yes, remember, i too sing america my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee i sing. this may be the land of thems' the land where my mothers and fathers died so let freedom ring. ring -- [ applause ] -- yes, let freedom ring. ring for the ring for the pro arriving on a nightmare. dream where man no other man will scorn. will love will bless the earth and peace has passed the dawn. dream where all were walk in freedom's way. and dream of a world where black or

of the palestinian nation he would have to be friends of the trend of nations and probably by following these methods you survive the next two or three years you have some achievements but i am telling you honestly there is the great awakening and there is a storm coming, the storm of the global weakening is on its way, and if you don't join that nation they will eradicate the rules to tyranny. if >> this is to the benefits to join the nation and the last word concluding is that until this day the history has been filled with tyranny and oppression and also we have marxism and capitalism that engaged in the oppressive measures and a larger scale that isn't to other junctures oppression is tyranny and plundering other nations if they have tried to bring furies and make different theories. i want to tell you that with the grace of god such an era has come to end. with the sound of the crushing of the capitalism and you can hear the sound of the crushing of the bones of capitalism in the world. [chanting] >> the world is in need of new order, in order based on welfare security, justice and

still to come, replacing a fixture around the national mall. the plan to help get tourists around town now that the tour mobile is history. >>> hurry, i got fire in my house! i have stairs that's on fire! help me! >> frantic calls for help as a fire sweeps through an area home. ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no right way or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules and they need a diaper that lets them do it. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs and bottom ♪ with up to 12 hours of protection, for all the freedom to play their way. ♪ pampers. it's time to play. >>> welcome back. jury selection has started in a hate crime trial against a former rutgers university student charged in connection with the death of his roommate. 19-year-old daroon ravi is accused of using a westminster abbey cam to spy -- a web cam to spy on his roommate. the case sparked conversations it the impact of bullying on young people. ravi is not charged with the death but faces charges of bias, intimidation, invasion of privacy, and tampering with evid

difficulty just by being the united nations. we didn't realize that the united nations is all the nations gathered in one place but all the troubles remained, just as they were before. therefore, we had to work to make the united nations work, and we didn't want to work, and we didn't expect to have to do this work. and now we know we have to, which is healthy, i think. >> that brings up another point, mrs. roosevelt. secretary of state dulles has just made an important speech before the american bar association in boston, the essence of which was that the united nations charter, i think he put it, was a pre-atomic age charter, and, therefore, not flexible to the times, and he recommended that the security council be stripped of the veto and said that in some future assembly in '55, i believe it was, that the united states would consider sponsoring such a move. what do you believe about that? >> it would bring about great change for the united states, because we felt that unless we had the veto, we would never get the charter thr

webcast that we reach far beyond the nation's capital. if you can't come to us, we come to you. via new technology and through our 170 affiliate museums located around the country and our traveling exhibition. so to the teachers and students who are watching, imagine your schools in a few years and what you might receive in terms of information from this museum. maybe a hologram of martin luther king might walk off the steps of the lincoln memorial and walks right into your classroom. the leaders of tomorrow have the world in the palms of their hands today. that's where you find the smithsonian, telling these important and compelling stories. so to this day, we add to america's chorus of voices, voices that inspire us to illuminate the past and ensure a better future for all. thank you very much. thank you. so please welcome a valued friend of the smithsonian and one of the museum's dedicated council members, mrs. laura bush. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you all. thank you, everybody. thank you very much. thanks so much. than

i'm the 26th chief of the national guard and during a watched the attack on the nation on september 11 2001 and the subsequent war rest the national guard to the frontline of the nation's defense. over 667,000 national guardsmen have been mobilized and deploy it in support of operations in during freedom, iraqi freedom and new dawn. at its highest point in may of 2005, the army national guard accounted for 51% of the total ground combat force in iraq. operation which has an air man general life and i and the other who are air force officers will tell you is the component that protect sky over the united states of america and have been flying in record numbers all in a volunteer status so we can be grateful for the airline and the soldiers in the national guard. as a result of the most experienced battle tested and disciplined national guard in the history of the nation. don't need to tell this audience that. you know it firsthand. although united states military and its mission in iraq and is transitioning the mission in afghanistan, the national guard is not anticipating the reduced r

in the 30s to low 40s. 44 now at reagan national. 40 in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. throughout the day, increasing clouds, into the 50s to near 60 by this afternoon. winds gusting out of the southwest around 20 miles per hour. that will continue to sweep in some warmer air. overnight tonight, we might get a passing light shower late evening until predawn on thursday. then sun back tomorrow, near 70. tomorrow afternoon. then into the 60s on friday. we're going to have a cold front coming during the afternoon with rain and gusty winds. maybe a small chance of a shower. then the big story, colder friday into saturday. saturday morning, the 20s. saturday afternoon, windy and cold, in the fourth. colder sunday. but sunny and less windy. maybe rain monday. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. starting out in mclean, virginia, making the commute, southbound route 123 at kirby road, your right lane is blocked in the area. and if you're traveling 270 southbound at the spur, left lane is blocked by the acc

the va attorneys debated the issue at the national press club. ral arguments next month in two cases challenging the law saying it is unconstitutional to require americans to buy insurance. >> welcome to the national press club news makers series. the national press club is the leading organization for journalists. i am bob weener, today's event coordinator and the news makers committee member. today, two outstanding and prominent state attorneys general, martha coakley and ken cuccinelli, will lead a national press club news makers. the affordable health care club act as a prelude to the supreme court decision of the law. ken cuccinelli brings personal experience with the state legislation and national leadership concerning the federal health care lawsuit. martha coakley has the knowledge of the massachusetts legislation and will discuss it -- state and federal law. cuccinelli filed the first lawsuit against the affordable health care act before 26 other state attorneys generals. while coakley is the expert in her home state's some called romney-

frederick douglas was denied his place in the national museum. american poet, self-educated science. he built the exhibits at the smithsonian and he served here for 50 years. he guarded the treasures, carrying out the research. developing programs and helping to lead the institution. the historical record is checkered. notably in 1891, the smithsonian's national zoo opened its grounds to african-americans on easter monday, given that the community was not allowed to participate in the celebrations on the white house lawn. well into the 20th century, curators purposefully excluded african-american history. in 1947, the descendants of christian fleetwood tried to integrate the smithsonian's collections by donating the medal of honor this black soldier had won. they were rebuffed until it was intervened. and with the poor people's march, many advised closing the smithsonian museums to keep the people out. secretary ripply did the opposite. keeping them open extra hours in order to let everyone in. now, we have come a long, long way since joseph henry

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the key for coming over and visiting, once again. >> -- >> and thank you for coming over and visiting, once again. >> it is once again. >> yes, you are right around the corner. how have things changed in the last 25 years? >> fundamentally. things have changed for domination in germany, involving communism. and then american supremacy. over the last 20 years that supremacy has become more difficult and uncertain. they have become more politically active in the world the way that all of humanity is politically active. the balance of power has shifted from west to east. politically, we live in a very different world. >> when people say that american power is of the blame, is that real or imagined? -- on the wane, is that real or imagined? >> america is still developing. so, we are still growing. resources, tnt, military capability can increase. what has changed is that others are closing in on us at a faster rate of growth and are beginning to surpass us in some dimensions. and if current relative rates of growth continue,

it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the essay she wrote in 2008, there was a sense of exhibits -- exuberance. you say that hope is not optimism that expects things to turn out well. it seems like he confused those two things. >> i will come back to what i write about in the book. the expectations were so great and high. go back to 2008. the back to the election and year when we are fortunate region were fortunate en

both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive. the other would accept war rather than let it perish. and the war came. " in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning of the conflict and as he looked toward inside conclusion. and in his mind, washington in 1861 was literally crawling with what he called insurgent agents, committed to destroying the union. his responsibility then and his justification later was that anything he did to help the nation survive was justified. and sometimes that determination took extraordinary form. i know chief judge kay and chief judge litman will be amused i hope by this story. but when chief justice roger towny acting in his capacity as a federal sir curt judge challenged lincoln's suspension of the writ in maryland early in the war, the president simply ignored it. but barely resisted, supposedly, an inclination to have the chief arrested for interfering. during the war, the court did not again attempt to judge

really is my new hometown and the nation ready for this conversation? the evidence is contradictory, confusing. on the one hand, public commemoration and acknowledgment of the role of african-americans in the war is visible in a way that was unimaginable 50 years before. national parks had been working for decades, the movie "glory" dramatized the story about the 200,000 african-americans who fought for the union. on the other hand, a recent poll shows that more than half of americans think the civil war was fought over states' rights. and the younger people are the more they are to think that, which is sobering for us who have written history books and taught classes because no historian has argued for a very long time that was the case, and yet this myth that david referred to is doing our thinking for us. the assumption that i'm skeptical of the virtue of the north so therefore it must have been a quest for states' rights for the south. you're still seeing fourth grade textbooks in virginia coming forward saying there were many black confederates beca

at the same time, our nation was in the throes of a national economic crisis based on greed and unbecoming conduct on wall street. our large and small businesses in illinois were reeling. our automakers were in dire straits. across illinois, families were losing their jobs, losing their homes and watching their savings disappear. we were off course and adrift. lacking leadership and weighed b on the day i became governor three years ago, i promised to restore integrity to illinois ethics laws and have through campaign finance reform and establish the ability to recall a corrupt governor. we have made illinois a more hi there. by legalizing civil unions and raising the standard of care in nursing homes and abolishing the death penalty and protecting the funerals of our military men ti measure of devotion to our democracy. we have made illinois a better state. all the while, we have never forgotten that we have to help every day people by building and growing illinois. we have invested in our state. making it a better place to do business. r working families andle of improving education. the

and the nation's collective psyche, if you want, had never been so shattered. and that is in part what collective memory is. it is elusive as the notion is, a kind of collective psyche. in the wake of our civil war, there were no truth and reconciliation commissions of any sort through which to process memories either of slavery or of the experience of total war, which of course so many white southerners had faced more than anybody. defeated would it southerners and black former slaves faced each other on the ground, in the south, seeing and knowing the awful chasm between their experiences, often tragically unaware of any path that would somehow lead to their racial reconciliation. yankee and confederate soldiers would however find a smoother path to bonds of some kind of fraternalism and mutual glory, the kind of mutuality of soldiers. as is always the case, in any society trying to master the most conflicted elements of its past, healing and justice in this country, from our civil war, had to happen in history and through politics. mrnz have had to work throu

the national museum of african-american history and culture. tracee wilkins is live with a preview of today's groundbreaking event. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is an exciting and also historic day because now the african-american experience and narrative will have a permanent place on the national mall. let's take a look at what this museum is going to look like. the national museum of african-american history and culture will be the smithsonian's 19th museum. and it's claiming the last available five acres on the national mall. this will be the first green museum among the smithsonian's buildings. it will be located on constitution avenue between 14th and 15th streets in northwest. that's between the washington monument and the national museum of american history. now this will be a seven-level structure with most of its exhibit space located underground which is a bit unusual. it will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of african-american life, art, history, and culture. president barack obam

the end, we know, because we live in the unity that this tragic war preserved. and in national shrines like gettysburg, we honored the men of both sides who gave what they believed to be right. ♪ >> here are the names. the last of the men in blue are gone. but the union they preserved remains. and honors for all time, the men who made it possible. and right over here is a roll call of names from the years which followed the civil war, the time when the nation grew, expanding westward, the west. charged with the task of making fr regular army. out west that meant the cavalry. the troopers who rode into that wide country were vastly outnumbered. and their adversary was often a master of combat, a rawhide tough and experienced fighter, dangerous to underestimate. this era in america's growth has passed into legend, but real men lived it. many were awarded the medal of honor. the names of their battlegrounds are obscure now, most of them. others will never be forgotten. names like little big horn, where 24 of the men who stood with custer won the nation's highest award. but whereve

now, the nsc itself was created by the national security act of 1947. and it was established to give -- the people who pushed it wanted, essentially, to constrain the president by forcing him to meet with his primary advisers before he made decisions. because they recalled that franklin roosevelt made decisions the way he wanted to, and they didn't like that. and so, now, president truman was -- created -- was pleased when the national security council was created by law as part of the national security act of 1947, but he didn't want it to constrain him. he said the president is president, there's no committee making policy, we're not a cabinet system. therefore, when the, when it came time to have a meet, he convened a meeting, invited all the senior people, basically a handful of people -- secretary of state, secretary of defense, etc. -- and then they had a number of subsequent meetings that he just decided not to go to, so he would demonstrate his independence. it was only when the korean war broke out that truman started to meet regularly with the

it is also fitting that this museum has found a home on the national mall. as been mentioned, it was on this ground long ago that lives were once traded. where hundreds of thousands once marched for jobs for freedom. it was here that the pillars of our democracy were built often by black hands. it was a long piece -- it was along the spite of the monuments for those who gave birth to this nathan -- for this nation, those who worked to perfect it. the generation will sometimes remembered difficult, often inspiration, but always central roles that african-americans played for this country. this museum will celebrate that history. our earliest days have been confined to dusty letters and faded pictures. the time will come when few people remember drinking from a colored water fountain. or boarding a segregated bus. or hearing in person dr. king's voice from the lincoln memorial. that is why what we built here will not be an achievement from our time, but will be a monument for all time. it will do more than simply keep those memories alive. just like the space m

the nation's highest honor. sponsored the legislation in the house of representatives to establish this museum. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honorable john lewis. [applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you, window for those kind words of introduction. --thank you linda for those kind words of introduction. what we witnessed today it will go down in history. it is the substance and validation of our dreams. it is the moment our people protested, strouble, and longed for. it is the moment millions of our ancestors believed in. it is that point of critical mass when an idea become so powerful it leaves the rims of inspiration and becomes visible, even to the untrained eye. this is an idea whose kind -- time has come. when i think about all it took to reach this point the civil war veterans who took up the calls many decades ago and the long years of silence -- what i think about the plane crash that killed one champion from rural alabama who spent more than half of his congressional career

we heard about their importance to the nation and to the people of nebraska. indeed, the people of nebraska felt so strongly about this issue that their legislators met in special session to draft a law to ensure the sand hills would be protected. that is why we caused the process in november 2011, paused's process. based on experience with pipelines of similar length we estimated that it would take until early 2013 to complete our assessment. in december 2011 as we were cooperating with nebraska's department of environmental quality, the temporary payroll tax cut continuation act was enacted into law. we knew that 60 days was not enough time to complete the work, and the analysis needed relevant to the national interests determination. we decided based not on the merits but on the inadequate time period and incomplete review to recommend that the president deny the permit. this now blings to hr 3548. the proposed legislation imposes narrow time constraints and creates automatic mandates that prevent and informed decision. we also feel the legislation raises s

we can continue to provide the nation with secure, reliable, affordable delivery platform. we can be profitable and be self-sustaining. we can continue to innovate and change to meet the mailing and shipping needs of the american public for generations to come. we can also be thought of differently as a successful business enterprise that performs a vital national function. it will only happen if congress develops a single, simple, straight-forward piece of legislation that provides key areas of flexibility -- the ability to determine our own delivery frequency, the ability to develop and price products quickly, the ability to control our health care and retirement costs, the ability to quickly realign our mail processing, delivery and retail networks, to streamline governance and to provide more flexibility in the way we leverage our workforce. all of this needs to be done right now. the postal service is far too integral to the health of the economic health of this nation to be handcuffed to the past and to an inflexible business model. america needs a postal service that

the country. this is an urgent national priority. after comprehensive testing, we concluded the current plan to provide such services adversely affect gps signals, and i can delve into the details in the examination as i have in the written testimony. in short, about light squared's original plan concern harmful interference with gps. the researchers could find no obvious mitigations to solve the interference issues. i'd also point out the substantial federal resources including over $2 million from the faa has been diverted from other programs in testing and analyzing lightsquared's propose proposals. if they were resolved, we still have to design fixes with known interference with high receivers for science and surveying. in the operating plan, it leaves open the opportunity to broadband and there's only a standstill on broadband use of the upper ten megahertz band. the national committee of the space based knave gages and timing group have now unanimously concluded that lightsquared's proposal are incompatible with gps use and no a

so i think the 21st century will be a century in which the nation state is alive and well. >> if your theories or predictions turn out to be true is it a bad thing for the middle west? >> i would say it is a development. it is troubling in the sense that the u.s. has run the show for quite a long time and it's been able to create an international system in which western values predominate and in which they are inseparable from the interests. we have to prepare for a world in which the west is no longer as dominant as it used to be and which the west at one point represented 75 plus% of the world trade and gdp will not shrink to well below 50%. after all, the west only represents about 15 to 20% of the global po

it will take effect in july. >>> a bit of las vegas on the national harbor. the proposal is taking a step forward. maryland state senate committee will hold a hearing on the meshh to expands gambling in thatth state. it would pave the way for table games like black jack and a possible casino in prince george county. baker is to testify in support of the bill.of if approved, it would go to voters in a statewidesta referendum. >>> coming up at 9:11, thousands of military members say theth federal government is denying them jobs because of theirth military obligations. i will chat with the washington post reporter who spoke withoke some of those upset members. >>> and president obama prepare to make oban announcement about fuel, as gas prices continue tot rise. >>> plus. >> i heard you singing al green! pick it up now. >> the president shows off his o voice again.vo this time at ia blues concert at the white house last night. here's the latest rendition,re that's ahead.t' >>> as we take you to the breakk more from the pre-ceremony atat the ground-breaking for the

but unfortunately, we do not have the national leadership that we need. we do not have a united states congress that really recognizes the need for this country to continue to grow and invest in r&d. we don't have the national leaders capable of stepping up and taking a difficult position and articulating why we must do something. i'm not interested in something for gene kranz. i'm interesting in something for my children. i'm interested in something for my children's children, because we are in the only nation on the entire earth that is blessed with the types of freedom that we've had, that has the economic potential of a great nation composed of so many different ethnic groups and types of people that are capable of doing these types of things. so we must continue to force leadership to grow. and i was privileged and proud to be part of the years when leadership flourished in this mission control. there's not one flight director who ever left here who was not inspired to do something else and to do better. and i think that is important for us to communi

they are truly deserving of the nation's affection and support. your testimony today marks the beginning of the committee's review of the fy2013 budget request for the department of defense. this year's request includes $525 billion for the base budget and $88.3 -- $88.4 billion for the overseas operations. the base budget request is $5 billion less than the fy2012 enacted level of $530 billion, and the oco request is $27 billion less than last year's enable #* acted level of -- enacted level. the base budget request conforms with the budget control act that congress passed last summer. the senator approved the budget control act on a bipartisan basis with 74 senators voting for it. the budget control act locked in defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps over ten years. the defense caps reduced projected defense spending by nearly half a trillion dollars over ten years, and department responded with a new strategy and new program to meet the nation's security challenges and preserve our military capabilities. the budget control act incl

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in the nation. not in new york. in the nation. behind detroit and cleveland. 28% of the people in buffalo are living in poverty. at a time when the state population was growing, buffalo lost 10% of the population. this is another issue that has gone on for many, many years, while the state sat by and did not take dramatic action. it doesn't have to be that way. >> 25 years ago, the capital district region, the region we're in today, albany, had a struggling economy. the state began investing in albany's high-tech industry. today, albany is home to a world class center for nanotechnology as the speaker mentioned, we just signed a new agreement with intel and ibm bringing thousands of additional jobs. and there's a vibrancy in the capital district region around nanotechnology that would not have happened but for the state's investment. if we did it in albany, we can do it in buffalo. we believe in buffalo. let's put our money where our mouth is. we're ready to invest $1 billion in an economic development package for the city of buffa

he welcomed visitors to discuss political issues before the nation. he weighed in on topics like nullifications and cessation by writing the equivalent of editorials published in the paper. these books are identical edition of books and the same titles that madison owned and many of them may be madison's. sadly his library that totalled 4,000 volumes by the end of his life was lost after his death. in his will he provided that that his library should go not ute of virginia. but unfortunately, the estate, montpelier estate, dolly placed it in the hands of her son from her first marriage and he seems nebber to have carried out that provision of the will. from here we're going to a nearby room. this room became james madison's study at the end of his life. it's very close to his library, and therefore he didn't have to move very far. in his old age and he lived to be 85, he suffered terribly and even walking was difficult and his hands became crippled. in this room we show a bust made of madison when he just passed 80 years of age. this copy of the origin

the trust for the national mall announced its founder john ackridde donated the money.ed his fundraising organization in 2007 and hopes to raise $350 million in private donations to maintain the 300-acre park. >>> on this presidents day a solemn ceremony taking place at george washington's home in mount vernon. a wreath was laid at washington's casket. the ceremony helped mark the president's 280th birthday. thousands turned out for the day long event, some of which featured reenactors from the revolutionary war period. the holiday was also marked with a parade in alexandria, one of the largest in the country to celebrate george washington's birthday and he wasn't the only president honored today. even abraham lincoln made an appearance. >>> diet soda may help trim your waistline but it may also hurt your heart. the results of a surprising study next. >>> also ahead a massive avalanche sweeps away experienced skiers, the safety device that saved one of their lives. >>> but first jeremy lin is making it big in the marketing world. fox business network's stuart varney exp

in the world on international networks, in large part because we have the amazing technology at the national security agency in order to eavesdrop everywhere. other countries, including allies in europe, they do what we do, but on a much smaller scale, and i would say even more human intelligence -- infiltrating the ira with people who were in the ira. problem with al qaeda it is it is virtually impossible to infiltrate. it is very different. it is one thing to infiltrate people who speak english. it is another thing to infiltrate and alien culture the americans rely much more on technology -- culture. the americans rely much more on technology. >> that me take a break. tell -- the folks -- to tell the folks at home, dana priest and bill arkin have put together this amazing book, "top secret america -- the rise of the new american security state," and you will be amazed as this conversation unfolds. sit tight, "this is america." >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation

l.a., a sunny 73 degrees. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. ern great lakes will see lake effect snow. rain and snow showers will fall in the ozarks and the ohio valley. rain in the southern plains will spread to the southeast. rain and mountain snow continue in the northwest and the northeast will be mostly clear. >>> in sports, the denver nuggets couldn't get it done for their home crowd. it was a big night, though, for golden state's stephon curry who scored with a pop facebook and a jumper on the way to a season high. clay thompson stole the ball and slammed it home. the warriors went on to a 109-101 victory. >>> in boston, the celtics had some fun to start their game against the l.a. lakers. kevin gar net took the hoping tip and hiked it to rondo. then they got to business. including kobe bryant's one-handed alley oop jam in the third quarter. the gape was tied at the end of regulation. the lakers bynum tipped in a bryant miss for an 88-87 victory. >>> in college basketball, it was 21 ranked wisconsin at minnesota. the badgers evans got of

here, i want to take a moment to highlight the state partnership program which pairs the national guard units of a given state with a particular partner country. one of the first such partnership relationships was established back in 1993 between the illinois national guard and the polish military. since then illinois guardsmen and polish forces have deployed together to both iraq and afghanistan, and the troops from the land of lincoln have helped the polls with such matters of a stronger nco corps along the american model. as for the reserves, we have already begun to see a further expansion of the missions and the responsibilities to help the nation meet urgent national needs. in the national defense authorization act of a fiscal year '12 for example, there are provisions allowing the service secretaries to call up, up to 60,000 reservists into active duty for as long as a year outside of times of war and emergency. this allows greater access to reserve comb poent ve component commanders and also allows the secretary of defense to activate reservists up to 120 days upon request from

rally there used to gas to disperse a crowd gathered to protest against a court ruling allowing the nation's elderly be there to run for a third term constitutional revised soon after he was elected in two thousand to impose a two term limit the president argues that since he was already in office when it took effect it should not apply to him. china has been taken over by gold fever it's believed beijing already the world's fifth largest holder of gold snapped up around five hundred tonnes of the precious metal in two thousand and eleven as double what it bought in two thousand and ten and it could be in the market for more investment and investment manager francis lund believes that beijing is wise to step away from the weakening dollar. china has the largest foreign exchange holding of any country in the world about one trillion u.s. dollars most of their u.s. dollar for several years now chinese limits wanting the government to diversify is holding of foreign exchange china's economy is still. that of the u.s. and china has about nine percent economic growth why the u.s. has about one po

one of the stops was the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee. the museum is on the side of the lorraine motel where martin luther king, jr. was assassinated in 1968. it opened as the national civil rights museum in 1991. and 2011 marks its 20th anniversary. the museum's director of governmental and political affairs, gwynn harmon, led the tour. welcome to the national civil rights museum, the the lorraine motel where dr. king was staying in 1968. what you're looking at is a part of living history. as you walk through, we'll be explaining to you america's civil rights story. not just the south story or the memphis story. this is about the american civil rights movement. because of that, and we are a national site, we start our tour experience in the year 1619. and as you walk through the space, you're walking through history and through eras. when you finish on this side, you will end on april 4, 1968. we believe here that america's civil rights movement did not stop with the death of king. he was a strong influence and strong impact on so many na

commerce is the life blood of the nation. and after september 11th, we in the congress rightly recognize the importance of securing our nation and the car go that transports overseas on a daily basis. i've had the opportunity recently really to visit some of our nation's largest ports and see firsthand the hard work that the men and women of customs and border protection and the united states coast do to help secure our nation, however it's clear more work needs to be done. whether it's through our ports or truck or what have you or coming across from a train from the canadian border, we have to always make sure that we understand the risks posed by cargo shipment in order to secure the entire global supply chain. the low gisices involved in moving goods across the global supply chain are incredibly complex. security solutions we propose should be cognizant of that reality. in today's hear, we'll exam enhow we balance maritime security and the safe guarding with our supply chain and not place a burden on the flow of goods so v

the nation's governors will also talk about hunger and the changing role of the national guard. and we'll wrap things up on monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with the closing session featuring nga president dave hideamman, nebraska's governor. >> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on "american history tv." get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> now to the virginia state capitol in richmond where governor bob mcdonnell delivered his third state of the commonwealth address in mid-january. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. you've obviously come back well-rested. mr. speaker, mr. president, justices of the supreme court of virginia, judges of the state corporation commission, ladies and gentlemen of the general assembly, my fellow virginians, good evening. it's both my duty and my privilege to join you tonight on the set of steven spielberg's epic feature film. "lincoln."

we believed it was worth it for the national security. i really think this is at that level and i feel like we are fu vulnerable. you answered where we are with the screening. you heard from a lot of the members from the committee that we really are interested in seeing you get a higher percentage of scanning. let's talk about not if something happens, but let's talk about when something happens. it was touched on terms of recovering. i know i will introduce legislation that talks about all of our ports in the country having a recovery plan because i think that would make our ports less attractive to an attack if we knew they could get up and running. in the port caucus, we will talk about a recovery plan for all of our ports. what would you suggest that we look at in terms of what would be important for our major ports to get back up in business after a major disruption? >> thank you, congresswoman for your thoughts on this subject. we take this seriously. we appreciate your seriousness about it as well. on the recovery side, it is noting

it's also fitting that this museum has found a home on the national mall. as been mentioned, it was on this ground long ago, the lives were once traded where hundreds of thousands once marched for jobs and for freedom. it was here that the pillars of our democracy were built often by black hands, and it is on this spot alongside the monuments to those who gave birth to this nation and those who worked so hard to perfect it. the generations will remember the sometimes difficult, often inspirational, but always central role that african-americans have played in the life of our country. this museum will celebrate that history. because just as the memories of our earliest days have been confined with dusty letters and faded pictures, the time will come when few people remember drinking from a colored water fountain, or boarding a segregated bus or hearing in person dr. king's voice boom down from the lincoln memorial. that's why what we build here won't just be an achievement for our time, it will be a monument for all time. it will do more than simply keep thos

now as libya celebrates the first sign a verse or a of the start of it's nato backed up rising its national transitional council struggles to take control over the country's volatile situation amnesty international has recently accused the m.t.c. of failing to protect human rights claiming that thousands of good office supporters are being held without charge and tortured all the group reports at least a dozen have died in rebel prison since september as a result of history reports from libya say former rebels want to take over power civilians remain armed as the economy has prompted since the war political scientist dr tells or two but the country's future looks grim. i see a very grim future in libya i see a civil war in libya i see it's never going to have a good stable. environment there and this is exactly what the western ones once they happen because they want to get control of all the oil all the natural resources there now these days who hold the economy control the world and this is exactly what they want i see no future no good future i hope i'm mistaken but i'm not unfortunately

they changed the course of history. and helped our nationo achieve the bigger things to which our greater nature aspires. we owe them our humblest gratitude. on behalf of nasa and all astronauts past and present, i congratulate and thank each of you, john, neil, buzz and mike, our congressional gold medal recipients today. >> ladies and gentlemen, the singer-songwriter norah jones will now sing "america the beautiful." ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ o beautiful for unseen skies ♪ for purple mountains' majesty above the plain ♪ america america god shed his grace on thee ♪ til souls max as earth and to music hearted sea ♪ till souls wax fair as earth and air and music hard at sea ♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. >> good morning. today's ceremony is a cele

i tell them the only way is to return to the nation that respects the rights of nations of the rise theseovernments that are supporting the u.s. in european countries in say being the regime, they are putting pressure on those nations they should know tomorrow will be their turn. if the americans pay attention to them, the resistance, the harm to the governments would be thrown away. all of the attention in the u.s. in the west have shown that they just think about their own interest. they are not loyal friends and they will sacrifice you see you have to turn to your nation and returned your values in return to the pure religion of the profit of islam of muhammed. [chanting] all nations and politicians must be aware that are major developments so the honesty of groups of personalities must be survey of what is the criterion? and the honesty of political figures what is the criterion for that? next to the phase-in the guide, the criteria and will be open opposition to the domineering policies of the u.s. in the west and the region and the occupation of the palestinian land and the fake a z

the nations governors will also talk about hunger and the changing role of the national guard and we'll wrap things up on monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with the closing session featuring nga president dave hide man, nebraska's republican governor. join us later for more from "american history tv." the focus tonight is on the u.s. space program. at 8:00 it's gene kranz on his experiences as nasa's flight admissions flight director. at 8:30 we'll hear from john glenn, michael collins, neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. an hour later, a nasa film about the life and exploits of john glenn. know more state of the state speeches with maryland governor martin o'malley. his address is 33 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you all very, very much. let me begin by thanking god for the goodness of maryland, for her natural beauty, for the goodness of her people, for the hope that we see in the eyes of each of our children. let me also begin by thanking the men and women of maryland who serve in our country's armed forces. [ applause ] >> i also at the outset want to thank the parents and the loved

the nation's highest honor. sponsored the legislation in the house of representatives to establish this museum. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honorable john lewis. [applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you, window for those kind words of introduction. --thank you, linda for those kind words of introduction. what we witnessed today it will go down in history. it is the substance and validation of our dreams. it is the moment our people protested, strouble, and longed for. it is the moment millions of our ancestors believed in. it is that point of critical mass when an idea become so powerful, it leaves the rims of inspiration and becomes visible, even to the untrained eye. this is an idea whose kind -- time has come. when i think about all it took to reach this point, the civil war veterans who took up the calls many decades ago and the long years of silence -- what i think about the plane crash that killed one champion from rural alabama who spent more than half of his congressional car

cyber expand the national security agency. at a recent fbi sponsored symposium, general keith alexander, the commander of u.s. cyber command, stated if a significant cyberattack against the country were to take place there might not be much he and his teams or cybercommander can legally do to stop it in advance. quote in order to stop a cyber attack you have to see it in real time, you have to have those authorities. these are the conditions we put on the table. now, how and what the congress chooses, that will be a policy decision. this legislation does nothing to address this significant concern, and i question why we have yet to have a serious discussion about who is best suited, which agency, who is best suited, to protect our country from this threat? we all agree is very real and growing. additionally, if the legislation before us today were enacted into law, unelected bureaucrats at the dhs could promulgate regulations on american businesses which own 90% of the critical infrastructure. the regulation create under this n