where did franklin delano roosevelt's problem in the pacific began? when did it began, and what was the united states policy at that point? wet where we saying that we recognized this historical movement, and if so, what was the american, what was america's opinion? and i looked back and found in the summer of 1905, president theodore roosevelt dispatched the largest delegation to age of in u.s. history. a shipload of congressman, senators and administration officials steamed from san francisco out to hawaii, japan, philippines, china, korea and back to san francisco. 100 years later to the month, i followed in the wake of this imperial cruise and i was shocked by what i found. i found many surprises that are detailed in almost every page of the book, but the central thing i found that surprised me was this hidden history that in the summer of 1905, on this imperial cruise, president theodore roosevelt blip the long historical views on the events that we would later call world war ii in the pacific, the events that would catapult my father from the sno

leon cooper, the world war ii veteran, survivor, present, of the pacific theater and steven c. barber, the producer and director of this documentary. how did you come about to do this? >> i was on a mountain bike ride 13 years ago and i ran into eddie albert. long story short, he invited me in, we got to be good friends. during the interview process he showed me this medal he had won. he was in the battle of tarawa. told me all about it, told me we lost 3,000, 4,000 men. fast-forward ten years, i meet this gentleman. i asked him -- we were at the book fair at ucla. i said, did you know eddie albert? he said, absolutely. i remember seeing him, japanese bull etds were flying flgt he was dragging marines out of the bay. i said, leon, that's 65 years ago. how could you remember that? he said that's something you'll never forget. >> larry: ed, how did they get you involved? >> i'm not sure who asked me, but i met with steven and leon, and he told me his story and what he was doing and the documentary they were working on. i saw the film and i said, yeah, i'd be happy to help out. i m

the country really galvanized behind that idea, the idea of on with expansion to the pacific. no. 2, martin van buren came out against it. he said at the time was not right. and then click came out against it. and it really destroyed the presidential prospects of both van buren and clay. polk became the compromise candidate at the democratic convention in baltimore in 1844. >> what ballot did he win on? >> ninth. >> van buren had been president. >> after jackson, elected in 19 -- 1836. he wants to get the presidency back. >> he was not for the annexation for taxes. any party today wanting to put tariffs into the mix? >> not so much. they are a big issue today. free trade bs died those who are called protectionist. they do not like that term. rigid free-trade versus those recall protectionist. they do not like that term. republicans are always in favor in reducing their rates, democrats are less in favor that. in those days away largely wanted higher tariff rates. the democrats, not so much. there was a geographical component, so in pennsylvania, a lot of industrialization, that

was he who ripped florida from spain and he, james monroe, who stretched america's frontiers to the pacific ocean. now back to the battle of trenton for a moment. as i said, monroe didn't cross the delaware in the same boat. he crossed earlier with a small squad that landed on the jersey shore to the north of trenton and circled behind the town washington landed with his troops on the riverside below the town. now what makes trenton so important is that the british had almost won the war by christmas of 1776. their troops had overarm long island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and into pennsylvania. redcoats were in sight of the american capital philadelphia. congress fled to baltimore and began debating terms of capitulation to the british. the war was over. unless washington could come up with a miracle, and he chose a young college student, lieutenant general james monroe, to help make a miracle happened. they all crossed the delaware durin

i mean, why would we spend $100 billion building a space station and then put it in the pacific? but that's what the funny profile is for that 3 billion, and within an extension of constellation, is it not? >> yes. i think that i can see a chart, but i think you are referring to option three. >> option three. >> option three was intended to take the baseline program of record, apply less constrained budget to it, just as we did any of the cases. and the program of record as you say, splashes the iss in early 2016. completes the flights of the use of it in 2015. >> how is it with what you call the constrained budget, which is the present inadequate, i will say, omb budget. i will not ascribe that to the president. >> nor me, i hope. >> but in the so-called constraint option, and yes, what you just said i think is very important, what you just said, i hope. from your lips to the presidency years. option number one, constraint that you can do that. note $3 billion extra. you are still putting the iss in the ditch in 2015, and you've got ares v and ares i. so what are you buying extra

the country really galvanized behind that idea, and the idea of the onward expansion to the pacific, number one. number two, martin van buren came out against it, said, "the time is not right." number three, henry clay came out against it, and it really destroyed the presidential prospects of both van buren and clay, and polk became the compromise candidate of the democratic convention in baltimore in 1844. >> what ballot did he win on? >> ninth. >> and van buren had been president, what years? >> he was elected after jackson, so that would have been -- well, he was elected in 1836 and defeated in 1840. >> and he was trying to run again? >> he wanted to get the presidency back. >> he was a democrat? >> he was a democrat. >> that wasn't for the annexation of texas? >> he was against it. >> you mentioned tariffs earlier, any party today want to put tariffs into the mix? >> not so much, i mean tariffs are a big issue today, it's the free trader position versus people who are called protectionists, they don't like that term. so that continues with us today, but bear in mind that that was

offensive in the critical central pacific region. e first time the united states faced serious japanese opposition. what caused you to cry there? >> i remembered all those kids being shot. that memory will never leave me. a few feet away from me i would see a kid and his teams cut to pieces. how i survived, i don't know. i remember my mother sending me letters from time to time, son, be careful. you can't be careful in a war, you're either lucky or you're not. >> the brew tailty of the campaign would soon sit home. when the american public began to see the casualties and devastation, the gruesome carnage was so disturbing that some mothers demanded the president's resignation. >> we're discussing the new documentary, return to tarawa. >> what was it like for you, ed? you had to see all this, and document it? >> well, what the documentary is really about is what leon's mission has become since he took that visit, which i really think he wants to talk about. >> what is your mission? >> to make sure the guys i saw being killed in tarawa

now texas moving towards the pacific. portunity to get an exception gephar significant pi. and i think that what he is saying is that he was the instrument of the sentiment that emerged. he emerged very powerful league in america, largely as a result of the annexation of texas. >> Ñiyou said you were reading e diary. did you read it and printed form or in long yen form? >> i get frustrated reading the handwriting of people from the 19th century. it was published by the chicago public library. i went over it very carefully. >> i access it on google. did you read it all? >> yes. i read it all multiple times. i came very close to memorizing it. >> of sick was a? >> each one was 500 pages. -- how thick was it? >> he got very upset with the secretary of state. the interesting thing about him in his controversies with buchanan was his ability -- inability to fire the man. he was called cowardly face to face. i think that was not an unfair characterization. nevertheless, -- > >> talk about the diary itself. how much did he do eve

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president teddy roosevelt's diplomatic mission to send his secretary of four common william taft to the pacific to negotiate agreements for the united states and the diplomatic missions failed from san francisco july 5, 1905 and the book describes in some detail that it was so revealing and i would say disturbing. the book has been labeled by "the new york times" as one of the 10 best of 2009. roi no he will enjoy a his talk tonight and reading his book can he will be available after the program. please join me in welcoming mr. james bradley. [applause]

al qaeda came back to targeting airliners, in 9/11, in '95, an attempt over the pacific of american airliners has the hallmark of al qaeda. it is too early to tell if it is linked to that terrorist organization, larry. >> larry: nic, how concerned are the british muslim radicalism in the uk? do they see this suspect as an on/off operator or part of a wider network? >> they haven't -- we haven't heard from british officials specifically befoabout the susp at the moment. they're concerned helping u.s. authorities with their investigation. but if you look at what the continue tell against services have said in the past few years here, they have 2,000 suspects they're following. and about 30 active terror plots they're following at any one time. it's a big problem here. it's something that they're watching very carefully. and it's also something they're very aware of, they cannot know everything all the time, and just below this radicalized level of people who want to have active terror plots, there are people who want to radicalize the population, people who go out on the streets and say the que

by the time the plane's left much of the pacific fleet had been crippled or some. more than 2,000 people were dead. >> december 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy. >> one day after the attack it was president roosevelt's request congress declared war on japan and three days later germany and italy declare war on the united states. america found itself by teeing a war in the two parts of the world the atlantic and the pacific for the first battles were gramm and american soldiers took a terrible pounding in the pacific. >> it was scorching hot and corpses were piled everywhere. nightfall we were attacked one shell landed so close i was thrown to the ground i had to hold pieces of gravel out of my face to my but then the allies 13 big victories. guadalcanal and midway island and rose about rallied the country in the name of freedom. >> this nation must place its future in the hands and hearts of the millions of free men and women. freedom means human-rights everywhere. [inaudible] >> i have a lot of women rights stuff in the book but the question is that i consi

i mean, why would we spend $100 billion building the space station and then put it in the pacific? hat is what the funding profile is within that $3 billion within an extension of consolation, is it not? -- constellation, is it not? >> option 3 was intended to take the baseline program and apply a less constrained budget to it. the program of record, as you say, splashes the iss in 2000 -- early 2016. complete the flight -- or use of it in 2015. >> how would you explain the omb budget -- in the so-called constrained option, and yes, what you just said is very important. what you just said, i hope, from your lips to the president yearears. option number one, constrained. you could do that. no $3 billion extra. you are still putting the iss in the ditch in 2015 and then you've got areas 5 and areas one. so, what are you buying extra from option 12 option 3? and in -- from option 1 to option 3? in option 3 you're getting an additional $3 billion. >> option one is the program of record, of course, with the current funding. and with that, you basically get launch vehicles with nothing to

we saw 9/11, in '95, an attempt over the pacific of american airline irs. it has the hallmarks of al qaeda. it is too early to tell if it is linked to that terrorist organization, larry. >> larry: nic, how concerned are the british authorities about muslim radicalism in the uk? do they see this suspect as an off/on operator or part of a wider network? >> reporter: they haven't -- we haven't heard from british officials specifically about this suspect at the moment, the british government said they're very concerned. the prime minister said today he's concerned helping the u.s. authorities with the investigation. but if you look at what the intelligence services have said in the past few years here, they have 2,000 terror suspects that they're following and about 30 active terror plots that they're following at any one time. it is a big problem here. it's something that they're watching very careful le aly ans something they're very aware of. they can't know everything all the time. just below this radicalized level of people who want to act out terror plots,

the visibility. i believe that u.s. pacific command supports the funding for jpac. the only reason we had a production this year was a congressionally-mandated mark. and so as i am comfortable that we have visibility. >> okay. thank you. my time is up. i will move to mr. wilson. >> thank you, madam chairman. thank both of you obviously for your dedicated service. it is an inspiring to hear you speak. additionally ambassador ray, i want to reiterate i wish you well on your return to the state department. the commitment was also an inspiring. that is what creates this question. we have heard some testimony that contracting from professional historians, archivist, genealogist, and researchers consistent carrying out current mission given that jpac is only 84% manned at this stage, to what extent has the use of contractors been evaluated to increase jpac's ability to meet the mission requirements and help reduce the backlog that remains that must be identified? >> the contracts that we use, i have contacted forensic anthropologists. i have coming on board this summer co

this was a precursor for their plan to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the pacific. e've been dealing with this now for 15 years, and the reality, the sad reality is we still have not taken any firm measures to protect passengers in terms of installing detection systems at passenger screening check pointses. second ridge, when he was in place, he did an excellent job of professionalizing tsa, putting screeners there. he did an excellent job of requiring explosive detection systems for checked baggage. but they did not address the issue of how do you screen passengers and prevent them from carrying explosives on board. >> larry: well said. what's the story with yemen. how do you read this? how deeply rooted? >> i take the samt that they're behind this completely at face value. it accords with previous operations. they try to kill the deputy minister with a petn bomb on october 28th. he hid it in his underwear and for the through metal detectors. he almost killed the prince and killed himself in the attack. they learned it was possible get it past metal detectors. petn

it was a precursor for the plan to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the pacific. we deal with it for 15 years, anded sad reality is we have not taken any firm members to protect passengers in terms of installing detection systems at paengs screening checkpoints. secretary ridge when he was in place, he did an excellent job of professionalizing tsa and putting screeners there, he did an excellent job of requires explosive detection systems for check bag kaj. they did not arrest the issue of how to screen passengers to prevent them from carrying explosives on board. >> what's the story with yemen? highway do you read this? now deeply rooted. >> it's completely at face value. they try to kill the interior deputy minister with a petn bomb on august 28th. the guy hid it in 4iz underwear and got through metal detectors. he almost killed the prince and himself in that attack. they learned from that attack that it was possible to get this stuff past metal detectors. by the way, petn is rarely used in terrorism attacks. the only ones are done by al qaeda including richard

i found 300 or 400 hits down history of a world war ii ship in the pacific. month later he gave us the name of a guy he said he flew with when we asked him if there was anyone else in his dreams. >> i want to be clear on this, bruce. he gave you the name of somebody he had flown with? >> that's right. jack larson. >> i kept asking him if he remembered what his name had been in his last life or in his dreams, and he said his name was james, but that is his name. i finally gave up on that line of questioning and finally asked him, do you remember anybody else you flew with or any friends? he said jack. jack larson. >> james, you're 11 now. you're a little older. been dealing with this for a while. what do you make of it now? do you still have these dreams? can you connect this to anything? are they starting to lessen for you? >> it has diminished -- >> so you're not remembering it as clearly as you were when you were younger? >> no. >> it wasn't like he had cognitive memory. it wasn't like you could sit and i could say, tell me about when you were on the last se

like it was during world war ii and we were in a life-and-death struggle, fighting wars in both the pacific and atlantic and africa and around the world. virtually every able-bodied person was either in the military or building ships and airplanes and weaponry to send to our soldiers. the whole country was mobilized. so we never did this to our deficit then, and we did it in a way that commenced a paydown of those debts after it was over. so i wanted to emphasize -- what i wanted to emphasize was, many of my colleagues have heard it stated, people seem to all admit it, we're on an unsustainable path. this is not a sustainable spending schedule that we are on. well, how do we get off of it? when do we get off it, if it's unsustainable? is it by producing a bill that we just voted on that increases spending at 12%, a rate of spending that would double those six discretionary spending bil bills -- accounts in, what, five, six, seven years, we double it? is that -- is that the way to get spending under control? i don't think so. and remember, i'm not counting in this 12% increase the stimulus p

smaller island countries, if wdo not cut back on the emissions we will certaiy be under thocean, the pacific ocean, a certainly these two superpers need to commit to reducing emissions. >> suarez: jocelyn dow of yana said she wanted, and expecd more from the american psident >> but wwould have wanted something path breaking, and frankly climate changing ithis process and to steup to the issue a little more, unpredictably. to be number two emier next to china all well and good but you've been emitting a l longer >>uarez: luis inacio lula dasilva of brazil is o of the rising lders of the developing world. delivered a blunt mesge to his fellow leaders, >> whawe don't agree is that e most important figures sig a piece of paper just say we signed it, but if weidn't manage to draft such a dument until now, not sure there's angel or wise man whwill come down and give us intellince that we lackedp until now. >> thrghout this long day, public and pvate meetings, therwere few indications of the real state of play. secretary oftate hillary clinn swept out of the convention center this afteron with no c

battle, by june tens of thousands of americans were dead not just at pearl harbor, but all across the pacific ocean. americans were dying on the beaches who were landed with the canadians and the brits in the famous raid. you'd had a disaster going on in north africa, and it was a total reversal of everything everybody thought was going to happen. it was terrible news. the battle for guadal canal was 20 days old today the in 1942. twenty days along. when they landed at guadal canal, they expected at max a 30-day battle. it was still going on six months later. there was absolutely no one who forecast that america could be put this that kind of a situation and yet at the end of the day 16-and-a-half million men and women serving in uniform, the nation mobilizes, and we win the war. and make no doubt about it, it would not have happened had the united states not gotten b into the war. europe would have been ruled by hitler and stalin, they would have parceled it up, and japan would have run asia. now, when you look at the way the news is being covered today and the disparaging things that are sa

in the pacific northwest. as, timber, eccentric. -- etcetera. this is supposed to be paid to the individual indians. this has been broken for the last hundred years. much of these funds have been taken from that system. this lawsuit was about accounting. we want to make certain that the systems are in place to manage these assets. host: the accounting process was done by computer? how was this done? guest: part of the problem is that there was never any single way of doing this. much of this is still on paper. even today, in some places. they want to improve the system dramatically, and utilizing the tools that are the best practices and the banking system's that have not necessarily made it to hear. and even where they have a computer system, they can be so lacking in security that you would expect anywhere else. this is a real systematic problem, that will keep the funding safe and sound. host: how many individuals are involved? >> 500,000. host: when you factor in the $3.4 billion, how does this work? guest:

seigel and caps to let you take a thesis topic that allows you to travel to the beautiful islands of the pacific? so i'll have to leave that one for book talk. i expect to see you there soon again. please join me in thanking peter goodman for his appearance at the college today. >> thank you very much. i really enjoyed it. >> peter goodman is the national economics correspondent for the "new york times." he's previously worked at the "washington post" covering telecommunications and economics. for more information, visit new yorktimes.com. >> we're at the national press club's author night and we're here with jason killian meath author of the new book, hollywood on the potomac. you talk about los angeles and the beltway and the connection between presidents and celebrities. you want to tell us a little background about your book. >> sure. washington and hollywood have a love affair going. it's been a long time love affair between the two cities. one has fame, one has power, and one wants what the other one has. and, you know, when i went into this book, there's a lot of talk about president obam

>once said, my friend served in the pacific with the marines.have known each other all the time. he said, come on, charlie. we can make it up the steps. it is important for the justices, the attorneys, the public that people always want to come up the steps. not a day comes by the we do not ask ourselves are we doing this job right? the nature of most human enterprise is to ask yourself, as an introspective way, am i doing this the right way? law is designed for that, in a way, because we have to give reasons for what we do. we have to give reasons for what we do. we have to convince ourselves. when i have to write an opinion, the first thing i have to do is convince myself. there's a lot of stuff that goes into the wastebasket. then you have to convince others. again, this court remind you of the fact that you have this job to do. >> as a local citizen, i have always remark that the design and have a suitable it is for public expression of sentiment, the protests and affirmations that go on in the court. i am sure that was not the intent of the

cooling period for the next 30 to 50 years, and the dominant cause of that are the oceans, the atlantic and pacific or in a cooling period. the co2 concentrations going up this not seem to be doing what the ipcc committee is saying. >> why is the polar ice cap disappearing? where is this coming from, if not from man-made pollution? >> i am not impressed with vice president gore's credentials as a scientist. i am impressed with his credentials as a policymaker and as a politician, and i am impressed with his entrepreneurial skill to make money off climate change, but i am not impressed with his academic credibility. a lot of what is in his movie turned out to be false in terms of the polar situation. there are more glaciers that are growing that are shrinking. the greenland ice cap that he has made such a big deal about has been shrinking for the last 6000 years as far as we can tell. if we have ice ending up on the polar cap i would say that is more natural variation than it is man-made co2. for one thing, they are not many people of around the north pole, so it is pretty hard to see how we could b

american soldiers took a terrible pounding in the pacific. >> it was scorching hot. corpses were piled everywhere. at nightfall we were attacked. when i sat up, i had to pull his pieces of gravel out of my face. >> than the allies won three big victories in the coral sea, at midway island, and at the canal. president roosevelt rally the country in the name of freedom. -- rally the country in the name of freedom. >> freedom means human rights everywhere. >> [inaudible] >> i have a lot of women's rights in the books, but the question is, and i considered writing a book on the women's right s movement? -- have ai considered writing a book on women's rights movement? other people have done a wonderful books on that, and probably will continue to. i will be do something about women. i read you a bit from the chapter on the negro leagues. this is a sidebar on the same chapter. it is called "were the men scared?" the yankees were playing a game. chattanooga's sawhors owner hadt signed a 17-year-old pitcher, jackie mitchell. when the great babe came to the plate, a new pitche

he said, charlie and i served together in the pacific as marines. we found each other all the time. come on, charlie, that's the supreme court. we can make it up the steps. it is important for the justices and for the attorneys and the public to make sure that people always want to come up the steps. we're doing the job the right way. not a day goes by when we must not ask ourselves, are we doing this job the right way? the nature of a judge or a reporter, the nature of most human enterprise is to ask yourself in an introspective way, am i doing this the right way? and the law is designed for that in a way because we have to give reasons for what we do. we have to give reasons for what we do. and the first justification for that is that we have to convince ourselves. when i am writing an opinion, i first have to convince myself. there is a lot of stuff that goes in the wastebasket. and then you have to convince others. so, again, this court reminds you of the fact you have this job to do. >> as a local citizen, i have always remark that the design and how suitable it seems to be for

the action tips off at 2:30 eastern and 11:30 pacific. at the free-throw line reeves nelson, a bundle of energy. i think he has a terrific future because he brings the attack. he bring he brings the high energy and emotion that ben howland likes so much. >> marcus: he's not going to be 20 points, 9, 10, 11 rebounds, can average 7 or 8 rebounds easily but-for-this team to be successful they have to get some offense generated through some of these recruits, smith, josh lamb jarvis. >> steve: well, can you imagine what they might have next year with smith at the post and nelson at a power forward and honeycutt off on a wing with malcolm lee and perhaps a point guard? >> marcus: they could be pretty good as soon as next year, but ben howland will have a rough go this year with the club he has. clear and green bottles let in light, which can rn traditionally brewed beer skunky. brown bottles protect better. we use higher six packs protect it from the light. we put so much care into brewing the beer that we want to protect it. grill: holy moly!!

is talking about what is happening going on in the pacific and caribbean, do you think it is worthwhilethe field. it is a very complex matter that we are handling. it is a requirement of a comprehensive approach. the enforcement model i spoke of earlier this very specific to each one of those borders and even within those borders, within specific areas, and needs to be designed for the area we are focusing on. i would absolutely love to have you and the rest of the committee members out there. i think it is critical you get a look at this first hand. >> i would like you to take my word for things, but i think it is essential. i get down there three or four times per year. they are good enough to take us around. there is no substitute for seeing it first hand, what works, what does not work, what the challenges are. it sounds simplistic to say you put it -- you put a camera and radar together, but it is difficult. the challenges are there. getting down there is a firsthand appreciation is the difficulty of this task. >> i appreciate your comments. i want to remind all of you, in particul

. >> pennsylvania was flagship of the pacific fleet. we were also flagship of the navy.s . the saying used to be the the japanese are attacking, the japs are attacking. most of us knew we would have to fight the japanese. where that trickled from i have -- where the trickle-down from i do not know. we expected to fight them eventually. we just did not know when. there was no need for radio communication. it was obvious to all the ships in the harbor we were under attack. so they had as carrying ammunition now to the 3 inch 50. i had been handed a 3 inch shell and i was getting ready to run its to the getting. the next thing i knew i was flat on my face. something went to my right side and out my rear end and i had a six inch piece thrown out of my leg. my right hand was shot open and i lost part of the left elbow and part of the muscle of a by said. they put me into a bunk and i was lying there and i saw one of the third class brit hume and go by. -- radiomen go by. i realized either somethigng is wrong with me or him. i said, it is highland. all he did was walk away. >>

memorial and i was looking at all the people there, older people that were standing there and look at the pacific side, the atlantic side. i was trying to think through my mind what they were thinking. were they remembering a friend, a colleague who didn't come back? a lot of them were sharing their experience, just by looking at them, with grandchildren or even great grandchildren and you could see the memorial and the pride and the tears in our veterans. and as i continue to walk, if you continue to walk, i went down to the korean war memorial. that was one that my family personally has experience. my uncle 12 years before i was born was killed in 1952. so my grandmother and grandfather always taught my family of the sacrifice that veterans make, particularly the sacrifice they made in their oldest son in the korean war. as you cut across the mall, there's abraham lincoln and the gettysburg address, which a lot of us -- the gettysburg part but it was dedicating a cemetery and the words of abraham lincoln and the words to our nation. and i walked by the vietnam wall. as you see families at the v

i don't think they knew where the pacific ocean was. i know they didn't. they had to guess how far it was. and lewis and clark chartered it in 1803 and 1804. that's when we found out. not in 1789 when the constitution was ratified. this dream of manifest destiny, this dream of this great nation wasn't really in the imagination of the founding fathers. yet in 13 years we got where we did with the ratified constitution from the time of the declaration. you look in iraq and afghanistan, both of those countries have outpaced the development speed of the united states of america itself if you measure elections and even if you measure legitimate elections. if you measure the ratification of constitutions where there was no tradition before. so we should be, i think, respectful of the accomplishments that have been made in iraq and afghanistan. it takes a long time to build institutions. we shouldn't just automatically think because when we opened up the geography book when we were studying eighth grade geography and that wooden pointer said here's pakistan, here'

it is not very often that leaders from countries as diverse as cuba in the pacific, ghana and africa, brazil, and the united states of america come together to fight and succeeded a common cause. it is not often that they come to a table to speak with you to seek a collective solution to a common challenge. today, ladies and gentleman, represents one of these unique occurrences. the entire world, including my own tiny island, grenada, and the rest of the nation's come together to find solutions to a common climate problem. we must do so in a cooperative and it is of the tory manner, chipping away toward a solution that we need -- and up anticipatory -- participatory manner, chipping away toward a solution that we on it. we must act because there are millions of people depending on us to provide them with the assurances that their homes, their livelihoods, their communities, and their countries will not be swept away in the coming wave -- the coming wave of climate change. they are providing -- they are depending on us to provide that the at the systems are preserved for this and futur

and boeing is a great company in the pacific northwest. and i'm proud of the 787. there are over 900 orders, and it's a great airplane. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? mr. moran: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. moran: madam speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. please remove your conversations to the cloakroom. the gentleman may proceed. mr. moran: madam speaker, there are those in congress who want to restrict antibiotic use in agriculture. they overlook the good it does to improve animal health if they are restricted to only treatment of already sick animals, it will increase the abundance and safety of our food supply. when -- mark banned it for growth promotion in pigs, animal deaths and disease rose requiring the use of more drugs for therapeutic purposes. meanwhile, there was no improvement in human health. potential increases in the occurrence of food-borne illness is another concern. an ohio state un

but we'll see many, many more people not water stress and southeast asia and in the northwest pacific. so we'll have a distribution impact. that's why this is a hard sell. southern europe or western u.s. that's what i think it is important to talk about numbers. there we see a net benefit. again, the story isn't the one where you can't just take global warming is bad for good things and good for bed. that's unlikely to be true. it will have a bad impact but we have to have all the information. >> what would be your response to the argument that the debate over global warming has actually distracted us from what is a very real potential catastrophe, and by that i mean the collapse of the global ecological system? for example, china, with a population of over 1 billion people is growing at nine, 10, 11% rate for your. india at a rate of 8%. the united states, from 30 million at about 34%. these nations are growing in an extremely ecologically destructive fashion, and also in a way that, we're talking about the pollution of aquifers. talking about the death of the oceans. we're talking a

. >> pennsylvania was flagship of the pacific fleet, and we were also, i believe at that time, flagship of the navy. it was admirable ken shipp. he just happened to be not on it that day. when we used to go out on patrol, and they would have general quarters, the saying used to be the japs are attacking as we'd run to our battle station, and most of us knew that eventually we were going to have to fight the japanese. now, where that trickled down from, i have no idea. i suppose from the politicians, the officers, the officers to us, but we expected to fight them eventually. we just didn't know when. there was no need for radio communication. it was obvious to all the ships in the harbor that we were under attack, so they had us carrying ammunition out to the 350. i had just been handed a three-inch shell, and i was getting ready to run it out to the gunee, and the next thing i knew i was flat on my face. something went through my right thigh and out my rear end, and i had a six by inch piece blown out of the left thigh. i had five peefs shrapnel in the left leg. my right hand was shot o

aid is not very often leaders from countries as cuba in the pacific, and ghana and africa, poland brazil united states and americans come together to fight and succeed at a common cause. it is not often that leaders from 120 countries come to the table to seek collective solution to a common challenge. today, ladies and gentlemen, represents one of these unique occurrence is to read the entire world including my own tiny island, grenada and the rest come together to find solutions to our common climate problem we must do so and a participant remember. ladies and gentlemen those of us gathered here today have the unique responsibility to act. we must act now, ladies and gentlemen because there are millions of people depending on us to provide them with assurances that their homes livelihood communities and countries will not be swept away in the wave of climate change. they are depending on us to provide assurances that life dependent ecosystems and the ecosystem goods and services are preserved for this and future generations. they are depending on us to act to protect our plan at. we mu

the american renewal is happening. right now. it doesn't cover everything. >> larry: tomorrow we'll be on 9:00 pacific, midnight eastern following the obama address on afghanistan. judge jeannine pirro had harsh words for the salahis and the secret service. you can read her blog at cnn.com/larryking. if you agree or don't agree, we want to hear about it and i can't even pronounce my own name. tareq salahi has been in a feud with the family about a business in virginia. >> i was just as surprised as everybody else was. this is something that i don't think has ever been done before. i can't say i'm proud that he's done this. i was just as surprised as the rest of the nation was. i was shocked by it. but i don't definitely put it past him and his wife to do something like this. i think an investigation is going to be done by both the white house and secret service. that's my understanding. so i think they should definitely be treated like anybody else. celebrity status or not. >> larry: casey, every dinner, every seat at the white house is accounted for at a state dinner. do you know if they were able to sit down and dine? >> my und

today testimony from a peru viian who watched the glaciers melt. and a pacific islanders who may become the first countries to disappear from world maps, a bangladeshy driven from her land by rising salt water. and a ugandan farmer who has tried to feed a large family as too little and then too much rainfalls. >> mostly 2007 that's when we changed from no more rain to drastic rain, from no more rain to flood, from no more sunshine to drought . there has been a lot of changes in climate . >> suarez: and speaking to a packed meeting room at the copenhagen conference, this woman told her audience that fairness demands that the world's poor receive support from the industrialized world to deal with a life-and-death challenge she did nothing to create. >> the reason why we need this money is because it is increasing day and night because of the climate changes. and of which the climate changes they're the ones making us to suffer. the effects of climate change. >> suarez: former irish president mary robinson and retired south african archbishop desmond tutu were on h

want to recognize donna christiansen from the virgin islands and mike honda, the chair of the kpac, caucasian pacific american caucus from california. thank you. cynthia? >> thank you, congressman scott, for including me in the panel of luminaries tackling the seemingly intractable achievement gap. my name is cynthia robbins. as a lawyer and activists committed to justice and education along with distinguished prof. of law dr. edgar cahn, i have added the justice initiative. if you remember nothing else of what i have to say today please remember that i came here to say yes we can. that slogan embraced by the campaign of president and nobel laureate barack obama:bayou s w founder cesar chavez, captures the essence of the legalegacy o promise. there are many examples of educators and families saying yes we can level the playing field. one example shows the movements core values of reciprocity and co-production at work. by offering our gifts and talents and receiving the fruits of our neighbors's labor we produce the type of community we want and need. the example i am sharing, ordinary fifth and sixth

she fell in love with the pacific and soon returned. she's trained school librarians and raised public awareness about the importance of reading in enriching the quality of our lives. ruth eventually turned from managing the books of others to writing her own. she also established her signature column, "on my mind." over the many years of commenting on island issues, she's strived to be fair, objective, informative, and entertaining. judging by the popularity of her column, today a much-read and respected blog among people if many different backgrounds, i believe she has succeeded. at the age of 50, she took up scuba diving and has accumulated a record of over 400 dives. enamored with the rich coral reefs she encountered under water she became a fierce defender of all natural environments. she advocated for forest the cleanup of p.c.v. contamination, protection of the historic beach, and creation oaf the national marine on numet -- mononumet -- monument in the northern mariana islands. she has formed several environmental groups, includi

hillhouse was deployed to the pacific theater of operations during world war ii. notably, mr. illhouse participated in the heroic defense of the island of the american filipino forces against the japanese forces seeking to advance on manila bay. the island fell to japanese forces in mid 1942 and mr. hillhouse subsequently became one of approximately 75,000 american and filipino prisoners of war taken in the baton peninsula. during his over 3 1/2 years in captivity, mr. hillhouse bravely survived the infamous baton death march as well as periods of slaved labor in the philippines and on the japanese main land. in recognition of wounds he received during the action in the philippines, mr. hillhouse was awarded the purple heart in 1984 and also received the bronze star for his sdwrished military service. -- distinguished military service. following his return to white springs, mr. hillhouse continued his commitment to public service as a dedicated employee of the united states postal service. for nearly 30 years. specifically, mr. hillhouse served as postmaster of white springs fr

. >> and the fall upon the questions of senator ben nelson in terms of benchmarking, the u.s. pacific benchmarks for this period when the withdrawal of american troops would begin? there would be only this many american casualties or this many afghan troops trained? we talked about that before. >> we would not have u.s. casualties as a benchmark. but we have some very specific benchmarks, both for us and for the afghans -- and for our international partners as well, in terms of whether they are pulling commitment -- fulfilling commitments that have been made. >> he mentioned 5000 to 7000 troops more from our international partners. you have been in the -- in the past, you've been critical some what of those troops. do you believe that these troops that are coming will be caveat- free and be able to engage? >> one of the positive developments over the last year, but especially since the nato summit last spring, has been a fairly steady reduction in the number of kattegat's -- caveats that are being imposed. you heard the german defense minister for the first time in germany refer to wh

the business. that's 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. queen latifa is with us. st year the "new york times" quoted you as saying i dponlt have a problem discussing the topic of someone being gay, but i do have a problem discussing my personal life. so in this era of 24/7 media, how do you draw a privacy line being in the public eye. how do you do that? >> you just draw it. you just call it. i mean people can choose to deal with their personal lives however they choose. i can't tell another celebrity how to handle their personal lives. some like to live their life out in the open, they want you to come into their kitchen and watch them cook and they want you to come with them with their kids to the park and i just can't really see myself living my life like that. i feel like what i do with the public is what we share together and what i do when i'm off the clock is my business and i just want to keep it for myself and my family and my friends. i don't want to really share it with the world. >> larry: why do you think the world has such an interest -- why do you th

the hour. >> larry: that is 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. ug, you wrote the article for the associated press. was this a vote of your writers? >> no, it was a vote of newspaper editors who are members of the associated press. a project we started back in october. and the voting took place over the last three weeks or so. >> larry: part of it was prescandal and part of it post the scandal. >> that was probably one of the more fascinating parts of the vote. more than half the ballots were returned after the accident on november 22nd. and the voting trend stayed the same. tiger built a pretty good lead early. then you had the accident, then the scandal unfolds, and he picks up even more votes as he goes along. >> larry: more votes. who finished second? >> lance armstrong. tiger had 56 votes and lance armstrong had 33. >> larry: as a former golfer and analyst with the golf channel, it wasn't husband of the decade. so you got an argument with it? >> no. you're right. absolutely. it's not person of the decade or husband of the decade. it's athlete

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his president and chief executive officer of the central pacific mortgage officer. from 2004 to 2008, john courson served as the director of the california housing financing agency. certainly a wealth of knowledge for the market had -- industry. to john's left is mike calhoun, president of the center for responsible lending. truth in advertising -- i have known him for quite a long time work on this for a long time. i will be brief. he works for an non-profit research organization dedicated to their terms for low wealth family. cr.r.l. has worked for regul ations to modify pay that lending and other three he currently serves as the vice chair of the federal reserve consumer advisory council. certainly we have a very distinguished panel to talk about these topics. we would jump right in. my goal is ask questions. feel free to interrupt each other if someone says something that you find incredibly provocative or say that you really want to agree with you. which may not happen, but we will see. [laughter] and i'll do my best not to an sec -- and serve my own personal op

there is no case law that talks about the interpretation meaning that if an investor told the broker to purchase pacific securities, that seems to be very clear case where we could come in, but if you did not have that line of securities requested, and most of us don't. that does not seem to be covered. do you have a thought? >> the first i learned was when i saw the written testimony and i have to tell this body that there is no authority in the statute for the fcc's position. nowhere does it say that the full protections of the statute are reserved for customers who make their own investment decisions, but not for customers who rely upon financial advisers. if you analyze the economics of what they are suggesting, instead of protecting investors, which is what we found them to do, they are protecting the industry funded insurance company because the vast majority of americans do not make their own investment decisions. my clients are in their '70s, '80s and '90s. they do not have the capacity to decide if they should buy something on one day and sell it the next day. they go to brokers and make those