thomas friedman, always an honor to have you on the program. thanks for your insight. >> great to be with you. tavis: up next, dorothy roberts on the link between race and genetic science. stay with us. dorothy roberts is a professor of law at northern and the chair to have board of directors at the black women's health imperative. her new text is called "fatal invention: how science, politics and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century", good to have you on the program. >> thank you. thanks for having me. tavis: what is the fatal invention? >> fatal invention refers to race in the united states. i say it is an invention because it is a political system that was created out of slavery and colonialism that continues to exist today to govern people and it is not a natural division among human beings. that's why i call it an invention and it is fatal because it has caused devastating inequalities that continue to this day. tavis: i'm not naive in asking this question, but if post the human genome project, we know we are not that di

. >> and so are howard dean and thomas friedman. >> pass this jobs bill. pass this bill. let's pass this bill. >> pass this bill. pass this bill. >> pass this bill. >> let's do this. >> and ronald reagan's daughter doesn't think the republicans running for president really get ronald reagan. >> you're asking a hypothetical question. >> there's only one candidate that's won anything in this race and it's me. >> this pretty boy or that pretty boy? >> oh, goodness. >> the reagan revolution. >> rick perry likes to portray himself as a straight talking cotton farmer's son. >> president reagan's daughter, patty davis, joins me. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> does any of the blame belong to you? >> yes, because for many years i was a democrat. oh, shut up. >>> the american jobs act is now in the hands of congress. today in the rose garden, president obama unveiled his jobs bill, 155 pages of legislative language that detailed the broad proposals the president laid out last week in his nationally televised speech to congress in which he urged hem to pass p

. >> "know your times columnist thomas friedman -- new york times" columnist thomas friedman joined us this morning. with the co- authors of a new book, thomas friedman andichael mandelbaum, "that used to be us." you call this a wake-up call. you address the wake-up call. gues we argue that the reason this book has a backward- looking title but a four-looking book, we had a formula for success in this country and it has gotten away from the senate fundamental way. it was to educate our people, up to whatever the level of technology is, the cotton gin or the steam shot or the computer. second was infrastructure, road, helicopters. we had the world's most on immigration policy to attract energetic individuals. we had the most government- funded research. entrepreneurs could fall -- plucked off the flowers. that was our formula for success. it was backed hamilton and lincoln. but at the last decade, a decade that we call the terrible twos, you see the arrows pointing down on all five cylinders of tarp formula. host: you decided to write a book and a pep talk. michl mandelbaum. guest: we a

host: thomas friedman, let me get your response to this headline.ir currency manipulation bill, what do you make of that? guest: i am all for taking on china whether stealing american intellectual property or manipulating its currency. remember, when they overvalue their -- when they undervalue their currency, excuse me, they are subsidizing everything that they sell to us. for 10 issues are cheaper, your computer is cheaper. we do need to keep that in mind, but they are also taking american jobs. i just not think that is the only thing that will solve the problem. host: a lot of people calling in to you. a democratic collar in portland, oregon. -- caller in portland, oregon. caller: i heard him on another new show blaming baby boomers for being an obstacle for the american dream. i wanted to say debt i'll live with and economists -- i live with an economist to as good a forecasting things like the housing boom and what that would cause. how that would affect our economy. when you said baby boomers were a problem today, i wanted to say that i get ve

thomas friedman a great read. thanks for being with us. thomas friedman, "that used to be us." iscussion. thank you, thomas. >> good adult conversations today. >> of this idea that we forget as we talk about the dismantling of our nation, that there are inventions in the world that came right from america. >> you never can count america out. i always say, someone once told me america has been grieving the loss of its middle class for 350 years. is the american dream dead? hopefully there's something that innovates and reenergizes it. >> on the subject of the politic, unless we change our primary system, which appeals to the most extreme voters, then a third candidate isn't likely to make much headway. there's got to be changes in the system before we come up with this -- >> right. the system ensurge encourages e. >> right. >>> what the president thinks about his re-election in 2012. that's next. have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real ch

host: thomas friedman, let me get your response to this headline. their currency manipulation bill, what do you make of that? guest: i am all for taking on china whether stealing american intellectual property or manipulating its currency. remember, when they overvalue their -- when they undervalue their currency, excuse me, they are subsidizing everything that they sell to us. for 10 issues are cheaper, your computer is cheaper. we do need to keep that in mind, but they are also taking american jobs. i just not think that is the only thing that will solve the problem. host: a lot of people calling in to you. a democratic collar in portland, oregon. -- caller in portland, oregon. caller: i heard him on another new show blaming baby boomers for being an obstacle for the american dream. i wanted to say debt i'll live with and economists -- i live with an economist to as good a forecasting things like the housing boom and what that would cause. how that would affect our economy. when you said baby boomers were a problem today, i wanted to say that i ge

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joining us now, "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman.d new book out that he co-authored. the book is entitled, "that used to be us: how america fell behind in the world and how invented and how we can come back." congratulations on the new book. i'll start off with a clip. it will be obvious why i'm playing this clip. listen to this. >> it makes no sense for china to have better rail systems than us and singapore having better airports than us and we just learned that china now has the fastest super computer on earth. that used to be us. >> now we know how you got the title. is that plagiarism a little bit? >> no, we quoted it. >> you obviously are giving him full credit. that used to be us but it's not us anymore. what happened? >> well, you know, wolf, this is a forward looking book with a backward looking title much the reason is that we argue we had a formula for success in this country. ut was built on five basic principles, educate our people up to and beyond what the technology is so he had can master it, have the world's best inf

first of all, thomas friedman volution information technology, the nation's chronic deficits and our consumption. their conclusions is we're failing to meet our future requests. our future demands. in other words, we're watching a nation in decline. >> well, is that news? >> is there any doubt about that? >> no. >> yes. >> europe is also in decline and china and india and brazil on the rise. we got to get adjusted to that and be competitive, which requires -- >> suppose the euro zone fails. that's the zone of economic policy. is that going to affect us? >> sure it's going to affect us. john, the west is in decline. somebody 10 years ago wrote a book called death of the west. you might be familiar with it. >> the theme song. >> lit >>> prediction, pat. >> obama won the jewish vote by 57 points last time, he won't win it by 37 this time. >> romney will aggressessively compete in iowa in hopes of taking out perry. >> mitt romney will win the republican nomination for president. >> mort? >> obama won the jewish hate to >> warren will be defeated in her bid against brown and senator for m

host: thomas friedman, let me get your response to this headline.heir currency manipulation bill, what do you make of that? guest: i am all for taking on china whether stealing american intellectual property or manipulating its currency. remember, when they overvalue their -- when they undervalue their currency, excuse me, they are subsidizing everything that they sell to us. for 10 issues are cheaper, your computer is cheaper. we do need to keep that in mind, but they are also taking american jobs. i just not think that is the only thing that will solve the problem. host: a lot of people calling in to you. a democratic collar in portland, oregon. -- caller in portland, oregon. caller: i heard him on another new show blaming baby boomers for being an obstacle for the american dream. i wanted to say debt i'll live with and economists -- i live with an economist to as good a forecasting things like the housing boom and what that would cause. how that would affect our economy. when you said baby boomers were a problem today, i wanted to say that i get

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and he's thomas friedman. >> and he's thomas friedman.ntelligent americans do know what we've got to do. we've got to slow down the rapid growth of entitlement programs, tax reform that broadens the tax base, brings more money into the government. we've got to have short-term growth and long-term debt savings. the it's not hard. it's really not hard to figure this out. but there's not a single national leader that's saying this. >> and there's a reason because politically it doesn't work and that's just the way it is. if it worked, they would all be saying it. it doesn't. and that's why someone like chris christie who could come in and be really blunt, i don't think would go very far. >> but in terms of solving our problems? >> i hope i'm wrong. >> i think if somebody would tell the truth, there would be followers. >> you may well be right, but at the moment, they're not only not saying it, they're not doing it. this super committee, i think everybody thinks the probability of anything good of coming from that has dropped. these people, ?

why don't we read thomas friedman? >> i would love to! >> what does he say about jackie?'re going to hate this. is it weird enough yet? that's the title. we need revenue to balance the budget. we need sustainable, clean-tech jobs. we need less dependence on mideast oil. and we need to take steps to mitigate climate change just in case governor perry is wrong. the easiest way to do all of this at once is the gasoline tax or price on carbon. would you rather cut social security or medicare to pay a little more per gallon of gas and make the country stronger, safer, and healthier? it still amazes me that our politicians have the courage to send our politicians to war but not to ask the public that question. >> mika, what do you think of thomas friedman? >> i think it's fabulous. and i'm sorry, i don't know if it's what we absolutely need, but we need to pay for the things we engage in, especially if we send our young men and women out to war, we don't cut taxes taxes, we think of a way to pay for it. >> if the president proposed the gas tax now -- >> he would lose. no, i agr

they call a puckster is like thomas friedman it's out so-called free trade policies and sell off our factories and manufacturing jobs to the lowest bidders around the world well forgetting that our nation's first treasury secretary alexander hamilton george washington's treasury secretary laid out an eleven point plan literally called the american way that promoted protectionism and promoted american industries and not so-called free trade these guys give millionaires and billionaires the power to run amok in our politics claiming that corporations are people and as people we have the right to free speech and to dump as much money into our elections as they develop leads while forgetting that none of the founding fathers considered corporations important enough to even mention them in our nation's constitution and that the author of the declaration of independence and self thomas jefferson had a deep seated mistrust of too much corporate power and fought tirelessly to include freedom from anomalies in the bill of rights jefferson described corporate powers the powers that be as the s

course the global economy as well, i spoke a short time ago with the "new york times" columnist thomas friedman, author of the new book "that needs to be us." tom, you talk about the need for a grand bargain for the american economy to jump start it. do you think now with president obama's jobs proposal that he has been in ohio pitching today that america has one? >> i think we have a third of it. the grand bargain has to have three parts. it has to cut spending and identify where we're going to cut it, largest is from entitlement programs, but other areas, too, and raise revenue. we can't take everything from medicare and social security. that would be way too painful. we need to invest in our historic formula for success. what the president has been talking about is that investment side, where we're going to invest so we can both stimulate the economy and also have more stimulation of new ideas through infrastructure, et cetera. that's an important third. he has promised next monday and that will be just as important. >> so there is a political climate in the country, particularly we see it d

. >>> coming up also the "new york times" columnist thomas friedman, david axelrod, chuck todd, and "the washington post" genome robinson. up next we have the top stories in this morning's political playbook. first here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> we're waving good-bye to summer in a lot of locations this week and key can do that in minneapolis, kansas city, minneapolis, chicago. looks like your heat is over. in texas it continues. this is eye popping. 103 yesterday in dallas. today we're going to be 106. it's never been this hot this late in the summer. just a really cruel time for that drought-stricken area. on the east coast it's looking beautiful today, very much like the middle of summer. mid 80s. a little humidity. but it will be dry. and appreciate it because it is going to be over soon. look what happens in washington, d.c. today upper 80s. then by friday in the upper 60s. that's your high temperature. as i said before, texas is reel it spot to watch today. san antonio, houston, oklahoma city, everyone will be in the hundreds. you don't cool off until about

don't learn how to think critically for themselves number on what they should also know quickly, thomas friedmane wor is flat, i'm not so sure it's flat as tilting and it tilting more against us. that is to say we are in a global environment. a glob world. if we don't get this education right for our children, the country endsp being bearing the brunt of that. a renewed focus on children is a renewed focus on this country. >> just a word about the discipline in the global economy. a lot of outsourcing, which a lot of us regret, takes place not because wages are lower, but skills are better. people go to india because they know math and science better. a wd for the disciplines here. >> do we need more vocational education? >> yes, we do. if you look right now in this job market, people are lking for welders, mechanics, plumbers and aeronautical engineers and we have too much disdain for that. >> quickly, president shalala, i have one question, should college athletes be paid? >> no. they should not be paid. i feel very strongly about that. i do know that we still have a magnificent higher educati

host: thomas friedman, let me get your response to this headline.eir currency manipulation bill, what do you make of that? guest: i am all for taking on china whether stealing american intellectual property or manipulating its currency. remember, when they overvalue their -- when they undervalue their currency, excuse me, they are subsidizing everything that they sell to us. for 10 issues are cheaper, your computer is cheaper. we do need to keep that in mind, but they are also taking american jobs. i just not think that is the only thing that will solve the problem. host: a lot of people calling in to you. a democratic collar in portland, oregon. -- caller in portland, oregon. caller: i heard him on another new show blaming baby boomers for being an obstacle for the american dream. i wanted to say debt i'll live with and economists -- i live with an economist to as good a forecasting things like the housing boom and what that would cause. how that would affect our economy. when you said baby boomers were a problem today, i wanted to say that i get v

. >> this weekend's "new york times" columnist thomas friedman says that israel is aadrift at sea aloneisolating itself further from the rest of the region. what's at stake for the future of israel here? >> well, i think israel dwells alone. this sounds like a biblical expression, if you will. and now it dwells alone all the more so, given the se serve severance of the ties. this makes them ironically more reluctant to give into the palestinians. you can see the logic. the region is so hostile, concessions much 45harder to co by. >> another twist. the tensions between tsurkey an israel. heating up. turkey is an ally and someone the u.s. has sworn to defend. if they continue to go after, whose side is the united states on? who do we defend? >> we try to avoid, if you will, the reckoning. it's clear the territory we are familiar with, the turkey led by the military establishment, by the bureaucracy, the turkey, his foreign policy which dominated turkey the last 7 a ye0 years o that's come to an end. there's much more activist in the region and drawing much closer to the arab world and has

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i'll read you what was a fascinating article by thomas friedman, pretty damning about the administration in israel. he said i've never been more worried about israel's future. the crumbling of key pillars of israel's security, the peace with egypt and stability of syria and jordan coupled with the most diplomatically inept and strategically incompetent government in israel's history have put israel in a very dangerous situation. strong words. >> i appreciate tom friedman, but the developments in the arab world, what's called the arab spring, a political weaken we have not witnessed since the ottoman empire is not something created by us or caused by a conflict with palestinians. it would happen and is something which is beyond our control. it mike take place anyhow. we should not hold ourself responsible for whatever happens in the arab world. on the other hand, if you mentioned gaza. you know, in gaza strip we are no more an effective holder of the area. there is hamas government. we gave it to the fatah. and they lost it in a coup d'etat to hamas terror organization with no ground to t

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join me, a man with strong opinions about the state of the nation, thomas friedman's an economist from the "new york times" and the author of "that used to be us: how america fell behind in the world we invented and how it can come back." you wrote a pretty damning column this morning in the "new york times," basically saying how all these middle eastern dictators get toppled because they've been found wanting in the truth department, so the same thing is happening to dem accuracies because the wider public armed with social networking and so on can now see through the lies. >> well, i was quoting a singaporean tip mat who had made that point. the real point of the column was really to look at how two different republican presidents had dealt with two great historical turning points. dwight i'den hour used the cold war basically as a vehicle to pull the american people together and to inspire us to do nation-building at home. to build out our highway system. to develop a space program. to put massive research into science, foreign languages. and we basically used the cold war to make u

i spoke with to thomas friedman from "the new york times" about that. i also got his take on the brutality of the syrian regime. why he calls them the sopranos without the charm. that's next. >>> also ahead crime and punishment. the man held in the connection of the disappearance of american robyn gardner in aruba gets a big name lawyer. >>> the story behind this incredible video. eyewitnesses rushing to the aid of a stranger, saving the life of a motorcyclist pinned underneath a car. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ but not in my neighborhood. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're throwing away misperceptions about natural gas vehicles. more of the vehicles that fuel our lives use clean american natural gas today. it costs about 40 percent less than gasoline, so why aren'

>> thomas friedman on "meet the press" a couple weeks ago, he talked about how we have to adapt in thevent our job, and then reinvent our job. we have to make our job vital to our company's growth. now, there's some jobs in our workforce where you really can't do that, but there are sop that are. that means taking extra computer classes, taking managerial classes. seeing what's needed in your company and filling that need and being aggressive about it. >> or in society. >> absolutely, absolutely. and you know, this hope -- the upcoming political race, you know, the upcoming -- all the races, the races for congress, the races for presidency, it isn't so much to me about being elected, it's about losing the job. >> and fear of -- >> fear of being fired, fear of not being able to have that cushy job in washington. i think that's a lot of what motivated these elected officials, including the president. >> and the point is that the fear is fuel for creativity and production and innovation if you harness it for that purpose. >> but it's very difficult to harness. what do people normally do?

this morning, a special discussion featuring "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman, co-author of the book "that used to be us: how america fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back" and previewing political battles ahead in the 2012 campaign as republicans prepare to square off with the new force in the republican field, texas governor rick perry. also with us this morning, historian and author, doris kearns goodwin, paul gigot, democratic congressman from los angeles maxine waters, and political strategist mark mckinnon. and as the nation prepares to mark ten years since the 9/11 attack, army captain and veteran of iraq and afghanistan, joseph kearns goodwin joins his mother doris to talk about how that day changed his life and how the attacks defined his generation. ♪ >>> good morning. labor day weekend marks the unfortunate end of summer and kicks off an intense, high stakes political season. if there was a head line that underscores what this campaign is all about, saturday's lead news in "the new york times," zero job growth latest bleak sign for the u

not just the sean hannity books covered, but make sure you read one of those liberal books, the thomas friedman books, books that influence the people running our white house right now. what's the other question? where would you start for conservatives; right. nash1 the answer if you want a history as the professor says. i would -- i do -- i do think starting with a buckley book is not -- it's just not any -- and any buckley book that sort of -- maybe not his mystery novels, but that's not going to give you an overview, but it does give you a sense that our movement is not just about politics, and so, yeah, read one of buckley's books. >> opening up to student questions. we are running short on time, but we have a few minutes for the student questions. >> while the first person comes up, can someone sends the book lists around? >> and you get a free book. >> lucky gold stamps. [laughter] let's take the first question. >> okay. this question is for a friend, and he wants to know for a conservative prelaw student, what book would you guys recommend for him? >> i would -- i would recommend probabl

along the same lines, we will be live with new york times journalist thomas friedman this afternoon who recently co-wrote a book looking at the united states' role in the world. the book is called "that used to be us," the event hosted by the johns to be cins university school of advanced international studies beginning at 5:30 eastern today at booktv.org. in keeping with the international theme, the united nations general assembly is meeting in new york city this week. during this break we will show you some of the speeches from earlier this week. first up, syria's u.n. representative followed by the ambassador from egypt and later libya's acting prime minister. these speeches altogether last about an hour. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: present at the 66th session, allow me to congratulate you as your actions as president of the general assembly. i wish you success in your endeavors to promote the interests of our international organization. i also pay tribute to your predecessor and express to him our appreciation for successfully presiding ove

i just don't think -- mark is right, i think thomas friedman's right, i think the canvas is being setmberg, just as an example. the appeal he would have to both sides. and the non-agenda. and we were talking about this off camera. it is right. people are looking at this thing saying it don't work. it's broken, and it is. >> it's more right than it was in 1992 when ross perot ran. who would be the ideal guy? colin powell, evan bayh, chuck hag hagel, bob kerry? >> oh, my lord. >> katty kay, i'm moving to canada. >> one of the things that would make this so viable is that the media would be a great accomplice. because they want it to happen. >> so it's almost -- >> like i say -- >> free press off this. >> they will go -- >> but inside the echo chamber and not necessarily -- >> what do you mean? this is a potential party or ticket that people up and down the east coast would find very appealing. that would take a percentage of independents -- >> and then would vote for obama. >> the republican party or the democrats, both parties could be hurt by this. but it is not -- >> this is not -- >

also, thomas friedman of "the new york times." he's here, got a brand new book out. a big show, but it happens to be a big show every single day. >> that's just how you roll. thank you so much. see you in a couple of minutes. >>> meantime, this is a tough story coming up. >> and the time that i've been with hendersonville for 17 years now, this is the only time that i've seen a crime such as this. >> here's the story. this woman doesn't tell anyone she's pregnant. gives birth to twins, what police say happens next is both horrifying and baffling. coming up next, where they found these lifeless newborns and why, why, this may have happened. the tragedy of september 11 united our country. this year, as we open the 9/11 memorial in new york city, we ask that you join us to honor, remember, and reunite. you can help right now by texting the word "hope" to 80088 to give $10. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] you won't find the toughness of a ram 1500 combined with the legendary power of a hemi v8 in any other truck. it's a beautiful thing. guts. glory. ram. >>> a dist

then thomas friedman of the book "that used to be us. they take your calls. been able to get the u.s. freight rail industry. it is like each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we have your remarks live here on c-span. this is open to middle and high school students. be sure to include more than one point of view. there are $50,000 of $5,000. >> he said he is not going to run for president. he is asked about that decision. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> it is an honor for me to be here at the reagan library to speak with all of you here today. there have been a lot of throwing things at that happened to me. people tend to become a little passe. i called him. i said i something that will impress you. a written this letter over the phone. i said it is signed by nancy reagan. it is great to be here. thank you for your invitation. he believed in this country. he embodies the strength, the press serbians, and the faith that has propelled immigrants for centuries to embark on dangerous journeys t

thomas friedman, they take your calls. after that, at a look at the railroad industry. "washington journal," each morning at 7:00. later in the morning, michele bachmann will be at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. we will have her remarks live here on c-span. >> he found several labor unions his remarks at the un general assembly. he asked them all to move toward a traditional government and put an end to the violence. >> your excellencies, may godspeed and blessings be upon you. allow me to congratulate our assembly. i'm fully confident that given his renowned experience and wisdom, he will ably conduct the business of his position. i wish him every success in his endeavors. i wish to express thanks for his constructive efforts in presiding over the 65th session of the general assembly. our thanks also go to mr. ban ki-moon on his reelection as secretary-general of the united nations. we express thanks and appreciation to him, and the general secretariat staff for their efforts over the past year. in particular, his following up of the situation in our countr