but the christian religion began in turkey. >> karabiyik: in anatolia, in turkey. >> simon: the patriarchs of the sinai desert, to a greek orthodox monastery where early christians also sought protection. it's called st. catherine's, and it's located at the foot of mount sinai where, according to tradition, moses received the ten commandments. it is the oldest functioning monastery anywhere. there are 25 monks here today, servicing the smallest diocese in the world. the monks are all greek, with one exception. >> father justin: all together, we have 3,300 manuscripts. >> simon: the chief librarian, overseeing an incomparable collection of ancient manuscripts, is father justin. >> justin: most of these date from the 10th to the 14th century. >> simon: a converted baptist from el paso, texas. he showed us the monastery's collection of byzantine icons, the largest and oldest collection of icons in the world. then he took us to what the patriarch really wanted us to see-- a little-known letter written by the prophet mohammed, almost 1,400 years ago, signed and sealed with his hand print, offe

one had lived in turkey, iran, -- turkey, iraq, france. many important figures in the revolution had been educated abroad, and you do not have that with this particular if cohort. there are people in the revolutionary guard, members of the force i have met who are the force i have met who are relatively sophisticated, but it does not come from on the ground experience in the west, and this is worrisome. it raises the possibility of miscalculation, and one wonders how far iran will go before it will perhaps make a compromise, and one wonders what measures might be needed in order to convince iran to compromise. so it is a very nerve wracking time. for those of us who are trying to figure out what is going on right now, is particularly difficult. i had reported there for some months, actually a young man i found on facebook. he was told after he wrote five stories for me that he could no longer right, that he needed credentials to write for "the washington times." we sent all sorts of letters and what not, and somehow the credentials never c

now i have no idea why this is happening in majority sunni turkey, majority sunni secular turkey, but shows there are many changes happening throughout the region that perhaps are more under the radar than they should be. >> one last question. >> do you see hard line islamization in turkey in the face of u.s.? >> when you force people to be one thing, they'll react against it. iranians over the past 30 years are getting more secular whereas the trend was more religion. >> i mean in turkey. >> i understand. i'm giving an example of its neighbor. if you take that template and apply it to turkey, it does seem as if things are moving in a more religious direction. at the same time, turkey is a country that is feeling at ease with it self. it spent the last 80 years engaged in a project that could be described as cultural schizophrenia. we are more western than eastern. we had this in greece where part of the preparations for entering the e.u., everyone studied in england. or italy. west is good and east is bad, backwards. in our case, islamic, therefore, bad. this is an argument that can

the turkey vulture, i don't know if you can do that with the wings.gs go out from four to six feet. a turkey vulture can soar for days without ever flapping their wings. they can get up in the air and just soar forever looking for animals that are dead on the road. they're a very important animal. the talons there aren't like the bird of prey. they're mainly used for balance, those talons, not to grab the prey. because what they're eating is dead. it's a very important animal to nature. >> larry: we've saved the best for last, though some of you may go running for the hills, when we get up close and personal with cockroaches. they're next. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> larry: earlier we showed you a cane toad. if you missed the episode a couple of

one had lived in turkey, iran, -- turkey, iraq, france. many important figures in the revolution had been educated abroad, and you do not have that with this particular if cohort. there are people in the revolutionary guard, members of the force i have met who are relatively sophisticated, but their education comes from books. it does not come from on the ground experience in the west. and this is worrisome. it raises the possibility of this calculation, and one wonders how far iran will go before it will perhaps make a compromise -- it raises the m raises ofiscalculati -- it raises the possibility of m iscalculation. it is a difficult time for those of us trying to figure out what is going on. i had a reporter there for some months. actually, a young man i found on facebook. he was told after he wrote about five stories for me that he could no longer ride -- that he needed credentials to write for the "washington times." so we sent a series of letters and somehow and some have the credentials never came through, so that is what i was part

now i have no idea why this is happening in majority sunni turkey, majority sunni secular turkey, butshows there are many changes happening throughout the region that perhaps are more under the radar than they should be. >> one last question. >> do you see hard line islamization in turkey in the face of u.s.? >> when you force people to be one thing, they'll react against it. iranians over the past 30 years are getting more secular whereas the trend was more religion. >> i mean in turkey. >> i understand. i'm giving an example of its neighbor. if you take that template and apply it to turkey, it does seem as if things are moving in a more religious direction. at the same time, turkey is a country that is feeling at ease with it self. it spent the last 80 years engaged in a project that could be described as cultural schizophrenia. we are more western than eastern. we had this in greece where part of the preparations for entering the e.u., everyone studied in england. or italy. west is good and east is bad, backwards. in our case, islamic, therefore, bad. this is an argument that can b

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it was the coach's son, jimmy baron, who now plays in turkey. he carried the rams scoring 21 of his 24 in the second half. john shir had 24 for duke and the devils were leading by one. baron with a shot for the win, missed it after two key free throws. team was running out. he had one last chance to tie the game and fell short. 82-79 was the final. this is a legit basketball team. >> mike: you know, jim baron, they're playing oklahoma state this year. so they krael amp up their nonconference schedule. >> tim: when you think of the teams always there in that league and the success they've had in the tournament, getting into the top three of the a-10, pretty tough. >> mike: temple today beating nova by ten points, number three. >> tim: sanders, nice inbounds play and boston college. sanders now with six. >> mike: i think boston college is out of siync. they're still trying to work their way into a new rhythm. >> tim: there's outerbridge, baseline extended. not there. ravenel is hammered. outerbridge got him and will pick up the foul. esche ravenel

but in turkey, it's about 20 to 30% of the population. in pakistan or parts of the arab world, it's 10 to 15% of the population. typically, they are not the largest. but the ones that are account for most of the amount of economic activity. which is ultimately going to pull them in the leads and integrate into the global economy? this is not an issue of size. it is the issue of pivotal role they will play. >> the less we look at the middle east and think about religion. you talk a lot about capitalism. can you discuss between religion and capitalism. >> religion and capitalism can coexist. you have businessman in america or evangelical. it's the same in the muslim world as well. what makes the difference is capital muslim who's are integrated tend to favor interpretations of religion. that support their economic activities and serving their interest. in other words, they don't favor extremism because extremism is not good for business. because extremism does not interfere with their integration into global economic trends. when we look at

>> will win some countries they are large and some they are smaller but say countries like turkey theyare maybe 20 to 30% of the population. in pakistan or parts of the arab world, and about ten to 15% of the population. typically they are not the largest force. but the ones that account for the economic dynamism and the sector of the economy that they are the most active which is private sector activity is the one that is ultimately going to pull the middle east and the muslim world by the bootstraps and integrate into the global economies of it isn't an issue of size, it is the pivotal role they will play. >> the west we look at the middle east and think of religion, but in your book you talk a lot about capitalism and business. can you discuss the dichotomy between religion and capitalism in the middle east? >> well, religion it capitalism coexist the way they do in america. you have businessmen in america who are evangelical or fundamentalist or church going. it's the same in the muslim world as well. what makes the difference is capitalist muslims who are integrated into global ec

>> some are larger and some are smaller but say in countries like turkey, there are maybe 20 to 30% of the population. in pakistan or parts ten to 15% of the population. they are typically not the largest, but the ones that are account for the most amount of an economic dynamism and the sector of the economy that are most active and which is private sector activity is the one that is ultimately going to pull the lease by its bootstraps and integrate into the local economy. it is not the issue of size but the issue of the pivotal role that will play. >> we look at the middle east and we think of religion but in your book you talk a lot about capitalism and business. can you discuss the dichotomy between religion and capitalism in the middle these? >> religion and capitalism can coexist the way they do an american. it is the same in the muslim world as well. what makes the difference is that capitalist muslims or integrated in the global economy tend to favor interpretations of religion that supports their economic activities and serve their interests. in other words they don't favor ext

i welcome the fact that there is there is such enthusiasms for turkeys voting for christmas and suggest that the minister give immediate effect to their wishes by bringing in an amendment to the constitutional reform bill so that non-dom like lord ashe craft can lead. >> we certainly do need transparency on this issue. as i said we will bring forward legislation. but he's busy commending the conservative party, i would like to -- at the risk of being partisan, complain about the conservative party because their deputy chair of the conservative party promised and this pertains to legislation, this pertains for the need of legislation their own deputy chair of the conservative party made a promise to the honors committee that he would make his tax affairs on shore. and the foreign secretary, the shadow foreign secretary, should actually -- the shadow -- the shadow foreign secretary -- the shadow foreign secretary can tell us what the shadow chief secretary to the treasury says he knows. has lord ashcroft -- >> order, we needn't pursue that point any further. linda gilroy? >> the effort co

australia, canada, turkey, brazil, they all went into recession after britain but they came out before britain. france and germany went into recession at the same time as britain. and yet they came out before. can the prime minister answer this. given that all those countries are now in growth and we are not in growth -- can he tell us what on earth he meant when he said and i quote we were leading the rest of the world out of recession? >> mr. speaker, not one policy from the leader of the opposition -- we have taken action to restructure the banks and nationalize northern iraq opposed by the party adversary. we have taken action for a fiscal stimulus and kept poverty down for jobs opposed by the opposition. they have been wrong on the recession. they will be wrong on the recovery. mr. speaker, the voice may be that of a modern public relations man. the mindset -- the mindset is that of the 1930s. >> i think that one must have sounded great in the bunker. the fact is, the one policy this country needs above all is a credible program for getting the biggest budget deficit in the g20 un

one lived in turkey, he had lived in iraq, he had lived in france.many of the important figures in the revolution had been educated abroad. and you don't have that with this particular cohort. there are people in the revolutionary guard, members of the force who i met who are relatively sophisticated but their education comes from books. it doesn't come from on-the-ground speeshes in the west. and this -- experience in the west and this is worrisome. it raises the possibility of miscalculation and one wonders how far iran will go before it will perhaps make a compromise and one wonders, also, what measures might be needed in order to convince iran to compromise. so it's a very nerve racking time. i think for those of us who are trying to figure out what's going on in iran now it's particularly difficult. i had a reporter there for some months. actually a young man i found on facebook. and he was told after he wrote about five stories for me that he could no longer write -- that he needed credentials to write for "the washington times," so we sent all

turkey has been a great ally, and they have been with us from the very beginning.they're a nato ally, and they're a true contributing country in afghanistan. united arab emritz has also contributed troops and money. we expect that other countries will be, as well, and will be announcing some of those. i think that the regional picture is a little more challenging, but we have gotten a lot of good help from the central asian countries in assisting us with the transit of material, with the use of military bases. the administratively just reminded me, jordan has also been working with us. so we think that our renewed effort, the president's resolve, is actually going to bring more countries into this fight. i happen to agree, unfortunately, with the thrust of your comments that, you know, we just took our eye off the most important ball. and there is no doubt in my mind that had we stayed with it, had we, you know, paid more attention to our commanders on the ground in afghanistan, because it's a longer history. i know some of the people who did have command responsib

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to deep-fat-fry their turkey. 15 succeeded in setting their houses on fire. at christmas, there was a lot of driving... over the river and through the woods. and a little bit of skidding on the ice... and taking out grandma's garage door. so while you're celebrating, allstate will be standing by. trouble never takes a holiday. neither should your insurance. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ bonus on every single purchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? now more than ever, it pays to discover. >> larry: before we get our panels' thoughts, reporter helen thomas grilled robert gibbs about the seeming paradox of a war president accepting a nobel peace prize. here's a little of mr. gibbs' response. >> the president will address the notion that last week he authorized a 30,000-person increase in our commitment to afghanistan and this week accepts a prize for peace. i will say, helen, that the president understands and will also recognize that he doesn't belong in the same discussion as mandela and mothe

iran open to nuclear swamp have i hay turkey. they write out of the foreign minister paid? iran's latest counteroffer, aimed at thwarting its ability to produce atomic weapons, the u.s. aims to reduce iran's stock pile of low-enriched concerns that the etch that the -- under the proposal, it would be shipped to france and russia for more highly enriched that are not -- host: sharon, what's on your mind this morning? caller: i noticed that a lot of our democrats in the last election were for obama and i notice the republican party they seem to be the party of no. they don't want anything to change, yet they don't allow this president and give him any support to change to -- host: go. caller: i'm very saddened about the republican party, because i've always been republican for the past, oh, gosh, since i was in my early 20's. but i do believe that our country is in a change. i do believe that obama is doing a great job in dealing with what and in terms of what he has to deal with. i just hope that our republican -- all of the republican leaders will work with him in this next

to deep-fat-fry their turkey. 15 succeeded in setting their houses on fire.christmas, there was a lot of driving... over the river and through the woods. and a little bit of skidding on the ice... and taking out grandma's garage door. so while you're celebrating, allstate will be standing by. trouble never takes a holiday. neither should your insurance. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ >>> near death experiences, hundreds of people claim to have them every day in the u.s. alone. we're talking about how and why this occurs. and there are people, of course, who don't believe in them at all. you talk about in your book that life after death, it's sort of the elephant in the room. we're all fascinated by it but nobody really wants to delve into it. >> the atheists and skeptics are saying give us experience empirical evidence. we don't have -- we can't talk to dead people. we can't go to the other side of the curtain. the near-death experiences are probably the closest thing. there are thousands of them that occur all around the world. they have a

of the president's announcement of the refinement of the afghan and pakistan strategy, i believe turkeyamong the nato allies that collectively announced in the last couple of days that they are going to contribute an additional 7,000, with the possibility of increasing up to 10,000 more troops for the allied effort in afghanistan. and i was as late just looking at the same pugh poll numbers that you were looking at. it is probably because he spent some part of his childhood in indonesia, with a significant majority of support for the president, but across the board, i think public opinion in other parts of the world does matter because i think it is much -- it would be more difficult to get that kind of support, i think, from our allies, especially in a country like turkey if the president did not have that kind of increase in support around the world. that is a tangible sign -- not even a sign but a tangible fact that public opinion matters. >> increases the flexibility that the president has in terms of getting a policy that he wants. >> getting policy that he wants and frankly it is

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>> i don't think that turkey is going to fly. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i frequently receive representations from small businesses in my constituency about the costs of government regulation. would my right honorable friend agree with me that in these difficult times it is essential for the government to reduce the burden of regulation. and cano she tell me what the government is doing about it? >> well, we're making sure that we help government business both -- sorry. we're making sure that the government helps business both big and small. and one of the things that we've done is help businesses defer their tax under the time to pay scheme. and i think the most important thing that's been announced for small business over the last weeks was the chancellor's announcement in the prebudget report that the time to pay scheme is going to be continued. we want to do everything we can to help small businesses. and one of the things that we won't be doing is abolishin visit c-span.org to find a video archive of past prime minister's questions of links to the hou

it would be more difficult to get that kind of support from our allies, especially country like turkey, if the president did not have that kind of increased support around the world. that is a very tangible sign. it is not even a sign kerrey is a very tangible fact that public -- is not even a sign. it is a very tangible fact that public opinion matters. >> in terms of a policy that he wants. >> yes. it is an increase in our ability to keep our country secure. there has been intelligence collaboration in other parts of the world specifically because governments feel more comfortable being seen as close with the united states than under the previous administration. that is a very tangible reality that helps keep our country secure. >> the polls depends on who is conducting an who is answering. also, the perceptions in the muslim world will change when the policy changes. on the one hand, we are supporting this much. on the one hand, we are supporting violators of human rights who center everything into have no regard for human life and human dignity. on the other hand, we want to give t

and he sort of picked up a little bit of both that his mother fans they always had a piano turkey learned to play the piano when he was quite young. as you know to this day, he loves to sit down and play the piano. so here he is, his parents actually were married for about six or seven years before he came along. he was very much a wanted child and very much a doted on child, not just of ensures that all these and send all calls. which i think not only made him believe he should always be the center of attention, but put quite a burden on him to perform. and his father was quite a demanding individual. there were a couple times in my conversations with him that the justice said that he felt like he never quite satisfied his father, which is an unusual thing to say when here he is. he would to harvard law school. he has become a justice of the united states, but now his father and mother actually passed away while he was still on the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit before had been elevated. >> did he teach law? >> guest: yes. he topmost at the university of chica

the first project he did with us was looking at internal conflicts in turkey as part of a project that we did last year. then he went on to do work for us whenever student protests in greece. he covered those and that developed into a project for the pulitzer center. in the spring, we decided together that it would be very good for him to go to ron and cover the elections -- -- to iran and cover the elections. the pulitzer center is not generally about falling -- covering the elections because we see that as something that the news media does do. despite all the cutbacks, they devote resources to those issues. in this case, we knew that iason athanasiadis was well-versed in iranian politics and culture. his exhibit on children, his photographs he presented was displayed at the wilson center and across the country. he really has done some extraordinary writing and photography on a riran, became fluent in farsi, so our hope going in is that he would be able to report not only on the election but on the context behind in a way that many other journalists -- that were coming in with a lot

of the president's announcement of the refinement of the afghan and pakistan strategy, i believe turkeythe allied effort in afghanistan. and i was as late just looking at this samepew poll numbers that you were looking at. it is probably because he spent some part of his childhood in indonesia, with a significant majority of support for the president, but across the board, i think public opinion in other parts of the world does matter because is -- it would be more difficult to get that kind of support, i think, from our allies, especially on a country like turkey if the president did not have that kind of increase in support around the world. that is a tangible sign -- not even a sign but a tangible fact that public opinion matters. >> increases the flexibility that the president has in terms of getting a policy that he wants. >> and it is an increase in our ability to keep our country secure, intelligence collaboration, law enforcement collaboration in parts of the world explicitly because governments feel more comfortable being seen as close with the united states and under the previ

of the president's announcement of the refinement of the afghanistan-pakistan strategy, i believe turkeyvely announced in the last couple of days that they are going to be contributing an additional 7,000 with the possibility of increasing i think up to 10,000 more troops for the allied effort in afghanistan. i was actually just looking at the same pugh poll numbers that you were looking at, and i would like to know that probably because he spent some part of his childhood there, indonesia has a significant large majority of support for the new president. but across the board, i do think public opinion in other parts of the world does matter because i think it is much -- it would be more difficult to get that kind of support, i think, from our alleys, especially a country like turkey, if the president dependent have that kind of increased s&p around the world. and that's a very tangible sign -- not even a sign. it is a very tangible fact that public opinion matters. >> it increases the flexibility the president has in terms of getting policy that he wants. >> getting policy that he wants

>> i don't think that turkey is going to fly. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i frequently receive representations from small businesses in my constituency about the costs of government regulation. would my right honorable friend agree with me that in these difficult times it is essential for the government to reduce the burden of regulation. and cano she tell me what the government is doing about it? >> well, we're making sure that we help government business both -- sorry. we're making sure that the government helps business both big and small. and one of the things that we've done is help businesses defer their tax under the time to pay scheme. and i think the most important thing that's been announced for small business over the last weeks was the chancellor's announcement in the prebudget report that the time to pay scheme is going to be continued. we want to do everything we can to help small businesses. and one of the things that we won't be doing is abolishing the regional development agencies which are so important to help small businesses, which the t

saudi arabia and turkey need to be part of this. pakistanis to be part of this. -- pakistan needs to be part of this. this cannot be resolved by a significant military presence in afghanistan. we needed to balance that out. we need to provide humanitarian assistance, health care, and education. those are the institution building items that we are not doing right now, and the projected plan does not include that. host: in the associated press this morning out of warsaw -- how do you feel about the involvement of other countries in this nato led force? . guest: this is an american war and now unfortunately is the american president's war. caller: good morning. i do support the philosophy, but i think that the president has revealed too much of his strategy and his advisors and he have made a great error. if i were al qaeda, what i would do is tweak president obama's strategy by causing him to send more troops. there will be a surge of al qaeda incidents. then the president will be confronted with what to do now. on the other hand, if

it's made in turkey.ey have healthcp)e - the salesperson - and i think what's going on, as much as i want to see a $ealthcare bill and i want an economy that works, i want to see healthcare for u.s. citizens not trapped up on unfunded @&h% mandates and i'm not seeing with host: you're a member of the,a fl cio. what kind of work do you do? >> audio engineers we do productions and rock and roll shows. a lot of your public and civic events. host: are you satisfied with your healthcare insurance the way it is now. caller: i make pretty good money. been doing this 20-30-years, our contract right now maked an 11 percent contribution over the top of the pretty good wage. national benefit fund if i was to pick the full coverage for my family, it would be 50% of my growth income. and absolutely that's absurd. host: from what you've seen from the bills, will your health insurance change that you get through your union? caller: well, you know i've been lobbying and reading through these bills and trying pay attentio

it's made in turkey.o they have healthcp)e - the salesperson - and i think what's going on, as much as i want to see a $ealthcare bill and i want an economy that works, i want to see healthcare for u.s. citizens not trapped up on unfunded @&h% mandates and i'm not seeing with host: you're a member of the,a fl cio. what kind of work do you do? >> audio engineers we do productions and rock and roll shows. a lot of your public and civic events. host: are you satisfied with your healthcare insurance the way it is now. caller: i make pretty good money. been doing this 20-30-years, our contract right now maked an 11 percent contribution over the top of the pretty good wage. national benefit fund if i was to pick the full coverage for my family, it would be 50% of my growth income. and absolutely that's absurd. host: from what you've seen from the bills, will your health insurance change that you get through your union? caller: well, you know i've been lobbying and reading through these bills and trying pay atte

it was called a turkey, and it was kept alive by those delegations under president clinton. with that, and dozens of people died as we were trying to push this. it was much more expensive than the alternatives we could have gotten rid of. host: jacksonville, florida. good morning. caller: he has just answered my question, everything. the osprey has got to go. what i want to know, who saved it? he said it was clinton that saved the project. it has killed so many soldiers, it is not funny. i do not know if the navy pushed for it or what, but i agree. host: what is your experience with the b-22? caller: i have watched it. it is a no-no. so many soldiers have been killed by that stinking aircraft. guest: the marines wanted it. it is in the marine budget, but it was in the navy budget. the navy was not happy with it, the marines pushed it, and with the pennsylvania and the texas delegation and the report of president clinton, they kept it alive. it was called the tillt-rotor caucus, because it takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. president clinton kept it going, th

iran open to nuclear swamp have i hay turkey. they write out of the foreign minister paid?ran's latest counteroffer, aimed at thwarting its ability to produce atomic weapons, the u.s. aims to reduce iran's stock pile of low-enriched concerns that the etch that the -- under the proposal, it would be shipped to france and russia for more highly enriched that are not -- host: sharon, what's on your mind this morning? caller: i noticed that a lot of our democrats in the last election were for obama and i notice the republican party they seem to be the party of no. they don't want anything to change, yet they don't allow this president and give him any support to change to -- host: go. caller: i'm very saddened about the republican party, because i've always been republican for the past, oh, gosh, since i was in my early 20's. but i do believe that our country is in a change. i do believe that obama is doing a great job in dealing with what and in terms of what he has to deal with. i just hope that our republican -- all of the republican leaders will work with him in this next t

this was done in turkey' in the 1950's. they were debated the trip and you open -- they regulated the trade and the sovieopium trade s brought through non illegal means. host: the president's speech will begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. new cantu debt at c-span and also was into it on c-span radio. there will be several hearings on capitol hill this week about his strategy. on wednesday, secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary gates, and others will be on the hill to testify and. in the afternoon, secretary gates and chairman moylan will -- chairman mike moylan will return to -- chairman mike moylan will return to testify more. what are you expecting to hear then? guest: at that point, you're listening as much to what members of congress are saying as to what the witnesses are saying. the witnesses will be following what the president says in his speech and may be elaborating on it a bit. but what i really want to hear is what the congressional democrats have to say. are they saying, president obama, sorry, we

will be a brother and sister or siblings sitting around the table and ask for blessings on their turkey and start to talk as they eat and somebody will be unemployed and brother and sister will have a job and they'll understand that there are people in the united states illegally and filling the slots that they could have and this discussion becomes a nationwide discussion, the rejection of amnesty starts to swell. and as the subject is brought forward before this congress, if it is, you will see the american people rise up and the rejection of amnesty that we saw in 2006 and 2007 will be child's play compared to the anger of the american people who now see themselves unemployed to 20 million or more, watching them being replaced by legal immigrants at the rate of almost a million a year and watching eight million or twice as many illegals in america taking jobs that americans will do and taking jobs according to the "usa today" article that i referenced, that americans are standing in line to do right next to people -- if i.c.e. needed to hand out work permits, they would have to depor

thing is when then secretary of defense cheney wanted to cancel it, using his words, he called it a turkeyand it was kept alive with those delegations would support by president clinton. people forget, we had a lot accidents with that. dozens of people died as we were trying to push this technology, which simply wasn't ready and was much more expensive than the alternatives we could have gotten. host: titusvilleflorida, jack on the republican line. caller: guess what -- he just answered my question, everything. osprey has got ago. i want to know, who saved it? he said, it was clinton who saved the project. and it has killed so many soldiers, it is not funny. i don't know if the navy pushed for it or what. i agree. host: what is your experience with the v-22, it sounds like you have been following it. caller: i have watched it very carefully and it is a no-no. it has murdered -- not just killed. as mothers of the troops who died in that stinking aircraft. guest: again, the marines wanted it. it is in the navy budget. of course, marine corps is in the navy department and in itself would not

chattanooga owner, joe anglo who wants traded day ball player for the thanksgiving turkey just signed a 17 year-old pitcher, jackie mitchell. when the great babe came to the plate the new pitcher was called to the mound and surprise come a mitchell was a she. the first pitch was low. babe ruth's one and mr. . ditto. babe ruth did not like missing anyone's pitch and a woman? he demanded to see the ball. there was nothing wrong with it. mitchell roundup and let go and the day but watched it flyby. strike. the bambino through his back and stomped off and the crowd roared. the next batter was lou gehrig. jackie through three times and lou gehrig's long three times and that was that. some said that ruth and gehrig were just being polite to a woman but nobody who was there believed it. years later jackie mitchell said i had a drop pitch it when i threw it right, you could not touch it. baseball commissioner did not care. he was a misogynist. which means someone who dislikes women. landis said mitchell's contract was void and baseball lost out. sometimes telling stories like that tells you a

this was done in turkey, as i understand it, in the the 1950s where the government came in under international pressure and regulated the trade, and the opium crop was bought up and used for non-evil means to provide cheap morphine, painkillers, to third world hospitals around the world. >> host: the president speaks tonight from west point, new york, on his strategy going forward in afghanistan. we'll have live coverage on c-span2 starting at 8 p.m. eastern time, you can also go to the internet, c-span.org, and our radio station to listen in to the president's speech. and after that later this week there will be several hearings up on capitol hill about his strategy. on wednesday secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary gates and joint chief of staff chairman mike mullen will be on the hill to testify before the armed services committee in the morning. secretary gates and chairman mullen will return to the hill on thursday to testify before the senate foreign relations committee and the house armed services committee. tom ricks, what will you be listening for out of those hearing

. >> he is reading out lists of countries for australia, canada, turkey and brazil who went into recession after britain but cannot be for britain. france and germany went into recession at the same time but cannot before. can the prime minister answer this? given that all those countries are in growth and we are not in growth, can he tell us what he meant when he said, quote, we were leading the rest of the world out of recession? >> not one policy from the opposition. we have taken action to restructure the banks -- we have taken action for a fiscal stimulus opposed by the party opposite. we have taken action to keep unemployment down as a result of creating jobs opposed by the opposition and taken action for international cooperation opposed by the opposition. they have been wrong on the recession and they will be wrong on the recovery. the voice may be that of a public relations man. the mind set is that of the 1930s. >> when you look at the prime minister's three central claims, that we were better prepared than other countries was wrong, our deficit was worse than other countries. th

in countries like turkey there are 20 to 30% of the population. in pakistan or parts of the arab world at about 10 to 15% of the population. they're not -- typically, they are not the largest force but the one who account for the most economic dynamitism and the sector of the economy they are most active in which is private sector activity is the one who will ultimately hold the middle east by its boot taps. -- boot straps. it's the pivotal role that they will play. >> the rest we look at the middle east and we think of religion. but in your book, you talk a lot about capitalism. and business. can you discuss the dichotomy between religion and capitalism in the middle east? >> well, religion and capitalism can coexist the way they do in america. you have businessmen in america who are evangelical or fundamentalist or church-going. it's the same in the muslim world as well. what makes a difference is capitalist muslims who are integrated into global economy tend to favor interpretations of religion that supports their economic activities and serves