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u.s. congress to designate may 22 as harvey milk day. raise awareness of the history of the movement and give hope to young people in cities everywhere in the country. supervisor campos: thank you. i have one item, which is a hearing will quest on the san francisco unified school district's plans for a transitional kindergarten. we are asking that this be sent to the joint city and school district select committee. the rest i submit, thank you. supervisor farrell: thank you. i have one item for introduction relating to our football franchise, the san francisco 49 years. -- 48ers. it has been painful to watch over the last few years. as they announced to -- their intentions to move their stadium. i have been a fan at all my life. i grew up going to games at candlestick. my parents have season tickets dating back to the 1970's. the reality of the events, especially in the last 12 months, have demonstrated a new reality. nfl blessed the stadium and gave them $150 million towards their new stadium. they announced that the stadium was fully f
u.s. congress to designate may 22 as harvey milk day. raise awareness of the history of the movement and give hope to young people in cities everywhere in the country. supervisor campos: thank you. i have one item, which is a hearing will quest on the san francisco unified school district's plans for a transitional kindergarten. we are asking that this be sent to the joint city and school district select committee. the rest i submit, thank you. supervisor farrell: thank you. i have one item for...
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u.s. to help him leaves. >> china's handi is how one paper describes him. what critics see as his abandonment prompted an emergency meeting in congress. he told his friend who translated for him that his family faced serious threats and he wanted to leave. >> if he wants to come to the u.s. for some kind of rest he has not had any rest. i want to meet with secretary clinton. >> mrs. clinton has yet to respond, but officials say they are discussing the options. the administration isthmus in a bind. -- is in a bind. mitt romney attacked the administration for failing to ensure his safety. >> i remember asking who in front of many witnesses are you ready to leave, and he just sat there for several minutes and just jumped up and said, let's go. >> now the obama administration is working to accommodate him, but with u.s. officials to block from seeing him, it is not going to be easy and could develop into a bigger crisis in relations. we look at how the situation is viewed in china. >> while he was at a hospital, we tried to visit him yesterday. we could not find him in the and building. officials we understand have been trying to meet with
u.s. to help him leaves. >> china's handi is how one paper describes him. what critics see as his abandonment prompted an emergency meeting in congress. he told his friend who translated for him that his family faced serious threats and he wanted to leave. >> if he wants to come to the u.s. for some kind of rest he has not had any rest. i want to meet with secretary clinton. >> mrs. clinton has yet to respond, but officials say they are discussing the options. the...
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u.s. embassy. the diplomatic standoff has overshot a visit to china by hillary clinton. his calls to congress were translated by the president of the human-rights china aid. >> he wants to come to the u.s. for as time of rest. he has not had any rest in the past 10 years. i want to meet with secretary clinton. i hope i can get more help from her. i also want to thank her face to face. >> i think he is a very desperate right now. he feels very unsafe and he feels threatened. his wife and two children, they are confined in a hospital prison. the u.s. embassy officials were not able to get access to meet with him. embassy official told him over the phone that he was blocked outside and had to stand out of the hospital from morning until 5:00 in the afternoon. >> joining us on skype from washington is the president of the women's rights without a frontiers, the international coalition opposed to forced abortion and human trafficking in china. you are at the hearing, you heard the phone call. what was atmosphere like? it must have been incredible to hear from him. >> it was incredible. this is the
u.s. embassy. the diplomatic standoff has overshot a visit to china by hillary clinton. his calls to congress were translated by the president of the human-rights china aid. >> he wants to come to the u.s. for as time of rest. he has not had any rest in the past 10 years. i want to meet with secretary clinton. i hope i can get more help from her. i also want to thank her face to face. >> i think he is a very desperate right now. he feels very unsafe and he feels threatened. his wife...
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u.s. congress met.t proved productive as members passed the homestead act, the pacific railway act and the revenue acts. coming up, "time" magazine editor-at-large talks about 1862 and the 37th u.s. congress. the university of nebraska lincoln hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. >>> will's probably several hundred people more appropriate to talk about 1862 than i, i feel a little overmatched by the expertise in the room but if you will bear with me, this will be over soon. i would like to thank bob sutton for the very warm introduction and for the park service participation in this really cool event. i was so excited when i heard that rick edwards and the center for great playing studies had come up with this idea. it couldn't be a more appropriate place to tackle the -- the -- significance of what i believe was arguably the pivotal year of american history. 1862 was certainly the most eventful year in american history. perhaps the most misunderstood. the year in which the civil war became a cata
u.s. congress met.t proved productive as members passed the homestead act, the pacific railway act and the revenue acts. coming up, "time" magazine editor-at-large talks about 1862 and the 37th u.s. congress. the university of nebraska lincoln hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. >>> will's probably several hundred people more appropriate to talk about 1862 than i, i feel a little overmatched by the expertise in the room but if you will bear with me, this will be over...
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u.s. congress takes a hard line on saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons but fears are that this will push america closer to war with iran. and the syrian regime says al qaida militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody while washington denies recent reports it's coordinating arms deliveries to rebels. up next mornin jews takes you around moscow's iconic tourist spots in the russian capital. hello and welcome in this week's moscow up a side will be taking a look at various and stable spots around the kremlin where the best place to rest goes we repeats grab a bite to eat all shop til you drop look at history on architecture let's get some action here in the russian capital. as kites fly in front of the kremlin walls and actors beg that carries the costumes it's clear that everyone must walk outside take in the beautiful surroundings and cherish the warm sunny weather when it comes to looking at history you don't get much better than this. and don't worry if you don't know
u.s. congress takes a hard line on saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons but fears are that this will push america closer to war with iran. and the syrian regime says al qaida militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody while washington denies recent reports it's coordinating arms deliveries to rebels. up next mornin jews takes you around moscow's iconic tourist spots in the...
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u.s. congress. the university of nebraska lincoln hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. >> well, there's probably several hundred people more appropriate to talk about 1862 than i. i feel a little overmatched by the expertise in the room, but if you're bear with me, this will be over soon. i would like to thank bob sutton for the very warm introduction and for the park service participation in this really cool event. i was so excited when i heard that rick edwards and the center for great plains studies has come up with this idea. it couldn't be a more appropriate place to tackle the significance of what i believe was arguably the pivotal year of american history. 1862 was certainly the most eventful year in american history. perhaps the most misunderstood. the year in which the civil war became a cataclysm. the federal government became a colasses. and the confederate came nearest to wirning its independence yet suffered the key losses that led to its doom. it was the year that abraham lincoln established his greatness. it was the death nail of a
u.s. congress. the university of nebraska lincoln hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. >> well, there's probably several hundred people more appropriate to talk about 1862 than i. i feel a little overmatched by the expertise in the room, but if you're bear with me, this will be over soon. i would like to thank bob sutton for the very warm introduction and for the park service participation in this really cool event. i was so excited when i heard that rick edwards and the center for...
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u.s. congress from oklahoma, where she served from 2007-2011. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. what a wonderful honor, dr. henry, thank you so very much. i appreciate and accept this honorary doctorate with great pride and humility. it is truly an honor to be able to accept it from oklahoma university, one of the greatest universities in the state of oklahoma, absolutely. but especially to be here up on the stage with some of oklahoma's top, brightest business leaders in the state and certainly some of our best leaders and civic leadership in our state, with gary, with cliffs and with pat and ray. i am so honored to be able to receive this honor larry doctor with such outstanding oklahoma role models. i hope you will all emulate the things these leaders have done for this university as you continue on. i have to tell you, you have done a great job, president henry, at this university. this university is one of our shining examples, shining stars of success of education in the state of oklahoma. it is a great honor to be here today to celebrate and to co
u.s. congress from oklahoma, where she served from 2007-2011. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. what a wonderful honor, dr. henry, thank you so very much. i appreciate and accept this honorary doctorate with great pride and humility. it is truly an honor to be able to accept it from oklahoma university, one of the greatest universities in the state of oklahoma, absolutely. but especially to be here up on the stage with some of oklahoma's top, brightest business leaders in...
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u.s. congress will take up the issue adding that the american commitment to the human rights is being put to the test. >>> south korea is reporting more disruptions to its satellite-based global positioning system are affecting air travel and shipping. a south korean official tells nhk that disruptions apparently originate from north korea. south korean maritime police say more than 120 vessels including patrol boats in the yellow sea reported problems with navigation systems since late april. the government says the disruptions have also affected more than 410 aircraft leaving and arriving at airports. an official says the signals apparently originate from around the north korean border town of kaesong. south korea is working to locate the exact source of the signals before filing a protest with the north through international organizations. >>> a senior u.s. defense department official has said the united states plans to start relocating its marine corps in okawa to guam within two to three years. the country is planning to transfer 9,000 marines out of the japanese island prefecture to
u.s. congress will take up the issue adding that the american commitment to the human rights is being put to the test. >>> south korea is reporting more disruptions to its satellite-based global positioning system are affecting air travel and shipping. a south korean official tells nhk that disruptions apparently originate from north korea. south korean maritime police say more than 120 vessels including patrol boats in the yellow sea reported problems with navigation systems since...
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u.s. congress takes a hard line on terror saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons but fears are that this will push america closer to war with iran. and the syrian regime says al qaida militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody while washington denies recent reports it's coordinating arms to liveris to rebels. the occupy wall street movement has proven that it's not ready to give up just yet as people continue to come out onto the streets next week take a look at the american spring in our special report. up past. players. my. gut tells me her to let me go to head up my gut tells me that nobody had come back for them last time. to. let. me ask. you. what. was going to go on to sell me a new strap people. like. me. and it is you know it was bleeding when the pop song. always will say yeah it's it's unfortunately you know it's it's always a system critics yeah. and the press were spread exact. and they don't like to make the connections that we're now descending into a poli
u.s. congress takes a hard line on terror saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons but fears are that this will push america closer to war with iran. and the syrian regime says al qaida militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody while washington denies recent reports it's coordinating arms to liveris to rebels. the occupy wall street movement has proven that it's not ready to...
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u.s. congress, to work with the u.s. business community to ensure that every one saw the b benefits of w it to ex session for russia. the fact that russia was the only country in the g-8 not in the wto seemed to president obama to be incomprehensible. and i remember clearly when the president obama and medvedev met in the summer of 2010 in the cabinet room and discussed the need to really get down to business and push this across the finish line in a very, very short time frame. the presidents turned to their advisors and said we're going to go to lunch now and we want you to come up with the plan that will make russian membership in wto a reality after 18 years. i look out in the audience and i see some of the people here from i ustr, betsy hartford, who were intimately involved in every step of this. the president had a strong team on his side led by ambassador ron kirk, and president medvedev also had a strong team. it was clear to us that first de deputy premier shuvolov would have the main responsibility for the leg
u.s. congress, to work with the u.s. business community to ensure that every one saw the b benefits of w it to ex session for russia. the fact that russia was the only country in the g-8 not in the wto seemed to president obama to be incomprehensible. and i remember clearly when the president obama and medvedev met in the summer of 2010 in the cabinet room and discussed the need to really get down to business and push this across the finish line in a very, very short time frame. the presidents...
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u.s. congress about human rights and trade issues and the potential risks of this meeting. i hoped my opinions would prevent the u.s. from moving backwards on human rites issues in china. i would be willing to take such a risks and meet with the secretary of state. he mentioned that my opinions had been passed on to president clinton by senator kerry and already had a positive effect on the set up of radio free asia. he hoped that my views would help the secretary of state christopher. we discussed and agreed on some details of the meeting with secretary of state christopher during his visit. in the morning about two or three days later a police who has been in charge of my surveillance come to my home and say that security would like to talk to me. later they brought me to a resort hotel saying that i should relax here and wait for their superior. i ask who would i meet and what to discuss but there were no answers. on the next day, official come who claim to be a senior official representing the highest authority in the chinese government. by observing the way he casually
u.s. congress about human rights and trade issues and the potential risks of this meeting. i hoped my opinions would prevent the u.s. from moving backwards on human rites issues in china. i would be willing to take such a risks and meet with the secretary of state. he mentioned that my opinions had been passed on to president clinton by senator kerry and already had a positive effect on the set up of radio free asia. he hoped that my views would help the secretary of state christopher. we...
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u.s. congress.he result: $50 million federal taxpayer dollars completes a major engineering project in 1999. the plant pumps the water up the hills through a 5½-foot pipe, dumping it into this pool near the irrigation districts. from here it flows by gravity these canals and feeds the farms in three of the four irrigation districts. now more umatilla water stays in the river year round. fish bred in hatcheries upstream have returned to a river with much more water. these spring-run salmon are channeled into a special fish elevator and lifted up here where technicians count, measure and learn the sex of the fish. then, most of them pass out the pipes to continue up the river. the tribes are cautiously celebrating their initial success. we began releasing salmon in the early '80s, and i remember our first return of 13 fish; we were elated with the spring chinook run. here in 2000 today we're celebrating a salmon return to the umatilla basin. this year we'll probably have 5,00spring chinook salmon retu
u.s. congress.he result: $50 million federal taxpayer dollars completes a major engineering project in 1999. the plant pumps the water up the hills through a 5½-foot pipe, dumping it into this pool near the irrigation districts. from here it flows by gravity these canals and feeds the farms in three of the four irrigation districts. now more umatilla water stays in the river year round. fish bred in hatcheries upstream have returned to a river with much more water. these spring-run salmon are...
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." >>> with congress on break we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs. over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements. later, the story of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> between 1971 and 1973, president rhythm are richard nation son secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the middle things. then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. i say, i will concede that, make them all feel good, then don't give them the big one. >> every saturday this month hear more of the nixon tapes including discussions with future presidents, key white house advisers, saturdays at 6:00 p.m. eastern. hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm. on xm, channel 119. at cspanradio.org. >>> now a conversation on the abolitionist movement a
." >>> with congress on break we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs. over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements. later, the story of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> between 1971 and 1973,...
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u.s. congress. these are occasional sporadic private comments. we see interesting comments in a diary kept by a wealthy woman from south carolina named mary chestnut. mary chestnut was the daughter of a governor, she marries a wealthy man, james chestnut and she lives in great comfort on the plantation in south carolina. but she's not a very happy person. in her diary she pours out her feelings and her diary was published long after her death and we finally got a full complete edition in 1981. but the things she says in her diary are kind of interesting. she says that slavery was a monstrous system. that's the word she used. and she asked god to forgive the south for slavery. she also complained bitterly about the fact that her own father-in-law, her husband's father, had numerous illegitimate offspring on the plantation of mixed race. that people walking around, her father-in-law's plantation who looked a lot like the master, light skinned slaves and nobody said anything. he got away with it. he's married, he has a wife and children, he has resp
u.s. congress. these are occasional sporadic private comments. we see interesting comments in a diary kept by a wealthy woman from south carolina named mary chestnut. mary chestnut was the daughter of a governor, she marries a wealthy man, james chestnut and she lives in great comfort on the plantation in south carolina. but she's not a very happy person. in her diary she pours out her feelings and her diary was published long after her death and we finally got a full complete edition in 1981....
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u.s. congress and is often cited as an authority in various media outlets such as cnn news and "the washington post" and "the new york times." in 1994 dr. heartman was the recipient of a mcarthur fellowship for her work in the field of women and economics. for those who aren't familiar with that award, it is a very, very special award. so thank you, heidi, for being here. >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank the national committee to preserve and now being our coconspirators in this project. it's been a wonderful way to get out some of the issues we have all been working on for so long and finally this has come to fruition. we're very, very pleased that this day is here. the women's movement, as terry will talk about, has been talking about ways to modernize and improve social security for a very long time. i see some young people in the audience. i want you to know that you are entitled to benefits as a worker. but as carol explained, you are also entitled to benefits as a spouse. and the old days, it used to be that men always earned more than women, so it was mostly the women who took
u.s. congress and is often cited as an authority in various media outlets such as cnn news and "the washington post" and "the new york times." in 1994 dr. heartman was the recipient of a mcarthur fellowship for her work in the field of women and economics. for those who aren't familiar with that award, it is a very, very special award. so thank you, heidi, for being here. >> good morning, everyone. i want to thank the national committee to preserve and now being our...
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u.s. congress recently voted down a bill aimed at reestablishing direct negotiations with terror on parties got a shaky on explains why the motion didn't stick you're thirty six and number of u.s. lawmakers have proposed a bill to end the no contact policy between the u.s. and iran after three decades of diplomatic silence congressman dennis kucinich is one of them which he says the old approach when washington wants to resolve differences with iran through not talking to them is unsustainable we're being told we should have any contact with them we're being told that we shouldn't be negotiating with them we're being told. to get ready for war all of that is wrong. what we need to do is to have direct negotiations we need to be talking with iran and we need to stop this vainglorious notion that somehow we can settle our differences with iran through war how many people share your view among their colleagues eleven. ten eleven that's how many votes out of four hundred thirty five members the house of representatives has recently voted four hundred eleven to ten in support of the bill which w
u.s. congress recently voted down a bill aimed at reestablishing direct negotiations with terror on parties got a shaky on explains why the motion didn't stick you're thirty six and number of u.s. lawmakers have proposed a bill to end the no contact policy between the u.s. and iran after three decades of diplomatic silence congressman dennis kucinich is one of them which he says the old approach when washington wants to resolve differences with iran through not talking to them is unsustainable...
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u.s. congress. the center has wall exhibit space where we have rotating exhibits. this particular one happens to be about david elborn who served as governor and u.s. senator and now is the president of the university of oklahoma. one notice of significance, we also have the papers of his father, lyle, and just recently, retiring congressman dan born has signed a deed to commit his papers here. so we'll have three generations of the born family in terms of paper. you can kind of see the range of things that are in our collection from official correspondence and clearly political papers to those things that are more personal and non-political from -- everything from notes and cards. over here we have another exhibit of materials that come from young constituents, children, who would write to the their congressman and send them handwritten letters. so you have both insight into the personal lives of these members as well as the official activities that they were involved in. the most significant part of the center's physical setting is a replica of the speaker's offic
u.s. congress. the center has wall exhibit space where we have rotating exhibits. this particular one happens to be about david elborn who served as governor and u.s. senator and now is the president of the university of oklahoma. one notice of significance, we also have the papers of his father, lyle, and just recently, retiring congressman dan born has signed a deed to commit his papers here. so we'll have three generations of the born family in terms of paper. you can kind of see the range...
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." >>> with congress on break we're featuring some of american had history tv's programs on c-span 3 this week. over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the w abolitionist and women's suffrage movement. and the story of john willis the menard, the first s. c african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >>> between 1971 and 1973 president richard nixon secretly recorded therly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on theme little things, and then you hold on thh big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. i'll say we concede that and make them all feel good but don't give them the big one. >> every saturday on c-span radio hear more of t
." >>> with congress on break we're featuring some of american had history tv's programs on c-span 3 this week. over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the w abolitionist and women's suffrage movement. and the story of john willis the menard, the first s. c african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >>>...
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u.s. congress. the house is going to vote today on a budget for 2013. even if it passes, it is not expected to become law because president obama says he will veto the republican-backed bill. the measure calls for cuts to the president's health care law and domestic programs. if lawmakers do not come up with any kind of compromise, the pentagon is going to be hit with a $55 billion budget cut. the first of next year. >>> a budget deal negotiated between leaders from both sides of the aisle will be the subject of next week's special session of the maryland general assembly. governor o'malley says it includes an income tax hike on individuals who make more than $100,000 a year or households that make more than $150,000. it adds up to a $6 million reduction in state spending and a $204 million projected increase in the state's rainy day fund. >>> in other news, he was convicted of murdering an off- duty maryland state trooper. now he is scheduled to be sentenced today. the seat pleasant man faces up to life in prison. trooper brown was working security at
u.s. congress. the house is going to vote today on a budget for 2013. even if it passes, it is not expected to become law because president obama says he will veto the republican-backed bill. the measure calls for cuts to the president's health care law and domestic programs. if lawmakers do not come up with any kind of compromise, the pentagon is going to be hit with a $55 billion budget cut. the first of next year. >>> a budget deal negotiated between leaders from both sides of the...
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u.s. congress to send a clear message to the world that the united states cares about privacy and will prothe text the privacy of consumers in all is sectors. mr. chairman, i thank you again for the opportunity to be here today to provide our views, and i welcome the committee's questions. >> thank you very much, sir. commissioner, welcome. >> thank you. chairman rock feller, ranking member toomey and members of the committee, i'm pleased to join chairman liebowitz and cameron kerry, general counsel of the department of commerce. privacy is an important topic for american consumers and i commend you for holding this hearing. but let me say at the outset that my comments and the views, presentationed in this statement are my own and do not really represent the views of the commission or any other commissioner. as you know, my tenure as an ftc commissioner began on april 4th. so while privacy is an issue in which i have tremendous interest and commitment, my views on privacy from the perspective of a commissioner are just over a month old. while i have read the march 2012 privacy report and for
u.s. congress to send a clear message to the world that the united states cares about privacy and will prothe text the privacy of consumers in all is sectors. mr. chairman, i thank you again for the opportunity to be here today to provide our views, and i welcome the committee's questions. >> thank you very much, sir. commissioner, welcome. >> thank you. chairman rock feller, ranking member toomey and members of the committee, i'm pleased to join chairman liebowitz and cameron...
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u.s. congress that fails to deal with an evident huge problem in our country, but has lacked the courage to deal with that. i was thinking we read a lot of materials getting ready for this hearing and certainly appreciate the witnesses that have come. the most dangerous thing that a bank does is make a loan. at the end of the day without sunday underwriting all the things we do here don't make a lot of sense. i sure thank you for your testimony. i look forward to hearing it orally and the questions and we're honored to have you later. >> thank you. thank you senator corker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. very briefly welcome it's so good to have you, mr. vehicler and for your leadership in helping us establish the concept that there needs to be a firewall between banking activities and hedge fund style active tis by banks in order to create a safer and sounder banking system. certainly look forward to your comments. >> thank you. our first panelist tonight i don't normally do cliches, she a man that needs no introduction. i thank you so much is mr. volker. he has dedicated his life to making s
u.s. congress that fails to deal with an evident huge problem in our country, but has lacked the courage to deal with that. i was thinking we read a lot of materials getting ready for this hearing and certainly appreciate the witnesses that have come. the most dangerous thing that a bank does is make a loan. at the end of the day without sunday underwriting all the things we do here don't make a lot of sense. i sure thank you for your testimony. i look forward to hearing it orally and the...
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u.s. congress in 1868. and although never seated, was the first african-american to address the house chamber. american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span3. and on our companion network, c-span2, book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight a look at some of the world's outstanding scientific minds. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, kitty ferguson on theoretical physicist and author steven hawking, an unfettered mind. at 9:00, george dyson talks about the realization of alan turing's theoretical universal machine in the 1940s and '50s. at 10:30, john girtner traces some of the 20th century's most important inventions. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things and then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people, i'll say we'll concede that and make them feel good, but then don't give them the big one. >>
u.s. congress in 1868. and although never seated, was the first african-american to address the house chamber. american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span3. and on our companion network, c-span2, book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight a look at some of the world's outstanding scientific minds. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, kitty ferguson on theoretical physicist and author steven hawking, an unfettered mind. at 9:00, george dyson talks about the realization of alan...
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u.s. congress to the use of a new weapon the hellfire missile. the new missile can take out the first floor of a building without damaging the floors above and is capable of reaching around corners striking enemy forces that hiding or bunkers this declaration went largely unnoticed but it heralded the development of a new missile that would be tested during the early days of the war in iraq. some experts did react to rumsfeld declaration one of them was arms researcher di williams says. this scientist is a member of the u.n. institute for disarmament research. he claims the hellfire missile is a new generation bomb it was used several times during the battle of fallujah the experts call it a thermobaric weapons. they were using small tactical weapons that they wanted these new thermobaric weapons which are specifically designed for very local killing and what they do and they have some of these are right in the target of it they just get fried the it is so high temperature it just burns everything. but also if they are within. maybe fifty meters
u.s. congress to the use of a new weapon the hellfire missile. the new missile can take out the first floor of a building without damaging the floors above and is capable of reaching around corners striking enemy forces that hiding or bunkers this declaration went largely unnoticed but it heralded the development of a new missile that would be tested during the early days of the war in iraq. some experts did react to rumsfeld declaration one of them was arms researcher di williams says. this...
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u.s. congress. although never seated the first african-american to address the house chamber. we'll hear from the hiss toretof the house of representatives, in this one hour event. >>> the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a perezen ta pref a book senate -- book that she had written, i am trying to get that book in school districts around illinois and other places throughout the country. and actually had her at my home in chicago for for the kwanzaa celebration that we do each year to present to our guests. so it is always a pleasure and a delight to see and be a part of of looks at the development and evolution of our country. when we go back to where it was, how it got started. all the different people who have come from places throughout the world, all of the challenges that we have had, the contributions that so many different people have made. i decided, as we celebrate in my community, african-american history highlight individuals in the neighborhood that i call unsung heroes and sheroes that people have never heard of and practically n
u.s. congress. although never seated the first african-american to address the house chamber. we'll hear from the hiss toretof the house of representatives, in this one hour event. >>> the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a perezen ta pref a book senate -- book that she had written, i am trying to get that book in school districts around illinois and other places throughout the country. and actually had her at my home in chicago for for the kwanzaa...
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u.s. congress takes a hard line on iran saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons causing speculation that war is edging closer. and the syrian regime says al qaeda militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody. and on line twenty four hours a day seven days a week here with our team the survival of europe's single currency and the shock waves from its possible break up will inevitably dominate a meeting of the world's top eight political heavyweights g. eight leaders are gathering in the u.s. where they will also discuss the situation in syria and pulling out troops from afghanistan post president obama will also be balancing the small matter of his election campaign as artie's and he said now i reports there are several challenges for this year's g eight summit one is facing its host obama who has his hands tied with an election coming up in november a lot of focus for him on trying to stay in the white house so he's going to have to balance domestic and international consideratio
u.s. congress takes a hard line on iran saying it must be prevented from even being capable of building nuclear weapons causing speculation that war is edging closer. and the syrian regime says al qaeda militants are behind attacks in the country as damascus releases the names of foreign terrorists it claims are in custody. and on line twenty four hours a day seven days a week here with our team the survival of europe's single currency and the shock waves from its possible break up will...
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u.s. congress. that's the message to take back to representatives and senators. they need to stand up and address the issue and not avoid it. i've been on my knees in sheila jackson-lee's office. she's my congresswoman, and she wouldn't do anything on immigration because she thought the unions didn't want it. i've been on my knees in john kor corwin's office and he wouldn't step forward because he didn't feel the president was serious about it. the moment that senator corwin makes a statement to the news media i'm willing to discuss immigration reform, centers for immigration studies all get his desk covered up with faxes that come from my good republican friends who act as the puppets. those organizations i named are the puppeteers. bill, in regard to arizona's right to pass sb1070, i don't argue that right, although i help to support it to make it brief from the greater houston partnership arguing against it. as far as i'm concerned, if the state's rights are a big thing, they ought to be able to do whatever they want to do. i think it was a terrible mistake fo
u.s. congress. that's the message to take back to representatives and senators. they need to stand up and address the issue and not avoid it. i've been on my knees in sheila jackson-lee's office. she's my congresswoman, and she wouldn't do anything on immigration because she thought the unions didn't want it. i've been on my knees in john kor corwin's office and he wouldn't step forward because he didn't feel the president was serious about it. the moment that senator corwin makes a statement...
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u.s. congress. that's the message we need taken back to our representatives and our senators. they need to stand up and address the issue. i've been on my knees in sheilah jackson's office, she's my congresswoman. she thought they didn't want it. i've been in john cornyn's office he wasn't serious he thought the president won't be serious about it. the moment senator cornyn makes a statement to the news media, i'm willing to discuss the studies all get his desk covered up with faxes that come from my good republican friends who act as the puppets. those organizations i named are the puppet ears. in regard to arizona ast's right to pass 1070, i don't argue that right, although i help supported to make us free from the greater houston partnership arguing against it. as far as i'm concerned the states' rights are a big thing, they ought to be able to do whatever they want to do. i think it's a terrible mistake for arizona. i am thrilled that we took the bill. but the sanctuary city bill was proposed in texas. had four unfunded mandates clearly four unfunded mandates. number one,
u.s. congress. that's the message we need taken back to our representatives and our senators. they need to stand up and address the issue. i've been on my knees in sheilah jackson's office, she's my congresswoman. she thought they didn't want it. i've been in john cornyn's office he wasn't serious he thought the president won't be serious about it. the moment senator cornyn makes a statement to the news media, i'm willing to discuss the studies all get his desk covered up with faxes that come...
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u.s. congress exposes counterfeit electronic parts used by major aviation corporations on the military air force on the military aircraft in the u.s. posing a potential threat to security plus. read about the controversy over the russian parliament's plans to ok a bill to enforce tougher punishments for un sanction protests more on that and other stories that are to dot com and remember to check out the latest videos on our youtube channel. is. the official. from the. video. world goes. on as since feeds now with the palm of your. comb the conflict in syria spreading across the border into neighboring lebanon where rallies have turned violent russia's foreign minister says third parties supporting the unrest should stop breaching the un mandate and be honest about their motives. there you go there was a conflict in the syrian conflict is spilling into lebanon where taking into account the religious ethnic makeup it couldn't very badly it's a pity the divisions are being artificially between the shia and sunni populations . world powers behind it will come to the right conclusions and the r
u.s. congress exposes counterfeit electronic parts used by major aviation corporations on the military air force on the military aircraft in the u.s. posing a potential threat to security plus. read about the controversy over the russian parliament's plans to ok a bill to enforce tougher punishments for un sanction protests more on that and other stories that are to dot com and remember to check out the latest videos on our youtube channel. is. the official. from the. video. world goes. on as...
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u.s. congress a doctor for as a thank you very much indeed for time so how large a presence do international terrorist groups have in the north caucuses. well what we see right now is that the north caucuses she hired a network of cars basically is why do you say operation first it was traditionally in chechnya and some other parts of the round to moscow and now they're focusing on what we know from the jihadi international networks based in northern africa and somalia and yemen and of course in the back again stand back and stand here and be the chairman of the website is that they are it's a board of that network now do we have evidence that all of those civic its tracks we don't but what we know is that if you have the networks around the region is hosting this training is even funding some of the activities of these you know terrorist in russia right right so how are they financing their. supporting these groups. well first of all this kind of operation the wonder we witness the dramatic one doesn't need really outside funding while the jihad you know works have inside. the bend in which
u.s. congress a doctor for as a thank you very much indeed for time so how large a presence do international terrorist groups have in the north caucuses. well what we see right now is that the north caucuses she hired a network of cars basically is why do you say operation first it was traditionally in chechnya and some other parts of the round to moscow and now they're focusing on what we know from the jihadi international networks based in northern africa and somalia and yemen and of course...
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u.s. congress member and president pro tem of the california state senate.favorite story about john is one that willie brown told me. he said one of john's constituents lived a message and john called the constituent back. the constituent made her case. then she heard from john. at the end of the conversation, she called willie brown and said, i just got the worst conversation from john burton. he we -- he used words whenever use. and he said, you should be thrilled he called you back. [laughter] with that, i would like to introduce to you the honorable john burton. [applause] >> does anybody ever believe anything willie brown ever tells them? [laughter] i do not. anyway, thank you, mark. anyway, it is a pleasure and honor to be here as a guy who grew up in the sunset and spend an awful lot of time in the park. and have nancy pelosi in between john f. kennedy and martin luther king, jr., is not a bad place to be. i would like to say that. [applause] and that is, for those of us that follow hockey, that is a real hat trick, but 25 years ago, a little bit more
u.s. congress member and president pro tem of the california state senate.favorite story about john is one that willie brown told me. he said one of john's constituents lived a message and john called the constituent back. the constituent made her case. then she heard from john. at the end of the conversation, she called willie brown and said, i just got the worst conversation from john burton. he we -- he used words whenever use. and he said, you should be thrilled he called you back....
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u.s. congress exposes counterfeit electronic parts into a nation corporations american forces a problem isn't potential threat to security. and read about the controversy of the russian parliament spends to pay a bill to enforce a talk of punishment supporting illegal protests or other stories that come to dot com and then forget to check out the latest videos which. is. the official altie allocation your i phone oh i pod touch from the top story. on the go. video on demand. old girls and streets now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. conflict in syria is continuing to ferment the trouble. across its border in neighboring lebanon where they've been fresh protests it comes as syrian rebels reportedly kidnapped thirteen lebanese shia muslims returning from a pilgrimage recent clashes between pro and anti acid supporters in lebanon have left a dozen dead of the past few days what is meant for national has more. the roster signs of the recent violence here everywhere as you can see scarred buildings behind me by a blackened walls garbage we were told that there's been some burnt cars h
u.s. congress exposes counterfeit electronic parts into a nation corporations american forces a problem isn't potential threat to security. and read about the controversy of the russian parliament spends to pay a bill to enforce a talk of punishment supporting illegal protests or other stories that come to dot com and then forget to check out the latest videos which. is. the official altie allocation your i phone oh i pod touch from the top story. on the go. video on demand. old girls and...
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u.s. congress exposes a counterfeit and parts used by major aviation corporations on the american air force aircraft posing a potential threat to security. and to read about the controversy over russian opponents plans to ok a bill to enforce tougher punishments for un sanction protests from that and other stories at all to dot com to get to check out the latest videos the top. is. the official altie application your i phone oh i pod touch from the top story. on the go. video on demand. old girls and street now in the palm of your. on the dot com. conflict in syria is continuing to cause trouble across its border in neighboring lebanon where they've been fresh protests becomes a syrian rebels reportedly kidnapped thirteen in the shia muslims returning from a pilgrimage recent clashes between pro and anti assad supporters in lebanon of the a dozen dead over the past few days parties or if a national report. the last two signs of the recent violence here everywhere as you can see card buildings behind me by a blackened walls garbage we were told that there's been some burned cars here but the
u.s. congress exposes a counterfeit and parts used by major aviation corporations on the american air force aircraft posing a potential threat to security. and to read about the controversy over russian opponents plans to ok a bill to enforce tougher punishments for un sanction protests from that and other stories at all to dot com to get to check out the latest videos the top. is. the official altie application your i phone oh i pod touch from the top story. on the go. video on demand. old...