roosevelt argued consistently for unified nation under the guidance of a strong chief executive. that unity was premised on what he understood the fact of increasing national interdependence. he also understood american citizens -- and more as members of economically definedgroups. that is, he thought of citizenship and national trends and citizens as connected their economics interest. all these interests were roughly equal and it roughly equal plans on the national government. the president's main task was ensuring a balance among and between these groups so that the nation would be both stable and just. but when social justice is understood and largely economic terms, something important is being overlooked. for community life, which is explicitly defined in christian terms as something akin to social justice, is not reducible to economics. when the president puts himself in charge of deciding when social justice has been achieved, those were underprivileged lose the right to decide for themselves what such justice might look like and when it might be appropriate for them to pu

.:" he spent decades in prison after trying to unify the nation.eives high-profile like hillary clinton week, but he'sst retired from public life. it's now his family, including wife and his current wife working together to spread his ideals. the sale of t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats way totionally is one continue peacemakers' legacy. >> when people put this on, what they think about? >> i want you to think of inspiration, freedominspirationhope, paying forward. >> a mandela family says this is just the beginning. clothing are coming possibly soon. it's available for sale on line u.s. and expected retail stores their early next year. abc news, johannesburg. >> in entertainment news, we are the "dancingn who stars" all-star will be partnered with. this is season 15. the new cast is made up of including kirstie alley. partners will be revealed this americaon good morning hour.0 much more to come in our next hour. >> we will go back out for update on the breaking news in fairfax county, a major commuter route shutdown as police investigated the acci

the one difference between the two was the threat of war tends to unify nation and becomes that muchore divisive but in 1938, what i think is significant is a minority of there was church l., eden, cooper and various others who were warning very clearly what the threat was and they were treated as cassandra's or war mongers even and it could not come to power until after the war started and in fact he didn't arrive in power until may 10, 1940 which would happen to be the very day the germans launched their invasion of the countries of holland, belgium and also france. c-span: sudeten lantis where? >> guest: sudeten land is the most western part of the czechoslovakia and in fact people refer to it as the sigar stuck in in the mountain of germany. and a large sort of german population there. one has to remember how many germans there were spread around different parts of europe and who had been there under the sword of empires, the german empire but also the hungarian empire. and hitler's argument at the time of course was that i want to bring the germans back within the reich and many

but i am noticing in making these arguments roosevelt was making the challenge of building a unified nationeem a bit easier than it was. he ignored structural inequalities and regional differences and enabled their persistent. he allowed local identities in favor of a false national commonnate to disregard a real and principled opposition of public rains, antiinterventionists and other opponents. his unifying rhetoric had some exclusion center elements and he did all this within an invigorated presidency and which was paced on a strong sense of the kinds of unity called for by both generals and priests in his famous fir inaugural he said, quote, if i read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our inner densens on each other. we cannot merely take but must give as well. if we for go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army, willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline because without such discipline no progress is made. no leadership becomes effective. we are, i know, ready and willing to submit our lives and property to such

is it possible to create such a government without it trying to unify itself by a combination of islamism and extreme nationalism? >> rose: we continue with a look at a new movie "hope springs". we'll have the director david frankel, three of the film's stars: meryl streep, tommy lee jones and steve carell. >> you want to feel alive. you want to feel the day. you know, the feeling of being in love and when it first happens to you and how connected you are to every moment, to every sense, to every piece of music. you just... you're more hyperaware and over time people settle for not. >> rose: henry kissinger, meryl streep, tommy lee jones, david frankel and steve carellue.p continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: henry kissinger is here. he is the former secretary of state and national security advisor. his history of brokering peace in the middle east informs his perspective on that region. he has shared his views on syria egypt and the arab spring in a "washington post" column. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. it

the united nations general assembly so a lot of work lies ahead at the united nations for members to try to find a unified position and of course the other big question will next peace process with kofi annan. what's next is difficult to say right now kevin we do know that in two weeks and on july twentieth the united nations observer mission expires in syria whether or not their mandate is going to be extended remains to be seen this is something that russia is certainly calling for we also know that currently bonn ki-moon the u.n. secretary general was in talks with the leader of the arab league to try to find a successor after coffee and on and it's going to be an important role to fill it's going to be important to see what kind of track record that person has and whether or not that person will have a new plant put in place and that's certainly something that's going to play a very major role in the events that are yet to unravel and absolutely. much. the battle for syria's second city aleppo is getting more bloody by the day univers of his report a heavy build up of weapons in the area rebels are be

is it possible to create such a government without it trying to unify itself by a combination of islamism and extreme nationalism? is it possible that syria or... likely that syria breaks up into an alawite unit, a sunni unit, a kurd unit so that then there are a number of uncontrollable spots towards which the outside world will find it very hard to define a relationship so that it had so of the attributes of somalia. so that there's nobody you can really... >> rose: but if assad goes and soon is that inevitable? >> no, but it's a real danger. >> rose: and what could prevent it from happening? somebody could emerge as a "central figure" who has the capacity to.... >> nobody has yet emerged and most people who deal with the opposition agree that the opposition is extremely divided among itself. the army, is, of course, part of the assad structure. most of the army... the army is dominated by alawite. so the army will be with the alawite unit so a national army will have to be formed and somebody will... or some group or some combination will have to get enough authority to dominate the country-- which has always

the national strategy has reinvigorated our efforts and reenergized our community under a unifying setof goals. in a short period of time, we have demonstrated progress on the national strategy of three key goals. in particular, each of the goals is guided by strong science, solid evidence of what works best. we have the benefits of the world's leading scientists and researchers at the national institute of health. they and other researchers at the u.s. and across the world have contributed in many scientific breakthroughs that provide but the knowledge and tools that and aids. national strategies first goal is to reduce new hiv infections because after all, this is a preventable disease. by the year 2015, we seek to lower new infections by 25%. we plan to do this by reducing hiv transmission rates and increasing the percentage of people living with hiv who note the zero sadness. to reach these targets as well as support similar global efforts to produce hiv, nih continues to confess and cutting-edge prevention research related to vaccine. and we are so pleased to see greater emphasis

unified do you see the republican party? republicans cancel the opening day of their national convention saying their first concern was for the safety of delegates and guests in the face of tropical storm isaac, which is headed toward lord's west coast. the chairman of the rnc said -- isaac, which is headed toward florida's west coast. the convention will officially open on monday. it will immediately recessed until tuesday afternoon at a time to be determined later. we will look at how the schedule seems to be playing out at this point and the people scheduled to speak on monday night and where they will be moved and how that will be affected. here is a story that gets at the heart of one of the questions we are at -- asking about whether you think the republican party is unified. reporting from tampa -- the future of the republican party rest with ashley, who will attend the -- rests with ashley, who will take over as maine's national committeewoman. bargaining party leaders left with only half of the maine delegates. one reminder of mitt romney's grip on the proceedings. ashley says it was a slap in the face. her members c

unified on this. on the one hand if you are pakistan and you are part of the national security apparatus and looking at the potential for a week afghanistan, then staying aligned with the afghan taliban mas good sense. if afghastan were to collapse, they will once again become the playground of greatames. there is an argument they would want to hedge. on the other hand you can have a view that the pakistanis think afghanistan will succeed brilliantly. you may want to heads with the taliban as well. there can oculus remains opaque to us. the third point, -- their calculus remains opaque. the transition, this first successful civilian transition, that is critical. stepping back we always will come to the conclusion that pakistan nes to get a strong civilian government that controls its military. the nature of the relationship has been one in which the urgent has always trumped the long term strategic importance. the urgent is most recently the war on terror. compromises' deal directly with the military. it deals with the isi. of course that makes sense for the united states of america with the consequenc

national convention. on the first night of romney-palooza, republicans looked to present a unified coherent vision. instead, echoing the fractures that exist within the party, the central messages outlined by their two headliners were in direct conflict with one another. >> i want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us, that one great thing that brings us our greatest joy when times are good and the deepest solace in our dark hours. tonight, i want to talk to you about love. >> see, i believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. tonight, we are going to do what my mother taught me. tonight, we're going to choose respect over love. >> while it seemed ann romney's assignment was to humanize her husband, she seemed better at defining him as anything but human. a mechanical, unflinching workhorse. >> -- work harder. no one will care more and no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. this man will not fail. >> it was a sentiment echoed in the pages of the "washington post" today. quote, mitt romney'

the national strategy has reinvigorated our efforts and reenergized our community under a unifying setof goals. in a short period of time, we have demonstrated progress on the national strategy of three key goals. in particular, each of the goals is guided by strong science, solid evidence of what works best. we have the benefits of the world's leading scientists and researchers at the national institute of health. they and other researchers at the u.s. and across the world have contributed in many scientific breakthroughs that provide but the knowledge and tools that and aids. national strategies first goal is to reduce new hiv infections because after all, this is a preventable disease. by the year 2015, we seek to lower new infections by 25%. we plan to do this by reducing hiv transmission rates and increasing the percentage of people living with hiv who note the zero sadness. to reach these targets as well as support similar global efforts to produce hiv, nih continues to confess and cutting-edge prevention research related to vaccine. and we are so pleased to see greater emphasis

republican national convention in tampa, where tonight it was vice presidential candidate paul ryan's turn in the spotlight. he officially accepted his party's nomination and urged all americans to unify behind the republican candidates. >> whatever your political party, let's come together for the sake of our country. join mitt romney and me. let's give this effort everything we have. let's see this thing all the way through. >> in what many are calling the biggest speech of his political career, ryan covered a gamut of topics, including obama administration's loan to fremont based solyndra, medicare, jock job creation, and the growing national debt, each time promising that the romney-ryan ticket would provide solutions. nbc bay area's steve handelsman has more from tampa. >> reporter: mitt romney picked mate. young gun as his running >> i accept the duty to help lead our nation ouz of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity. and i know we can do this. >> reporter: paul ryan is the leader of republicans insisting we recognize our deficit crisis and fix it. >> we need to stop spending money we don't have. the present administration has made its choices. and mitt romney and i have made o

it is a unifying experience in the uned states,nhe erin onte, but many people will argue that cultures of africa, many cultures, many tribes, many nations celebrated tremendous achievements by the standards of the world of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and even the 18th century of colonization. so depending on what it is you're trying to convey to a child, you can tell them that before the white man came, if you go to timbuktu, you will see a thriving civilization. you will see the invention of languages that preceded the lynn gaphonc of the world and that's english. but alongside that very trajectory you just describe, the one of struggle, of pain, of repression is one of survival, of triumph, of creativity, and so part of telling the story of black history is to celebrate that ability to exist in a society that is working against you, is attempting to demonize yo and still be abl to triumph over it, still be able to produz original forms of art such as jazz music. that's powerful and that's empowering. it's because of black people's political traditions starting with political activism in the context of slavery. to this day that america actua

unifying experience in the united states in the american context. many people will argue that the cultures of africa, many cultures, tribes, nations celebrated tremendous achievements by the standards of the world of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th century before colonization. depending what it is you are trying to convey to a child you can tell them that before the white man came if you go you will see a thriving civilization. you will see the invention of languages that preceded english. along side that trajectory that you described of struggle, pain and oppression is one of survival, triumph and creativity. part of telling the story of black history is to celebrate the ability to exist in a society that is working against you and attempting to demonize you and still be able to triumph over it and still be able to produce original forms of art such as jazz music. that's powerful and that is empowering. it's because of black people's political traditions starting with political activism in the context of slavery to this day that america actually is a more democratic society, is a society that has more equality than it did 200 years ago. and that is also

unify the exiled opposition have failed and they're now turning to internal groups so who will lead a post assad syria. well that's the intriguing thing because the main body of the s.n.c. the syrian national council that the west was sort of backing for a long period of time not pleasing and really backing backing to a certain extent but also kind of recognizing broadly it was knobbed by clinton who didn't actually meet with them and in this apparent sort of shift but if you look at the groups that they're talking about in the ground they're actually quite close allies and fragment they do have they do have representation there are actually kind of most of them are democratic activists who are working for real change but the question is isn't that a form of opportunism by the united states and by clinton kind of trying to befriend this opposition members and trying to portray america as a kind of benevolent actor in syria one in fact actually the facts of the market are not not so so i guess. one more act of interference and actually a form of diligent demise in this activist who will be seen as tarnished by their association with external powers like the united states and carl i might ad

unified. i'm told they're aware when they move on against iran, they have to do it hezbollah in lebanon and the gaza strip. i know the israeli nationalmely capable of handling all those threats and they will handle them bloodily and ruthlessly as they must to defend the people of israel. hezbollah and hamas and syria will launch weapons of mass destruction against the israeli population. >> so in terms of ghee yo politics and the financial world, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being very, very certain, how would you rank an incushion, some kind of israeli war against iran? >> from what i learned today, we're past 5, we're into 6 and 7. because of the political calculation. and that's important now. >> the political calculation with respect to our election? >> you and i have talked often, larry. this white house thinks politics first, politics second, politics third. et dwuz not think about our allies' safety. israel is very exposed. iran is a predator state. syria is ott of control. the whole region is fragile at this point. there's no way of knowing when this is going to happen. but larry, there are 150,000 turkish troops at the bord

unified command, for example. we are not seeking for japan to become a more militaristic nation. the aim is to get rid of the impediments of our forces can work together more efficiently. >> in the back there. >> i am from the state department. public diplomacy bureau. if japan does not choose to step up the plate -- to the plate and let the alliance with their, what are the most possible consequences? >> let me make sure i understand. if japan and united states are not moving forward together, what are the consequences? we are going to have an alliance because one of the most important features is the fact that the government and the people of japan allow us the use of military bases in japan. without which the tyranny of time and distance for our navy would be such that it would really make it difficult for us to have meaningful security cooperation. as long as the government of japan were willing to allow the use of u.s. bases our alliance will continue. will not be what we needed to be. it is not something i think -- if japan does not move along that is not a situation that i

unified on this. on the one hand if you are pakistan and you are part of the national security apparatus and looking ator a week afghanistan, then staying aligned with the afghan taliban makes good sense. if afghanistan were to collapse, they will once again become the playground of great games. there is an argument they would want to hedge. on the other hand you can have a view that the pakistanis think afghanistan will succeed brilliantly. you may want to heads with the taliban as well. there can oculus remains opaque to us. the third point, -- their calculus remains opaque. the transition, this first successful civilian transition, that is critical. stepping back we always will come to the conclusion that pakistan needs to get a strong civilian government that controls its military. the nature of the relationship has been one in which the urgent has always trumped the long term strategic importance. the urgent is most recently the war on terror. compromises' deal directly with the military. it deals with the isi. of course that makes sense for the united states of america with the consequences of 9/

unified combat command. and the right authorities, to adequately defend our nation. how does this decision that made?> it is a long, long process. it is not necessarily an authority issue as much as it is looking at how we are going to operate in cyberspace. it is interesting. in 2007 we drafted -- i don't do -- at the request of the commander's -- ross cart right about establishing cybercommand. what he was interested in is what do we do? unified force separate service or a functional command? we sent some folks to study that and came up with a paper in april, may and june time frame and said probably needing a unified command but the problem is to get to a unified command is too big a step to jump by pulling these together and making unified command. the most logical set it up as a sub unified and grow to unified. that is the process we are going to work our way through. it will take time but it is important to note that as the nsa director our report to the secretary of defense. i execute authorities on the part of the secretary. it then goes to the secretary. half of me is reporting this way and

unified country we wanted, the results we wanted on the economic front. >> great stuff. artur davis, we appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> "the kudlow report" will be at the republican national august 27. join us as we go to tampa. we have all-star guests lined up. programming note for monday. i will be joined from ann coulter. that's it for this evening's show. i'm larry kudlow. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ three, six, nine ♪ the goose drank wine ♪ the monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line ♪ ♪ ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand ♪ pat it on your partner's hand ♪ ♪ right hand ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand ♪ cross it with your left arm ♪ pat your partner's left palm ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm ♪ [ male announcer ] it's back. the volkswagen beetle. that's the power of german engineering. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many invest

national convention accepting the gop presidential nomination. romney pledged building jobs and economy. romney said if he's elected he'll work to unify a divided country that once believed in president obama's campaign promise but since lost hope. >> wish president obama succeeded because i want america to succeed but his promises gave way to disappointments and division. this isn't something we have to accept. now is the moment when we can do something and with your help we will do something. >> and mitt romney is currently running even in most national polls against president obama and the focus is on competitive races end key swing states like florida and virginia where both he and paul ryan will examine later today. back here in europe the commission plans to bring eurozone banks under the control of the ecb. the ecb will have oversight of all banks that have tapped the esm from january of next year and all remaining banks in 2014. this is the outgoing bank of england adam post who says the ecb would be right to cap bond yields. speaking on the sidelines of jackson hole promise it's well within the mandate of the central bank dur

unified in this. on the one hand if your pakistans and you're part of the national security apparatus and looking at the potential for a weak afghanistan, then staying aligned with the afghan taliban makes good sense. it's a good hedge. afghanistan, if were to collapse, it's going to once again become the playground of great games. and so there's an argument may want to hedge. on the ore hand, you can have the view that the pakistani that afghanistan is going to succeed bril lantly and be well aligned with the united states and india. you might want to hedge with the taliban as well. it's simply their calculus remains opaque to us. the third point, i think what ambassador rayman said about the transition the first hopefully civilian transition that's critical for the united states and the long-term relationship with pakistan stepping back we will come to the conclusion that pakistan needs to get a strong civil yab accountable government that controls the military. the nature of the relationship with pakistan has been one in which the urgent has been trump what we know to be the long-term strategic impor

unified combat and command. do you think this is an important step toward having the right authority to adequately defend our nation. if so, how does this decision get made? >> is a long, long process. it is not necessarily an authority issue as much as it is looking at how we are going to operate in cyberspace. it is interesting. in 2007, we drafted -- the royal we. i do not do any work. one of the folks drafted of paper at the request of the commander of staff, about establishing cyber command. what he was interested in was what do we do. do we do unified, sub-unified, a separate service or functional command? we sent some folks off to study that and came up with the paper in april-may-june time frame of 2007 and said, we probably need a unified command. the problem is, to get to a unified command is too big a step to jump, by pulling all these together to just make a unified command. the most logical is to set it up as a sub-unified and then grow into a unified. i think that is the process we're going to work our way through. it will take time, but it is important to know that as the nsa director, i report to th

unified on this. on the one hand if you are pakistan and you are part of the national security apparatus and looking at the potential for a week afghanistan, then staying aligned with the afghan taliban makes good sense. if afghanistan were to collapse, they will once again become the playground of great games. there is an argument they would want to hedge. on the other hand you can have a view that the pakistanis think afghanistan will succeed brilliantly. you may want to heads with the taliban as well. there can oculus remains opaque to us. the third point, -- their calculus remains opaque. the transition, this first successful civilian transition, that is critical. stepping back we always will come to the conclusion that pakistan needs to get a strong civilian government that controls its military. the nature of the relationship has been one in which the urgent has always trumped the long term strategic importance. the urgent is most recently the war on terror. compromises' deal directly with the military. it deals with the isi. of course that makes sense for the united states of america with the co

national convention in florida. i talked to the chairman of the republican party about how the is european feeing behind the romney ryan ticket. >> i -- unifyingn ticket. >> what are are we going to learn from the platform leading into the convention starting the following week? >> i think you will see a whole lot of activity this week. the convention for sauce us io week period of time and we bring in the convention piece that you all see every night as part of the republican national committee summer meeting and then we temporarily turn it over to different people during the week that you get to see. so this week what we are doing is we are debating the rules of the republican national committee, setting the rules for the convention next week and then we are also putting together as you referred to the platform. i think you are are going to see, shannon, the republican party staying true to the basic principles of liberty and freedom that you have seen our party be consistent with over the years and so i suspect that we are going to have a pretty smooth week this week and we are going to have just an unbelievable convention here in tampa. it

unified combatant command. do you think this is an important step toward having the right authorities to adequately defend our nation? if so, how does this decision it made? >> it's a long process. it is not necessarily an authority issue as much as it is looking at how we are going to operate in cyberspace. it is interesting. in 2007, we drafted -- one of the folks trapped in a paper at the request of the commander of strack, at the time about it. do we do a unified or separate service or functional command? and so we send folks off to study and came up with the paper. in april, may, june, timeframe of 2007 and said we probably need a unified command. but the problem is to get to unified command, it is too big of a step than just making a unified command. the most logical is to set it up as a sub unified and go to unified. it will take time. it is important to note that as the nsa director, a report to the secretary of defense. i actually execute the authorities on behalf of the secretary. i worked those portions through general bob taylor at stratcom, who then goes to the secretary. half of me is reporting this wa

unified combat and command. do you think this is an important step toward having the right authorities to adequately defend our nationif so, how does this decision get made? >> that's a long, long process. it's not necessarily an authorities issue as much as it is looking at how we're going to operate the cyberspace. it's interesting, in 2007, we drafted the -- i don't do any work, one of the folks drafted a paper at the request of the commander at the time about establishing a cybercommand, and what he was interested in what do we do? a unified, sub unified or separate service or functional command? and so we sent some folks off to study that and came up with a paper in april, may, june time frame in 2007 saying we needed the unified command. the problem to get to a unified command it's too big of a jump by pulling them together making them a unified command. the most logical is set it up to a sub unified and grow it to a unified. that a process we'll work our way through. it'll take time. it's important to note as the nfa districter, i report to the secretary of defense. i actually execute the authorities on match

the unifying principle behind all these efforts at home and abroad is that they are guided by science and evidence. i am so proud of the leading role in america's national institute of health have laid in the research breakthroughs that have brought us within the site of an aids free generation. [applause] earlier this week, we took another step forward with the approval of turnout at, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of hiv infections in on infected individuals at high risk, the first time. [applause] in the days ahead, you hear about promising next step in other areas for basic science to microbicides for women, to voluntary male circumcision, to improve therapies, two potential vaccines for hiv and tb come into the ultimate goal of the care. science is the reason this conference got started and it remains the driving force behind our effort to combat this disease. in the weeks leading up to this conference to aids 2012, i've been feeling in thinking about the aids quilt, which is not being displayed on this conference at locations across the city. some of those 48,000 panels hang on the first floor of the building where i work. the panels are

unified on this. on the one hand, if you are pakistan and you are part of the national-security apparatus, looking at potential for a very weak afghanistan, then staying aligned with the afghan taliban makes good sense. it is a good hedge because afghanistan, if it were to collapse, it is going to once again be the playground of great games. so there is an argument that they want to hedge. on the other hand, you could have the idea that pakistan -- that afghanistan will succeed brilliantly and be aligned with the united states. there calculus' remains very opaque to us. the third point, i think what ambassador rehman said about the civilian transition, it is critical. for the united states in our long-term allegiance to pakistan, stepping back, we always will come to the conclusion that pakistan needs to get a strong civilian, accountable government that controls its military. the nature of the relationship with pakistan has been one in which the urgent has always prompt -- has always trumped what we know to be important. most recently it was the war on terror. so compromises deal directly with the p

the unifying principle behind all these efforts, at home and abroad, is that they're guided by science and evidence. i'm so proud of the leading role that america's national institutes of health have played in a research breakthrough that are brought us within the site of an aids-free generation. carter this week we took another step forward with the approval of the first drug shown to reduce the risk of hiv infection. [applause] in uninfected individuals at high risk. the first time. so in the days ahead you will hear about promising next steps in other areas from basic science to the crow besides for women, to voluntary male circumcision, to improved therapies, to potential vaccines for hiv and tb, and to the ultimate goal of a cure. science is the reason this conference got started, and it remains the driving force behind our efforts to combat this disease. in the weeks leading up to this conference, aids 2012, i've been feeling and thinking about the aids quilt, which is now being displayed at this conference and at locations across the city. some of those 40,000 panels hang on the first floor of the building where i work. the panels of personal, cove

i pray that in the family of our nations, there will be appreciation and respect for the uniqueness of each individual. help us to be unifiedaders. keep our leaders in a place of unity among themselves. i pray that this unity will never be allowed to tear our country apart. bless the food being prepared for us and those who prepared it. in jesus' name i pray, a man. -- amen. >> please welcome dick ackerman who will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> let's remember our men and women in the military who protect us and renew our pledge to the greatest country in the world. >> [all together] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] >> bazell phones are off, right? -- cell phones are off, right? where are waiting a little while norgard -- for governor chris christie to arrive because we were all asking him for money. it is kind of like these boards a lizard occurs. arnold did it in 2004. i told him to be careful because you end up with a glass jar after this. i'm so happy to be int

and also in terms of a unified voice for them to have a strong role in what is going on here in washington, d.c. that is where we come in as an association. our role as the nationalassociation for the self- employed is to help be their voice, to help stand up for their business needs in d.c. against a lot of other businesses, larger interests who have a lot more clout and a lot more money to influence policy. host: the darkest green, texas, florida, california. are there concentrations? guest: the state laws and state environment to play a part in whether they have a large number of small business and self- employed. some states have a much more favorable regulatory tax environment for small businesses. so you'll see the number increase. texas, new york, certain states really promote entrepreneurship. i think that is where you see -- and of course, population. states that are larger in size, you have a likelihood of larger numbers. it definitely is diverse. i think the state crime has a lot to do with whether they truly foster -- state climate as a lot to do with whether they truly foster entrepreneurship. host: how's the economy affecting this? guest: the downtu

unified civilian demand -- command. two days ago, the president took the important step of issuing a decree that we have signed several brigades. in addition, to organize a national dialogue, the president has appointed a committee with representatives from political parties, youth groups, organizations, and it people in the north. that is the first time this week. on the security front, there of an important gains against aqap. today, their flag no longer flies. one resident said it is like seeing doctors -- darkness lifted from our lives. also, businesses are reopening, public services have resumed and public servants are getting paid. the energy infrastructure is slowly being restored and that includes the matter of pipelines. at the same time, yemen continues to face extraordinary challenges. violence remains a tragic reality. we saw this again in last week's meeting and in a suicide attack on saturday that killed dozens of innocent yemenis. it is one of the poorest countries on earth in conditions are compounded by last year's of people. most access -- lack access to basic services. unemployment is as high as 40%. chronic poverty is now estimated at 54%. 10