the united states of america is different. as president, and refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves take place before action. moreover, america has a strategic interest in preventing moammar gaddafi. a massacre would have driven additional refugees over the borders putting enormous strain on the peaceful yet fragile transition in egypt and tunisia the democratic and also is better doning across the region would be eclipsed by the darkest form of dictatorship. the oppressive leaders.. the rest of the dotted nations security just empty words of the united nations security council and future in cripplin its future credibility to uphold peace. i will never minimize the peace or cost of military action i am committed that a failure to act in libya would of. a farquhar price in america. far greater price in america- >> and also arguing against intervention in libya there are others that suggest that we broaden our military mission beyond the path of protectant just love the people and do whatever it takes to brin

the united states of america is different. and as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. moreover, america has an important strategic interest in preventing qaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him. a massacre would have driven thousands of additional refuse refugees across libya's borders putting enormous strains on the peaceful yet fragile transition in egypt and tunisia. the democratic impulses that are dawning across the region would be eclipsed by the darkest form of dictatorship, as repressive leaders concluded that violence is the best strategy to cling to power. the risk of the united nations security council would have been shown to be little more than empty words crippling that institution's future corrode iblt to upload global peace and security. so while i will never minimize the cost involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. now just as there are those who have argued agai

last year, the relationship between china and the united states of america has achieved new progress. people to people contacts and exchanges between our two countries grow rapidly. last year, 3 million visited each other. 1 million from china, 2 million from the united states of america. we see our mutual friendship enhanced, our cooperation consolidated and expanded. especially, our bilateral trade reached a new record of $385.3 billion. 29.3% more than the previous year. that is 150 times more than 32 years ago, when china and america established diplomatic relations. and the state of california maintains its leading position in exports to china. in the fourth quarter of last year, california exported x 0.8 billion u.s. dollars to china, which is 28% more than the same period of last year. 35% is from the bay area. the year 2010 is also a very remarkable in the relationship between china and san francisco. last year, shanghai and san francisco celebrated the city's anniversary of the sister city relationship. three mayors of this city led a large delegation to shanghai and inaugura

the united states of america is different. as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. moreover, america has an important strategic interest in preventing gaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him. a massacre would have driven thousands of additional refugees across libya's borders, putting enormous strains on the peaceful yet fragile transitions to egypt and tunisia. the democratic impulses that are dawning across the region would be eclipsed by the darkest form of dictatorship. as repressive leaders concluded that violence is the way to power. crippling that institution's future credibility to uphold global peace and security. while i will never minimize the costs involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. just as there are those who have argued against intervention in libya, there are others who have suggested that we broaden our military mission beyond the task of protecting the libyan

and is already here in the united states of america. and [applause] energy independence is a reality. it can happen. only if we get government out of the way. we have an immigration crisis in go the reason that no progress has been made is quite simple. there's not one problem. there are four problems. one of the greatest things i learned being in business for over 40 years, and i know it surprises some of you, but i have not been in the politics out of so i have no previous experience holding an office. whenever reporters say "but you have never held public office before" and i say "well, all of the people in washington, d.c., have held public offices before, how is that working for you?" [laughter] [applause] your to know if i have held public office, leadership is about problem-solving. not problem avoidance not kicking in the can down the road, but we have to get serious about fixing a problems. we have four problems with immigration. we must secure the border, enforce the laws that are there promote the past to citizenship that is a

sentiment chipping away at a self-proclaimed key to successful diplomacy for generations the united states of america has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom and the united states is losing influence its. looks now like some sort of a democratic nation in pursuit of peace with it looks like a very aggressive war market especially considering the onesies hasn't won a war decisively since the end of world war two and while former soldiers certainly get it if you look at all of the. animosity towards the us today comes from our military interventions politicians seem blissfully unaware and our party we are rather on bringing them back into the conversation we just saw the story that i put together about the cost of war. and i'm curious to know what you thought when you first heard this talk that we may be getting involved in libya and knowing that we're involved in so many other things right now yeah this is this is a really tough one and i think the story kind of lays out there's a lot of long term consequences when you commit forces to the battlefi

the united states of america is different. and as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. moreover, america has an important strategic interest in preventing qaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him. a massacre would have driven thousands of additional refuse refugees across libya's borders putting enormous strains on the peaceful yet fragile transition in egypt and tunisia. the democratic impulses that are dawning across the region would be eclipsed by the darkest form of dictatorship, as repressive leaders concluded that violence is the best strategy to cling to power. the risk of the united nations security council would have been shown to be little more than empty words crippling that institution's future corrode iblt to upload global peace and security. so while i will never minimize the cost involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. now just as there are those who have argued agai

we have advanced, the united states of america, so far in front of the rest of the world that it's one of the reasons why i don't believe we need as many troops. look at this. on the right-hand side, here's an adviser who's a great young man, and matt was -- is looking through, it's very difficult with those lights, unfortunately, but he's looking through a tiny little scope, and he's looking at this. this is what he's seeing, and you see that white marking? that's a white shroud, and one of these snipers had just hit a taliban about a kilometer away, and an aircraft is up at 25,000 feet and is talking a picture of -- taking a picture of the whole thing, and it's sending it down to matt, who's sitting next to me, and he's looking at the picture. wherever we go with a patrol today, when i was on these other patrols, when we got into a fight, the first thing the sergeant said was, where's my air? every single company i now, most of them have blimps. there are blimps tethered to the company positions flying at about 5,000 feet so they can't be shot down. but they have a camera that's incr

the united states of america is a country of opportunity. [applause] >> don't be shy. >> definitely the united states is a land of opportunity. has been and probably will be for some time. the thing that i observed, my grandfather was an immigrant himself. a i am as well. the thing i observe is when i came here, when my grandfather came here we lost our barry in tibet tie to our country. we started thinking united states is our country. very rich culture of this diversified land, diversified population, this is our country. i am wondering what effect is this going to have when we see the united states states begin to for example speak spanish and english becomes a second language. how do we maintained our culture, how do we maintain the diversity and keep the land of the land of opportunity? >> i will go ahead. i think that as with most things i have experienced in life i think there is room and opportunity for everything. i don't think that one faint needs to be replaced completely by another. i think that in a civil -- in a country of educa

ratio i mean that's three times the government debt of the united states of america and the united states of america doesn't look pretty by any extent and i think really the problem is that we're going to see ultimately that governments are going to try and kick the can further down the road in terms of keeping the economy going but ultimately japan's impact on the global economy is not going to really help us in the short to medium term i think we'll find it difficult to avoid a double dip recession but at the same time i believe that actually in the medium to longer term this event is going to mark the end of or at least the beginning of the end of the terrible recessions and the terrible stock bear market that has played to japan for the past twenty years but it's interesting lloyd a lot of people are looking into it from a very different trajectory because japan is in mazing million dead but it's indebted to itself and and the japanese are horrendous savers here i mean taking virtue from the certainty some people say that is a kind of a blessing an economic blessing in disguise long t

. >> this property is of national significance in commemorating the history of the united states of america they used words like hallowed grounds to describe 40 acres. a place where giants walked, they said. today, 40 acres received the highest honor from a historical perspective bestowed by the united states of america. ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> and that places it in a unique and very elite set of places in this country. places that are the quintessential stories of america. >> we're extremely proud. the recognition of 40 acres has been a place that really embodies the spirit of the park farm worker movement. >> many traveled to the ceremony from the bay area, including chavez's granddaughter and her friend. >> this is very powerful. i mean, this is -- i couldn't miss it for anything. >> i think it's a significant day, an important day, honoring cesar chavez. >> a man who no doubt would be humbled by such an honor on behalf of a grateful nation. ♪ and the home of the brave >> in delano, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> and you also traveled there, rita. what

sentiment chipping away at a self-proclaimed key to successful diplomacy for generations the united states of . america has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom the united states is losing influence. looks now like some sort of a democratic nation in pursuit of peace but it looks like you've received no marks especially considering the united states hasn't won a war decisively since the end of world war two and while former soldiers certainly get it if you look at all the animosity towards the u.s. today it comes from our military interventions politicians seem blissfully unaware and they say sure can our party new york the cost of war certainly allow criticism but many say this is something with so many layers and potentially so many layers of problems even one man one of those people he's a writer and radio host and joins us from chicago to talk about this. and stephen i want to start with something that just came down it turns out president obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert u.s. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust

and he knows in this world, the united states of america is a force for good. the american people, reagan said, are hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair. he was all of these things himself. and everyone could see that. we can all think of leaders throughout history who had qualities of greatness but came up a little short in the qualities of goodness. and somehow, when we remember this great man, we think of his goodness. >> he was engaged in the biggest events of his time, the kindness, and courtesy were never, ever beneath him. just the way he carried himself, that confident, gentlemanly manner. all class. and in hollywood, you can't even fake that. sometimes the best tributes come from opponents because they're the ones looking for weaknesses, and it was a notable adversary who said of president reagan, a large yes of spirit infused his presidency. he lifted our vision and enlarged our conception of this nation and its mission on earth. his time will long glow in history and in memories. that was pretty high praise coming as it did from

sentiment chipping away at a self-proclaimed key to successful diplomacy for generations the united states of america has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom the united states is losing influence its. looks now as some sort of a democratic nation and. looks like a good receiver will mark it's especially considering the nazis hasn't won the war decisively since the end of world war two and while former soldiers certainly get it if you look at all the animosity towards the us today it comes from our military interventions politicians seem blissfully unaware and in our party new york. so clearly there are a lot of questions here especially as to whether the u.s. can afford another war financially and politically but you know scott i was really so taken i was just thinking about the fact that like you said that we may already be arming these rebels i can't get over the amount of dishonesty if really that is the case and the other thing is that hillary clinton came before congress today or she didn't go for the she spoke to a few members of congress an

he wants everyone to have a chance, and he knows that in this world the united states of america is a force for good. the american people are hopeful, a big heart, idealistic, daring, decent and fair. he was all of these things himself and everyone could see that. we can all think of leaders throughout history who had qualities of greatness that came up a little short in the quality of goodness and saw how when we remember this great man, we think of his goodness. he was engaged in the biggest defense of his time, the kindness and courtesy or never beneath him. it's just the way he carried himself, that confident manner. he was all class coming and in hollywood you can't even fix that. [laughter] sometimes the best tributes come from opponents because they are the ones as you know, are looking for witnesses and was a notable adversary who once said of president reagan the spirit and used his presidency. ronald reagan was one of those rare presidents who lifted our vision and enlarge our conception of this nation and its mission on earth. his time will glow in history and memory. that

we represent 15 + regional muslim and islamic organizations in the united states of america. we stand united with our muslim brothers as a people of conscience in this society, people of faith, and even people of no faith. people of faith from buddhist to the judeo-christian communities. this process which peter keane has chosen -- peter king has chosen, it will further radicalize the situation. [unintelligible] the same type of environment that has made a mockery of the president of the united states of america. if you look up there, it is not so bad. [unintelligible] i stand -- we stand united with all people of conscious who feel that society needs to be rebuilt. we have to show in terms of our image -- we do stand united with the rest of our brothers and sisters in the united states of america. >> again, thank you very much. almost everything you heard here will not be present during the hearings tomorrow. that is why we held this press conference. i would like to dive right into questions. we will go with a lady first. >> even if you could argue that post 911, is it not t

clear and present danger to the current afghan government nor do they pose a danger to the united states of america. further we've had our c.i.a. director state there are fewer than 50 al qaeda operatives in afghanistan. i think it should be the policy of the united states of america that if we send our troops to war, we go with everything we have. a politically correct war is a lost war. at the present time we are playing politics. we aren't going with everything we have. if we're serious about doing it, mr. president, you go with everything. and until this president attends more funerals than he does rounds of golf, this person will be highly offended. we have to define the mission. the president of the united states has failed to define success in afghanistan. we are participating in the business of nation building. i reject that. we are supporting a government that's fundamentally corrupt and we all know it. it won't get us where we want to go. eastbound even -- even when i was in afghanistan visiting with general petraeus, he admitted they are using smaller rounds. again, we're trying to be mo

be assisting and training the police force and military, but it's in the interest of the united states of america keeping us safe here to help those in mexico. >> host: how is your working relationship with the new chair of the committee, cay granger? >> guest: she's a delight. she's from texas, and when i was chair, she was ranking, and now she's chair, and i'm ranking. it may be the only committee that there's two women. maybe that's why we work so closely in a bipartisan way. >> host: you find consensus in the committee? >> guest: there is no question, and many of our priorities are the same, and we're looking through the whole budget to make sure that every dime is spent effectively and that there isn't race, and the gentleman talked before about delivering funds to the people rather than the governments. corruption has been a big issue to me as it has for secretary clinton, and, in fact, recently when the president, -- tried to raise taxes on the elite, there was a mass demonstration. if we're giving aid to pakistan, there should be more people paying their taxes, especially at the top level

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god in divisible with liberty and justice for all. "roll call," please ["roll call" [ president mendoza: item b is approved. superintendent's report. superintendent garcia is not here this evening, but we are joined by our deputy superintendent. >> thank you, president mendoza. i appreciate the rolling of the r's. this evening, our superintendent is not here this evening. he is in washington, d.c., representing the district at the council of great city schools executive committee meeting, meeting with legislators and the college board of trustees' meeting. he does send his best wishes to everyone here this evening. a couple of items i would like to bring to the public's attention and just a reminder on friday, march 25, both schools and district offices will be closed for district-wide furlough day, and that is this friday. a reminder to everyone. and again, a reminder to everyone furloughs are necessary unfortunately because although we don't take these furlough da

and people in libya and around the world are seeing that the united states of america stands with those who hope for a future where they can determine their own destiny. >> hi. i am virginia governor bob mcdonnell appeared before i begin, i want to thank the brave men and women of our armed services for their selfless service during. virginia is home to many of our nation's most important military installations and we thank these greatest americans for their defense of freedom and liberty we hold dear. like most governors, my top priority for our commonwealth is insuring fiscal responsibility and helping the private sector create good jobs our citizens need. here in estates, we have to balance our budgets. we can not print money. we have strict debt limit so we have to live within our means. we manage our state budgets like you run your family and business budgets. when i took office last year, we faced historic budget deficits of $6 billion your in virginia. we close to those deficits by cutting expendspending, no