prime minister has described violence and the city as a calculated assaults on the authority of the state. >> this will be a turning point for us as a nation. to confront the powers of evil that have penalized the society and ernest d. and indeed -- and earned us the label of one of the murder capitals of the world. we must confront this with determination and unqualified resolved. >> it was plans to arrest this man that's part the trouble -- christopher coke, known as dithers. his gang is known as "the shower posse" it for the number of bullets it uses. he has a loyal following. some see him as a godfather, a benefactor who pays for their children's schooling. late last week became not to protect against plans to extradite him to the u.s. on charges of guns and drug- running. [speaking jamaican english] >> the tories have not urged all law-abiding citizens to leave the troubled areas. the prime minister has appealed for the calm. >> here in the u.k. the coalition government has announced its first round of spending cuts. of budgets for i.t., property, advertising have been reduced and will be a freeze on civil service recruitment. the sec

us. as a nation, we must educate our way to a better economy, and collectively, you are helping to lead the country where we need to go. he was so much for having me here this morning. [applause] -- thank you so much for having me here this morning. >> we are going to make a quick status change, and then we will move into the town hall portion of the meeting. secretary duncan has agreed to take some questions from the audience and from our delegates on stage. it will take as a couple moments to get the podium out of the way. let me say that i will serve as moderator. it will be tricky because we have questions coming from the audience as well as the stage. there is a microphone in the middle of the stage, if you're interested in asking a question, move behind the microphone and we will get to as many questions as weekend. if you're going to ask a question, interest out -- introduce yourself and provide context. name, affiliation. now i will invite the secretary duncan and susan to join me in the middle. i think we will start the conversation with a question from the editor in chief of "pare

as a country. there aren't that many people working on figuring out how that is affecting us as a nation, how it has historically affected us that our speakers today are both speaking about the topic in history and in the present and what they're learning is important to all of us. i got interested in this general topic or this particular topic in 2007 when we had one of our speakers, laura browder. her project is "when janey comes marching home." she is a new book out with photos from that project, photography and oral history project and she did some writing with that. i got to work with her editing some of the ideal for the oral history interviews that she did what you. in the "virginia quarterly review," which is also here in charlottesville. laura browder teaches that the university. she is also author of slippery characters, ethnic impersonators and american identities. she is also working on a film based on the real-life characters from the book, forrest carter and it will be absolutely fascinating. are other speaker is kara dixon vuic. she's the author of "officer, nurse, woman: the army nur

this was an attempt to hit us as a nation in one. siest and important places in the world, times square on a saturday night when the weather was perfect and there were thousands of people in the area. so for this to have been in someone's mind, to park this and set it off, regardless of whether it goes, this is unfortunately would probably one of the most lethal attempted acts we have seen in this nation since 9/11. >> juliet: would you call it terrorism, sit home-grown or is it something else? >> that the question. amateurish nature as the mayor said about the device itself indicates this is not a coordinated and sophisticated plan of attack. nonetheless, 2009 was the most active year for terror related indictments since 9/11. you had the christmas day attempted bombing of the airplane. you are seeing more and more and what is happening it's a mix. people are coming from overseas but what is the most troubling, folks right here in this nation who have decided to take the war to us here. >> juliet: when the commissioner was taking que

us. as a nation, we must educate our way to a better economy.and collectively, you are helping to lead the country where we need to go. thank you uch for ng me here this morning. [applause] [applause] >> so we're going to make a quick stage change and then we'll move into a town hall portion of the meeting and secretary duncan has agreed to take some questions from the audience and from our delegates up on stage. it will take us is couple moments to get the podium out of the way. let me say that i'll serve as moderator. it will be a little tricky because we've got questions coming from the audience as well as from the stage. there's a microphone in the middle of the stage here. if you're interested in asking a question, just move behind the microphone and we'll get to as many of the questions as we can. i ask that if you're going to ask a question, you just introduce yourself and provide some context, name, affiliation, where you're from, which will help the questions that we have. now i could invite secretary duncan and susan keane to join me i

as unforeseen to us today as the microchip and the surface of the moon were a ctury ago. american innovation must be the foundation of american power. at no time in human history as a nation of diminished economic vitality maintained its political challenges. that means the civilians among us, e parents, the community leaders, elected officia, business leaders, we have a role to play. we cannot simply leave it to those in uniform to defend this country. we have to make sure that america is building on its strengths. [applause] as we build these economic sourceof our strength, the second thing we must do is interpret the capabilities that can advance our interests and common interests of human beings around the world. america's armed forces are adapting to changing tim, but your efforts have to be complemented. we will need the renewed engagement of our diplomats from grand capitals to dangerous outposts. we need experts who can suppo afghan agriculture and help africans build pastures to feed themselves. we need intelligence agencies that work seamlessly with counterparts to one rebel plot that run from pakistan to our cities. we need law-enforcement that can strengthen j

and yes my people as a nation and as a community, what will ever work say about us? we would to ourselves and dr. height to stay in the struggle. thank you again. [applause] speed it is my honor to welcome the director of the ford motor company. thank you for their contribution to the corporation of the national council of negro women in terms of financial need. also vivian president of general motors foundation who have been a longstanding corporate sponsor of the various activities of the national council of negro women and the national review and the celebrated its 25th anniversary. these are corporate sponsors and leading the effort on many occasions is thompson the ceo of the charter health plan. come forward, please. [applause] >> thank you. i was glad this evening to read a passage from dr. height's book and in her own words, it goes i believe it is the hand of god that led the african american woman to establish the center on the power halfway between the capitol and the white house [inaudible] it was both f lifting and humbling when the building was named th

team had done, every motion they had won, done away with every hearing for nothing and forced us as a nation to begin this prosecution anew sometime somewhere. today, 17 months later, there's not a single individual in this chamber that can tell us a clue as to when, where, how or even if these terrorists will be prosecuted. all we know is that we are now 3 1/2 more years down the road and the clock is still ticking while the attorney general continues to debate whether we should prosecute them here or prosecute them there. while the victims of 9/11 have been waiting, the aclu has not. they have moved forward with the john adams project to defend these terrorists who by the way, admitted their guilt. and while the victims of 9/11 have been waiting, there are allegations that the identity is key military and intelligence personnel have been passed to the 9/11 defendants more than a year ago, allegations that such passage could have come from the attorneys involved in the case. there are further allegations with the passage of this information could have been a criminal act and could have jeop

us. as a nation, we must educate our way to a better economy, and collectively, you are helping to lead the country where we need to go. he was so much for having me here this morning. [applause] -- thank you so much for having me here this morning. >> we are going to make a quick status change, and then we will move into the town hall portion of the meeting. secretary duncan has agreed to take some questions from the audience and from our delegates on stage. it will take as a couple moments to get the podium out of the way. let me say that i will serve as moderator. it will be tricky because we have questions coming from the audience as well as the stage. there is a microphone in the middle of the stage, if you're interested in asking a question, move behind the microphone and we will get to as many questions as weekend. if you're going to ask a question, interest out -- introduce yourself and provide context. name, affiliation. now i will invite the secretary duncan and susan to join me in the middle. i think we will start the conversation with a question from the editor in chief of "pare

as a nation, we pause to remember them. they gave their lives fulfilling their oath to this nation and to us.a responsibility on us to recognize, to respect, to honor, and to care for those who risk their lives so that we can live our lives. moments ago, i had the distinct honor and high privilege of playing the reece at the tomb of the unknown soldier -- of ... laying the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. this morning, we are joined by those who know all too well the price paid by their loved ones. i met ruth, who lost her son christopher on the first night of major operations in afghanistan in october of 2001. imaging couple -- imojean cupp, the woman who played a pivotal role in vietnam. terry davis, the remarkable gold star sister, goldstar wife, and gold star mothers. none should be asked to sacrifice that much. and i also met the parents, the brother, and the beautiful widow of john howard. i had the privilege of meeting his family when i attended the memorial service in fort lewis in washington state. john served in the striker brigade that was among the hardest hit in afghani

a man that never gave birth to nothing. o. oh, and it goes to the heart of nationalism. i was a pan african. levies be clear about. i used a but nationalism. nationalism asreason the african concept is having a problem is because there are no african nation states in africa. each one of the boundaries of those nationstates was defined by europeans for the benefit of europeans. and to try and maintain those boundaries is to try and maintain european hegemony. on top of that, nationalism is based in fact up on symbolically, putting a flag to claim, or to put it a better way, putting a dick in a whole. nationalism is about systematic oppression limit. you cannot own land, you cannot own women. and until we deal with that, we're not going to move forward. we're going to go in circles and think we are moving forward. this is a black writers conference and we don't even know what black as it took one of the hallmarks of blackness, i ain't black. so as soon as you see a dark skinned% say i ain't black, you know that person is what? black. recently we've had two major pollsters make the transition. one was lucio clifton. some would say the quintessential black p

gap from shuttle retirement to the day we can once again access low earth orbit, leaving us hostage as a nationto foreign powers for some indeterminate time in the future. this may be a sensitive point, because i'm going to mention a point about a dear friend, whom i have the ultimate respect for, charlie boldin. we did have a briefing last week. it was in that briefing that charlie expressed some concern over the potential of the commercial sector to be successful in any reasonable length of time. he indicated we might have to subsidize them until they are successful. and i can say with authority, because i wrote this down, and i put the words "wow" right next to it, because charlie did it may be a bailout like g.m. and chrysler. as a matter of fact, it may be the largest bailout in history. the united states through nasa spent a half a century, mr. chairman, learning what we didn't know, finding answers to questions we weren't smart enough to ask at the time. developing technology that was needed to meet a challenge and get the job done. we came from the flight in 1961 to the space shuttle an

that there is a fear, a palpable fear, that this enormous burden of debt that we have as a nation is going to strangle us and bankrupt us to force future generations to have to deal with a lower standard of living, and lower quality of life than we enjoyed. the federal government last year, out of every $1 spent in washington, d.c., 43 cents was borrowed. 10 years from now, we will spend more on interest on the debt. it is stunning when you look at the trajectory we are on if we do not take steps to change that direction. again, there are fairly simple principles you can bring into this equation. do not spend money you do not have. we cannot continue to borrow from the chinese and hand the bill to our children and grandchildren to finance this new spending in washington, d.c. we need to get the spending under control. you need to cap spending. with the preparation bills that passed, we increase discretionary spending by 21% at a time when the rate of inflation was 3.5%. we ought to and programs like tarp which have outlived their usefulness. we ought to make sure that the moneys paid back into the progra

a further response to that of the extraordinary life circumstances language added to the national insurance legislator model specifically excludes the use of loss of employment for a period of three months or more as it results from the one to recriminations suggest that is a factor we are trying to work with consistent with your question. >> mr. jimenez could -- unanimous consent for ten more seconds. >> if medical expenses are not considered then there would be no reason to have an extraordinary life exception to read also the end quote model has been adopted in different states and different variations as i said the state of illinois' only requires the company consider such an event. >> thank you. >> this is a remarkably important topic and i think there is a lot of misinformation that is coming into the debate and a lot of hyperbole that occurs and i'm hopeful throughout the question period we will be able to sort out some of that. mr. wilson, you mentioned in your testimony that the main variables, the primary areas where the credit variables are looked at are the length of time of an account, number and type of credit account, indication of recent activity, degree of utilization and payment

a national security standpoint, immigration reform can help us understand how big a problem we have and who is here who shouldn't be here, which is another frustration that national security is often used as an argument against imtkpwreugs reform whereas actually having a good workable immigration system would do wonders for our national security. host: she also talked about the drain which she called the drain on social services. guest: it is interesting that as a country, as we all know we are getting older and there are fewer people paying for more people to get their social security, to get their medicare. so we need to grow ourselves out of it. but one solution as we grow ourselves out and as we grow ourselves into an economy that can pay for these unbelievable liabilities or debts that we have for future generations, immigrants can do that. they can help us because typically they are young, they work very hard. and as soon as they arrive, some of them are already contributing to medicare, social security and that stays here and is part of the price they pay. but that is one very viable strategy to help us deal with this tremendous tsunami we have coming at us, which is our entitleme

a much better ground for intelligence. it is hurting us. we believe that violence has been overexposed in mexico, hiding other parts of our nation as a productive country in which we possibly are involved in illegal commerce -- in illegal koppers -- in legal commerce. this violence hurts us and we will overcome it. we are involved in the very institutional rebuilding in mexico. we are discussing a political reform. we are discussing how to enhance our public security institutions of the local level. we are discussing a possible constitutional reform in order to redistribute authorities in order to be more efficient and enhance our public resources. i think one of the most important things that have to be looked at is that criminal gangs are confronted with mexican authorities in a much more better fashion than before because they recognize that mexican authorities are involved crushing their activities. they are committed to stopping them and to stop their criminal organizations. that vigor represents the new mexico we are building. there is a national demand for stopping this activity. we have had very important support in congress by the thre

as a result of those communications, shahzad has provided useful information to authorities. we anticipate charging him with an act of terrorism transcending nationalpted use of a weapon of mass destruction, use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime as well as assorted explosives charges. now, i want to emphasize that this investigation is ongoing and we continue to pursue a number of leads as we gather useful intelligence related to the terrorist attack. based on what we know so far, it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering americans in one of the busiest places in our country. we believe that this suspected terrorist fashioned a bomb and placed in an suv and drove into times square with intent to kill as many as possible. make no mistake, although this car bomb failed to properly detonate, this plot was a very serious attempt. if successful, it could have resulted in aÑ[j>eñ lethal att causing death and destruction in the heart of new york city. it is a stark reminder in the reality that we face today in this ñóoçañcountry, that there wish to do us harm because of our way of life. there are terrorist

as unforeseen to us today as the microchip and the surface of the moon were a century ago. american innovation must be the foundation of american power. at no time in human history as a nationnished economic vitality maintained its political challenges. that means the civilians among us, the parents, the community leaders, elected officials, business leaders, we have a role to play. we cannot simply leave it to those in uniform to defend this country. we have to make sure that america is building on its strengths. [applause] as we build these economic sources of our strength, the second thing we must do is interpret the capabilities that can advance our interests and common interests of human beings around the world. america's armed forces are adapting to changing times, but your efforts have to be complemented. we will need the renewed engagement of our diplomats from grand capitals to dangerous outposts. we need experts who can support afghan agriculture and help africans build pastures to feed themselves. we need intelligence agencies that work seamlessly with counterparts to one rebel plot that run from pakistan to our cities. we need law-enforcement that can strengthen

as a result of those communications, shahzad has provided useful information to authorities. we anticipate charges him with an act of terrorism transcending nationalorders, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime as well as assorted explosives charges. >> roger cressey is an nbc news terrorism analyst and president of good harbor consulting which advices clients on counterterrorism. put this investigation into perspective, will you? here we are 48 hours or so after the suv in times square first came to investigators' attention. and they have a suspect in custody here plus five in custody in pakistan. >> contessa, it's pretty remarkable when you think we started in a place saturday night where we had no idea who this suspect was. we had no idea where he was living. and here we are now. he's about to be arraigned. that is incredibly fast work. you have to thank nypd and the fbi's join terrorism task force for that. i think the next big issue here is how does he relate to what happened -- people in pakistan, what type of organization was supporting him or was there an organizat

us as a people. so while i've said stuff that' been my viewpointnd i'm only speaking for myself. >> you a i were together in convention and of cour, at th nation'shat was it fo y to be on the front linesf that, to see what i think mostf us in this room believed we would never see in our lifetime. >> it was really witnessing history. i me. it was being alive when april 15, 1947 when jackie robbiinson broke the color barrier and joe lewisnocked out snellin. when jackie robinson played for the dodgers every afcan-american in this coury was praying for him. en youin in black communities, not just in detroit, chicago, all over the world will come out of the house afte listening to joe knock out those guys on the radio and ce out and celebrate. when magic's lakers beat the celtics. it was dferent last ar. last year was diffent because i've never seen so many black people root for the celtics last year. i'm talking about the lakers of kareem and magic, and versus mchail and down t line, blk folks wanted the lakers to kill themeses. >> colleively -- you talk out how that's a shared community and what do you think about what america h to take from this e

and whether it was immigrants or nationals, one doesn't know. but it's being use as a catalyst. i would say clearly the arizona law would have no effect had it been in place in terms of protect this rancher. it dealt with only urban cities. it had nothing to do with securing the border. it's really -- it's a tragedy. and by the way, tragedies are happening all along the border. land is being destroyed. people are smuggling drugs and guns both ways. but it's being used to keep the immigration reform policy from occurring. >> the gentleman there. if you could identify yourself. >> thank you. my name is josh. i'm with the jewish council for public affairs. on a personal note i'm an arizonan native who recently moved. the faith community has been mentioned. who's been actively working on comprehensive immigration law. my question is what can folks who's concerned what's happening in arizona who don't live in arizona do about this? and i guess by extension, what can we do to support communities that have done positive proactive things? there's been discussion about boycotts. i know t

. >> he's a professional hitter and squared it up as good as he could and save the day for us. >> reporter: the battle of the beltway bragging rights belong to the nationals who will hold a 14-13 record all time against the orioles. from nationals park, lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> lindsay, thank you. >>> last night's game 3, settles and magic, rajon rondo back and reverse and fakes everybody plus the foul. wow. later second. red i can's pass deflects off tony allen. rondo out hustles williams. boston led by as many as 32 points. celtics pound the magic 94-71 to take a game 3 to none series lead. >>> nhl playoffs game 4est western conference finals, blackhawks hosting the sharks. hawks in the power play, dustin byfuglien scored the game winner. they defeat the sharks 4-2 to complete the four-game sweep. they punch their ticket to the stanley cup finals for the first time in 18 years. eighth seed stoney brook against virginia. kevin crowley is wide open and scores to tie the game. stoney brook fans sense an upset but they hold on. colin briggs scores the game winning goal, virginia edges stoney brook, 10-9. the chavez advance to the semi-finals for the

it will end up undermining our ability as a nation to be competitive internationally. it will probably make us less stable in the regulatory regime relative to managing our financial house. i am very concerned about the direction of the bill, but no one is trying to stop it. we are just trying to improve it. yesterday there were a series of amendments offered to improve it. i have been co-sponsor of an amendment that has gone forward to try and improve it. unfortunately, most of the amendments that would have, i think, moved this down the road towards creating a bill which the purpose of which should be to make our system more safe, more sound, and eliminate as much as possible systemic risk while at the same time keep america as the best place in the world to create credit and capital so that people in this country have access to credit and capital. that is the key to creating jobs. those two goals, which are the goals that i want to see us pursue, have unfortunately been undermined by the bill as it has moved forward and developed on the floor of the senate. it is really a bill that i think

us, steve rogers. he was also a former member of the fbi national joint terrorism task force. also with us james gordon, reporter for the "new york daily news." steve, we all fly. and ashear this, we expect a no-fly list to stop things like that. i think we're thinking no fly list, neon lights if somebody shows up at the counter. does it go down like that, or not? >> exactly, mike. ironically, it was this terrorist that showed us a gap in our security system. but let me bring some comfort to you. when i worked with the joint terrorism task force ten years ago, there was little or no information sharing between agencies. as a result, we now have information sharing, and it resulted in this guy's arrest. the timeliness of getting that information out on these no-fly lists is now being corrected. so, yep, there's a gap there, but they're going to correct it. >> james, any other explanations? because, again, i think viewers think no fly means just that. and it's an immediate exchange of information. sounds like it's not. go ahead, james. >> well, normally when you're on the no-fly -- you're put on the no-fly list and you try to get your boarding pass, they reject you. in

a thunderstorm in. some of us if you get rain, lower 80s, if you get a lot of sunshine you could be pushing the 80-degree mark by noon. 62 at national. 59 as we head to montgomery county laytonsville. northern virginia temperatures, reston to fairfax, 57 and 57. outside of washington we are at 55 in easton, baltimore 58. bill told me down there in new land he has 55. quite a bit of dew on the ground with light winds. the satellite and radar together. showing a couple of clouds, a mostly sunny day. this is the system that is set to come in. go to the nine future cast and see how things are playing out. a warm and humid day. this is friday evening. friday to saturday, saturday looking okay. but watch as we go on saturday through the day. i will stop it and there is a chance of seeing one or two storms popping up. most of the rain shower activity is overnight saturday in to sunday but i think sunday will be the better day of a few scattered thunderstorms in the forecast. key word here is scattered. it's not going to be one big bulk of storms coming in. we will have to watch for the possibility if you see one or two of them, it will last 45 mi

governor launched a comprehensive effort to reduce energy use and kentucky's public holdings through nationally recognized efficiency standards. the standards though posed a challenge for us as a commonwealth. while comprehensive energy efficiency retrofits retro buildings could save kentucky taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars in a long-term there are indeed initial costs that are prohibited during these challenging economic and lean budgetary times. the green bank of kentucky was created precisely to meet this challenge. provides unique funding opportunity for government agencies to pay for the upfront cost of energy saving projects. first degree the green bank one's public agencies the money they need to pay for these upfront costs. bellone that is repaid to the bank over a period of time with the monetary savings realized through the reduction in energy usage. the green bank therefore functions as a revolving loan program. as loans are repaid green dank capital is recycled and made available for future loans. on december 10, 2009 less than three months after the green bank was launched the revolving loans finance finances first loan and the amount of $1.3 million

the nation as a whole wants us to work together. we're going to have a referendum and we want to see people on that. we want to be seen as having common interest. >> let's look inside the central lobby of the house of parliament. they're just getting ready, they're on the left, they are getting ready to give the instruction for strangers to remove their hats. a few last-minute arrangements there. the preparations for the next page of the ceremony, but clearly they are getting ready and it will not be too long before the speaker, mr. john bercow makes his way with the speaker's chaplain into the house of commons, ready for prayers there. a sense of how long it will become a cannot be more than a few minutes. that is the scene in the central lobby. and back here, you're going to make the point. >> he had a challenge in its own constituency and he had underestimated how popular the speaker was in his own constituency. no one or two did, but i was in the gallery of the house of commons at that moment and there is no well at all to get r

used a nuclear weapon in anger has been us, and that was in 1945. so, nations, nations are still responsible actors. that is a good thing about nation states as to terrorists. nationstates will not go to war just because they get a new weapon, but when they choose to go toward next, most nations will involve cyber, either as a component of the war or as a standalone. so imagine, imagine for the sake of argument that we get sanctions on iran. we are trying to get u.n. sanctions on iran to stop their nuclear program. let's say as illustrative, that we get u.n. sanctions, we get an oil embargo on iran. the iranians are not going to like that so they are going to retaliate in they are going to have terrorism attacks in afghanistan and iraq and elsewhere. but if they have cyberweapons, which i believe they do, then they could respond to the u.s. fifth fleet stopping their oil exports. they could respond not just in the persian gulf, they could respond here by attacking infrastructure here. so, that is one scenario that i think is highly possible. but the point is whatever nation nationstates go to war in their sophisticated modern states and even

. >> a national organization, matter of trust, that collects hair clippings and turns them into oil-absorbing mats is moving into high gear. when stuffed into panty hose the hair can be used as a matt or protective barrier boom that will soak up to about 50 gallons of oil apiece. >>> the suspect charged with attempting to set off a car bomb in times square was pulled off of a flight to dubai before it left the gate at new york's kennedy airport. authorities have charged if i sal shahzad with terrorism and mass instruction charges. >>> do you think it was appropriate for them to taser your son. >> i got to go -- >> questions being asked about a police officer who tasered a teenager who ran onto the field during a phillies game. they feel the officer acted within department guidelines but they are reviewing weather officers should be involved in such on the field incidents in the future. >>> from going after international bad guys to going green. the director of the central intelligence agency has a new mission. he transformed his home into a green showcase. it pulls water from wells under the yard. the water is just the right temperature to cool the house in the summer and wa

a b.p. bailout to make sure their damage cap doesn't get raised and this we're passing legislation like the recovery act in energy efficiency to make us more energy independent as a nation. i remember in asking whose side am i on, i spent some time at a gentleman's home a couple of months ago whose house is being retrofitted with some of these recovery act loans to put insulation in the roof, to have high-efficiency appliances and for someone who is low income, fixed income, in their retirement they literally see that gives them economic y freedom and independence for the first time. we're standing up for homeowners like that retirees. people who have worked their whole life but throwing away huge amounts of money every month in their energy bills and our colleagues on the other side are standing up for corporations like b.p. mr. tonko: when i spoke of the small town, the small city, we shared the good news with yesterday, the city in albany county in upstate new york, it's being repeated over and over again with municipalities in this country. then you put it into the business sector and the improvements they're making with the improvements and you talk about household

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national hurricane center checking that out. that could be a little tropical and then give us problems as we head later into the week.his a big weekend coming up. the forecast drying us out into tuesday. things looking good. as we go into the evening that fog with showers possible. temperature right around 66 as we go into tomorrow. 75 degrees. mostly cloudy with showers possible in the forecast and then much better tomorrow night. mostly cloudy but still mild. here is that seven day forecast. things will start to improve. 78 degrees. we have to watch that tropical system. >> talks to reopen the ftavern on the green. the mayor said the restaurant tour picked to take over the tavern -- cannot reach an agreement. the landmark will be turned in to a visitor's center and other things that aren't the tavern on the green. >> it'll be a tourist center. city store. people love to buy things with new york city, i love new york kind of stuff. >> it was once america's most proof fittable restaurant bringing in $38 million a year. it closed on new year's eve after the previous owners lost out on the bidding for a new contract. >

nation building and i think we need a more sophisticated view of this. going forward, i think we have to say, do we think nation building should be used as a principle to in achieving our foreign policy objectives? my answer is no. i helped iraq with their elections and the establishment of local governments in 2005 and 2006. i walked away with an understanding that i did not feel it was the right way to go. host: do you think mr. karzai is a legitimate head of government? guest: i think that he is. hindsight is always 20/20. the question and i believe in that great historical hindsight of 20/20, what should the united states have done? after the northern alliance chased the taliban out, we should have used our leverage to say, you're in charge of the country. let's bring -- you need -- the pashtuns, cannot ignore them. let's bring them into some kind of governance with the number orthern alliance. it was not a western-style represents a form of government. we will support you so long as you share our strategic interest in the region. that means keeping al qaeda out and keeping the taliban out. we will support issue as long as you do that instead of this

a few weeks ago. as was explained to the president and national security team, this will be an action that will use differentols because the goal is to root out from what is a very active and ongoing urban area those who intimidate. they do not pose a threat to kanduhar. they will not take over but their presence has a chilling affect. it keeps people inside. it keeps girls from going to school. it keeps people from killfeeling comfortable are going to public places or working with the farmers, as we have heard. this is a different kind of campaign. this is not a massive assault. this is a much more targeted effort to try to weed out the taliban. we have no doubt they are dug- in. we have no doubt they have support there. as the president said, the combination of the military and intelligence assets of both the afghanistan and the international forces, the president's own personal involvement in going to kanduhar and meeting with leaders because in many counterinsurgency, the goal is to win the confidence of the people so they will become your allies and will not be intimidated into giving safe haven to the

showed a variety of collections in the white house and hosted events at the american art museum using it as a venue to greet foreign leaders. she dedicated her portrait with president bush at the nationalportrait gallery in tip grandson trips to the national museum of american history and the hewitt national design museum in new york or cushy hosted the national design awards the white house and quite memorable to me was that she graciously loaned the white house copy of the gettysburg address, which usually resides in the lincoln bedroom in the white house. she loaned it to the smithsonian for the opening of the american history museum so millions of americans could have access to the wonderful document. now she serves on the board of the national museum of african-american history and culture scheduled to open on the mall in 2015. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ms. cokie roberts and ms. miss laura bush. [applause] >> thank you dairy, very much. [applause] thank you all, thanks so much. thanks everybody. thank you all. thanks a lot. [applause] thank you dr. curran, thank you very much. i did really love to visit all the smithsonian museums and institutions. they were our neighbo

as a result of those communications, shahzad has provided useful information to authorities. we anticipate charging him with inactive terrorism transcending national borders, 10 duties of a weapon of mass destruction, use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime, as follows assorted explosive charges. i want to emphasize that this investigation is ongoing and we continue to pursue a number of leads as we gather useful intelligence related to the terrorist attack. based on what we know so far, it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering americans in one of the busiest places in our country. we believe that the suspected terrorist sectioned a bomb from rudimentary ingredients, placed it in a rusty suv and drove it into times square, with the intent to kill as many innocent tourists and theatergoers as possible. make no mistake, although this car bomb failed to properly detonate, this plot was a very serious attempt. if successful, that resulted in a lethal terrorist attack, causing death and destruction in the heart of new york city. it is a stark reminder of the reality that we face today in this country. the

year launched an effort to reduce energy use in kentucky's governor builds the national recognize energy efficiency standards. the standards pose a challenge for us asa commonwealth. while copperheads of energy efficiency reference it public those can save kentucky taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars in the long-term, there are indeed an initial investment costs that are prohibited during these challenging economic and budgetary times. the green bank of kentucky was created precisely to meet this challenge that it provides a unique funding opportunity for government agencies to pay for the up front cost of energy saving projects. first the green bank loans public agencies that money they need to pay for the up front costs. alone then is repaid to the bank over a period of time with the monetary savings realized in the reduction energy. the green bank, therefore, function as a revolving loan program. as long as it is repaid green bay capital is then recycled and made available for future loans. on december 10, 2009, less than three months after the greenback was launched, the revolving loan fund finance its first loan in the amount of almost

both as a nation and as the administration. >> your time has expired. >> the gentleman from texas. >> the times square bomber -- shazad became a naturalized citizen a year ago. the current law allows us to de -naturalize someone -- >> i cannot hear mr. smith. >> ken a technician please check the microphone? >> i only regret all of my earlier comments may not have been murdered either. [laughter] mr. attorney general, the times square bomber became a naturalized citizen less than one year ago. under current law we can de- naturalize an individual within the past five years if they are a member of the number of organization, of an organization that would like to overthrow the u.s. i'm using the definition from the act of a terrorist action. >> i'm not familiar with the immigration laws for that particular law, and do not have the ability to answer the question intelligently without having had a chance to study it. >> you not sure someone could be de-naturalized? >> if there is a statute that allows that to occur, is not one that i'm conversant with. >> it is section 340. would you consider the pakistani taliban to be a terrorist organization the? >> if not formally designated, we have

us at q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> of nets, remarks by new british prime minister david cameron and deputy prime minister nick clegg. after that, a news conference with secretary of state hillary clinton and british foreign secretary william hague. and then another chance to see joyce appleby. tomorrow on "washington journal," law yun discusses a recent report that shows the decline in foreclosures for the first time in five years. they've heard --cavid chavern talks about strengthening small business. and george wilson looks at defense spending and one program that may be cut. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. dollar supreme court nominee elena kagan is meeting with

a strong country. life is too unfair for too many people. people like you who have made us the nation we are today. you deserve a fair and as more than anything. putting fairness back into our society for ourselves and our children is the single biggest challenge that we face. we can do it if we do it together. here is out. fair taxes. under the liberal democrats, no one will pay any tax on the first 10,000 pounds of they earn. that means 700 pounds back in the pockets of almost everyone. this means freedom for many people on low pay and pensions. everyone knows that money is tight, we have to sort out the mess in the government finances. we can close the loopholes that benefit the very wealthy and make sure that polluters pay for the damage they have cost. a fair start for all of our children, cutting classes to just 20. we want to make sure that no one is left behind. imagine, opportunity for every child. that is fairness. imagine a fair and sustainable economy. let's break up the banks and make sure that they pay for the damage that they cost. we want to have jobs that last for everyone in every part of the country. fina

those who try to carry out these attacks is to force us to live in fear and thereby amplifying the effects of their attacks. as americans and as a nation, we will not be terrorized. we will not cower in fear. we will not be intimidated. we will be vigilant and we will work together and we will protect and defend the country we love to ensure a safe and prosperous future for our people. >> let's turn to michael sheehan, former counterterror official for the city of new york. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> what does this saga tell you about the quality of training being given at these so-called camps and the quality of the trainees? >> well, cleerm, the train yes was a good recruit, a naturalized citizen, a guy with a masters degree. he was able to travel. how he bungled this is a mystery. the training camps, some of them are very, very good. they are conducting sophisticated attacks in afghanistan and pakistan. suicide bombs all the time. this guy, whatever training program he went to failed or he was asleep in class. >> do we assume he was working off verbal instructions and forgot key details or was it possible that the level

impact on what we would have to do as a matter of national security and which we have been already doing. that is 70 years of practice. it is a red herring and it is tried to use on a national security interests. >> comments? one of the things i argue on this loss of sovereignty issue is that we will opt out of the -- everybody agrees it is the right thing to do, will opt out of the jurisdiction and rely on arbitration. we will exclude military activities from dispute resolution and that is a self best judging decision. a couple of questions. -- that is a self-judging decision. there will be jurisdiction with respect to provisional measures so that we do not have anything to work on that standpoint. ith on theen in my fac tribunals approached by the decision of the panel in the versusf suriname purses rih ghana. there was a nicaraguan case which in turn relied heavily on a u.n. general assembly resolution for the conclusion as to what constitutes illegal use of force. basically what happened was the suriname captain of the patrol boat announced over to the drilling rig to get it out of the territory within 24 hours or suffer the consequences. this tribunal dec

as a result of those communications, shahzad has provided useful information to authorities. we anticipate charging him with inactive terrorism transcending national borders, 10 duties of a weapon of mass destruction, use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime, as follows assorted explosive charges. i want to emphasize that this investigation is ongoing and we continue to pursue a number of leads as we gather useful intelligence related to the terrorist attack. based on what we know so far, it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering americans in one of the busiest places in our country. we believe that the suspected terrorist sectioned a bomb from rudimentary ingredients, placed it in a rusty suv and drove it into times square, with the intent to kill as many innocent tourists and theatergoers as possible. make no mistake, although this car bomb failed to properly detonate, this plot was a very serious attempt. if successful, that resulted in a lethal terrorist attack, causing death and destruction in the heart of new york city. it is a stark reminder of the reality that we face today in this country. the

a national commitment to inspiring military families. the spouses and children who sacrifice as well. we have a responsibility to veterans like ted leighton, who joins usday with his wonderful wife, sarah. we are so proud of both of them. six years ago sergeant wade was serving in iraq when his humvee was strike by an ied. he lost much of his right arm and suffered multiple injuries, including severe traumatic brain injury. he was in a coma for more than two months -- >> the president, again, signing a bill that will provide more aid for vetter ans and care givers. >>> topping the headlines right now on andrea mitchell reports, as floodwaters begin to recede in nashville, authorities fear more victims will be discovered. 29 people are now confirmed dead throughout the southeast. it will be days before electricity is restored to nashville. >>> in greece today, three people were killed when rioters torched a bank. tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest new taxes and government spending cuts. >>> u.s. stocks are reacting as concern grows that the greek crisis will spread across europe and beyond. republican senator judd gregg serves on