this hurt wall street, this hurt our military, this hurt us as a nation, it hurt our international friends were here with us; it had all these different impacts of all sorts. i think our resolve was stronger right after 9/11 than probably ever before. although we were uncertain, some were afraid; some people never ride airplanes anymore, it took five or six years for some businesses to recover from the impact of 9/11, but the resolve was always pretty clear, and i think that was felt throughout the majority of our population. >> joyce rumsfeld: facing the reality of what happened and then feeling the strength of the country and the... how together we were; i mean, that's a powerful feeling. for those in positions of responsibility, that is a gift, to receive that from your country. >> shortly after the attacks, the pentagon renovation team set forth on an ambitious plan to rebuild the pentagon in one year, a dramatic symbol of our national resolve and a visible reminder that america could not be defeated. but in time, our old divisions took hold again, and many of the flags were put away.

i am optimistic about what is possible for us as a nation.n't you get the sense that you're very optimistic about making this work. how do you sell that message to the public, which is wary of the government being in charge of anything right now. and this is an easily demonized process. say thaty he isn't to medicare is taking the reins and say that you are rationing. how you plan to overcome those obstacles. >> there are things being sold about a government takeover of health care, that those of us who want health care to be improved are taking things away from them. from the very people that are trying to cut medicare and medicaid. people know what good care is like. you are now on, you're taken care of over time, the system is coordinated around you. we just need to tell the story more more. i think results matter. i think the public is smart and if they cared does not improve, and it will if we stick with the affordable care act, they will experience more seamless care. the parts of the affordable care act covering kids under 26, seniors

friend, a stalwart on this issue, who i think is probably -- who has probably done as much or more than any other republican member of congress to try to help make us energy independent as a nation. to help us create jobs here in america. my dear friend, john shimkus. i yield to my friend. mr. shimkus: thank you, congressman broun. it is great to be with you. i appreciate the introduction, you're too kind. but one thing i do know, if you want to create good paying jobs it's in the fossil fuel industry. and during this recession two of the biggest job engines for organized labor is the production of a new supercritical coal-fired power plant. thousands of building workers building this power plant and hundreds of people who will be working this power plant and mining the coal with great wages and superb benefits. so if we want good, high-paying jobs in this country, the fossil fuel industry is one sector that can do that. the other major job engine next to my congressional district is an expansion of a refinery in wood river, actually it's in congressman costello's district, but we're right next to each other. thousands of employees, $2 billion project to help crack the oil that

perfect and sin and says, i'm with you, don't worry, you are not alone and john paul ii told us that as a nationnt of it when he begins, but, quickly, if you can, the young nun we heard from, from australia, had the honor of participating today. what does it take to be a part of this? >> good connections, how's that! jamie, what we see is a universal representation of the church -- >> jamie: father, the pope -- we have to listen, pope benedict xvi is about to begin. thank you. >> okay. >> translator: we gathered at the if you remember of pope john paul ii, and... he had an immense grace, that embraced the whole world. a grace which was in some way the fruit of my beloved predecessor's entire life and, especially, of his witness in suffering. even then we perceived the fragrance of his sanctity and in any number of ways god's people have showed their veneration for him. for this reason, with all due respect for the church's canonical norms, i want the call of beatification to move forward with reasonable haste. and now, the longed-for day has come. it came quickly because that is what was pleasin

although may 9 is all about celebrating a victory over nazi germany, even modern russia's leaders still use it as a display of nationalismilitary strength. but for the surviving veterans of what russians call the great patriotic war, is a day of remembrance. >> today is very important for me. it's about the memory of those who fought alongside me and were killed and also for those who are simply unable to be here today. >> also invited to this year's parade, ann chapman, expelled from america for being a russian spy. >> i am here to celebrate. >> there were 20,000 troops on parade, almost twice as many as last year. and most were wearing a new combat uniforms and berets rather than dress uniforms, a demonstration of russia's drive to modernize its armed forces. the army is full of weapons like tanks, second and third generation. >> the only air power on display was helicopters. this year, there was no heavy military aircraft on grounds of cost and safety. >> you are what "bbc world news". the headlines. there have been fresh air strikes in the libyan capital of tripoli as tehe un call for a pause in hostilities to get ur

bush took us to a place where we as a nation compromised our humanity fortunately president obama has as repudiated that and let's hope it never happens again. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question do you agree with president obama saying no go on the bin laden death photos your choices are yes i agree with him we don't need to trot this out as a trophy is obama said that's not who we are or no as sarah pail and said stop pussyfooting around and show photos as a warning to others so far over eighty percent of you voted yes you can log on to thom hartmann dot com let us know if the poll will be open until. coming up plant workers in japan or vaca back at the fukushima daiichi plant and the two months after the nuclear meltdown so what's first on their to do was to try to stop a total world wide disaster. for. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here see some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't i'm sorry to see. every single rep

help us as a nation to save children by healing families so that they can provide the good environment, training, and example our young people need to be healthy, productive citizens. please inspire our senators to work together to strengthen our families and communities so that our children can become stronger in body, mind, and spirit. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., may 12, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark begich, a senator from the state of alaska, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. nelson: mr. president, i would like to rise today to thank father steven

in fact i think that it's probably the worst option of any of the options we have in front of us as a nation. but as americans understand that, then they become much more willing to engage in a serious kind of discussion we have had in this group that has helped find ideas and we think the downside of the box or working on the new paradigms' we can find ways to achieve the objectives we have across the political spectrum in ways the will provide popular support and political support. >> i want to pursue that because there are folks out there saying it's great for the six of you or five of you to be working on this but in the real political world is going to be very difficult to turn what you doing to their real legislation. how do you look at that? >> look at some of the markers out there. 64 senators, a number of weeks back who said that's a boy, stay at it, and you guys. you'd be surprised the number of senators who view it as one in or the other whose it to everyone of us individually stay at this because what is the alternative? the alternative is a potential debt crisis without the tool

in fact i think that it's probably the worst option of any of the options we have in front of us as a nation. but as americans understand that, then they become much more willing to engage in a serious kind of discussion we have had in this group that has helped find ideas and we think the downside of the box or working on the new paradigms' we can find ways to achieve the objectives we have across the political spectrum in ways the will provide popular support and political support. >> i want to pursue that because there are folks out there saying it's great for the six of you or five of you to be working on this but in the real political world is going to be very difficult to turn what you doing to their real legislation. how do you look at that? >> look at some of the markers out there. 64 senators, a number of weeks back who said that's a boy, stay at it, and you guys. you'd be surprised the number of senators who view it as one in or the other whose it to everyone of us individually stay at this because what is the alternative? the alternative is a potential debt crisis without the tool

government but if we want years as a people for independence and i have no don't get governments not simply souce of the board in the world but welcome us into the family of nations as a start and with all the countries within my lifetime oil and gas from the north sea it's worth around about twenty one billion dollars a year to the u.k. treasury do you really think that they're going to just let that play without any kind of fight. yes but then the day we keep getting told we're subsidized one of the reasons that some things people in scotland are skeptical about independence is that we're told we're too poor we're truly become managed and you just accused the value of the scottish oil and gas reserves of the data kingdom treasury we recognise that these are not just for negotiation but there are matters that are fundamentally right to make a country and people better scotland than nor we discovered oil at the same time somebody has a scotsman cup incumbent an industrial desert that norway has transformed that society and its economy it has billions in the bank we just need to see those at least to do in the cells and weapons of mass destruction in the illegal w

and help us as a nation to respond. s the women and men gathered here who are called to protect and serve the people of the united states. watch over and bless all those who serve our nation abroad and guide the members of this congress, that their work today will reflect your love and compassion and guide our nation to be a leader in justice and peace. we pray this in the name of the one who created us in love, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led today by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. sir he is. mr. sires: 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. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 one-minute requests on each side. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. t

the result is, paralysis for us as a nation in terms of -- here is another example. taking on major issues like immigration. think back to president george w. bush, the chamber of commerce, senator mccain, all tried to take on this issue. what happened to them? they work absolutely muzzled by radio.vocateur os, talk there were suggestions that we really did not have so much of a problem with the illegal immigrant as much as the possibility of terrorists crossing the border it was unbelievable. it shot down the real debate, the real discussion on a major issue in american life. as a result, nothing has been done on immigration issue. how do we get out of this box? date in and day out, as someone who covers american politics, i do not see an easy out. i see our political leaders modeling just this kind of muzzling behavior. he called his opponent taliban dan. and ran misleading signs about his opponent. sharon ankle and nevada opposing the second amendment remedy. that kind of rhetoric is not only offensive, but suggested that your opponents are not worthy of being hea

us and to facebook. google yahoo always making as a nation have. a good place for us intelligence. it's not a matter of serving a subpoena they have a need to face it they have developed it was intelligence to use now is it because that facebook. is actually run by u.s. intelligence now it's not like that it's simply that u.s. intelligence is able to bring to bear legal and political pressure to them and it's costly for them to hand out records and number one so they have automated process and everyone should understand that the day when they have their friends to facebook they are generating free work for the united states intelligence agencies . in building this database for that let's talk about her latest survey wiki leaks cables that have been released they show the u.k. as a haven for extremism with at least thirty five ton of a detainees having at least past three you k. is the u.k. still a haven for terrorists still being a haven for terrorists certainly a haven for all the darks and former regime dictators that come here i mean you remember the famous pinochet trial with t

the result is, paralysis for us as a nation in terms of -- here is another example. taking on major issues like immigration. think back to president george w. bush, senator mccain, all tried to take on this issue. what happened to them? they were absolutely muzzled by the provocateurs, talk radio. there were suggestions that we really did not have so much of a problem with illegal immigrants as much as the possibility of terrorists crossing the border. it was unbelievable. it shut down the real debate, the real discussion on a major issue in american life. as a result, nothing has been done on immigration issue. how do we get out of this box? day in and day out, as someone who covers american politics, i do not see an easy out. i see our political leaders modeling just this kind of muzzling behavior. he called his opponent "taliban dan." and ran misleading signs about his opponent. sharon angle in nevada opposing the second amendment remedy. that kind of rhetoric is not only offensive, but suggests that your opponents are not worthy of being heard. they have to be sh

are getting from moscow almost twenty million dollars not a small sum as it considering the current dire economic situation in the us a huge national debt this is to basically going to go to internet users in china what is america get from it. as usual this is a tool of american foreign policy it's an instrument to try and cause trouble for potential rivals competitors and one might look at this a bit hypocritical although it's just part of normal practice that many countries. engage and you don't see the united states providing those funds could very censorship in saudi arabia or her reign were respecters stand or a lot of countries around the world that severely censor the access of their population to the internet but here in the united states. we have trade as a potential rival certainly iran is on the on the in the crosshairs of the united states try to previous through the uprisings in egypt the regime for years censored the internet you can see them allocating funds to break the censorship of the egyptian government so i think you just have to look at this as just another instrument of the foreign policy objectives of the un

focused on america, and she is asking for a chance to be an engineer, to be a productive part of america, to move us forward as a nation. the dream act would give her that chance. when we introduce the bill today, we have 32 original cosponsors. we're hoping for more. the chair of the judiciary and homeland security committee and all ten democratic members of the judiciary committee. i want to thank the lead sponsors over in the house, howard berman of california, luis gutierrez of illinois and ileana ros-lehtinen of florida. thanks to their leadership of last year, the house passed the dream act. and i want to especially thank the president. as a senator and my colleague from illinois, he was a cosponsor of this bill. he has been a strong supporter ever since. he never fails to mention the dream act in his conversations with america about immigration. yesterday, he said these are kids who grew up in this country, love this country and know no other place as home. the idea that we should punish them is cruel and it makes no sense. we are a better nation than that. the president's right. this is a matter of simple justi

mourning and a nation in shock, but there was a subset of us as a country who were families and loved ones of the individuals who were killed that day. since 9/11 our nation has been at war for the whole decade, but it has been a tiny proportion of us who have fought those wars and whose families and loved ones have seen their families and loved ones fight those wars. in this emotional moment that we're having about osama bin laden's death and 9/11 ten years on, is there a way for the nation as a whole to close the gap? to do right by the small number of americans who have borne a disproportionate share of the burden in these past ten years? joining us is alice. mark bingham was one of the first passengers on flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers which is believed to force the plane into a field in pennsylvania instead of the likely target in washington, d.c. alice hoagland, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. it's a real pleasure to hear you articulate the issues so well. >> thank you. can i just start by just asking ho

in fact i think that it's probably the worst option of any of the options we have in front of us as a nation. but as americans understand that, then they become much more willing to engage in a serious kind of discussion we have had in this group that has helped find ideas and we think the downside of the box or working on the new paradigms' we can find ways to achieve the objectives we have across the political spectrum in ways the will provide popular support and political support. >> i want to pursue that because there are folks out there saying it's great for the six of you or five of you to be working on this but in the real political world is going to be very difficult to turn what you doing to their real legislation. how do you look at that? >> look at some of the markers out there. 64 senators, a number of weeks back who said that's a boy, stay at it, and you guys. you'd be surprised the number of senators who view it as one in or the other whose it to everyone of us individually stay at this because what is the alternative? the alternative is a potential debt crisis without the tool

a united commitment to the development of comprehensive laws. lead this congress and nation in the direction of tranquility that reflects the intent of our forefathers. endow us as a nation to be humble as we transcend the norm without forgetting those that are in need. anchor our hearts with prudence as we consider the development of our youth. protect our troops as they fight for democracy and freedom throughout the world. steer us on the path of righteousness with temperance, bless our government and bless this nation. in jesus christ name we pray, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from north carolina, mrs. ellmers. mrs. ellmers: will everyone please join me. 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. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, is recognized for

that these images would be inflammatory and inflammatory in precisely the ways that make us less safe as a natione the president's first job is to be concerned with national security. >> melissa, talking about safety, the death bringing up the painful memories of 9/11 but what's it do to the national conversation to continue to have about the security and disaster planning? >> you know, it's interesting that the ways in which this is connected to 9/11 and the images, remember, part of why we want to see or so many people say they want to see the bin laden death images, part of it is, you know, confirmation that it happened but the other piece is that, remember, we watched our fellow americans die in very gruesome ways on television and we watched it over and over for hours and hours. and it was very painful, it was excruciating and part of what sered 9/11 into our collective psyche so i think part of why we now at this moment asking for the visual images is we want to wrap that up, we want the other side of it. but the fact is that as we think forward towards safety, the primary question is not s

used to inform area plan development. however, there are some misconceptions about how survey is used. a survey does not automatically designate a property as an article 10 or 11 landmark. it does not listed on the national or california registers. there is a big difference between what is identified as a historic resource in a survey versus what should be retained and regulated under articles 10 and 11 of the planning code as a state landmark. a survey does not create a heightened level of scrutiny or review. this is not a comprehensive map, but it does illustrate our most recent community and department initiated service. there are several city wide surveys that were conducted in the past, such as san francisco architectural heritage and in richmond survey, the san francisco architectural survey of 1976, and so on. this does give you a good idea of the areas we have surveyed in the last five to six years. >> does that include older surveys as well? >> this only includes our most recent, or surveys in process or recently adopted. supervisor weiner: and not every survey will result in a district, is that right? >> surveys will not result in article 10 or 11 designation unless the board of supervisors des

impressions of it that this race at it's a more positive manner is as a national plan a prize the condition is no longer as popular as it used to be in the soviet union but still for many people it's a festival of sport and it's a little chance for war and sports veterans to come together because they invite out of our team and as well as courtney's this bill isn't.

it was originally designed as a product to insure those who had holdings or investments in these bonds including the nation but of course they became used as a weapon yeah that's right we've known this for quite some time but the regulators are in the pocket of the banks so don't look for them to regulate and the people are underwater on their houses and they can't have been bothered so in a two pronged investigation the european commission said it will examine whether sixteen investment banks and market and r.k. i.t. the leading provider of credit default swap market information kulu did or abused a dominant position to control financial information this is an update on google's propaganda model number to tell a lie big enough people believe it in today's financial terrorism landscape with j.p. morgan goldman sachs if you create an index you say then people will believe it if you take all the fraudulent securities and you create an index that tracks the fraudulent securities then the index magically makes the fraud look legitimate this is all of the fraud here it's so tasty and so delicious because it's collapsing and driving precious

what kind if you just call it could have by breaking through with a senior member of the ruling scottish national stay with us. today i mean as in great talking to kenny macaskill who is the scottish justice minister he's a member of the scottish national party which of course recently gained enough votes to be able to promise a referendum on scottish independence within the next five years kenny macaskill thank you for talking to us now tell me first what would scotland gain from independence well the group gained control over all resources from responsibility for the problems with the center of country and to be able to stand up and speak to the issues that matter to us to go taking charge of home and we can through that we have a voice abroad and how would it work economically and socially well scott from the rich country we have the largest oil and gas producer in the european union we not only have a boat in terms of oil and gas but you know a boat in terms of renewables joerg three for the first time in our history is probably advantage so we've got great potential in the closet in scotland never been heard bad things a

don't that government's not some place close of the border around the world welcome us into the family of nations as a start and with other countries within my rights to oil and gas from the north sea it's worth around about twenty one billion dollars a year to the u.k. treasury do you really think that they're going to just let that carry without any kind of fight. yes but then the day we keep getting told we're subsidized one of the reasons that some things people in scotland are skeptical about independence is that we're told who are true we become to manage and yet you just refuse to focus on the volume of the story short on cash reserve stimulate the kingdom treasury we recognize that these are matters for negotiation but there are matters that are fundamentally right to make a country and a people better scotland than norway discovered oil at the same time somebody else of scotland has been prominent in industrial deserts and already has transformed a society and its economy it has billions in the bank could as we've seen those we still do and missiles weapons of mass destruction in the illegal

generation of children and take on the scorch of hunger given the limited resources available to us as a nation. let me turn to sustainability and feeding the world for a moment. so another important discussion taking place at usda in agriculture committees in the u.s. congress and publications across the globe centers around the question, how do we feed the global population of $9 billion? without radical trend changes, you know we'll have to increase food production by 70%. 70% by 2050. some wonder what other resources especially what land, water, and nutrients will be required to get us there. at usda, we are working to promote both the productivity and sustainable askture practices that will take from more than farmers and producers across the globe to contribute. a year ago, they put together a report that said incremental and transformative approaching had been necessary. we are pursuing both avenues to help building a -- build ag systems. the truth is in the last two decades, most if not all u.s. farms of all sizes have adopted measures to improve sustainability. in the last 30 years, th

albaugh had mentioned it, some of us have mentioned, the percentage of gdp depends upon the aviation system is just staggering, and we should protect that as a nationale are not doing that yet. just not doing that. >> let me jump in. you're a wonderful ceo, and a number of us went over to the administration and secretary lahood a month or two ago, we are a member of craft, civil reserve air fleet, so are you and so many others, of course we have so many military pilots, thankfully, and that doing their civil reserve duty and where members of craft. we have a lot at stake as a country and as a company and collectively. so yes, you are right we need to probably form more of a cohesive understanding of what that means. i mean, when i going to get into the clinical debater but the flight duty time issue is a big problem for you at alice. it's a problem for me. when we have at the moment no jet to fly these military flights. we've been making our points and people have been listening, but they need to understand the full complexities of what we're talking about here. so it's a very good point. >> i would also add, when you talk about policy i'm not sure w

point out, where people may enjoy global mobility without a personal vehicle, they have used the gasoline and diesel as an opportunity to raise national revenues. and thus they have a higher price. and so consumers will pay eight or nine dollars equivalent for what we're paying five dollars for. so nearly twice the price. the rest of the world looks at the u.s. with some envy, but when you get into the darker discussions and the deeper discussions at government level, there has to be fundamentalal re sentment. because the u.s. is the major cause of the global high crude oil price. u.s. uses 25% of the world's daily production. and it doesn't produce enough of its own domestic supply. the u.s. has the option of dramatically increasing, so seven to 10 million barrels, nearly a $40% improvement in domestic production. it would go a long way to easing the burden on the entire world if the u.s. would come to grip with its own demand. there's a resentment of the united states in drawing the world's natural resources into the united states market raises the price for everyone. and that's scene as unfair. >> beyond the price implications of t

they want to pigeonhole us as a people come as a nation and a religion and make their life simple, but we are much more complicated and it's hard to sort of put us in the box. but this is also our opportunity. because these are all different gateways to the story. not with just within israel but also within the jewish communities as these are different opportunities for the world to engage with us. one day israel will be one of the leading forces in the world in making a difference for the 2 billion people in the world that are poor. we can do it. we have the technology, the resourcefulness, we have actually agreed and we can bring value to the people they're struggling with the security and water security and so on. so, what i'm saying is all of these narratives from ancient narrative's are being played out in israel today and zionism for the last 200 years and in the future and that will continue to make the life of people outside of our community difficult because they don't understand us. and therefore they are trying to make us into something simple when we are complicated. we are

may the guidance of your spirit in this house serve to lead us as a nation in paths of righteousness for your names' -- name's sake. bring to our minds an awareness of your benevolence upon all people and may our hearts bear the imprints of your compassion for the least among us. you have given to us as individuals and as a body the vocation of being a trustee of your creation and a stewward of the common good -- steward of the common good. so may we be given a vision of our work together as public servants that will bless the well-being of our people, nurture the establishment of justice and nourish the seeds of peacemaking in our world. this is our ernest -- earnest prayer, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation und

exposed a few serious counts in international law russia has drafted a proposal and sent it to the heads of the new g eight nations as well as us partners a proposal contains russia's view of how the international community could control and provide nuclear security wasn't out of the can we expect a breakthrough on the arab middle east settlement which is divisive in russia as one of the parties in the peace process and the president has been paying a lot of attention to the issue we are in constant contact with the leaders of israel and the arab states but of course the situation there is deteriorating and i think it would be premature to expect a breakthrough now but it's going to have a press conference the president clearly stated among other things that russia would not support have resolution on syria similar to the one passed on libya could this mean that russia might criticize nagel's actions in front of the g eight summit as a lesson of care if you think the g eight summit is an appropriate place to severely. sizing nato we have other more suitable formats the communication with nato because i'm sure that the situation

we also know that on a national level the drones are deeply unpopular and they are used as a political tool not just by the opposition but by the government and the army itself in order to present a certain optic of american interference in the affairs of the state. that's another couple of things we don't know. we don't know whether the drones are popular, where they actually hit. presumably where they hit we know they are not free popular. laughter could the area's proximity to where they hit their some data that suggests they may be more popular in the areas where they hit because people know who they are hitting. this is all very difficult to come by because dillinger -- during high-quality social science survey work in the tribal areas is not something that i would want to have to do so with a number of scientists do is they will try to do the randomized survey of the bus stations in the settled parts of pakistan, people coming to and from the tribal area so it's difficult to get this information but it's not unreasonable to think that these may be more popular in the areas near t

us to keep that vision of the middle east in mind. >> i guess that's what worries me sometimes. when we close ranks around something as a nation, we do that as somebody we consider an other. sometimes our fears and the things that bring us together are dangerous. no? >> yeah, i understand, and i agree with that. in this indication, and i have followed the news reports very closely on this. i have yet to see any backlash against muslims. both president's obama and bush made it clear this was not a war on islam. as a matter of fact, both have made statements to the fact that osama bin ladin does not reflect the muslim faith but is an aberration which is what he is or was? >> i think it's also got to be said, these are not moments when we should rush to engage in hard political analysis. but i do think that this demonstrated a quality about president obama. in effect he spoke -- or walked softly and carried a big stick. this operation was in the planning stages for months and months and months. but at the end of the day, the person that had to make the decision to sign the order was barack obama. and so i want to certainly give t

the official line, the official line and message of the day, and the result is paralysis for us as a nation in terms of, and here's another example, taking on major issues like immigration. you think back to '06, president george w. bush, the chamber of commerce, senator mccain, all tried to take on this issue, but what happened to them? they were absolutely muzzled by the provocateur provocateursk radio, especially whipped up anger with accusations that illegal immigrants were being given amnesty and then there were suggestions that we really didn't have so much of a problem with the illegal immigrants as the possibility of terrorists crossing the border and there was talk of lepers. it was unbelievable, but of course it shut down the real debate, the real discussion on a major issue in american life, immigration, and as a result to this day, 2011, nothing has been done on the immigration issue. imagine then again that i'm the talk show host, and i would say to you, juan williams, well, how do we get out of this box? and i would say, you know, day in and day out, as someone who covers amer

us all together as a unified group. i don't know why we can't do this all the time as a nation. >> reporter: as mayor copeland put it, the only thing that separates us is the river. dean reynolds, cbs news, vidalia, louisiana. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org [ music ] >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. >> this is really one of the great silent epidemics that remains in public health. >> new at 6:00 tonight our first detailed prognosis for bryan stow since his critical move to san francisco. a closer look at some ground bleaking research on traumatic brain injuries. and thoughts from his family. >>> we are talking about an army of researchers going after arnold schwartz example. >> a secret for almost ten years. but it wasn't easy. how arnold schwarzenegger's secret remained hidden despite a $1 million amount to find just this type of scandal. >> as your hopes fall your insurance costs rise. good eveni

the cost differential may be out there but the real deal is think of it this way we used to have a strategy as a nation it was about having magic going right was a major presidency ninety one until reagan right right and all of a sudden we said well we don't need that anymore and look what's happened i mean that's what i'm talking about what's really happened in the last fifteen years in particular has been a disaster for workers for communities for the country and that's the danger in this and we live in a world in which every other country basically actually has a strategy and it isn't just china it's germany it's the netherlands it's around the world people think about the stuff and wanting manufacturing what do we need to do as a country to have it and this is something we walked away from saying it's a lot of kids are saying you know i think there's a couple of things obviously a lot of charity yeah you know i think it tariffs are part of the puzzle but i think actually first got inside you want it that you want the jobs you want the prosperity that comes with other countries do we don't we argue

countries in europe and suggest that the euro is inherently structurally weak as a result of these peripheral nations in the ushowever they have quite a bit of trouble based on what we've been saying right here what is your take on the dollar versus the euro both have significant flaws that have significant issues i think they'd be able to triumph rate of. super economic superpowers the e.u. the us and we have china and very each each of each one of them have fairly unique problems but the related and the correlation between the problems are basically the problem and how they handled it the e.u. is in a highly indebted steph ation every state so is the us the e.u. has the too many chiefs and none of india's problems where they have. separation of strong economic countries and the very weak economic countries that are pulling other countries down and they're going to default restructure you've heard it from me it's guaranteed to happen it may be called something different but it's guaranteed to happen and that's going to do significant damage to the euro and culture it's spike the u.s. has too much debt and bas

it was npr that used this as a story in started the national attention. there was a worry that if you know what, i can see where people who are conservative might decide they want to support me. they are most familiar with this idea that if you say the wrong thing, you might be subjected to the charge of bigotry, racism, and more. but i wondered how the left wing of the country's political spectrum might react. would this be an opportunity to simply jump on? so it was a big surprise to me when people lie whoopi goldberg, john stewart, and even sarah palin on the far right, agreed that what had taken place was really out of bounds. since this controversy broke, and i have told you, people everywhere say to me, you know, i understand what it is to feel that you cannot speak in this country today, and tell me that they feel that there is too much coated speech, political correctness, and it is being enforced by -- well, and forced by political parties, enforced by lobbying groups, by advocacy groups, political correctness that is used to enforce identity, a

it is not a political time, i want to think he and his staff and the intelligence community for their perseverance. i think that this is something that will help to bring us together as a nationnd i am thankful for that. host: midway, massachusetts, democratic caller. paul, you are on the air. what do you think about this news? caller: i am absolutely delighted that america has finally achieved justice for all of the people, from whatever nation they were from, who were killed in the attacks on the world trade center and in shanksville. i am very concerned, however, that people who have supported him will continue to attack americans and american interests abroad. i am nervous today. very nervous. host: you think this will stoke more of a fire? caller: it could cause people who have supported him to take action and less shout that americans and american interests. -- lash out at americans and american interests. host: john, good morning. caller: i am kind of nervous. i want to get this out and ask a question. now that we have osama bin laden, we found out that pakistan was practically hiding them. i think that they are still an enemy in this country trying to consolidate powe