cyberconnective world gives us incredibly enhanced pieces of information from around the world on a level that's never existed before. the question for us as individuals and us as a nationtically, is how are we supposed to react to digest all of the various horrors of the world, those that are directed at us, potentially, and those that may have nothing to do with us. joining us, tim carney from the washington examiner, and friend, buddy and pal, mike williams. it is easy to look at the news wires or the digital feed or whatever it is and it conjures in anybody lots of emotion. fear, anxiety, righteousness, we have to do something. how do you, mike, even begin to reconcile between the emotional have vissisitud erk vissisitudes that we all experience? >> the challenge in foreign policy is to put your emotions aside and your gut reaction is focus on the longer term trend. when we look at proliferation, let's look at iran. if they only voluntarily give up weapons, you can never really stop them from doing it. so do you hype up the rhetoric or do you try the back channels? so by rationing up the rhetoric, you just create a security dilemma, right? the iranians are worried a

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it would also help us as a nation establish our claims in the outer continental shift, and the arctic, as you are better a wa ware than i am, but we have different nations competing for the same resources in an arctic that is going to be increasingly ice free in the summer so you can not only have navigation through there and you're already beginning to see that, but also extraction of sea bed resources. so i think first thing we could do is become a signatory to the law of the sea kmrchs. secondly, we are actively doing things like isex, where i went last year. we operate with the canadians and their operation, nanook, but i think that our plan is to become more capable in the arctic over time and bake. >> admiral? >> i back up everything the secretaries have said. i'm completely in line with that. it has to be a bullet, a factor, a credential, bine we saw each morning. likewise, we need to continue to do nanook exercises with the canadiens and nor weejs. and that includes critical infrastructure, make sure our command in control can be supported in that area of the bor borld. the ar

psychotropic drugs teenagers take affect them as they grow and develop and what does this mean for us as a nation last kaitlin bell barno and tonight's conversations with great minds also alan was thinks the congressional progressive caucus is filled with communists but a maturity of americans agree with the caucuses new budget for all so does that mean of a jury of americans or communists who pose that question of more of the knights guests in our big picture rumble and take with one of the most important elections in our history on the horizon this year could be a make it or break it for america's future how we come together to create a lasting change in this country so badly it's. going to be for tonight's conversations with great minds as caitlin bella barnett hill and as a journalist blogger and author she writes about mental health topics for the huffington post about young people's experience medications at my meds myself a blog at the psychology website psych central she held positions at the atlanta constitution journal in st louis post dispatch as worked as a freelance journalist for a

our children, the commerce that assures or prosperity and the rights and liberties that define us as a nation. once again he brought his steady hand to the tiller guided by a moral compass that was and is infallible and an understanding of the constitutional role of doj and a complete mastery of the law, he restored the nation's faith in a great and important agency. the faith i fear is once again imperil imperiled. in february of 2009, judge mukasey rietired once again fro public service. we all owe a debt of gratitude to this great man who has served our country with distinction and continues to be a voice of reason, articulating how the constitution and federal law empowers our elected officials to protect our citizens from terrorism and tyranny if they are willing to exercise their -- address general or judge or judge general because through it all, he is simply mike mukasey, a man for all seasons who has always answered the call to public service and happily for us, answered our call to share his wisdom with us today. i give you judge michael mukasey. >> i want to thank larry from my not

we have a lot of challenges in front of us as a nation and can't afford to relitigate bipartisan deals every time somebody makes some noise in a meeting. so i'm very glad that you, mr. chairman, have decided to focus this committee on advancing a real long-term balanced and bipartisan deficit and debt reduction package. basically, you're saying to us, let's look forward, not look backwards. and as i saw during my chairmanship of the commit on deficit reduction, i know as other members of that committee know, you know, that is not going to be easy. we're going to have to make some very difficult choices as a nation about our priorities over the long term. and there are significant differences between the two parties when it comes to the values that drive our approaches between tackling some of these tough fiscal challenges. that's why i really think it is good that you have put the bipartisan simpson-bowles plan in front of us, and for this committee, then to have the time to really sarsly seriously look at and begin to give this committee's input and to begin to build on. it's a plan t

. >> it's a reminder of not only what binds us together as a nation, but also what binds us together as children of god. >> and it's interesting to note the evolution of the president's easter weekend address, first three years, very secular, largely about the economy. only two mentions of jesus or god in the first two years. today, the president spoke about god or jesus in a total of seven times in a speech that was all about faith. >> thanks. >>> the big political issue remains the economy. and a jobs rrt that missed expectations raises new questions about just how strong our recovery really is. >> the fear tonight is the economy may be weaker than we thought and the unusually warm weather essentially hid that from us. with extra sunny days at the start of the year triggered employees to take on seasonal staff earlier in retail and construction. at the time, the pulling forward of the temporary effect made the economy appear permanently stronger. conversely it may now be pay back time. job growth cut in half in march because much of the spring recruiting has already occurred. the ef

. >> a reminder of not only what binds us together as a nation, but also what binds us together as children of god. >> reporter: and, lester, interesting note the evolution of the president's easter weekend address as the first three years very secular largely about the economy. only two mentions of jesus or god in those first three year. today the president spoke of god or jesus a total of seven times in a speech that was all about space. lester? >> mike viqueira in washington. thanks. >>> the big political issue remains the economy and a jobs report that missed expectations has raised new questions about just how strong our recovery really is. cnbc's simon hobbs is here now in new york to tell us more. >> the economy may be weaker than we thought and that the unusually warm weather essentially hid that from us. extra sunny day in the start of the year driving many employers to take on earlier. in retail and construction, and at the time, pulling forward about a temporary effect may be appear permanently stronger. conversely, it may be payback time. job growth in march, much of spring recr

that's the one thing that should separate us as a nation from the rest of the world. >> congressman labrador these questions about the president's faith and whether he's a muslim and it came up on fox news on the hannity program. they had a focus group they were doing. i want to show a piece of that, because it was very striking to watch. >> i believe barack obama's religious beliefs do govern his foreign policy. >> what are his religious beliefs. >> i believe he's a muslim. >> you do? >> yes. >> how many believe that here? wow. you believe he's a muslim? >> yes. >> on its face to say he's a muslim is thought to be a bad thing. colin powell was on this program saying so what if he was. why wouldn't that be acceptable? is that unacceptable? is that -- is this being used as a way, has it been used to delegitimize the president. >> first of all, i don't believe he's a muslim. he's told us he's a christian and i believe him. i don't agree with that clip.ç but it wouldn't matter if he is. i agree with anne, what we need to look at is the policies, what are the policies that the individual has? t

i hope it allows us as a nation to talk about guns, the law that was enacted in 2005, the stand yourd law, where homicide cases have tripled since that law, i hope it allows this country to reexamine that. >> it really and truly has been taxed in the states that have stand your ground laws. i think one of the things we need to do is reject the premise of the question of whether or not the public pressure is going to impact on the justice system. public pressure simply made a light bulb go off in this case. that's what it did. >> which is obviously race is a huge part of it. does this heal or does this divide? and i always wonder -- obviously, this has got to happen now. >> and let me pick up on that because if ultimately -- you would acknowledge, this is a tough case for any prosecutor to bring, though. if you end up with an acquittal or coming back on a charge that the martin family doesn't feel is sufficient, do you worry about this tinderbox in sanford, florida? >> there is never going to be sufficiency for the martin family. this is the one thing as a prosecutor i'd like to impar

and it's time for us as a nation to sit down together and figure out how to get it done in a truly fair way as they were going to do this for you. that's really not fair and it's really not the american way when we try to pit one group against another in order to gain political power. and these are all things that were talked about in detail by the founders of our nation. which i hope you will get the new book and read it because of that at all quotation my my wife did all the research. you know, it not rewritten history. this is what actually happened and that established a nation that is so special. why do i think america is so special? for hundreds of years, for thousands of years before america came on the scene people did things the same way. within 200 years that the establishment of this nation, men were walking on the moon, completely changed the course of mankind and of the world, the thinking, the entrepreneurship, the caring that established this nation and we cannot allow that to disappear for months. well, you would think that now that i am a terrific student, everything wa

it is time for us as a nation to sit down together and figure out how to get this done in a truly fair way, not picking one group and say we will do this for you, and then picking another group and saying we will do this for you. that is not really fair or the american way when we try to pit one group against the another -- it is not american. these are the things we're talking about when we read about the founding fathers of our nation. it is not rewritten history. this is what actually happened. they established a nation that is so special. why do i think america is special? for hundreds and thousands of years before america came on the scene, teeple did things the same way. in this nation, men walked on the moon. it completely changed the course of this nation. the freedom, the entrepreneurship, the caring that establish this nation. we cannot allow that to disappear from us. you thought that i do i'd do great in high school, but i didn't. it's called peers. i went from a student to a b. student to a c. student. i went a full year before my mother, again, was able to tell me that it

and you know it's time for us as a nation to sit down together and figure out how to get this done in a truly fair way, not picking one group and saying we are going to do this for you and picking another group and saying we are going to do this for you. that is really not fair and that is really not the american way when we try to pit one group against another in order to gain political power. and these are all things that were talked about in detail by the founders of our nation, which i hope you will get the new book and read it because i put all the quotations in there and my wife did all the research. it is not rewritten. this is what actually happened and that established a nation that is so special. why do i think america is so special? for hundreds of years, for thousands of years, before america came on the scene, people did things the same way. within 200 years of the establishment of this nation, men were walking on the moon. completely changed the course of mankind and of the world. the freedom, the entrepreneurship, the caring that established this nation. we cannot allow

for southerners and northerners to come together as americans for the first time after the war, it was a chance for all of us to come together as a nation, as americans, to fight against a common enemy. it was also the chance for african-americans, many of them for the first time to enter the military and to show that as former slaves, they, too, could fight to defend this country. from that perspective, if no other, the opportunity it provided to unify northerners and southerners i think is very important for us to look at. as with any conflict, there's that really a particular cause. there are several causes to it. you can go back to the way spain was treating its colonial empire. cuba in the late 1890s was about the last vestiges of spain's colonial empire in this hemisphere and cuba was a very profitable part, colony, of the spanish empire. with the sugarcane that was produced there. there was a lot of american investment in cuba. and because of the unrest in cuba from insurgents who had been striving for independence from spain for some time, america's economic interests in cuba were threatened so there was a sincere interest and d

a precursor to perhaps the crowning achievement of international cooperation of all time. the construction and operation of the international space station by 16 nations demonstrating the potential for space to unite us as a world. something more important today than ever. if everyone could see the world from space see how it is one planet without political borders, serene in its unity. perhaps there would be less conflict. while we're working on greater access to space, we're pursuing a path of big missions, and big projects that demand cooperation. akrauss our own agency and among nations. because any missions to mars or similar venture is going to take the expertise, the passion, and the resources of more than one nation. i'm the eternal optimist, but i'm a realist. we need to remain the leader in space exploration and the capabilities we're developing for those bigger missions the commercial access to space, all of this will only strengthen our position as the world space exploration leader. any security without growth and jobs is tenuous. as president obama said in the state of the union address, we're going to have to create an america built to last. there's no doubt that nasa creates good jobs. h

our national holidays suitably observe is, can refresh our national memory and unite us as a people. more determined and better able to preserve the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. for these purposes, the birthday of george washington, february 22, 1732, should be a particularly cherished national obligation. in fact, americans celebrated his birthday long before congress in 1879 declared it a holiday for federal workers in the district of columbia, and in 1885 a federal holiday for all employees everywhere. it was celebrated in valley forge in 1878. after the founding it was annually, if unofficially, marked throughout the new republic. on the centennial of washington's birth, february 2, 1832, congress adjourned out of respect for his memory. in 1862, the union, threatened by civil war, congress chose to read washington's farewell address on the occasion of washington's birthday. every year since 1896 the united states senate selected one of its members to read it aloud in legislative session in honor of washington's birthday. it was not the duty of congress whi

to protect us, what's going to happen is we're going to wind up being less safe, we're going to wind up being less free, and it's going to wind up costing us a lot more money. we as a nation, the people that live here, have a part to play in protecting ourselves. and it's in finding that balance that advances our freedoms, preserves how we keep our economy free and open and allows for the common defense, that's important. and i think there's two really key factors. i call them right and responsibility. there's goodness in having the people that are responsible for themselves take ownership of that responsibility. and you know, katrina, for example, the most effective responders in katrina were the victims. there were people in that own community that cared about their community who did more and were more effective at organizing response than anybody else. so it's the people in the local walmart who opened the doors and said we're going to help our fellow citizens, that in many ways were much more effective than anything fema did. if you look at the surveys of katrina, 80% of the people that were helped said the most effective responders were people that were non-governmen

uses race to start guessing. i'm here to really reinforce that is an ineffective police practicing, it is sloppy, counting on guesswork. the notion that we as a community or we as a nation must use racial profiling to make ourselves secure or sacrifice civil liberty is not only false, it wreaks of hypocrisy. if we were worried about national security in the sense of compromising civil liberties it would make sense, those engaging in racial profiling, would ask for the prohibition of firea firearms. we have lost over 100,000 americans to gun violence since 9/11. that is more than we have lost in terrorism and the wars in afghanistan and iraq combined, yet there's not an equal call for gun laws. i'm not suggesting there should be, i'm offering the idea of compromising civil rights for national security does not work. what is equally troubling with the idea of using race, national origin and religion and the national security context, a nation that is equipped with law enforcement and national security experts second to none, must rely on bias and guesswork to make ourselves secure, versus human intelligence, technology, experience, and the cooperation of the american peop

a slippery slope. smokers are attacks on the rest of us and as we work toward a nationalized healthcare we all pay forple who overeat or smoke. you can't enforce this. you can't smoke in buildings so secondhand smoke issues are removed. >> what about this being a slippery slope. if you do this, it will give the food police a chance to get their licks in. >> i don't like the slippery slope either but in this instance, i don't see it at play. i see more so that smokers want to have their way in buildings smoking or even outside. i hate walking along new york city streets behind smokers. we've had smoking problems in my family so i know a lot of americans have this too. i'm for free market rights but smoking kills. >> steve, last word. >> bottom line, don't smoke at work but if you want to do it afterwards and harm yourself, go ahead. >> coming up, don't put your tax refund under your mattress. our informers say put it in their refund stocks to put you in the higher tax bracket next year. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to

the country it happened on friday but only became known a day later as events in the country are currently hard to monitor let us face as national support of a jailed human rights activist has serving a life sentence for taking part in last year's anti-government uprising is behind this child for two months and is being treated at a military hospital journalists and antiwar activist don de bar says the right place shows the last policy. highlight contradictions and western attitudes to fuel right which washington place today in syria. and look at the role the united states is playing in bahrain when they've been claiming that they're in syria over human rights that they were in libya over human rights and yet they're suppressing human rights in bahrain and it shows that president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton are hypocrites there are wires and you have a human rights activist a bonafide human rights activist on a hunger strike you don't hear a word of it in the american media the interests of the united states in bahrain according to the people that make policy here is to maintain the fifth fleet period that's it

we have lost a vast majority of them, and it will be almost impossible for us as a nation to get them back. but advanced manufacturing -- you better believe we can be competitive in. the advanced manufacturing realm -- they require high skill. in fact, a lot of people say that our unions and etc. are driving investment overseas. the new union model, at least for michigan, the new head of the uaw is a fellow named bob king. he stood up for the manufacturers of the auto industry and suppliers at a conference in michigan and he said once he was elected -- this is not your father's uaw. our goal is to keep jobs in america, and we want to partner with management to make that happen. our enemy is not management versus labor. that is not complex. the conflict is us versus the globe. how can we have the most efficient processes and sophisticated level of skills to be able to make you globally competitive. right now labor is only 7% of the cost of a vehicle, and the vehicle is the most technologically advanced product in the world. you need to have people who know how to program the robots, wh

we have lost a vast majority of them, and it will be almost impossible for us as a nation to get them back. but advanced manufacturing -- you better believe we can be competitive in. the advanced manufacturing realm -- they require high skill. in fact, a lot of people say that our unions and etc. are driving investment overseas. the new union model, at least for michigan, the new head of the uaw is a fellow named bob king. he stood up for the manufacturers of the auto industry and suppliers at a conference in michigan and he said once he was elected -- this is not your father's uaw. our goal is to keep jobs in america, and we want to partner with management to make that happen. our enemy is not management versus labor. that is not complex. the conflict is us versus the globe. how can we have the most efficient processes and sophisticated level of skills to be able to make you globally competitive. right now labor is only 7% of the cost of a vehicle, and the vehicle is the most technologically advanced product in the world. you need to have people who know how to program the robots, wh

we have lost a vast majority of them, and it will be almost impossible for us as a nation to get themck. but advanced manufacturing -- you better believe we can be competitive in. the advanced manufacturing realm -- they require high skill. in fact, a lot of people say that our unions and etc. are driving investment overseas. the new union model, at least for michigan, the new head of the uaw is a fellow named bob king. he stood up for the manufacturers of the auto industry and suppliers at a conference in michigan and he said once he was elected -- this is not your father's uaw. our goal is to keep jobs in america, and we want to partner with management to make that happen. our enemy is not management versus labor. that is not complex. the conflict is us versus the globe. how can we have the most efficient processes and sophisticated level of skills to be able to make you globally competitive. right now labor is only 7% of the cost of a vehicle, and the vehicle is the most technologically advanced product in the world. you need to have people who know how to program the robots, who k

somewhat binds us as the nation a rule of law. >> bill: if ruth bader ginsburg is in charge i have to move. >> african-american pundits says black men don't have to fear white men they have to fear other black men. controversial report moments away. >> bill: writing in the "wall street journal" african-american journalist shelby steele says if trayvon martin was a victim of white racism hard to conceive since the shooter is apparently hispanic. his murder would be an anomaly. not a commonplace. mark teenagers today are afraid of other black teenagers, not whites. unquote. 90% of black homicide victims are killed by black offenders. and in all violent crimes, when the offender is black, his victims are also black, a whopping 65% of the time. so steele goes on to criticize al sharpton and jesse jackson for ignoring the real problem black based crime. where has mr. steele gone wrong, doctor. >> is he wrong all over the place. the first thing is he wrong about is the premise of his argument which is that black people and black civil rights leaders were outraged martin was killed by nonbla

national unity. as the crisis sharpened, brady saw a new use for the camera. abraham lincoln, whom brady has photographed as a young congressman from illinois now sat in washington as president of the divided nation. from him, brady received permission to make a record of the war that could not be held back. we are coming, father abraham, so sang the volunteer units responding to lincoln's call to arm. hastily constructed camps sprung up. cruel by today's standards. the growing manpower had to be simplied and equipped, furnished with the weapons needed to fight this country bloodiest war. means to move these simplies were organized and assembled. this was a day before the phrase motor pool had been coined. old doben was the hay powered engine that turned the wheels of war. the now middle-aged brady and his assistants recorded all. what is it wagons was the name soldiers gave to the mysterious horse drawn photo labs brady sent into the field. the contraptions were to become a familiar sight where ever men were trained. training them meant the close order drill,