just saw joins me now she's a retired navy commander and now the president of the organization veterans for peace leah welcome thank you and you know good on you congratulations for speaking out. i understand how difficult that must be and how intimidating. what prompted you to do this well you know a lot of people felt the way i feel and they told me that they thank me for what i did and not everybody has the you know i guess to stand up and do that kind of thing but i'm able to do that and i that's something i can do and you know i have. i have the flexibility in my schedule to come to court i have i don't have children and i have you know i can come and be a part of the resistance and so that's what i do and i can i feel like i am speaking on behalf of the majority of american public so much like many of the civil rights leaders here willing to step over the legal line considering that are in appropriate legal why and you're willing to pay the price for joins absolutely going to be people pleading guilty to yes or yes well i'm pleading guilty because you know what i what i hope to point out du

to prison i mean you're saying you're a war criminal brother i'm already in prison this is veterans for peace chapter zero nine nine western north carolina hoping that this moment registers in everyone's mind that this is one of the total cost of war. six true test who is a great war put of world war one world of mind war was a fiend who stopped our clocks though we met him graham and kay and i know people who got their clocks stopped so badly they never got beyond it drugs booze women suicide whatever you want to call it and that happened to me and i think my clock was stopped for close to forty years before i got over that i was ashamed i was ashamed that i had been wounded i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero. i never understood that my problems with my parents my problems with my wife my ex-wife were buried in the fact that i had gotten blown up i never i never understood it repressed it totally and then i began to go to a coffee shop and i would hear the big bands of the night hundred forty five and i would weep like a baby in public i had no idea that what i was doing i could reply t

given a dose of reality and common sense a former navy commander and now president of the group veterans for peace and the bolger take a look. my committee will be in the meeting room yes. with percentages of g.d.p. this is just fine. but your response to rewrite oh i'm sorry. i just you asked me. why we are requesting capital. and fish we have this massive spending on the wars in the mission readiness and. the hartmans i. was. following her courage is the act of civil disobedience former presidential candidate ralph nader who was also a member of the group reference for peace released this statement saying the government is dysfunctional working for corporate interests rather than providing for the people's necessities balder showed what active citizens should be doing peacefully confronting the corruption corruption head on and making sure the public knows what is really going on and should be honored for actions well sort of being honored for actions this week we're bolger is facing a judge and could be sentenced to six months in prison for the disruption of a congressional hearing that you jus

organizations like the american legion, the dav, the military officers association, vietnam veterans for peaced many others. third our formerly homeless veterans have a culture of giving back. they don't want to leave anyone behind. you see, it begins with our formerly homeless veterans who are at the front desk who are saying to other veterans, both men and women, welcome home. in fact, it was the desire of formerly homeless veterans to get back to the american legion in our area in hendersonville and in asheville and the surrounding north carolina put together legion post 526. as about 137 members, they were the first as we understand it, to receive the national charter and operate out of a homeless facility, our veterans administration quarters. forth it is the charles va medical center and asheville, north carolina that provides the high-quality medical home resources. it's also our local continuum of care with about 40 agencies working together because the collaboration is the critical key and i just thank all of our folks back in nashville for their support. these principles can be summe

join me next time for a conversation with a west point graduate and a rock veterans that says the u.s. wants to toys peace over war. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. thank you.

for an allied peace. i will add to our military and give our veterans the care that they deserve. [applause] this is a defining election as to what course of america will take. will it remain strong militarily? will we be committed to low taxes and to growth, jobs, higher incomes, will we preserve a americans' freedom and opportunity? will we encourage small business or crush it through more regulation of like obamacare and dodd-frank and sarbanes oxley and one thing after another? i'm convinced that we will need to do something we should have done three and half years ago, and that is, to elect a conservative president for the united states. i intend to be the president with your help. [applause] let me turn to you for any questions you may have. those of you that are in the sun are going to have a hard time. this is just a test. the detectives always put you in the sun to get the real truth out of you. yes, sir? there is a german right back there. hi, there. -- a gentleman right back there. hi, there. >> there's a lot of discussion on individual tax rates in this discussion, les

peace punishment fit the crime. go to greta >>. >> greta: veteran utah senator who are run hatch, war is far from over. votes needed forirect nomination, senator hatch faces a primary challenge for a bid for seventh term. tea party insists it will unseat senator hatch. she firing back on freedom works last week. >> i could probably live with them if they tell the truth. they take a few dozen of my votes better 12,000 votes that i have casted, and they distorted those votes. they lie about them, direct lie about them. >> greta: strong words from him. the other side. freedom works matt joins us. nice to see you. let's go to the issue of votes. what vote are you and senator hatch arguing over? >> there are a lot of votes but the one that frustrated me the most was partnership with ted kennedy to create a new health care entitlement. that was hillary clinton's strategy after the failure of clinton care to add government healthcare playing by population from the top down. >> and that was 12,000 votes? >> right. >> and you like governor romney? >> i think she better than barack obama. >> greta: governor romney has endorsed s

for an allied peace. i will add to our military and give our veterans the care that they deserve. [applause] this is a defining election as to what course of america will take. will it remain strong militarily? will we be committed to low taxes and to growth, jobs, higher incomes, will we preserve a americans' freedom and opportunity? will we encourage small business or crush it through more regulation of like obamacare and dodd-frank and sarbanes oxley and one thing after another ?eche i'm convinced that we will need to do something we should have done three and half years ago, and that is, to elect a conservative president for the united states. i intend to be the president with your help. [applause] let me turn to you for any questions you may have. those of you that are in the sun are going to have a hard time. this is just a test. the detectives always put you in the sun to get the real truth out of you. yes, sir? there is a german right back there. hi, there. -- a gentleman right back there. hi, there. >> there's a lot of discussion on individual tax rates in this discussion