we represent the black student union have the george washington university. the stop the hate campaign addresses an issue that has been persuasive throughout american history. based on the idea that we cannot coexist with what is different. essential tenet of the bsu has been and always will be to create an environment where differences can be embraced. in 2007, the bsu led a collaborative campaign entitled stop the hate. back then we faced the university campuses, the incarceration of the jena 6 and rising anti-islamic sentiment in america. the bsu create a student voice to be heard through social media and traditional protest methods. >> today the bsu has continued in that spirit of unifications. when faced with an antiaffirmative bake sale we felt while the first amendment guarantees the freedom of speech, it does not guarantee that all voices in the conversation are heard. in addition to holding a nonviolent educational protest, we facilitate the opposing size. disagreement can no longer divide. but it must always call us our collective american heritage.

i thought it began on wednesday when he was giving his speech at george washington university. he completely brought any skeptical democrats to his side when he mentioned medicare. he said he was going to protect it. he mentioned things we haven't heard him talk about that much. gwen: like the poor. >> like the poor. and he was absolutely -- and this is all following this script that almost seems too perfect. it's repeating 1995-199 . i'm not suggesting it's going to end like that. but without a doubt, this white house has everyone, i think, where they want right now. the liberals are sort of quieted down back on their side. the republicans are on their heels. and 2012 republican presidential candidates are worried about this now. how do they campaign for votes in florida, for example. mitt romney was there today. at some point he's going to have to say up or down on the ryan plan and all of them to a person came out and said we praise them for their boldness but no one is signing on to this because it's trouble for them. >> while hitting hard at paul ryan, he did invite republ

tonight, we continue our series "planet forward," a partnership with the george washington university social media project using your ideas to power our future. frank sesno discovered high hopes for the green gunk as part of "planet forward's" pbs special, "the energy of innovation." >> reporter: who knew algae was hot? "planet forward" received a surprising number of algae-based biofuel ideas for our recent pbs special. one of the most notable, from george washington university students lauren hoenmeyer and kimberly kroll, reported on algae to power a navy river boat. but that was just an experiment, and didn't answer the question: can algae get to scale and start to fill the world's gas tanks? "planet forward" member mike mendez answered, "yes, it has to." >> it's overwhelming, the energy situation. you know, we use 18 million barrels a day. our whole economy-- everything in life, is based upon this liquid fuel. i have three boys. what's their future going to be like? >> reporter: mendez and his company, sapphire energy, brought us an algae-to-fuel idea they say can have real world

. >> the president is speaking right now from george washington university in washington, d.c. he says it would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. a new budget estimate released wednesday says the spending bill negotiated president obama and john boehner would produce less than 1% in claimed saving by the end of the second year. before he started speaking, republicans even shot down his proposal. >> leading republicans say any discussion of any discussion of a higher taxes is a non-starter. president is starting it anyway. he says it's necessary to reduce the deficit. it would be share of tax cuts, for households of $250,000 and lower and domestic military spending. >> we can't tax the very people we expect to reinvest in our economy and create jobs. washington has a spending problem not a revenue problem. >> but the president and democrats say the lack of revenue will cause some of the nation's most critical programs to suffer, including education and healthcare. >> the republican budget reaches its four trillion dollars in cuts by essentially eliminating medicar

. >> the president is speaking right now from george washington university in washington, d.c. he says it would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. a new budget estimate released wednesday says the spending bill negotiated president obama and john boehner would produce less than 1% in claimed saving by the end of the second year. before he started speaking, republicans even shot down his proposal. >> leading republicans say any discussion of any discussion of a higher taxes is a non-starter. president is starting it anyway. he says it's necessary to reduce the deficit. it would be share of tax cuts, for households of $250,000 and lower and domestic military spending. >> we can't tax the very people we expect to reinvest in our economy and create jobs. washington has a spending problem not a revenue problem. >> but the president and democrats say the lack of revenue will cause some of the nation's most critical programs to suffer, including education and healthcare. >> the republican budget reaches its four trillion dollars in cuts by essentially eliminating medicar

host: what about the numerous investigations done by commissions here in washington, and universities investigating this -- what has -- from what they down, how will the findings impact this lawsuit? guest: there have been several investigations that reached a conclusion. there was the presidential commission that was appointed by obama and shared by former -- chaired by former senate term if cramm -- senator gramm. obviously their problems for bp, but that all that the industry

president obama will talk about his fiscal policy in a speech a george washington university. s a little after 1:30 p.m. eastern. throughout the month of april, we will feature the winners of the studentcam competition. students submitted documentaries on the theme of, "washington d.c. through my lands." watch the video is just before "washington journal." meet the students who greeted them. stream all of the videos any time on line. >> next, secretary of state hillary clinton at the islamic world forum. it includes leaders of the u.s. and more than 30 muslim countries. it meets -- is convening in washington for the first time. this is a little more than a half-hour. >> good evening ever run. thank you for that introduction and your french. it is a pleasure for me to join you at this islamic world forum. his highness and the people of qatar have posted the forum for years. as has been set, i was honored to be a guest last year. now i am delighted to welcome you to washington. i want to thank the center at the brookings institution for keeping bees the event going and growing. i

in a speech at george washington university, mr.bama proposed cuts in spending, a reduction in medicare and menddy cal spending and tax cut force the wealthy. he also called for bringing back a spending cap that would kick in if deficits do not decline by 201. >> we can solve this problem. we came together as democrats and republicans to meet the challenge before. we can do it again. >> even before the president spoke, republicans spoke out against any proposal that includes tax increases. >> we can't tax the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to create jobs. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. >> liberal democrats are likely to attack any proposal that would be suspending social programs. >>> college students across the bay area and across the country, in fact, are not in class today. instead, they are taking part in protests against budget cuts to higher education. kight's kraig debro is -- ktvu's kraig debro is at san jose state about more. >> reporter: this is a group of people that h

speaking earlier in the nation's capital at george washington university, he proposed cutting the ballooning deficit by four trillion dollars over the next 12 years through a mix o of tax hikes and spending cuts. the president called for democrats and their political rivals in the republican party to hold bipartisan talks to address the country's financial challenges. the republicans have already rejected obama's plan and say they will fight any tax increases. global soap giants procter and gamble and -- will have to clean up their act. they are facing fines of 315 million euros for running a washing detergent cartel. a german company was listed as part of the cartel but they escaped finds by a cooperative with the 40's and revealing the scheme. three companies cut prices at artificially high levels for over three years. the european commission is promoting a fuel tax to promote clean energy. they say the current rules are outdated and not taken to look back -- taking account of the environmental impact. >> diesel fuel costs days as a cheaper fuel alternative to gasoline could be numbered if

. >> susie: president obama's speech at george washington university was tough and forceful, and as darren gersh reports, it laid out a veryatic, politically to put real pressure on the adoptee and stop the appalling murder of civilians. >> the prime minister feels that britain would be supplying the rebels with 1000 sets of body armor. both presidents are cozy and david cameron have agreed that there has to be an intensifying of military actions against colonel gaddafi's forces. mike the libyan leader be convinced that there is no way out? signs of strain were evident at a meeting of the international contact group on libya. there was agreement, but the libyan leader had to go. the german said that there was no military solution to the libyan crisis. other nations began pushing for the libyans to be given weapons. france has taken the lead role in the campaign. supporting countries remain strong. questions are being raised in france, too. what will bring this operation to an aunt? a stalemate might lead to an unacceptable compromise. >> they are worried that another country like turkey ca

george washington university hosted this event. this is one hour. >> cannot rosenthal was sworn in as special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism on november 23, 2009. by the work and the experience of her father, a rabbi and holocaust survivor, and her own experience studying to become a rabbi, she has led a life marked by activism and a passion for social justice. before joining the state department, mrs. rosenthal was executive director of the chicago foundation for women. she led one of the largest funds in the world. prior to that, she was executive director of the jewish council for public affairs for five years where she worked on domestic and international policies for the jewish communities in north america. ms. rosenthal also served as midwest regional director of the u.s. department of health and human services during the clinton and administration. our other guest was appointed special representative to muslim communities in june 2009. her office is responsible for executing secretary clinton's vision for engaging

we represent the black student union of the george washington university. to stop the hate campaign addresses an issue that has been pervasive throughout american history. based on the idea that we cannot coexist with what is different. essential tenet of the psu has been and always will be to create an environment where differences can be embraced. in 2007, the psu lead a collaborative campaign entitled stop the hate. back then, we faced abuses across campuses, the incarceration of the jena six and rising anti-islamic sentiment in america. the bsu created a space for the student voice to be heard through the use of social media and traditional protest methods. >> today the bsu has continued in that spirit of unification. when faced with an anti-affirmative they sell, we felt that while the first amendment guarantees the freedom of speech it does not guarantee that all voices in the commerce nation are heard. in addition to holding a non-violent educational protest, we hoped a forum facilitated by experts to educate opposing sides. this agreement can no lon

. >> susie: president obama's speech at george washington university was tough and forceful, and as darren gersh reports, it laid out a very different view than the republican proposal offered last week. >> reporter: the president today tried to regain the offensive on the budget, offering what he called a "strong" critique of house republican plans to lower taxes on upper-income americans while cutting spending on popular programs like medicare. >> they want to give people like me a $200,000 tax cut that's paid for by asking 33 seniors to each pay $6,000 more in health costs? that's not right, and it's not going to happen as long as i'm president. >> reporter: the new spending cuts are a modest increase over what the president offered in january. the big change is how mr. obama hopes to reach a budget agreement. the president called on congressional leaders from both parties to begin holding regular meetings with the vice president, producing a deficit reduction plan by the end of june. to enforce that agreement, the president is calling for a "debt failsafe." that failsafe would trigger

this is vice president biden at george washington university as the president was talking about medicare. biden's eyes were closed for about 25 seconds during that 44 minute speech. >>> well, 4:41. we are learning gruesome new details about the death of a san francisco high school student. the accusations against the two teens accused in his death. >>> plus it wasn't unexpected but it is now official. bart's general manager has turned in her resignation. the deal that got her out the door and what the board will be trying to decide in just a few hours. >>> good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well on westbound highway 4. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good thursday morning. time now 4:44. dry forecast for today. just a few high clouds moving in. it will be warm. we're talking more 60s this afternoon. >>> the situation is getting worse for some homeowners near the sliding hillside in hercules. state and federal officials took a firsthand look at the problem area yesterday. they're trying to figure out if they can help residents. four home on cars

trying to accomplish what happened well i was there to hear the speech actually as the george washington university but i got really turned off with a standing ovation and you know the offensive kind of. so i confess i'm sad so i can fancy that when greeted her so i took off my shirt and i had veterans for peace and my shirt turned my back and decided i would i would not have her get away thinking that everybody support or oppose your answer to the standing ovation yeah and so i stood but i didn't sit down and i had my back to where i was about twelve yards in front of her and the clip comes on when i'm being taken out and she's just at the saying and the government in egypt pulled the plug right while you're getting the flight pulled on yourself the cell phone service was cut off internet blocked the government didn't want the people to communicate with each other or with the press and didn't want the world to watch so when they get thrown out it's free speech that in america. well it's limping ok but if she thinks that this kind of brutality is going to stop free speech she's got another think co

this event is hosted by george washington university.t's about an hour. >> the president's highest priority is the safety and security of the american people. he is committed to securing the homeland against 21st century threats, by preventing terrorist attacks, preparing for emergencies regardless of their cause, and investing in strong response and recovery capabilities. we aim to prevent what we can, and respond rapidly to what we must. in support of that commitment, last week president obama signed a new presidential policy directive on national preparedness, ppd eight. the directive outlines the president's vision for strengthening the security and the resilience of our nation through systematic preparation for threats to our security. including acts of terrorism, pandemics, significant accidents and catastrophic natural disasters. what i'd like to do this morning is to outline our approach to preparedness, tell you more about the directive, and what departments and agencies are already doing to move out and embody its principles, a

adam vs the man contributor luke red dowsing who also caught up with some students at george washington university earlier this week roll tape this is a look at ask a g.w. university talking to young people about marriage you want to thank you for two minutes talking about marijuana we have samples. now how many people do you think each year die from alcohol consumption in the united states. close to a million i really don't have idea but i can say it will be in thousands i think think it's eleven or fifteen thousand. times twenty thousand much i guess maybe fifty thousand one hundred thousand on the thousand you're kidding. how many people die from marijuana consumption each year. i think it's like four zero. plus a thousand. thousand people five thousand that are now none it should be. fifty thousand i don't really have an idea like i don't know their exact status but here are many you know zero. zero zero zero zero zero i'm in favor of a brain what kind of world do you think we would be living in if alcohol was legal marijuana was legal sixty's. i mean i don't know i guess everybody a lot more

obama plans to lay out his plan to reduce the nation's debt in a speech tomorrow at george washington university. the president is expected to call for a bipartisan deficit. including a plan to cut medicare and medicaid costs. the president is also scheduled to meet with congressional leaders for a briefing tomorrow morning prior to his speech. >>>-- to call attention to what they call disproportionate spending on the military. protests lined the street. the effort to balance the budget has focused on cutting education, health services and other programs. >> like your mom, your brother, your sister, your children die, your best friend dies. what does it mean? and it's because of these values in the system that we spend our money elsewhere on killing other people. >> meantime there's disturbing evidence that those who serve our country are not being served in return. coming up in about 30 minutes, one on one with two high profile women who are now rallying civilians to give more support to the military and their families. >>> the situation is still fluid tonight in japan over those nuclear reacto

to knock off for at least thirty seconds during the president's speech yesterday if george washington university officially titled the country we believe it but which will forever be known as the one that biden slept through. the insurance that's available in the open marketplace well tough luck. you're on your own see the line you're on your own won't even biden up but obama wasn't speaking just to be boring he's been repeating a theme about healthy skepticism skepticism of government that makes me well very skeptical here is that a town hall last year i think that america has a noble provision of. being. health police skeptical about government that's that's that's in our d.n.a. so we've always had a healthy skepticism about government and i think that's a good thing i think and here he is from yesterday from our first days as a nation we have put our faith in free markets and free enterprise as the engine of america's wealth and prosperity the more than citizens of any other country we are rugged individualists self-reliant people with a healthy skepticism. of too much government the scary pa

today speaking from george washington university president obama outlined his deficit reduction plan for america now this comes in response to paul ryan's plan released in. middle of the budget showdown that almost shut down our government and months after the president's deficit reduction committee came up with its own recommendations so in this plan obama wants to reduce the deficit by four trillion dollars over the next twelve years for the final balance of achieving three dollars in spending reductions for every dollar generated and additional tax revenue this would include defense cuts saving seven hundred fifty billion dollars in domestic spending reforming medicare and medicaid but keeping both and keeping the affordable care act here as well as ending tax cuts for the rich now the anger responses from both sides of the aisle have already begun but was this speech good enough to sell the nation on it and to get the people excited or is this just going to be the beginning of the battle from hell joining me to discuss it is david these political reporter for politico thanks so m

more on the president's remarks, live from george washington university on c-span 3 and c-span radio. > this year's student cam competition as students to consider washington, d.c., through their lens. >> i do not think it is a problem for them to stand there. they are not forcing people to give them money. >> i do not really feel bad for them, because i do not think it is an honest job. if they have no other options, i feel bad for them. it they are doing it because it is easy, then i think it is ridiculous. >> a lot of people to actually need help. there are shelters and places they can sleep. i do not think there are enough of them, but there are places. >> every day while driving to school i pass a stranger near the community mall. each day he wakes up, walks half a mile to his corner and stands in the same place all day. the stranger is familiar to everyone come up but known to no one. is there nothing being done to end this tragedy? nothing being done to help the homeless? >> found that nearly 6 million very low income households pay more than half of their monthly income for re

president obama will talk about his fiscal policy at a speech at george washington university. a little bit after 1:30 eastern. throughout the month of april, we will feature the top winners of c-span's student cam competition. they submitted the theme, washington d.c. through my lens. this will be just before washington journal. meet the students who created them. visit the students online anytime. president obama will outline his deficit reduction plans in a speech yesterday at george washington university including steps to lower the cost of medicare and medicaid. that is a little bit after 1:30 eastern time. members of congress are looking forward to the next fiscal year and what the president will say. in 15 minutes, chuck schumer. first it is ranking member jeff shut -- just sessions. >> mr. president, the american people have high expectations -- they should have that, and they should demand that. and one of the basic expectations that we should have for our president that he would be honest and forthright in discussing the critical issues facing our nation. he should en

we are waiting for president barack obama to arrive live at george washington university where he willeech. >> james: we'll get back to that. we are also getting information of what led up to the attack on the dodgers fan. his friends as a whole time it was intimidating and an arab hostility. cory says things were thrown at them through the game, got much, then the suspect pushed stow then the group was attacked again, according to cori he was hit from behind. little more detail on series and a balancof events. $70,000 to he fan that was attacked outside the doctor's stadium, i will go towards medical cost. there is a reward for information that leads to the it arrest of those suspects who are still at large. >> reporter: students and faculty across the nation are bridge bearing to protest budget cuts that will be devastating to hire education. rally's, marches, teach-ins' are planned at all campuses today. we spoke with an organizer today about what they want. >> we want to send the message to republicans to say let governor brown to what he needs to do. we are hopeful for that, we ar

. >> reporter: the president took the stage at george washington university in washington and called cutting the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. >> it's an approach that achieves about $2 trillion in spending cuts across the budget. it will lower our interest payments on the debt by $1 trillion. it calls for tax reform to cut about $1 trillion in spending from the tax code. and it achieves these goals while protecting the middle class, our commitment to seniors, and our investments in the future. >> reporter: to get to the total, the obama plan would end tax breaks, first instituted by president bush, for households earning more than $250,000 a year; look for up to $400 billion in new defense spending cuts; reduce domestic discretionary spending by $770 billion and, exact $480 billion in fresh savings from medicare and medicaid. the plan vision outlined by the president today came two months after the release of his 2012 budget proposal. that blueprint did little to address entitlements, prompting republicans to accuse mr. obama of failing to lead. today, they portrayed his spe

[laughter] i want to give a special thanks to the president of george washington university. there he is right there. [applause] we have a lot of distinguished guest here. a couple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, my outstanding vice president, joe biden is here. [applause] our secretary of the treasury, timothy geithner is in the house. jack wu from the office of management and budget. [applause] gene sperling, chair of the national economic council is here. [applause] members of our bipartisan fiscal condition are here in trading -- including erskine bowles and alan simpson. [applause] we have a number of members of congress here today. i am grateful for all of you taking the time to attend. of course, what we've been debating here in washington for the last few weeks will affect your lives in ways that are potentially profound. this debate over budgets and deficits is about more than just numbers on a page, more than just cutting and spending. it's about the kind of future we want. it's about the kind of country we believe in. and that's what i want to talk a

this is all live from george washington university. later this evening, we take the kids same-sex marriage and hear from a democratic analyst on proposition 8 and its status in the california courts. you can say that tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we are one moment or two away from this next panel on the daylong conference for foreign policy debates. the next panel will be on the debate in russia. this is live coverage from george washington university on c-span. very quickly, the supreme court rejected a call today from the virginia attorney general to depart from practice and put review of the health-care law on the fast track. you can get more on that story from our web site, c-span.org. >> if you can let people know that are still in the hallway? all right. we are very pleased to have these panelists with us to discuss the russia of paper. we did hold one of our regional seminars, if you recall, from our announcements this morning in moscow last november. we had some spirited discussions at that conference unde

. = from george washington university. want more information on the history of the capital city. >> can you imagine that the united states congress met in the capitol building of a state? >> this change in june, 1783. >> a crowd of revolutionary war soldiers who had not been paid gather to protest outside the building. >> the soldier's demonstration was and that the state. >> the only way they could get their pay is to go to the state government that congress create a special committee to deal with the mutiny started by alexander hamilton. >> he was a wartime hero. >> he believed that if the state of pennsylvania [inaudible] >> he said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the market to session was called and the congressman entered the building. they could use the situation to their advantage. >> they could argue that the demonstration was against congress and the federal government

host: leslie sanchez, graduate of george washington university, attends johns hopkins university in the baltimore area. and jamal simmons, graduate of morehouse college and earned his masters from the kennedy school at harvard. he's also a principal at the raven group here in washington, d.c. gordon joins us from columbus, ohio, for our two guests. good morning. welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you. and good morning to you all. thanks for allowing me to join before i get up and go to church this morning. host: certainly. caller: well, i have a few questions. first of all, ms. leslie sanchez, i believe you just talked about the governors and their plans. our governor here -- i just want to touch on one specific plan that he is coming about with that i don't believe is really -- i don't know. i'm a little nervous. i really don't think this plan is really good. he wants to take our liquor stores out of drink. but he wants to take our -- i don't drink. but he wants to take our liquor stores and defund them at the same time. so basically selling to wall street. and he wants to name

before teaching at uva, i taught at washington university in st. louis for two years. >> what's your education? you were editor of yale law review i believe? >> that'sing right. -- that's right. i was an editor of that journal, so i tended yale law school. i also got a ph.d. in history from duke university, and prior to that, i got an undergraduate degree in history from thurman university. >> where did you grow up and what did you parents do? >> i grew up in a small town in south carolina, greenwood -- it's called. my parents, well, like ethel may matthews parents, my father was once a sharecropper. he later on worked in a factory, both of my parents attended segregated schools in south carolina. my mom later, actually when i was in law school went to college, and she became a teacher which is something she does now. >> we have been talking with tomiko brown-nagin, author of this book "courage of dissent". >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> we're here at the national press club talking

we will have the president's remarks, live from george washington university and c- span3 and on c-spanradio. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day. weekdays, watch live coverage of the house, and weeknights, policy boards. the supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, you can see our signature program. on saturday, "the communicators ," and on sunday, "q&a," and prime minister's questions. this is all searchable on our c- span video library. c-span. washington your way. the public service created by american cable companies. >> this month, a former louisiana governor formed a presidential exploratory committee. he also served as a democrat but changed party affiliation and is now a republican. we sat down to talk with him about the 2012 race. this is 15 minutes. -- 50 minutes. >> until recently, your name was not on the list. >> i am a businessman. i am not a lawyer. what i do is build companies, growth companies. beginning about six months ago, i became con

my name is roy richard grinker and i am a professor of anthropology at george washington university. i am going to speak for ten minutes after which seth mnookin will speak for ten minute and then we will have a dialogue with each other before opening it up to the audience. many of you have probably not heard an apologist speak about autism and that is not surprising since most of the are in the field of counseling, psychology, speech therapy and so on but i have a daughter with autism and she was diagnosed in 1994. at that time there was an emerging feeling there was an epidemic of autism. there was an emerging sense in the united states and other countries that there was a dramatic rise and people said i feel it in my gut that there are more kids with autism now than ever before. one of the strategies anthropologist's often use to look at their own world is to go away. go to other countries and learn about those other countries. not just in and of themselves but to come back and see your own society in a new light and to try to figure out what was happening with my daughter and wha

when mark emmert was president of the university of washington and other schools, he regularly supported paying coaches in excess of a million dollars a year. how do you respond to economists who say that if you had to pay the market value of some of the players-- particularly the star players-- on your teams, then you couldn't afford to pay the coaches that much. >> well, it's an interesting but irrelevant argument. you know, the fact of the matter isif you paid the custodians in the stands a lot more, there'd be less revenue to pay the coach. you know, what... what basis would one make that argument? the fact is they're not employees. they're student-athletes. >> bergman: you don't see the contradiction that many have pointed out that, when we're watching march madness, you may have a coach who's being paid six figures, maybe seven figures in some cases. everyone is being paid-- the athletic director-- but the students aren't. the athletes who are actually performing are not paid. >> no, i don't find that contradictory at all quite the contry. i think what would be utterly unacceptable

before teaching at university of virginia, i taught at washington university in st. louis for two years. >> you were editor of yale already widely? >> that's right, yale law journal, i was an editor of the journal, so i attended -- attended year law school. i also got a ph.d in history from duke university, and prior to that i got an undergraduate degree in history spent would you go up and what did your parents do? >> right. i grew up in a small town in south carolina, greenwood it's called. my parents like ethel mae matthews, my father was once a sharecropper. e. later on worked in a factory, both of my parents attended segregated schools in south carolina. my mom, later asked when i was in law school and college and became a teacher, which is something she does now spirit we have been talking with tomiko brown-nagin, author of this book, "courage to dissent: atlanta and the long history of the civil rights movement." >> next, andrew liveris, author of "make it in america" argues that america needs to restore its manufacturing base in order to restore the country.

i have so level philosophy, i am from george washington university. i just want to ask you one question. so much bloodshed between both land, in your opinion, what is the solution if each side not willing to pitch in a little bit? what can we do as an international -- should we take the whole land, which is west bank, the holy land, that belonged to international so no one can have access accept the tourism? with that settled the peace in your opinion? >> do you know what's important for me? to see the killings and suffering find any and. -- find an end. because the situation down is a very dangerous. and if we didn't intervene in a timely manner, i hope not before it becomes terrible. and that's what is needed. and to start the international community to start, we need people to speak openly and honestly, from goodwill to both sides, but not -- we don't want to be biased completely. relative justice, relative biased not to be biased here or there, to see both sides to see both sides, and what is good for both there will never be peace that is just or

and robert maguire, an associate professor at trinity washington university and chair of the haiti workingup at the u.s. institute of peace. well, the results aren't certified until april 16. mrs. manigat is claiming fraud. but you don't feel we feed any qualifiers, michel martelly is the next president, nicole? >> most likely. unfortunately while we can say that he has 67% of the vote, that's only 22% of the actual registered voters voted in the election. so we do have to be concerned about his mandate. even though most likely they will certify that he is the winner, we're not really sure who actually voted for him. >> suarez: why did he win, sflof >> i think he won for a couple reasons. one, i think he did well in the primary election because the haitian voters seemed to reject the candidate presented by president preval, a great deal of frustration with the preval government and its inability to respond to the quake. now in the runoff election i think his victory is a combination of rejecting the haitian political elites, the haitian political class which has tried to get power in haiti

anthropologist richard grinker, a professor at george washington university, says it's because we have widened the definition of autism. >> it's where somebody who previously had the identical symptoms now is conceptualized differently. and so if you went back 30, 0, years and you looked at people who were diagnosed with mental retardation or who were diagnosed with what was then called childhood schizophrenia, you would find that those people, 30 years ago, would qualify for the diagnosis of autism today. and i suspect that we may see the prevalence of autism continue to increase not because there are more cases. they were there all along. perhaps. but because we're getting better at locating them, finding them, and delivering services to these children and adults who really need help. >> reporter: but a majority of the researchers we talked to believe that wider diagnosis explains only part of the increase in autism numbers. the rest remains the object of much scientific speculation. among others, dr. irva hertz- picciotto who heads the division of environmental and occupational heal

before teaching at teaching at washington university for two years. >> host: what is your education? editor of the law review? >> yale law journal i was an editor so i attended yale law school and i also sought to a ph.d. in history from duke university and prior to that i sought the undergraduate degree in history. >> host: bereday you grow up? >> a small town in south carolina. greenwood. my parents, my father was once a sharecropper. later worked in a factory. both of my parents attended segregated schools. my mom later when i was in law school went to college and became a teacher rich's something she does now. >> host: we have been talking with the author of this book, courage to dissent. atlanta and a long history of the civil-rights movement. . . >> host: there is a story that is told about the late american playwright. he was visiting a friend, who had bought and historic house somewhere in virginia if memory serves correctly. you know the story, right? and the house was beautiful but the estate was not that impressive, and so the friend had spent some considerable amount of m

according to the schedule in about nine minutes the present of the united states at george washington university is scheduled to give a very important address in which he's going to talk about fiscal responsibility, the need to bring about spending cuts and all and how to get our economy growing. i want to congratulate the president, i want to congratulate the president for coming to this position and obviously it's much different than what we've gone through so far. as i said earlier, we've had an 82% increase in nondefense dcretionary spending, the president proposed a budget that has deficits in excess of $1.5 trillion and would exacerbate the debt. he came out a few weeks ago and proposed a freeze in spending. we know that if we'd not done what we're about to vote on here with this rule making or a vote that will take place tomorrow we would see an increase of spending of $78.5 billion, $78.5 billion more in spending if we had not taken the action that this house in a bipartisan way is about to take. but the reason i want to congratulate the president is that i've just taken a look at the ea