so was walter lippman, and so was woodrow wilson.ow wilson's words, you know, he said basically how we treat russia will be about democracy. i think norman became, norman was not kind of ads inspired by the utopian project as john reed was. and didn't consider himself a marxist. in fact, when he applied for the socialist party wrote a long letter explaining why he was really kind of not totally for the socialist party. by living in the midwest. i fear that the socialist part is not respectful of the civil liberties. i'm not a marxist, and i really fear, nec, capitalist or socialist, macklin said any control over this, the minds and work of men. and he sent this letter off and his obligation was returned to him and it said, you have not filled out the other side of this confirmation. so i think that he, i actually, if you knew john reed, i don't know. in this point in time. but certainly new people, of the socialist, other people who were kind of part of that, part of that circle. i mean, john reed's story is tragic in its own way. an

so was walter lippman, and so was woodrow wilson.'s words and he said basically -- i think norman became, norman was not kind of inspired by the utopian project as john reed was.1ó and didn't consider himself a marxist. in fact, when he applied for socialist party wrote a long letter explaining why he was really kind of not totally for the socialist party. [inaudible] >> nonpartisan and i fear that the socialist party is not respectful of the social liberties. i'm not a marxist. he sent this letter off. he had not filled out the other side of the confirmation. so i think that he, i actually, if he knew john reed, i don't know. at this point in time. but certainly he knew people like other socialist, you know, other people who were kind of part of that, part of that circle. john reed started, story is tragic in its own way. it's almost sort of following a different path. >> to what extent did the slaughter going on in your for the past three years, especially for evan event over in scotland, what was the influence which he and norman

>> well, the phrase, the war to end all wars, is attributed to woodrow wilson.hat was the thought he put before the american people because he'd been elected to office on 1916 on the platform of keeping the united states out of war, but then the following year the u.s. did go to war, and, you know, because the war was so large and so terrible, people had to be told, you know, this was going to be the last one. this was going to be the war to end all wars, and, of course, it wasn't, and particularly the way the war came to an end and the way the peace settlement was made, al fred milner, a bad guy in my book, was smart enough to see as were many in the european elite at that time that the peace settlement and the erroneous terms it put on italy as he put it was the peace to end ul peace, and indeed, that's what it turned out to be. >> yes, i was wondering all this planning for the war, the propaganda and all that, but if there's as estimate of how many people -- in the room -- how many people made the decision to go to war versus everyone else? how many deciders

>> well the phrase, this is the war to end all wars, is attributed to woodrow wilson although actually but that was the thought he put to the american people. he was elected to the office in 1916 on the platform of keeping the united states out of war but the following year the u.s. did go to war. you know, because the war was so large and so terrible, people had to be told you know this was going to be the last one, this was going to be the war to end all wars. of course it wasn't, particularly the way the war came to an end and the way the peace settlement was made, alfred milner a bad guy in my book who i was talking about, nonetheless was smart enough to see as were many in the european elite at the time this peace settlement and onerous terms it imposed on germany, as he called it the peace to end all peace and indeed that's what it turned out to be. >> yeah, i was wondering if all this planning for the war, the propaganda effort and all that, how, if you can make an estimate how many people actually, in the room, how many people actually made the decision to go to war for everyon

woodrow wilson, through the rest of the progressive moments set out to say the constitution was all veryell once, but now we're a more complicated society with grand ambitions for the government. therefore what the founder ds which is put the government on the short leash has to be undone. we have to cut the leash on government. that's what the progressive government has been for a century. >> therein lies the organs of this particular impasse that we are in now. this is very old impasse. i think the sense of crisis is virtually exage rated. we have a very adversarial journalistic world. but the framing of that debate dates to the progressive era. there's a set of arguments made that the document is piece of parchment and needs worships as such in the way we worship other documents that have different kinds of meaning to us. that idea goes much further back and i think indeed it can many ways be traced to the founders themselves. when jefferson said the constitution should never be looked as as the arc of the covenant, we find other kinds of -- >> you bring in the religious aspect of it.

here with me now, jane harman, now president of the bipartisan woodrow wilson center. great to see you, jane. thanks so much for being here. first of all, leon panetta taking on the pentagon, we know there will be budget cuts, he knows where the money is, but he has said today in a very strong message to the troops that he's not going to preside over a hall lowing out of the army. it won't be the fears many of them experienced frankly in the beginning of the '90s, with the beginning of the bill clinton administration. what do you think his biggest challenges are? >> three things about him. first, he knows what he doesn't know. this is not a guy who's going to fake it. and i think people respect him for that. secondly, he has exceptional political skills and is very popular on capitol hill. and the third point about him is this budget cutting expertise. there are ways to cut the defense budget responsibly. there are legacy systems that are defended by members of congress because they create jobs. >> they're in every district. >> sure. and the contractors have been sworn

. >> host: one other thing that surprised me was woodrow wilson. he was intellectual, he was the president of princeton. once could have thought he could have had good sense. his reaction to race was almost unpredictable and very, very harsh. coming after a president who had entertained booker t. washington, here comes the intellectual who is literally rigid. how do you explain that? >> guest: woodrow wilson's roots were in virginia, from the south. he had president of princeton and governor of new jersey. he was never interested in equality. when he was elected, there was high hopes that he would do things different lip. he didn't. he was swayed by some of the southern cabinet members and resegregated washington. in the government and so on. and even though again this fundamental contradiction of our deals and his ideals, he was the guy who talked about equality among the nations and about these freedoms of around the world that he was trying to promote after world war i. yet at home, he just didn't see that that was a tremendous hypocrisy and con

boat there's a maintenance class, safety class, and i have not taken the class to go under the woodrow wilsondge and you have to have a license. >> reporter: carlton says the water demo is designed specifically for the area. >> a lot of it is knowing the water. there's dangerous parts in the water, and you have to rechart the maps to know where the branches are and where things are sticking up. >> reporter: on the maps, -- on the holidays, like the 4th of july, the greater danger is alcohol. most deaths are drownings, and most of the victims are not wearing life jackets. >> ropes to tie up. >> i have 11 life preservers, inboard fire extinguisher system. >> that's week they had an event down the river where police were doing sobriety checks and checked every boat coming this way. >> reporter: something balinger never worries about. he never carries alcohol on board. >> i'm not against it i just personally don't drink that much and i don't bring it making sure i'm sober. >> reporter: it doesn't change his caution level. he's not the only boat operator out here. >> in 2010 there were nearly 5,00

it's developed by the woodrow wilson center so it shows players how hard it is to carry out their grand budget plans. do you extend the bush era tax cuts trying to keep everybody happen and keep the government afloat and from going broke. this is perhaps the coolest, scott, and nerdiest thing i found all morning and i've bun up awhile. >> you got to make it balance. >> yeah. >> have a great weekend. thank you. see you monday. search engine aren't making us dumber but are changing the way we think according to a new study in today's edition of the journal science. the study points to something they call the google effect. the gist is that your memory is letting go of things that are easily found on line. you are more likely to remember where you found the information rather than the information itself. or as the "mercury news" puts it so well, we're outsourcing search from our brains to our computers. >> the good news is your brain is still able to remember the important stuff that you can't find easily online. >> let's check win christina and the weekend forecast. good morning. >> speak

>> guest: well, woodrow wilson's roots were in virginia in the south. he had been the governor of new jersey and the president of princeton but he was -- thought of himself as a virginia gentleman in the context of those times. and was never really interested in equality. when he was elected there was high hopes for him in the african-american community that he would do some things differently. but he didn't. he sort of was swayed by some of the cabinet members around him and he actually resegregated washington in the government and so on. and even though again this fundamental contradiction of our ideals and his ideals he was the guy who talked about, you know, equality among nations and about these freedoms around the world that he was trying to promote after world war i. and yet at home he just didn't see that that was a tremendous hypocrisy and contradiction to what he was trying to do around the world. trying to protect small nations a minority of nations. he just didn't understand these things. and this segregation of washington is really a blot o

i read hayek, i read woodrow wilson, cardozo, holmes. there's a wonderful holmes compendium. c-span: you're talking about the son of oliver wendell holmes? >> guest: no, i'm talking about the one we know about. c-span: the justice. >> guest: the justice. c-span: the father was also a writer and had the same name. >> guest: right, but i'm talking about the supreme court justice whose career -- again, people have forgotten most of this. oliver wendell holmes jr. was a lieutenant in the battle of antietam and was wounded and was still on the supreme court in 1932. his extraordinary career and his letters and speeches are -- a compilation of them was put together by judge richard posner a couple of years ago called "the essential holmes," a wonderful book sort of expressing the humor and intelligence of a great american and great thinker. c-span: you also quote vaclav havel and max weber, socialists from germany, and you said friedrich hayek from austria and tocqueville. now, i've got to ask you about tocqueville. every book i've picked up on this show almost in the last, i don't

right now the american legion bridge to the woodrow wilson bridge, your lanes are clear on the beltway as well. as we check out the key bridge, it's a beautiful day so far. enjoy it. happy tuesday. back to you, joe and aaron. >> thanks, danella. >> happy tuesday. those three ugly little words, back to work. >>> this weekend storms are still leaving an impact in northern virginia. a few roads remain closed because of the trees and power lines that were torn down. tracee wilkins is live in arlington right now for the second day in a row with a look at the damage this morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. we're absolutely just up the block from where we were yesterday morning. conditions pretty much look the same here. take a look behind me. this tree crew got here just a little while after we did, and that's a good thing. they're working to quickly restore power and open the roads. this tree crew is working to get the trees off the road here. we are at the intersection of williamsburg boulevard and old dominion drive in the northern section of arlington. we still have a number of folk

my name is mike, i'm vice president of the woodrow wilson center here subbing for the middle east program conference in athens greece on the middle east as we speak. this is a meeting which is sort of precisely what the wilson center does best. we bring important streamy timely and relevant. the middle east program at the center is done something like 25 meetings since january on what has been happening throughout the middle east. those sessions have included two or three on libya and many on the jet. they included business and political delegations that have come from algeria from to nisha to and from egypt. they include public talks by two female ministers. the only woman serving in the transitional parliament in tunisia who happens to have been a scholar of the woodrow wilson center six years ago writing a book, and so this is an ongoing set of problems we have, and we are very happy midway to come here and talk to you about it. you're going to be hearing from two senior scholars at the center. david and margo, and i guess that we like to think a little but that the fed produced a pape

right now it's very you know as you know the raising the debt ceiling wasn't even an issue until woodrow wilson's time this is something that. really is a mirage and it should happen it should happen automatically and in the end it has in the past and yet the republicans now the tea party guys on the right want to play politics with the whole thing and they and to them you know they've got this obsessed version of the government to spend any money on anything which is current i guess you and i could have driven on those nice roads over here we have nothing and then of course sadly president obama seems like the more business more of the republicans that want to have a debt ceiling a clean debt ceiling vote like mitch mcconnell seems like the president is and. has his heart set right now including social security so i mean i don't i'm not even sure where to line up here it reminds me of the truman quote that when american voters are presented with a choice between a democrat who behaves like a republican or a real republican will choose to go over going every time every time i consider you an arti

at princeton university and the program in science technology and environmental policy at the woodrow wilson school public and international affairs an honor and pleasure to welcome van jones to our conversations with great minds of and welcome. good to be here thank you great to have you with us i want to get into some detail about your new project rebuild the dream but first i would like to learn a little bit more about van jones what has informed you or inspired you throughout your life. well you know i was born in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight that is the year you know they really tried to assassinate hope in america they killed bobby kennedy they killed dr king they beat up a bunch of young people who were at the democratic convention in chicago and they really tried to kill hope off and i remember being in kindergarten nine hundred seventy two and one of my classmates asking my kindergarten teacher who was bobby kennedy. and miss brown starts to cry choked up trying to explain who he was and i had never seen a grown person cry at least if i had i didn't it didn't register with

.  >>> here is a live shot of the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic is moving fine early this morning. julie wright will tell us about that in a moment. >> tucker barnes is here to talk about weather now. >> it's muggy outside. losing it here. i probably don't need to tell what you it is like outside because you probably already know. it's warm and muggy out there. second try is better. highs are expected to be in the 90s. yes, back in the 90s later this afternoon. let's do current temperatures. 74 at reagan national. that is better than yesterday. annapolis is 74 as well. 72 at kwan at the could. 7 omar continuesburg and 72 in winchester. let's talk satellite and radar. yesterday we had the complex of thunderstorms developing to the west that moved through during the early morning hours. we don't have anything to show you. off to the north and west, satellite and radar not doing a good job of showing it to you. it's weak. we have a cold front. see the showers just starting to pop up into portions of western pennsylvania. that is the leading e

one of our former scholars was written while he was a woodrow wilson scholar and is with us today.here are you? please stand. welcome. our asia program has undertaken an extensive review of the assistance program and will rollout recommendations of that plan. the house foreign affairs committee yesterday "fenced" funding for economic and military assistance to pakistan until the president certifies there is adequate cooperation on counter-terrorism. that is just one house committee, but that is a move that, some feel, maybe going in the wrong direction. economic assistance is crucial. president musharraf's speech comes at a timely moment. relations between our two countries are more strained today than at any time in the last 10 years. each country needs the other for the achievement of important strategic objectives. most of the public discussion of the bilateral relationships focus on art division and disagreements. perhaps today's session will serve to remind us both that we have a commonality in interests in countering terror threat, jump-start a stalled economies, and recoveri

so was walter lippmann and so was woodrow wilson.dress he said basically russia will be asked to test before democracy. i think norman was not kind of jazz inspired by the utility in a project as john was courted and to consider himself a marxist and when he applied for the socialist party he wrote a long letter explaining why he was really kind of not totally for the socialist party. >> and there you have the success. >> non-partisan lee and i fear that the socialist party isn't always affecting civil liberties and not a marxist and, you know, i really fear any state whether capitalistic or socialistic that claims to have any control with over the - he sent this letter off and was returned to him because he hadn't. so, i think that he -- i actually -- if he knew john reid, i don't know, at this point in time, but certainly he knew people like matt, other socialists or scott, other people who were kind of part of that circle. his story is tragic in its own way and because of norman's story was different, followed a different path. >>

no problems to report on the american legion bridge or the woodrow wilson bridge. >>> new this morning, a nasty dent in maryland. >> a very close call. a car crashed into a home with thee people inside it. sarah simmons is live on the scene in aspen hill with the latest. >> reporter: surprisingly, everybody is okay inside this home. this accident happened about 12:0 this morning. it is at the intersection of parkland drive and aspen hill road. this is the house where this suv came into off the street. you can see this video shot earlier this morning and the suv inside the house. police tell us a 22-year-old woman was driving this. the suv that she was driving came to rest inches from a woman who lives here and she was on the couch at the time. her husband was in a next door bedroom. she talked about as well as she did about what they heard and saw. take a listen. >> i heard this loud crash which i thought was an accident out here on the street. i opened the door to the back room and there was an suv in my typing room. >> everything happened so fast. suddenly, everything collapsed and t

no president, not woodrow wilson, franklin roosevelt, bill clinton tried to -- >> at least in boston they had the tea around, now they're throwing the economy overboard. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say this reminds me a lot of that show "intervention." ever watch it? >> no. >> yes. >> i have a lot in common. tearthetarget is resistant, he s talking to his friends, saying, no, i'm fine, i'm fine. this is not a debate. it's an intervention against spending. right now you have a president who's addicted to spending, and the republicans are -- >> oh, that's ridiculous. >> wait a minute. >> i was through three or four intentions myself. >> do you want to tell us about those? >> i don't mind telling you about them. none of them worked till the last one. [laughter] >> that's not a bad analogy actually. there's no new spending. >> wait, wait, excuse me. the appropriations process of the united states, this year, in fy-11, the appropriations committees have not introduced a single new spending bill. why? because it's deadly political. >> can i ask if you think republicans have won this thi

then attended the london school of economics and the zero woodrow wilson professorwi emeritus. his scholarship leadership character one of those he has talked his michael beschloss who was so honored to bse here today. student andto professor froms williams college she is alsoloss crum and over and the harvard business call and has five honorary doctorates old lectures across united states and abroad and served as a senior associateun member at oxford, a visiting scholar with the harvard russian research center and senior fellow at the annenberg foundation. and the white houseunda historical foundation andt sc national archives foundation and hasat written nine books on american president's the most recent presidential courage, and "the conquerors" roosevelt, truman, and the destruction of hitler's germany 1941-1945" both on "the new york times" bestsellers list. his previous work includes johnson's secret tapes and thedy and rose about uneasy alliance and he isy currently riding history of american presidents during war time.an p you also must on average as television work as

if you don't count nixon, you'd have to go all the way back to woodrow wilson.ld for that one and i promise mr. gre greenfield a shoutout, follow him for political information and a couple of laughs. we'll be right back. i couldn't conceive this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. >>> all right. let's bring back our panel chris christie went to iowa, and the world hasn't changed. nothing

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he got some votes, but still, an individual of substance, and he was secretary of state under woodrow wilson. 24 is not a -- this is not a country preacher coming from out of the woods somewhere suddenly to show himself for a show trial. no, it is a national figure of substance, and what we have left, i think, is the image from inherent the wind all too often where he's a fool, a fundamentalist fool at that, that also do you doesn't reflect his religion position as well. more on that later. his attack on evolution, and he had made attacks on evolution, pretty much established him by spink of 1921 as the leader of antievolutionists, and he focused on the speculative nature of evolution. he also set the agenda for fundamentalism by helping to define it as antievolutionism, and not so much the biblical literalism which is played up in too many places and probably overplayed to a great extent. if you examine his testimony closely in that famous exchange, he doesn't defend biblical literalism, but trying to get around it and is in the impossible spot of trying to say that genesis is true, but it'

to jane harmon, nine term congresswoman, how select intelligence committee and the ceo of the woodrow wilsonnational center for scholars. >>> coming up, secretary clinton lashes out at syria after pro government forces mob the u.s. embassy. we're on the scene in damascus next. >> u.s. officials slammed the syrian regime today as tension between the countries reaches a new high. secretary of state hillary clinton had her strongest criticism of president assad yet. >> president assad is not indispensable and we have nothing invested in him remaining in power. our goal is to see that the will of the syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs. >> this, after protesters attacked the u.s. embassy in syria. arwa damon is in damascus and joins us with the latest. arwa, secretary of state clintden said we really have no interest in assad. we want the will of the people. today we see both. the people who are supporting assad and attacking the embassy and the demonstrators who want him out. how do we know what the real will of the people is? >> well, that's why it's always so challenging to r

he recently spoke at the woodrow wilson center for about an hour.inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome to the wilson center. and for many of you, including president musharraf, welcome back to the wilson center. i understand we have overflow crowds in numerous rooms befitting an important visitor and an important speech. my name is jane harman, i am the relatively new -- three months into it -- president and ceo of the wilson center. i'm a recovering politician. [laughter] having spent nine months -- nine months, nine terms in the united states congress, some would say and i would agree that my timing in terms of leaving was impeccable. [laughter] this is the second time that the center has hosted a public address by the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, a fact that underscores the center's intense interest in pakistan and its commitment to providing better communication and understanding between pakistan and the united states. pakistan and u.s./pakistan relationships are one of the center's highest priorities. our asia

woodrow wilson suffered a stroke with about 18 months left in his term and was basically incapacitated the last year and a half and this was a very important time. harding had terrible heart failure. the interesting thing is presidents don't always get the best health care. when the president is the patient, the patient often dictates the terms of treatments as was the case with cleveland, to have the operation on a boat. i mean, it was just an insane idea but nobody would say no to the president. hard had gone such terrible heart failure but the white house doctor was an old family friend ohio, a homeopath and he liked to prescribe pills by colors. you see examples of presidents who had poor health and poor health care. james garfield got shot shortly after taking office and so many doctors put their fingers in the wound to try to find out where the bullet went, that an infection developed and that is what actually killed him. it's thought if they'd just taken garfield back to the white house, put him in bed, gave him some water he probably would have recovered because the bullet was

was sent to prison by woodrow wilson's administration and while still in prison, long after the war ended in 1920, he received nearly a million votes for president on the socialist ticket. another american dissenter was the social work pioneer, jane addams. emma goldman, anarchist leader, also went to prison for her opposition to the war. more than 500 american conscientious objectors were jailed during the war like these two men at fort riley, arkansas. in germany, the great radical rosa luxemburg went to prison for her opinions. in france, a staunch opponent of the war, which he saw coming and spoke out repeatedly as he saw a drawing closer was the socialist leader jean jurist who is assassinated by a right wing -- right wing nationalist three years before the war began. in england, the country's leading philosopher bertrand russell was to my mind the most eloquent of all the war opponents. and i think what i like about russell so much is that he was so honest about the conflict in his own feelings. but he read you something where he describes his state of mind as the war began. he desc

at the woodrow wilson center they forcefully denied that he or the intelligence service, the isi knewaden was in his country. he chalked it up to negligence of the highestered. >> i am very sure that i didn't know. whether one believes it or not. >> mushareef blames the united states for abandoning pakistan in the latest 1980s and switching sides for india. he said the u.s. is insensitive to pakistan's concerns. >> the violation of our sovereignty and the dren attacks causing collateral damage of women and children and also towards the nuclear capability. >> he visits on a regular basis. a former beginning woman said the jure is still out on whether mushareef can reclaim pakistan's presidency. >> he will have to explain a lot more about what he did and what he didn't do in order to persuade his country. >> cnn, the state department. >> the former president of pakistan, president mushareef. thanks very much for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> i am worried that al qaeda under the new leader is plotting something spectacular to get revenge against the united states for killing bin laden

>> woodrow wilson. >> who doesn't know that. little bit. >> do you know who the president -- do you know who the president was during the reagan era? >> is that a trick question? do you know what time the 9:00 bus leaves? okay. good. yes. good one. >> i'm on it. so thanks, you guys. >> jenna, great story. good reminder of what this holiday is all about. so thank you. >> absolutely. jenna, thanks so much. hay happy 4th of july. we're back right after this. that keep him engaged. or the adorable hand crocheting. or the cute sounds for hours of play. it's knowing that they provide all the fun... ...he can possibly handle. the martha stewart pets collection. stylish and innovative products your pet and you... ...will love. available exclusively at petsmart. happiness in store.™ it's real fruit juice; crisp, sparkling water; and no added sugar. and they come in these really cool cans. you want one? i'll wait a bit. all right. mm. refreshing. nicotine cravings make smoking one of the most powerful addictions. try only nicoderm cq has

from the woodrow wilson international center of scholars, this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoonr coming. my name is mike van dusen, subbing for the head of our middle east program who is at a conference in athens, greece on the middle east as we speak. this is a meeting which is sort of precisely what the wilson center does best. we bring important, most important issues, to public audiences in ways that are extremely timely and relevant. the middle east program at the center has done something like 25 meetings since its january on what has been happening throughout the middle east. those sessions have included two or three on libya. many on egypt. they have included business and political delegations that have come from algeria, from tunisia, and from egypt. they include public talks by two female ministers. the only woman who is serving in the transitional parliament in tunisia, who happens to have been as $0 at the woodrow wilson center six years ago, writing a book. so this is an ongoing set of programs we have, and we're very happy, midway, to come here and talk to you abou

capitol repair and restoration, woodrow wilson international center for scholars, salaries and expenses, $10 million to remain available until september 30, 2013. national foundation on the arts and the humanities, national endowment for arts, grants and administration, $135 million. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. walberg of michigan, page 105, line 7, insert, reduce by $10,600,000 after the dollar amount. page 158, line 25, insert, increase by $10,600,000 after the dollar amount. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. tonight i'm offering an amendment that would reduce funding for the national endowment for the arts for fiscal year 2006 levels. in february during the consideration of h.r. 1 i offered a similar amendment to cut n.e.a. funding which the house adopted. the underlying bill funds the national endowment for the arts at $135 million

woodrow wilson and probably the rest of the progressives set out to say that the constitution was all very well once, but now we are more complicated society with more grand ambitions. the founders put the government on a short leash and the progressives say that we need to cut that leash. >> therein lies the he origins of this impasse we are in now. the sense of crisis is grossly exaggerated in this world in which we are going to hear more about crisis. made's a set of arguments that the document needs to be worshipped in the way you might worship and other documents. i think it can be traced to the founders. the constitution should never be looked at as covenant too sacred to be touched. >> that was on abc. a question for you this morning: does the constitution still matter? there was a recent story looking at the constitution in "time" magazine and what americans think about it and how well and how they feel it is today. we want to hear from you. glycerides the following on twitter ---- melissa writes. now to bob, a republican. caller: does "time" magazine really have any relevance

caller: with all the problems concerning the debt, the monetary system in which was created under woodrow wilson, there are many problems disconnecting not only washington, a local governments from their people. it completely has bridged constitutional liberties and our country was founded on 235 years ago. -- has an abridged constitutional liberties are country was founded on 235 years ago. since making the process to create a solution and our country today is disconnecting itself from the citizens and which have a vision for the future of our country. there is a lot of talk going around. it is about time we all come out together and create a real solution with the young people are involved, even if we are not going to a four-year school, even if we are not going to, in no, everything. anyway. hold on. let me backtrack. host: is this affecting their financial decisions? caller: currently, i have no financial decisions. i was on social security for four years. i am unable to get a job in my community. host: if he had been on social security, and you have concerns the check may not come through?

the sovereignty movement, discussed about 15 years ago, to repeal the federal reserve act from woodrow wilson'sinistration. basically, if you could enlighten us about the fractional reserve banking and the debt-based system versus issuing u.s. treasury notes. this really would solve our problems. i'm wondering, is it too late? host: kurt schacht, is that an area of your expertise? guest: that is a pretty deep and involved a complex question, peter. host: and it is a little off topic. richard in jacksonville, florida. caller: good morning. i would just like to have a question but are these the same people that we did all the junk bonds -- and this that rated all the junk bonds and other stuff live, local, latebreaking aso they -- could make millions that rated all the junk bonds and other stuff aaa so they could make millions of dollars? guest: they are exactly the same agencies. the ironic thing is that all the complaints and criticisms heaped upon the credit rating agencies in the financial crisis, in particular their reading of asset backed securities, that they did not do a a good job initia

privilege to have been given this opportunity of talking to you and i'm extremely grateful to the woodrow wilsoncenter for affording this opportunity. i intend talking to you for about a maximum of a half an hour and then that will set the stage for i hope a lively session. i will speak basically on pakistan on the region. i call the subject pakistan, a reality check. i will highlight significant issues in pakistan and the region. as i said to set the stage for a lively session. ladies and gentlemen pakistan today finds itself and the eye of the terrorism storm and an environment on overseas contradictions, mutual suspicion prevails which is extremely detrimental and weakens our joint efforts of global war on terror. the situation demands clear understanding of reality in south asia. also may i say developing egg unity of action among all the players fighting the war on

, yet when there is a major construction project here in the washington, d.c., area, like the woodrow wilson bridge, they waive the act. does that make sense? it doesn't make sense. we don't get the opportunity, those of us impacted by this act, get a chance to waive it. it just seems to me that there has to be an update. it's time to do it and as the chairman of the committee who has jurisdiction on that, i'm glad to work with the chairman of the appropriations committee on this. i will work with anybody on this. because i believe that the species are very important, as the gentleman from virginia said. but let's do it in a way that protects species and does not harm those people that make a living from the land and/or the water. and i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho rise? mr. simpson: i ask that the committee rise. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committ

homestead act, worked the land for the required four years and i have a copy of the deed signed by woodrow wilson in 1917 to my grandparents, and, you know, over three-quarters of a century later that thought was not lost on me when we went in that early morning darkness to the launch pad that my grandparents would have never, never, ever believed that so many years later that a grandson was going to literally leave the face of the earth from almost the old homestead where they had to swat mosquitoes and fight off rattlesnakes and alligators where they eked out a living out of that florida soil. well, that was the location that "atlantis" came back to yesterday morning, after a 13-day flawless mission, after having been launched by the finest launch team in the world, a launch team that is now having to disperse, in part because we are shutting down the space shuttle program after 30 glorious years, an incredible flying machine, 135 missions, very successful, this allowed us to do -- that allowed us to do incredible things in space with human beings interacting, and of course two tragic missions