home in america. youheads when you fought on behalf of the country that you love. [ applause ] and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers, like sarah shay who joins us today. 93 years old, who has honored her son, major donald shay jr., missing in action for 42 years. there she is. sarah, thank you for your courage. god bless you. [ applause ] the promise we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville, arkansas. 43 years after he went missing, we can announce that army captain virgil maroney iii is coming home, and he will finally rest in peace. [ applause ] you know, some have called this war era a scar on our country, but here's what i say. as any wound heals, the tissue around it becomes tougher. becomes stronger than before. and in this sense, finally, we might begin to see the true legacy of vietnam. because of vietnam and

you can actually still do that in america. n. all you have to do is remember the words of ben franklin when he finished working on the constitution. he walked down the steps of independence hall late at night. they worked for months. people were wondering, what were we going to be as a nation? a woman walked up to him as he came down those steps, tired, and she looked at him and said, "tell us, dr. franklin, what do we have? a monarchy or republic?" he looked at her and said, "a republic, if you can keep it." class of 2012, you are as much a part of the obligation to keep it and to give life to th concept as any other people in this nation, and you are better equipped than most. help us keep it. our job is to do that. we are counting on you. good luck, and god bless you. [applause] . . the vietnam memorial is a living memorial. each year, people come here to honor their family and friends and those who they have never met. they leave flowers, metals, and written notes and prayers' at the base of the wall. the remembrances are t

home in america. youheads when you fought on behalf of the country that you love. [ applause ] and when an american does not come back, including the 1,666 americans still missing from the vietnam war, let us resolve to do everything in our power to bring them home. this is our solemn promise to mothers, like sarah shay who joins us today. 93 years old, who has honored her son, major donald shay jr., missing in action for 42 years. there she is. sarah, thank you for your courage. god bless you. [ applause ] the promise we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville, arkansas. 43 years after he went missing, we can announce that army captain virgil maroney iii is coming home, and he will finally rest in peace. [ applause ] you know, some have called this war era a scar on our country, but here's what i say. as any wound heals, the tissue around it becomes tougher. becomes stronger than before. and in this sense, finally, we might begin to see the true legacy of vietnam. because of vietnam and

he said the america's cup is a game of life. racing is just how you keep the score. with 20 years or actually slightly more than that involvement in the america's cup, i think i know exactly what he meant. the america's cup is much more than a sailboat race, for a team that tests every element from talent to technology, from fundraising to boat building, from management to athleticism. for a host city, it's a competition much bigger than sailing. it can simply shine a light on the city where it's taking place. so i offer this friendly piece of warning. be prepared because two weeks ago, the america's cup teams were racing in names, italy -- napeles, italy, where i believe something like 500,000 spectators turned out during the course of that week. remember, that was only a week of activities. so you got a sense of that in the earlier video that we saw and even the rain didn't deter the fans. i know from what jimmy spittle said, him and his crew had difficulty in just making their way to the regatta village through the crowds. combine this with the enthusiasm or combin

you and captain america had some issues. >> yeah. it, but -- >> jimmy: why did you do that, captain america? >> i don't know. it looks better that way. now he's got a big piece of fun. everybody love it. >> jimmy: do you feel that captain america is a little bit of a bully, chewbacca? >> ah -- i mean, if i wanted to, i guess i could, like, claim animal abuse. >> jimmy: yeah. kind of, yeah. >> but technically, i'm not, like, a animal. >> jimmy: no, you are not. >> maybe if i got a dumb worker, i could look, fool them. >> jimmy: okay, thank you, again. i'm glad you guys are able to work this out. all right. avengers, i want to thank you for your designs, but as i said, there can only be one winner, and that winner tonight is -- i'm going with spongebob. spongebob, congratulations! >> yay! >> jimmy: anyone you would like to thank, spongebob? [ applause ] spongebob? all right, there they are. the avengers, everybody. thank you, thank you all. close them up. it's starting to smell in here. [ cheers and applause ] wow. i feel like at home y

and what should america and americans be doing, do you think, to restore it? my gosh that's a very -- that's a very heady question there. i think you're always able to find the greatness in america. you have to look for it. i think, you know, when you travel a lot or you are aware of the issues that people encounter in different parts of the world, it's difficult to take america for granted because we really still are great. i think, you know, some of my friends in europe question some of the decisions that our country made over the past few years. but ultimately people are still wanting to come here and wanting to live here as well as, you know, wanting to take us down. but i still have a lot of faith in america and i believe in the country. >> i think that's right. i think too many americans have been sucked into this kind of mindset that it's all doom and gloom. america remains the preeminent superpower in the world. there has been a very tricky decade, certainly since the millennium, you could say. >> yes. >> much of it governed by 9/11 and the terrible ev

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you want to know about me? well, thanks to the council of the americas for hosting this. thanks to you all for turning out this evening. i want to start with a question. could it be that the first time in history the united states needs latin america more than latin america needs the united states? now comcast your mind back -- cast your mind back to a decade ago, that question would seem absurd. the united states was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, the most powerful country economically, politically, militarily. why on earth would he need anyone, let alone a continent known for its economic crises, its political instability for having almost no global clout? well, how times have changed. and how used we have become to the fact of change. there's an old jewish joke i heard probably about 5000 times when i was growing up, and it's set in eastern europe in the 19 century in a period when borders were changing very rapidly. and the story goes that a woman is taking up washington in a remote area and the soldier rides up and he declares old woman, from this d

and many of you have seen the america's cup before? ok, would you like to see it again? welcome the oldest trophy in international sports, the america's cup. [applause] >> please welcome the mayor of the great city and county of san francisco. the hon. ed lee. >> thank you for coming. we were here with our director and union labor and all of the people that are excited as we are on the eve of getting this done. we were knocking hell hole in the wall of a shed that was underutilized. here we are, most of the shed is gone. we are looking at the future racing village of the america's cup. we are so lucky to be here in san francisco. thank you for participating. [applause] i will continue telling you that i am so lucky, not just to be a mayor, but to be a resident of san francisco at this time the. to see the rebirth of our old port and to welcome in thousands of people. with your help and thanks to david chew and his leadership at the board level, and all of the different departments working with the event authority, with the organizing committee. thank you for your wonderf

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what do you make of america right now today? what do you think of your country? >> i think it's terrible that politics have gotten so money oriented with the supreme court ruling that corporations can give unlimited amounts. that the moneyed interests are taking over the country. and there's too much disagreement and argument between the parties. i believe in pulling together to make the country better rather than tearing it apart. the country comes first. >> you're a guy who historically when you have had a rival, you haven't hesitated to give them a verbal whack or two. >> only if it was deserved. >> what do you think of president obama? how is he doing? >> i like him. i like him. he's had an extremely difficult job. i think he's done amazingly well. he's got his spirits up. he never gets discouraged which is really important in a leader. a leader that's leading us in time of great difficulty. >> if you were advising him, and he could do a lot worse than ask you right now, what would you tell him to be more forceful about? where is he not being strong enough? >

we can't thank you enough. "america live" starts for you right now. >> new fears of iran's nuclear ambitions just days after what was said to be common ground found during international gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. heather: i'm heather childers. they will not hauled the enriching high grade uranium. iran is going forward with construction of not one but two nuclear plants. gregg: now defense secretary leon panetta went on record to say the united states is ready to stop iran from making nuclear weapons. what does that really mean? what will happen next. heather: general tom mcinerney, fox news military analyst and former assistant vice chief for the us air force joins us with more insight. first of all, happy memorial day. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much, heather. heather: defense secretary leon panetta said we have plans to be able to implement any contingency we have to in order to defend ourselves. he went on to say the fundamental premise neither the united states nor the international community is going

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i'm going to come back and talk to you about america. i want you to tell american people what you think of modern america. and how to keep america great. because you've seen america for six decades, seven decades now. >>> i'm back again with the dalai lama. your holiness, talk to me about america. what does america mean to you? >> oh, of course the greatest northern country and i think a country, because of the democracy, the freedom, freedom of thought, freedom of speech, i think lot of innovation, you see develop in this country. and then, as a human being, american, more straightforward, easily can talk, not like the british. >> the british. your holiness. no need for that. >> english, what's the -- >> polite is the word you're looking for. reserved. >> but my sort of experience first time visit europe and then london, england, london. so one sort of reception after my talk, one reception. one english gentleman, very sort of dignified person approached me. then ek pressed to me he really admire, you often say "i don't know." so then i

thank you for saving america. i don't think that's an overstatement at all. gentlemen. >> may i say something else? gregg: yes. >> we would like to thank our allies also in world war ii. we like to thank the corporations that support the greatest generation that made these trips possible for us to go back to the beaches and relive some of the combat days that we had. and we would like for more corporations to step forward and help us because we are a nonprofit organizations located in denver, colorado. gregg: i think we can help you with that. i really do. so we'll try to do that. gentlemen, you're heroes and thank you, and you're very humble bit and thank you very much for sharing your stories. best wishes to you. >> thank you. gregg: heather. heather: thank you so much. i have to say things as well. when mr. scida describes the beaches of normandy as a bad day, that puts all into perspective. that's a bad day. thank you very much. we're awaiting a special tribute at the vietnam veterans memorial as president obama prepares to honor those who fought in that

when you do well in america you should do well by america. you should be proud to pay your taxes, pay america back, keep the system going so the next person can come and you have internet and all that stuff you don't have to buy yourself and that return on investment for the american people is violated when you give tax cuts to the people of the top and the people with the top can benefit from america the don't have to pay america that you wind up with deficits and the middle class a free-fall so i think the end when the bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy it's time to let the wealthy pay america back. they've got benefits of the allow the bonuses and tax breaks for a long time that should be over. he wasn't tough enough on that in my point of view in this presidency. the rule was pushing in the right direction and i think what is amazing is you take warren buffett who was known as a fantastically wealthy person smart and wealthy but he wasn't a political. obama was able to draw the connection between a wealthy person everybody knows and love

no, it's if you make something in america, you pay a lower tax rate because we want to encourage things to be made in america. what they are saying is, no, set aside just this one industry and raise their tax rate, so if you make something in america, you'll pay the lower tax rate unless it's oil and gas. then you'll pay the higher tax rate. so all we're achieving with this policy is we're saying you're going to pay much higher tax rates than if you make something in america. we're basically increasing taxes on american-made energy, making us more dependant on foreign oil and gas, raising the price of oil and gas which does nothing but damage to our economy, so i realize these are good poll-tested sound bites that might make for great campaign fodder, but all they will end up doing is chasing oil and gas out of this country, making us more dependant on foreign oil and gas, raising the price of oil and gas in order to try and keep more strings on a program that is failing our poor. we want poor kids and families when they go into the doctor's office to be able to be seen by a doctor and

they will tell you america is down and out. they will tell you who to blame. they will ask if you were better off than you were before the worst crisis of our lifetime. we have seen the play before. we know what they expect. but you know what, the question that will actually make a difference in your life in the lives of your children is not just about how we are doing today. it is how we will be doing tomorrow. will we be better off if more americans get a better education? will we be better off if we depend less on foreign oil and more on our own ingenuity? will we be better off if we start doing some nation- building at home? will we be doing -- will we be better off if we bring down our deficits and responsible way without gutting the very things we need to grow? when we look back 10 years from now or 20 years from now, will be be better off if we have the courage to keep moving forward? [applause] and that is the question in this election. that outcome is entirely up to you. you know, we are going to have to contend with even more negative ads, more cynic