washington d.c. . may third one thousand nine hundred seventy one more than two hundred thousand protesters in veterans converge in the capital to demand an end to the war in vietnam the idea was to shut the city down because the war wouldn't stop and the only way to stop the war was to was to stop the government and that was the slogan of the demonstration and that was by putting their bodies on the road and blocking traffic at the back or was there because camera rolling i mean what this circle looked like i may third one hundred seventy one were back in seventy one you know a lot of the people were staying around dupont circle you know actually i was living there off of new hampshire and street and so it was just a block or two to be here and there were just thousands of people that would just converge and then we would disappear back in for spaces and we knew the turf and we knew the alley way so but the spite that i mean more i think on mad more than thirteen thousand people were arrested it was t

but can they alone show that the real headlines with none of the mercy rule out of washington d.c. now as president obama takes his turn to spark peace in the middle east a look at the money that the u.s. throws of this conflict as well as other countries in the region haven't we learned that peace can't be bought that new york city attempts to kick smoking in the butts starting today it will be illegal to smoke in most outdoor public areas but will determine if this anti-smoking legislation is actually a health issue or just the latest example of a nanny state then a lot of prisoners will be getting issued a get out of jail free card thanks to a recent ruling by the supreme court that says california's overcrowded prisons are unconstitutional but why are they overcrowded in the first place we'll take a look at the business of private prisons and then although fox news has the highest ratings as also a lot of the republican party the two thousand and twelve presidency just think the list of g.o.p. candidates is pretty pathetic and the talking points have only become more radical an

and there it's thursday may twelfth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our city. well have you ever heard of the expression as good as gold well it's starting to take on more and more meaning these days and more people are talking about returning the u.s. economy to the gold standard and i know you're thinking this sounds crazy a radical idea and it once was reserved for seemingly radical people but things are changing steve forbes well known businessman c.e.o. of forbes and editor in chief of forbes magazine couple time presidential candidate is an interesting prediction he said which is of the gold standard by the united states within the next five years now seems likely since that move would help the nation to solve a variety of economic and fiscal monetary ills and it's not just forbes author and investor jim rogers also says the situation is getting worse he predicts problems and came down hard on fed chairman ben bernanke saying quote the money doesn't understand economics he doesn't understand finance he onl

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i tell her i've been here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. eleven. the influence. renewed the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the future covered. me leave leave. leave leave leave. leave to go. slow. and get a. little. slow . welcome back rostock i'm here a little chill mind you we're discussing what the word west because. lolo can against. the solar. bill if i go to you and you think maybe we should just jettison the word the concept west as it's kind of thrown around in and in media certainly and maybe even academia why don't we just focus our attention on modernisation because i think that's really what everyone's talking about because you can modernize without westernizing with all the baggage that is associated with it and the coercion that we have talked about this so shared with was because in living it i live in russia and people don't consider this a western country but it it's a modernizing country and there's a great deal of an divil and still what is called the

well i'm starvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture this steam is running out on board the republican crazy train i'll tell you which state supreme courts are firing back against the republican governors by shooting down the radical agenda of congress extent of the patriot act just in the nick of time tonight but there was one man who gave it its all to protect our constitution rand paul even a broken clock is right twice a day and the lone star state is putting their boot down against intrusive act details behind a bill that could jail t.s.a. screeners. you need to know this the backlash against union busting republicans is in full swing that a federal judge in wisconsin struck down scott walker's anti-union bill that was passed in the dead of night with little notice of the public a judge ruled that the way the bill was passed violated the state's open meeting laws by not giving the proper twenty four hour notice for the public to review that bill in her ruling judge marion so he

. >> next kate masur presents a history of washington, d.c. during reconstruction through her book "an example for all the land." the author recounts the many organizations and public works that represented racial equality. the discussion is about an hour. [applause] >> good evening. thanks to tom for inviting me to speak here tonight. and also i would like to thank sabrina mancy doing a good job on my visit. and i want to talk about what i try to do in this book that i wrote. and i'm going to talk about it basically in terms of two threads. first, this book is designed to offer an updated history of washington, d.c., during the civil war reconstruction that highlights the significance of the national capital for understanding reconstruction writ large. and second, the book makes the importance of the debate over the meaning of equality in a period after slave emancipation. and i want to say something about my approach. i'm interested in a relationship between people and government, policy and the law. this isn't strictly social or political h

alison burns live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with more on the president's most extensive description of the raid so far. alison? >> reporter: dave, president obama says there was about a 55% chance bin laden would be there. he says it was a 55/45 situation. the president spoke during an interview on "0 minutes" last night and he said he did not tell his family and many of the close aides about the raid e said there were a lot of doubts going in and the 40 minutes watching this unfold were the longest of his wife. donald rumsfeld also went on denver over the weekend and -- tv over the weekend and praised the prod's decision and all that -- president's decision and all that went in it. >> this was absolute perfection. >> reporter: president obama said as worried as he was about the huge risks associated with the operation, he did not lose any sleep about the possibility of killing bin laden. he says justice was done and anyone who doesn't thing so needs to have their head examined. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a washing

washington d.c. . when it comes to addressing unemployment a crumbling infrastructure the need for drastic ever form of immigration the need to acknowledge the climate change exists our country does seem stuck we're constantly being made to believe that it's simply too polarized that washington is broken that nothing can possibly be agreed upon nothing that is except for endless war at an ever expanding surveillance state last week we told you that harry reid and john boehner come to an agreement to extend three provisions of the patriot act for four more years with quote as little debates as possible so now it's been left up to a few lonely senators like rand paul to remind us crazy. we want to government that looks at our visa bill do you want to government that looks at all of our records and is finding out what our reading habits are one of the provisions applies to library records if you really want the government to go and find out what you're reading at the library we now have a president that's

crist's latina who's working for us now in washington d.c. . so the two leaders have agreed that both countries they do need a missile defense system that is suitable for both but they said quite a long trip on this saying possibly in place by two thousand and twenty nearly a decade away why so much. well i obviously there are issues to be worked out but the important thing is that you know i think both presidents are trying to avoid. conflict. it's import for both our countries to understand that for fifty years we are our animosity towards each other our hostility defined our global politics and it's really only been ten years that we've had a detente and now we're trying to figure out how to become friends and. allies if possible so i think both sides feel each other out and so some of these decisions are made quickly the most important thing though i think is that both countries to their president sitting down and working out a solution coming to some sort of agreement and not being hostile because i think the politics in both russia and th

. >>> happening right now in washington, d.c. the senate relations committee is holding a hearing on afghanistan. you are looking live at senator john kerry from massachusetts. he's the chairman of this committee. now, this committee wants to know what is an acceptable end for the u.s. mission in afghanistan and the plan to get there. president obama has said the u.s. still plans to begin partial withdrawal from afghanistan in july. we'll continue to watch this hearing. senator barbara boxer of california is also a member of this committee. >>> 7:13. also coming up -- hidden nuclear bomb. new reports that al qaeda has a device that would go off if osama bin laden was ever killed. where it might be. >>> good morning. a lot of low clouds and fog around. the temperatures 40s and 50s. we'll have sunshine and breezy. >>> 7:16. top pakistani government officials are insisting today that they knew nothing about osama bin laden's compound. but as alison burns reports from washington, d.c., many in washington are extremely skeptical. alis

washington d.c. . now president obama met with nato general secretary anders fogh rasmussen today a libyan rebel leader was also here in washington. met with u.s. national security advisor tom donilon asking for up to one hundred eighty million dollars in caracas frozen assets to fund the rebels campaign as well as lethal weapons and a recognition of the opposition body as the quote sole legitimate interlocutor of the libyan people something france italy gambia and there are have already done pleas to the u.s. once again show this hierarchical structure of nato so if they don't agree what does that mean for the rebel forces and will the other nato countries be willing to foot the bill and discuss this with me is matthew zeller former u.s. army captain matthew thanks so much for joining us tonight my pleasure so. rebel leader apparently today was meeting with tom donilon but what do you think is going to happen first of all if the u.s. decides that he doesn't want to recognize you know the rebel forces

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d.c. and no longer in los angeles california first to give you an idea of how the economy is going and the united states let's take a look at all of the money in washington d.c. says you're going to go up next we have a financial war going on and i have all the evidence you need in my headlines today central banks pump three trillion pounds into world economy so the world's central banks have pumped three trillion pounds or five trillion dollars into the global financial system since the crisis the equivalent of eight percent of the world economy according to a new analysis by fathom consulting yes and how do they do that pumping they pump it through the banking system they pump it through the primary dealers on wall street and the banks of the primary dealers hold onto it and pay themselves huge bonuses so it's totally ineffective it's part of the way the entire system is broken but please continue maxwell the e.c.b. was the biggest contributor to this liquidity injection of five chilean

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good evening it's friday may twentieth i'm lauren lyster coming to you from here in washington d.c. and you are watching our t.v. now we have seen u.s. and israeli leaders give speeches and press conferences over the last few days everyone wants peace but no one wants to pay it's a reality that echoes in the chambers of the conflict between israel and palestine and what that payment will be and how to collect remains central to the debate what is the role of the u.s. and why decade after decade does little progress seem to be made archies christine for south takes a look inside the many sides of this complex conflict. it is a scene only to so milieu in this region as to israel's border that leads. to. here it was the may fifteenth protest marking what palestinians called not for catastrophe the creation of the state of israel on this date in one thousand nine hundred because for israel it was a matter of security according to downhaul a co-director of the zionist organization of america i don't know what any country would do when people gather on your border and come across in viola

at the beginning of two thousand and nine democrats went to work in washington d.c. with a mandate from the american people rock obama just won a landslide election for the presidency and progressives swept into congress with huge majorities in both the house and the sun the american people want to change and bought what the democrats were selling health care reform energy reform and a new new deal but there was one group of democrats who didn't get the memo they call themselves the blue dogs coming from mostly conservative states the blue dogs made a calculated political maneuver to sabotage the progressive agenda in the hopes of winning reelection in two thousand and ten it wasn't about doing what's best for america it was about bringing in the corporate campaign contributions to be reelected in two years so just like the republicans and blue dogs open their office doors the lobbyists from wall street big oil health insurance industry and said now what would you like to me to do for you and from that point on most of the fifty two members of the blue dog caucus set

photographs of his injuries were transmitted to washington d.c. for proof. also, u.s. officials say osama bin laden was far from alone in that compound. 23 children and 9 women were among those inside, they have been turned over to pakistani authorities. officials broke their silence. there for suspicions pakistani forces may have been sheltering osama bin laden. the president denies that claim and says their cooperation with the u.s. led to osama bin laden's elimination. at ground zero with the latest. >> reporter: the code used to inform white house officials that osama bin laden was killed early monday on a raid in his compound. >> i want to recognize the heroes that carried out this incredibly dangerous mission, as well as the professionals who made the mission possible. >>> the operation involved four helicopters and 2 dozen commandos on the ground, was praised even by president obama opponents monday. >> it's important we remain vigilant to protect the american people. this makes our engagement in places like afghanistan more important, not less. >> reporter: aft

d.c. now it's only been a few days since the u.s. killed osama bin laden but many questions still remain one of the biggest being our current war in afghanistan we're asking are we done yet then rumors are flying as to how torture may have played a role in the hunt for bin laden so tonight i'll speak with military blogger jim hansen to figure out what we've heard is really fact and what's fiction then all the economic front i'll ask if the u.s. has gone bankrupt searching for al qaeda as number want wars in iraq and afghanistan the cost of homeland security all of these factors have weighed heavily on our national purse so when we realize we can't afford any more war answer it marks the fortieth anniversary of the significant protests that took place here in washington d.c. so on this historic day will investigate why there are any large scale protests in our country like we used to see and decades past and we love this segment so much that we've expanded it to cover every day this week it

this is our progress from washington d.c. . a cluster. and inside the container you have a mall. and you can have anywhere from dozens up to hundreds of there's a huge market right now for battle area clearance because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. which you've got these companies and n.g.o.s that have basically shrunk that have an expertise to get rid of these weapons what they do is they go to these places they will hire local train the locals how to do the clearance they'll let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have a vested interest in clearing their homes and they're putting themselves at risk every single day when they go out there to clear areas of. a. minute. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to go for a shelter room today. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from. the future covered. by tom hartman here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big pictur

we have reports from washington, d.c., to sfo, to little kabul in fremont. but first let's go to ktvu's kraig debro. he's at the b.a.r.t. station. good morning kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. there is a little bit of extra security onhan. the reason -- well you just heard part of the reason, that threat of -- threat of the al qaeda member. this is a federally funded operation made up of b.a.r.t. officers. the group was scheduled to do a training exercise. in the wake of what's happened, that training exercise has been put on hold. 18 members are on the job on a daily basis but more will be riding b.a.r.t. trains today. what is new today are the number of extra employees wearing yellow vests joining law enforcement. b.a.r.t. also wants riders to serve as -- as eyes and ears. >> i never had my doubt. i think justice is served one way or another in this life. >> reporter: the move on extra security is -- is against the retaliation attacks that have possibly been threatened in the wake of osama bin laden's death. this moving, the west oakland station is

washington d.c. you're watching our team. starting out today president obama speaks out responding to the arab spring and laying out guidelines for the future of the middle east and north africa calling this a moment of opportunity so i found out freedom is in and the future is bright all right so it's not that simple but we did hear some tough talk on democracy and much much more the united states opposes the use of violence and repression against the people of the reach. the united states supports a set of universal rights and these rights include free speech the freedom of peaceful assembly the freedom of religion equality for men and women under the rule of law and the right to choose your own leaders a lot of people today talking about this speech including a group of muslims not too far from here in the state of virginia artie's kalen ford sat down with them during the speech and found the president's words are ones we've heard before. president barack obama months his new his plan for peace de

washington d.c. . earlier i spoke to arthur m. professor emeritus of economics at university of massachusetts richard well i asked him if the country can rise up to meet these challenges and why not here's part of the conversation but i think it's a long history it has to do with an inability to recognise that the way to solve these problems is to have the government take a major aggressive role we've had thirty years of believing that the government is the problem and not the solution and so we do not call upon the government for example in the case of franklin roosevelt in the great depression the way we got people back to work was not by asking private corporations to do it it was because the federal government franklin roosevelt created and filled eleven million jobs between one thousand nine hundred four and one nine hundred forty one if we don't let the government take a major role if we have an idiot logical inability to do that we're not going to get the kinds of solutions that we need to our problem and then what's change

rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture a. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news towns what to do about the ongoing financial heart unlimited high quality videos for download. and stories you may never find the names you. know them so. the political. posts aren't much to say. hey guys welcome to shell and tell the obama show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear our audience just go on to you tube to video on our twitter for part of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and on thursday the show long response is we let your voice be heard. all right it's time for tonight's tool five award and it goes to newt gingrich his apology tour with the g.o.p. continues after he trashed the paul ryan medicare plan nearly two weeks ago it probably remember when newt's gaffe was on meet the press. i don't think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than enough to win social and i don't think imposing radical change from right to left is a very good way for free societ

we're sick and tired of being sick and tired of a congress who comes to washington, d.c., for a couple of months and leaves us here to fend for ourselves on a budget that we pay 60% of and they trying to make it as if we do nothing. usually when you talk loud and say nothing, no one hears you. we're loud enough and if they can't hear us, they need to put on some hearing -- hearing aids. they should be able to hear us. we're big enough for them to see what is happening in washington. we do everything all over the other parts of the world and make democracy work here and we're hypocritical and to free the atlanta and the braves and we're not allowing democracy to take place. this is a park in 2011 and it used to exist and we should overcome. we still have yet to overcome. >> we're going to see what happens and there is a rally, at 7:45 in the morning. 15 of the d.c. 41 and that is the 41 people who are arrested when the mayor and council members were arrested april length, i believe it was and 15 people are going to be in court. they didn't pay the $50 fine they were supposed to pay that

. >>> seattle and washington, d.c. were the only two major cities saw prices rise. >>> apple ceo steve jobs will take a break for a medical leave to deliver the keynote speech in san francisco. he received a standing ovation when he walked on stage back in march to unveil the new ipad. jobs went on medical earlier this year. he had a liver transplant two years ago. it will feature mac's software and the next version of iphone and ipad software. >> battles on the first day on the new rule on the golden gate bridge. pedestrians have to share the eastern sidewalk after crews closed the western one for seismic retrofitting projects. what are you are seeing? >> i saw two bicyclists nearly crash into each other. when i asked this question, can the experimented work for four months, the resounding answer is -- maybe. >> the golden gate bridge just got smaller today for tourists that walk across the span on the east sidewalk and smaller for cyclists that must join them while the west side undergoes a seismic upgrade. two group

honor flight is an opportunity for world war two veterans to travel to washington d.c. to get to see their monument. you know, joe, i'd like to thank you for honoring our country, for giving your time, and just making us so proud. [ joe ] on behalf of all of the veterans, you're welcome. ♪ this is who i am. ♪ >> president obama paid tribute to the nation's heroes at arlington national cemetery. he told those on hand our nation owes those heroes are debts that we can never fully repay. after his speech, the president walked through the cemetery. >>> president obama announced his pick for the pentagon. he says he wants martin dead sea to take mark mullins -- dempsey to take mark mullins plays and says he would take admiral james whitesell to be admiral of the joint chiefs. >> explosion suddenly rocked a nearby neighborhood in afghanistan and jeanine de la vega picks up the story from there. >> reporter: for the past year and a half this woman has been teaching journalism at a university in afghanistan. militants launched two attacks at the school could shortly after a

d.c. once he got that memo he wouldn't come back in his town once he got that memo not true that he went to florida i was going to like your interest rate i richard clarke he said it once bush came into office there's nothing actually he could have done to put in place to probably stop the terrorist action from happening i think testified before congress but my larger point is that what he wanted to pakistan that was actually a very bush might like move didn't notify the pakistanis it took a unilateral action to go in there and that's why i for eyes yes you are depleted uranium on the ground here we've been as though he didn't ask the u.n. he didn't ask nato he went in did it good for obama he deserves credit for that courageous. but you know what kind of is a what you not something you would think he would have got you know and it's continued to threaten the bush administration's policy so absolutely everybody gets credit. well why not i think you know because argument against because he'

washington d.c. . defense budget for fiscal year two thousand and twelve has not been fully approved by congress but so far that number is at a whopping six hundred sixty seven and seventy six me billion dollars and i think looting the hundred eighteen billion that it's costing us to continue the wars in iraq and afghanistan is that even cover the half of it has all of the low hanging fruit really been plucked as the defense secretary says and what made robert gates make such a drastic flip flop anyway here the us this with me is christopher hellman senior policy analyst at the national priorities project christopher thank you so much for joining us tonight let's start off let's start first of all with this concept of the all of the low hanging fruit has been plucked some oh i find that just incredibly incredibly hard to believe when you think of a few waste of all military programs out there that could be plugged maybe that second engine for the f. thirty five. well you you'd be absolutely right i thi

just see washington d.c. we're still very much an hour is that we must control the middle east be closed. experts say the u.s. wants to remain in the region to keep an eye on syria and continue right of the development in syria go to the extent that there is and follow the regime we don't know what kind of regime or maybe that could be brought us really maybe it will be something even worse you cannot withdraw at this juncture you cannot leave the vacuum iran will just take advantage of it but from the perception of american interests meanwhile the perception of america as democracy remains somewhat distorted has it been used as a tool to achieve a geo political gains in financial interests for all washington in the end listen to the voice of the people were enough forty nine artsy new york well joining me now from warfare in our washington d.c. studio is michael o'brien he is the author of america's failure in iraq spent quite a bit of time as a contractor for the defense department in iraq and also divisor

has to be going on lauren lyster arcane washington d.c. . so the clock is ticking down to day sixty of the war in libya and thus far the obama administration hasn't addressed the issue they haven't even made any moves to suggest that they might acknowledge it and a sharp reversal for the man who we saw campaigning to be the u.s. president. the war ignoring the law what it isn't convenient that is not who we are . it's not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists but pfizer court works the separation of powers works our constitution works we will again certain example for the world but the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers and that justice is not arbitrary. we have to wonder what example the us is setting by waging a war with nato against moammar gadhafi and i say the us not just the president because it takes the congressional branch to hold the executive branch accountable so far we've really only been hearing crickets coming from capitol hill rand paul and five other republican senators have vowed to take the issue to th

d.c.. and the local voluntary organizations to try to learn lessons of how we're doing this great collaboration together and how we really work together as a community. it has been very gratifying and i have to say. with this fire, which was critical that we pull a trigger before activating that. i would like to thank everybody, especially from your office, that supported that decision. in this jurisdiction, we are responsible for mass care and shelter. we get to cut our teeth on the apartment fires. we're going to have apartment fires or a bigger earthquake. there is no in between. it is really important that if we use these opportunities to learn from each episode and to go about and provide a better response to the next time, thank you for allowing us to be able to lower the threshold to get all partners together. just being there and being in assisting hand, you provide the hard work. >> before we move on to the next, i believe the president -- >> they came together to help with my cons

let's go to washington, d.c. -- i think that we lost -- no, we do have washington. democratic line, that morning, but come. caller: thank you. i have been listening to your show for a while now. how would will affect my vote in 2012? the democrats have to come up with something that will take the wind out of the republican's sales. obama started something with his obama care. he needs to finish it. the medical industry, prices keep going up. they need to put a cap on that. or figure out a way to keep the medical from going up in price. as long as he keeps going as bold as he started out and does not fizzle, he has got my vote. but that means a lot of change. host: lewis, republican line, did you catch the exchange? caller: i have the television turned down. host: you are following our advice. thank you. but he was suggesting that they should talk later about how to come to some kind of agreement on negotiations. what you think of the paul ryan plan? caller: why would someone come up with a plan that is so toxic, politically? it is a man that has put his career secon

dennis spent 60 days in washington, d.c., off and on when the center laws were put into effect because the federal government said they would come down to san francisco and arrest up to 50 people. we was doing a road show back and forth for several weeks to stop that. as a resident of the county of san francisco, i would like the murder rate to go down. i would like the crime rate to go down. i have a lot of issues with the sfpd. i have been voicing them for 19 months in front of the commission. doing their jobs is not one of them. this city has a crime rate probably unmatched by any county or city in the country. you worry more about the ethnic community when a lot of the ethnic people in the community are worried about it themselves. it just so happens that a lot of crime in this city is coming from the ethnic community. the majority of them are not to blame. it is a very small percentage. you keep protecting them. we have murderers on the street. muggers are on the street. they are still on the street. i have seen the network. [tone] >> members, i am the director of open government.

. >>> seattle and washington, d.c. were the only two major cities saw prices rise. >>> apple ceo steve jobs will take a break for a medical leave to deliver the keynote speech in san francisco. he received a standing ovation when he walked on stage back in march to unveil the new ipad. jobs went on medical earlier this year. he had a liver transplant two years ago. it will feature mac's software and the next version of iphone and ipad software. >> battles on the first day on the new rule on the golden gate bridge. pedestrians have to share the eastern sidewalk after crews closed the western one for seismic retrofitting projects. what are you are seeing? >> i saw two bicyclists nearly crash into each other. when i asked this question, can the experimented work for four months, the resounding answer is -- maybe. >> the golden gate bridge just got smaller today, smaller for tourists that walk across the span on the east sidewalk and smaller for cyclists that must join them while the west side undergoes a seismic upgrade.

when i came back to the states i want to washington d.c. to the white house or a caucus i'm an aide to mexico just say that i would not go back if we had not. when i arrived back stateside i was ordered to report into the middle health clinic and twenty and i'm told. the. psychologists looked at me and she said waddle deal with conscientious objectors and. just about lost it. for then to label me as a conscientious objector that's the ultimate slap in the face you call your conscience subject i just killed thirty plus individuals for you and you calling me a conscience no. stood up and i said. ma'am if you want to label me as a conscientious objector for not wanting to kill innocent civilians then i'll see you court. i went down a hard attorney. a man by the name of mr kerry meyers. and. mr mars was represented during the may lie trials. and. mr meyers in the marine corps came to a very discreet mutual understanding i was on it with this charge december thirty first of two thousand and three and here i am. when i came back i think that that

. >> next, kate masur presents a history of washington, d.c. during reconstruction in her book, "an example for all the land," and she recounts the works and racial inequality. the discussion is about an hour. [applause] >> good evening. thanks to tom for inviting me to speak here tonight, and also i'd like to thank sabrina for doing such a great job of making arrangements for my visit. i want to talk somewhat briefly in an overview way of what i try to do this in book that i wrote. i'm going to talk about it basically in terms of two threads. first, this book is designed to offer an updated look of washington, d.c. during the civil war and reconstruction that highlights the capitol for understanding construction at large. second, the book makes an argument about the importance of the debate over the meaning of equality in a period after slave emancipation. i want to say something about my approach. i'm interested in the relationship between people and government, policy, and the law. this isn't strictly social or political history. it's not le

washington d.c. . joining me now to talk about this is chris chambers he is a professor of journalism it's orange county university chris now first you son most of that. you know you've been alive. and they're around the block what do you think has happened to the country's just you know ability to pervert really raise its sleeves rolled up its sleeves and get the job done well a lot of it has to do unfortunately with the media but let me let me just put all that in context we're going to have a roble wrote a book about the klein of american exceptionalism the stuff goes way before the world war two the man on the moon you know the first days of this republic people the government sat down and said we need to build canals turnpike roads railroads we need to open up the west we need to develop our ports build our cities the civil war some people say that slavery aside that was a war to drag the south kicking and screaming into the twenty twenty the nineteenth century at least our modern times. to contin

ktvu's allison burns live in our washington d.c. newsroom with the tough questions they're facing about whether they're stalking their customers. allison. >> reporter: the fear is that your smart phone is actually a spy phone. some senators want an explanation about the amount of personal information google and apple collect through android phones and iphones and how they use it. researchers revealed recently that the mobile devices could track users' locations. privacy groups warn the information could be used against you. >> that information could be accessed by insurance companies to deny us coverage. that information could be accessed by employers who are seeking to find out more about a job applicant online. >> reporter: some are especially concerned child predators could somehow use the information to track potential victims. google and apple executives are expected to testify this morning that they are not tracking individual users. and there's no security risk. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel

thousands of bikers down washington, d.c. to pay their respects. this week's event was overshadowed with politics. not everyone was happy to see sarah palin along for the ride. >> sarah palin roared into washington, dressed head to toe in black and leather. >> riding. >> riding, yeah. >> the former alaskan governor started the day at the pentagon. then some hand shakes at the korean war memorial. >> debt and gratitude we owe to the veterans. they have secured our freedom. >> the rolling thunder biker rally is typically a nonpolitical event honoring america's veterans. >> this right here it's about unity. >> she's awesome. she needs to be here more often. >> palin hasn't announced her candidacy for president. >> i have the fire in my belly. >> today she launched her multi- state campaign bus tour starting in washington, going up the east coast and reportedly to the key primary state of new new hampshire. >> we know our best days are best to come. >> in a new york times poll, 51% of likely republican voters viewed her favorably. among all likely vote

and here in this neighborhood georgetown in northwest washington d.c. the houses look like this and the median income is nearly one hundred forty thousand dollars a year and you can call it or better in the middle class live around this area i think there are a lot of the i.r.s. in our current president might think we're filthy rich but you know i don't think we're like absolutely consider myself with this absolutely do you think this is a lower class neighborhood upper class neighborhood or a middle class neighborhood this is a middle class neighborhood to me we're right in the middle economists like gary burtless isn't surprised i can tell you what people thought about five years ago i think over eighty five percent of americans thought they were in the middle class. a recent study found that americans believe the richest twenty percent only hold about fifty nine percent of the wealth the actual number eighty four percent but ideally they said the breakdown should be much more equal clearly it's not america was a country that sort of stood stayed toge

d.c. once he got that number he wouldn't come back in his town. were not true that he went to florida i was very high richard clarke he said that once bush came into office there's nothing actually he could have done to put in place to probably stop the terrorist action from happening as he spoke for congress but my point is that what he wanted to pakistan that was actually a very bush might like move didn't notify the pakistanis it took a unilateral action to go in there and that's why i for eyes yes you are depleted uranium on the ground he leave and he denies that he indeed has the u.n. he didn't ask nato he wanted it good for obama he deserves credit for that courageous but you know what kind of is a what you not something you would think he would have but now when it continues to threaten the bush administration's policy so absolutely everybody gets credit ok well why not you know because the argument he has such because he. wasn't eligible to run because relaxing. even he couldn't yo