he wanted to see the state of sonora in the united states. he had expensive designs with the united states should take which were more than he told nicholas. he told crist to come home and he refused to come home. tryst along with scott, decided it was the most important thing he could do and afterwards said himself he wanted to make a tree that was not exacting to mexico. he wanted to save the mexican people from a continuous civil war and dismemberment of the country so he said i am not going to come home and made a treaty despite the fact that he wrote to his wife i will probably never work in washington again. my career is over and his career was over. polk was so angry that he withheld tryst's pay when he returned to the united states and tryst, his family became incredibly poverty-stricken and wasn't until after the civil war when ulysses grant was president that tryst got another position at the end of his life and given a sort of not very demanding position running a post office in virginia but until that point tryst was broke and his

against the united states. and i think space now we and israel and sometimes israel hasn't even started actually and sometimes the marshall islands to. the united states basically stands alone on these things and we're spreading this we spend so much on our military so much our base is forty percent of the budget but what upsets us the perhaps the most is we think that we have the psychological right as americans do that see what i think the whole debate is wrong between romney and obama. you know all this bipartisan foreign policy about how strong we should be and we get stronger and stronger wiser than anybody outside this mindset and asking what is the path away from global control why can we not join the world and be a peaceful cooperative member of a. global perspective with a global history that we belong together as one planet especially with the climate threat is upon us so this is what's lacking in our schools and i think. we have what they call american exceptionalism at the root of our heart we look

bill don't you find it very problematic that the united states likes to support the i.c.c. against its enemies but it's not a member of it and will not join it. that's hypocrisy absolutely. yeah. that is a very appropriate allegation of hypocrisy and i have spoken out publicly in favor of the u.s. joining the i.c.c. i think it's outrageous that we claim to be a country devoted to the principles of. vod justice and equity and yet do not join an international organization. that upholds those principles the i.c.c. was created largely as a result of pressure being brought by n.g.o.s such as human rights watch and amnesty international and so forth. the governments were not pressing the governments were brought into it but the problem is is that many of the important countries of the world the great powers of the world if you will including the united states china japan india and so forth have refused to join and as long as those countries are repudiating the i.c.c. it loses its credibility ok lawrence i mean what do you think about this i mean you've got a who looks out to the

cadets are thinking about emotional reunions as they go back to each of the 50 states of the united states and 33 different countries around the world. >> it's a time to remember those who have gone before them and the thousands of americans celebrating the holidays far from home. >> the holiday season remind us again about soldiers serving in harm's way, and so many of us know what it's like to have been deployed overseas and to be away from the united states during the holidays. so we never forget that sacrifice. there is the connection of the cadet, the future leader of those soldiers who are deployed. >> walking through the post the holiday spirit is palpable. >> the christmas season here is incredibly busy, homework, quizes, tests, everything getting ready for finals. your far away and you're not with your real family, the people around you make it feel like the the holidays. it's beautiful. rare moments when you feel like all the people around you, 4,000 of us are really a family. jon: there is one december tradition that everyone looks forward to. >> every year the cadets have a hol

states by the united states government adequately. >> it comes just weeks before president obama is expected to decide how many of the more than 60,000 u.s. forces will leave here next year. what do you think these insider attacks do as decisions are made about the future of afghanistan? >> those who want to create these situations, but these behind them and encouraging it, they would be happy to have the united states on their own soil. their goal is to affect united states decisions in regards to afghanistan and with regard to establishing firm footing here to fight terrorism and to create stability in his region. as soon as the united states, if they decide to, leave afghanistan and create this vacuum, they would be happy to provide the same space in their own countries. and this is -- the united states people need to understand this and the afghan dormant need to do a better job communicating this. >> today, the latest insider attack, the 62nd -- 62 foreigners killed by insider attacks here. the affect of these attacks still to be known as the nato moves toward drawing down its

and most of those people are outside of the united states. on the other hand other people who won't be getting a transcript and won't be getting credit, they will be exposed to the knowledge. one of the reasons we're interested in this is because our faculty want to learn to teach in this way and we believe students learn differently in this way. from that perspective it doesn't really matter so much whether the student is inside of the out or outside of the united states. we're interested in what the educational interactions are. but you make the interesting point that we give away the information. i think that, that is true and i think it will offer a lot of people the opportunity to learn, i could do college level work and this is really interesting, more interesting then i thought. i hope one outcome will be that people who might not have thought of college education will think about seeking one. i can tell from you my perspective of a president of a school that has an excellent undergraduate experience, which i hope your fourth year agre

it is reaffirmation of the enduring bonds between the united states and italy and tribute to our history as partners and allies and marker of our shared value and heritage. our ties are embedded in the very root of the american story. america is discovered by the italians and named by an italian and built by thousands of italians and our community representing literally millions of bridges between the countries. through research and innovation italy will remain a bafton of creativity and beautiful. may our common history and sustained by our common values and common faith in the future continue to grow and flourish. with warmest regards, nancy pelosi". thank you very much. [applause] >> so mayor lee, senator leno, state assembly member and leaders and ladies and gentlemen. it's a real honor for me to celebrate with you today the start of the italian culture in the united states. nancy pelosi was with our foreign minister in washington dc, but san francisco is the first major city after washington dc that follows suit, that follows washington dc, so again a little like the giants that wan

it happened in the united states of america. you have disparate economies in the united states of america that are bound together monetarily. missouri and washington state are as different as germany and greece. what is it that keeps the united states together? you had a great depression here in the 1930's. things were awful. and yet, i do not believe there were any political movements to get rid of the deficit states from the united states, like there are in europe and portugal and spain and everywhere else that happens to be in deficit. the reason is, the federal- state, especially after 1929 plays the role of the regulator of surplus and deficit recycling around the land. let me give you a simple example. we are in seattle. boeing is sponsoring the lectures. when boeing goes to washington to give a contract for the next generation jet or whatever, they may get it. they do get it. but there are some things attached. like for instance, we want a factory that builds the wings are the engines in tennessee or missouri or arizona.

morgan the big agent of the united states government will have a big agent of the u.s. government sure their primary dealer and u.s. government securities they have private communications with the treasury and the fed every day that we're not privy to that they are an agent of the united states government i jamie dimon said that he did the fed a favor waive his bank acquire bear stearns back in this crisis so there's lots of their favorite going around up there we'll see what he has to say when silver is on its way to one hundred dollars an ounce and they're all choking ok we'll see maybe you'll do your end zone dance maybe go through that yet again with all of our feet thanks so much you guys for being on the show and i know you want to be here. ok let's wrap up with loose change and dimitri you know we haven't covered the newtown tragedy the shooting at the elementary school which is horrible and in the wake of it we have seen a number of discussions about gun control gun laws if they should change what should change to avoid something like this happening again and al

the united states has fairly good experience. many people assembled here today belong to the right age group. remember, some of you, the bad days of the cold war, but should also remember how the united states finishes third the process of the soviet union. the i.d. was negotiations between the united states and soviet regimes should not only be about disarmament. the component should be built into the negotiations. that of course is to encourage the society who thought there was international support for them. and they knew there was a government outside of their totalitarian system, trying to give them a push. i was very commit very important. another important fact was you had very good strategies who managed to organize some of the people who have both the soviet system and became opponents of it. you gave a voice to the opposition here in the west and you also manage to raise the cultural warfare against humanitarians. your systems, not only the intelligence services, but also the universities. they managed to mobilize the o

states it's just we have the united states we have another country living side by side with it it's called the pentagon and there's just no controlling it it's gone out of hand it's forty percent of our budget it goes to intelligence security and military. and there's also wall street which is another beast which has its own ethic so i think we all saw was a three countries living side by side tentacles reaching far cross the aisle of our let's talk about nixon your portrayal. of nixon was that he was a criminal i mean a serious portrayed as this evil entity almost the supernatural entity or you know one point the movie the director of the cia is even threatening to kill nixon what do you say to people who say that you were too forgiving of bush and your movie w but i don't see that in nixon that the cia director tried to kill dick said we would that we hinted at there was a controversy between helms richard helms and nixon and part of the problems was that cuba papers and what you are it's a dirty story the cia was we nicknamed sometimes capitalisms invisible army goes back to nine

states in the united states so under daryl's there is direct access. and and many other places in the world privacy standards notably in europe are much stronger than in the united states and that's where the real differences. and the womanly european countries so powerless in the face of the u.s. where it comes to protecting that citizens privacy. well because these days companies are conducting business in the united states so so there is direct access so governments and businesses n.g.o.s and consumers will actually be filing on their u.s. laws something in the online world that will be you know it's hard to realize that if you if you consider in your slime world it's always bound by national boundaries all right let's focus now only on the terrorists that supposedly off would they really benefit from keeping their deadly plans in a cloud. well those who have an interest in data confidentiality whether it's governments or or terrorists or or cyber criminals or whoever will know that the cloud is is a pretty insecure place with regard to data confide

of the united states. how will this impact her in the short term? >> the short term -- >> if she were your patient, for example? >> it would not affect her function. she can travel. it really just effects sort of heavy physical activity. once your medication is regulated appropriately, you can go about all the normal activities of daily living. >> some people suggested to me, including our own dr. sanjay gupta, if you have a could be cushion, you shouldn't be working that hard, you should let the brain rest. one thing you shouldn't do is testify before the house or the senate on benghazi. >> i'd certainly defer to dr. gupta who is an expert on that. >> when they say, her doctors, she will be released once the medication dose has been established, what does that mean? >> in the instance of cumadin, you give the medicine, then you check certain coagulation perimeters in the blood. the dosage differs widely. it has to be tailored. and the dose adjusted. to find out what the exact correct dosage is for that pa

case and the recent magnitsky law which was adopted in the united states and of course the law which was adopted in russia just recently just a couple of days ago as a starting response to the magnitsky law in the united states what is particularly interesting about this summit from the economic point of view is that it's happening i mean a financial crisis in the eurozone and some analysts the media have already been speculating whether this summit may eventually show if europe wants to see russia as a strategic partner in the very dark times it is going through right now or it wants to stick to rather difficult and difficult position on many issues with russia as we are as well as the media and the analysts are expecting that putin will reconfirm russia's stance on the syrian conflict that it must be resolved at the negotiation table in full accordance with the international law this is something that has already touched upon during his annual press conference in moscow on thursday. we're not concerned about the fate of assad's regime we understand what's going on there the family

states yeah i mean they are going to join it to create a united states of europe. that it has to be discussed i'm sorry i was saying yes there is no alternative to that and if they don't want to be. bound to a federal union or european union or state of the united states of europe they can of course leave or negotiate the treaties. beijing has warned india against pursuing oil exploration in the disputed resource rich south china sea it comes in reaction to this week's statement by india's navy chief announced his country could go as far as sending warships to the area to protect its economic interests you've got a piece going off investigated the clips. that's journeymen the arroyos economically their military muscles are growing as world need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the to asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with. obviously. with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's

what are foes saying in the united states about this? >> only that the delay appears to is done nothing to dissuade north korea from moving ahead with what is believed an effort to build an intercontinental missile aimed of having a nuclear warhead. >> as far as we can tell this is a delay and the plans are unchanged. >> an analyst in south korea believes the international pressure could be a factor in the delay because china may have sent a strong message for the north to cancel the launch plan and the technical glitches in the third stage of the rocket could have only been a cover. that is speculation we cannot confirm. >>shepard: is anyone talking about openings to slow them down? >>guest: whatever lessons are applied to the missile launch could be learned from sanctioned applied to iran with a growing consensus the sanctions could be working and they could be applied to impose greater sanctions on north korea working with allies and the united states, especially true if light the fact that many components for missiles and north korea

states is much deeper than the connection between israel and the united states. at the beginning i don't just throw should do it alone. it will not have the choice, we will do it alone. but i do believe it should be a joint effort of the society because those forces will go against u.s. soil. it's israel's problem. but when you will find an atomic, makes the case with the port of san diego, it will become your problem. i do think it should be a joint effort of western society, meaning the u.s., israel, canada, australia will have only with leadership decisions in washington. >> that's not going to have been. >> the u.s. is israel's only fan. people are pretty disgusted with the kind of undemocratic behavior going on there. >> if you show me a stronger democracy in the middle east for a stronger ally of the united states in the region, i will agree with you. but i beg to differ because the cheapest aircraft today at the united states in the middle east is in that region. we are in the frontline presenting the same value in same principles. you'll find the source i

states nine eleven except here in the united states continues this relationship and it is same time talks about democracy but just not there that's kind of strange isn't it. well we have some very common interests with the saudi government a right it's a big oil producer we're both committed to maintaining security in the persian gulf well our all of our values and interests converge of course time and we don't have that kind of relationship with any country in terms of the democracy movements and arab spring sense a started the u.s. has promised promoted democratization and the arab world especially in countries like egypt now it's kind of accomplice that complicated situation in the persian gulf with saudi arabia for example how far do we push political reforms and are part of the world are the countries in that part of the world ready for these reforms you can argue yes but how will that affect our relationship the u.s. relationship with those countries and pact some of our key objectives like containing and you clearly run josh i've just never understood it i mean so he may be h

states to monitor the internal policies of the united states. monitor and tell us how it you ought to operate. this is a particularly curious thing, and that the united states has the world's best record on disability issues. we lead the world. so we are told it's that ratify the treaty because we are do you need it. all the requirements of this treaty, and all of these commissions are going to be established, and that will be fine. and we will set example worldwide on advancing legitimate cause for the disabled. well, in truth, i think we have very set an example to we have already set the most advanced laws in the world. we lead the world. this treaty has misdirected in the world community a way to focus on the united states. instead of really the lack of action by so many other nations around the world. we have a most magnificent system of law. it is a foundation of our liberty and our happiness. thus, if we were to ratify this treaty, we can be sure a lot of international hypocrites will soon but did demand the united states do this or that.

and that is that the main cultural difference between a country like the united states and for example canada that has less gun crime but guns are still legal is that there is there are a battery of tests that are executed whenever somebody applies to own use or store a firearm in canada any kind of firearm whether it be a long gun or a or a handgun and that's what i would suggest that maybe needs to be implemented in the united states i don't really have a problem with much of a problem with people owning guns if they can prove that they've taken a licensing course they know how to handle it they are safety oriented with it they're educated about it and there's been a thorough background check including interviews of ex-partners partners in the last few years to find out if they've ever had any kind of treatment by doctors for depression for mental illness for behavioral issues because in canada the police actually execute a thorough background check that includes things like that and and nobody really complains about the fact that there's a lack of freedom. that's a gun in canada so

he wanted to see the rest of the united states and he had expensive design on what the united states should take from mexico, much more that he told nicholas to negotiate more. so he told him to come home. what ended up happening is that trist refused came that he refused to come home. as trist said, he wanted to make a treaty that was not exactly to mexico. so he made the treaty while lupe adolfo, despite the fact that he wrote his wife that he will probably never work in washington again. and polk was so angry that he withheld the pay of trist, and his family became an incredibly poverty-stricken family. it wasn't until after the civil war that trist got another position. it was near the end of his life and he was given a not very demanding position running a post office in virginia. but up until that point, he was broke and his family over terribly because of it. now, let's just kind of wrap this up and tell you what i think the antiwar protests, the context is. the top quote that i have is a quote from polk from january of 1848. this is what he said to his cabinet. he said at thi

the united states was was huge. that is no longer the case -- we have many other growing economies and i think the opportunities in a world that is so interlinked, and i have been around the world, many places asking questions about united states or where we are now. i would hope, and maybe it takes a crisis like this to focus the mind of all americans that this must be resolved, it was a very important issue during the election, which involved an awful lot of the american population. i would just hope that that emphasis and that focus would bring a solution both for the near term as well as the long term. the longer-term, debt keeps increasing, basically the pentagon budget, the national security but it gets smaller and smaller. we are becoming more and more unable to carry out requirements that exist for us in the national security team. not as the pentagon, but the state department. more and more other parts of our government involved in national security. >> from politico -- i am wondering if there is consensus

united states. to what extent was our validation of morsi on november 21? including "new york times" article which talks about him solving problems. to what extent, if any, was this at least interpreted by morsi as a green light? of international approval whenever he decides to do domestically. and what lessons should we draw from that experience. economics, content and process -- and the united states and president morsi. let's start with you, mr. cook. >> okay. please come to the podium. >> okay. it seems to me first if you read the constitution, it is clear that the brotherhood, in keeping with its traditions, economic liberty. banning sequestration of property. naturalization, private property is sacred. one would think that given these ideas that implementing an imf program would be relatively un- pragmatic for the brotherhood. after all, this is a moment of national empowerment and dignity. there is a relatively small but vocal minority as opposed to the imf would rather do that than submit to

-- worried about united states? >> i think united states is incredibly important to china, and recognize that. not only in very practical ways, but in another way, more psychological. there is a 150 year history were china has been trying to check itself up in big shin itself upr status. there is this lingering psychological mindset of china being victimized by the great powers. it is kind of a struggle between china's new confidence and success, and these old feelings, is why these visits to ensure rattled and a bit. -- asia rattle them a bit. >> way back at the beginning of notlast century -, japan only occupy it, but every other great power had pieces of it. >> is a struggle between a feeling of being a victim, and agents superiority. >> it is an absolute contradiction. two sides of the same mind. in the end, a new sense of chinese confidence and a sense of respect from the world will help cure this historical the element. -- dilemma. this is the reason that your job is so hard, because sometimes people -- things

you served in the most highly decorated unit in the history of the united states army. can you tell us what you learn from that experience, and how did that experience impactor public career? >> there are certain things that haunt me, even to this day. and that is that working change a person's character and personality. one might be content and say i am a good person. for example, one week before i got into the service and put on my uniform, i was a sunday school teacher. and my mother was a devout methodist. part of the women's christian union. you don't get any more devout than that. the whole bunch of them were that way. and then going overseas, i recall killing the first german. the thing that haunts me is that i was jubilant. i was proud. the fellows around me had me on the back and said, terrific, terrific. i just killed a human being. and to think that working change a person so drastically, it has been with me all the time or it when it comes to going into war, i am very cautious here. for example, i'm against giving the president the authorization to make a st

on obama's policies the current state of play and united states take a look. so it took both of you four years to produce this series and almost almost five. and you have a chapter called obama management of a wounded and prior where you give a harsh critique of the obama administration what in your eyes has been the most troubling aspects of his presidency all over. well i think that under the disguise of sheep's clothing he's been a wolf. because the night.

the united states or the united nations to be elevated than a member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion in the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into night's big picture rubble and drones are supposed to be used in combat situations with our enemies and yet we're using them against people in nations that were allies with what kind of precedent are we setting for the future of drone warfare across the globe share my thoughts into that steely take. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the middle east history was made in new york city yesterday as the united nations general assembly approved a resolution that implicitly recognizes palestinian statehood in a vote of one hundred thirty eight to nine with forty one nations abstaining the u.n.

daniel inouye won election to the united states house of representatives as the united -- the new state's first congressman. he is currently serving his eighth term in the united states senate. other people we have spoken to have talked about the first time they were sworn in as a member of congress. in 1959, you became the first member from hawaii. what was that like when you work first on the floor of the house of representatives? >> i spent some time in washington before this. i went to law school. i had never been on the floor of the chamber. it was an awesome experience for me to be among a multitude of giants and have teh speaker of the house swear me in. it was a simple ceremony, but i will never forget it. >> when many people come to washington, they manage to find a mentor. a senior member that takes them under their wing. was there anybody that you looked up to in the early days? >> there were several. one was o'brien, who was the chairman of the subcommittee on territories. the congressman from colorado that was the chairman of the full committee, the interior committee, on day

manufacturing state in the whole united states right now the situation is despite the claims of a recent book i picked up in the barnes and noble right now twenty one percent of people in new york city are in poverty the transportation workers union is suffering from outsourcing they're using black box systems to erode jobs and there are alternative models like the book the middle class fights back by brian d'agostino. the book by john ridd which is also about reindustrialization there are models for making high quality jobs what happened partially not totally totally to explain the reason why they had there was this financial crisis is people had insufficient incomes they didn't have enough money to pay for their house and house after all of the right so we need to be paid so we can buy the basic necessities food housing shelter etc the middle class traditionally in europe and the united states has provided these so-called middle class jobs or more accurately higher paid working class jobs and this is been eroded by outsourcing by currency manipulation by laziness and incompetence on th

last year the united states released a new security strategy. most of you probably have not even heard of that, but i have to tell you this was a big deal. it was one of the fifth american security strategies that we have issued since the civil war. among the highlights of that security strategy was a strong statement that the united states had the highest economic and security interests in the asia pacific region. not in europe as has been for 100 years prior to that, than the asia pacific region. secondly, that we would maintain freedom of access throughout that region. in particular, we would maintain the sea lanes in that area, whatever the challenge might be. even as we reduce our defense budget, therefore we must maintain and would maintain a powerful navy, and that that navy would be charged with maintaining the freedom of those sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to m

we'll also hear from the president of the united states. this will be a very, very moving service, and we can only hope and pray that it will bring some comfort to those who are in mourning right now. anderson cooper is watching what's going on as well. anderson? >> yeah, wolf. we're outside the high school where this service is going to take place. i'm with donna morrissey from the american red cross. you have been here since friday. you came down from boston? >> i did, yes. >> what's the red cross doing here? >> i'm joined with 100 red cross volunteers providing food and water, assistance to not only the affected families but the first responders and the whole community. one of our big pushes is to provide emotional support and counseling for those who are dealing with the unimaginable. in fact, tonight we were here, we handed out about 400 of these little puppies to the kids waiting in line. just something they could hold onto, provide some sense of comfort to them. >> this is for the kids waiting in line to get into the service. >> we h

states who have studied here in the united states. we constantly are reinforcing that message, the fact we are two totally independent branches of government and the congress does not necessarily speak for the president of the united states. >> in fact, xi jinping at one point said something very interesting. he couldn't understand that the u.s. government should have three branches come and affect three governments have been a government because it was difficult to get stuff done. he was right. that's for sure. >> you've had a pretty -- i shouldn't say you, but there's been a rather -- "the new york times" called the new leaders of china a meritocracy of mediocrity and there's been a lot of talk and a new generation of leaders who haven't necessarily earned their stripes. i'm just wondering your answer to that. >> there is talk about the last 10 years being the last decade were nothing much happened. but you know, if you turn that around a little bit and i admit there's a lot of problems and many things were insulted that they said w

states the united states has become the primary market for getting guns so that is a much bigger discussion that needs to happen but happen alongside questioning of why it is that people need these guns in the first place and that's because we have impoverished mexico with our trade policies. a lot of this bloodshed happened under mexican president calderon and we are seeing this transition of leadership do you see any promise under mexico's new leadership well the new president pena nieto has promised that he will bring in peace to mexico but he hasn't really said how he will do that and he's you know the leadership he's the new leadership of the pretty government which was in power for over seventy years prior to the pan's leadership and he's really the protege of silliness they were tare who is the person who along with clinton signed nafta and bra. the impoverishment to mexico and the usurpation of collectively held lands that i mentioned earlier that has created the conditions for the drug trade to thrive as it has. macy with the return trip pretty government is the return to pretty po

the energies in the united states. stop the strikes, stop labor. and i think stalin has always been convenient for distraction for the right in the center, the truman nights, the center up to today. >> host: i just think the fact that the communist were doing what they were doing also made it easier for the right to use that. >> guest: and to scare people in this country. >> guest: when you see all the liberal so to speak, and also the chairman liberals, the clark clifford's that would drift in this direction, changes american history terribly because right now with the union movement, the concept of labor versus capital is not even discussed in this country. this is what has happened and this is far more important than pointing the finger at the soviet union. why not point it as i said earlier at churchill in greece in athens in 1944? let's be a little bit more -- host go egalitarian. we will jump forward after this. >> host: okay, i would like to jump forward to the 18 60's, the late great 18 60's and talk about john f. kennedy still perhaps the

of the united states' military. that says it all. after being gravely wounded in italy, senator's arm of amputated, spent 21 months recooperating from the wounds in an army hospital in michigan. during that, he met a lifetime friend, future majority leader bob dole, another young gi who had been also wounded in the european theater. senator dole told senator inouye he planned to go to law school and eventually serve in congress. dan inouye was elected to congress in 1959 as hawaii's first congressman. bob dole was elected to congress a year later. senator inouye always joked, i went with the dole plan, and i beat him. three years later, dan inouye was elected to the senate being a soft powerful voice for the people of hawaii ever since. although senator inouye was an unabashedded progressive democrat, he always put his country first and his party second. dan was a vibrant and vital presence in the senate, and in death, he'll remain a legend. his last words on earth, aloha, and it is with a heavy heart that i, we, bi

narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underg

you need to know this paranoid delusions swept the floor of the united states senate on tuesday as a group of republican senators blocked ratification of a u.n. treaty to help disabled people around the planet the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities requires signatory u.n. nations to provide for disabled populations in the exact same way as does the american one nine hundred ninety americans with disabilities act the treaty would require absolutely no changes to current u.s. law suite already passed the american americans with disabilities act more than twenty years ago it simply calls on other nations to adopt these same american standards. standards that were signed in place by president george w. bush in two thousand and six and then resigned by president obama in two thousand and nine this was championed by former republican senator bob dole himself disabled who was wheeled onto the senate floor for the vote and witnessed senator kerry's passionate speech. what we do here in the united states senate matters not just to us but to people all across the globe and m