gordon chang, though, the author of "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world" says panetta's remarks are refreshingly candid, but says we should be paying attention, because north korea's words are an escalation in the rhetoric, and this time he thinks north korea has the capability to actually back up their threats. >>> president obama has nominated mary jo white to head the securities and exchange commission. she took on wall street as a former chief federal prosecutor. it was a position she held for nine years in new york. but it's her more recent work that could be the criticism in hearings. you've got to know how they beat the rap if you're going to bust people for cheating. david john of the conservative heritage foundation hopes the nomination signals a shift toward full enforcement of existing laws and away from what he sees as burdensome regulations. >>> the yemeni government has confirmed the top leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is dead. he died after being wounded in a counterterrorism operation. apparently he died at the end of last year. we just found

chang, author of "the coming collapse of china" says that relationship comes with risk. they join us now. gordon, i want to start with you, you do not think that our relationship with china is the main focus right now, and that if john kerry is secretary of state, he's not even the right guy for the relationship. why? >> well, i just got back from new dellly -- new delhi, and they are concerned about that because he's pro-islam bad. the united states has to neuroture the relationships with japan, south korea, and india. india will be the most populated nation in the world in 15 years, and only stable relationships with democracies is all we can count on in the long run. cheryl: donald, what about the economic relationship with china? there's many companies, individuals, i mean, we got a lot of businesses crossing the seas now with the country. don't we need the relationship to get better? >> we do need it to get better both in the economic area and in the security area. in fact, john kerry has said we, the united states, need china, and china needs us so we have to get t

gordon chang joining us now. we have been following this territorial dispute, and clinton jumping in stating that fact, which i believe are true. what is the potential of this situation between china and japan getting out of hand? >> this is really serious. these islands are ministered by japan. in fact the chinese are wrong and the significance of that is we have a treaty with the japanese that requires us to come to their defense over territories that are administered by tokyo. that means the united states can get involved in this. tracy: china, japan, the u.s., we're talking potentially some sort of small war. >> yes, within the hour the chinese have patrol ships and have been doing this regularly for four or five months, both china and japan scrambled jets a week ago and so the potential for somebody making a mistake is enormous, so this could be the 1914 croatia. ashley: is often difficult dealing with the chinese. >> they want territory not only from japan, but south korea. all the nations were more than 50

. >> host: professor gordon why did it start to change in the early 20th century? >> guest: i think for several different reasons. one, especially with the growth of the federal government in the new deal era, and the other really was that the embrace of migration and pluralism. immigration began to cease a little bit after the restrictive immigration act of the early 20th century ended in the new deal forced so many people on to the move, looking for work, having much greater contact with government and the expansion of government power really highlighted the friction between a bigger government and the lives of believers. so there was a lot more attention. >> host: you write about -- what is the role of the salvation army in changing religious laws in america i guess? >> guest: well, the salvation army which many people don't realize is an evangelical religious group, not just a group that rings bells outside department stores in the christmas season. the salvation army believed what they called the cathedral of the open air and would go into areas, especially im

really change the make-up of the area." adding 40 car trips perat per day and many neighbors are concerned once this conditional use is grte

really change the make-up of the area." adding 40 car trips perat per day and many neighbors are concerned once this conditional use is granted others would be granted and changing the character of the neighborhood even more. we really wanted to stay in san francisco. but we had few choices, because of how expensive the city is. we didn't want the noise. the traffic, the parking problems, that come with so many san francisco neighborhoods. so we looked around and we were thrilled when we found the university mound neighborhood. and we're particularly happy when we found this very quiet block on harvard street with no commercial activity of any sort nearby. and very life traffic. the code mandate that the commission preserve our neighborhoods in san francisco. so that we have the diversity and can offer our citizens affordable, quiet residential streets too, so that they can stay in san francisco, the city that we all love. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is stewart gaffney and i live a few house

thank you, michael gordon. thank you david ignatius. >> thanks, charlie,. >> thank you. israel went to the polls yesterday "p" benjamin netanyahu'slitude party lost major ground joining me is dennis ross, counselor at the washington institute for nearest policy. david remnick, editor of the "the new yorker" magazine. he wrote last week's cover story. and mort zuckerman editor in chief of "us news & world report." and the owner of the "new york daily news." and i am pleased to have all of them on this program. so my question is to each of you, what happened? >> well the yair lapid victory, or near victory, or coming in second i think is a reaction-- he's a centrist. he's not center-left. he sits on kind of the right side of the center. he's a tv figure-- no offense. he entered politics last year. he resigned from channel 2 last year. his father was a journalist and politician as well. and i think tel aviv and like-minded coastal sees. >> rose: there was a big turnout? >> woke up because they feared a real right-wing-- not just the hard right of the likud but also the this

thank you, michael gordon. thank you david ignatius. >> thanks, charlie,. >> thank you. israel went to the polls yesterday "p" benjamin netanyahu'slitude party lost major ground joining me is dennis ross, counselor at the washington institute for nearest policy. david remnick, editor of the "the new yorker" magazine. he wrote last week's cover story. and mort zuckerman, editor in chief of "us news & world report." and the owner of the "new york daily news." and i am pleased to have all of them on this program. so my question is to each of you, what happened? >> well, the yair lapid victory, or near victory, or coming in second i think is a reaction-- he's a centrist. he's not center-left. he sits on kind of the right side of the center. he's a tv figure-- no offense. he entered politics last year. he resigned from channel 2 last year. his father was a journalist and politician as well. and i think tel aviv and like-minded coastal sees. >> rose: there was a big turnout? >> woke up because they feared a real right-wing-- not just the hard right of the likud but also the th

. >> i'm chris gordon. we're in for sunny skies but that will change quickly. let's go to meteorologist kim martucci with the forecast today. >> chris, that all changes quickly tomorrow. in fact, the weather service has issued a winter weather advisory already. it goes into effect in the wee hours tonight through the morning commute. all those counties in purple off to the west, including frederick county, maryland and loudoun county, virginia. could have a glazing and freezing rain and sleet. around here, the temperatures are cold but nothing we can't handle. waking up to 29. today we'll take you up to the middle 30s with limited sun, clouds coming in by the evening, guys. >> thank you very much, kim. >>> we'll keep an eye on that. taking a look now at our top stories. a virginia man in his 80s is recovering from burn injuries after he tried to put out a massive house fire with a bucket of water. fire broke out last night at a million dollar home in the 9,000 block of shelly krasnow lane in fairfax. one firefighter suffered a minor burn to his hand. >>> friend

host: we're talking with gordon gee about raising college completion rates. he is also the chairman of the national commission on higher education attainment. changes that have suggested will increase graduation rates, according to the commission on higher education attainment, include clearly assigning responsibility to specific senior administrators for improve retention and graduation rates. dee is a student in montclair, new jersey. caller: good morning. alexis a professor of -- i would like to say to professor gee. [laughter] i am sorry, -- '08. [laughter] i am sorry, that was an inside joke. i have a difficult time getting my mind wrapped around this idea that it is now here in new jersey were i mr. and is now about $18,000 a year. -- where i am a student is now .bout $18,000 a year towar when you look at models like what mit is doing and some of these other online learning platforms, do you think that maybe the days of the large, centralized university, those days are numbered? do you think there is a place in the academic process for those kinds of pl

., holiday, we get perspective from presidential historians richard norton smith, annette gordon reed, and beverly gage. >> brown: and we close with the words of a student poet, inspired by the second inaugural to write and perform her work, "change." >> like martin luther king i still have a dream that this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its eed and bring the people a new breed change. the mounting death toll in algeria now includes three americans. that, and other important stories, will be at the end of the program tonight. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank

capitol, chris gordon, news4. >>> tonight the boy scouts of america is reconsidering its ban on gale members and leaders. the board meets next week to vote on that issue. nbc news has learned if the change is approved, individual scout groups would be able to decide for themselves whether gale people with join. >> the fate of ex-culpepper police officers daniel harmon wright is in the hands of the jury, but there won't be a verdict tonight. after about 3 1/2 hours, the jury has gone home for the evening. he's accused of shooting and killing patricia cook last february, claiming it was self-defense. prosecutors instructed the jury to weigh the inconsistencies in his story. >>> there's a murder investigation under way. police found the body of a man about 1:00 this afternoon. he was inside an industrial building on rainswood drive in landover. the victim was pronounced debt on the scene. so far it's not clear who killed the man or why. >> a close cal for police in maryland. they owe their lives to the door that came between them and the drug suspect they were trying to arrest. pat coll

. >> gordon, great to have you as always. we look forward to having you in the next four years of the president's term as well. john, over to you. >>> hundreds of thousands, jenna, expected to turn out for the inauguration tomorrow, maybe not as big a party as we saw four years ago. how do you keep the president safe with so much happening all at once? we will get the inside scoop from a former director of the united states secret service. >>> and take a look at these two photos. four years can really take a toll on a guy. we have the pirnlt pictures to t of je jenna and me, then and no. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purche, everday! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great sinesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewar

and he was aware of the change coming and everyone was aware. it was being written about all over the place. and he said look, if you're looking for someone to do some interview shows for you, not larry king's slot, interview shows, then my client piers, you may only know him from the talent show or "the apprentice" but get some tapeses of his interviews with these people because they're quite something. which they are. they're very intense and full-on interviews. but they show a range they wouldn't have been aware of. they got me in. and they called me in for an interview. we had a half-hour slot and it became two hours and at the end of the it, according to some who were there they decidedly i was the guy. >> rose: who is that that? who is "they?" >> some are still there, ken joz. you i hadda number of the executives there. and they just-- john klein was still there. >> rose: is anything different between what you did on the aforementioned show for itv and what you do on cnn? >> yeah, because i think actually what it's become is a show which t

then a discussion about college graduation rates with gordon gee. live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> i think it is all a revolutionary process. you grow into this role. my sense is you never get comfortable if you're always pushing for change and growth, not just in yourself but the issues that you care about. you are never done. there is never a point in time when you feel like, there. i am now here and i can do this the same way all the time. it is always changing. change given the state of the issues and country, and you never know what they are going to be from one day to the next. you have to be flexible and a fluid and open to evolves. >> the first ladies, their private and public lives. c-span is teaming up with the white house historical association. "first ladies -- influence and image." season one begins on president's day at 9:00 eastern. >> anti-abortion activists gathered in washington today for the annual march for life rally that concludes with a march to the supreme court steps. tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the roe v wade d