but they're back with americans. listen to the american public. i'm randy weber, let's pass h r. 45. that's the way i see it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has ex-peered. the wrelt from tennessee se recognized. mr. roe: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. miller: the previous speaker -- i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. miller: the previous speaker said we should listen to the american people. when the american people listen to the congress of the united states they would assume all the republicans in the country are against this health care bill and all the democrats are for this health care bill. but if you look at the kaiser family foundation, most recent poll on this, you'll find out that 96% of the democrats and 83% of the republicans support the tax credits for small business that are now the law of the land and 360,000 small businesses are getting those tax credits. 90% of the democrats and 74% of the republic

speaker, we must return american jobs to american citizens. the white house and congress should be fighting for american jobs, for american citizens, not just for illegal aliens. mr. speaker, i cannot in good conscious ratify illegal conduct with my vote. and i hope other elected officials in washington will represent americans seeking jobs not foreigners illegally on american soil. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu, for five minutes. a school st month district considered outsourcing the roles of their school psychologists and social worker. after all, budgets are tight and what harm could come from this? andrew, the district psychologist and christine, the school social worker, had already faced an uphill battle helping their students. although the district has only 900 children in attendance, gallonway is geographically one of the largest districts in new york state. as the overwhelm school psychologist social worker, andrew and christi

a lot of american historians know about the american revolution and the not impartation movement, but often times in a about consumer act that some company turn things who at the montgomery bus boycott in the 19th 50s. as a discontinuous history. what a church shows americans have turned to consumer politics consistently from the american revolution to the entire 19th century, through the 20th century and one of the movements i look is the movement by abolitionists in the 1820s and was a movement called the free progress movement and people who oppose slavery needed to not buy goods made by slaves and the argument by the street produce abolitionists was tantamount to hiring a sleeper cell. so what they try to do we say there's no moral difference between being a slave owner in a consumer slave made goods. essentially supporting the slave owner of the system of slavery. so this is a movement that was never particularly large that had a big social impact of the other thing this group. as they set up stories in which they sold what they called for a produce. that is goods made by non-sla

businesses and create more jobs for american workers. thanks. have a great weekend. >> i'm pat mccoury, governor of north carolina. like you, when i look to washington, i see entrenched gridlock and immediate need for executive leadership. washington bears no resemblance to states where strong republican governors are using their leadership skills to improve the daily lives of their citizens. here in north carolina, we are concentrating on reforms in three fundamental areas, the economy, education, and efficiency. since i took office in january, putting people back to work has been our top priority. because of a stagnant national economy and ineffective policies of the past, private sector growth has been at a standstill. to get job creation moving again, we launched the partnership for prosperity, an initiative that will provide a central point of contact for business. the private sector posse ground- floor involvement is critical to this new venture -- sector's ground-floor involvement is critical to this new venture. it will allow us

the american victory was total the casualty figures speak for themselves one hundred american soldiers were killed and on the iraqi side it's estimated there were between four and five thousand victims most of them civilians. the battle left a city in ruins where death continue to take its toll. and their offensive it's thought the u.s. troops used white phosphorous bombs and depleted uranium weapons banned by all international conventions. and. our new passenger is not administrator at the general hospital. since the battle of fallujah ended has kept records of the children born with congenital malformation. for him there's no doubt the americans were responsible for this tragedy. for me the administrator's office becomes an empty chamber of horrors. up i learnt that the war is far from over in fact it's still going on for the stigmata are there and they're evolving in two thousand and five we know to a spectacular increase in genetic malformations a new born babies how a lot of. voters only show a tiny part of their reality just for the month of january if we recorded forty three cas

we're americans. we care about our next door neighborhood. >> yes, we do. >> we care about our community. there are times when we don't see political battle lines. the only thing we see is what has to be done in front of us and we set our goals to make it successful to make it happen because we don't have any other choice. so when we went through this battle battling cancer, and you start thinking about what's really going on in america and when you get a bill in the mail for $22500, then you get another bill for 14, 500 and not one for $9800 company they keep coming, you see your insurance it's all paid for except for $145. and i get another insurance, it's all paid for except for $275. it's a pretty damn good deal. okay? insurance is real important. we actually have a political party and a force in this country that thinks it's the right morally correct thing to do to have a vote and to have insurance away from a fellow american. >> no. >> sucks. >> that's who the republicans are. i didn't take the

american community. i know it is hard for us to appreciate this today but at that time, chinese-american organizations were subjected to surveillance and harassment of the federal government, by the fbi as well elements of the chinese american community. laura has been and was a heroine in furthering these causes in the fight. ever since those days she has continued to engage in progressive causes and community service. she has been involved in significant groundbreaking research into chinese-american history. as an aside, she supported her late husband mark li, after whom the chinatown branch library is named. laura's name also adorns the heart of research and learning. i wonder -- i want to thank laura for generously donating time money and materials, to the chinese historical society, seven cisco public library, and so many other organizations. i happen to hold in my hands a chapter of an anthology called chinese-american history and perspective called born lucky. we are lucky to have benefit from you

the latin american character the north american reader? you explain it by showing how different the conus system was, how much history, and in this case the six republics that emerged after the revolution. and you discover by this sort of insane kind of, the palace life that bolivar lives. and how it changed from country to country from venezuela to new granada to ecuador, liberating panama on the way, down to peru which was the hardest of all, the hardest nut to crack. i hope you enjoy reading it. i want to hear your questions, and this, i hope you have many questions for me because this is always for me my favorite part. thank you. [applause] >> yes? >> that was a great, that was a great statement, thank you very much. i came out here to buy the book, number one, because i read five or six fabulous reviews of it. i didn't realize you had an in house reviewer, don, over there. he writes, i read him every weekend but this is a per. i can't wait to look at the book. i've also lived half my life in south america. knew a lot about bolivar, in

to integrate into american society, to integrate into the american masses, to become a real american, this is a very long process. so it is an experiment. maybe once again, i will become amongst my friends the first person to eat a crab. >> that's it for this edition of "to the contrary". please follow me on twitter at @bonnieerbe or @tothecontrary and check out our website pbs.org/tothecontrary where the discussion continues or where you agree or think to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. adtionalunding ovided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation the e. rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation. and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. for a transcript or to see an online version of this episode of "to the contrary" visit us at www.pbs.org/tothecontrary.

dream and they will create jobs for americans and strengthen the american economy. mr. president, i yield the flo floor. a senator: mr. president? mr. sanders: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president, move to call up amendment number 965 and ask for its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: is there objection to setting aside the pending amendment? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from vermont, mr. sanders, for himself and mr. begich, proposes an amendment numbered 965. on page 1150 -- mr. sanders: i would ask that the amendment be considered as read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sanders: mr. president, i'll be very brief. i spoke on this issue before. here is the story. i'm using my own state of vermont as an example but it exists all over the country. this year the vermont house of representatives passed a bill by a vote of 99-42 requiring that genetically engineered food be labeled. yesterday, as i understand it, the connecticut state senate, by an overwh

the mexican american war lasted one year and nine months until the treating. which resulted in the withdrawal of u.s. occupying troops from mexico city and mexican territory that was reduced by a vast forty five percent this added by force the states we know today as california utah arizona and nevada and of course to develop these states into the new american empire i'm an immigrant labor and who better for the labor than mexicans yep between eight hundred fifty and eight hundred eighty the u.s. government brought in over fifty thousand migrant workers to work on developing land that only decades prior had belonged to mexico in fact at least fifty thousand immigrants came into the u.s. from the south following the mexican revolution every year and it wasn't until fairly recently that u.s. political leaders adopted the notion that more immigrants in this country means less jobs for american citizens as a result they and the anti immigrant rhetoric has been accompanied by a series of backwards policies case in point and mexican repatriation act of one nine hund

i would like to thank you for a the asian pacific american month. [ applause ] . colleagues why don't we go back to our 3:00 p.m. order. i understand the department of public works and i would like to invite back to the podium dpw staff. good afternoon, president chiu and members of the board. we have submitted the final list to the board. the lines that have been crossed out were dismissed or paid. we resolved issues with eight properties on the list. the department is requesting your approval on the list for the dismiss iv properties. >> thank you, are there any members of the public who did not get to speak at this time. this item is closed item 26 is on the board. i understand there is an amended report? >> supervisor breed? >> thank you. i just had a question about the issue of places where there is consistent graffiti that happens and what is the process. based on what i'm hearing and what i know about this program if it happens, dpw they go and paint over it and they charge the owner if the owner agrees or doesn't agree or doesn't do it in a timely manner.

the american victory was total the casualty figures speak for themselves one hundred american soldiers were killed and on the iraqi side it's estimated there were between four and five thousand victims most of them civilians. the battle left a city in ruins where death continue to take its toll. and their offensive it's thought the u.s. troops used white phosphorous bombs and depleted uranium weapons banned by all international conventions. our new passenger is not administrator at the general hospital. since the battle of fallujah ended has kept records of the children born with congenital malformation. for him there's no doubt the americans were responsible for this tragedy. for me the administrator's office becomes an empty chamber of horrors. up i learnt that the war is far from over in fact it's still going on for the stigmata are there and they're evolving in two thousand and five we know to a spectacular increase in genetic malformations a new born babies how large that this is what the. voters only show a tiny part of the reality just for the month of january we recorded forty

even though it's phenomenonnally an american -- nominally an american company. there are innumerable tricks. i'll close by making buoyant. very often people look at what we're trying to accomplish and even actually pretty honest reporters will say, well, the democrats actually want to raise taxes. that's the fight. republicans want to cut spending, democrats want to raise taxes. no. we raise taxes once already, we raised the rate to -- for the people over $450,000 a year in the last big agreement. what we want to do now is to go into the tax code and close down the loopholes. that is all we're looking for. and what most americans don't understand is that if you look at how much money goes out the back door of the tax code, through loopholes, through special rates, through exemptions and so forth, it's very nearly the same amount of money that's actually collected through the tax code and becomes the revenues of the united states of america. we let almost as much money out the back door of the tax code as we collect through the tax code. and if you take a look at

african-americans are estimated to be 44% of all new h.i.v. infections, despite representing only 13% of the u.s. population. these disparities are shocking and the congressional black caucus will not let us ignore them. in 2009, health disparities cost the united states economy $82.2 billion. we have to continue to bring awareness to this issue within our community, to develop strategies to eliminate these disparities in a cost effective way. on march 23, 2010, president obama signed the affordable care act which is a monumental step that helps us address these overwhelming statistics, health dispair -- health disparities within our communities. we now have in place comprehensive health care reform that improves access to affordable care and guarantees that millions of our most at-risk citizens will be finally able to receive care. by improving access to quality health care for all americans, the affordable care act actually reduces health disparities. we share this information so citizens will know this law invests in prevention and wellness

for americans workers first. in the bill, the wait of way it's written right now, they would have to collect resumes, but they don't actually have to hire americans, and they could displace americans. so they can, clearly, bypass american workers, and there's an incentive for them to do so. even though the bill does raise the wage floors for h-1bs a little bit, they're still below market wages. they're still cheaper. so there's a real incentive to bring in these guest workers because they can be paid below market wages, less than american workers. plus they're tied to the employer. the employer controls the visa program. >> suarez: so looking back over the history of this program, professor, what effect have those h-1b workers had on the tech job market in the united states, in your view? >> well, i think it's had a significantly negative effect overall. i think there are some really highly talented workers who come in on h-1bs. that's a really good parent of it. and many of the companies do sponsor them for perm

leaders believed in manifest destiny a philosophy that white americans settlers were granted by god to expand across the continent it was that same rationale for the indian removal act that pushed native americans west of the mississippi river and the only obstacle that stood in the way was the vast majority of this territory belong to mexico see it between eight hundred twenty one and eight hundred thirty five mexico was building up the territory of texas and opened its border to american immigrants but mexico's new constitution had outlawed slavery and all territories triggering a revolt led by the new american settlers and mexican forces trying to crush the rebellion but the famous battle for the alamo it was used to galvanize us support against. mexico finally texas was annexed by the u.s. under james polk but tensions were still high at the time and war with mexico seemed imminent with his eyes on california sent a mission to mexico to try to purchase the territories of new mexico and california but mexico refused when they did sent troops to the disputed land between the two c

and what we want is exactly what most americans want. we know our mental health system is in shambles. and we all want it fixed. we want criminals with guns prosecuted and incarcerated. we want the federal government on the books right now in force against drug dealers with guns, gangs with guns, and violent felons with guns. [applause] everyone of you feels that way, i know it. if they would just do that, those violent criminals would not be on their way to the next crime scene. they would be sitting in prison. we all want our children to be safe. we want them to be protected. that is why we proposed trained police and security officers in every single school in our country. [applause] there is not a mom or dad an america that wants to leave their children. if the washington elite really wanted the same thing, they would stop demonizing law- abiding american gun owners, they would stop trying to convince the american people that all gun owners are potential criminals in waiting, and they would actually implement programs that address ou

they were 15 to 20,000 americans still in the soviet held territory. the british have just as many and they all were just lost. they were written off and for many years you find the little stories here and there about what they suffered but it is an unknown. >> did any of them manage to survive? so we're talking one to 2 million. >> guest: there were a lot of people but never worked that because they left the revolution and they got all swept away. >> host: 20 to 30,000. unbelievable. >> guest: he was directly approached by a white russian general who pleaded with him in terms of not sending back a number about 800,000 of the 2 million to go back to the soviet union in the nationals. essentially they gave back the anti-communist army but there was never any thought in this administration with roosevelt but the world could survive without stalin and there's an interesting point the data for the germans invaded the soviet union there was an anticommunist a department official. the state purposeful of them and harry hopkins helped. they were planning for

americans are deeply ambivalent about war. but having fought for our independents, we know the price must be paid for freedom. from the civil war to our struggle against fascism, on through the long twilight struggle of the cold war. battlefields have changed and technology has evolved, but our commitment to constitutional principles has weathered every war. and every war has come to an end. with the collapse of the berlin wall, a new dawn of democracy took hold abroad. and a decade of peace and prosperity arrived here at home. for a moment it seemed the 21st century would be a tranquil time. and then on september 11, 2001, we were shaken out of complacency. thousands were taken from us as clouds of fire and metal and ash descended upon a sun-filled morning. this was a different kind of war. no army came to our shores and our military was not the principle target. instead a group of terrorists came to kill as many civilians as they could. so our nation went to war. we've been at war for over a decade. what is clear is that we

advice came with a hard edge as the americans fired their weapons. following morning, soldiers set out into the hills. rather than waiting in their st forward base, they are hoping to attract fire from the wheren so they can find they are. it is a deadly game of hide and seek on the frontier with pakistan. first time, the afghan army is trained to plot the ground accurately, cord knitting by radio. -- coordinating by radio. we were given exclusive access to the battle update briefings, running the war across much of eastern afghanistan. the armye advance of there are other layers of security. beckpoints which will will manned by afghan border police. there commander ent several years in london seeking asylum and now he is fighting the taliban on the frontier. >> we are ready. we are strong. we will enforce our border. i am sure the taliban -- >> why should it be different now? the think today international community is helping us. >> there is another layer of security, local militias have been given uniforms to defend their villages. they are taking

i don't think the american people expect that of our leaders. so my approach is to always endeavor to be polite and respectful to anyone i am dealing with, but at the same time to defend common sense conservative principles i think are the values that are held throughout america, both in red states and blue states. >> neil: senator ted cruz. thank you. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: all right. folks, scott brown was an anomaly when he became a republican senator in massachusetts, but get ready for what could be the next anomaly. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. and didn't know where to start. used a contractor before at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like h

it well hammer working americans . far, far too many low-skill workers that will take jobs and wages that people unemployed an underemployed right now. it will add trillions to the long-term financial cost of the feet -- united states treasury from welfare and other benefits. the law's first -- law enforcement officers it ll not work. it will make things work. it will threaten the national security. when need to make this legal system better. that bill just does not do it. lou: suggesting that there i something darwinian -- darwinia in all of this. they don't have the energy or care to defend its borders, to claim its sovereignty for its citizens and the result is actually, if you will, a foregone conclusion. the destiny of the nation is in the hands of a new generation. howdy reacts to that? >> i think we need to ask some questions along that line. who is the congress representing ? i just saw a bullet that said 800 people spent the night for five days and nights in queens waiting for job. i saw something in philadelp

has broken faith with the american people. the agency responsible for administering our tax code has admitted targeting americans for their political beliefs. american families across the country are disappointed and fearful. they are disappointed that the administration that promised home and change has used its enforcement power as a political weapon. mr. barr: they are fearful of a government that's expanded under president obama at an alarming rate. they are disappointed that our president has not taken responsible -- responsibility for his administration's behavior. they are fearful of corruption that's the logical result of a rapidly expanding bureaucracy and an administration that confuses playing politics with leadership. hard working families deserve better. federal agencies have a responsibility to be above politics. and we have a responsibility to hard working american families to hold accountable those who politicize decision making and those who are untruthful about those decisions. i yield back. . the speaker pro

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the memories of american heroes. . arlington and around america have kept alive our families and communities. this memorial day we honor those families who are heroes left behind. the honor them in appreciation for the sacrifices they have endured. we also honor the perseverance and resilience of our military families today, for they are dealing with all the challenges of life. america thanks you. all of on this sacred day as we recall the words of president lincoln when he referred to the domestic bonds in chords of memory -- we honor america's fallen patriots by striving to be worthy of their great sacrifices as we all work toward making a better future for all mankind. it is now my honor to introduce someone who has shown on wavering commitment to our service men and women and their families and to lead tarnation today with great strength and wisdom -- ladies and gentlemen, help me welcome, our commander in chief, the president of united states of america. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. seated, thank you very m

american cinema began as an international cinema. russian emigres displaced jews in hollywood bringing over people from germany and switzerland and all around the world marketing these silent movies for the world. they didn't even have a language problem. they were pumping them into every territory imaginable. they always saw themselves as international cinema. they never saw themselves as a national cinema. today, when you have a meeting in hollywood the international market will come up. if you say "nick nolte" they say, "nick's numbers are good in the u.s., but they're weak foreign." it's always part of the conversation. and because we never had a national cinema we never thought in national terms that way. and we managed to use all that huge american merchandising and power and confidence to sell this to the world. and now, when any filmmaker becomes successful and wants to make international movies he comes to los angeles. so it doesn't really matter whether it's konchalavsky or peter weir or bertolucci... or victor babencko. or

i mean, people have seen american films. they have heard american jazz. database consider a former broadway culture so doesn't have the newness it had in the 20th century. that's one. two, local, countries themselves are developing a kind of, foreign countries are developing a kind of popular culture that is often as attractive if not more attractive than hollywood itself. for india produces more films, hollywood produces more films than hollywood. and then a third, as in a statement of americanization hollywood has lost a lot of its, if you will, soft power, the can of soft power went in the 20th century and that american films are increasingly directed to global audiences and are becoming in fact less quote recognizably american. you know, whatever that means but american fills today though, it's not like looking at casablanca, something very american like casablanca. but if you look at the blockbusters that hollywood produces these days and exports overseas where the big market is that, doesn't have this american quality. and then finally in terms of a

these are young defacto americans. why defacto americans? maybe they were brought here when they were 2, 5 or 1. they didn't violate any law. what do they know about the law? they grew up here. they were cheerleaders. they got good grades. they're going to college. guess what? they don't have any type of identification that allows them to work in this country and technically under the law, they would have to return to another country where they may not speak the language or even knew anybody. while president obama's deferred action program is a strong step in the right direction and least many of these dreamers no longer live in fear of indefinite detention and can go to work, that's only a two-year timeout. only congress can provide a permanent status for these millions of defacto americans who know no other country and are as american as you and me, american, in fact. let's make them american in law. and that, too, should and must be a part of the comprehensive immigration reform package. our country is about family values and letting pare

americans want action. they want tougher rules and regulations to protect their health and their family's health. in yourkids who are states who are in public school, how many of them have asthma. how many of them know someone with asthma? get out of the fringe lane. work with us. this nominee,u, one of the most qualified ever, her name was put up on march 4. i'm going to close with some of her supporters. , vice president, domestic policy and american automotive policy. upon confirmation, we look forward to working with gina mccarthy, who has demonstrated a willingness to consider the views of those impacted by the agency and to find practical solutions to issues facing the auto industry. not good enough for the fringe. the president and ceo of the united states hispanic chamber of commerce. throughout her career, gina mccarthy has shown environmental responsibility side-by-side with economic growth coexisting is possible. , ceo and founder, american sustainable business council. he says, they applaud the

in addition, african-american median income is one-tenth of that of white americans. when you add the dislocation in the economy, not all of them caused in any way by the recession, but a big part of it, global cometition. and other things in terms of the u.s. manufacturing of business, african-americans are usually the last hired and first fired. >> do you believe's a skin color issue rather than performance issue? >> i have been convinced all my life -- i have been in business all my life. i have been quite successful as you might know. but i will tell you this, there are millions of african-americans who have the talent, the work ethic, integrity, ingenuity to be successful in jobs and in business, but you have to admit that anytime you have a situation for 50 years, dating back to the civil rights movement, when african-americans were making huge gains in fair employment and housing and legislation was enacted we spent more money on education than at any time in the african-american history, there is something here than just failure of family or failure of individ

it puts the american people at risk. it puts american people at risk. trying to determine who is responsible with that requires aggressive action. i'm sure the subpoena has formulated based on the people that it was done in conformance with doj rules. foundhas been said they out about this after records were taken. to seekno attempt made the aps voluntary cooperation? >> you're asking about things beyond my knowledge. when protocol require you try to approach them for voluntary cooperation? >> i do not know what the circumstances are here. have the knowledge of those facts. >> i think the underlying question is the policy of the administration when it comes to the ability of the media to cover the news. i think the question for you is this newsfact that organization was not given an opportunity to try to have this in court. it leads us to wonder whether the administration has somehow decided policy wise that it will go after us. -- it this certainly not could talk about policy -- but that is not the policy of this administration. if you remember in 2009

seven american troops killed, 19 this weeks, days after that dramatic video of an american plane coming down at bag ram air field. >> reporter: the first attack was in kandahar, birthplace of the taliban. five americans riding in an armored vehicle hit by a roadside bomb. later, in western afghanistan, an insider attack. an afghan solider recruited to fight the taliban instead turned his gun on two americans, killing them both. this is now the deadliest week of the year for americans. on friday, a refueling plane on its way into the country from neighboring kyrgyzstan crashed, killing all three americans on board. and on monday, these horrifying moments. this civilian cargo plane had just taken off from bagram air field. the plane stalls in midair, then drops straight into the ground. all seven american crew members on board never stood a chance, and died instantly. david, today's attacks come as the taliban annual fighting season is less than a week old, raising concerns that this summer could be the deadliest one yet. >>> overnight we learned of an air strike in syria as president oba

i think all americans feel that way. i was outraged as you were, to see what occurred with respect to the groups that were targeted by the irs. i think we should be vigilant and stand strong and demand reforms and accountability. i believe in comprehensive tax reform. i think we need it both on the individual and corporate level. i don't think i'm quite with you in terms of whether we should be repealing the 16th amendment at this point. i believe we need comprehensive tax reform to improve our tax system and hopefully something that will get to work on this congress. >> guest: should -- >> host: should the irs be in charge of rolling out affordable care act give what happened at the agency? >> guest: look. i'm sure i'll get it wrong. it has about 100,000 employees. it's a large organization. clearly what happened if cincinnati demands our attention. we should make sure something like this never happens again. i don't think it should lead us the conclusion that they are not in a position to do other assignments they are

attaining health equity is to the benefit of all americans and not only with the american promise of opportunity but critical to the future of black america. i thank you and i yield back. mr. horsford: i would like to recognize the vice chairman of the congressional black caucus, a leader on a number of key issues that the congressional black caucus is fausing, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. mr. butterfield: thank you for your leadership not only here in the congress but in the congressional black caucus. you have come to this congress and done so much in a short period of time. thank you ms. fudge, for your leadership. mr. speaker, i want to start this conversation this evening by talking about a 1985 report. president reagan was president at the time and department of health and human services issued a statement. they called health disparities in the united states of america an afront, both to our ideals and ongoing genius of american medicine. it is dust gisting, mr. speaker, that in this year, 2013, health disparities exist in the richest and most powerful co

romney is a writer for the young americans for liberty. thank you so much pretrial hearings for private first class bradley manning the accused wiki leaks are responsible for the biggest document drop in american history actually continues this week in an unprecedented move defense attorney david coombs requested a closed hearing a dry run of sorts the point is to try to decide out how to approach classified information during the trial supporters of this decision say that it will make for fewer delays when the official trial actually begins opponents claim that this is a dress rehearsal for a struggle that's actually shrunk bit in secrecy now one of those opponents is just the right actor and she works with the government accountability project she joined me just a short time ago and i asked her why this unprecedented private hearing is so groundbreaking. well normally in the military you can have closed hearings in a court martial but normally there is limited there has been an extraordinary number of close proceedings here i am not pers

on the american government. a journalist and free speech activists in the u.s. are rounding on the justice department's probe into a fox news reporter the government's pulled james rosen's phone logs personal e-mails and security badge records over an alleged conspiracy rosen is not charged with any crime and there is deep suspicion that national security is now a pretext to keep america's reporters on a tight leash here's our washington correspondent got a shout. the u.s. justice department not only subpoena fox news reporters private e-mails but also said that james rosen was quote an aider and abettor and or coconspirator in the alleged crime so these words appear in a court document basically accusing the reporter of breaking the law for conducting routine business of reporting on government secrets in the forty four pages of the justice department's application for the search warrant of mr rosen's g.-mail account you see e-mail exchanges between a state department employee identified as the alleged the cour

. >> but exactly what justifies american action in syria remains unclear. by yesterday morning, those advocating for american intervention had ratcheted up the pressure. >> the red line that the president of the united states written was apparently written in disappearing ink. we need tom a game-changing action. and that is, no american boots on the ground, establish a safe zone, and to protect it and to supply weapons to the right people. in syria who are fighting for obviously the things we believe in. >> meanwhile, others expressed reservations over arming the rebels. an option the white house is thought to be weighing seriously. >> al qaeda elements have a lot of control within the rebel movement. my concern is by arming the rebels, we could be strengthening al qaeda. if we're going to arm the rebels, we have to make sure that those arms are not going to end up in the possession of al qaeda supporters. >> between the competing voices at home, the hawks and the skeptics, the humanitarians and the isolationists and the swelling number of players, bashar a

it's all african-american cast. the film maker is asian american. he decided to really to enhance the story to have african-americans in the film. >> kristen: let's listen to the film. >> are they singling you out. it's some kind of problem. ♪ >> you thinking about you. >> kristen: now, whether it's this particular story made by asian-american film makers, there are additional outlets to distribute this. tell me about those? >> a lot of asian-american media makers are looking to hollywood. they are looking at film test tifls and in a way it's a distribution. you can play your film because there is an asian-american festival there. 10 or 15 years ago gate keep where hers hollywood. you had to wait for hollywood. now you can do it online and social networks. >> kristen: so it's a lot better. thanks so much. we'll hear more from you. we need to take a short break. stay with us. >> kristen: i'm kristen sze, sitting in for cheryl jennings to a special episode of "beyond the headlines," let's turn the conversation to a community activi activist for almo

never have the american people, never ever have the american people let us down. they are not asking for anything special. the american people are are only asking for what they paid for. just give them a fighting chance. you know, you can't be outcompeted. you can't out innovate us. you can't out produce us. no country in the world has the capacity to do that. they really don't. both are enterprises and entrepreneurs, are people, how productive they are. let me conclude by saying, one of the things that bothers me the most about the new republican party is how down on america they are. how down on our prospects they are. have a talk about how we are getting clobbered. how they talk about things that make no relationship to reality. also they can ensure the very few the top are wealthy. prettye not bad guys believe it. he actually believed if you free up completely the top one percent, somehow all of this will trickle down. it never has. never will. buyer public in colleagues talk about is being in decline. let me remind them. it is never in the history of this cou

we are american citizens an we are not stupid. while government tells us all sorts of lies like they did when we went to iraq and we had all our soldiers dying there, and i see the same scenario here. first of all, thank god for the internet, the american people are not as stupid as our government thinks. we get our information from the internet, that the people in syria like their government. why don't we have an election in syria and let the syrian people decide who they want as their president. host: congressman? guest: sure, i agree completely. why don't we let the syrian people have an election? because they have a dictator who would never permit one. i absolutely agree that the goal here is for the syrians to express their will but i don't think that there is anything that one can read on the internet that would belie the fact that tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered by assaad. of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the nate on may 8, 2013, at 9:27 a

he proceeded over one of the largest expansion in economic growth in american history. and he had a lot to say. he gave over 500 press conferences. during the presidency. he ran for office nineteen times and won eighteen times working the way up from city councilman to president of the united states. truly a small arm republic and statesman. the last -- he was the last president to write his own speeches and pen the three collections. he published a thoughtful auto biography after the presidency and wrote a successful internationally syndicated post presidential column. my book is intended to report what he had to say and what he did say in the hope we might restore his views about limited government, american independence, and constitutionalism. his thinking on immigration, civil rights, foreign policy, government union, and especially liberal education warrant considerable attention by politicians today. this is, i believe, was he was a religious man. he didn't think a republic was possible without moral and religious education. and he believed that holy command you s

it's an american born and chinese. to have them be proud to come back into their community and hopefully from this day forward you will be able to see a lot of changes. i know my sister was a little teary eyed when we talked because it was recent when we lost our parents. we'll ensure their legacy moves on. thur thank you board of supervisors. [ applause ] >> thank you, on behalf of my sister i want to accept this recognition for our parents. they passed along this year. they were the pioneers of our chinatown community and start the china town community association years ago i remember coming back with my mom when the freeway was torn down and she wanted to make sure it stayed up because she knew it was the lifeline to chinatown. i remember the spirit of my mom and how strong she was and she was here in these chambers with over 20,000 signatures to put onto the ballot but unfortunately we did not prevail and the freeway was torn down. in any event, we got to take the highroad and we started the moon festival street fa

so both the prints, the americans -- the brits, the americans and the soviets did not want that outcome. they did not want -- >> guest: you know, actually, you're saying they didn't want unconditional surrender? >> host: no. they came to the conclusion after the experience of world war i that to leave the german war machine intact in any way is not a good idea, it's not in the interests of either the united states or the british -- >> guest: well, there's other research there because the unconditional surrender policy was by no means greeted happy by by many leading military members in the u.s. and even the secretary of state and other figures. >> host: of course. i agree with that. >> guest: it's another situation where you ended up creating more resistance by the nazis and, indeed, with, for example, the fire bombings of the various cities, you created more reliance on the nazi government for germans, citizens. and it ended up with this situation where it became very clear there were any number of points at which there were movements to bring down germany that got nowhere. for example