you know, everybody from shel to bridge petroleum and -- from shel to british petroleum. it is a key issue and we need to address it. i think that issue is behind us and it is now about changing are a strategy on energy and moving forward. i think there is broad@@@@@@@@℠' they feel the leadership should engage. that's where our focus should be. caller: i think the hoax is up. the emails were leaked out by the hackers out of universities in europe about how basically about communications between scientists have shown they were trying to manipulate the data. there is a huge story and no one is talking about it. and if you don't know about the emails, you can google after the show. i wanted the viewers to know about it how this is all a hoax. not -- than any major environmental issue in the last 30 years. i simply do not accept that. i think is hackers. they need to stay focused on the issue and the fact that most of our corporate leadership and political leadership and world leadership sees this as a major issue that needs to be addressed. host: what do you see as the imp

i have seen already reports a day of british announcements. as i said earlier, the australians committed a greater number of forces back in the spring when the president dedicated more american forces. so some of this has come as a part of the security buildup toward the elections. some of this may come as a new force contributions. >> the primary mission the president will talk about going forward will be training afghan forces. it will also obviously be a combat mission -- >> there is no doubt that there will be some amount of counter- terrorism, and there will be fighting back against insurgents. >> side by side -- >> sure, our efforts will continue. >> new primary mission will be of these new -- >> prior emphasis has to be on the training of afghan security forces. -- primary emphasis. again, we are not going to be there forever, and we can't and we do not have the resources, manpower, or budget to be primarily responsible for afghanistan. afghans have to be primarily responsible for that security through increased training so that once an

be a british obama. they're concerned about whether minorities have the kind of chances in their system that a minority candidate did in the american context. this was a surprising comparison because the minority population throughout europe and especially in the uk do not compare to the kind of diversity we have. nevertheless, a lot more attention in the press was focused on minority members of parliament and what their prospects might be. they took the party individually and look at how the parties were doing with the black minority candidates and women. i have evidence of the british fascination with obama. in a moment, i will show you a table about obama book sales. this is the number one significant difference. it was not just a surface familiar with our elections. the number of people who read the obama books was amending -- amazing. the british book award gave his one book the british book of the year award. i will come back to that. the fascination with sarah palin was unbelievable to me. but fam

british and french were equally unsupporteive. when they were prepared to take stronger action on one of the things i am deeply pleased about is the beginning of the war crimes trial. russians in fact were not terribly vigorous in their opposition and were persuaded to send military units to participate in the nato-led intervention force, and there were very complicated issues about the relationship with the russian forces to the nato command, and that issue brought to before the issue of nato enlargement, which we have talked about earlier in this conference. there was no question but 1994 -- by 1994 that there was very strong pressure in central and eastern europe, their strong desire to join the alliance, that this was probably going to happen, and the russians were adamantly opposed for a variety of reasons, and one of the biggest challenges was to so manage the relationship with russia that it was possible to go forward with enlargement without an open break with moscow, and by and large, that was a success. but it was an ear

it was the first time we had an attack on our soil since the british attacked the white house. it happened a scale that will completely upset the whole country. i do not know if we have the capacity to deal with these kinds of issues. there is such an emotional response that makes it very difficult to govern, and the role of the media does not help. particularly when the media is more visual than it is reality. the images tell partial truth, the humans do not tell the truth. they distort the american political system and indeed, the american political issue. it is astounding to me to see how people can claim a victory on today's news stories. it is going on today, as we speak. i find it very discouraging. i remained optimistic about the qualities of american society. its willingness to recognize merit -- the one thing that is disturbing to me is the corruption. not just an economic corruption, but in terms of the money that it takes to dominate the media on one level or another and how this can be presented to the american public in ways that really did not tell an accurate sto

friday, for the first time in british history, parliament opens its chambers to non-mp's. also the former new york times reporter on why he fabricated and plagiarized news stories. saturday, a look back at the cuban missile crisis with a former kennedy adviser. also, have world threat's been over-in the post cold war world? two programs on sunday on democracy and the internet including a university of virginia panel on how the political process has been affected by the internet. also, the facebook founder on how social networking is changing the political process. this holiday weekend on c-span. >> thanksgiving week and on c- span, american icons, three nights of cspan on original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government beginning tonight at 8:00 eastern, the supreme court, home to america's highest court reveals the building in the exquisite detail through the eyes of supreme court justices. friday at 8:00 p.m., the white house, inside america's most famous home, be on the velvet ropes of public tours, our visit so's the grand public

and that included the prince of wails, the hare to the british thrown in 1860 and the grand duke of russia. they were not always male visitors. in 1893 president and mrs. grover cleveland entertained the princess of spain. she had been sent over with the idea that relations with the united states and spain were not too good because we abdicated cuban independence from spain and spain didn't. so there was a state dinner held. anti-princess arrived. she was supposed to go upstairs to be received on the oval room on the second floor just as the prime minister of india will be this evening, but she got here a little late. she rushed straight to the east room. the clevelands had to rush down from upstairs. the band started the march. they all started processing and apparently the confusion made an otherwise controversial dinner into one that was enjoyable and relaxed in the end. the first actual state visit to the white house was in 1874 under president and mrs. grant. it was king david, the king of the hawaiian islands. and state dinners were much smaller than they are today. in fact, probably

>> i can't speak about the british. you have to ask them. as far as the saudis go, president karzai mentioned them by name in his speech. it's well known that he asked king abdullah to play a role here. and i will let the saudis speak for themselves. i have talked to the saudis. i have been to riyadh. i talked to king abdullah about it myself. we would be supportive of anything that the kingdom chose to do in this regard. >> but i was talking about pakistan there. >> i thought -- >> about the talks with pakistan -- >> oh. i don't know anything about that. i read a news account, but i don't know what the facts are. >> you also mentioned the trade transit agreement. what is the status of those negotiations between afghanistan and pakistan? it seems that they are stalled and that you won't make the deadline at the end of the year. >> i don't think that's a fair conclusion. have any of you ever seen a negotiation which didn't go down to the wire? an international negotiation? i think we have a good shot at making the deadline. there are two or t

it's in vancouver, british columbia and you can have it. $3.3 million. >> whew! >> yeah. apparently vampires like pools. i don't know if they showed that in the movie. but manner architecture, high ceilings, lots of trees all around them and lots of books, too. >> yeah. lots of windows. i'll admit, i saw the movie. i thought it was a pretty cool house. but $3.3 million, not so much. >>> earlier, this morning, we told but a church that by law cannot feed the homeless and it's causing a lot of controversy in phoenix. it is our news and views question of the day. they can't feed the homeless? >> right now they can't, but they're not done. it's still working its way through the courts. the aclu is trying to help this church. the church has been told you have to stop feeding the homeless. because that's the judge said this church was violating a city ordinance by serving meals to the homeless. it's not saying all churches have to stop, but specifically because of the location in this church. neighbors are upset. they say these people who are bused in sometimes stay, sometimes

i thought he still showed that british charm. he gave a quick plug for his movie and was smiling. he didn't throw a tantrum. it could have been a lot worse. but the publicist knows these questions are coming and he should have a prepared response, maybe a sentence or two, a way that will keep the audience enticed and satisfy the interviewer without giving too much away. i think it could have been handled away. >> hyla? >> and as big as rob pattinson is and "twilight," ryan seacrest is mr. pop culture. he's mr. hollywood. he's been around for ten years and will be around another ten years. not a smart move on the publicist's party. >> and this is a big-time publicist, not somebody who's new at the job by any breaking nic cage's spending spree. he fired his money manager claiming he had mismanaged his money. now levin claims a countercomplaint saying cage spent himself into the poor house. he claims just last year, cage owned 15 home palatial homes, four yachts, an island in the bahamas, and a gulf stream jet. i want you to take a look at the photos we have of the palatial estates.

not a great day to start your maybe sailing vacation in the british virgin island today. an indoor day for sure. >> absolutely. an indoor day in the islands, i think most people would take it. it was a busy weather day. that's why we needed to talk to you, chad. thank you. >>> a legal battle is heating up between the pentagon and the aclu. and the issue is photos that appear to show americans abusing foreign detainees. should these pictures be released? your views, next. >>> defense secretary robert gates has blocked the release of any new photos that appear to show americans abusing foreign detainees. the obama administration told the supreme court that gates is using his new powers provided by a law signed last month. the aclu sued to have them released, and lower courts did support that. but gates said the release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >> i absolutely agree. this is way too -- >> this has been the "your views" question of the day. you've been calling, making your cases for which side you're on on this. lori is holding, calling from cali

british police say his alcohol level was over the legal limit. the pilot has been removed from duty as the airline investigates but a spokeswoman read this statement. united's policy is among the strictest in the industry. >>> a rockslide closes down a busy highway in tennessee as workers try the clear the road from an earlier incident almost got hit by another slide and that one was caught on videotape. take a look. pretty impressive. a local news crew was cover the cleanup and managed to get the second slide. a state jol gist warned everyone there might be this second slide and moved them out of the way. u.s. 64 near copper hill and duckville, tense may be closed a week. >>> a story of survival near the arctic circle a 17-year-old hunter trapped on an ice flow in hudson bay. he wasn't alone. there were three polar bears on the patch of ice. the teen spent two nights adrift. one bear got too close and the hunter shot it. finally rescuers reached him by boat and helped get him to safety and then got trapped. they had to spend a night on the ice a

british police arrested him when he flunked a breathalyzer test, though. washington is now grounded. there have been several incidents for the airlines industry recently. this morning on our sister network a former ntsb official said flyers should be concerned. >> the whole structure of flying has changed. the airline had industry has been in a profound downturn for a number of years and not getting any better. pilots, they -- flight crews are the key component. they're being worked harder. they're being paid less. they're under more stress. and i think there is an issue. and i think you're going to see the ntsb and the faa looking at the whole issue of pilot fatigue, pilot work rules. how do we optimize people's attention in these cockpits? i think that's going to come up in the next few months. >> washington is now the third u.s. pilot and the second from united to be busted at heathrow on alcohol charges in just over a year. an airline spokeswoman says -- >>> the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation in 2002 said nothing before

a british woman took these pictures of her smiling boys after chunks of it were chipped away. her living room looked right over the wall. they could see the east german border guards in their tower. she says looking back she can't imagine how they managed to live with such a depressing site. . when she found out what was happening she fought back tears while racing home to catch the news. she said that evening people were celebrating trying to take it all in. there was also a sense of apprehension. was this really going to happen? would it last? check out amazing stories and contribute your own. send us your stories, your images, breaking news wherever you are. upload now link is where you look. that's the icon. >>> the man walked into his own funeral. really. shocked relatives tried to jump out of the funeral home's windows after seeing him approach alive. this happened on the holiday known as the day of the dead. family members and friends mistakenly i.d.'d a body from a car crash. it was wearing the same kind of clothes as the man. he said he spent the night drinking at a b

. >>> british troops are finding it harder to trust afghan police. this video reportedly filmed by the taliban a shows what appears to be afghan police men willingly gives their weapons to the taliban. british officers say taliban fighters have infiltrated the afghan police force.+++tp0 excuse me, since there is pressure to quickly recruit more afghans, properly vetting the new policemen is tough and the prime minister is concerned about this, certainly, of the britain. >>> remember, the bird's nest, the center of last year's olympic games in beijing. now chinese officials are trying to figure out what to do it. now, only a few thousand a day pay to tour it. that's down from 50,000. sports teams have not been able to move into the nest because it costs just too doggone much. but it looks, great, rafer w weig weigel. >> but doesn't look good empty. >> it was not empty last night. people looking forward to the victory parade, when that happens. we're talking about the new york yanks. >> the empire fights back. it is the first one for the yankees in the

british police released video today. images, a couple of them, of how mad lieleine might have changed. her father hopes the video will inspire someone who knows what happened to his daughter to come forward. >>> lawyers for the d.c. area sniper mastermind are planning to appeal to the supreme court to spare his life. john allen muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection next week. he and his teenage accomplice killed ten people in 2002. attorneys plan to file the appeal today malvo is serving life in prison. >>> if you ever lost your luggage just hope it wasn't in phoenix. more than 1,000 pieces of luggage have been found in a home outside of the city. police said the couple that lived there stole it all from sky harbor international. passengers there. the pair is now under arrest. >>> lawmakers want to ban pilots from using laptop computers in cockpits. a flight overshot minneapolis by 150 miles and pilots claimed they used their laptops in the cockpit at the time. the chairman of the aviation subcommittee says th

on arrival there, british authorities denied him entry. he was arrested once he touched down on american soil. >>> emergency officials are telling everybody in louisiana, get out while you can, water is overflowing a levee and the levee could breach. water began spilling from a nearby bayou and some homes are already flooded. >>> thanks to people like you, we're getting amazing pictures. a weekend train derailment in suburban chicago. a freight train derailed and hit a second train in north brook yesterday. nobody was hurt. great i-report from brian bell. 17 car jumped the tracks. bell said train cars fell off the bridge. railcars came within two feet of two permanently mounted liquid propane tanks behind a strip mall. the strip mall, though, was evacuated as a precaution. bell said his friend was the one who told him about the derailment, he went to the scene and snapped images. about when you have great stories, go to ireport.com, look for the up load now link. instructs are self-explanatory. >>> if you're ever -- if you've ever texted b