we do germany first and skwraepl. mcarthur had an island hopping strategy. someone said anyone who thinks the shortest distance between two points is a straight line should be disqualified from worki working. i think they should be disqualified from working on strategy. making decisions about allocating resources, when you think about commanders in battle that is what they are doing all the time. and a third thing is usually implied is that somebody is out there trying to defeat you. a business competitor or opposing commander or maybe just the world in general. you are not just sail inging a straight line. having said all of that, if you are talking about the totality of strategy it is never going to be written down in a document. it is going to be the product of a thought process, sometimes an individual, sometimes a very good group that has thought through so many different branches that they know what to do when they get to the next one and they probably are not going to want to write it down for a number of reaso

the discovery had been made in germany. many of the leading physicists in germany were deeply involved in the development of nuclear physics. they seemed to have a head start over the rest of the world. there was a profound sense of fear, a race toward developing the atomic bomb, which intel the program for at least the first years. >> as the reports from those emigrating scientists came in -- and many of them fled to this country but had a network at home cut -- and their report to this country that there were rumors, research going on in germany, and that germany was ahead of us in the development of a very powerful new kind of weapon. as these reports came through, and we had civilian scientists, leaders of institutions like bush of the carnegie institution, james conant of harvard -- as these men heard the reports, they grew alarmed and of course we have very quickly, to move their history, we have a very famous and very and scientist who drafted his friend, albert einstein, to write a letter finally to president roosev

. >>> three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the berlin wall nearly 20 years ago were in germany's capital yesterday. former president george h.w. bush, the last soviet leader and former german chancellor were honored in berlin. bush said the wall's collapse had more to do with the determination of everyday people than the power of big governments. >> the historic events we are gathered to celebrate were set the in motion not in moscow or washington but rather in the hearts and minds of people who had too long been deprived their god-given of rights. and the wall could confine them from loved ones and lock them in a failing economic system, but in the end it could not extinguish the embers of their undying hope or harness their human desire for freedom. >> germany's former chancellor said the fall of the berlin wall was his proudest moment. >>> the suspect in a deadly iraq bombing managed to kill someone during a police interrogation. the iraq's interior ministry says he grabbed a gun from a guard and shot an investigator. the investigator wrestled the gun back and shot the suspect. both d

three world leaders who were in power when the berlin wall fell nearly 20 years ago were honored in germany's capital. former president george h.w. bush the former soviet president, mikhail gorbachev and former german chancellor helmet coal attended this ceremony. president bush said the wall's collapse had more to do with the determination of everyday people than the power of governments. >> the historic events we are gathered to celebrate were set in motion not in bonn or moscow or in washington but rather in the hearts and minds of people who had too long been deprooiched their god-given rights. and the wall could confine them from loved ones and lock them in a failing economic system, but in the end it could not extinguish the embers of their undying hope or harness their human desire for freedom. >> kohl called the fall of the berlin wall his proudest moment as chancellor. >>> two men accused in a terrorism investigation face an

three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the berlin wall nearly 20 years ago were in germany's capital today. former president bush mikhail gorbachev and cole were there. they say it had more to do about the power of people than the power of government. >> the historic events we were there to celebrate were set in motion not in bond, moscow or washington but in the hearts and minds of people who had been for too long bed e anywayed their god-given rights. they could be locked in a failing economic system but in the end they could not extinguish the embers of undying hope or harness their human desire for freedom. >> germany's former chancellor he will kohl said the fall of the wall was his proudest moment. >> five minutes later they called me $20,000! they said it would never last. but it's been two months and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60

i believe it said that a unified germany has to be associated with nato. we agreed there was something and let the -- something there that was potentially harmful for the alliance. i think his initial reaction was the soviets would never accept that. baker is a great negotiator, and he said yes, that should be our opening position. to his great credit and a lot of other people, what looked like something the soviets would never accept eventually became something they embraced. i do like to think it is important that we achieve this agreement that this was something important, and we did not have to have a three-hour discussion about whether this language was harmful or not. if you give me an opportunity in questions to talk about informal process is, but let me -- two more things. business and has become a very important part of the process. it started shortly after the war came out. and he said more or less, this is not quite a direct quote, but he said that he was going to go and defend one more cold war budget, and it would take a piece of it out of his

the president praised germany for its help in afghanistan. >> i should just note that germany has been an extraordinarily strong ally on a whole host of international issues. we appreciate the sacrifices of german soldiers in afghanistan and our common work there to bring peace and stability to afghanistan and to create the environment in which the afghan people themselves can provide for their own security. >> merkel's visit comes one week after she was sworn in for a second term. >>> a seventh person has been arrested in connection with the homecoming gang rape case in richmond, california. police and a s.w.a.t. team arrested a 21-year-old man this morning. so far, five suspects have been charged in the case. a sixth was released for insufficient evidence. security measures have been put in place in this high school in california where police say a 15-year-old was gang-raped. >>> a 25-year-old pregnant mother in pensacola, florida, is missing. she went to see her unborn baby's father thursday and has not been seen since. he is married and one of his old neighbors said he was in a hur

but you said cars, shipping cars to germany? >> well we're shipping one, but like we have to do, there's things we have to do to the car before. new tires, all of these different things. >> and you're having to pay for the shipping of the car? >> we're not paying for the shipping, but the maintenance that needs to be done. the shipping of the pet. we're going over the $1,000 mark and of course, i don't have that budgetsed into the monthly budget. >> but you do have savings. >> see, because you have savings you're making the people right behind you very happy. because you actually have a pay to pay for those expenses for relocation that are not covered. >> this is how much this guy loves saving money. and he's going to share a little bit of that with you. he uses one razor every six months. i'm not joking. >>> i'll be remiss if i didn't tell you this. my father in law and my father are both huge fans, any time we ask them any sort of financial advice -- they always say, well clark howard says -- so we hear that a lot. so we had t

and it was for the chancellor of west germany. and music that night was provided by the national symphony orchestra who is going to be part of tonight's entertainment as well. for some especially noteworthy visitors, dinners had been held in the east room, not just in 1902 but more recent times where you could accommodate guests up to about 230. 130 in this room, 230 in the east room, more on the grounds. . the social secretary recruited of very nervous last-second replacement, that was me. early in his administration, and jimmy carter invited his 8-year- old daughter amy to come to a state bennett -- dinner. she spent the evening reading a book while the other guest were talking around a table. in 1976, to honor the bicentennial, there was a big dinner for queen elizabeth ii in the rose gone -- rose garden. that afternoon, most of the resident staff including myself rushed outside to try to hold the tent down during an afternoon thunderstorm that might have taken off the whole thing. it might have disappeared in a big summer stor

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by september, he was deported back to germany. but kayalar continued to call and harass cindy and her family. just two months later, according to the criminal complaint, kayalar stated that $100,000 was a reasonable amount of money to keep him from releasing the photo of their daughter to the media. the star couple haven't given him anymore money and kayalar is still at large and allegedly still threatening to release the photo. >> there is a chance he could be arrested, actually, in germany. it's believed he's actually in the city of stutguard. >> reporter: a spokesperson says, quote, randy gerber and cindy crawford intend to pursue any and all available legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of their daughter. if caught and convicted, kayalar could serve up to two years in prison. >> for any celebrity to be involved in an extortion case, particularly when it involves your family, it's awful. but cindy in particular is a very private celebrity. she doesn't like to air he

dennis rodman was temporarily detained in germany for skipping out on a 5,000 bar tab. rodman was playing in an exhibition game. the hotel agreed to pay for the hotel room but not the party afterwards. oh, dennis, save your money, stop partying. >> i wonertravelers do not reac doorknob until you listen to bob. >> we is a couple of delays we're watching, right now it's about a 15-20-minute play. newark, you're looking at liberty airport right now because of a half-hour delay because of volume. an hour or more delays a bottom. watch for a half-hour delay, in atlanta, we have the half-hour delay. then when you get out towards san francisco, bay area showers. more in about a half hour. >>> academy award winner nicholas cage lost two homes in noms because of a recent foreclosure offer. a city official says that cage owed over $5.5 million in mortgage payments and property taxes. >>> it's about six weeks until we say goodbye to twine. so what one world would sum up the whole year? here's a hint, think about facebook. ♪ don't throw me away ♪ there's no way out ♪ snot i g

canada and the rest are in europe, from sweden down to italy, germany, england, and even greece. all pay over 50% of their income to the government. yes, all of them do receive it free health care, but if you listen to them describe it, that the health care would be considered abominable by u.s. standards. i heard the lady earlier talk about 47 million and keep throwing out that number. that originally began around 30 million. it gets to be over 45 when you include illegal aliens. i actually sat down to read the 1300 page health care bill. you will find interesting things people have not brought up to talk about yet. things like the government being able to get your bank account to levy fines. stuff you would never think of anything about u.s. as a free society. people better look long and hard at other countries and talk about this bill in great link before giving it one sixth of our economy over. host: when you travel, do they have any thoughts about what we are debating on as far as changes? caller: the well-off once, quite a few of them travel here to receive health care and

you were trying to explain why japan and germany were successful in spite of unpromising history. i agree it was an unprecedented situation. i remember sitting in south korea in 1983 when ronald reagan visited. george shultz was told by senior diplomats not to push the regime too hard on human rights. south korea it never had a democracy in its history and was not ready for one. four years later, they had a democratic revolution in the country. i have heard people say that indonesia has no democratic history and is too poor to have one. it now has 10 years of rather impressive democracy. it may be an oversimplification, but i am much more inclined to professor mueller's view. i am open to the argument that some countries cannot handle it. the scars that are left in rumania or iraq by the secret police are huge things to overcome. the evidence does suggest that the past is not a great guide to the future when it comes to this question. i guess i am a jeffersonian. i will proclaim that. >> let's take your question. that will be the last one. you will have five minutes to go through

that's angela merkel, the chancellor of germany you saw there. there will be several other events including a huge concert tonight. the highlight will be knocking over huge dominoes. that represents the domino effect the wall had on the collapse of communism. and as i said moments ago the end -- the beginning of the end of the cold war. >>> right now the supreme court is considering whether kids who commit crimes that do not involve killing should get tough sentences. the justices will hear arguments about whether it's cruel and unusual punishment to lock up a juvenile for life with no chance of parole. four years ago the supreme court ruled out the death penalty for anyone younger than 18. >>> new this morning for you, we've learned that cuesed ft. hood shooter is conscious and talking. a representative for an army hospital in san antonio where he's at right now says he's talking to hospital staff, but he would not say whether hasan has spoken to army investigators. >>> a law enforcement official telling the associated press the fbi will probabl

we already saw this in denmark and germany and spain and now we have china coming. this is competition and we are up to full speed. this is full speed competition. is the west or to win this? -- is the u.s. going to win this? i have been asked, so many times, by the export import bank what we need to do to increase exports of renewable energy from this country and my answer has been to build factories. that is what we need it. that is this part of phase two. next is how to finance the scale oup. they have estimated that it will take $30 -- $30 billion-$50 billion every year going forward to reach 20% by 2020. not a 3-5, 30-50. the task ahead is to double what we have ever done and do it every year. >> can the government do that alone? >> absolutely not. and wall street do that alone? >> absolutely not. -- ken wall street that a long? absolutely not. -- ken wall street do that alone -- can wall street do that alone? absolutely not. investors with 18 trillion dollars, the second is the middle east funds and the third is china. we have to link u.s. institutional invest

. >> he was temporarily detained in germany for allegedly skipping out on a $5,000 bar tab. a german official says rodman was playing in an exhibition game and organizers agreed to pay his hotel bill but not an extra $5,000 for drinks consumed at an after party. he paid the tab and another $2,500 to dismiss possible legal proceedings. dennis, save your money. save your money. stop partying. >> i was going to ask, what is he doing now? apparently exhibition games. >> and apparently it's costing him money if he's giving this behavior. a bad business proposition. thank you. did you know the big wireless providers are locked in a fierce price war and now walmart is getting in on the action. hln money expert clark howard explains what it means for your wallet. >>> okay. i get a kick when i travel and i'm sitting next to a corporate type on an airplane and he or she is there busy working with their smart phone, blackberry, iphone, whatever, and i'll say, hey, how much do you pay a month for cell phone service? already knowing the answer. it's like, oh, i don't though. my company p

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

in discussion, the grid opponents from the second world war, germany and japan. drawing a comparison that is often drawn is that these are both countries that are new democracies, fairly sales social structures -- stable social structures. >> coherent with the place. japan is important to study. i recommend the book "embracing deafeat" as an example for what can be achieved. about changes that came up. what is interesting to me, and it would be interesting to follow up, would be if the critique that comes up almost from day one in the bush 43 administration is to some extent during the bush 41 administration. this is what i was talking about when i talked about the problems that would come out of the late-and 90 +. they wanted to seize opportunities by interpreting history and hands-on manner and acting. there is nothing wrong with that. those things are hon. instincts. the problem is when somebody has to read what kind of circumstances they are that they are working in. what can and cannot be done. there are some issues the bush 43 administration got wrong. ther

. >> i was in germany and vienna. i was entrusting my self-breast examination tool to help you find lumps more easily. the women in germany are having trouble getting ma'am grams. i heard that the study is based on the european union. we're going back wards, not forwards. >> in england, they don't start until after 50. >> they've been worried about cost containment for a long time. a lot of services have not been given to the degree that we would go along with in this country. understand limitationings of the mammogram. ask for a digital mammogram. if you have lumpy breasts, ask if you can get the digital. >> they're saying don't check yourself in the shower. >> that doesn't make sense. >> let's say this all goes through. let's say you happen to be checking krurs. or maybe somebody else finds it, you should be so lucky. >> of course, men do find lumps. >> are you supposed to, say oh, i didn't find it, because i'm not supposed to find it? >> are you supposed to ignore it. >> they say be aware. i've heard experts say wo

. >> i was in germany and vienna. i was entrusting my self-breast examination tool to help you find lumps more easily. the women in germany are having problems getting mammograms. they are not getting the information. i heard that the study is based on the european union. we're going back wards, not forwards. >> in england, they don't start until after 50. >> they've been worried about cost containment for a long time. a lot of services have not been given to the degree that we would go along with in this country. tuns limitations of the mammogram. ask for a digital mammogram. if you have lumpy breasts, ask if you can get the digital. >> they're saying don't check yourself in the shower. >> that doesn't make sense. >> let's say this all goes through. let's say you happen to be checks yourself. or maybe somebody else finds it, you should be so lucky. >> of course, men do find lumps. >> are you supposed to, say oh, i didn't find it, because i'm not supposed to find it? >> are you supposed to ignore it. >> they say be aw

. >>> the state department warning about traveling to germany because of an ongoing threat of al qaeda o. officials extended a travel alert that originally had to do with concerns about the german elections back in september. the alert say that is if you go to germany, keep a low profile and make sure that there's plenty of security when you choose your hotel, restaurants and places to visit. >>> if you were sarah palin, would your almost son-in-law johnston will coming to thanksgiving? here's a sneak peek of her interview with oprah. >> so, one final question about he vie, will he be invited to thanksgiving dinner? >> you know, that's a great question and it's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing. because, of course, you want -- he's a part of the family and bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing and he needs that, too, 0 prachlt i think he needs to know that he is loved and he has the most beautiful child and this can all work out for good. it really can. we don't have to always time go down the road of drama and controversy. we're more productive

there you see angela merkle, the chancellor of germany in that picture. >>> a u.s. pilot yanked off a flight minutes before taking off because a co-worker thought he was drunk. irving lamont washington was set to fly a united jet from london to chicago on monday. 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. >> washing

if this bright, dazzling young woman lived in, say, japan or germany or britain, france or italy, spain, canada, et cetera, the healthcare system there's would have given her the standard treatment for lupus. nicky white wrasse a citizen of the -- was a citizen of the world's richest country, the united states of america. once she was sick, she couldn't get health insurance. like tens of millions of her fellow americans, she had too much money to qualify for health care under welfare but too little money to pay for the drugs and the doctors she needed to stay alive. she spent the last months of her life frantically writing letters and filling out forms," mr. president, "pleading for help. when she died, nicky white was 32 years old." that is a story that should move every one of us, move every one of us, to action. look, we've spent years studying and analyzing what's working in our health care system and what's not working. what it comes down to is this: too many of our fellow citizens are suffering because of the broken promises of a health insurance system that abandoned them when th

but you said shipping cars to germany? >> well, like we're shipping some one. there are things that we have to do to ship the cars. things that we have to do to the tires. >> and you're having to pay for the shipping of the car. >> no, we're not paying for the shipping but all of the maintenance that needs to be done and the shipping of the pet and -- we're going over the $1,000 mark and, of course, i don't have that budgeted into the monthly budget. >> but you do have save sngs. >> yes, we do have savings. >> you're making the people right behind you very happy. you have a way to pay for those that are not covered. >> next on clark howard -- >> this is how much this guy loves saving money and he's going to share that with you. he uses some one razor every six months. i'm not joking. >> my father-in-law is a huge fan and any time we ask financial advice, they always say, well, clark howard says. so we hear that a lot. we have to tell you that they are huge fans. and they really like you a lot. >> thank you. >> on my way back from my wreck, just before we redepl

the ministers of the united kingdom, germany, france, japan, and the u.s. met in new york in september. they agreed that "the meeting in october will provide comprehensive and long-term solutions to the iranian nuclear issue through dialogue." expect a serious response and will decide as a result on our next steps. we heard this -- we're disappointed about what happened in geneva. although the iaea has visited, we noted that there director general's statements should have declared the construction of this facility and is therefore not compliance with the safeguards obligations. in addition, the construction of a new enrichment facility is in defiance of several resolutions. the iaea board will discuss this issue next week. iran has not engaged in the dialogue and has refused to have a meeting before the end of october to discuss nuclear issues. they have not responded positively to the iaea comments. we urge iran to reconsider the opportunity offered by this agreement, to meet the humanitarian needs of its people, and to engage seriously with us in dialogue

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

a majority christian country fighting a majority christian country, germany. i have not read of large numbers of soldiers saying i can't kill fellow christians. the idea is absurd. it's a volunteer army. if you join it, you're here to defend the united states. if you can't carry that out -- guest: but the army does need to single out those that are saying they are -- guest: i agree with you completely. guest: almost every jihaddist is a muslim. you not be overly politically correct where you ignore that fact. guest: general casey said the most important thing is we don't affect the diversity of the army. i beg your pardon? your job is to affect the country. i don't care about the dumb diversity goals. host: james is twittering in, i'm still waiting for some people to be fired. we'll go to chris in houston. good morning. on the republican line. caller: first i wanted to mention i agree with you completely. i do not believe sarah palin is really prepared to be president. but then again, if bush could do it, maybe palin could do it, too. host: you're calling on t

at an elaborate ceremony in germany. washington, d.c. sniper john allen mohammad is scheduled to be executed on tuesday. ten people died during a series of shootings in 2002. >>> and on tuesday, david letterman's accused extortionist will be in court. j >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climb to is 20. -- 120. five more banks failed yesterday, but they were taken over by other banks. the fife banks were based in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia and m missouri. this is the highest number of bank failures in a year since 1992. the fdic says it's fund that protects deposits in banks says it's running low, and that it will likely be in the red until 2012. >>> online retailers are slashing prices, walmart got the ball rolling, it said it would sell new dvds on line for just $10. then amazon slashed it's dvd prices to just 9$9.99 then walmart followed suit. >>> >>> so you hear a crying baby or you think you hear a crying baby. scientists hear the language of the baby's parents. new research suggests that newborns

and a lot of ideas are already being developed including in west germany. at this point the stust central. it's not dominant. it's not dominant actor but a central lector and will remain a central let the record reflect drumen case and all the issues the history is well known. but just take the poland case which is much less studied and much less understood. so here is poland and what's the role making that look successful? what's the development of the shock therapy program that is the dissitesive experiment of this new democracy? up to create political economy which is fo -- the americans basically helped work with the government headed by -- to develop a resip areical set of bargains in which the americans helped mobileize the community with the creation of the g-24, even the creation of the european bank which finally found a safe place to stick stuff so, that's a very interesting phase of history in which the u.s. role is central. but a lot of the plans that are being pursued there actually draw on an intellectual basis -- there are two other observe v

. >>> and within of my favorite former nba players, dennis rodman was temporarily detained in germany for allegedly skipping out on a $5,000 bar tab. officials say that rodman was playing an exhibition game. now organizers agreed to pay his hotel bill, but not an extra $5,000 on drinks at an after party. he paid the tab and another $2,500 to avoid a possible legal procedure. tennessee titans owner bud allen was fined 250,000 for shooting the bird. gabriel wrote on our facebook page. it seems like the nfl takes a look at your checking account before they find out how much to fine you. doug d. wrote, who gets the $250,000? i think that would make a great postseason us in for all the folks at morning express. doug d., our hats off to you, sir, you get the post of the day. >> that's right, doug, we'll take it, you are the man. je gestures or no gestures. >> a man comes back from gracy,? oh, my god. >> this actually did bring a tear to my eye. >> it does. and it's nonstop. this dog is so happy to see him. >> look at him go crazy right here. >> people have clicked on this nearly 800,000 tim

he sold this bavarian castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money. >> we are always all individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an obligation that can't be delegated to an accountant or business manager. when you sign, you are responsible. nic cage is going to be responsible for his tax liability. >> the lawsuit said he hired levin in 2001 and he first learned he was in dire straights after he replaced him in september 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and a half dozen morn slated to be released, cage is say tireless actor. good thing it pays the bills. >> that was randi kaye for "showbiz tonight". is nic cage ultimately to blame for his melt down? mid-win charles is an attorney with mid-win charles and associates. i'm thinking a lot of people probably looking at nicholas cage, a guy who earned $40 million last year alone and saying i don't have any sympathy earth for the guy. how can he not keep track? does he have recourse? >> on the one hand,

in revealing clothes and bound and gagged. 26-year-old edis kayalar walked into a police station in germany and gave himself up. and i would have to think that cindy is really relieved about this tonight. and hey, a.j., there's also some more news just in today about carrie prejean. >> yes, and thank goodness for that, brooke. a big-time u.s. congressman says carrie prejean has what it takes to run for office, even after that leaked sex tape. republican utah congressman jason chaffetz says that carrie may be a political contender. carlos diaz and leslie, i want you to listen to what this congressman, congressman chaffetz tells tmz about the disgraced beauty queen. he says, "carrie has the ability to draw crowds, and if she has a strong message with that, who knows what she can do? she has star power that can open doors. leslie, do you agree with the concept? >> i'm getting a little ill just hearing this. if our political races are becoming just popularity contest or beauty contests, i mean, the congressman did talk about it being a long stretch between the vice presidency and the white hous

when viewers in czechoslovakia and germany and see their local uprisings presented on their own televisions and they're all living rooms, they encountered "instant political education of," drumming but with political message. -- drumming home a political message. eastern europeans watched the events into an immense square and they were struck -- in tianenman square, and they were inspired by peaceful revolts that seem to spring forth all over the world at the same time. will television gave them inspiration. -- global television game of inspiration-- gave them inspiration. it does not mean they build systems of democracy. i am struck by the fact that at 43, i am just one year younger than the voting rights act. that is a pretty stunning thought as well. basically, since the year before i was born, we have had something close to universal suffrage. that is a very short period of time. when i look at my current political culture in my country, i see more indignation then deliberation. we have built a tremendous beating nation the machines that consist of cable news network's, various sites on

and for spending within afghanistan there is a reconstruction order audited by the world bank to make germany's go for the purposes intended. as more general point about the accord nation of military and civilian work it is very important. that is what we want to look at as part of the agenda for the london conference. as we look at who will succeed the u.n. special representative in afghanistan, it is important to bring together the military effort in the more coordinated way. what he says will definitely be taken into account. i am pleased to know that members of the armed forces who have now serbs are now in the dollar. i want the whole house to think of for all they do in service for our country. >> having campaigned over the last four years for more protected vehicles with v-shaped hulls, may i welcome the increased numbers of the ridgebacks and others being delivered to the theater. are you confident that the increase will not have the opposite effect intended, to exacerbate the situation? this has happened in the past and could it not be history repeating itself? >> no, i do not believe

he already sold this bavarian castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money? >> we are always all individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an obligation that can't be delegated to an accountant or to a business manager. when you sign your 1040 on the dotted line, you are responsible. and so nic cage is going to be responsible for his tax liability. >> reporter: the lawsuit says cage hired levin in 2001, but that he first learned he was in dire straits after he replaced him in september 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and half a dozen more slated to be released in the next two years, cage is a tireless actor. good thing it pays the bills. >> that was cnn's randi kaye for "showbiz tonight." so is nic cage ultimately to blame for his own financial meltdown? joining me tonight in new york, midwin charles, an attorney with m midwin charles and associates. midwin, i'm thinking here, a lot of people probably looking at nicolas cage, a guy who earned $40 million

. >> there is a chance he could be arrested in germany and believed he is in the city and the authorities are looking for him. >> in the meantime, a spokes person for cindy and her husband said randy gerber and cindy crawford intend to pursue any and all legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of their daughter. he could serve up to two years in prison. >> for any celebrity to be involved extortion is awful, but cindy in particular is a very private celebrity and doesn't like to air dirty laundry and discuss her family. for her to have this come out is a slap in the face. >> it really is such a slap in the face for her and her family. the explosive new plot is not the only news that made for big news breaking today. jon gosselin is claiming he is just too famous. it's true. in court papers that we are seeing for the first time today, he claims he just can't find regular work because everybody knows who he is and filed a $5 million lawsuit against tlc, the network that made him famous. unbelievable. joining me tonight in hollywood,

ministers who have troops in afghanistan and france, poland, canada, netherlands, norway, spain, turkey, germany, uk, denmark -- a lot of countries. i am not going to get into the specifics of any requests she made. >> without getting into specifics, did she talk about more troops? >> i think she talked about the need for mostly coordinating our efforts. that was one aspect of this whole effort that really became apparent when she was in school -- in kabul of the need to talk about not duplicating efforts, about giving the right coordinated effort to get the right results. i am not going to get into numbers or increases or anything like that. >> apparently the president spoke with the secretary sunday night. can you give me some idea of the guidance he might have given her? >> i cannot give you the details of that conversation. i do not have a readout of it. yes? >> could you give us an update of geneva. do you think it is still possible to have a successful treaty by december 5? >> i think clearly it is going to be impossible to have ratified the treaty. i think everybody knows that, and i do n

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

she's a yellow belly coward and she just went in thinking she would be sent to japan or korea or germany. >> let me stop you quick. she said her mother -- she would have been comfortable serving if her mother was taking care of her child. that's what fell through. you're not buying that? >> no. that's an excuse. >> thank you for letting me stop threw to ask a question. i appreciate it. another caller. lori is calling from wisconsin. lori, you do have sympathy for her situation. >> reporter: yes, i do, actually. i'm a big believer in our military program. there's a humanity side to this. we're talking about a baby and family and something that america was built on. i think that it's very important that we keep in mind that this is not a situation where she can't be sent and who would like her over there holding a gun possibly, who knows what position she could be in, thinking about and worrying about her family back here. this child is a possible future soldier and is a citizen. the humanity then heres has to be looked at as well talking military and they have also a responsibility if the

we already saw this in denmark and germany and spain and now we have china coming. this is competition and we are up to full speed. this is full speed competition. is the west or to win this? -- is the u.s. going to win this? i have been asked, so many times, by the export import bank what we need to do to increase exports of renewable energy from this country and my answer has been to build factories. that is what we need it. that is this part of phase two. next is how to finance the scale oup. they have estimated that it will take $30 -- $30 billion-$50 billion every year going forward to reach 20% by 2020. not a 3-5, 30-50. the task ahead is to double what we have ever done and do it every year. >> can the government do that alone? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. this is clearly a partnership between the private sector and the government.

much closer tie between the people cuba and the people of canada, and certainly luxembourg, france, germany, or any of these other countries. >> listening to your testimony, the other thing i heard which i thought was an outrage is some doubt it was the american people's fault for the brutal regime of the castro brothers. that somehow the restrictions we have on cuba somehow it is our fault that the castro brothers continue to be a brutal regime. maybe you and i can sit down and talk some other time and i understand. >> i never said that. >> what i heard you say is if we drop the restrictions, then no longer could the castro brothers used -- use u.s. policy. that somehow u.s. policy is to blame here. i think you are misguided on that. my question is to the ambassador. going back to this idea of people traveling to cuba with this money -- with this money trickle down to cubans? i have listened to your testimony. would you talk a little bit about that? in my opinion, it's not going to help one bit. >> i think very little trickles down. a lot of them are owned by people behind the scenes and s

caller: i served in the army air corps in europe and with a unit in germany. interesting enough, in august of 1945, was leaving germ noy go to japan and we heard on the radio, 2:00 in the morning, that the japanese had surrendered and you never saw more happy guys in your life than the guys in the outfit who were heading for japan. but what i want to bring up is this. we had 16 million of us served in world war ii, and out of the 16 million, there's only two million of us left at the present time. and we're losing almost a thousand world war 12 veterans a day. but i want to talk about what's happening in afghanistan. i want to ask both of you. have you read the book "lessons in disaster". have either of you read that book? host: david, not only has this network read it, but also he was featured on our "booknotes" interview in an interview with -- mr. bun di is available at booknotes.org. guest: that's why i got the book, because i saw the interview on c-span. host: go ahead, please. caller: oh, i'm sorry. i was working for the united states electronics command

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

friends i call the new germany, meaning that just as the germany of the post post-world war i, wn a state that made it likely or highly possible that they would be a socialist revolution in germany. this was the situation that now obtained in france. >> host: and we tend to forget that after world war ii. that france was in play, there were communist and friends, euro communism, that the communist that very many people at the resistance were communist. so people who thought the nazis and tortured by the nazis were also communist. there was communism and italy. and europe was in play and therefore kravchenko was attacked. i say we have about 10 minutes before you need to go. and move on a bit, but say a word or two about this trial. he wasn't the defendant, was a? >> guest: no. this was one of the brilliant things that we can give to kravchenko because he thought of as himself. his book when it appeared in a french translation was immediately and violent attack in the comet press as a total fraud. that is, it was said that kravchenko had never written a book. that the book had been written

france by call the new germany meaning that just as the germany of post world war i was in a state that made it likely or at least highly possible that there would be a socialist revolution in germany this was the situation that now had obtained in france -- >> host: and we tend to forget that after world war ii france was simply got there, nests in france called eurocommunism. the communists were respected, that very many people out of the resistance were communists so people that fought the nazis and work tortured, the hero of the country were also communists, there was communism in italy and europe was a bit and play, there for kravchenko was attacked. i would say we have about ten minutes and then we will move on a little bit. but say a word or two about this trial. he wasn't the defendant, was he? >> guest: no. this is one of the berlin and things, credit we can give kravchenko because he thought of this himself so to speak. his book, when it appeared in a french translation was immediately and violently attacked in the communist press as total fraud, that is it was said kravchenko