Bloomberg knows better than that. Thatheard some people say we stop crime. I can go door to door and stick it in. We cannot do that. I wish you would emphasize that we cannot allow Police Officers to do that because the constitution says you cannot. I appreciate the point. That is one more point from the judges ruling. Judges ruling. It may lower the crime rate but it is unconstitutional. That is not where we begin, that is where we end. Situation, you can lock down an entire city. In that particular situation, that made sense will stop sense. Legal and moral problems. We cannot look at these issues through the narrow problem prism of what could reduce crime. We have to look at Public Safety and the fact that we are a democracy with open values and tolerance. Some sense of equal treatment. Even people who disagree with me and think that this is a toward that should be used sometimes and disagrees with the court, i should mention, we have to look see our eyes wide open to how these prog
I would hope that the Lgbt Community would recognize me to continuing that progress is the key to the progress weve made so far which is engagement and political engagement. And what also recognize that both the Supreme Court and elsewhere around the country we have systematically than limiting what was a limited democracy to begin with and making true selfgovernment harder and harder and would recognize if our political progress and progress on race and gender and a series of other things are intimately tied up in making this really into a self functioning democracy again i recognize that commonality is political. I would say that we need to recognize issues of race, class, sex is some are lgbt issues and we have an investment not only in cases like this one, but comprehensive Immigration Reform in access to health care. All of these are lgbt issues because people look like the rest of the country. We shouldnt get so into our silo that we forget that. Theres something about being a mi
Host our guest, larry elder. Radio talk show host, columnist. The firms are up on the the numbers are up on the screen. Were talking about his most recent book which is a memoir. Mr. Elder writes a lot about politics as people who follow him know. If youd like to dial in and talk about that as well, 2025853885 in the east and central time zones, 5853886 if youre in the mountain or pacific time zone where we are right now on the campus of usc. Mr. Elder, chapter two, if norl was hate. My hatred for my father was not the kind where you get a spanking, seethe for a bit and things go pack to number go back the number because you realize he punishes you because he loves you. Norm was intimidation. Normal was tense. Normal was wondering if you would Say Something that could set him off. Normal was hate. Yeah. When people look at me and im smiling, they often wonder why is it that im so sort of nonchalant about it. Im writing that from the perspective of a child, andering seems romantic, ever
Some Common Ground to governor. The only way things will happen in the congress if the democrats and republicans Work Together. Lynn jenkins of kansas. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] youre watching cspan2, live coverage. Reaction to the president s state of the union speech in just off the House Chamber where the president spoke. Some of of the issues he talked about, raising the minimum wage, new medicare reform, tax reform, he talked about the cybersecurity order that he issued today. He spent about half the speech talking about the economy, he also brought up voting reform and, of course, gun control measures and one other issue he brought up was the issue of a new war on poverty. And now joining us, one of the 84 new members of congress is tony car dane use of california. Whos seat did you take . They changed the lines around in california, and i put my name for a seat there that was no incumbent. So i was able to win outright. Here i am. What is your background . I well, i s
Windows 8. It really is an exciting, exciting day. Windows 8, yeah, im excited. The biggest windows upgrade in 17 years went on sale around the world at the stroke of midnight. Shoppers counted down to the launch. The operating system displayed square icons called tiles that provide touch screen functions. Engineers designed the feature with Tablet Computers in mind. New pc models will have screens that can be separated from their keyboard and used as tablet devices. They hope the launch of windows 8 will boost sales. Syrian military commanders say they will abide by a ceasefire during a muslim holiday over the weekend. They accepted a truce proposed by the united nations. Governments in Opposition Forces have showed little sign of letting up in their fighting and the ceasefire could be tested on several fronts. Syrians army command said it will respect the ceasefire. The truce will run from friday through monday. The military statement says Army Commanders reserve the right to retalia