back to hardball. time for the side show. first rand paul, a man with a mission. the tea party senator offered up his own budget last week. not only does the proposal cut $500 billion from the current budget, it goes somewhere where republicans, even the strictest deficit hawks are loathe to go. i want to be a friend to israel. i think they re an important ally, but i also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three fourths of the rest of the world. should we be giving free money or welfare to a rich nation? i don t think so. well, cutting aid to israel, the proposal will get more attention than support. senator paul also made a stand during yesterday s vote to criminalize aiming a hand held laser at an aircraft.
back to hardball. time for the side show. first rand paul, a man with a mission. the tea party senator offered up his own budget. not only does the proposal cut $five billion from the current budget, it goes somewhere republicans, even the strictest deficit hawks, are loathed to go. i want to be a friend to israel. i think they re an important ally. i think their per capita income is greater than probably three fourths of the rest of the world. should we be giving free money or welfare to a rich nation? i don t think so. cutting aid to israel, the proposal will get more attention than support. senator paul also made a stand during yesterday s vote to criminalize aiming a hand-held laser at an aircraft. straightforward, right? not to mr. tea party. senator paul was the one and only nay vote on that. his reasoning, the states ought
the president, maybe the problem here is we have some americans who don t want to fully accept that there are muslim-americans. that we are indeed one country. that s really what i see here. but also, when we talk about what s going to dominate the conversation, let s also be honest. we set the conversation. if we spend more time talking about a new york mosque or this preacher in this this preacher in florida as opposed to the economy, then we also are also driving conversation. so let s not remove ourselves from this whole issue. you know, and i think the president wanted he came to this press conference he was a man with a mission, right? i mean, he was on message, as as on message as i have ever seen him about the middle class, the middle class tax cuts, why can t we all get together on a small jobs bill? leaving the door a little bit open for maybe a bit of a compromise. i think we heard that on the on the extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy for a while. if he
a lot of people are complaining about the government s slow response to this, including the fact that the president has been out of the country. it first started in the north west. now it s moved as far south as karachi. let s go to cuba for the last stob on our globe trek. the youngest detainee at guantanamo bay on the southeast end of cuba is about to go to trial. he was 15 years old when he was captured in afghanistan in 2002. he s accused of killing a u.s. medic and being trained by al qaeda. he s 22 years old now. his trial by a u.s. military commission is going to start tomorrow. his father says he s been threatened with rape and death after his capture and his statements as a result are not reliable. he s a canadian citizen. he s the only westerner who is still being held at guantanamo bay. talk about a man with a mission, a british explorer becomes the first person to walk
hello and a warm welcome to the latest edition of africa here from. nigeria. and i m cheryl minute from nairobi kenya today we have again literally a ray of new environmental ideas for you. today. in kenya where you will meet. a man with a mission. and we show you how farmers in zimbabwe are battling climate change with. culture. zimbabwe s farmers face a lot of challenges sunday on. climate change and most recently a new invasive and highly destructive pest on top of that there is to mated three million people in the country without access to reliable food supplies but there s also hope new stress resistance maize varieties and improved agricultural