TPMtv: "Black and Bitter"

What Obama win means

Jonathan Schell: The election of Obama says something about Americans.

Obama: Is he a citizen?

A McCain supporter described Barack Obama as "non-citizen" and asked the media to look into his citizenship. Obama was born in Hawaii, a U.S. state, on August 4, 1961 and is indeed a U.S. citizen. McCain, however, was born in the Panama Canal Zone and has been the subject of constitutional debate around the definition of "natural born citizen."

Filmed by Chuck Olsen in Lakeville, MN.

Patriotism and race - Obama disowns Wright (1 of 2)

The conflict between Obama and Wright represents two opposing views of America.

Has the Government Been a Friend or Foe for Minority Groups?

The Cato Institute's Casey Lartigue discusses whether the government has been overall a friend or an adversary for American minority groups.



"Race and the State," featuring Bruce Bartlett and Casey Lartigue.

Is government more likely to be the friend or adversary of minority groups? Has it been liberals, conservatives, or libertarians like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass who have been the most consistent defenders of everyone's rights? What does history suggest would be the best public policy for racial minorities in the 21st century?

Bruce Bartlett, a former Reagan administration economist with a provocative new book, and Casey Lartigue, coeditor of Educational Freedom in Urban America and a controversial former XM 169 talk show host, will discuss these questions - Cato Institute

Casey Lartigue is a former policy analyst with Cato's Center for Educational Freedom. His research expertise includes school choice, teacher quality and minority education. His writings have been published in USA Today, Ed. magazine published at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Education Week, the New York Post, the Washington Times, Asian Week and the Washington Post.

Before joining the Center, he worked as a staff writer at Cato. He has spoken at the National Press Club, Harvard Law School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, been a guest on the Rush Limbaugh Show, and testified before Congress on school choice in the nation's capital.

Prior to joining Cato, Lartigue taught English and worked as a language examiner in Taiwan and South Korea. Lartigue received a bachelor's degree from the Harvard University Extension School and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Bill Clinton Pile-On

Coming off Saturday's South Carolina blow-out, the Sunday shows were a wall-to-wall Clinton pile-on. In today's episode of our weekly Sunday show roundup we bring you the high/lowlights.

UPI VIDEO NEWS 12.31.07

Bhutto's son to lead Pakistan People's Party

Benazir Bhutto's 19 year old son has been named her successor as chairman of the Pakistan People's Party. Officials say Bilawal Zardari will fill the spot for the slain former Pakistani Prime Minister after he finishes his studies. In Bhutto's will she apparently named her husband Asif Ali Zardari to head the party but he'll pass that responsibility on to their son when he's done with school. The Pakistan People's party also says it will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections planned for January 8.

Meanwhile, U.S. Presidential candidates are attempting to show strength in international relations. Following the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, several candidates are responding to the incident. Former Democratic senator John Edwards said he spoke to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf about the future of Pakistan. Republican candidate John McCain says the elections in the country could be delayed but must move forward. Democratic Senator Barack Obama says those elections should go on as planned or very shortly after.

Violence erupted in Nairobi, Kenya following the re-election of the country's president Mwai Kibaki. In the closest election in Kenyan history, Kibaki was confirmed the winner yesterday...beating out Raila Odinga by only a little more than 230,000 votes. Rioters have been taking the streets for the past few days in anticipation of the results. It only intensified when the winner was announced. Already dozens people have reportedly died in the violence since Saturday.

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is questioning his rival Mitt Romney's honesty. In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday, Huckabee called Romney's campaign dishonest and said he can't be trusted in the White House. He also called Romney's political attacks on him and John McCain desperate. Romney has released TV ads recently attacking Huckabee's record on taxes and crime as Arkansas governor.

UPI VIDEO NEWS 12.07.07

CIA says interrogation tapes were destroyed.

The CIA reportedly destroyed tapes of terror suspect interrogations. CIA Director Michael Hayden says the interrogations were videotaped in 2002 and then destroyed in 2005...fearing the footage would be leaked to the public. The Agency apparently wanted to protect the identities of the questioners. Senator Patrick Leahy called the destruction "troubling." Hayden says the House and Senate intelligence committee leaders knew of the tapes and knew that the CIA planned to get rid of them. He added that the interrogation practices were all legal.

President Bush has unveiled a plan to help struggling homeowners. Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday the plan will help about 1.2 million Americans facing possible foreclosures. It will reportedly freeze interest rates on many adjustable rate mortgages for many homeowners. Those who will be affected by the plan are those with loans agreed to from January 2005 through July 2007 that are expected to adjust between January of next year and July 2010.

NASA says the Atlantis space shuttle will stay grounded until at least Saturday. The crew planned on taking off yesterday afternoon but had to be delayed because of problems with the fuel gauges. Mnagers of the space mission have decided to wait until the weekend giving engineers more time to carefully fix the problem. Atlantis is set to visit the International Space Station to deliver a European lab module...used to increase research capabilities.

Shopping malls around the U.S. are expected to start looking at ways to keep shoppers safe. This comes after a man opened fire at a Nebraska mall killing 8 people and himself. A spokesman for the International Council of Shopping Malls says there are often copycats in situations like this and it's important to consider having extra security officers and securing entrances.