ignored, forgotten, or shunned aside for whatever reason give me your help at this hour, join me in an effort to reshape our society and regain control of our destiny as we go down the trail for 1972. [ applause ] >> do you represent a trend for more women specifically black women and go after elected office? >> yes i specifically recommend, do i recommend a trep for more women and for typically black women to enter into politics? >> elected office. >> elected office? yes, i definitely am feeling and recognizing that as a result of over 20 years in political life, only emerging eight years ago publicly, that there is great need for more women in the

political arena. i happen to believe there's certain aspects of legislation that probably would be given more attention if we had more women's voices in the halls of the legislatures in the city state, and national level, and legislation that pertains to education, social services, mental services the kind of legislation that has to do with the conservation and preservation of the most important resources that any nation has, and that is its human resources. >> do you feel this candidacy hurts the presidential can day of mayor lindsey? >> she'll be getting votes from the same area that i anticipate getting votes, and i dare say that my candidacy might not only hurt her, but a few others who have the same political views. [ applause ]

>> close to 44000 from the american people. i want to say that in terms of my rejection of 300,000 which we made earlier, that the benefits that are being planned and will be conducted in february, march and april will let me i'm quite sure, lay above that amount, so i'm going to be optimistic, now that i've made my announcement today to be able to get some sizable contribution, may i say that just this past week i received two contributions from individuals in america, to contributions of $5,000 each. and that is very encouraging. [ applause ] i just want to say this and

it's very important for all americans to recognize this stipulates anyone who is 35 years of age or oler and a natural born citizen can run for the presidency, all of which meet that criteria, the people who make the decision. [ applause ] the field of 016 presidential candidates is about to grow with an announcement saturday by the maryland governor expected to declare candidacy for the democratic nomination in an event in baltimore, maryland, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, and monday, more road to the white house coverage with south carolina

senator lindsey grahm, and the republican lawmaker hosting an event in central south carolina to formally anoips plans for 2016 live monday at 10:30 a.m. eastern. with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span here on c-span3, we compliment coverage by showing you the most readvancement hearings and public affairs events, and on weekends, c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell the nation's story including six series the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events, american artifacts, touring museums and sites to discover what facts reveal about america's past, and book shelf with the best known history writers, the presidency looking at policyies and legacies of the commanders in chief lectures in history, delving into america's past, and the new series, reel

america, featuring government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span3, kraepted by the cable host: until the surrender of nazi germany in may of nine teen 45. the film utilize the work of 1400 combat men. the national archives motion picture preservation lab digitally restore the film using software and a more to use manual process to