democrats. against democrats. need we say more about the damning statistical revelation that was given by donald shields, the professor at, i believe, it's missouri state university. there's a 1 in 10,000 chance that the department of justice would have gone after democrats more so than republicans. i will tell you that there were 268 democrats, 57 republicans and only 10 independents that were either investigated, prosecuted, some were acquitted. but it went largely enknown, because this is a systemic problem. but the abuse today, we can point to. and i will highlight later on on

the part of my father's case simply because we can point to very clear instances where something should have been done. justice recently, we warned the accuser a week and a half ago of a judge who my father fought back in 199, basically against his nomination to become judge. it was a very open and public debate. my father headed up the only government-funded civil rights organization in the city. the judge obviously didn't remember, but our attorney nathan dershowitz found on the micro fische two articles that this was a coveted position for a judge and a major milestone in his career. still yet he didn't remember this young civil rights warrior came after him.

but when evidence showed up, all of a sudden there was a change. there's some parallels in the siegelman case involving the u.s. attorney, their accuse e, this conflict of interest. whenever you have a u.s. attorney to poison the well, those who would drink from that well no matter who it is, even a new u.s. attorney, if they use that same information, they're poisoned as well. i can't begin to talk about what a judge can do. but i believe from a judge, u.w.clemon has told us. we now that proof that the doj was politicizing republicans with ultraconservative views. we also know that a political pressure was used to coerce u.s. attorneys across the country to indict democrats.

we know that most of the investigations were launched during the election cycle. we know that heavily democratic-leaning states were targeted. we know that major fundraisers of the democratic party were targeted. look at paul minor, david rosen. we know that democratic victims were high ranking, highly popular and considered a threat. we know that at least nine u.s. attorneys were fired because they did not pursue investigation on democrats. again, must we present super extraordinary circumstances or evidence to the department of justice to start these investigations immediately? well, today we have decided to take the show on the road and to rally the troops. those of you all who are members of the media, please recognize that one of the things that we found in the shields report was

that most of these investigations occurred up under the national radar. in cities where there were perhaps only one beat reporter. so therefore, many people in the nation never heard of what happened. and certainly they can not make the national connection. but as you know, i ran for congress in 2002 and i found that quickly that all politics is local. when i ran for office, bush, cheney, dennis hastert, rumsfeld, all came to my state to fight. all politics is local. the gentleman who beat me in the democratic district became president of the freshman class. there's certainly a level of reward involving those in the political system.

now, i will highlight this case because of the numerous and inconceivable outcomes and rulings that defy any logic, and more so any rule of law. and again, i'm talking about my father's case. sure, it's dare to my heart, but there's some very concise and clear things that we must understand. it's inconceivable to me that we would wait. the department of justice would not move immediately. first of all, as in the siegelman case, there was no crime. there was no crime. what started off as a political search for corruption and kwid pro quo ended up being an investigation of my father's personal businesses. how did it get started? my father beat out the current governor of georgia sonny

purdue, his friend for the senate majority position. he switched parties, and it is documented, because my father became senate majority leader. he held a press conference in front of our businesses and stated that my father was the poster child of cronieism and corruption and was the best friend of the governor then roy barnes. he ran for election. his friend then conducted an investigation on the current governor back then, roy barnes and three other top-ranking democrats. during that time, an investigation was launched at the department of professional responsibility where they had concluded that he had abused his power for helping a political friend and ally by sending out press releases to help the

governor. they let him resign. no action was taken. my father's case ironically went forward. now, how could that possibly happen? but it did. now today, the same governor who said he would create an inspector general's office out of his own mouth appointed a disgraced u.s. attorney richard thompson as administrative judge for the ethics commission in the state of georgia. how bold. can we make a link there can we connect the dots? of course we can. have we not presented extraordinary circumstances and evidence of conflicts of interest? have we not proven there were personal motives who had agendas

that went after siegelman, paul minor. were they not a threat to the establishment? of course they were. in my father's case, what turned out to be a motive of gambling turned out to be incorrect. they said he was going to atlantic city and he lost a significant amount of money and therefore he had to steal from a charity he had created and that we needed money. during the first day of the court proceedings, the government abandoned its theories because they checked his losses but not his winnings. the judge allowed testimony to be submitted to the jury even though it was recanted during the trial and the record proves it was false. one of my father's colleagues senator nady ne thomas stated my father held up a very important bill with grady hospital, a

federal-funded hospital. when she came to trial, she said it never occurred. she thought it had occurred. she looked up on the internet. he was never even a part of it. still yet, he was charged, and it went to the jury. perjured testimony documented. there were 142 count which is altogether represented five charges. listen to the charges. 98% of the things the initial article in the "atlanta constitution" which the government said prompted the investigation never made it through the grand jury. they said he stole proceeds from hot dogs, peanuts and popcorn and snicker bar sales from a charity football game. this represented 30-something counts. but the jury acquitted him on tax evasion charges. they couldn't find the money. failure to file a timely financial disclosure, even

though the state ethics commission had resolved him by giving him an ethics fine. it was a $25 fine. this represented 20-something counts. they said he overstated the readership and circulation of our local minority newspaper. not one newspaper in the united states of america has been charged with such. most matters of that nature are handled in civil court. he sent two $25 money orders to his nephews that were in prison. i can't tell you how many counts they charged him for that. most of the counts came from bills that crossed state lines that they considered mail fraud. now, let me tell you a little bit about the conflict of interest with the judge, because in the siegelman's case, we see the prosecutor, we see the judge, and we see people in the doj taking their side. there's a web of conspiracy, but it is real. but who's listening?

today you're here to take back to your family, friends and the media. you're here with the facts armed to be this agent of change that we so desperately need today. judge bowen, of course, recused himself based upon the fact that my father came after him. but during the trial, he refused to allow the defense to raise the issue of prosecutorial misconduct or selective prosecution. sound familiar? same in the siegelman case. he sequestered the jury over the memorial day weekend. you can't do that. people want to go home. the judges can tell you what that will do. he allowed perjured testimony. he did not sanitize the indictment after the government abandoned several of its theories. he wanted to poison the well. he denied every single motion the defense counsel made. now, during the jury trial, based upon his, what we call his

quest for revenge, we asked that our defense attorney thought that we should not ask him to refuse himself because they said he had a problem frwith my fath from the beginning. but he cleverly eck accused blacks that had knowledge of my father or voted for my father. blacks were ten times more likely to know who we were than most whites. he removed 40% of the selective white jurors and replaced them with black jurors. he consequently changed the complexion of the jury. it went from 65% urban black to 65% rural white where my father led the fight to change the state flag. in south georgia is where there was so much confederate flag, it actually changed georgia democratic rule after 135 years.

they stated that senator walker was so popular that government couldn't get a fair trial. the defense counsel came up with a stack of newspaper articles that came from the "augusta chronicle" that one of the judge's best friends, they grew up together, sat on the same pew, and was my father's fiercest political rival, and newspaper competitor. they used his articles to show that my father actually was too popular to be tried in the actual district where every article that they wrote was negative against my father. he didn't hold a hearing. he just said we're going to expand the venue to south georgia. now come on. if my father could not get a fair trial. i mean, if my father was too popular in that particular area, then how about we consider in south georgia his popularity?

that wasn't the plan. there was certainly no jury of his peers. i will tell you today that without a schad dp-- shadow of doubt the judge's decision was krit kl. he replaced four black jurors with four white jurors. one of the jurors that the defense counsel has stricken was a republican who had ran for office before. he said that we struck that juror was he was white. the law says it's a prima fascia case. we said it was because he was a republican. the judge said well, i just don't believe that. he doesn't have that right to do that, yet he still did. the appellate court found that it was quite disturbing the judge's handling of the case. but still yet, they decided to

defer to his discretion. i say today that the department of justice is deferring to someone's discretion, but whose discretion we do not know. but there is a different day, there's a different regime, and we are hopeful that things will turn around. but i will tell you that that stricken juror became the jury foreman and later we found out that he had received a check from governor perdue for $500,000, and we have it documented. still yet you can go to the appeals court, but once the poison is in the water, it is too late. in closing, the law of the lapp land is what we live by. but when that law is violated we encounter a lawless society. there's a 1,600 pound gorilla at

the department of justice. what will we do about it. the alliance for justice, revolution u.s. these are organizations that stepped forward today who have shown that they are courageous, that they are persistent and dedicated to the cause. we ask you all today to step up the fight. to direct your attention on one aim, one focus. and that is the department of justice. i ask you this question. what other extraordinary evidence must we provide. what other connection must we draw to show political tampering and influence? we even had congressmen to fly up to washington, d.c. based upon the atlanta journal reporter's summation, to ask the disgraced u.s. attorney richard

thompson to stay on the job, to finish his duty once opr recommended him. because they wanted him to finish dusting off my father. but if you can't get an audience with the judge to conduct a hearing it doesn't mean anything. this is a problem. people died fighting for their civil rights. people were hosed down. democrats have civil rights. moveon.org, democrats now, all the organizations out there, we need you. this is not just about my father. it is about justice for all. for more information, you can reach out to politi

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for lo-income kids they lose big in summer reading. they accumulate and contribute significantly to the achievement gap. it's not just an issue for low-income kids in fact for all kids they experience setbacks in skills like math come putation and spelling. so what the research shows very clearly and on this particular issue is that young people face significant setbacks and risks during summer months. host: tell us a little more about the national center for summer learning and what your grouch is trying to do to close this gap. guest: sure, we work with summer providers to make sure youngsters have enriching and memorable summers. a lot of us have this outlook that summer is a time for kids to be kids but for millions it's a time for setbacks and

risks so we make sure schools and communitys have places where kids can learn over the summer and make sure all young people really have the promise and opportunity to attend a well-structured quality program. host: we're talking about improving summer learning with ron fairchild with the national center for summer learning and if you want to get involved in the conversation, by all means, give us a call. the numbers are believe. are below. you can send us an email at c-span journal.com or you can tweet us. you wrote an article in the baltimore sun where you write the summer the city of baltimore plans to spend $8 million on summer-based programs enincluding title i

funds intended to improve the opportunity of the disadvantaged. tell us what are title i funds and where is this money going? >> title i dollars are dedicated to improve educational opportunities for kids in low-income muents and so title i dollars are dedicated to provide equity in education, really help close these gaps, so it's very encouraging to they're department of education encouraging more school districts to use title i dollars and really focus on this time of year. when young people don't have enough choices or opportunities. and then the city of baltimore. it's a great example of a school district that's thinking differently and it's not just

an issue for school districts but for community-based organizations and parks and recreation and a time when we need to max mize currently whatever resources and we also need to make the case for an additional federal, state and local dollars to target a time of year that's historically been elected. host: specifically what are they using this money for in baltimore? keeping the schools open or special sflams tell us about that. guest: sure. what they are doing is structuring full-day comprehensive programs for kids. many of them take place in public schools but also in and in the recreation centers in the afternoon so they are offer indeed collaboration and non-profit organizations and offers kids choices taintsd and

instead of mandating calendar change and these solutions for everyone, we see a tremendous amount of penalty. they are coming out in droves. the kids are really interested and i mean, it's not your traditional model of summer school that kids would dread but simply there aren't enough opportunities for this. host: from shawnee, oklahoma, raj on our line for democrats, go ahead. caller: hello. i was wondering why couldn't we just take -- couldn't we just decrease the days that the kids go to school during the year to four days a week and then maybe take a month off during the summer? >> that's a great question, raj. i think there are a lot of solutions to this issue of time

and the fact that kids need more time for learning. talking about the need for schools to think creatively. so we need a lot of innovation and experimentation with how much time kids are engaged in learning, but we also need to look at more broad lyrics reform in education and ways to turn around low-performing schools, and summer offer a great opportunity to do both of those things. so we would advocate to more school districts the dedicating the army and giveing going to brock. host: bob on our line for republicans, welcome to "washington journal." caller: good morning. love the program. he kind of answered the

question but didn't answer it. you want to know what they taught in these summer schools, and the the most important disability we have today in the united states is dislexya. the right and left brain. and you, none of the education is addressing this, and i'd rather have this monday spent sending kids to ranches in the sum they are in montana and nevada and new mexico and than sending them back to left-brain thinking institutes. and the government is a left-brain-thinking institute. host: bob, thank you. what do you do out there in montana? caller: what do i do? well, i meet brian lamb when he comes out here. i love that man. but i sell cigars and deal in real estate. host: so as a realts real estate cigar fish nodo and

entrepreneur, what do you think it could offer a kid versus being in a classroom in baltimore? caller: that's a good question. 80% of all children born are right-brained and our government teaches them to be left-brained and they hate school and when they get up in the morning it's like don imus' ranch out there. they teach home the rope animals and keep their brain right. and this left-brain stuff has got to go. kids are being killed with it. host: i think there's certainly a place for high-quality, outdoor camp experiences. guest: and in fact many of the highest quality summer programs we've seen and done research on do exactly what you're trying to describe. it's strikeing the right balance between getting kids outdoors and engaged, making sure kids have that ideal

summer experience where they have opportunities to get outside. to experience things that are hands-on and have summer become a time when they can really discover themselves and really be engaged in these types of activities. so i don't think it's necessarily a choice between being in a classroom and being outdoors in fact the best of programs we found combine both those elements. host: mike on our line for ipts. caller: hello, mr. fairchild, i would like your comments if there's any area in the country taking your suggestions, maybe a city with a good administrator or any sectors of the country that have taken your suggestions and measured the result. i'll hang up and let you answer. guest: we have seen important and powerful trends across the country, so there are cities in