picked up a, cameat it could be a tool for him to use to be able to express his own feelings about hilife brown: gordon parks was born in fort scott, kin 1912, the youngest of 15 children. he credited his motherh, who died when he was 16, with giving him confidence and strength, ev growing up amid poverty and prejudice. parks spoke of his childhood in a 1997 newshour interview. >> that disadvange sometimes pushes you. you know, if you use it right. because you want to... rid yourself of those things that hurt you emotionally when you're coming up. >> brown: inspired by the work of dorothea lange, walker evans, and other depression-era photographerhe saw in magazines, parks first picked up a camera at the age of 25.in t. paul and then chicago, he took portraits, including marva trotter louis, a performer, model and wife of stxer joe louis. and he did his fournalism, he befriended and photographed letsing african american art and scholars, including langston hughes, charles white, alain locke. and he did covering eleanor roosevelt's visit to a southside community center. parks called the ca

hilife, career, and legacy are examined in a new book, "the man who ran washington" written by two veteranjournalists susan glasser and peter baker. and they join me now. welcome to both of you. peter baker, we know you as the white house correspondent for the new york times. susan, we know you as a writer for the new yorker. in real life, you are married to each other. susan, tell us, how did you decide to write a book about somebody who has not been -- held public office in almost 30 years? susan: i think jim baker is a unique figure of the last half-century. he is someone that combines the portfolio of karl rove and henry kissinger. he ran five presidential campaigns, was also the secretary of state when the cold war ended. and i see for peter and i, it was really an opportunity to write a big book about washington from the end of watergate, the end of the cold war, and how different it is from today and the gridlock and dysfunction very different from a time when baker was famous for getting things done. judy: peter, i think of the phrase born with a silver spoon in his mouth. jim bake

yasir behrakci is picking up the pieces of hilife. >> we cannot bring back the dead.se we survived, we are trying to get out whatever is left. we have to live, we have no other choice. >> luckily, that mind shift and work is getting started. we were in adyaman which as you know, is 60% to 70% destroyed. they are already clearing large plots of land to put containers on. jane: tom smith is an american air force veteran, volunteering in turkey with washington dc based charity project hope. >> the challenge is there, when you talk about rebuilding, it is not just hey, here is the house we are going to build. it is going to be what is that intermediary step, which is basic housing units. jane: smith and his team have been assessing the needs of those displaced by the earthquake. >> the need for sanitation. everyone loves that hot shower, e ability to wash their hands, go to a safe latrine and safe drinking water. it is still cold here, 20 degrees at night, 40 degrees during the day. people are living in tents. jane: and yet, attempts to move on have been disrupted again,