[laughter] >> i'm graham mccauley from the bronx, new york, i'm here in nashville, and i've just finished reading david

first conceived in 1890, as a means of connecting the borough of manhattan to the northern bronx, the grand concourse was designed by louis reese and opened to the public in 1909. it was completed for a total cost of $14 million. the equivalent of $340 today. . while the apartment buildings along the roadway have been homes to the like of babe ruth, milton burrow and many others. the landmarks is the lower paradise cedar was one time the largest theater in new york city. the old yankee stadium opened near the grand concourse at 161st street in 1923 and serves as an important centerpiece for the bronx and the city of new york ever since. it served as the essential north-south artery of the borough. it is lined with parks, fountains and our pedestrian-friendly community aspects that add transportation value to the borough. recently $18 million was invested in the infrastructure of the grand concourse to make it more pedestrian friendly and restore the roadway's beauty that has made it vital to the cultural and economic element of the bronx for 100 years. so, mr. speaker, in honor of the

justice sotomayor happens to be from the bronx. regenerator ginsburg is from brooklyn. samuel alito is from trenton, new jersey. there will be a little bit of mixing it up from the bench. this is where they will begin the process of reaching the decisions. the goal of a round after the chief justice has set up the case. this is what we are front to decide. the start casting votes. the someone is not ready to vote, they can wait, but typically it is up to the ninth justice to have their say and then once every justice has been able to speak, there may be give and take care that is what they do for every case. also, they go through this see if there is a discussion to be made for a case on appeal to decide whether to take the case. it is a very serious business. they start with a little coffee and pastry. then they tell that they keep carryin. they do that before the holder conference. justice o'connor said she loved the idea of shaking hands with a colleague and having that human contact before they were about to disagree vigorously. then they go back to their chambers a

most notably, he is president of the bronx community college and creditor at the city university of new york. he sits on the board of several community organization including the boys and girls club, the funds for the city of new york, the urban issues group,

it wasn't the only question either and i was at a dinner party in the bronx where i live just the other night, same question, is this really true. so it is true. we know that the science is in, and people need to know what the science case is from authoritative sources. the purpose of the book was really to present, it's short, read it on the plane, pick it up at the airport, put it in your pocket, and get the full story. that the science case is in that there's serious impacts already occurring, that there are elodge cam impacts, there are serious humanitarian impacts, it's a serious humanitarian impact. the c.i.a. to the pentagon have this very high on the agenda. that these are issues that we must address and we must address them now and then the other part of the book, which is really important if they get through that part is there really are solutions and that is what we're all about, that's what we're working on here in washington, every single day. we know what the solutions are, they're available now, we need to put them in place, and we need the help actually across america to

>> majora is the founder of the sustainable south bronx.organization that fights environmental racism in new york and around the country. >> right now race and class really determine where you find the good things like parks and trees or where you'll find the bad stuff like waste facilities and power plants gl the argument against your positions is an economic argument. most often it's, well, look, it's cheaper to have plants in this neighborhood than it is anywhere else in this very expensive city. >> you think you're making the argument that it's better to have it up here because, you know, the real estate values are so low. it's about think about the other kind of costs associated with it. that add up. >> health costs? >> yeah. >> crime? >> yeah. somebody's paying for it. we all are. >> she points out the people whose health is in danger, whose quality of life is degraded more often than not remain silent. >> i don't care if anybody in this neighborhood, like, never understands what global warming is. the point is there are people out th

new justice sotomayor happens to be from the bronx. we have others up there who can give it out pretty strong. ruth bader ginsburg is from brooklyn. antonin scalia is from queens. samuel alito is from trenton, new jersey. we just wonder if we will have a little more mixing it up from the bench with the introduction of justice sotomayor. >> that go around by order of seniority after the chief justice has set up the case. this is what we are are to decide, here is the question. then they start casting votes, starting with the chief justice. if someone is not ready to cast a vote, he or she can wait, but typically it is up to the final justice to have his say, and then once every justice has been able to speak, they might have some give-and-take among the others. that is what they do for every case as it has been argued earlier in the week. also they go through on seniority if there is discussion to be had for a case that might be up there on a petition or appeal, and they decide whether to take the case and schedule it for oral argument.

he grew up not far from harlem, in another tough new york neighborhood-- the south bronx.he and his three brothers were raised by their mother, who was barely able to get by. >> canada: when i first found out that superman wasn't real, i was about maybe eight. and i was talking to my mother about it, and she was like, "no, no, no, there's no superman." and i started crying. the chaos, the violence, the danger-- no hero was coming. >> cooper: canada got lucky, however. as a teenager, his grandparents moved to the suburbs, and he went with them. he got into bowdoin college, and then the harvard school of education. >> canada: good morning, boys and girls. >> cooper: he's been working with kids in harlem virtually ever since. >> canada: you know, one of the first things kids ask me when they really get to know me, they say, "mr. canada." i say, "yes, sir." "are you rich?" and i say, "yeah, i am." and they're so excited, because they think, "i finally know somebody who has power." what they really want to ask is, "is there any way that you can help me figure out how to... to g

[laughter] >> i'm graham mccauley from the bronx, new york, i'm here in nashville, and i've just finished reading david halberstam's the children which is about the freedom ride, and i'm a big fan of c-span2. and i watch it whenever i get a chance. >> for schedule information and descriptions of our programs, log on to booktv.org. you can click on the viewer input tab and e-mail us, tell us what you're reading and what you think of our programs. >> richard wolffi covered the obama campaign in 2008, he has a book called renegade, the making of a president. tell us about your following of the president during the 2008 campaign. >> well, i was one of the few who was there from the beginning to the very end, and the book came about as the candidate suggested. he thought it would be a great idea for me to write a book, i told him it was a stupid idea until i figured out that there was something about his story that was worth telling, and the way that there's something obscured and maybe hidden and reserved about him, and that's how i approached the book. not the story of the campaign, but the

boatbuilding he is president emeritus of bronx community college and director of the center for earlyeducation policy at the city university of new york. he sits on the board of several community organizations including the boys and girls club, the fund for the city of new york, the urban issues group, the arthur ashe foundation and 100 black men and. doctor brown has received the naacp freedom award, and the congressional gold medal for his service during world war ii. as commander of the 100th fighter squadron of the 332nd fighter group. better known as the tuskegee airmen. [applause] >> ilyasah shabazz is an author, educator and lecturer dedicated to preserving the shabazz member. her father, widely known as knock him ask, remains globally revered as one of the most important human rights leader. her mother, dr. betty shabazz, was a nurse, educator and activist and an international advocate for women's rights. today, she is committed to developing educational programs that foster self empowerment to expanding the role of governme government, to encourage individual responsibility f

so many have come from -- friends and family from the bronx, friends and family as a soldier, my lifernment. if i can audit knowledge everyone here or we would be all afternoon, but there are a few people i have to say a word about. first, i want to thank the artist, stephen colstonpoleson for a marvelous job. stephen is a wonderful artist and i thank him for the magic he has applied to this portrait, i hope. [laughter] i also want to express my appreciation for people who have come from afar from other lands beginning with the hon. peter mckay, the minister of defence of canada, a young man that i have gotten to know in recent years and i thank you for making the effort to be with us today. there are other men who -- here who i served with when i was foreign secretary, or secretary of state as we call it, and two of them here the vice chancellor and minister of foreign affairs of the german republic and my counterpart in the russian federation. it was the responsibility of my core station in frankfurt to guard the foldout. at that time, russka was the head of the radical greens party

bronx terror plot. 14509ing at the arkansas military recruiting station. naji bulla zazi. tariq, nidal hasan and most recently the five in alexandria, virginia. this is a long list. i don't want just to liftie arab-americans or muslim-americans, but this is a long list of u.s. residentses or u.s. citizens in most cases who are somehow experimenting with terror, and while i agree with you, mr. zogby, we need a scalpel not a sledgehammer and i agree that we should focus on actual terrorist acts, and not someone's belief system i truly agree with that, we need to do something here. we need to intervene. hopefully we will not intervene after the fact, but we will find exactly the right place to intervene to prevent these terror actions. so our second two witnesses, dr. weine and dr. craigin suggested ways to learn more. i'd like to ask our first two witnesses what strategies do you think we, the united states government, this subcommittee, should undertake to intervene at the right moment to prevent acts of terror by people like the list i just read against the united states?

so many have come from -- friends and family from the bronx, friends and family as a soldier, my lifernment. if i can audit knowledge everyone here or we would be all afternoon, but there are a few people i have to say a word about. first, i want to thank the artist, stephen colstopoleson fa marvelous job. stephen is a wonderful artist and i thank him for the magic he has applied to this portrait, i hope. [laughter] i also want to express my appreciation for people who have come from afar from other lands, beginning with the hon. peter mckay, the minister of defence of canada, a young man that i have gotten to know in recent years and i thank you for making the effort to be with us today. there are other men who -- here who i served with when i was foreign secretary, or secretary of state, as we call it, and two of them here, the vice chancellor and minister of foreign affairs of the german republic, and my counterpart in the russian federation. it was the responsibility of my core station in frankfurt to guard the foldout. at that time, russka was the head of the radical greens party

look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable dream program in some of the policies that we're going to be adopting. any other -- >> i just wa

look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing. instead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable dream program in some of the policies that we're going to be adopting. any other -- >> i just wa

the grand concourse on its 100th anniversary as the pre-eminent thorough fair in the burrough of the bronx and important nexus of commerce and culture for the city of new york. that's how our colleagues want to spend their time and that is dealing with with -- with issues that are not a part of our critical job here in the house of representatives. but dealing with things that could have been done on a voice vote but we have to have no amendments allowed and no debate time because there isn't time, according to the chairman of the appropriations committee, to do these things. and this is what we are doing. madam speaker, i had an opportunity this week to once more visit arlington national cemetery. it is always a sobering thing to do. i went particularly into the active duty section this time where men and women who are currently serving our country have lost their lives. it gets one's attention. there were parents and relatives there grieving, recently lost loved ones. i visited the eternal flame of john kennedy. i don't have to be reminded of his comments in his inaugural speech, ask not

bronx terror plot. 14509ing at the arkansas military recruiting station. naji bulla zazi. tariq, nidal hasan and most recently the five in alexandria, virginia. this is a long list. i don't want just to liftie arab-americans or muslim-americans, but this is a long list of u.s. residentses or u.s. citizens in most cases who are somehow experimenting with terror, and while i agree with you, mr. zogby, we need a scalpel not a sledgehammer and i agree that we should focus on actual terrorist acts, and not someone's belief system i truly agree with that, we need to do something here. we need to intervene. hopefully we will not intervene after the fact, but we will find exactly the right place to intervene to prevent these terror actions. so our second two witnesses, dr. weine and dr. craigin suggested ways to learn more. i'd like to ask our first two witnesses what strategies do you think we, the united states government, this subcommittee, should undertake to intervene at the right moment to prevent acts of terror by people like the list i just read against the united states?

it is not -- republicans have fox news and democrats have the bronx on their side.i don't think we generated much enthusiasm as democrats do. in 2000, each election cycle and congressional getting an idea -- my kids were born and odd number of years. we take this pretty seriously. i have a cooperative wife. the 2000 election cycle is like dog years. you miss a couple elections cycles it was ages ago. the 2000 collection cycle, no one had heard of blog. i am not sure the analogies are quite there. >> something like this in 2010 before the 2008 election, basically one of the things we saw in more rural states like alaska and tennessee, a rise of democrats who act like republicans on certain issues like gun control or a that sort of thing. did you see a similar effect with the tea party? i am starting to see it in florida. these tea party candidates in the same way. >> the republicans, dealing with the tea party movement is a challenge in republican primaries. what you see is a real anger against washington on spending and other issues that if the republicans don't voi

look up the street to the south bronx and say, hey, here's a school that is really failing.ead of just closing it, maybe we can partner with the success that's going on right here locally. because those kids in wh that school closes, where are they going to go? i'm curious about whether that's been explored. i heard a lot about the promise cities and the efforts around the country. i wonder even within a district like new york city, are the efforts to take examples and breed them within themselves locally? >> let me start by suggesting that you talk to the gentleman right behind you. richard coleman is with the achievable dream program with newport news who have children come to school i think it was 98% on free introduced lunch. overwhelming minority. and there is no achievement gap at that school. the secretary of education visited about two or three weeks ago and so we're hoping that the secretary will incorporate some of what we're doing in newport news at the achievable dream program in some of the policies that we're going to be adopting. any other -- >> i just want to

i know bruce katz is here from bronx -- from brookings.e really focuses on the 100 metro's that drive our economy. these are critical pieces of our economy. small businesses operate there. they depend on them. we need to make sure that they can operate so that small businesses can operate there. >> are there any particular parts of the country or industries in trouble that have really kept you up at night? >> i traveled around, really every week since july all the way through to quite recently. i have been in every region, every region. we have an economy in many places that is in transformation. we have to make sure that we work in those regions to make sure that we have, for instance, a cluster of active -- the clusters of activity that are going to allow the companies and the jobs to turns to what will be successful in the next year going forward. we have a lot tools out there that can do it. we have great emphasis at the federal level on work-force training, and a lot of resources going down there. we have all our sba network and bone

and i was at a dinner party in the bronx where i live the other night, same question, is it really true. it is true. we know that. the science is in. and people need to know what the science case is from authoritative sources. the purpose of the book was really to present -- it's short and you can read it on the plane, pick it up in the airport and put it in your pocket and get the full story. that the science cases then -- that there's serious impacts already occurring. there's ecological impacts. there are serious humanitarian impacts. it's a humanitarian crisis as well as an environmental crisis. that the security authorities from the cia to the pentagon have this very high on the agenda. that we have to address and must address them now and the other part of the book that is really important, if they get through that part, there are really solutions and that is what we're all about. that's what we're working on here in washington every single day. we know what the solutions are. they're available now. we need to put them in place. and we need the help across america to do it. so in

from brooklyn i went to the bronx, and then i was there for a little while. from courtland i went back to hell's kitchen again and from there i came out to a story of. in those years, i would just be free, one place one day, another place the next. i slept everywhere. there were times when i would be sleeping underneath trailers, behind the big wheels and nobody would notice me there because i wore dark clothing and dark blankets. anything not to bring to much attention to myself. i.c.e. lupton garages. you could hide in people's backyards. provided the conceal yourself very well. i spend a couple of nights in old maintenance rooms underneath the triborough bridge. if anything else was open i would be over at the cemeteries. i think i visited every cemetery the areas. i like the calgary cemetery and woodside. there were several mises and brooklyn, like green would. that is the perfect place. who is going to bother you? the data not going to bother you. with some cemeteries they have security guards but it night they don't want to go out of there and check the