the storms have damaged homes, shared of treetops, toppled rv.uge trees have been up loaded landing on homes. tangling power lines on the way down. parts of arkansas are in shambles. this is what's left of one neighborhood in little rock. if the roof of a local high school was torn from the auditorium and high school. a student who lives nearby says this is painful. >> it makes you want to cry, it hurts to see it. the little >>catherine: rock air force bases a mess. these cars were actually thrown across the parking lot. storms blew through northern georgia today, this is some of the damage left behind at a college enroll in georgia. trees are uprooted below campus, one split apart roof. and kentucky, a lot of rebuilding will have to be done before the county fair opens in july. in the louisville area people are getting around boats. flood waters have taken over blocking roads in invading homes. in central michigan you could see the scorched earth from a lightning strike. the skies opened up during a soccer match last night. seven people were inj

the birds are flying high above the treetops. in the forest is a river. we will lift our wrists and lower them to make water waves. very soft. you can hear the water flowing. in this river are fish. we will take the right hand over our left and use our thumbs like fish fins and let your fish swim through the water it takes a big dive. >> and growing next to the river are a bed of flowers. opening one hand onfinger at a time watching the flower petal blossoms. we will take our other hand and turn it into a butterifiy much the butter fly will fly, fly, fly the and land on the flour and watch it fly away. drinking can a deer. take your thumb and the outside a n antlers. the deer hears a noise and in the distance is a hunter with a low and arrow. he sees that deer and aims for it. see your target and takes a shot and he misses and the deer escapes. the hunter's frustrated. i can't believe i missed that. he decides that hunting deer is not a night idea next time he will aim for an apple. thank you participating, you can sit down. give yourself a clap. those ar

the storms have damaged homes, sheered of treetops, toppled rv.trees have been up loaded landing on homes. tangling power lines on the are in shambles. this is what's left of one neighborhood in little rock. the roof of a local high school was torn from the auditorium and high school. a student who lives nearby says this is painful. it hurts to see it. >>catherine: the little rock air force base in a mess. these cars were actually thrown across the parking lot. storms blew through northern georgia today, this is some of the damage left behind at a college in rome georgia. trees are uprooted below campus, one split apart a roof. and kentucky, a lot of rebuilding will have to be done before the county fair opens in july. in the louisville area people are getting around by boats. flood waters have taken over blocking roads and invading homes. in central michigan you could see the scorched earth from a lightning strike. the skies opened up during a soccer match last night. seven people were injured by lightning including young children. >> after the c

so by necessity of going to have to skim the treetops are to meet the time limit. if anybody was to go into deeper detail in the q&a please feel free, but i'll try to stay out of the weeds so to speak. the issues i will be as brief as i can first of all race and affirmative action. secondly, immigration and diversity. and the third will be the war on terror. these are the three issues in the book that i think are best presented and also the three issues that bear on our democratic life in the most important way. if i have time i'll get into the effect of times journalism on the tone and tenor of our civic culture. which is both a sea of our democracy and its reflection. turn to race and affirmative action, i believe that chapter with a former executive activ bn philadelphia mississippi the year 1966 watching as a group of reporters were staying in a circle with some activists holding hands and singing we shall overcome. he felt it was inappropriate didn't join them. that sense of professional detachment very much a product of the institutional culture that was dril