. >> i remember reading a copy of my aunt's in jamaica queens. it was the first book ever written by a white writer that discussed racism in ways that was complicate and sophisticated. -- complicated and sophisticated. >> a touchstone in american literary and social history. it's a story gently tugged at the issues of racism. >> she was a champion of people who helped us get liberated from racism in this country. >> harper lee's first and only novel. >> a masterpiece is masterpieces not because they're flawless but because they tap into something essential to us, at the heart of who we are and how -- >> a masterpiece and a mystery. >> of course, one kept hoping and waiting for the next novel. sadly, that never came. >> i cannot imagine what drove harper to silence. >> thank you. i prefer to pass. >> what did you say? >> well, i have nothing relevant to say concerning the case. however, when i have something relevant to say i shall raise my hand. >> stepped on you. >> serious doubt about your becoming a mother. [laughter] >> you are a son of a bit

. >> i remember reading a copy of my aunt's in jamaica queens. it was the first book ever written by a white writer that discussed racism in ways that was complicate and sophisticated. -- complicated and sophisticated. >> a touchstone in american literary and social history. it's a story gently tugged at the issues of racism. >> she was a champion of people who helped us get liberated from racism in this country. >> harper lee's first and only novel. >> a masterpiece is

. >> i remember reading a copy of my aunt's in jamaica queens. it was the first book ever written by a white writer that discussed racism in ways that was complicate and sophisticated.

so we've been in neighborhoods like harlem we've been in brownsville in brooklyn we've been in jamaica queens and we're going to different cities throughout new york to make this thing stop certainly i think it is just becoming so much more of the part of the everyday conversation when we see what we've seen over the last three months which is massive amounts of tear gas being fired on people rubber bullets we saw. scott olsen in oakland be critically injured because the tear gas canister hit him in the head not to mention the police baton and the really really interesting treatment that's taken place in these clashes and i want to switch gears a little bit christine i know that you in addition to being very active in occupy wall street i know that you were also in egypt just a couple days before the revolution there began we're also today marking the one year anniversary of the arab spring talk to me a little bit about your experience in egypt what you saw from the perspective of being there right before everything started. you know i guess we should have known something was growing because

whether they be in jamaica the country or jamaica, queens in new york.i look forward to the committee's questions. >> let me start off. that is a lot of questions here. let me start with ambassador brownfield. do you believe that we have a comprehensive multi agency hemisphericwide counternarcotics policy to address the challenges and threats from the different regions in the hemisphere? if your answer is yes, i would like to know who is formulating this policy and who is in charge of carrying it out. if you put the microphone up. >> my loud and annoying voice often carries, mr. chairman, without the assistance of a microphone. i hear that with considerable regularity from my spouse. my answer to your question as usual will be two parts. i will say first, i believe we have a comprehensive comprehensible multi agency approach and process for addressing this issue. that was not your question. your question was do we have a policy? i would say this is a work in progress. we have a structure we have put together. it is a structure whereby at least once the y

queens. we lived in jamaica estates queens and my parents would always love us to go there for christmas on midlandere saying that is your memory being a little kid. >> very norm man rockwellesque. the big tree and the presents and a great home cooked dinner by my grand mother. >> even as you got older you would head out to queen foss matter what tower your dad was building. >> christmas day we were in queens. we didn't start the rest of the holidays until after that was done. it was a great experience and really much more normal than a lot of people would give us credit for. >> christmas morning was as magical as the traditional christmas. >> we always had a great christmas tree. today you can't use the word christmas tree you call it a holiday tree. but i will never do that. it is a christmas tree to me. we haded a beautiful christmas tree and my mother would put up presents early. we would get up at 2:00 in the morning and go downstairs and she would say no, too early, go pack to bed. so you couldn't sleep. it was a lot of fun. >> christmas is a molly henneberg day of giving where for the most p

between 2005 and 2009, two- thirds of median household wealth was wiped out from jamaica, queens, in new york city, to california, strong, middle-class african-american neighborhoods that saw two decades of gains watch them reversed not in the years, but months. anyway you look at it, that is a tragedy, when this administration refuses to accept. if that is why we of pushed the banks are to keep responsible families in their home, and because we have foreclosures are down 45% since the first month of the obama administration. at the federal housing administration, we have withdrawn the approval of over 1600 lenders to participate in fha programs. that is why we created a consumer financial protection bureau, with the sole mission of protecting ordinary americans from the abuses we are discussing today. today's announcement builds on these efforts. the purpose of this proposed rule is simple, to strengthen the tools we have to pursue housing discrimination based not just on the intent to discriminate, but whether the facts show that it happened. he as you heard the attorney general sa

from jamaica queens in your city to oakland, california, strong middle-class african-american neighborhoods that saw nearly two decades of games watched them reversed in a matter of not use, but of months. any way you look at it, that's an absolute tragedy, one this administration refuses to accept. that's why we have pushed the banks hard to keep responsible families in their homes, and because we have, foreclosure notices are down 45% since early 2009. that's why, at the federal housing administration, part of hud, we have withdrawn the approval of over 1,600 lenders to participate in fha programs, more than four times the number during the entire tenure of the prior administration. and that's why we created a consumer financial protection bureau, the sole mission of which is to protect ordinary americans from abuses just like those we are discussing today. today's announcement builds on these efforts, as with the so-called disparate impact rule that had recently proposed that the purpose of this proposed rule is simple. to strengthen the tools we have to pursue housing discrimination bas

jamaica, and the bahamas. it will be his first official foreign visit representing the clinic. it will be 115 years since britain last witnessed a diamond jubilee. that was in 1897 for queen victoria. more than a century later, britain will have another opportunity to express his feelings for another long-lived queen -- express its feelings. >> it is the queen's express wish to visit as much of the country as she can. >> from the royal family to the royal jewels, elizabeth taylor was one of the most glamorous actresses of her era, and her spectacular story collection is on the block in new york city, but if you are looking for a christmas bargain, this may not be the one for you. one is bidding alone reached $115 million, which is a record for a private collection sold at auction, and i suspect my husband was not there among the bidders for me for christmas. from all of us here at "bbc world news america," thanks so much for watching. i will see you tomorrow. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the fremont foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put i