through ups and down, therapies and adverse reactions, he kept going like an energizer bunny here.tion, across this country, and even abroad, i just don't know how he did it. so what did donald payne, congressman donald payne teach us? that you can and have an obligation to do it all, that we must serve all of humanity, even beyond the best of our ability and capacity, and we must do so with courage but humility, but determination, quiet when possible, but also to go newark, as our chair terms it, when the situation demands. to never let anyone or anything stand in the way of living life to the fullest and giving your all until you have nothing more to give. donald payne gave his all to his family, who will always be in our thoughts and prayers. his friends, his colleagues, his country, the continent of africa, the caribbean, and the world. and so he will always be with us in that special part of himself that he shared with each of us so selflessly. and so we can each say as we gather here today for this memorial, thank you, donald payne, my colleague, my teacher, and my friend. [

i feel honored that we call it those in the know or good friends of mine call at this time energizer bunnyhe book that somehow kept going all these yeersz. i will tell you up front it was a book i thought that may be they wouldn't publish. my very first book was women of the silk. i knew that i was writing about something that was a little bit different because i didn't know about the women of the silk until i wanted to write something telling their story much the second book is the test book for us writers you hear that a lot where the publishers are wondering if the author has a second book. everybody here i feel sitting here all of you have one book in you. whether it's a family story or your story whether it's ancestors whether it's your history you want to write about. but it's the second one that's hard. i felt that when i turnod the computer and thought, now i have to write book number 2. i had in mind that i wanted to write something very different from women of the silk that was strictly about the feminist chinese women during the turn of the century and i wanted to write about my

it's great to have energizer bunnies here. about it. >> you can have a positive impact in any situation you're in. >> ripken's impact is impacted by the nail. >> it's such an amazing experience that has such loving people who take their time to and dedicate it to us. i mean, it's so amazing. and all of the volunteers as well. cal ripken. and best thing. >> i've always been uncomfortable with all of the attention i've received with a baseball player. but i found out really quickly that you can use that attention to shine lights on really good causes. >> and cal says he is so happy to be part of a program making such a positive impact. >>> former tennessee women's basketball coach, pat summit, will receive the presidential medal of freedom. after 38 seasons, eight -- eight national championships in almost 1100 wins. the hall of fame coach stepped down today. summit announced last august that she had been digs dood with early -- diagnosed with early-onset dementia. she will receive the medal of freedom later this year. >>> check

it's great to have energizer bunnies here. and they also donated $10,000.xcited about it. >> reporter: ripken's impact, not only felt by the nails but by the family who will call this foundation home. >> it's such an amazing experience. to have such loving people who take out their time and come dedicate it to us. it's so amazing. and all the volunteers, as well as cal ripken and the volunteers here. it's the best i've ever had. >> i've always been uncomfortable with the attention received as a baseball player. but i've found that you can use that attention for positive impact. >> and he is making such a positive impact. >>> another bumpy day on wall street. >> the markets reached the roller coaster ride. dow continues. s&p down 8. alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> new figures suggest the economic recovery remains painfully slow. home sales fell more than 2 1/2% last month. despite near record mortgage rates. and application for unemployment dipped last week. but investors were expecting a much bigger drop. they're say it shows t

he have achieved the reputation of a true statesman and a humanitarian without the constant energizing bunny drive and determination that stayed with him through the diagnosis of his illness and until the very end. nobody has fought harder with an iron will and physical strength not to give in, because he had he believed so much more to do. in his absence, it's up to us to do it for him, to follow his lead, to continue the work that mattered so much to him. that is our promise to you, donald, because we love you, we miss you, and we thank you for making this world a better place just by being in it. thank you. [ applause ] >> in the ensuing weeks since don payne's untimely passing, i alone with all who knew and deeply respected him keep expecting to hear his gentle voice admonishing us to care more and 20 do more for those trapped in poverty or suffering from devastating disease. donald payne was an extraordinary man who dedicated his entire life to public service, a man who made a significant difference in the world, in his constituency in new jersey. all many people that he touched know an

you know jump off, i was samurai's garden, i said it was an energizer bunny. danville shoes samurai's garden the end of last year. they had the danville theatre which is a nice theatre and they were doing roamioand juliette and there was me in the middle of a balcony. it was a nice audience when i walked in my brain was exat that timic, look at the people here. it's almost as good as last years. i said who did you choose last year. and the year before. and told me. i said do you realize they are dead already? >> i'm alive and shouldn't i pull in a little more? [laughter] to go off, thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. i just this month read your book dreaming water. and i was -- i'm very glad to have read it. i'm wondering 2 things. there seems to be more of an advocacy voice in terms of the discrimination of being you know an asian american. and secondly, warner's disease. i'm wondering how you got into writing about that? and the characters were wonderful. >> okay. your first question, first. you know to be totally honest, when i sat down to write dreaming

>> you know, suzanne, santorum is looking like the energizer bunny in the republican race.e's going to pull off pennsylvania. sow wants to save face. let's remember, in 2006 santorum got a real drumming of a defeat when he ran for re-election for his senate seat. he lost by 18 percentage points. i think he'll stay in. he'll get some wind in his sails if he wins pennsylvania, which it looks like he will. he'll save face, but i mean, come on, he really has to win 77% of all the outstanding delegates if he's going to get the nomination and plow ahead of romney, and that's just not going to happen. it's just not in the cards. sorry. >> go ahead. >> at a certain point, you know, he's going to really have to not -- he's going to have to look at the math and say -- >> let's just call it -- >> do i want what's good for the party or do i want to be a spoiler. >> are there other energizer bunnies, ed? who backs out first? >> it doesn't mat mother bac-- matter who backs out because the race for all intents and purposes is over. mitt romney is the presumptive nominee. i'm a democrat. t

. >> oprah winfrey called you the energizer bunny on steroids. now be honest, when you first heard that, what was your reaction? >> that was pretty horrific. but, you know, she came to my event. for years she's known about me, not had me on for whatever reason. she thought these commercials were not spiritual. she said i'm only coming to two hours and she stayed for 12. she said literally on the air it was one of the most powerful experiences of her life and now we're doing these specials on these mondays, these life classes, which are a lot of fun. >> i've watched you do some of your live performing on television. 15,000 people going crazy. you come in like a rock star, you're up and pumping, you have this big grin on your face and you're like, boom! i thought what is the secret? now i've met you. one, you're massive. you're absolutely massive. >> but i'm not in a crowd of 10,000 people. >> you must look massive. it's like he can't be as big as he seems but you are. you're physically very imposing. how helpful is that to exuding the kinds of inn

. >> i have to give her credit, he is the energizer bunny of democratic demagoguery.card-carrying member of the unreality-based community because to sit there and show that stuff, in her interview with the fabulous bret baier who did an amazing job of doing his job and nailing her rhetoric to the wall and really letting her hang herself. i mean, does this woman not know that the president designed the gop-sponsored jobs act? that there are dozens of house republican bills addressing the exact problems that the democrats have avoided for lo, these many months. and she has three cds that revolve in her head -- blame bush, blame the tea party, blame republicans. and they just whir over and over and over again. it's getting embarrassing. from what i understand, the white house itself is not very happy with deber wasserman-schultz. >> sean: oh, no! they hired a consultant to help her. >> that's right? >> the consultant got in trouble awe know in the comments about ann romney never having worked a day in her life, which backfired as well. >> yeah, yeah? >> i actually like w

through ups and downs, therapies and adverse reactions, he kept going like an energizer bunny here.t home, at the foundation, across this country and even abroad. i just don't know how he did it. so what did donald payne, congressman donald payne teach us? that you can -- that you can and have an obligation to do it all, that we must serve all of humanity even beyond the best of our ability and capacity and we must do so with courage and with humanity and with determination, quiet when possible, but also to go newark, as our chair terms it, when the situation demands. to never let anyone or anything stand in the way of living life to the fullest and giving your all until you have nothing more to give. donald payne gave all to his -- all to his family who will always be in our thoughts and prayers. his friends, his colleagues, his country, the continent of africa, the caribbean and the world, and so he will always be with us in that special part of himself that he shared with each of us so selflessly. and so we can each say as we gather here today for this memorial, thank you, donald

will the easter bunny turn out to be the energizer bunny for the economy? remains to be seen.ded. >> you shouldn't have done that. >> enjoy. >> look who came to the fox news washington bureau while you were doing that story. the easter bunny. >> i know you love your peeps. >> speaking of which when you think of candy many of us think of peeps and according to the just born company that makes them peeps have been the most popular nonchocolate easter candy for more than 20 years. and here in d.c. people do more than just eat peeps they make art out of them. this is the winning diorama from this year's washington post peep show entitled occu peep d.c. this is just peeped made to resemble the royal wedding. the paper received 755 entries for the sugary contest. my favorite thing to do with these is put them in the microwave of venic oven for an. they get giant. senators ron johnson and kent conrad join brit for an exclusive interview on the budget debate. thanks for watching fox where

could he have achieved the reputation of a true statesman and humanitarian without the constant energizer bunny determination that stayed with him through the diagnosis of his illness and until the very end. nobody has fought harder with an iron will and physical strength not to give in because he had, he believed, so much more to do. in his absence, it's up to us to do it for him, to follow his lead, to continue the work that mattered so much to him. that is our promise to you, donald, because we love you, we miss you, and we thank you for making this world a better place just by being in it. thank you. [applause] >> in the weeks since his passing, i and others keep expecting to hear his voice admonishing us to do more for those in poverty or trapped in disease. he was an extraordinary man who dedicated his entire life to public service. a man who made a significant difference in the world and his constituency in new jersey. many people that he touched remember his legacy as a treasure. donald payne worked across party lines to combat the h.i.v./aids pandemic and combat the loss of life and mo

r could he have it seized the reputation of a statesman and humanitarian without the energizer bunnyermination that stayed with him through the diagnosis of his illness and until the very end. nobody has fought harder with an iron will and physical strength not to give in, because he believed so much more to do. in his absence, it is up to us to do it for him, to follow his lead, to continue the work that matters so much to him. that is our promise to you, donald, because we love you, we miss you, and we thank you for making this world a better place just by being in it. thank you. [applause] >> in the ensuing weeks since his untimely passing, i keep expecting to hear his gentle voice admonishing us to care more and to do more for those trapped in poverty or suffering from a devastating disease. donald payne was an extraordinary man who dedicated his entire life to public service, a man who made a significant difference in the world in his constituency in new jersey. many people who he touched remember his legacy as a great treasure. he worked across party lines to battle the hiv aid