whereas, people in the democratic rolm want more government involvement. regardless of your principles, which we all aid here too, we still have to find ways to work together. that still involves compromise. ultimately, we have to get the job done. >> right now, the democrats hold a very slim majority and republicans are hoping to take that for themselves. you need 60 to move anything forward to. the need to change these in more conservative way. how do you think that meshes with the need for democrats and productivity? also, there were a lot of people that came in with their class that was very conservative. we have seen an evolution of some of those colleagues that now they have come to washington, they see the need to advance the politics. >> i think they still live here to their principles and are still working to do these things, but at the same time they're building relationships that are helping all of us to work together to find solutions. as we work to craft a solution, they're still going to try to hold out solution more to the conservative appro

you go to greece or up to rolm, all those places that were built, we have to build now.the foundation that we are building on has a lot of the faults in it. when i speak, i want you to know that my major concern is the future of african-american people in this country. once that problem is solved, i think all of america will i just want to keep that on the burner. it is not ok. it is the worst it has ever been. i am almost 70 years old. >> we are not far apart. i am 65. >> when you are 70 years old, you stars living your life a little different. something has got to happen. those persons who can make a change, they must step up to the plate. a lot of it has to do with people you have around you and how they think and people you associate yourself with. how do you get this thing done? it is not going to get done in four years. it is not going to get done in 8 years. you will need people power more so than money power. you can never get enough money. you have to get the community and get people behind you because that is the most important resource that we have, these sort