with henry clay. that was part of america of his time, too. the contradictions and the controversy around henry clay. >> we heard jim's views of why henry clay was important for our country. what did you close with yours? >> he was important for the country because he paul larized and made america make a decision on slavery. the 1850 compromise, which did pass african-americans, fled to canada. it increased the public awareness of slavery in america. so that was his major contribution, i think. >> we just skimmed the surface of a 49-year political career for henry clay, our first of 14 contenders men who didn't achieve their quest for the presidency but changed american history. i'm going to say thanks to our guests and the tour director for helping us better understand henry clay a's life. the henry clay memorial foundation for both preer serving ashland and sharing it with us. deborah corporate who is the executive director and rarary brooks and their colleagues, both volunteers and staff at ashland

speakership of henry clay. and he spoke about henry clay recently. let's listen to speaker john boehner. thought we could get finished before the contender series was over this year. >> henry clay was the first -- what i call strong speaker of the house. the real l

speakership of henry clay. and he spoke about henry clay recently. let's listen to speaker john boehner. >> henry clay was the first -- what i call strong speaker of the house. the real leader of the house. when -- when our country was founded and congress was put together, the first speakers of the first 20 years or so came out of the english parliament

>> william henry harrison met with henry here. martin van buren came here before they knew they were going to be running against each other. they both issued letters later on that said they opposed annexation of texas. did they meet in rooms like this and talk over that? we don't know. basically, a lot of famous people, including e inine iningd others, have been here. everyone wanted to lexington, the political center of the wegs. >> we're going to mix in our first viewer phone call. it is from brian in springfield, illinois. welcome to our conversation about henry clay. zblr. >> caller: good evening. i want to thank c-span for this series. it's a great idea. i'm calling from springfield, illinois, with a

>> we are in the henry clay bedroom right now. upstairs, we have henry clay's duelling pistols. these were purchased in 1799 and later altered a bit. we leave these went to war with his son in mexico. henry was in two duels. one with humphrey marshall and one with john randolph. the duel with john randolph takes us back to henry clay and speaker of the house. when henry was chosen as speaker of the house he was chosen partly because they thought here is a man who can meet john randolph on the floor or on the field. and it happened that they met on the field. john randolph compared henry clay to a character in the novel "tom jones." called him the card cheat on the senate floor. henry wasn't there to defend himself and felt no man should have to endure such a dishonor. he challenged john randolph to a duel. randolph was a great shot with pistols and clay was not. but randolph decided to shoot at the ground. fortunately, nobody was seriously injured in either of henry clay's duels. >> how long did duelling -- was it part of political american life? >> 1860s. >> henry clay knew he

>> i don't think anybody would sit down with henry clay and leave without liking henry clay. he was a man, not a handsome man. everyone says he was ugly. in fact, they always commented about his large mouth. they said his mouth was so large he couldn't even spit properly. he was a man who liked the ladies, as they said, and somebody at the time said he could kiss them out of one side of his mouth while he was resting the other side of the mouth. as soon as he opened that mouth, a great oratory came out. he could charm you. he had that charisma, if there was a person at the opposite party that came to henry clay's home or to a party that clay was doing, there was a room filled with people, a room bigger than this, and the man said to this man from the other party, wouldn't you like to meet the famous mr. clay, and this democrat said about the wig clay, no, sir, no, sir, i do not choose to subject myself to the spell of his face nation, because he knew henry clay would suck him into his orbit if he met henry clay, he that h that that, that charisma, that anyone who met henry cl

but henry was gone quite frequently to campaign, henry was gone working washington. and on trips, for instance to see his daughter in new orleans. >> next call is from kentucky. this is gerald. hi, gerald. >> caller: hi, there. how are y'all doing? really enjoying the program. my last name is watkins. henry clay was my seventh cousin. his grandmother, sarah watkins, was a sister to my fifth great grandfather, john watkins. so i'm real proud of henry clay and that connection. my question is, the three times he won the nomination, it seems like the timing was really not good for his candidacy. they seemed doom. you believe there was a presidential election during his time of prominence that would have been better timing that he could have won the presidency? >> i think he could have won in 1840 pretty reasonably. in 1848, zachary taylor is the wig nominee. clay particularly opposed zachary taylor because taylor had done nothing other than be a general. he had never voted before he ran for president. clay very reluctantly tries to get the nomination in 1848 and fails. c

william henry harrison. martin van buren came here two years before they thought they would be riding with each other. did they talk about trying to make a texas issue go away. but both issues letters to oppose the annexation of texas. a lot of famous people have been through the area. >> we're going to mix in the first viewer call. >> caller: good evening. i want to thank c-span for this series. it's a great idea. i have a nonlincoln-themed question. i want to ask the panel about 1824 and theru

ysabel: let's check in with henry. >>henry: as you age, your brain actually gets better.marter. >>henry: welcome back to kron 4 morning news. there was a scientific and american series about the brain. so are rain does not turn to mush? >> this book is a summary look at everything that can go wrong and how we can optimize our brain. so it's about what the preserve what you have to minimize we loss and optimize. >>henry: your main job is to prevent those things. >> and as you get older your met rate will slow down in the short term memory one of you it was. after >> laughter >> actually are brahma slowdown but other surprising things happen. a telephone insurgent survey looked at 300,000 people at the they were happier in 870 then they were when their 20s. most of them said they did not regret the past. >>henry: what can we improve our brain and to prevent possible damage >> what is is if the brain. what is good for our part is good for our brain. the committee had to dementia. all alzheimer's is a catchall term. a new study shows that we can reduce by half the number of a

>>henry: cheers.ng one of the confessions from bryan stowe. we will give you a live look outside from one of the city's fog to the bay area. we will have the forecasted as a few minutes. thick cloth >>catherine: welcome back. france's loss angeles prosecutors have the suspect's and they have a confession, but there is a big wrinkle in the effort to convict the two suspects of the beating of bryan stowe and bryan stowe. >>marty: hosni mubarak has been convicted but that is not good enough for some of the citizens. also, the president responded to it for jobs report. >>jan: it is the stuff that dreams are made up. sentences go in the movies, a new exhibition. if >>ysabel: let's check in with henry. >>henry: you guys got me in the shower. i am here at menlo park, this is the outdoor shower at the sunset celebration of the living exposition. this is such a beautiful spot. the show goes on all day today. we're going to be giving aid to work off and gabe slate will be standing in fifth. we'll see less fat s

the first will be henry clay. henry clay ran three times. >> he was nominated three times. he ran five times. >> i have him running in 1824. >> 1824, 1832, 1844, but he was a candidate in '40 and '48 and probably would have run from the grave. >> it would be at his home. but has there ever been anybody that ran for as many offices, high offices like speaker of the house, he was elected speaker in his first day in congress. >> exactly. he's a man of superlatives. whatever you say about clay, he's a larger than life figure. i would argue he's the best president he has ever had. . >> not arguing that he's the best president, but i am arguing that they ran for as many offices as anyone we have been talking about today. >> governor of minnesota and president six times. >> but he became a joke. >> was clay ever a joke? >> no. his ambition was the subject of considerable -- >> i don't know whether he was a joke, but henry clay was a nasty guy too. he used to pick on people in congress. one of the people that he picked on was buchanan. >> who you wrote a book about. >> yes. james b

henry clay. >> why would he be fun? >> by all accounts, this was the most -- along with andrew jackson, his great enemy, will was the most charismatic gall galvanizing polarizing magnet figure. and by all account, there was an ora, a spell about the man. it went so far beyond charm. >> his very nickname, the great compromiser. the country is being split apart and he wants to keep it together, but he's very much identified with one side. and he's a partisan guy who wants to unite people. i mean, all of the problems of the era you could get from this guy and why we couldn't elect him is the same reason we eventually went to war. they couldn't be resolved. >> he ran against three different people for the presidency? >> yes. >> and he was secretary of state and speaker of the house and senator. >> and constructive states man. that's the interesting thing about these.man. that's the interesting thing about these. you talk about blaine and cleveland. each man with impressive blemishes to their personal or political character,

but there is still some good news for henry. one of his loyal customers who hears about the robbery steps in to help the store owner recover his losses. >> i had one of my customers. and he said i got very good job, and john, i know you're a nice man. i see what happen, and he give me $300. i said man, you don't have to do that. he said no, i'm happy to do it. >> henry, who has been robbed twice before says this incident definitely stands out from the others. >> he was very polite. very polite, very friendly, and this is why i open a conversation. i get robbed before, and you see people who robbed you. he was so in your eyes. he don't know how to manage his life and he want to survive. he doesn't know the right way to survive. >> but this robbery goes to show you that minding your p's and q's can only take you so far. breaking the law, even politely, can still land you behind bars. >>> coming up, these guys will do anything to escape authority. >> out of the corner of my eye, i caught him already halfway out my window. i knew wh

all is quiet here, i'm live at fort mc henry. this morning, lots of festivities. look behind me, the event kicks off at 11:00, until noon. the stage is already set, you can see all the chairs all lined up, ready for the event. it's part of the celebration to commemorate the war of 1812. today marks the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, june 18th is the day united states declared war on great britain. big names will be here including bob shaffer and martin o'malley. british and canadian ambassadors will attend. the scene is from enemies to allies. right now, i have our favorite person joining us here, ranger vince. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> reporter: let's make sure we update people. let's talk about that. >> this is our second war as independence in a way, we won our freedom, we were an independent country but didn't have respect from other countries. british were stealing our sailors, forcing them in to british navy, confiscating our ships and problems the western frontier. the only thing we can do is declare war. it was a narrowly dec

i was talking to henry kissinger on the phone. i suppose nixon describes me as an unreliable intellectual who doesn't stick to his points of view and wants to change his views at the last minute. i said henry, have you been bugging the sessions clerks he said no, david, i just know my boy. i just know my boy. and the postscript that was that henry is fine was that he would take the line of saying president nixon was a great president. but perhaps his greatest quality was his ability to delegate and all the really important things he delegated to me. that sort of not quite as blatant, but that's sort of of was his way of getting the credit. >> host: and the play and soon to be the movie, there is a dramatic tension. one gets is sent to your team primarily, but to some sense you are disappointed in the first two interviews. and in fact, there's a question of whether this whole thing will be a failure or success until the watergate interview. to what extent is that true? >> guest: well, it is exaggerated. the first thing is i agree w

sherrie johnson is live at fort mc henry with the details. >> reporter: we are here live at fort mc henry special event at 11:00, until 12:00, today is the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, i'm standing here with ranger vince and ranger jim. they are all decked out in the official reproductive garb. this is amazing. first of all, let's talk about the war of 1812. >> the british stealing american sailors, confiscating ships, american flag didn't have respect. united states made a stand, declared war on this day 200 years ago. >> reporter: wow, what else is going on today? we got the event at 11:00, the governor, all kinds of folks coming. what else can folks take advantage of. >> we are going to have living history. listen to drums, watch and hear the cannons fire and experience the war of 1812. >> reporter: excellent. the theme is from enemies to allies, what do you want people to get out of the event. >> we celebrate the peace. it's great that actually, three countries, canada, united king dom and united states have been friends. now, the trending from cast your vote, is overwhelming

. >>> sail-a-bration continues today with events at fort mc henry. sherrie johnson joins us live with a preview. >> reporter: there is a lot going on, yes, i'm live at fort mc henry. today's event kicks off at 11 k and runs to noon. they are society for the ceremony, 450 guests. see the stage is set, there will be a video by president barack obama. they will play that also. let me tell you, stood the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, june 18th, is the day the united states declared war on great britain. today's event is about peace and being allies. big names here, martin o'malley, british and canadian ambassadors. today's theme is from enemys to allies. right now, i have commander will o conner with the u.s. navy. it's nice to meet you. i was talking about my father and brother in the air force. we love all military. good morning. can you tell us a little bit about how did the commemoration week go? >> the city welcomed up with open arms. people of baltimore came out to see us, every sailor said they had the time of their life. >> reporter: what

no problems through the fort mc henry. if you are headed to the northeast corridor of 95, here is a live look at white marsh, no problems at route 43. for the beltway, here is a look in parkville, harford road, everything up to speed, 11 minutes from 95 to 83. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> jurors in the jerry sandusky trial could hear from the former football coach possibly today. prosecutors called 20 victims. the defense hasn't said if sandusky will take the stand. >>> fire officials are looking for the cause of a house fire that happened in southeast baltimore that killed a man , the dog started barking when the fire broke out on east born avenue. four people got out of the house. however bruce wagner did not make it. he returned home after being hospitalized with a kidney infection. >> it was already on fire. no sooner we opened the door, the dog ran out. we got out of there in time. the flames flew and that was it. >> there were no smoke detectors in the home. firefighters plan to walk through the neig

i'm proud of the henry hill i knew the last few years. >> no doubt.re was a great deal to repent for i suppose because he admitted he was obsessed with mob culture at an early age. why do you think our culture in general, can i add myself, is fascinated with these lives? >> i love watching the movies, myself, but, you know, it's glamorized. and henry hill is the first to tell you it's a horrible life. i worked undercover organized crime. i see what happens to people. most of them wind up dead or in jail for the rest of their lives. it's -- and young guys get caught up in that. they want to be just like these guys. and hopefully more guys like a henry hill and myself will tell these guys, it's a dead end street, mike. >> sure. look, lie cut a deal with the government, he saved his own life. how valuable is that testimony he gave? >> it's extremely valuable. he put 50 people in jail, 50 people away. not only that, what you need to understand, and the viewers, he would have been killed anyway. so you have a choice of being killed by your associates, or w

stick with the fort mc henry tunnel. this is white marsh, route 43. nice easy ride towards the beltway. if you are using the harrisburg, cheer onto the jfx. 11 minutes downtown to east fayette. 695, no problems. 11 minutes from 75 towards 795. that's a look at your time save traffic. >>> four times more traffic deaths than homicides in harford county. that's enough to make officials say enough is enough. now, they are watching a crack down -- launching a major crack down to make roads safer. linda so is live. >> reporter: you don't have to look far to see bad behavior. they want to do something about it. this is the sergeant with the sheriff's department. >> in develop, the lieutenant in bel air approached me about combining efforts with the task force, from there we built on that, we included the municipalities, which we have three, aberdeen, bel air police departments. what we started doing in april of 2011 was one day a week working combining officers from the agencies together, targeting a different area each week to enforce violations. >> reporte

blaine and henry clay? >> there were in a sense that he had grown up in a house where clay was absolutely idolized and clay was an idol for him as well. and when he was a young man he spent some time in kentucky actually. and working as a teacher and he made the point of seeing clay whenever he could when he was in kentucky. and so he was -- he was a -- very devout fan. >> i think one there is one account at the age of 17, he attended one of clay's major speeches in 1847 and took copious notes on it. >> our next caller in our discussion about james g. blaine is from indianapolis. this is edward. >> caller: hi. how are you? >> great, thanks. your question? >> caller: what was the role of blaine as secretary of state under benjamin harrison? >> okay. if you would do that briefly because we are going to spend a little more time later on this. >> he served under three presidents as secretary of state. is that correct? >> yes, garfield, arthur and then harrison. and the harrison was the long period. i mean, the

in henry's day you wore your wealth.s embroiderd on to your doublelet if you were king by law the only man in england allowed to wear this much finery. imagine him here at hampton court palace. >> he loads of palaces, 60, in fact. he moved between them. >> reporter: lucy is chief curator for england's historic royal palaces. >> he would look forward to coming here. this is the place that he came for hunting, holidays and honeymoons. it was a pleasure palace. >> reporter: southwest of london along the river thames, hampton court is where henry the 8th plotted his divorces and multiple remarriages and where, according to a letter written at the time, he himself -- yes, henry the 8th -- may have taken up embroidery. >> the way it is written you could read it as though he was actually doing the embroidery. >> reporter: a bizarre piece of trivia? not for susan kay williams. >> this is a piece that needed a lot of tlc. >> reporter: she runs the royal school of needle work which just happens to be located at hampton court palac

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and he picks william henry harrison. after john adams says he wants to appoint william henry harrison, jefferson is going to be the next president and harrison is showing good political sense. sins feelers to jefferson's saying are you going to kick me out of office and when he learns jefferson in and going to do that he then agrees to take the job as governor of indiana. so the first year and a half would be up to 1802 there is not that much going on. but in a keynote to rumors start swirling about that the french are going to retake the louisiana territory west of the mississippi river and this is napoleonic france whereas before it was held by the spanish who are particularly aggressive war militarily competent by this point and the idea that napoleon might be taking over the louisiana territory sins jefferson into a panic and from lake 1802 into 1803 he writes a secret private letter to harrison basically telling him to do almost anything he can to buy up indian land on the mississippi and ohio river as quickly and c

. >> reporter: henry the human meets henry the cow. >> did you pet the cow?> yeah. >> reporter: the toddler is careful not to get too close, but it's the calf that has a real reason to be afraid of people. last week, someone cut henry across the head. they slashed two goats and a chicken. >> of course initially they were traumatized because what happened was horrible. they are on the mend. >> reporter: henry had to have eight stitches and eight staples put into his head. he is doing much better. you can see he's eating more. he seems less skiddish around humans and he is expected to make a fullrecovery. >> the attack happened one month to the day after horses were stabbed. >> at this point, other than the proximity, we don't have a will the of physical evidence we can talk about that would link them. however, logically, it makes sense that we'll be working both of them. >> fairfax county police had few leads, but now the community has come together to fund a reward for anyone with information that leads to an arrest. >> we have had an outpouring of donors to

henry was feeding me the answers. that's how i knew. right, henry? >> if listened to me, you would have flunked that test, without a doubt. hey, jessica, raj, they're fresh out of college. about to earn some big-time cash. nba draft is going on right now as expected. kentucky wild cats center anthony david was selected overall by the hornets. they want to know what the warriors did with the overall pick. trying to beef up their weakness. drafting harrison barnes, sophomore. he averaged 17 points and 5 rebounds last season. new gm bob meyers got the guy he wanted. >> i'm just so happy to be part of this organization. i mean, this organization is on the rise. and you got to be part of it. obviously i'm a big nba fan. i've watched them play and feel like, you know, with clay, wright, you know, i feel like it's a team on the rise. >> we're thrilled. we love this player. we love him for the team. the owner and i saw him in new york last week. it's been a long week. but he is one of the best people in the draft and we think one of the best players. >> big-

(on cam tag)henry says: "the question was leggi.what's the iipact on uneeployment when you give illegal immigrants wookers permits and you already have millions of typically though, reporters wait until the presideet is finished sppaking out of respect foo the oofice beforee shouuing a question. at the white governor martin o'malley praised the prrsident's decision... calling it an pmportant step towards immigration reform. but late this evening... maryland mcdonough issuedda statement calling for the impeachment of presiddet obama ... nd a &pfederal llwsuit to stop what president's illegal immigration olicies. 3 thht brings us to our question of the day. dooyou agree with president obama's plan to stop deportiig youuger illegal immig? immigrants? go to fox- baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. youucan also send us a tweet.. at ebook. foxbalttmore. and you can text your answer to 45203.. enter foxx5aafor yes.. or fox45b for no. 3 it's a story you saw first on fox... a one year old found unconsciiuss it's later ruled a murde

traveling through the tunnels, everything up to speed through the fort mc henry and 895, acci cleared. traveling through the tunnels, everything up to speed through the fort mc henry and 895, north of child's street. not too many cars out. there an easy ride through the harbor tunnel. no concerns on the south side, heading southbound, 495, north towards the tunnels. as far as the west side is concerned, here is a look at liberty. no delays on the outer loop, looking at 11-minute ride from 795, towards 95. a look in a few minutes. no delays to talk about on the jfx in to the city. 11 minutes to travel from the beltway, downtown to east fayette street. that's a look at time saver traffic. >>> strong storm moved through baltimore on friday night leaving a number of downed trees and power lines. >> sherrie johnson picks up the team coverage in towson. >> reporter: the clean up process has certainly started here in west towson, look behind me here, we are in the 600 block of chestnut, in is where a tree fell on top of the roof of this home. there is a blue tarp that covers the house, that'

another one of henry's granddaughters, barbara early allen, and one of henry's great granddaughters, fawn jordan. these are three of paul jennings' many living descendants, his living legacy. he has an important legacy. he was an intrepid anti-slavery activist who secured his own freedom and his family's future. he acted as an operative in major attempted slave escape. he forged passes and freed papers for slaves with his literacy skills. he raised funds for slaves in peril purchased from their masters. his is a unique story. but it must also be appreciated that at the same time, he represents many african-americans of his time whose stories may never be known, but who, like him, overcame a barrage of obstacles in pursuit of the right to rise. as has been said, will is one hinge that is truly new in this word, and that is the history that we have yet to learn. thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> coming up, a program on african-american work and life in washington, d.c., especially in the area around the white this program explores african-american work and life in washington, d.c., e

this sunday, the great compromiser henry clay. >> his famous comment, i would rather be right than be president, i think still speaks to us. it's a clarion call to people all across whatever we're doing. whether we're in politics or something else is to do the right thing. he also said that in a sense that politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. i think that is still something that we need to remember as well. >> also this weekend, we'll feature the history of wichita. as part of our visit to the largest city in kansas. american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> each week at this time american history tv features an hour long conversation from c-span's sunday night interview series q and a. here's this week's encore q and a on american history tv. >>> this week on q and a, our guest is the author of second chance, three presidents and the crisis of american superpower. >> author of the grand failure, the birth of death and communism in the 20th century. why this new book? >> why not? i write books. it seems to me in this particular one i'm dealing

their model was patrick henry. and it was one of the strongest expressions of liberty as an individual right that peter was talking about. but the people who came from massachusetts thought in terms of the liberty of their towns of the right of belonging to communities of free people. and they had a much more communal sense, a social sense of liberty. very different from these back countrymen. the people who came from virginia chose for their symbol of liberty the goddess of liberty, the roman goddess. and edwin burke said liberty was a kind of rank. some had much liberty, others not as much, and more than a few had none at all. and in other parts of this -- the people from pennsylvania already had a symbol of liberty, which was that great bell, as it was called the quaker bell sometimes. 1751. it wasn't called the liberty bell until the 19th century, but liberty was at its very heart, and around the crown of the bell in 1751 there was a verse from leviticus that was proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the

like henry kissinger, somebody with that kind of power. but, we have to be a little careful before we make too much of the possession of jews in the south. remember, in many areas of the south, whites were a minority. whenever you have a white man in charleston, whenever you have a white minority, jews are going to be excepted because the white minority is interested in taking every paleface to their side. in a sense, the lines are racial rather than religious, and so long as jews don't rock the boat and go along with the values of the minority groups, they can gain acceptance. while i think it is true that in areas of the south, jews did win more exceptions than they did in the north, it is rather important to remember the context under which that happened, which is not altogether pretty, and that makes the story looks a little bit different. but it is worth remembering that the vast majority of jews were in the north, probably -- there are 150,000 jews at that time, 120,000 or so minorities -- only about 30,000 in the south. >> in the in

don't go john henry traffic man, don't go across that street. the flood song poems were poems written in reaction to katrina. how can i enter that space of writing poems about that. i'm not from there and don't have family there. who benefits from that tragedy? who benefits from that disregard for humanity and the thought animals would benefit from that. this first poem is flood songs number 4 mosquitoes drinking didy. >> drink every hour next up this hour and every hour after. was born in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour on the hour and every hour after. in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour. there is enough to go around. drink every hour and every hour after. go to the river there is enough to go around. drink up the hours and every after burned down by the river -- drink air land is here for after survivors go around they are enough. [applause] >> flood song 8 stray dogs duet. >> the every i learned. food. for the good. love. your hand smiled with me. you wanted me to understand you with -- my tee

both hamilton and henry were episcopalian. what they were proposing was not to restore the establishment. beginning in 1776, the government of virginia had stopped collecting the taxes to pay for the state church. in theory, the episcopal church, would still be established as a church, but they were not collecting the taxes. pendleton and henry said in the legislature, what we need to do is collect these taxes again. but we won't force everyone to pay for the church of england. what we will do instead is a, you can specify where your tax money will go. for example, if you are a methodist, you can say not episcopalian, but the methodist congregation will get my tax revenue. by doing this, they hoped that they would restore such situations in which all virginians were contributing to protestant religion. in fact, that is what the act said was about protestant religion. you can imagine madison disapproving of this idea. one secret of early american political history is that you couldn't beat patrick henry and virginia politics. e

henry is the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. he is the minority's witness today. when the two gentlemen are done, hopefully he will be there by then. i would like to rink to the the -- at like to go to the ranking member. >> let me start from a place we all agree. we all love america. we all believe america is a unique and special place. we all believe in american exceptional is done. the question is, how do we keep america strong, dynamic, and exceptional? on that we have different views and would make different choices. we believe our strength comes not only from the undisputed benefits of a free people pursuing their dreams but also from sometimes harnessing those talents for important national purposes. we believe america's rate as results from not only a collection of individuals acting alone for private profit but from oap

henry hill entered the witness protection program for years.nry hill was 69. >>> jack welch, who used to run ge back when they used to own nbc apparently didn't like how we covered the california pension crisis on nbc "nightly news." jack tweeted about us, they just don't get it. jack, why the anger? give us a call next time. the phone number is the same as it was when you ran the place. >>> speaking of old times, when you think of the kkk, you think of highway cleanliness. they already sponsor a mile of interstate in missouri and they want to do the same thing for a stretch of road in georgia. the state, however, denied their application but it still could be challenged. on the upside, they have assured the state they would not conduct highway cleaning in their robes or their festive hats. >>> the constitution is a funny thing and protects the right of minority haters to keep america beautiful, but it's oddly powerless in defense of those new yorkers looking to buy a large root beer. the cover of the "new yorker" magazine this week expresses t