mr. lewis. good morning. >> thank you, brian.kimmel, he's in the back to school sort of move. he may have discovered a pint-sized star. >> our local fox 11 news, there's a brand-new school in korea town, they were interviewing the students as they came up. they happened upon an upbeat second grader. >> you were little nervous last night. you couldn't sleep last night. >> yeah. >> so you didn't know that you were going to be the first student ever to come to this school. >> yes, yes. >> you hit the jackpot. >> yes. >> you know you're the first student? >> yeah. are you excited? >> yeah. >> yes. do you anything else to say to people? >> yes. >> what do you have to say? >> yes. >> yes. >>> now, you may recall when president lyndon johnson said if i lost cronkite i lost middle america. that may have happened to bob filner. leaders on both side are calling for his resignation. four hooters restaurants in san diego have posted signs saying they will not serve him. respect for women and a belief that people should have high standards. i

king, mr. lewis, mr. farmer, they have all received a medal of freedom.ays hidden, behind the scenes, organizing with dedicated volunteers. he did to do it by himself. life" look at the " magazine cover from march. others.ot dr. king, but gave a wonderful speech, dr. king, but people did not recognize it until a couple of years later. about thed to talk controversies around this. three weeks before the march on washington, south carolina congressman strom thurmond publicly attacked by rustin on the floor of the senate. accuses rustin of immoral behavior. -- immoral behavior. the morals charge is true, but this is a clear-cut case of toning down the charge. the conviction was sex perversion. >> the center is not interested me if i were a murderer, a thief, liar, for a person. is interested in attacking me because he is interested in destroying the movement. he will not get away with this. bayard rustin responding to the segregation of strom thurmond. what was soe, unusual about bayard rustin, he was open as a gay man, a decade before the 1940's. betweenain

. >>> over the cooler, mr. lewis, how are you? >> doing great. a big night in brooklyn t.usic awards took over the barclays center. justin timberlake took over the video of the year for "mirrors." the biggest news had little to do with the awards themselves. the show opened with lady gaga standing into a camera in an outfit reminiscent of a nun's habit, ending in a revealing clam shelby kinney. the most controversial performance of the evening came from former teen star miley cyrus who emerged from the stij as a giant steady bear, shared the stage with more than a dozen stuffed bear fansers. when robin thicke joined her, things took a different turn thanks to one particular dance move. ♪ >> that's called twerking and i don't think that's fit for tv. that performance apparently drew this reaction from hip-hop star and actor will smith and his family. they are shocked. >>> now, pop star taylor swift is known for letting her relationship seep into the music. last night swift seemed to be on edge over one direction member henry styles. swift appeared to mouth the word sthut bl

>> mr. lewis, did not care about our children at downtown high school and i put 6 children through the public school system and how flip of him to say that does not matter that they were not notified. and i am incensed by that. who was protecting the children if it is not for us. and you. the property across the street was not a vacant lot. i lived and counted cars that were between 50 and 70 cars illegally parked there. every single day. and now, those cars are in the neighborhood, and now, it is finally a vacant lot and so if it is a vacant lot how can you ask for exemptions. there are units in this poorly executed design that have no window access, except to interior light wells. and that is against your requirements. and they are asking for an exemption to the main floor. why should they be granted any exemptions if they are starting with a clean slate? they state that there has been no problem with water run off. there is a letter in your file from the neighbor who has been plagued with water

let's put aside the real news for a moment and go to mr. lewis. >> campaign season is under way in australia. if we're covering it here in the cooler, it means somebody said something they regret. yesterday the country's opposition leader tony abbott was rolling through his speech when the wrong word came to mind. >> no one, however smart, however well educated, however experienced is the suppository of all wisdom, and i believe that we will be a much better government because we have a very strong team. >> seems like abbott didn't notice the error but one eyewitness says they were both shocked and amused at the same time. let's go back to "breaking bad." even if you aren't a fan of "breaking bad" it's almost impossible not to hear all the final buzz about the final season. nearly 6 million viewers tuned into the first episode. the biggest audience in the show's history. also 100% increase in the last season's first episode. the series has inspired late night host jimmy fallon to consider a new look. he posted this photo on twitter. it looks like

lewis. >> president and mrs.ama, president clinton, president carter, i want to thank bernice king, the king family and national parks service who invited me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seemed to realize what otis redding saying about wha, and wt reverend martin luther king spoke about, this time in history has been a long time coming, but a change has come. plucome. [applause] >> we're standing in the shadow of abraham lincoln, only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we've come a great distance in this country in the 50 years we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometime i hear people saying, nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. come and, walk in the shoes of those who the police fought wit

and he said, "mr. lewis, i'm one of the people that beat you and left you bloody. will you forgive me? i want to apologize." his son started crying. he started crying. i started crying. he hugged me. i hugged him. he called me brother. i called him brother. >> and today he's the only survivor of the group of leaders who spoke up here on august 28th, 1963. let's go up and look at the spot. >> thank you. good to see you. you have to find the spot. >> where is the spot? here it is. when you finished that speech you got a great ovation and you walked back to your seat, what were you thinking? >> well, i was thinking to myself, "how did it go?" and i said to myself, "i think it went well." and the young people in sncc, i got the reading from them. they were cheering and they were -- really, they enjoyed it. and they were glad that i made it through the speech i think. >> do you know about the march on washington? >> it's the 50th anniversary, right? >> the 50th anniversary is august the 28th. we will celebrate and commemorate the 50th anniversary. >> he was standing rig

. >> thank you, mr. lewis lehrman, you have done such a good job of arguing that the standard needs to be replaced and can you talk about any other single commodity which is less stable in value? >> under the basket of currencies or any kind of store-based monetary standard, i think that it is sufficient for me to say that it would be as unstable as a fluctuating currencies themselves. there've there would be no reason to believe that it would be based upon a fluctuating the supply and demand and the cost of productions. we have many tied to the gold standard. almost anything is possible for we rely upon academics and classrooms to design a perfect monetary system. in the end whiteboards or blackboards will not do with the testimony that reveals a conclusive answer on that. what we need to do is look at the historical evidence. of the modern world trading system. and we need to look at what was the least imperfect monetary standard by which nations and families and groups grew at rates of growth with the whole

sternman and his son edward, mr. lewis they'd been arguing constantly the last two weeks.s? i'm not sure. i overheard something about, uh... calling in loans, insolvency. sounds like a cash crunch. whatever it was, it was affecting mr. sternman's health. that's all i can tell you. it's a lot. ( phone ringing ) that's my wife. she calls me when she's on break at the hospital. excuse me. i did a news search of the sternman bank. nothing about a financial crisis. if they were in a cash crunch and trying to raise money, you figure somebody's going to notice. if you're looking on wall street, sure, but there's other places to raise money. woman: now, sternman holdings-- that's their real estate company. they put out a prospectus. goren, i'm sorry, you got to excuse me but we just moved in last week and only one toilet's working and there's rats in the ceiling. you're making money. yeah, i'm making money, which in this market, is nothing to sneeze at. so, bring some of that money down to the poker game. i'm banking it. carlos and me, we're saving up for a house. carlos? irene, y

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at the end of the testimony, mr. lewis his arm on my shoulder and said, jim, you are my friend and my brother. and that was one the highest accomplishments i ever received in almost 46 years in elected public office. senator leahy said i am a civil rights icon and i said, no am i am not an icon. i am a mechanic. my job is to fix the voting rights act. the first thing we have to do is to take the monkey wrench that the court threw in it out of the voting rights act and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so it is alive, well, constitutional, and impervious to another challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects. i am with you on this. [applause] with all of the problems that we have over the budget problems, the resolutions and the debt ceiling and the snooping by the nsa, this is something that has to be done by the end of the year so that a revised and constitutional voting rights act is in place before the 2014 election season both primaries and general elections start to run. we have job number one th

at the end of the testament, mr. lewisd around and put his arm on my shoulder and said, jim, you are my friend and my brother. and that was one the highest accomplishments i ever received an almost 46 years in elected public office. senator leahy said i am a civil rights -- i said, no am i am not an icon. my job is to fix the voting rights act. the first thing we have to do is to take the monkey wrench that the court through in it out of the voting rights act and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so it is alive, well, constitutional, and impervious to another challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects. i am with you on this. [applause] with all of the problems that we have over the budget problems the team the resolutions and the debt ceiling in the snooping by the nsa, this is something that has to be done by the end of the year so that a revised and constitutional voting rights act it and place before the 2014 election season both primaries and general elections start to run. we have job number one

the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. lewis of georgia for today and mr. young of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are accepted. under the speaker's announced the of january 3, 2013, gentleman from arkansas, mr. griffin, is recognized until 10:00 p.m. as the designee of the majority leader. mr. speaker. i want to take a little time tonight with my colleague, mr. young, representative young from indiana, to talk a little bit about health care in america. talk a little bit about the affordable care act that is currently being implemented and talk about the need for real health care reform in this country. and i want to start out by just emphasizing that i firmly believe we need health care reform. i believe that the health care reform we got in the form of the affordable care act or obamacare is not the health care reform that we need. d i would say that we have lots of proposals here in the house. i think last congress we had over 200 bills introduced that related to the health care system reforming our -- system,

lewis. >> president and mrs. cart carter, i want to thank bernice king and the king family and the national park service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guest guests on this platform j it seems to realize what otis redding red redding sang about about what martin luther king, jr. preached about. this moment in our history has been a long time coming but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln. 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country, in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king, jr. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alaba alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress, makes me want to tell them, come and walk in my shoes. com

lewis. let's listen in. >> president and mrs.dent carter, i want to thank bernice king, the king family, and the national parks service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seemed to realize what otis redding sang about and what martin luther king jr. preached about, this moment in our history has been a long-time coming, but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation, and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress, makes me want to tell them, come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the shoes of those who were attacked by po

mr. thomas and congressman lewis, shall not be in vain.applause] >> the new cry tomorrow should be fighting voter suppression with the same fervor, with the same energy, passion and dedication that we had 50 years ago when we were fighting for the right to vote. the second cry should be stopping the mass incarceration of young black males. it has a detrimental effect on building future famils, or young black women who are educated are having difficulty finding suitable mates to marry was they're in prison, and they're in prison for doing some of the same thing that white males are in prison for doing. whether it's first-time drug offense that they get a pass on, and black males get sent to prison, and black women get sent to prison. and the second, the law under the aegis of the law that took trayvon martin's life, this stand your ground laws that have been instituted in the states. and congressman lewis, i'm sure that black congressional congress will be tighting hard for these -- fighting hard for these things. so fighting voter suppress

lewis? [applause] attorney general, mr. mayor, you honor us with your presence. .he fierce urgency of now words rang out across the national mall, the call echoed in households across america. the summons ignited a movement to make real the promise of democracy. of course everyone knows the "i had a dream" speech, but the fierce urgency of now part of it was not only an inspiration, it was a motivation to act. was not the first time dr. martin luther king jr. urged fellow travelers to reject the status quo, to in his words at the march, refuse to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. seven years early now to trim of in francisco, my hometown, 1956, dr. king delivered the same message to the delegates of the naacp convention. --said "now i realize those all over are telling us we must slow up, he said, but we cannot afford this slow up. we have a moral obligation to press on because of our love for america and our love for the democratic way of life, we must keep moving. in san francisco in 1956 to the mall in 1963 to a

lewis. >> president and mrs.r, i want to thank bernice king, the king family, and the national park service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seem to realize what otis redding sang about. and what martin luther king jr. preached about. this moment in our history has been a long time coming, but the change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln. 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation. and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years. but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometime i hear people saying, nothing has changed. but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress, makes me want to tell them, come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the shoes of those that were a

at the end of the testimony, mr. lewis put his arm on my shoulder and said, jim, you are my friend and my brother. and that was one the highest accomplishments i ever received in almost 46 years in elected public office. senator leahy said i am a civil rights icon and i said, no am i am not an icon. i am a mechanic. my job is to fix the voting rights act. the first thing we have to do is to take the monkey wrench that the court threw in it out of the voting rights act and then use that monkey wrench to be able to fix it so it is alive, well, constitutional, and impervious to another challenge that will be filed by the usual suspects. i am with you on this. [applause] with all of the problems that we have over the budget problems, the resolutions and the debt ceiling and the snooping by the nsa, this is something that has to be done by the end of the year so that a revised and constitutional voting rights act is in place before the 2014 election season both primaries and general elections start to run. we have job number on

mrs. obama, president carter and clinton, congressman lewis, ambassador young, my brother martin iii, to my entire family. i was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream" speech and i probably was somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but the day is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. and we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago, the president did not attend. today we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. [applause] >> 50 years ago there was not a single woman on the program. today we are honored to have not just one young person but several young people on the program today. it is certainly a tribute to the work and legacy of so many people that have gone on before us. 50 years ago today, in a symbolic shadow of abraham lincoln my father stood in this very spot and declared to this nation his dream to

lewis. >> president and mrs. national park service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, it seems to realize what otis redding was singing about and what martin luther king was preaching. this has been a long time coming, but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation, and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the shoes of those who were attacked by police dogs, by hoses and night sticks, arrested and taken to jail. i first

mr. whip is in conversation with lewis lapham, former editor of harper's magazine and current editor of lapham's quarterly. this is an hour. >> well kaw included a ride over to curtis. i'm a longtime admirer of curtis white. he is now on the editorial advisory board of the quarterly, and i turned to him for wisdom, and darkness, which often comes over me. and i'm going to let him begin by explaining, wanting to talk as much as possible. so if you can set up the premise of the book and then i have a few stray questions that i will ask you if silence falls. >> well, from what i can tell so far, one of the things that people out there, whoever they are, readers, journalists, want to know is why i decided to write this book. now, i'm a novelist and not a science writer. and the answer to that question is familiar for me but curious probably for everybody else. >> i just had to turn it off, sorry. [laughter] >> as has happened more than once in my writing lifetime, i was driving in the car, listening to npr, and i just happened to hear, -- [inaudible] for those of you who know my book "the middle min

lewis. >> president and mrs. the national park service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, it seems to realize what otis redding was singing about and what martin luther king, jr. was preaching this has been a long time coming but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation, and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the shoes of those who were attacked by police dogs, by hoses and night sticks, arrested and taken to jail.

lewis. >> president and mrs.nice king, the king family and the national park service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, it seems to realize what otis redding was singing about and what martin luther king was preaching this has been a long time coming but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation, and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the shoes of those who were attacked by police dogs, by hoses and night sticks, arr

lewis. >>> jack nicholas wife never did it neither did mrs. former tiger woods.lay off. then sneaks in this 25-foot put on the first extra hole just to stay alive. second extra hole, reed was 156 yards out. sitting on top of pine needles under a tree branch but reed makes what he calls a shot of his life. a perfect seven iron that lands 7 feet from the hole. now reed let a 3-shot lead get away from him then drills this birdie shot. not exactly sure how much the caddy gets of his $954,000 paycheck. >>> golf fans traveled to colorado to defend champion. sweden's caroline makes the short birdie put to beat michelle we. it's their first championship. hegwal the first woman ever to go 5-0 on a single sohan cup. >>> the a's win and they're now within 1/2 game of the texas rangers. >> does your wife caddy for you? >> no. i'm just glad she lets me go. that's as good a deal i can get. >> mark, one more quick check of the weather. >> we're watching for the possibility of thunderstorms. a chance for right now. that threat this time of year with all the dry brush, that red f

lewis? [applause] attorney general, mr.ayor, you honor us with your presence. , butrce urgency of now words rang out across the national mall. acrossin households america, the summons ignited a real theto make promise of democracy. everyone knows the "i had a dream" speech. but the fierce urgency of now part of it was not only an inspiration, but it was a motivation to act. not the first time dr. martin luther king junior urged the travelers to reject the .tatus quo two, in hit words, -- in his words, refuse to take the tranquilizing drug of stagnant is in. dr. king delivered the same message to the delegates at the convention. he said, "now i realize those all over are telling us we must slow up, he said, but we cannot afford this slow up. we have a moral obligation to press on because of our love for america and our love for the democratic way of life, we must keep moving. in 1956 to theo mall in 1963 to america today, dr. king's message endorse. endors.key -- we must keep moving. our heritage and our hope. at the time of

thank the san francisco fleet week association, lewis loeven, specifically, major general myat, always a mentor, former secretary of state schultz and mrs. schultz, mrs. perry, honored to be in your presence. the uss makin island, chief of the fairest city in the world, san francisco, and he esteemed professionals. this is nice, i'm going to move south of here and take you to afghanistan. as you know we have marines, soldiers, sailors in afghanistan currently, but i'm going to bring you to when i was there during 2010 and 2011 after the president decided to surge the forces. first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit more stable. and we went straight to helman and nimruz province. very complex dynamic environment that we were operating in but before i begin it talk to you about the operational picture, i just want to give you a snapshot of afghanistan. when we got there i want to set the frame here so you understand what we're dealing with. afghanistan ranged 180th out of 1 86 on the world bank list of developed countries. 20 percent of th

mr. schwartz: questions? yes, right here. q: yeah, paul lewis from the guardian newspaper. andrew, if you could follow up on that, two things. one, you said that it wasn?t clear to you that the snowden affair was ? that the bilateral summit would have occurred, had it not been for the snowden affair. but all of the noises you heard from the white house in the run-up to the snowden affair was that the meeting was likely to take place, and it was only after russia agreed to give him temporary sanctuary that the meeting was canceled. so what else could account for the cancellation of that bilateral meeting? and another question for matthew is, could you talk to us a bit more about how corridor conversations about syria may impact the more formal meetings? mr. kuchins: i think the administration faced a dilemma, trying to factor out the snowden affair, that the principal proposals that they?ve been making to the russians, not just security issues and principally the nuclear offense reductions, missile defense, strategic stability set of issues, which i think is the sort of the

lewis? [applause] attorney general, mr. mayor, you honor us with your presence.urgency of now, but words rang out across the national mall. a call in households across america, the summons ignited a movement to make real the promise of democracy. everyone knows the "i had a dream" speech. but the fierce urgency of now part of it was not only an inspiration, but it was a motivation to act. it was not the first time dr. martin luther king junior urged the travelers to reject the status quo. two, in his words, refuse to take the tranquilizing drug of stagnant is in. dr. king delivered the same message to the delegates at the convention. he said, "now i realize those all over are telling us we must slow up, he said, but we cannot afford this slow up. we have a moral obligation to press on because of our love for america and our love for the democratic way of life, we must keep moving. in san francisco in 1956 to the mall in 1963 to america today, dr. king's message endures. we must keep moving. our heritage and our hope. at the time of the march, there was no landmar

, but i've seen the movement of people like john lewis, congressman louis, congressman sensenbrenner from the republican side, my good friend the whip, mrre coming together and others on the senate side coming together to do what the supreme court said must be done. and that is to come up with a new formula and backing for it for that seconds 4 that they found unconstitutional. let me say this. you talked about rosa parks, martin. she took along with martin luther king and many others, took a moment and turned it into a movement. i'm so afraid right now with that shelby case in the supreme court, i think they pushed us back a good distance because we saw last year during the presidential election, we saw one of the greatest efforts to stop people from voting, people of color, students. >> congressman, you don't need to go back to last year, sir. look at north carolina ood. look at texas today. >> that's exactly right. i mean, we need a voting rights act more today than ever because we see -- it's quite intentional. as soon as this decision was made, these folks came out and said look, we're going to try to do now things that might have

mr. morial, by the civil rights leaders that spoke at the march on washington? i saw john lewisaking, the reverend jesse jackson spoke as well. were you inspired by those leaders? >> john lewis particularly is always an inspiration because of his work and his life. and today because he was really there in 1963 in a big way. because he was on the front lines in votes rights, he inspired me. reverend al sharpton i think in closing sort of put it all together with this idea of a new america. you know, one of the things that we did leading up to this march is on friday we released this new 21st century public policy agenda, don, and that agenda sort of charts the course of what next, why did we march. and after this day of inspiration, this day of enthusiasm, how do we go forward. and this policy priority document called the 21st century agenda for jobs and freedom covers economics, education, criminal justice reform, protection of voting rights and democracy, and health care disparities and it's available to everyone at nul.org. >> yeah, and speaking of going forward, and you menti

lewis. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker.i look back on august 28, 1963, the day of the march on washington for jobs and freedom, i see it as one of this nation's finest hours. the american people push and pull. they struggled, suffered, and some even died, to demonstrate the desire to see a more fair, a more just society. their efforts and commitment ushered in a spirit of bipartisanship, collaboration, and meaningful change into the congress. they became one of the finest hours of american democracy. as members of congress, we owe it to ourselves to take a moment to contemplate the meaning of this 50th anniversary. what will it take for us to come together to make that kind of progress for the american people once again? in 1963, i was only 23 years old. i had all my hair. [laughter] a few pounds lighter. but in 1963, leading up to the march on washington, there had been an unbelievable amount of action on the part of the movement, on the part of those of us who called ourselves a circle of trust. a band of her others and s