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. >> steve phillips talks about race, politics. he took questions for about one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. my name is paul harrison, i am president of the city club board of directors. i am pleased to introduce steve phillips, president and one of the first 50 founders. of power pac. it is a political organization established in 2004 to champion democracy and social justice in states and communities across the country. before i comment on, pacs i want to say a few words on his background. he grew up in cleveland heights so he is back home today and he has a lot of friends in the audience. he attended stanford and majored in african-american studies. university and was very active in student organizations. he got his law degree in san francisco. he worked for four years with a public interest law firm public advocates. at the young age of 28, he was elected to the severn cisco board of education becoming the san francisco history. he later became president of the board of education. it is timely as we enter an election yea

[applause] >> today we have been listening to our friday forum featuring steve phillips. thank you very much. thank you ladies and gentlemen. in forum is now adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] morninge picture this at the martin luther king memorial in washington dc. the memorial itself originally scheduled to be dedicated on august 28, 2011. hurricane irene postponed the event until october. the memorial is the first in the nation's capital built in honor of a person of color. the steady stream of visitors at the memorial here in washington. >> as we watch live at the and -- martin luther king memorial, there are a number of events we are covering. president obama and the first family are taking part in a service project near washington dc. national action network hosted a breakfast this morning. vice president joe biden and the reverend al sharpton were among the speakers. coverage of that is coming up later on c-span. the u.s. is suspending some sanctions in -- response

[applause] >> today at the city club we have been listening to a friday forum featuring steve phillips, president and co-founder of power pac. thank you, many phillips. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. this forum is now adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> well, politico reports today that republican senator david vitter announced this morning that he will run for governor of louisiana in 2015. quote: i believe that as our next governor, i can have a bigger opportunity addressing the unique challenges we have. as golf senator vitter said he would work to improve louisiana's lagging education system, make the state for business-friendly and work to clean up the state's politics. you can see the rest of the article if you go to politico.com. >>> live picture of the u.s. capitol. you can barely see it this afternoon as heavy snow falls down. forecasters predicting up to 8 inches today. the federal government is shut down due to the weather. many of the programs that we planned to bring you live this morning, this afternoon also got canceled. one tha

politics withnd steve phillips, a lawyer and select the best to help create the country's first super pac. here's some of what he had to say. >> 54% of the country is white. of that population, 41% are progressives. the progressive white population in the country is 26% of the united states. , and added to26% the people of color, that gives you the 55% that is the new majority in this country. this mathematical theorem has been proven twice at the national level with the election, and the reelection of president obama. what does this mean for u.s. politics going forward? alwaysnse of status has -- also give us a geographic map to tell that the consensus is in the south and southwest. arenew battleground states in the southwest with a land that used to be known as mexico, that we now call tech six when mexico, arizona, colorado. and 24. 90% of voters of color on the threshold as to which they can win an election. three states withstood the wave and reelected democrats to the office. they lost the white vote, but we are able to prevail because of escalation -- the

and tomorrow a discussion about politics with steve phillips. supports democratic candidates.e spoke at the city club in cleveland. here is a preview of his remarks. >> 64% of the population is white. of that 41% are progressive. that means the progressive part is 26%. you add that to the 29% who are youle of color, it gives the new majority in america. been testedd has and proven twice at the national level. what does this mean for u.s. politics going forward? us a mapta has given oft shows the future politics is in the south and the southwest. the new battleground states are the old slaveholding states and the southwest, the land that used to be known as mexico. will throw atrs i you. 19 and 24. voters of color is the threshold by which a white can win an election. all three of the democrats who won the elections lost the white vote but were able to prevail because of this coalition. colorado had 19% of its voters of color. this is where the picture comes 25% ofcus there are states that will soon have 19% voters of color. south andin the southwest. arizona, georgia, and texa

[applause] >> today we have been listening to our friday forum featuring steve phillips. thank you very much. thank you ladies and gentlemen. in forum is now adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2013] he talks about changing dem gratchingings and race on future elections. chris weekend on span christie's inauguration here on span. and during this week's question time british prime minister answers questions about the u.k.'s humanitarian aid to syria. you can watch that beginning at :00 p.m. eastern here on span. >> hillary began their teaching careers at the university of arkansas. bill came in 1973 and hillary came a year later. hillary clinton's career began right outside this building at the university of arkansas where she was a professor and she taught classes such as criminal law, criminal procedure, trial procedure. hillary was a well educated ivy league law school grad that worked in d.c. as part of the nixon impeachment campaign. she was impeached two weeks before hillary t

and superpac founder steve phillips talks about the changing demographics and future of u.s. politics. later, a political pundit talks about today's national media and its accuracy in reporting the news. coming up next on "washington journal,", reid wilson of "the washington post" looks at the 2014 agenda for governors and state legislatures. usa today consumer reporter talks about the affordability of plants under the health-care law federal exchanges. then a discussion about a federal program aimed at providing heating assistance to low income households. mark wolf with the national energy assistance to -- association joins us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] host: welcome to the washington journal this january 20, 2014. it is martin luther king, jr. day, and in washington, a wreath laying ceremony planned at the mlk memorial. live coverage on www.c-span.org at 8:00 a.m.. expected to attend is secretary of interior, d c and congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. vice president joe biden will be a

. >> more of steve phillips remarks here on c-span. >> i think without question, it is not keeping pace with where the marketplaces. the sec should do what it can to calibrate its regulation to fit the times. we are essentially stock and we have reached the point now given the intermodal views that we see, they need to be able to silosctions to reduce the required to treat telephone companies and others differently even though they are competing by the same service. an update would be very useful and i have worked closely to help make that a success. pai on "the communicators" on c-span 2. i know truthfully that every single problem in america would be better if more people could read, write, and comprehend. i just know it. we would be able to compete with the rest of the world. we would not have these children committing crimes because their families don't have jobs. they don't have jobs because they cannot read. they don't understand. i think every thinking american is coming to that conclusion. we have got to educate our children. we have got to educate their parents. it is not just

after washington journal tomorrow on c-span, a discussion on politics with steve phillips. he built the first super pack, which supports democratic candidates. he 64% of the country is white. 41% are progressive. white country is 20 six percent of the entire united states. you take that, at that to the the 55% of color into which is the new majority. demographic has doubly tested and proven twice at the national level with the reelection of president obama. what does this mean for u.s. politics going forward? mape's also a geographic that shows the future of u.s. politics is in the south and southwest. battleground states are the old playful states. in the southwest. it used to be known as mexico. 19, 24. 19% of voters of color is a threshold for whether a coalition can win an election. the 2010 republican tidal wave was to the weight and reelected to the crack to the senate. -- the democrats to the senate. they were able to prevail because of this coalition. they have 19% with voters of color. this is where the picture starts to come more closely into focus. there are 24 s

. >> steve phillips talks about race, politics. our firstage of ladies series in one hour. conversation on the health care law and health care costs. on the next "washington journal," melanie sloan discusses the consequences of the supremes -- of the supreme court's decision on the fourth anniversary of the decision.

later tonight, lawyer and philanthropist steve phillips, who helped to create the first super pack will be speaking at the city club of cleveland about changing demographics, race, politics, and the legacy of martin luther king. here is a look. >> i want to get people's attention. one way to do that is to be blessed about issues of race and at the city. ist of why it gets attention because addressing race touches on deep-seated fears and insecurities of how the country is changing. fears about how a cherished way of life is pretty -- perceived to be disappearing. in fact, you cannot truly understand politics in america today without appreciating the interplay between the demographic revolution and the efforts by too many demagogues in congress who whip up fear and stoke insecurity in an attempt to foment opposition to anything that is proposed by our african- american commander-in-chief. let me close with the good news that you have nothing to fear. you know that people of color like good food. you know we make good music and culture. turns out many of us are sociable and smart and shar

after washington journal tomorrow on c-span, a discussion on politics with steve phillips. he built the first super pack, which supports democratic candidates. he 64% of the country is white. 41% are progressive. white country is 20 six percent of the entire united states. you take that, at that to the the 55% of color into which is the new majority. demographic has doubly tested and proven twice at the national level with the

. >>> jersey city mayor, steve phillip, a democrat, considered endorsing christie for reelection lastd meeting, rendezvous and it was postponed, oh, the pain. listen, mayor, that may count as payback on downton abbey, but this is new jersey. payback is waking up duct taped to the holland tunnel during saturday night rush hour. >> welcome back. on the front page of the "new york times," anti-obamacare ad spending is starting to stagger democratic candidates. according to the times, the conservative group americans for prosperity has spent more than $20 on tv ads in several competitive elections since september. the most vulnerable democrats are being targeted the most. 35 democrats have run against kay haguen since june. >> i was shocked when my health care policy was broken. kay haguen told us if you liked your insurance, you could keep them. >> tenow kay is backtracking. why didn't she do her job? tell mary landrieu our health care is at risk. we need real reform, not more politics. >> the ads have been running uncontested. democrats are struggling to keep pace with republican spendi

. >> adapted screen play the nominees are -- billy ray for captain phillip, steve coogan and jeff pope for fill hell me that. and terrance winter for the wolf of wall street. >> for best original screen play t nominees are -- eric warren singer and david o'russell for "american hustle." >> woody allen, for "blue jasmine." craig borton and melissa wellic for "dallas buyers club." spike jonze for "her." and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we are pleased to nominate the groods. despicable me 2. earnest and celestine. froz frozen, and the wind rises. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are -- the act of killing. kite and the boxer. dirty wars. the square. and 20 feet from stardom. nominees to be determined. >> for best foreign language film the nominees are -- from belgium, the broken circle breakdown. italy t great beauty. from denmark, the hunt, from cambodia, the missing picture, and from palestine, omar. >> we've been listening to the nominations from the oscar awards happening in beverly hills. we'll continue to monitor these and gather them beca

richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawke for "before midnight," billy ray for "captain phillips," stevenger and david o. russell for "american hustle," woody allen for "blue jasmine," craig borten and melissa wallack for "dallas buyers club," spike jonze for "her" and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest & celestine," benjamin renner and didier brunner. "frozen," chris buck, jennifer lee and peter del vecho and "the wind rises," hiyao miyazaki and toshio suzuki. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are "the act of killing," joshua oppenheimer and signe byrge sorensen, "cutie and the boxer," zachary heinzerling and lydia dean pilcher, "dirty wars," richard rowley and jeremy scahill, "the square," jehane noujaim and karim amer and "20 feet from stardom," nominees to be deterined. >> for best foreign language film, the nominees are from belgium, "the broken circle breakdown," from italy, "the

richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawke for "before midnight," billy ray for "captain phillips," steve a slave" and terence winter for "the wolf of wall street." >> for best original screenplay, the nominees are eric warren singer and david o. russell for "american hustle," woody allen for "blue jasmine," craig borten and melissa wallack for "dallas buyers club," spike jonze for "her" and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest & celestine," benjamin renner and didier brunner, "frozen," chris buck, jennifer lee and peter del vecho and "the wind rises," hiyao miyazaki and toshio suzuki. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are "the act of killing," joshua oppenheimer and signe byrge sorensen, "cutie and the boxer," zachary heinzerling and lydia dean pilcher, "dirty wars," richard rowley and jeremy scahill, "the square," jehane noujaim and karim amer and "20 feet from stardom," nominees to be

billy ray for "captain phillips." steve cougen for "philomena." john ridley for "12 years a slave."american hustle." woody allen for "blue jasmine." craig borten and melissa wallic for "dallas buyer's club." spike jonze for "her." and bob nelson for "nebraska". >> for best animated feature film we are pleased to nominate "the croods." "despicable me 2". "frozen." and the "the wind rises". >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are "the act of killing," joshua oppenheimer and southernson. "cutie and the boxer," zachary and lydia dean pillcher. "dirty wars". "the square". and "20 feet from stardom," nominees to be determined. >> the best foreign language film, the nominees are from belgium "the broken circle breakdown." from italy, "the great beauty." from denmark, "the hunt." from cambodia, "the missing picture." from palestine, "omar." >> for best achievement in directing, david o. russell for "american hustle". alfonso car ron for "gravity." alexander payne for "nebraska." steve mcqueen for "12 years a slave." and martin scorcese for "the wolf of wall street". >> the best pe

are richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawk for "before midnight, billy ray for "captain phillips", steveohn ridley for '12 years a slave". for best original zreen play, "american hustle," wooddy allen for "blue jasmine," bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we're pleased to nominate "the kroods, accounts chris sanders, "despicable me 2", "earnest and so les teen", frozen" and "the wind rises." >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are the act of killing, joshua open hiemer and sore ren sen, "cutie and the boxer", jackry hine zer ling and lydia deen pill cher were "dirty wars", "the square" and "20 feet from stardom", nominees to be determined. >> for best foreign language filling, the nominees are from bell gum "the broken circle breakdown," from hitly, "the great beauty, from denmark, "the hunt" from cambodia, "the missing picture" and from palestine "omar". >> for best achievement in directing, david o. hustle for "american hustle, alfonso occur ron for gravity, alexander payne for nebraska steve mcqueen for "12 years a slave" and martin score says see f

steve? >> caller: hey, jim. i had a stock the last 30% the next few days, phillips 66. >> the refiner's doing incredibly well becauseglut in domestic versus what they can sell overseas. remember, we refine oil in this country, the refiners buy it at a low price and can sell it overseas at high low price. i would not buy it here, but if i owned it and it pulled back a little bit, i would buy it in a general market pullback, but it is a buy. can i go to james in virginia? james? >> caller: i'm asking about hexel, hxl. >> that's part of the aerospace. you get boeing, you get hexcel. these are all going higher. mike in new york? >> caller: boo-yah, jimmy. i'll see you at costco this saturday. >> thank you. i wish you were seeing me at barnes & noble after the show at paramus, but i'll take costco any day. >> i got intel for you. >> i see downgrades of arm holdings, upgrades of intel, why? because intel is doing everything right now, to be able to get that cell phone business. i want to go back, just one more second again. i feel like what we have to do with these refiners is recognize they're buys, but we can get pullba

phillips'. [ woman ] hop on over! the holidays winding down, this weekend, some people have taken the time to show kindness to a stranger. and changed their lives. abc's stever persons of the week. >> reporter: elliott shirback is a young man with downs syndrome who overheard something hurtful at the grocery store with his mother. you left your idiot kid in the lane, the guy said. ann daggette says she asked her son what would cheer him up. he told her 100 christmas cards, she took it to her facebook page, if anyone could send him a card, he would love it. thousands came in the mail. >> wow. i got 2,000 christmas cards from every person that gave to me around the world. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: tonight elliott and so many others are cheering the every day people, who took a second out of their day this busy holiday season to do something so little. to dana hoffman, and her daughter emily in ohio, who found a bag of presents that fell from the roof of a car and found the little boy they were meant for. >> i was just hoping somebody out there would know somebody that lost these gifts. >> reporter: to those secret santas who left thousand dollar tips fo

phillip m. parker. phd. i'm sure he is a real blast to sit next to at a dinner party. >> steve: "what do you think of the fine: "it's pretty good. wouldn't want to sit on it while pooping." >> steve: who wrote that book? >> jimmy: this book is by philip m. parker. >> steve: it is not by seymour butts? >> jimmy: no. >> steve: are you sure? and wang. 'cause it's a chinese book. [ laughter and applause ] seymour butts and wang. >> jimmy: not a book by seymour butts and wang. it's not. >> steve: i just want to learn. i'm human. >> jimmy: next up we have -- it is a novel. it should be a good novel. this one is called "groping" by naomi jacob. you know who should read this, the dyer brothers. "pardon my reach i just grazed your boob there. let's get the groping started. groping there. let the groping begin. groping." next book is a cookbook. everybody can use a good cook book. i love them all the time. this is called "foiled again 100 great foil cooking recipes." looks delicious, let's be honest. if you are into eating things thrown up by a cat, this is -- >> steve: i would like to eat those with kat hurd. [ laught

phillips'. >>> the man with all the secrets is ready to break his silence. he is asking for immunity. today my colleague steveornacki who knows him well will be joining me next. we don't have to. the experts have spoken. now it's your move. ♪ because an empty pan is a blank canvas. [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. [ woman #3 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicious with swanson. over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did. in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> is the man with the secrets ready to break his silence? he is david wildstein, the christie appointee, who directed those lane closures. who got that e-mail. time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, and responded, "got it." but wildstein ap

phillips." "dallas buyers club." "gravity." "her." "nebraska." "philomena." "12 years a slave." brad pitt. steve mcqueen. producers.etermined. for the complete list of all of the nominations, please visit oscar.com. >> join us sunday night, march 2, to celebrate the incredible artisan film at the oscars. see you then. >> all right. all right. >> where do you want to start? do you want to start the one they finished with? >> no, let's start with best actor. yes. >> go ahead. what did we see there? >> what do you think? >> let's name them first. matthew mcconaughey, bruce dern, christian bale, leonardo i ddi cap rio. expected field. >> yes. but that was probably one of the most competitive fields, also. there -- tom hanks was a possibility for "captain phillips with" robert redford for "all is lost." an unusually large number of actors that seemed deserving of a nomination. >> tom hanks is always a favorite to be nominated. he is kind of an oscar -- i don't know, a favorite there. >> right. >> matthew mcconaughey going into this, kind of a huge role coming out of the golden globes. >> can you hear me n. >> yes. matth

steve did. i'm curious what you thought on that. they thought this might have been one of his career performances. not even "saving mr. banks" or "captain phillipsas going to get one, it would be for "captain phillips," which was a remarkable film, remarkable american courage, i might add. we shouldn't forget that. his so-called co-star, the gentleman who played the somali pirate, did receive a best supporting actor nomination, which have well deserved. i was very surprised by tom. i was very surprised now that you mention "saving mr. banks" that emma thompson did not receive best actress. it looked like the slot that was going to her went to meryl streep, who received her 18th oscar nomination, a record. >> does a release of that film have much to do with how long it stays and sticks with someone's memory? >> i think so. it's hard to tell with academy members. they're a fickle bunch. there weren't a lot of surprises yesterday. but you do have to say some films, they seem to come out around the early fall. those are the ones that seemed to resonate with academy maybe just for no other reason than those are the ones they get to see. great films l