let's put it on the screen -- senator alexander, what's changed? >> well, what's changed is the senate of a body of precedence. i said that then, then i worked with the gang of 14. i think senator lieberman was a part of that. >> i was. >> to say except in cases of judicial extraordinary cases we're going to allow up-or-down vote. i still believe in that. that is my view. there was no even discussion of a filibuster of justice sotomayor. and i was one of the republicans who voted to confirm her. >> chris: senator lieberman, what do you make of talk of a possible filibuster at this stage? and should the president nominate a moderate to avoid a partisan battle in the senate? >> well, of course, this is up to the president. i mean this is one of the most significant rights and responsibilities that the president earns with his election. and this particular president, barack obama, is a lawyer, has been a law professor, is very aware of the importance of the supreme court and our system of government. so i think he is going to think long and hard about

but let's bring up center lamar alexander. -- senator lamar alexander. >> distinguished ladies and gentlementhis is a day of celebration for me. i spent the day in memphis celebrating the life of friend, reverend dan hooked, and we come back to celebrate the life work of dorothy gilliam. this is a wonderful memphis date. she began her life in memphis, tennessee and we are proud of that. the speaker made some allusion to the fact that senators have a hard time speaking for one minute. senator john warner said that when he came to the united states senate, he really did not know what to do. he was sitting at his desk by himself wondering what a senator does, and one of the older senators put his arm around his shoulder and said, son, there's really nothing to it. all you have to do to the united states senator is to stand up, start talking, and eventually you will think of something to say. [laughter] so i am going to do something uncharacteristic of the united states senator. on the behalf of the united states senator, i salute the professionalism of the capitol hill press corps and i thank y

are you doing and miss alexander?st: good, in view, is there in a chapter in their return to herbert hoover and how he had targeted black folks especially like the black panthers party and how he quits to today? >> guest: you're right that there is interesting history of cspi under herbert, members leadership targeting african-american groups particularly those that were politically active, have been held, i don't spend much time discussing that particular chapter in her racial history. >> host: please set out this book on did it take you to right? what help did you get? and what's been the response to a? >> guest: well, it took me awhile to write, it took me about four years to write and who is challenging in part because my family was brought and the time. i gave birth to a couple of kids in the process and have a lot of support from my family, particularly my husband, my mother and my sister. and i've been tremendously gratified by the response that i received the book so far. especially from folks who have family

senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee. chairman of this dinner in 2012 and everybody's favorite cameraman, jay mcmichael. chair of the house rules committee, straight from health care debate centro, louise slaughter from new york. dave mcconnell. rtca executive committee outgoing treasurer, linda kenyan of crn news. and of course you know mr. vice president. you can clap. [applause] our association is fortunate to have the house and senate radio tv gallery staff. they help us do our job every day. i want to expand a special thank you. these folks are the heart and soul of making the daily coverage of capitol hill possible. on the house side, olga ramirez, gayle davis, helen debarge, and anthony keller. on the senate side, a crhichris boyd and arlen salazar. >> ladies and gentlemen, awards coordinator jill jackson of cbs news [applause] ] >> good evening. we take a moment to celebrate our colleagues with two awards. the first recognizes outstanding coverage of public policy and politics on capitol hill. this year's judges f

and in overtime, alexander ovechkin shot tipped in by one mike kanuble. and mike the hero again and he wins it for the caps in a shootout. theodore shut the door and the caps scored three straight times to win t but the game was close. and bruce boudreau doesn't think they have pittsburgh's number. >> of course i don't think we're better than the pen twins. they're the stanley cup champions and they're the team to beat. every game, you're looking at 3- 0 and i'm looking at three slow close games. >> both teams usually bring their best this these kinds of games and they're intense this time of the year and this one being so late in the season. i'm sure both teams want to get the most out of it. it's been really close match games. and i expect the same thing here tonight. >>> caps and pens face off at 7:30. catch all the action on our sister network. >>> coming up, we'll tell you who you is paired with tiger woods for the first round of the masters. chick hernandez joins us live from augusta with the latest. >>> kelli johnson goes one-on- one with the new l

. >> could you comment hercules mulligan and perhaps his relationship to alexander hamilton?>> when hamilton first comes to new york, he actually winds up living with mulligan at one point at the beginning and that is how they get to know each other. mull again, there is one book on mull again that was published years ago, and it identifies that mulligan had been using a black servant, probably a slave, to carry the messages over to new jersey to hamilton, who would have been at moorestown at the time. that is really all that we no, exactly how the system worked. this is one of the problems in working with researching spies, which i have been doing for the last 18 years, is that it is like playing 500 chess matches at one time. pieces advance very slightly when you find another clue and in the case of mulligan, we know he was sending messages. we know how we got the messages. it appears that he was operating for most of the war. he, being a closer-- clothier the british officers would go to him to get their new uniforms or their fancy attire and naturally while they are there

alexander semin over to alex ovechkin. and ove takes care of the rest. the capitals beat the canadiens 6-3 and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. >> the big message is that it's not over. you know? and we can't sit there and start looking at what's happening in other series and taking the games lightly thinking that we're going to win. because i know some of the players on that team. they've got a lot of pride. >> all right. the next game's friday night at verizon center. coming up in sports, we'll hear from the players. >>> ahead, an oil rig continues to burn in the gulf of mexico while the search continues for 11 missing workers. >>> they've lost billions. now airline executives are questioning the length of that ban on air space and flying in europe. >>> we'll show you what can happen when two cows get loose on a college campus. >> how about the weather? >> the rain is over. tomorrow couldn't be better. the weekend? one of the sog jest we've had in a long time. >>> the search continues into the night for the 11 workers missing off the louisiana coast.

nbc's peter alexander has the story of a unique program at a university in ohio where one remarkableking a difference. >> reporter: it's often called the best time of a person's life, but for university of cincinnati freshman tracy stiegel, college didn't start out that way. >> it was scary. i'm thinking i'm 1 out of 38,000. >> reporter: at his offcampus dorm, tracy is notlone. this is a one of a kind learn being experiment. a home for 21 low-income freshmen, all the first in their family to attend college. >> hello, hello, hello. >> reporter: program coordinator ju mausy is part advisor, part mom. >> i use the word sherpa. i've been to the mountain before i can recognize the signs. >> reporter: that mountain is elusive college degree. statistics are staggering. low-income first generation students are four times more likely than their classmates to drop out before the end of their freshmen year. overall, 89% of them won't graduate. >> they have had to grow up sometimes faster than their years. they have had financial struggles. they finished well in high school and maybe that's wher

you distinguish between fascism, authoritarianism, nazism and militarism may be in the context of alexander haig lieutenant colonel to the chief of staff at the nixon white house, the head of secretary of state. that's my question. >> guest: let me see if i can handle that for you. first of all, my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world war ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out if what happened in italy and germany would never happen in the united states could we followed mussolini or hitler would we tolerate things like holocaust in this country and the sad answer was yes there is some segment of the population that has an offer tyrian personality. the book and the study was probably rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology that has its own the problems. another record of social scientists particularly one who landed in the canada, robert altmire, decided to look up the question again, and doing get by rather solid and empirical studies by that i mean he would qu

. >> with us now, douglas alexander, jeremy hunt. let's start off a about talk about your party.it's a one man band on the basis of today's. >> i don't think so. we saw david. is the person who has changed the conservative party. and david i think today summed up the real difference for this election is going to be about, because david stands for optimism. i think what we have from gordon brown is the pessimistic picture. he was basically saying we made the awful. i think that's probably what he was thinking. he was also -- >> he started out the class for an all in all debates that with the we moved on from. >> this graceful conjecture leader had talking about the great ignored, which appear to include, according to him, the rich and poor, the old indian, the europe urban and rural. who is not ignore? >> i think what he's really talking about is that people are the biggest losers from the economic collapse. >> the rich and the poor, the young and the rest of? >> this rise in national insurance which is going to cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, offices with a sink they will emp

and to the general welfare clause or the commerce clause, but i don't think that james madison or alexander hamilton or john jay would have had any of that. there was no authority for it whatsoever. >> you are listening to the commonwealth club of california radio program and our guest is bob barr, former libertarian candidate for president. there are some questions about you and your conversion from being a republican to being a libertarian. why that happened, what you left behind. >> i left behind in 2006, when i was invited to and gladly accepted an invitation to join the libertarian party is a member of its national committee what i left behind was a party that bore no relationship to do the party that i had been a member of for many years before that. a party that not only does not object to a president of its party violating or appearing to violate the law and decimating the civil liberties of the citizenry, but applauds it, is a party to me that has lost its roots, does not care for the constitution and certainly does not practice what it preaches. i certainly have very serious conce

. >> caller: maybe in the context of having known alexander haig with lieutenant colonel to chief of staff at the white house to head of nato to secretary of state. that's my question. >> host: thanks for the call, victor. >> guest: okay. let me see if i can handle that for you. first of all, about -- my whole study of authoritarianism is based on social science. in the aftermath of world worldr ii, a group of social scientists tried to get together to find out what had happened in italy and germany, if it could ever happen in the united states. could we follow mussolini or a hitler? would we toll late things -- tolerate things like a holocaust in this country? and the sad answer was, yes, there's some segment of the population that has an authoritarian personality. the book and the study was well and probably rightly criticized when it first came out because it was based largely on freudian psychology which has its own problems. another group of social scientists and particularly one who landed up in canada, a fellow by the name of robert at meyer, decided to look at this question a

how are you doing miss alexander? guest: good. in your book, was in chapter in there refering to herbert hoover and how he targeted black folks, especially like the panther party and how that, you know, equates to today? guest: yes, you're absolutely right in that there's very interesting history as the f did you over herbert hoover especially the >> but no, i don't spend that much time discussing that chapter in our racial history. host: how long did it take you to write around how much help did you get to it and what's been the response? guest: well, it took me a while to write. took me about four years to write and challenging because my family was growing at the time. i gave birth to a couple of kids in the process and had a lot of support. from my family, particularly my husband, my mother and my sister. and i've been just tremendously graffed by the response i've received to the book so far. you know, especially from folks who are,Ñignp you know, have f members who are behind bars, who have been newly released and those fol

bruce boudreau is point the finger at alexander semin. he has yet to get a goal in the series. show that has had an impact on the entire lineup. there has been a lot of talk about it. because of that, i think he will be on a mission tonight. we will have a lot more coming up at 6:00. >> what a game tonight. up at 6:00. >> what a game tonight. [ male announcer ] achievement has its own patch of grass. ♪ achievement unleashes hidden potential. ♪ all right! achievement looks forward to dinner at home. achievement enjoys newfound freedom. i love you. [ male announcer ] mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit from pnc. helping achievers borrow with an eye towards the future. pnc. for the achiever in us all. >>> $42 million in cash. it is waiting for somebody to plymouth. " there is a catch. you have to be able to prove that some of it belongs to you. steven tschida is live with what is being done to reunite people. >> the state is launching an intense effort to connect tens of thousands of people with millions of dollars. this insert will go out over the next few weeks. if

michelle alexander is also an expert in civil rights advocacy and litigation. the former director of the civil rights clinics at stanford law school in california, she teaches law now at ohio state university. you're going to hear a lot about her powerful new book, "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness." welcome to "the urnal". let's begin with some speculation. martin luther king, would be 81. imagine for us what he might think today about the state of economic justice in america. >> i think he would be heartbroken. you know, in 1966, dr. king went to wilcox county, alabama, one of the counties in the black belt. and king became very close to the poor there. and really organized and tried very hard and inspired people to confront poverty. and they participated in marches and demonstrations. they were largely all been evicted from lands where they'd been sharecroppers and tenant farmers. and if you go to wilcox county today, virtually nothing has changed. nothing. and i think he would be brokenhearted by that. today in that country

brooks likes alexander semin, he shoots and scores. a hot shot. his 38th goal of the season.ater, same score. and more caps. tom pody dumps it in. and this is sweet. and fair to knuble to fleschman, 2-0 washington lead. fleschman tallies his 22nd of the season. minutes later, more capitals on the power play. columbus tries to clear it, but mike green grabs it and says you are to the stopping this shot, dude. green scores his 19th of the season. 74th point. caps take a 3-0 lead after the first. jose theodore was the man. shuts the door down the stretch, making 34 saves in all. the caps win it 3-2 setting a franchise record with their 51st victory. talking baseball now. the nationals pitching rotation is set. yesterday righty garrett mock was named the starter in place of garrett olson who was sent down to aaa. pitching is not the biggest problem. that was clear yesterday afternoon in the final spring training game against the red sox. we're at nats park, d.c. mayor adrian fenty throwing the first pitch. looks good. didn't bounce it. nice job, mr. mayor. top of the first, no sc

i'm peter alexander. students writing mean things on facebook could be in big trouble at one high school. a school superintendent in evanston, illinois, is telling students they'll be suspended if caught and he's asking one to take the site down altogether. >> we found students past and present who say the facebook page evanston rats has soiled their names. >> it's pretty explicit. >> i'm really upset by the situation. not really that they came at me, but that this stuff still exists today. >> reporter: the site allegedly created by other students, has pages of slanderous and filthy comments about other teenage students. at tonight's girl's soccer game, parents and students were shocked. some students even being threatened. >> the problem is that the texting or cyber bullying, they don't actually get to see the person's face. >> from what i understand, it's basically just kind of people roasting on certain students and their personal life. >> that report from our nbc chicago station, wmaq. the superintend

police say 46-year-old alexander michael sims of parkville confessed to sexually abusing a young girl and their fear is that there are more victims out there. the latest at police head quarters in towson police say there could be more victims. that's why they want parents to talk to their kids. later today a letter will go home to parents at the two schools where sims volunteered. he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl. it happened twice last summer at his parkville home. the girl waited until last month to tell a family member because she was scared. he was an assistant soccer coach at a church and volunteered in two cub scout troops. the victim recently came forward after watching a video in school about sexual molesters. >> helping children understand that if something like this is happening it's not appropriate and how to tell someone about that. >> sims posted $75,000 bond and was released from jail. if you think your child was a victim parents are usualinged to call the police department's crimes against children's unit. we're live in towson. abc 2 news. >>> a father's quick think

." >> coming up sunday, it looked at the health-care law alexander hefner and jonathan strong. consumer data industry pres ident stuart pratt. and steven wayne of georgetown on how presidents learn the job of presidency. live at 7;00 here on c-span. this is "america and the courts." up next, a moot court on whether non u.s. citizens can be denied a life-saving vaccine. in this hypothetical case, an illegal immigrant was not allowed to receive eight vaccine shot in arizona because he was not a citizen. >> all persons having business between the supreme court of the united states, the court is now sitting. god save the united states and its honorable court. all right. >> you may be seated. good afternoon, and thank you again for your patience. i am todd brewster, the director for the peter jennings project. i would like to welcome you. since 2007, the mood court has been honored by the participation of some of the most important people in what. -- law. seats are arranged in chronological order. to the left is a judge in the second circuit court and dean of yale law school, on the

let's get the headlines from peter alexander at the news desk. >> happy easter to you.dly begin with another death in baghdad. suicide attackers detonated one near the iranian embasset and others went off in an area that houses other foreign embassies. nearly 200 people were waunded. several recent attacks have raised fears that insurgents are trying to undermine the iraqi government following last month's elections. >>> an oil tanker is leaking oil on australia's famed great barrier fish. a chinese ship ran aground saturday night and is now in danger of breaking apart. authorities fear it will damage the world's largest coral reef in a protected area where shipping is restricted. >>> police in panama city florida are investigating the death of a high school football star during spring break. 17-year-old matt james of cincinnati fell from a hotel balcony. the 6'6" offensive lineman was set to play for notre dame this fall. his high school teammates gathered for a prayer service saturday. >>> police in colorado will search today for a missing 12-year-old girl on saturday

. >>> let's head over to the news desk where peter alexander has the headlines. >>> we begin in iraq where gunmen have killed at least 25 people including fife women in raids overnight. this happened in a sunni village south of baghdad. officials say many of the victims were so-called sons of iraq, that's former insurgents that later teamed up with al qaeda members. >>> letters from -- resign within three days or face removal from office. the letters come from the group the guardians of the free republic. they do not threaten violence and so far none arrests have been made. >>> rhode island has been declared a federal disaster area after the worst flooding in 200 years. in the midwest, severe thunderstorms ripped through kansas and oklahoma, flattening homes and trees. and in the pacific northwest snow is still blanketing parts of oregon and washington state. >>> authorities in ft. worth, texas are searching for two arsonists caught on surveillance tape starting fire to a building. the -- setting the fire and then simply taking off. three firefighters were hurt. look at that video. t

dispair for how >> coming up sunday on "washington journal," all looked at -- we look at issues with alexander heffner, jonathan strong, stuart pratt, and stephen wayne. this year's studentcam competition asked students to deal with strength and challenges that we're facing. here is one of the third-place winners. ♪ ["lean on me" playing] >> some time soon approximately 1.7 million american soldiers will be returning from combat to an understaffed, overtaxed, and overburdened veterans health network. modern deployments and combat- related stress contribute to rising numbers of divorces, suicides, domestic violence, crime, and homelessness. in order to cope with nightmares and the stress of returning, veterans often find released through drugs and all of addiction. 76% of our returning veterans battle of, a drug, or m ental illness. 1/3 of our entire homeless population our veterans. -- are veterans. the department of justice reported that there were 225,000 veterans held in our nation's prisons and jails. the pentagon pledged to hire more mental health specialists while the army is short about

police say alexander michael sims always put himself in situations so he could be near children. that's why police want parents to talk to their kids to find out if there are any more victims. later today a letter will go home with students at the two schools where sims volunteered. he also volunteered in two cub scout troops. police say sims sexually abused a 9-year-old girl. that abuse allegedly happened at least twice last summer off school groundballeds. the girl waited until last month to tell a family member because she was s. >> she went to his home, played video games with his kids, sat in his lap. he abused her. he has admitted to sexually abusing this young. >> reporter: sims posted $75,000 bond and was released from jail. if you think your child was a victim, police urge you to call their department's crimes against children unit at 410-853-3650. we're live in towson. abc 2 news. >>> the drifting vol tannic ash from an iceland eruption has eased enough to allow the trickle of flights to resume in a few parts of europe. only limited flights are being allowed to fly toda

alexander appeared on c-span's "washington journal."he program is 45 minutes. >> host: our guest is michelle alexder. her book is "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness." before we talk about the details of your book could you give our folks at home and little background on yourself, where you come from and your expenses as for as your career is concerned? >> guest: i was inspired to write his book largely by my experience at the aclu in northern california. i am now an academic teaching law at the ohio state university. but when i was at the aclu, you know, i really believed that racial bias in the criminal justice system was much like racial bias in all of our social and political institutions. all

. >> on sunday, a look at the health care law with alexander heffner and jonathan strong. there will be a discussion of consumer scores and reports consume with stuart pratt. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> flexible policy makes employees more productive. instead of spending time worrying about what is happening at home, your employees have the support and peace of mind that they desperately need to concentrate on their work. >> at the news c-span video library, you can search and share. there are over 160,000 hours of video from yesterday or last year. every c-span program since 1987. the c-span video library is cables latest gift to america. >> the commission on wartime contracting held a hearing on the reduction of the work force in iraq. there were remarks from private contractors working in that country. this is just under two hours. as a commission, that is what we're interested in. mr. horn, you have 15 minutes. you can use it anyway you wish. i was trying to get you help with ice. i am sorry you are not taking it. >> i am dougl

baltimore county police arrested alexander sims. he used to work at saint urszula as a maintenance worker. and also a volunteer soccer coach and involved involved in the church's scout program. experts say it is the typical profile of a child molester. to parents they appear as individuals willing to give one-on-one attention to kids. >> why don't we spend a couple of extra minutes working on your swing. how about you hangout. now, is that every case? no. but you have to -- you look for a pattern. >> this encouraging of a relationship with the child. and building a trust. and the parents were sort of being very supportive. >> the child came forward after watching a video played in the baltimore county school system on abuse. see dr. kirsch nessner's uncut interview on foxbaltimore.com under "raw news." >> maryland's highest court rules inmates cannot be forced to undergo medical treatment. one terminally ill jessup inmate is serving 40 years fore rape after being advised of the risk, he still refused dialysis for kidney failure. cou

gets it to alexander semin who gets it to ovechkin. that's his 50th. bruce boudreau talked about backstrom's 100th point after the game and said this team is so incredible because everybody is playing up to par. >> at the right time. >> exactly. pretty exciting stuff. he said, i'm not superstitious, no. >>> forget tiger woods almost took five months off. he's back at it intimidating those around him. halfway through the masters he is well within striking distance as 6 under par. two streaks behind ian colter and lee westwood. tiger started the day two strokes back of the day. today he took advantage on the par 5. here on the 13th rolling in the long putt for birdie. he birdied three of the four par 5s. only blemish was a bogey on 4. phil mickelson was 1 under on the day at the par 4 from the 17. lands on the green. hols back to within five feet. he would birdie 17 and finish at minus six. lee westwood putting for birdie on the par 3 6. he's tied for third in the league. >>> at the same time gilbert arenas reported to the maryland county detention cente

i fought here was another russian soviet leader like nikita khrushchev, like alexander ii who would try liberal reform but that a certain point discovered reforms led to the centralization, the centralization threatens them and then they would stop and then they would begin back. i went to moscow for the first time after my immigration in october of 1987 so continuing secretary shultz as a journalist working at that time for cbs news. i was in moscow for a short period of time but what impressed me and i could not see, i could see only from moscow, what impressed me is gorbachev perhaps had started much bigger than he are originally intended. that there was a process of change, momentum of change, which was becoming almost unstoppable that not only gorbachev wanted to change but people were changing. you came to moscow in 1987. at what point did you begin advising president reagan and secretary shultz this something very significant was happening in the soviet union? >> guest: you know gorbachev's policies were a moving train and initially i was like gnostic which by 1985 he became gene

charges of molesting a 9-year-old girl and police think there could be more victims. 46 years old alexander simms was a volunteer coach. he admitted to molesting the girl. it happened last summer when he visited simms home to play video games with one of his children. the girl told her parents after watching a video at school about sexual abuse. simms also volunteered with two church affiliated boy scout crews, and because he had contact with so many children, police think there could be more victims. they have issued a warning to parents. >> inquire from their kids if they were ever alone with him, and if they were alone if he inappropriately touched them, if they admit to that, then they should call police. >>> simms is out of jail after posting a $70,000 bond. he is charged with sexual abuse of a minor and 3rd degree sex offense. >>> police a 44-year-old michael thomas grabbed the girl on wash be waswashington boulevard on s. the girl manned to ge managed t, and her father flagged a police officer. they arrested thomas at his home. >>> police want you to be on the look out for a man who

early first period caps gone alexander semin has a wrist shot that goes through the legs of two defense men. the caps led 1-0. third period game tied at 2. caps win the face off mike green's shot deflected past mike knuble. gave the caps a 3-2 lead. still 3-2, the bruins markoe sturm fires it past varlomav. the caps fall to the bruins, 4-3 in the shoot-out. after the game a great tradition. the caps including over i give lucky season -- ovie give lucky season ticket holders their jerseys. the real season begins this week. >> we've known for a long time that we're going to be in the playoffs, so as much as you want to push them they're looking forward to a different kind of challenge. so for that, i'm happy that the regular season is over. >> it would be a nice night to enjoy kind of the extra season but when we come in tuesday there won't be any more, that was a great season. we'll be strictly looking forward. >> reporter: nationals third baseman ryan zimmerman is expected to return thursday. top of the first, scoreless. josh willingham with the bases-loaded. going to takeo an santana t

>>> stop what you are doing and take a good look at this man, 46-year-old alexander michael simms of parkville. police say simms confessed to sexually abusing a young girl, and they fear there could be more victims. simms volunteered for a youth soccer team at a local catholic school, which gave him frequent contact with younger kids. now police hope parents will talk to their children to encourage other possible victims to come forward. tonight, we're joined by adam rosenburg, the executive director of the baltimore child abuse center here to talk about awareness and what you can do to keep yourself safe. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> these are the things we'll touch on. six ways to keep your child safe. know the facts, know the signs, talk to them, minimize opportunity and have a plan. adam, i'll tell you, as a parent of a young child it's so tough. all of these stories are in the news and these are frightening situations. some could have been prevented, others maybe not. >> the best take is these are all teachable moments for us as parents to take a look at th

i'm going to read from the last chapter about a young man named lee alexander south africa, 28 and he married a young african-american woman from chicago, and he -- this chapter begins basically when barack obama is about to accept the nomination for president at the 2008 convention in denver and there is a group of people about ten people mostly black but not all some blacks and whites and a few arab, and we are watching television as barack obama takes the stage and this young man is watching and he is everyone else is sort of celebrating. de e routt in celebration and lee is sort of looking pensive flee with his head between his knees and he's looking almost like he's worried and i describe this later in the conversation we had about this moment and why he was looking so pensively at this eve and everyone was celebrating. and of course i will read from here. materially very little has changed for his black countrymen since the vanquished white-minority rule in the space election. on and plame it is higher than ever. economic disparities have grown. the crime rate has soared, school

i'm going to read from the last chapter which is about a young man named lee alexander, south africa, young south african, 28, and he married a young african-american woman from chicago. and he -- this chapter begins basically when barack obama is about to accept denver and there is a crowd of people, about ten people mostly black but not all, some blacks and whites, some arab and we are watching television as barack obama takes the stage and this young man, wheat, is watching and everyone else is sort of celebrate -- the ret in celebration, and lee is looking with his head between -- he's on his knees looking pensive almost like she's worried and i describe this leader in the conversation about this moment and why he was looking so peacefully -- pensively and i will store reading from here. materially very little has changed for his black countrymen since beijing quist right to lead the white minority rule in the first space election. on and plan it is higher than ever. economic disparities have grown. the crime rate has soared, schools are crumbling and the farm land, the country's

. >> guest: michele alexander of the last conference has written a book called the new jim-crow, nasa incarceration and the age of color blindness. it's a very powerful book talking about the jim-crow who lives incarceration as opposed to segregation in sleeper. >> host: citizen a different form. >> guest: we have lots of work to do. >> host: we must continue to work and i really want to thank the two of you for your great work, you're great leadership, your vision for your inspiration. i have enjoyed being with you and continue to tell the story. continue to build one american, for we are one people, one family, the american family. >> guest: keep working on capitol hill to make it a reality. >> host: thank you. thank you so much. >> guest: thank you, john. >>> high node with the challenge is and we are in a unique position to go to work. what we need this policy makers in washington to develop a road map so we can get it done. >> something about energy policy that he would like to talk about on your blog? at the new c-span video library you can search it, watch it, quebec and share

starting with the quote from alexander michael john that government should get involved affirmatively with the press and i don't know anyone suggest government promoting first amendment values is itself a first amendment violation. first of all, i don't know anyone who would suggest for a local government to build a library is somehow a violation of the first amendment. but i want to go to the notion of the entanglement that comes with subsidies. everyone has mentioned postal subsidies. andy, i know you know the long argument with postal subsidies that favor speech it liked and disfavor speeches it didn't like. and nea, for example, for journalism. and yet the supreme court has held that because of the nea subsidy it can demand conditions based on content. public broadcasters are a wonderful asset but they don't have the same editorial rights as commercial broadcasters. and, you know, if you have funding through the erate and you happen to be a library, you have to use content filters. whereas if you don't take the erate then it would be a first amendment violation to impose a content

and lamar alexander, governor of tennessee at the time that they turn out to be too great people for that job. this is one of the best assessments we have formation whether our kids are getting mad. now this issue is i think it's sputnik again. because we now know what it costs us. if we are focus on our fiscal house and economic recovery, we know what it costs us not to have good sound educational. it costs us a a countably. >> host: what you think a president obama's reauthorization of the element and secondary education act, no child left behind law? >> guest: there are things here that i like. spending way too much money on the one hand. i think there strength of the d. hundred b.c. scholarship program. he was working for the kids. but again, if they are talking about real evaluation, and this is what has made the normal laws constituency angry at them, teachers and unions where they are saying when you evaluate teacher performance you have to look at student performance. are their kids learning? and that puts the burden and accountability i think what should be. so i am prepared

alexander: mr.president? the presiding officer: the senator from tenssee mr. alexander: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, on april 15, benjamin hooks died in the city where he was born 85 years ago, the city of memphis. later this afternoon, i and senator burris and senator corker will introduce a resolution honoring the life and achievement of dr. benjamin l. hooks. that the text of that resolution be included in the record following my remarks now. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: benjamin hooks was certainly one of tennessee's most distinguished citizens and one of america's leaders in this last half century. he was a patriot, a family man, a visionary, a lawyer, a storyteller, a preacher. and for my wife and i, he and his wife francis were close and good friends. it's hard to start talking -- i -- there will be a funeral service in memphis on wednesday. i will attend it, will make r

i'm peter alexander reporting from new york for lester holt and everyone here at nbc news.holt and everyone here at nbc news. have a good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

various examples he have he gave of postal subsidies and so on, starting with a long quote from alexander michael john, how government should get involved affirmatively with the press. i don't know of anyone who suggests that government promoting first amendment values is itself a first amendment violation. for example, i don't know of anyone who would suggest for a local government to build a library is somehow a violation of the first amendment. but i want to go to the notion of the entanglement comes with subsidies. everyone has mentioned postal subsidies. andy, i know you're familiar with the long history of government trying to manipulate postal subsidies to either favor speech that the government liked or disfavor speech that it didn't like. other examples, you mentioned nea, for example, for journalism, and yet, the supreme court has held because of the nea subsidy, it can demand conditions based on content, public broadcasters are a wonderful asset but they don't have same editorial rights as commercial broadcasters. and, you know, if you have finding through the e-rate and happen

. >> let's watch a little bit of alexander's video, "what you see, and what you don't." >> my neighborhoodd to be full of neighborhoods. now there only a few of us left. many have left to search for work or to live with relatives. those left are feeling the effect of the economy pretty heavy and have made cutbacks. many of my friends parents are hanging by a thread working several jobs or looking for work and are behind on the house payment. >> alexander's entire documented and all of the winning videos, just go to studentcam.org. >> too big to fail is a harder issue. my own view is that we are past the days of exclusively small, local-based banks and financial institutions. >> looking for more about the financial crisis? at the news the country c-span video library, you can't watch it, clipper, and share it. from yesterday, or 10 years ago. every c-span program since 1987. the c-span video library, cable's latest gift to america. >> now reaction to the new nuclear arms treaty with russia. public figures opposed to the back to form the new deterrent working group. they have this discussion

alexander england who is watching us in oklahoma.oes to jenks high school and his winning documentary was childhood obesity, we appreciate him. >> good morning miss obama, it is an honor to talk with you this morning. >> good morning alex and der, thank you for calling in. what's your question? >> i interviewed the haven't of a fast food chain and rarely sees parents make choices based on how heathy the food is but yet the price. with that do you think the you know, you're absolutely right the cost of healthy foods becomes a barrier. >> the ack access and affordibility is a huge issue. and with let's move, that's one of our major pillers. there are millions of kids who live in area all throughout the country that we call food deserts, those are places where there isn't a grocery store or a place to buy fresh produce, healthy food. there are a lot of people who live in communities where the only access from food comes in the form of a convenience store or gasation. imagine trying to feed your family with -- when the closest grocery st

nbc's peter alexander is in augusta with more. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: meredith, good morning to you from augusta. for tiger woods, this day couldn't come soon enough as he hopes to finally change the topic from the mistresses to the masters. even before his first drive here this morning, tiger woods is now out with a new ad from his most loyal sponsor, nike. an introspective look. take a look for yourself. >> tiger, i am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. >> reporter: on the eve of his return to the game, tiger woods made his return to the airways. staring directly into the camera for this new nike commercial. his late father's voice in the background seemingly lecturing his son about responsibility. >> i want to find out what your thinking was, i want to find out what your feelings are, and did you learn anything. >> reporter: spotted signing autographs at augusta national wednesday, tiger also received an unprecedented dressing-down by the chairman of the exclusive club where women still aren'

alexander: thank you very much. i want to congratulate the republican leader on his remarks and listening to him, i was wondering how kentuckians would respond to the thought that we seem to be hearing now in this so-called consumer protection agency. we're from washington and we're here to protect you? mr. mcconnell: i would say to my friend from tennessee, now that we're get ago chance to -- getting a chance to take a look at this bill, it is clear it has a broad reach. it would touch a whole lot of meme had absolutely nothing to do with what happened on wall street and i think it is noteworthy that the most conspicuous supporter of this bill is the chairman of goldman sachs. mr. alexander: i wonder if the majority leader -- republican leader -- excuse moo, freudian slipe -- i wonder if the republican leader would agree with me that it's noteworthy that the legislation we're talking about focuses on shop owners, auto dealers, real estate agents, farmers, community bankers, doctors, dentist whose have virtually not

alexander: thank you very much. i ask unanimous consent to include in the record following my remarks an article from "the new york post," an article from "newsweek" magazine by george f. will entitled "why america needs nuclear plants." the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, thursday is earth day. actually, it's the 40th anniversary of earth day. and it's a good day to celebrate by creating a national resolve in our country to build 100 new nuclear power plants in the next 20 years which would be the best way to create the largest amount of pollution-free, carbon-free electricity. nuclear power today produces 20% of mechanic's electricity but 70% of all of our carbon-free, pollution-free electricity. during 2009, america's national energy policy looked more like a national windmill policy. the equivalent of going to war in sailboats. if we were going to war, the united states wouldn't think of putting its nuclear navy in mothballs. yet we did mothball our nuclear construction progra

his name is alexander sims, 46-year-old man is accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl. police say it happened in the summer of 2009, at the man's home. in the 8800 block of fern avenue. when the girl visited to play video games with one of sim's children. sims is not talking but neighbors. >> very nice person. so this is a total shock. >>a are speaking out. stunned over a man described as always one of the first to volunteer at school. and church activities. >> and then to find that you hear of the unfortunate situation that he has gotten himself in to. and it is sad. >> sims was a volunteer soccer coach at saint urszula catholic church on harford road. and volunteered with two church affiliated can you be scout troops. so far there is no official word from the church on the matter. but a priest here did tell me that he is quote, floored by this. >> because of the frequent contact with children. baltimore county police say they are concerned that there could be more victims. >> simply convey the facts of this case. >> investigators have an alert for parents. >> inquire

we'll welcome the connecticut independent senator, joe lieberman and lamar alexander and the supreme court nomination will be part of the discussion and michelle bachman is on this sunday. the topic, president obama's agenda as well as the tea party, this sunday on your local fox broadcast station down the dial. this one's probably the lowest numbered fox. you can visit foxnews.com. our producers and correspondents are constantly adding stories. who will the president nominate and what will the court look like? it's all at foxnews.com. >>> this is america's election headquarters. the man at the center of the abortion debate during the healthcare bill is retiring. bart stupak says he's done what he was supposed to, enact healthcare reform. he's calling it quits. >> last night, early this morning, i informed democratic leaders and key supporters i would not seek reelection to congress. i will always serve the people of the first district but i have chosen not to continue to serve as congressman. >> congressman stupak made the announcement in michigan. he's been under pressure there eve

. >> could do comment on hercules mulligan and relationship to alexander hamilton? >> when hamilton -- hamilton first comes to your key end up living with mulligan about one point* in the beginning and that is how they get to know each other. morale again, there is one book on milan again that was published years ago and identifies that mulligan had been using a black servant, probably a slave to carry the messages to new jersey to hamilton who would have been at morristown at the time and that is all we know exactly how the system worked. this is one of the problems in working with researching spies that i have been doing the last 13 years it is like playing 500 chess matches at one time. items advance very slightly when you find another clue and in the case of mccann we know he was sending messages and how he got the message is. it appears he was operating for most of the war. being a clothier the british officers would go to him to get to new uniforms or fancy attire in while they're they're being fitted he would entice them into talking and extract information t