starting with democracy now and amy goodwin. how this became a calling in your life. >> both of my parents were nurses, and i grew up in milwaukee, wisconsin. they were both adjusted minded. justice minded. we weren't catholic. we learned a different part of the faith growing up, and at that was influential, this idea that each of us should have a preferential option for the poor, and we have is an obligation in life to stand with people who are victims. i wanted to be a schoolteacher, and then a funny thing happened where i found out i am not a goods deep -- a good student myself. i left college in 1995, 1996, and i hitchhiked to d.c., and i was living and working in this community shelter, and i heard this voice on the radio, talking about the rebels that were trying to overthrow the dictator in congo, and it was amy goodwin, and i had never heard of anything like that before, so i started writing were letters, and i said things like, "if you have a dog, i will walk your dog." i wanted to be a part of that world. i do not know

but amy goodwin and mother jones.ost: gilbert, you live in tulsa, as you have been watching what is happening in moore, oklahoma, have you been looking at your local newspapers? have that brought you back to print? caller: oddly enough, i get that from the weather station. because the weather station goes into details about what has happened with the weather and things in moore, oklahoma. but now it has gotten to the point, when i hear it now, i want to change the station because it has become personality driven. just like they had a big thing going on there. in moore. the thing is, we live in tornado alley. the people have decided to live right there. go into thewould failings of the structure of the schools that were torn apart -- it was a powerful tornado, i will give you that. let's look atis the individuals who have made it through and who are telling us what we need to do. int: ok, that is gilbert tulsa, oklahoma. in just a little bit, we will be paying a visit to the news operation of yahoo! news. d.c.is their