, and i worked with beckley into the blue state teachers college, that's the college she was out and my mother is in the class from a 2005 having been given a doctorate, and that's my mom. my dad with 57 years of age. he was too young to die but he worked so hard, three jobs sometimes. he would go pumping oil and would be digging ditches and he would be a janitor. but he said janitors work hard and many people say you're going to work and kill yourself. he said buyer brother work hard and try to kill myself and not work hard and have my kids go through what i went through. then he would say you can only stop yourself, nobody can stop you. don't let anybody define who you are. if the front door is closed, go around to the back to get in. .. she unfortunately passed away from lupus complications at the age of 48. she went to mamas college. he wanted her head pay for four-year trickery that she married has about there. heather has her masters in social work. heather went to the university of virginia and also the university of pennsylvania and she lives with her husband in california. m

while working with the west virginia higher education commission and with, basically, beckley.d with beckley and bluefield state teachers' college of she had to leave because she couldn't afford the last year. and in 2005 my mother is in the class of 2005 having been given a doctorate in humanities posthumously, and that's my mom. my dad died too early, also, he died at 57 years of age. he was too young to die, but he worked so hard. three jobs sometimes. he would go pumping oil, and he would be digging ditches, and he'd be a janitor. many people would say, donald, you're going to kill yourself. he'd say i'd rather work hard than not and have my kids go through what i went through. don't let anybody define who you are. if front door is closed, go around to the back to get in. if back door's locked, go around to the side, maybe you can get in that way. tonight give up. never, never, never give up. and that was my father. and he was our moral compass. he had six girls. he raised six girls. and today when children don't even know up from down, you know, when a hero is just a sandw

. >> suarez: npr's howard berkes is in beckley, west virginia.nk you for talking with us. >> great to be with you, ray. >> brown: finally tonight, the space shuttle endeavor launched monday on a 16-day mission and this morning, "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien talked with the crew, posing questions sent in from viewers like you, in a collaboration of google, youtube, and the "newshour." here are some excerpts, including his talk with astronaut mark kelly, husband of congresswoman gabriel giffords. now recovering from an assassination attempt. >> reporter: this one is a text question-- actually a couple of this one is-- he says, "mr. gifford's, it is difficult... is it difficult leaving your wife even though she's doing well? i think she would want to be where you are now. god bless you and your wife and the whole crew." and mark, i'll just button it up with, i know gabby had surgery yesterday. i assume you've had some updates. how are things going? >> well, i had the chance at the end of the day to call her mom and her chief of staf

subsidies where middle-class families in dayton and akron and canton and youngstown and charleston and beckley are taking -- take being away -- they're reaching into their pocket and giving to the oil company. at the same time, the administration needs to crack down on wall street speculators who are gaming the system as they manipulate prices with opec nations through collusion and price-fixing. by taking these necessary steps, we show our spending and our tax code and our budget can reflect how we can fuelly these the priorities. mr. president, the time to act is is now. i ask my colleagues, my more conservative colleagues here, to join us. we can -- it is a pretty easy step to move forwards a better fiscal situation, a more coherent budget policy that we eliminate these tax subsidies that have gone to america's five largest oil companies, some of the most profitable companies frankly in the history of the world. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the pres