i brother was a democratic member of congress and my brother dave who will accompany me tonight to the white house for the first time, he and his wife come he was a democratic bipartisanhave a family. some of my best friends are democrats. as i'm leaving, some of the most come up to me and have been very gracious, their words to me which means a lot. reporter: congressman john mica, thank you for your time. rep. mica: great to be with you. it has been jamie raskin spoke with us for an interview. he was just elected to represent the district and he has also served in the maryland senate. reporter: representative-elect jamie raskin, representing maryland's eighth district. a democrat. why did you decide to run? rep.-elect raskin: i have been a state senator in maryland for a decade. we have tried to restore voting rights to former prisoners, ban military style assault weapons, high-capacity magazines to reduce the bloodshed on our streets. but, the truth is, we cannot solve any of these problems at the state level. we need to be fighting in congress. the level of dysfunction in congress

it helps that he shares a cell with his half-brother dave carr who is up for parole in about 16 yearsyou put your finger in this? >> well, i did. >> but they still celebrate every month that gets them closer to home. >> today is -- we're going to celebrate like a month gone by. me and my brother and two other guys. kamikaze is a penitentiary macgyver. he's an electronic whiz. you know, give him a bread tie and some fingernail clippers and he's got it fixed in two minutes. he's good at cooking his celly is really good at cooking. we get together. have a slam. big nacho slam, make a cake. you know, we say a celebration. i say it's basically to realize we just wasted another month in here. it's something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> kamikaze, my buddy kamikaze, he makes the cake. >> patrick "kamikaze" gaskill, who is serving 30 years for dealing methamphetamine is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates, he's a culinary genius. turning commissary snack food into something special. but during a prior prison term he learned to be a different sort of cook. >> i went around t

my brother dave and i both played for la salle back in the day. they face add tough team in the championship game for the second straight season. the lancers' back-to-back-to-back chips capped off an historic 2016 football season which la salle won its first outright g.c.l. championship and became the first ever three-peat division two champions in ohio playoff history. i also want to wish one of la salle's rival teams, the saint x bombers, in their quest to win the division i championship this evening. congratulations to all the la salle players and their families, the coach, and his coaching staff, and everyone involved with the lancer football program. you have all made the entire cincinnati area extremely proud. lancers roll deep. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is re

i brother was a democratic member of congress and my brother dave who will accompany me tonight to the white house for the first time, he and his wife come he was a democratic bipartisanhave a family. some of my best friends are democrats. as i'm leaving, some of the most come up to me and have been very gracious, their words to me which means a lot. reporter: congressman john mica, thank you for your time. rep. mica: great to be with you. it has been 24 wonderful years in the best institution you can imagine. announcer: maryland representative elect jamie raskin spoke a c-span for a freshman house interview. he was elected to represent maryland's eighth congressional district and is also serve in the american -- maryland state senate. reporter: representative-elect jamie raskin, representing maryland's eighis

i brother was a democratic member of congress and my brother dave who will accompany me tonight to the white house for the first time, he and his wife come he was a democratic bipartisanhave a family. some of my best friends are democrats. as i'm leaving, some of the most come up to me and have been very gracious, their words to me which means a lot. reporter: congressman john mica, thank you for your time. rep. mica: great to be with you. it has been

the road to victory ♪ >> and just in case you're wondering, he got his nickname from his younger brother davecalled him the hatchet after he saw him take down an opposing player on the basketball court and the name just stuck. coming up next, tomorrow is the busiest day of the year for something holiday related, can you guess what it is? find out if you're right when we come back. >>> get ready, if you're sending cards and gifts this holiday season, according to the u.s. postal service, tomorrow is the busiest mailing day of the entire year for greeting cards and packages and most of it will be delivered on thursday, the busiest delivery day of the year. to avoid a shipping glitch, the post office says remove batteries from toys an never get the zip code, include to and from information on packages and only on one side and select a box that's strong enough to protect the contents. priority mail and priority express boxes are free at the local post office. >> we'll leave you with this. there's a place in philly where you can get your coffee and cat fix in one place. the kitty cafe is one of th

. >> stephen: the brothers dave and tommy, right. >> yes. >> stephen: you are the eldest brother. >>ou, do you have any authority of being the eldest brother. >> i think i do, actually. you know, my tom said something to me one time. he said you know when we were younger, you know, we were so close. and you know, we got along so well. and then you went off to school and we weren't as close any more. and i said what, when i went off to ucla. he said no, when you went off to kinkedder gafort en-- kindergarten. >> stephen: that's sadness isn't it? >> it is very sweet. but my brothers are both in very serious relationships. davey, the youngest is engaged. and he is going to get married early next year. and tom is in a serious relationship. but i'm not. so i will be going back and they'll be at least with their, you know, girlfriends. >> stephen: is there pressure there for you. >> yeah. >> stephen: they look at you hey, i know he's the oldest but it's time for you to grow up or anything like that. >> well, tom's girlfriend iris is from mexico and she said that there is a saying there tha

brother, but he was like my superman. he was my superman. >> don laut is dave's younger brother by nine and a half years. dave and don inherited a passion for athletics from their father. >> i remember my first milk when i was a kid, it was protein powder. >> it's built into your dna. it's part of your life. >> yeah, it really is. >> here is where that dna was planted, oxnard, california. a farm town on the beach north of l.a.'s encroaching sprawl. they grow mostly strawberries here now. lima beans back then. they were different, those days. >> when we grew up, you could ride your bike anywhere. everybody knew everybody. >> this is helen kulouris. of course, she knew the lauts growing up. and that big old farming family of her childhood best friend, jane laubacher. >> our dads were both farmers. old farming families we're both from. >> the laubachers were big here in oxnard. >> there was just lots of laubachers. you know, it was just -- they multiplied. they were good catholics. >> and helen's friend, jane, grew up to be especially beautiful. featured in her high school yearbook as homecoming queen. >> bu

my brother dan was a democrat member of congress and my brother, dave, who will accompany me tonight the white house for the first time , he and his wife, he was a democratic aide to lawton child, so i have a bipartisan family if i could put up with them i can put up with others. some of my best friends are democrats and as i am leaving some have come up to me and have been very gracious in their words to me, which means a lot. host: congressmen john mica, thank you for your time. guest: great to be with you and great to have served for 24 wonderful years in the best institution you can imagine. >> while congress is in recess this week we are showing you book tv and prime time. tonight, a look at 2016's notable books. john donovan and karen zucker on their book: in a different key, the story of autism. then, patricia bell scott looks at the firebrand and the first lady. after that, dan that on almighty, courage resistance and peril in the nuclear age. finally, candace discusses hero of the empire. book tv tonight and all this week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. on c-s

. >> like my brother said, we are so grateful that all of you are here. when daveng this time for our father, what we wanted was there to be friends. the people who really knew him. i think, i hope you are able to hear that president drake, charlie, jack, that these people are our friends. and have known dad in all the different parts of his life. and mr. golden. jack and charlie. someone has been mentioned a couple of times and i would be remiss if i didn't say this. our lives were intertwined with a wonderful family. the kennedy family. when ethel and robert wanted to come today, it had tremendous meaning for us. thank you, thank you ethel and bobby. those memories are beyond heart ache and joy. thank you so much for being here for dad and mother. i would also be remiss if i did not thank, and dad died nine days ago, and during that period of time from his a death to today there has been a group of people who have come together with unbelievable love and energy to celebrate 10. they knew him well and absolutely made this a day possible. when we were going to the

. >> like my brother said, we're so grateful that all of you are here. and when dave our father, one thing we wanted was for there to be friends, not the people who didn't know dad, but the people who really knew him. and i think, i hope that you're able to hear that president drake, charlie, can use the name jack, and -- that these people are our friends and have known dad in all the different parts of his life. and mr. bolden, of course, i didn't -- jack and charlie. and someone has been mentioned a couple of times, and i would be remiss if i didn't say this, that our lives were intertwined with a wonderful family, the kennedy family. and when ethel and robert wanted to come today, it was a tremendous, it had tremendous meaning for us. thank you, thank you, thank you, ethel and bobby. those memories are beyond heartache and joy. thank you so much for being here for dad and mother. i would also be remiss if i didn't thank -- i certainly am not going to list them, but in order to -- dad died about nine days ago. and in the period of time from his death to today, there

[inaudible] [inaudible] >> like my brother said, you're so grateful all of you are here. when daver one thing we wanted was for there to be friends not the people who did not know dad, but but the people who really knew him. and i think, i hope you're able to hear that president drake, charlie, jack, that these people are our friends and had known dad and all the different parts of his life and mr. bolton of course, jack and charlie. someone has been mentioned a couple of times and i would be remiss if i do not see this, but our lives were intertwined with the wonderful family, the kennedy family. when ethel ethel and robbie wanted to come today it was a tremendous meaning for us. thank you, thank you, thank you ethel and bobby. those memories are beyond heartache and joy. thank you so much for being here for dad and mother. i'd also be remiss if i do not think, i'm surly not going to list them, but dad died about nine days ago. in that time from his death until today there have been a group of people who have come together with unbelievable love, strength, support, and energy to c

lyn glenn: like my brother said, we are so grateful to all of you are here. when daveplanning this time for our father, what we wanted was further to be friends. the people who really knew him. and i think, i hope, that you are able to hear that president drake, charlie, jack, that these people are our friends. and somebody has been mentioned a couple of times. i would be remiss if i didn't say that our lives were intertwined with one family, the kennedy family. when ethel and robert wanted to come today, it had tremendous meaning for us. thank you, thank you ethel and bobby. those memories are beyond heart ache and enjoy. thank you so much for being here for dad and mother. i would also be remiss if i did not think -- dad died nine days ago, and during that period of time there had been a group of people to come together with unbelievable love, strength, support and energy to celebrate him. they knew him well and they absolutely made this day possible, this time possible. when we were going to the funeral home to see dad's body, i knew i wanted to write something to p

lyn glenn: like my brother said, we are so grateful to all of you are here. when daveplanning this time for our father, what -- one thing we wanted was for there to be friends. not the people who didn't know dad, but the people who really knew him. -- i hope, that you are able to hear that president drake, charlie, jack, that these people are our friends. and have known dad in all the different parts of his life. and mr. bolden, of -- of course. and somebody has been mentioned a couple of times. i would be remiss if i didn't say this that our lives were intertwined with a wonderful family, the kennedy family. when ethel and robert wanted to come today, it had tremendous meaning for us. thank you, thank you, thank you ethel and bobby. those memories are beyond heart ache and enjoy. -- and joy. thank you so much for being here for dad and mother. i would also be remiss if i did not think -- thank -- dad died nine days ago, and during that . bang time from his death today, there has been a group of people to come together with unbelievable love, strength, support and ener

thank you fellow human beings, brothers and sisters on the planet. >> thank you diamond dave and before the next speaker comes up i will call the next ten speaker cards. i apologize i didn't see chancellor lamb for being here today from city college and i will bring you up after public comment to address our budget committee. i will call all the trustees if you would like to speak. [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon supervisors and i also voted for you jane kim. my name is [inaudible] and i work with community houses partnerships and i just want to say having passing w -- prop w is very important for the people that live in san francisco. let this city be the first to have free college in san francisco. you know my opinion is that you know society is not educated you know cannot prosper so education is important not just for of color but people in general. we have people from other countries and they the can't go to expensive universities and the first stop is the community colleges and i was shot five years ago and the crew that helped me and i am standing here and who knows? so

they're reliving the worse dave their lives but to know we got it right and honor them and their loved ones that was very much appreciated. >> rose: how do you depict the tsarnaev brothers>> it's hard to do research on those two brothers. we did quite a bit. it's hard to research them and not become fascinated. it's a very unique and bizarre situation. these were not like saudis that snuck in and blew up the towers. these were assimilated guys. one with us at u mass dartmouth and a ladies man and marijuana and the other was a boxer who wanted to represent the u.s. olympic team we'd see at starbucks. >> rose: how did they become ral radicalized? >> through the internet seeing extremist propaganda online and it's a refuge for people that are alienated if someone want to prove themselves they can go in this direction but any sympathy is nullified by playing a bomb behind two children and blew them up. >> rose: he knew what he was doing. >> no question. >> rose: he'd take the lives of children. >> and he did. >> rose: is he talking? >> i spoke to a jailer and asked what's with this guy and he said he's a terrorist. >> rose: that's what he is and he knows it and acknowledges

thank you fellow human beings, brothers and sisters on the planet. >> thank you diamond dave and before the next speaker comes up i will call the next ten speaker cards. i apologize i didn't see chancellor lamb for being here today from city college and i will bring you up after public comment to address our budget committee. i will call all the trustees if you would like to speak. [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon supervisors and i also voted for you jane kim. my name is [inaudible] and i work with community houses partnerships and i just want to say having passing w -- prop w is very important for the people that live in san francisco. let this city be the first to have free college in san francisco. you know my opinion is that you know society is not educated you know cannot prosper so education is important not just for of color but people in general. we have people from other countries and they the can't go to expensive universities and the first stop is the community colleges and i was shot five years ago and the crew that helped me and i am standing here and who knows? so

>> by the way, the scott brothers will be co-hosting our next hour here on "today." >> i'm a little afraid of that. >> daveile savannah continues on maternity leave. >>> tony bennett is here, we're celebrating his incredible life, turning 90 years old. >>> plus, we're going to spread holiday cheer in a hard hit community in louisiana. more on that coming up. >>> the holiday guest who tries way too hard, or the one that manages to spill everything, we're going to get help on managing the stickiest etiquette problems. >>> janelle monet is how are you? she is in that terrific movie called "hidden figures." how much did you love working on that? >> such an honor to portray these women. they helped get our first americans into space. and nobody, including me, knew anything about them. so i'm so happy that we get to learn about american history. >> getting great reviews. congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> are you as over the top holiday person, or an under the radar holiday person? >> you know what, holidays for me, i get to relax. sleep. unplug. so i'm a low-key, giving quietly and i'm like leave me alon

by the way, the scott brothers are going to be co-hosting our next hour here on "today." >> i'm a little afraid of that. >> davee savannah continues on maternity leave. >> we're having a nice little party on the plaza. >>> just ahead, tony bennett is here ahead of his prime time special tonight. we'll celebrate his incredible life. he's turning 90 years old. he's going to have a live performance. >>> look being forward to that. plus, we'll help spread some kindness and holiday cheer in a hard-hit community down in louisiana. >>> and from the holiday guest who tries way too hard or the one who manages to spill everything, we'll get a little help on managing the stickiest etiquette situations over the holidays this time of year. >>> but first, may we bring back one of our elves, the lovely janelle monet is here. how are you? she's in that terrific movie called "hidden figures." how much did you love working on that? >> oh, it is such an honor to portray these brilliant-minded women. these are the women who helped get our first americans into space, and nobody, including me, knew anything about them. so i'm so hap

thank you fellow human beings, brothers and sisters on the planet. >> thank you diamond dave and before the next speaker comes up i will call the next ten speaker cards. i apologize i didn't see chancellor lamb for being here today from city college and i will bring you up after public comment to address our budget committee. i will call all the trustees if you would like to speak. [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon supervisors and i also voted for you jane kim. my name is [inaudible] and i work with community houses partnerships and i just want to say having passing w -- prop w is very important for the people that live in san francisco. let this city be the first to have free college in san francisco. you know my opinion is that you know society is not educated you know cannot prosper so education is important not just for of color but people in general. we have people from other countries and they the can't go to expensive universities and the first stop is the community colleges and i was shot five years ago and the crew that helped me and i am standing here and who knows? so