postcode in her book your take on jesse jackson, al sharpton and charlie rangel in particular. why?>> guest: growing up there was the same message i heard throughout different publications in the black community. black americans need special treatment because of skin color. the three individuals you mention are still selling the same message today, the message of the imitation. my book tells people how i came from working numerous jobs undertaken in a match of all kinds of opportunities in advancing myself because that is what i wanted to do for myself. i never fell for the blame game of blaming white americans for example because of failures happening in the black community. i think my story is a great story for young people to see if i can do it and i can achieve success, you can do it no matter what your circumstances are or your family situation happens to be. >> host: how did you come to your political view? >> guest: growing up i was a democrat because of how my parents voted tell us otherwise. i didn't do research or a lot of reading. once i left home and started reading diff

then we got charlie rangel to run for and got him elected to the weighs and means committee and that brought in one of the greatest moves we've ever had. here today, he's now the chairman of that powerful committee, in the year we got him elected, there had never been a black serving on that committee. so it was in that context that we also issued the declaration of independence and the black bill of rights and all of that. and all of that was about the time they had the black convention in indiana, gary indiana. there was just a lot going on. we were doing everything we could to eradicate past discrimination in this country and try to change our country to make it a better place for all minorities. during those early years, the nixon administration under the black caucus, under the leadership of charlie digs had attempted on several occasions to get an audience with president nixon for the purpose of bringing to his attention the policies of his administration and the damage that he was doing to minorities in this country. he wouldn't meet with us. one of his top aids in the white h

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what can i say to charlie rangel? to even have you know my name is an honor. i know that but for the remarkable lives of the three people that we celebrate, their lives and their legacy today, that i would not be in this auspicious chamber, but for your leadership and courage, i would not know how to behave in chamber. so i thank you, sir, for continuing to serve the great people of harlem and new york, but also the great people of america, black, white, green, yellow, all of us. do you such a great job -- you do such a great job. mr. speaker, i rise today to join with my c.b.c. colleagues in paying tribute to the life and legacies of three great giants in american history. representative louis stokes, amilia robinson and julian bond. our nation collectively mourns the loss of each of these trailblazing figures who departed from us way too soon this summer. their journeys pavinged wait for myself and so many others -- pavinged the way for myself and so many other -- paved the way for myself and so many others. we honor them for their historic and notable contr

. >> he ran for congress back in 2010 against charlie rangel, got about 10% of the vote. we'll see what happens. we have a candidate at least more or less officially. >> let's talk about what's happening on our city streets. for those of us who live here, tried and true new yorkers, a rat carry aring food, well, you know, it's not that unusual. >> oh, yeah? this video has gone viral as they say, rosanna. this is near the l train, 14th treat and -- >> a perfectly good slice of pizza. >> it's impressive, it's kind of amusing. >> we watched him take the slice of pizza down three stairs before i started even recording. i know that what i saw was so strange that i couldn't not record it. >> pizza rat, was the hashtag. it was trending nationally yesterday. >> now, do you like some of my comments? i think this is pretty funny. >> give us another one -- >> boy, that looks delicious, but what's with that triangular piece of bread? [laughter] you know, and it would help a little polite laughter. >> he can't be wortherred, he has an appointment to get run other by a train. that was

he lost to long-time harlem democrat charlie rangel. >>> the mayor of bridgeport, connecticut, inding it a little more difficult to run for re-election than he thought. bins bill finch lost the election last week to joe ganum. finch later announced plans to run in november as a candidate with the job creation party but state officials say that party missed a deadline for naming finch as its nominee, however, finch is still hopeful that he'll find a way onto the ballot. >>> 5:11 right now. ahead, rising republican presidential candidate carly fiorina, she was in our building. she headed up to the tont show. we'll hear what she said about donald trump and vladimir putin. >>> starbucks newest feature that could mean never waiting in line for coffee again. plus, we'll have weather and traffic on the 4s as we look at the bell park way. you're watching "today in new york." [irenstrumental music playing] windows are the eyes into the so of the home. ugly soul. go to blinds to go with the largest selection of blinds and shades custom sized and guaranteed for life. they're a designer's best fr

establishment but then when you ask him why he gives money to harry reid, why he gives money to charlie rangelbecause i want them to do whatever the hell i tell them to do. that's what's wrong with government. people buying and selling politicians and thinking they can buy influence up here. i want government to be so small there is no influence to be sold. >> he's campaigning as a washington outsider. you like to think you're a washington outsider, too, right? >> well, you know, i'm a physician. i practiced medicine for 20 years, and i ran because i was concerned that the government was running up so much debt. i still vote almost always against both parties that are running up the debt here. i've never voted for one of these continuing resolutions because it's a collection of all the spending and it continues the problem, continues the accumulation of debt. so yes, i'm one who is an outsider who says it's broken out here and i won't go along just to get along with the system. >> now that you've been a united states senator here in washington for the past several year, a lot of people out the

congressman charlie rangel of new york talked about these at some 11th attacks in his statements on theran nuclear deal. here's a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] rangle: 14 years ago, a terrible thing happened when terrorists struck. now, we have the opportunity to bring our country together the way we did then. 14 years ago, there were no republicans, democrats, there were americans who would say, we have to come together. we are not going to change this agreement. this is the policy of the united states of america, or soon will be. say, what is the enforcement, what will be do, what will happen if they violated? are we here to embarrass the president or -- time hasntleman's expired. the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. rangle: or, are we dignity anderve the integrity of the united states of america, no matter who is the president. if ever there was a time for us to come together to support the policy, the time is now. host: congressman charlie wrangle, part of a vigorous debate on the house floor yesterday. we are getting your thoughts this morning on "the washington jo

until then, we're going to show you some of the debate, including paul ryan, charlie rangel and john lewis in this coming half hour. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i will yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i think this is a terrible deal. this administration has made a lot of mistakes when it comes to foreign policy. this has got to be the worst one because this deal will not stop iran from getting a bomb. this deal will all but guarantee it. we went into these negotiations saying that iran had to eliminate its nuclear program, all of it, full stop. now they're saying that was unrealistic. too unreasonable. too high in the sky. and we're handing over hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief. so iran gets billions of dollars in exchange for what, for taking up some, not all, just some of its nuclear program? and then in 10 or 15 years, all of these limits expire. in other words, they're getting something for essentially nothing. it's a steal, and that's if they don't cheat. now, the administration sa