clarence trent and matthew bryan-amaning. duo of pondexter and thomas today have combined for 45 of the team's 82 points. knezevic missing. boykin has it ripped by turner. suggs to trent. no. suggs has it go out of bounds to california. marques, does it go back to who wins this year holding home court? >> marques: i'd love to say that but -- >> steve: it's a weird year. >> marques: weird year, unpredictable so far. it's still early. yeah, that's always a big part of it. for cal. as long as they can -- >> steve: cal really tough at home. and lorenzo romar is not used to beating mike montgomery's teams. last time, 2004 against number one stanford. well, he had some great teams at stanford, no question about it. led the cardinal to 12 ncaa tournament appearances, including that 1995 final four. >> marques: all the advantages of holding home court advantage, point guard leadership, the senior leadership, i don't know how much of it applies to this pac-10 race this season, based on what we've witnessed here just in the pac-10 play

king is going to chicago and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums he talks about islam clarence campaign and desegregate housing in chicago. he's talking about poverty. he's talking about economic marginalization of poor people, laborers. king makes a very famous speech where he talks about labour has dignity which is one of his last speech in 1968. king's poor people campaign is something that we shunt aside as well. we really keep dr. king frozen on august 28th 1963 with the i have a dream speech in his washington, d.c. and we don't think about the king who was much more combative even though he was non-violent because he believed he could use of violence as a moral and political force, really a battering ram to transfer of democracy. so it wasn't that king wasn't combative, he was very combative. the difference between king and african-american critics was heated and believe that violence was acceptable politically or morally. >> host: it also was true everybody praises him now back in the time even among african-americans a lot of people didn't want him coming in to their to

this goes back to the 1990 paus when clarence thasas having his no infamou hearings on capitol hill, which were bizarre, as most of us remember. i was the oneho got to talk on the air and bringpeople news about the hair on thcoca-cola ns and all this stuff. more importaly, that- >> we are coming to the end he. >> that is when the issue o sexual harassment once d for all came tohe national consciousness. thank you, b. th is our pgram for today. we are solad you joined us. you can see these program -- this program and read somef my articl at whchronicle.com. goodbye. all the best. caioned by the national captionininstitute --www.icap.org-- >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboratio with whut, howard university tevision. from wasngton, d.c., this has en "white house conicle," a weekly analysis of t news with a sense of humor featuring ewellyning, linda gasparello, and gues. this program c be seen on pbs statns and cab access channels. to viethe

assert clarence. i had many arguments with him. he is the occasion to make a snide comment about someone who is no longer here. even though i disagree with him, he was a good member. >> even before were televised, the house will have heard me say that we have freedom of speech, but every honorable manner -- hon. member -- order. the question is that an humble address be presented to her majesty as follows. most gracious sovereign, the commons of the united kingdom in parliament assembled offer mumbled thanks to her majesty for the gracious speech which her majesty has addressed to both houses of parliament. the leader of the opposition. >> mr. speaker, for those who may be uninitiated, it is one of the most pleasurable customs of this house that the leader of the opposition is allowed to pay compliments on their speeches to the humble gentleman who have moved and seconded the royal address. i do that now with my usual passion and enthusiasm, particularly for the usual performance of the hon. member. a

. >> reporter: auto safety expert clarence ditlow initially supported the lawsuit but changed his mindo the consumers -- they just got nothing out of it. the attorneys got $25 million. >> reporter: the lawyers declined to be interviewed but said they did their best. they said they were disappointed so few consumers used the coupons but that they fought ford alone for nearly seven years, paying $6 million in expenses and spending thousands of hours trying to secure justice. they also noted that they donated $900,000 of their fee to auto safety research. we also should note that the $25 million received by the lawyers included a bonus of more than $3 million awarded by a california judge who lauded their exceptional skill in a difficult case. we called the judge to ask if he still thinks the lawyers deserved a bonus. he declined to comment. lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> call it a big gamble on its way to a big payoff. the 3-d epic "avatar," which cost a fortune to make, came in first at the box office for the third straight weekend. the film has now pulled in just over $1 billion

clarence darrow said, he said you believe in the rock of ages?pplause] >> well, let's talk about dino and fossil place. i'm dino. and fossil face was my friend, stephen jay gould. and we grew up together in queens. there we are. and if you know steve gould, he didn't change a bit. he died about five or six years ago. very tragic, but he was a great friend to me, and great influence. we used to go to the american museum of natural history together, bronx zoo. if i could interrupt myself, there was a story about the scope strong, i forgot. i just want to throw that in. because i love it so much. brian died right after the drug. some set of a broken heart because his beliefs were so mercilessly attacked by darrow. darrow said i do care if i go to heaven or hell, after 30 years as a trial lawyer i have so made great friends in both places. [laughter] >> and there's a little poem about that that i would like to quote, too, from darwin's nemesis, samuel butler, who was a great writer. and he wrote a poem that i thought connected him very well with the

. >> the cardis them for you live on the ideological spectrum justice clarence thomas also embraced thelective recordings of malcolm x and found something important in the theories himself spasmodic spasmodic . >> absence of the he liked ploy yourself up from your boot straps and political self-determination in the notion the outcome would say that black people had to do for themselves. and to reduce handouts for the white man so conservatives would find that as a great attribute. >> another important figure in your book that you devote considerable space is stoke the car might call -- stokely carmichael. >> guest: of the most politically activist in civil-rights black pair were point*. he is going to be a key civil-rights activist who becomes a black power icon. stokely carmichael is the only black power figure who are also been a civil-rights organizer in the deep south. born in trinidad in 1941. emigres to the united states two weeks before his 11th birthday 1952. lives in the bronx. one of the only african-american students that test into the bronx science high school that is one of

and embraced regardless of where you lie on the ideological spectrum, i'm reminded that justice clarence thomas also embraced malcolm x and had the collected recordings of malcolm x and found something important in malcolm x's theories himself. >> guest: absolutely. i think conservatives really admire malcolm x's notion of boot strap pulling. pull yourself up by your boot straps, political self-determination and this whole notion that malcolm would also say that black people had to do for themselves, right? malcolm in the nation of islam in their parlance refused handouts from the white man. so conservatives would definitely find that something that was a great attribute. >> host: another important figure in your book and you devote considerable space, chapter, stokely carmichael. >> guest: yeah. i believe he's one of the most important african-american political activists of the post-war period and certainly the civil rights and black power period. he is going to be the a key civil rights activist who becomes a black power icon. and what i mean by that is that stokely is really one of t

to catch up with clarence lee, a man who says he is a fourth cousin to general roberty lee. he is also a collector who introduces us to the nellie bell. [ sound of a siren." >> this is a 1939 ford and the serial number is 930 so it was made within the first three weeks of production. did all the work myself and restored it and it's mine to keep. you'd have to steal it to get it from me. i've drove another tractor for a friend of mine on a parade, i said i enjoyed that, she says "why don't you get you one," two weeks time i had found this. that's what got me into it. i usually use it for carrying old folks at the nursing home, parades and having a little eh ride. i have been doing that about since i've had the tractor, about five or six years. i purchased that in april of 2001 and they was having a parade in parish catches, they candidate me if i could get it ready to go, i said "i don't know." so i had sleep apnea, i didn't sleep, so when i couldn't sleep i would go out to my shop and work on this thing. i got it from april the 15th to july 3rd, taking all the hood and every

i don't care if, you know, if clarence darell gets resurrected for this case.ry, a problem with what avery just said, because he's being prosecuted and has a loishgs the government cannot talk to this guy. they cannot interrogate him. >> that what i learned. yeah. >> absolutely. can't get any other information out of this guy. what happens if the guy provides information? will you give hamm plea deal? let him walk? this animal who almost blew up a plane and kill all of these people? >> he's never going to walk. spoke like crazy before counsel and secondly, in order to save his neck he's going to spill the beans. i think it's the right place to be. no doubt about t. he's a martyr, wants to be a martyr. he's not going to say anything -- >> we'll see. i don't agree. >> no more intelligence. >> i don't know. >> another high-profile case, the doctor of the late michael jackson, dr. conrad murray. hearing discussions about involuntary monies slanslaught d according to the associated press and other media out let's. avery, was it your thinking perhaps doctor murray wo

the one i am reminded am remint justice clarence thomas also embraced malcolm x and had the collective recordings of malcolm x and found something important and the malcolm x's theories themselves. >> guest: absolutely. i think they admire that notion of a bootstrap pulling. this all notion that malcolm would also say that black people had to do for themselves. malcolm and the nation of islam refused handouts from the white man. so conservatives would definitely find that something that was a great attribute. >> host: another important figure in your book, and he devoted considerable space in chapters is stokely carmichael. >> guest: stokely carmichael, i believe, is one of the most important african-american political activists of the postwar period and the civil rights and black power period. he is going to be a key civil-rights activist who becomes a black power icon. and what i mean by that is coakley is really one of the only black power figures who had also been a civil rights organizer in the n the deep sou. he is from the caribbean. he is born in trinidad. emigres he immigrates

majority opinion-- joined by chief justice john roberts, and justices samuel alito, antonin scalia and clarence thomas. they threw out key provisions of campaign finance laws dating back to 1907, plus two of the high court's own decisions from 1990 and 2003. specifically, the justices overturned a ban on letting companies and unions tap their own treasuries to produce their own campaign ads. the decision also eliminated the so-called mccain-feingold ban on issue-oriented ads within 30 days of a primary, and 60 days of a general election. the justices dissenting from those conclusions were john paul stevens, ruth bader ginsburg, stephen breyer and sonia sotomayor. the case at issue involved a 90- minute film attacking hillary clinton during her 2008 run for president. >> hillary rodham clinton has undoubtedly become one of the most divisive figures in america.... >> brown: the conservative group "citizens united" produced the film and wanted to run ads for it on television, and distribute it through on-demand cable. instead, federal courts ruled it was akin to a long campaign ad, and should be r

caller: i live in affordable housing in clarence, new york, a very wealthy town. moved here five years ago. the whole thing about -- they had done a moratorium on building in clarence because it was growing so fast. the only way they could do any expansion was to do it under the guise of affordable housing, because they did not really have any affordable housing in this town. i have lived here five years. the rent goes up every year. it was $358 a month for rent when i moved in, now it is $400. this october it will be $410 or more. we are not getting any services -- like our roads are not getting paid to read the expected date are doing -- like our roads are not getting paved. but the new expansions are getting everything. there are manufactured homes here and someone that are not affordable -- and so on that are not affordable housing. we are paying for them, to have the roads paved and everything like that. i think affordable housing is being taken advantage of by some corporations and companies, and they are making money off of it. host: any thoughts on that? g

jennings bryant ran three times for president of the united states and evangelical preacher and clarenceaw this as a battle for separation of church and state. and so they gathered to have it out and settle it once and for all, and the newspaper reporters gathered and radio for the first time in the little town of dayton tennessee. ♪ john scopes weighted won for the jury to reach its decision. ♪ waiting on the jury down in dayton tennessee. they are about to lock me up and throw away the key. yeah. you might think i'm some kind of crocus, my only finest teaching dr. darwin's book. the jury has got a little something to decide. down here you best be careful of your speech because you could get yourself bostick just for when you teach. and if you think out loud you will likely find the schools are going to put you out on your behind so you've got a little something to decide. when i look around i realize it's really not so strange. people like to think the truth is something that can never change. no. well, you can make the fact that your help and your but knowledge keeps on changing down

i remember clarence floyd and i never agreed with him politically. my many arguments with him but he --ee is it right during the course, knowing that he's televised, to make -- >> yeah. >> to use -- use -- use intelligent, to use the occasion to make a snite comment about -- somebody whose no longer here and who in fact did put his time in the house of commons. and although i personally disagreed with him politically was a good member and i trust, some speaker, that we're not done -- going to hear that sort of thing in the future. >> here yee. >> order. even order. >> and even before we were televised the house would have heard me say that we have freedom of speech in the house and that every honorable member would take responsibility for what he says here. weld order. not a matter for me. order. the question is a humble address be presented to her imagine jestity as follows. most gracious sovereign, we are the most beautiful and loyal subjects, the commons of the united kingdom of northern ireland and parliament assembled lead to our humble thanks t

caller: i live in affordable housing in clarence, new york, a very wealthy town.ved here five years ago. the whole thing about -- they had done a moratorium on building in clarence because it was growing so fast. the only way they could do any expansion was to do it under the guise of affordable housing, because they did not really have any affordable housing in this town. i have lived here five years. the rent goes up every year. it was $358 a month for rent when i moved in, now it is $400. this october it will be $410 or more. we are not getting any services -- like our roads are not getting paid to read the expected date are doing -- like our roads are not getting paved. but the new expansions are getting everything. there are manufactured homes here and someone that are not affordable -- and so on that are not affordable housing. we are paying for them, to have the roads paved and everything like that. i think affordable housing is being taken advantage of by some corporations and companies, and they are making money off of it. host: any thoughts on that? gues

and at the end he realizes it and, yes, clarence gets his wings. and i think about that because i think of the family member and the fact that if his mother had had the opportunity in 1964 to have had an abortion, may have made the fatal decision not to have had that person. that person is a wonderful human being. he is a father, he is a husband, he has two children. he has a wonderful life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from american samoa rise? mr. sablan: i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material under subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from american samoa rise? mr. sablan: -- mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i ask that i be able to speak for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without obj

c-span: we're about out of time, but on page 144 you mention clarence thomas this way, "clarence thomas, who has since been named to succeed thurgood marshall. when was the last day you had to write something in this book? >> guest: that day. he had just been named. the galleys were open until almost the end, but if my thesis was true, there's no way that the book wasn't going to be out of date very soon because the scandals continue at a steady pace. c-span: but clarence thomas is discussed at great length in here for what reason? >> guest: he was involved in another scandal, a very different one. it had nothing to do with sex. it had to do with accusations that he had lied to congress during an investigation of the eeoc, of which he was chairman, and he came out of that pretty well. i don't think he did lie. c-span: but it involved, what, a senator -- a couple of senators? >> guest: it was a couple of senators, but the main one was senator [john] melcher who said that thomas had withheld information about the eeoc's treatment of age discrimination cases. probably the opposite was true