cochran that he wanted it in blue. this was before the air force started wearing blue.that time, they were wearing green and 10. but our -- green and tan. but our uniforms were blue and they were made by bergdorf goodman. neiman marcus came over with their seamstresses and fitted us with those uniform, which is what i'm wearing today. >> they also designed the santiago blue official flying uniform which consisted of the eisenhower jacket. the women were the first one to wear that jacket before it came -- before became standard issue. once they graduated, the women earned their silver wings. they were placed at 120 bases across the country. during this time, 38 women air force service pilots were killed while serving our country, some in training, some later on when they were stationed at a base across the country. because the women, when the loss -- the wasps for started, they did not have time to militarize them. these were all civilian pilots at the time. because they were civilian pilots, they were not getting compensated. they did not have veteran status. so when th

>> cochran immediately fires back. >> not every african-american feels that way. it's demeaning to our jurors to say that african-americans cannot hear these offensive words. >> the battle lines are drawn. and race will help define the trial's outcome. it's january 24th, 1995. the trial of orenthal james simpson has begun. >> there was a forest of satellite trucks, satellite dishes. people working in trailers. all built so that this trial could go out to the world. >> walking into the courtroom everyday, it was like the red carpet on an arrivals line at the oscars. how are you doing today, o.j.? oh, marcia, how you doing? how are your kids? what are you wearing? it's ridiculous. it was crazy. >> outside the courthouse, it's a circus. inside, a real life drama unfolding. with millions of people watching. >> the simpson case combined everything that obsesses the american public. it had violence, sex, race, sports, and the only eyewitness was a dog. >> the prosecution's opening statement tells a story of love, lust, and loss of control. >> he killed her because he co

so he calls n and we put him on, ak chaul lishg and johnny cochran is there, and he thanks johnny cochranto thank that man, johnny cochran for listening and believing and putting his heart and soul on the line for sending me home. >> he said i will come on soon and i will give you the whole story, larry. >> do you believe that o.j. simpson is innocent 20 years later? >> i found him innocent, and i believe he is innocent. >> you still believe that 20 years later? >> yep. >> with all of your heart? >> all of my heart. if i were given the same evidence again, i would find him evidence again, i would find him not guilty again. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is cnn tonight, and i'm don lemon from o.j. to expatriot aaron hernandez and charges against nfl players have yet to shock us. his trial is to begin just days before his team is sett to face the seattle seahawks in the super bowl xlix in fact. >> and meanwhile, the pats are in hot water. did they deliberately deflate game balls? is there a culture of cheating in the nfl or what it takes to win. and why does america love to

. >> and of course, johnnie cochran who would take the lead. >> outgoing, fun, and having considerable mastery of the details of the case. >> and known for defending celebrities like child actor todd bridges, football legend jim brown, and assumer star michael jackson. but would the all-star strategy work? >> it was not a dream team. it was a nightmare team. most lawyers don't get along with each other. there was a lot of competition for the limelight. but despite all of that competition, simpson's team comes up with this. they allegation that l.a.p.d. detective mark fuhrman was a racist who planted evidence. >> this is the l.a.p.d. >> the racist allegations simmering under the surface come to a boil just days before the trial begins when the defense wants permission to ask fuhrman if he has ever used the n-word. >> i will use the world because i am quoting him -- >> but prosecutor chris dardin wants to part of it. >> it is the nastiest word in the english language. it will offend the black jurors. it will be are you on the side of the white prosecutors and policeman, or the black defe

johnnie cochran's there.ieving from the beginning, listening and putting his heart and soul on the line to send me home. >> he said, i'll come on soon, and i'll tell you -- i'll give you the whole story, larry. >> do you believe o.j. simpson is innocent? 20 years later? >> i found him innocent, and i believe he's innocent. >> you still believe that 20 years later? >> yep. >> with all your heart? >> all my heart. there's nothing, if i was given that same evidence again, i would find him not guilty again. >>> this is the story of one man, one chef and a city. also it's about france and a lot of other chefs and a culinary tradition that grew up to change the world of gastronomy. it's about a family tree, about the trunk from which many branches grew. and it's about food, lots of food, great food. some of the greatest food on earth. ♪ i took a walk

visit ncicap.org] [upbeat twangy music] ♪ >> ♪ world go away >> hank cochran is, without a doubt, onethe greatest songwriters ever on earth. >> ♪ and i fall to pieces >> it's important historically that people know who hank cochran was and what he did, and he always wanted to be the hemingway of country music, and i think he did it. >> it's stunning when you look at the body of work that he was able to accomplish and stay relevant for so long. that's way out of the ordinary. >> ♪ i've got everything ♪ everything but you >> they will be recording hank cochran songs way down the line and probably not even know who he was. >> i think it's really important for people to understand where country music came from and the era of the '50s and '60s, which is hank cochran, harlan howard, willie nelson, roger miller. these guys set the standard for writing songs. >> ♪ don't you ever get tired ♪ of hurting me ♪ he was responsible, really, for me going to nashville and getting a job writing for pamper music. hank had a lot to do with me getting started. >> i met hank. he reached out his hand and ha

descended on the state capital in a rally to support cochran. tout a proposed religious liberty law called preventing government overreach. calvin cochran was suspended back in november after a self-published book he wrote and distributed to firefighters called, who told you you were naked, a line from genesis. whatever is the opposite of purity, including sodomy, homosexuality, less pi annism, bestiality. he said he did not give the book to anyone who did not want it. the book was distributed in the workplace to at least nine individuals. three of these officers stated the book was given to them without a request on their part. ralph reid and franklin graham said he's being discriminated against. he said his decision to dismiss cochran was a violation of protocol. >> the bottom line is, he was fired because he displayed bad judgment. he never got permission. all of the sound, all of the noise, he never got permission from me to public the book. i'll go a little further. i can't publish a book without permission. from the ethics board. and i'm t

the app will point fans of elvis presley towards chuck berry or 80 cochran. 0-- eddie cochran. you have to hover your mouse over the track and see if you like what you hear. last weekend saw the annual no pants subway ride. thousands to part this year lets to the amusement of other passengers as we can see in this video which you can watch in its entirety on youtube. m pacifica this is democracy now! quick 50 miles north of damascus were on thursday, rebel fighters captured two positions previously controlled by the government. we're hearing some automatic and five from surrounding area. the government apparently has told them they have until tonight to surrender and if they don't it will face a counter attack. >> in july 2012, freelance journalist austin tice posted

martha: cochran says diamonds. >> reporter: cochran was told he needed to seek permission from the mayorme back to the ethics board which the official says never happened. so that's an open question whether he got permission. bill: did you hear about the rush hour in washington, d.c.? a crowded train filled with smoke? what happened here that left one person dead. martha: are we at war with a simple question that the white house says requires a complex answer. why won't the administration answer that question? >> all of of those threats you just mentioned are from different groups and different places. >> do you believe there is a common thread in everything i just mentioned? is there a common thread? >> i think that's overly simplistic to be honest with you, martha. unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. if you're running a business legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years we've helped over one million business owners get started. visit us today for legal help you can count

in the book cochran describes homosexuality as vial vulgar and inappropriate.mer fire chief says he did get permission to publish the book and claims in a statement he was fired, quote, for no reason other than my christian faith. many christian groups are coming to cochran's support claiming his dismissal is a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. this week hundreds of his supporters rallied at the georgia state capitol and then marched to the mayor's office demanding cochran be reinstated. joining me now is the mayor of atlanta. thank you so much for your time. >> good morning, tamron thank you for having me. >> let me first start off with whether or not the fire chief got permission to publish this book. i know that that's a key point for you and the city council. >> he absolutely did not. i'm the chief executive officer of the city of atlanta and it's undisputed he never discussed this book prior to publish it for did he get my permission didn't get permission from the ethics officer or ethics board so this is a situation that was so serio

. >>> atlanta fire chief cochran just lost his job over a book that he wrote outside of work for hise study group. he says some of the words he used were too inflammatory but the chief chief cochran is not apologizing. cochran says he's considering legal options but has no desire to get his job back. >>> after months of headlines on horrible plane crashes the newest list of the world's safest airlines is out. air new zealand and british airways on the list. airlineratings.com named quantum number one. no american carriers even made the top ten. listen to this. a dog proving he is beyond a best friend. buddy saving his owner's life by waking her up as her houseboat goes up in flames. >> it's heartbreaking. everything i own is on that boat. my clothes, my paper work my pictures, my everything is on that boat. i love my dog. he saved my life. he gets an extra treat tonight. >> investigators say a space heater was left on and that started the fire. >> the people have spoken for the fourth year in a row. >> and the people's choice for favorite tv show is open envelope. "the big bang theor

is your issue. >> reporter: cochran survived but others were not so lucky. the number two republican in the house did not even make it to election day. house majority leader eric cantor lost his primary to this guy, economics professor david bratt in what may be the political upset of the decade. >> look obviously we came up short. >> reporter: number eight, the u.s. does not negotiate with terrorists but we will do a prisoner swap. sergeant bowe bergdahl the only u.s. prisoner in afghanistan or iraq was brought home after the u.s. traded five taliban fighters from guantanamo bay for his release. the celebration has one huge footnote. not everyone was thrilled with the exchange rate. >> for the president to decide that these five hardest of the hardcore in return for sergeant bergdahl to the states i think was just wrong. >> reporter: not to mention the administration broke the law by not giving congress 30 days' notice. number seven, a fence jumper who sprinted across the white house lawn and let himself into the front door exposed major security breaches w

johnny cochran's famous line, for instance, turns out, it was pot really his line.entury hosted by kyra phillips. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> two decades later, we learned that wasn't cochran's phrase after all. >> he didn't invent that. that was done by the dean of the santa clara lawle school jerry oman the most unknown person on the defense team. >> 20 years later, he's getting the proper credit. >> he deserves it. >> and after nine months after testimony, hundreds of exhibits, more than 260 days isolated in a hotel, jurors are finally sent to determine o.j. simpson's fate. it's two votes guilty. ten not guilty. now, you guys had been e seneen sequester sequestered for nine months. were you working hard to get the two to get on board? >> no. it wasn't arguing or yelling or anything like that. we just came and took another vote and the other two came on board and they said not guilty. and it wasn't because they thought that he was innocent. the prosecution just didn't prove it. >> the jury find the defendant james orenthal simpson, not guilty in viol

. >> good afternoon greg cochran the general manager we support outline 3 issues we want to thank kate and itself sfmta board listening to where we need to try to flexibility in running our businesses purchasing cabs on the open market really the cab million dollars are the miles that the cabs has prior to them becoming a cab a lot of the conditions are the same our inspections in place and quality vehicles on the road and need flexibility to purchase cars there's more available so we applaud you for >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) good afternoon. >> hey hi good afternoon. i'm from the soto cab i want to say we support all of the 3 things on the agenda i want to make a comment on the vehicle span it is gives us a little bit more flexibility of buying cars that have more difficult cars to buy especially he at this point the prices are much up and i think there is as long as there is some kind of inspection that goes through every year inspecting the cars i think it is i don't see anything wrong with keeping the car that files up the requirements for the agencies >

>> parro went on to tell us that in order to survive in cochran he had to understand corcoran. >> you know, at the beginning when i was facing the 41 months, i thought how in the hell am i going to make it? i didn't see myself as being a part of this community. it is a community as no matter how dysfunctional it is, no matter how bizarre and asinine and ridiculous and stupid. it is very stupid. there's a lot of rules here that are enforced by inmates. >> many of those inmate enforced rules revolve around racial politics. >> a lot of the people here have affiliation to gangs. but they asked me who i run with. well, you know, i run with teachers and librarians usually. and when i find them, then i'll run with them. but sort of haven't found too many of them yet. >> parro must also deal with racial politics in his prison job as a housing clerk. >> i got a message that you called over here. >> usually i come in the morning i see who is paroled, if there have been any rollups during the last 24 hours. there's beds open. >> i got 109 up, 242 up. those are open since yesterday. >> i am kind

i've had occasion to talk with our senior colleague, my senior colleague from mississippi senator cochran, about the unique ways that senator baker led the senate. they remember his cool in his patients even under personal attack sometimes. their member how seemingly nonchalant he would let a policy battle raged for days on the senate floor with each senator exercising fully their right to debate. an end when the bosses calmed and tempers died down, there would be an informal gathering in his office. after a while, i'm told, the anxious staffers outside would hear laughter, probably the result of a nanny goat aptly -- anecdote aptly timed. one day last year, when one of my best friends -- they referred to me as having acquired baker-itis. the man for whom that condition was named called me to ask how i was feeling with my afflictions. i had just one question. is baker-itis fatal? insured me it was not, and apparently it was not. some of our speaker's most remarkable accomplishments came after he ended his congressional career. two come to mind tonight. the first is extraordinary service a

i would think people would rip them off but jim cochran says they don't. know? >> no.quite a phenomenon we do thousands of dollars of business in one day and it is quite amazing to see people experience it for the first time. john: of first you did this because you were busy there was not that many customers you could not afford the cashier but now all thes cuomerou lve cnge ailae between $5,100 and people are honest? >> sometimes somebody from germany or chicago will show up and start to scratch their heads and another customer will say here is how you do it. make your changes and they go through period of disbelief then they get adjusted to the idea then of course, they want their picture taken. [laughter] john: some people say because it is in a small town but the tea company honesty ran to -- ran experiments they found that we have the box where people could put the money in the least shot back and watch why and alabama were joined by the most generous with tennessee audit and alaska. blige is the most honest and women were slightly more honest than man. john: 80%

cape if you like -- "citizen kane", if you like, so was charles lindbergh so was a man could charles cochran who was really the inventer of hate radio. he was -- he came before all of the other people who rant and rave today. he had a vast listenership, and he was profoundly anti-fdr particularly when it came to foreign policy. there were also wicked anti-semites like henry ford who used to issue a daily newspaper praising isolationism through all of his ford distribution deal cans. so you would -- deals. so you would actually pick one up at the showroom, spiteful stuff about how the jews were running the country down. and then there were ancillary people like walt disney who was also anti-semitic, and he was a person who welcomed lenny -- [inaudible] to hollywood when all of the other hollywood moguls passed on that one. and dealing with all of these personalities it should be remembered, lest we forget that actually history is made up of personalities, and strong personalities can make an enormous difference. sure, there are big movements socioeconomic movements that take place behind all

everyone remembers johnny cochran's famous line about the gloves if it doesn't fit you must acquit. >iewing the same players that i interviewed two decades ago i found out that johnny cochran coined that term. he was the most unknown member of the defense team. now 20 years later he's finally getting credit for that famous phrase. something else i learned, he told me after the acquittal that benjamin netanyahu called him up and said needed to talk to him. he thought he's going to ask me about security concerns things going on in the country. he goes to meet with netanyahu. he says come to my private room. they close the door. he said did o.j. do it? tell me did o.j. really do it. >> i think everybody around the world wanted to know. they happen to be close friends. it's not all that surprising that the new prime minister of israel would call and talk about it. you have amazing new details. excellent work. a lot of us who covered that story will be watching. thanks for joining us. >> the special report airs later tonight. 9:00 p.m. eastern ponly here on cnn. you can follow us on twitte

johnny cochran, the famous line the gloves in the courtroom, if it doesn't fit, you must acquit.in the defense team. allen dur show wits said we weren't the dream team. we were the nightmare team. it was coined by a professor. >> drama of the century tonight at 9:00. keira, thank you very much. >>> now to jake tapper "the lead" starts right now. >>> a brand-new look at the chilling moments that paralyzed paris. i'm jack tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead new video. another french terrorist is in custody. can he tell police just how many more would be jihad iis are there out there? plus airline passengers under more scrutiny as the

to john cochran, who says that now it is a matter of spending the money wisely. >> right now what is happening in the middle east and around the globe, especially with isis we have to put this vector in line and if we start to put in the special forces and the men and women to move forward on the ground, as should happen, it's going to cost a lot more than $51 million. neil: many have criticized it. but why can't other countries pony up? >> when you look at the leadership of the administration and the budgeting act that they passed 2011, we go and this has repercussions on training and buying equipment and other things. neil: that was part of a grand budget agreement it would call for spending caps and proportionally hit the fence, be that as it may, i hope that he gets savings elsewhere. but he always we seize this threat. >> tactically we should be taking leadership -- we have assets over kuwait, we have a strike force and this is going to be more. we control the airspace. but when we have to train them and work with the syrians that is a lot in logistics. neil: i guess you and i m

according to court documents 21-year-old john cochran's alleged victims were between 8 and 14. abuse began in december of 2012 and investigators fear there could be more victims of sexual abuse. >> it's heart wrenching and it's just so shocking to see that one individual one child predator can cause so much disinstruction. >> quark van already serving time forsetting three abandoned buildings on fire before then arriving on the scene to help fight those blazes. >>> authorities have shut down a boarding house in north philadelphia. officials say the home on the 3000 block of north 22 had illegal electrical hookup and the building was scene of a deadly fire on november 7. 20 people were displaced. and are using dobbins high school as a temporary shelter. >>> police are wing a resident in connection with that 7-alarm blaze that ripped through the main business district street of a pittsburgh suburb. the fire burned five buildings in holmstead and spread to apartment building where six had to escape the flames. it appeared the fire started in packs preparation office that recently

johnnie cochran with the gloves and big phrase. 20 years later i had no idea those were not his words. the unknown member of the defense team, jerry uleman created that and wrote that and said this is your phrase. he's getting his due 20 years later. >> i can't wait to see it. thank you. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> an arrest in bull gargariabulgaria. we have details. >>> funerals today meanwhile in israel for the four dead jewish men killed in paris while the white house universally crit criticized for not showing its presence in europe. >> we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >>> u.s. military central command social media hacked by isis sympathizer. the fallout and vulnerability it exposed ahead "@ this hour." >>> good morning to you. i'm michaela pereira. >> and i'm john berman live in paris. major developments in the paris terror attacks. a new arrest and a new threat. this is what we know at this hour. a frenchman is being held in bulgaria. authorities say that he was arrested while trying

johnnie cochran with the gloves and big phrase. 20 years later i had no idea those were not his wordsat and said this is your phrase. he's getting his due 20 years later. >> i can't wait to see it. thank you. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> an arrest in bull gargariabulgaria. we have details. >>> funerals today meanwhile in israel for the four dead jewish men killed in paris while the white house universally crit criticized for not showing its presence in europe. >> we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >>> u.s. military central command social media hacked by isis sympathizer. the fallout and vulnerability it exposed ahead "@ this hour."

because his epic moment when he refused to concede to thad cochran complaining about it rally to people. >> best political theater. >> i would stay goings on in the house oversight committee have been highly entertaining. particularly elijah cummings. darrell issa has been vowing to bring down the obama white house with scandals for which he has no proof and elijah is only too happy to let everyone know. >> let's watch the best of elijah cummings right now. >> mr. chairman you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. this is, we're better than that as a country, we're better than that as a committee. i have asked for a few minutes to ask -- >> wow! >> he cut his mic. >> for best political theater, i went with the fan, went with the debate charlie crist and the fan. the cool thing was that rick scott will to explain something that no one in the history of tv debates had to explain before. hey, why didn't you come out on the stage when the debate began? let's listen. >> we figured out if he was going to show up. he said he wasn't going to come to the debate. so why come

you see this next group, thad cochran of mississippi, susan collins of maine, john cornyn of texas. the vice president of the united states, joe biden, he's shaking hands. i want our viewers to get a little flavor of how this swearing-in ceremony goes. let's listen to the vice president as he gets ready right now. >> you want to change your mind? please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office you're about to enter so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> there you see what's about to unfold, the newly elected and reelected u.s. senators being sworn in by the vice president, joe biden. gloria, you're up there on the senate, you wanted to clarify something about this upcoming vote on the keystone pipeline. >> reporter: right. before we went on

. >> reporter: gordie cochran is with hobby co, one of dozens of companies unveiling lateness flyingit is allowing your try pot to go a hundred feet in the air. >> reporter: you might need one to get a full picture of the tech convention with an estimated 20 you this new gadgets taking up the span of the at least 35 football field. bigad shaban for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >>> thirty-five football field. >> they have the the craziest stuff there. it would be fun to go there one year. >> just to watch and look. >> see all those new gadgets. >> those drones are creepy. >> i'm waiting for the day when you open you the the window. >> yeah, really. >> the time is 7:00 256789 we will have ab update in a bit. good morning. sat tear california. >>> hi, good morning everyone i'm ukee washington. lets get you up to date on the bitter blast the region is going through. katie is in the weather center. >> yes, it is already here but it will get worse before better for us out there. we are not tracking any major storms but if we look very closely on the tail end of the loop we have a few sp

please give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] and tom cochran, i know he's out there handlingbusiness. we cannot thank tom for his leadership and the whole entire staff of the u.s. conference of mayors. let's give them a round of applause. [ applause ] as a reminder all the plenary sessions are live-streamed and available on demand at usmayors.org. for those of you on facebook twitter, or instagram use rour hashtag, uscmwinter15 when sharing about this particular conference. i also have two housekeeping items that are really important. the first one, while you know that the president will be visiting him on friday, we have the vice president who will be joining us tomorrow at 1:00. so you have to make sure that you go through the security. so downstairs tomorrow early you go through security, and once you get on the second floor you'll be able to move around freely. and then secondly please take a look at your name badges. and tough a star and you're a mayor, if you have a star, you have the clearance that you need to get to the white house. if you do not have a star you need

that is molly cochran with accuweather. >> no answers about the fleet -- deflate gate.rs have not talked to tom brady. instead of talking about the patriots and the seahawks, everyone is focused on the physics of football. i want to bring in pat. he is in l.a. this morning. i want to talk or the impact on tom brady's image. we are talking about the all-american foot wall playing superstar. is all of this going to get -- it is killing me that that is who he represents. >> he is such a mega stud, he can endorse anything. is this going to kill his reputation? >> the impact will be minimal. at the end of the day, you have a situation where i believe he is earning about $4 million a year in endorsements. he is not peyton manning. there will be some companies that will not go after him because there may be some questions. you heard troy a common heavily doubt tom brady's word. it could impact cam -- it could impact him, but he will not lose everything. >> if you are troy aikman, this is a great excuse for you to get back in the headlines. i was not thinking about troy aikman

i worked for senator cochran on the transportation alternative programs that allow locals to make decisions, mayors, counties and people to make decisions as to what is in their best interest so we have local communities where you can walk and bike and keep cars off the road and not necessary. can you emphasize safety. we have a tragic accident just recently. it is critically important that they have the ability to keep people safe. safe. we just recently had a tragedy on the metro system here. we have been working with europe to make sure that we find out as soon as possible how we can make the metro system safe in other words, so, so we don't wait a year for the full review before we implement changes. so i just really want to underscore the points that you have made. this is a bipartisan community. i have the honor of living in baltimore and commuting to washington everyday. so it is challenge for the people in our regions in the country. i urge you to be bold. i think this committee is prepared to be bold. it seems to me with the price of energy today we should be able to get the resour

do you thi an open primary such as what we saw in mississippi with thad cochran would be a good solution? because as you could see there was a more expansive like, coalition that helped him win his primary and then, you know, easily win the general election? because, arguablyithout especially the african-american support, the tea party guy what was his name mcdaniel i think? he would have been -- >> so you're talking about primary rules that allow democratic voters to vote. >> i favor the california jungle primary. everybody's name is on the ballot and the top two go to the general election. so everybody can vote for the top two. one of the top two. in gerrymandered districts the top two are going to be two democrats. and that's why pete stark lost. under the old california system, you had the republican who won the republican primary which in pete stark's district meant nothing, and the democrat who won the democratic primary which was always pete stark. so he was absolutely invulnerable, congressman for life. they went to the jungle primary, and the top two names got on the ballot, and

. >> tom cochran, all of us, this is a big deal and we don't want to take this for granted. to be here in the white house, we got a chance to interact with vice president biden. we got a chance to talk to eight cabinet members and dozens of officials. the level of cooperation, six years he has opened up the white house to us every single year. [applause] >> so again, this level of cooperation between administration and may kwrorz regardless of political affiliation is a result of one thing and the leadership of president barack oh bam max the leadership has led to some of the most dramatic and impactful changes in our nation's history. he walked into the worst financial crisis since the great depression and averted an economic cat is an is a tpeu /* /* -- catastrophe. he passed healthcare reform for millions who could not afford it. [applause] >> he repealed don't ask don't tell. [applause] >> he appointed two female supreme court justices. [applause] he ended the war in iraq and drew troops out of afghanistan and he brought justice to osama bin laden and he got elected not

i've worked with senator cochrane on the transportation alternative programs that allow locals to makeople to make decisions as to what is in their best interest so we have livable communities where you can walk and bike and keep cars off the roads when they are not necessary. and then you emphasize safety. and i just want to emphasize that point also. we had a tragic bike accident in baltimore just recently. and it's critically important our local governments have the ability to keep their people safe. and of course we just recently had a tragedy -- another tragedy on the metro system here in washington. and we've been working with your staff to make sure that we find out as as soon as possible how we can make the metro system. in other words that we don't wait a year for the full review before we implement changes to make sure that the passengers are as safe as possible. so i just really wanted to underscore the points that you have made. that we do want to work with you on partnership. this is a bipartisan committee. and we want to have the resources to modernize our transportation

there was a more expansive coalition that helped set cochran his primary and then when the general election. arguably come without the african-american support that he saw, the tea party guy would have been victorious. >> you are talking about primary roles. >> yes. >> i favor the california jungle primary. everybody's name is on the ballot and the top two go to the general election. everybody can vote for the top two. one of the top two. in gerrymandered districts, the top two are going to be to democrats. that is why pete stark lost. under the old california system you had the republican who won the republican primary and the democrat who won the democratic party, which was always pete stark. he was absolutely invulnerable. congressman for life. they went to the general primary and the top two names got on the ballot and it was pete stark and another democrat and they voted for the other democrat. i would love to see that in the state of utah. there are many circumstances where it would be to republicans because utah is overwhelmingly republican, but at least democrats would get to choose

cochran of mississippi. ms. collins of maine. mr. coons of delaware. mr. cornyn of texas. guy. the president pro tempore: don't you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and dome stick that you will bear true faith and lee janes to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, shop you god? the group: i do. the president pro tempore: congratulations. the president pro tempore: the clerk will read the names of the next group please. order in the senate, please. the clerk will read the names. the clerk: mr. cotton of arkansas mr. daines of montana mr. durbin of illinois, mr. enzi of wyoming. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obl

she asks her readers to look at our blog run by and cochran, who tries to settle refugees through dozens of organizations. she uses this grand conspiracy to bring in " drug is" and "jihadists". the recontextualize approach that many did once, but did not get, is really talked about in these churches. they may have done well to lead their congregations into action, like the catholic bishops who, the spring, offered mass across the border. and crossing the border themselves to listen to their stories. thank you. [applause] >> first, i would like to thank all of my fellow panelists up here. i have lightbulbs going off in my head, all these great ideas going in. my name is kevin schultz, i'm a teacher at the university of illinois at chicago. when, on august 6, 2009, the u.s. senate voted to confirm sonia soto mayor's nomination to fill the seat on the floor, hardly anyone thought it was worthwhile to mention her faith. they talked about how she was the first ever latino nominated to the court. or that she was all that was left of what was the american dream __ raising herself up from the pr

and tom cochran he's handling business, we cannot thank tom for his leadership and the whole entire staff of the u.s. conference of mayors, give them a round of applause. all of our plenary sessions are live streamed and available on demand at usmayors.org. use our #uscmwinter15 when share about this particular conference. we have the vice president joining us tomorrow at 1:00. go through security and once you get to the second floor, you'll be able to move along freely. secondly, please take a look at your name badges. if you have a star you have the clearance you need to get to the white house. if you do not have a star you need to see the u.s. conference of mayors staff today to make sure you're not left out of our white house visit. yes, you need a gold star to get in. let me thank the sponsors for this year's winter meeting. i'd like to thank -- let me get through all of the sponsors and give them one round of applause at the end. i want to thank wells fargo, our 2015 winter meeting title sponsor, american beverage association, americans for the arts, black and beach corporation, eng

i've worked with senator cochrane on the transportation alternative programs that allow locals to make decision, mayors, county people to make decisions as to what is in their best interest so we have livable communities where you can walk and bike and keep cars off the roads when they are not necessary. and then you emphasize safety. and i just want to emphasize that point also. we had a tragic bike accident in baltimore just recently. and it's critically important that our local governments have the ability to keep their people safe. and of course we just recently had a tragedy -- another tragedy on the metro system here in washington. and we've been working with your staff to make sure that we find out as as soon as possible how we can make the metro system. in other words that we don't wait a year for the full review before we implement changes to make sure that the passengers are as safe as possible. so i just really wanted to underscore the points that you have made. that we do want to work with you on partnership. this is a bipartisan committee. and we want to have the resources

and, tom cochrane is out there and handling the business. we cannot thank tom for his leadership -- we can now thank tom for his leadership. let's give them a round of applause. as a reminder, all of the sessions are alive and available on demand. for those of you who need toon twitter, use the hashtags. i have two housekeeping items. you know the president will be visiting and the vice president will be joining tomorrow. you have to make sure that you go through the security. downstairs, you go through security. once you get to the second floor, you'll be able to move along freely. secondly, please take a look at your name badges. if you have a star you have the clearance you need to get to the white house. if you do not have a star you need to see the u.s. conference of mayors staff today to make sure you're not left out of our white house visit. yes, you need a gold star to get in. let me thank the sponsors for this year's winter meeting. i'd like to thank -- let me get through all of the sponsors and give them one round of applause at th