he turned it down to become a stevedore on a derrick barge on the mississippi and the reason this was part of his great writer quest he felt that doing so he could encounter so many crews and colorful characters that he could write a novel that would be a serious contender to huckleberry finn. [laughter] mark twain was the one trying to knock down. [laughter] welcome still it didn't happen. in his desk drawer he says there lies an manuscript still unfinished about the happenings on a derrick barge on the mississippi. there is a captain cone is his name and i think as we have walter here this evening we ought to commit if he would just get out that manuscript and polish it off we will come to hear you've read from your book. i feel his new book american sketches is about a personal question but i felt like it was about the mission of the aspen institute of which he is the president and ceo and part of that mission is in certain points of our lives many of us feel the need to reflect what it takes to lead a life as good, useful, worthy and meaningful. we have passed through a period and

derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus passed away at the age of 73, a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial

he turned it down to become a stevedore on a derrick barge on the mississippi. and the reason this was still part of his great writer quest he felt that in doing so that he coded in the mueller that he was that he could encounter so many crews of so many different colorful characters that you could write a novel that would be a serious contender to huckleberry finn. mark twain was the one he was trying to knock down. well, still it didn't happen, but in his store he says in his desk drawer there lies a manuscript, still unfinished, about the happenings on a derrick barge on the mississippi as a captain tune as his name is and i think that since we have walter here this evening we ought to welcome it to him that if he can just get out that manuscript and polish it off will all come to hear you read some of your book. i feel that is new but, "american sketches," is really a comment if a personal quest, but i felt that it was very much like the quest or the mission of the aspen institute, which he is the president and ceo. and it's part of that mission is that in c

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cnn hero derrick tabb. ♪ >> first of all, it is a true honorbe here amongst all these great heroes. i started my program, the roots of music, basically to take kids off the street. it was inspired by mr. donald richardson, my middle school band director. i was faced by a lot of peer pressure on the streets. without the music i would probably be in jail or dead. i want to give the kids the same musical opportunity i had. i want kids to be wiser than myself and my generation. that's why we emphasize academic support for academic success. please, world, continue to support the roots of music and all the kids around the world because they are truly the future. last but not least, support the heroes that was here today. thank you all. >> those of us who did not struggle for food today are the lucky ones. more than 800 million people around the globe will go to bed hungry tonight. where do we begin to make a change? well, one hero started in his own kitchen. to share his story, we have a spokesman for the national kidney foundation whose fund raising

the problem was his great mentor, and derrick jackson, lovrew jackson, loved balir.e difference between donald graham danand blair? >> there is set lisa significant pretense and desire to reach for opt activity in the newspapers. we do not always live up to that successfully, but that is the rule that we try to follow. donald gramm is of that tradition. >> you went to the university of washington and the university of columbia. you grope for something called -- you wrote for something called "the national observer." it was a weekly newspaper. >> most people thought the writing was sparkling. i loved working for it. on the last date of june, 1977, the chairman of dow jones took a helicopter down from new york to tell us they were closing it down. >> what did you do after that? >> i ended up congressional quarterly as managing editor. i spent 2.5 years at that job and seven years as executive editor in 12 years as ceo and president and turned cheap at congressional quarterly. >> it was owned by the newspaper. it was sold recently to what organization? >> the economist

derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus passed away at the age of 73, a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial

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. >> ron: derrick favor, double-double., clemson beat south carolina 72-61, that game came on the air before our game and florida state, a winner also today. and to jenn. >> jenn: this guy has seen a lot of basketball. the associate commissioner for basketball operations, carl hicks, thanks for joining us, tell us about your week and where you've been. >> this was a big week for the acc and big ten and the supervisor officials and i divide the games up. i was out in indiana nor the maryland, indiana game and next day went to wisconsin for the duke wisconsin game and flew back to the 0 office to take care of things then to the championship game in tampa and conference opener in boston a. busy week. >> jenn: you have a lot of miles. what have you been impressed with so far from what you've seen of the a krrcc basketball teams? one thing, what i've seen the race for the top team in the league is wide open. we have a lot of quality teams, 1 through 7, 8, 9. this game today is an example of that. boston college seems like they'r

derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus at the age of 73 a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of ci

poland was the least disciplined derricks in the camp that even in poland solidarity after its dramatic rise in 1980, 81, was stopped in its tracks by the imposition of martial law in the senator 1981. the soviet leadership as we now know from the transcripts of the soviet bureau at that time seriously considered military intervention in poland in august 1980. but then decided this would create more problems than it would resolve. i'm sure there would retract that assumption. they were already bogged down in afghanistan at that time and i was also a factor. so of course in 1981, they put enormous pressure on the polish authorities to institute their own crackdown, which they did at the end of that year. so what needs explanation is much less, what happened in eastern and central europe in 1989 and the change of policy and moscow. three individuals in particular have been credited with playing a decisive role in the ending of communism in europe. president ronald reagan, pope john paul ii and the kyle gorbachev. let's become reagan first. what do people attribute president reagan's, th

derrick is on the independents' line calling from minneapolis pr. caller: hello, nice lady. 1967 which israel, taking the west bank and the gaza strip, taking their land -- when you do that, people are not going to lay down. the united states back to israel, and that is why we are having problems street give those people back their land, and then they can rest again. until that happens, there will always be this problem. host: ambassador neumannç, we have had a couple of callers mentioned israel and the situation there. you alluded to that we seek more tensions mount because of what happened in israel, but give us a sense of how information spreads and a country like afghanistan when it comes to israel and the conflict there. çguest: you have a number of different things goingç on. in fairness compa, the 1967 war started with. pressures -- started with arab pressures. there is enough room for everybody to make mistakes. the famous summit in khartoum, and no recognition of israel -- a hugew3 arab mistakes, when thy could have negotiated back the land. israel is made many -

derrick is on the independents' line calling from minneapolis pr. caller: hello, nice lady.eads and a country like afghanistan when it comes to israel and the conflict there. çguest: you have a number of different things goingç on. in fairness compa, the 1967 war started with. pressures -- started with arab pressures. there is enough room for everybody to make mistakes. the famous summit in khartoum, and no recognition of israel -- a hugew3 arab mistakes, when thy could have negotiated back the land. israel is made many --ç israel made many mistakes of their own. what happens with these really issues and the palestinian issue is a affects muslim opinion all over the world. çit is primarily -- i don't wat to say primarily -- something that has increased enormously with the advent of satellite television. i saw that in my career in the gulf. until the first intifada, they did not much really care, and then they become very attuned to the suffering of palestinians. i think this is a recruiting ground for al qaeda. that is very clear. there are muslims who feel very strongly