>> that's an accurate description by desmond tutu. and aung san suu kyi's silence on the issue of rohingya is nothing new. two years ago when there was a massacre happening and women were gang-raped she was extremely silent, even at that time. >> and nick christophe of the new york times wrote in aspiring to be president of myanmar or hoping her party would be dominant, arguing that the moral giant has become a calculating politician. so is that what this is all about, political expediency? >> i would say more than political expediency. she belongs to the majority community there burman community. and she herself about two years ago, when the mass aoccur was happening there was no political captain laition at thatcapitulation at that time. she was quiet she was receiving, especially when she was receiving nobel peace award she didn't speak up. something to do with election. >> but on the other hand, is this a situation where the end could justify the means? myanmar fight its recent progress has been ruled oppressive for decades. that'

i edited desmond tutu from south africa, buenos aires mother teresa from calcutta, mohammed from bangladesh all nobel peace prize winners plus people like schreiber and eunice -- sergeant evan eunice shriver. jim mcgovern, people like that. i would always ask them, how is the best way to go about increasing peace and decreasing violence? which ought to be the purpose of our lives. if you seek a life of purpose. deangelis came back pretty much the same. you need to go where people are. people keep having complex and solving it through violent force or nonviolence force. so the idea was sound i thought. to go to a local public high school a few blocks from the "washington post" and said can i communicate the class on peace studies? metaclass like a but if you want to try come on in. so that's when i started in 1982 and i've been at it ever since. i think i've got 12,000 suits over the years. it's not that difficult or strategic you read the literature of peace gandhi king, musty, jesus tolstoy einstein on the first day. then we really get into it. students often say why haven't we heard about

desmond tutu has called stephenson america's young mandela. others have compared bryant to atticus finch, the fearless fictional hero of harper lee's seminal novel "to kill a mockingbird." brian stephenson's book, "it just mercy," a story of justice and redemption, tells many stories. but it focuses on his battle to free an african-american man who was falsely convicted and condemned to die for killing a white woman. stephenson has joined us on "democracy now!" a number of times. as soon as we play for you his story about this the, about "just mercy," which we are offering you come along with all of our interviews with brian stephenson -- when we finish with him talking about this case, we will be joined by him in another interview where he has just freed another african-american man who has been in prison for 30 years. he could not believe he was sitting next to him not in prison talking to him as his lawyer, but in a tv studio in montgomery alabama. that was the story of anthony ray hinton. but right now, i want to bring you brian stephenson

or desmond tutu that's how great a man he was. here's what billy said. i don't believe in magic. i believe in the sun and the stars, the water, the tides, floods, the owls, the hawks flying, the river running, the wind talking. they are measurements. they tell us how healthy things are. because we and they are the same. that's what i believe in. those who listen, those who learned to listen to the world that sustains them can hear the message brought forth by the salmon. billy frank jr. and his stories have to be told, and that's why i invite my colleagues today to join in co-sponsorship of h.r. 2270. join me and all the members of the washington statehouse delegation and mr. cole and ms. mccollum, the co-chairs of the native american caucus, in co-sponsoring the billy frank jr. tell your story act. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas mr. green for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the month of pay is asian pacific american heritage month. and i'm proud to say