dr. cornel west, and dr. smiley who are taking their arguments to the street. llison who is a writer for "newsweek" and start with this. west, among other things has called obama a black mascot of wall street oligarchs, and what basically does he want the president to do? >> focus on the poor, and people who are unemployed which is certainly a lot of people, but hit the african-american community really hard and home foreclosures, and dr. west and tavist smiley feel that president obama has not done his share and followed the promises he said he would keep to sort of look out for people, the least of these which is what dr. west calls them. >> and so, do they want then voters, black voters if the president does not address that group and concerns that you brought up, do they want them to stay home in 2012, not vote? >> oh, no, they don't want that at all, and that is sort of the problem here. when you make those criticisms towards him and say that he is not doing his job and you don't offer an alternative for african-americans to look towards, what do we have? a

what dr. wested was inspiring and unsettling. >> these are billed by farmers. -- built by farmers. they built the very minimal houses. they are granted to migrant workers. -- rented to migrant workers. tavis: this is their home? >> this is their home. tavis: this room. he works in the factory but this is their home. this room. >> these are all of his accomplishments. these are his prize that he won for his accomplishments at school. tavis: this young brother here. yes, yes, yes. his accomplishments are the wallpaper. >> right, exactly. tavis: their decorating their one-room house with his accomplishments in school. -- they are decorating their one-room house. does he have siblings? >> yes. tavis: he fought for and won custody for his only child. how does he manage working and being a single father? because china is so family oriented, i was stunned because the notion of a single father had never entered into my mind in china. how does he manage? >> he works nearby here. in the morning, sometimes he

his name is cornell west -- his name is dr. cornel west. we will have some dialogue and see if we can have a good conversation. please welcome, professor west. [applause] >> let me say that i am blessed to be here. each one of you are precious and priceless. what that means is that you are the future, not just of china but also to the future of the world. the human family. the relationship between china and the u.s. is crucial because both are superpowers. the challenge for young people are around the world but especially around china and the u.s. is what, to be smart, encouraged to think, creative, also occurs to laugh. also putting yourself in the shoes of someone else so you have a sensitivity to them as you are very very smart. i will stop there. [applause] tavis: our conversation started with a simple question, is the criticism that the strict chinese system keeps even the smartest student thinking for themselves valid? should critical thinking be a more important part of the curriculum in china? >> i am totally for it. tavis: you thin

guest: all right, dr. west? -- host: all right, dr. west?: we should acknowledge the federal reserve has two aims, financial stability and full unemployment, you would never know as the second game, because it has been dominated by all the guards. -- full employment. we were talking about the full employment bill. it is fundamental. he would never know the federal reserve has any concern about it. host: that brings up the point. specifically, what policies are you advocating for? guest: you cannot answer that question without the stuff that has been missed. a lot of people believe our best days as a nation are behind us. you see that borne out in more and more pulling all of the time. there are a lot of americans that believe an opportunity has been best. when the president came in with all of that wind at his back that he had an opportunity. now, with a divided government, a party that says no to everything, there are a lot of folks that are concerned. there is not a lot that can get done, or is going to get done, and what the president is

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dr. cornel west. we're something of an anomaly in china. you don't see many african-americans. it resulted in some friendly curiosity. that same curiosity greeted andrew ballen when he arrived in beijing a decade cooking. he dropped out of duke a decade ago. today he is carving out a unique niche for himself. >> it is 8:30 in the morning. time for me to see what people eat for breakfast. >> create food and pros parity. there are goal is simple. increase the giant pandas numbers. >> i first met him a year ago and i knew connecting with him was a priority. for the second trip, i wanted to understand why this young african-american man who was on the fast track to the american dream back home would choose this road. we talked about rapid changes taking place in china. the hip-hop scene in china. regan talking about why he -- we began by talking about why he quit law school. >> i felt as though being considered the best black, being looked at as i had been sort of the benefactor or the beneficiary of somebody else's -- it wasn't something i wanted. talking about cornell and what he

guest: all right, dr. west -- host: all right, dr. west? guest: we should acknowledge the federal reserve has two aims, financial stability and full unemployment, you would never know as the second game, because it has been dominated by all the guards. -- full employment. we were talking about the full employment bill. it is fundamental. he would never know the federal reserve has any concern about it. host: that brings up the point. specifically, what policies are you advocating for? guest: you cannot answer that question without the stuff that has been missed. a lot of people belve our best days as a nation are behind us. you see that borne out in more and more pulling all of the time. there are a lot of americans that believe an opportunity has been best. when the president came in with all of that wind at his back that he had an opportunity. now, with a divided government, a party that says no to everything, there are a lot of folks that are concerned. there is not a lot that can get done, or is going to get done, and what the president

dr. cornell west. who did 65 appearances for then senator obama. >> enough with the speeches.s. now, we're going to focus on jobs. >> reporter: today, they do not sound so friendly. they say t ty have a message to the president from america's urnds class. >> they want to know that he's going to fight for them. >> reporter: their poverty tour pulled into the president's backyard today with a stop at d.c.'s central kitchen. here, formerly unemployed locals learn culinary skills. the goal of the tour is to highlight rampant unemployment and income inequality. and their view that the president is not doing enough. what is the white house view of this criticism? >> the president is focused on every american who is suffering. during these turbulent economic times. >> i know what the president is up against. i think too often he compromises. too often he capitulates. i think the republicans know that. i think they laugh when he's not around. >> he's got martin luther king's bust in the oval office. he weeps when he cease working people suffering and no focus. >> reporter: there are r

dr. west doesn't.onding to a bunch of senseless criticism. >> any time in america you know what color you are, talking about poor people's dignity you better put your cemetery clothes on and be coffin ready because you could die any minimum. that's how much you love the poor people. we are not in it to be popular. we want to serve. we are christians. >> very popular. we appreciate you bringing attention to this issue of poverty very much so. >> congratulations on your show. >> thank you. >> salute to the work you do. >> thank you very much. >> absolutely. >> appreciate it. reminder to vote for the story you would like to see. text one for shoring up navy s.e.a.l.s. military experts detail the process. to replace 17 killed in this week's helicopter crash. text two for libya's street artist. libyan using his paint brush in the fight for freedom. text three for u.s. agents to mexico. secret american agents heading south and helping fight the drug war in mexico. winning story will air in the next hour. >>>

dr. cornell west as the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the company. doctor malveaux's contributions to the public dialogue on race, culture, gender and economic impact our shaping public opinion in the twenty-first century america. a round of applause for doctor malveaux. [applause] >> i bring you the conversation, black wealth past and presence, the politics of black wealth. >> thank you for your great work. i love what you produced. hi am a friend on facebook. >> thank you for the opportunity to be with you. i love you all. thank you so much. >> i would say if ever we needed an economist today is the day we need an economist. i felt in the last few weeks we needed to go back to school to take courses in economics to try to understand what is happening. do we need to raise the debt ceiling? what is going on in washington? since you have a keen eye and understanding of what they're doing what is happening exactly at what is your prediction of the outcome? >> we have to raise the debt ceiling. we can't default internationally on our obligations. it is

dr. cornell west and tavis smiley, with a speech on jobs. >> enough with the speeches about now it's time to focus on jobs. now, we'll focus on jobs. they want the president to focus on jobs. >> reporter: just 41% of americans approve of the job the president's doing. in another poll, 73% think the country is on the wrong track, as the president prepares for some r&r. >> i know everybody deserves a vacation. but this is a time of crisis. the president should be in washington. >> reporter: is there any concern about the impression that the president going to martha's vineyard for nine or ten days might leave with the american people? >> i don't think americans out there would begrudge that notion that the president would spend some time with his family. >> reporter: and that house the first family rents, it suffered a small kitchen fire this week. when it rains, it pours. the second republican presidential debate will be tonight. and then, of course, on saturday, george, the straw poll. >> and you'll cover it all for "this week" on sunday. jake, thanks very much. >>> joining us now, matthe

this whole farris dr benjamin barber says the west instead of imposing take the functions should all the norms think i think asians with the syrian government to come up with an alternative theory are sensible the west has been deeply inconsistent in its approach to these uprisings across the border in libya where there was an armed insurrection against gadhafi and there's really a civil war the west has been extremely active using nato forces the air arm of the insurgents in syria were innocent people have been murdered day after day and week after week no action at all has been taken because nobody can imagine what an alternative to assad would look like the trouble is very little can be done because we have offered no way out and we've said in libya gadhafi can go to the international criminal court or he can go on fighting nobody has said to assad what the alternative to him continuing to rule would be would it be that he brought up be brought up on trudges at the international criminal court could be tried by his own people the west is not engaged in genuine negotiations but in

west. [laughter] so, please, join me in welcoming dr. connie mariano and gloria feldt to the festival, and we will begin with dr. mar yang owe's presentation -- mariano's presentation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, becky, and thank you all for being here today. this is a challenge because i like to be unlimited physically, and i'm sort of limited right now physically as my colleague will agree, but we're going to handle it the best we can. in about 12 minutes i want to share you the journey which i outline in my book and encourage you to look at. one of the joys of being first or is you, obviously, get all the attention of being the first in a particular field, but the sadness is, number one, that you had to be the first in that particular field. but the other is the hope that people will follow you so you won't be the last. let me share with you a story. we're all here because we like stories, books are about stories, and we're going to talk about leadership. and in a lot of ways my life, my story, my journey is one about finding

west. [laughter] so, please, join me in welcoming dr. connie mariano and gloria feldt to the festival, and we will begin with dr. mar yang owe's presentation -- mariano's presentation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, becky, and thank you all for being here today. this is a challenge because i like to be unlimited physically, and i'm sort of limited right now physically as my colleague will agree, but we're going to handle it the best we can. in about 12 minutes i want to share you the journey which i outline in my book and encourage you to look at. one of the joys of being first or is you, obviously, get all the attention of being the first in a particular field, but the sadness is, number one, that you had to be the first in that particular field. but the other is the hope that people will follow you so you won't be the last. let me share with you a story. we're all here because we like stories, books are about stories, and we're going to talk about leadership. and in a lot of ways my life, my story, my journey is one about finding

west. [laughter] so, please, join me in welcoming dr.e mariano and gloria feldt to the festival, and we will begin with dr. mar yang owe's presentation -- mariano's presentation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, becky, and thank you all for being here today. this is a challenge because i like to be unlimited physically, and i'm sort of limited right now physically as my colleague will agree, but we're going to handle it the best we can. in about 12 minutes i want to share you the journey which i outline in my book and encourage you to look at. one of the joys of being first or is you, obviously, get all the attention of being the first in a particular field, but the sadness is, number one, that you had to be the first in that particular field. but the other is the hope that people will follow you so you won't be the last. let me share with you a story. we're all here because we like stories, books are about stories, and we're going to talk about leadership. and in a lot of ways my life, my story, my journey is one about finding that i

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west. still ahead on kron 4, the significant gains of the rebels in libya have made against the dr. regime. wilson will washington is doing to get more americans tired and we will tell you what small movie about russell rise of the plan of the apes. >> we have the latest developments out of tripoli and the future of the d'affaires regime. >> the battle for tripoli is on. after months of fighting rebel forces have advanced in bolivia's capital city. the opposition seems to control most of the city's neighborhoods. citizens have taken to the streets in celebration. nato's secretary general says gadhafi's regime is crumbling. an allegation that the embattled crueler denies despite reports that two of his sons have been captured. he is urging his people to fight. >> how can you allow tripoli to be destroyed, go on your horses and defend aaa. >> 1300 people have died in a 12 hour period. thousands more are injured. there is no word on where gaddafi is or how long the fight will go on. >> there are a lot of scenarios that could play out. one that is gaddafi is finished. another is that he

his name was mordecai johnson, pastor of the first baptist church of charleston of west virginia. when dr. johnson arrived in washington, he did not seek to find where the next cocktail party would be. or where the next social event would be. he sought out justice lewis. in a conversation, he said to him, if you were to build a first-class law school, what advice would you give to the builder? he was told him on the condition that he would not tell anybody what he would say under the condition that he was dead, but if our work to build a first- class law school and take this from being a night school to a first class school, i would not build a school -- i would -- young lawyers to make -- become corporate lawyers just to put money in their pockets. i cannot teach them to be criminal lawyers to make a lot of money only for themselves. he said i would build a school that would teach young black minds how to master constitutional law. from that conversation dr. johnson knocked on the door of charles hamilton houston, told him to get to work and build their law school. it was the providence

west. jenna: it's interesting. dr. ebel, we've talked about earthquakes, a few of them over the last years or so and we've talked about aftershocks and foreshocks, foreshocks that are before a larger earthquake comes. do you think this was a foreshock and a bigger earthquake is on the way for the east stkphoeft. >> the odds are heavily in favor that it is the main shock. it is the biggest one that will happen. but we can't rule out the possibility that it's a foreshock. you look at japan, we had a 7.2 earthquake. normally, that would be the main shock, but two days later there was a 9. o earthquake, so there was a case where a very large earthquake ended up being a foreshock of a truly massive earthquake. we don't expect that here in the east but we can't rule out that possibility. jenna: science only brings us so far. as a scientist, you nethat well. always nice to have you with -- to have you with us, dr. aefplt bel, thank you for joining us today. jon: i hope he's right about that! jenna: where's the doorway? we've

dr., how rare is it? >> we do tend to think of it as a west coast reminder, being we have moderate risks from earthquakes in 39 of the 50 states. >>> and we saw not only some of the impacts on the buildings, but just the frayed nerves certainly here in new york city, whenever you feel something that's not quite right, it brings back thoughts of 9/11. >>> the shaking in new york really reflects that here in the herein u.s., though there are lots of fault lines to be found, you know, from very ancient, as in millions of years ago. that the reason you're feeling the shaking is actually because it's been so long since then. the earth's crust is very strong, cold, old that's why -- an equivalent earthquake out west would only be felt in a smaller area, because the earth's crust is broken up by the fault structures there. >> yeah, there were some injuries, but nothing serious. we saw the kinds of damage that w was. >>> old buildings in this part of the country and the fact that moth of them aren't retrofitted. are you surprised it wasn't worse? >> well, the good news about this quake certainly was that it was

his name was mordecai johnson, pastor of the first baptist church of charleston west virginia. when drcktail party would be. he did not seek to find where the next social appointment would be. he sought out justice louis brandeis. and in the course of a conversation he said to him, justice brandeis, if you were to build a first-class law school, what the advice would you give to the builder? justice brandeis told him, on the condition that he would not tell anyone what he said until he was dead, he said, dr. johnson, if i were to build a first-class law school and take this school from being a night school to a first-class school, i would build a law school to teach young lawyers how to become a -- i would not teach young lawyers have to become corporate lawyers just to put money in their pockets. i would not build a law school to teach young lawyers how to be criminal lawyers, also to make money only for themselves. he said, i would build a school that would teach young black minds how to master constitutional law. from that conversation, dr. johnson went, and knocked on the door of o

by political fear is dr benjamin and other men helping whether style part of the intervention in libya and taking on colonel gadhafi the west is now taking tough action against assad but why now. well the west has been deeply inconsistent in its approach to these uprisings across the border in libya where there was an armed insurrection against gadhafi and there's really a civil war we have yet and the west has been extremely active using nato forces as the air arm of the insurgents in syria were innocent people have been murdered their day and week after week no action at all as once they can because nobody can imagine what a lot turn to to assad would look like i myself believe that these new sanctions will do very little to stop the regime there is a simple reality in these countries and it is that the governments can either survive or disappear this is a they're in survival mode that's true in yemen it's true in libya it's true in bahrain and it's true in syria there's no option for assad but to put down the resistance in any form the can and simply to survive because the alternative is not just that he moves his power

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dr. william hook, we welcome you, bob ryan, senior meteorologist, abc, "washington journal l.a., covering 5 west virginian counties. and you do warn us. the professor of the department of civil and environmental engineering at stanford university. and a professor of computational engineering at the university of texas at austin. you all are extraordinary in what you know. without getting into a, let's get into you. dr. hooks, let's start with you. give your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today we grieve for those who suffer loss because of violent weather in recent weeks. we can best honor that by working together to reduce the risks of further tragedy in late coming years. thank you for convening this conversation on this topic and thank you for letting us take part. because of its size and location of the united states bears a unique degree of risk from natural hazards. we suffer from as many winter storms as russia or china, we have as many hurricanes as china or japan, and our coasts are exposed not just to the storms but also earthquakes and tsunami is, does polls, wild fires, and a

west coast coromandel. the socialist sea don't need to go and. read the sun the colonel was a hotel retreat. to dr marty the u.k. is reeling from several nights of brutal chaos and violence on its streets as britain asks if the government will mend breaches in the social system blamed for instigating the unrest. and social media could now be under threat the government wants to crack down on criminal groups operating online more from london coming up shortly. also ahead israel is steaming ahead with building settlements in the occupied territories just weeks before palestinian authorities are expected to ask united nations for recognition of this state. and with the future of u.s. and european economies under constant scrutiny we ask a financial guru if the west can weather this raging storm. welcome this is r.t. it's eight pm here in moscow five in the evening in london now money kevin zero in on our top story the pritish prime minister is considering banning rioters from social networks used to walk and eyes elements of the unrest david cameron was speaking to parliament in the wake of clashes t

his name was mordecai johnson, pastor of the first baptist church of charleston west virginia. when drek to find where the next social appointment would be. he sought out justice louis brandeis. and in the course of a conversation he said to him, justice brandeis, if you were to build a first-class law school, what the advice would you give to the builder? justice brandeis told him, on the condition that he would not tell anyone what he said until he was dead, he said, dr. johnson, if i were to build a first-class law school and take this school from being a night school to a first-class school, i would build a law school to teach young lawyers how to become a -- i would not teach young lawyers have to become corporate lawyers just to put money in their pockets. i would not build a law school to teach young lawyers how to be criminal lawyers, also to make money only for themselves. he said, i would build a school that would teach young black minds how to master constitutional law. from that conversation, dr. johnson went, and knocked on the door of one charles hamilton houston, told hi

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dr not harsh we also believe that this will have a domino effect on neighboring countries. president assad will never step down that's one thing let's not forget and that's remind all the west and all the surrounding arabic countries that's going against him right now he will never step down this is a dream that will never come true sic therion violence for sure if that's if that will happen which you will never do we're going to see a turmoil not only in syria we're going to see in all the surrounding countries lebanon jordan sooty qatar all the gulf areas everything it's going to turn upside down so again i'm saying this is playing with deeds fire so they have to think twice about what's going to happen but the thing is they're not thinking right see the west this is not their first mistake this is. the the hundreds mistake that they've been doing so far what they did in libya russia will never ever allowed to happen in syria oh revolution in syria is fuel from the outside and aimed at igniting a civil war which will leave the country in a shambles that's the opinion of dr ibrahim aleutians a professor at these h one university in nevada. i think that the nato alliance us

dr another she also believes that this will have a domino effect on neighboring countries. president assad will never step down that's one thing let's not forget in metz remind all the west than all the surrounding arabic countries that's going against him right now he will never step down this is a dream that will never come true security and violence for sure if that's if that will happen which you will never do we going to see a turmoil not only in syria we're going to see in all the surrounding countries lebanon jordan sooty all gulf areas everything it's going to turn out side down so again i'm saying this is playing with deep fire so they have to think twice about what's going to happen but the thing is they're not thinking right see the worst this is not their first mistake this is their their. hundreds mistake that they have been doing so far what they did in libya russia will never ever allowed to happen in syria now the israeli defense force is reportedly preparing sutlers for the mass uprising of palestinians expected after the u.n. a vote on a palestinian statehood in september will of corporations include handing out tear gas and stun grenades to civilians or pea

dr. any port. two are going to respond to the president's dismal poll numbers. the segment everyone is going to be talking about tomorrow. actor allen west charges the democratic party with treating black americans like slaves congressman charlie rangel enters the no spin zone to respond coming up. ♪ [ mrs. davis ] i want to find a way to break through. to make science as exciting as a video game. i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and push janet who's 6 chapters ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] with interacve learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make education a little more personal. so every student feels like her only student. dell. the power to do more. >> laura: continuing now with our analysis of the new gallup poll on president obama. does it indicate a collapse of confidence in the president? well, at the very least some folks are frustrated. take a look at what happened yesterday when a farmer told the president he didn't want government bureaucrats telling him how to grow his food. >> we enjoy growing corn and soy beans and we feel we do it as safely and efficiently as we possibly can. please don't challenge us wit

west. she has gotten in front of the camera there, and our dr. sanjay gupta, he's on the phone from kenya. he's been following this story, as well. diana, thank you so much for taking the time. i know you've -- you've been exhausted. this has been an exhaustive journey for you but certainly a dream. how are you doing? how are you feeling? >> hi suzanne. thanks so much for having me. i'd be lying to say that i'm not deeply, deeply disappointed. this was a big dream. not just over the last two years, but for some 30 years ago when i tried it. and i've just had this vision of walking up on that floor shore for so long. and that swim was in me, but the conditions that we met. i suffered a bad, bad asthma bout for eleven hours. never in my life had asthma in the water. and yesterday i started doing 30, 40 strokes, and was so depleted of oxygen, i had to roll over on my back and gasp for oxygen for three or four minutes, so i was limping, and limping along. and i thought, you know what? it's not going to be a pretty finish. i can't be the swimmer i am

dr. carson's son -- i've been writing this book for almost two years. he doesn't want you to see that hair. he was very helpful with me with the book. amari west is not care. these are the people. i don't go out and get professional writers. to get the best writers come in the best editors of these are the people who worked with me for the last three years on this boat. to make this boat possible. [inaudible] [laughter] >> i'm always responsible. i want you to meet the team of people. i want to thank them before the c-span i dance. [applause] i want to introduce you to make good friends. i know is not going to come up, so leave that alone. and kobe is here. so that me tell you this. everybody remembers no child left behind from 2004. i must've said something to awaken his virtue. but anyhow, 2004 was no child left behind. it was a very tumultuous, not just a tumultuous year in my life. [inaudible conversations] angela, you have to follow the spirit of the doubt. but anyhow, obviously i had my moment in the valley from no child left behind and i was trying because i lost my way of life, lost 80% of my business. what was interesting that they ne

congressman allen west proudly served the constituents of the 20 ce2nd district. born and raised in atlanta, in the same neighborhood were drin luther king was -- [inaudible] his father was a corporal in the u.s. army and served in europe in world war ii. his mother, the outspoken and lovable snooks west, worked on a military installation. the congressman served in the army, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. he served as a field artillery officer in operation desert storm. in operation iraqi freedom, where he was a battalion commander for the army position and in afghanistan where he trained afghan officers to take on the responsibilities of securing their own boundaries. in 2004, west retired from the military and brought his wife and their two daughters to south florida to be closer to his wife's family. he taught high school for one year and return to afghanistan as a civilian adviser to the afghan army. in november, 2010, he was honored to be able to take the oath of office when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. he is wearing a nice suit. but the -- his commitment to protect the pe

dr. grossman heard the individual. like theodore roosevelt, roger di silvestro is both a naturalist and a raider. also, there exists another common denominator between them. roosevelt understood the american west from having lived and worked in the american west. the same is true of mr. roger unshared silvestro knowledges take them all if our country. is that in the bronx, san francisco and many places in between. if it can be said that the later workings of theodore roosevelt can only truly be understood by understanding his time out west and his hiatus from politics, then i can also be said that one might well understand this critical in under -- under study. of roosevelt's life through the lens of mr. di silvestro. here to discuss his work on the theodore roosevelt, a young politician's quest for recovery in the american west is roger di silvestro. [applause] >> thank you. didn't have that wonderful introduction. you may be even somewhat interested in my own life. thank you for showing up in such a wretchedly hot and humid day. i know it's really tropical or so i'm doubly happy that you are willing to weather that can come out today. my book about your roosevelt tells the story of personal

congressman allen west proudly served the constituents of the district, encompassing parts of palm beach county. born and raised in atlanta, in the same neighborhood where drrtin luther king once preached. his father was a corporal in the u.s. army and served in world war ii. his mother, the outspoken and lovable [inaudible] worked on [inaudible] before retiring as an army colonel, colonel allen west was a field officer in operation desert storm. in operation iraqi freedom, he was a battalion commander for the army's fourth infantry. in afghanistan, he trained afghan officers to take on the responsibility of securing their own country. in 2004, after serving in the army, he retired from the military and brought his wife, angela, and their two daughters, to south florida to be closer to his wife's family. congressman west taught high school for one year and then returned to afghanistan as a civilian adviser. congressman west was honored to be able to continue his oath of office to this country when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. he is wearing a very nice suit. [laughter] his commitment to protect the people of the united s

dr. martin luther king jr., be infused with his spirit . do what they do at westch the men and women about the battles that took place so they could learn and craft their own games for war. but we need to do that, craft our own games for justice, for peace, for equality because all we have to do is look around us. in might be uncomfortable but we still find touches of prejudice, racism, hatred around us. my daughter that i love dearly said to me, now, mom, don't be negative when you get up there. i hope i'm not being negative. i hope i am being realistic because there is still so much more to be done in martin's name and in the names of the other martyrs and in the names of all of the women who have gone ahead, and those who are here today, the challenge still rests. and, again, i thank the king family for the sacrifices that they have made through all of this. many of those sacrifices we don't know because it's been private. but i have to inject this one personal thing in here. it was june 12, 1963, that medgar evers was struck down at his home. i would like to t

west serves the 27 florida district. [unintelligible] born and raised in the city of atlanta, in the same neighborhood where dr.and patriotism is in his blood. his father was in the army, and served in operations in world war ii. his mother worked as a civilian on my global military installation. congressman west served in the army. before retiring as an army cadet colonel, he served as it feel cultural or officer and served in operation desert storm. in operation iraqi freedom, where he was a battalion commander and in afghanistan where he trained afghan officers, taking on the responsibilities of securing their own country. after serving in the army, he retired from the military and brought his wife and his two lawyers -- daughters to south florida to be closer to his wife's family. congressman west return to afghanistan as a civilian advising the afghanistan army. he was honored to be able to give his oath of office when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. isi traded in my camouflage uniform for a suit. his commitment to protect the people of the united states is there. [unintel

dr. colin atterbury, a professor of medicine at yale university and the chief of staff of the west haven, connecticut, veterans administration medical center. as a young man of 23, i had mistakenly married, separated and divorced and expected to spend the rest of my life alone and my nights in quiet desperation. but then to my everlasting surprise, on july 29, 1979, on a visit to new york city i met colin. from our first conversation, we knew that we had found our soul mates and our partners for life. although we never expected it to happen in our lifetime, we had the opportunity to legalize our relationship with a civil and holy union in vermont on the occasion of our 25th anniversary. a year later i retired, and shortly afterward colin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. for over three years, he battled the cancer with stoicism and courage. in january 2009 we were married by two minister friends in a subdued ceremony in the living room of our home in cheshire, connecticut. colin died four months later, just shy of our 30th anniversary. even though we had done everything we could to le