eleanor. eleanor odom, she is behind bars, suspected in the murder of a 5-year-old little girl, and she's saying she can't go to boot camp, which is a diversion program where you basically go to a youth boot camp for a couple of months and then you get cut loose? >> i know. it's hard to believe. she doesn't even have any offer of that that we know of right now, and that would certainly be a generous offer considering all the drugs she was selling. >> and let me make it clear. she is not a formal suspect. the police have not named her a person of interest or a suspect. what we do know is she's the last person to see 5-year-old haleigh alive. now with breaking news, investigative journalist art harris. art, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, nancy, that as i reported on artharris.com last week, she was flunked a polygraph, a police polygraph, and now i know that her brother took one on thursday. no results announced. but this is something that we're all holding our breath about because if

>> eleanor?with a defense attorney, but, yes, there's an air of truth to it, and it's being corroborated. >> very quickly to the palm beach county medical examiner, weigh-in on whether you would expect to find haleigh's remains if they had been thrown in the river? certainly they may find bones. depending on how far they want to search. >>> first thing that i was told was that joe had killed her. >> it is reporting that two cinder blocks had been pulled during that massive search in the st. john's river. >> without a body, the case against the killer may have to be built entirely on circumstantial evidence. what did we make better ? communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together... information. ... people ... ... machines ... ... systems ... ideas... verizon helps businesses worldwide... including fortune 500 companies... find and achieve... better. better. better. better. love to see kids' spirits shine. superstar and mom, martina mcbride and sunny d. ♪ sunny taste.

eleanor, she's going to plead not guilty. how fast will we see these drug charges, drug trafficking charges go to trial? >> well, no florida you have automatic speedy trials. so it's going to happen pretty quickly. but since she's pled not guilty, the defense is entitled to receive basically a copy of the prosecutor's whole file. that's called discovery. and then we'll get ready for trial, or maybe there will be a plea bargain, but we'll have to see. sounds like a pretty good trial for the state. >> and to you, renee, will they be tried together? >> nancy, this is not a case that's going to go to trial. i cannot imagine it. the one you have to feel sorry for, though, is ronald. because obviously, he has nothing to bargain with. he's just going to be sunk. i don't see a trial. i see a plea bargain. and i see misty not spending a whole lot of time in jail just because of her age. i see ronald just going down a lot harder. >> you know, i see it completely differently, eleanor, because they want out of misty what happened. and th

. >> and to you, eleanor odom, what do you make of it? >> i completely agree, nancy, you're not going to find that. that doesn't mean a person can't be prosecuted for murder even if

with us from washington is eleanor clift for "newsweek" magazine.aff writer for "roll call." good morning again, ladies. >> good morning, alex. >> morning, alex. >> emily, the president has not been shy about tackling these issues. is this out of necessity or perhaps is it a reflection of obama's personality? >> i think it's a little bit of both. when it comes to things like nuclear arms proliferation it's not something you can just wait until there is a convenient political time to work on an issue like this. i think the president and his advisers think that a nuclear arms represents, especially in the hands of terrorist who is would like to do our country harm, some of the biggest threats we face as a nation. i think the president feels that's not just something you can wait until it's easy or convenient to start working on. obviously other things are more in his control -- health care, for example, although that's, again, not exactly in his control. he still has to work on it once it's passed. now he has to work on selling it. there are a lot of

>> and eleanor?th a defense attorney, but, yes, there's an air of truth to it, and it's being corroborated. >> very quickly to dr. michael bell, palm beach county chief medical examiner. weigh in on whether you would expect to find haleigh's remains if they had been thrown in the river? >> well, that's a good question. quite frankly, if they don't find them i wouldn't be surprised. i think it depends on how far they want to search, but certainly they may find bones. >>> first thing that i was told was that joe had killed her. >> wjxt is reporting that two cinderblocks have been pulled during that massive search. >> without a body, the case against haleigh's killer may have to be built entirely on circumstantial evidence. ah! silver one. that's not a volkswagen. ♪ [ tires screech ] ♪ [ sighs ] that's two for doubting. [ chuckles ] you hit like my sister. really? i'd like to meet her. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen cc. award-winning design for just $299 a month. it's a whole new volkswagen. and a wh

>> and eleanor? to agree with a defense attorney, but, yes, there's an air of truth to it, and it's being corroborated. >> very quickly to dr. michael bell, palm beach county chief medical examiner. weigh in on whether you would expect to find haleigh's remains if they had been thrown in the river? >> well, that's a good question. quite frankly, if they don't find them i wouldn't be surprised. i think depends on how far they want to search. but certainly they may find bones. >>> first thing that i was told was that joe had killed her. >> wjxt is reporting that two cinderblocks had been pulled during that massive search in the st. john's river. >> without a body, the case against haleigh's killer may have to be built entirely on circumstantial evidence. i'm ed whitacre, from general motors. a lot of americans didn't agree with giving gm a second chance. quite frankly, i can respect that. we want to make this a company all americans can be proud of again. that's why i'm here to announce we have repaid

eleanor, mitt romney wasn't even there. he's up in new hampshire. what does that tell you?ll, a win is a win is a win even though it's by a single vote. this group meeting in new orleans is really an establishment republican group. they were screaming, hollering in favor of the tea party but basically they're establishment folks and mitt romney is pretty much their kind of guy. he has a record of accomplishment, a record that he's not all that keen about touting in today's political atmosphere but he was governor -- he was the governor who signed in the health care bill that is basically a model for the health care reform that the president has passed and he's got a background in economics although he was kind of a downsizer. i don't know how well that sells. i don't think anybody would question his expertise and his credentials to lead the kcountr. and so i think he's the safe choice and the republicans tend to go with the person whose turn it is. he ran last time and didn't do all that well. he's hanging in there. he has a well-received biography. i think he's a front-run

>> eleanor, it doesn't matter. you don't take any option off the table. >> okay, ladies, hold on. mort? >> it's certainly going to create a lot of intent for people who develop biological and chemical weapons because that's going to be, shall we say, the weapons du jour. i actually happen to be in favor of reduction of nuclear capabilities than weaponry. a lot of them are old weapons, old rockets. i'm not sure they serve quite the same purpose. >> we're doing that. >> but it's -- >> not only that, but when bush, who favored some of this reduction as well, i might add, but he had three exceptions. one is for biological and chemical agents and for a very major conventional attack. so you keep at least that option. so in a sense, not understanding that gates was opposed to that elimination of that. >> the ambiguity? >> yeah. >> do you think that this is gonna be an inducement of any kind for iran to come around in view of the fact that we're not forbidding them with a nuclear attack from using germ weapons against us? >> i don't think this is gonna change any piece of iran's policy.

. >> eleanor? >> the slew of despond is in april. the battleground poll that came out had the president at 50%. the number of retirements are actually fewer than they were in 1994, and the democrats are going to lose seats. but if you compare where president reagan was and where president clinton was at similar points in their presidency this president is at least eight points higher than either of them were in popularity, and president reagan only lost 26 seats in the house and didn't lose any seats in the senate. president clinton lost the house and the senate. so i suspect president obama would be happy with something in between, and i suspect that's what he'll get. >> you are seeing this mass exodus because a lot of the democrats are seeing the writing on the wall. the writing in the wall is in their own hand. a lot of this is by their own doing. look, the ones that are choosing to remain and run for re-election in november and beyond are really, really worried because they are incredibly vulnerable. when you look at the rasmusse

. >> eleanor. >> hi, eleanor. >> do you have any coordination with the white house on this or the other anti-proliferation group which just had a screening of their film at the white house? and secondly, what are the factors that suddenly have made this issue rise to the surface? at least in the media's consciousness. >> well, as you know, as a former member of the media, i can say the media is always kind of late to the party. i'm not surprised about that. but, yeah. there is obviously a lot of overlap here. in a trivial way, the narrator of the film that was shown in the white house was a guest at our so-called global zero summit earlier this year in paris, michael douglas. but that, as i say, is just more of a celebrity factoid. more importantly -- i mean, we tell the white house and the obama administration what to do all the time, like everybody else in this town. but seriously, we try to be thought leaders. i think we are ahead of the policy-making curve. we're ahead of the bureaucracy. a lot of the concepts that were outlined in the nuclear posture review, the goal sets for the n

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and eleanor roosevelt, and even if he was an american. and the citizens in london. >> there were many americans. eisenhower and a lot of americans, including british american troops who came into england. it is the size of georgia and all of a sudden a ye

police are looking for two people, eleanor black and william scott. >> more information now about the man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl. baltimore county police arrested alexander sims. he used to work at saint urszula as a maintenance worker. and also a volunteer soccer coach and involved involved in the church's scout program. experts say it is the typical profile of a child molester. to parents they appear as individuals willing to give one-on-one attention to kids. >> why don't we spend a couple of extra minutes working on your swing. how about you hangout. now, is that every case? no. but you have to -- you look for a pattern. >> this encouraging of a relationship with the child. and building a trust. and the parents were sort of being very supportive. >> the child came forward after watching a video played in the baltimore county school system on abuse. see dr. kirsch nessner's uncut interview on foxbaltimore.com under "raw news." >> maryland's highest court rules inmates cannot be forced to undergo medical treatment. one terminally ill jessup inmate is serving 40 years

being related to eleanor roosevelt he done about store. he cleans up pretty good as an american.ut what are some other, some of them on top little people that you remember? americans, the citizens of london. >> as i said before, it was not just these three guys. there were many americans. eisenhower. a lot of americans who worked very hard to make this alliance is success. concluding british troops and british american troops who came into england. there was a sometimes confrontational relations between american troops and the british. think of this island. a tiny island, the size of georgia. all of a sudden within a year-and-a-half 1.6 million gi's descend on this place. and many of the people in england had never ever met a foreigner at that point. >> none of them speaking. >> none of them speaking the language. that is very true. the soldiers would complain, i thought they understood english. a thought they could speak english. nothing like it. so there was this great clash of cultures that sometimes is very funny and sometimes dramatic, especially for the british. you know, a

. >> the eleanor was holding near height during this speech. >> she led by example to show black women that they could do both. they didn't have to shed one persona or the other. >> reverend says dorothy height had a gift of calming the waters of discourt. >> she held us together and those who miss her in the black community and in the world community, because of that ability will be looking for young people who will follow an example of her life. >> bruce leshan, 9news now. >> dorothy height never married. she is survived by a sister in new york. we will let you know as soon as we hear word on funeral arrangements. dorothy height was 98. you can learn more on our website, wusa9.com. [ crowd cheering ] male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ we're helping kids make more balanced choices eve

we first saw dorothy height in the 1940s, lobbying eleanor roosevelt for civil rights. 1963, she helpedganize the march on washington. there she is, on the stand with martin luther king. >> i have a dream today. >> reporter: though they said at the time, she thought the speech was too long, and disappointed it different mention women's rights. >> african-american women are women who seldom do what they want to do but always do what they have to do. >> reporter: and still, after she was confined to a wheelchair, she was determinedly glamorous. >> even if you go into battle, you don't have to look like a battler. >> reporter: then, 2009, flashforward to another podium. it was, height said, one of the proudest moments of her life, when an african-american took the oath of office. dorothy height never married, but left behind a grateful family of millions. dorothy height was 98 years old. >>> up next, a rare glimpse of a giant creature. finally, we see the devil fish. [ slap! ] ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums

. >>> eleanor holmes norton says she's already working on new strategies to get the city a voting voice in congress. today democrats on capitol hill said the house would not be taking up a measure to give the district a vote on the hill any time soon. this because of republican efforts to tie the measure to softening the gun control laws. >> why try to ram rod a worst gun bill to conceal and carry weapons. under no circumstances ever would i allow such a bill to go through. >> norton says any future dc voting rights must not have any gun control provision attached. >>> tonight many are mourning the passing of the godmother of the civil rights movement. dr. dorothy height. a single violet decorates the sign at the headquarters of council of negro women. it's the only african-american association on pennsylvania avenue and it belongs to the gals, not the guys. during the civil rights union, she marched with the men on the streets and she was on the platform when martin luther king heightened the nation but she was not allowed to address the nation. >> there were members of all of the orga

she was a personal friend of eleanor roosevelt. >> that is truly a full life lived. the private viewing for family and dignitaries is scheduled by tomorrow morning. that will be followed by a service at howard university. a celebration of less service will be at 5:30 p.m. the funeral will be bad tenee and -- will be at 10:00 a.m. on saturday cu>> the two sides have agreed o value the franchise and the arena, pledging more than $550 million. the board of banners -- the board of governors have to approve the sale appeared >> -- the sale. >> there could be a cool light coming. >> if these winds died down later tonight, it could be frosty in a few spots. we have been in and out of the sunshine and clouds. it is 55 degrees in leesburg. it is 61 degrees in woodbridge. here is the frost advisory. through the evening hours, we will hang on to partly cloudy skies. we will see temperatures into the mid-30's to the mid-40's overnight. you have to be patient for a few days. police think, th they have finally caught all of the suspects. >> a 911 operator puts a young man on hold

they drove to new york and left her 3-year-old son nathan with a note. 29-year-old eleanor black and 32-year-old william scott were spotted on surveillance video, as the last people with 3-year- old nathaniel fonz. police also believe the couple are involved in a counterfeiting ring. >> she says if she is jailed for a long time, she wants the boy's grandparents to have custody, but only temporarily. she intends to keep permanent custody. >>> a fight broke out in the 400 block of highland town. one victim tells police she and her friends were eating at a sports bar when they started a fight with another group of women. the fight continued outside the bar. none of the injuries are thought to be life threat if anything. -- threatening. >>> a state investigator is being asked to use state funds. according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, the maryland board of locations -- elections found inconsistencies and unusual explanations for $50,000 in expenditures during an audit. an investigation is also under way into whether senator currie did not explain his connection to a chain of g

the controversial language was tacked on by senator john ensign, delegate eleanor holmes norton had fought that rider for over a year but decided to take vachkt existing traction on this legislation and go forward without a so-called clean bill. the house could see the bill can come up on the floor as early as wednesday or thursday. back to you. >> derrick, thanks for breaking it down for us. >>> a facebook change you might not know about. how the site is giving you the option to report a terrorist. >> plus, a hole in one times two. the story of an extraordinary day at the golf course. >>> and an extraordinary night at the verizon center. how the caps pulled off a win in overtime. >>> well this golf game turned into a huge celebration for two cousins in ohio. what they accomplished on the golf course defied the odds. jerred smally reports. >> we've always done everything together our entire lives. >> and saturday was par for the course for cousins william and cody robbins out out pinnacle golf club. when they arrived at the par 3 5th hole their average day ended. >> all of us were debating

that was first lady eleanor roosevelt. two met in 1937 when miss height was working at the wywca in harlem. mrs. roosevelt later sought her out. in 1948, they collaborate order the united nations universal declaration of human rights. that was nearly 20 years before passage of the civil rights act. one of dr. height's favorite quotations was said to be if the time is not right, we have to right them the time. she did do that, with grace. and with dignity. and always, always with a nice hat. >> she did know how to wear a hat. >> and wore them well. >> she did. i can't count the number of times i have seen dr. height appearing at various es around town. even in the middle of the basketball court at a wizards game. she continued to make an impact for so many years. >> you have never seen her anywhere without a hat. >> without a hat. that's very true. >> all right. >> very true. >> that's our broadcast for now. >> we will see you for "news4 at 11:00."

i went to the orphanage and they would say, eleanor, do you think when the wife of the governor appears they will be better than usual? note that -- don't do just what they have planned for you before hand will figure out the poorest neighborhoods did you ask to go to those neighborhoods in and when you do, look at the clothes hanging on the line and they will tell you something about the people and how many people are just sitting around the streets and adults and whether the people days the men doing? and she said that made a difference it is interesting and within taiwan's a few years ago a woman came up to me and said he may not remember but i ask the question of mrs. roosevelt and she said her answer changed my life i am the champion of the poor people here and in she told me she was elected to office and what she was doing. >>host: i want to rescue the same question about two different people. in your lifetime, which a black person, african-american has been the most effective for civil rights and which white person in your experience has been the most dedicated to changing the ci

. >> yes, everyone at northern eleanor universe president excited about this book.it's really a twin cities. so to have the publication of what was already a very good book common side with the retirement is very timely. greatly appreciated by the press, and we are thrilled that such a terrific book coming out that it's such a timely fashion. >> will you tell me about the authors? >> yes. bill is a journalist with more than 30 years experience, most of it with a chicago tribune. so he is a terrific writer. the book is written in a one of her journalistic style with a lot of clarity and a lot of punch. and a gene is a former state legislature and lawyer in illinois. and so he had access to a lot of the very high profile people that were interviewed for this book. and they make a great team. >> did justice stevens know about it, cooperate in at all? >> i wouldn't put a big sticker on this is authorized biography but justice stevens did sit for interviews with the office, was aware of the project. actually allowed us to take some photographs of some interesting trophie

and just one point of the work of eleanor old strom, have you been looking into that? >> no. >> she's the first woman to win the nobel prize in economics, and it's based on common pool resources. and what she discovered is that when communities have access to resources over time, they're more likely to make better environmental decisions, and they don't overharvest. >> right. she undermined the tragedy of the common theory, right? >> she addressed it and solved it. >> yes. >> and what she says is there are certain design parameters, and those parameters are democratic mechanisms of debating and making sure free riders are not, you know, overharvesting and community mechanisms of self-governance. >> well, my recommendation for anybody who has an issue about which they're passionate is to practice giving talks to any audience that will take you and ask them beforehand to give you ruthlessly authentic feedback because otherwise all your friends will say, that was great. and when we really need to know what worked and what didn't. before i made this story of stuff film, i

very close to eleanor holmes norton. >> you know she is. she will. >> she embraced the city and the city embraced her. >> she gets out. >> they insist on not sitting in a gilded cage. they have energy in other people. they, i think, need -- not this -- hear what other people have to say. >> the president was right next door during this interview. >> as a matter of fact, shhh. >> you were making too much noise. >> all right. candace -- can't disturb him. >> we invite you to stay for vance's interview. more at "news4 at 6:00" and later tonight on "news4 at 11:00." >> when we come back, will golf fans welcome the return of tiger woods at the masters? we will tell what you happened today. >>> group of important people coming to town. it is going to disrupt an entire d.c. neighborhood if not much of the city. >>> i'm tom sherwood. that's the washington convention center behind me. if you have plans to be here next weekend or monday or tuesday, pay attention. i will have your story coming up on "news4 at 5:00." >>> if he can overcome what's going

eleanor holmes norton would describe that a person in the district would be able to walk on the streetsarrying an assault weapon slung over their shoulders. or with concealed weapons. d.c. might not be able to ban guns at public and charter schools. she added, these provisions are so over the top they are unworthy of serious consideration. so the majority black, majority democrat-leaning residents of washington will continue to be taxed without being able to elect a voting representative, because pro-gun politicians think they should make decisions for d.c. about public safety instead of letting d.c. decide for themselves. somehow, someone, somewhere will try to tell you those politicians are acting in a way that should be called conservative. if that's true, the word "conservative" has lost all meaning. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis. with two clinically proven dosing options, you can choose the moment that's right for you and your partner. 36-hour cialis and cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a

gene is a tourist legislature and lawyer in eleanor line and so he had access to a lot of the very highe people interviewed for this book and make a great team. >> two justice stevens now about that and cooperate at all? >> yes, i wouldn't and a big sticker on a but justice stevens did sit with interviews with the authors, was aware of the projects and actually a lot of this takes up photographs of some interesting travis in his office. for example, he has a hole in one golf trophy that will appear in the interior of the book and he also kind of gave his blessing to the author's intriguing people close to him. the people close to him harm probably loyal to him so they would never have spoken with the offers without his they sell so we are able to have access to his family members, friends, former clerks, a lot of people with stevens plus. >> you say it was 10 years and making? >> the authors have done simply astounding amount of research. the book starts with stephens family and his childhood growing up in chicago and goes all the way through the current decision regarding him refinanci

: dorothy irene height always made it her business to be in the room, whether it was working with eleanor roosevelt and mary mcleod bethune, or advising martin luther king, jr., and roy wilkins. after a lifetime of activism, she received both the presidential medal of freedom-- from president bill clinton in 1994-- and the congressional medal of honor-- from president george w. bush in 2004. >> early in life, i learned it was important to have some goals, and to have a sense that you're not just a worker but that you had a mission, and to have a sense of a life's work. and i chose to put my life's work in the direction of equality and justice. >> ifill: height returned to the white house earlier this year when president obama unveiled an oval office copy of the emancipation proclamation. today, the president hailed her as the "godmother of the civil rights movement." height served as president of the national council of negro women for 40 years, and was a longtime board member of the ywca, where she began her career as a social worker. i spoke with her in 2003 when she published her autob

she said she gave her son to her friends, eleanor black and william scott to look after, but they haven't> police here are looking for a 10-year-old boy who ran away from school yesterday and has not been seen or heard from. alex stanley ran away from sharp ledton hall elementary. alex was wearing his school uniform, a green shirt and khaki pants. he might have had a red hooded jacket. anyone with information is asked to call (443)984-7385 missing person's unit. >>> awranne arundel police havet to release the name of a teenager who drowned near the patuxent river. rescue crews using helicopters and boats had been searching for the teen for an hour and a half after someone saw him jump into the water but never resurface. >>> one of maryland's most important industries is on the come back trail at least according to the department of natural resources. officials say the crab population is up 60% thanks in large part to working with virginia to conserve the fee nail crab in the bay. >> what we saw this year is that those that increase number of adults produce a very healthy spawn, so we had

we first saw dorothy height in the 1940s, lobbying eleanor roosevelt for civil rights. ♪ we shall overcome1963. she helped organize the march on washington. there she is on the stand with martin luther king. >> i have a dream today. >> reporter: though she said at the time she thought the speech was a little too long and she was disappointed it didn't mention women's rights. >> african-american women are women who seldom do what they want to do but always do what they have to do. >> reporter: and still, after she was confined to a wheelchair, she was determinedly glamorous. >> even if you go into battle you don't have to look like a battle ax. >> reporter: then 2009. flash forward to another podium. it was, height said, one of the proudest moments of her life when an african-american took the oath of office. dorothy height never married but left behind a grateful family of millions. >> president obama called height the godmother of the civil rights movement. six years ago on her 92nd birthday height was awarded the congressional gold medal. >> she accepted the award with a memorable speech

in 1938, dorothy was selected by the first lady eleanor roosevelt to help plan a rural youth conference. she rose to this task with poise and determination and made a strong impression on the first lady. later dorothy was asked to serve as a delegate to the world conference on life and work of the churches. also in 1938 she was hired by the ywca and quickly began to rise through the ranks of the national organization. it was around this time that she caught the attention of mary mccloud mcthune, founder and president of the national council of negro women. or ncnw. who recruited young ambassador knee to join the fight for women's rights, one of the central issues that would become the cause of her life. she remained deeply involved in the ywca and also obtained high leadership positions in delta sigma theta sorority, the united civil rights leadership and a number of other organizations. she helped to guide these pivotal groups through the stormy waters of the civil rights movement, looking always to the future and maintaining a steadfast dedication to cause and principle p. but it was

dorothy height's 80 years of involvement spans the lynchings of the 1930s and activism of eleanor rooseveltmovement, even. a pastor friend of mine from chicago, sent me a note this week, filled with admiration, for dorothy height. and, in it he recalled her memories, of being eased to the periphery among the male civil rights leaders whenever a photo was to be take en with the president of the united states or another dignitary. the civil rights leadership, my friend said, was a man's world. and nevertheless, this brave, persistent woman, won her place in the highest counsels of the movement and, today, the president himself has come to honor her. [applause]. >> dorothy height was, by any estimation, one of the heros of the last century of american life. today, we give thanks for her saltiness. for her bright and unrelenting light. and, for her steely and indomitable spirit. now, this remarkable woman's earthly pilgrimage has ended and we are now called to thank god for the gift that she has been to our country and her friends and family and to her colleagues at the national council of negr

and she had taken ill, a and alexis herman was over there, and many of us, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, we all wanted to be around her. we wanted to keep her spirits going, and often it was dorothy height that would look to us and continue to give us assignments. she wanted us to continue to work on the black family reunion. she wanted us to continue to reach out and build bridges. she was a phenomenal woman. >> the black family reunion is an interesting concept. it's an idea that throughout all her battles, you know, whether it was voting, civil rights, she still felt the emphasis was on the family. >> absolutely. >> and so many problems today are family related. >> she wanted to create this atmosphere so that people could come together on the washington mall to celebrate family, to celebrate each other. >> right. >> to bring their family and little children. and she created all the pavilions so that people would be inspired to tell their stories, to talk about education and health care. dorothy height was a woman who was an informal adviser to just about every president, from

she lobbied first lady eleanor roosevelt to help civil rights efforts in the 1940's. in later year, she encouraged presidents dwight eisenhower presidents dwight eisenhower and lyndon baynes johnson to she served on the committee of women but the show is a consultant on african affairs and secretary of state. she was on the platform with dr. martin luther king jr. when he gave his speech in 1963. it he winced at that event in 1963. -- mr. conyers was at that event in 1963. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 1994 and the gold medal in 2004. at the age of 98, dorothy height passed away at howard university hospital here in washington, d.c. i encourage my colleagues to join in supporting this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> the recognize james clyburn for as much time as teammates. thank you four leading this resolution. >> the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. >> thank you. i thank you so much for joining in this resolution. i was born and raised in a small town in south carolina

the question, i will give back back to joan aspe before, i didn't get to pick the gentleman from eleanor will have the final question. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my last question was one of the things i hear to my constituent service folks in my district is that people who have been trying to get, a number of them have been approved for the temperate modifications while unemployed and on unemployment insurance. but then they are disapproved for permanent modifications because they don't have implement. can someone explain to me why you would be able to get into a temporary and not full modifications? and should we be using the same criteria? >> yes. and there's a change in a program, so the only way i believe that that could potentially happen is if in establishing that customer into a trial modification, we ask what their income was, but maybe not the source of their income. and we verbally verified that they could meet the requirements, put him in a trial modification. than once we got documentation of income and understood the length of time that it was going to be in place. because

american leaders regularly took her counsel, including first lady eleanor roosevelt, and dr. height also encouraged president dwight d. eisenhower to desegregate schools and president lyndon b. johnson to appoint african-american women to positions in government. and i remember her telling me a story that the location of her office and their office building right now down on seventh street where you can see the capitol in the background was the last place that they retrieved two young african sisters who were running away from slavery and they brought them back and sold them off of the spot that is a historical preservative for her national conference of negro women. what irony. but she was that great lady that could see into the future and i think that property just beckoneded to her. when she turned 90 years old, i was there at her birthday celebration here in washington, d.c., and they had purchased property that was very, very expensive but they were able to get it for $8 million. and oprah winfrey came and she said, i understand that you owe $5 million. she said, well, i

caller: eleanor has quite a few. it is across the river from paducah, ky. extreme southern. there is a plant that processes uranium -- or just one step in the process toward making fuel. i worked there for 26 and 1/2 years. no problems. of course, we have many safety rules. it is just not big of a problem. people have been frightened by people who don't want us to have it for some reason. host: vana, tennessee, democrat. caller: i think that's -- that this name calling has to stopped. what we have to do is listen to the professionals. the french do an excellent job of reprocessing nuclear spent fuel back into reusable field. they will take every bit of the spent fuel we have right now and gladly reprocess it. we are dismantling the nuclear warheads and most of the nuclear fuel we are using right now, 50% is going back into use. any time you can mess -- dismantled a nuclear warhead, that is great. that is a step and the right direction. host: back to the story and "usa today." host: our next call comes from corey in washington. republican. caller: i think what everybody needs

they wanted to listen to this great woman who knew mary and eleanor roosevelt and we were memorized, every time we were in her presence. and we wanted to lisp. we did not want to leave. her passion was an inspiration to all of us here in congress. it's hard to imagine that in the 1930's, she provided this resistance movement. we love her and celebrate her life and we mourn her death. last week, an individual that i was privileged to meet and know, dr. benjamin hooks, he was laid to rest. he was born january 31, 1925, in memphis, tennessee, the fifth of seventh children -- of seven children. he was a minister, a leader and a civil rights attorney and forever a champion of the minorities and the poor. while studying prelaw at lemoyne owens college in memphis, he became aware of the realities of racial segregation. in an interview with "u.s. news & world report"," he once recounted, i wish i could tell you every time i wasn't on a highway and couldn't use a restroom. my bladder is messed up because of that my stomach is messed up from eating cold sandwiches. after graduating law school

she lobbied first lady eleanor roosevelt to help civil rights efforts in the 1940's.wer and lyndon baynes johnson to desegregate schools and appoint black women in positions in government. she serve thobed president's committee on the status of women and was a consultant on african affairs to the secretary of state. ms. height was on the platform with dr. martin luther king jr. when he gave his "i have a dream" speech in 1963 -- and chairman conyers was at that event. for ms. height's decades of work on behalf of civil rights she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 1994 and the congressional gold medal in 2004. yesterday, at the age of 98, dorothy height passed away at howard university hospital here in washington, d.c. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: i recognize the distinguished majority leader, james clyburn, for as much time as he may consume. i thank judge poe

she lobbied first lady eleanor roosevelt to help civil rights efforts in the 1940's. in later year, she encouraged presidents dwight eisenhower and lyndon baynes johnson to desegregate schools and appoint black women in positions in government. she serve thobed president's committee on the status of women and was a consultant on african affairs to the secretary of state. ms. height was on the platform with dr. martin luther king jr. when he gave his "i have a dream" speech in 1963 -- and chairman conyers was at that event. for ms. height's decades of work on behalf of civil rights she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 1994 and the congressional gold medal in 2004. yesterday, at the age of 98, dorothy height passed away at howard university hospital here in washington, d.c. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: i recognize the distinguished majority leader, james clybur