you're right. >> eleanor? >> it's about politics. >> it is, but it becomes less contentious because more people are opposed to it because our legal system has made mistakes? >> how many? >> a lot. >> a lot. >> a lot have had death penalty convictions overturned, and there are cases where the person has already been put to death. >> i shouldn't say this, because i'm not sure, but the number is in the 40s. >> i don't know the exact number. >> the number of cases overturned, some of which-- >> i think there are a enough of them, let me put it this way, overturned to make this a viable issue and a real issue for a lot of people. >> do you think that you can see the future when it will go away? >> yes, i can. >> i can, too. >> society-- >> you know in the future when it will go away? >> i don't know the exact day, but i'll give you the year. >> what year? [ laughter ] >> what year? [ laughter ] >> will it go away before the end of the century? >> it's going to be 23 years after i die. [ laughter ] >> a majority of

this is eleanor roosevelt's friend. the most famous female writer during the roosevelt administration for the associated press. i brought it to the attention of the people in kingston that put on the play. we had a fundraiser at beakman arms and several people came. her biographers and other people and we raised enough money to put in a blue stone bench, a tree, and a plaque in the cemetery in memory of lorana hicock. thank you. [applause]. >> a couple comments. hickok -- >> she drove herself on most of the trips. including a couple cross country trips. driving was different then than now. i tried to re-create the journey she made on the much-improved roads. she was a terrific reporter. i drudged up some of her associated press dispatches. she was good. there was one where she was assigned to cover the passage of hardings -- the train with warren g hardings remains. and the reports dashed off at night are models of this kind of reporting. they are well-worth reading in their own right. i quoted them in bits and pieces b

eleanor clift? >> no. mission creep is when the nature of the objective changes and when you really do pour in a lot of added resources. i think it is very clear that he is doing everything he can to restrain our involvement. it is a humanitarian mission. we can be rightly proud that the humanitarian intervention has helped and there was another bit of good news this week. prime minister malachi has stepped down and there is another prime minister in iraq who has 30 days to form a government. so you have the potential of a unit government there that may be more egypted for the fight and the brits and the french are coming in. the pretties are going to supply arms to the curds. so i'm not going to say things are in hand. i mean, it's a chaotic situation. but there is more good news than there has been for a while. >> u.s. air power can keep the isis state out of erbil. kit keep them out of baghdad. but there are no ground forces, iraqi who can take back anbar province. you will have an islamic state there f

host: eleanor clift?>> the long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about

eleanor was so upset by this she left the room. to her, to watch her husband once so vigorous and athletic, and watching him struggling in the prone and what seemed like a submissive position still seemed tragic. i don't think she ever got over it. but that wasn't the way fdr viewed it. by 1928, as the leaders of the new york state democratic party were increasingly talking about running for governor when he didn't want to because he thought al smith was going to lose against hoover in 1928 and he thought any gubernatorial candidate on smith's ticket would go down, too. inspite of that he began to realize that his -- in spite -- contracting in fp fan tile paralysis was a political plus not a minus. one of fdr's terrific lieutenants was jim farly. ran his campaign and was post master general after fdr was president. he had been boxing commissioner for the state of new york. in the midst of the campaign he said there is no greater accolade in sports writing saying a fighter was down on the deck and came back to win. that was the stor

host: eleanor clift?>> the long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about

host: eleanor clift?he long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about rac

s representative eleanor holmes norton. >> i'm not sure what he's doing for the people of maryland but he sure is keeping watch over the district of columbia and we resent it. >> reporter: norton says they'll bitterly fight any effort bycongress to interfere. >>it's important that people vote and stand up to this kind of interference. >> reporter: adam is chairman of the d.c. cannabis campaign. >> if we pass it here, it will force the federal government to look into the issue and they may have to reschedule marijuana nationally as a result. this is in some ways the water look for people who would -- waterloo for people who would keep it illegal. nobody in congress is second guessing the other state's decisions. >> voters go to the polls in d.c. on november 4. >>> in the mcdonnell corruption trial today, a staffer testified what a nightmare it

eleanor you gave abercrombie & fitch a thumbs down.t you liked it, cassie, you didn't like it, and nick you didn't like it. matt you're the outlier. why do you like it in nobody else does? >> personally i feel they have good quality shirts in the material, it's very soft. on top of that, there is some good and bad about it, but it fits very well. the jeans are very good. it's got good sales recently. >> the rest of you don't like it, though. why, nick? >> appearer chrome by is very big, but for guys, i don't think that we are looking for something that like sports a label on their shirt anymore. kind of like a blank shirt is more in style now. >> that's interesting. let's go through some of the other stocks. pacific supwear eleanor doesn't like it, matt no, cassie you do, so cassie, this time you're the outlier. >> i've been hears a lot about pacsun, because jenner did a line there. i saw a few weeks ago that they're extending their contract, so i think that's been popular this year. >> and nobody likes aeropostal. >> it's also a label

. >> eleanor? >> i don't think republicans are making all those calculations. right now winning isn't everything, >> no, winning is everything. >> winning is everything, it is the only thing for republicans going into november. they really want to get the senate and the way the where the races fall six of the seven races are in states that romney won by big margins. republicans are going to have to screw up to not take control. but they are perfectly capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. they are on this impeachment kick or sue the president kick. bjork is turning out to be successful, not the silver bullet, benghazi has from therred away and people hate congress. so there is a chance the democrats could hold their own. >> susan? >> so you have gotten senate seats, 13 house seats held by democrats that are toss ups. only two republicans in the house or senate are toss ups. those numbers alone suggest republicans have a far better chance. the democrats are out raising the republicans. in key races. and that is going to give them a real advantage

they don't live together often.s but they are colleagues and collaborators on policy, as eleanor and franklin were. on the other side -- we have a first lady in michelle obama wht is best friends with valerie jarrett and who is a behind-the-scenes advisor to her husband in a way that's quite different because in many respects, michelle behaves s toward her husband as though she knows better. he has set in public that she's the boss. he often sounds like a henpecked guy, i must say. i know that's very radical to say that. but i think there's a lot of truth to that. these women, both michelle and e valerie, have enormous influence over his policy decisions. another concrete example, when bill daley was the chief of staff of the obama white house, he said after he resigned that he and obama would come to an pr agreement and then valerie nigt jarrett would go, upstairs to e residence that night, spend the evening up there talking to esin barack and michellet and the nt morning the president would come down and contravene and throw out the agreement that daley had. and daley resigned beca

hopkins was a friend of both e m frank ling roosevelt and eleanor. valerie jarrett is best friends with both michelle obama and ha barack obamas she lives in thee white house.pies per i mean by that, she literally has a suite of rooms that she h occupies permanently in the fi white house.rs she has a secret service detail she eats with the president and first lady every night that .hey're in the white house she goes a on vacations with th. she goes to whatever meeting sho wants to attend, and she carrien the president's message to ones cabinet ministers and other people in the administration.wh there's been no one since harry hopkins who has this kind of power itches i write of her saying she watched overfe him a made him feel safe.evoted he was her special charge, the d chosen one. sheun focused, doted on him and she gave him the unconditional love that he never received from his mother, who frequently abandoned him as a child. >> that's right. they have been several lo biographies of barack obama. there's been a lot of left speculation about the fa

eleanor roosevelt? i think what i would ask eleanor, in fact it happened when i was working on the boat. they were so many times what i felt there what i thought they were such love between eleanor and franklin in as such hurt because he had had an affair so many years before. i would ask her again, just forget that affair. i know he loves you. i would talk to her when i would write the book could just tell her, just remember you are so much better than any other women in his life. just absorbed the fact that you are eleanor and just be closer to him because he was boldly in those years and there was still a present and understandably that separated them from their beds from each other, but made them this incredible part errors. i guess i was trying to tell her, i know him and i know he wants to be with you more and if you could stay home a little more, i think it would be good. [laughter] >> if you hadn't been a presidential scholar, you would've been a marriage counselor. [laughter] what would u.s. te

hopkins was a friend of both franklin roosevelt and eleanor, valerie jarrett is best friends with both michelle obama and barack obama. she lives in the white house. i mean, by that, she literally has a suite of rooms that she occupies permanently in the white house. she has a secret service detail. she eats with the president and first lady every night that they're in the white house. she goes on vacations with them. she goes to whatever meet showing wants to attend, and she carries the president's message to cabinet ministers and other people in the administration. there's been no one since harry hopkins, way back in the '40s, who has this kind of power. >> host: you write of her, from your book, saying she watched over him and made him feel safe. he was her special charge, the chosen one. she focused on him, doted on him, and devoted her entire life to him and gave him the kind of unconditional love he never received from this mother, who frequently abandoned him as a child. >> guest: that's right. now there have been several, as you know, biographies of barack obama, and there has

host: you finish your thought and then i will have eleanor go. --er: dave bought them they provided the contraception all along. the hobby lobby case knocked out for forms of contraception, first control, morning after, iud. week of thatin a they issued another advisory in the wheaton college case in which they said they brought in the 22 forms. their decision covers contraception. i do not just feel it. you are hearing the three women on the court have lately said this, that they said it is just before forms and within a week they said it would cover contraception as a whole. host: this hobby lobby decision, as you can tell from the people that have picked up the phone and called in as rallied for >> i think women are far more energized. young women who literally this is their life. this is not some academic question to them. the reason you see a gender gap in the polling is because women really care. with the had it restrictive regulations of right-wing republicans. in addition to that, just use -- loseight this election because we're terrible

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this is where that comes from and eleanor's speech made the difference. henry wallace was nominated narrowly but the revolt was off and the convention adjourned without more turmoil and another important character of this period was charles lindbergh, famous aviation hero come much admired but also leader of the isolationist movement. roosevelt detested him. he said if i die tomorrow, remember one thing. charles lindbergh is a nazi. charles lindbergh was many things. he was not a nazi but he had been used by the nazis went on three ships, spent military inspection jaw trips to germany in the 1930s, wendell willkie if there's a secondary hero to the story it is wendell willkie, he is now little remembered unfortunately because he was a very significant statement, and he was a utility's executive but very charismatic and came from nowhere. captured the republican nomination and charmed the dickens out of the republican party but there were some that didn't like it, that presented him. the old style conservatives didn't much care for him because he had so re

. >> eleanor, obama is approaching this through a political lens, not a national security lens. and he knows the promise he made to the american people that he will not get into this kind of activity. >> morally and politically, it would not be responsible to respond to the situation. he is responding on a national security basis because the grounds for his, the air strikes, are that he is protecting u.s. personnel there. but it's not a direct war against isis and they are a good fighting force with help, maybe they can defeat. i agree that isil has this religious ferver, now the iraqis, it's an issue for them now. so maybe they are going to get some of this, too. >> it should be pointed out that this isn't a question of relieving the starvation of some people. it's also a question of protecting our embassies and our consulates and our personnel. and if that angle is played up to the american people, they are going to accept it. >> they will do that, how does air power save those 40,000 or 20,000 people up on that mountain? i don't know. >> it stops mobility. >> exit question. i

everybody than eleanor holmes martin, everybody. marion bowser supported me for mayor and i talked to her this morning and she said how is the mayor for life? so, thank you. thank you ken. thank you. [inaudible] >> okay, i'm sorry. >> you are serving in ward 8 the poor section of the city in the right in the book that you can stop by the police on several occasions for it dwb and what does that stand for? driving while black and for driving too slowly. >> that's a true story. i am out on the avenue getting ready to go southeast and the national park service police officer sitting across the street. i was driving probably 25, 30 miles an hour and i saw the red light. he gave me a ticket for traveling to slow. as it turned out to d.c. didn't have such a law on driving too slow but the national police i have had more trouble with them than anybody in this town. they have left me alone now. they don't pick up these little trivial things on me. >> do you feel racism is still alive and well in america despite the fact that we have a black

her relationship with eleanor roosevelt, with whom she was in regular competition for most popular woman in the u.s., was perhaps more nuanced. like mrs. roosevelt, she had overcome the disadvantages of her childhood to become a self-made woman who was well ahead of her time with successful and highly visible careers in multiple fields, politics, journalism and diplomacy. she may have disagreed with much of mrs. roosevelt's philosophy, but as early as 1948 she was recommending that truman ask her to be his running mate. and for her part, eleanor roosevelt publicly praised her appointment as ambassador to italy writing that mrs. luce would be an able ambassador who will represent us well. price of fame goes into fascinating detail about luce's relationships not only with the roosevelts, but with so many of the great figures of the 20th century from eisenhower to several churchills to jfk and, of course, her stormy marriage to henry luce. and so does morris herself in a wonderful account of how she became to be clare boothe luce's biographer, the only one to have access to her public and p

now, we are, of course, gathered for tonight's discussion here in the former home of franklin and eleanor roosevelt where i think it is probably safe to assume that clare boothe luce was not a regular social visitor. [laughter] mrs. luce's relationship with the roosevelts was, one might say, complicated. she was an early supporter of fdr but soon became one of his most outspoken critics, once famously accusing him of being the only american president who ever lied us into a war because he did not have the political courage to lead us into it. her relationship with eleanor roosevelt, with whom she was in regular competition for most popular woman in the u.s., was perhaps more nuanced. like mrs. roosevelt, she had overcome the disadvantages of her childhood to become a self-made woman who was well ahead of her time with successful and highly visible careers in multiple fields, politics, journalism and diplomacy. she may have disagreed with much of mrs. roosevelt's philosophy, but as early as 1948 she was recommending that truman ask her to be his running mate. and for her part, eleanor roos

. >> what are the things that fdr's own self-conscious was awakened when eleanor brought him to this part of new york. insofar as he was able to roject those values domestically, how do you -- on the you come out issue of the limits of politics but the demands of justice? because no one would argue now failures of of the reconstruction, because of the crow, because jim of the robert barrons in the orth, in the economic oppression, that many, many social reforms should have happened earlier. many, many social reforms that should have happened right now will not. man in there's another the white house who believes he's a damn sight better and ician than when he whatters in. that tend to be an occupational as hard for people behind that desk. where do you come out? is this just a tragedy of history? or are there moments when individuals do make mistakes? >> eleanor herself she liked to weren't married to the man in the white house, she would have left for marvin thomas. individuals who made a difference, actually. too.i think fdr was and maybe norman thomas was too. you know? right. was

host: you finish your thought and then i will have eleanor go. --er: dave bought them they provided the contraception all along. the hobby lobby case knocked out for forms of contraception, first control, morning after, iud. week of thatin a they issued another advisory in the wheaton college case in which they said they brought in the 22 forms. their decision covers contraception. i do not just feel it. you are hearing the three women on the court have lately said this, that they said it is just before forms and within a week they said it would cover contraception as a whole. host: this hobby lobby decision, as you can tell from the people that have picked up the phone and called in as rallied for >> i think women are far more energized. young women who literally this is their life. this is not some academic question to them. the reason you see a gender gap in the polling is because women really care. with the had it restrictive regulations of right-wing republicans. in addition to that, just use -- loseight this election because we're terrible

eleanor mentions ron johnson.e totally off base, but i noticed this i thought a few times where it's a guy who cares deeply about the community and also in some cases is following orders. it seemed to me at that press conference when he said we're going to get through this -- the tone of his voice is this maybe wasn't something he was -- a decision he was particularly happy about but he was going to carry it out. >> that's absolutely right. bob herbert talked about this earlier. he's tasked with two things. one, he's from the community and he understands it. he's trying to work with the folks in the community to say this is how we can move forward. he's also a law enforcement official and has to uphold the law. i think the tone, when you talk about tone, there's a sense that the officials are getting up saying we've got to still find a way to control you folks. there's this patronizing tone that comes across. as a governor, you're talking about peace and i understand that he's trying to do the right thing now. fro

it attend eleanor roosevelt high school in the 12th grade. a significant number of students and my experience with f.i.r.s.t. as i started in the seventh grade. and digest have decided, by fellow students touched very well on the educational aspects and values. i would like to talk about my personal story. and i describe it in three ways, spirited, challenging, fun. i am basketball fan, a tennis fan, football fan, so i love hearing everyone talk about that but for me it has been spirited and different than any other educational activity i have been too, the subculture behind it. it the guy who comes up with the challenges behind it, all of the mentors to do it, they are the people who are my role models with respect to engineering which i think is unique to f.i.r.s.t. and in general to these kind of activities. so i think that to f.i.r.s.t., the challenge that is before me pushed me to engage these s.t.e.m. feels differently and more thoroughly than anything i have ever done in class. i have done all these glasses and got the grades, but bein

bobby has been given enough attention, and the roosevelt library does a good job in incorporating eleanor because she is such part of the story, and bobby's family is interested in maybe going off to a different place. i would go and i would do a research topic everywhere i went. i what i wrote about the new kennedy library is how this guy was pardoned. he is a jazz pianist. so if you want to hear that story, you know where to get it, "chasing history." so gerald ford, once he gets a library, it's official, everybody gets a library no matter what. his library is very interesting. the one problem with the library, they have the museum is 100 miles away from the archives. so, as she told me, she wouldn't want anyone to have to go through the difficultyies she has to go through and it's considered by everybody that was not a great idea. to have a little disco ball here to talk about what was going on. the ford library, he was willing to put good things and bad things. there's the famous stair well we all recall from the end of the vietnam war, and when kissinger said, why would you put that

i might have a chapter on not only eleanor roosevelt but on jackie robinson. they are everything i've looked in my whole life. >> do you still have that autograph? >> i can't even blame my mother because my mother died before these autographs and after my father died everything had been at his house. i was in college and i didn't come and get it all. not only that but all of my baseball cards are gone. i had all the brooklyn dodgers. you always say you blame your mother and i can't. i have to blame myself. >> it looks like will conclude with this young man over here. >> i would be glad to. >> the question would like to ask you is why do you think that fdr ran for a third term even as he was considering a return? >> absolutely interesting. i've just been thinking about why did fdr ran for his third term. i think by the end of his second term had there not been war in europe he would not have run again or even if he might have wanted to stay in office he too loved it just like teddy roosevelt did. somebody asked him once why would anyone want to be president but

feel bobby has been given enough attention and the roosevelt library does a good job incorporating eleanor because she is such a part of the story. bobby's family is interested in may be going to different place. i would go and do a research topic everywhere i went so what i wrote about in the kennedy library was this man, a jazz pianist. if you want to hear is that store you know where to get it, "chasing history: 1 man's road trip through the presidential libraries". gerald ford, once he gets a library is the official. everybody gets a library no matter what. is library is very interesting though. 01 problem with the library the director would tell you is they have the museum 100 miles away from the archives. as she told me, she wouldn't want anyone to go through the difficulties she has to go through. it is considered by everybody that that was not a great idea. to have a little disco hall to talk about what was going on in a the ford years. one thing about the ford library is he was very willing to put good things and bad things, there is the famous stairwell we all recall from the end

coming up in 45 minutes, eleanor of the feminist majority, on the impact of recent supreme court decisions on the women's rights movement. then at 8:30 a.m. eastern, filmmaker and editor dennis michael lynch talks about the situation at the border and his documentary on illegal immigration. -- at 9:15, eleanor smeal christine gorman of scientific america focusing on the 40 year war on cancer. >> we will stay on iraq and get your action on whether inaction in syria caused the

eleanor roosevelt was wrong about the gender of the figure. but she captured perfectly the spiritual balm. >> she was so beautiful and so smart and also so witty, she was always irresistible to men. party,0th birthday richard cohen was at this party and they sat together after dinner having coffee. she began to stroke his beard. i have neveraid, met in 80-year-old before that i wanted to leap into bed with. career andife and sharing about their personal relationship. tonight at 8:00. >> each week, american history tv "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. from the lyndon johnson presidential library, a 1968 documentary produced i the office of economic opportunity. the mexican-american -- a new hope for opportunity to fix efforts to assist spanish-speaking americans on part of the war on poverty. continue toprograms the present day under other federal agencies. ♪ >> ever since my teaching days, i work for the education of progress of the spanish-speaking people of this great country of ours. mexi

my two choices would be eleanor roosevelt and rosa parks. >> that's it? why? mean why? why eleanor roosevelt? probably the strongest woman, first lady there ever was. and rosa parks, because she had more courage than any 200 million men in america. >> nancy reagan. >> eric? >> okay. so, the -- the idea that you have a prominent american female. hillary clinton i would say at first, but she's already on a bill, right? >> you're wrong about that. >> i'm sorry. i'm trying to embrace the libertarian movement the best i can. >> i went with willa cather. >> do you know willa cather? >> the american author. wrote one of the best american novels, death comes for the archbishop. women who can express themselves in great lit yeah tur at that point has an impact on america. >> i'm amazed they didn't put these people on a bill. i'm just absolutely shocked. that's the whole point of this segment was to show -- oh, we can't do that with money? they just told me it's against the law. by the way, why does this have to be about gender? why does it have to be a human? i suggest

eleanor will not turn them away. this man is from a suburb of donetsk where ukrainians are battling pro-russian separatists. the ukranian forces close in on donetsk of the the fighting is getting closer to this home. people describe hearing the sounds of shelling and the walls and windows shaking. these are some of the most vulnerable victims of the conflict because yes cannot be moved to safety. it is hard to offer words of comfort to some. this woman says she worked hard laying loads. now she is dying alone. she doesn't know where her daughter is. many are children from the world war ii, singing songs about soldiers saying good buy to their city. it helps them to forget the trouble times. >> more than 350 people have been killed by an earthquake in china on sunday. the kayios has been captured as the 6.1 magnitude quake struck the province. more than 1400 others were hurt and there's a report 12,000 homes were destroyed. doctors are warning the death toll from the explosion could rise. the blast happened in a metal

. >> reporter: eleanor owns and manages the nursing home. pensions have stopped coming through and relatives can't pay their fees so she's using her own savings to keep the place open. she's running out of money and supplies. sometimes it's all too much. >> i'm afraid. so afraid, she says, how will we survive? i was at the city morgue. i watched as they brought in our young people. it was terrifying. they are somebody's children, grandchildren or husband. and more people are arriving all the time. eleanor won't turn them away. this man is from a suburb of donetsk. as ukrainian forces close in on donetsk the fighting closes in on the home. these are some of the most vulnerable victims of this conflict because they cannot be moved to safety. >> it is hard to offer words of comfort to some. this woman says she worked hard all her life laying roads. now she says dying alone. she doesn't know where her daughter is. many here were children during the second world war. they sing songs from the soviet era about soldiers saying good buy to their city

eleanor holmes-norton is washington's representative, and jacqueline keeler, navajo and co-founder ofe group eradicating offensive native mascotry. good evening. >> good evening. >> congresswoman, are we there on this issue yet? >> we have tipped. you've got not only the second time native people have won in the patent and trademark commission. they lost the first time on appeal only because of the technicality. you've got members of the house of representatives, i'm one of ten, who have filed a bill to cancel the trademark. you've got 50 senators who call for canceling of the trademark. you've got religious leaders, civil rights leaders. this is a movement, and the law is on our side. the native people are winning, and i don't know what roger goodell of the nfl and dan snyder are waiting for. do they want to be kicked? do they want to be dragged kicking and screaming across the line? shame. >> yeah. jacqueline, let me ask you on that point -- i was reading up on this today and one of the bizarre counterarguments you hear from the defenders is, well, we should really be focused on the

that the clintons have a marriage that is somewhat similar to the marriage of franklin roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. it's essentially a working relationship. they have gone their separate ways in many ways. they don't live together often, but they are colleagues and collaborators on policy as eleanor and franklin were. on the other side, the obama side, we have a first lady in michelle obama who is best friends with valerie jarrett and who is a behind-the-scenes adviser to her husband in a way that is quite different because in many respects, michelle behaves toward her husband as though she knows better. he said in public that she's the boss. he often sounds like a henpecked guy i must say. i know that's very you know radical to say that but i think there's a lot of truth to that. these women, both michelle and valerie, have enormous influence over his policy decisions. another concrete example bill daly was the chief of staff of the obama white house, he said after he resigned that he and obama would come to an agreement and then valerie jarrett would go upstairs to the residents that n

delegate eleanor holmes norton is next up.fter that, richard gaines will join us to talk about his group's investigation into the events of 9/11. he is the head of a group called architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. this is the "washington journal" on the first day of august. >> sunday on booktv's .in-depth," ron paul he has written more than a dozen politics and history. his latest, "the school revolution on america's education system." he will take your calls, e-mails, and tweets on sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. watch more booktv next week while congress is in recess. it will feature a wide range of topics, including the middle east, immigration, marijuana, and covering look favors and festivals from across the country. booktv, television for serious readers. this we can, but to be an american history tv take you on a trip across the country for the history and literary life of various locales rediscovered during our city's tour, and theg in washington oyster industry of olympia. the history of r&b music, and the re

eleanor holmes norton is washington the congressional delegate. we know about the washington parking tickets. there's a ticket that gets written for marijuana possession? what is the thrust behind decriminalizing at least possession? >> well, actually, d.c. is pretty late. 18 states decriminalized before the district did. and d.c. was thrust into it by something a little different. two studies by very reputable organizations found that in this very progressive ton, even though blacks and whites in our city as in the rest of the country use marijuana at the same rates, nu90% of the arrest were african-americans. you take a black kid who has a, quote, drug arrest, he's read out of the workforce for the refts of his life. they immediately acted on this. all over the united states for reasons having to do with changes that are occurring everywhere. we see the decriminalization, even the legalization of marijuana. >> it's actually eight times as likely that an african-american will be arrested for marijuana possession. >> in this town. >> in this town,

i'm eleanor herman, and i'm a member of the clubs book and author committee. we're very glad you've come to this e event, and we hope that you enjoy it. the club has about 15 or 20 of these book raps every year on a variety of books, both fiction and nonfiction. so if you are not already on our e-mail list and would like to learn of future events, please see me after the event, and i will put you on our e-mail list. we don't overload you we mails, it's usually about one a month that you'll get. so speaking of future events, before we get to our guest, i want to just tell you of some coming up in july, all of which begin at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. on tuesday, july 8th, todd per dumb will -- discuss his book. on wednesday, july 9th, brad author will discuss his novel, "about of war." on tuesday, july 15th, tom young will present his latest military thriller, "sand and fire." and on tuesday, july 22nd at 6 p.m., aneesh chopra will discuss his book "innovative state: how new technologies can transform government." so this would probably be a good time fo

our panel includes eleanor clift ul butler. we will take your calls it and we -- calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> next week, special primetime programming on the c-span networks. a debaterom glasgow, over scottish independence. on tuesday, issue spotlight on irs spotlighting -- targeting. wednesday, magnet schools on educating children. thursday, a house budget committee hearing on federal, state, and local into poverty programs. friday, native american history. a discussion, about school choice.

eleanor holmes-norten is washington's representative, and jacqueline keeler, navajo and co-founder ofting offensive native mass ka tri. good evening. >> good evening. >> are we there on this issue yet? >> we have tipped. you've got not only the second time native people have won in the patent and trademark commission. they lost the first time on appeal only because of the technicality. you've got members of the house of representatives, i'm one of ten, who have filed a bill to cancel the trademark. you've got 50 senators who call for canceling of the trademark. you've got religious leaders, civil rights leaders. this is a movement, and the law is on our side. the native people are winning, and i don't know what roger goodell of the nfl and dan snyder are waiting for. do they want to be kicked? do they want to be dragged kicking and screaming across the line? shame. >> yeah. jacqueline, let me ask you on that point -- i was reading up on this today and one of the bizarre counterarguments you hear from the defenders is, well, we should really be focused on the plight of native american

. >> eleanor? >> i think these are targets of opportunity for putin. he is in our backyard because he can as pat says and he sees the u.s. as in his backseat yard and he wants to let us know how it feels and he is also going to sign some sweetheart deals. sweetheart for the recipients like he did with china. he gave china a good break on oil and gas and he is likely to do the same with these south american countries as well because he likes the political credibility that comes with it. i don't think there is anything to fear about this. >> uh-huh. >> i think he likes to remind us that back in the soviet era, during the 80s , they were in el salvador, nicaragua, guatemala. he is basically letting us know he can play there as well as we can play in his part. >> it only takes one side to start a cold war. truman didn't start the cold war, stalin did. >> if they try to put missiles back into cuba, then we are talking about a cold war. otherwise, some porting and pipeline deals, that is commercialism in the 21st century. >> do you share this happy talk? >>

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eleanor won't turn them away.his man is from petrotsky, a suburb of donetsk where ukrainians are patbattling prob russian separatists. >> the fighting is getting closer to this home people you describe the sounds of shelling and the wars and windows shaking. these are some of the most ver nerable victims because they cannot be moved to safety it is hard to offer words of comfort to some. this woman says she worked hard all her life laying roads. now, she says dying alone. she doesn't know where her daughter is. many here were children during the second world war. they sing songs from the soviet era about soldiers saying goodbye to their city before going off to fight. it helps them to forget these troubled times as war surrounds them once again al jazeera, dondon. >> news out of nepal where hundreds of people are missing after a massive landslide. the landslide swept down an entire village and blocks a river that flows downstream from the him l hymalays. the details. >> reporter: this was a highway to tibet. early

eleanor clift, paul butler. we appreciate you all being on, >> the american bar association held its ninth annual homeland security law institute last week. homeland security undersecretary for national protection discussed changes in cyber security and critical infrastructure. this is just over an hour. thank you to those who are here i know on a daily basis care about and in many cases work to achieve our shared objective of ensuring secure, safe, resilient communities where our ways of life can thrive. it's really like dan the, my counsel, said this is like a class reunion and in many ways it is. i bring greetings from secretary jay johnson. like me, he is a recovering ttorney. we are well aware and appreciate the rule of law and the rules of lawyers as a vital part of our team as we go forward to accomplish this mission on behalf of the american people. i am aided amy counsel dan sutherland and the secretary has a wonderful general counsel in dan's boss who i believe you're hearing from later in the program.