[william carlos williams] to elsie. "the pure products of america go crazy-- "mountain folk from kentucky "or the ribbed north end of jersey "with its isolate lakes and valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves "old names and promiscuity between "devil-may-care men who have taken "to railroading out of sheer lust of adventure-- "and young slatterns, bathed in filth "from monday to saturday to be tricked out that night "with gauds from imaginations which have no "peasant traditions to give them character "but flutter and flaunt "sheer rags--succumbing without emotion save numbed terror "under some hedge of choke-cherry or viburnum-- "which they cannot express-- "unless it be that marriage perhaps "with a dash of indian blood "will throw up a girl so desolate "so hemmed round with disease or murder "that she'll be rescued by an agent-- "reared by the state and sent out at fifteen to work in "some hard-pressed house in the suburbs-- "some doctor's family, some elsie--voluptuous water "expressing with broken brain the truth about us

the arrival of this white woman allowed elsie to remain white even in death. she had written to her father for financial help and he refused her and three days -- days later she was dead. her sister would never speak to her father again. by the 40's and through the '60s that began to declare the losses were simply too much to bear watching the numerous testimonials for those who'd disavowed passing in the psychological and advantages to embrace the black identity many announced the collapse of world war ii that seems to make 95 passing along the necessary. for the pride that african-americans experience in the growing spirit of the burgeoning civil rights movement. the johnson family shown in their home in new hampshire past 20 years before there were discovered. the father a successful and well respected radiologist applied to be an officer in the navy during world war ii. and then to be in a black fraternity and college when thinking about passing alleges best not to join a black fraternity. [laughter] but after the secret was revealed they insisted they wer

why that isn't happening, i can't say. >> so elsie, i'm sorry, so elsie, what are they supposed to dooint? community leaders, right, who share your frustration, and saying this is a long long problem with police, but now in this immediate term what is happening is wrong and -- sorry. elsie, the mayor of baltimore is coming out. let's take a listen to her live she begins to speak with the baltimore police captain. >> thank you, all, for being here this evening. what we see tonight that is going on in our city is very disturbing. it is very clear there is a difference between what we saw over the past week with the peaceful protests those who wish to seek justice, those who wish to be heard, and whatant answers and the difference between those protests and the thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city. i'm a life-long resident of baltimore and too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses tearing down and destroying pr

and at that moment, i knew i was going to be a public defender. >> woodruff: elsie roberts didn't livee her daughter's illustrious legal career or her historic entry into the world of professional sports. >> you obviously are not the only rookies in the room. >> woodruff: just how unlikely a match was it do you think? >> it's not as unlikely as people think. being the executive director of a players union means understanding what the members want, what the members need and helping them get there. >> woodruff: that "promised- land" for players is a new collective bargaining agreement with owners up for negotiation in 2017. the last agreement, in 2011, was reached only after a lockout. it cost the players much of their season and depleted their total revenue by as much as three billion dollars. >> it was very favorable to the owners. >> woodruff: andrew zimbalist, a top sports economist at smith college, points out that players were earning more a decade ago. >> the players share of total revenue in the nba or what they call basketball-related income has fallen. it was up around 60%. it

senator roberts: say hello to elsie for me. >> thank you. senator roberts: joining us today from texas a&m university, dr. rawson is professor and department head of the economics department. he focuses on international trade and marketing. he however is not responsible for texas a&m leaving the big 12 and going to that other football conference. dr. rawson received his phd masters, and bachelors all from texas a&m. he was a captain in the u.s. army reserve. we thank you for your service, sir. i believe you are joined by your wife, is that correct? dr. rawson: no sir. senator roberts: migy gracuious. dr. rawson: it is my pleasure to be here today, i want to thank you for inviting me to testify on the challenges and opportunities associated with trade cuba. i have been studying the cuba market for about 15 years i have been there a number of times. we continue to monitor what happens in cuba and exporters in fact our work at texas a&m indicates that one u.s. job is created for every $76,000 in u.s. exports to cuba. we think that makes it wort

senator roberts: say hello to elsie for me. >> thank you.enator roberts: joining us today from texas a&m university, dr. rawson is professor and department head of the economics department. he focuses on international trade and marketing. he however is not responsible for texas a&m leaving the big 12 and going to that other football conference. [laughter] dr. rawson received his phd, masters, and bachelors all from texas a&m. he was a captain in the u.s. army reserve. we thank you for your service, sir. i believe you are joined by your wife, is that correct? dr. rawson: no sir. senator roberts: my gracuious. you have your testimony. dr. rawson: it is my pleasure to be here today, i want to thank you for inviting me to testify on the challenges and opportunities associated with trade with cuba. i have been studying the cuba market for about 15 years i have been there a number of times. we continue to monitor what happens in cuba and exporters, in fact our work at texas a&m indicates that one u.s. job is created for every $76,000 in u.s. expor

. >> reporter: elsie schiller is a vet tech and each dog was cake with as much as 5 pounds of it. >>ive you guys an idea i kind of -- still working on his feet. all urine and feces. his belly. he's very nervous. his bell system full of it. >> reporter: 16 dogs believed to be maltese or lap so app so mixings found stuffed into two cages outside the humane society of greater miami in north miami beach friday morning. >> it appears that they lived in crates in urine and feces and filth they're whole life. >> reporter: the humane society doesn't know who dropped off the dogs. believed to be between seven months and nine years old or where they came from. but they're now getting a lot of tlc and a check up from a vet. >> we're vaccinating them. we're bathing them. they don't have any idea what's going on, but i know in couple of days they'll calm down and it will be -- it will be good. >> reporter: the humane society is required to hold the dogs for five days. after that they'll be ready for adoption and a new start on life life. >> during that quarantine the dogs will be bathed, vaccinat

their mother elsie still lives in bismarck and is 95 years old. skip left behind two young daughters who are thankful to meet fellow sky sailors of their old dad's unit -- of their dad's old unit. skip had planned to make a career out of the military. in high school, he joined the north dakota national guard. then he joined the air force for three years and later joined the navy as a pilot. he was on his third tour of duty in vietnam when his plane was shot down on a reconnaissance mission over laos. in 1993 his remains were finally recovered. richard berringrude. he was born on november 24, 1946. he served in the army 12th infantry regiment. richard died on june 9 1969. he was 22 years old. richard loved softball and playing basketball until high school. richard's father still lives in fargo and his family remembers the letters he sent home describing having been in a swamp which was the first kind of bath he received in a week. richard was an expert rifle man and was killed when he went ahead of his armored unit to help clear the way. brent spin

reprehensible that these companies are avoiding the taxes with the armed forces funding but they hold the elsie. as a when burger king would merge to move up north. andrea are already subsidizing with free rent into today's the we use discretion of the time when retell different companies you cannot actually do the work we do that all the time this is just another way of who we get to choose so i strongly support this amendment. >> first of all, as someone who has dealt with food franchises the reason why we have company in version is because we have the highest corporate tax rates and though world. if you want to fix that problem over the corporate tax rates to be even with other countries indigos away. the parent companies are often in offshore and they begin there or spread but we have businesses we do business with right here within our borders but they began overseas and went the other way. of the franchisee for the most cases to pay taxes their companies are here it is the parent company that is offshore. but with free rent and would never it is built did they just go into a separately. r

have two boys, chase and colby, two girls, the whole point is i would like to take a moment to wish elsieery happy 1 week birthday. you better get back home as soon as you can. mr. keesling. >> good morning. thank for the opportunity to testify today about the opportunities for agricultural trade with cuba. in particular i would like to thank chairman roberts for his kind invitation and decades of service to kansas and her farmers. my name is doug keesling. i'm a fifth generation farmer. i recently returned from cuba where i was part of a delegation organized by the u.s. agriculture coalition for cuba the primary purpose for usacc is to re-establish cuba as a market for u.s. food and agricultural exports and wheat industry fully endorses that goal. there were nearly 100 participants on trip representing a wide ranging number of organizations and companies. there was a lot of potential in cuba potential inf)n its own ag sector and potential as a market for u.s. exports. as a kansas wheat farmer that potential was obvious every time a meal included bread. cubans eat a lot of it and is the l

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the whole point is that i would like to take a moment to wish elsie a very happy one week birthday. you better get back home as soon as you can. [laughter] mr. kesesling. mr. keesling: good morning. thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify today on agricultural trade with cuba. out of like to thank for the kind invitation and dedication to kansas and their farming. i miss it generation farmer from chase, kansas. i have been on the wheat commission for the last 10 years and have been able to travel to many places because of that. i recently returned from cuba where i was part of the delegation organized by the u.s. agricultural coalition with cuba. the primary purpose for u.s. acc is to reestablish cuba as a market for u.s. food and agricultural exports. and the wheat industry fully endorses that goal. there will nearly a hundred participants on the trip representing a wide range of agricultural organizations and companies. and what i could see, there was a lot of potential in cuba, a potential in the agricultural sector and a potential for market of u.s. exports. as a ka

say hello to elsie for me. >> thank you. >> we have now a welcome to dr. rosen? joining us today from texas a&m university. dr. rossen is professor department head of agriculture economics department where his extension and research interests focus on international trade and international marketing. he however, is not responsible for texas a&m leaving the big 12 and going to that other football conference. dr. rossen received his ph.d. master's bachelor's from texas a & m. was an officer in the united states army, was a captain in the u.s. army reserve. thank you for your service. you're joined by your wife helen, is that correct? >> she is not here. >> we obviously will not have her stand. let me get right to some questions real quick. my gracious. oh, yes, you have your testimony. pardon me. >> thank you. good afternoon mr. chairman, ranking member stabenow, esteem esteemed members of the committee. my pleasure to be here. thank you for inviting me to testify on the challenges and opportunities associated of trade with cuba. i have been studying the cuban marke

joining me now, our cnn senior political analyst, ron brownstein brownstein elsy grammarson and pagend from mike huckabee a potential 2016 candidate, speaking this morning on cnn with michael smerconish. >> you said earlier this week it won't stop until there are no more churches. and it occurred to me and i listened to the totality of that interview, it wasn't the lgbt community that i think caused the reversal in both arkansas and indiana, but rather business interests. you know traditionally republicans supporting business interests, whether it's entities like walmart in your home state, angie's list in indiana. react to that alliance, the alliance between the gay/lesbian community and transgenders and those with the gop. >> well michael, first of all, the reason that those corporations put the pressure on indiana and arkansas was because the militant gay community put the pressure on them. i found it a little hypocritical when you have companies, even -- and i love walmart -- big company in my home state. but they do business in china, for gosh sake. i don't think the chinese are