james emerson. he is the pastor of calvary presbyterian church here into the cisco where he served until 1990 and has just turned 85 years old, so we are delighted to help celebrate her birthday and bringing him to you. we want to get toward your book, which is forgiveness, the key to the creative life. it's a great contribution, honestly, into people who simply want to get in. you are talking about forgiveness long, long ago. we will come back to that, but start us off. you are a pencil boy. >> my dad taught at stanford. i have a great fondness for cal. i grew up there, the only child of my parents. dad was sick most of his days. he had tuberculosis from world war i. i also got it from him, so i really started out as being a consequence of the trances of world war i. that is where she got tv, and ultimately when i caught it, i got it from him. i didn't start school until the 3rd grade. i had to be homeschooled. i went to princeton for seminary. in a that was very, very serious in those days. in a v

. >> congresswoman joanne emerson, are you from missouri or missouri? i'm on the missouri side.n the east side. >> all right, congresswoman thanks for coming on "the daily rundown." >>> last one to vote is a rotten egg? so what's on the senate side of this, we're going to talk to senator chuck schumer, he joins us next. >> $14 trillion debt, much of it owned by china. we're near the breaking point. >> the big republican superpac brought through gps steps it up on the obama administration, in the middle of his debt fight, a little china bashing there. we're going to see who wins this battle of public opinion over this deficit. but look ahead at the president's schedule. the less that's on the schedule, the more that's happening, that's the lesson we all know at the white house. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ]

arrested of the shooting is linked to the bombing in the capital earlier stateside pre-christian emerson said the situation is the worst his country's ever seen prime minister again stoltenberg called an emergency government crisis meeting tonight preliminary reports suggest a car bomb with a blast so powerful it blew windows over one kilometer radius was responsible thick smoke was seen rising from the near boy oil ministry building after that bomb went off it caught fire two police evacuated both the city center and also central railway station there are also reports tonight that the army has been deployed around areas of the city center to ensure safety unconfirmed reports say the terror group the helpers of the global jihad has claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan and then in a separate attack a gunman reportedly dressed as a policeman opened fire at a youth rally outside all slow he's now been arrested and he told of police have reportedly been sent to the camp with some seven hundred teenagers were gathered. we will of course keep you updated on

that seems like an exception to the dogma, but what did emerson say? a speech of consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. >> i was just thinking that. [laughter] going the other direction, as fast as possible, one of the things -- a pattern that has arisen over the years -- a lot of the leading engineers in the technology industry tend to meet with each other at an burning man, recognize kindred spirits, something like that. the most recent case would be eric schmidt meeting with the founders of google up there. that would reportedly one of the big factors. what is it that makes burning man such a haven for that kind of connection? >> several factors. you think about the culture of silicon valley. eric schmidt had been some interesting papers. he had been making the point that so much of the tech industry is project-based learning. google gives people time off to do what they want. they give them time to explore and hang out with other people, outside of the framework of this more structured enterprise. burning man, from the very beginning is proj

the rock fears of a slow down and companies from corning to emerson saying it ain't looking too electric and washington is stuck in the same place, the doubt deal that is still for now dead and a dow jones industrial average staggering off 200 point as day, making it 500 points in the latest sell off. and the week is still young the we have two more trading days left. welcome, everybody, you have heard about the sell off and now the carry on of the doubt. so well kick things off a little bit differently today because, frankly, in the midst of the debt ceiling hysteria, i step back and say, this is long overdue perspective. i have heard so many distortions and lies, so little time. so, six days from supposedly doomsday, i will be the first to say, no doomsday. why not calm down and be clear. we will not default in the debt ceiling is not raised by next week. we will default if we miss payments to bondholders in ex-week or any week. that never changed. be clear point two: republicans are not the ones who risk not paying the bondholders in that event. only the president has the power to pay

stagnating orders at emerson electric sent its shares down almost 7%. in data new orders for durable goods fell unexpectedly in june. >>> the release of a fed survey showing slower growth around most of the nation led to nearly half the dow's losses in the last two hours of trade. pessimistic speculators sent oil futures plunging $2.19 a barrel. investors did gobble up shares of the dunkin brands ipo. the stock soared over 46%. amazon was up after tuesday's posting of higher than expected earnings and revenue. after the bell visa reported better than expected quarterly results and plans to buy back $1 billion in shares. also, after closing, upscale grocer whole foods reported beat the street profits and it raised its four-year forecast. >>> call it the ultimate barn find. the website jalopnik shows three rare italian gems, two ferraris and a maserati will be sold at auction in california next month after spending more than 30 years in a texas storage shed gathering dust. gathering dust and appreciating in value. >>> the pirates and braves go extras agai

youth camp eyewitnesses say more than twenty may have been killed there state secretary christian emerson out is that this situation is the quote worst his country has seen since the second world war preliminary reports suggest a car bomb with a blast so powerful that it blew out windows over a one kilometer radius witnesses say they saw thick smoke rising. the never called ministry building after it too caught fire and confirmed reports say the terror group the helpers of the global jihad claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan dale bushell's in oslo with the latest. police are not commenting at the moment on what they believe was the cause of the killing man reportedly dressed as a policeman might have entered the camp for pointing to a two year old he started shooting twenty five to thirty people possibly have said to have been killed there are reports of children swimming for their lives horrific horrific tales from the scene both suspect has been arrested reports are he looks norwegian or police believe it is linked to the explosion in oslo but the c

staggering order that emerson electric sent shares down almost 7%. in data, new orders for durable goods fell unexpectedly in june. the release of a fed survey showing slower growth around most of the nation led to nearly half the dow's losses in the last two hours of trade. pessimistic speculators sent oil futures plunging $2.19 a barrel. investors did gobble up shares of the duncan brand's ipo. the stock soared over 46%. amazon was up after tuesday's posting of higher than expected earnings and revenue. after the bell, visa reported better than expected quarterly results and plans to buy back $1 billion in shares. also whole foods reported beat the street profits and it raised its full-year forecast. and call it the ultimate barn find. the website jalapnik unveils gems that will be auctioned in california next month, after spending more than 30 years in a texas storage shed gathering dust. and that's going to be one expensive auction. >>> the pirates and braves go extras again, the mets play let's make a deal, and the los of shuffling on the first

that raises awarenessaç forgi"7j0ngaffordab and we in this school -- we started a club called the emersonject. >> reporter: club was started after a teacher suggested the idea to one of her students. >> i got the member because. i' a member of the habitat affiliate out in suffolk county] new york. i've been doing it there for m5db the before my junior year, we were emailing and stuff like that and she told me about starting this project and i was just really excited and on board so we didn't really know where we were >> reporter: actually, starting the club was the easy part. the real challenge was raising money. one of the things the club did was an event called pasta and prizes night. >> this islç@]o& our major fundr of the year. we ravel off all of our gift baskets, we hopeá to earn a couple thousand dollars tonight to send out kids down to new orleans. k >> reporter:y teens respect jus helping in new orleans. they're also working withs habitat for humanity to build homes in new york area. >> there's a huge need for affordable house, everywhere we build affordable homes for ái families

emerson: in the bottom of the 7th inning with the score tied 4 to 4. laura richardson and linda sanchez were both walked because the other team were afraid of them hitting and debbie gets up and hits a single and were it not for the fact that linda sanchez ran around the bases and collided with the catcher and slided into home, we would not have won. thank you, linda sanchez. the chair: without objection, the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: we are so proud of not just our victory and we are really so sorry that our opposition is not in the press gallery to witness this acceptance of the trophy, but the two things we are the most proud of, one, we continue to be the best example of bipartisanship in the capitol, in the united states capitol, and we hope that our friends friendship will extend to the rest of the legislative process and hopefully we will continue to be that example. we know it carries over to our friendships. and number two, the beneficiary of the congressional women's softball team is an organization that is

emerson and. the second pick. in the campaign and they are this is creation. those tapes were just released by the l.b.j. library last year it's amazing it's richard nixon that lyndon johnson was accusing of treason. but by then nixon's plan of work south vietnam boycotted the peace talks the war continued and nixon won the white house thanks to it gerald ford was the next republican after nixon left office the same way he entered it by breaking the law jerry ford took over the jury four was never elected and would never have been president had it not been for richard nixon's treason so that's two republicans in office thanks to cold hard trees and then there was ronald reagan elected in one nine hundred eighty one thanks to a little something called the october surprise when his people sabotaged then president jimmy carter's negotiations to release american hostages in iran reagan's people promised the iranians that if they held off on releasing the american hostages and sold after the election when reagan would give them a sweet weapons deal i had investigat

. >> reporter: emerson spartz launched the fan web site mugglenet when he was just 12 years old. >> "potter" was the gateway drug for books for a generation. with the power of the internet combined with the intricate and detailed world j.k. rowling created, it's helped to catalyze a generation of writers. >> reporter: author j.k. rowling doesn't seem to mind. this fall she'll launch her own web site, pottermore, which may offer even more fan fiction fodder well after the last credit rolls on the big screen. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org for many commuters. the protest, shutting down a san francisco bart station. "...it's scary it makes you wonder how safe is it?" a popular spot for joggers turns into a crime scene: 2 shootings in less than a week. what the victims have in common. "they didn't even want to acknowledge their mistake" a bank mix-up lands a customer in jail, for days. an

there's no question that you know fact checking the wires that come out of fox news or the come out of emerson b.c. when they come out of the new york times which media matters is like quite a bit of is educational and it's see through permissable and it's something that we obviously spend a lot of time you know be concerned about papers seriously so of course it's absolutely a scare tactic is fox at risk of losing their legitimacy in the in the legitimacy they have with their viewers in the united states as a consequence of what's going on in the u.k. or is has that fire is that you know they're working hard to hold that or will you think it will there are they are i've looked at i think we we had others may have made a little lot of difference and really educating informing you know other journalists mainstream media folks about the fact that fox is not a news organization their political their political offers are been acting as such for the past two years now what does it take to get to their viewership of the really they're watching every day well now we're seeing news corp emerge as a ma

shooting is linked to the bombing in the capital just a little earlier state secretary christian emerson said quote the situation is the worst his country has ever seen and the prime minister again stopping work is called an emergency government crisis meeting tonight preliminary reports suggest a car bomb with a blast so powerful that it blew out windows over a kilometer radius away thick smoke was seen earlier arising from the nearby all ministry building after it too caught fire place evacuated both the city center and oslo central railway station unconfirmed reports say the terror group the helpers of the global jihad claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan and then came through news of a separate attack where a gunman reportedly dressed as a policeman opened fire at a youth rally outside always low he's been arrested but there are eyewitness reports claiming he may have killed up to thirty we heard that again i witness reports saying that some teenagers were seen trying to swim into the sea to get away from the terror that was around them and it ter

why the sayings from we're all rough while the emerson while i sit on the cushion of advantage i fall asleep and i do believe there's a malays that comes when and the disconnection that comes when wealth and able to stand on top rather than being down in the me and marrow of community in life the movie i am your most recent film that you just finished touring around the country you interviewed scientists religious leaders environmentalist philosophers desmond tutu noam chomsky limit tagore elisabeth's satoris howard's and others. in that movie be the ark of the movie kind of seems like you started with this accident and injury and that led you to all of this transformation and yet everything i'm hearing from you and this isn't contradicted contradicting but everything i'm hearing from you is sounds like almost a lifetime spiritual study was that an absolute starting point or just a transition point leading you to make the movie and what and in even in the either case what provokes this this brilliant documentary. well the bike accident where i got post-concussion syndrome and felt i w

msnbc contributors emerson lloyd weber, jonathan cape heart, and rupert cox, a pleasure to see the three you. mr. cox, financial markets showing some squirrelyness, on the currency side you're seeing a bit of activity. at the same time there is not much of a we need a market smackdown. it will galvanize considerable all of a sudden -- you know, i don't want you to get hedge fund managers. they're going to çsay, my god,y pension is now worth 10% less than the day before. whether you liked t.a.r.p. or not. it was that first round through the smackdown for two days, i think the dow fell like -- just an absolute -- >> bloodbath, but the problem is i don't know if we're going to have that kind of moment. i also believe that what we will have is a downgrade, but no one can kind of like get their hands on it. >> and even if you're downgraded, it doesn't matter. japan was downgraded, but it doesn't affect their interest rates. >> well, 95% of their bonds are bought by japanese individuals. we don't have quite that luxury, but a downgrade is one of these things with basic li you get once, you ke

emerson electric, kind of a poster child, it filed a regulatory warning, saying it's seeing, quote, aning of general business activity in june and july. on top of that, the beige book reports slowing growth and durable goods fell in 2% in june. much of the data suggesting we are slowing down, not speeding up. the market weakness spreading. those stocks all fell even as their earnings rose. boeing and amazon, though, were one of the rare ones to buck the trend. that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> here's a big story. president obama's approval numbers may be holding nationally, but a few battlegroundground polls may cause concern. michael feldman and jean feehery are here with me. i guess we can all argue, let's look at the numbers and see what they actually mean. obama won the state of michigan, by the way, the last time around. a 57 to 40, but according to the latest mra poll right now, he would lose a general matchup with romney, 42-46. john feehery, this is amazing. i(tiink it does show that the residue of support for romney in the state in

he's the author of beneath the american renaissance in the age of emerson and melville, and i certainly found that that s word, subversive, came up quite a bit in his analysis of "uncle tom's cabin "and its impact. and david is the author of faith and fiction, so when you see this list of books, you begin to understand how much he may -- how often he may have run into stowe and uncle tom's cabin in his other work. his latest book that we are talking about tonight is "mightier than the sword: uncle tom's cabin and the battle for america," which as i mentioned will be released by norton on june 14th, stowe's 200% birthday. also released that day will be a new, modern version of the splendid edition of "uncle tom's cabin," an absolutely gorgeous document that you have to wait until then to get. so, please, join me in welcoming david reynolds to the harriet beecher stowe center. david. [applause] >> thanks very much, katherine. um, what i'm going to do is just comment for 15 or 20 minutes introducing my book and then katherine and i are going to have a friendly dialogue and, hopefully, open

. >> greg emerson, check him out, mainstreet.com. >>> coming up, "hardball" has a busy one.is soon to develop, or so they say. chris matthews following all the action with his analysis. first, when the people supposed to protect you are actual liz those preying on you, speaking of our government. one woman's mission to expose institutional corruption and sex trafficking now the topic of a new blockbuster movie. she's here with the director of that film, next. [ groans ] [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue... [ female announcer ] something unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. with a variety of flavors, multigrain pops with pringles. >>> all right. institutional corruption, whether special interests waying off our government to the avoid dealing with our own problems, or in so many other places in the world, is rampan

. >> plato, socrates, emerson. these are all discussions about understanding your personhood and understanding impulse and rationality. in a way to really maximize your steps in your decision in your mind and really to bring those things into alignments. why? because those things never disappear. rationality never trumps impulse and impulse never dominates rationality. >> reporter: what the bard prison program tries to do is redirect the impulses that put these men away while maximizing the rationality they need when they get out. one such graduate is anthony cardknellis. he has come back to speak to those still working on their degrees and their sentences. >> bard is here for a reason. >> reporter: can bard actually place a self-described stick-up artist who did years in here for homicide in a meaningful, well-paying job? >> i don't care what state the economy is in. if one person is successful, then can i be successful. >> reporter: in other words, is that pep talk poppycock? or are bard grads getting real jobs?

the cockeyed optimist who happens to believe in human goodness maybe i read it too much ralph waldo emerson are something but i was raised as a christian scientist. [laughter] and maybe that is it. i like to see the good in people and to me that is another appealing thing. there are very few characters like simon who is a perverse character there are some better definitely bad guys but what i love about the novel you could read it to feel uplifted like i don't like four movies or bloody movies i like the uplifting movies i like uncle tom cabin because it is uplifting will ultimately like rosa parks and martin luther king does wind. they do win in the end so i guess i stand on the side of the blind side at optimists standing on the side of hope and goodness and being victorious what can i say? there isn't too much by the time she wrote dread she was more bitter had difficulty with that moral goodness and i love to dread and it is a great novel and it is wonderful but the does inspire me with a sense of both the way uncle tom cabin does. thank you for bringing that up. >> i don't know how far

. >> the other writers are poet and esayist ralph waldo emerson, washington irving, author of "rip vanwinkle" and "the legend of sleepy hollow," thomas babington mccauley, a british politician and writer whose most names work was a history of england published in 1848. nathaniel hawthorne who published the scarlet letter in 1850 and sir walter scott, the scottish write evers whose works included "ivanhoe," "rob roy" and "the lady of the lake." standing in front of the building in the evening, you can see the busts back lit from the lights in the great hall. and from the inside, the western evening sky of washington as well as the washington monument serve as the back drop. >> congress has always needed information. when they were in philadelphia and new york, there were libraries. they had a wonderful collection. when they got to washington, d.c., there were battlefields. there were no libraries. what they had to do was create a library. the actual creation came in a bill signed by president john adams. he found a place in the northwest corner of the capitol building. >> they build the rotun

. >> the other riders are ralph waldo emerson, washington irving, a german writer, thomas betting timauley, a british writer. an american novelist, nathaniel hawthorne, who publish the scarlet letter in 1950. and sir walter scott, the scottish writer whose works included ivan hel, robin -- rob roy, and the lady of the lake. -- ivan hel, rob roy, and the lady of the lake. >> standing in front of the building in the evening, you can see the bus back late from the great hall -- busts backlit from the great hall. as a well as the washington monument serving as the backdrop. >> congress has always needed information. when they were in philadelphia and new york, there were libraries. they had a wonderful collection. when they got to washington, d.c., there were battlefields. there were no libraries. what they had to do was create a library. the actual creation came in a bill signed by president john adams. he found a place in the northwest corner of the capitol building. >> they build the rotunda, they built the library of congress along the west front of the capital between dissent and the

and even ralph waldo emerson, the great writer himself, says this president of ours just seems to be introspect in this country to the point of disaster. to me, lincoln in writing this document, which has not gotten as much attention as what we think of as the great lincoln documents, he was fighting the war intellectually with himself. he was deciding as he was articulating what it was that was wrong about secession, how was that secession was an existential threat to the united states, and how this threat needed to be countered. as you said, the whole legacy of the american revolution was contested at this moment. i love discovering the moments when, in virginia at this fort i was speaking about confederate territory, the union troops wakeup on july 4, and they plan to celebrate the holiday by firing off a bunch of artillery salutes and getting wildly drunk, of course, the great american tradition. and then they start firing off their artillery salutes, and very quickly they start hearing from the other side of the james river, confederate artillery firing, and they say holy hell,

emerson: thank you, madam chairman. first let me say i deeply respect the words that all of my colleagues have talked about with regard to high-speed rail and i understand very much the concerns that funding for emergency flood restoration and rebuilding would come at a cost to future yields of -- years of high-speed rail development, keeping in mind this money has not been specifically obligated. first let me talk about the flooding that's -- starting in north dakota going all the way down to louisiana, down the entire missouri river system and the entire mississippi river system. we are talking about more than 1/3 of the entire water shed of the united states of america. we are talking about farmers. we are talking about the people who work for the farmers. we are talking about the hardware stores and the dealers and communities that have been devastated by flooding, and these folks have no recourse. we are talking about billions of dollars in lost economic activity. and we are talking about the safety and protection

emerson: thank you, mr. chair. i deeply respect my colleagues coming here and raising the subject of increased funds in this bill for the corps of engineers and i also want to thank mr. frelinghuysen and mr. vis cossly for understanding this very important need that money and construction accounts and -- vis cosscally for understanding this very important need that money and construction amounts will go to repair and rebuild flood protections so the victims of historic flooding all up and down the mississippi river and the missouri river can recover from the terrible losses they've suffered. it's not just the people in the southern missouri district i represent who need help. it's also people in louisiana and iowa and north dakota and kentucky and mississippi, illinois and a host of other states. throughout the country people who rely on flood protection to shelter their homes, their schools, their churches and their workplaces have seen their lives and their livelihoods totally disrupted. in one missouri county al

i didn't hear much of the public intellectual a-la emerson and al-la our high schools and they need to understand citizens united against -- the idea that the corporate state can now contribute to our election has made us an olligargy. we need writers imaginations against the corporate global state. our nations have little to say really and i want to refer you all to roj patel "the value of fog." he's a print economist who explains all of this and the corporation the pathological pursuit of power by joel bachmann because these nonfiction writers are so vital to us but we creative writers can use their facts to make brilliant meaningful human dramas full of empathy for the suffering who suffer under the global corporate state so thank you. i know many of you know what i'm saying but i just felt the need to say it. and i wanted to recommend those books to you. rog patel if you haven't already read the value of of nothing. our hamburger mcdonald's. it doesn't cost a dollar. it costs the pleasant and its resources millions and causes death everywhere when we chop down rain forests to graze

after that, and worked in emerson company with my family. i stayed there for quite some time until late 2001 when the interim administration came into power. i joined them to serve my country. host: our first call is from washington, d.c. line.is on the democrats' caller: i know this is a sensitive issue in this country. fromis america's benefit all the support, blood, and that we've given to afghanistan? could you talk about the economic cooperation side of the equation? the navy has been helping to survey the country for rare earth metals. could you talk about the specifics in terms of what the economic benefit to the united states will be? guest: let's talk about why the united states anengaged in afghanistan in the first place. we all felt there was a direct security threat from that part of the world. we have more than 40 other countries also supporting us as far as security is concerned. we received great support as far as development in afghanistan is concerned. we are grateful for that. we have a lot of success stories in health, edu

i did not hear much of the public intellectual ala emerson and edwards lead until this morning.am very pleased that the young people had the most vital things to say. they need to understand that it citizens united against al right to individuals -- i mean, the idea that the corporate state cannot contribute to our elections making as an oligarchy. we are no longer a democracy and have to face that. we need riders imagination against the corporate global states. our nations have little to say, really, and i want some of return you all to runs the tell global best seller, the value of nothing. a brilliant economist to explain all this. and the corporations, the pathological pursued a power by joe bachmann because these nonfiction writers are so vital to us. we creative writers can use their fax to make brilliant meaningful human dramas full of empathy to the suffering his suffered under the global corporate state. thank you. i know many of you know what i'm saying, but i just felt the need to say it. i wanted to recommend those books to you. if he had not already read the value o

britain has the second-largest contingent emerson no rigid military personnel in the country behind the united states. his announcement follows president obama's decision to reduce american troops but 33,000 by the end of next summer. meanwhile, in afghanistan a charter plane chartered by the u.s. military has crashed into a mountain top. no americans were aboard the plane according to a spokesperson for the u.s. transportation command. we will hear more in afghanistan from general david read this. you can hear this later on c- span radio. nbc reports that mitt romney raise over $18 million in the second quarter, the amount larger than any other gop candidates. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> c-span has launched a new easy to navigate web site for politics in the 2012 presidential campaign. links to c-span media partners in the early primary caucus states. visit us at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> the supreme court is now available as a standard and enhanced ebook. 11 original c-span interviews with current and retired justices. this new edition includes an int

but the other riders are ralph waldo emerson, washington irving, goethe, thomas macauley, nathaniel hawthornewho published "the scarlet letter" in 1850, and sir walter scott. standing in front of the building in the evening, you can see the bus back with from the lights in the great hall. from the inside, the western evening sky of washington as well as the washington monument served as the backdrop. >> congress has always needed information, and when they were in philadelphia and new york, their libraries -- their work libraries criti. in washington, there was no urban life, and so what they had to do was create a library. the creation came in a bill signed by president adams. the first books were ordered from england. when it expanded in the 1820's, when they built the rotunda, they built the library along the entire west front between the senate and house chambers. for many years, most of the 19th century, the west front of the capital was the library of congress. >> 1814, the library of congress held 3000 volumes. >> 1812, we went to war with great britain, and in august, 1814, british tr

. >> the other riders are ralph waldo emerson, washington irving, author of "rick van winkle," thomasaulay, who is famous work was the history of england from james the second. american novelist nathaniel hawthorne, who published a book with a scarlet letter," in 1950. and sir walter scott, whose works included idaho, rob roy, and a lady of the lake. standing in front of the building in the evening, you can see the bus back lit from the lights in the great hall. and from the inside, the western evening sky of washington, as well as the washington monument serve as the backdrop. >> congress has always needed information. when they were in philadelphia and new york, there were libraries that they could go to. philadelphia had wonderful collections. but when they got to washington, d.c. in 1800, there were tobacco fields here. no libraries, no urban life. they still needed information. what they needed to do was create a library. the actual creation came in a bill signed by president john adams. the first books were ordered from england. >> when the capital expanded in the 18 20s, when t

my colleague, jim mcgovern, jo ann emerson, members of the hunger caucus, along with myself and barbara lee and maxine waters and gwen moore and others have been very vocal on this issue. ms. mccollum also has added her voice from minnesota. the crisis is worsening though. the famine early warning system network believes within the next one or two months the famine will spread throughout all of southern somalia. as the situation has grown more dire, over 600,000 somalis have fled to neighboring countries, some walking hundreds of miles to refugee camps. the roads to these camps in northern kenya and eastern ethiopia have been described by "the washington post" and others as roads to death. thousands of women, children and elderly are left on the side of the road, weak from malnutrition, unable to continue. they're resting on those who have already died. and so i ask all of you to respond to this very serious situation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: at this time the chair recognizes mr. goodlatte from virginia for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr

emerson, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 1938, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to direct the president to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the keystone oil pipeline and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule the, the bill is considered as read the first time. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on transportation and infrastructure, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on natural resources. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, and the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, each will control 15 minutes

after that, and worked in emerson company with my family. i stayed there for quite some time until late 2001 when the interim administration came into power. i joined them to serve my country. host: our first call is from washington, d.c. line.is on the democrats' caller: i know this is a sensitive issue in this country. fromis america's benefit all the support, blood, and that we've given to afghanistan? could you talk about the economic cooperation side of the equation? the navy has been helping to survey the country for rare earth metals. could you talk about the specifics in terms of what the economic benefit to the united states will be? guest: let's talk about why the united states anengaged in afghanistan in the first place. we all felt there was a direct security threat from that part of the world. we have more than 40 other countries also supporting us as far as security is concerned. we received great support as far as development in afghanistan is concerned. we are grateful for that. we have a lot of success stories in health, edu