>> i was born in fairmont, the closest to my little town of farmington but farmington is where i reallysed and grew you and spent my childhood until i went to college. >> how many brother as sisters. >> i have two brothers and two sisters. there are five of us. in my family cousins there are 20 of us really raised close together, very short distance. my grandparents were called mama kay and papa. papa joe and mama kay. it was a mayberry. >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics growing up? >> politics was a big part of our life but not something i desired to be in. i enjoyed it, being around it. my uncle james is a flamboyant, colorful politician if you will. he was youngest house delegate member back in 1948. i'm thinking, 47 or 48. he was elected. he was elected when he was 20 years old. you had to be 21 to serve. he turned 21 so he was legal to serve. he was one of the famous civil rights way back before it was even thought about and he was defeated on that issue. he didn't think that there should be two sets of books, one for black children, one for white children. h

>> the hospital closest to my home town of farmington. that was where i was raised and grew up. >> how many brothers and sisters? >> two brothers and two sisters. there are five of us. i have about 20 cousins. we were raised really close together. and my grandparents were called momma and poppa. it was mayberry. >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics? >> we talked about it. it was a part of life. it wasn't something i desired to be in. i enjoyed being around it. my uncle was a flamboyant politician. he was the youngest house of delegates number -- member back in 1947 or 1948, he was elected. 1948. he was 20 years old. you had to be at least 21 to serve. he turned 21 when he was serving. he was one of the famous civil rights before it was even thought about. he was defeated on that issue. he did not think there should be two separate books, one for black children and one for white children. they defeated him on that. that's back in 1950. he served with robert byrd. family was always important. we had to start working. i h

he talks about his child in farmington west virginia his family's political history and his own political career. this is a half-hour. >> senator joe manchin them accredit west virginia you are a true west virginia native. >> absolutely through and through. >> were you born? >> i was born in fairmont close to my home of farmington where i grew up and spent my childhood up until i went to college. >> how many brothers and sisters? >> there are five of us but in our family my cousins there about 20 of us. we were raise really close together a short distance and my grandparents were mama and papa papa -- it was a mayberry. >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics? >> politics was a big part of our lives but not something i desired to be in. i enjoyed being around it. they flamboyant and colorful politician the youngest how so delegate member back in 1948 i think -- 47 or 48. he was elected when he was 20 years old and had to be 21 to serve so he turned 21 so he was legal to serve. he was one of the famous civil rights way back before it was thought about. he was defeated on t

the hospital closest to my home town of farmington. that was where i was raised and grew up. >> hominid brothers and sisters -- how many brothers and sisters? >> two brothers and two sisters. there are five of us. i have about 20 cousins. and that my grandparents were called mom and poppel. poppa.a and >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics? >> we talked about it. it was a part of life. michael was a flamboyant politician. was a flamboyant politician. 1947 or 1948, he was elected. he was at least 20 years old. he turned 21 when he was serving. he was one of the famous civil rights before it was even thought about. he was defeated on that issue. he did not think there should be two separate books, one for black children and one for white children. they defeated him on that. that's back in 1950. he served with proper bird. important.always -- he served with robert byrd. we had to start working. -- and this arguing back and forth and i went back there and there was robert byrd and my grandfather. anderent parts of the bi

my father when he got out of the service started a furniture store in farmington. we grew up in the retail business. in politics, it is retail. it is retail politics. it is simply knowing who your customer is and made sure they are satisfied. you give the product with a good value and great service. you live and die by the satisfaction of your customers. i took the same approach to government. i've been in business since i was 10 years old. i have learned this. they really were the ones, my mother and father and grandparents, is who i am. i'm a product of my environment. we grew up in an area that we had tracks, the railroad tracks ran where the coal came out of the mines. we had a buffalo creek. all those little kids living between that, every time a train came, my grandmother went insane. what she did not know is we would ride the train up to town. it would drive her crazy. that is what the train provided. the lead was for -- the coal that fell off, a lot of people heated their homes. it was what we lived with. my grandmother was the most kind, compassionate. if

>> the hospital closest to my home town of farmington. that was where i was raised and grew up. >> how many brothers and sisters? >> two brothers and two sisters. there are five of us. i have about 20 cousins. and my grandparents were called momma kay and poppa. >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics? >> we talked about it. it was a part of life. my uncle was a flamboyant politician. in 1947 or 1948, he was elected. he was 20 years old. you had to be at least 21 to serve. he turned 21 when he was serving. he was one of the famous civil rights before it was even thought about. he was defeated on that issue. he did not think there should be two sets of books, one for black children and one for white children. they defeated him on that. that's back in 1950. he served with robert byrd. family was always important. we had to start working.

joe manchin talking about growing up in farmington and his family's connection to the 1960 kennedy campaigncathy mcmorris rodgers. here is a preview.

years we had martin luther king and you felt the country was really not -- it wasn't as cohesive as farmington was. let's put it that way. it's a different place out there. >> let me ask you about your parent. you mention the businesses they ran. >> my parents basically. her parents. they were both born. they were born here. both parents, my grated to america both of them six miles apart. both of them had a little grocery store. my father, when we got out of the service in '46 started a furniture story besides the gauche i are store. we grew up in the retail business. i said in politics, it's retail. it's retail politics. retail politics simply knowing who your customer is. and making sure they're satisfied. good value and great service. you live and die by the satisfaction the customer. i took the same approach to government. i was 35 years old. i was in business awful long. that was 10 years old with my grandpas. i learned this. my -- my mother and father and grandparents and aunt and uncles is who i am. the thing people don't know we grew up in an area we have tracks on the railroads tracks

c-span 2 will be pro filing joe manchin on growing up in farmington. as his family's connection to jfk campaign. we'll take a look at republican congresswoman cathy mcmorris. she talks about raising children while serving in congress and how she got started politics. that begins 38:00 -- 8:00 p.m. eastern. secretary of state john kerry said the government shutdown have hurt america's standing in the world. this is about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the center for american president. >> thank you very much. we have had a great afternoon and it is my great honor to introduce secretary kerry who i have to say just came from the plane. literally just driven over from the plane because he's been in europe. obviously handling the country's greatest national security challenges. he has done an amazing job in in the world. he's rushing off here to go to a meeting at the white house. we were thrilled that he was able to be here with us. he has been working with the center for american progress on a whole host of issues, from china, don't a

joe manchin talks about growing up in farmington, and his family's connection with the 1970 campaign. >> the campaign change our family because they're making a battleground. we are catholic. we didn't think religion was a problem. our friends, whatever gospel friends were all the same. that was a big thing. it got me interested. one night we were watching news, and they were talking about this saying that if john kennedy one, the pope would run the country. >> i was single when i was elected to congress. i sit here today and i'm a better person. i'm a better legislature. he has given me a passion for what i do on capitol hill. >> how so? news,n you first get the it is some of the difficult news you receive as a parent. now, and i wasit immediately welcomed by the disabilities committee. throughho have been similar experiences. first of all, reached out and said it is going to be ok. >> you can watch both profiles on 6:30 on c-span. >> what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014. that is the question for students. make a 5-7 minute documentary that shows varying

c-span profiles to lawmakers -- west virginia senator joe manchin, talking about growing up in farmingtonnd his family's connection with the kennedy campaign. rodgers, mcmorris discussing her role within the house republican leadership. this is a preview of mansion, and then rogers. this through the eyes of what i saw in the eyes byrd and his reverence for this great institution. i would have thought when the chips were down, it was always second,first, state politics, third. that is not what i see. i see 100 good people in the senate. i don't have anybody i don't like, i like everybody and try to get along with everybody. -- someestion them motives and reasons, the purpose of the service. and iack to john kennedy think about that speech on television, when i was 13 years old. ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. the constitution says, we the people. youhave to take ownership, have to have routine maintenance, and now we have a country where people say, ask not what your country did to you, but what you can do to it. >> i don't believe the republ

nancy is next joining us from farmington, new mexico. democrats' line. >> ok, thank you. i would like to know, does any of the senate and all the congressmen, do they have to have obamacare too or are they immune from it? because i think it's wrong. i think it's wrong to push anything like this on the american people. there should be -- how are they going to be funded? are they pulling from medicare or social security? that seems to be where verything else is pulled from. i'm totally against anything being pulled from social security, that should be our own savings for years i worked from 1957 up until 197 -- i mean 2003. every single year, and i picked social security -- paid social security that whole time. am i going to be entitled to that, everything plus interest that i paid in? are the rest of the american people entitled to that too? and don't take kay away medicare. that's been forced on us and we need it. >> ok. i hear your husband also commenting on that as well. of course one of the premises behind the president's health care law, the affordable care act, is en

from farmington, california, a woman writes, i've worked in the health care industry as a registered nurse for over 25 years and have already seen its negative impact in the, just in preparing to begin working with it. also, my husband and i have noticed the increasing of prices in our own private health care charges. a woman from granite bay writes, as a result of obamacare, our health insurance costs have tripled. our co-payment has doubled and the deductible has also gone up. also, my primary doctor retired. the next one closed his practice, and my present doctor will close her practice if obamacare is not repealed. a man from rockland writes, as a result of this legislation, my health insurance costs through my employer has nearly tripled. combined with anemic economic growth, resulting in a 1% pay raise since 2009 and a bonus cut by 2/3, increased taxes, i've effectively had severe pay cuts, and most of my co-workers as well. the a.c.a. is a burden on me, my family, my community and our future. from auburn, california, a woman writes, i did some shopping at save mart in auburn t

i believe watching my grandparents and watching my family in the little town of farmington, west virginia where i grew up, people expected you to do things. they expected you to chip in and help people. but they expect you to help yourself also. and they expect you to take care of those who couldn't, the less fortunate. and i've always taken that with me in every aspect of public service. i think i'm reasonable and willing to compromise and work with anybody on any issue. i've always put my state's interest ahead of my party application. -- party politics. i don't make any excuses. i really believe that i'm absolutely a privileged person to be living in the greatest country on earth and being a member of a great family and a great state of west virginia but i'm an american, i'm a west virginian, and then i'm a democrat from west virginia. and i have dear, dear friends who are republicans from west virginia and from all over opportunity. -- all over the country. so when i look at the cause of this problem we have right now, it's about finances, strictly about finances. can we continue to p

the gap between the nation's two top officials, and jacqueline kennedy, a graduate of farmington, connecticut had attended, clever, passionate, and beautiful, spoke french like a native and love the arts. but she was snobbish and extravagant, clearly in a dormant, but could not be counted on to undertake one -- my name political responsibilities. although when she did she impressed everyone with a talented style. she was jealous of other women and was often resentful and withdrawn. she poked fun at the devotion to arrest and earmarking at one point that ladybird would crawl up pennsylvania avenue on their hands and knees over broken glass for lyndon. if i may interject, a very smart -- snide, disgusting remarque, ladybird, in fact, smart, plan, and practical, an excellent business moment. fiercely loyal to resident. she was also exceptional is supportive and provided the emotional balance he had desperately needed. if he romance other women, she did not let it affect your relationship. no matter what else happens she knew she was the most important woman in his life. the fundamental source of

i'd like to mention one man from my hometown of farmington, utah. i think he's a great example of sacrifice and courage. his name is lieutenant colonel jay he's. he spent five -- he sembingssembings. he spent 5 1/2 years -- hess. he spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war during the vietnam war. during this time, you can imagine what he endured. starvation, beatings, isolation , deprivations which it's very difficult, probably impossible for us to appreciate. after 2 1/2 years he was finally given a letter from his family. and as he read this letter he found himself smiling and after a while it hurt because those smile muscles had not been exercised in 2 1/2 years and he'd lost that ability to smile. it was a joyous day when he was returned to his family, his wife and five children. yet despite all of this hardship, he looks back on his life and his experience with great humility and appreciation. he said, how could i be so lucky, so fortunate? it is a good life. this man was a true american hero. and heroism continues today. this fall i had the oppo

the nation's two top officials extended to their lies straight jacqueline kennedy, graduate in farmingtonconnecticut had attended in paris. she was clever, fashionable and beautiful, spoke french like a native, but she was snobbish and extravagant. she was clearly in a dormitory handsome husband. she cannot be counted not to undertake one political responsibility, although when she dish impressed everyone with her talent and style. she was jealous of her husband underwent minimus often resentful in with john. she poked fun at mrs. johnson's devotion to her husband, remarking that one point that ladybird would curl up pennsylvania avenue on her hands and knees over broken glass from an end. if i may interject, a very snide, disgusting remark. ladybird in fact was smart, plain and practical, and excellent businesswoman and as jackie observed from the fiercely loyal to her husband. she was also exceptionally supportive and provided the emotional balance it desperately needed. if london romanced other women, she did not let it affect their relationship to matter what else happened, she knew s

joe manchin talking about growing up in farmington and his family's connection to the 1960 kennedy campaign, and cathy mcmorris rodgers. here is a preview. ♪ >> the idea that putting the kind of crisis point in the middle of december was going to impact the holiday shopping season and the awareness that for many businesses large and , that 70% of business revenue can -- i was struck the fact that one day we were doing significant outreach one day and the president was talking to a bipartisan group of governors. i stayed