after the attack, president franklin delano roosevelt stated that this day, december the seventh is a day that will live in infamy, and it has. we gathered to remember that attack on pearl arbor -- pearl harbor and remember and honor all of those who served in world war two. it is my pleasure today to represent the friends of the national world war ii memorial. it is an organization that is dedicated to ensuring that we always remember the greatest generation and their service, valor, and sacrifice. all those who supported on the home front -- we worked closely and proudly with the national parks service and the department of defense to bring event like this throughout the year and throughout the summer. this memorial is a very sacred cut -- a sacred place where we come to visit, to remember, to reflect, and to commemorate the defining moments of world war two -- world war ii , and to honor those who served on the battlefront and the home front and the families that were left behind. this memorial honors the more than 16 million men and women who served in our armed forces during worl

that's why we rate lincoln and washington and martin luther king and franklin delano roosevelt as amongatest leaders we ever had, because they all stood for peace especially when times were very, very difficult. >> axelrod: you mentioned a number of politicians that you could tick off as pursuing peace a generation ago. are there a similar list of politicians to mention now? >> it's hard to find sitting presidents and prime ministers who are saying to their people, "my overriding goal is peace in our country or peace in the world." our politicians, understandably, have to cope with the economic crises, with the age of terrorism in which we live. but you can find people operating below that radar screen, sometimes not with the power of a state at their disposal, who are doing extraordinary things. things like aung san suu kyi, the democratic leader of burma. people like malala yuseff, who comed the right of girl to go to school in pakistan and she was nearly murdered for that. and we can really be inspired by people who put their lives on the line, who risked everything in their own comm

consecutive terms with over fifty percent of the vote that something we haven't seen since franklin delano roosevelt and he's basically the beneficiary of the offer of a kind of new america a new demographic a new cultural america that he is now the symbol of so let me get this straight simply because obama was reelected he deserves to be person of the year you see this is a giant political charade being pushed by mainstream publication one that's chosen to revel in the fact that obama is just a mere symbol he made history as the nation's first black president than to evaluate him and his horrendous human rights record complete disregard of the rule of law continuation of bush administration policies you see by ignoring obama's policies you know in a moral drone an assassination program authorizing the indefinite detention of american citizens and in our right crusade against a whistleblowers the media simply condones it so rest assured that this new title probably sit right alongside another well deserved one that good old nobel peace prize now if you find this is disturbing as i do let's break the

consecutive terms with over fifty percent of the vote that's something we haven't seen since franklin delano roosevelt and he's basically the beneficiary of the offer of a kind of new america a new demographic a new cultural america.

a uso was founded over 70 years ago by franklin delano roosevelt with the expressed purpose of liftingthe spirits of troops and families. now, while we tend to focus on our constituents, which is our 2 million military members and are several million family members, we focus on, to a large degree, for groups that need us most. at think everyone would recognize these. deployed troops, those that are serving in harm's way, taking care of and protecting the freedoms that we enjoyed elite. the second group that we take care of and focus on other families of the deployed and particularly those that have had to deal with multiple the bonds. we also focus on our wounded, el, and injured service members as well as families of the fallen. those are the people we were kardashian and not to take care of. gerri: we were just showing pictures of your many good works, giving people a sense of what you do. there is also the big problem, veterans can't find jobs. counseling of veterans. tell us what you are doing to help people get back in the work force after they served in the military. >> we really

after the attack, president franklin delano roosevelt stated that this day, december 7, is the day whichand it has. we gather to remember that attack on pearl harbor, and honor those who received the blow of that first strike. and also remember and honor all those who served in world war ii. it's my pleasure today to represent the friends of the national world war ii memorial, an organization that is dedicated to ensuring that we always remember the greatest generation and their service, valor and sacrifice. and all those who served on the homefront. to achieve this we worked very closely and proudly with the national park service, and with the department of defense to bring events like this throughout the year and band concerts throughout the summer. this memorial is a very sacred place. where we come to visit, to remember, to reflect, and commemorate the defining moment of world war ii. and to honor those who serve both on the battlefront and on the homefront, and the families that were left behind. this memorial honors the more than 16 million men and women who serve in our armed forc

, the first to be carried by a democrat twice in ohio by more than 50% of the vote since franklin delano rooseveltflects the effort, work, diligence of those present and properly of those not present. to our friends in the campaign, thank you for your leadership. to those who supported our efforts all across this important state, thank you for your support. i would like to recognize members of the senate and house leadership today as well as the members of the general assembly present. i would like to personally thank secretary husted. our effort continues beyond today. as we are reminded by the opening prayer, our effort begins anew. to all those present, congratulations. this historic day marks what the secretary of state so aptly pointed out, the retention of power and another four years for president obama. on behalf of the ohio democratic party and those who supported the campaign of the president, i simply say thank you. with that, i would like to recognize and bring to the podium the former governor of the state of ohio governor ted strickland. >> the scriptures remind us that god has not g

. >>> 71 years ago today, ray emory survived what president franklin delano roosevelt called a day thatl live in infamy. the japanese bombing of pearl harbor. now the 91-year-old is being honored for his detective work, for the last ten years ray has been helping put names with graves of service members killed that day. for one man, it was a broken tooth. for another, it was a broken leg suffered as a child. ray emory's memories and personal records helped identify those service members. a moment of silence today at a ceremony at pearl harbor to remember the 2,400 men and women who lost their lives that day. >>> and in michigan, outrage over workers' rights. protesters packed into the state capital building after the republican-led legislature passed a series of right to work bills. union activists are angry at the new measures which they say weaken unions and limit workers' rights. the governors made it clear he's ready to make it law. that would make michigan, which is considered the birth place of organized labor, the 24th right to work state. >>> for a second straight day, growing o

that is something we haven't seen since franklin delano roosevelt.nd he is basically the beneficiary and the author of a kind of new america, a new demographic, a new cultural america, that he is now the symbol of. >> this is the second time president obama was named person of the year. time wrote up a great piece on the president. but everyone is really talking about these pictures. time showcases a number of stung images taken by white house photographer peter souza. he captures behind-the-scenes pictures like this one, so unbelievable. this is the president writing the newtown speech he gave on sunday night. he worked on it during his daughter's sasha's ballet rehearsal. then there are the lighthearted moments in the white house. this photograph here, this picture shows the president of the united states pretending to be caught up in spider-man's web while being greeted by the son of a white house staffer. that's being a dad right there. and this one shows some family time. president obama is seen here playing in the snow with his daughters at the

, the first to be carried by a democrat twice in ohio by more than 50% of the vote since franklin delano rooseveltk, diligence of those present the and a properly those not present. to our friends in the campaign, that you for your leadership. to those who supported our efforts all across this important state, make you for your support. directly -- i would like to recognize members of the senate and house the ship today as well as the members of the general assembly president. i would like to personally thank secretary husted. our effort continues beyond today. as we are reminded by the opening prayer, our effort begins anew. to all the presents, congratulations. this historic day marks as what's the secretary of state so aptly pointed out the retention of power and another four years for president obama. ops on behalf of the ohio democratic party and those who supported the campaign of the president, i simply say thank you. with that i would like to recognize and bring to the podium the former governor of the state of ohio, governor ted strickland. >> the scriptures remind us that god is not give

likes to think of himself as a revolutionary figure on the order of abraham lincoln and franklin delano roosevelt. and there are counter weighing forces. then there are the irresistible economic and financial realities. the u.s. government have bird itself to the hilt. the american economy is no longer growing at the rates of a few decades ago and certainly not at the rates of the 1950's and 1961 our entitlement programs have solved to the public and installed. it is hard to see how any new agenda can be paid for. it is hard to see how those are in place. barack obama may represent an era that is ending rather than one that is beginning. we have found it difficult to imagine a future of people that might undo our present system because we assume the welfare state as we know it is an historical destination. beyond which there lino political possibilities. to much hard work and political reform -- we have arrived at a history. where have we heard that before? where the future can be seen as a gradually improving extension of the present state of affairs. this is the conventional view and for many i

no woman sat on any federal board of appeals, and it been only one in history when franklin delano roosevelt appointed from ohio to the sixth circuit court of appeals. when she left there were none until 1968. so in the years when i was going to law school, no women on any federal court of appeals, or on the supreme court. i had no woman teacher. that was unheard of. what was law school like? in the not so good old days. well, my class numbered over 500, and of those, nine were women. how did we feel? well, we thought all eyes were on this, so we better be prepared because if we weren't, it would reflect not only on ourselves but on all women. to see the difference, i will tell you about -- a colleague of mine at columbia law school, women are in law school in numbers. this great professor said, i think it's great that we have so many women, but i have a certain long for the way it was. when the class was moving slowly and you needed a crisp, bright answer, you called on the woman your she was always prepared. [laughter] she would give you the right answer and then you could move on. well, n

likes to think of himself as a revolutionary figure on the order of abraham lincoln and franklin delano roosevelt. at the same time there are countervailing forces and the gathering among the voters to bring in the power of the public sector. then there are the irresistible economic and financial realities the u.s. government has already borrowed and the baby boom generation's retiring, the american economy is no longer growing at the rate from decades ago and certainly of the 1950's and 1960's when our major internal at programs or sold in the public and installed. it's hard to see how any new agenda of the government programs will be paid for and indeed it's hard to see how those are already in place and can be paid for. barack obama may represent an era that is ending rather than one that is just beginning. we find it difficult to imagine a future that might undo our current system because we assumed that the welfare state is a historical destination beyond which there lino for their political possibilities. much hard work and political reform and we have not linked arrived at the history. whe