bone truth, from the heart. which makes the revelation of one popular singer all the more difficult. but she said she's doing it to save lives. and here's john berman. ♪ liar ♪ that's what you are >> reporter: for 39 years, chely wright says she was a liar. lies that near lly tore her apa. >> my truth is that i'm gay and i hid my homosexuality my entire career. >> reporter: she didn't think country could handle her secret. >> i would read liner moments as if they were bedtime stories. nowhere in there did i read anything about a homosexual. ♪ wish me away >> reporter: they tried to wish it away. inviting a heartbreaking prayer. ♪ wish me away >> just take it away. please, please, please god, don't let me be gay.

bone truth, from the heart.hich makes the revelation of one popular singer all the more difficult. but she said she's doing it to save lives. and here's john berman. ♪ liar ♪ that's what you are >> reporter: for 39 years, chely wright says she was a liar. lies that near lly tore her apa. >> my truth is that i'm gay and i hid my homosexuality my entire career. >> reporter: she didn't think country could handle her secret. >> i would read liner moments as if they were bedtime stories. nowhere in there did i read anything about a homosexual. ♪ wish me away >> reporter: they tried to wish it away. inviting a heartbreaking prayer. ♪ wish me away >> just take it away. please, please, please god, don't let me be gay. >> reporter: it didn't work. neither did dating men, like country star brad paisley. >> we were very compatible in a lot of ways. ♪ single white female ♪ >> reporter: even while reaching the pinnacle of success, the pressure of her double life became overwhelming. she thought about suicide. >> i couldn't,

the kind of truths william faulkner called those of the human heart and conflict with itself and thatwhich i think is what from novelists province should be and that imagination can shine its bright if not brighter light on the truth as journalism can so as this novel crossers true to the reality of life on the border today the answer is yes and no it is a novel but i think of a novel as a truth masquerading as a lie. thank you. [applause] there are two microphones here. please lineup if you have questions. this being a somewhat volatile topics if you're going to make a statement at least put a question at the end of it. but while you are lining up with questions, i'm going to throw out a question for the panel to discuss just among the three of you and then we will get to the questions from all of you. to the panel when will it end? margaret five years from now will someone write a book called the death of immigration stories from the mexican border? will things get more and more depressing? david, will the unfortunate things chief witness in your trips continually get worse? how can

at the heart of the matter of every nuance to our society, you're talking about truth. whether we are talking about the justices, or senators, pastors, or whoever you're talking about, at the end of the day, you're talking about human beings. human beings are prone to make mistakes. when people talk and speak in generalities and platitudes -- whatever the issue may be, if you abandon your core fundamental resolve to have truth at the heart of every matter, it does not matter whether it is the government you are talking about. it does not matter if you're talking about the garbage man or the tax collector. if people do not have the will to administer truth, you cannot have justice. the bottom line is, studies have shown -- do not blindly follow anyone. when you see the truth has been violated, remember what martin luther king said. an injustice to anybody, anywhere is an injustice to everyone. host: in "the washington post" this morning -- "the obama administration world" -- clintos warned of a review conference that the world was facing a frightening new wave of prolife

heart. their 21-year-old daughter killed by an ex-boyfriend nearly five years ago. every time they hear cases like these, it reopens their emotional behind and the truth of the matter is, the wounds are always open. from our standpoint. and this just makes those early days something like this just makes the early days come right to now. >> mitchell's began a foundation known as kristen's crusade to spread the word about early warning signs of dateing and violence. >> a pg county funeral home shut down after a gruesome find inside. state officials suspended the license of the chambers funeral home and crematorium on monday. in late april, inspectors found a pile of 40 body bags containing human remains in a garage. the funeral home said it had a contract with georgetown university to dispose of the cadavers but they received too many. the funeral home has until friday now to cre mate the bodies. >> three baltimore city police officers now facing charges of assault and kidnapping a west baltimore teen. karen parks live at police headquarters with more on the evidence that led to the charges. karen? >> jennifer, the three officers are all a part of the violent crime i

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heart, i knew i didn't want that. because i was on such a great track. and so it was a sort of moment of truth for me. and so i wondered into the ladies room, crying, 25 years old. and i saw kitty pilgrim. one the reporters. i said i'm upset, i just got a promotion, it's great, i don't want to do this job. i did this job already even though i didn't have the title. she was the first person in my young career that suggested i look long term. she said, maria, you have to decide what you want to do in five years. where do you see yourself in five years? that's what you need to start working toward right now. i thought five years. and i thought about all of the jobs that i could take at cnn business news. i realized that many of the jobs i had done. even though i didn't have the title. the only thing left is to try to put myself on camera. so i thought, maybe i could do it. at least i could stay in the field. and so i reluctantly took the job. i was done. it was the overnight shift. i had done the overnight shift three times at cnn. i would end my shift at 8 a.m. that was another reason i didn't want that

hearts wouldn't vanish overnight. but they also recognized the larger truth. a distinctly american truth. they recognized class of 2010 that the, with the right education, might allow those barriers to be overcome. might allow our god-given potential to be fulfilled. they recognized as frederick douglas once put it, that education means emancipation. they recognized that education is how america and its people might fulfill our promise. that recognition, that truth, that an edcan -- education can meet above any test is reflected again and again throughout our history. in the mess of civil war we set aside land grants for schools like hampton to teach farmers and factory workers the skills of an industrializing nation. at the close of woold war ii we made it possible for returning gis to attend college, building and broadening our great middle class. at the cold war's dawn we set up area study centers to prepare graduates understand and address the global threats of our nuclear age. so education is what has always allowed us to meet the challenges of the changing world. and hampton, that h

heart. one time we were driving home pulling into the driveway after a campaign and said tell me the truth alwaysy speech and i said well it wasn't very good and he ran into the garage door. [laughter] >> before a moment or to political life i want to challenge it is so interestingly you're father is coming home from the war with tiny pictures of concentration camps. why did he do that? >> he's 104th infantry, ban and by the concentration camp he came home with photographs that would have been in world war ii at the bodies they found a and i think there were about 5,000 dead when they liberated and in the story he has the american troops and their faces and hands were wet when they found this but my dad never really talked about it. we had these photographs and every once in awhile we would look but he didn't really talk about it but my mother told me one story that he did tell her and that was that he was just sort of in pressed with the army nurse. he remembered an army nurse standing with a shovel handing it to one of the generals still there when they liberated and said it did and he said no,

let your truth reign in our hearts that we may give you glory both now and forever. amen. . with best wishes i am signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will is before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on may 7, 2010, at 11:06 a.m. that the senate passed senate 1053, that the senate passed senate 1405, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 5160. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 689. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1121. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1442. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 2802. with best wishes i am signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the hon yorbling the speaker -- honorable the speaker, house

it to heart and i didn't ever criticize him and one time we were driving home from lubbock and we were just driving into our driveway of after our campaign event and george said, tell me the truth, how was my speech? and i said, well, it wasn't very good. and he drove into the garage wall. >> men are well known for taking criticism well. before i -- we jump p forward into the political life, i do want to go back to your childhood a little bit, because you write about it so interestingly, and your father coming home from the war, with tiny pictures of concentration camps, why, why did he do that? >> my dad's company, the 104t 104th infantry, had liberated nord house, which is one of the concentration camps and he came home with eight little photographs, i remember the little sized photographs, that would have been in world war ii, of the bodies that they found, and i think there were about 5,000 dead when they found -- when they liberated nord house and he said american troops went in and put their faces in their hands and wept when they found this, and -- but my dad never really talked about it. we had these photographs and every once if a while, we'd look at them, but he didn'

truth. and you should display these di virtues in your personal life as well as in your professional capacity.profsional at the heart of your credibility and as the commission cbp will be the enforcement of laws about whether employees are legally able to work it. in this duty goes to the heart of responsibilities of thees department of homelandp securitu mr. bersin, while the financemr committee was betwting yourmittb nomination, we discovered thatha you fail to properly completeymt and maintain employment eligibility verification forms, ktherwise known as i nine. you fail to do so for any of tha 10 household employees with whom you employed over the past two o decades. ask the person responsible forre securing the nation's borders, your failure to follow th e lawl in this matter is unacceptable. during the april recess ap president obama exercise hisma i power tso make recessss appointments. among those appointments was yours. the constitution gives the right.nt that but it is also the right of thef senate and the role of thisofths committee to review your record and decide whether you will be allowed to continue

duties and represent america with courage, honor and truth and display these in your personal life as well as your professional capacity. at the heart of your credibility as the commissioner of speed donner and will be the enforcement of the laws about whether one of employees are legally able to work here. and this duty goes to the heart of responsibilities in the department of homeland security. mr. bersin, while the finance committee was betting your nomination we discovered that you failed to properly complete and maintain employment eligibility verification forms otherwise known as i-9. you failed to do so for any of the ten household employees whom you employed over the past two decades. as the person responsible for securing the nation's borders, your failure to follow all in this matter is unacceptable. during the april recess president obama exercised his power to make recess appointments. among those appointments was yours. the constitution gives the president the right. but it is also the right of the senate and the role of this committee to view your record and decide whether you will be allowed to continue your service

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