thanks so much for having me. >> hinojosa: it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: i mean, you have had hits that people have heard starting in 1962. probably most people saw you when you sang for the inauguration of president barack obama. >> oh, absolutely. >> hinojosa: you sang "a change is going to come." >> more people than had ever seen me to date. >> hinojosa: you were incredibly excited about being on that stage. >> oh, for sure. there were so many things happening to me that weren't happening to anyone else on the entire show. and if you remember, there were a lot of people there. i was the only one... was the only performer who was born in segregation on the show. my career is the exact same age as the president, so... and it was the first time that that many people had ever seen me. it was one of the biggest breaks i've ever had in my career, and then we were having the first black president. so a lot of stuff was going on for me. >> hinojosa: and when you realized that in fact this audience that you have basically been looking for since 1962 as a singer,

>> hinojosa: ...on beauty? >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: there are probably a lot of young women of color who are watching this show, or older women of color... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: ...and older women. >> keep talking. >> hinojosa: tell us what we need to know, because this is your next book... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: ...about understanding our own beauty. leave us with an uplifting thought about understanding our own beauty. >> we need to understand that most of the images we see as beauty are meant to sell us things. that's not what it's about. so to women of color, to older women of color, to older women, to younger women, don't get sucked in by the beauty industry, because beauty is something entirely different. and i should... if there... is a plural for the adjective "differences," that you can be beautiful in many ways, and it's not about what people want to sell you and make you feel that you're awful unless you buy this thing. >> hinojosa: i'm not buying anything now but your books. >> ( laughing ) thank you.

>> hinojosa: "what is that?" >> it's easy when you're scripted, let me just get that out of the way. >> hinojosa: right. >> and the children are scripted too. >> hinojosa: right. >> okay? okay. >> hinojosa: but so many women also think of you as... as a woman of substance, as an actor and in the roles that you chose... that you choose... continue to choose. i was watching the amazing play that you did with sean p. diddy combs, a raisin in the sun. saw it on film and on television. you know, again, another lasting, important char... you've done so many across, you know, in terms of theatre. but was that always conscious? were you always thinking, "i want to portray strong, dignified, smart women"? >> no. i wanted to portray... i wanted to give a faithful portrayal of human beings, whoever they are, and i wanted the human beings to have been written with a respect for their humanity, whatever their circumstances are. and that's what i wanted, and that's what i want. i've portrayed some people who were not iconic mo

i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org shoshana johnson, you were taken prisoner in iraq in the year 2003. you are actually the first black female prisoner of war. and now you have written a book about that experience. it's called i'm still standing-- from captive us soldier to free citizen, my journey home. welcome to our program. it's great to have you here. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: you decided to write this book, but you didn't have to write this book. >> no. >> hinojosa: you could have just put this chapter away. what was it that made you say, "you know what? i have to tell my story about being the first black woman prisoner of war"? >> well, there was so much out there, floating around, misconceptions about the experience and what happened to me. i just really wanted to set the record straight from my point of view. since the book has come out, i've come to the realization that no matter what i say, there's going to be people who believe what they want to belie

>> hinojosa: absolutely. you know, and in our book, in that slave next door book, we had a long interview with a woman in connecticut who was talking about how she came to suddenly realize that this wonderful servant her neighbor had was actually enslaved. >> hinojosa: and who... like, paint that picture. what... this was... >> well, you know, it's like they'd go for dinner, and this person would... this young man would be so subservient, i mean, would just bring things on a pillow, and it was just fantastic, such a great cook. >> hinojosa: and this is, like, a white family that... >> a white family in a very upper middle class kind of neighborhood who then brought in a woman to mate with him, right? the young man was from india. brought a woman from india. but the amazing thing was, that enslaved couple actually fell in love, even though it was kind of a fixed marriage. and the neighbor began to realize what was going on, realized, "that guy's sleeping in the basement, on the floor." >> hinojosa: and did the

s latino u.s.a., marie hinojosa. (applause) (cheers and applause) >> larry: okay.is about how we can live in this world, buy these products and still be socially conscious. very difficult. you're cedric the entertainer. what's the process when you're buying things? >> i'm the kind of person i just like what i like and i don't -- you know, i don't really care. >> larry: you don't like to go too deep? >> no i won't look at anything even if i think it's bad. oh if it looks like they may hurt some people making this i still want one, i'll still get it. >> larry: maybe somebody's feelings get hurt >> people's feelings get hurt all the time. i'm more concerned about the guy waiting for my apple watch right now >> larry: you have someone else waiting? >> right now >> larry: unfair labor on both sides >> right >> larry: you maximize your unfair labor >> exactly >> larry: that's it. i know you're an activist. when you hear -- when you know something was made like that, do you ever -- have you ever bought something knowing something like that? >> i'm actually supposed to be

hugh hewitt, helene cooper, maria hinojosa and chris cillizza. did the republicans create this cliff or not? i understand what mccarthy is saying putting the blame on the president. this is a tactic that house republicans chose to do. did they set their own trap? >> no i've been a critic of the leadership a lot. this is not an immigration issue. this is about the scope of the president's aggressiveness on the use of his authority. they didn't create the cliff. the president created the cliff. the leader made that point. he also made the point too, i tried to make some news saying it is not in the constitution that was sort of let's go to the nuclear option. i thought wow, my eyebrows went up i had not heard a member of the house leadership say it go that way. >> maria, we're talking about homeland security. the backdrop is immigration. i guess we're not going to see a bill about immigration reform. that's not going to happen. but should it be congress that decides this or should we allow judicial review at this point? are we getting our branches

maria hinojosa of "latino usa," and chris cillizza of "washington post". welcome to sunday. it's "caught on camera: labor pains." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> when republicans seize control of the senate and expanded majority in the house in november after four years of divided government in capitol hill, the party's leadership made a few promises. no longer would they be the party of no, and no longer would we see governing crisis to crisis. if this week is any indication, they failed. speaker john boehner was embarrassed when he went down in defeat after republicans angry over president obama's immigration policies voted against the speaker. in the end, boehner had to be bailed out by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and house democrats in order to keep the department open for just seven more days. in a moment, i'll ask a top republican if this is the beginning of the end for legislating of the congress just two months into its term? but first, this politicizing of national security is happening at a time a

i couldn't have been more pleased to nominate anna hinojosa hinojosa to be the u.s. delegate to wco's director of compliance and facilitation. anna brings 28 years of experience at cbt, she worked on the southwest border, she was a port director. she can bring all of that to that international body. we have not had someone like that in one of those directed commissioner positions since director bonner was in office as director of customs. so it is going to be important and i am working very lard and trying to make sure people recognize what a value she will be to wco and to all of the wco members. the security integrity of the global supply chain depends on those international partnerships. mutual recognition arrangements are a critical tool in aligning standards to the international community. these arrangements provide a platform to exchange trusted trader information and to harmonize reciprocal supply chain programs. during the first year as commissioner i got to fine four mras -- sorry. mexico, israel and singapore. the secretary just signed the agreement and i'l

hinojosa of texas for today, mr. roskam of illinois for today and the balance of the week and ms. maxine waters of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6 2015 the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. kelly is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. ms. kelly: i ask that all members be given five minutes to -- five days to revise and extend their remarks. mr. speaker, it's an honor and privilege to be before you this evening on the heels of our nation's recognizing the 50th anniversary of the selma march which iser to down many obstructive barriers to voting for african-americans and which led to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. we've grown as a nation since the night jimmy lee jackson was murdered, peacefully voting for voting rights in alabama -- facefully marching for voting rights in alabama. and we're not the world we were when mamie till showed the world what had been done to her baby. selma has changed but the issues of ferguson, missouri, r