the first thing did i was go see my hometown congressman, jim wright. m and his chief of staff were very helpful to this young reporter, suggesting who i should get to know on congressional committee staffs. three years later, in the summer of 1968, jim helped me get a job on hubert humphrey's national presidential campaign staff. while i was a student at georgetown law school. the last two people i saw before i headed back to texas following graduation in 1970 were jim and marshall. i told them i hoped to come back to d.c. someday as a congressman. in a neighboring district. i had no intention of ever running against jim wright. [laughter] fast forward to 1976. the carter campaign wanted to come to texas the weekend before the general election, when carrying texas was still in doubt. they wanted to only stop in dallas. as a fort worth boy, i told them they also had to come to cow town and i knew the local congressman, jim wright, would put on one hell of a show for them. and that's exactly what jim did. he filled the downtown convention center with more

the first thing did i was go see my hometown congressman, jim wright. jim and his chief of staff were very helpful to this young reporter suggesting who i should get to know on congressional committee staffs. three years later, in the summer of 1968, jim helped me get a job on hubert humphrey's national presidential campaign staff. while i was a student at georgetown law school. the last two people i saw before i headed back to texas following graduation in 1970 were jim and marsha -- marshall. i told them i hoped to come back to d.c. someday as a congressman. in a neighboring district. i had no intention of ever running against jim wright. [laughter] fast forward to 1976. the carter campaign wanted to come to texas the weekend before the general election, when carrying texas was still in doubt. they wanted to only stop in dallas. as a fort worth boy, i told them they also had to come to cow town and i knew the local congressman, jim wright, would put on one hell of a show for them. and that's exactly what jim did. he filled the downtown convention cente

mark: a pioneer, jim wright, who represented ft.orth for 34 years and became the speaker of the united states house and died in a nursing home. he was a distinguished world war ii veteran and also the first speaker to be forced out of office and the circumstances were not pretty. he was charged with ethics violation, including taking gifts from the developer. he announces resignation on the house floor. jim wright can rest now knowing not much has changed. he kind of set it all off. john: newt gingrich brought him down. as you say, it was the beginning of the age of polarization that we now live in. mark: great record of service in the military, and crafty politics. john: we talked about the scandal in new england. after the break, hold england. -- old england. ♪ mark: our guest is new to our company. we plan to go easy on him. the former editor in chief of the economist, thank you for coming on the show. it is a huge week across the pond and a lot of names are getting thrown around. let's talk about them. elizabeth diana, just kidd

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jim wright was 92 years old.testify process. wright was 92 years old. >> he came in at the beginning of sort of the gingrich era. >> he did. >> gingrich went after him with a vengeance, a lot of people on the house floor was shock that had somebody was doing that and of course it turned around and followed gingrich the rest of his career. >> it was one of -- could you make a case that one of the seeds of the deep polarization that now affects washington and especially the congress was the origins of jim wright's demise led by newt gingrich. >> they immediately had a gingrich secretary he became speaker. so lesson to be learned. >>> up next, the must read opinion pages plus chris mad dog russo joining us with his thoughts on deflategate. we'll be right back. i'm the protector of my patio. killing weeds where they grow. a barrier forms so weeds can't appear - serious weed prevention up to a year. [chorus singing:] ♪ roundup max control 365 ♪ with no more weeds it's your year. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting

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kennedy about jim wright, no wright, no city in america was better represented in congress and fort worthor a lot of others as well. he was an extraordinary leader for the people of fort worth and our nation. he always remembered the people who sent him to washington and worked tirelessly to make our country better every day in office. few congressman in recent times have had a greater impact than our friend. i met him 57 years ago in 1958 as a young congressman then in his 2nd term and i was a 16 -year-old. a speaker at the temple bethel youth group in the basement of the old synagogue building on west broadway near downtown. i had never met a national politician before command he made a deep depression upon me. i remember to this day some of what he said. seven years later in 1965 i showed up in washington as he and reporter covering congress for magazine. the 1st thing i did was to go to my hometown congressman. he and his chief of staff were very helpful. later in the summer of 1968 he helped me get a job on hubert humphrey's national humphrey's national presidential campaign staff i

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jim wright.ocrat served in the house more than 30 years, elected speaker 1987 replacing the legendary tip o'neil. he had to resign two years later as the subject of an ethics investigation prompted by a rival named newt gingrich. gingrich said if wright survives this ethical thing, he may become the greatest speaker since henry clay. interesting compliment from gring rich at the time. that enpoed along with the infamous robert work nomination fight at the time is often seen as the beginning of what is today's hyperpartisanship in washington. wright was seen as a tough, but effective speaker. orchestrating a peace deal between rival factions in nicaragua. jim wright was 92. boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. just one reason volkswagen is the #1 selling diesel car brand in america. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. looking f

. >>> coming up legendary house >>> former house speaker jim wright has died. he was 92. wright represented the fort worth, texas area for 34 years starting with his election in 1954. he was the democratic majority leader in the house a decade. he became speaker in 1987 replacing tip o'neill, but wright resigned two years later amid an ethics scandal charged with violating house rules on outside income and reporting gifts. >>> investigators remain skeptical isis was behind that failed attack by two gunmen outside a cartoon contest depicting the prophet muhammad. >> both men killed by the cops were watched by federal officials. however, they weren't considered among the most likely to try to pull off an attack. the violence in garland, texas, has drawn comparisons to the deadly attack at the paris office of charlie hebdo, but the editor of the paper says don't make that comparison. >>> churches in the houston, texas area have been put on alert about a woman stealing donations. north oaks baptist church says here's some security footage showing the woman moving two large co

house of representatives, jim wright, has died. the texas democrat passed away early today at a nursing home in fort worth. wright represented that area for 34 years, beginning in 1954. but in 1989, he became the first speaker to be forced to resign, after violating rules on reporting and accepting gifts. jim wright was 92 years old. >> ifill: on wall street today stocks fell on news that hiring dropped sharply last month and on a comment by federal reserve chair janet yellen that stock valuations are "quite high." the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 90 points to close below 17,850. the nasdaq fell nearly 20 points, and the s&p 500 slipped nine. >> woodruff: and, in a finding sure to trigger endless debate, a british study concludes hip- hop has had the most profound effect on pop music in the last half century. researchers analyzed roughly 17,000 songs from 1960 through 2010. they say hip-hop's influence on chord patterns and instrumentation was even greater than the "british invasion" of the 1960's. >> woodruff: still to

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former speaker of the house jim wright of texas he passed away on may 6 of 2015 sat down with c-spanin 1993 to talk about his book, "worth it all." the controversy that led to his recognition -- resignation as speaker. also talked about his role in negotiating peace in central america. c-span: speaker jim wright in your book "worth it all" you say on page 234 that had there have been a vote on the floor of the house of representatives about your future if it ever came to that you would win it. >> guest: no yes that was the problem but i had become convinced brian that despite my hopes and dreams i have been successful in making peace between warring factions. i had been a abysmal failure in making peace between the warring factions in congress. i thought we needed that kind of leadership in the speaker's office. i have done my best to bring about a bipartisan approach to foreign-policy and we waton. i prevailed in what i felt was my duty but i thought we needed somebody else. i was tired of it, wary of it and it was time to step aside and let somebody else do it. it was obvious to me

. >>> former speaker of the house jim wright has died. he had a career in politics spanning decades. but the texas democrat will go down in history as the first speaker to resign amid scandal. wright stepped down in 1989 while facing a house ethics investigation over his financial affairs. a battle that some say marked the beginning of today's hyper-partisan climate. speaker wright was 92 years old. >>> employees at a florida pizza hut noticed something strange on an online order. a cry for help. police say a woman persuaded her boyfriend who was holding her and her children hostage to let her order pizza. she did so through a smartphone app and in the comments section she wrote, please help get 911 to me. that's exactly what they did. resolving the situation without anyone getting hurt. >>> he has traveled the globe and now pope francis is a globetrotter. the harlem globetrotters made a visit to the vatican during their tour through italy. the iconic basketball tricksters made the pope an honorary member of the team. they gave him his ow

i mean, he spent a lot of his time before he was in leadership, you know, bringing down jim wright. i mean, that was just the legacy that he inherited, that he, you know, had. and so there were a lot of democrats that just didn`t like him. i figured when i became speaker, i`d try to reach across the aisle. even in my acceptance speech, i said, you know, i`m willing to go halfway, in some cases more than halfway. but you have to go halfway, too and i was willing to reach across and work. as a matter of fact, when the chaplain situation -- when reverend ford decided to retire as chaplain, i broke on tradition because the speaker had always just made that decision. you just did it. and... c-span: let me ask, though -- jim ford had been chaplain for how many years, roughly? >> guest: for 20 years. c-span: and he retired. >> guest: and he retired. c-span: and this would have been what year? >> guest: well, it was the first year i was speaker... c-span: in `99... >> guest: ...first term in my speaker -- so it was probably 2000. c-span: in 2000. >> guest: and he came to me and said to me,

jim wright dying at the age of 92. former house speaker nancy pelosi is issuing a statement saying speaker right was a person of deep courage eloquence, and a complete mastery of the legislative process. we will bring in more news as it becomes available. covering a number of capital hearings on the c-span networks today. in one, elton john testified about efforts to combat hiv and aids. here is a look. elton john: mr. chairman, this is the most powerful legislative body in the world. this congress indeed has the power to end aids. you have the power to maintain america's historic commitment to leading the global campaign against this disease. i am here today to ask you to use that power, to seize this window of opportunity, to change the course of history. and one day soon, i hope to extend my thanks to you, to this congress to the united states of america, not only for fighting the disease, but for ending it once and for all. thank you. >> more hearing coverage in about half an hour. the senate aging committee listen

jim wright, passing away today at the age of 92. on capitol hill tomorrow, the new attorney general loretta lynch will testify on the 2016 justice department budget. she will be before a senate appropriations subcommittee. we will have that live at 10:30 eastern. voters in the united kingdom tomorrow make their choices for parliament. polls close at 10:00 p.m. local time, 5:00 p.m. eastern. we will simulcast itv's election night coverage, political analysis for my tv, getting underway at 4:55 p.m. here on c-span. this mother's day, sunday starting at noon, c-span presents to children and grandchildren of america's first families, paying tribute to first ladies and remembering life in the white house. among those speaking, linda johnson robb, caroline kennedy the bush daughters, and many more. here is a preview of what is coming up. >> unless you study henrietta hoover she was the first first lady ever to invite an african-american woman to tea. it caused a tremendous scandal. she was the wife of congressman depriest who had been ele

president obama talking at the national police memorial service and then former speaker of the house jim wright's memorial. this weekend, look at the changing landscape of television, technology and the internet. industry leaders look at the inside. it was part of a three-day internet and tv expo held earlier this month. today, we would hear from the comcast ceo brian roberts at 10 a.m. eastern and fcc chair tom wheeler on c-span. this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first ladies influence and image -- we will look into the personal lives of three first ladies -- rachel jackson, emily donaldson and angelica van buren. rachel jackson was called an adulterer during andrew jackson's presidential campaign and died of an apparent heart attack before he took office. his niece, emily donaldson, became the hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal and when would work martin van buren becomes president, his daughter-in-law angelica van buren is the white house hostess. rachel jackson, emily donaldson and angela event here in, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first lady's, influence and image

see c-span's full collection of events and speeches from late speaker jim wright of texas. log on any time at c-span.org. on capitol hill tomorrow loretta lynch will testify to congress for the first time since being confirmed for attorney general. she oversees the justice department budget. we'll have it for you live on c-span and voters in the united kingdom make their choices for parliament. david cameron is seeking another term and labor party leader is the challenger. we'll have extensive interviews from more than 60 locations across the u.k. and political analysis from i-t.v. and that gets underway 4:55 eastern. they were wives and mothers. some had children and grandchildren who became presidents and politicians. they dealt with the joys and trials of motherhood. the pleasure and sometimes chaos of raising small children, and the tragedy of loss. just in time for mother's day first ladies looks at the personal lives of every first lady in american history. many of whom raised families in the white house. lively stories of fascinating women and illuminating, entertain

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. >>> former speaker of the house jim wright has died. the congressman from texas was the first speaker in history to be driven out of office midterm. he replaced tip o'neill as speaker in 1987. two years later he was charged with 69 violations of house rules on reporting an accepting gifts. he left office in 1989. wright was 92 years old. >>> well you probably noticed an abundance of orange cones all over our area. and they're having a big impact on how you get around too. construction season in full swing right now. especially here in the district where there are several major road projects that can take years from canal road to the 167th street bridge project. these are expected to last a long time and at times they're going to cause significant delays. people don't like all this work, but they realize the repairs need to be done. >> it's a big delay. >> i guess it's annoying but it's necessary. >> we have to fix them. so i guess one time is as good as the other. >> got to deal with it. >> got to deal with it. >> news4 transportation r

former house speaker jim wright has died. he was 92 years old. wright represented the fort worth, texas area for 34 years, stepped down amid an ethics scandal but maintained his innocence throughout. >>> seems like a new can did the emerges each day for -- new candidate emerges each day in the race for the white house. rick santorum will wait till the end of the month to confirm whether he'll run for president. santorum ran unsuccessfully for the republican nomination in 2012. >>> at this hour voting is under way in britain's national parmment election. most polls suggest the race may be too close to call. the top to parties conservative and labor are believed to be running neck and neck at this point. if neither wins a majority, they'll have to scramble to make alliances with smaller parties. the coalition that reaches the majority will get to pick the prime minister. >>> it 16:28. good morning. welcome back -- it is 6:28. good morning. welcome back. i'm andrea roane. soak it all in. a beautiful start to the day. gorgeous sunrise over the metro

worth for former texas lawmaker jim wright.right served on capitol hill for 34 years, including a tenure as speaker of the house. he was forced to resign after an ethics investigation over book royalties. wright had been ill for some time. he was 92 years old. >>> ethics questions being raised about bill clinton's foundation as his wife hillary runs for president. our abc news team went to morocco, a foundation gala was being held. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: on the outskirts of marrakech, morocco, at a five-star luxury golf resort, the clinton foundation and privileged guests gathering over welcome cocktails and canapes to help the world's underprivileged. in his opening remarks, former president bill clinton brushed off criticism about the millions of dollars in foreign money the foundation received while his wife was secretary of state. >> i just work here, i don't know. >> reporter: now that hillary clinton is on the presidential campaign trail, far from the luxury of marrakech, the foundation says it has put limi

democratic jim wright resienled in 1989 after the house ethics committee charged him with dozens of violationsom a nursing home in fort worth, texas, he died this morning, he was 92. >>> tornado caught on tape in western texas near lubbock. nobody hurt thankfully and an hour's drive south in austin flash flooding washed out roads and stranded drivers. we're told one creek road 13 feet in a very short period of time. also triggering a rock slide that shut down part of a highway. again, no one hurt. >>> and a smokestack going up in smoke at an oil refinery in tacoma washington. so far, no reports of injuries. we don't know yet what caused the fire. >>> well people around the globe are working longer hours than ever before. that's according to new research from the consulting firm. researchers surveyed thousands of full-time managers and eight different countries and found nearly half work more than 40 hours per week. in america, that number is much higher some 58% say they work longer hours. the only country where people say they worked more than that was mexico at 61%. compare that to china, we

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. >> and it was a long series involving jim wright as well forced out as speaker. >> yes. >> let's looka little item here, i don't know how you describe, it better not give a description because i don't know, somebody who called up c-span when denny hastert was on last year in 2014 2014 who made this comment, just read it for yourself and what you think of it. >> illinois is our next call. here's bruce, independent line. hi. >> hello, deny. >> hey, how are you doing? >> pretty good. remember me from yorkville? >> bruce, you're on. go ahead. >> john stanton, what do you make naff? >> i don't know if it's related to this case or not, but certainly in the context of the indictment it does have to rays some questions. i mean at a minimum it's one of the creepier things that's ever happened on speeches abe. >> i agree. the roundtable is staying with us, and we'll have much more on these allegations against former speaker hastert in a minute. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. there's some facts about seaworld we'd like you to know. we don't collect killer whales from the wil

. >> jim wright died this morning. he was the first to step down due to an ethics scandal. president obama released a statement that read and part that the former speaker was a committed public leader and a proud world war ii veteran, who dedicated much as of -- much of his life to his country. boehner also praised his predecessor for his dedication to public service, to fighting for ft. worth on the house floor. he went on to say that speaker right understood as well as anyone -- should be close to the people. and finally, comments from nancy pelosi, she writes, " strong leadership built progress." we will show you his hour-long resignation speech delivered here almost 26 years ago. >> speaker has unanimous consent that i may include in this matter. >> so ordered. representative wright: i have been the speaker for many years and i have a great privilege of being a member of this institution, the people costs house -- people's house and i should be forever grateful for that privilege. and never ceased to be thankful to the people of texas, for their friendship and understan

host: the former speaker of the house jim wright died at the age of 92. if you want to watch the full interview, it will be airing saturday at 6:00 p.m. on book tv. that's from 1993 back to our discussion, what is crime and policing like in your community? dennis in central point oregon, you are on the air. go ahead. caller: i just would like to say in our community the police profile people, low-income people by their vehicles and harass them. and they cause people -- it actually suppresses poor people. host: ok. connie in cleveland, tennessee in a suburban area. what's it like where you live? caller: when it comes down to the cops, the police, my -- she has to maintain her ground. i've been in the ghetto. pretty much my whole life. but i see that she has to respect her ground. so i don't look at it the way a lot of people do. and it kind of confuses me. host: ok connie. why does it confuse you? explain that? . caller: because i know her job. i know if she gets in a situation, she has to doshe needs to do, and then at the end of the day, i know that bone

visit ncicap.org] >> former house speaker jim wright died this morning at age 92. the democrat served the fort worth area of texas for 34 years. two years as speaker until he resigned in 1989. he was the first to step down due to an ethics scandal. here is the former congas meant talking about his experience as bigger of the house. at an event hosted by the library of congress. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] former representative wright: i think you for that introduction. i cannot begin without commenting about the most sentimental attachment i have to this occasion here in this gracias room -- gracias room. it was exactly 31 years ago today, on november 12, 1972, that i had the honor of my life to be married to betsy, and it was right here in this room, by the grace of the speaker that we had our wedding reception. [applause] when they told me i had about 25 or 30 minutes, i set down very diligently and tried to commit to paper all of those important things that i thought i should share. it comes out to 32 minutes. you will be great relieved i am not going t

. >>> former house speaker jim wright has died. the texas democrat served in congress for 34ers 82 rising to the speakership back in 1987. however, he stepped down as house speaker in 1989 amid-charges he violated house ethics rules. jim wright was 94-years-old. >>> attorneys for dzhokhar tsarnaev plan to call advocates to testify today in the penalty phase the roman catholic nun portrayed in the 1995 film "dead man walking" two of the defence witnesses his defense attorneys plan to call. federal prosecutors will file a motion to prevent her from testifying. >>> we have dramatic flu video of a frightening close call between an airplane and a boat. this happened in argentina. take a look. there was a fishing tournament hang and three men cruising down the lake here take a look, a small plane, you saw that buzzed right past them. cruising along, the men can be heard laughing. one of them later admitted though they were scared. i was, too. when it comes that close to you. >>> and broadcasting legend bob uecker was trapped in the press

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> former house speaker jim wright died. he served the fort worth area. he was the first to step down due to an ethics scandal. resident obama released a statement which said in part, he was a committed public leader and proud world war ii veteran. speaker boehner praise his predecessor for his lifelong commitment to public service. he went on to say, speak or write understood as well as anyone the institution's closeness to the people. and finally, these comments from speaker pelosi. as flags fly at half staff over the capital this evening we will show you his hour-long resignation speech delivered almost 26 years ago. >> the distinguished speaker is recognized for one hour. speaker right -- wright: i have had the privilege to be a leader of this institution. i am thankful to the people in texas for their friendship and understanding. a few days ago, there is a poll where 78% of people said they approved of my services. i am proud of that. [applause] you, my colleagues. democrats and republicans. i/o a great deal to y

house speaker jim wright has died.the texas democrat served in congress for 34 years, rising to the speakership back in 1987. however, he stepped down as house speaker in 1989 amid charges he violated house ethics rules. jim wright was 92. >>> defense attorneys for boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev plan to call notable anti-death penalty advocate to testify today in the penalty phase of his trial. the roman catholic nun portrayed in the 1995 film "dead man walking" is one of two remaining witnesses tsarnaev's defense attorneys intend to call. federal prosecutors have indicated they will file a motion to restrict or prevent her from testifying. >>> we have some dramatic new video this morning of a frightening close call between an airplane and a boat. this happened in argentina. take a look. there was an air show going on at the same time a fishing tournament was happening. and three men cruising down the lake here when take a look, a small plane -- you saw that buzz right past them, cruising along. the men can b

and family and friends of the late former democratic house speaker jim wright gathered last week in fortworth, texas, to honor his life. >>> looking ahead to some of our live coverage here on c-span 3, the senate transportation committee holds another hearing on renewing federal aviation administration programs focusing on the agency's efforts to modernize the air traffic control system. faa administrator will testify along with the heads of industry trade groups. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then in the afternoon at 2:30, a hearing on law enforcement using body cameras before a a senate judiciary subcommittee. live on c-span 3. >>> there's been a lot of talk lready already on the 2016 campaign trail of the gap between the richest americans and everyone else. we'lln be talking about that topic here in this special roundtable on "the washington journal." we're joined by scott of d mich manhattanae institute and michael ent console of the roosevelt 2013 institute.c ineq michael, first, president obama in 2013 called this issue economic inequality issue woagu defining challenge of our time

late last night posted this update of a rehearsal with producer jim wright.her place lately. i do want to go see her in vegas. i think she is working really hard and i think people are being really mean to her on social media. not just because i consider her someone i love. but she's going through it. and she's trying to bring it. she really is. it's hard. women, aging, diva all of those things i think it comes into play. >> she also has one of those voices you have to take care of. that huge instrument. it goes down it doesn't work. >> i wish i had something happy to end on for you guys. >> that's it? >> that's it. oh, i do somewhere something. up next al is cooking up a storm. >> there we go. >> yes. what we have got for you today -- well he's got for us today. you got? >> all about the protein. making a tuna quinoa salad and a snack for the kids. some great dishes to try out this wee why are all these people so asleep yet i'm so awake? did you know your brain has two systems? one helps keep you awake- the other helps you sleep. science suggests when you ha