john edwards, we go back.he's usually a punch line to a right wing joke, but john edwards had one idea is that we were becoming two americas. he was right. he was just early. he just didn't see the tour deforce. that's the crisis. >> he was also late. many others have said that. >> it's true. now we see it. now we see what we need to do. economic growth that reaches all the way to the bottom. the minimum wage doesn't do it. free money doesn't do it. only the free enterprise system that has a bias for the poor. >> our economy is growing faster than canada and europe's and most of that is going to everyday workers. how do you explain that? >> the reason is because our economic growth is concentrated in the top fifth of the income distribution in this country. you have effectively 5 or 6% economic growth for guys like you or me. it's party time. but the rest of the economy is 1 to 2% growth and the whole bottom half is 0. that's what's going on in america today. it's concentrated on favoring those at the top. tha

john edwards. john edwards was a serious candidate for the democratic nomination in 2008 and he was convicted not long after that. so i think that -- or let me put it this way. forget the conviction. the mere fact that he was caught up in a trial kind of speaks to the fact that whether it's christie or walker. the e-mails that came out against walker are pretty devastating. certainly the business with rick perry, i only disagree with ed in the sense that yes, you can veto anything, but you can't use your authority to coerce. >> let's give ed a chance. >> it's a long ways to go, and you know. you've been to presidential campaigns. we're going to have many candidates. if these people can get through this process and the case of the governor of wisconsin, he has to get reelected for the third time in a four-year term. and governor christie has not been charged with anything. there is a lot of good candidates. we've got a 16-month process before we even begin loading in primaryies. >> ed rollins and ri

to do we're going to now is this let's go over so john and i'm john edwards the door closed and i'm like i mean this is your cars are cars out here let's go it is what i was asking you not going to let you go let's go. that's when the journalists were told to stop the recordings and leave when they didn't the officer shoved lowery into a soda machine and slammed riley's head against a glass just before taking them into custody now upon being released riley had a scuffle with the officers as he tried to find out who arrested him and demand some accountability take a look so i just want to say to take a sleigh over any toast really is what is there and i would really research because i'm sure we were told it was. a really only the name of officer i read they actually were dozen times the officer was on some go just to see you walking out the door to. now and a separate incident a group of reporters from al jazeera america were tear gassed as they attempted to film an ongoing protests after the journalists were driven away by the gas police then moved over to al-jazeera america equipment an

the words you're going to now isn't this let's go but you know john and i'm john edwards and george will is going to be like i mean this is your car for cars out here let's go that is what i was asking you not going to let you go community let's go that's when the journalists were told to stop the proceedings and leave right away and when they didn't the officer shabd lowery into a soda machine and slammed riley's head against a glass just before taking them into custody upon being released riley had a scuffle with the officers as he tried to find out who arrested him and why he took a look so i just want. to. play over the toast was what is there and i would really research because i'm sure we were told it was just a really give me the name of the officer i would say actually we're just kind of the officer. noticed. you walking out the door. in a separate incident a group of reporters from al jazeera america were tear gassed as they attempted to film an ongoing protest after the journalists were driven away by the gas police then moved over to al jazeera america's equipment and began te

. >> john edwards of florian london designs -- >> not the one running for vice president. >> got this called the vienna shoulder bag. >> it's really pretty, gorgeous color. going to be featured in the september issue of "in style." >> i like a bigger area. >> you like to keep your bowling ball in there. and now your wine -- >> i need more room. but it's $360. i like to have more room. >> it's going to be available at bloomingdales. does it come in other colors, you guys? no. it doesn't. >> just blue. >> hoda, are you in a sex-starved relationship? >> the causes and the cures are up next. >> does your neighbor's smoke get in your eyes. >> we'll tell you how to deal with them coming up after this. every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. because once they've try finish, they can't keep it to themselves. i'm switching for good wow! finish is seriously good can't believe how great it works love love love finish it's a shine that's sweeping across america. finish delivers an unbeatable clean and superior shine versus cascade's leading detergent. look no ugly sp

he would've been a more eloquent john edwards but i don't know if you would have had the kind of impact that he did. i think his racial background is significant, his international background is significant. it says a lot about him and us. host: clarence page is a columnist with "the chicago tribune" and his 30th anniversary collection of columns is out next month. we appreciate you coming by on "washington journal." guest: i appreciate you having me. host: our weeklong series on the great society wraps up as we look at the commission on product safety. later, our weekly "america by the numbers" segment will look at consumer spending and economic well-being. we will be right back. >> here are some of the highlights for this weekend. tonight on c-span in primetime, we will visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. saturday at 8:00, highlights from this year's new york ideas forum, including a cancer biologist. "q&a," with new york times man charlie rangel at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tonight at 8:00 on c-span2, religious scholar reza aslan. saturday at 10:00, ben carson

this will be her first return to iowa since she finishing third behind program and john edwards, iowaill host the first voting in the democratic nomination again in 2016. >>> on the remember side, house budget committee chairman paul ryan who was mitt romney's running made mate in 2012 confirmed that he's now considering a 2016 presidential campaign but does not think mitt romney will try again. >> he keeps saying that he's not going to run, as far as myself and my family, this is a decision we are going to take very serious and weigh in 2015. >>> in other words, early next year. in 2014 midterm election is the latest financial figures indicate that americans for prosperity the fact form by billions airs charles and david koch is on track to spends $290 million this election most is funding attack ads, one the latest television shots targets louisiana democratic senator mary lan drew. >> washington, d.c., the lands of politicians, lawyers, and lobbyists. and mary's $2 million home. easy to forget your roots in a place like that. especially after almost 20 years. >> that's right. >> th

will be hillary clinton's first run since 2008 which she finished third behind barack obama and john edwardsl host the democratic nomination again in 2016, house budget committee chairman paul ryan who was mitt romney's running mate in 2012 has confirmed that he is now considering a 2016 presidential can pain but does not think mitt romney will try again. >> he keeps saying he's not going to run. as far as myself and my family, this is a decision that we will take very seriously and weigh in 2015. >>> and 2014 midterm election is the latest finance figures indicate that americans for pros prosperity billionaires charles and david koch is now on track to spent 290 ms.. most funding attack ads one of the latest targets louisiana democratic senator mary lan drew. >> washington, d.c. the land of politicians, lawyers and lobbyist. and mary's $2 million home. easy to forget your roots in a place like that, especially after almost 20 years. >> that's right, the billionaire koch brothers are funding an ad that criticizes landry for living in a $2 million home. amazing. well, creme contracts are hit

edward snowden. monster mind. a threat no national security. paul beban, is here. paul. >> john, this program is huge in its responsibility, what edward snowden said is monster mind is scouring and counter attacking without a human being ever pulling the trigger. for edward snowden, discovering monster mind was in the works was the last straw. in the new issue of wired he decided it was time to go public and tell the world what he knew about the national security agency's surveillance programs. he says monster mind is designed to be an automatic program of

he would've been a more eloquent john edwards but i don't know if you would have had the kind of impact that he did. i think his racial background is significant, his international background is significant. it says a lot about him and us. host: clarence page is a columnist with "the chicago tribune" and >> on the next "washington journal," andrew tillman examines the role of the defense department in combating isis. and matthew segal discussion issues per millennial voters in the 2014 and 2016 elections. huntley talks about the 15th anniversary of the wilderness act. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, the white house senior director for cyber security talking about how americans can protect their privacy online. then a discussion about immigration and executive power. arkansast, former governor and presidential candidate mike huckabee on education standards. >> this month, c-span presents debates on what makes america great. evolution and genetically modified foods. issue spotlight with in-depth

. >> john edwards was able to influence a populist narrative in 2008 because there was a possibilitythreat, how will you have any influence? what's hillary clinton's or anyone else's motivation for taking you seriously? >> well, i think when you get outside of the beltway and outside of political gossip and speculation, what you find is there is massive frustration and anger at both the political and economic establishment. right now you have the top one percent owning 38% of the wealth in america, the bottom 60% own 2.3%. you have billionaires controlling the political process as a result of citizens united. you have kids who can't afford to go to college. you a starvation minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. these are the issues that the american people want government to begin to deal with. those are the issues i will fight for. >> so then, senator sanders, what's your three-point plan to solve any one of those issues you just laid out? >> okay. in terms of income and wealth inequality, when you have a situation where one out of four major corporations in this country play zero in feder

he would've sounded like a slightly more eloquent john edwards by don't know if he would've had the kind impact that he did have. his racial background is significant. is international background is significant. says a lot about him and about us, americans. >> host: clarence page is it comes with the "chicago tribune." his 30th anniversary of collection of columns is released next month. we appreciate you coming by. >> guest: i appreciate you having me. thank you. >> more live events later today. here's a look at some of our primetime program tonight across the c-span networks. >> here are some of the highlights for this weekend. tonight on c-span in primetime. >> we have more now from a weeklong examination of how lbj's great society has impacted present a policy. today we focus on the 19 cities seven national commission on product safety which led to the creation of an independent federal regulatory agency, the consumer product safety commission. this segment is just over half an hour. >> host: today we wrap up our weeklong series on president lyndon johnson, decision for so-called gre

. >> i spent time with john and elizabeth edwards. same thing.mind these men -- >> are they vaudeville acts? >> political marriages. >> they are sacrificing everything to be elected. >> for us to show something. >> i don't know. but to be elected. >> to look a certain way. >> to look a certain way. >> jack kennedy and jackie. we know how complicated that was. michelle, you're an expert. i know now what the michelle bernard center does. kidding. paul singer, thanks for joining us. >>> up next talk about a boomerang. this is weird. he looks better with republicans because of the this prosecution, whatever it's worth in texas. this is "hardball," the place for politics. trublend has the perfect blend for each of us covergirl p!nk blend of rockstar and mama bear. her trublend... light 4 it blends in doesn't build up for a flawless nude look find your trublend at easy breezy beautiful covergirl >>> here's the latest on the battle for control of the u.s. senate this fall. first to alaska where the national republican party got their candidate dan sulli

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edward snowden. monster mind. a threat no national security. paul beban, is here. paul. >> john, this program is huge in its responsibility, what edward snowden said is monster mind is scouring and counter attacking without a human being ever pulling the trigger. for edward snowden, discovering monster mind was in the works was the last straw. in the new issue of wired he decided it was time to go public and tell the world what he knew about the national security agency's surveillance programs. he says monster mind is designed to be an automatic program of tremendous power. housed at the nsa's massive data center in the utah desert. it would essentially be the ultimate cyber-cop capable of deciding on its own when and how to strike back. but attacks are often routed through computers in innocent countries. that's a problem, snowden says. security analysts agree. >> the costs and risk come in all sorts of forms. it may be that we respond and attack the wrong person or we respond and attack the wrong country and that causes an international event. >> reporter: then there are the c

some senators are not calling for cia director john brennan to be fired. >>> edward snowden's attorneysld stay him therethere e permanently. the temporary asylum was supposed to have run out yesterday. >>> what remains of malaysian airlines flight 17 has been designate as an international crime scene. on the scene after tenure crane ukrainian soldiers were killed. drought covers 58% of the state of california. a new study said this year's drought will cost california $2.2 billion. it's a huge blow to the nation's top agricultural state. the drought will only make fire fighting worse. one raging near yosemite national park is even more difficult. >>> it crumbled before it had a chance to really begin. just hours after a three-day cease-fire was supposed to take hold deadly fighting erupted. two soldiers were killed and another may have captured. israeli shelling has killed at least 35 palestinians in southern gaza. ayman mohyeldin is live in gaza. what happened? why couldn't the cease-fire hold? >> good morning, jose. it depends on who you ask. we're getting two different signs of the st

i'm john seigenthaler, coming up, seeking asylum. edward snowden's temporary stay in russia could be coming to an end. i talk to his attorney about what he's doing next. next, the changing face of poverty. expanding to more areas of the county. talking about supersize, a meal of more than 3,000 calories. it's a growing trend. it was the biggest drop in the stock market in six months. the dow slipped 370 points, wiping out all gains for the year. analysts blame world news, including sanctions against russia and argentina's plunging credit rate. the black market is still thriving. allen schauffler took a ride along with one of seattle's illegal dealers who said the legal market may be better for his illegal business. rrments meet ben. >> big ben. >> reporter: ben agreed to take us for a ride and what a ride. >> so i've been representing cars and so forth to get my delivers meed. >> reporter: tonight you have a limo. >> together i have a limo. >> reporter: you are not worried about drawing attention or a crowd. he's not worried. >> selling it

edward snowden. el director de la cia, john brennan, ha dicho que la comunidad de inteligencia ha sido difamada, asÍon Él y le hicimos las preguntas que muchos estadounidenses querÍan hacerle. tambiÉn los invito a conocer a una nueva generaciÓn que promete guiar a este organismo en un nuevo mundo y sus agentes de cambio. hace unas semanas viajamos hasta virginiao quvimos dentro de la cia. de que se haga justicia. >> la mayorÍa de los jÓvenes no entiende realmente quÉ es lo que él ha hecho o lo que eso implica. lamentablemente el sr. snowden fue una persona que deshonrÓ su juramento. yo creo que lo que Él ha hecho favoreciÓ los intereses de nuestros adversarios y de aquellos que quieren hacerle daÑo a este paÍs. yo soy un decidido partidario >> yo lo visitÉ en moscÚ y pasamos dos largos dÍas enteros juntos. >> yo hablo con Él periÓdicamente, y lo hice con regularidad durante los Últimos seis o siete meses. >> edward snowden tenÍa 29 aÑos cuando se puso en contacto con periodistas del periÓdico the guardian y el washington post en busca de ayuda. pensaba dejar su trabajo, su novia y su vida en hawÁi c

cnn's senior vatican analyst and boston globe associate editor john allen is with me and father edward, and jeremy courtney, executive director of the preemptive love coalition, a development group in iraq. thanks to all of you for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. jeremy, ai'll start with you. you've been on the ground in iraq and you know the iraqi christians. 95% of them chose to flee rather than to convert. which is astoundingly courageous. tell us about these people. >> i mean, we know these people because we have been living in iraq on the ground for years. we know them through the context of providing life saving heart surgeries for some of their children and the people around them. so we know them as mothers and fathers and we know them as children that we play with in the icu unit. we know them as children we play with in the ward before they go to surgery. they're people, just like us. they want to love their kids, have a future, want to be able to say prayers over their kids before they go to surgery. they're people. and the fact that they're fleeing from this is

under the espionage act for allegedly mishandling classified information, including edward snowden, thomas drake and johnkiriakou. she worked at the justice department for seven years for first as a trial attorney and as a legal ethics advisor. [applause] >> good afternoon. anyone who doubts that the war on whistleblowers is a backdoor war on journalists should study the case of james risen. threats to reporters are the undercurrent in the obama administration's record-setting espionage act prosecutions of the so-called leakers. one example where the press is implicated is when the justice department subpoenaed associated reporters phone records impacting over 100 different journalists. in the case of another whistleblower, stephen kim, the justice department got a search warrant on the reporter by claiming he was a co-conspirator. in the case of my client edward snowden, the administration has made noises about reporter glenn greenwald being an aider and abettor. considering the administration's use of the espionage act to chill speech, it should be no surprise that threats against risen come from espio

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charged under the act for allegedly mishandling classified information, including edward snowden, thomas drake and john she worked at the justice department for seven years for first as a trial attorney and as a legal ethics advisor. jesse lynn radek. [applause] >> good afternoon. anyone who doubts that the war on whistleblowers is a back or were on journalists should study the case of jim rison. threats to reporters are the undercurrent in the obama administration's record-setting espionage act prosecutions of the so-called leakers. one example where the press is implicated is when the justice department subpoenaed associated reporters phone records impacting over 100 different journalists. of another whistleblower, stephen kim, the justice department got a search byrant on the reporter claiming he was a co-conspirator. my client edward snowden, the administration has made noises about reporter glenn greenwald being an eight or and a better. aider and abettor. it should be no surprise that threats against risen come from espionage act prosecution of another whistleblower. jeff sterling. 's honorable c

insult to the obama administration and granting permission for edwards noted to remain in the country for three more years. secretary of state john kerry in afghanistan tonight hoping to solve a bitter fight over last month's presidential election runoff. both candidates alleging fraud and only 10% of the nations ballot boxes have been audited so far. and also coming in a very tense time between the u.s. and afghanistan is the combat operations wind down there. harold greene was killed by an afghan soldier on tuesday. and it houses the largest military mortuary in the city. 90% of the folks without health care coverage can avoid being fined by not having it. this according to "the wall street journal" which has 27 million americans conduct is because they qualify for a growing list of obamacare hardship waivers and exemptions. they can be a rise in premiums for those who are insured because young adults are more likely to risk not getting coverage as they are subject to a fine. and that leaves ensures with us on the books. and more missing e-mails out of the obama government. this time from a key official in charge of a botched r

john, his guardians reissued magna carta to consolidate the support of the barons. when henry iii reach majority, he reissued again to galvanize the support of the barons for yet another war with france. edward i, likewise, reconfirmed magna carta in 1297 in significant measure to get the barons on his side in his effort to conquer the scots. now, before magna carta, engli sh kings maintained loyalty dal fear andal favor. after the meeting at runnymede, a new element was added to the equation. king john's successors could invoke magna carta. the they reconfirmed charter further short-term purposes, they were, whether they like it or not, embedding a unifying law as force in english society. this apart -- the responsibility to support the king carried with it the right the king must respect. contributeda carta to the rise of representative government. the english kings met with barons before king john's meeting at runnymede. but magna carta signifed an enlarged role for the meeting -- for the barons. that role focused on issues of taxation but extended to other issues of public concern. iiing the reigns of henry and edward i, those councils coalesced into parliament in which nights and burges

years after the war, edward porter alexander remembered a quote, the general feeling of the men towards their employment, black soldiers, was very bitter. the sympathy of the north for john brown's memory was taken for proof, according to alexander, of a desire that our slaves should rise in a servile insurrection and massacre throughout the south and the enlistment of negro troops was regarded as advertisement of that desire and encouragement of the idea true to negro. it is estimated upwards of 200 black union soldiers may have been massacred during and especially after the battle. confederate accounts make it clear that they did not consider black men to be soldiers. indeed, the scale of violence accorded to black soldiers nears the swift response against slave rebellions both real and imagined that stretched back to the antibellum period. a few days after the battle, the richmond examiner published the following editorial, we begged him, mahone, here after, when negroes are sent forward to murder the wounded and come shouting no quarter, shut your eyes, strengthen your stomach with a little brandy and water and let the work which god has entrusted to you and your bra

right now, secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan on a surprise visit attempting to calm tensions between the two feuding presidential candidates. >>> edward snowden has been given permission to stay in russia for three more year. his lawyer said he'll be able to travel abroad for three-month stints. this comes as vladimir putin fights back against a recent round of sanctions against his country. he's now banning the import of american meat, milk and vegetables for the next year. >>> any minute now jurors in the detroit court shooting trial will resume deliberationses after a lunch break. theodore wafer is accused of gunning down unarmed renisha mcbride who showed up incox kated on his porch. jurors were asked to look at evidence between including a shotgun. he feared for his life and shot mcbride in self-defense. a sad story. >>> the global response to the ebola virus is growing fast. one hour from now the director of the cdc will testify on washington, d.c. it just raised its alert level to level one. abroad the world health organization is holding its own meetings in geneva. 932 people have died in this outbreak. two americans are recei

el director john brennan no dar declaraciones con frecuencia, pero ahora hablÓ con nosotros cara a cara. dentro de la cia, desde arriba hasta abajo, el sentimiento contra edward nacional, no fue algo digno de elogio. >> pero ¿no necesita usted mÁs gente como snowden trabajando para la cia? en otras palabras, gente inteligente, ingeniosa. >> necesitamos gente con capacidad tecnolÓgica y competente, pero tambiÉn gente muy comprometida con nuestra seguridad nacional, que quiera hacerlo, que estÉ a su alcance para mantener seguro a este paÍs. >> ¿la controversia de snowden ha bajado el nÚmero de solicitudes en la cia? >> yo no he notado ninguna merma en el interÉs sobre la agencia. >> ¿cÓmo lo explica? >> creo que muchas de las cosas que circulan en los medios, las noticias, no reflejan el punto de vista de la mayorÍa de los estadounidenses. >> pero no todos estÁn de acuerdo. >> la historia de snowden ha generado cierta desconfianza, especialmente entre la gente joven, respecto a los organismos de inteligencia. >> greg miller cubre temas de inteligencia para el washington post. Él y barton gellman reportaron sobre un presupuesto especial de inteligencia y otros d

from nevada is running for lieutenant governor of her state, john sanchez, new mexico, running for re-election, and a former recipient of the edward r -- [inaudible] award is running for lieutenant governor in texas. so some exciting and interesting races for the number two spots in states across the country. other significant statewide contests that we'll be keeping an eye on very closely in november includes state senator alex padilla -- [applause] who is running for california's is secretary of state. he was a top vote getter in california's primary. and that's as much as i'm going to say about his election. [laughter] former deputy secretary of state -- again, another thing that's happening in rhode island, she herself is running for secretary of state there in rhode island, and we hope she makes it past the september primary. in terms of attorney general races, sean andreas is running for his first term as an elected attorney general in utah, and a form toker member of the naleo board running for attorney general in new mexico. again, interesting and fascinating races that we're following very closely. other statewide races,

edward klein's blood feud, an examination of the personal and political relationships between the clintons and the obamas. that is a look at this month's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to wall street journal. >> john shiffman is next on booktv talking about a department of homeland security sting operation code-named "operation shakespeare" which was created to stop america's enemies from acquiring american made defense technology. this is about 45 minutes. >> thanks for coming. 9 name is john shiffman. i am a reporter at would ears in washington and i first wrote about "operation shakespeare" about two or three years ago when i worked for the philadelphia inquirer. this is david hall, a partner in philadelphia. dave was a prosecutor for "operation shakespeare". he worked alongside a half-dozen federal agents. we knew each other many years ago when i was writing my first book. he was a prosecutor all over the world. david has an unusual background as a prosecutor. simultaneously he spent 30 years in the u.s. navy. in the u.s. navy reserve much of it in military intelligence. he is the only prosecutor i know who is a black belt. over the next 20 or 30 minutes we hope to have a good conversation abo

years after the war, edward porter alexander remembered a quote, the general feeling of the men towards their employment, black soldiers, was very bitter. the sympathy of the north for john brown's memory was taken for proof, according to alexander, of a desire that our slaves should rise in a servile insurrection and massacre throughout the south and the enlistment of negro troops was regarded as advertisement of that desire and encouragement of the idea true to negro. it is estimated upwards of 200 black union soldiers may have been massacred during and especially after the battle. confederate accounts make it clear that they did not consider black men to be soldiers. indeed, the scale of violence accorded to black soldiers nears the swift response against slave rebellions both real and imagined that stretched back to the antibellum period. a few days after the battle, the richmond examiner published the following editorial, we begged him, mahone, here after, when negroes are sent forward to murder the wounded and come shouting no quarter, shut your eyes, strengthen your stomach with a little brandy and water and let the work which god has entrusted to you and your bra

edward larrabee barnes, that was the thurgood marshall building. these are the offices for the senate, and of course the thomas jefferson building and the john adams and madison buildings for the library of congress, the jefferson billion widely acclaim in 1897 as the most beautiful building in america, and many people still think it is today. you saw there a capitol power plant where we make the steam and chilled water to heat and cool all of the 17 million square feet of space across capitol hill. then bartholdi park recently renovated the botanic garden, that's been part of our inventory and part of our hidden treasures on capitol hill for many, many years. of course back to the capitol. these are my 10 predecessors in office, and many people ask how can you be the 11th architect of the capitol when we've been in this wonderful capitol city for 224 years or so. it's interesting, and someone asked me earlier that the first nine architects of the capitol were appoint by the president for lifetime terms. and many of them served 20, 30 or more years in office. then after the retirement of the 9th architect of the capitol, the congress put term lits

john cook on my list but there are stories like that coming. [applause] >> i want to thank you very much for what you have done and when you see edward snowden iwould like you to thank him for many of us here for doing what he did. [applause] i also want to say that -- and it's okay. [inaudible] so i was one of those people like many people here that grew up in the late 60s early 70's. we have done a lot of demonstrations and we have organized a lot. we have worked for people we believe in. we have tried to make our country and our government a better place. it always seems to me like we are caught in a time warp, we are constantly repeating things that seem to have happened in previous generations, not even generations. if you look at what happened to this country in the 60s and 70's in southeast asia and all those kinds of things that had an impact on the direction of our country it's not that long ago. it's not as though everyone should have forgotten that stuff although maybe they have. i just wanted to ask you as someone who has been out there in talks with people and has reflected on your own work in this area, why is it that we keep doi