. >> reporter: congressman john lewis says that the movement's leaders realized to bring change, theyded to reach white americans. how did you do that? >> as a movement, we literally put our bodies on the line. >> influence on the civil rights coverage. . >> reporter: dominika cibulkova cowrote the "race beat" a book about the media and movement. >> it's just that no one knew about it. >> reporter: bee nine 57, major northern newspapers discovered the drawm and the story. >> reporter: how do you feel about integrated passengers? >> reporter: the television networks followed. even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the whites and the blacks spraet sprait! >> reporter: and the violence response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day. beat us while the camera's on. >> reporter: this was selma, alabama, 1965. among the bloodied, john lewis. >> american people could not stand it, to see young children and old women being knocked down by firehoses and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this whole s

. >> reporter: congressman john lewis says that the movement's leaders realized to bring change, theyded to reach white america. how did you do that? >> as a movement, we literally put our bodies on the line. >> reporter: finally, by 1957, major northern newspapers discovered the drama, and the story. >> how do you feel about integrated passengers? >> reporter: the television networks followed. even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the whites and the blacks separate. >> reporter: and the violent response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day. beat us while the camera's on. >> reporter: this was selma, alabama, 1965. among the bloodied, john lewis. >> american people could not stand it, to see young children, and old women, being knocked down and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this whole situation by marching by the thousands. >> reporter: television also found martin luther king. >> the reverend martin luther king jr. will face the nation. >> reporter: americans heard a leader who shat

. >> congressman john lewis says that the movement leader realized to bring change they needed to reach white americans. >> how did you do that? >> we literally put our bodies on the line. >> reporter: hank co-wrote "the race beat," a book about the media and the movement. >> race was a big story in the south beginning in the 40s and 50s. it is just that no one knew about it. >> reporter: finally by 1957 major northern newspapers discovered the dram act and the story. >> how do you feel about integrated passengers. >> reporter: the television networks followed even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the white and blacks separate. >> reporter: and the violent response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day, beat us while the camera is on. >> reporter: this was alabama. john lewis among the bloodied. >> they could not stand it to see young children and old women being knocked down and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this by marching by the thousands. >> reporter: the reverend martin luther kin

john lewis. [applause] >> thanks. i like to thank the house and senate for their leadership of the slave task force in making this a possible. i also would like to thank -- take the opportunity to recognize the other members of the sleeper -- a slave labor task force who are here today such as j.c. watts. together, we introduced a legislation creating the slave labor task force i would. i would like to take a moment to ask the members of the task force to please stand. all of the members that are here. [applause] s chairman, i would like to thank each and every member for their hard work and dedication. you never gave up. you never gave in. we could not be where we are today without the leadership of upper friend, my partner, and the -- of my friend, my partner, and the leadership of the vice chair. thank you. [applause] i must also acknowledge the clerk of the house and both of their staffs for their dedication in this day becoming a reality. i must recognize a young man on my own staff. jeffrie, where are you? pleas

congressman john lewis as nonviolent protestor beaten in the 1960s. he passed a resolution honoring him for his powerful impact on young lives. >> they become better human beings and better citizens. >> it's our responsibility to help european people. >> she is a sojurn board member. fascinated by klansmen on the doorstep of hissippi mississippe >>> for the last year, rena evers has traveled with the students back in time? >> it's important to share that it's the human element. right in front of you, it's not something that happened hundred years ago. >> it's not just the well known names. the kids meet ordinary people with extraordinary stories. >> even as a teenager, you can still do great things. >> it happened pablo become a high school history teacher. he now takes his students on the civil rights journey. >> but the program is struggling. sojurn never turns anybody away that can't afford with the $2600 cost. now, they are losing donations with the downed economy but still they are pushing on. >> i have found my life's work and i keep going as lo

. >> john lewis. >> lewis of georgia. >> reporter: and unusual rebuke for a party leader, and a sign,ast, some of them are not happy that pelosi has decided to stick around after november's shellacking. the end result, though, never in doubt. >> therefore, the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio, having received the majority of the votes cast, is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 112th congress. >> reporter: outgoing speaker nancy pelosi was gracious to the victors, drawing a few more tears from boehner. >> now, the house will be led by a proud son of ohio. a man of conviction, a public servant of resolve and a legislative leader of skill. he is a man of faith, faith in god, faith in our country and faith in his family. >> reporter: but even before handing over that gavel, some more fighting words from pell sewly, touting her record -- >> we have made the largest ever commitment to making college more affordable, enacted wall street reform with the greatest consumer protections in history and passed a strong patient's bill of rights. >> reporter

i just want to say a very special thanks to my friend, congressman john lewis, for those remarks, forast determination in his lifetime to do so many good things on behalf of so many people. most of all, his leadership here with the slave labor task force. i had the privilege of working with him, serving with congressman louis when i served in the house, but i have been so pleased and honored to work with him on this initiative. my former colleague who also worked hard on this. i do want to extend my sincere thanks to the family for joining us here today. i wanted to take a moment and just remember mr. curtis sykes. he was an original member of the slave labor task force and a native of little rock, ark., where he was an original member of the arkansas black history advisory committee. i am grateful to his contribution to this effort and his lifetime of contribution to our state of arkansas. i would also like to thank sarah davison who knew him. she has joined us as well today. i think her for her contribution to the task force. a very special welcome to our distinguished guests. we ar

. >> reporter: republicans did ask civil rights leader democrat john lewis to read the 13th amendment... >> neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... >> reporter: ...which abolished slavery. >> ...shall exist within the united states. ( applause ) >> reporter: republicans say that the point that they were trying to make with this reading is that the constitution should be the basis for everything they do here. katie? >> couric: all right. nancy cordes on capitol hill tonight. nancy, thank you. two other notes from washington. defense secretary robert gates announced plans to cut $78 billion from the pentagon budget over the next five years. among other things... by among other things, rather, reducing ground forces and raising health care premiums for troops. and at the white house today, president obama introduced a washington veteran as his new chief of staff. william daley was commerce secretary in the clinton administration and is now an executive with j.p. morgan chase. now to a developing story in maryland where danger came in the mail today at two state office buildings 20 m

. >> reporter: congressman john lewis, a leader of the civil rights movement, read the 13th amendment, banning slavery, to a standing ovation. but there was a shock for congressman frank pallone, when he read this -- >> no person, except a natural-born citizen or a citizen of the united states, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to be the office of president. neither shall -- >> obama! except obama! >> the woman up in the visitor gallery was described as a birther activist. she was removed and arrested. >>> and, from washington, d.c. to washington state, we finally learned late today who held one of those winning tickets in that enormous mega-millions jackpot earlier this week. it's the $190 million ticket sold in the little town of ephrata, washington. jim mccullar, married more than 40 years, father of six, grandfather of more than 20 and a great-grandfather, is a lucky man in a lot of ways. he survived several heart attacks and has a dozen stints, he says. and, today, he described the moment that he went into his sleeping wife with the big news. >>

don't have rights in mind give them arab rights throughout the arab world stop policy issues where john lewis designed it on this road when we're talking about who was on this program this and i live and i took our nation for the jewish week of how i was listening out and we're not going to give them up we have right he said i really wish and we still have the rights based on some of the students on the real saratoga as this is this is their allies there's also you see how denying it now mr feist are you listen for a second don't you see how denying the palestinian right of this are in. equivocal to denying the gym's right to self determined how can you say that this group over here cannot self-determined but the jews can it danger is the jewish right to help determine oh i was so nice when i was a regular that the stones were doing our job you know please you know this is not on this show and they will speak at least this cannot be reduced to a competition between religious claims based on who you think god gave this land to you know it's pretty clear to any fair minded person that if that's

where john lewis is on you know on this road when we're talking about who was on the straw on this progress and i listened and i took any reason for the jewish i was listening out and we're not going to give them up we have right he said i really wish i wish you had the rights based on some of the posters on this are the real source of their. says there are lies there is also you see how denying it now mr fleiss are you listen for a second don't you see how denying the palestinian rights that's are is an. equivocal to denying the gym's right to sell to time and how can you say that this group over here cannot self-determined but the jews can it danger is the jewish right to help determine oh i was so nice when i was a. regular that this that i don't see we're doing our job you know please. this is not on this. speak. this cannot be reduced to a competition between religious claims based on who you think god gave this land to you know it's pretty clear to any fair minded person that if that's what you reduce it to you're going to have eternal conflict not. there are extremists who don't mind

i remember john lewis, earl hilliard, the african-american congressman from that area, they walked rightmfortable as could be. i remember a couple of our white, midwestern, liberal members, standing at the edge of the door wonder whether they wanted to walk in or not. george wallace received them with wonderful spirit, they responded with wonderful spirit. two years ago when we went back, peggy wallace kennedy, george's youngest daughter, came to sell my, spoke at the church, and join us in the march across the bridge. i think martin would look down and say, yeah, you got it, keep going. thank you. kim [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much to everyone. we would like to begin the conversation and also, we plan to have you included in the conversation before the evening is over. doug, i want to ask, how do we get there? i guess i am thinking, dr. martin luther king was a very special human being, who wrote as he wrote, spoke as he spoke, answered the call and took those steps. what can we do it -- and i am asking the entire panel. what can each of us do to help create that kind of m

for the privilege of joining my colleagues, joining senator reid, speaker boehner, senator kerry, john lewis president john f. kennedy. it is my official privilege to join them as many deeply personal honor to do so. i've listened very carefully to their remarks. i'm first and perhaps the only to say i was thre aboutts time years ago. i was able to be there because my father was in baltimore, a great supporter of jfk and was part of the administration. my brother who later was there, thomas alessandro. i know at least one other member was john dingell. he was a member of congress. any others want to raise their hand? i thought not. in any event, was a young student at the time. we were enormously proud we were going to have a talk with the president. isn't that exciting? i was a young student listening to a tdvotion. he said i will light our country and all who serve it in the glow from that fire can truly light the world. and so it was for three years of crisis that tested our dirt and our national will and leadership that advanced america's stream and arguably saved the worldin a me oaxum

changes included the 13th amendment, recited by former civil rights leader and georgia democrat john lewis. >> neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. >> woodruff: the proceeding was interrupted at one point as new jersey democrat frank pallone was reading the section on presidential qualifications... >> no person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the united states, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president. >> woodruff: a visitor had yelled that president obama did not meet the requirement. it was a reference to claims he was actually born abroad, despite his birth certificate from hawaii. in the end, it took 84 minutes to read the seven articles and 27 amendments, with the parties taking turns. the two sides also joined to slash the operating budgets of house offices and committees by 5% or $35 million. it passed easily, 410 to 13. but partisan divisions ret

john lewis was driven out of the student non-violence coordinating committee by stokely car michael who described him as a "christ-loving fool." so he was trying to maintain his position and he had moved by then to economic justice and they had started the poor people's campaign in washington. it was not necessarily going well. they were beleaguered by weather and a lot of other things and he went to memphis the first time, it didn't work out very well because he didn't plan for it very well. then he went back the second time to make a stand. so it was a difficult time for him. it was a time that... he was not killed at the apogee, if you will, of his influence. he was... >> rose: because there was a transition going on in a sense? >> it was a transition going on and he was maintaining his leadership in it and trying to shift the attention from just racial equality to economic justice. and he'd also come out very strongly against the war earlier, a year earlier. and for a lot of people they thought that it was inappropriate for him to do that. but he said... and even some of his closest

instead she cast her vote for the civil rights hero congressman john lewis.he didn't expect this nor did her close friends and supporters. linda lopez is an arizona state senator and was one of giffords' bridesmaids. >> i have to tell you that one of the most horrific things was when it came across the news on the tv at the er waiting room that she had died, we didn't find out until several minutes later, probably 15, 20 minutes later that she was, in fact, alive. so it's been a real roller coaster of emotions for us. i'm very hopeful for her but i have to tell you when i look at the tv and i see her picture, i get very emotional about it. it's a real hard thing to deal with. >> reporter: but violence or at least violent rhetoric to some extent comes with the territory. arizona has been a tinderbox of anger, especially on immigration. >> go home, illegals. >> reporter: and health care, and giffords has been in the thick of it. even when the crowds were decidedly hostile. >> well, darling of obama who follows everything he does. >> reporter: giffords told a lo

i worked a good bit read john lewis -- with the john lewis. this, i will try to get into what would martin do. it is a little bit awkward. the best summation of martin's teaching may be from the book, where do we go from here? that was published in 1967. what would he say to us if he were here now? the chapter is based on his nobel peace prize lecture, delivered in 1964. he worked on that about a month and he gave it the prominence that it deserved in the concluding chapter of that book. a bit later, he may well have regarded the world as his most important single speech or essay. some of us may never have heard of it. we certainly note i have a dream, we know the letter from the birmingham jail. this work is relatively unknown. in that comment -- and that, he calls us to transcend class, nation, and religion, to embrace the vision of the world house. to eradicate racism, poverty, and militarism. to curb excessive materialism and shipped from a thing- oriented society to a people- oriented society. to resist social injustice and resolve confli

the honorable john lewis of the state of georgia has received two. he honorable heath shuler of the state of north carolina has received 11. with one recorded as present. therefore, the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio, having received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected the speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [gavel] >> the clerk apoints the following committee -- but points the following committee to escort the speaker to the chair, mr. cantor, ms. pelosi, mr. mccarthy, mr. hoyer, mr. hensarling, and mr. clyburn. mr. sessions, mr. larson, mr. price. the gentleman from california. the gentlewoman from california, miss mcmorris rodgers. mr. van hollen. ms. nome. mr. george miller. mr. tim scott. ms. del oro. mr. walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass. the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the com

john lewis and earl hilliard walked right in and were comfortable as could be. i remember a couple of our white, midwestern and liberal members standing at the edge of the door not knowing whether they wanted to walk in that room or not, because something was really bad. george wallace received them with wonderful spirit. and two years ago when we went back, peggy wallace kennedy, came to selma, spoke at brown chapel, and joined us in marching across the pettis bride. ge. i think martin would look down, and say, yeah. that's it. you've got it. keep going. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much to everyone, and we would like to begin our conversation and also do plan to have you included intha that conversation before the evening is over, but doug, i want to ask, how do we get there? i guess i am thinking martin luther king, jr. was a very special human being, who wrote as he wrote, spoke as he spoke, answered the call and took those steps. where are thed, hwer leaders? ? but we cannot count on that all the time. i am asking the entire panel -- and what do

the privilege of joining my colleagues, joining senator reid and speaker boehner, senator kerry, john lewisof you here to observe the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of president john f. kennedy. it is my officials privilege to join them. it is my deeply personal honor. i have listened very carefully to their remarks. i am first and proud to be the only to say i was there. it was about this time 50 years ago. i was able to be there because my father, the mayor of baltimore, the great supporter of jfk, and would be part of the administration. my brother who later became mayor was there too. many of you work. i know at least one other member of congress was. he was a member of congress at the time. any others want to raise their hands? [laughter] i thought not. at any event, i was a young college student at the time. i was at georgetown. we were enormously proud that we were going to have a catholic president. i was a young student listening to a young president call to the energy, the faith, and the devotion. he said that will lead our country and all who serve it, and the glow from tha

your morning cup of joe could get a makeover, john lewis has all the details. >> encouraging news on the job from push stocks higher on wednesday the dow gained 31 points to close at 11,021 to the nasdaq, s&p also finished higher. december was a good month for the market, private employers added nearly 300,000 jobs lost month according to payroll processor adp firmer than expected. they typically set the tone for the monthly jobs report due out friday. them said it will reflect a similar gains when it comes to consumer satisfaction for is giving toyota a run for its money. they're virtually tied with toyota for first place in the latest rankings from consumer reports. toyota score dropped dramatically from 2009 after its image was tarnished by a number of recalls. those famous white and green caps are getting a makeover starbucks celebrating its 40th year in business with the new logo, a stoppage of the traditional siren which is trees the cup since 1971 on the company's web sites seo says starrs is undergoing an evolution and customers can expect to see changes starting this spring.

the honorable john lewis of the state of georgia has received two. he honorable heath shuler of the state of north carolina has received 11. with one recorded as present. therefore, the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio, having received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected the speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [gavel] >> the clerk apoints the following committee -- but points the following committee to escort the speaker to the chair, mr. cantor, ms. pelosi, mr. mccarthy, mr. hoyer, mr. hensarling, and mr. clyburn. mr. sessions, mr. larson, mr. price. the gentleman from california. the gentlewoman from california, miss mcmorris rodgers. mr. van hollen. ms. nome. mr. george miller. mr. tim scott. ms. del oro. mr. walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass. the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the com

without the work of representatives john lewis and john conyers and their dedication of life to socialustice and also i might add the work of our former senator kennedy, ted kennedy, this bill would never have become law. and i congratulate all of them for their work. madam president, serving in the senate today are colleagues whom i would also like to thank for their efforts to enact that legislation. the 1983 king holiday bill had six of its 34 sponsors are still in the senate today, including senator baucus, senator bingaman, senator inouye, senator lautenberg, levin, and lugar as well as the president of the senate, vice president joe biden. five senators who were members of the house of representatives at the time were original cosponsors of the companion bill, h.r. 3706, which became law. they are majority leader reid, senator akaka, boxer, mikulski and schumer. i thank them all for their leadership and vision in the 1980's as to the importance of making this holiday a remembrance to dr. martin luther king. 20 years before its enactment in august of 1963 on the steps of the linco

iconic control which is something that you see even after the new deal with some labor leaders by john o. lewis in particular. even though there has always been this kind of neurosis a little bit. a labor sought government intrusion in regimes and things that would govern labour relations there also was a nest thousand four just the freedom of not having being bound by those things and all and just being able to strike when he wanted to. you don't have to be certified by the national labor relations board. saw it was a little bit of both, i think. i think people slowly generally came around to view it as positive. to you want to -- >> okay. you tell me. al. thanks. i was just wondering what happened with below miracle? >> with the low miracle. well, it became sort of like the loan nightmare after a while. you know, it became -- it coalesced around the demand for the 10-hour day. it precede the and demand for the 8-hour day. supposedly these enormous petitions were collected over massachusetts. there were taken to the state legislature. again, the legislature said this is really not our business

course of that time, from the present inauguration and then present lyndon johnson, but people like john lewis are there working hard to teach america what our country was about in the civil rights movement. and because of what they did. what are we now, 42? 43 strong here. we want more, of course but 43 strong from the original 13. it is an honor again, thank you melvin, for your introduction of one word or another. congressman donald payne, thank you for your leadership as chair of the foundation. and evette jones, congratulations for receiving the south asians performing arts scholarship. it's very important to recognize the talent among us in many different ways, and what a great honor to receive that from the cbc. but back to john f. kennedy. he said at the time, this nation was founded by men, men, of many nations and backgrounds, and was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man is threatened. i did not really mean that as a source of humor. [laughter] >> but in any event, the fact that the one bright,

that time from the president's inauguration and with president lyndon johnson, with people like john lewis and our distinguished assistant leader, jim clyburn, many of whom are here present, working hard to teach america what our country was about. in the civil rights movement. because of what they did, what are we now, 42, 43 strong here. we want more, of course, 43 strong from the original 13. i really -- it is an honor again, thank you greg melvin for your introduction of one title or another, emmanuel, barbara lee, congressman donnell payne, thank you for your leader -- donald payne, thank you for your leadership as chairman of the foundation. and congratulations on receiving the foundation's performing arts scholarship. it's important to recognize the talent congress us in many different ways. and what a great honor to receive that from the c.b.c. back to john f. kennedy. he said at the time, this nation was founded by men, men, of many nations and backgrounds and was founded on the principle that all men are created equal. and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of

time from the president's inauguration and with president lynn don johnson, but it was people like john lewisr, people many of whom are present here, working hard to teach america what our country was about in the civil rights movement. and because of what they did, what are we now 42, 43 strong here. we want more, of course. but 43 strong from the original 13. i really -- it is an honor again. thank you craig melvin for your introduction of one title or another, and emanuel, barbara lee, congressman donald payne, thank you for your leadership as chair of a foundation, and yvette jones, congratulations on receiving the foundation's performing arts scholarship. it's very important to recognize the talent among us in many different ways and how -- what a great honor to receive that from the cbc. get back to john f. kennedy, he said at the time, this nation was founded by men, -- men of many nations of backgrounds. it was founded on the principals that all men are created equal, and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man is threatened. i did not really mean that as a s

after billy the kid, was to write the score in 1939 for a film by the innovative director lewis milestone made from john steinbeck's novella about hardluck migrant workers in california of mice and men. koplan have been trying to break into the work since 97 but was still don't kno know it as a composer of modernist art music and hence was considered too difficult for american moviegoers. thanks in part to scoop -- good friend, and inspired in part by thomson samore, copland finally got his foot in the door can receive a steinbeck assignment have produced a score in his new style of imposed simplicity. a style that was very much the forefront of his work in the 1940s. although without the obvious borrowing from folk music or cowboy songs. the field one prays as did copland's adaptation of modernist techniques, including daringly for the time dissidents, dissidents in a film score. we are not talking about -- were talking about hollywood. to his scores wide open. the following year copland's music for of mice and men earned him to a academy award nomination the national award for review over. late one ni

john holloman and mark halpert, game change, seven weeks. michael lewis, big six weeks. george w. bush, number one for five weeks. i'm laura bush, number one for four weeks. she went on a pretty extensive book tour as well, didn't she? >> guest: she did. she did. her book has been out since may i believe. and bush's book has only been out since the second week of november i believe. so keep in mind some of these books have and how that went to go. "the immortal life of henrietta lacks" has been out for a few weeks. >> host: before we get the calls, let's talk about game change by john heilman and mark halpert. >> guest: i'm sorry, i'm not that familiar with that boat. >> host: one of the political bios of barack obama in the campaign of she doesn't need. another one that came out about barack obama, and other biography was david remnick scum of the life and rise of rock obama. this also came out in 2010. greenwich, connecticut. good evening, u.n. put tv with jenn risko of self-awareness. go ahead with your question. >> caller: high, one of the game changers this year that everyone

the black caucus and john lewis had been called the conscience of the congress. today, a challenge to the congress that this injustice has presented is at least partially corrected by getting the recognition that we do. it has been an honor to work on this endeavor. i would also like to recognize two other bidders for the african-american community. lorraine miller, the clerk of the house, and terry rouse. terry is the ceo of the capital visitor's center. i do not know where loraine is. she is still working. over the past decade, the slave labor task force work to document the history of slave laborers who constructed the walls of the united states capitol. we know of the valuable contributions of the reed family. out of a dark chapter in our past, rice refused, a dream not yet realized, these nation's carpenters, painters, and others gave this house of liberty as a beacon of hope for our nation and the world. history books till now had not told their story. the tale will be written forever into these walls and into the structure and spoken from this marble chamb