buckley, jr. from television and we had been subscribing to his magazines for happier maybe that is enough. i took it dear bob off of the beginning of my letter added a conclusion and assented away. months past without a word from "national review" play assumed they have not like to the submission and have thrown away and this was standard procedure in journalism. then after the new year i got a letter from the assistant managing editor. dear mr. mr. brookhiser please forgive our slowness in dealing with your manuscript is somehow got buried on my desk. this i would learn is actually standard procedure in journalism. [laughter] ms. buckley bills older sister, we have read it and are eager to publish it. he added, we do receive manuscripts from people your age but i am sure this will be the first we have never published. anyone who submit something for the approval of the world expects in some corner of his mind that he will be approved. but when approval came it was startling. the world of public

buckley, jr. did not diminish its value, rather than the reverse.s a courtesy and profession that often skipped courtesies. over the years i saved many such cards, a fraction of all the ones i was sent. since they are undated, i can't tell now which one came first. no matter, they were a beam of attention from the top. and then i go on a little bit to give the back-story of big and the back-story of me taking us up to 1970 and the introduction ends at 44, bill's age when he accepted my article, he was conscious of the passage of time. in the early '60s, william rickenbacker a younger colleague sat in on one of his interviews. bill was in fine form like a jet with a switchblade. door, bill smartly knocked it aside. when the door closed, he turned to rickenbacker and grinned i can keep this crap up until i'm 40. [laughter] >> he kept it up much longer. but even there is senses where he is no longer an enfant. out of the blue here comes a kid pulling the same stunts he had pulled in college. but he was in college. but bill thought, maybe i found anothe

buckley jr.r, below that, in spindly red ink, a message, something like richard, congratulations, or rick, very nice. in time, i would learn that every contributor to every issue of national review got such a card from william f. buckley jr. which did not diminish its value, rather the reverse. the cards were a courtesy in a profession that often skipped courtesy. over the years, i saved many such cards, a fraction of all the ones that were sent. since they are not dated, i can't tell now which came first. no matter, they were a beam of attention from the top. i go on a little bit to give the back story of bill and me taking us up to 1970 and the introduction ends, at 44, bill's age when he accepted my article, he was conscious of the passage of time. in nearly 60s, a younger colleague said on one of his interviews, bill was in fine form, like a jet with a switchblade. the toughest question was save for walking out the door, bills marley knocked aside. when the door closed, he turned to rickenbac

. >> jim: i played with cal ripken jr. -- sr., and he said nothing like the atom ball. i'm 18 years old going what is he talking about? is he getting into physics? molecular science. the atom ball? there you go. >> rob: that was at his foot. >> jim: 0-2 the count. albers last year left the game at wrigley field interleague game, and that was when it was diagnosed that his shoulder had the issues, and he elected to go the rehab route. last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery.

boustany jr. of louisiana. the honorable k. michael conaway of texas. the honorable vern cannon of nebraska. i am pleased to fulfill their requests. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, republican leader.

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busch jr. change the inflation numbers. remember he had inflation and a than excluding food and energy? let me give you a number over 40 years of teaching. what ever the price of oil is, if it is $20 a barrel, the inflation rate is 2%. if it is $70 a barrel, it is 7% inflation. what people are missing is that 0 allele is 25% of the profits of all the company's world baud -- worldwide. $50 a barrel is 50% of the profits. when you are building a home you are talking about $50 and will -- a $50 a barrel. i am paying two hundred dollars more a month in fuel, and $200 more month in my car. what obama should do is the same thing clinton should do. george bush blocked 10 billion bar. of oil after we invaded iraq, take the oil reserves -- war reserves, put it out on the open market and sell it. host: next from arkansas. caller: i am very wary about inflation. of all of the bank bail outs and auto bailouts. this president has created the hugest deficit in history, that our children and grandchildren will never be able to pay for. he

. >> dale earnhardt, jr.! gets the victory. >> june i don't remember celebrates.today on father's day. >> i take this one for him and all others, and henrik, all across the country. >> well, it's been nearly a year since dale earnhardt, jr. has take not a checkered flag in a sprint cup race. he'll return to the track where he won this weekend at michigan. earnhardt has finished in the top 10 just 7 times in 35 races. through 14 races in 0 #. here's alan bestwick with more. >> what to watch for over 400 miles at michigan international speedway on sunday. first, this is who to watch for. carl edwards has been a master at that track in recent years. >> last year carl was one of the best at saving fuel. now we have a new guy, tony stewart. he got good at saving fuel at pocono on sunday. the roush-fenway racing team cars have been heads above most recently. >> i think when you get into a situation and everybody runs well, and you go back with your expectations higher, it seems it always works out. i know michigan gives options to drivers, they've got three or four lane

. >> jim: i asked sandy alomar, jr., sandy alomar, sr. is the bench coach, sandly alomar, jr., i said tell me about matt wieters. he said i'll tell you what, some of the softest hands i have seen. he said, maybe get a little bit wider, he said, dennis martinez told me one time, get the legs out. i want to see a shoulder, i want to see a knee. make sure you get the glove up. it's not easy being 6'5" and catching. i think what i like about it is he does get down. for a big guy, he really is able to give you a low target. >> gary: a chopper right off the plate that is foul. it will stay at 2-2. uehara is really moving along in this game. one of the things we've talked about with wieters behind the plate is would these pitchers, wieters believes in a very fast base. he likes to keep guys going. that will be fouled away. so he gives, gets down quickly, gives the sign quickly, and tries to get a pitcher in a rhythm that he can stay in, inning after inning. and he's very conscious of doing that with the staff. here's the 2-2. and right off the e

the new dlc chairman harold ford, jr. continues to speak out as one of the nation's up and coming senators. rahm emanuel leads democrats back into the majority on capitol hill after penning with bruce reed a plan in 2006. in continuing with the tradition of helping young leaders emerge and the stars, the dlc founds a new program with an eye towards the future. a quarter-century later, barack obama and joe biden's historic victory in 2008 proves that the party is ready. the new administration and congress have the chance to build a long lasting change and reform, and the opportunity to carry out a new democratic agenda. education reform, national service, health reform, energy, fiscal responsibility, and long- term growth. on the democratic leadership council, the organization that al built from the ground up is taking on a new challenge. under bruce's leadership, house legacy lives on. the power of a good idea can still inspire our party and to transform our nation. >> 25 years ago, he had the courage to see it was time f

basically they want to be jr. feel castro -- jr. fidel castro s. guest: the caller has the ability to see in the future, which i did not possess, but it is certainly true alvaro uribe -- and i gave some credit for bringing order out of chaos, but he has amended the constitution in order to perpetuate himself and power. and that democracy cannot depend on one person. the whole point of democracy is orderly transfer of power at the will of the people. and this is what -- and this is why it is wrong to amend the constitution just for the benefit of one offical. host: this comment from a viewer -- you will never stop the drug war. guest: you will certainly never stop the drug war unless you take tough steps to reduce demand. porter spain trinidad, at the summit of the americas -- port- of-spain, trinidad, president obama promised to take steps in that direction. he showed us a grasp of the complexity of the problem. but all i am asking here is that the american people understand that the people of central america and the people of colombia are paying a

. >> bob: ken griffey, jr., jr., how did we miss those? the great yankee clipper and al simons. we were too contemporary in our thinking. >> rob: one of the things that was really cool about yankee stadium, they pay a lot of respect to the former players. it's all over the stadium. >> bob: yeah. >> rob: the retired numbers and statues and julien just really cool things. >> bob: fly ball right center. elijah dukes is there. vils vernon wells who is 2-2 will step in. wells on a distinctive list of center fielders with 100 rbi's seasons. in his rookie season 2002, he hit 23 homers, drove in 100. next year, he really put it altogether going to his first all-star game hitting .317, 33 homers, 117 batted in. vernon wells is from shreveport, louisiana, originally. his dad, vern orrin, was a wide receiver ironically in the canadian football league. >> rob: you're making that stuff up. >> bob: you can't make that stuff up. >> rob: his dad played in the canadian football league? >> bob: a lot of good americans have played -- >> rob: i'm not saying that. his dad played in canada and he pla

in fact when ken griffey, jr. had 35 in '05 adam dunn had 40 with 101 runs driven in. for  and he can still get  done. cueto comes inside, two balls, no-strike count.  elijah dukes is on willie harris. zimmerman with a lead at first base. and it's 2-0. . >> rob: end of the nationals dugout. >> johnny: and tomorrow wired wednesday with manny acta. >> rob: he'll be on headset. we'll pepper him with questions in the third inning, he always likes that. but he does a great job. >> johnny: he sure does. and then covering the bases with adam dunn. a high pop-up behind the plate, the catcher drifting back into the stands. and no play for ryan hanigan, the count is each with two balls and two strikes, 3-1 here in the bottom of the sixth. >> rob: ryan has made a lot of strides in one area where people say he struck out 200 times a year, he only struck out 164 times last year, 122 walks, he makes it very difficult on the pitchers, but he is kind of a throw-back. that's what you wanted your four-guy

.: only in the home run derby before the all-star game, ken griffey, jr. he's the only one. if you have time to walk on utah street, there are plaques for every home run that's landed on utah street. there's a bouncer in the shift. one away. the orioles wives are hosting a silent auction tomorrow and tuesday with the red sox in town. all begins at 5:30, continues through the end of the 7th. the proceeds from tomorrow's auction benefits the university of maryland auction for children. one away on the dunn ground out. josh willingham batting now. >> jim p.: pretty nice series right there. not a lot of rbi's, but 5 for 10. >> jim h.: just off the plate. hendrickson came on with one out and none on in the 7th, after he struck out zimmerman, he turned around expecting to get the baseball back from the third baseman. >> rob: it happens. you're warming up down in the bullpen as a reliever, and chris ray struck out cristian guzman, he may not have seen that because he was busy getting loose. so he missed that out. i'm just saying that could be the reason. he comes in, he gets nick j

martin luther king jr. breached nonviolence and his great movement heeded this call in the -- of unspeakable violence. this is a terrible perversion of what it means to be pro-life. while we have different views on this issue, no side should resort to atrocious acts of violence such as this. since 1977 there have been more than 5,800 reported acts of violence against providers like dr. tiller. since 1993, eight people have been murder and there have been 17 attempted murders since 1991. clinics like dr. tiller's over a 20-year span have been bombed 41 times and faced 175arsons and 96 attempted bombings andarsons. i understand this is a compassionate issue for both sides. we cannot allow this to continue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlela

frederick ryan jr. >> what a spectacular performance by the u.s. ampley chorus. tremendous.of the ronald reagan presidential foundation i would like to take this opportunity to convey the appreciation to the bipartisan leadership of both houses of congress for honoring ronald reagan in this special way. in the same spirit of reaching across the political aisle, congress passed and yesterday president obama signed legislation creating a national commission on the ronald reagan sen tinial. it will recognize president reagan's accomplishments and celebrate his legacy on the anniversary of his 100th birthday. we at the reagan foundation view this as the kickoff of the celebration. our warm and sincere thank you to senator and speaker pelosi for hosting us today. [applause] >> in building the presidential library and establishing the ronald reagan foundation, it was the president's desire that these organizations always be looking forward and not back. always focusing more on the future than on the past. because ronald reagan's core beliefs and principles are timeless, every bit

and his son, jr., he ran every ball hard. wright's got to go so far. cora no chance, then wet infield. if you don't run hard, you don't beat this out. it's certainly not routine, but he's going as fast and as hard as he can, he beats it easily. >> gary: the orioles get the lead-off man on. the first hit of the ballgame for reimold. wieters who delivered his first major league home run in the second inning off tim redding stands in with nobody out. the throw over and just kind of a fall back into the bag. seven hits in the ballgame for the o's. game tied at four. bottom of the sixth inning. a meeting will take place at the mound here, the bullpen has not been active in this ballgame. but they're going oh get it going. they may want a little time right here while this meeting goes on. >> jim: probably see -- of course they were sitting next to each other before he came out there. the time of the game when you get through the line-up for the second, third time, you better focus. throwing over there on a rainy night, reimold may be going, what are you thin

jerry hairston, jr. stepping stepping in now. 10 th inning, 2-2 ballgame.eering and applause] i was going to say, i didn't like when a guy would stand will and not try to earn his way on. that motivates you more to want to come back all the way and finish a guy off, 3-2 and get the 3rd strike. >> johnny: 0-1 to jerry hairston. >> rob: he's had a pretty tough night. [cheering and applause] >> johnny: 0-2

i'm going to be jr. to 99 other senators. i'm going to be entering with a great deal of humility and with a lot to learn. and also to do the work of the people of minnesota. as far as the 60 is concerned, 60 is a magic number, but it isn't. we know that we have senators and republicans you're going to vote -- democrats are going to vote with the majority republicans and others. it is not quite as magical number as people may say. i hope that we do get president obama's agenda through. >> norm, and stopped short of saying who got the most votes. is it a concern of yours? >> i think what you had was 12 judges look at this through the canvassing process, three counts, through the election contests, through the decision in the supreme court. they're all -- i won more votes than anybody else in the election. i think that is conclusive. it is as transparent and conclusive at this painstaking as possible. they've agreed every step of the way except on some very small things, some procedural things during the recount. >> [unintelligi

. >> johnny: johnny hairston jr. the reds, 25 runs scored, comments in with a batting average of .252, stole four bases, one down, johnny holiday in for bob carpenter tonight. shot to center field. willie harris has a bead on this one. two quick outs for ross detwiler.  so willie harris getting th job tonight in center field done. 20-4 record for the reds, .883% scoring in the first inning, second in national league baseball. 270 homers with cincinnati, fourth most in team history in the nationals against right- handers this year hitting 270 and this year second in the national league. toronto pounced back after sunday's shutout at the hands of the mets, 7-0, only the second time this year the ball club has been shutout.  brandon phillips the re second baseman. with a .276 average coming in this ball game, 10 homers, driven in 41 but 27 runs, 21 walks and six stolen bases.  but when you talk abo stra

dupri jr., former deputy assistant attorney general of the united states. mr. dupri is a graduate of williams college as well as the university of chicago law school, who once clerked for jerry smith at the fifth circuit court of appeals. in his private practice he played a key role in bush v. gore, more recently in his stint in the federal government he oversaw the civil division of the department of justice, including the civil appellate practice of justice. he's appeared in front of the supreme court and all 13 appeals courts. he's appeared before jouge sotomayor in the second circuit court. i'm interested in what he has to say, i hope you all are as well. let's give him a warm welcome to the dallas chapter, tom dupri. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you very much for inviting me here today and thank you, dan, for the kind introduction. it's always a pleasure for me to return to texas. as he mentioned, i clerked a little bit down the road in houston. it's wonderful to come back and have a chance to catch up with old friends and escape the summertime heat

john mabry jr. will take his place on the roster.e jays going for a three-game sweep of the phils, 7-7 game, pinch-hitter rod barajas coming through in the pinch -- the former philly burning his old team with a solo home run to straightaway center and the jays win by the final of 8-7. jays finish off the sweep, the phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home. "i'm tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard. i'm tired of talking about losing at home. >> free kick for brazil. we decided to spin the espn axis showing you felipe melo all alone. third time in four games the u.s. has allowed a goal in the first seven minutes. 19th minute, corner kick, marcus beasley. brazil sets up the counterattack. ramirez sprints down the field with the ball and passes to rodinho who passes it. brazil ends up winning it. alexi lalas looks ahead. >> you have to be able to compete. it's not about winning necessarily against the big teams. when you get off the field after the 90 minutes you want to say "i'm proud of the u.s. and

john mayberry jr. will take his place on the roster.e jays go for the three-game sweep of the phils, top nine, 7-7 game. here is pinch-hitter rod barajas off ryan madson. center field. gone. solo home run and the jays win it 8-7. jays finish off the sweep. the phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home. "i'm tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard, i'm done talking about losing at home. >> fifa confederations cup, group b action, united states and brazil, americans 1-12 vs. the brazilians. seventh minute, no score, free kick for brazil. give me espn axis. felipe melo. with the corner kick. damarcus beasley loses the ball and turns it over, brazil sets up the counterattack. robinho. worst loss since 1993. alexi lalas looks ahead for the u.s. >> the u.s. needed egypt to beat italy to stay alive. 40th minute, egypt with the corner kick and the cross goes to mohammad homos. he scores with a header and egypt strikes first. later on check out gennaro gattuso. vincenso jaquinta here. denied again by el hadari. t

in addition to his family and friends, officer johns leaves an 11-year-old son, stephen tyrone johns jr. to mourn his loss. so it is with a heavy and sad heart that i offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of officer stephen tyrone johns. he will always be remembered as a dedicated and beloved hero. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from washington, for what purpose do you rise? mr. hastings: can i inquire of the time on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 10 minutes remaining and the gentleman from west virginia has 12 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. hastings: i understand that my friend from west virginia has more request for time than i do and i'd be more than happy to yield him nine of those 10 minutes to dispense with as he sees fit with the understanding that if i do get some members that i can reclaim some of that time and i ask unanimous consent that he control that nine minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rahall: i thank the distinguished gentleman from washingt

speaking of down on the farm, sees coming up the line and trying to get with the ma jr. league roster of the orioles. >> we want to give him a nice full year in the minor leagues. double a. hopefully i would think probably move him to triple a to intensify the competition a little bit. but just looking at his stuff you can -- when you walk into a ballpark and he's on the mound you know this guy's a major league pitcher. his stuff is second to none. a lot of guys in this league. he's probably one guy that's got the three pitches that are all major league caliber and above. he's a big strong guy. i think that's the biggest thing about him. when i saw him was his size. >> jake will pitch tomorrow for buoy. 5-43 right now. he has walked 23 and struck out 65 which are excellent numbers. and 4 base hits. and holding opponents to a .219 batting average. a year away you think? >> well, could be. i think the orioles are going to have to take a chance on him pretty soon whether it be at the end of this season or the beginning of next year. he's everything rick was talking about. h

[applause] thank you, harold ford jr., for friendship and your fidelity to the dlc, and what you said tonight. thank you, bruce reed, for all of your wonderful service in the white house, and your friend should to me and for leading the dlc and for what you said tonight. thank you, will marshall. thank you, ginger and sarah and jenny and mark. and thank you, elizabeth. this is really all for you, after all. i would like to thank those who, like me, had the benefit of serving as chair of the dlc. they're all here, and have all been introduced. it is a club by want to be a part of. we were really breasts -- blessed in those early years. there is a really magnificent person who is going to speak after me that proves the dlc program. rachel, i am so proud of you. i'm glad you're representing the state and local officials. that was a really good movie. it had the virtue of being at least except for the stuff about me, true. i think secretary sebelius may be here. we were together at a previous event, and i'll have more to say about that in a minute. i loved getting involved with the dlc. f

friend, wade henderson, the longtime president of the leadership conference of civil rights and now the jr. professor of public interest law here. i have to tell you, wade and i have worked on some many things. it is funny in the judiciary committee because you can see when these debates are going on and i am ready to turn out -- i am ready to tear out the little hair i have. wade will be there in the back and give me a smile. i say let's keep this thing going. we will win eventually. and we usually do. it is great to see the students here. going to law school at such an exciting time. you have a president who is committed to restoring the role of the united states around the world on such important issues as human rights and economic recovery. when he was asked find some students -- when he was asked by students in europe they said was there really change in america? he said i have a black man named rock obama, how much more change do you expect? -- a black man named barack obama. people come up to me and want to shake my hand. the weekend after in france when i changed airports, before t

dick gephardt, chuck, sam nunn, president clinton, joe lieberman, ever,bayh, tom vilsack, harold ford jr., thank you for all you have done and for those still here thank you for your perseverance. i appreciate it very much. so many people and so many of you have supported the d.l.c. and p.p.i. over the years. and, believe me, i appreciate it very much. i appreciate every hard-earned dollar you gave us and i thank you one and all. and thanks as well to the hundreds of people who worked or interned for the d.l.c. your service has made an incredible difference and i hope you are proud of it. i'm very proud of what you contributed. and i just want to say a special word about bruce reed and thank him, the next leader of the d.l.c. the d.l.c. could not be in better hands. bruce reed is an idea man's idea man. he possesses a rare blend of brilliance, humor and humility. to be honest, after his eight years in the white house, i never thought i could lure him back to the d.l.c. he was harder to recruit than bill clinton. but i always believed bruce was the person who lead the d.l.c. into a new er

this secure flight is implemented a fire would have to put his or her full name including any kind jr, or ii, or like that. but their driver's license might be different from their passport? how do fix that? guest: by having the gender and date of birth, and the name you use, associated with government i.d., they cannotzero in. they account for misspellings -- they can zero in. there will learn your nickname. my real name is edmund but i go by kip. i will have edman on my plane ticket. it is not a big deal. t.s.a. is not trying to mess you up, but they're trying to eliminate you from the watch- list. the system is designed to account for some of these variances that many people have inquiry without hassle. it is not meant to trip you up. the more detailed morthe more ty can clear you. host: you have worked for the agency for four years and helped to develop this for the past couple of years. he said the role of the administrator is to stop attacks period. how much does this new system add? guest: it adds a great deal. one of the problems we are faced with is that the allied countries

buckley jr. grex know, we do not. they went to princeton.e have his articles and all of his published essays are online at the hillsdale college website. we did that work with him. >> how fast is that? >> thousands. it is very big. it is searchable. you can find anything you want. it just so happens i knew him for a long time and admire him very much. late in his life i actually went after him to get his papers, because i thought someone should put them on line where you could find them and read them. he is of a pda -- he was a very interesting man. he said how about these articles? i said i would take what i could get. i like the articles. they are good. >> we like to make connections here. go back to claremount institute. what is that and who finds it? rex is a think tank in southern california. it was started by a bunch of graduate students. it still goes. we had the idea, we were studying at an exciting time in our lives. we were studying it was very great teachers. -- we were studying with very great teachers. we got into the american r

>> i did that for the arthur/centre jr sign me up for that series. that came out about that time. -- arthur schlesinger signed me up for that series. gerald ford is a small but. >> that theories, all of them were about 200 pages. >> yes. this book was for me, the book i would live and die by. i was putting everything i had from my childhood experience and national parks to my knowledge of their roosevelt. many women have written incredible books on him like dr. patricia o'toole and kathleen dalton. there's great literature out there. we have all got to know each other. i've been going to roosevelt conferences since the 1980's where i would speak with scholars and collecting as. my hobby was less roosevelt than the sites he saved. >> the reagan diaries, when did you do that? >> that came out -- what happened with that is i was not expecting it. i had written one book about our u.s. army guys at d-day and reflected back to reagan's famous speeches that he gave. then i took an opportunity and offer to be the presidential historian to pete wilson i have

buckley, jr., who at one time deemed mr. brookhiser his successor, only later to change his mind.the manhattan institute sponsored this event, and the harvard club in new york city hosted it is 15 minutes. >> this is the first time i have given a booktalk where half the people in the room are in the index. [laughter] >> you all look at the index. [laughter] >> jack, you did. you really did. let me begin at the beginning. i'm not bill buckley, but i am writing for him. i grew up in new york, a suburb of rochester, a midsize city with my parents and my older brother, bob. in the fall of 1969, i was a freshman in the local public high school i didn't know anybody who went to private ones. my brother was a junior at yale. every weekend of the school year since he had gone away to college, i wrote him on a small, black metal typewriter that had belonged to mom. a letter reversing the events of the week. basketball games, school plays, little triumphs, tiny disasters, bulletins of adolescents dramatize an ionized. when we, the news barged into this home theater.

rights figure, howard didn't look like or act like more recognizable activists like martin luther king, jr., or roy wilki wilkins. they show a period of a civil rights movement by chronicling efforts of a now-forgotten figure whose challenge disenfranchisement and segregation preceded the montgomery bus boycott. our authors will discuss briefly their subjects and we'll open up our conversation to our audience for questions. first please welcome professor washington. [applause] >> the april publication of sojourner truth's america started a shrining sojourner truth bust in the capitol visitor center. i'm sure i was only one of thousands who wrote letters and sent contributions in support of that memorial in washington, d.c. where truth worked during the civil war and during reconstruction. frankly, i had lost track of that effort as i slugged away over this biography. and that effort took over 10 years. finally, holding sojourner truth's america in my hand, i was also reading about the washington ceremony. secretary of state hillary clinton's testimonial of sojourner's legacy and the campai

kouzmanoff is save, tony gwynn jr. scores. chase headley, broken-bat single, kouzmanoff scores.on kershaw lasted 2 2/3 innings, three earned, walked four, threw 83 pitches. greg burke strikes out matt kemp, casey blake picked off trying to steal third. kevin correia gets the win on three days' rest. he retired the final 15 batters he faced. keith fell gets his 18th save, top in the majors and the padres get their first win at dodger stadium this year. >> biggie as small as might have said it best. "when i was dead broke, i couldn't picture this." ah, to be in college. a few months back mark sanchez was a college student playing quarterback at u.s.c. on april 25th he became an nfl player, drafted fifth overall by the new york jets. on wednesday, he became a very wealthy man. sanchez according to chris mortensen has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million, 28 of it guaranteed, the quarterback with a record-setting performance. in the rose bowl. >> tuesday espn's ed werder reported the vikings gave brett favre a deadline to report to off-season workouts this week if he wanted

martin luther king jr. put it best when he said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. afro latinos face a long-standing struggle against racial discrimination and a lack of opportunities. afro latinos make up approximately 150 million of the region's 540 million total population and awill will long with women and indigenous populations are among the poorest, most marginalized groups in the region. people of african descent comprise a significant amount of the population in several latin american countries and are 50% of the region's poor. for many descendents, endemic poverty exacerbated by isolation, exclusion and racial discrimination in. in brazil, of a ro latinos are 45% of the population but constitute 49% of the poor. in columbia, the plight of afro columbians is harshest as they are all too often caught in the crossfire of violent conflict. congress previously supported the united states-brazil joint action plan against racial discrimination and house resolution 1254 and called for b

chairman harold ford jr. continues to speak out as one of the foremost. rahm emanuel leads democrats back that a majority after penning with bruce reed "the plan" in 2006. and continuing the tradition of helping leaders emerge into stars the d.l.c. found a new fellows program with an eye for the future. the quarter century after the d.l.c. took up the challenge of bring being back the forgotten middle class barack obama's and joe biden's victory proves that the party has been reborn. the new administration and congress have a chance to build a broad lasting majority for change and reform and the opportunity to carry out a new agenda for a new era. education reform, national service, health reform, energy, fiscal responsibility and long-term growth. in the democratic leader council the organization that al from built from the ground up is taking on that new challenge. under bruce reed's leadership al's legacy lives on proofrpg once again how -- proving once again how the power of a good idea with build the party. >> 25 years ago al had the courage to see i

martin luther king jr. once said nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time. the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. mankind must evolve all human conflict, a method which rejects revenge, aggression, reand talluation. today we are not only supporting democracy in iran, we're also supporting the nonviolent thrust for democracy in iran. so the conflict mace be settled, mr. speaker, without resulting to weapons to violence and conflict, not only within that country but amongst nations system of today, mr. speaker, we rise today to support the proponents of the nonviolent movement. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. who seeks reck snigs in the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: we have one additional speaker, i would like to call on the author of the resolution, a great member of the house foreign affairs committee and our conference chair on the republican side, mr. pence