from kalamazoo with us on the stage tonight.y have a combined 78 years. they have challenged their students and myriad ways. one works in the district for 31 years, the last 9.5 as the assistant superintendent. before that, she was the principle of monolithic king jr. and was would elementary schools, for 15 years, where she was many of your principles. the retiring after decades of distinguished servicing of students. can we give up not just for three giant but for all the giants on whose shoulders the stand. -- you stand. class of 2010, if you know that we're working hard to establish a better culture in the district, working hard to become literate community in kalamazoo. we have not arrived yet. we have certainly accomplished a lot as a community, but we need your help to get to the next level. to whom much is given, much is required. the giants on whose shoulders you are standing are the giant that helped you in your lives. most of them do not need anything from you. they were giants in your lives because it was the right t

he will speak to kalamazoo central high school students. hundreds of people have tickets but it is not public. we will have live coverage here on cspan starting at 7:00 eastern. the campaign for america's future and discussion is set to get under way in a few minutes. we will look at this morning's headlines. hington journal" in the last 30 days, give others a chance to have their voices heard. here is the story -- "mo thomas balad." lanny davis, former special counsel to present and -- these comments were made to a blog there and have been available online. we will give you a look at those posted on line over the weekd. something -- some of what helen cupp -- helen thomas had to say. >> any comments of israel? >> tell them to get the out of palestine. [laughter] remember, these people are occupi. and it is their land. not german, not: -- but where should theyo? >> go home. >> where is home? >> poland, germany. >> jews should go back to poland and germany. >> and america and everywhere else. host: that video posted on a ,.com. lled rabbiliv

25 or 30 years ago, and i remember the president of the association -- i think we were meeting in kalamazoo. i am not sure. anyway, i remember him saying this is a nas the logical occasional -- nostological occasion. i think this is as well. [laughter] i have two very brief comment. the first is about the court at the liota game of law school -- notre dame law school that i intended to tell you about last year when we had the dean at the annual meeting. i think it was my second or third year on the court. i attended the mccourt of murder and they gave the best oral arguments that i have ever heard in a moot court. on the piano with me -- on the panel with me was judged cornelian. we have been friends for many years. during the argument the advocates repeatedly addressed her as a "madame justice." and she was not responding to that very warmly. toward the end of, i guess, the third argument, one of the women lawyers address her as "madame justice" and she result -- responded vigorously, a "why do you call me madam justice? justice is an adequate title. you do not have to describe the sex of

president obama today will be speaking at a high school in kalamazoo, michigan. take a look at the front page of "the new york times" on the oil spill. the headline in many papers -- coast guard seized the cleanup lasting into the fall. damage will continue after the well is capped, according to admiral thad allen. a bit from the story -- jefferson, new york, veronica, on the democrats' line. caller: thank you for taking my call. all right, she might have spoke a little bit out of turn, but why is it any time anyone of voices concern about israel -- israel has done things, and we just sit back and we say nothing about it and we are always supportive of israel. sometimes israel is not always right. so, i don't think it is fair and i think that is a lot of the reasons why a lot of -- it people feel the way they feel about our country. i think a believe they can do whatever they want over there. in some ways, they are occupiers, whether they want to accept that or not. they won't leave that west bank that they promised to do. so, who is really storing of the trouble

that is the reason those donors created the kalamazoo promise in the first place. not for recognition or reward, because of their connection to this community, because their belief in your potential, because of their faith he would use their gift, not just to enrich your lives but the lives of others and the lives of the nation. i am told that soon after the promise was established, a first grader approach the superintendent and a clear to her, -- declared "i am going to college." of first graders. "i do not know what it is, but i am going." -- a first grader. we know how they help bring this community together. it is a responsibility to be fulfilled. we know how they have helped inspire an entire generation of young people in kalamazoo to imagine a different future for themselves and graduates, today, i am asking you to pay them back by speaking -- having the same impact of your lives, by serving this country that you love. i know that you can do it. after all, you are the giants. there is nothing you cannot do. thank you very much, everybody. god bless you and go

he will speak to kalamazoo central high school. we will have live coverage of that event here on c-span at 7:00 eastern. while we wait for the progressive conferenced while they are having lunch, we will look at congressional races from this morning's "washington journal." coversr congress druckeroll call," -- david drucker covers congress for "roll call." clearly the oil spill -- what impact will this have on what congress wants to get done? guest: i want to find out if harry reid's call to his committee chairman over the memorial day break that he wants the kennedy bill on the floor before everyone hightls it, if that will be a reality or whether there be a flurry of activity around the climate change bill beginning today. most of us in washington consider that bill or anything like it, dead. remember, the house passed something like last year. it was very politically toxic for those democrats in the midwest. we felt all along that it would be very difficult for the president to get this to his desk, and ven what occurred for ove

host: kalamazoo, mich., ken.says that there is some encouragement to invest in manufacturing in this country, and i think he has not visited the midwest. i would like to know where this investment is. host: mr. holliday? guest: i think you make a good point and i visit the mizzen-the midwest a lot. you are right, there is not the investment that there ought to be. when we are doing our job and make sure that our k-12 education, make sure that our employees of this company are well-educated, and we get our costs down, i believe the u.s. will be a great place to manufacture things. it will be a great place to produce software and multiple things and that is what we, as americans, should focus on. host: the republican line in kentucky, doug, go ahead. caller: you make a good presentation and you do a good job of setting reasonable in the things that you are saying, and i think there are ome legitimate points about doing these alternative roadster energy. but one thing i would like to say this -- roads not to energy.

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