and the more i think, the more we die as i -- i walk away from you ♪ ♪ i'm two steps away from loneliness'm two steps away, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ i'm two steps away, away, away ♪ ♪ two steps away, away, away ♪ ♪ yes, we all are just two steps ♪ if we only try my love, it's going to be all right, all right, all right, all right ♪ ♪ ooooooo only two steps away, away, away ♪ ♪ we're all two steps away ♪ [applause] ♪ oooooooooo two steps away ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause] >> i think we started to heal right away. the country became one. we were united. our old traditions came back. >> on a tragic day like that, everyone stops what they're doing and remember they are american. i really feel america held together and came together. >> when 9/11 occurred, it was just amazing how people came together, all religions, nationalities, everybody stood strong. everybody was determined to get this country back to where it needed to be. >> during september 11, there's like a national day of service, so i think that's a good place to start where, you know, every person is thinking, in your own way. >> w

and in this approximate silence we have felt that not regreting has spared us loneliness. called at the door. you did not tell me about these hours, how thick they were and wounded. i hear myself telling someone to punch me just to figure the order of my beliefs. someone else in my clothes who would view this and move on. explain again the conditions that will bring along the morning and what it is here that convenes the night. and then the last poem is called upon living. they shove your feet out of the smokestack kitchen. they narrow the big sea sba a line of your sweat and then they take away your last word and then they take away another. now you put the keys back in your pocket and now you push on the door until it is in flame, until it is in flame. next reader is jane herschfield. . >> one sand grain among the others in winter wind. i wake with my hand held over the place of grief in my body. depend on nothing, the voice advices, but even that is useless. my ears are useless, my familiar and intimate tongue, my protecting hand is useless that wants to hold the single

and if you're insistent on creating a source of unrest, you are bound to become lonelier and lonelier. they used to be good friends of ours, and this solitude is israel's fate under these circumstances. israel is going to be alone in the region. >> do you believe that there will be turkish escorts for the next flotillas that go into gaza, that go and try to break the embargo? >> translator: it might be gaza. it might be egypt for which there are humanitarian missions. but after such an incident took place, there is a lack of confidence in security. so these flotillas might be dispatched to wherever they're going with the escort of the navy. because israel cannot be trusted. >> were you very close to a deal that the obama administration was trying to arrive at between the turkish government and the israeli government, and did the israeli government at the last minute back out? >> translator: we have conveyed our impressions to mr. obama along with many different related institutions. turkey is very frank in its delivery, and we stand behind our remarks. here's what's being said, and th

when you think about the husband or wife who is now spent 10 years feeling that sense of loneliness that can only come from the loss of your life's best friend. when you think about the brother or sister who no longer has that person who they can pick up the phone and call and speak in that short hand, that only comes after spending a lifetime together. when you think about that measure of loss, all of the changes and inconveniences in our lives, pale in comparison. we are going to observe in a few moments, a moment of silence to honor the victims of september 11th. it is a long-standing tradition to observe a moment of silence to respect the life of a lost soul. and i think that all of us in the aftermath of september 11th felt like there was something we wanted to do, something more to do to reach out. and giving a moment of silence for each one of those lost souls, nearly 3000, on september 11th would seem to be the least we can do in our own lives to honor them. but to understand the enormity of the loss we suffered as a country and as a people, please remember this, if we decided to

it had been a very long lonely time to be married and lonely every day and that loneliness was gone.to reach him, but couldn't. neither could mike's family. he wasn't returning their calls either. mike's sister, terry. >> your mother calls you and said i haven't heard from michael in a couple of weeks and you said his ms is getting him. >> we were concerned. >> she knew mike was planning on leaving ellen soon. the whole family knew that much or assumed it. he wasn't supposed to leave everyone. the rumors spread through the albuquerque auto business quicker than the latest recall. >> mike left town. he took the money out of the house and all these things and disappeared. >> several months passed with no word from mike. now his side of the family was so concerned, they decided to go to the police. >> we thought he fell victim to foul play. i didn't have a concrete explanation besides that's how i felt. that was my gut. >> one of the interesting things is that mike, the person who is missing in this story or doesn't want to be found filed tax returns if are a couple of years after he va

children whose loneliness and desperation often in the years leading up to their deaths is simply heartbreaking to imagine. this is jamie rod,myer, a freshman in buffalo, new york. jamie routinely blogged about his troubles. just 11 days ago he wrote something online mep said, i always say how bullied i am, but no one listens. what do i have to do so people will listen? a week later this past sunday, jamie committed suicide. often when kids die, there's no record of their pain, there's no record of what they've been there through, of their suffering. he posted a message on youtube, a part of the it gets better project. even if his sadness, jamie was reaching out to help others. this is jamie rodemeyer in his own words. >> hello. this is jamie from buffalo, new york. i'm just here to tell you that it does get better. here is a little bit of my story. december 2010 i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways, and

whose loneliness and desperation often in the years leading up to their deaths is simply heartbreaking to imagine. this is jamie rodamyer, a freshman in buffalo, new york. jamie routinely blogged about his troubles. just 11 days ago he wrote something online. he said, i always say how bullied i am, but no one listens. what do i have to do so people will listen? a week later this past sunday, jamie committed suicide. often when kids die, there's no record of their pain, there's no record of what they've been there through, of their suffering. he posted a message on youtube, a part of the it gets better project. even in his sadness, jamie was reaching out to help others. this is jamie rodemeyer in his own words. >> hello. this is jamie from buffalo, new york. i'm just here to tell you that it does get better. here is a little bit of my story. december 2010 i thought i was bi, and then i always got made fun of because i virtually have no guy friends. and i only have friends that are girls. and it bothered me because people would be like faggot and they would taunt me in the hallways, and

so for me when i sit down in my cold, darkroom in boston for three months of solid loneliness, you have to be picturing a big screen in your head. >> all right. would you rather be reading a book or watching a movie? >> reading a book. you know, i'm sad in a way that i like the kindle. [laughter] you know? and that it is a great device. >> right. >> because books are so wonderful, and i read all the time. and i watch a lot of tv, and i watch a lot of movies. and i kind of consume all forms of entertainment. but books are great. i mean, i grew up with books, and i wish that they could last forever. >> right, okay. the hollywood aspect has, obviously, been very good to you. i think you had said that you went to the golden globes as kevin spacey's plus one. >> yes, it was amazing. it was a weird experience because, you know, normally someone like me would not be sitting anywhere near actual celebrities because i write books, and in the hollywood that means you're down here. sort of up there. but my table was kevin and nicole kidman and keith urban and megyn fox and brian austin green and s

world are so difficult to hold onto, and so inevitably we wind up living lives of isolation and lonelinessules it's brian ♪ i'm on the plane and it's hijacked and it doesn't look good ♪ i just wanted to let you know ♪ that i love you and i hope to see you again... ♪ these are final conversations that were recorded on cell phones, recorded on voice mail. they're so pure about the expression of love between husband and wife, between mother and child. they seem to me to be incredible texts because they were at the moment of confronting life or death. and, for me, i chant these every single morning because they remind me that whatever my tradition is about, it's about this. ♪ mommy the building is on fire ♪ there's smoke coming through the walls ♪ i can't breathe i love you, mommy ♪ good-bye. the real torah, the real wisdom, the real religious tradition, the real experience behind religion is about love, it is about connection, and it is no more complicated than that. ♪ i don't think i'm going to make it ♪ i love you take care of the children. ♪ >> today our nation saw evil, the very worst of

for me when i sit down in my cold dark room in boston for three months of solid loneliness you have tobe to string a big screen in your head. >> would you rather be reading a book or watching a movie? >> i love reading books and, you know, i am sad in a way that i like the kindle and that it is a great device because books are so wonderful and i read all the time and i watched a lot of tv and a lot of movies and i kind of consume all forms of entertainment but the books are great. i grew up and i wish that they could last forever. >> the hollywood aspect has been very good to you. i think that he has said did you went to the golden globes as kevin spc's plus one. >> it was a weird experience because normally someone like me wouldn't be sitting anywhere near actual celebrities because i write books in the hollywood that means here. my table was kevin and nicole kidman and chief urban and mcginn fox and brian austin green and scarlett johansson and then right behind me was bruce willis, and it was crazy. i had to go to the bathroom and you only get free minute breaks. so i run right into

for me when i sit down in my cold dark room in boston for three months of solid loneliness you have tobe to string a big screen in your head. >> would you rather be reading a book or watching a movie? >> i love reading books and, you know, i am sad in a way that i like the kindle and that it is a great device because books are so wonderful and i read all the time and i watched a lot of tv and a lot of movies and i kind of consume all forms of entertainment but the books are great. i grew up and i wish that they could last forever. >> the hollywood aspect has been very good to you. i think that he has said did you went to the golden globes as kevin spc's plus one. >> it was a weird experience because normally someone like me wouldn't be sitting anywhere near actual celebrities because i write books in the hollywood that means here. my table was kevin and nicole kidman and chief urban and mcginn fox and brian austin green and scarlett johansson and then right behind me was bruce willis, and it was crazy. i had to go to the bathroom and you only get free minute breaks. so i run right into

for me when i sit down in my cold dark room in boston for three months of solid loneliness you have tobe to string a big screen in your head. >> would you rather be reading a book or watching a movie? >> i love reading books and, you know, i am sad in a way that i like the kindle and that it is a great device because books are so wonderful and i read all the time and i watched a lot of tv and a lot of movies and i kind of consume all forms of entertainment but the books are great. i grew up and i wish that they could last forever. >> the hollywood aspect has been very good to you. i think that he has said did you went to the golden globes as kevin spc's plus one. >> it was a weird experience because normally someone like me wouldn't be sitting anywhere near actual celebrities because i write books in the hollywood that means here. my table was kevin and nicole kidman and chief urban and mcginn fox and brian austin green and scarlett johansson and then right behind me was bruce willis, and it was crazy. i had to go to the bathroom and you only get free minute breaks. so i run right into

champion for us conservatives, fighting the good fight when it is tougher to fight it and there were lonelierces. she has always been there with us. ladies and gentlemen, there is such a thing of walking the walk. one of the things that inspires me the most is people who live what they talk about. this mother of five children and foster parent to 20 some children has put endless hours on the line to make america a better place where it counts and that is starting in our home. she is an accomplished tax attorney, a great legislative leader and frankly the only presidential candidate who won a contest today in iowa. please join me if giving a warm, warm welcome to one of our champions, the great michele bachmann. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. good morning. good morning. it is wonderful when you're a minnesota girl to wake up in florida. you can't have a bad day. good morning. can't you feel it? barack obama is going to be a one-term president. and that road to the white house goes straight through the state of florida. and i know we can count on floridians to make him a one-termer and