the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me, he'd say y'all read to me what they taught you up at the schoolhouse today. i would whip out my dick and jane. see jane run. run, he endured that. he allowed me to read to him. i ha

. >> desde diciembre, el tiempo perfecto para que la congresista loretta sÁnchez se destape con estasuede escoger lo que quiere mandar, yo quiero que una persona cuando abre la tarjeta pueda sonreÍr un poquito, y algo muy positivo para este tiempo que es bastante duro para muchas gentes. >> pero a veces las tarjetas no siempre arrancan sonrisas. >> podrÍa hacer algo mÁs serio, algo que salga acÁ en el congreso. >> pero la congresista dice que su creatividad no interfiere con su trabajo. >> uno puede ser serio de lo que uno hace y al mismo tiempo tener algo mÁs... >> este aÑo sÁnchez le rinde tributo a su inseparable gato, crean que falleciÓ fue como un hijo y el modelo estrella de casi todas las sesiones fotogrÁficas. >> muchos critican su creatividad, otros aplauden pero ella no le importa. >> y sÍ encontramos algunos que aplauden su iniciativa. >> yo llevo 30 aÑos residiendo tarjetas similares de otros congresistas, y esto tiene sentido en comÚn con el pueblo, tiene un poco de interÉs, poco de humor. >> el proceso de selecciÓn de las tarjetas es tan delicado y peligroso que no saben

. >> i would say loretta, tammy and dolly.a, because it was the -- they were in the frontier. >> '70s and '80s. >> the ' 80s? >> i loved the diversity. i'd say tammy winette, they were she-roes. >> then you've got that real slick, overproduced, i think the '80s was the least -- >> country music will always be in a state -- i see the stuff on tv and i go, there will always be a time for music in war time and peace time. >> larry: do you like rap? >> i do because of my children. i appreciate the poetry of it. i don't necessarily agree with some of the things they're saying once i understand what they mean. >> larry: naomi, you're -- >> as long as i don't pay attention to the words, i love the music. >> larry: you don't like it? >> no. rap is to music what an etch-a-sketch is to art. >> i understand the art form. rapping is beautiful black man standing on a street corner talking poetry about his life. that i love. i love words, i love poetry, i love music. i love the look on your face and i love all kinds of music. i'm not a meta

conway and loretta as we go to break. [ music ]  >>> the 41:00 now. they are words row remember often used for a -- we remember often use ford --ed for a period of time. now a rail librarian has released the most notable creations of the year. and the top of the list, i'm not a witch. >> tied for first play, i would like my life back. that was the lament made by bp ceo tony haywood after the word off shore oil spill in history. and we want to hear about the quotes you think should be on the list. hit us at wttgmorningnews. >>> and thank you to all of us who took part in the stuff-a- truck on friday. it was great to see so many of you out there responding to the needs of your community either with donations of food or monetary donations for the capital area food bank. the people at the food bank are still trying to tal up all of the final numbers when it comes to donations and we'll pass that information along when we get it. >>> you may be thinking of a furry friend for a holiday gift this year. but before you head to the pet store, we want to show yo

i think she's going to be loretta lynn. >> larry: really? >> she's the real deal. songs. she's good. >> larry: do you like country? >> i do very much. >> larry: comfortable with it? >> very. very. i've always loved nashville. i love it. i go down to nashville 20-plus years and just go and you sit on a round and pick up a guitar and sing a song together and you're listening, and i find they're a fabulous culture who really appreciate music. >> larry: like bluegrass? >> yeah, i like bluegrass. it wasn't what i aspired to do as a player so it's not as appealing to me. >> larry: what form don't you like? >> i'm not a big rave guy, i was never a big rap guy. >> larry: is rap music? >> it's real. >> larry: it is? >> it was the story of the streets. and it was told by a generation that hadn't been heard from before. yeah it had a huge influence on the culture. absolutely. >> larry: how about acting? >> loved it. added a great humility to what i do musically. because i was able to continue in something in the arts with all the kpuber ance of youth and experience of the mus

. >> reporter: loretta james is one of thousands of californians who owe more on her mortgage than shean afford to pay. she refinanced with wachovia in 2006 because she needed money to pay bills. >> they just said, pick one of these payments and i always picked the lowest payment. >> reporter: and they didn't tell you -- >> the last -- [ indiscernible ] nothing. nothing. >> reporter: they never explained to you that the lowest payment will eventually go up in a certain amount of time? >> not that i remember. >> reporter: you didn't understand the loan? >> i didn't. >> reporter: they said go ahead and sign and you'll be fine? >> right. >> reporter: james says next year when payments go up another $100 a month, she won't be able to make payments. when wells fargo merged with wachovia, it also assumed her loan. she tried to get her loan modified. >> they turned me down and now i haven't heard anything. all they did was send me a form out for a short sale if i wanted to do a short sale to my home. >> reporter: selling the house at a loss is not an option but under a new agreement with the

the case landed on the desk of the agency's top regional attorney, loretta alkalay. >> they were shockings of violations by an airline captain-- falsifying a load manifest to indicate that there were fewer passengers than there actually were and flying over gross, so it was a pretty outrageous case. >> o'brien: based on it's investigation, the faa revoked the captain's license. >> i think the biggest issue really is, what did colgan do? i mean, what did colgan do when we revoked one of their pilots? i mean, that's really the question. what did they do? i mean, you would think they had done a top-to-bottom review about what was going on. >> o'brien: but what colgan did surprised alkalay. the company testified at an appeal hearing in support of the captain. bandavanis, director of operations, testifies that you're a problem, right? >> i think he did, yeah. >> o'brien: and the captain? >> model pilot. >> o'brien: whose model? >> i don't know. not my model. but apparently, colgan's model, according to the director of operations, and he said that under oath in the ntsb hearing, which raises th

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host: loretta in cleveland, ohio. caller: how are you this morning? çhost: we are fine.head please. caller: i was really finished when president bush came out with his ownership society program. the ownership society program was his effort to reach out to the low and middle class consumers, first-time home owners. host: why do you say you were finished? caller:ç republican do not do anything they do not expect a return on. look at what we got. it fattened up america for slaughter. it was a factory. they passed all the people through there. they did not care whether any of the information was correct. most of those alications for mortgageç loans, it was the agency that added and tweaked it to get it through. it is sad, when you look at how the system is set up, all we have is a pool of consumers. the way bush ran the past eight years, his billionaire buddy is, you were just passed from one to another. then wall street came. they are sll making their money off of us. çguest: home ownership rates historically has bee about 65%. there was a continuing upward trend from 65

loretta sanchez of california. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek rick anything? mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, your committee appointed to inform the president that the house is ready to adjourn and to ask him if he has any further communications to make to the house as performed that duty. the president has directed us to say that he has no further communications to make to the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair thanks the gentleman. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for ms. ginny brown-waite of florida for december 21 and the balance of the week. ms. danny davis of illinois for today. mr. gene green of texas for today. ms. eddie bernice johnson for today and the balance of the week. mr. pastor of arizona for today. mr. poe of texas for today after 4:00 p.m. mr. reyes of texas for december 21 and 22. mr. young of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are

host: loretta in cleveland, ohio. caller: how are you this morning? çhost: we are fine.ead please. caller: i was really finished when president bush came out with his ownership society program. the ownership society program was his effort to reach out to the low and middle class consumers, first-time home owners. host: why do you say you were finished? caller:ç republican do not do anything they do not expect a return on. look at what we got. it fattened up america for slaughter. it was a factory. they passed all the people through there. they did not care whether any of the information was correct. most of those applications for mortgageç loans, it was the agency that added and tweaked it to get it through. it is sad, when you look at how the system is set up, all we have is a pool of consumers. the way bush ran the past eight years, his billionaire buddy is, you were just passed from one to another. then wall street came. they are still making their money off of us. çguest: home ownership rates historically has been about 65%. there was a continuing upward trend fro

host: loretta in cleveland, ohio. caller: how are you this morning? çhost: we are fine.lly finished when president bush came out with his ownership society program. the ownership society program was his effort to reach out to the low and middle class consumers, first-time home owners. host: why do you say you were finished? caller:ç republican do not do anything they do not expect a return on. look at what we got. it fattened up america for slaughter. it was a factory. they passed all the people through there. they did not care whether any of the inrmation was correct. most o those applications for mortgageç lns, it was the agency that added and tweaked it to get it through. it is sad, when you look at how the system is set up, all we have is a pool of consumers. the way bush ran the past eight years, his billionaire buddy is, you were just passed from one to another. then wall street came. they are still making their money off of us. çguest: home ownership rates historically has been about 65%. there was a continuing upward trend from 65% through the clinton years an

time to welcome back loretta, president of forgotten friends of long island and a foster a rescue coordinatorpherd-pit mix, and a toy poodle. both of these guys have checked out in the green room, as well behaved as it gets. welcome back. >> thank you so much. >> what happened the last time you were here? >> last time we were on the show, i can't begin to thank you enough. we had a wonderful woman in florida that saw the show and really was quite impressed and very taken by the work that we do at forgotten friends and paid our entire vet bill of $32,000. >> wow. that's incredible. and these are two dogs that also need some help. give us some background on what chocolate went through. >> we received a call about a dog who was basically left in the backyard. >> tied up in the backyard. >> tied with a chain. no regular leash or collar. basically, whatever she had around her neck was never adjusted to the way she grew and the collar basically -- her neck and the collar grew into each other. she had an embedded collar. she was left outside through all weather, all year round and we received a call