c-span: but you finished rather well, magna cum laude a? where did you get interest in learning? >> guest: my mother. my mother is an amazing woman. she became a single parent after many years of marriage, and i was about 5-years-old -- i have four older brothers. and her kind of even before that point all of my life i remember my mother going to school. she went back to school to finish her degree and after that, she took courses in the evenings and that might to get her master's degree. i can remember sitting in the back of classrooms and she couldn't find anybody to keep me and i would be doodling and she would be taking notes. and the idea of the ability of learning to transform a life is something that has been kind of in steel and the ever since i can remember her. she never watched television other than the news and wheel of fortune and sometimes jeopardy. we were very poor but one thing she never gave up was a home subscription to the newspaper which she read from front to back. so this idea of her constantly wanting to have the sagacious knowledge -- appetite for knowled

magna cum laude. master of divinity. southern baptist theological seminary, master of theology, summa cum laude. cambridge university ph.d.. eaton baptist church cambridge stgland associate pastor two years. cambridge university, england, instructor, classics, two years. capitol hill baptist church, washington, d.c., pastor, six years and cur dever. born palestine, 34 years of age, wife soran. two children. muslim. university of jordan. b.a., university of jordan, m.a. islam historic. hardford seminary m.a. karattive religions and muslim-christian relations. council on economic relations, washington, d.c. director of public relations. two years. national naval medical center, washington, muslim chaplain, three years and currently, georgetown university. muslim chaplain. one year and currently. yahya hendi. >> yahya hendi, imam, you are a muslim theologian, is that correct? >> i think so. >> how many years did you spend studying muslim theology? >> i would say about 15 years. >> how does the koran depict jesus? >> well, j

and that for a lot of these high-achieving students, they graduate magna cum laude, they graduate sumclass but they're worried about being able to work in this country. how big a problem? and is there something either the government or a private entity can do about it? >> well, it really is a catch 22. because they can enter law school here. they can enter medical school. but unless congress changes the law to legalize them they're going to really be behind the 8 ball. they won't be able to get loans backed by the federal government. they really won't be able to become doctors and lawyers in full standing here in california. >> that's fascinating. >> or around the nation. >> let me recommend again, a great piece, if you haven't checked out sacbee.com. thank you, stephen. >> thank you. >> president obama got up closed personal with a very young constituent this weekend. the president and first lady were visiting with service members and posing for photographs on christmas day in hawaii when an 8-month-old baby stuck his hand in the president's mouth. he joked that the baby saw his big