marion barry can set it up and you can do which. to educate and expire.e who went through a lot. the divorce or kids who don't have to write i want to be instructed you can tackle the problem. with my pastor to preach readjust getting out of a storm or honor way to a store arrear in a storm. how do you get out? first of all, if you find yourself in whole, stop digging. more importantly it is better to go above the storm until it rubs off on you. if you ignore it is idiocy and to many people ignore it. this book is also helping other people i've helped financially no question but but given examples hell wasn't man can overcome so many things. i am just an ordinary person who has done extraordinary things. the reason i am taking the time to talk about this in detail, the coz the berry haters don't want to tell you the truth. you understand that. so understanding for where i come from and with other people the idea of blood infection. one-third of the people that get it don't come back but god blessed me to come back to serve this community. i would rather w

what's the future for marion barry? >> i have two more years left on the council, til '16. that's a given. and i'm not going to telegraph my -- [inaudible] about that. i learned long ago in boxing not to telegraph your punches. only thing i can say is i'm on the council for two more years. in terms of my legacy, there's so many things. but i guess if i had to summarize it, it would be a person who cared deeply about every human being, particularly those low income black people, particularly the hispanics who do this and those women who undergo a lot of discrimination themselves. and the other thing i want to, i want to to try to get upon for my legacy, being instructive to people. that they, too, can succeed in spite of it all. they, too, can overcome if they believe in themselves, believe in almighty god, whatever you want to call god. and if you have audacity, develop the courage and strong feeling about yourself. and is -- [inaudible] in here? come up here a minute. i want to use this as an example of my legacy. i met jenelle spencer in 2004 at my victory party in ward 8

so if marion barry can do it, you can do it. that is one reason i wrote the book so i can put it in there and educate and inspire. a lot of our people, both white people and black people, are going through a lot. it might not be drugs and alcohol but it is something. divorce maybe, kids that don't act right, financial problems. i want to say you can tackle that problem. don't ignore it. my pastor used to preach about a storm that we all are just getting out of a storm, on a way to a storm, or in a storm and the question is how do you get out of the storm? if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. but more importantly it is better to go above the storm and through the storm and some of will rob off on you. if you ignore the storm, that isidious and too many people ignore the storm. this book is about helping other people. i will be helped financially but this is an example of how one man can overcome so many things. i am just an ordinary person who has done extraordinary things. the reason i am taking the time to talk about t

former mayor marion barry is synonymous with d.c.ights movement to being a hands-on councilman and mayor to the infamous drug bust in 1990 that changed everything. now barry, a d.c. city councilman, wants you to know all of it from his perspective. his new book "mayor for life: the incredible story of marion barry jr." is on shelves right now. right on page one he says, most people don't know me. they don't know my work ethic and they don't know me as a person. they know me from ten-second sound bites. joining me right now the tell us more is former mayor marion barry. good to see you. >> thank you, fredricka. i'm glad to be here. i watch you from time to time. >> oh, good, i'm glad you check in from time to time. so this comes across as amazingly honest, revealing, very personal. this is a journey through your civil rights movement, your d.c. political career, the drug bust, the fall, the hurt, that you and many experience, the climb afterwards. and i really am kind of simpl y simplifying here but you say, quote, i want people to ga

knows about marion barry, it's this.e mid 1970s amid the turmoil of the crack epidemic he is the mayor that got busted. >> hours before the dc mayor was brought up buying and using crack cocaine. >> marion barry was arrested convicted and spent six months in a federal prison. now as his long career winds down, barry wants you to know there is so much more to his story than "the bitch set me up." so he wrote a book. >> after all these years people still call you mayor. >> well, i have earned it. i was born 78 years ago in a small town in mississippi in a segregated society, i live in a house in america, think about this in mississippi, no running water, no electricity. >> and you worked in the fields. >> picked cotton, ten hours a day, $3 a day, can you imagine that, 30 cent and hour, in america, no. >> you figured out how to make money, even when you were living that hard life. >> well, got blessed me because i didn't have any role models to stand up to say, here is how you do it. inside of me. i felt that, one, can you

buying and using cocaine. >> marion barry was arrested convicted and spent six months in a federal prison. now as his long career winds down, barry wants you to know there's more to his story than "the bitch set me up." here is his story. >> i was born 78 years ago, in a small town in mississippi in a segregated society, dirt-poor. i lived in a house, in america think about this in mississippi, no running water, no electricity. >> and you worked in the fields. >> picking cotton, ten hours a day, $3 a day, can you imagine that 30 cents an hour in america? no. >> you write in your own book how you were saving money. you figured out ways to make money and save money even when you were living that hard life. >> well, god blessed me. because in my community i didn't have any role models, to stand up and say here's how you do it, you know? it's just inside of me. i felt at one, you can do things if you put your mind onto it. you can do incredible things if you put your mind on it. and secondly, that i didn't want to live this way. i didn't want to live in poverty poverty. had to bag groceries a

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sheila macvicar sits with the former controversial mayor of washington d.c., marion barry. if you would like to comment on the stories, log on to the website >> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / palestinian conflict, stay with al jazeera america, your global news leader. >> four simple words have the future of obamacare hanging in the balance. i'll break down two complicated court rulings and what they mean for the millions of americans who signed up for coverage, and also, aljazeera journalists in gaza, and i'll give you my take and plus, boom towns on the bayou, how fracking is creating both opportunity and challenges. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."

sheila macvicar sits with the former controversial mayor of washington d.c., marion barry. if you would like to comment on the stories, log on to the website . >> a new intelligence report on a shoot down of a malaysia airlines plane in ukraine. israel is a no-fly zone. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more ahead. >> up. >> the area has been tampered with. russia says it will influence.

>> you started tonight singing one of the reasons he wrote the book is to say who is marion barry so my question springs from that. what do you think is the biggest misconception people have about marion barry over the years. the biggest misconception in my life is taken up with junk and scandals and corruption. most people know me even in dc from 152nd sound bites and the united states government send the tape to every ambassador in the world from the president of every country in the world to other propaganda and they ran on television many peoples memory. but there were so many haters that contributed to it but that is a part that we all have to go through. i am not phased by it. knowing that gives us some hope and some help. [applause] did you get that? >> they want to thank you so much for coming here tonight and i also wanted to give you -- is as a precious object i don't know if you have gotten one of these before in the press club coffee mugs. thank you so much for coming and we will be outside signing your books. i'm sorry, right over here signing your books. up next after w

some big names waiting for the premier are oprah, no clinton, and marion barry. they all love the show. >> now the exact opposite of any kind of "scandal" -- a group recognized military families and gathered to fund their future careers thanks to the marine corps scholarship foundation. i was honored to meet some of these young men and women. 60 of them showing up today to receive scholarships today. countrydents across the will receive scholarships, all of them children of people in the military, the marines or the u.s. navy court. -- corps. giving away $6.5 million. some great kids on that stage. they will be newsmakers one day. >> and they sacrificed so much. to see them receive that is fantastic. >> wish you guys could have been there. >> you walked outside and got drenched. >> thankfully, it is quickly coming to an end. there is light at the end of the tunnel. tomorrow, beautiful sunrise and more humidity. it will feel like september -- who can complain about that? in showers will quickly end the next few hours. 73 at reagan national. the dew point levels ar

you were at the hotel the same night marion barry was buffed. did you think you would be caught? >> you are talking about the night where i started out reporting on the arrest at the the vista hotel and i represented a room and tried to interview possible witnesses. i didn't get anywhere with that. i ordered room service and a couple of stiff drunks. so i had a really good buzz going by late that night, and i paged the young lady who had showed me where the buy crack on s street and summoned her to my room where we, as she put it, partied. >> after that, after a hectic night, what was the turning point. what made you want to get clean? >> there was - in my case i was fortunate that some washington post editors were concerned enough about me that they intervened and it was four days before christmas 1991 where a post editor drove me to the rehab unit at the suburban hospital, and finally that got me on the right track. how did you stay on the right track. were you worried that writing the book might cause the demons to surface. have you come close to relapsing? >> i relapsed in ma

counsel member marion barry. her son charged with possessing synthetic marijuana. d.c. police pulled him over in southeast because the right brake light wasn't working on his suv. officers say they discovered barry's driver's license was revoked in the district and found synthetic marijuana in his poth. bare -- in his pocket. he's been in court in the past for d.u.i. and drug charges. >> a woman was crossing the street in upper marlboro when she was hit by a bus and dragged 20 feet. witnesses say the bus driver got off the bus crying and saying it was an accident. police are investigating the moments leading up to the crash. >> the centers for disease control now advising against all non-essential travel to west africa as the largest ebola outbreak in history gets worse. an experimental serum has been given to one of two aid workers in africa. >> a set back for house leaders. house republicans are delaying their summer recess by one day. they'll meet tomorrow morning as they try to advance a border security bill. earlier today house republican leaders called off a vote

councilman, marion barry, says programs will be offered. >> we are committed to a different kind of blue. >> bruce johnson, wusa9. >> the new high school is slated for opening in january of 2015. >>> coming up, we'll show you some of the dangers young people are taking with the hopes of a better life here in the u.s. >>> and james taylor fans, you have the chance to win the ultimate prize. all you have to do is like wusa9 on facebook. the grand prize, front row seats to the july 31 concert at jiffy lube live. and a limo to the concert, go to facebook right now to enter. >>> tonight, violent storms moved in knocking out power to thousands. topper will be here with us next >>> this is a red alert day. now, here's wusa9's first alert weather. >> i know you like the weather, but i don't think you planned for this kind of thing consecutively. you warned us about it. >> even at 11:00, we survived the red alert. >> this is interesting to have these many days with severe weather. >> we have an end in sight. so we hang on another three hours, we'll be in the clear by the time we get into wednesda

washington d.c., marion barry. if you would like to comment on the stories, log on to the website . >> a new intelligence report on a shoot down of a malaysia airlines plane in ukraine. israel is a no-fly zone. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this", those stories and more ahead. >> up. >> the area has been tampered with. russia says it will influence. >> a scuffle broke out turning into a brawl. >> u.s. carriers are prohibited teleashe's. >> the fighting -- tela sieve. on. >> we have seen too much blood shed on all sides. >> stop fighting. >> rick perry sent an alert in 2012 -- a letter in 2012, warning obama. responsibility. >> when we look at the pipeline, it's full of black and brown boys. when you suspend the child you engrain that they are not good enough. >> we have to think about a country which would rather build prisons than schools. >> we begin with u.s. health officials that they have no evidence of the direct russian involvement in the shoot down of malaysia airlines flight 17. the jet was likely

. >> marion barry. >> yes, in d.c. >> hey, good day starts, a show called good day philadelphia, startsminutes, coming up, it can be a constant battle to get a good night sleep. that is for sure. what are your tricks to get a good night sleep. we have five tips i never heard of before to help you get, some good shut eye from the exact time to put town that cup of coffee what time of the day do you think you're supposed to consume the last cup of coffee to get a good night sleep. >> 10:00 a.m. >> that is good, that is good. >> it is in the afternoon. >> what temperature should your bedroom be. >> cold. cold is good for sleeping weather. >> yes, what are you making faces for. >> will you stop it. >> it has been not hot in my bedroom for years. it is slightly arctic front. >> this kiddies only 12 years old but this could make sure that no baby is ever left alone in the hot car, we can relate to that around here. how he turn rubber band and duct tape into an easy baby safer. >> um-hmm? in other word, he created something, you'll never forget there is a kid in the back seat in the car seat.

. >> marion barry of washington, d.c.one country has a monopoly on that. >> i have some numbers for you guys. 150 million. that is how many hotdogs we will eat this weekend. >> god. that is embarrassing. >> last year, 121 million pounds of beef was sold in the week of july 4. >> how much? pounds of beef, 54% than in previous weeks. most of that is ground beef -- burgers and stuff like that. i want to look at what that means on a retail level, who winds up making more money, how much do people really sell during that time. stop & shop, the new england division, rhode island as well as massachusetts, sells double the volume of ground beef and hot dogs in the week leading up to july 4. this is a big moneymaker for these guys. it is not about margin. you're making a couple of percentage points at most, all about volume of sales, making this week really important. when you factor in the weather, how many people will be grilling when you have a hurricane coming up on you, and what is the trickle-down effect there? barbecue for

these new elected officials, new city council members this is where they have to read marion barry's book. this is why he is known as mayor for life because one of the things he did, he took care of people who needed homes. the elderly in particular. so you are 100% right. we worry about marijuana in the city. there's nothing more embarrassing than to come to the nation's capital and see this immense number of homeless people that are on the street panhandling and begging and you wonder, what kind of country you live in? >> yet people tell me that time has passed. there's no constituency for the homeless, no mitch snider, there's not -- you don't have the stock of housing anymore that you can have. you got to build new stuff or refurbish something and the focus is not there. >> we have land we can do it. it can be done. you have to have the political will. >> real quick, 270,000 names on a petition for marijuana. we couldn't get half of that or a fraction of that for homelessness. >> a sad point there. we will have to take a break and when we come back much more to get to in virginia

and tune in next month for o author, historian marion barry. we discuss court sessions past and present. michael corda is our guest in november, and in december, american enterprise institute president and noted musician, arthur brooks. in depth on c-span2's book tv. television for serious readers. >>> the house judiciary committee's over-criminalization task force recently looked at new criminal statutes enacted by congress. the task force was created in 2013 and reauthorized in february. at this hour-long hearing, its members heard from steven benjamin who served as president of the national association of criminal defense lawyers and georgetown university law professor john baker. >> task force will be in order. we have to get this hearing in before the votes start at 11:30 and noon. even though it's noticed for 10:30, i think the time for opening statements will burn up the time between now and 10:30, so we can get to the witnesses. i would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the judiciary committee's over-criminalization task fo

and that marion barry from arkansas working on the house side. aisle,both sides of the they recognized this needed to happen. we saw a great work from the abolition of -- from the appalachian commission. what can happen when you have a regional strategy on investments. we wanted to take the same concept and apply it to one of the poorest areas in the country. and i am glad that we have and we have seen progress. host: describe the conditions, the situation in these counties. describe the poverty. this is something -- i have this conversation with policymakers and experts and academics all the time. it is different when you are on the ground. you recognize that we live in 2014 but i still have places that do not have clean running water. we are dealing with failing infrastructure. it is difficult to be competitive in a 21st century global economy. there are still good things happening. we have some of the highest numbers of diabetes, obesity, circulatory diseases, and the entire country. if you look at some of those numbers, you would associate th

council member and former mayor marion barry in jail. court documents show the 34- year-old christopher barry was caught driving on a revoked license. chris barry has had several brushes with the law including an arrest in may for driving under the influence of drugs near the white house. a judge ordered barry to stay behind bars until a hearing next week. >>> more breaking news now this time from the middle east where israel and hamas agreed to a 72 hour humanitarian ceasefire. the u.s. and u.n. both say everyone involved in the conflict agreed to put down their weapons for now. in the meantime negotiations are underway to secure a longer lasting truce. there will be much more on this story coming up on the cbs evening news. >>> murder inside a beautiful bowie home and the cops in prince george's county now believe it had something to do with drugs. ali amir jr. a long time metrobus driver found dead and police looking for at least two suspects who apparently invaded his home and shot him to death about quarter to 6:00 this morning as h