the figures feature in the sculpture include my, maya angelou pray the artist created the memorial as response to the september 11 attacks. >>> family members of passengers on flight 93 san francisco today. flight 93 was headed to shanksville, pennsylvania. it commemorates the 10th anniversary of september 11 attacks. >>> no images emerged showing irene. >> sea otters are a threatened species for now and long- running programs trying to protect them will be eliminated and how the public and get them off. >> back here in 10 minutes, i have got your. default will be back -- your forecasts. the fog will be back. i will tell you when. >> a pilot was seriously injured when his plane crashed into santa monica airport. a spokesman says that the aircraft went down shortly after take off. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> tropical storm irene and some eastern states are dealing with massive flooding. the death toll now stands at 38. today president obama declared a national state him emergency before -- -- a state of emergency for vermont. >>> this video shows you when a bridge was swept away

i am reminded of a "buy my angelou -- of a quote by maya angelou. "if you do not like your path, cut your own swath." jasmine lives in the tenderloin in san francisco. her first two years of high school were not very good. it would be fair to say she was a failing student. on her own, she realized the only way she was going to get out of her environment is if she did it hurt -- did it herself. by her junior year, she was an a student. she continued that in her senior year. she is going to go to city college in san francisco and wants to go to san francisco state university and serving our community as a nurse. jazzman, welcome. -- jasmine, welcome. adrianna ferrerra ruiz has a situation most high-school students do not. in addition to going to school, she has to work 30 hours a week and is the primary caregiver in her family. she gradually did from abraham lincoln high school and plans to go to skyline community college before transferring to san francisco state to obtain a degree in criminal justice and be a probation officer. you can tell she has

maya angelou, our hero, our leader, our special, special woman.eers and applause] she will now read to us her beautiful words she was inspired to write. dr. maya angelou. >> as a grateful agent said when it is finally out this lethal thing that is more lethal than air, more useful than earth, this freedom, this man, will be living on, not in statues, but by the life given by him. and i have written reverend martin luther king, that great soul bearing mana of hope for his country. his country was starving severely from an absence of compassion, a lack of compassion. martin luther king, that great spirit came from the creator sparking a foundation of fair play to his country which was parched and deformed by hate. the whole man came forward with a brain of gentle wisdom to persuade quiet upon the loud misery of the mobs. the whole man stood out with a malifluous voice to find the joints of currency. the whole man came in the midst of a murderous nightmare surrounded by demons of war he dared to dream peace and ser enti. with a heart of faith he hope

maya angel or people you haven't heard of. the man that stood in front of the tank. he's also di picketed on this monument. workers moved it. crews must'ved it 15 minutes ago. the final resting place is a park near the fox theater. mario is almost at the enof the den step-year project. the sections are picked up by a gianten train. the artist says the kizer foundation provided much of the money for the monument. there are 39 international and local advocates pieces depicted here but some grew criticism. >> i think it all comes to this fear thinking and being uneducated about the full scope of anyone's life. and the entire point that we are imperfect. but when you look at what the so-called controversial people are, look at the positive effect that they had. >> reporter: there is so much to know about the monument you might want to consult the website. it has a lot of interesting details about the composition. for instance the monument is designed on a spiraling access. imlating the human dna. i talk toon accident for the artist she says that harvey milk listed a lot

maya angelou's rendition, a poem for the ages. abundant coal. -- hope.ow as we enjoyed one another at this luncheon, i want to invite the waiters to begin to serve our lines. i am going to come back and interrupt you periodically. as i look out at this audience, there are too many people you need to know in this room, too many people. we have the secretary of health and human services. madam secretary, and thank you for joining us. i thought i saw ben somewhere. there he is. i knew i saw you. i know barbara shaw is here, president of the council of negro women. floor,ng to walk the agreed to personally, and come back to do if you shout out. outs.defew shout one of our great anchor women. enjoy your lunch. i am getting the sign we are ready for somebody very special. is that my cue? all right. i am going to ask you to take your seats. gear ready for this a very special diva. renowned nationally and internationally. i first met this outstanding artist many years ago at the naacp image awards in los angeles, california. but we know her today because of the

maya angelou came to bennett college for women, our waste is and develop this into 21st century tinkerers. anything within the human consciousness is attainable for any of us. what does that mean? learning is attainable for all of us. thinking is attainable for all of us. achievement is attainable for all of us. this is the message we have to give to our young people. we cannot allow somebody to tell our young people that they can't. when they come home with that message we need to say who told you that and then we need to get a can of you know what and say, no, you cannot bring that up into our space. because we know that we can compete. we know that we must compete. and we know that we will compete as long as we have that opportunity. my sister i hope that you will continue your work and i hope that all of us will continue to work of lifting up our people. yes there is a horrible achievement gap. it makes me cry frankly. this is what i think. people ask me, i don't sleep at night. i get up at three of or 4:00 in the morning worrying about the achievement gap but you know when i see all

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participants include maya angelou, bernice king, and juanita abernathy. live coverage is on c-span.on journal" live at 7:00. the atlantic council is hosting a forum this morning on the future of libya. live coverage is on our companion network, c-span2 at 9:30 eastern. >> tour mount vernonon slave quarters on american history tv. former deputy assistant to the president talks about the secret taping system in the white house. the civil war resulted in a tremendous loss of life, but also great advances in medicine. the life-saving lessons learned during four years of bloody conflict. throughout the year we will visit frankfurt, kentucky. get the latest on c- span.org/americanhistory. >> now from the aspen institute wikileaks and freedom of the press. this is a little more than an hour. >> wikileaks was dispursed so quickly. the u.s. has tried to determine the appropriate tradeoffs between transparancy and privacy. the disclosure of government information is not really new or unique. for example, how is this any different from he can pose sure of the pentagon papers many, many years a

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maya angelou came to bennett college for women, our waste is and develop this into 21st century tinkerers anything within the human consciousness is attainable for any of us. what does that mean? learning is attainable for all of us. thinking is attainable for all of us. achievement is attainable for all of us. this is the message we have to give to our young people. we cannot allow somebody to tell our young people that they can't. when they come home with that message we need to say who told you that and then we need to get a can of you know what and say, no, you cannot bring that up into our space. because we know that we can compete. we know that we must compete. and we know that we will compete as long as we have that opportunity. my sister i hope that you will continue your work and i hope that all of us will continue to work of lifting up our people. yes there is a horrible achievement gap. it makes me cry frankly. this is what i think. people ask me, i don't sleep at night. i get up at three of or 4:00 in the morning worrying about the achievement gap but you know when i see all o

maya angelou came to bennett college for women, our waste is and develop this into 21st century tinkerers anything within the human consciousness is attainable for any of us. what does that mean? learning is attainable for all of us. thinking is attainable for all of us. achievement is attainable for all of us. this is the message we have to give to our young people. we cannot allow somebody to tell our young people that they can't. when they come home with that message we need to say who told you that and then we need to get a can of you know what and say, no, you cannot bring that up into our space. because we know that we can compete. we know that we must compete. and we know that we will compete as long as we have that opportunity. my sister i hope that you will continue your work and i hope that all of us will continue to work of lifting up our people. yes there is a horrible achievement gap. it makes me cry frankly. this is what i think. people ask me, i don't sleep at night. i get up at three of or 4:00 in the morning worrying about the achievement gap but you know when i see all o

maya angelou came to bennett college for women, our waste is and develop this into 21st century tinkerersing within the human consciousness is attainable for any of us. what does that mean? learning is attainable for all of us. thinking is attainable for all of us. achievement is attainable for all of us. this is the message we have to give to our young people. we cannot allow somebody to tell our young people that they can't. when they come home with that message we need to say who told you that and then we need to get a can of you know what and say, no, you cannot bring that up into our space. because we know that we can compete. we know that we must compete. and we know that we will compete as long as we have that opportunity. my sister i hope that you will continue your work and i hope that all of us will continue to work of lifting up our people. yes there is a horrible achievement gap. it makes me cry frankly. this is what i think. people ask me, i don't sleep at night. i get up at three of or 4:00 in the morning worrying about the achievement gap but you know when i see all of you

this includes my angelou -- maya angelou and several lead. you can see that on c-span. >> note is the ever colored uc. -- notice the color you see. this char is where vervain gets all of its color and a lot of its flavor. -- bourbon gets all of its color of a lot of its flavor. they have discovered 200 flavors. >> this weekend, we highlight frankfort, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. looked at the history of literary life of the capital. douglas boyd on frankfurt's's crawfish bottom. span 3, a visit to one of only four distilleries open during prohibition for medicinal purposes. booktv and american history tv, in frankfort, kentucky, this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> the martin luther king memorial ceremony originally scheduled for sunday has been postponed because of the approaching hurricane. next, civil rights activist celebrate his life and legacy. this is about two and a half hours. >> i am honored to be the master of ceremonies today, and we want to welcome everybody here for what is expected to be of great celebration and affirmation of our commitmen