crisis, parties to a lawsuit against wells fargo in baltimore county, maryland, and in my hometown of memphis, tennessee. improving fair credit access, supporting sustainable homeownership and promoting financial literacy are among the great priorities. the naacp was supportive of the resolution that the 110th congress passed to -- for the first time in our nation's history, apologize for slavery and jim crow laws and to make clear that the vestiges of jim crow and slavery would be affected by the future congresses. today's commemoration of the naacp's 101st anniversary occurs as the organization prepares for its convention, one nation, one dream, the title, to be held in kansas city, missouri, on july 10 through july 15. at that time hundreds of naacp leaders and members will consider bowled and innovative a-- bold and innovative approaches tackling the 21st century. among those leaders will be benjamin todd jealous, the president of the naacp, the current chairman, roselyn brock, former chairman, washington bureau director, hillary shelton, and wendall anthony. all exhibited the fearless de

it is a gem in the city of memphis, tennessee. you are fortunate to graduate from the christian brothers university today. make a difference to that one person. 90. -- lanky. >> thank you, amy. good morning. class of 2010, border trusties, faculty, staff, students, parents and guests. it is impossible for you to understand that story that i feel at this moment, how prevalent -- the joy that i feel at this moment, how privilege. to address you today, i am truly honored. when the president called me to inform me of this opportunity, i was stunned to the extent that i asked that i might have some time to export -- some time to respond during my hesitancy had nothing to do with the quality of the event for my availability. it was a certain request for a ton to decide if i thought i deserved this honor, and most of all if i could justify your confidence in me. upon hearing my request for more time, as your president was thinking, oh, no. we have made a mistake. what was i thinking? well, the president, after the next few months your wo

ajay is joining us from memphis, tenn. on the republican line. caller: thank you. the only issue i have with this ruling is it should have been 9- 0 against the city of chicago. the bill of rights is very specific and that is a personal right. when i hear the liberals talking that this is the government impinging on the will of the states, that argument does not hold because the 10th amendment says those powers are not directly given to the government are given directly to the states and people. the second amendment specifically gives this right to the people so that states cannot infringe upon a. it is obvious those four justices who wiruled for the ciy should almost immediately be impeached. host: this is the story above the fold -- a longtime observer of the supreme court, emotion on the court's final day. roose better ginsberg on the court after her husband's death on sunday. this headline that the ruling tells the law against limits on guns. ann has this comment on our twitter page. bill is joining us from minneapolis. caller: i really support what the supreme

i feel like she is putting of cramp on a the state of tennessee in memphis. some states should be provided aid, and i love nancy pelosi and i want to send it a shoout out. host: jason on the independent lines. good morning. so what do think this morning? caller: i think the stimulus is a very good idea. i think the president is using the right approach in trying to mediate a pro -- immediate a problem with the economy. it will be uphill battle regarding recovery. the nation is starting to recover from the recession, starting last september, according to alan greenspan. i remember observing that report. and it came out of it -- the state came out of the recession back in january. the recovery phase will be awhile for us, but president obama did warn the nation that 2009 will be the year we commence recovery proceedings with a stimulus at. the first few months will be painful, the second six months will be very painful, then there will be six months to a year of an uncomfortable period. we are staying on course regarding the fact is -- the fact is, i cannot acc

it is a gem in the city of memphis, tennessee.re fortunate to graduate from the christian brothers university today. make a difference to that one person. 90. -- lanky. >> thank you, amy. good morning. class of 2010, border trusties, faculty, staff, students, parents and guests. it is impossible for you to uerstand that story that i feel at this moment, how prevalent -- the joy that i feel at this moment, how privilege. to addre you today, i am truly honored. when the president called me to inform me of this opportunity, i was stunned to the extent that i asked that i might have some time to export -- some time to respond during my hesitancy had nothing to do with the quality of the event for my availability. it was a certain request for a ton to decide if i thought i deserved this honor, and most of all if i could justify your onfidence in me. upon hearing my request for more time, as your president was thinking, oh, no. we have made a mistake. what was i thinking? well, the president, after the next few months your worst fears m

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let's go to vivian on the democrats' line from memphis, tennessee. caller: our government is dealing in illegal things over there. that money they are using in afghanistan to pay this what could be used right here to save these people unemployment and create jobs, manufacturing jobs for working people. our government needs to come out of afghanistan, like the previous caller said. people are suffering right here and here they are paying or lord's money? america, wake up. we need to revolt against our own government. host: looking at other news from afghanistan -- from "the financial times" -- a botched suicide bomb attack. richard holbrooke arrived yesterday to assess progress in the key phase in the campaign against the taliban. we will go to fairfax, va., with trevor on the independent line. caller: hello, are you there? i was going to say that is pretty disturbing news. it is probably part of the way that you have to conduct war as a nation to get things done. but i would appreciate it if the government would tell me the truth of why we are over t

host: we move on to mike from memphis. caller: what kind of country do live-in where we have to have these guns. all the stuff you were saying was a live. the preamble to the cost to some,"we the people of the united states established justice, provide for the domestic--" what is going on here? i have never owned a gun. you're talking about communities. this is insane. abraham lincoln said prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason. host: what about the first caller saying it is an issue of freedom? guest: you do hear that a lot. under our system, no freedom is absolute. the right to express yourself is not absolute. it is subject to subject -- it is subject to regulation or the public safety is threatened. the closer the speech gets to inciting violence, the less protection it gets under our constitution. we are dealing with a freedom to own a lethal weapon. that is like no other freedom we have. guns can be used in self- defense. i would ask people to understand that the likelihood a gun in a home would be used to shoo

memphis, your on the ire. caller: just a couple of questions for you. number one that struck k me.hat someone that writes for a conservative newspaper would state she should judge by the poles or congress should go by the poles instead of the law maybe before them or the bill where the supreme court or who sever in an official position should go by the poles. you said that, sir. another thing i'd like to bring up to you is that, on each side, no matter republican president or democratic president that nominates somebody for the highest court in the land. there's going to be people that are apposed to it. you said earlier she was too political in the clinton white house of the that was her job. the job in the clinton white house was a political job. had to make decisions not only based on the law. politics also. i mean that's given. also, actually, was said that only 19 percent of the ammrican people are aware of who she is and who the president has nominated for the supreme court but i bet even less people are aware of other supreme court justices that did a good job for many years

host: let us move on to memphis, on the line for democrats from new work -- caller: i think he should concentrate most on the cleanup. i think he people in the area -- we have to depend on the government. but i think we should get more involved in it. and i think that people should back him more instead of making him do more to work. they should come out and do a lot more themselves. host: a shot of the president in the "of the new york daily news." the admiral is behind him, who is in charge of the clinic. he will give the president a briefing today down in the gulf. he will then make a speech in pensacola. flyback to washington for the speech tonight. tom defrank, what he says is -- paris, illinois. terry on theerepublican line. what should the president say? caller: thanks for letting me be on c-span. i've just got a few things. i think the president is doing a good job. i think he is doing what he can. it is a natural disaster that, when you get into simple problems, it takes professionals to get them done. and this is not a simple problem. i just think the president ought to say,

here is memphis, tennessee. kerry, this -- good morning. on the independent line. caller: i think it is time for clean energy in america. this oil disaster, it is bad for both the environment and it has been bad for a long time when we byrne carbons. i think coal is bad, both when we burn it and the disasters. i think nuclear bad because of the waste and it is way past time for change. guest: i think she clearly represents a point of view in america. the difficulty with going immediately to clean energy is i don't think technologically there is a way to just turn off fossil fuels and turn on an undeveloped an unknown technology. there are different parts of the clean energy sector that are being developed, that are being refined, and brought to the fore. but even the president recognizes before this disaster in the gulf hits, when he was approving more well and gas drilling leases, that while he clearly -- and we know he clearly wants to move to a clean energy industry in terms of energy that americans consume -- he knew it could not happen overnight. especially fo

host: silva from the democrat's line in memphis, tennessee.aller: professor, you're showing me a city is a corporation, a state is a corporation. and i think in the united states is a corporation. we know that corporations are in business to make money. so and they don't have citizens. so i think about the people who are in cities and they are on totally on public aid. and they are going to become a problem for the cities the state and the government. and i'm wondering what's going to be done with them. and again, as a corporation, the police work for the city. so they're protecting and serving but they're protecting and serving the corporation. the national guard for the states and the united states military protecting the corporation of the united states. and i wonder about the flag of the united states. when that fringe was put around that flag, how did that put the corporation? now i see the flag has a gold fringe and a tassle and i remember when it was red white and blue, not red white and blue and gold. so i'm wondering about the changes

we have failing schools in memphis. also have stories about what people are able to do in their communities. the question is, what can we do here to help you succeed there? i think that we succeed by not telling you what to do but in power in you to do it. -- empowering you to do it. as governor, i did not know any people that could turn around a school. i don't think that our staff could do much to help you turn around the school by saying here are four things we have fought us. it looks to me like the most important thing we could do is if we want to be really radical is to override the the union rules, the local rules, the federal rules, and hand it to you with some bitterness accountability and say take it and report to us and we hope you succeed. that might defensible to think of but isn't that the real problem? don't you run into too many rules and regulations, too manyy interest groups in your way? what can we do to help you and others succeed in your own school districts rather than saying here are the ways to t

memphis, your on the ire. caller: just a couple of questions for you. number one that struck k me. that someone that writes for a conservative newspaper would state she should judge by the poles or congress should go by the poles instead of the law maybe before them or the bill where the supreme court or who sever in an official position should go by the poles. you said that, sir. another thing i'd like to bring up to you is that, on each side, no matter republican president or democratic president that nominates somebody for the highest cou in the land. there's going to be people that are apposed to it. you said earlier she was too political in the clinton wte house of the that was her job. the job in the clinton white house was a political job. had to make decisions not only based on the law. politics also. i mean that's given. also, actually, was said that only 19 percent of the ammrican people are aware of who she is and who the president has nominated for the supreme court but i bet even less people are aware of other supreme cou justices that did a good job for %-nyears had n