mr. jackson is recognized as the designee of the minority leader. mr. jackson: tonight or in the very near future, i want everyone in the sound much my voice to voice or reread dr. martin luther king's speech "i have a dream speech" a bounced check speech. i often thought, i wonder what his speech would sound like if he were here to give it. i don't know what dr. would say. i really don't. but i thought it would be challenging to go through his speech, change it as little as possible but insert my own thoughts how i thought dr. king's speech might have sounded if it were given today. after all on august 27, we will dedicate the king memorial here in washington, d.c., the day before his historic anniversary of the "i have a dream" speech on august 28, my colleagues have now departed this institution for the august recess to return to their homes far and near. i thought it would be appropriate that the final speech delivered after this debate would give reference and reference to the insight to martin luther king junior. and i thought after the deal that w

mrs. jackson, if i can ask you, you said it was two years, and is it difficult planning this as the motherplanning all the details to try and make this a concert that he would like? >> i am sure he would like it. that's why i am supporting it. it hasn't been hard, because -- what is your name? >> well, we are trying to make sure that this is going to be something that michael would have been very, very happy about. we're trying to pick artists and do things that are through michael's eyes. i think that in the end, the fans are going to be very, very happy with the result. >> mrs. jackson, real quickly, how are michael's children doing? >> they are doing fine. thank you. >> thank you so much for joining us. good luck with the concert. and mrs. jackson, good luck with managing that family. it's always interesting, and certainly a talented family you have had throughout the decades. thank you so much. >> if i could add quickly, we did want to announce kiss is joining the artist performing, and we're exciting about it. it will be amazing to watch them do michael's music. >> terrific, and that

mr. jackson that i was going to have problems with senator coburn of oklahoma, a republican of oklahoma. frank and i immediately ran over to the cloakroom on the senate side and i talked to senator coburn by telephone and i'll describe that conversation in just a second. but i think it's important to talk about who the hostages are and who is holding them. the house of representatives passed an extension of the federal aviation administration on july 20 of this year. it has been sitting without action by the united states senate since that moment in time. now, what there is, and let me say this, there is no labor provision in it, there is no antilabor provision in it, there's no poison pill in it, it's six pages long and i invite you, unlike some others who want to talk about it but apparently haven't read the six pages, now what it does have is the coburn essential air services language, an amendment. now, essential air services, again, not to be too mundane, but there was a recognition by the federal government a number of years ago that in order to provide air service to people who li

mr. jackson, on monday last, indicated that the speaker, because this was something nobody wanted to see, would be willing to do the handshake on the no prejudice on these issues and do a clean extension but he indicated that the problem was going to be senator coburn so the offer was never extended because we had to get by the hurdle of senator coburn. senator coburn would not remove himself. >> congressman, what are the chances this issue will be resolved before the recess is off? are you hearing of anything happening behind the scenes? >> there are conversations continuing on a regular basis and i would be shocked if this week turns to next week without action. the senate can take the bill they've had since july 20 and pass it or they can work out something else which would require -- but unlike what people are saying, it doesn't require 535 people to get off their lounge chairs on beaches across the world and come back to washington, d.c., it can be accomplished through unanimous consent, pro forma session that we're currently operating under permits the speaker of the house on every

mr. jackson empowered me to go over to the senate and indicated that we cannot leave town with the faa closed down. the speaker is willing to agree to a clean extension and shake hands on the issue of eas and other issues. i indicated we would move forward without prejudice, which meant we would continue to discuss them and everybody got back in the fall. i was advised that now i am going to be called a bipartisan sniper are rounder and have problems with senator coburn. we immediately ran to the cloakroom and the senate side and i talked to senator cockburn by telephone. i will describe that conversation in a second. i think it is important to talk about who the hostages are and who is holding them. the house of representatives passed an extension of the federal aviation legislation on july 20 of this year. it has been sitting without action by the senate since that time. what there is -- there is no labor provision in it. there is no anti-labor provision in it. there is no poison pill. it is six pages long. i invite you, unlike some others that want to talk about it, that apparently have no

i do not know if jackie jackson is in the room, mrs. jesse jackson, so many women who were there with dr. king. somebody said dorothy, and was here. i do not know where the heroes are seated, there she is, but if i were to ask any of these women if they could have envisioned back then that to date, on the front lines, we would have had -- today, on the front lines, we would have had so many corporate sponsors participating to make this day possible, well, they would not have believed it, we would not have believed it, but that is exactly what happened, and it started with our dedication share, the general motors co.. behind those companies are strong, talented women who make it happen for us every single day. i know that. harry johnson would be among the first to tell you -- harry johnson would be the first to tell you -- that without these women, could they would not be possible. i want you to welcome someone who has many titles, but i will give her her appropriate recognition as the head of the foundation for the general motors co., as

i do not know if jackie jackson is in the room, mrs. e jackson, so many women who were there with dr. king. somebody said dorothy, and was here. i do not know where the heroes are seated, there she is, but if i were to ask any of these women if they could have envisioned back then that to date, on the front lines, we would have had -- today, on the front lines, we would have had so many corporate sponsors participating to make this day possible, well, they would not have believed it, we would not have believed it, but that is exactly what happened, and it started with our dedication share, the general motors co.. behind those companies are strong, talented women who make it happen for us every single day. i know that. johnson would be among the first to tell you -- harry johnson would be the first to tell you women,t without these could they would not be possible. i want you to welcome someone who has many titles, but i will give her her appropriate recognition as the head of the foundation for the general motors co., as someone who has

. >> stuart jackson. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister is quite right to look at the events this week in the context of social malaise and family breakdown. can't i question them on the point where my honorable friend of the games were, the policy to which he refers and the tax system was an agreement on which we are both elected, surely this week of all weeks, take within a holistic context that we will support marriage and family and we will review the policy and bring forward proposals? >> he's right that it was in the manifesto and it is indeed in the coalition agreement. the coalition agree with the two parties take a different view. i remain a strong supporter of the proposal. >> sir alun michael. >> trainman. as a member of the home repair select committee i'm confident the report would make a contribution. but doesn't the prime minister accept that something more than that is needed, we need an in depth wide-ranging full-time report, led by summary of the authority independence it would -- we need a qui

jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. speaker, this is a very tough place to put america. not members of congress. we are paid to come here and do our job. but it's a very tough place to put america. and so i have a simple state of facts present today and listen to my other colleagues, which i will, because it is a tough decision to in actuality support legislation that seems to be driven by thoughts that the only way to get something done is to hold a whole country hostage and a whole congress hostage. on the brink of august 2, we're now throwing something on the floor that is arguably supposed to be helpful. i am concerned that there are nuances in this legislation that will hurt people that we all care about, but it's a tough decision not to say yes to having america pay her bills. i hope for once that once we get past today that we will not in any way yield again to the voices of 87 members who care nothing about america and simply cares about their way or the highway. i am upset and this is -- the speaker pro tempore

mr. velshi. >>> the michael jackson concert fans are outraged and revolting against the show.d jackson after his 2009 death, calling him a child predator. >> but when you are the marketing machine that kiss is, there's no better way to make up for having said something bad about michael jackson than bringing your marketing -- >> what they said was pretty darn bad but we will see what happens. >> it goes for an apology, don't you think? i. probably. money. >>> let's here ac/dc, shall we? ♪ pick it up and move it >> wine? >> makes me want to have hard liquor! ac/dc putting out their own line of wine. among them is highway to hell cabernet and you should being me all night long. >> are you kidding? did you make that up? or are they really going to call them that? >> would you like another glass of you shook me all night long? >> the wines are only available in australia but who knows? >>> rob marciano is in the extreme weather center. rob, you a beer man, wine man? >> i don't discriminate! >> you do it all? >> at times, i like to drink the good stuff but in the morning it's coffe

jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. speaker, this is a very tough place to put america. not members of congress. we are paid to come here and do our job. but it's a very tough place to put america. and so i have a simple state of facts to present today and listen to my other colleagues, which i will, because it is a tough decision to in actuality support legislation that seems to be driven by thoughts that the only way to get something done is to hold a whole country hostage and a whole congress hostage. on the brink of august 2, we're now throwing something on the floor that is arguably supposed to be helpful. i am concerned that there are nuances in this legislation that will hurt people that we all care about, but it's a tough decision not to say yes to having america pay her bills. i hope for once that once we get past today that we will not in any way yield again to the voices of 87 members who care nothing about america and simply cares about their way or the highway. i am upset and this is -- the speaker pro temp

he had rejected that since washington and harriet jackson was up on the dais with him. he was in mr. king better speech. it was a very very restrained speech and he was worried about kennedy in the solar rate bill. so he had to be very careful. halfway through, he serves on the prepared text and just as free black preaching commie is on the spot complaining all of his rates and combining them in a hole. kennedy really did like king. king did not respect kennedy. and suddenly king is one speaker admiring another artists. he took off. what's happening here? yes, michael. >> two unrelated questions and you can decide to insert either already there. first i want to go back to jeremiah wright example of muslim similarities or differences of their better. but the fact that you mention it is a snippet of the year jeremiah wright and that is at least in part because of the world with it for now with youtube and fox news and surveillance all over the place. could you speculate a little bit on whether or not a leader like king could emerge in the information environment we live in today? and

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. it really is about justice for all. the question becomes as we go into our conferences and caucuses, who will this help? will it help the small businesses who are the backbone of america? will it help the students who are now standing at the doors of colleges and seeing them slammed shut? will it help those in nursing homes who now because of drastic cuts in medicaid will see their place of abode lost? will it help the hospitals who care for the sick because there is no medicare reimbursement or medicaid? we are going to be looking at this to see how it helps or hurts the american people. but i tell you who it helps. big businesses, are they going to now step in and create jobs because when we cut across the board public sector jobs will be cut all across america. it has always been the government that stoops and comes in to raise the american people up when there is a need. are we going to help the returning soldiers, 160-,000 plus who have ptsd? those who want to come into the workplace? will the corporate sector now

ward, people like espanola jackson, but it is very clear to me that if people like me are only able to sit in and do the kinds of things we're able to do because of people like mrs. westbrook, i would like to thank her family for sharing her with us and allowing her to do the kind of worked that should be done. let me close by saying there are a couple of staff members at the redevelopment agency who have worked very hard. in addition to the money that has been put on the table, staff have worked tirelessly with partners to find funds to turn over every rock that was needed in order to make sure that the money was available to turn this out the way it was. this has been a project that has been near and dear to his heart. and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of deserve a resounding round of applause. >> it takes a lot of people

criminal defense attorney joey jackson is here as is child attorney and advocate, mr. sobel.ming in, i want to start with you. her missouri parents thought they had adopted her legally, fair and square and she's their daughter and they have been raising her, loving her and caring for her, must they give her back? >> they do. they have to give her back. there are two types of matters this case could fall un, if it was a case where the parents, biological parents said we gave up the child but didn't mean to, doesn't under false pretenses or there was a biological father who said i didn't know about the child the court would say, let's look at what is best for the child and, the parents flew or should have known and this is not the case, the child was kidnapped and no one questions that and, public policy says, international policy says, no one has an interest in supporting someone committing a crime and stealing someone's child. you have to give the child back. alisyn: do you agree? does she have to go back. >> she raises good points, however i'm in disagreement and here's why.

mr. mattocks when he was a homeless seven-year-old in washington, d.c.. this is just under an hour. >> caps >> welcome to mcnally jackson. i'm the coordinator. just want to let you know that today this book is 20% off, unlikely brothers by john prendergast and michael mattocks. >> [inaudible] laughter echoes a price. we have them up salote to register and you can get the book signed over the table the authors will be signing and i encourage you to buy the book. so today we are incredibly honored to have john prendergast and michael mattocks in conversation with ann curry. john is an activist and author and is the co-founder of the enough project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. working for the clinton administration he was involved in a number of peace process season africa and helped create the satellite sentinel project with george clooney, books with john keogh and developed a documentary films on the congo. he's appeared in four episodes of 60 minutes and was featured in a "new york times" profile titled attention for the cause. he's been a youth counselor, basketball coach and big brother

jackson, tennessee. bill. welcome. caller: i would like to commend mr. robin for her work. -- miss robin for her work.we look at scriptures, you know, people believe that we have a profit called zechariah. also another profit called azel. most religions believe in the holy word of god. it gives clarity as to what is going on in the middle east today. i would invite miss robbins and other people that listen to take a look at the scripture as to what the word of god says. with that 30 more seconds, i have a quick recap. chapter five, the book of zacharias, wickedness has been allowed to cover the earth. he sees two women looking at the container for the wickedness planted in the land of old babylon, modern day iraq. as you go into -- host: what is the point of that to you? caller: two women that lifted , a land of wickedness, which was old babylon. host: are you saying that there is wickedness there? i do not understand. caller: they took the container and lifted it up between heaven and earth as a resemblance of them. the question is, two women lifting this up, with strength in iraq as a base. but the

jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. speaker, this is a very tough place to put america. not members of congress. we are paid to come here and do our job. but it's a very tough place to put america. and so i have a simple state of facts to present today and listen to my other colleagues, which i will, because it is a tough decision to in actuality support legislation that seems to be driven by thoughts that the only way to get something done is to hold a whole country hostage and a whole congress hostage. on the brink of august 2, we're now throwing something on the floor that is arguably supposed to be helpful. i am concerned that there are nuances in this legislation that will hurt people that we all care about, but it's a tough decision not to say yes to having america pay her bills. i hope for once that once we get past today that we will not in any way yield again to the voices of 87 members who care nothing about america and simply cares about their way or the highway. i am upset and this is -- the speaker pro temp

mr. richard trumka, to our executive vice president, and thank you for your warm introduction, arlene holt-baker, and to secretary-treasurer elizabeth schuler. s boblso to moderator' herbert and maria elena salinas, to reverend jackson, to bill lucy. i am sure i will miss somebody, but attribute that to my head and not my heart, but also to my dear wife andrea king, to our king center staff that is here, and friends. it is a great pleasure to join you this morning in this symposium on jobs, justice, and the american dream. you might remember that at the time of my father's passing, that he and his team, reverend jackson and many others, were mobilizing for the poor people's campaign, to bring together poor blacks, whites, and native americans, americans from all walks of life, to say to our nation's policy makers that we demand the right to decent jobs with decent pay. in 1968 and 1967 as there were mobilizing, he was talking about a living wage. we are still trying to get the minimum wage adjusted properly. just shows how far we still have to go. and it is also providential that this is perhaps the last official act that i certainly am going to be involved in before the dedication that was to have taken place on su