from "the new york times," "mr. lewiss over the -- the bighats exchanges which are enabling and profiting handsomely from the extra fast access they are providing to certain investors." book -- int in the cannot believe anybody who read the book said that. pages and pages about it. the whole point of the story is he is creating an exchange that is the one fair exchange for investors. >> i will give you credit for this. michael mckee said, "has anyone ?"ad the book did you read it with scotch or without scotch? >> it is also reminiscent of "moneyball." about comes out that is the disruptive force in the market. it is disruptive entrepreneurship. because it is so disruptive, all the interested parties feel they have to have an opinion before they have read the book. >> the public traded markets i think are a huge deal here. the competition to create volume -- is that the heart of this discussion? are nottition, there only the 13 public exchanges, there are 35 dark pools. when they are all competing for volume, the easiest w

king and mr. lewisry and president johnson passed the voting rights act. if we have overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice it is largely because of courage and fortitude of those like lyndon johnson, martin luther king and john lewis. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming to this stage, congressman john lewis. [ applause ] >> thank you, mark, and the staff of the lyndon johnson library. my beloved friends, my sisters and brothers, i have the special honor to introduce the keynote speaker of this celebration of the civil rights act of 1964. it is so fit iting and so appropriate that president barack obama would join us today to honor the legacy of president lyndon johnson. now, president barack obama was born into a dangerous and difficult time in american history. a time when people were arrested and taken to jail just for sitting beside each other on the bus. it was against the law for black-and-white people to ride in the same taxicab or stay in this same hotel. people's ho

mr. lewis, and by ms. brown of florida. this legislation seeks to make minor technical corrections to allow the actual awarding of two congressional gold medals authorized in previous congresses. you see the first medal was awarded to martin luther king jr. and coretta scot scott king. the other was awarded to the pioneering mumford point marines of world war ii. but for different reasons there are now no statutory designate red sip yents of the medals. as has often happened in the past with such medals they'll be given to have smithsonian institution where they'll be available for display, for research, for loan, as appropriate to sites significant to their honorees. importantly in the case of both these medals the sense of congress has expressed that one place that would be appropriate to display either or both of these medals is at the new national museum of african-american history and culture. now under construction, literally just down the street. so mr. speaker, this is a good bill. it i

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. >> one point i just want to bring up, mr. lewis did say he had tried to contact dave cummings, who was one of the founders of bats. mr. cummings messaged me and said michael lewis did not contact me. so i don't know if that adds anything. know what's amazing about all of this? michael lewis was the side show. he at one point basically disappeared and the battle was here on the floor between brad and mr. o'brien. he basically sat back like a lot of us and just watched the fist fight. >> that is where the battle is. the battle is right here on the floor of the new york stock exchange. over how the future of trading is going to take place and whether or not we have disenfranchised the retail investor who now does not trust wall street. >> good point, sue. >> we both tried to clarify from mr. lewis that he is not telling everyone it's unsafe to invest in the market. he tried to distance himself from that. but i think you will agree, sue, that was certainly the implication and a lot of people are very upset about that. >> absolutely. we

mr. lewis, for writing the book. i want to point out something. you probably know about it already. but it's been bothering me. level two quotes, real-time level two quotes, my feeling is that -- i used to be able to look at that and make a decision as to the depth of the market, but it changes, the bids and the ask and the sizes change so quickly, it's become meaningless to me. it's my contention that these high-speed computers are corrupting the information. >> guest: when you say you used to be able to look and make a decision, what actually -- what are you looking at when you look at your screen? >> i'm looking at level two -- the bids and the ask on and she size -- >> guest: who is providing you with the information? >> caller: aku trade. >> host: what do you do for a living? >> caller: i'm retired. >> host: but you're an investor or trader. >> caller: i used to be. not anymore. >> host: what is a level two quote? what does that mean? >> guest: are you asking me? >> host: yes, sir. >> call

mr. lewis will join us at 10:00 this morning. oin "bloomberg surveillance tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m.. we will talk about a set of distinctions about his idea that the market is rigged. not one, twice on bloomberg television. >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am scarlet fu here with tom keene and adam johnson. let's get you some "company news." reach taking a step to customers in their living room. they will introduce a device to stream movies and tv shows at an event in new york city today. the gadget will put amazon and closer competition with apple and google. ends sales with t-mobile. it will not renew its contract with the carrier when it expires at the end of this month. john chen has criticized t-mobile for encouraging smartphone users to switch to iphones. tory diller will expand every major u.s. city as its core battle is successful. in an interview, he offered a bleak forecast for the service if the supreme court rules against it. >> if you lose, we are finished. >> there's nothing you can salvage? >> you never us

king and mr. lewis made their march from selma to montgomery, and president johnson passed the voting rights act. overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice, it is largely because of the courage and fortitude of those, like lyndon johnson, martin luther king, and john lewis. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming to this congressman john lewis. [applause] >> thank you, mark. and staff of the lyndon baines johnson's library. my friends, my sisters and honorrs, i have a special to introduce the keynotes bigger for this 50th anniversary celebration of the civil rights act of 1964. it is so fitting and so appropriate that president barack obama would join us today to honor the legacy of president lyndon johnson. president barack obama was born into a dangerous and difficult , a timeamerican history when people were arrested and for sittingl just beside each other on a bus. it was against the law for black and white people to ride in the same taxicab or stay in the same hotel. ,eople's

. >> caller: mr. lewis, you're just touching on things. it seems like conservatives like charles murray and think tanks, what they are doing is projecting on to or people all of the corruption and wickedness that they themselves are guilty of. fifteen years ago in the summer of 1999, roger ailes was a guest with brian lamb and it was instrumental with cnbc and rush limbaugh and all that. and then the specialist firm, accorsi blew off my question. within five years later the knee late something close to $250 million with fines on the specialist firms for frontrunning pÂtÉ. in one and you can address those questions. the country would be surprised to know that our nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. [laughter] and so it's really a crime if it's turned into a motion picture. so i think that liar's poker would be even better than the willful wall street. >> host: we have a lot of callers, let's leave it there. thank you. >> guest: i will start by recommending hollywood and listen to what you said. but one morning i have for the story

i read mr. lewis' book. i found it informative and entertaining. >> you're admitting some is though. >> i admit there is predatory behavior in the market. >> give us an example. >> whether it's high frequency or not. >> give us an example of type of hft, if it's not all, which i agree with you, what's an example that is obviously predatory? >> i don't think it comes down to a type. it's trading high frequency trading or not. take, for example, true actual front running. having information no one else has about the customer's order and acting on that before the order goes to market. that could be predatory. >> isn't that the kind of thing that some say, you know, does go on? i mean, if i was to ask you do certain high frequency traders have a time advantage over others you would answer, what? yes or no. >> time advantage is not front running. they're not -- >> i haven't gotten to that point yet. does some high frequency traders have a time advantage over other investors? >> yes, certainly some high frequency

. >> michael lewis, did you talk to mr. o'brien as you reported your book, if so, what did he tell you, if not, why not, and what would you like to ask him right now? >> so first, this market confidence point, we will answer that question, the market confidence point is interesting because goldman sachs is now -- has now thrown its weight behind brad precisely because -- hold on, let me finish this. >> no, no. >> let me finish. >> you used his investment in my exchange as a sign of corruption and his backing of his exchange is a sign of virtue. you didn't call me. why is there a difference? the backing of me is bad and the backing of you is good. how is it different? >> because they have invested -- the investors in our exchange don't trade on our exchange. that's part of the problem, right? bill, again, i say the sky's blue, bill says the sky is red. is it always like this on the show? this is insane. >> let him finish. then you respond. >> bill is owned by int intermediaries. we are owned by hedge funds. it is one of thes

it will be fun to have mr. lewis on. >> we want to hear from you. esponse to high-frequency trading? what is it? answer however you want to answer. >> michael lewis will be on market makers tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. a busy tuesday morning. april 1. scarlet fu, adam johnson with us as well. joining us right now, betty liu on her april fools' day show. it is going back to singapore. >> i'm actually moving out of here. getting away from you. >> she's giving you a hard time. that was a joke. >> i know you've talked about todayearing, testimony from the gm ceo. of ceo andchairman chrysler will be joining us to walk us through. he has gone before congress four times in his career. somethingow if it's you would call a badge of courage or what. in any case, he knows exactly what mary will be going through today. he will be talking about that with us. we will have him as a guest host in the 8:00 hour. >> sounds good. she is set to appear this afternoon. p.m. --00 >> in washington it's 2:00ish. regulatory filings have come out

jump condition event to begin any kind of financial dialogue or financial transaction, and clearly mr. lewisas a condition of that. >> on a lighter note, tom, i hear you are such a social media maven. >> i am doing time lapsed photography now. i have no clue what i am doing. >> you do it on the set, too. tom is immune to these selfie disease. >> i was going to do a selfie with paul krugman, and he said it would be beneath his reputation. [laughter] who took thisw one, vice president joe biden snapping the selfie what the president in a white house limo by his office. he says he is now joined instagram, tom, so followers can find out what happened on the road with that guy. >> you should be on instagram. i talked to people this week about boomer social media about it, i see facebook domestic waiting and now international is waiting, twitter has a life of its own, which is great, but instagram is the one that is really picking up. it is amazing to see the vitality of instagram, good and bad, going on like that. >> tom -- >> you should do instagram. >> i think we should do a selfie. should we d

king and mr. lewis made a march to montgomery and president johnson passed the voting rights act. cripplingcome the legacy of bigotry and injustice, it is because of the courage and fortitude of lyndon johnson, martin luther king, john lewis. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming john lewis. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you. friends, my sisters , i have a special honor to introduce the keynote speaker for the 50th anniversary celebration of the civil rights act of 1964. appropriateting and that barack obama would join us ofay to honor the legacy lyndon johnson. was born in a dangerous time in american history. it is a time when people were arrested and taken to jail for sitting beside each other on a bus. it was against the law for black and white people to ride in the or stay in the same hotel. and lives wereed threatened for taking a drink at a water fountain or sharing a restaurant once counter. -- lunch counter. there were signs everywhere that said white and colored. order onsed an unholy the lives of americans. president johnson used his political power and the

. >> caller: mr. lewis, you're just touching on things. it seems like conservatives like charles murray and think tanks, what they are doing is projecting on to or people all of the corruption and wickedness that they themselves are guilty of. fifteen years ago in the summer of 1999, roger ailes was a guest with brian lamb and it was instrumental with cnbc and rush limbaugh and all that. and then the specialist firm, accorsi blew off my question. within five years later the knee late something close to $250 million with fines on the specialist firms for frontrunning pÂtÉ. in one and you can address those questions. the country would be surprised to know that our nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. [laughter] and so it's really a crime if it's turned into a motion picture. so i think that liar's poker would be even better than the willful wall street. >> host: we have a lot of callers, let's leave it there. thank you. >> guest: i will start by recommending hollywood and listen to what you said. but one morning i have for the story

mr. lewis. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. for holding in this hearing. mr. ambassador, welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you for your good and great work, and thank you for being here today. you know, mr. ambassador, you know, in our own country we believe in certain basic rights, certain basic freedoms. freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of worship, open and free elections. you said a moment or so ago this your statement that a trade policy should be a reflection of our values. how do you square this with a country like vietnam? several people from my district came here to washington last week, vietnamese-american who fellowed vietnam because of communism, because of suppression. and they asked, they're raising the question how can we trade with vietnam? how can we do it? >> well -- >> or with china -- >> and we very much -- >> and vietnam has such a strong relationship with china. how can we go down the road? how can we get in bed with them? >> well, through our negotiation with them we are working to address system of the issues that you men

mr. lewiske to be identified with the comments the gentleman from michigan, my neighbor upstairs in the cannon building, and to my friend, you're not just the chairman, and i want to thank you for your years of service, from your openness and for all that you've done to make michigan better and to make our country better, and your service will never ever be forgotten. >> thank you very much. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> i think it's really -- say kind things about you before this session is over. but i can tell you that you have been a breath of fresh air, and it's been a tremendous disappointment to so many of the members who have served here, but you've managed notwithstanding the differences in our parties always to be a professional, always to be a gentleman. it in my case, always to be a friend. it's deeply appreciated. >> thank you. i think we better get moving before i start performing john boehner. mr. levin is recognized. [laughter] >> okay. we've talked privately editing a lot of us wa

. >> caller: mr. lewis you were just touching on it but the conservative like charles murray and the conservative think-tanks what they are doing is they project onto poor people all of the corruption and wickedness that they themselves are guilty of. 15 years ago in the summer of 99 roger ailes was a guest with brian lamb and i called him up and roger ailes of course was unsure mental and starting "fox news" and cnbc and rush limbaugh's career and all that and i asked mr. ailes about the specialist firms that was fronting the tape. of course he lieu off my question but then five years later the ftc levied something close to 200 $80 million worth of fines on the specialist firms for front running the tape. i was wondering if you could address the questions of conservatconservat ives projecting -- i think the country would be surprised another nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. it's really a crime if myers coker isn't turned into a major movie. >> host: shone we have a lot of callers on the line. l

now it is the annual terry vanderbilture at university, given by mr. lewis the author of seven books. his speech from national about philanthropy, the humanities, and higher education is just over an hour. as a historian, you always wonder whether or not you want to lay with mythology. there is something very elegant about a story in that always is wrapped in some degree of truth and gets to be told and retold in different ways, and in some ways it is the mythologies that find communities. i will only correct one part of the mythology. i did not go to the bathroom [laughter] it was a case where i was taken by surprise. the better part of the story is i actually went to brazil, and my colleagues, we were looking for a new president, and i missed the meeting. iearly i was in brazil and came back from that meeting and went into what i thought was a committee meeting, and it was the committee of the whole, and i was asked then to leave the room. then was invited back in and was told by my colleagues that they had the in my absence that perhaps i should consider

exchange that's fragmented, if it gets partially filled and goes somewhere else, the allegation by mr. lewisquency guys are chasing that order to a different pool of liquidity. is that true? i don't know. but if people are front running any client, that is against the law and should be penalized. >> can i just ask a kind of devil's advocate question here. you've had some questions raised at the cme i believe about issues of blatancy -- >> where's your mic, kate? >> no mic. >> to be continued. >> i think the issues, there's still people out there that say some of the things that have been going on in terms of with electronic trading, if you have your server right next to the exchange of severs you're going to have a better price, it happens on the cme group's exchange as well as the nyc. is that true? >> no, what's important about location and where it's located is really important. so when brad referred to looping the shoe box on the show here, what we do at cme group, is every box in our co-location has the exact same length cord, so whether you're on that side of the room or right next to

mr. bill robert and myself operates the business on a daily business we've been friends and partners since 2010. we've been led by the michael and others working with lanar ralph and building engineer lewis and kitchen architect mr. joe. they've worked in the fashioned of designing an unconventional kitchen to meet the needs of our business i want to thank paulette who's company made similar services. with us today are a number of customers who came down to show support and some may speak. i'll ask them now to stand the cookery ecliptic customers please stand. thank you very much. others unable to attend have sent letters and you've got them. we appreciate the people in the open spaces community that are here in support as well. as you know you've identify a been a planter since 1981 it's exciting to see others here it's my privilege to serve as vice president and want and being a part of that it unsatisfactory and very interesting. most of my cac colleagues passing past and presence e present know you've got a business dui but do know what i side. it's not about my business the cac members and people identified me we matters of the shipyard community and being serving culinary cookery i

jackson lee of texas for april 9 and 10, and mr. lewis of eorgia for today and tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january -- policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. neugebauer: mr. speaker, it's an honor for me to rise tonight to recognize a great friend and great public servant and a great chancellor at texas tech university. when chancellor hans was first -- hance was first appointed at texas tech university, his motto was dream no little dreams. i think this is the perfect mot foe for a chancellor to use because that expresses the way he's lived his life. ken hance was born toray monday morrow, he enrolled in texas tech university in 1

things financial now lewis his new book flash boys comes out today and on sixty minutes sunday night mr lewis shocked viewers with remarks like this about high frequency trading. saudis are able to move faster than you they're able to see your order. and play it against the waters in ways you don't understand they're able to order. means they're able to identify your desire to to buy shares in microsoft and buy in front of you and sell it back to you at a higher price it all happens. now what might be even more shocking to those in the know is the fact that any of this was shocking to anyone in the first place now we've discussed high frequency trading on this show before and just last month we told you about new york a tourney general eric schneiderman efforts to examine high frequency trading in fact on monday morning schneiderman said lewis said lewis is new book will help focus attention on this debate now schneiderman's inquiry into high speed trading threatens to disrupt the model that market regulators have permitted for years trading firms pay to place their systems in the very same d

lewis is accused of siphoning more than half a million dollars from those church organizations into his personal account from 2007 to 2013. >> mr. clinton is a competent and trusted employees, it's surprising to all of us. >> reporter: lewis is now on paid administrative leave as chief financial officer of the transit agency. >> we're very confidence that there are no financial irregularities with regards to mr. clinton and the agency. >> reporter: clinton stole money to pay for college for his kids, a water vehicle. lewis reassured them nothing was inappropriate. the thefts began in 2007 and was not investigated until 2013 when one of the organizations that clinton was responsible for started running out of money. >> anybody who needs help they'll do what they can for you. >> reporter: church members wouldn't comment. >> i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: officials also wouldn't continue and referred our questions to their attorney. we also weren't able to reach clip ton for comment. when we knocked on the door of his home no one answered. clinton has been released on bail. his next court date is set for may 21st. li

mr. guligson. next speaker, please. >>> iris [speaker not understood] lewis, tenant, tenant in the mission for 38 years. very quickly, i read that in 2013 40% more working families are leaving san francisco than coming into san francisco, something we definitely want to turn around. and as a nurse, i'm very concerned about the health effects of all these evictions. i've seen people's blood pressure really go up, blood pressure crises, the stress, not sleeping, not eating well has really taken its toll on these people and families being evicted. i have seen a difference when people have support instead of fighting and have legal representation that they've calmed down, that they weren't alone and their health conditions weren't deteriorating as rapidly. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hi, my name is linda galbreath and i'm a housing attorney at legal aid. we he provide free legal services for low-income tenants facing eviction and displacement and in particular we specialize in serving extremely low and very low-income tenants who are in public and subsidized housing. many of these tenants are

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lewis says he was calm and polite. >> mr. met now will threat?oving mascots are serious targets to the secret service. mets mascot says a secret service agent for president bill clinton told him not to approach the president or snipers would go for the kill. he says the agent said quote, like i said, do whatever it is you normally do but approach the president and we go for the kill shot. are we clear? is the story comes from the former mr. mets new memoir. it happened when clinton attended jackie robinson's 50th anniversary in shea stadium in 1997. >> here's a question for you. are you a couch potato? a new study says it could be your parents' fault. >> the study proves that we isolated a gene. >> researchers found there's a genetic predisposition to laziness at least among rats. super runners ran ten times longer each day from those from a line of couch potatoes. they say further tests aren't even needed. the hope is even if laziness is hereditary you can train yourself to be active and maybe even like it. >> 25 after the top of the hour. time

lew lewis, you'll have other stories. we'll work our way into mrs.btfire. >> normally we like to stay away from publicity stunts but this was too cool not to show you. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> who doesn't love jenga. it's starve caterpillar build ford campaign. fyi, each block weighs 600 pounds. >> did they write on the bottom, drink one or drink two? >> i don't know. it doesn't look like they did. that was essential when you play that game. throwback there. >> conan was actually somewhat of a presidential historian. >> last week, president george w. bush's paintings went on display at the george w. bush presidential library. critics are divided about how good they are. here's bush's portrait of vladimir putin next to a photo of him. here's the portrait of harr mid karzai. here's his portrait of german chancellor angela merkel. not bad. you know, president bill clinton's also been painting. he has a contrasting style to bush. here's clinton's painting of angela merkel. i thought it was interesting. here's clinton's portrait of nancy pelosi. finally, here's president

the commander of the 6th military police group, cid, who is based at joint base lewis mcchord in washington state and mrs gray from cid. they will briefly now review the status of the investigation. after their comments we will entertain questions. chris? be. >> thank you, general. good afternoon. my name is chris gray. i am the spokesperson for the u.s. army criminal investigation command based out of quantico, virginia, and the multiagency law enforcement task force led by army cid here at fort hood into the tragic shootings of the incident that took place on wednesday. i'm here today to provide you with an update with an investigative update on regard to the ongoing criminal investigation. unfortunately, and as you know, we lost four soldiers on wednesday to include the shooter was one of those soldiers. that number includes 16 others who were wounded. on behalf of all law enforcement working this case, both civilian and military, let me begin by expressing my sincerest condolences to the loved ones, the families, the soldiers, and the friends of the wounded and killed during this tragic incident. i

commander of the six until military police group, cid, who was based at joint base lewis mcchord in washington state, and also mr. chris gray fromi id, and they will briefly now review the status of the investigation. after their comments we'll entertain questions. chris. >> my name is chris gray. a spokesperson for the u.s. army criminal investigation command based on awe quantico, virginia, and the multiagency law enforcement task force led by army cid here at fort hood into the tragic shootings on wednesday. i'm their provide you with an update, with an venttive update on record to the ongoing criminal investigation. unfortunately, and as you know, we lost four soldiers on wednesday to include the shooter as one of those soldiers. that number includes, 16 others who are wounded. on behalf of all law enforcement working this case, both civilian and military, let me begin by expressing my sincere yes condolences to the loved ones, the families, the soldiers, and the friends of the wounded and killed during this tragic incident. i will be provides as much releasable informing as possibility. but this is an ongoi

mr. lomax is joined in the event by congressman john lewis and danny davis after the q&a portion during remarks at the national press club. >> good afternoon. and welcome. my name is myron bellkind. i'm an adjunct professor of washington university school of media public affairs and graduate of school of political management, former bureau chief for the associated press and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalist, committed to our profession's future through our programing, with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at www.press.org. and to donate to programs offered to the public through our national press club journalism institute, please visit www.press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalist who is are club members. if you hear applause i

many of the systems that i would have been right there with michael lewis and with -- i would have thought that that was an outrage that mrn was saying how wonderful bats is, when so many of the small trades get jumped ahead of. and we're talking about the t-rexes that are operating at liquidnet. we're not talking about 200,000-share prints, 35 lots, 200 lot, even 500 lots, moving markets or at least people trading ahead of them over and over again, trading ahead of the entry and exit of all of these trades. that's why i'm against that form of high-frequency trading. >> i agree with that 100%. you have to assign some of this blame to the s.e.c. for approving all of the different order types that are all of these exchanges use and help to facilitate this type of trading. from our perspective, we did something that's not brain surgery. there was a wholesale community that resulted from the big bull market starting in the '80s. and you have to create a wholesale market to allow them to trade efficiently. you eliminate a lot of the signals that start the high-frequency trading against them. >> seth, we're going to leave it th

lewis clinton jr. is accused of spending 500,000 on himself. he has work flood finance for 25 years and now is the chief financial officer at a.c. transit a. >> those that work closely with mr. clinton are stunned and surprised. he is a trusted and competent professional and we are absolutely stunned to find him in this situation. >> a.c. transit placed clinton on paid administration leave and a spokesman points out that he is not accused of stealing from the transit agency and although he was in charge of a.c. transit's money officials feel certain that the public's money is secure. >> we have at left three audits each year one by an outside firm and one by the federal government so we have no republican to believe there are financial irregular charities with regard to a.c. transit. >> according to the criminal complaint, clinton served on three boards at the baptist church in oakland and oversaw the financial accounts. because he held a position of trust at the church, he was able to embezzle money from 2007 to 2013 and spent money on personal mortgage and loan, tuition for private schools, and real estate taxes and golf membership, and a luxury car. he has been arrested

lewis a black -- lewis black's humorous and full nervous breakdowns are trained in massday man at odds with society around town. mrblack is probably known for his appearances on comedy central. his back in black commentary are among the shows most popular segments. mr. black lampoons religion. ,ew subjects are off-limits less known is that mr. black is a prolific writer and diverse performer. he has written more than 40 plays and a few books and released several comedy records. active in the law and order tv series and appeared in a number of films. andson of an engineer schoolteacher he began writing plays in silver spring maryland and at college. he attended the university of carolina chapel hill. while at unc, he lived in a theater commune. he earned a masters in fine arts from the yale school of drama in 1977. mr. black is a progressive thinker who once described himself as a socialist. he described his humor as "being on the titanic every single day and being the only person who knows what's going to happen." [laughter] many critics and observers think mr. black belongs in the same company as those people who

lewis black's original humor with angry rants and so nervous breakdowns portray an everyday man at odds with the mass society around him. mr. black is probably best known for his appearances on comedy central's "daily show." his "back in black" commentaries are among the shows most popular segments. mr. black lampoons popular culture, family values, politicians and religion. few subjects are off-limits. less known is that mr. black is a writer and the first -- and diverse performer. he's written more than 40 plays, a few books, release several comedy albums and produced and starred in numerous specials for hbo, comedy central, and others. he has also acted in the "law and order" tv series and appeared in a number of films. the son of an engineer and school teacher, lewis began writing plays at springbrook high school in silver spring, maryland and in college. he attended the university of north carolina chapel hill and maintains a residence there. while at unc, he lived in a theater commune. he earned a masters in fine arts from the yale school of drama in 1977. mr. black is a progressive thinker who once described himself

mr. speaker, thank you for having us today. >> good morning. my name is lewis, national legislative director for the american legion. in 1918, when world war i ended there was no national veterans hospital system. compensation authorized for disabled veterans, widows and orphans were inadequate and delayed. veterans' programs were in the hands of too many agencies and were neglected. that's why the american legion worked closely with congress for the next 10 years to establish what is known today as the department of veterans affairs. the american legion is a partner with v.a. to make sure it is operating effectively and efficiently which is why we support chairman miller's bill, h.r. 4131, and senator rubio's bill, senate 2013, the department of veterans affairs management accountability act of 2014. the fact will give the -- this act will give the secretary of veterans affairs the freedom and the authority to manage his or her department as they see fit. the american legion supports this bill just as we support v.a. and secretary shinseki. the american legion

, talk to michael lewis, his latest looks at how wall street bankers have rigged the system in their favor. sunday at noon, u.s. military policy in the mideast. >> without objection, mrspeaker, let our people go. the speaker and this house has bent over backwards. we have passed appropriation bills. the president vetoed the first balanced budget plan in a generation. the president has vetoed the interior bill. for the environmental protection agency, this is the do-nothing president. his people are telling the white house, do-nothing, stand in the -- blockke progress progress, fight a balanced budget at all costs. your poll points will go up. maybe they will. the fact of the matter is, we have put on the table the first balanced budget in a generation. if the president wants to continue standing in the way of that, fine. we are going to balance this budget with or without him. >> find more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on our facebook page. brought to you today as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. officials who run health six-daye exchanges for governments talked about how their programs are run and how they differ from th

lewis, former director of communications for bill clinton. karen finney joins the table. ozzy pab ra from capital new york and joan walsh of salon joins us again. ozzy, you are mrcs. a little bit of a situation here. the working partieses don't exist in every state. here in new york it's allowed to give the party line if the democrat wants to. we are seeing a poll that says, wow, generic working families. they could drag cuomo way down. is the expectation of the party going to run to cuomo this year? >> they put out an e-mail that they have a deadline the end of may. the big decision. it was telegraphing in explicit terms ta there are certain things that there will be a final deadline to make the decision. the poll you mentioned is all but begging them to go forward and do this. there is complications for doing that. it's not a race that they have an option of sitting out. if they have to pick a candidate that gets 50 on the line or they will lose their ballot position. they have to have someone. it's going to be cuomo or someone who runs against cuomo. in the poll he drops ten points at least in every demographic category across the boardment it signals, like

lewis, it is available on book tv.org. kentucky, good morning. caller: [inaudible] [indiscernible] they are not news networks in my opinion whatsoever. mr.andy paul is not doing any favors by going on fox news. especially the hannity program. if anyone wants a good laugh they could just go back and forth to each program during commercial break. another thing about fox, these young blonde ladies with their breasts up to their behind's, it is disgusting. that is my opinion. thank you. [laughter] host: thank you, ronnie. we will leave it there. this is from "the sunday review." "95% of applicants at stamford rejected five percent making it in." the piece, "getting into the ivies, colleges are more globalized. on of this agreement saying that the rest -- the best is "fox news sunday." sheila joins us next. good morning. caller: good morning. i am tired of all of it on sunday and in the evenings. i think they need to have more diversity. instead of just a white male. but a race thing, but you get tired of it. maybe if you do a little diversity in stubble -- instead of sticking the white male up there from morning until night maybe it would be

lewis c.k. john stewart and jay leno. let us know we'll let you know some of the results. putting you on the spot. mr.auer, who do you think? >> i'm not going there. no. >> i'll go there. >> i think neil patrick harris -- he'd be great. >> ellen degeneres. i like that one. >> dylan, i think it's ellen or chelsea. time for a female on the network. is. >> tina fey, amy poehler. >> can we let dave have his next couple of months? >> all right tamron thanks very much. >>> coming up more on that violent outbreak of tornadoes and the areas under the gun for severe weather today. >> plus former president george w. bush reveals his portraits of world leaders for the first time anywhere. among them a painting of his own father that even his own mother has not seen. well, guess what she's with us live and you know she's going to tell us what she thinks. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up on "trending," the embarrassing reason this teenager found herself stuck in a drain in need of rescue. >>> opens up about his new movie, fame and his engagement. and w let me get this straight... [ female voice ] y