mr. randolph --a philip randolph and others came to me. there were people in the administration are concerned about some of president kennedy and the beginning. they like the idea of a march on washington. he thought it would be violence and chaos and disorder and he told us we would never get us to the ranks for the congress. you could bring hundreds and thousands of people to washington. and mr. randolph spoke up and said mr. president, this would be an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent protests. and that some of us spoke. doc or king was last speaker. i spoke number six out of 10 people that spoke that day. but there were certain words, certain phrases that i used. i didn't think that the proposed civil rights bill was strong enough to protect people in the south than i thought the speech we had prepared was a reflection of the people we were working with in the deep south, in southwest georgia, in the black out of alabama. so mr. randolph came to me and said, john, for the unity we come together to make these changes. and at one point dr.

mr. randolph spoke and said mr. president and his baritone voice, this would be peaceful and nonviolent protest. ten of us spoke, dr. king was the last speaker and out of the ten people that spoke that day still around. there were certain words and certain phrases that i used. i thought the proposed civil rights bill was strong enough to protect people in the south and i felt the speech did. what we had prepared was a reflection of the people that we were working with in the deep south in the delta and mississippi and southwest georgia in the black velvet arizona. so he came to me and said john come we need to come together can make these changes and dr. king said the fed doesn't sound like you, can we change it? i couldn't say no to a full brunt of war to martin luther king jr.. a. philip randolph was one of the most principled individuals you would ever want to meet. [applause] i spent some time if this man had been born in another time may be on another continent, he would have been maybe prime minister, presiden

mr. brooks, a. philip randolph institute, sierra, that stopped the city from building power plants. commissioner caen used to say, i just think it's not right we're going to build these power plants and i wish that we didn't have to. and that theme really carried to the point that we did it and we didn't have to do that. she was the spiritual center of that, and that was great. commissioner vietor, a strong champion of the environment, solar power, has helped us to keep the gosolarsf program afloat, despite budget cuts. we're going to need her help again. she is an advocate of energy efficiency, solar. we got another million for the gosolarsf tuesday, which is great. the program's run out of money again so we're definitely going to need commissioner vietor's leadership on solar to do that. commissioner courtney is my brother in labor local 261, have worked with him a lot. he has had the community's back for years, before even becoming a commissioner, has worked to make sure the local hire law is successful. i remember when we went to him to make the case that this local hire policy

mr. dial had had a violent past. best opportunities of success is to hit hard and fast. >> it was april 4, 2005. bobbi parker and randolphten years, seven months, and five days. bobbi was just finishing up work at a chicken farm near her home. she had no idea the place was surrounded by cops. >> i was greeted with three law enforcement officers in assault gear. >> what's the first thing you told them? >> my name. i actually said my name for the first time in so long. it was a -- a good feeling, but it was the oddest feeling because i had not used bobbi parker for so long. >> an anonymous tipster had called authorities after seeing the long cold case on "american's most wanted." and just like that, bobbi parker was free. >> it was a wonderful feeling. it was -- this is over. this is over. >> randy parker still working for the oklahoma department of corrections was home that night when he got a frantic call from his boss. >> as soon as i pick up the phone, he said, "i'm going to get you." he said, "bobbi's been found." all i could think about was getting to texas as soon as we could. >> randy anxiously drove six hours thro

mr. dial had had a violent past. best opportunities of success is to hit hard and fast. >> it was april 4, 2005. bobbi parker and randolphten years, seven months, and five days. bobbi was just finishing up work at a chicken farm near her home. she had no idea the place was surrounded by cops. >> i was greeted with three law enforcement officers in assault gear. >> what's the first thing you told them? >> my name. i actually said my name for the first time in so long. it was a -- a good feeling, but it was the oddest feeling because i had not used bobbi parker for so long. >> an anonymous tipster had called authorities after seeing the long cold case on "american's most wanted." and just like that, bobbi parker was free. >> it was a wonderful feeling. it was -- this is over. this is over. >> randy parker still working for the oklahoma department of corrections was home that night when he got a frantic call from his boss. >> as soon as i pick up the phone, he said, "i'm going to get you." he said, "bobbi's been found." all i could think about was getting to texas as soon as we could. >> randy anxiously drove six hours thro