that, of course, was his -- their perseverance in the face of adversity. life didn't always go according to storybook plans for jerry and betty ford, particularly when it came to her battles with substance abuse, but rather than do the easy thing and give in to her addictions, betty ford chose the difficult path. she confronted head on those demons that were her problem, and she conquered them, and then she did something even more heroic. she helped others do the same thing. with president ford always supporting her, she was able to turn trials into triumphs. if ever there was an example of how we americans should respond to the inevitable challenges we'll all face at one time or another, the fords were it. ladies and gentlemen, as we reflect upon the legacy of gerald ford, it is extremely sho shortsighted to simply remember him as the post-watergate president. although he had only 29 months in the white house, he used his time wisely and productively to confront the monumental issues that faced him when he took office. he helped us restore our national se

however, libyans will proof their perseverance and resolve yet again and rise up to the challenge. there may be times when things in libya may appear to be outside or to be deviating from their track. but we, the libyan people, would bring them back on course. libyans are learning for the first time in four decades to have trust in their government. most libyans have never known a government and never cared to know that government which searched them or which deserved their respect. quite the opposite. it is for the members of my government to prove that we are different, that we understand and respect the principals and spirit of the revolution, that we are acting in the interests of all libyans. and that we are building the future with then and for them. the principles of the revolution need to be nurtured and promoted about they are to be upheld. libyans fought for democracy. and it is our job as interim government to pave the way for democracy, to take root in libya. we are working hard to build it. we realize that democracy is not just a concept, but a system which has to be b

praises to all of those whose courage, strength, determination, perseverance, blessings, grace, bloodeat, tears, and sacrifices have uplifted us, our community, our people. i want you to take a moment and out loud and with passion and with gratitude, call up the name of those whose shoulders you stand upon. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. we call -- praises be. we call upon you all to join us in this commemoration of the past and join us in the celebration of the youth leaders of yesterday and today and those of tomorrow. we ask you to participate as we ourselves become more energized and inspired to follow their example and to take action, to be healers, peacemakers, social justice activists. we call upon you, great ones, to ask that you give us your blessing. bless all of us, and especially, bless our youth. bless their bodies, their spirits, their minds. we call upon you, ancestors, to ask for your guidance for all of us and especially our youth. especially our youth. guide their feet, their heads, their hearts. be to their left,

gerald is also praised for his perseverance and compassionate speaking out against violence. he recently completed the program at city college where he focused on green technology and will soon transferred to louisiana state university. he will be missed. [applause] [applause] lauren dangerfield, 16, has led the forefront of campaigns for people winning in time of rights. -- employment rights. she also institutionalized ethnic studies. she is working to build more awareness on working to bridge the gap between ecology, race, and community. [applause] [applause] lucky fisher travis, 17, is a youth supervisor with new ideas. he strives for greatness and also pushes and support this project leaders to envision britain is in themselves. -- greatness in themselves. [applause] [applause] michellechu, 17, is a committed youth board member and on the youth empowerment advisory board. she is a college-bound ambassador in march from mentor school, where she is a wonderful model tutor. michelle is a responsible and motivated later working to bring you up voice to her community. [applaus

serious issues of human frailty and personal courage and perseverance with science and researcher. to start with the oldest cryer first back to france where there is the first transfusion of blood from the calf to a well-known madman in paris but fortunately it failed and touched off of coltrane and political debate that ran for two centuries and repercussions evert -- even today. of officer of the will work is called holly tucker with the medicine health and society with a specially of medicine. her book a wonderful narrative was just nominated for the "l.a. times" book award, awarded on april 20th science and technology nonfiction. tell us about this book starting off on our historical tour. >> 84 the chance to be here to be with two fantastic authors i started to write this book several years ago primarily as the study of the history of blood and took a life of its own pry noticed through research that the first pled transition to equates in the 17th century as a response to blood circulation by william harvey and then people wanted to test the idea so they started to put plywoo

failed but his ill-fated expedition is now seen of one of the greatest sales of leadership and perseverance. after his ship shrank -- ship s ank, he and 8 others travelled 800 miles for help in a lifeboat. what's on the call the blue waters, -- >> on the calm blue waters, this group will attempt to recreate an expedition. in 1890, it went disastrously wrong parent of the expedition photographer filmed these images. it began to break up in pack ice. forced to abandon ship, they were facing certain death. the only option was to attempt the 800 mile journey to a wailing station. 800 miles by sea and more than 30 over icy mountains with virtually no equipment. >> with the kit, the equipment, the food, sustain yourself in that environment is absolutely phenomenal. >> a challenge that this expedition intends to replicated every detail. a new vessel is a mirror image of its predecessor. the only protection against the elements is a canvas roof. it is difficult to conceive what that journey must have been like, 17 days spent largely below deck in a very cramped conditions, mountainous seas, hurrica

we just wanted to persevere. we just decided that we were not getting the full story and we were not going to just go away quietly. >> meanwhile immediately after the verdict virginia tech released the following statement. "we do not believe evidence presented at trial relative to the murders in west ambler johnson created an increased danger to the campus that day. we will discuss this matter with the attorney general, carefully review the case and explore all of the options available. the heinous crimes committed by seung-hui cho was an unprecedented act of violence no one could have foreseen." the state of have 7 has already filed a -- the state of have 7 has already filed an a -- state of virginia has already filed an appeal to reduce the jury verdict. state law has a cap of $100,000 per case unless the governor waives it which so far he has not. >>> the effectiveness of protective court orders are being questioned following the murder of a kensington woman at the hands of her estranged husband. saying she fe

no, it's a commitment to values and the perseverance to fight for those values. a commitment to values and the perseverance to fight for those values and i just change the words a little and say it's knowing what to do and then doing it. if you go back and look at all of our leaders, all of our national leaders, they knew what you to do and they did it. look at the leadership that reagan provideed on the issue that we were just talking about, that george h.w. bush provided particularly in foreign policy that winston churchill provided. go back lincoln, roosevelt, franklin park zoo. >> rose: great to have you here. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: "the hunger games" is a book that landed on the "new york times" best-seller list in 2008. it spent more than 100 consecutive weeks there. now the widely successful novel has been made into a much-anticipated film. here is the trailer for "the hunger games." >> want to see what i got you snowed a mockingjay pin. as long as you have it nothing bad will happen to you. promise? >> welcome and happy hunger games! >> i just lo

so we continue to move and, you know, there's so much perseverance. we have committees throughout the entire united states. and so it looks like it's getting closer and closer each year we move a step forward like caesar always said. in order to reach that goal, you've got to do it a little bit at a time. so that's what we're going to do and we're going to percent veer until we eventually get it. i think with having a democratic president, the chances are much better of getting recognized as a national holiday. >> i know that this is an hour nor for t honor for the family but they will roll-up their sleeves and go to work. >> go help the holidays, go help the farm workers. what's what he always said but people right now they deserve it and we still have thelp the far every way that we can and we do whatever we can every year. we started with just the march, you remember, and then we went into the breakfast and now we have the golf tournament for three years and every year. >> we're going to talk about each and every one of those. i know that national

he failed but his ill-fated expedition is seen as one of the greatest tales of leadership and perseverance. after his ship sank, he and five others travelled 800 miles in a lifeboat to find help. now, a team is hoping to recreate that journey in an inexact art because of the boat. >> on the blue waters, this has been reborn to retrace one of the greatest wrote stories. back in 1915, ernest shackleton's expedition went disastrously wrong a year after he set sail. the expedition photographer film to these images from the vessel. forced to abandon ship, 28 men were trapped for six months and facing certain death. the only option was for shackleton and five other men to attack the 800 mile journey to a waving station --whaling station. 800 miles by sea and more than 30 over icy mountains with virtually no quit. >> with that kit, the equipment, the food, to sustain yourself in that environment is an absolutely phenomenal challenge. >> a challenge that this expedition intends to replicate in every detail. this vessel is a mirror image of its predecessor. the only protection against the elements

. >> tell the stories of pain and perseverance. >> tonight 9 wants you to know domestic violence is nevery and this newscast is here to help. >>> she did everything she was supposed to, sadly that could be the he taff for any number of domestic violence victims including heather mcfire. >> she was shot in the head and killed and dumped by anny estranged husband who would hours later kill himself. 9 want you to know it did not have to end this way and it does not have to for those desperately struggling in abusive relationships. we'll talk about the way out and the pain left behind. but first heather mcguire a woman who apparently trusted the system to protect her at least hoped it would be enough. >> this grainy black and white video from a nearby gas station camera be lice the bloody carnage on kensington when phillip deliberate made good on his threat to kill his wife heather mcguire. he dumped her body at connecticut avenue and knowles. hours later they found his body in a house in rockville. he apparently killed himself. three days earlier he she had gone to a commissioner. saying she

empower us to have in our lives their courage in danger, their steadfastness in trials, their perseverance in difficulty, and their loyalty in tribulation. we pray, in your sover

perseveration not going to leave for up for group i'm gonna start a rule i would like to stay very little of base isn't what we see here isn't patrolling the country i mean well they did say that it's a different thing in the worse of course live they do have a military base in cuba they are water based in japan. i mean there are patrolling the streets and japanese cities exactly the bars in spent the better much interesting those baselessly are motion in some other states not to control law and order in the country and so something else i also thought was kind of that's exactly. ok now about my hears years spoken in a television interview on monday and he said that the killings in afghanistan underscore the need to hand over responsibility for security to the africa it's. do you think the afghan army today in the state that we see it is ready for that she was not civil i don't. know i support what president obama said about that but before handing or were security response or go to the afghan army and police they should have spanned efforts to create. a stronger army and probably is stro

live empower us to have in our lives their courage in danger, their steadfastness in trial, their perseverance in difficulty, and their loyalty in tribulation. we pray, in your sovereign name, amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our ceremony. thank you for coming. [ applause ] >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts. and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view our complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> while the founding fathers often get all of the credit for the creation of america, without the encouragement and work of many women, things may have ended up differently.

if we persevere our life timeless see not the peace, but certainly the truce of god. one by american fortitude, energy, generosity and ideals. as loos surveyed the world of postworld war ii america, he placed his greatest hope on the evidentiary renewal of american family life. his vision of a family centered in faith-centered nation received dramatic visual confirmation and in 1947 a promotional campaign for "life" called "the new america." "life" photographers using special pan graphic cameras welded 14,000 new photos into 27 sequences using five synchronized projectors, a new fade in and fade out technique and a 40-foot high screen and featuring a fresh, stirring musical score, "the new america" was shown to 175,000 carefully selected national leaders in 60 cities. the presentation's central theme was that the america of 1947 and the america of the mid-1930s, barely a decade ago, were almost two different countries. so huge are the changes that have increased our national stature. the components of this new america included the baby boom, the script celebrated the

sam was in his loser course was in the thick of it fully commit see throughout the match and his perseverance part of the pays off as he admits of the only goal of the game i said i was setting that one up well on jesus star striker samuel l. it's all will miss their next game at home after picking up one yellow card soon maybe looking at c.v.r. up to third ingenue remain in seventh. had before that's why former champions are being failed to break into the european qualification places following a one mil defeats advantage trespass to bind armenia forward marcus messing the only goal to mark his if you match for combine in the design minutes of the first half to blunder now eighth only two points behind n.-g. ball rubin stay in six. in the english premier league manchester united thrashed wolves five nil to go four points clear off manchester city at the top of its able javier hernandez with a brace during the demolition elsewhere you cassell beaten or a child one nil you cover up he says with his third goal in five matches so a shocking day for wolves who are now bottom of the league on goal

i like to write about groups of people who persevere and make a life on their own aside from what the general culture is doing. i find that i don't consciously sit down and do that but it happens. in this particular book something that has fascinated me is sumo and sumo wrestlers and how they get so big and what it's like in their culture. one of the brothers becomes an sumo and that's why it's a big book! [laughter]. >> do you think that -- being a woman who is in women have been oppressed -- i don't know if they are now or not, dou think that has stimulated you in your writing coming out of that? you specifically and in general, do you feel like a lot of women have been stimulated by being part of an oppressed class? >> good question. >> very much so. i will try to answer a, b, c. for me, i know that the first thing i began to think about when i thought i wanted to write a novel was that i wanted to write about my culture. and because i had grownup in the chinese culture i wanted to write about china. i wanted to find out more about myself because of i was raised in the bay area and

. >> going back to that rural section where is born and reared in, if you do right and you persevere and ethics are where they should be and you treat your fellow person/worker and your workers with you right, it will work out. i go back to those old westerns that i used to attend in the movies as a child. the cowboy in that white hat always came out in the end. he won because he was right. and he would get beat up and shot at and all that, but he would always come up winning. i felt that i knew what i was capable of doing. i felt that if i could continue to show improvements in my capabilities and held my head up that it would come out and they would recognize what i could do and what i was capable of doing and be appreciated. tavis: the issues that you were confronting, when they turned into a case, when all of this became litigious, when litigation can into the picture, how did it feel for you to have the company that you were so desperate to work for, that you fought to get into and fought to prove yourself -- how did it feel when that company was fighting you in court? >> it did

understand the problems and the complexitie complexities, but also what these kids are asked to persevere and to survive in. so with that, i will move ahead to the evidence at hand. so i promised a review of our last lecture, and i will keep these to less than three minutes total, but in previous discussions, we have covered things like the organization, the oversight, and the youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system. sometimes we forget that not everyone is familiarized with the complexities and the irregularities with the system. we also talked about costs and what it actually does cost to keep kids in the system versus prevent kids from getting in the system and also what happens when we fail them at each level. we talked about that in terms of taxpayer burden and we talked about it in terms of a cost effectiveness study that we're in the process of conducting with the center for the states. we also went through the evidence surrounding the youth promise act, and in some of the briefings, we have gone piece by piece on the components and there is significant evidence. toda

sam while denny spruce you call was in the thick of it a lot of mighty threat this match and his perseverance i've often seen yet again we go with the game after seventy three minutes to say that setting this one up well angie starstruck it's time to stand next game plan after picking up one yellow card too many see a third and i'm an eight and you are nine seven. in another game being filed to break into the european qualification places following a one zero defeat at them prestes could ban armenia food markets zelie netting the only goal to mark his day to match for the band in the dying minutes of the first half cabana now eighth only two points behind angie rubin states six. elsewhere reported from a boy that straight away defeat the side from siberia holding on carts with polish through the snow is a match last week chance not their sixteen games and street by beating valda one nil at home but they are still thinking relegation trouble after surviving a major bankruptcy scare and she. and super serve powerful yes because the gave courier a one zero win over spot and now she can only been

but those two he picked right at the beginning who he admired for their perseverance, persevered to the end. so, it's an amazing story. but knox had the idea of going to ticonderoga and bringing back the great cannons and mortars there which was a preposterous thought. the middle of winter. and to haul those guns nearly 300 miles all the way down the hudson valley from upstate new york and across the berkshire mountains all the way to boston was a feat almost like something from myth, but it was real. he did it. and he did it by seeing that the solution to the problem was in the problem. the problem itself was the solution. the problem is it's winter. how can you drag those huge cannon all the way in winter. and the answer, of course, was to build giant sleds or sledges as they called them. and that's what he did against every imaginable kind of challenge, both from the elements and from sheer exhaustion and danger. there was one point when they were hauling them over the berkshire mountains when the teamsters that he'd hired refused to go on because it was too risky. the hills were too