my name is philip marshall. i'm a professor of rhode island and a resident of massachusetts and i'm also the grandson of new york philanthropist brooke astor victim of elder abuse by her son son, my father. as president of the vincent astor foundation my grandmother advance its mission by giving millions of dollars to social and cultural causes. in 1998 president bill clinton afforded her the presidential medal of freedom. well into her 90s she was at center stage as new york's first lady and a humanist aristocrat with a generous heart. by 2000 when she was 100 she disappeared from the limelight. she didn't return until july july 2006 when my guardianship petition which i filed to protect my grandmother against my father was discovered by the press. front page headlines displayed disaster from mrs. astor. my grandmother would never want to be known as one of america's most famous cases of elder abuse nor did she. in the throes of dementia to choose to be victimized to be deprived to manipulated and robbed all as

my name is philip marshall. professor of rhode island and a resident of massachusetts and i'm also the grandson of new york philanthropist brooke astor victim of elder abuse by her son son, my father. as president of the vincent astor foundation my grandmother advance its mission by giving millions of dollars to social and cultural causes. in 1998 president bill clinton afforded her the presidential medal of freedom. well into her 90s she was at center stage as new york's first lady and a humanist aristocrat with a generous heart. by 2000 when she was 100 she disappeared from the limelight. she didn't return until july july 2006 when my guardianship petition which i filed to protect my grandmother against my father was discovered by the press. front page headlines displayed disaster from mrs. astor. my grandmother would never want to be known as one of america's most famous cases of elder abuse nor did she. in the throes of dementia to choose to be victimized to be deprived to manipulated and robbed all as part

we'll also hear from philip marshall who is the grandson of a well-known philanthropist and socialite. and brooks who summered in maine for decades did was generous to our state, will testify how his father mistreated his mother a mismanaged her assets will suffering from alzheimer's. there are many instances it is vital for a site newark -- a senior to have the assistance of a trusted adviser to help manage his or her finances particularly if it -- the senior becomes ill or loses cognitive ability. this is another factor that makes it so troubling and complicated. caliph for rude to hear from the witnesses today for what is under way to address financial abuse of the honorable seniors. we will have the vote at 2:45 p.m.. whoever is here will take over the gavel to make the interruption as brief as possible. >> thank you chairman collins. one year ago i was approached by the people with a microphone and asked if democrats lose control of the senate and you take over as a ranking member of the very first committee you could serve on who would be paid for your chairman? i said without h

were pullmen porters, including first lady michelle obama and supreme court justice thurgood marshall a. philipvener of the march on washington in '63 when martin luther king made that famous speech "i have a dream." i remember as a teenager the organizers ruston had horowitz call me to come to an event. i met randall. i learned of the stories of the dignity and pride of the pullman porters. my hero reverend joseph lowry would tell stories how it was pullmen, porters and preachers who helped break the walls of apartheid down in the south. today was a deserving tribute in chicago to men who rebuild a community and brought their families with them. >>> thank you for watching. i'm al sharpton. hbo starts right now. "hardball" starts right now. >>> he's saying he doesn't love america. let's play "hardball." \s that's the charge out there, that the form of the united states doesn't love his kung. is this what it's come to? what's hitting us in the news right now are birthers likes donald trump who sea he was secretly lived here in africa, and