that's jace pickett. he's having a bit of time getting his game face on for this game because during the national anthem, they introduce a very special guy. >> ladies and gentlemen, performing in today's game, please direct your attention to grant pickett, who has been serving this great country in afghanistan. >> oh, immediately the tears comes. >> as soon as he spots his dad, he starts crying. and in the background "unchained melody" makes it even more heart wrenching. >> it's okay if you get a little weepy in this moment. i was curious to know how pickett did during this game. we've got jace and his dad joining us. >> describe that feeling just running up and being in your dad's arms for the first time in a long time. >> exciting. before that game i didn't want to play until i finally saw him there. >> did this fire you up for the football game? were you an animal out on the field now with dad on the sideline? >> yes. >> i bet. >> so, dad, talk about the feeling of pride watching your little guy runnin

belters like wilson pickett. those guys sang in the beautiful falsetto and made it a beautiful thing. to ask yous going this question last night but we ran out of time because there was so much to get to and i can do justice to everything in this book. but every time i talk to you, i am always struck by your depth of music history. you didn't have time as you are forming this career to get a phd in musicology. nobody does these days. but you know all of this stuff. to read, i am a reader. by going into the music and going further and further about the lives of the people that sang it. singing, i wanted to know what was going on before that. i wanted to get my phrasing better. what was before that? standards. so that's what started all of that. went to new orleans and i started learning the history of new orleans. what theto learn history of his music was. there was a bunch of different stuff. what went into the making of that music was not just arbitrary. show a fewas on this months ago and we had a great time ta

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of the people are so familiar, lincoln and his grief stricken face, the confederate general george pickettcharged at gettysburg the elegance and battle weary property late, cigar smoke in an oddly gentle s. grant. the richness and variety of america lies during this time of confidence in christ is in its consolidation, bring it to purpose other events, other care areas, the schooner pearl as it tried to flee washington d.c. with a boatload of fugitive slaves. today, hungry women ran through the streets of richmond, begging for bread during the war. susan anthony writing on wagon without springs through kansas to secure the ballot for women. exuberant men such as walt whitman and pt barnum embracing her but melville, the powerful editor jean jean the execution of the lincoln conspirators in the head of the andersen prison in the impeachment of a president. not emily dickinson, chief red cloud, new york, fired by soon-to-be disgraced ticketed and the grandeur whether through men such as clarence king who possess nature in the wild and there was the war, the terrible war and all the while bef

belters like wilson pickett.e guys sang in the beautiful falsetto and made it a beautiful thing. to ask yous going this question last night but we ran out of time because there was so much to get to and i can do justice to everything in this book. but every time i talk to you, i am always struck

familiar they seem ready made; lincoln and his grief-stricken face, the confederate general george pickett's charge at gettysburg, the elegant and battle-weary robert e. lee meeting the cigar-moaking and oddly gentle you'll cease s. grant. and american life during this time of consolidationing bring into focus other events, other characters; the impounding of the schooner pearl as it tried to flee washington, d.c. with a boatload of fugitive slaves, the day hungry women ran through the streets of richmond begging for bread during the war. susan apt and elizabeth -- anthony and elizabeth stanton riding on wagons without springs through kansas to secure the ballot for women. exuberant men such as walt whitman and p.t. barnum embracing multitudes, the anguished honesty of herman melville, the the powerful editor horace greeley. the execution of the lincoln conspirators and the head of the anderson prison. and then the impeachment of a president. anna, not emily dickenson, on the stump. chief red cloud at new york's cooper union, the saga of the anti-slavery general rufus saxton fired from the f

and that's not said in a david versus goliath kind of thing it's said in a pickett's charge of way. >> you look in the last month or so. washington at large has not come out in a particularly warm and effective light on either side. that's reflected in the polling and unease with the president, reflected that congress's rating is below zero. so i think the political paint ball that continues to go on, i think people are intuitively realizing that the republicans in particular at this hour are the ones who seem to be more interested in scoring points than solving problems. real economy is still not where it needs to be. >> you know, there are a lot of republicans that are angry, mark halperin, specifically at ted cruz and marco rubio, because they are sending a bad impression out there that they are pushing a plan that everybody in washington, d.c. knows has no chance of passing but doing it for purely political reasons to help themselves. like john cornyn said from texas, ted cruz's fellow texasan, all we're doing is making the house republicans job more difficult. >> well, look the r

how everyone he does it was a journey well here's a here's a possibility richard wilkinson and kate pickett over the u.k. the equality trust they've written two books one is called why inequality matters in is called the spirit level and they've done ratable research both comparing about twenty five or thirty unique nations the. what he called the most were the well developed countries of the world and every state right and what they found is that we're inequality is greatest. you have the highest rates of gun violence and you also have the highest rates of obesity of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy of the highest rates of crime if it's rates of divorce you have it you know go on and on and on it all comes back to any quality this guy was working for a small subcontractor that was working for h.p. that was working for the navy the navy for i.t. work now people joined the navy to learn a job skill why didn't the navy have a seaman have a have a navy personnel be doing the damn work instead of giving the money to h.p. in an age piece skims a chunk off the top and then h.p. gives it to

. >> by 19 6 the word got out about the sound you created down there and atlantic shipped wilson pickettday we cut, we cut two sides and both of them went to number one. it was a two-sided smash. and, of course i started with it because i had percy sledge. percy had a song "when a man loves a woman" which is a renowned record and he came in and so i sent the record to jay wechsler and he said rick i don't like the record. i don't think it's a hit. i said you've got to be kidding. you lost your hearing? ging ghearing. ? he said i don't thing it's a hit. my stock went up overnight. >> you were right all along. it doesn't take much to get them to sit down and talk about it. >> the story has not been well known amongst the public. usually the musicians are very willing to talk about -- give their props those who came before them and this was sufficient an iconic story of these guys and also all these artists knew their story had. been told. that was the hook you know, to get all these great artists to come out and share their time and experiences with us. >> but this story continue because t

still the position of the state department that the best option for training is a center at fort pickett, virginia? >> it is my position. we very much understand that our world has changed. with that world, it is not just a question of training diplomatic security. the entire foreign service needs to be prepared for the places that they work. have a consolidated training center in a nearby area for all the other equities, the foreign service institute, the department of defense, the marine corps. this is still the most effective solution. >> i have some final questions. will you commit to me upon confirmation that you will make an effort with the iraqis to make it clear to them that they are equally as responsible for the security of those individuals at camp liberty. and also to do all that they can. they will return the hostages that were taken? i want to ask what i have asked we've be responsive to questions from the committee? >> absolutely. >> mr. starr, how often will the state review the presence of high-risk posts through the board mechanism. >> we did the first review earlier th

is it still the position of the state department that the best option fortraining is a center at pickettorld has changed. it is not just, a question of training diplomatic security. the entire foreign service needs to be prepared for the places they work. the entire foreign service needs to be prepared for the place that they work. have a consolidated training center in a nearby area for all the other equities, the foreign service institute, the department of defense, the marine corps. this is still the most effective solution. >> i have some final questions. will you commit to me upon confirmation that you will make an effort with the iraqis to make it clear to them that they are equally as responsible for the security of those individuals at camp liberty. and also to do all that they can. they will return the hostages that were taken? i want to ask what i have asked -- we've be responsive to questions from the committee? >> absolutely. , how often will the state review the presence of high-risk posts through the board mechanism. did the first review earlier this spring. this is somethi