a philip randolph was a professional activist.hey did all kinds of grief things for their people and for this country. but it had to be the ordinary people who were sprawled out in front of them on the national mall. and i just heard a talk last night at philips abbado, who's a psychologist. and he argues about ordinary everyday here with them. he says in order for good to happen in this world, you have to prepare to be a hero. ordinary people have to prepare to be a hero. he had to teach themselves and they have to be ready for whatever extreme situation confronts them, so when the extreme situation comes and it's almost always going to be an unpredictable moments, they are ready to jump in to do the right thing. if you're not ready, you're probably not going to be a hero. and this mall, which contain upwards of 500,000 people, the official estimate is 250. more independent estimates say it's more like 400, but it's doesn't matter. that's what the civil rights movement succeeded. not for the march on washington was so important.

philip randolph.who by the way at the time was called the most dangerous negro in america by the fbi. a label that they would later decide to use on martin luther king. now, but it's not enough to put your bodies on the line. you also have to think intelligently come here to think strategically, creatively. under a number of people in the movement, many of them on the mall that day who thought and acted very creatively. the civil rights movement was above all a highly intelligent movement. it was created in all kinds of ways. it invented a lot of the everyday strategies and tactics of politics that we now take for granted. one of the strategies that the civil rights movement uniquely brought to american politics, they didn't invent but they brought it to a mass scale, was the practice of civil disobedience. and nonviolent resistance. now, the reason that this is so important is quite simple. the state, according to people has a monopoly on the use of force. it has a monopoly on the use of violence a s

it was randolph, right, the leader dave randolph kind of come out. yeah i'm sure they will go after it. i'm sure that all three and a half stars on amazon because they will keep posting does your co-star who refuse but i think if you're going to tackle one of the titans you've got to roll with it and be ready for it and i just find it -- i think that there's no longer any point in asking whether this happened. i think the most important thing we can do is ask -- to say it did. what difference does it make that we know that to be our history but we have a more complicated history and that to me is a much more interesting history. >> the other thing is it's the right consciousness that is denying it. the black relatives were always a vociferous about this. i saw some stuff on tv and it's just the history channel and the other thing is other history like indian history, let's stop in the morning. well it's the only part of the population that's been denying this. the indigenous people know the story. >> i know but for whatever, however many hundreds and

then there's the strategy of randolph leading civil rights spokesman of the day cuss spokesman for a group even more isolated and downtrodden than the jews. black americans are roosevelt not only did they take no action apart from what he did for the americans generally against discrimination, racial discrimination in the early years in the new deal and the defense program began there were still left out in the cold randolph is in 1941 announced the march on washington expressed as it devotee 50,000 people demand fair treatment for blacks. to avoid a national embarrassment he defied the southern barons who control the party on capitol hill and got randolph to call the march by establishing the fair employment practices commission to curb racial discrimination in war plans and to some degree it worked it was a step in the right direction. for jews the potential payoff is such tactics was the impact of the palestinian peter bergsten one of the leaders of the campaign to rescue the european jury who was very effective organizer and pressured congress to adopt resolutions calling for imm

when the defense program began in 40 and were left out in the cold randolph, this was in 1941, randolphannounced the march on washington. the expression has since become the thing for everyone to do but at that time it was a new idea. 50,000 people to fanfare and treatment for blacks, you could avoid a national embarrassment. roosevelt defied the will of the southern barons who control the party on capitol hill and got randolph to call off its march by establishing the fair employment practices commission to curb racial discrimination. and to some degree it worked. it was better and it was a step in the right direction. for jews the potential payoff for such tactics was the impact of the palestinian jew, peter bergson, one of the leaders of the campaign to rescue european jewry who was an effective organizer and pressured congress to address resolutions calling for immediate action on the refugee crisis and it was bergson's tat takes as much as morgenthau's along with morgenthau's pressure that persuaded roosevelt to create the war refugee board rather than face the embarrassment of hav

poor visibility and high winds forced a ban on driving in the city of randolph, and forecasters say the grisly blast isn't over yet. they are expecting more heavy snowfall through friday. so be glad you're on the west coast. now for a look at your national regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. good morning. >> earlier in the season, the cascades and sierra mountains with the heavy snow. now the lake effects. quite a start to winter. i can definitely tell you that. this morning, windchill value in orlando, florida, is 26. so that's an indication of, this is just -- looks like a january or february map. we're still only in the beginning of december. scratching their heads wondering what's the rest of this winter going to be like? the eastern half of country or most of the country is very cold, this big ocean storm has poked warmer pacific air over the west. unfortunately coming with it is rainy conditions. a lot of rain out there this morning. especially up in the pacific northwest. portland has heavy rain at this time. further up the coast, bellingha

. -- randolph.and the 9ers and the raiders are still in the playoff hunt believe it or not. >> and the 40 napers -- the 49ers play on thursday and help the raiders? >> well, they will play the charmgers and if -- the chargers, then it would help the raiders. but it will be tough turn around. but sometimes you do win. the pressure is on and you dig deep. hopefully they can keep it up. both teams will have to win out to get to the playoffs. >> thank you, shu and thank you for watching. ÑÑÑÑcc÷l

zach randolph, 34 points, 17 rebounds. looking strong. griz win 104-98. >>> college hoops now.y taking on 11th-ranked missouri. second half. vandy up by four. misses the three. feeding jeffrey tail we're the two-hand flush. vanderbilt up by six. later, they're trailing by three. john jenkins in the corner. buries that one. ties it at 70-70. we're going to overtime. in the extra session. we're tied at 82-82. marcus denmon. certainly good action. >>> that will do it for sports. back to you in new york. >>> president obama has appeared on discovery channel's "mythbusters" show with two missions. >> one was to get students more interested in math and science. and the other -- >> at the president's request -- >> i think we have a big one that hasn't been thoroughly tested. >> which one is that? >> archamedes, solar ray. >> the president skz "mythbusters" to give it a try. it didn't work. >>> up next, a rock 'n' roll icon gets a pardon today. >>> and is america's obesity crisis causing us to die earlier? crisis causing us to die earlier? new fiit's simple physics...e a] a body at res

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randolph the ceiling billion dollar defense and energy deals with the media me to a bit of a cultural treat on the second day of his visit the russian but it will explore the phenomenon of the bollywood film industry. well next in our special report we talked to american veterans about their assessment of the mission at war and regrets it has brought them. to be a soldier was a very important a young life and to be not just a soldier but to be a good soldier and to be in combat. that's where.

tonight, the small town of randolph, new york, outside of buffalo, has set a new bar for an early-decembereffect snow. they have four feet of it! in florida, they are bracing for another cold night after temperatures broke all kinds of record there is this morning. farmers are struggling to save crops. but we don't know yet how much damage has been done. >>> across this country today, americans marked the 69th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. 120 survivors were among those who gathered at pearl harbor today where japanese aircraft attacked the u.s. navy base before 8:00 a.m. hawaii time on december 7th, 1941, killing more than 2400 americans, sinking five battleships, jolting our country to its core, and, of course, drawing the u.s. into world war ii. here in new york, veterans gathered aboard the "uss intrepid" and tossed a wreath into the cold, hudson river. >>> up next, three talented young women making a difference for a new generation. and wait until you hear them. new generation. and wait until you hear them. t'. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body

edmund jennings randolph of virginia further moved with these words, quote, that aer is month be preached at the request -- that a sermon be preached at the request of the convention on the fourth of july, the anniversary of independence, and thenceforward, prayers be used in ye convention are every morning, unquote. the clergy of washington responded to this request -- actually, that was philadelphia. responded to this request and affected a profound change in the convention when they reconvened on july 2, 1787, and jonathan dayton, again records these words, quote, we re-- we assembled again and every unfriendly feeling had been expelled. in a spirit of conciliation had been cultivated, unquote. on july 4, the entire convention assembled in the reform calvinistic church according to the proposal by edmund jennings randolph of virginia, and heard a sermon by reverend william rogers. his prayer reflected the hearts of the delegates following franklin's admonition. these are his words. quote, we fervently recommend to the fatherly notice our federal convention, favor them from day to day w

that was george randolph. this is where you have wires down in the roadway.ts here. on the beltway, predictable delays. and the earlier crash was in this area and things are tied up significantly. this will go all the way from connecticut down to the area you just saw heading into virginia. 95 in virginia, not too bad, just slow to the springfield interchange. >> coming up, a military family gets a big gift from santa claus this christmas. and it's one they can really wrapped their arms around. >> the envelope please. the golden globe nominations are out of it will have them for you next. >> won a local man to your lawn mission to change lives 1 $10 bill at a time. mission to change lives 1 $10 bill at a time. what >> soon it is going to be time for those magic words -- and the winner is. >> the golden globe nominations were announced this morning. they did raise some eyebrows. >> best picture, best actor, and best director -- just three of seven golden globe nominations for the movie "the king's speech." the drama deals with the kings difficulty with public

could default on the simple bonds so what does that mean for the economy i'll speak with anthony randolph after the break. culture is the shame of you are going to build already most of us want to settle something again on the brink after less than successful election and allegations organize current utility organ trafficking and. again this is see it would trickle the headlines at home. ston debate me is the end of the u.s. senate expected to vote on the ratification of the stalled nuclear arms const treaty in the next forty eight hours it ends months of delays and efforts to amend the parts without sound the deal to reduce the russian and american nuclear arms by a third signed by both presidents in april. russia and india secure a multi-billion dollar deals and a trip to new delhi by president medvedev as two of the so-called bric nations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment were just some of the agreements sealed. and prime minister putin made good both fine representatives and ones that helped to eliminate extremism following recent right wing violence after us talk mo

george mason, of virginia, and governor of massachusetts, and edmond randolph, governor of virginia refused to sign it. mason said he'd rather have his right hand cut off than to sign that document. there was a good deal of opposition at the constitutional convention. then the problem was the election of the members of the state ratification conventions. and in -- first of all, only white, male land owners could serve in office or vote. so that limited the vote. and in the case of pennsylvania, none of the small farmers had any representation at the constitutional convention. these were all very wealthy bankers from philadelphia. and patrick henry pointed that out that the people of pennsylvania were robbed. they had no say at the constitutional convention and in the final ratification process. they had no say in that process. it was a stolen election. down here in virginia, fortunately, the farmers did have some representation. they had already fought for that in the early days of the legislature. but patrick -- james madison made a deal with the moderate anti-federalist to switch sides at

george mason and, george mason of virginia and of massachusetts and edmund randolph who was then governor of virginia refused to sign it and mason said he would rather have his hand cut off than to sign the document, so there was a good deal of confiscation of the constitution. then the problem was the election of the members of the state ratification conventions and first of all, only white male clinton voters could serve in office or vote once with that limited the vote and in that case pennsylvania, none of the small farmers had any representation at the constitutional convention, these were all the wealthy bankers from philadelphia and patrick henry pointed that out the people in pennsylvania were robbed. they had no say at the constitutional convention and in the final ratification process. they had no say in that process. down here in virginia fortunately the farmers did have some representation, they had already fought for that in the early days of the legislature. but patrick madison made a deal with the moderate and the federalists to switch sides of the last minute. he promised

when the constitution was set up by madison and randolph they wanted checks and balance so the majorityverrun the minority. that occurs in the senate where it is a 60 vote institution. i was appreciative of his comments. >> greta: was it sad, hard for you to speak the last speech on the floor? >> it was, i was talking to my wife i said i'm more nervous about this speech than as governor. people don't remember these things. for me it was appropriate to capture the ton i thought was important. -- capture the tone i thought was important. terrorism, deficits, debt, aging population. it is going to be in the senate the crucible of democracy where those issues are going to be involved in a way that protects liberty and the liberties of the american people. >> greta: on a light note we are going to lose the moose. >> yes he's going back to northern new hampshire. he's heading home. >> greta: taxes, you expect the vote will be in favor here in the united states senate of extending taxes for everybody? what happens when it goes to the house? >> i think it will pass. it would be cutting off your

. >> we have three locations in northwest washingtond.c., 5100 wisconsin avenue. 4301 randolph road in silver spring. and in kensington, 5148 white flint plaza. we hope you'll stop by for the holidays. >> all right. roy rodman, thanks for coming in and bringing all of theseweet treats. ho we can get to test them. you have a popcorn popper that's reasonable, too. how much for that? >> this is 4.99. >> something that everybody can use. >> west bnd popcorn popper. a healthy alternative. >> okay. roy rodman, thank you so much for bringing your frugal finds. >> thanks for having me. >>> our time right now 11:48. coming up, the most fashionable washingtonian, and meteorologist tom kierein. >>> who is the most fashionable washingtonian? fashion washington has their pick. the assistant editor sw, katherine boyle, joins us this morning with who takes the number-one spot. >> good morning. >> this is the third year you have awarded the most fashionable award to a washingtonian. >> yes. >> tell us who's the winner. >> this year we chose the pink line projects which supports local d.c. artists. wha

. >>> more bitter cold weather across the northeast this morning, and snow in randolph new york, moree sunday, and it's still snowing. more lake-effect snow warnings issued in the northeast today. >>> four minutes past the hour right now. back outside, not snowing right here, but still not very warm outside. dave price. >> nope. nope. but, jeff that applause is for one of tonawanda's biggest sons, makes us proud today. years of lake-effect snow, jeff glor. how about a hand for him? i don't know, jeff, hearty people in the areas up towards watertown, erie, it is going to die off today. winds will begin to lessen. keep in mind, still a breeze coming out of the north and the west. that's why we're calling for up to eight inches of snow in some areas where in some locations in that region you've already received 40 inches of snow in the past several days. oh. all right. let's widen out the picture and travel around >>> this weather report sponsored by macy's. >> from perth, australia, where it is very much summer right now. that's a quick look at your weather pick color. erica, back insid

it had been a gift to him from jennings randolph, who had represented west virginia so well -- [applauset in my father's office when he was in the house of representatives. it now sits in the speaker's office. and it is in my west virginia corner, along with a silver tray from senator byrd, which i love, especially because it is engraved, "with thanks, from robert and erma." in the beginning of my comments, i mentioned a speech of senator byrd's on the house floor. that day in 1953, he quoted the words of daniel webster. these words, when you come to the capital, are etched on the wall of the chamber, high above the speaker's chair. and these words will come to define his leadership, but he voiced them in that earliest speech. senator byrd said, "let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its greatest interests and see whether we also in our day and our generation may perform something worthy to be remembered." daniel webster. senator byrd's service and his leadership were more than worthy to be remembered for many generations

almost 3 feet of it in erie, pennsylvania. 40 inches in randolph, new york., plow drivers working round the clock can barely keep up. >> you plow drifts. you come back in an hour and it's like you didn't. >> reporter: even in this part of the country where they're used to digging out from 100 inches of snow every winter, all of this is a rough start. barbara pinto, abc news. >> don't know how those folks do it. >>> here's your wednesday weather around the country. another 6 to 10 inches of snow around the great lakes before it finally winds down later today. showers around new orleans. and a rain-snowy mix in shreveport and jackson, mississippi. rain from seattle to san francisco. snow in the cascades, sierras, and northern rockies. >> 43 in boise. 59 in sacramento. 73 in phoenix. a bone-chilling 10 degrees in fargo. 12 in the twin cities. 30s for much of the east coast. 54 degrees in new orleans. >>> yes, virginia, there is a santa claus. but he better watch his mouth. >> that story of the day, a macy's in san francisco gave a long-time santa the boot after

host: joan from randolph, vermont asks in e-mail -- guest: 12, i am going to say there was job growth -- well, i am going to say there was job growth, up until 2007. a lot of that job growth came after 2001 and 2003 when all the tax cuts went into place, in spite of 9/11 coming in, which was a great shock to the economy. from an economic sense, remember how bad the economy was in october, november, december of 2001 because of external influence? they did provide jobs. now what is happening is this uncertainty being created out there is costing jobs. businesses are afraid. there is a lot of cash out there, but they are afraid to invest it because they do not know what the regulations will be, whether they can get a return. those are the things we need to create certainty about. host: arlington, texas. tom, you are next. caller: this guy and every other republican says that the government does not create jobs. tell that to all the people that make the bombs, tanks, ships, everything else the government uses, the military uses. he is a liar, a bald faced liar. that is all there is to it.

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randolph added, not only that, since this was the end of june, he added a provision that everyone in congress be required to hear a crist tan evangelist on july 4 before they begin in the constitutional making and after entering in joint prayer led by a local minister, there was a new atmosphere, there was a new spirit. and as a result, we got the constitution, that is the greatest founding document of any nation in the history of the world. now that is something that we have to thank god for. so this this time of bletsings and thanksgiving and this christmas season, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 118, an act to amend section 202 of the housing act of 1959 to improve the program under such section for support of housing for the elderly and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from texas, mr. edwards, is recognized for 30 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. edwards

host: joan from randolph, vermont asks in e-mail -- guest: 12, i am going to say there was job growth -- well, i am going to say there was job growth, up until 2007. a lot of that job growth came after 2001 and 2003 when all the tax cuts went into place, in spite of 9/11 coming in, which was a great shock to the economy. from an economic sense, remember how bad the economy was in october, november, december of 2001 because of external influence? they did provide jobs. now what is happening is this uncertainty being created out there is costing jobs. businesses are afraid. there is a lot of cash out there, but they are afraid to invest it because they do not know what the regulations will be, whether they can get a return. those are the things we need to create certainty about. host: arlington, texas. tom, you are next. caller: this guy and every other republican says that the government does not create jobs. tell that to all the people that make the bombs, tanks, ships, everything else the government uses, the military uses. he is a liar, a bald faced liar. that is all there is to it.

and at the center of our constitutional form of government, which was designed by madison and randolph, which was built on the concept that there should neverren be -- never be an overly powerful branch of the government, at the center of this government is the united states senate. it is the caldron of liberty for our nation. why is that? because it is the place where issues are aired, people are heard, amendments are made, and no one gets to shut down the minority until a supermajority decides to do so. the rights of the minority are the source of the power of our government. they are the source of the power of our constitution. they are the source of the power of our liberty. and this is the center. this institution is the center of the rights of the minority. i've been in the minority here. i've been in the majority here. it's almost irrelevant from a standpoint of the importance of the role of the senate. because it is the senate that gives voice to all americans. it does not allow us to shut out any american or any thought process in america that is legitimate and which can come

and at the center of our constitutional form of government, which was designed by madison and randolph, which was built on the concept that there should neverren be -- never be an overly powerful branch of the government, at the center of this government is the united states senate. it is the caldron of liberty for our nation. why is that? because it is the place where issues are aired, people are heard, amendments are made, and no one gets to shut down the minority until a supermajority decides to do so. the rights of the minority are the source of the power of our government. they are the source of the power of our constitution. they are the source of the power of our liberty. and this is the center. this institution is the center of the rights of the minority. i've been in the minority here. i've been in the majority here. it's almost irrelevant from a standpoint of the importance of the role of the senate. because it is the senate that gives voice to all americans. it does not allow us to shut out any american or any thought process in america that is legitimate and which can come

randolph, new york got 40 inches of snow since sunday. and down in florida, the cold temperatures have farmers running water machines to prevent damage to their plants. frost could cause major problems for the florida citrus growers. >>> on the cbs moneywatch, asian stocks were slightly lower this morning. ashley morrison is in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. >> asian markets mostly slid. hong kong's hang seng tumbled more than one percent and the nikkei bucked the trend. climbly nearly one percent. today, wall street tries to restart the rally after stocks finished flat tuesday. the dow lost three points, while the nasdaq gained three. >>> the tentative tax cut deal on capitol hill is getting mostly positive reviews from economists, putting more money into consumers' pockets should boost spending which should spark the economy. some analysts have even suggested the cuts could create more than one and a half million jobs next year. many coming from the small business sector. the bigge