and he is from a distinguished professor at rhodes university. they've entered the africana philosophy but james gordon and defined warnings are. [applause] >> you all know this is because my shoes on. [inaudible] i could keep going on but thank you all for coming out this evening. first this is the first ever book i've done. i'm one of the these people who the moment i finished the book i move on. i've been in context with people but i've never launched a book. i decided to give it this time severalfold. i started a celebration that began in nairobi on the rooftop in january going through mexico to around the world because those were the in the globe and the other is connected to people both sitting here and also you in the audience and what i mean right that is first with me begin with entrance of -- begin with the price itself. they list and put together a series that is committed to something that you don't see happening much in the academy today and didn't academic publishing because you see a lot of people in academic publishing and in the

whole presidential announcement is he was a liberal from rhode island and made his announcement in northern virginia at a right of center universityi have no idea why. providence, rhode island and fairfax, virginia are 668 kilometers about, 409 miles in american. >> that brings up why i think america hates the metric system. it's tied to charity fun runs. there would be no h.r. departments at work. the only e-mail is there's a charity fun run. >> i'm in charge of those. >> do you run them? >> i do. >> the phrase 5k makes me vomit. it's far more sexy. >> lincoln is an enchanting human being. let's be serious about that. he got more coverage than almost any other candidate. who does not want to vote for a man who sounds like an uncomfortable athletic injury. >> that's rtrue. that's what you get when you run, the lincoln chaffee. gay marriage in america beat the metric system. >> by a mile. >> by a mile. well done. i'm going to talk about hillary. she gave a speech at the texas southern university this week. it's in texas. probably south somewhere. campaign reporters were given a few guidelines by the school. there will be no opportu

rhode island. he made his announcement in northern virginia at a riders center university. i have no idea why. ed it up. providence rhode island are 658 kilometers of art 409 miles in american. >> that brings up why i think america hates the metric system. it is tied to charity fun runs. like 35 k runs. there would be no hr departments at work. the only e-mails i get is from my hr department after a charity fun run. >> i am in charge of all of this. >> do you run them? do you actually run? >> i do. >> the 35 k mak-- 5k makes me vomit. it is far more sexy to say 5k than 3.11 miles which is what it is (>>linco >> lincoln chaffey got more coverage than almost any candidate this week by talking about the metric system. who doesn't want to vote for a man who sounds like an uncomfortable athletic injury. >> lincoln chaffey. >> who would are thought in 2015 in competition against the metric system and gay marriage. gay marriage beats the metric system by a mile. >> well done. >> europeans don't think we are aggressive. they are in the metric system we have gay marriage. hillary gave a speech at the te

he already, today, became rhode island's first ever presidential candidate. ever. the politics school at the university looked at this today. kind of amazing. in the 225 years that rhode island has been a state, they have sent 74 representatives to congress. 48 u.s. senators. there have been 70 different rhode island governors, three of them in link chafee's family. but none of those, none of those people in rhode island has ever made a bid for the white house before lincoln chafee threw his hat in the ring today. he's the first person from rhode island to ever run for president. rhode island congratulations. whether or not lincoln chafee wins the nomination or wins the nomination, he has made presidential history for rhode island just by announcing. and that's it. that's all i got. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inh

he already, today, became rhode island's first ever presidential candidate. ever. the politics school at the universitylooked at this today. kind of amazing. in the 225 years that rhode island has been a state, they have sent 74 representatives to congress. 48 u.s. senators. there have been 70 different rhode island governors, three of them in link chafee's family. but none of those, none of those people in rhode island has ever made a bid for the white house before lincoln chafee threw his hat in the ring today. he's the first person from rhode island to ever run for president. rhode island, congratulations. whether or not lincoln chafee wins the nomination or wins the nomination, he has made presidential history for rhode island just by announcing. and that's it. that's all i got. ♪ [announcer]when we make beyond natural dry dog and cat foods. we start with real meat as the first ingredient. we leave out corn,wheat and soy. and we own where our dry food is made-100 percent! can other brands say all that? for nutrition you can trust and your pet will enjoy... does your food go beyond? learn more at pu

rhode island. i thought you said you lived in canada? >> i lived in canada in the '70s. >> are you okay to wait? >> thanks, bob. >>> live coverage from george mason university school of policy government and international affairs in arlington, virginia. lincoln chaffey, the former u.s. senator and governor of rhode island looking for his candidacy to be president. chaffey served as governor, most recently from 2011 to 2015, first being elected as an independent before joining the democratic party in 2012. we'll have more road to the white house coverage tomorrow former texas governor rick perry is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination, this will be his second run for the white house, following his 2012 candidacy. we'll have him for you live from dallas at 12:30 eastern on c-span 3. >>> this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first ladies influence and image, we'll look into the personal lives of two first ladies from the 1850s, jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accident. she does not attend her husband's inauguration and spends much of her time in the white house, writing heartbreaking n

from brown university with honors in biology and public policy before attending oxford university in england as a rhodes scholar. gender worked as a consultant for fortune 500 companies before appointed secretary of louisiana department of health and hospitals and appointed as a the president of the university of louisiana system. he was then called on by president george w. bush to serve as assistant secretary for the u.s. department of health and human services and in 2001 press huseby all of the adviser to the dhs secretary. in 2004 jindal was elected to the 109th nsa's commerce and in 2007 he was elected as governor of louisiana. you believes in reforming the health care systems and offering more choices when it comes to education. jindal was married -- jindal is married and has three young children. >> without governor general thank you for being with us. that is quite a resume when you look at it. when did you decide you wanted to take a hard look at the presidency? >> josh is a great question and is the first -- the reason i ran for governor the first time. i was worried about the direction of lo

following his graduation from brown, he attended oxford university as a rhodes scholar. after he turned down both harvard and yale for medical and law school. he worked for fortune 500 company as a consultant before entering public service. in 1996, he was appointed secretary of the louisiana department of health and hospitals. governor jindal was appointed executive director of the national bipartisan commission on the future of medicare in 1998. at the conclusion of the work, he was appointed president of the university of louisiana system. in 2001, president george bush appointed governor jindal to serve as the assistant secretary of the health and human services the permit. in 2004, he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives to represent louisiana's first district. bobby jindal was sworn in as governor of louisiana in 2008 and again in 2012. here is what you may not know -- just this year, governor jindal supported the marriage conscious act which has the free exercise of religious belief. when the bill did not make it out of house committee, he signed an ex

university. down in what is known as the east side of providence along the weather -- along the waterfront. refreshments were served. the group resolved to end the menace in rhode island waters. those graders, led by what to nick bunker called for maritime elite providence set out with blackened faces, long boats, and rode down the day. they make their way to the stranded gaspee and surrounded it. as daniel harrington recounted in the providence journal captain abraham spoke first for the rhode islanders. there's a warrant to apprehend you, expletive. it was, as harrington, a classic rhode island greeting. i consent that his article be added to the record at the end of my remarks. the lieutenant refused his command and ordered his men to fire upon anyone who attempted to lord -- attempted to board. the rhode islanders outnumbered the british and swore on. shots rang out in the dark. the lieutenant felt wounded. that's night the very first blood in the conflict that was to become the american revolution was drawn by american arms. a little bit more than just tea in the side of the boston harbor. as the patriots commandeered the ship brown ordered one of its rhod

senator and rhode island governor lincoln chafee started in the gop and then became independent and then a democrat. he will announce his plans at george mason university today. >>> hillary clinton will be the main attraction at george mason. she'll attend the dinner and tickets are $30 for seating without a meal and $125 for floor seating with dinner. the dinner is set for june 26th. >>> well we learned the centers for disease control plans to shut down all shipments of anthrax across the country. the action comes after the cdc discovered it mistakenly sent a batch of live spores. a sample at a private research lab in maryland was the only one to test positive for anthrax. the cdc says an eradication process failed to kill the spores and the agency is working to learn why that happened. >>> 4:51. i skipped the umbrella yesterday, but i need it this morning. >> it was pouring in some parts. >> did you bring the giant orange umbrella you have? >> i had to give it back. >> oh no. >> they won't let me have it. >> i thought that was one of the perks of being on the "today" show. well, you did a great job. you did us proud. >> thank you. >> you'll need an u

former rhode island governor lincoln chafee has officially entered the democratic race for president. making his announcement at george mason university. >> as prescribed by our constitution, which george mason helped write, we will be electing a new president in 2016. i enjoy challenges, and certainly we have many facing america. today i'm formally entering the race for the democratic nomination for president. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> chafee joins hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley in the democratic primary. we're looking forward to a healthy debate. that's what pushes us to deliver smarter simpler faster sleeker earlier fresher harder farther quicker and yeah even on sundays. what's next? we'll show you. this allergy season, will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. >>> we're following breaking news on the terror threat here at home. chilling details emerging about the alleged terror plot in boston disrupted when office

former senator and governor of rhode island announced his candidate to be the 2016 democratic nominee for president. he took questions from our audience at george mason university in arlington, virginia. this is about one hour stop -- this is about one hour. [applause] >> good evening and thank you for coming. i'm the dean for international affairs here at george mason university. this is the beginning of a speaker series we have not politics people and issues. tomorrow morning, former senator jim webb will be here. i don't know if you will be making any significant announcements, but he will be talking about some important policy issues. i would like to turn this over to bob gutman, the director of our center for politics and foreign relations and he will introduce our distinguished speaker for the this evening. thank you. >> i want to thank everybody for coming. we have a new center on politics and foreign relations and we have invited all the presidential possibilities, not candidates, possibilities. and we'll be having a series of events through the next year. anybody interested contact us. tonight, we're going to start, launch our series. i've invited form

. >> former rhode island governor lincoln jaffe is entering the run for president and he made the speech today at george mason university in virginia. he is a former republican senator who broke with the gop on the 2002 iraq war authorization. he's the fourth major democrat in the race along with hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley. >>> do you ever instagram pictures of your food? >> yes. >> do you? >> every once in a while if it's really good. >> why you may soon second guess taking that picture ama. >> up first incredible video from the midwest. the crop dusting plane crash that's now under investigation. >> i'm spencer christian from mount sam. we see clouds at various levels of the atmosphere. could we get rain out of the system? i'll have life begins with a howl, we scream, shout shriek with joy. until, inhibition creeps in, our world gets smaller quieter, but life should be loud. sing loud, play loud, love loud. dentures shouldn't keep you quiet life should be ringing in your ears. live loud, super poligrip. >>> some incredible video from indiana today showing the small plane that crashed into a ba

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former rhode island governor lincoln chafee has entered the race for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination. chafee kicked off his campaign at george mason university in virginia. >> and certainly, we have many facing america. today i am formally entering the race for the democratic nomination for president. thank you. [applause] if we as leaders show good judgment and make good decisions, we can fix much of what is ailing us. we must deliberately and carefully extricate ourselves from expensive wars. amy: chafee previously served as a republican senator before switching to the democrats in he was the only republican 2013. senator to vote against the iraq war. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. shocking new details have emerged about how the cia tortured a former resident of baltimore, maryland who has been in u.s. detention since 2003 first at a cia black site, then at guantanamo. majid khan is the only known legal resident of the united states to b

senator, then independent governor of rhode island has just announced he is running for the 2016 democratic presidential nomination. he's a george mason universityarlington, virginia. i want to listen in. >> into which we put our brave fighting men and women. in fact we had a precious moment in time where a lasting peace was within our grasp. too many senators forgot too quickly about the tragedy of vietnam. the second reason that i voted against the iraq juarez lucian was that i learned in the first nine months of the bush/cheney administration prior to september 11th, not to trust them. as a candidate, governor bush said many things that were for the campaign only, governing would be a lot different. for example, a campaign statement was, i'm a uniter not a divider. he said his foreign policy would be humble not arrogant. and he promised to regulate carbon dioxide, a climate change pollutant. these promises were all broken in the early days of his administration. and sadly, the lies never stopped. this was an administration not to be trusted. my third reason for voting against the war was based on a similar revulsion. many had been writing abo

he attended oxford university as a rhodes scholar.ter he turned down both harvard and yale for medical and law school she worked for the fortune 500 company as a consultant before entering public service. in 1996 he was appointed secretary of the louisiana department of health. he was appointed executive director of the national bipartisan commission on the future of medicare in 1998. at the conclusion of the commission's work committee was appointed president of the university of louisiana system. in 2001, president george w. bush appointed a governor to serve as assistant secretary for the u.s. department of health and human services. and in 2004 he was elected to the house of representatives to represent louisiana's first district. .. he's a fierce protector for those who have been voided. in june 2014 are governor signs for bills into law that would help ensure that criminals prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and victims are identified and protected. [applause] as the cwa director for louisiana i'm especially proud as he

rhode island. mr. cicilline: i rise to speak in opposition to this amendment that would eliminate the program. the national science foundation has provided academic research to colleges and universities around the nation and has been critical to ongoing research that is essential to maintaining our competitive advantage. the program to stimulate research is an authorized program whose nirkttives to balance negotiations of funding to avoid undue concentration of money. this program has a profound impact on rhode island allowing institutions to increase research capacity and contribute toll advances in a variety of fields. 25 states including rhode island and three jurisdictions account for only 10% of all n.s.f. funding despite they account for 20% of the population. and this should continue to do so in the 2016 fiscal year and beyond. research and outcomes across the country and funding should be considered to ensure we are taking advantage of the particular experiences, knowledge and perspectives of academic institutions. this amendment to eliminate this program would be a step backwards. investments in critical programs are essential to creating jobs, innovating for the future and

university. brown and lindsey rallied a group of rhode island patriots at saban's tavern, down on what is now therfront. refreshments no doubt were served. refreshed or not the group resolved to end the gaspee's menace in rhode island waters. that night those raiders led by what nick bunker called the maritime elite of providence, set out with blackened faces in longboats and rowed down the bay with their oars muffled to avoid detection. they made their way to the stranded gaspee and surrounded it. as daniel harrington recounted in a recent op-ed that he wrote in the providence jurchl, -- providence journal captain abraham whipple spoke first for the rhode islanders summoning duddingston, i am sheriff expletive, i have a warrant to apprehend you expletive so you are sender, expletive. it was says harrington, a classic rhode island greeting. and madam president i ask unanimous consent that mr. harrington's article be added to the record at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: lieutenant dudingston refused ship -- whipple's men. the rhode islanders saw th