i got our good friend ron brown the commerce secretary who decide -- died suddenly, he had a saying, "leave the door open and the ladder down," and i want to you remember that because far too often we don't help each other. if i have an event and al calls me or he has an event and he calls me up, i might say with, i'll help up a little bit. so next time i need help, i call and he helps a little bit and the effort is a little bit successful. you know what happens particularly in the black community, in others too, because we don't help each other, we're not doing as well as we can do. that is a problem we all have to take responsibility for. all right. i don't know what i'm doing. i got to get back to it. the greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose and vision. the greatest treasures in the world are not the companies that make up the new york stock exchange or the oil wells of the middle east but the semteries all ofe the world because of the lost potential did you hear what i just said? in the semteries -- semeteries because of lost potential. in other words

commerce secretary, ron brown. >>> thomson reuters is out today with its list of the best hospitals inl based on patient care efficiency and financial stability. half the winners are located in the midwest. >>> and lebron james returns to cleveland tonight to take on his old team for the second time this season. james faced a bitter reception from the former fans as he helped miami beat the cavs. but he's aparentally not too concerned. quote, it can't get worse than it was. >> that's true. >>> for some of you now, your local news is coming up next. >> for everybody else, we'll be back with a scary situation for a a couple of kids in washington state. [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. motrin pm. >> ( beeping, beeping stops ) >> announcer: free is better. do your simple return for free with the federal free edition at turbotax.com. turbotax. the most trusted brand of tax software. depression is a

it had begun its economic reform very recently, only in 1991, and ron brown had identified as commerceecretary other rising countries that he believed would shape the 21st century, would create this multipolar world in ways we hadn't imagined. and we decided we had to focus on them both to try to build good relationships with them, to keep bad things from happening, to help good things happen. he identified mexico and brazil and the united states, we had a major economic crisis in mexico, and twice i moved to put together major aid packages to help brazil. that's almost inconceivable now, the brazilian economy's so strong. but they were at serious risk there. he identified, you won't be surprised, nigeria and south africa and africa, and south africa seems to be on a better path now, but a lot of their economic and political resurgence was derailed by the aids crisis. and nigeria has special challenges, as we all know. both of them occupied a lot of my time when i was with president. he identified poland and ukraine and europe, and poland's done pretty well, but we all know that the uk

. >> how long were you and ron brown together at "the los angeles times"? >> well, he was at the national journal for many years. i started at "the los angeles times" two years before i did. he is still there and i'm not. i would have to ad up the years. >> and there's a couple kids in the middle of this? >> a couple kids. we have two sources of boundless energy and enthusiasm for life, one is taylor, who is 10 years old, and one is danny, who is 6. they are a lot of fun, and they were very patient with mom through this whole process. books are more overwhelming than people expect them them to be when they go into it, i think. going back to the five -- clint bullock, david macintosh, bill kristol, ralph reid, and grover norquest -- what other new things did you find out that no one has ever written about these peop that you think will be helpful for people trying to understand? >> well, bill kristol, a very important thing to understand about the school of philosophy he comes from, these are not people of faith, shall we say religion. they believe in religi

it had begun its economic reforms very recently only in 1991, and ron brown had identified as commerce secretary other rising countries that he believed what shape the 21st century would create this multipolar world in ways we hadn't imagined and we decided we had to focus on them both to try to build relationships with them, to keep bad things from happening to help good things happen. he identified mexico and the brazil and the united states and we had a major crisis in mexico and twice i moved to put together major packages to help brazil and that is almost inconceivable now the brazilian economy is so strong, but they were at serious risk than. we identified that nigeria, south africa, and africa and south africa seems to be on a better path now but a lot of their economic and political resurgence was the real by the aids crisis and nigeria has challenges we know both of them occupied a lot of my time when i was president. it identified poland and ukraine and europe, and poland has done pretty well, but we all know that the ukrainians have claimed their democracy and then had a ter

mission to the un to the late ron brown. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow on our companion network,3,. the senate appropriations energy subcommittee will look into the safety of nuclear power plants in light of the situation in japan. members will hear from the head of our nuclear regulatory commission, 10:00 a.m. eastern. although later in the day, live on c-span3 8:45 eastern, congressional correspondents dinner. rand paul and anthony wiener of new york, and others. >> for more than a quarter decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant. muammar gaddafi. he is denied his people's freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorize innocent people around the world. >> follow what key leaders are saying about libya and how the process unfolded from the president and other administration officials, from the house and senate floor, and other leaders around the world, all on line at the c-span video library board search, watch, click, and share any time. >> in libya

and that bar in new jersey, but to think about the amount of black on black crime, the amount of brown on ron kind, the drive-by shootings, young black men involved in the lifestyle. the criminalization, in effect the culture now, you see the kids walking around with the pans hanging off, the do rags, they look like they just got out of jail, and in some cases people talk about going to jail as a rite of passage for young blacks. it's tragic. >> guest: it is tragic. so now here you are and you or someone who's been through this experience. you say you have in fact fled ag with preconceptions the was in your mind to find your spirit and find truth. but what do you say to these young men who simply are like on a, you know, -- >> host: it looks like they are on a mass marketing line in terms of the culture behavior, dropping out right into the prison system. >> guest: that was -- malcolm x was one of my best friends. he was one of my very, very best friends. and he used to talk about something like that. malcolm said if ever another holocaust could take place anywhere in the world it could only

legislation that the president was referring to was introduced by democratic senator ron wyden and republican senator scott brown and it allows states to create their own health care systems in lieu of the affordable care act sometimes called obamacare as long as those states cover as many people with the same benefits as that law mandates this could be helpful for states like vermont and oregon that are talking about creating single payer health care systems they could also put more pressure on republican lawmakers who are opposed to the health reform law to create alternatives in their own home states says president obama reading the handwriting on the wall it says the best way to a national single payer system may be through the states ron pollack joins me now to offer his take executive director of vice president of families usa ron welcome to the program good to see you tom great to have you here with us are we seeing the saskatchewan set up here for our listeners who we don't know maybe you'd like to describe better i can well first i think it's very important to understand that what the president did toda

on tomorrows "washington journal," a look at congressional budget negotiations with ron paul. brownniversity sociologist " professor john logan on the u.s. census. >> if i could say what i wanted as mayor, and the only person that got in trouble was me. >> stephen goldsmith spent years as mayor in indianapolis. today he has a boss and a different job description. >> i am here to make the streets a little bit cleaner and a little bit safer than the tax dollars to go a little bit farther. and to prove that a large cities have a vibrant future. i steer away from things that will attract -- detracts from that agenda. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> this weekend, "the new york times op-ed columnist on how our unconscious mind shapes our character, intelligence. can watch on the long history of african-american serving in the white house residence. recalls and tweets -- your calls and tweets. and tweets.

particular piece of legislation has been proposed by a republican senator, senator scott brown and a democratic senator ron widen along with a third senator larry landrieu. so it's a bipartisan approach saying let's move up the timetable. let's let innovation be part of this strategy from the outset. >> woodruff: one other thing the governors as you know very well say their most immediate concern with regard to health care costs has to do with medicaid the government program covering the poorest people. more than half the states are ready to take hundreds of thousands of people off the medicaid roles if the government will simply grant them the flexibility to do that. is that something the administration is prepared to do? >> well, judy, i think that nothing could be worse for the prosperity of this country than to have millions more americans without health coverage. we've seen the toll that that takes on families and on personal budgets, on states. that is the worst of all outcomes. i think what we're trying to do is really work flexibley with states. we have sent teams out around the country to look at

." >> brown: news of vivian schiller's departure followed yesterday's release of this hidden-camera video. it showed npr fundraising executive roniller-- no relation-- at what he thought was a meeting with potential funders. among much else, he was heard ously racist, racisty people. >> brown: and he also commented on the hot-button issue of npr's use of public money. >> it is very clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding. >> reporter: indeed, the video came as republicans in congress are pressing to eliminate more than $400 million-a-year in federal funding of public broadcasting, including pbs. the man behind the video release was conservative activist james o'keefe. his associates-- posing members of a fake, muslim organization -- lunched with ron schiller in late february, offering to donate $5 million to npr. the fundraiser resigned yesterday, though he had been planning to leave npr anyway. vivian schiller had served in her post two years. she drew criticism last year over the firing of commentator juan williams, after he said on fox news that flying with some muslims scared him. o'keefe ha

ron artest dives into the crowd. the lakers made it look easy against the nba's best bird kobe bryant. shannon browniterally, had 12 off the bench. then it's kobe's turn, off the steel he goes all the way for the layup himself despite the hard foul. he had 26. the look on the girl's face just says it all. the lakers embarrass the spurs 99-03. >>> how about the heat and the bulls. keep your eye on the poor referee. twist his knee but would stay in the game. derrick rose didn't have any problem staying on his feet. he had a game-high 27 points but the game came down the to this with 10 seconds left. here is the finish. >> noah to the left, shot no good, loose, picked up by wade for the win. no. the miami heat loss once again and the chicago bulls have swept the heat three games this year. 87-00. >> lebron and wade miss game winning shots. they have lost four in a row. >>> the calendar says march 6th but a couple of pitchers throwing like it is july. zito not among those. he is posing with his. taking on the mariners in scottsdale, pablo drives in his seventh of the spring, sandoval leads the cactus le

have said that's not soon enough, so a few weeks ago the oregon senator ron wyden, democrat and massachusetts senator scott brown, republican, and louisiana senator mary landrieu, the proposed legislation that would accelerate the provision so that would apply for such a waiver by 2014 instead of 2017. i think that's a reasonable proposal. i support that. it will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the american people reform. if your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the affordable c.a.r.e. does without increasing the deficit, you could implement that plan and we will work with you to do. i said before i don't believe any single party has a monopoly on good ideas, and i will go to bat for the works, no matter who or where it comes from. i also share the concern about the medicaid costs. i know there's been a topic of significant conversation over the last couple of days. we know that over half of all medicaid costs come from just 5% of the enrollees many of whom are called what is the will eligible, seniors and medicare as follows and m

in an unrelated case, chris brown, earlier this month, he now has a naked picture out on the internet. ron-- >> we know who that hacker was. >> so many ways to go with this. all of them bad. so, let's wrap it up. thank you very much, linsey. i appreciate it. >> we'll talk later. >> yeah. >> our dan harris here. >>> ron claiborne is here with the rest of the morning's news, everybody. fully clothed. >> good morning again, dan. yes, i am. bianna, linsey. hi. good morning, everyone. in the news, breaking news. forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi have reportedly entered the rebel stronghold of benghazi, despite gadhafi's call for a cease-fire. rebels say, meanwhile, they shot down one of his planes over the city earlier this morning. >>> in japan, emergency teams are scrambling to restore power to its crippled nuclear power plant. spinach and milk from farms near that plant are now showing dangerously high levels of radiation. >>> and president obama is in brazil for a five-day visit to latin america. mr. obama meets with brazil's new president today, looking to promote stronger econ

a few weeks ago, oregon senator ron wyden, a democrat, and massachusetts senator scott brown, a republican, and louisiana senator mary landrieu , they proposed legislation that would accelerate that provision. it would allow the states to apply for such a waiver by 2014 instead of 2017. i think that is a reasonable proposal. i support it. it would give you flexibility more quickly, while still guaranteeing the american people reform. if your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the affordable care act does, without increasing the deficit, you can implement that plan. and we will work with you to do it. i have said before, i do not believe that any single party has a monopoly on good ideas. i will go to bat for whatever works, no matter who or where it comes from. i also share your concerns about medicaid costs. this is been a topic of significant conversation over the last couple of days. we know that over half of all medicaid costs come from just 5% of enrollees, many of whom are what is called dual eligibles -- seniors in medicare as wel

governor brown set a deadline of march 10th for state budget negotiations to wrap up. >>> from mayor of oakland to d.c. lobbyist, this morning we know what ron dellums is doing. after his stint at oakland mayor he returned to the capitol as vice chair of a consulting firm. >>> san jose earthquakes are a step closer to finding a new home. today in the bay's bob redell is live in san jose with details on what's going on. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. the earthquakes, the san jose's professional soccer team u, have identified a property. it is this 14-acre site near the international airport, and the problem is they have this old manufacturing plant on site. that's why they have two enormous excavators which at noon today will start tearing down this property so they can make way for their brand new stadium. by the way, fans of the earthquake are invited out at noon to watch this fun and excitement. frank stands is here. we have seen the rhetoric of the team and what it will look like. can you describe what the vision is? >> yeah, sure. i mean, we are really trying to bring a state of the art facility to san jose. a lot of thing

the reason is because ron brown was very special to me. as 4, my family moved into a house that backed on the brown family home. so i knew secretary brown well, and i grew up with michael and tracy. in fact, what very few basketball chops i have i got playing on the basketball court in their backyard. i later had the great honor of serving with ron brown in the clinton administration. i particularly admired the way he mentored an entire generation of young african-american policy makers. secretary brown made the commerce department an incubator for extraordinary talent, and we are honored to have so many of those colleagues here with us today. second brown was also great company. i will never forget how much fun it was to travel with him to africa in 1995. and i will never forget the powerful reaction he engendered when he said, "the united states will no longer concede african markets to traditional colonial powers." secretary brown was more than a great american commerce secretary. he was also a great diplomat, and he was an extraordinary