it is my honor to now recognize marco sengor who is originally from senegal. he and i have a special connection, but i think it goes beyond the fact that we're immigrants, but just because of i know that marco really loves san francisco. and marco moved to san francisco like so many of us after falling in love with this city and i think that you fell in love with this city after a short vacation that was supposed to be just a short stay in san francisco back in 1989. and he fell in love with the city and decided to stay. and marco's legendary entrepreneurship kicked off in high gear when he began running the famous mr. good ginger beverage company from his apartment in the mission district, which i proudly represent. you know, the interesting thing is that it was based on the ginger juice that he drank when he was growing up in senegal as a little boy. in 1996 marco opened up [speaker not understood] on 19th and mission which, of course, has become an institution in that neighborhoodv. it's really an important cultural and community resource. and if you go the

yesterday after dinner the people of senegal, people from senegal and the united states, from all states who wished to meet with me and, therefore, i had to spend some time that i was with him and to four in the morning. and that gave me very little time to come here. so i'd like to extend my apologies. ladies and gentlemen, i am the president of a small country by its size. we have 12 million citizens in my country. but we are an african country which has provided a great contribution to universal democracy. senegal indeed has experienced in 1786, the date when fundamental important things occurred in this country. in 1786, in 1787, we had a very important revelation -- revolution in the north of the country, which allowed us to rid ourselves of a traditional power in order to consolidate a governance based not on -- based around a choice of the various components of the population of the time. and a specifications were made at the time, and we said we needed to choose our leader, north valley of the time, based on these standards, your knowledge, there is a standard of leadership. and

yesterday after dinner the people of senegal, the people from senegal and the united states from all states wish to wait -- meet with me and therefore had spent some time and actually in actually i was with them until 4:00 in the morning and that gave me very little time to come here so i would like to extend my apologies. ladies and gentlemen i am the president of a small country by size. we have 12 million citizens in my country, but we are an african country which has provided a great contribution to universal democracy. senegal and deed has experienced in 1786, a date when fundamental important things occurred in this country and in 1786, in 1787 we had a very important revolution in the north of the country which allowed us to rid ourselves of a traditional yoke, traditional power in order to consolidate a governance-based not on -- but based around the choice of the various components of the population at the time. and, a specification was made up at the time and we said we needed to choose our leader based on the standards, knowledge and the various standards of leadershileade

in senegal, the wolof, the people of the mande cultures which is the sousou, malinke, the bambara-- they speak very fast. you might hear, "naga def," so you might hear, "bla ga da, mangi flec, blanka da, blankadi bla dah, bleat bla-bla-bla-bla-bla." so as you could see there's a direct connection with the spoken language, and what is being played, and how you express it on the drum. mandiani is a rhythm that comes out of the old malian empire. the drums and the instruments that they use for the rhythm mandiani come from the djembe orchestra. the djembe orchestra encompasses maybe two or three djembes, usually one principal musician and the bass. this is the djun-djun, and this is the song na. you have the bottom here which would be considered the one, or the downbeat. that's more of the gravity part of the rhythm. this is the upside of the rhythm. and then you have the bell part which is playing, what i learned as an african six. and usually is: one, two, three, four, five, six. one, two, three, four, five, six. when you put all the parts together-- [rhythmic drum beats] it's always the

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obama praised the leaders from sierra leone, senegal, malawi and cape verde. he said they are trying to increase political transparency, protect human rights and promote economic opportunities for their people. >> the united states is going to be a strong partner, not based on the old model in which we are a donor and they're simply a recipient, but a new model based on partnership and recognizing that no continent has greater potential, greater upside, than the continent of africa, if they, in fact, have the kind of strong leadership that these four individuals represent. >> obama said their success will ultimately help the u.s. economy and contribute to a more peaceful world. >>> now chinese president xi has also has been making overtures to african leaders. his country's been actively involved on the continent, extending financial aid and helping nations develop infrastructure. but china's eagerness to buy up natural resources has also prompted accusations of an unbalanced relationship. now, authorities in beijing are trying to show that trade is not just a

. >> praising the leaders from sierra leone, senegal, malawi and cape verde. he said they are trying to increase political transparency, protect human rights and promote economic opportunities for their people. >> the united states is going to be a strong partner not on the old model in which we are a donor and they're simply a recipient. but a new model based on partnership and recognizing that no continent has greater potential, greater upside, than the continent of africa, if they, in fact, have the kind of strong leadership that these four individuals represent. >> obama said their success will ultimately help the u.s. economy and contribute to a more peaceful world. >>> chinese leader xi jinping has been also making overtures to african leaders. his country's been actively involved on the continent, extending financial aid and helping nations develop infrastructure. but china's eagerness to buy up natural resources has also prompted accusations of an unbalanced relationship. now, authorities in beijing are trying to show that trade is not just a one-way s

on thursday, he welcomes african leaders from sierra leone, senegal and heads down to maim on friday speech on the economy. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. we will get the final measure of fourth-quarter gdp, broadest measure of economic growth. we will get the latest consumer confidence reading. that is key because confidence is a big part of how much all of us are willing to spend. on the housing front we will get the march new homes sales report. we will also get a look at the case-schiller home price index. u.s. markets are closed on friday in observance of good provide. we will keep an eye on all of that in the business week ahead for you. >> i'm a.j. hammer. here is what we are watching this week. justin bieber's mom joins us. we will find out the real deal about bieber's recent pickups on tour and his paparazzi battle. emily torres will join us. she is paying it forward with a gift of her own. >> busy week ahead. including this. should same-sex marriage be a constitutional right? the supreme court will tackle the issue this week. folks are gathering in washington to witness h

it's a strip 3,500 miles long from senegal to 700 miles large. but -- is very more genuous in terms of poverty, in term of drug area, in term of let's say all the malnutrition, in terms of child mortality. it's an area of africa that is not moving, you know. and so say let us type at a glance, not counted by counties in the area and link them in order to push the development. this is the long think are. of course when you have a case like mali, there is some obligation to try to help the process of let's say peace and new governments in order to have, in order to have -- >> rose: with respect to mali do you believe that the french intervention is achieving the success that it hoped to. >> to now, yes. and i honestly, i'm genuinely not -- to the war but i was in mali at that moment. and you know, the intervention was absolutely unavoidable. terrorists coming invited 2509 capitol. there was no choice. now the goals of the war -- in terms of occupying the north but the terrorists for the most part is them disappearing. and our fear is that will go t

. >> with the odds against them, pro per inmates thomas gleason and ronnie senegal still feel that theyelves better than a public defender. >> so it's just simply being out there on the streets. the odds are against me. when police officers come through like slave catchers, you know, and literally give you cases that you have not committed and they know you haven't committed. but to gain the conviction and the actions from some of the courts are atrocious. >> well, the representation that i had, i felt he was incompetent. you know, i'm facing 42 years to life, and i just took it into my own hands. i felt i could represent me better, because i was at the incident. you know what i mean? can't nobody represent me from just paper drawn up. and the representation that the people gave me was nothing. he just was coming in there doing his thing, and i felt like no, i didn't feel comfortable with him. >> these inmates could spend up to two years in 900 max waiting to present their defense in a court of law. >>> next -- "lockup" takes you inside the jail investigations unit, where crime fighting

i think senegal set up a situation with multi-year growth.l don't have that many stores and i still find my summit new jersey jammed and i got caught up at the dollar tree buying more candy this weekend and was not able to get to costco, but i have to tell you, i think this is emblematic of what i think is great about america. they pay their workers better. the turnover is the lowest which then leads to great profit margins. >> yeah, 5% comps with fuel than without it. gas prices should be more of a tailwind with them. >> so this could be another retailer like walmart and target where people say wait a second, how bad can things really be? i keep coming back to the answer that they're not bad at all. >> when we come back, will the bulls have more reasons to snort with delight. the dow taking a look at the sixth consecutive record day of record high. opening bell is coming up next. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another

in africa iran and hezbollah are expanding their terrorist and criminal networks in places like senegal and gambia. in asia, be it china, north korea or smaller countries like malaysia, the iranian/hezbollah conspirators are outpacing our ability to constrain them. so far u.s. effort toss combat the expanding threat have fallen short. sanctions are necessary, but they're not enough to counter the expanding activities as hezbollah and the irgc. despite several international pressures, the e.u. has flat out refused to declare hezbollah a terrorist group. this is too bad. this would pave the way for additional sanctions. if western leaders continue to allow these actors to engage in a global campaign of terror without some repercussion, a dangerous precedent will be cement hezbollah -- will be set. hezbollah is not going away. the it was even more -- it's even more troubling to imagine what the iranians might be able to do if they're allowed to make nuclear weapons. the united states must develop a comprehensive strategy on their own to confront these activities of hezbollah and iran. i'll

the assistant secretary state for african affairs joins leaders from malawi, senegal, and sierra leone. like at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c- span2. >> the bipartisan policy center created a commission on political reform to work on ending partisanship and politics and government. but tonight he can see the kickoff event of former senators, congressmen, academics, and business leaders. as the commission travels nationwide promoting its campaign. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> mr. secretary, we are going to put them down as undecided. [laughter] [applause] >> mr. chairman, as i listened methose comments, it struck what a wonderful thing free speech is. >> that was the hearing where donald rumsfeld was making the justification for attacking iraq. what you did not hear in the clyburn questions we got a chance to ask him, which is how much money is halliburton going to make from this war? how many iraqi civilians will die from this adventure. i would like those questions answered now by somebody like don rumsfeld. at 8:00 on c-t span's "q&a". >> defense secretary chuck hagel sp