she is summa cum laude from princeton. she is here with her first collection, "fighting for progress in the age of obama." i do not always agree with her personally when it comes to politics. we are here to find out from katrina how we're going to save the world with barack obama. let's start there. [laughter] >> i do not know how you learned by worked at national lampoon. saving the world. let me begin by saying how low they must be to go that low in new orleans. i would not put in the same sentence president obama and saving the world. it is very much about movements and the power in our history to bring about a fundamental change. you do need people inside, political leaders inside. it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, a

in 2008, jose graduated summa cum laude day with a major in business management from arizona state university. later this year, jose will graduate from baylor university law school in waco, texas. he cannot be licensed to practice law in the united states because he has no country. jose is a target of the arizona immigration law. finally, meet angelica hernandez. in high school, she served in the junior rotc and was president of the national honor society. last year she graduated from arizona state university as the outstanding senior in the mechanical engineering department. angela ka is a target of the arizona immigration law. unlike the arizona immigration law the dream act is a practical solution to a serious problem which treats these young people and thousands of others in a humane and just way. sb-1070 would harm law enforcement and encourage racial profiling going after the very people that you have just met. that is not consistent with our values as a nation. it is not consistent with our constitutional values. mr. chairman, thank you for this hearing. >> thank you, senator durbin, f

summa cum laude. harvard university, ph.d., religion. georgia state university, professor of religion, five yes. bostonniversity, pfessorf religion, eight years. chairman of the department of religion, one year and currently. newspapers and magazines, contributor to "new york times" magazine, the "wall street journal," slate.com, salon.com. author, three books on religion include ""american jesus," how the son of god became a national icon." hobbies: painful, of the boston red sox, diehard fan, a passion which introduced him to, quote, grand theological themes that would later preoccupy him including why a good god would allow such an evil team as the new york yankees to win so many world series, unquote. sides baseball, tennis. stephen richard prothero. >> stephen richard prothero, your father is also a physician, is that right? >> that's correct. >> did he see the motion picture by mel gibson? >> he did. >> what did he have to say about that? >> he found a real human being wouldn't survive 20 minutes into the movie because it's so viol

in 2008, he graduated summa cum laude with a major in business management.ater this year, he will graduate from baylor university law school in waco, texas. he cannot be licensed to practice law in the u.s. because he has no country. he is a target of the arizona immigration law. finally, meat angelica hernandez. in high school, she served in the junior rotc and was president of the national honor society. last year, she graduated from arizona state university as the outstanding senior in the mechanical engineering department. she is a target of the arizona immigration law. unlike the arizona immigration law, the dream that is a solution to a serious problem which treats these young people and thousands of others in a humane and just way. sb1070 would harm on force and encourage racial profiling, going after the very people -- law-enforcement and encourage racial profiling, going after the very people you just met. it is not consistent with our constitutional values. thank you. >> thank you, senator durbin. we will turn to our panelists. their statements wil