>> i think the honorable gentleman right is tasha is right to raise this issue. i'm proud of the fact we've taken 1.1 when people out of tax, some of the load -- lowest paid people in the country. we are committed to makin

. >> reporter: tasha coleman was one of the first people hired to work for the museum. >> i mean, it's really another way for us to tell the whole american story through an african american lens. >> reporter: the museum's site is near the washington monument on the national mall. and even though the building won't be ready until 2015, its exhibits are already taking shape. >> reporter: staff members have gathered more than 15,000 artifacts for the african american museum's collection. some are temporarily on display at the american history museum, until their permanent home is ready. this building will remind us that there are few things as powerful as a people, as a nation, steeped in its history. >> reporter: now the staff is focused on funding. congress pledged half of the $500 million building cost. smith stonian officials are turning -- smithsonian officials are turning to corporate donors. and they're setting up a website for people interested in smaller contributions. in washington, tara mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >> and crews aimed to have the museum ready to open in 2015 t

on tasha on the couple took a. unaccountable -- the city council, they held all the power.rified of lapd. i had -- did that change completely? no. but the fact that my first book party was given by chief bratton, and they were lined up around the building we have come a long, long way and where are now tied allies but i can't even sue lapd that because they relied on my advice too much. and today the truth, i don't have to. we are allies and we're going to make this cd, even for the children in jordan downs, we're going to make it safe for them. 90. [applause] >> first of all thank you all so much. i hope somebody read the books they can ask questions. what did you find it curious ask what did you want to know more about? [inaudible] >> ms. rice, as a look at budget cuts in estate how they've affected the courts, what if you notice about the slow down of justice? szsz[z >> the scroll down? >> slow down. to make your, we are facing devastating cuts. i don't know how school districts are going to make another billion dollars in cuts. all other progress that that we made with

. >> reporter: the minute tasha diaz walked into her family's dress shop, georgette's, she made a callrter: to designer tadashi. >> your phone's been ringing off the hook. >> reporter: winner of best supporting actress octavia spencer wore what's called a ready to wear gown, and georgette's could get it within days. the others on the red carpet, you may be waiting just a little while. >> everyone thinks it's like tomorrow. it probably will take a minimum 2 1/2 to 3 months and then you'll start seeing replicas. the fabrics are always lesser quality than what you're seeing. instead of silks you're seeing acetates and rayons. so -- and also they can't copy it exactly. that would be copyright infringement. and that would not be a good thing. >> reporter: georgette's store is filled with copies of the gowns wore at the emmys and even the grammys. but nothing is quite like the red carpet. >> this is the piece de resistance. >> reporter: the biggest night of fashion, the mother and daughter team wait for all year long. >> on our next market trip, absolutely, we are going after the fashions th

anymore, that kind of stop the process against me personally the kind of during this process i got from tasha i get so flustered with don't ask, don't tell producer to turn around and help create outserve and kind of a network where we could start networks together and kind of selectively voice our concerns to the military and to the people in the public. a lot of people that contribute to the book are outserve members and what we did was just using social media to connect gay soldiers around the world, and to this day right now with over 4700 members across the globe that are connected, that have the support that are no longer alone that are able to meet on a regular basis, have that support right now, even post the don't ask, don't tell era. the two big reasons i agreed to do this project was i think it's important to give the courage that the rtp with military right now. i remember reading a book was at the air force academy of gazers never and getting encouraged from the pics i hope by putting up these stories other people pick up and the servicemembers who are serving or think about serv

our cost per employee is loaded tasha is lower today than it was in 2008.s really driven by an employee directed health care plan, and a very focused wellness program. ge has 620 sites in the united states. we treat health care the same way we treat safety, the same one we have treated the bpp program over the last decade, so extreme is focused on 20 parameters of health care inside those sites. and it really helps drive how we make investment decisions and long-term competitiveness. so we really managed this very intensely to make sure our employees get great health care at an affordable cost. what you learn is that there's really no such thing as national health care. every city in this country is different. there's 15 cities that matter the most because they are the biggest concentrations of ge employees and retirees. so in 2009, we worked with a local employers in cincinnati because that's where a lot of our employees retirees live, and we worked with the provides, we work with png and crocus. we worked with big entrance congress to really focus on driv

i would just like to comment on the afford will killed tasha affordable health care act.my personal opinion i just think it is an assault our civil liberties from the get-go. and this newest you there just to find out about it, which congress should have read in the first place, all this contraception stuff, like the last caller, this is nothing to do with contraception or women's rights a thing like this. this is an absolute assault on our civil liberties. and if we don't stop now, this is just going to be the start of government domination, the aspect of everything we do. i just hope we can stop them. all right, man, that's all i've got to stay. >> host: thanks for all your calls. he mentioned the health care law, and just reminder, there's five and have hours of oral arguments coming up at the end of march before the supreme court. c-span and other media organizations have requested television coverage of those oral argument at the end of march. you can find more resources on that on our website at c-span.org. here on c-span2 inches about a half an hour or so we will t