>> finishing eighth year before that five years at texas tech then came here to start the a graduate program. and valium chair of the department. >>host: talking to david snead chair of the department and author of "john f. kennedy: the new frontier president" nova publishers to come >> i was blackmailed changing test scores, harassed, that i turned in my instructor and day out did me. i was removed from my job to access computers working at the chaplain's office. secretary gates came out that third-party outings were not allowed that stopped against me. but i was so frustrated with "don't ask, don't tell" i helped to build the network where we could network together then collectively voice our concerns to the military and public. a lot of people were out serve members we just connected social media around the world we have 4700 members that are connected, and no longer a loan you can post but the two big reasons i agree is it is important to give the courage there are gay people in the military. i hope by putting out the stories of their people realize there are so many out there th

recently we've been featuring from the vietnam archive at texas tech university at lubbock. now an exempt from an interview with the oral history project director kelly craiger as he describes the history and importance of the project. >> we can always go back and look at the cold impersonal documents. the national archives and read the after action reports. all of the reports, but it doesn't really tell us what a wartime experience is like for an individual. like for an individual, whether they served in combat or a support capacity. you can't begin to understand, we as a society can't begin to understand our history until we understand and listen to the people who lived through and helped shape that history. >> 40 years after the first full-scale engagement between u.s. troops and the peoples army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed soldiers. it was after thiz battled in 1965 that the north vietnamese forces began to engage in guerrilla warfare. the americans prevailed but at a heavy cost. next an interview with tony nadal. the o

recently we've been featuring oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. now kelly craiger describes the history and importance of the project. >> we know the very controversial, divisive conflict occurring at a time where there are many difficulties in the united states on the home front and we also know that unfortunately, many vietnam veterans were not welcomed home the way our society has welcomed home returning veterans from previous wars and as we sue now in the 21st century. regardless of the views of the war, and they differ widely, one theme that is constant among our service personnel is their pride in the service to the country. >> 40 years after the first full scale engagement, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed veterans from the battles. it was after these battles waged in november 1965 that north vietnamese forces began engaging in gorilla warfare ri gorilluer. enrique pujals was a second lieutenant in the fall of 1965. his platoon got into the fight at landing zone x-ray where his men were first hit with fri

rooms and people's army of vietnam the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed veterans from the battles. it was after the battles waged in 1965 that north vietnamese forces grant engaging in guerrilla warfare. the americans outnumbered by the north vietnamese army prevailed but it was at a heavy cost. up next, an interview with the medal of honor recipient captain ed "too tall" freeman, helicopter pilot who flew his helicopter in to help deliver ammunition, supplies and to rescue wounded soldiers. >> a video or history interview with major ed freeman. we are commemorating the 40th anniversary. thank you for doing this. i want to ask you about your memories of your days and if you could before we get to some of the specific things that happened, can you tell me about your training for those type of conditions and i know talking about the pilots had you to throw things out the door and improvise. can you tell me what you brought into this battle? >> experience. >> i was already an experience ed pilot. i ran a year of mapping. i had been in south and central ameri

have been the one that did google because he got into computers at texas tech and he said that was the the future. >> reporter: he would have made you proud. >> he would have. he would have. >> reporter: it didn't play out quite as ruby and tim predicted but what happened to tim would eventually help change the criminal justice system in texas and challenge an element of basic police work, the photo lineup. >> tim made the difference. he made the difference in a dramatic way. >> reporter: tim's brother cory session. >> tim finally opened the eyes of texas to the wrongful convictions that have been going on for decades in our state. >> reporter: what changed tim's life was the 1985 rape of a texas tech student named michele mallin abducted in a church parking lot. >> he drove me off and i didn't know where because he had me held down in a headlock. >> reporter: the man took michele to a field outside lubbock. that's where he raped her. >> i remember thinking that this guy is going to pay. i mean, i'm going to do everything i can to get the right guy and to put him in jail. i was trying

>> this is my eighth year here, and before the i thought five at texas tech university in lubbo lubbock. and came here in part of concert the graduate program, and since then that's now started, and i'm chair of the department. >> we have been talking with david snead, chair of the history department at liberty university, the author of this book, "john f. kennedy: the new frontier president." novapublishers.com is the website in case you're interested. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> might expect with don't ask, don't tell is very interesting i tried with an air force academy in 2009 and shortly after went to my training, and was blacked out by my instructor there, changing my test scores, harassing the constantly and with help of service members network i turned in my instructor and that instructed turned around out of me but i was removed from a job, my ability to access computer i was working in the chaplain's office during this time, and secretary gates came out with his new policy, that third party outings were not

troops and the people's army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed veterans from the battle ofs ia drang valley. it was after these battles, waged in november 1965 that north vietnamese forces began engaging in guerrilla warfare. the americans, outnumbered by the north vietnamese army prevailed, but at a heavy cost. enrique pujals was a second lieutenant and a platoon leader with the 2nd battalion, 7th cavalry in the fall of 1965. his platoon got into the fight at landing zone x-ray where his men were first hit with friendly fire. up next, excerpts from his oral history interview. immediately following this 30-minute program we'll hear from tracy black enders, the daughter of a newspaper reporter who was embedded with the 7th cavalry. now, enrique pujals. >> i was platoon leader just about two, maybe three days at the most before we set out on operation. we set out on that operation on or about the 8th or the 9th of november. my company. >> okay. and in your operation between somewhere between the 8th and the 14th, did you guys make enemy contact? >>

recently we've been featuring oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. now an excerpt from an interview with the vietnam or kief oral history project director kelly crager as he describes the history and importance of the project. >> looking back 40 years in the past, and trying to recall as accurately as they can what those experiences were like can be difficult. their memories are going to be filtered through the lens of 40 years of experience. and they've had time to reflect on their experiences in the war, and what they have seen afterward, and all of these things that go in to shape someone's memory can filter. i don't want to use the word warp, because i think that's too strong, but they can certainly filter someone's memory in a way. you have to be careful to try to understand, i think, the gist, many times, of what someone is saying, as well as the spirit of what they're saying. but that in no way means that they're not reliable, because obviously they're being very honest and forthcoming and forthright. and that there is just an immense amount

it's not texas tech. it was mike leech. you can't do what he did to a human being twice.on asked us to stand with him we stood with him. it's not as big an issue as you might think. >> you are using it a little bit in your campaign. ithis because it is ci up or u feel it' yoel tstory org me o w a u lkbo bngstby fi. ts . stood against evil. right is right. wrong is wrong. it is going to take a lot of courage to get done what we have to get done in washington. >> evil is a strong word. are you affixing evil to what coach did? >> absolutely. in this country you can't order twice, put away, locked a human being. it's not alleged. it happened. >> i have to leave it there. i owe you an on-camera interview. stay safen the camign trail. kw und u ing aotf drinanflin >>ur pca pel wl bi the japanese are here. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. ♪ [ lopez ] the red white and blue means so much to me. it means opportunity it means anybody can attain whatever they want to do just 8 years ago i was in a refugee camp and i didn't even have a country now i had a country that i w

from france, and is a linguist i met when i was at texas tech university in texas, and she is probably the most apolitical person in the world. i did have her read my book and did get her seal of approve butout won't see her out there on the -- she is one of these people that likes to sit back and take in information and act in a quiet and confident manner. >> host: you talk about one of your first dates where friends invited you over to see "guess who is coming to dinner." >> guest: yes, a friend of mind was a big fan of sidney poitier, and we went to his home, and anik was relatively new to the country. she just arrived for her first semester abroad, and we watched the movie and afterwards she approached me and wanted to know what the fuss was all about because the movie talks about sidney portray bosh portier with a black fiancee, and it talk beside civil right is one thing and this is entirely different, and you get a lot of that even today, but she didn't understand it, and that was so refreshing to me. not only did it give collapse to act like i was an expert on american race rel

it's not texas tech. it was mike leech. you can't do what he did to a human being twice.on asked us to stand with him we stood with him. it's not as big an issue as you might think. >> you are using it a little bit in your campaign. is this because it is coming up or you feel it's a way to tell the story of kraig james? >> of who i am. you talk about being tested by fire. i want to address it. i have nothing to be ashamed of. when you talk about going to washington d.c. you have to have a proven back bone. i stood against evil. right is right. wrong is wrong. it is going to take a lot of courage to get done what we have to get done in washington. >> evil is a strong word. are you to what coach did? >> absolutely. in this country you can't order twice, put away, locked a human being. it's not alleged. it happened. >> i have to leave it there. i owe you an on-camera interview. stay safe on the campaign trail. i know you end up doing a lot of driving and flying. >>> our political panel will be here to kick off the week. first, really guys. white house soup of the day. it's a

. >>> now more oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. these stories focus on the november 1965 battle of the idrang valley. bill beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called landing zone x-ray earned him a silver star. in this hour-long interview he recalls a routine mission on a sunday afternoon that turned into a life and daeth struggle. >> i'm doing an oral history video interview with mr. bill beck. we are in washington, d.c., crystal city hilton. it's november 12th, 2005, about 1:15 p.m., and we are here commemorating the reup, the 40th anniversary reunion of the battles in the idrang valley, x rarks alb ray,albany, and falcon. columbus. tell me about those days in novemb november. before you all get in, tell me about tony nadal and the guys around you, your buddies, before you all arrive on sunday. >> all right. well, we all trained at fort bening, georgia. advanced infantry division is what i was doing down there. we went overseas. we were best buddies back in the states. we were close knit in on-kay. we

what changed his life was the rape of a texas tech student, who was abducted in a church parking lot her car. police showed michelle a photo lineup. six head shots on a single page. and after viewing it, she picked out tim cole. >> i was very positive at the time. >> reporter: tim was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, sentenced to 25 years. the only evidence against him was that he had been picked out of that photo lineup. in 1999, he died in prison on an asthma attack. years after that, someone else confessed to the crime. and dna backed it up. more than 20 years after tim was convicted, his family succeeded in clearing his name. their efforts would eventually help change the justice system in texas. >> tim made the difference. he made the difference in a dramatic way. >> reporter: tim's brother, corey session. >> tim finally opened the eyes of texas to the wrongful convictions that have been going on for decks aids in our state. >> reporter: nationwide 75% of prisoners exonerated by dna evidence were originally convicted on the basis of faulty eyewitness identification. last

be an environmentalist she was nursing her 6 month daughter olivia and a story had been done by texas tech where they looked at breast milk samples, all were contaminated with rocket fuel. i was stunned, i thought breast milk was as pure as it came for food source. i was up all night thinking about it. i tell the story about michelle from california whose family was the first family to be monitored in the oakland tribune. it stunned even scientists. the tests found many of the same chemicals they found in charlotte's 5-year-old mic ala, she had recently spent a lot of time in nail salons. the biggest surprise of what they found in 2-year-old rowland, chemicals found in nearly anyone else in the world 6 times higher than in parents, twice the levels that researchers see in land animals. this is a serious warning said a scientist researchers on flame retar tkapbts. young children are exposed because they put their hands in their mouth and bodies don't eliminate chemicals as readily. to me i think very historically crystallizes what we are learning. that was a story in 2006 by the environment

now i would like to introduce steve, the director of the vietnam center at texas tech. steve has been a friend to all of us who study and research on the history of the vietnam war. we are vatful to him for his report. steve? >> and steve will close down. >> thank you very much, john. i would like to thank john and john from the historian's office and our distinguished speakers for their wonderful comments today. i don't want to take up too much of your time today for those who heard about the project. for 23 years dedicated to premoting the study of the war so we can learn more about it and perhaps understand the better the remarkable event. the archives are very modest. we have 25 million pages of his tor call material on the war. and also a virtual archive where we have made available 23 pages of historical text. in the outside area we have brochures. you're all welcomed to pick one up. invite the veterans and other participants in the audience. we would love to have you as a member of our friends and part of our project to preserve and learn on the vietnam war. we a

that is the texas tech vietnam center represented by steve maxner who will get introduced more fully later. before we get started i-want to thank a couple of people that put this together. tom and quinn brewster of the national archives. dr. john carwin, second to the right, who represents our office. i don't object to vietnam being called mcnamara's war. i think it is a very important war and i am pleased to be identified with it and do whatever i can to win it it was very important war. he was not able to win the war but his reputation has become tied over the years. very closely to the u.s. failure in that conflict. it is part of the ongoing secretary of defense historical series put out by our office. it focus owes the roles of the secretaries and office of the secretary of defense in developing and executing national defense policy. it is a sequel to mcnamara 1961 to 1965. we have the next four books in the series under way. various stages of progress. neil will take us through weinberger's tenure in the early 1980s. our goal has been to produce well-researched, balanced, object

. >> so by simulating the effects of tornadoes, scientists at texas tech are trying to find cheaper ways to make ordinary structures more robust. >> it boils down to cost. we could design a building or a structure that would withstand a tornado. the problem is most of us couldn't afford to live in that structure. >> reporter: the tornadoes that we simulate in here are based on the mid-ef3 range. 92 to 94% fall in that range. we would reich to understand the wind loading on structures, such as you this scale mod onle ofav mobile home. our preliminary work shows you have part of the struck the that you are experience a positive force. in other words, they're trying to push the force in. as the tornado moves closer and closer, you have other forces wanting to pull it apart. and the other bad part is you have stuff falling down from your roof. >> structural engineers at texas tech are also looking at debris impact. trying to replicate the forces of the worst tornadoes, like the e.f.-5 that hit joplin. >> th >> brown: "deadliest tornadoes" airs tonight on "nova" on most pbs stations. >> woodr

once again, i want to thank everyone and the director of the vietnam center at texas tech, steve has been friends of all of us who have studied research on the history of the vietnam war and we're very grateful to him for his support of the reception. steve? and steve will close down the address. >> thank you very much, john. i'd like to begin by thanking, of course, our co-host, the national archives, john and john from the historian's office and our distinguished speakers for their wonderful comments today. i don't want to take up too much of your time today. we've dedicated the history of the vietnam war and so we can learn more about it and perhaps understand better the remarkable events. the archive is very modest but we have approximately 25 million pages of historical material focused on the war and that includes an oral history project where we interview participants and a virtual archive where we have made available approximately 300 million pages of historical text. we have brochures. i welcome all of you to pick them up if you'd like to learn more about our project. if you

troops and the people's army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university and lubbock, texas, interviewed veterans from the battles of the valley. it was after these battles waged in november 1965 that north vietnamese forces began engaging in guerrilla warfare. the americans outnumbered view veiled but it was at a heavy cost. belichick was a machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called landing zone x-ray showed him earned him a silver star. he recalls a routine mission on a beautiful sunday afternoon that turned into a life and death struggle. >> i'm doing an interview with mr. bill beck. we are in washington, d.c. crystal city hilton, november 12, 2005. about 1:15 p.m. and we are here commemorating the reunion, 40th anniversary reunion of the battle of the ia drang valley. tell me about those days in november before you all get in, tell me about this. the guys around you that -- you are buddies, before you all arrived. >> all right. well, we -- we all trained at ft. benning, georgia. advanced infantry division is what i was doing down there. we went overseas. we were -

reporter: she became a youtube sensation for her dunks and throwing this punch in a game against texas techhe plays like a man, and that's a compliment. that's not a slap in the face to women. >> reporter: former wnba player and coach nancy lieberman is a bye-bye hall of famer and baylor fan. >> she's a generation changer because she's doing things nobody has ever done in our game. >> reporter: here at baylor and beyond, griner and her team have cast a spell on fans who never considered following women's basketball. >> we finally did it. unfinished business was over and i was just ready to be with my team and just hug them all. >> reporter: griner and all but one of baylor's championship teammates are underclass men so they'll all be on the court next year, hoping to build another perfect season. michelle miller, cbs news, waco, texas. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched enterta

>> i have, indeed, texas tech. >> oh yeah? >> yeah, i've been there. >> yesterday it was 104. >> what? >> in lubon, texas, in april. hottest temperature ever in history in west texas yesterday. never had it been this warm in april in amarillo, midland, childress. i mean, incredible heat. we're just continuing to blast records away in the midwest this april. the coolest weather, by far, up in the northeast, and it's not even bad. temperature yesterday of 62 in boston and also new york. one area of concern this morning, some strong thunderstorms coming down out of kentucky near bowling green and tompkinsville, heading down interstate 40 in tennessee. that's your little dangerous drive this morning. wait until those storms pass by. winds up to 60 miles per hour with those storms. otherwise, it's a rainy morning around columbus and also west virginia and many areas of virginia, it's a damp start to your day with rain. richmond, looks like the rain's knocking on your door, starting to come down. d.c. looks dry for now, but we will i

break for the reception, i'd like to introduce steve maxner, director of the vietnam center at texas tech. steve has been a frent friend to all of us who study and research on the history of the vietnam war and we in the historical office secretary of defense are very grateful to him for his support for the reception. steve. and steve will close down the event. >> thank you very much, john. i'd like to begin by thanking, of course, our co-host, mr. ferria, john and john from the office of the secretary of defense historian's office and our distinguished speakers for their wonderful comments today. i don't want to take up too much of your time today for those of you who have heard about our project. we have been dedicated to presecretarying the history of the vietnam war and promoting the study of the war so we can learn more about it and perhaps understand better those remarkable events. the archives, of course, compared to the national archives holdings are very modest. we have approximately 25 million pages of historical material focused on the war and that includes an oral history proj

troops and the people's army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed veterans from the battles. it was after these battles waged in november 1965 that north vee he is in a meese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. the americans outnumbered prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. up next, an interview with tracey black enders, daughter of charlie black, a reporter for the columbus ledger inquire remember, who was embedded with the 7th calva vavary during the battles. >> tracey, it tell me a little bit about your father and who he was.y, it tell me a little bit about your father and who he was.it tell me a little bit about your father and who he was.t tell me a little bit about your father and who he was. tell me a little bit about your father and who he was. >> was was a reporter for the hometown paper. he started covering them when they were the 11th air assault division. basically followed them through, somehow got himself on the troop buses and took the troop ships over to vietnam with them. so he actually traveled on the ships with them. a lot

>> might a few here, and before the ipo five years at texas tech university.and came here in part to help them start a graduate program, and since then that's now started and i am chair of the department. >> we have been talking with david see, chair of the history department and the author of this book, "john f. kennedy: the new frontier president." know the publishers.com is the website. in case you're interested. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> coming up next on book tv, ben carson presents his thoughts on america's current social and political landscape. dr. carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at johns hopkins medical institutions, examines the summit between

i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern on the hill. i want to make sure have the correct information. the laws that you were quoting are the primary sources about -- by prophet muhammad is that correct? >> no, the laws themselves, of course they are supported by the koran, by the people who wrote the laws, not by me. but the book that i'm quoting from is called reliance of the traveler. >> so these practices that you're talking about earlier are found in the koran, things that you should practice as a muslim? >> no. these are sharia law. the law. it's a very legal term. but under the laws they have explanation of why they have networks. you can get it. it's called reliance of the traveler. it is sold on amazon. if you read all these laws, those who wrote the laws in the eighth and ninth centuries, they wrote these laws. they wrote them after interpreting the koran, and they get their information, things of mohammad and the lifestyle of mohammad. and after the right the law, then they justify it. it has already been interpreted spirit i

i was out in texas tech law school, trying to make time to get out to different venues to talk a little bit about military commissions. i was out teaching some classes for a former judge advocate general of the army, walt huffman, out of texas tech law school now in lubbock, and it brought back to memory my time there as a lieutenant with my platoon sergeant, sergeant first class smiley. we were out in a field exercise all day one day in the hot texas sun and it was a little after midnight when we finally got to bed beside our fox holes. had this grizzled two-time vietnam veteran next to me, airborne sergeant first class and i'm a green infantry lieutenant. we go to sleep, two hours later i'm nudged by sergeant smiley and he says, sir, look up in the sky, tell me what you see. i looked up in the sky and saw a heaven full of west texas sky and i said i see a heaven full of stars, platoon sergeant? he said, sir, what does that tell you? i wasn't sure where he was going with the question so i said -- i did want to impress him, so i said, well, sergeant first class, astronomically it tells

i am a texas tech graduate and an intern on the hill.i want to make sure before you assess question that i have the information quickly. the lousy recording i was reading the primary sources where the preset set forth from the koran are the prophet mohammed. a sec red? >> the law is directed a loss in sales. of course they are supported by the koran, but the book that i'm quoting from is called reliance of the traveler and stands by jordan and syria. >> so these practices you are talking about earlier are not found in the koran as things that you should practice as a muslim? >> these are sharia laws. it's a law. it's a very legal term, but under the laws, they have explanations of why they have it in that book. you can get it, it's called reliance of the traveler. is sold on amazon. if you read cannot, all these laws, the shakes who wrote the laws in the eighth and ninth centuries, they wrote these laws. they wrote them after interpreting the koran, and they get their information from the koran from the high deed and the lifestyle of moh

. >>> couple jumps into their car in arlington tech tex, texas, t kxas. they shut the door, went for a drive. the problem is this car belongs to police. >> a big car. >> you're right. it's a big car. they start to rummage through the vehicle and it looks really enticing. >> a tv. >> why is he taking off his shirt? >> he starts to get nervous. covers his hands. activated a gps unit. police weren't watching the car at the time but knew where it was. fortunately by the time police got to where the couple was they had bailed. >> if you're going to put a bait car, put car to watch. >> you don't know when it's going to get stolen. that's a lot of what'sed man-hours looking at the car. >> you have it out there 24/7. you put it out there for a few hours and your shift is to watch the bait car. >> like i'm going to be fishing. send out a van, i'll leave my fishing rod there. maybe a fish will get it, i'll come back later. >> why gps if you're going to watch it. >> clearly it didn't work. >> they didn't expect them to ditch the car so quickly. they are looking for

i was out in texas tech law school, trying to make time to get out to different venues to talk a little bit about military commissions. i was out teaching some classes for a former judge advocate general of the army, walt huffman, out of texas tech law school now in lubbock, and it brought back to memory my time there as a lieutenant with my platoon sergeant, sergeant first class smiley. we were out in a field exercise all day one day in the hot texas sun and it was a little after midnight when we finally got to bed beside our fox holes. had this grizzled two-time vietnam veteran next to me, airborne sergeant first class and i'm a green infantry lieutenant. we go to sleep, two hours later i'm nudged by sergeant smiley and he says, sir, look up in the sky, tell me what you see. i looked up in the sky and saw a heaven full of west texas sky and i said i see a heaven full of stars, platoon sergeant? he said, sir, what does that tell you? i wasn't sure where he was going with the question so i said -- i did want to impress him, so i said, well, sergeant first class, astronomically it tells

. >> why do you write about -- >> she is from france as dillinger estimate at texas tech university andwas probably the most apolitical person in the world. i did have her read my book and get her seal of approval but you won't see her out there on the daily times. she is one of these people that i think likes to sit back and take in information and act in a quiet and confident manner. >> you talk about one of your first dates where friends invited you over to see guess who's coming to dinner. >> yes a good friend of mine had guess who's coming to dinner as a movie so we went to his home and she was relatively new to the country she just arrived for her semester abroad as we watched the film and afterwards she approached me and wanted to know what all the fuss was about because obviously the movie talks about cindy as a young white girl and her family handles that and of course i use a quote from the character in that movie is a bill samford played the character how satellites is one thing that this is something entirely different and believe me you get a lot of, even today she didn't u

i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern.want to make sure before i ask the question i have the correct information. the laws you're quoting are not the primary sources about the koran and examples by prophet mohammed. is that correct? >> the last i viewed the laws themselves, they are supposed by the people who wrote the koran, the people who wrote the laws, not by me. the book i um quoting from is quad reliance of the traveler, and stand by saudi arabia and jordan and syria. >> so these practices you were talking about earlier sound in the koran as things you should practice as a muslim? or -- >> no, these are sharia law. it's the law. it's a very legal term but under the law, you have explanation of why they have in that book. it's called reliance of the travel. it's sold on amazon. you can get it used, and if you read all these laws, who wrote the law in the eighth and ninth century they wrote these laws, and they wrote them after interpreting the koran, and they get their information from the koran, saying the mohammed a

speaker, to the fact this is the fifth commemoration of the terrible killings of texas tech, and this congress have been charged of being fearful with dealing with gun legislation. over the years i have introduced the child gun safety and gun access bill. i have in fact supported bills dealing with gun checks, to close gun loopholes at gun shows. i supported bills to stop the proliferation of assault weapons. not bills against the second amendment, but bills that would have stopped mr. zimmerman walking around with a .09 millimeter and he was only supposed to be the eyes and ears of his neighborhood. mr. speaker, i join in a bipartisan manner, even to the extent of saying we must clean up the secret service. i support mr. sullivan and even clean up the g.s.a., because gilbain have refused to be diversed to the c.e.o. of gilbane. this congressperson you need to call, you are an unfair company and you're using federal dollars through the g.s.a. in an inappropriate way. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i thank you and i yield back