gunmen blasted away at close range at the lectern, dead at 39, in the midst of a changing idea about america and the future of black people in it. tough, complicated, provocative, razor sharp man was dead, leaving family and followers to grieve and a tantalizing

gunmen blasted away at close range at the lectern, dead at 39, in the midst of a changing idea abouthe future of black people in it. tough, complicated, provocative, razor sharp man was dead, leaving family and followers to grieve and a tantalizing question abo

gunmen blasted away at close range at the lectern, dead at 39, in the midst of a changing idea about america and the future of black people in it. tough, complicated, provocative, razor sharp man was dead, leaving family and followers to grieve and a tantalizing question about where malcolm x had been and where he might have been headed. we'll talk to his daughter, an african-american historian and a young activist to recall the malcolm x of the 50s, and '60s, and the way time changes the way we look at him half a century after his death. it's "inside story". >>> born malcolm little in omaha in 1925, he left a stretch in penitentiary to become one of the best known black men in america. he left the scene. in urban rioting growing resistance, and assassinations of martin luther king, and edward kennedy. his daughter was a speaker at the memorial speeches. >> i'd like to bring you to a moment of silence. it was around the time my mother was brutally assassinated, martyred in the blue light. >> some 300 gathered at the autobahn bull room. the public figure malcolm x is compared to is ma

. >> one thing t this far into the story from the people who walk up, including the sheriff, to that lectern is timeline how this came together. it was rapid for us. can you take us through that to set the scene for everybody? >> to do that you have to back up to the speculation of tom whittaker, the texas county coroner. it was some time@ around 10:00 in the evening when the shooting spree started and according to the speculation this 36-year-old man went to his mother's house. again, as identified by the reporting. found her dead. she had been there for a while. and whatever the facts were around that, that sparked him to go to the other locations. so we're wondering what sparked the police to check on these other locations. well appears the motivation was house -- was somehow domestic a family squabble, something tied to that. that's why they would check on the other houses, and now what we have is information through sources that they only went to the mother's house because of the shooting spree. so it looks like we may see a family connection as the authorities start to give out more de

so without further ado, let me bring matt and kelly ann to the lectern to explain what you told us and who won zÑ straw poll. thank you. >> h9z)b cpac. what a great week it's been. larry bees will he%m;@ñ -- beasley and the washington times thanks for inviting my firm to conduct this year's straw poll. i'm very happy to report to you that we had over 3,000 respondents. a sample size of 3007 to be exact. that's a 20% increase in participation over last year's straw poll. and ipo participating%deñ. some people like to say the straw poll doesn't matter, why are we doing it? i'm here to tell you we douz because we believe you matter. at cpac, your voice is heard and your opinions count. i'd also like a give a special thanks to kevin quinnly and nate land, part of our polling team in this effort. before we get to the winners of the presidential straw poll, we'd like to review with you some of the demographics from the poll and in keeping with the spirit and the content of the 2015 cpac, we'd like to show you the responses to the substantive issuesw all three legs of the conservativeldfçz we

when you stand up at the lectern, you have to get the audience's attention. a deep sigh something quivering in the voice can help you get settled and ready to deliver your speech. wherever you give a speech it's absolutely essential that you have written out your text and that you know exactly what you're going to say and thinking about how you thank each individual person. you've only got 45 seconds, and that really should be 90 words, which given that actors it's their job to remember words, that shouldn't be too much of a problem. some people use little cards to remember what to say, but i notice that they tend to go on 40 seconds longer than people who don't use notes. if you have a prop like this when you're standing up giving your speech in many ways you can use it you can hold it down here, you can hoist it in the air, triumphantly. it's a great way of using a gesture to express your emotions. if you want to be remembered and you want to get on the news programs obviously, a good one-liner is absolutely a brilliant way to do it. i would like to say a w

so without further ado, let me bring matt and kelly ann to the lectern to explain what you told us andt week it's been. larry bees will he%m;@ñ -- beasley and the washington times thanks for inviting my firm to conduct this year's straw poll. i'm very happy to report to you that we had over 3,000 respondents. a sample size of 3007 to be exact. that's a 20% increase in participation over last year's

he said well, how about if i came down to the lectern where the lawyers stand and that is what he didfor the ref of the selection. i don't think it has ever been done before. i thought in the end the jury selection went very well. i'm not sure i was happy with the jury or stove steve was but given the pools and everything it went well. that kind of stood out to me. it just changed the die ma'am dynamics. when he was fur away i think people felt more easier to kind of say what they were realing think,ing. that is my diversion. what was your question? >> what happened when judy clarke went over her opening statement with ted kaczynski. >> you have to understand, first of all, that ted is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. he has written forever about the evils of mental health professionals and what they do in the way of mind control. he is a genius and his -- he kind of -- his core is his mind and his brain and his thinking. and the idea that someone would say that he had mental health problemsproblems would be like stabbing him, right? he was not -- he didn't want that at all. i mean

[inaudible question] >> usually pound the lectern when we do that. >> is there any sense this congress administration is any worse in listening to the states in trying to get a compromise on the things that matter to you most? >> well, i think there's a normal dynamic, there's a tension between governors and congress that's just natural. it's just always there. i'm not sure this congress is going to -- how it's going to relate to the last congress but certainly we're at a point where the bitter partisanship in congress has restrained their ability to get things done and solve some of these problems like immigration or having a national energy policy i don't think it's useful to compare how bad it's ever been, but it's not good. you go back to the level of bitterness that comes with the campaigns in the negativity and attack ads. you rarely, you do see it occasionally but rarely see attack ads in the private sector. you don't see pepsi doing attack ads against coke. and coke would attack pepsi and pepsi attack coke and you suppress the entire product category of soft drinks. to a certai

and he hunched over the lectern with both hands on it. but he oozed discomfort. r to truly break from their shadows? mercedes, you go first. >> they're raised in the same family, so they might have the same dialect. could be why he said nuclear the way he did. but i have to say, i've had the opportunity to spend time with both president bush and with governor jeb bush. and they're very different individuals. jeb bush is very much a policy wonk. he takes into account very detailed information. and i think he tries to be very thoughtful in his way of moving forward in terms of policy. so i think when you're looking at the foreign policy he was interesting, he went out and said there have been mistakes made in iraq. the question will become will he be able to really distance himself from president bush especially when he's hiring a lot of the foreign policy experts that were in fact part of the bush administration back in 2000 and 2004. >> jimmy, i wanted to get your response. >> i just hope it's not cheney 2.0. i think he's his own man as he says, but the dna is the

i think i'm going stay behind the lectern. i don't prefer this method but because we're being recorded it will be better for audio. my voice will carry anyway. i got my sergeant major doug barry, accompanying me to keep me out of trouble on this tour of post-deployment briefs. i apologize, we were to come to potomac institute in december right on the heels of our retrograde back in the united states and we also had the afghan leadership that we brought back. and we wanted to bring them back for several reasons. we wanted to thank them for their steady partnership while we were in the country. we wanted to capture oral history of our experiences with the afghan national security forces and expose them to the larger d.c. and university down at marine corps university as well too. so we ran out of time hosting them. but we wanted to ensure we got back they're address some of the other audiences that were interested in our deployment. identify never been a real fan of post-deployment briefs and what i did on my summer vacation, wh