his bible is in virginia beach. when they caught him, they hung him. they cut his head off. they put his head. they skin him and boil them in the fat. they made bible covers and coin purses. i wanted to ask people how this came into their possession. you know? as you can imagine, those are a lot of dead ends. people don't want to talk about it. a lot of people have come forward and said, by the way, my daddy had -- but they would never cop to it or show it to you. that interested me. how could you do this? tavis: somewhere along the way, what you thought would be a good cook proposal and the shifting. it is the book we have now. tell me about the shift, how it came to this. >> i think the shift came in that i hit that dead and and it actually said wade into what you're asking. at the same time, a very interesting man was my father, but a strange cat. when he left the house, my mother had no skills. she began a night shift at the hospital. her friends were a lot of the women who worked that shift, a lot of the black nurses and people who work in the administration. they were

max, i can't believe you got the last picture in, from virginia beach.ge. people can look at them from around the world. here's the low moving away. but not moving away too quickly. we're getting poured on in times square. it will later on today. the rain only lasts a couple more hours. and on the west coast, we've got showers and snow going on. but the big storm of the weekend has pulled away from that. watch that storm tomorrow. it pulls into the middle of the country. the two, small zones of severe weather today, will be a giant zone in the country of severe weather. we'll talk about that tomorrow morning. all right. brenna got all nervous on me. tell me your name and where you're from. >> brenna davidson. from arkansas. >> that was so cute. all that weather was brought to you by allied bank. >> thanks, sam. >>> now, to our royal diary. kate middleton's huge impact on fashion now has its own catchphrase. the kate effect. that sapphire blue dress he wore for her engagement sold out of stores in hours. we're going to meet the designer behind the most fa

largest loss of members of the national guard since world war ii. 10 years ago last week the virginia beach community and really the entire country suffered a tremendous loss of 21 national guard members perished when their helicopter crashed in southern georgia during a rainstorm. 18 of those members were from camp pendleton's unit in virginia beach. it included my good friend paul cramer. my constituent, elaine, reached out to our office to share her brother's story. and richard's honorable legacy lives on today as does every guardsman who perished on that flight. my thoughts and prayers are with the families today on this somber anniversary. the selfless service of their loved ones and their service to our country will not be forgotten. may god bless them and comfort them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: thank you, mr. speaker. i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: today a bipartisan coali

host: virginia, beach, go ahead, peggy.here in the budget does all of the money, that we send overseas during times of tsunamis and earthquakes, etc.? calleguest: where they are specifically in the budget are in the state department operations for emergency relief. to the extent that we provide some of their relief through our military assets, for example, we have various ships deployed off the coast of japan to provide support as necessary. those are paid for through the defense department budget. ultimately, the funds for both of those budgets come from the people of the united states through the taxes that people pay and revenues are raised. host: mike is an independent caller. go ahead. caller: good morning. congressman, it is hard for me to take moderate democrats and republicans seriously on this issue of fiscal responsibility. it seems to me since the president has assumed office, he has extended president bush's agenda. he has extended the wars in afghanistan, yemen, and now of course libya. maintaining employers is

. >> host: next call virginia beach. >> caller: i have see the federal government go like topsy. when the republicans came out, all of them that ran said they would cut spending levels back to 2008 for all 800, 900 federal agencies. right now they just seem to be nibbling around the edges. well, prior to every federal agency above baseline got an increase every year of 4 to 7%. bush came in and cut it back to 4%. in 2006 when the democrats took over, they raised it again 10 to 15%. in 2009 obama increased it to another 28% that's why that debt clock is ticking over and over again. the federal agency 800 or 900 of them are living right now on an average of 20 to 30% automatic increase. and the republicans promised to cut it back to 2008 levels. we're all going to have to suffer pain. why don't you cut it to 2008 levels right now instead of nibbling around the edges? >> well, i believe that the bill we passed in the house cut many or most of those programs back to the 2008 level to get to that $100 billion mark that republicans pledged they would reduce in spending. and we're in th

host: next call is from virginia beach. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i am 73 years old. and i have seen the federal government grow like [unintelligible] when the republicans came in, all of them said they were going to cut spending levels back for federal agencies. they seem to be just nibbling around the edges. every federal agency above baseline got an increase every year of 4% to 7%. bush came in and cut it back to 4%. when the democrats took over, they raised it again 10% to 15%. in 2009, obama increased it another 28%. that is why that debt clock is ticking over and over again. the republicans promised to cut it back to 2008 levels. we are all going to have to suffer pain. what do you cut it back to 2008 levels right now instead of nibbling around the edges? guest: i think the bill that we passed to get to that $100 billion market republicans pledged to reduce in spending -- we are in the process now where the senate is making a very minimal set of reductions. they are looking at $6 billion worth of

in the governor's race last year and hoping of congressional candidates from the southwest virginia to the beachthe south side in northern virginia so we are involved and plenty of people have encouraged me to get back into it and we will consider that, but i'm trying to find a fresh or unique way of sharing ideas that make good sense that they understand that will mature team america is in a better position to be spending so that everyone has an opportunity to achieve their american dream. >> former congressman j.c. watts and the former l.a. rams deacon jones. >> he played with the redskins. my brother and i call them my older brother begin. the first one after roman gabriel, and my oldest daughter's favorite speaker and so there's a lot of good stories and there. ronald reagan, who got me interested in politics because as governor he would come to the football practice and said he is a politician who knows and then he asked me to be the chairman of the young virginians for reagan in 1976 and that's what got me involved in politics, and ronald reagan became governor the first year we moved out

host: next call is from virginia beach. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i am 73 years old. and i have seen the federal government grow like [unintelligible] when the republicans came in, all of them said they were going to cut spending levels back for federal agencies. they seem to be just nibbling around the edges. every federal agency above baseline got an increase every year of 4% to 7%. bush came in and cut it back to 4%. when the democrats took over, they raised it again 10% to 15%. in 2009, obama increased it another 28%. that is why that debt clock is ticking over and over again. the republicans promised to cut it back to 2008 levels. we are all going to have to suffer pain. what do you cut it back to 2008 levels right now instead of nibbling around the edges? guest: i think the bill that we passed to get to that $100 billion market republicans pledged to reduce in spending -- we are in the process now where the senate is making a very minimal set of reductions. they are looking at $6 billion worth of

. >> host: next call, virginia beach, ruby, republican. >> follow this online at c-span.org. we're taking you live to white house with president obama's news conference. >> first and foremost, our thoughts and our prayers are the with the people of japan. this is potentially catastrophic disaster and images of destruction and flooding coming out of japan are simply heart-breaking. japan is of course one of our strongest and closest allies and this morning i spoke with prime minister kahn on behalf of the american people. i conveyed our deepest condolences for victims and families and i offered our japanese friend whatever assistance is needed we currently have an aircraft carrier in japan and another is on the way. we have a ship en route to the mariannas islands to assist as needed. u.s. embassy personnel in tokyo have moved to an off site location and the state department is working to account for and assist any and all american citizens who are in the country. zoo nammi warnings have been issued across the pacific. we seen initial waves of the tsunami come across guam and

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virginia to satisfy bobby byrd. and these practices are starting to affect our commercial sector as well. boeing streamliner is suffering from the same problem. and the c-17 for sure. >> because of long beach. >> yes, because of long beach. they had all sorts of problems. you are right. the dream liner, they have the cost overrun is double. it's huge. more than double. and the parts don't fit when they are bringing it together. >> do you have a question over here? >> yes, i thought i could give him more concrete example of how that works. using a small weapon system which is therefore easier to evaluate. this affects the machine gun which has been replaced by the m-240 which is more expensive. a machine gun, to build one with a reputable firm would cost $1200, but the government actually pace about $12,000 for one. not only that, in this country, the small arms industry and the people who are capable of make an m-60 machine gun, they are family businesses, small, they have no political clout, most of them have been in business for over 100 years. the biggest one is smith & wesson, and it has no more than 1,000 employees. no political muscle. they have small. and a large part of the sales i

virginia tech massacre. >>> officials are investigating why a small plane crashed and burned on takeoff wednesday in long beachriously wounded. the group was on its way to a ski vacation in utah. >>> life expectancy in the u.s. has hit an all-time high. 78 years and 2 months for a baby born in 2009. health experts credit better medical care including vaccines and anti-smoking campaigns. >>> you never know what will amuse or terrify a baby but for baby emerson, the sound of his mother blowing her nose seemed to be both at the same time. take a look. that's the cutest thing. we could just watch that all day, right? baby emerson's video has gone viral and viewed by nearly 2 million so far. pretty amazing there. little emerson so cute. seven minutes past the hour. let's go back out to matt and savannah. adorable. >> savannah wanted to know how he would react to other bodily noises. mr. roker? >> that's the best. all right. let's check your weather. we have our friends that are waiting for the 250th anniversary of the st. patrick's day parade. we see rain in the pacific northwest. a little bit of activity working i