back from washington to wall street.greatly enriched. look, he's a hero to a lot of people on wall street. he was a hero to a lot of people in washington. and again, i think bill clinton more than anyone in the last few decades has sort of engineered this relationship. >> let's get to the press. you write, never before has the so-called permanent establishment of washington included so many people in the media. and you write, washington puts the "me" in media. how so? >> first of all, it's the rise in new media, it's given everyone a new voice. it's never been easier to become a media celebrity. and i think punditry is the gold standard of my profession. the media is everywhere in washington. i think the white house correspondent is a classic example of how washington rewards being famous, being on tv, being a brand more than anything. >> your descriptions of the white house correspondent association dinner, the annual dinner, fabulous in the book. the dinners are sold out, every table, since 1993. >> even the greater ou

similarly, washington had no money. congress passed the budget for having appropriate any money and no funds were due to come in. the president had to run the office and sent alexander hamilton, the treasury to the local banks to borrow money. he spent it without the authorization of congress. as a result they created the bank of the united states to which was the predecessor of the federal reserve that has the money from which the president can draw when the congress isn't there. the congress has to appropriate the funds and deposited them to see that they are deposited in the federal reserve and the president has to write to the tough -- the right to spend money when he feels like it and he does. >> is the discussion among the public about these actions and what was the reaction? >> yes and no. you must remember that time there were only about a dozen or two newspapers. by that time the news reached the public it was often months old and the public was scattered across the nation. 95% of the people were farmers and th

. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of length land, and after the revolution she became a member of the american episcopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books about the episcopal point of view. and she was a very, very deeply religious but not judgmental woman. >> what about that video is important to tell people more of their room together in the life they had? >> that's, well, the fact that she burned all their corresspondence is a metaphor, that's where they could be themselves. and i think one reason she burned those letters is because that was the unvarnished george washington. it wasn't simply the uniquely intimate relationship that existed between them, she was the only person on earth to whom washington could confess

iwas in washington -- yes, was in washington 50 years ago and i was standing to the left of the lincoln memorial. marian anderson walked right by. i was scared of her entourage. i was listening to mr. king and charlton heston and different movie stars. that was my second time having seen king when he came to dayton. things have changed. newsee more blacks in the and on communications. we still have a long way to go. host: how did you get to washington? did you drive? bus.r: we left dayton on a d had a leader here in ayton. thomas the spitting image of martin luther king. they invited me to come down. wayal estate lady paid my or gave him money so i can have money when i got there. i had two little girls at the time. that motivated me. if i did not go and if i survived, if someone were to ask me what was my contribution, what was i going to be able to tell my children? me toeally motivated help. it was a great experience. i was 23 years old at the time. i am 77 now. host: thank you for your call. this comes from gene with reference to the clip we showed about charlton heston. there will

people come to washington. they ran against washington as this swamp.hey say i'm going to drain the swamp. then they settle into the place like a warm bath. it's a very moneyed and very easy and very comfortable place. frankly i mean i tried to illustrate this carnival it has always become >> reporter: the idea that there was a pay-off to public service is cancerous in terms of government. >> you would think. i mean this is supposedly a city built on public service. i mean, yes, it's hollywood for ugly people it is said. that's the cliche. but in fact hollywood is fantasy, right? i mean there's big money there and egos there. washington is for keeps. i mean washington is paid for by the american people. washington is supposedly, you know, a land of a higher or a city of a higher calling. that's just been totally tipped on its head >> john: this idea that you mentioned in here of it's fine for politicians to leave washington and fine for people to run for president and say washington needs changing. washington will not hold that against you because they

. >> george and washington washington's bedroom at mount vernon. one of the things that's mentioned is her morning meditations, which seem to be a sacred time for her throughout her life. what do we know of what she did? >> she was a member of the church of england, and after the revolution she became a member of the american piscopal church. and she had several bibles, she read the bible, she also read the book of common prayer. she spent a lot of time also reading other books about the episcopal point of view. and she was a very, very deeply religious but not judgmental woman. >> what about that video is important to tell people more of their room together in the life they had? >> that's, well, the fact that she burned all their correspondence is a metaphor, that's where they could be themselves. and i think one reason she burned those letters is because hat was the unvarnished george washington. it wasn't simply the uniquely intimate relationship that existed between them, she was the only person on earth to whom washington could confess his dou

naturally, lott said he hates washington. what's the hate washington thing? >> everyone claims to hate washington. there are few washington exceptionalists out there who say i love it there. there's some. trent lot is here because he said this is where the problems are and where the money is. trent lot is in a position do very, very well here. the only place he could do proportionately well is somewhere in mississippi. >> in that clip, we show mike allen and jim vaned high whose job is -- >> the executive director of politico. >> you quote him in here. this quote came to you from him? >> i'll read it. >> jim vaned high is contemptuous of washington -- it used to be better reflex of how he relates to news. he said it was largely, and this is true for decades, a small group of middle age left of center overweight men who decided how all of us should see politics and govern us. what is he saying there? so we old timers are worthless. >> he's setting the view that those 20 boys on the bus setting the agenda in the one story they file in a day are over. its's to d

that paralyzed washington in the past.for many viewers, perhaps, but as jeffrey brown explains it's also fodder for fiction and drama. >> from a novel of intrigue about watergate to casting the right actor to play john mccain, depicting a power hungry politician who stops at nothing to get his way our guests have had a hand in portraying washington in books and large and small screens for worse. the co-creator and writer of the netflix series house of carveds and wrote the screen play for the film ideas of march. and the television movies game change about the 2008 campaign and recount about the 2000 election. now, the list and critic thomas allen has written eight novels including watergate a novel and a nonfiction book about president kennedy's assassination. and welcome to all of you. i wanted to start with you, bill, what makes washington a great subject? why did you want to take it on? >> well, the subject of house of cards is power. and there's no better place to go than washington d.c. if you want to dram advertise

washington is mr. president. martha washington is lady washington. james madison is mr. president.olley is queen dolley. the men have to travel this very strict line, but the women get to have an aristocratic title. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time, and it was understood a lot at the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her presidentess. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. sometimes they say she looked like a bride and a queen. so her elegance of dress, she bought a lot of her material in paris. so she is very elegantly dressed, and she looks to american eyes as a queen. and that's fine, because she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. >> oh, did i? >> it is at mont pilliar which is the restored home of the madisons and open for to

"the washington post" has to do both. "the new york times" has to do both too but they are sold all over the country and that's a source of revenue. they have had subscriptions. everybody has to develop ways to get the content paid for. advertising is coming up. you know, there are a lot of different ways to try this. they have doubled down on we're going to be the brand and the newspaper and that's going to be our core business. >> and there's something that they have to be dependent on into the future, which is those paid -- those paid subscriptions going up and up and up. if it levels out, if it declines, there's a problem. so they have staked their future on a strategy which says people will pay for the paper and advertising will be a lesser part of the revenue stream of the paper. >> paul farhi, jane hall and jenna wortham, thanks. >>> when we come back, what can "the post" learn from someone like jeff bezos. we'll talk to someone who knows personally, henry blodget, next. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the fiber on

and we have a situation that hasn't happened in my years in washington, where washington is residing over a budget policy that is a drag on the economy so they're partly to blame. gwen: the president said to you in the "new york times" interview this week that you conducted, jackie, that there are some republicans with whom he can get along. the brilliant ones agree with him. [laughter] and i'm paraphrasing but there are those who are stubborn who don't agree with him. is there even a potential outline for a grand bargain if the president says that's only my way. >> there's always been an outline for a grand bargain but nobody can quite get there and nobody is quite willing to take all of the steps necessary to do that. there are a handful of republicans from the senate that the president continues to meet with senators who he's had to dinner -- dinner and that's a smaller group and he likes them and they seem to like him but based on the last few meetings, there's no evidence that they're really making any progress and i think as we head into september you'd have to say the prospect

we got into washington about 3:00 on wednesday morning. finally we saw a police officer who knew where the naacp office was. he told us how to get there. the next day we went over to the headquarters. they put us to work. our job was to pull all those signs together. we got paid $3 a day to do that. >> saturday morning, before the march on wednesday, dr. martin luther king jr. walked in and he said i just left your hometown, and i'll never forget, he said your parents wanted me to check on you to make sure you guys were okay. are you guys okay? and sat down and talked with us for 20, 30 minutes. he wanted to know what our dreams and thoughts were, what did we want to do, what we wanted to be. >>> coming up, worrying about the worst. >> they put the national guard on standby. they had a draft drawn up declaring marshal law. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them onl

post" about the "washington post."he paper has a new owner, billionaire jeff bezos, amazon founder buying the newspaper for $250 million. good payday for the post. some called it a fire sale but what kind of news it for the newspaper business? what does this say about our newspaper industry being bought out by bezos. >> press media can't survive. it's kind of fitting that a digital operation like amazon takes over. we haven't begun to think through all the consequences of this. merril brown said you have to understand there is iron triangle between the nsa and silicon valley and media and they are all connected. that is ominous. >> kelly: what do you think about this? is it ominous? >> i think individuals who have certain agendas or wanted to do certain things with newspapers that have the money. that has been tradition. one family becomes legendary. i think these, what you have to say. he said there is going to be change, but i'm going to stand by you if you are courageous and courageous enough to do two things. to ge

the washington post.s no index.re we cannot find out what is going on in this work. >> this book was so widely anticipated in washington as a screaming indictment. >> washington has created a bull leg index. index.otleg cawley callie dr. suggested the notion of the composition -- >> everyone is talking about the book. everybody thinks they are in it. >> why are people that you wrote about so happy about this book? me.eats what is interesting, a lot of what you are seeing there was done before we saw the book. the speculation took on a life of its own. look. it is nice to have a book the bull are talking about, and obviously what happens is people focus on who is up, who is down, what news has broken. ultimately -- i do know what people to miss the more serious point. washington is doing very, very well in a very gilded age in some ways while the rest of the country is suffering. >> any reaction you have had to the book, surprising? >> not really. look, when you write a book, a lot can go wrong. that is th

washington this afternoon.ries out thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, offer the weekend, temperatures just below 90, so it's not really heating up that much, not cooling off, as well. the only thing that changes is the rain clears out. heating up, these are the current temperatures, mid 70's already up to 80 in fargo, north dakota. heat advisories for that same area, this is fog around the great lakes. that wilburn off and things will heat up. temperatures by this afternoon could be up to 100 in rapid city, 99 in omaha, minneapolis 92. the heat index could be above 100 degrees, again, maybe closer to 110 like yesterday. the radar in the clouds showing a cluster of thunderstorms north and south dakota, pushing east around this big area of high pressure that keeps the heat in place. the temperatures will warm up there and there's maybe the possibility of a strong thunderstorm. western pacific, tropical storm moving just off the coast of tie won heading toward japan, giving flooding in that area, so watching the

it relates to george washington. in may of 1775, george washington puts on his military uniform and decides to go to the second continue thenal congress. he's the only one wearing the military uniform. he's making a statement. he thinks the war has already begun. it has, we know in retrospect. lexington on concord happened in april. bunker hill's going to happen in june, which is actually one of the bloodiest battles in the war, but notice this, i know that cronology is the last refuge of the feeble-minded -- [laughter] but it is the only refuge for historians. notice this, it's under reported, under discussed in history textbooks. the war starts 15 months before independence is declared. it's going to cause and shape things in this explanation that i'm going to offer you. anyway, washington is preparing to leave mount vernon, and he says to his -- what is that? [inaudible conversations] >> flood warning, oh, okay, great. here comes -- [laughter] biblical here! [laughter] yeah, somebody gave me that line. yes, thank

proud sponsor of the washington redskins. >> here are some of the women of washington.hite directing this washington redskins offense. first and 8. keiland williams. in the back field. white goes left side. did he get his feet down? yes, he did. >> i like nick williams. somehow, some way, somewhere, this young kid is going to wind up playing football in the national football league. he has we talk about roles. people have roles on the football team. we look at the season in connecticut, averaging a little over 11 yards in reception. fourth quarter of play here. now is the time when young fellows try to get their names called and make sure that on that film, that game tape comes on sunday now. i guess this is a saturday game. you have a short week because thursday, they'll play the tampa bay buccaneers in the final preseason game. second and 7. white out of the gun. looking for donte stallworth. a little mistime there. let's send it one last time to ken harvey for the geico what to watch for. >> ken: i think it's simple right now. that's a quarterback battle to see who i

and we'll look at another story that rocked washington, the sale of the "washington post". we'll talk about the future of newspapers with former "washington post" editor len downie. former "new york times" editor bill keller. and john harris, editor in chief of politico. there's a lot to cover, but this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again, michael hayden who served as both the c.i.a. and n.s.a. director now consulted for the cherdov group here in washington, joins us as our lead guest this morning. general, the president made that news conference on friday, and he said the american people need to know more about what the national security agency is doing because there are a growing number of people in the congress who are wondering is the n.s.a. infringing on americans' right to privacy? what do you think-- you ran the place. what do you think is is the most significant thing that the president side? >> well, it was a very interesting speech, and it was a sp

malcolm x refused to come to the march on washington. he called it the farce on washington. as we all know now was all about nonviolence. listen up. >> one of the things that my father was really trying to say not just 50 years ago but 50 years ago, 49, 48, 47, all the way, 45 when he was as isnated, he was really speaking to us about our humanity. and understanding our interconnectedness and interrelatedness. that is why he talked about sitting down at the table of brotherhood. in other words, us understanding that we are one huge human family. yes, there are a lot of different races but we are a human family. that is why he talked about not judging by the color of the skin but the content of the character. >> reporter: just as interesting as the march itself in 1963, was the anticipation in the city of the march. washington was really a city on edge. a personal aside, i am a native washingtonian. alive and well, i was nine years old when the march happened. back then, it was a deeply segregated city. still largely segregated but it was deeply entrismed back then. in my nei

the washington press: politics, prejudice, and persistence." the annual festival is hosted by the franklin did roosevelt presidential library of museum in hyde park, new york. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning. my name is jeff urban, and education specialist at the roosevelt presidential library and museum and a map of the library and museum i would like to welcome all of you in our audience here today and those of you at home watching on c-span for the 10th annual roosevelt reading special. franzen was a plan for the library to become a premier research institution for the study of the entire roosevelt era. the library's research room a consistent one of the busiest of all the presidential libraries. this year's group of authors reflect the wide variety of research that's done you. let me quickly go over the format for the festival's concurrent session. at the top of each are a session begins with a 30 minute author talk. followed by a 10 minute question and answer pair. in the office move to the table in the lobby next to the new deal

but we're told that washington doesn't work. washington is not broken.ashington is a finely tuned machine that is aimed at expanding government, taking away our freedoms and picking winners and losers in the economy. [applause] but here's the dirty secret. all of us in this room together, when we stick together, when we make sure that our voice is heard, when we hold congress accountable, we can stop it. they can't pass this legislation unless we amlou them. and if we go to their town halls, if we go to the ballot box, if we demand change from washington, we will get it. [applause] and so we have a problem in washington and that there's a lot of people who seem to be part of the no, we can't, caucus. they say no, we can't have a flat, fair low tax. they say no we can't get rid of the department of of education instead of empower parents with choice. right now they're saying no we can't defund obamacare. well, all of us in this room know that's not true. we all know, yes, we can do all those things. [applause] and let me tell you how we can do it. the fir

and we told him we were going to march on washington. you know, president kennedy didn't like the idea of hundreds and thousands of people coming to washington. and he said to mr. randolph, who was our spokesperson, "if you bring these -- all these people to washington, won't there be violence and chaos and disorder? and we will never get a civil rights bill through the congress." mr. randolph responded and said, in his baritone voice, "mr. president, this will be an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent protest." we left that meeting, came out on the lawn of the white house, and said we had a meaningful and productive meeting with the president of the united state. and we told him we were going to march on washington. >> can you sum up what was going on in america at that time that led to the march, that had people like john kennedy worried, and people like you adamant about what had to be done? >> well, the years leading up to the march on washington had been unbelievable amount of action on the part of the movement. people had been sitting in

on what washington drinks. hey larry welcome to the governor my name's couric i'm going to take in kerry tonight larry so this first guinness is on me. with the mixing politics and beer here since one nine hundred seventy four it's a good irish concert right around the corner from capitol hill we have a lot of political those that come in this way some going to make one of our famous pints of guinness the frock obama had here and the way for a good time to get a hold of a forty five degree angle. just where the harp is going to let that saddle for about a minute and a half until it's like this here nice and saddle we're going to push the handle forward. we call this to show you that about a minute we'll turn an ice block for you and the top here is a little collar has to sit above the heart that's how you know you've got a good point. going to see how it's the way to watch i know the people on the hill aren't all was that patient but you have to be patient when you come into the delta . club and you got all the

we look back at the march in washington, tonight on "washington week." more red lines crossed in syria. >> what we've seen indicates big eventis clearly a of grave concern. when you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale and, again, we're still gathering our information about this particular event, but it is very troublesome. >> there's no reason, if there's hide, for the regime not to let the investigative team in. gwen: more tough choices in egypt. >> what we're doing right now is theg a full evaluation of u.s.-egyptian relationship. >> we have the same objective. to see a democratic system in place in egypt. it ahn mccain and i called coup because that's exactly what it is. gwen: and new disclosures about ofernment surveillance american citizens. >> i think that the trust of the american people in their at staket is what's here. gwen: a trio of late summer dilemmas, plus -- 50 year later, we look back at the march may have changed america. gjelten the week, tom of npr, alexis simendinger of real clear politics and michael fletcher of "the

and why not. >> effi barry: washington was his city, and he loved washington. he loved washington!didn't know who he was. i had just moved here from new york and this man, every time i looked up, there he was. he approached me, and i was looking in my purse, and he said, "is there anything in that bag for me?" and i said, "excuse me, what do you mean? what would you like for me to find in my bag?" he said, "your phone number." >> barry: she said, "i'm not giving you my phone number. you won't call me anyway." and i said, "just tell me what it is." >> effi: so i just gave it to him, you know, thinking, well, you know, he'll never remember. >> barry: next day i called her, went out the next couple days and started seeing each other, and that was it. i mean, she was just stunningly beautiful, physically, but she had a great spirit, and we just sort of connected. >> effi: i thought he was one of the most brilliant men i had ever met. [sirens wailing] >> ...with the gunman inside the building. where i can see though -- although we understand there have been gunshot fired ... >> effi: i

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white paper china's military establishment is carefully watching and becoming very concerned over washington strategic planning in the pacific ocean the americans say their pivot is a natural reallocation of resources the chinese see it as a regional policy of containment. across not china's defense concerns i'm joined by in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and c. odd also in washington we have matthew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we crossed john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america gentlemen cross that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next. well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is

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a teenager growing up in washington as a teenager growing up in washington dc, she and her church did people demonstrations leading up to the march in washington where they would go in front of the white house. you have to remember, the time. this was the time they would go there and racial epithets were thrown at them and people would come up and spit on them and they had to practice turning the other cheek. a very very scary time.but both of my parents, made me fully aware of the importance of that speech and importance of education and but both of my parents, made me fully aware of the importance of that speech and importance of education and the future of black america. as the first woman's and african-american city administrator i bow to do the best job i can possibly do for the city as i've done from as the first woman's and african-american city administrator i bow to do the best job i can possibly do for the city as i've done from the outset of my career.i will continue i will continue to draw on the inspiration and guidance from my parents and the civil rights leader in my ed

and period when washington d.c. and five newspapers, but these press conferences allow newspaperwomen to be admitted into the male culture of washington politics if only on a very marginal level. did these press conferences and eleanor roosevelt helped 350 of them for women reporters only while she was first lady. did they help eleanor enhance her own journalism career through not working with other women? a third question, to what extent did they facilitate opportunities for women to bond with each other and promotes an alternative journalistic culture to be male-dominated one that excluded them. then there is an overreaching question that i raised in the book and i would love to hear your answers to, after we get to the q&a, did the conferences help or hurt the women professionally who covered them? i will tell you the reasons people hurt women and some of the reasons people thought they helped them and you can decide. a step backwards to the first washington woman journalist of the 1830s who published two newspap

what is the hate washington thing? >> everyone claims to hate washington. there are very few washington exceptional lists who will say, i love it here. try locks -- trend like people to think he would rather be in mississippi or anywhere else. -- trent would like people to think he would rather be in mississippi or anywhere else. he's in a position to do very well here. >> in that clip we showed jim van i -- >> the executive director of "politico." >> you quote him. he is contemptuous of washington's it used to be better reflects. -- reflex. what is he saying there? are we old-timers worthless? >> jim is putting forth the view that the age at which the 20 boys on the bus are setting the agenda in their one story they write or file a day are over. one of the missions of "politico" is to democratize the conversation. 100,000 people can read mike allen every day. everyone can blog about it. what jim was saying is that there is this wild west. there is this notion that the conversation has been broken open. i wouldn't be as disparaging, especially of the body t

washington. helping to kick off our special coverage, chris matthews, host of msnbc "hardball" is live in washington, d.c. at the lincoln memorial and where all of today's event will take place. chris, good morning. let's set the scene for everybody. as we understand the program for today, we have three presidents, a host and current and former future civil rights and leaders and politicians taking the stage. truly a diverse program but we all look back 50 years ago to those vivid images that still inspire today. >> thomas, this is going to be a hot day. it's not that hot. it's sweltering today but not as bad as it could get in washington. it's drizzling and may clear up. i expect there is heated rhetoric today. this country is divideded right now, heavily and sharply divided between the one reject an african-american president and rejected him from the day he was elected and the day they heard he might be elected. the other half of the country almost pouting with this illusion right now. gee whi

people outside of washington get it. they understand that the system in place today is too often unfair, unaccountable, and unsustainable. clearly, i know there are other voices in this debate besides my own and my constituents and i could not be more gratified that last week at the president finally his voice to this important debate. although i heard few specifics, i welcome him to the debate. i am encouraged by this and i recognize that he is indispensable to a solution. other important voices in this debate besides your own are those of senator corker of tennessee and senator warner of virginia. i commend them for their leadership as someone who has worked for years and years on the complicated and contentious issue of housing reform, i salute anyone who will roll up their sleeves and produce not just rhetoric but an actual plan. even today, more and more voices are being heard in this debate and this is encouraging. this is good. i stand ready to listen to all and negotiate in good faith with all. i do this with an

and actually at the march on washington.for me because it was about masses of people. you can't deny that. you're not going to be able to deny that. not when you have 350 people waiting there for freedom. and then i stationed myself with my back to dr. king's speech, so i heard his speech, but i didn't see him. i saw the multitudes -- >> you saw the reactions. >> i saw the people. >> i'm going to put up a few photos. i want you to help me with captioning them if you will. i think the first one is this cheering crowd. you can see the flags. the flag, that usually surround the washington montment. here they are cheering. >> it's just so beautiful, those young children really. >> they look -- teenagers perhaps. >> right, high school students. they were -- they were joyfully singing spontaneously. >> this is happening throughout the day. >> throughout the day, everywhere. there were people singing and dancing. and being part of a whole of a movement. >> let me put up the next one here. because it's a reminder. i think it's inter

bush's administration she told me she thinks washington changed too. it's hard to see how they're they can meet in the middle of the two key issues for the islamic republic of iran that i think are ensconced in international law or that the united states recognize its sovereign right and its treaty right to enrich uranium that's something that the united states has shown no evidence it is willing or able to do with the the obama administration and congress the other piece that it's critically important for the islamic republic is for the united states to ease and lift at least some of its sanctions that it has imposed on the islamic republic and forced or tried to course countries from around the world to impose on the islamic republic of iran that too will be very very difficult for president obama to leverage because many most nearly i think sixty sixty five percent of the sanctions imposed on iran are now are now legislated are now in u.s. law president obama simply does not have the power to lift those sanctions without the acquiescence of congress

the democratic dell gat for washington, d.c. during the first part of the summer of 1963, she worked for the student nonviolent coordinating committee in greenwood, mississippi. she was on the staff of the march of washington. also, kweisi mfume. and the national editor for "vanity fair," the author of the upcoming book, "an idea whose time has come, two presidents, two parties and the battle for the civil rights act." thank you for joining me. congresswoman, i want to start with you. you have probably some very distinct memories. i was talking about the fact that for people who experienced it, it probably feels like yesterday. for people born after 1963, it feels like ancient history. take us to washington 1963 on that august day. >> well, 1963 was the high point of the civil rights movement in many ways. haven't worked on the staff of the march, being young and foolish, i expected a whole lot of people to come. but nobody really knew how many would come. what was really challenging was the unprecedented nature of the march. th