(applause) on behalf of the president of the united states, the national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month, there is a proclamation. i will not trouble you to read the four or five paragraphs that are in here, but i think that-that when you do get to see it and you see it up on the white house web site, it is particularly impressive that-the way he and this administration want to deal with this problem. and we could not be more proud to be partners with all of you and support you in every way that we can. thank you. (applause.) i think the national recovery month 's theme this year, "recovery benefits everyone," deserves just a little bit of thought. it's impossible, i think really, to think about a single occurrence, in which somebody gets well, or reclaims their health or vitality, or engages fully in life, or literally goes beyond a returning to an old state of health, and really goes, you've heard this already, really goes into a new state of-of life and hope and connects with others in meaningful ways. and when that happens, everybody, we as a whole, as a whole society, benefit.

oil barons three years ago the nation suffered its worst environmental disaster ever with the b.p. oil spill in the gulf today tar sands oil flows in wetlands across mayflower arkansas all a result of another oil pipeline accident and now with policy debates raging about more pipelines and cutting carbon emissions the biggest players in america's dirty fossil fuel industry the koch's want to control at least some of the media coverage of these oil disasters by purchasing influential newspapers now having said all of that today is earth day so happy earth day joining me now to talk more about earth and what earth day means in two thousand and thirteen with so many challenges to the plate and on the horizon our here in studio tyson slocum director of public citizens energy program and author of the recent public citizen report america can afford the keystone pipeline them lashoff climate scientists with the natural natural resources defense council in new york and brad johnson campaign manager with the forecast the facts he's in san francisco thank you all for joining me brad i want

he, of course, is taught by fard and becomes the great leader, and is the founder of nation of islam- a very, very charismatic leader. and we're going to have an interview with abdus salam. and in fact, as we move through these, of course, malcolm x is probably the most famous figure in the movement- very articulate, very powerful; not too long ago, we had a movie made of his life. and you know, if you had any chance to see malcolm x live or you've seen him on video tape, you know what i'm talking about, about self-esteem and empowerment- in other words, those fundamental religious impulse ideas of identity- who we are- relationship- how we get along in the world- well, here we have, well, someone like a malcolm x who rearticulates that in a way that is so moving to african-americans who have been marginalized, who have been cut out of the mainstream, who have been victims of racism in this culture. this is one of those wonderful serendipitous events, but we have wd mohammed, elijah muhammad's son, who will be on here, and momentarily, after we hear one of the roll-ins, he's going to

the seasont major of features the images of the augusta national golf club. the only one of the four major that is never changes golf courses and produces the special back nine roars which are very much in progress as the network telecast final round ofe the masters. that's why we can't show you highlights right now. jason day and adam scott are in the lead down the stretch at augusta. tonighte on the masters at 11:00 p.m. sparked by controversy before the green flag dropped, the cup series race in texas received criticism for letting the national rifle association purchase the sponsor rights for the spring race in state.e star on the track, no one could catch kyle busch as he completed the clected a pair of checkered flags. on pitnseth with issues road early in the race, dealing lug nut.ose luckily, no one was hurt in the incident. to victory,d leading the most laps along the way. question, atlanta braves are the hottest team in baseball out of the gates. washingtonthe nationals 9-0 this afternoon. the braves completed a three-game sweep on the road, moving

the general commanders of the army, navy, air force, and the national guard, the national will varian militia, all of the military leaders from throughout the region. the interval defense forces, all of these, you have to know what it is to be here in the forefront and to feel that flame as commander, that flame of commitment to the nation. the strength that we have with an armed force that is ready. as a colleague said yesterday, he said, well, i would just like to announce here, comrades, new tasks are going to be assumed by the bulgarian armed forces so that they can join into the social and economic development. new paths and tasks to be assumed. we are going to implement many of the ideas that he had launched. we see the discipline, the training, but of moral force and the moral support by the people. let's make this a six year time of economic and social prosperity and ethical success. i know that i can rely on the national bulgarian forces to go into the neighborhoods, for example. the major housing initiatives. we have already provided 1,603,000 dwellings. we are going to go u

across the nation. in these innovation hubs, businesses will partner with universities and federal agencies to turn regions around our country into global centers of high-tech jobs. the budget also includes new initiatives to support manufacturing communities, including a new tax credit to strengthen dusht to attract investments -- durability to atrack investments and jobs and to help draw investment around the world to our shores. if we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas. that is why the budget maintains a world-class commitment to science and research, targeting resources to those areas most likely to contribute directly to the creation and transformational technologies that can create the businesses and jobs of the future. no area holds more promise than our investments in american energy. the budget continues to advance my all-of the above strategy on strategy, investing in clean energy and development, promoting energy efficiencyy in our cars, homes and -- effi

along with the national security agency, the national geospatial intelligence agency and the national reconnaissanceoffice and thinteencen etservices erts of the department of de that are also elements of the intelligence communy thatth direct clapper hits. director clapper while much of the information that you provide to policy makers in putting members of congress cannot be shared with the public because of its sensitivity and classification. the people who elected us to serve deserve the best information that we can publicly provide them. so we are glad that you and the general are with us this morning to do just that. among the challenges that we face is a self-inflicted wound, one with the fact that director clapper has rightly said amplify the other threats that we come from around the world that challenges the and prioritized cuts required by sequestration. this committee is interested in hearing from both of you today about the impact of the fy 2013 sequestration and the impact it's having on the intelligence community's ability to provide us for the national security. the se

5 percent just on the national average. for african americans is 7 percent and asian pacific islanders is 15 percent. that's what we have. >> so if it's 70 percent white, that means the other category is anything. it's probably about 3 percent. >> right. >> thank you. i wanted to make sure i understood. >> sure. >> then the next one is age. you can see our age breakdown. right now with our first cohort. the split is between a younger age cohort of 18-24 which is the highest group we've got right now which is at 43 percent. the 25-39 is 21 percent and the older age group is at 36 percent. and just to give you a little comparison, for my age demographic for city billed probably falls higher to 39. the idea that we are capturing a younger crew, i think is important and that's a good thing. for gender, we are actually a little higher on male than female. the national average of it for women is at 27 percent and we are at 39 percent. we want to make sure we are tapping into as much diversity as we can. in terms of education, you

the nationals are in miami tonight. they are hoping to beat the team they slept in the opening season. the braves shut up and that yesterday 9-0. gnat's shut out the yesterday 9-0. ut out theves shou nats yesterday, 9-0. >> we have some video we want to show you. this was sent our way in boston. >> look at that crowd. >> have you ever been to the boston marathon? it is a huge cultural thing. the whole city of boston basically shuts down to celebrate and watch this. you cannot live online. i have been watching it a little bit this morning. 30 degrees is the temperature right now in boston. it may be a little cool. last year they had record heat. they are happier to see this this time around. let me show you what we have here. 60's.atures in the a little bit of light rain and mist and drizzle in washington. for the most part it's to the south and west of that. take a look of the rainfall totals, it hardly amounted to anything. everyone under a quarter of an inch. had 600th of an inch in culpeper. if you spots drizzly at t

people here in the state of california and the rest the nation in times of disaster. but there is work that needs to be done. first, we need to find a way that we can share capabilities that are resident within each of our organizations. as the commander of the army national guard you would think i know what forces are available in the army reserve in california. but i don't. i don't even know who their general officers are. i have no visibility on what forces are available at camp pendleton depending on your deployment cycle what fleet week can bring to bear. and we need to find a way, perhaps dcl, north palm being the broker of that, to maintain a better capabilities database so we know what is immediately available because under our old constructs, if we needed additional help in the national guard in california, we would go to the national guard from other states and that may be 1500 miles away. and that capability could be right down the road or down in san diego in one of the reserve components or in the active components of the marines or the navy and we need t

the national prayer breakfast. in fact, some students at johns hopkins medical school asked for him to be booted out of the commencement address because in part the national prayer breakfast. >> it wasn't the right venue for doing it and in my view didn't live up to the purpose of the breakfast. >> to do it at the national br prayer breakfast, to be celebrating national harmony and unity totally out of place. >> megyn: now some are wondering the same people who had an issue with dr. carson have an issue with the minister who attacked republicans at an easter sunday service attended by the first family. we will speak to the two folks you just heard in that clip about where they stand now coming up. and michael jackson's mother back in court reportedly seeking 40 billion dollars from the people she claims worked her son to death. that's their theory. it's a wrongful death case against the promoters of his concert. we'll have the latest on that lawsuit going on today. did you know that if you wear a partial, you are a

steering community and america 's live cup and the nation. they are very nice people. this is not a criticism at all of the america's cup. thank you. okay. that completes the public testimony. the mayor is not with the commission. commissioners? you can go first. >> so, i have been following this very closely and have been reading about what live nation has done and i would like to say that i think live nation has shown good faith in working with neighborhood. i do understand there is going to be an inconvenience. a 5 month inconvenience. one of the big things that happens in our city, say janet jackson is going to perform, she spends her money in our hotel and all the residents conquer, we are a city currently strapped for money and i think what we have to look at since they have obviously, the concert is not going to 11:30. i have 10:30 and 11 p.m.. i understand it's an inconvenience i would rather see the neighborhood organization lobbying their mayor and supervisor for money to go from this inconvenience to go and tackle an inconvenience

gun owners but the gun manufacturers. >> reporter: on the national level, the shame on the senate call from president obama, my question is did the democrats did they throw in the towel too early on gun ban. >> absolutely. there is no way in the world they should have allowed the process of the so called don't continue to talk when you get into the filibuster, it's a don't continue to talk. the democrats should have wanted a continuation of conversation even until this day on this issue. they have only benefited from an expensive dialogue on gun control in this country. >> call these guys out. >> absolutely. call them. >> reporter: would that have worked in the public ranks or would they have had a split. >> the democrats that voted against it from states where 55% of the citizens own guns and they're up for reelection. people who gun activists are passionate about the issue. people who are not gun activists, they'll vote for someone who isn't on their side. >> there are only about 5 state as, north dakota, west virginia, arkansas. >> reporter: my question would be does harry reid and

passage of the national defense authorization act in addition to all the measures that have been taken domestically over the past twelve years america has waged two wars overseas that across the country more than two trillion dollars but after the events that unfolded about boston marathon bombings many critics believe that washington has spent a large amount of money and wasted a lot of resources and at the end of the day it has not kept americans any safer. this illusion that technology is going to save us that filling our skies with drones and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airport to airline passenger as of the intentional terrorists just going to save us is to use an incredible delusion i mean the causes that are possible here range incredible inequality in our society the promotion of violence in our society the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology. is an incredibly misguided delusion it's just not going to have earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry in

national parks, and of course the civil war which was the highest rated series in the history of american public television. please join me now in welcoming back to the national press club to discuss his latest film mr. ken burns. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's good to be back here. oom thrilled to be back here. let me not bury the lead. on april 16, that's this coming tuesday, pbs will broadcast our two-hour film "the ceral park five." this filwod t have been made without the help of extraordinary numberle. to knowle in this r i imporntom th wou like to wemyroctionartn yd parcularly i sharon rockfuler who is up here. they have been the best production partners anyone could imagine. th on a number of projects. nd and we have counted on them having our back. and they've had our back through the many decades that this association has gone on. and i've been blessed to have that association. i happen to be one member of an extremely important family. and that is public broadcasting. there is no other place on the dial where you can get the kind of quality work that happens only on publ

the nation is sick. trouble is in the land, he said, confusion is all around. but he saw reasons for hope. i know that somehow only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. i see god working in this period of the 20th century in a way that men in some strange way are responding. and wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in johannesburg, nairobi, new york city, atlanta, georgia, or in memphis, the cry is always the same. we want to be free. this global vision of the world led me to see that the african-american struggle was only one aspect of a worldwide struggle which i have come to see as history's greatest freedom struggle. during the past 2-1/2 centuries, a majority of humanity has overcome major systems of oppression. notably inherited forms of status based on race, class, and generalder. and this transformation of the world's peasants, and many of us are not too many generations removed from peasantery, has been the most important achievement of the modern age. * and i have learned that this freedom struggle has been accomplished not sim

the museum with the artifacts and the papers that belong to the national government that the national archives will run and own. but it is different in the sense that for one thing, we have the institute as part of it. the policy part of it so the policies that are discussed in the museum and in those papers in the archives are carried forward with our institute. the separate foundation part is separate from the national archives really. it is like the other presidential libraries in some ways but the institute makes it different. also, the institute gives george and me a way to work for the rest of our lives really on policies that are most important to us when he was president. >> i would like to say this, i think our institute will be different rather than just turn out paper, we're putting programs in place that will deliver result, where it is ribbon -- pink ribbon/red ribbon. we have programs that people support and here are the results many women involved in the political process of egypt. we wrote a book about how to grow the private sector. we have specific programs that are

the course of several days that good work was possible for public defenders across the nation but the greater context for which they labor order made it few in effort. attorneys left in a blaze of fury until they out after a few years. carol d -- is a public defenders office. 21 hardworking public defenders in new orleans are let go and greg bright, i'm going to read you an excerpt about his case. an attorney returned to england after several years of immersion in the program. after 30 years decided not to seek reelection. joseph ramon quit in frustration after trying his first death penalty case. is j ramon here? he's in the back. he actually, we talked afterwards a couple months. he works in a bar. he drinks a lot less as a bartender than as a public defender. in some ways dawson's speech has missed the mark. most of the public defenders are not particularly interested in being vigilante soup heroes. they want back ups thechl they want to work in the existing framework to protect the clients rights and they want the time and resources to do their jobs right without having to reduce

as the investigation begins into the collapse of the nation's major banks. a call for restraint from the united nations today. secretary-general ban ki-moon once the korean peninsula crisis could spiral out of control. he made the comments after p'yongyang announced it was restarting its nuclear program. >> washington has condemned the move as extremely alarming and is calling on russia and china to do more to rein in the unpredictable regime. >> in 2008, the north koreans blow up the cooling tower a year after the nuclear facility was shut down, but the government in p'yongyang plans to restart the plutonium plant as soon as possible. the reactor is capable of producing just 5 megawatts of power compared to state of the art plants capable of churning out 1,000 megawatts. analysts say north korea already possesses enough nuclear material to produce eight nuclear bombs. with it back on line, the material could multiplied in the years ahead. the united nations secretary general warned against further escalation on the korean peninsula. >> nuclear threats are n

it's a summer day in yellowstone national park; the nation's first national park. gateway cities like west yellowstone bustle. traffic snarls yellowstone roads as if a major city. the park resembles anything but the tranquility sought. animals that make a brief appearance find an adoring crowd. they are the rock stars of the national park world. rocky mountain bighorn sheep walk precarious cliffs oblivious to crowds below. yellowstone's elk are accustomed to traffic. they blend in as if just another tourist themselves. scenic wonders like artist's point are crowded with tourists. natural beauty is an attraction. early leaders of the wilderness movement saw development of the national parks as commercialization. is this conservation or is access simply a part of american democracy? it's an enduring question of the great debate. wilderness wouldn't be wilderness without the animals of the west. controversy continues regarding the endangered species act and specifically grizzly bears and wolves. wolves are the most controversial animals in the wilderness war. wolves w

the last thing the world needs is more nuclear nations at the very time the nuclear nations are trying to reduce their current numbers of nuclear weapons and control this danger. we face the question of iran. iran knows very well it has an opportunity this weekend. the iranian people are great people. they have a long history. many times longer than the united states of america. they have an ability to rejoin the community of nations to get out from under this isolation if they will choose this simple ways of proving, as other nations prove, that they have peaceful nuclear energy. it's that simple. it is not complicated. our hope is that that initiative can began in earnest this weekend where we will have a team prepared to negotiate and in the days ahead, we can reach another -- and understanding that will move us. trying with respect to the korean peninsula to make the world safer. that is what this is about. we have no ambitions there. i think they know that. we want to see a peaceful community of nations trading with each other, working to improve the lives of their citizens and th

international program at the national resources defense council bill anthony welcome to the program both it's a pleasure to be on time and i thank you glad to have you with us a bill. and so it's time thanks bill so bill let me start with you what what's your take on the public consciousness of the you know i would call a crisis of this oil spill potential crisis as a consequence of these spills has this awakened anybody as a getting any media attention attention it's getting a lot the facebook post we put up was the largest one we've ever a million people if you bet picture of oil spewing down that sidewalk and those people all know that the proposed keystone pipeline is ten times larger than just paid just this pipelines so multiply written you see by ten and then river of oil becomes a nag or oil this is what people in nebraska have been talking about very long time . so and think what. what was the status of the keystone x.l. pipeline was the legal regulatory you know i know they're taking they're using the fifth amendment take land on taxes of it what's going on well right now

the national front to overthrow the country transformation into a developing nation. with the world economy slowing down and cost of living rising, najib a popular measures. he is delayed implementing a tax, increased cash distributions to look for an increased salaries to some civil servants. this election is not just about forming a majority in parliament. a failure to have two thirds majority or even improve on last year's results will likely fuel disappointment within his heart he and could cost him his position. najib ace the strongest opposition the country has seen to date, led by the former deputy prime minister. the fundamentals are different, it isanwar's from us to dismantle race-based policies. >> race-based politics is slowly breaking down and malaysia because it slowly makes less the idea you should only spot -- support someone from your own race. from your own religion. >> some economists say malaysia's affirmative action policy in favor of the majority race has helped the country back economically. but doing away with the policy so entrenched will not

divided nation now already people watching the stability the future the future stability of venezuela are sort of doubtful seeing that how closely divided the nation is we saw that us and be had downgraded the country from a stable to a negative outlook this just shows you that investors are probably jittery and also you know this country sitting on one of the world's largest oil reserves people we're watching how this will move forward the first most importantly for people here is becoming united and moving forward because they have a lot. problems that the president has to solve this month or it is that you know the real speech has acknowledged that crime security is the number one problem that you have food shortages medicine shortages lighting a divided population military government it's a long list and so he's starting off with a weak mandate a divided nation and he has a lot to prove again he's the first president ever which obviously has very big shoes to fill. a quick look at some other international news now a huge earthquake in the society western chinese province of sichua

all the foods a growing nation demanded. so why, just 20 years later, were so many farmers forced to leave the land? their problems began with the entry of the united states into world war i. president woodrow wilson challenged the nation's farmers to dramatically increase food production. "food will win the war," he told them. announcer: wheat will win the war. plant wheat. plant the cattle ranges. plant so they get lots. plant wheat. wheat for the boys over there. wheat for the allies, wheat for the british, wheat for the belgians. wheat for the french. wheat at any price! schoumacher: as their "patriotic chore," man and machine opened new lands. productivity and profits soared. farmer kenneth littorecalls his father's wartime effort. during the outbreak of world war number one, there was a great drive put on to increase feed supplies and food supplies to feed not only our army and civilian population but populations in europe that had been overrun. and in so doing, he thought he was doing the patriotic right thing and bou

domestic agencies like the nationals students association. colby is a controversial figure because he favored cooperating with congress he favored negotiating a an agreement with congress that would establish the parameters in which the c.i. could operate that went against the standard culture which which held that espionage is entitled total sleekly complete secrecy right so really from the one nine hundred seventy s. on when you had the church committee investigations and colby's willingness to cooperate with them to a certain degree the cia has had to negotiate its program with congress and congress can say what it's war what it wants but the people on the only intelligence committees and subcommittees were informed about what was going on which is a good thing it seems yeah it is but this is not for congress cannot come back now and say the cia was acting as a rogue elephant. it's a no no in the in the middle we have left as a historian who's looked at the whole arc of the cia any thoughts on the direction that they should be going right

back in dc's the national's had the best -- who would have thunk it. and being on this ship, skipper pringle, congratulations on a great ship and a superb crew. as you get higher up in the navy you get less and less opportunity to be on a ship as i head back to the bureaucracy, my only request to you is for god's sake take me with you. i'll work in the engine room, i'll chip paint, i'll do anything to be hayes-white gray and underway. i'm responsible to them primarily for our wartime mission. my job is the readiness mission, as is yours. i have to be ready for the next big thing whatever it is. it may be somebody that's blown up, it may be a unit taking fire, it may be a mass casualty, it may be mass relief or to those of our neighbors and allies, it may be somebody getting ready to deliver a baby. imagine we are sitting in this venue oopbd all of a sudden your pager goes off, your associate comes up and taps you on the shoulder and says, you need to see this. there has been a bomb that's gone off in our nation's capital or los angeles, a nuclear devic

the last thing the world needs is more nuclear nations at the very time the nuclear nations are trying to reduce their current numbers of nuclear weapons and control this anger. we face the question of iran. iran knows very well it has an opportunity this weekend. the iranian people are great people. they have a long history. many times longer than the united states of america. thousands of years. they have an ability to rejoin the community of nations to get out from under this isolation if they will choose this simple ways of proving, as other nations prove, that they have peaceful nuclear energy. t's that simple. it is not complicated. our hope is that that initiative can began in earnest this weekend where we will have a team prepared to negotiate and in the days ahead, we can reach another -- an understanding that will move us. trying with respect to the korean peninsula to make the world safer. that is what this is about. we have no ambitions there. think they know that. we want to see a peaceful community of nations trading with each other, working to improve the lives of their

nation. >>> in the wake of the bombing, the nation has come together to support the victims. that includes a sacramento couple who each lost a limb in the explosion. that is an exercise class helping raise money for the couple. there is a bay event for the aaron hearn and his family. donations are going to his recovery fund. those who can't participate can still donate on the website. >>> a lot of new questions right now about the new east stand of the bay bridge. >> a big story this week. the problem appears to be a question about bolts. how do they break and what's going to be done to fix them. >>> an environmental wrecking ball. they're using -- [indiscernible] >> federal plans to shut down an iconic oyster plant. >>> plenty of sun out there in the bay area today and temperatures warming up. we'll have the forecast. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. it's 7:40. okay, in the north bay we've got an unusual fight that is pitting environmentalists against one another. >> stuck in the middle, an oyster farm. we have more on the federal fight to shut it down and the bi

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., april 11, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable virginia foxx to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip imited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. the regulators continue their reign of regulation terror on businesses across america. jerry mckinney from crosby, texas, wrote me thi

right now to get an overarching sanction from the united nations the u.n. security council's deadlocked a largely because of disagreements between russia and china and the rest of the of the security council members and without that you don't have the international legitimacy that's going to allow this sort of intervention to bring this to a close look kind of intervention should there be if i can stay with you marc. sure i i think probably the best option is of course the sation of hostilities and by that i mean the attacks by this the syrian military against the population of syria a peaceful transition of power to a transitional government where then you could have free and fair elections later on and that may require some sort of i think in best case un mandated peacekeeping presence i think bosnia provides a particularly good model but my assumption here is that you can bring the security down to a level where the active fighting has largely been concluded before any sort of peacekeeping force would be able to enter syria john what do you think about t

republic of korea, the nation's biggest holiday. the u.s. and south korean officials believe the threat of a missile launch to be dragged out for some time. many experts predict the young menacing leader will make some sort of move to bolster his image. >> secretary of state john kerry will make one more stop before returning to to he will fly to chicago to meet with the parents of the young girl who tried earlier this month that a suicide attack while delivering text books in southern afghanistan. john kerry talked to the parents after she died and today he will meet them in person. >> in iraq, officials say a series of bombings in several cities killed nearly 30 people and injured more than 100 others. the bombings were reported in baghdad, falusia and towns south of baghdad. these occurred less than one week before the iraqi about since the u.s. troop withdrawal >> a 27- year-old 27eldersburg was killed when her blackhawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan last month and flags will be at half staff in maryland and washing

talks between the united nations this united states in the so-called united nations forces and the north koreans they were considering using nuclear weapons on that country so obviously if there's going to be any threat of nuclear war between north korea and the united states it's going to be on the part of the united states yes indeed the only country that someone dropped nuclear bombs that during a war time the media doesn't seem to be talking with the other side of this hostile situation u.s. and in stealth bombers live fire exercises between the u.s. and south korea or the u.n. imposing sanctions over and over again is north korea simply responding to the threats that have been happening for the last couple of years i think so without a doubt i mean not to mention there was a war between the united states the united states was extremely brutal but i mean you know in the past decade just the past decade we've seen the united states invade iraq afghanistan wage war in somalia all across the african continent all across asia recently did the asia pivot significantly put more troops in y

the navy, the marines, the air force and the army are participating in the parade as well as the national guard. we'll also have the universal sole circuits out so it will be a great day for families to come down and enjoy the day. we are definitely well prepared and people have been up all night. as you can see, it's a strong presence of police down there now. >> terrorists try to strike fear in our hearts and to shake our resolve, but emancipation day is a very special day celebrated in the district because people didn't allow their resolve to be shaken. explain to those who are unfamiliar with what this day means, especially in the district of columbia. >> this is a very unique holiday for the district of columbia. 151 years ago, president abraham lincoln executed the d.c. emancipation compensation act which freed the 3,100 enslaved persons in the district of columbia. it's the only time in the history of this government where it paid $1 million to the enslaved owners to release the 3,100 enslaved people. so this occurred nine months prior to the execution of the emancipation proclamat

welcome to the national press club. happy easter and passover season to everyone who celebrates those. and happy spring. will the world's leading organization for journalists and, as we say, the place where news happens. my name is bob wiener. have we are honored to congressman elijah cummings of baltimore, presenting it a reality check on congressional gun legislation. the representative is a ranking member of the house oversight democratic reform committee. the congressman is the former chairman of the congressional black caucus. now with more than 100 co- sponsors on gun tracking legislation. he takes the gun safety issue personally and points to his nephew, 20, murdered by a gun shop when he was a student. despite projections of prompt action in the newtown, conn. massacre, including 21st graders, neither chamber has moved to final passage. president obama insisted in his state of the union address that victims of mass gun violence deserved a vote. joeident obama designated , including an assault weapons ban, limits

in the budget,ly propose a significant investment by the national institutes of help, darpa and the national science foundation to help get this project off the ground. i'm directing my bio ethics commission to make sure all of the research is being done in a responsible way. and we're also partnering with the private sector including leading economies and foundations and research institutions to tap the nation's brightest minds to help us reach our goal. and of course, none of this will be easy. if it was, we'd already know everything there was about how the brain works and presumably my life would be simpler here. [laughter] it could explain all kinds of things that go on in washington and -- [laughter] e could prescribe something. so it won't be easy. but think about what we could do once we do crack this code. imagine if no family had the feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of parkinsons or struggle in the grip of epilepsy. imagine if we could research vtsd, ic brain injury or imagine if someone with a prosthetic limb can play piano or throw a baseball because th

on the verge of passing some of the strictest gun control measures in the nation. while the nra makes their

the way of winning this war -- we will win this on the national level by the way. the n.r. savement an amazing organization who believe in the right to self-defense and believe guns are not the problem, it's the people who shoot. another point i want to point out with jeanne on the panel. tell jeanne's story all the time. i think everyone needs to know her name and make her a household name. we need to make all the people who defended people over the years a household name and not glorify these killers. we are going to win this. possibly background checks but president obama needs votes from louisiana, arkansas and north carolina, senators who are not going to vote against the responsible gun owners in their districts. so i'm optimistic about nothing passing on a national level. gun violence is bigger than mass t shootings in this country. it's created by a failed drug war, a failed public school stham leads people to avenue news for violence for success. and government policy that's been destroying communities in this country for years. all of those things -- one of the be

one of the things that makes our nation special and dirvet from the rest of the world we're a nation of immigrants. it can't be said enough. what makes -- what distin wishes is because the a collection of the world's best and brightest. people who refuse to accept the constricts and limitations in the society in which they live. they believe they are december stinned for more. people have come here, millions of people over 200 years and worked to build the greatest society of all man kind. like every sovereign nation we have immigration laws and they edbe folwed. lt iweaveons ofuman beings who are in violation of the immigration laws. this is a problem we have to solve and it makes it worse that we have a broken immigration system. sitcomably kated even it does not reflect the needs of the 21st century. it is about modernizing our immigration system. it about attracting the world's best and brightest talent and keeping them. it is about ensuring that american businesses, not at the expense of the american worker but businesses have access to seasonal labor as needed. it is about enfo

we are the nation's capital. we will have enhanced security that some will, some will not be visible to the people who come down. i want people to feel comfortable, take public publ transportation and come and enjoy the event. event we feel comfortable that it's going to be a safe event.event. >> they are telling visitors to expect lines at security entrance as they increase their surveillance, expect to see more canine inspections at the u.s. . capitol as well. well. that's the latest from downtown as well. >> melanie alnwick reporting, thank you melanie.lanie. >>> in this morning's top stories, today is theay is the anniversary of the deadliestliet shooting rampage in modern u.s. history. on april 16th, 2007, a, a gunman killed 32 people and injured 17 on the virginia techh campus in blacksburg. blac remembrances are being held on campus all day today and starting at midnight with the e lighting of a ceremonial candlea >> the frightening moments aftet the explosions in boston werebor made more challenging whenn

in the presence of the leaders of the nations and many andesentatives of nations countries throughout the world, it is easy to forget the immense hurdles she had to climb. beginning in the upper floors of her father's shop, through oxford as a scientist and later as part of the team that invented mr. whitley's ice ice cream,ippy's she entered a political career. by the time she entered parliament in 1959, she was part of only four percent of women in the house of commons. she had experienced many rebuffs along the way, often on the short list of candidates, only to be disqualified by prejudice against a woman and worse, a woman with children. she applied herself to her work with formidable energy and passion and continue to reflect on her faith and politics, related to one another. and the jury lecture,aid athristianity offers no easy solutions to political and economic issues. it teaches us that we cannot achieve a compassionate society simply by passing new laws and appointing more staff to administer them. she was very aware that there are positions which are needed to make market

>> the nationals game last night, the baseball game starts at 7:05. they had to delay the game because the umpires got stuck in traffic. they didn't throw out first pitch until after 7:20. >> bill: that's how bad it was. i'll tell how bad it was. you want to know how bad it was? >> how bad was it! >> bill: because i got on the metro to come back from the white house yesterday. i had to stand the entire way to easter market. >> oh, my god. >> oh, no! what a rough day. >> bill: normally in the middle of the day on the metro nobody there, right? jam, jam jam-packed. there you go, by the way so we do have to, once in awhile, recognize and salute the accomplishments, the progress that we have made as a country and one of the ways that -- one of the reminders of that recently is this new movie the jackie robinson movie 42. david letterman saw it. he talked last night about what a powerful message that this new movie has for every one of us. >> it's about jackie robinson break the color-barrier in major league baseball. you think thank goodness. take a look

called the national press club. they do a lot of events that are the unveiling of reports and stuff. and as the place's name implies, it is a club for the press. so, people go there to talk about their thing and they invite reporters and photographers, they invite questions, they take questions on this thing, and they get press coverage for it. that's the whole point of this place existing. except yesterday, when the nra decided to unveil their school safety report, they decided they would unveil it at the national press club, but only in the presence of 20 or so ostentatiously armed men, armed guards to protect their presenter when he presented his findings to a room full of note pad wielding reporters at the national press club. according to "the washington post," the nra supplied roughly one armed guard for every three reporters. some of the guards had their weapons plainly exposed, others just had obvious bulges under their suit jackets. quote, it was a spectacle the likes of people who work at the national pres

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things that we've been watching at the national level is that at the national level republicans don't really want to talk about their aggressive social conservative agenda. they don't want to be known as the crusading anti-abortion activist party. near the chair, the democratic party in virginia, are democrats going to put issues of social conservative em, against abortion rights in your state and other matters? is that going to be front and center in the gubernatorial campaign? >> it already is, rachel. it already is. i can tell you people have their eye on ken kuch nelly and what he is doing and already, voters are in tune. it'll continue to be an issue because what we're talking about and what's at stake is women's freedom to access healthcare. er with talking about equality for every virginian. people realize this translates into our economy and how free we are going to be as a people of the common wealth. in fact, ken kuch nelly's extremism has gone into the business community. they are concerned about what he is doing, where his focus has been. >> virginia has voted twice now fo

>> i think it is the government or whoever runs the national flood insurance. the adjuster tells me he sent report sen. i have a lot of reports. i call the insurance company and they said they have insurance. never talk to the same person. no one has your case. they don't care. they just don't care. i think of our elected officials they have a lot to do with it. senators, congressmen, governor christie but not see anyone else. gerri: no follow-up. you know, what you say is interesting. you never talk to the same person twice. that is really frustrating. i called new jersey's state insurance department and never heard back, left a message. and i'm calling for the press people and i cannot get through. i have a heck of a time just getting through their call center. let's talk a little bit about the fact that this is a second home for you. a lot of the people out there saying that it is second hollanders are really getting stuck. people who live there as a primary residence are getting the money first. is that what you're hearing? >> yes, and they should. i agree