>> elijah cummings was absolutely one of the best people i've ever met in my life. i knew elijah before i came to the congress. elijah's roots run deep. in south carolina, he is a son of south carolina share croppers. if my memory serves, his mother was one of 17 children. they came to baltimore in search of a better life. and so he was raised in baltimore. but his family was an integral part of all the activity that led to the original case that led to brown versus the board of education in topeka, kansas. elijah and i talked about that often. i would bring him back to south carolina to speak at various community groups and naacp banquets all over the state. he was just an incredible human