an individual. eric: tammy, you know, i ve covered him for 30 years going back to 1984 when he was sitting on the subway tracks at grand central station. benson hurst, i covered that. howard beach, a young black man chased across the highway, run down after going to the newport pizzeria, a man savagely shot to death in a crowd of whites, but again, you ve got him in 1991 called david dinkins a noble man, using the n-word in public. people don t remember that, and does that past action now affect him today, and does that make him a moral or ethical leader that should be followed? look, as a form earn community organizer, we relied on an environmental situation created by politicians. when i was on left, to make
he was beginning to talk about this is the beginning of the end of the war in afghanistan with the first lady at his side the crowd in the marine base in hawaii erupted we have been in continuous war now for 13 years, over 13 years and next week, we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it is not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. reporter: but attacks are obviously still a big concern globally as isis continues kidnapping and beheading westerners and doing their best to inspire lone wolves. as the taliban keeps making headlines, most notably two weeks ago with their ruthless assault on a pakistani school that left more than 100 students dead. christmas provide a one-day distraction. the president used it to celebrate the sacrifices made by it members of the american military. in fact as he wrapped up his remarks he said the best present the country got on this christmas is the
scott says what cause have you lent your support to that you re most proud of? you know, scott, i ve fought a lot of causes, fought a lot of battles. you know what i m most proud of, january 12th, 1991, i was lead agnone violent march in brooklyn, new york, benson hurst. a young male had been killed. a young man ran out of the mob and stabbed me, tried to kill me. i confronted the fact that now i ve got though know what i really believe. i came up in the aftermath of dr. king s life, and i preached forgiveness and nonviolence. and i fought with myself to forgive that young man that stabbed me. i ended up going to court testifying that i forgave him and asked the jury to give him leniency. the judge gave him nine years in jail anyway. he wrote me from jail and thanked me for forgiving him. i got enough strength to come to
you can also find us online or send us a tweet by writing @ cspanwj. or join the conversation on facebook by looking for c-span. you can also e-mail us journal@ cspan.org. here is a story in the washington post ed o keefe writes the story some other headlines and the national papers. the usa today goes with this looking at some local papers, the hartford current has this on its front page the arizona republic says it says we also see the tampa tribune. reporting for the associated press, the story being carried inwe are getting comments coming into our facebook page. as we mentioned, you can join the conversation i looking for c-span. rrie says taking issue with this decision to move forward. mike saw this is a foregone conclusion. thoughts on the senate taking up gun control legislation? first caller, on new york, on the democrats line. caller: good morning. i ve got a quick comment i would like to make about this gun legislation that is going on. in n
are causing problems at the airports, additional delays. in fact, the winds have been so great that our satellite dish began to shake in the wind and interrupt our transmission, so it looks like a tough travel day could get even worse. megyn: and janice dean told us earlier there is another storm out west that is heading east which could cause other problems. david lee miller, thank you. we ll have an update on that momentarily. in the city of new york hundreds of thousands are still digging out today and are now sounding off how unlike new yorkers? some say they are outraged at the slow response to this storm and placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of mayor mike bloomberg. many, many roads and streets have yet to be plowed today, and some say the mayor abandoned the city s outer boroughs to pay special attention to the ritzy new york meaning manhattan neighborhood. i am in downtown brooklyn now, i live in benson hurst and