Of the 1964 civil Civil Rights Act with former cbs correspondent roger mudd and former haroldtribune reporter andy glass. This is an hour. This session will be with two very distinguished guests today, two veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Just by way of introduction, were in one of the most historic rooms in the capitol complex, the Senate Caucus room, now known as the kennedy caucus room is the room where the mccarthy hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held, this is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. Its room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. Thereby have been a lot of inquisition, but today were not doing an inquisition, were doing a conversation and were very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. Andy glass was born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the United States during world war ii. He became a citizen in 1948. Hes a graduate of the bronx E High School of s
High school of science and yale university. In 1960 after he completed his military service he became a reporter for the New York Herald tribune and in 1962 he was assigned to its washington bureau. In 1963 he became the Herald Tribunes chief congressional corps spon dentd, having grown up in new york city and having read the New York Herald tribune, i always lamented when it folded as a newspaper, went out of business in 1966. But his career continued. He worked for newsweek, he reported for the Washington Post, he then came up here to capitol hill where he worked for senator hugh scott, the Senate Republican leader, he was a press secretary for senator jabets, then he went back to journalism. He went to the National Journal and also for cox newspapers where he was a column list. More recently were familiar with him because he was the managing editor of t hill newspaper and in 2006 he joined politico. So thats quite a resume over time. And our other guest today is roger mudd who was b
So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorates the ability of an inspired couple, armed only with the righteousness of their cause to help liberate millions from oppressive racism. We also commemorate today the ability of elected officials. Led by president johnson. Armed only with the desire for justice to overcome the divisions of party in order to help overcome the divisions of race. In october 1960, Martin Luther king, jr. Wrote to his beloved coretta from a georgia prison 230 miles from atlanta, a prison to which he had been hauled i
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. So just about a year ago, Anjelica Huston was in this very chair talking about her first home, a memoir in ireland called the a story lately told. She let us know she was writing more about her life. And i immediately asked her to come back when the book was done. She agreed. Since then, weve hung out in new york city. And now shes back in l. A. To join us tonight for the new book which is called the watch me a memoir. I am honored to have her back on this program. You kept your word, and thank you for doing that. My pleasure. I want to theres so much i want to talk to you about. Im glad ive got a full show and can do three or four nights with you given what you have in this book. I think i want to start our conversation with where your book essentially ends. I want to begin where you end. W this wonderful line reminded of an irish phrase. When you are faced with an obstacle on the Hunting Field it is said that
Today. Sue, bob kelly comes back into our lives after a day off, what is going on seriously. We wont see snow, it will be too warm for snow but up toward pocono mountains up there towards allentown. Are you seeing snow in allentown. Later. Later today. It doesnt start until after 12 00 noon. Right around nap time. Yes. What time is your nap time. We will sleep through it. Tail of two weather days. It is, start with the first half. The first tallies sunny to start. The it would be beautiful beginning to the day and a rainy owned for us and a snowy end for folks north and west. That is when weather drama begins. Bus stop buddy is geared up later on in the day with the umbrella but it will be sun toy start. Pretty soon too with sunrise at 6 47. 44 degrees in the the city with 7 miles an hour wind, and nothing just yet on radar but it is not that far away. The this is kind of a fast moving system. It is already spreading rain in the western part of the state, and if you are up in erie penn