If he would look up a scholarship and he was not qualified he would give it to me. He wouldnt be upset. We helped each other. We were in college. We were trying to get a so we could register for the next semester. We came up with creative stories every semester. [laughter] we get on a payment plan. We were real resourceful and did whatever it took to continue. It was tough. It was so tough that if a young person asked me today how would how did you do it . I couldnt you have to pray. You have to use the resources and tools and people around you. Go for it. Have faith its going work out. You have to let people see what youre trying to do and take the first step. It will come. It happened for all three of us which is phenomena which is we made it through with no money. Yeah. Continue watching booktv all weekend long for more nonfiction authors and books. Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. Visit booktv. Org for more of this weekends television sche
House promises a more aggressive response to hacking attacks. Were joined by house intelligence chairman mike rogers. And eyes on the road. Well reveal the real reason why almost everybody has dash cam in russia. Apparently in russia its common in your morning commute to involve a hatchet dispute, fighter chopper fly by, or, i dont know, tank how unfazed are russians . And the cows, they just got up and went on their way across the street. Unbelievable. Good day. Jim will bring us more on that in a few moments. Im Andrea Mitchell live in washington. If you ever wondered just why comprehensive Immigration Reform is such a heavy lift for lawmakers, just ask john mccain. He got an earful at a town hall meeting in arizona last night. Why didnt the army go down there and stop them . Because the only thing that stops them, im afraid to say and its too damn bad, but is a gun. Thats all that will stop them. The borders 2,000 miles long, sir. I dont know how much troops and army people you thin
0 mitchell reports, the chopping block. nine days to go and with no budget deal, the pentagon announces upcoming furloughs for 700,000 civilian employees. as his first speech as secretary of state today, john kerry issued a warning about the budget impasse. the looming days of budget sequester that everyone actually wants to avoid, or most, we can t be strong in the world unless we are strong at home. my credibility as a diplomat working to help other countries create order is strongest when america at last puts its own fiscal house in order, and that has to be now. mending fences. president obama calls marco rubio and lindsey graham to talk immigration reform as john mccain faces an angry town hall at home. i d like to respond to any questions or comments or insults that you may have. believe me, that is only the beginning. wait until you see what happens next. joe biden being biden. the vice president s frank advice to parents on self defense and gun control. if you wa
million billion dollar clean-up fund to be administered independently. our chris lawrence is live in new orleans this morning. chris, the president s heading down to the gulf coast again today. are we getting any information about what this new containment plan might be? reporter: yeah, we are, john. basically what this is, the coast guard is telling bp the plan that you had may have worked for what we thought was gushing out of that ruptured well. now that we think it may be twice as much, the plan s got to get a lot better and faster. bp has just started installing the first pieces of a new conduit system it says could contain 2 million gallons of oil every day. it s supposed to be ready in july. crews have also started building the first of six sand berms that could keep oil out of the bare y i barrier islands. oil-soaked birds, tar-stained beaches and local businesses are going bust which is why the coast guard gave bp a sunday night deadline to speed up its plans. the