He was among Freedom Fighters of became mayors. And change the culture of those towns. Marion was a Freedom Fighter and a longdistance runner. You can cross the finish line with a resume, and add campaign, and some money and be on official but marion came not as a show horse but a workhorse. He came across the line with people in it. Lifting up the seniors and the poor and those was a backs were against the wall. He was a hero. He has got scars from his scars. He got his scars from his scars. Stars from his scars. Some will have only uniforms because they did not volunteer for the team. Cowards. Local changes a contact sport. Some make the team but never the field. Those on the field have grass stains and blood on the uniforms. No one ever hit a homerun or scored a touchdown from the bench or from the stands. If you play baseball, you get hit with a fastball sometimes. If you play football, you get tackled over and over again. Marion got bloodied, but never bowed. He died in office ser
Thousands of flights everyday connectors from one corner to another corner of the globe. But there is one serious difference. And that is the level of compassion. Let us not forget and transform individual compassion into global compassion. Let us globalize compassion. [applause] Mahatma Gandhi said, if we are to teach real peace to the world, we shall have to begin with the children. Let us unite the world ffor compassion for our children. [applause] i ask whose children are they . Whose children are they who harvest cocoa, but have never tasted chocolate . Whose children are they who are dying of ebola . Whose children are they who are kidnapped and made to work . They are all of our children. I remember an eightyearold girl she was sitting with me in my car right after the rescue. She asked me, why did you not come earlier . Her question shook me, and had the power to shake the whole world. What are we doing . What are we waiting for . How many girls have to go without rescue . Chil
Washington journal on the Affordable Care act. We want to take your temperature on this. You oppose or support it . Call in, send us a tweet, go to facebook, or send us an email. Start dialing in in, the phone lines are open. We want to know whether or not you support or oppose the Affordable Care act, or have you change your mind since the first year of implementation. The New York Times has a story about the Affordable Care act on its front page. It deals with medicaid. That is the front page of the New York Times with what is going on in kentucky. Were getting your thoughts on whether or not you support or oppose the Affordable Care act. Sam, good morning to you. Caller i support present obama on his health care. How can anything present obama goes through when the Republican Party will be in charge on the first of the year. They do not even respect the way america runs. The top leadership position in america they have nothing but whites. Then we hear this about steves the in louisi
Host welcome to washington journal. If you happen to have one or many past here or present, we are interested in hearing from you about your political hero, if you have one. Heres how you can call in this morning. You can also tell us your thoughts on your political hero on twitter this morning, or our facebook page. You can also send us an email. It was in the light of mayor cuomo, that cbs posted quotes from many leaders. The new York Attorney general said this got us thinking about this idea of political heroes, and if you have one. Again, you can let us know who your political hero is. It can be a political a present day hero, or from the past. All we would ask is that you take the line that best represents you. If you would, please turn on your television when youre on the air, and tell us why that person is a political hero. To give you a little bit of background this was released by gallup. They look at problems in 2014, look at concerns about the top political problem. In the t
Putting people back to work, creating jobs, and a new business such as aviation aircraft seeing the jobs created. This was a time when you made a difference in peoples lives and i wont be able to do it in the same way, so there is a feeling of accomplishment. I worked to the fullest of my ability every day. It is the greatest honor to be conferred on you, to be elected by your peers to serve in the public arena in this greatest democracy on the face of the earth, and to believe that is difficult. But i had intended to in the next two or four years to wind it all down and have another pursuit of my energies and interests, so it is the end of a chapter, not the end of a book. Thank you for talking with us. We appreciate it. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up on cspan, a discussion of the health care law, then regarding i