Said i am so embarrassed, this thing. T into a great i was getting calls from president nixon saying you tell those girls to go to the devil and whatever. I had a lot of people for me. I did not want to get into a spitting fight with the girls but there was. On the plane going up, she didnt speak any english. We had an interpreter, and i said, do you mind if i work on my speech a little bit. She said, you are giving a speech . I said, you are too. She said, i am . She went into the ladies room, and i said to the interpreter, doesnt she know she is giving a speech . He pulled the speech out of her pocket and said, she knows. The speed. Proud of we worked very hard on it. I had given it at four or five other colleges that same spring. ,he university of pennsylvania the university of st. Louis, community college. Nobody gave a darn, but because of the controversy, the same everything. It made me, no question, because of the controversy people paid attention. Margaret thatcher wrote me tha
Point. Forget that story, duck dynasty impression, heres the real headline. Im a big fan of eating white castle burgers, theres 24 places you cant go to get them. Its going to be a good day. Despite the drama, the senate did take a concrete step towards avoiding a shutdown. Its a procedural vote and it sets up as you may know 30 more hours of debate on the underlying bill. Then democrats will amend this package to ensure the Affordable Care act is fully funded before what is scheduled for a final vote on friday. Obama care, of course, has dominated the debate over funding the government and it was a big theme for senator ted cruz who held the senate floor overnight in a nonfilibuster speech. Here are some things he said. You know, its a little bit like the World Wrestling federation, the outcome is predetermined. They know whos going to win and lose and its for show. Obama care is a far less intimidating foe than those i have discussed with the possible exception of the moon. Most amer
Over it. Weve fought as hard as we could in a fair and honest manner, and we lost. And we lost one of the reasons is, because we in the minority. The elections have consequences. People spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the president of the United States. All of us should respect the outcome of the elections which reflects the will of the people. They lost. John mccain unloaded on cruz with the truth, the truth that was missing during cruzs overnight circus act where he rambled on about dr. Seuss and star wars and nazis, and he spread epic miss truths about obamacare. Millions of people are asking for accountability, for responsibility, for truth from their elected officials. For truth about how obamacare is failing the men and women of america. Wrong. Today an important new report shows for 95 of uninsured americans, obamacare will cost much less than expected. The impact for young people right now that obama quare is having right now is absolute
And books on book tv. You can see past programs and their schedules that our website at, and you could join in the conversation on social media sites. And now, Taylor Branch, author of the multi it volume of america in the king years presents his thoughts on key moments in the Civil Rights Movement. This is about an hour 15 spirited. Thank you, mr. Hale. Thank you, atlanta. Atlanta history center. I have been heretofore. And glad to be back. I am glad to be back talking about something that has been a subject that has been due to me my whole life and is inescapable now. Im getting older, is my lifes work a lamb glad for it. This is another round. I beg to take more questions tonight than i normally do. I am going to try to sell some provocative things about why i think this history is significant and about this project itself, which is a little odd, to spend 24 years writing a 2300 page trilogy and then come out a few years later with a 190 page book. A lot of people who have read some
We have communities from all over the world, and you go to a naturalization ceremony, its one of the most inspiring things youll ever see, we have korean community, syrian communities, people all over the world, theres no foreigner to find to become a fellow citizen. We are not only the pioneer democracy in the world in building our constitution around an idea, but we are the only one that is really followed through on that saying that because of this idea is an idea that we are fellow citizens, in the Laboratory Come in experiment of government, that all of us are in this together in a shrinking world, and in the long run and how we relate to korean communities in indonesia and communities and that is a strength for us. That bill was passed in 1965, and i guarantee you not one person in 100 who studies the Civil Rights Movement understands that it is a third pillar, to build a structure that in the long run will be a great not only strength for america but a great inspiration. Not bec