[background sounds] [background sounds] flags at the capital flying at halfstaff today in honor of the Washington Navy yard shooting victims. In the house and Senate Members of congress commented on yesterdays events and gun violence. We begin with House Minority whip steny hoyer. Frankly i dont know enough about the facts. I lost three constituents that lost their lives working in the navy yard. Two of them lived in Charles County and one of them lived in Saint Marys County to county in which i live. I am sure that it will renew the discussions about access to weapons that can be used to kill a lot of people quickly. We have seen however in colorado just in the past weeks to legislators who had the courage to vote for legislation which simply asks that we do a background check so we know who is getting guns which 80 to 85 of the American Public say is a sensible policy. Now withstanding that these two legislators will recall in a special election. One can analyze who comes out to the
Jackie oh , nancy reagan and her 2013 release, let freedom ring stanley tericks Iconic Images of the march on washington. Host author kitty kelley, how did you get into the unauthorized biography business . Guest with both feet. With both feet. I was a researcher for the editorial page the Washington Post years and years ago. When i left the post i thought it would be absolutely wonderful way to make a living. At that time i went to the editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, s
Where theyre able to stop for the night. We always joke, yes, he gets to the gates of them out and it was dark and gloomy that he saw. If youre here today, look, its a beautiful place, coaches. Once they got in amounts they realized there goes all the game. We will not find nine beads of nine pounds of meat a day. We have to rely on our native american friends to find a meet and the trail. That was what both the Indian Tribes were very instrumental in helping them. They met sacajawea in presentday north dakota at a place called the knife river villages which is where the indians lives. She had been kidnapped from our birth tribe and brought to the villages where she was either traded or bought by a french trapper. She was married to a french trapper when lois and clark came through, and since theyre looking for translators and people to interpret, they looked at him and he looked at her as also equals, being of their interpreters as they traveled up the river. She would have been she d
Editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, state week and i would write a chapter about what they were really like inside. I thought, this is it. Its it sold 14 copies. My mother my mother bought 14 and that was it. But i remember when i went to one place, it was called the hot springs. I would arrive on sunday and stay for the whole week and put that in the chapter. I arrived, and the woman at the desk said sit down, please. Weve had a problem here. We have some writer coming fro
About where you are going . Do you have the opportunities to get ahead . We are asking the yes and asking a yes and no question. The number is you can also send us an email, send us a tweet, or join us on facebook. Com. This is what the question looks like on our twitter page. Do you think there is an opportunity to get ahead in america i . , ifd on the new gallup poll you want to check it out it is online at gallup. Com. Opportunitynty of to get ahead here in america. The survey was released over the last couple of days. While the u. S. Has historically prided itself on an open ended mobility, celebrating rags to riches stories, rising income inequality and a normally and abnormally high Unemployment Rate can call the question just how accurate this cherished belief is. Politicians have focused on reducing social inequality as a key part of their policy initiatives. Fewer believing there is opportunity to get ahead. To get ahead. 7 00 eastern time as we moved back one hour as wheat an