Fight Money Laundering. Another concerning the display of the p. O. W. M. I. A. Flag. You are watching live coverage from the floor of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by guest chaplain reverend dr. Marilyn monroe harris, First Baptist church of teaneck, teaneck, new jersey. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, our gordon, how excellent our god, how excellent is your name on all the earth. We thank you for this day and we pray for those who gather in these hallowed halls and serve the United States of america. We pray that you sustain their physical bodies and wrap your arms around their loved ones. On this day, we ask that your holy presence become manifest, guide all with wisdom and discernment to implement just and sound policy. Engulf all with compassion for humanity and creation, infuse our hearts with your love. For it is your love, o lord, that is transformational. It is your love that seeks the greater good. It
Joining us is a history professor at the university of South Carolina but also the editor of the product of the Miller Center at the university of virginia. Mr. Germany, thanks for joining us thank you. Its my pleasure. Joining us from new york, joseph califano, the assistant for Domestic Affairs from 1965 to 1969. Also secretary of health and welfare from 70 to 79. And the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Nice to be with you. Before we go into the conversation and the phone calls, a little bit about your perspectives coming from mr. Germany to you first. The lbj project, what is that . The lbj project is a gold mine project in essence. It is a group of scholars at the university of virginia, public affairs. That is trying to get all of the recordings tribed, annotated. Everything you would need to know whats going on in the information. Editors there try to present it. We are trying to put everything out from the assassination all the way
Millville. With the wind though millville feels like two below zero. It feels below zero for pottstown, allentown and reading and zero right now is the windchill in wilmington. One is what it feels like in philadelphia. So youve got to bundle up this morning, and this afternoon, not going to be much better. 13 degrees at 7 00 16 at 9 00. And then at noon 18. But the wind will be stronger so its not going to feel any warmer than it does right now. Well go through it hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets check in with jillian mele. Good morning. A live look in bucks county route 1 at pennsylvania avenue. No cars out there. Completely clear. 95 looks good through bucks county and even some of your side street 202 parkway is clear. If youre waking up and taking mass transit, septa is okay operating on a normal schedule today. Normal schedule for new jersey transit. Amtrak operating on a modified schedule due to the cold weather and patco operating on a normal schedule th
Treat us cspanhistory. Take us back 50 years ago today. What was some like . And what led up to the idea of the march to montgomery in the first place . Reverend lafayette well, it was a very extraordinary. Extraordinary period in our history. Because what we were doing was basically giving a voice to the people who are voiceless. And that is what all these movements are about. Helping to give people a voice who otherwise would not be heard. We feel that if the voices of the poor, the voices of the disenfranchised, the voices of the suffering people are heard other people will respond. So, selma, alabama is that example of where people around the country and around the world heard the voices crying out for people not being treated equally as human beings. Now, the reason we were going to my comic alabama i want to make it there is because that is the state capital of alabama. We did not have much is there before from selma, but the reason we had this particular march is because of what
This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. I dont have a gavel to bring us to order. You all know that means keep the conversations to quiet. All right . We are here for serious business. The dean of the nations lawmakers have seen fit to convene us here today because of the extraordinary exuberance they have this matter of detroit , for its fiscal integrity, conclaves fiscal future, its economic background and the way in which the bankruptcy filing reflects upon and reinforces some very powerful and in some cases dangerous currents that need to be articulated and addressed. We are here today because one of the magnificent jewels in the crown of american democracy is under assault. We are under siege in the city. I say we because im a native of detroit, michigan. [applause] allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Michael Eric Dyson. [applause] Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church at 6125 each would. Dr. Frederick George Sampson the pastor of congressman conyer