in the nineteen nineties during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag that astronauts had planted on mars when gently informed that no human being has ever been to mars because it s very far away. lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the , quote, science committee in congress and so on . we could spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories, and it s tempting. on capitol hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congress district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston, and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average for all the usual markers of civilizational decline, high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has, quote, served in congress for nearly 30 years. but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done
the turkish government. minister for freedom joinsnthe i us tonight. thanks so much for coming on . so that turkish government youan were informed by the u.s. government has put head? a bounty on your head, half a million dollar bounty. what does that mean, a bounty on your head? so, like, first of all, thankfoa you for having mvie, mr. carlso. i was doing a basketball campl p in vatican, actually , for, you know, christians, catholic, muslim and jewish kids. and i heard the news forch with the first time. and i had a i got in touch with fbi immediately and they said, come back to america. the moma flightat this moment.o so i took a flight the nextow, h day. and so, you know, this is thectl first time actually the turkish government puty a bounty on my head and put them in a most wanted terrorist list. just because of i talk aboutonsn the some of the human rights violations and political thatkn has happened ii n turkey . one and , you know, i m note the only one there are so many jou