to decide whether or not to run for president. and there s plenty of time. i ve not made a decision to run, or not to run. the v.p. was front and center on the tv today after sitting behind the president on the tv last night during the big address. in the house chamber, the president was the only one to speak this time. but the body language of everyone there spoke volumes. constantly standing to applause. punctuated by biden standing by almost anything while boehner sat for almost anything except for a nice mention of himself that got a loud cheer from the assembled. how the son of a bar keep is speaker of the house. that was a nice moment, but as usual, civility is barely in
which way we can to curb urban violence, so that spoke volumes. secondly the mayors around the country are working on the same kind of cat trophic problems, what we have said, is is a catastrophic event that s occurring all over the country. it s also about education, also about poverty, about economic development, about personal responsibility, and it is about a culture of violence that has developed in this country that s resulted in far too many deaths. it s an all hands on deck point. we have to say this level of violence on the streets of america is irresponsible. and i think that the country is ready to look at this in a broader way than just guns or just poverty. we really have to think about the culture of violence we have created, some through benign neglect and some there
week in their verdict. they say this is a call for action that some certainly cannot end with some 100 cities where they re asking for justice for trayvon. as you mentioned, they re pushing for the justice department, asking them to file federal civil rights charges against george zimmerman, that in light of the verdict that many did not agree with this past week, turning their protests into dialogue. they re still here lingering in the square near the federal building here, talking with themselves, but earlier today we heard from the reverend al sharpton, as you mentioned, one of the organizers, main organizers for this, as well as a little bit of star power. jay-z and beyonce showing their support and solidarity here. they didn t speak. they didn t perform. they were quiet, but their presence here, many felt, spoke volumes. and so certainly showing their solidarity as well as you mentioned hearing from trayvon s mom and family members. michelle, obviously, you re talking about thei
sir. thank you very much. it s a pleasure to be here, but on a sad occasion. martha: it really is. he was such a gifted actor and, you know, really was able to master such subtlety in his performance that spoke volumes, right? absolutely. he was a very powerful technician. he was hugely trained as an actor. people think because he looked like tony soprano or tony soprano looked like james gandolfini that they were one in the same, they just walked in front of the camera and talked. no, not at all. he was a wonderful actor with great training. it started with meissner s school for two years, and he was coached throughout his career as tony soprano by susan aston who is one of the teachers of the actors studio drama school of which i was the founding dean, so he has a very close connection with the studio. martha: yeah. let s listen to a little piece of sound from an interview you did with him a while back.
do well. that is different than it is economy where we punish people for doing well. i wish the president s economic policies are based on that premise and clearly they are not he said we need a 100,000 new teacher classroom is it the responsibility of the federal government to hire teacher a local school board? your schools are your responsibility in your community and state. there is nothing in the federal constitution that said the federal government ought to hire teachers for you. if you think you need more teachers hire them in your local level and let your school board decide who they are and what they teach. it was not just what the cand date said that made the difference body language that spoke volumes. you can see the difference. mitt romney spoke to the president and looked at him. unfortunately, the president never looked back and as you