welcome become to morning joe and thanks for spending your holidays with us. your neighbors. they love us. mo joe reruns continue with colin powell to discuss his book. lessons in leadership and life. the humble beginnings from scraps of paper in his desk. you start the book by talking about when you left the white house. you talk about how you would put slips of paper under your desk and they would be your rules. it was an informal thing, but you are doing the article and they noticed that you had these slips of paper loved under your glass on the desk. he asked my secretary is there anything about the general to close this piece? he said he has all these slips of paper. he asked me, what about the slips of paper. i read off 13 of the roughly 25 that were there. the clean ones. they made it into an article and 23 years, we have been giving out the rules. i started thinking about a new book and i never explained the rules. the first part of the book is how they occu
at the c-span video library. vfw what is slated director ray kelly talked about recently passed legislation to provide tax credits for businesses that hire veterans. the senate passed by unanimous votes. moves on to the house. here is the headline in usa today. give us a sense of the jobs situation among veterans in the u.s., and the second question, will the legislation do anything to address that? guest: veterans joblessness is at, especially for young veterans, 18 to 24 year olds, is 12.1%. the national averages 9%. bonn that category increased, the rest of their cohorts decreased. that gap is widening and will continue to widen as we bring more troops home from iraq and afghanistan. the second part, will the piece of legislation help? absolutely. there are more parts to it, everyone is talking about the tax credit, but there are more parts to it. there are extensions to extension vocational rehabilitation, to make sure that they have job skills that are tangible, that the
we have already volunteered to do a bipartisan event in the washington. let s get this show on the road. thank you, and god bless you. [applause] president clinton, thank you. it feels a bit like the rabbit who wanders into the territory of the eagles to speak after these folks here. [laughter] the difference is the eagles are friends. they are friends of everyone of us here. thank you. my name is john reynolds. i am the chairman for the federal advisory commission for the flight 93 memorial. it is my pleasure to represent an incredible partnership and its constant attention and action over the last decade. it is a partnership that is mostly invisible and unknown except to a few. it created a vision coming to fruition here as a result of diversity and commitment. it has created this national memorial, this national park. the partnership consists of five groups. they are the families of flight 93, a family members of the 40 heroes. flight 93 task force composed of family mem
another area on the high risk list. the government has made improvements in collecting, analyzing, and sharing information with the law enforcement but they need to further improve those efforts establish accountability structures to make sure that the sharing is occurring, and that the information that these stakeholders need itare being sent. it relates to the broader issue about the need for effective information relating to homeland security to be shared with law enforcement and others. host: cathy berrick the managing director of the homeland security and justice department. the report the department of homeland security progress made and work remaining in implementing the homeland security missions 10 years after 9/11. you can find it on there website. thank you for being on the program. tomorrow continuing our coverage of events relating to the 9/11 attacks including the president s trip to new york pa., and the pentagon for the 10th anniversary. he and the first lady
[applause] good morning. you may be seated. i am jon jarvis, director of national park service, and i am humbled to be here this morning for the families of the heroes of flight 93 to dedicate this memorial to your loved ones. today we also recognize those who made this memorial to the passengers and crew of flight 93 a reality. people from this community, from the state, and across the nation who share an unwavering commitment to make this field in shanksville, pennsylvania, an eternal tribute to those whose unselfish actions spared the lives of so many. thousands of people had made the journey to be here in this solemn place, and millions more are watching or listening to the ceremony. please, welcome you all. let me also welcome several of our distinguished guests. speaker of the house john boehner [applause] members of the congressional delegation who are here with us as well [applause] there are many state elected officials as well representing the state of penns