new york city, manhattan. i was going to say philly. nope i m in new jersey in asbury park at the new asbury hotel. marquis, is that what they call them. this is very fluid space. people enjoy coming here to play pool. put a record on and listen to it, it s just a gathering spot that makes our guest interact the locals and really experience everything. the asbury hotel is different in many ways. it is being seen as a social hub in town with great food and great fun for everybody. there is a pool for when it gets hot and pool tables and games. the roof is the amazing part of the asbury hotel. 430-0300 square foot rooftop with breathtaking overlooks the ocean. they offer a movie theater complete with popcorn, beer, wine and sunrise yoga. starting january 21 a winter program program began spread your the first to hear about it. they have installed an ice-skating rink. of course, i can t i skate skate because i fall every time i see it. it s open on the weekend for all
high school of science and yale university. in 1960 after he completed his military service he became a reporter for the new york herald tribune and in 1962 he was assigned to its washington bureau. in 1963 he became the herald tribune s chief congressional corps spon dentd, having grown up in new york city and having read the new york herald tribune, i always lamented when it folded as a newspaper, went out of business in 1966. but his career continued. he worked for newsweek, he reported for the washington post, he then came up here to capitol hill where he worked for senator hugh scott, the senate republican leader, he was a press secretary for senator jabets, then he went back to journalism. he went to the national journal and also for cox newspapers where he was a column list. more recently we re familiar with him because he was the managing editor of t hill newspaper and in 2006 he joined politico. so that s quite a resume over time. and our other guest to
of our republican forbids it. the principles of our freedom forbid it. morality forbids it. the law i will sign tonight forbids it. that law is the product of months of the most careful debate and discussion. it was proposed more than one year ago by our late and beloved president, john f. kennedy. it received the bipartisan support of more than 2/3 of the members and the house and senate. an overwhelming majority of republicans as well as democrats voted for it. it has received the thoughtful support of 10s of thousands of civic and religious leaders in all parts of this nation and it is supported by the great majority of the american people. the purpose of this law is simple. it does not restrict the freedom of any american so long as he restricts the rights of others. it does not give special treatment to any citizen. it does say the only limit to a man s hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall be his own ability. it does say that there are those who ar
so, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the civil rights act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. martin luther king, jr. and his beloved wife mrs. coretta scott king. they were my friend. my brother. and my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the united states senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. the congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorates the ability of an inspired couple, armed only with the righteousness of their cause to help liberate millions from oppressive racism. we also commemorate today the ability of elected officials. led by president johnson. armed only with the desire for justice to overcome the divisions of party in order to help overcome the divisions of race. in october 1960, martin luther king, jr. wrote to his beloved coretta from a georgia prison 230 miles from atlanta, a prison to which he had
of the 1964 civil civil rights act with former cbs correspondent roger mudd and former harold-tribune reporter andy glass. this is an hour. this session will be with two very distinguished guests today, two veteran reporters who covered the civil rights act of 1964. just by way of introduction, we re in one of the most historic rooms in the capitol complex, the senate caucus room, now known as the kennedy caucus room is the room where the mccarthy hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held, this is the room where john f. kennedy announced his candidacy for president. it s room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. thereby have been a lot of inquisition, but today we re not doing an inquisition, we re doing a conversation and we re very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. andy glass was born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the united states during world war ii. he became a citizen in 1948. he s a graduate of the bro