You have done, your family has done, and the service of your sons, all three of them, as well. When i read the book that you wrote the American Family a memoir of hope and sacrifice, what i found it about was not necessarily about a dark time in your life. What i found this back to be about, more about enlightenment for your son, an American Hero fork you, as a student of law, and for your family, as immigrants. And what provided that light, that beacon, what was that torch, i found, based on my reading of the book, was the United States, its people, its culture, and its constitution. And when i you see that right away when you open up the book, and it was funny because when i opened up this book, i thought i got a used book because i saw this, as you open up the first cover and you see some writing and highlights and notes and looks like one of my books because this how i do it. What i realized, this is a copy of your constitution your notes, and so i guess i want to start off with, w
Cloudy skies. Yes it is 6 00. Meteorologist chris sowers takes a look at the forecast. The roads are a little damp we had some shors even period of rain while aslup. For the most par precipitation is gone. The poconos a little bit cooler but not bad. Dover 57 and cape may presently checking in at 59. Lets go over to satellite 6 or actually well start you out here with the 24hour temperature change were anywhere from a good 515 warmer than this same time yesterday. So you can see the effects of the breeze off the water. This will get us into the 60s and the 70s as we head into monday. Now were stuck in the clouds. More precipitation out to the west but most of that should stay out during the day. A little bit of leftover drizzle this morning, otherwise its cloudy and mild with a high of 66 degrees. Up into the 70s tomorrow then theres a big, big cooldown. Ill have details coming up in news a few minutes. A gunman walked up to a group of teensn a porch opening fire killing one person and
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Counterparts Transit Police never seem to be around when you wish there were and when they were too could not notice the slump of the shoulders sanders to shell filled appearance in showy the disillusionment with their job. When i arrived in los angeles and was astounded how different they were. First was clear they had not given up. The tailored motorcycle officers looked like the prototype model that they were for the film robo cop and acted the part. Like the rest of the lapd trained to seek out crime and confront and command a suspect in the aloof and intimidating and every commander. Even if the suspect only committed a minor infraction or done nothing at all wrong, that attitude alone seemed to start more trouble than it stopped and if you were black it was worse and more frequent. Every politician in in town seemed to kowtow to do the lapd to get into a public spat with a succession of chiefs number not afraid of anyone for cry wanted to understand the source of their extraordin
Youve commuted communicated something to them and them to us maybe two. So thats 11 part of this changing world. Its not just the docket. Its the world world that has changed. Youre not there because, our opportunities are not a function of individuals and their not a function of one philosophy or another philosophy. They are a function of a world thats changing and has changed and thats the point i want to get across because those are the challenges that i think, in part, we have to deal with. That is an inspiring note on which to end. What you have told us is that all citizens, not only america or around the world have an obligation to educate themselves about the constitution by listening to each other and divergent points of view. By bringing bringing people together and respecting the arguments on both sides you are suggesting they can learn from each other. That is what you were trying to do in this book and thats what were trying to do at the National Constitution center. I thin