when the students he recruited future supreme court justice clarence thomas and edward p jones who would go on to win the pulitzer prize in journalism. this is about 50 minutes. good afternoon, i would like to welcome everybody and start the program if we could. good afternoon and welcome. this is a wonderful turn out and we are happy to have everybody this afternoon. on behalf of the college as well as though as the holy cross public radio of boston by want to welcome you to this monthly lunch. i am greg. thank you for being here as we celebrate the publication of fraternity with author diane brady. an exceptional and accomplished journalist, diane has done all of us a great gift in telling the story of father bob brooks as well as in an extraordinary group of black students and how they are tied together at holy cross in the late 1960s to help shape their lives and changed the course of history. as one reviewer commented, fraternity brings to our attention for the
this goes all the way back to henry ford who provided the first fire engine to keep the mansion from burning down. we like to see that. that is what we see right there. it was built before that by the washington family. it was expanded by george washington. of course, the association has maintained this property so that everyone can learn about the life and lessons of george washington. they are a privately funded institution and it is part of the mission to help people everywhere learn about the principles of the founding. the topic tonight is perfect for what we do. we are really excited to have this special presentation for you. please welcome adrienne harrison. she is a graduate of west point who later went on to earn her phd degrees from rutgers university. she has been an assistant professor at west point. she served as 12 years as a commissioned officer in the u.s. army including three combat tour is in iraq. she brings a certain amount of experience to this project. s
today on c-span, the impact of student loan debt on students and parents, followed by a look at space exploration and innovation. later, a discussion on nasa s budget and mission. my first conservative was a friend of a friend i never met a conservative in my life. i was impressed by him, because he answered questions, he was very composed. he was not rancorous. he tried to gauge his responses to the level of my request. over the course and not understand of anything this guy is saying, but he is so damn polite. maybe there s something in his convictions. playwright and reformed the mamet.al david sunday night at 11:15 eastern. booktv. according to a report, the u.s. now has more student loan debt and credit card debt. next, a discussion on how to ease the debt burden on students and their families. hosted by propublica and the lower east side tenement of new york city. [applause] with a degree comes student debt. i m really happy to be here tonight. it is gre
we the people that can demand the politicians and congress resolve this fiscal cliff, but resolve it in a way that makes our country stronger. that s why the president s come here to metro detroit. we re the home for u.s. manufacturing. also we re the home for the american worker. we need to resolve our fiscal problems, but resolve them in a way that continues to investigation in training and educating our workers and advanced manufacturing and also providing the revenue that we need to still provide health care to our seniors and social security to those who depend on it. sir, let s talk about getting to the sensible center here. because as the politico poll that i referenced earlier off the top of the show indicates, 59% oppose significant cuts to defense but 75% favor across the board spending cuts. so where are you and other colleagues willing to start with those spending cuts? i mean, what are democrats willing to put on the table specifically? well, first of all, i
organization oh z work and why they are hoping the 113th will shift to the left. an upcoming budget battles between president obama and the 113th congress. after that, looking at the tenure of house speaker john boehner and what his legacy will be. plus your e-mails, phone calls, on c-span. [applause] chris christie delivered his state of address today and discussed hurricane sandy recovery efforts. the house is expected to vote on an additional $51 million in the package. this comes courtesy from the statehouse in trenton. this is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you. thank you all very much. lieutenant governor guadagno, madam speaker, mr. president, members of the legislature, fellow new jerseyans, since george washington delivered the first state of the union in new york on this day in 1790, it has been the tradition of executive leaders to report on the conditio