Agreed on a frame work, and were going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. The white house confirmed tomorrows meeting taking place just before senators leave town for their twoweek recess. Theres more on this glimmer of partisan process just ahead. Biden also putting his weight behind fighting a surge in violent crimes. Homicides up 24 . Gun assaults, 22 . Over the same period last year. Late today the president and Attorney General outline a new anticrime strategy focused on getting more money to Police Departments and violence intervention programs while cracking down on socalled rogue gun dealers. Zero tolerance for gun dealers who willfully violate existing laws. If you willfully fail to run a background check, if you willfully falsify a record, if you willfully fail to cooperate with the request or inspections, well find you, and we will seek your license to sell guns. Well make sure you cant sell death and mayhem on our streets. Biden also noted crime traditionally rises
[indiscernible] two songs i wrote in the summer of 1965. Look up yonder in the sky, what is that i pray . A bird, a plane, a man insane, my president lbj. Hes flying high way up in the sky just like superman, i got a little piece of kryptonite, im gonna bring him back to land. I said, come out, lyndon, with your hands held high, drop your guns, baby, and reach for the sky. Got you surrounded and you aint got a chance. Gonna send you back to texas make you work on your ranch, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. He can call super woman and his super dogs. It sure wont do him no good i found out why from a russian spy he aint nothing but a comic book. Gonna pull him off the stands, clean up the land were gonna have us a brandnew day and what is more i got the fantastic four and spiderman to help him on his way i said come out, lyndon, with your hands held high drop your guns, baby, reach for the sky got you surrounded and you aint got a chance gonna send you back to texas, make you work on your ranch
[applause] gave me an m m thank you, i needed that. 2, 3, 4 [laughter] [applause] please welcome to the stage mr. Peter yarrow singersongwriter and political activist and the executive director of the Grammy Museum at l a live joining mr. Country joe mcdonald for our next panel. [applause] well, joe, on behalf of everyone here i want to thank you for exercising your freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Thank you very much. [applause] 50 years. And boy, for those of us who were alive back then and remember that song and remember those days, that was one song that could always get a response going and it did even here. Interesting, huh . Look, every generation has a sound track. Every historical era has a sound track. Every historical moment. Every movement. Music has played a vital part in americas history. Its been there from the revolutionary times and it goes right through our history even today. And almost always the music was creative, expressive, and sometimes controversia
Ladies and gentlemen, please songwriterger Country Joe Mcdonald. [applause] [background chatter] [indiscernible] Country Joe Mcdonald look out yonder in the skies what is that, i pray a bird, a plane, a man in the same it is lbj he is flying high way up in the sky ust like superman i got a little piece of kryptonite back toa bring him land come out linden with your hands held high reach for the sky got you surrounded and you aint got a chance, dennis and you back to texas, make you work on your ranch yeah mmm, yeah yeah superwoman andll super duck it shows him no good i found out why from a russian spy he ate ate nothing but a commie book. Land, have us the brandnew day what is more, i got the fantastic work and spiderman to help him on his way. Ly y, mouth come out ndon with your hands held high got you surrounded and you a got a chance gonna take you back to texas, take you work on your ranch oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah gonna make him an agricultural worker part of his own Property Pro
But believe me the people in Washington Square never went on the other side of sixth avenue. At 8 00 p. M. On the presidency every time i look at washington its unanimous. Unanimously commander in chief, unanimously president of the constitutional convention. Unanimously president of the united states, unanimously appointed as the Lieutenant General and commander in chief of all the armies raised or to be raised for the service in the united states. What a record. George washington scholar peter enreekz explores that even though washington was officially retired he continued to meet with political figures from the thu capitol and was often called upon to craft policy. For the complete American History tv weekend schedule, go to cspan. Org. Thursday a discussion on regulating ecigarettes. The American Enterprise institute looks at the legal, legislative and Public Health implications of the fdas plans to regulate the product. See it live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. President obamas