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The actual value of all this stuff, well over $1 million. the table was manned by an older gentleman who sat and sat and yawned and waited. his first sale didnt come until three hours later when a woman bought two pieces but only after talking him into a 50% discount. not a single person seemed to realize they were purchasing for peanuts what serious art dealers would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their hands on. banksy will continue to keep new york on its toes for the rest of the...

0 ramifications of it, chris. this has real impact on real families all across america. you know some are furloughed, and they know theyre going to get their pay when they come back. a lot of families are not in that situation. i mean, theyre flat out unemployed. 900,000 jobs have, you know, are estimated to have been lost because of this whole thing. i mean, this is deeply troubling. but whats equally troubling is our failure as a country and this institution and the president to agree upon a l...

0 things that come my way up here in washington, its not actually what id like. but look, the pressure and the pain is very real from this shutdown. its hurting the virginia 2nd congressional district, its hurting our country, and i really think the fight, to the extent there is a fight, and there is one, should really be about overall funding of our government and not the debt limit. and so, i would, based on what i know, i would support it, based on what i know. >> you, sir, are an outlier. yo...

0 february 7th, requiring a budget conference report in which both houses would come together to negotiate a budget by december 13th, and flexibility for agencies to implement budget cuts from sequestration. there may be some other aspects of the deal well get into. this deal comes after democrats rejected a plan crafted by republican senator susan collins, in part because it would have extended sequestration level budget well into 2014. there is at least recent precedent for mcconnell and reid ...

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0 while the guy was talking. >> this is the latest graduate school for terrorists. ray kelly the commissioner of police was talking a few days ago and said people are coming back to countries like the united states after this experience. so this does have a potential, if you will for blow back throughout the middle east but not just there. what happens there if you will wont stay there. that was the case with afghanistan, potentially the case with syria and part of the price we arguably pay for ...

writer for the liberal publication. tell us what you think about what the caller said about what he thinks the democratic party represents. the farmers, people themselves not just big business. >> well, look, i think i would make two points. the first is regarding the book itself. i dont make any claims to be writing without with a point of view. anyone who claims to be objective with a capital o is trying to sell you something. i dont make claims like that. the point of the book is no...

dubois editorializes on the front page of "the crisis." fdr does not support the legislation in 35, 36, 37 or 38 when it comes up, by 1938, eleanor roosevelt spends seven days sitting in the gallery of the united states senate, and shes surrounded by civil rights leaders, all people of color. when they ask her what eleanor is doing, she says, "i am bearing witness," and that to me is a powerful, powerful statement. so you have to look at, granted there was no legislation passed, but th...

later, as president, we got the americans with disabilities act passed, to make sure that tens of millions with disabilities had fuller access to the american dream. of course, these two instances are only part of a broader struggle for civil rights here at this forum and at other programs, you can learn how and why so many americans across this great land came together for a noble cause, basic human dignity, equal opportunity under the law, recognizing our diversity as a strength and ...

>> this program is one of a multipart look at archaeology on jamestown island, virginia. check the "american history tv" website, cspan.org/history for schedule information. this discussion is from a conference on the presidency and civil rights held at john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. among the topics, if drs world war ii interment of japanese americans, president trumans desegregation of the armed forces and president eisenhowers five appointments to the supreme court...