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Lived in sumner, mississippi where the trial of emmett till was taken. While she was in memphis, she was Teaching School there. If you were africanamerican and in those days, you did not need a College Degree to teach school. She moved back to be near my dad. That is where they got married. That was in sumner, mississippi, in 1925. Easy woman. She would sing. Every day she would be Singing Church songs. Oh, she was something. You know, with four boys at that time, she had four day boi boys the h...

Good to have you with ustiously the rebellion in iraq appears to have stalled outside baghd baghdad. Residents spent another day watching and waiting for an assault that as of yet has not come. Sunni muslim fighters continue to hold several cities and towns across northwestern iraq including kurdist separatelyists and the isil. This weeks assault brought them within 55 miles of baghdad, a city they have vowed to capture. Iraqs shiia population has answered the call to arms saying they must defen...

And i really, really curious and how you respond to the book and some of its major themes. So, the book is a bit iffy hybrid. I was talking to a reporter earlier that said how would you categorize it and i said that is one of the harder questions you can ask me about the book because it is a combination pity it its partly a cultural history and partly a social analysis. Theres a fair amount of data as a former economist i couldnt resist putting that into it but its also in large part a personal ...

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, the democratic leader of the United States house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [applause] good morning. Mr. Vice president , president peres, mr. Speaker, mr. Leader my colleagues in congress, our friends in the senate, madame secretary congress is the story a congressional gold medal on a truly historic figure. Every one of us in this room will always be able to boast that we were there when Congress Honored this iconic figure and friend of america. Shimon p...

Somewhere a place for us peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere theres a time for us someday a time for us time together with time to spare time to learn time to care someday, somewhere well find a new way of living well find a way of forgiving somewhere theres a place for us a time and place for us hold my hand and were halfway there hold my hand and ill take you there somehow someday somewhere theres a place for us theres a place for us a time and place for us hold my hand and were...

The union between the two democracies, and we look forward to the next chapter in his extraordinary life. May it be as remarkable as those that preceded it. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the United States senate of the honorable harry reid. [applause] today we are gathered to honor a man whos dedicated his entire life to making the world a better place. I see in the audience senator dick durbin. He was with a group of senators that i left the middle east. I told senator...

In the west bank to protest the 17day conflict in gaza. The west bank burns as violence spreads in the middle east. Outrage growing over the shelling of the United Nations school in gaza. The badly burned wreckage of the al algerie jet has been found in mali. No one has survived. A couple has died after a tornado hit their campsite in virginia. Another sweltering day is in store for millions of people across the southwest, with record temperatures climbing well into the triple digits. Russians a...

That never tried to become an empire you my dear friends are presenting your nation. You became great not by taking. You became great by giving. God bless you. [ applause ] America America is a force for good, a force for focus, a force for peace. The world is fortunate that america continues. 60 years ago. America looked to the moon to discover a distant land. Today the United States is dealing a major scientific echo to reveal the secrets of the mind. We are partnered in that effort. May i say...

On behalf of all the people of israel, i want to thank you. My friend and israels friend, president barack obama for setting aside commitment to security. [ applause ] i want to thank each and every one of you of the American Congress for your unwavering, bipartisan and generous support to my people. [ applause ] thank you for helping us weather so many storms. And for giving us confidence to face the future. Friends, ladies and gentlemen. The challenge with which we face together we must fight ...

Yeah, 2 a day. I think i got 2. 25 after i was promoted to run the drill. On your very first job, you learned how to work with your hands, didnt you . Well, that wasnt quite the whole story. I worked in with my hands when i was a boy. Time was the agony of walking, going from mine to mine, looking for a job. I take it, then, that you during that period, you were able to lay aside a little money for future activities . Well i certainly laid enough money aside to get down to San Francisco and look...