booker t. washington said it -- excuse me, james baldwin said it, children are never good at listening to their elders, but they never fail to imitate them. if i want to know your character your haven't let me do this yet, but i want to hang out with your parents a little bit, and so let me draw this under your conversation and we won't swear them under oath and could you share with me what are their bedrock values that are most a part of your values now that you hope and pray are your grandchildren's unborn grandchildren's values. what are those most important values that you inherited from those two folk over there? >> thank you, senator. i inherited a number of debedro values, as you say from my extraordinary parents. my parents grew up in a time in this country in which black children and white children were not allowed to go to school