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ceiling. a familiar topic, but the circumstances this time are quite different. on friday, janet yellin announced that the united states will hit its debt limit this coming thursday. the debt limit is the maximum amount, according to law, that the federal government can borrow to pay for its obligations, to pay for things start to spend money on. that includes, all of the really important functions of government, everything from air traffic control to medicare and social security payments, congress decides what that limit is. so, secretary yellen wrote to house speaker kevin mccarth...

so did. mom >>'s our and blurry couples early years in boston. >> i would imagine it was a sweetness to that time. it wasn't very long after they were married, and after they left boston and settled in montgomery. and then for their, until the end of his life in 1968, it was a very public life. >> that bomb, now the mortal arms entwined, holding each other up, clinging to the dream. >> thank you to craig often, for sharing that very important story with us. this important night of remembrance and renewal. and on that important note. i wish you, a very good night. from all of our coll...

Jefferson is so problematic. i got to cut the called cousin p.j., is like dad, really. and that's my ten-year-old. so i think that if we start by just really recognizing, that a lot of us are way more connected than we realized, it helps a lot. i was taught that by an old woman in virginia, who long story short, i said to her husband, i'm pretty sure your -- and all of a sudden this woman was scrutinizing, we got really close to me and said, come here baby giving a hug, i was knew i had black family. and she literally descends from, like the big slave owner who built of plantation, that our fa...

Like the big slave owner who built of plantation, that our family is on for generations, and comes off as just a guy. >> one of the things i like to remember on martin luther king day, is that when he was assassinated in memphis, he had shifted -- i don't want to say shifted. he concluded an economic message, economic justice at the end of his life became as important as racial justice. and that persists today, the idea that an economic justice for all, americans regardless of their color, is crucial to achieving racial justice, essential to his argument and remain central today. >> it's criti...

I really see very little in terms of hate groups. there were some in surrounding communities that came to new haven, and the students engaged in a counterprotest. there was a college named calhoun college, and mr. calhoun was a big slave owner, and the students of yale demanded that the name of that college be changed, and so as a result, we're really not seeing any of that in new haven. as a matter of fact, new haven is a welcoming city, and college students helped to define what welcoming means. >> let's get to that point i was making, the african-american mayors association calling for addi...