[applause] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john kerry, United States senator. [applause] john kerry madam speaker, mr. Majority leader and distinguished colleagues in congress in both parties, ladies and gentlemen, and members of colleague family, our ted kennedy was born into history, he was part of history throughout his life. He made history and he knew history. And it was his respect for ed brookes role in history and his personal affection for ed brooke that led him to champion this congressional gold medal. Obviously were so delighted that Vicki Kennedy is here today and his great friend, my colleague now in the senate, paul kirk is here with us to celebrate this moment. In one of his first sermons after finishing his studies at Boston University, Martin Luther king jr. Observed the thing that we need in the world today is a group of men and women wholl stand up for right and be opposed to wrong wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that som
Mom. You are also an economist. Is there an actual economic benefit to inspiring girls to reach higher . Absolutely. I fall into the camp that the single greatest underutilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. 50 of the talent tool pool, the brains, the innovation and creativity, that is underrepresented across the board and it is its not a womans issue to help get women and girls into science and technology and business and go. Its a societal issue. If we could figure out a way to totally empower half of the brains in america, imagine how much better and more productive we would be . You think a woman president can do that better than a male president . I do. I think if a person is committed to making that happen well get that done but on balance it is powerful. You cant underestimate the value of a role model. Great. Well, governor raimondo, thank you very much. Weve run out of time. Time to wrap up. Next id like to welcome governor Susan Glasser with Governor Terry m
Friendship is strong and it will get Even Stronger in the years to come. Thank you aipac, thank you america. God bless you all. [applause] as the aipac conference is underway this morning that secretary of state john kerry said that he was in geneva attending an important Human Rights Council session today and address the need to protect and advance human rights. Live coverage from aipac will continue this afternoon when the National Security adviser speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs committee into the annual policy conference in washington. We will have live coverage of the comments beginning at 6 p. M. Eastern. The Prime Minister netanyahu will continue his visit to washington tomorrow speaking to a joint meeting in congress. You can of congress. You can watch the Flight Attendant 45 eastern. It will be on cspan. Barbara mikulski of maryland the longestserving woman in the history of congress is making an announcement about her plans for the future. The 78yearold democrat
Methodist journal wrote above all else as i see it is the Social Security program for the first time in history we have a National Administration seeking to realize practically all of the churches. The catholic protestants and jews. For the religious leaders like this one the state represented a prodigious achievement, not in an apartment. A few clergy began to express concerns that would go more a spread by the late 30s especially in the white protestants. One mississippi presbyterian and selfproclaimed southern democrat held on the Community Members that now had some place else to go. When they once had Community Contact for the cooperation and the incident implemented they now look to the government for everything. Now its possible federal aid made it easy for some families to disconnect for middleclass churches where they felt out of place. Now they have options other than the local paternalism and they questioned the new deal to express the alarm and outrage. It grew during the 19
Final form between the two candidates running for mayor of chicago, that is a full hour next on chicago tonight. Moderator the stakes in the Mayoral Election could hardly be higher. The bond rating teeters two notches above junk status. The city faces pension debt and reliance on borrowing threatens every other function of government. The question tonight what qualities the candidates for mayor have to change that. Joining us, the city club is helping to underwrite tonights forum. We are Live Streaming this on our website. Welcome to our viewers around the country on cspan. Our political reporter is tweeting. We invite you to join the online conversation. Joining us are rahm emanuel, and jesus garcia. Before we begin, tonight we are doing things differently. We will start by talking mainly about finances with each candidate individually without interruption from the other. That will give the mayor and commissioner an opportunity to clearly answered the questions. Then we will engage bo