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that happened. and we focus on this one dude donald sterling all we want. but we can look at what we accomplish when we all come together as one. that is what i think we should do. that is my closing comment. [applause] roland will close us out with a final thought. i sat on the set of cnn that night then when i was shedding tears, folks asked me why. i said it is not because of this election. i did not do it because i saw him. i saw the u.s. soldiers who were hanging from trees and lynched in their uniforms. that was the image they came to my mind. but what ties in with sports is that i recognize that the inauguration parade is over. and if you have not read dr. king s chaos or community, you should. what we are talking about today, he wrote in 1967 when we were grappling with riots across the country. he said it did not cost america much to allow us to sit at the same lunch counter or to be in the same hotel. he said now the question is the real cost is about to ....
to boost oil and gas production. the mexican ambassador to the u.s. and a panel of energy executives will be among the speakers. eastern on0 p.m. c-span. later, the wilson center hosts a discussion on the israeli highland israeli-palestinian peace process. live beginning at 4:00 on c-span. touche you can keep in with current events from the nation s capital using any phone anytime with c-span radio on audio now. 202-626-8888. every weekday, listen to a retail recap of the day s events. you can hear audio of the five networks sunday affairs programs sunday public affairs programs. .all 202-626-8888 long-distance or phone charges might apply. next, new york city s new police commissioner bill bratton talks about the city s crime rate and some of the reasons it has declined over the years. that is followed by a conversation with former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords and her husband, mark kelly, talking about their nonprofit organization. this was part of the ....
host: you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages a very good sunday morning to you. isrge s guns everywhere law what we will be talking about in the first 45 minutes this morning. a few headlines in the past week from around the country in georgia, headline sweeping new gun law takes effect. ,rom al jazeera america georgia now has guns everywhere . one of the headlines from the atlanta journal-constitution, see if itke months to is a tempest in a teapot or an actual storm. for a breakdown of what the new law entails we turn to the associated press and their wrapup of the bill, noting that the georgia safe carry protection act criticized by one group as the guns everywhere bill expands where license carriers can take their weapons and affects the rules including bars, churches, schools, law that wes the will be talking about for the next 45 minutes or so. we are waiting for your phone calls and comments, but as we do we will give ....
here had thele experience of you are driving along and suddenly your car is wrecked? and you pay for that out-of-pocket. when you are traffic and congestion because of that infrastructure when you could be at home reading to your kids or catching the ballgame, that is a cost to you. everybody cares about that. youres not matter what political persuasion is. economic crisis since the worst depression, our businesses have created early 10 million new jobs over the past 52 months. the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since september of 2008. we have made huge strides in energy independence for the first time in more than a decade. business leaders are saying the best place to invest is not china, the best place to invest in the united states of america. but we still have a lot of middle-class families all across the country who are working harder than ever just to get ahead. they need a break. they need some help and having better roads and less delays, that helps. ....
make vur your mute your television or radio when you call in so you won t feed back. or you can send us a tweet. same question, should the u.s. invest more in africa? we will get to your comments and your posts in just a bit. e u.s./africa summit getting underway today in washington. it is a largely economic gathering. african leaders converge on the summit. they write it is a largest gathering of african government officials in washington in an effort to bolster the u.s. relationship with one of the world s fastest growing economies but preparations for the historic summit have been overshadowed by the march of the ebola virus in west africa, a crisis that has claimed more than 700 lives and has international health officials scrambling for solutions. here are some comments from the or as well.ct some have cast africa s otential in a new light. an unprecedented three-day conference between u.s. officials and more than 40 african heads of state underscore the gains that ....