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Thats right. What get you some stuff here. I like to teach my kid that. They say the most important thing of all that is complete to say thank you. Thank you for coming out tonight. One special thank you because i need to embarrass him. When i started my career in d. C. , when you do your first is that camino is going to be there. Her mom, dad, sister and i for one of my many friends and strangers to come. One of the first is a guy named elliott vehicle. Elliot in the morning. Lets hear it for elliot. [applause] we havent told a story. We are going to tell it now. Everythings better on televis...

Net worth for a member of the house, is that number plus 1 million. Almost exactly. Those are the numbers if you round to the nearest thousand, these are the act numbers. And the bottom number there, thats from the center for responsive politics, thats the median net worth for this freshman slash of members of congress. Its weird, right . Its almost uncanny, theres almost exactly a 1 million increment in net worth between the wealth of americans and the wealth of american representatives in congress. Congress is really rich compared to the rest of the country. It has been that way for a long t...

Almost exactly a 1 million incremement in net worth between the wealth of americans and the wealth of american representatives in congress. Congress is really rich compared to the rest of the country. It has been that way for a long time. And the disparity has been getting worse for a long time. Between 1984 and 2009, the wealth of an average American Family actually declined slightly. But the median net worth of a member of congress, more than doubled over that time. And congress not only keeps getting richer over time, theyre now getting richer faster. The median net worth of incoming member...

Television interview hell discuss the book and reaction to it. There is a lot in the book that could be very damaging. Former defense secretary robert gates. Devastating critique of president obama and hash criticisms. Almost unheard of. The talk of the nation. I think some people in washington are going to be mad at what you say about them. Well, i had a reputation when he was secretary for being candid and being blunt how could i be less in writing about it. Later on sunday morning candid conversation with sect gates. Osgood they call for the envelope please, the ross cor for june squibb to ...

An emancipation proclamation. They didnt know there would be a civil war yet they built families. Do you know that there were only 388,000 africans who were brought to the United States in the whole history of the slave trade. You know how many were brought to brazil . Rose how many . Five million. The 42 million African Americans today grew, thats what the phrase was, were going to grow our own slaves out of this body of 388,000. So that means these people, despite the fact they were slaves, believed in the principles of democracy in this great republic. Rose a look at the golden age of telev...