sullivan. mr. keating: thank you, madam leader. we all know that it's no secret that in this house there are often great divisions and probably the most profound skis much that exists in this house -- schism that exists in this house is between red sox fans and yankee fans. but to show you the esteem that mr. sullivan has held with our members, i have the privilege of yielding whatever time he may consume to the gentleman rom new york, mr. serrano. mr. serrano: i thank the gentleman and you're correct. you used up my first line. i live a few blocks away from yankee stadium and so for a yankee fan, to honor a red sox fan, shows the kind of love and respect that i have for him. i don't now if i'll be able to survive or sleep tonight, but i will say congratulations, barry, on the red sox winning the world series. you notice that didn't come out too well. but it's not that easy. rry sullivan, when i first came here and i found out that barry sullivan was running the cloakroom, i expected to see barry s

sullivan. we understand the humility. and i yield my time to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. . . mr. connolly: i thank my colleague. i assure him it bonet be -- it won't be lengthy. when i first heard that barry sullivan was retiring, my reaction was, say it ain't so.

do you think it does, mr. sullivan? >> i think the impact of the law has a disparate racial tilt. that troubles me profoundly. "stand your ground" was used in this particular case, if i can just amend what senator cruz said. is not entirely correct to say that "stand your ground" was not part of this case. mr. zimmerman did not avail himself of the immunity portion of "stand your ground," however the judge constructed consistent with florida law, which included an expressed statement of "stand your ground" if you felt like you were imminently in fear of death or bodily injury, then mr. zimmerman had his right to "stand your ground" and use deadly force in response. i may have cited it in my written testimony, if not, i will provide it. "stand your ground" was front and center in this case, just not the immunity portion of "stand your ground." >> mr. lott's rendition of statistics were pretty compelling. i do not claim to be an expert in this area. i guess my politician's point of view, when you have people like governor granholm and joe manchin, somebody i actually know, i do not

. >> and, mr. mayor, brian sullivan. i spent time in the brightmoor second with the blight authority. they're going great work. the people we talked to there, even if they get a job have no way to be able to get it. how do you build up infrastructure to get people where they need to go even if you are successful bringing companies to the city because the city is so large and lacks a public transportation infrastructure? >> well, i think one of the reasons the voters elected me was i spent four years running the regional bus system, the smart system at a time it was going out of business and got it running well. transit is something i believe deeply in. we're doing a couple things. dan and other folks are work ong the rail line that will run down woodward, but we need to connect people across the city with an efficient bus system, something i know well and something i start on january 1st. >> all right. thank you all so much. >> very exciting. let me say you detroit guys, mike barnicle and i, we want to thank you for lett

one mr. anthony weiner comes to mind as one example. back with our panel, andrew sullivan, david gergen, angela davis and dr. ruth westheimer. her life is the subject of a one-woman show called "becoming dr. ruth" stars actress debra joe ruff. it's so great to have you here. >> thank you. i want to tell you something right away. the selfy phenomenon. i have nothing against you and me hugging and you and me holding hands. but please, make sure that everybody knows, nothing below your neck. >> no selfies below the neck. >> absolutely. i'm really worried about that. >> you are? why? >> it's not necessary. and i'm old-fashioned and a square. you know i talk about those things. >> you're not a square. >> who would call you that? >> i call myself a square. but please make sure selfy from whatever word you want to use, it's fine to show a picture above the neck. >> okay. >> dr. ruth says so. >> okay. there you go. >> interesting, michaela, you look at the selfies out there. it is the ubiquitousness of it. >> it's interesting. because in cultur

. >> the chair will now recognize is the gentleman from south carolina, mr. sanford, for any questions he heavy. >> yes, sir. i appreciate the testimony of each of you. gordon sullivan, retired general, wrote a book a long time ago into it willed hope was not a method. and it just seems to me when i look at the fundamentals of the spot program, it seems built on that foundation. it seems to be a cart out before the horse because you do have employment before effectiveness. so the whole idea of having 3,000 folks employed in this endeavor while from a statistical standpoint the results are about 50/50 seems to be, a, not a good use of taxpayer money, but i want to zero in on what my associate, bennie thompson, was touching on a moment ago, i think there's a similar component to what's going on here that i think is a real challenge. and i tell my boys all the time, guys, have the wisdom to know what you don't though. and mr. richmond was touching on this notion of how do you get inside somebody's head just a moment ago. i think it's a very difficult place to be