and preserve arkansas. as we move forward in these turbulent times, it is important that we do not forget the struggles of little rock nine and the neighborhood that moved america forward. towards an integrated education system. bill, the passage of this mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. christ the element from utah. >> thank you mr. speaker how they do yield myself such time as i may consume. bill, to meer, this is an extremely important bill. month,s ago during this nine extraordinary students attended little rock high school . for theirkids picked academic ability and the maturity level because they were going to go through a year that no one had seen the war and hopefully known will ever see again. perhaps because i taught high school for almost 30 years i understand the environment that took place here and i have a great deal of empathy for these nine kids that went there. they could have easily been my students. a significant concept that on september 4, 60 ofrs ago, the government arkans

he discusses the integration problem in little rock, arkansas. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. pres. eisenhower: good evening, my fellow citizens. this evening,tes i should like to speak to you about the serious situation that has arisen in little rock. make this talk, i have come to the president's office in the white house. i could have spoken from rhode island, where i have been staying recently. speaking fromt in the house of lincoln, objection, and of wilson. my words were better conveyed both the sadness i feel and the actions i was compelled today to the firmness with which i intend to pursue this until the orders of the federal court of little rock can be executed without unlawful interference. in that city, under the leadership of extremists, disorderly mobs deliberately defended carrying out proper orders on a federal court. local authorities have not eliminated that violent opposition. law, i issued a proclamation yesterday, calling upon the mob to disperse. morning, the mob again gathered in front of the cent

biop: i yield to the ntleman from arkansas, mr. westerman -- mr.s trup. -- >> rse in support ofy colleague's bill that will modify the bary of the little rk centraligh school national hioric site to include seven residences on uth pk streetn little rock, arkans. whi this bill would authorize with ional park service private prperty owners, h.r. 2611 wilt do more. and even physical abuse to desegregate little rock central high school. on that historic day in 1957, nine young people showed the united states and the world that we were and are better than segregation, better than racism and injustice. that roved to the world as americans we really do believe the declaration of independence when it says that all men are created equal. i believe that allowing the historical residenceser is rounding the little rock central high school to slip into disrepair or oblivion would be a severe injustice to those who gave of themselves to further the cause of civil rights and equality. i'd like to thank my colleague from representative, representa

arkansas or northwestern arkansas. did you find any evidence of the fact that it might have been a political maneuver that got out of hand? elizabeth: sure. talked abouthad the possibilities of running for a third term. there are been political cartoons in the papers laying that out. he told me and he told other interviewers that he had thought a lot about it. he was not sure he wanted to run for a third term. what he really wanted was the seat in the senate. fulbright was not going to be up for election until 1962, so he was trying to figure out how to fill that gap. he was considering a whole bunch of things. myself that hed did not settle on running for a third term until after the little rock crisis when he called jim johnson in and said i've decided i'm going to run. jim thought he was the heir apparent, and we will work to get you on the supreme court. when i have read this book, and when i finished reading the book i.e. male about 34 questions and she responded mailed about 34- questions and she responded prompt

it's been part of our tradition at least in arkansas. you can look, i am not an academic historian in the sense that i do not teach. in some ways, at least in one point in our earlier history, academics want to protect themselves and they may not like to hear that people want tenure and we have had a tradition if we were not going to admit how bad things were we were going to say we really don't know the extent of it. they've been hired at the university of arkansas and our other institutions. it's getting better. but until we have a representative of people with color in academia, we are not h going to have that kind of participation. and we are not going to have that kind of truth telling i'm afraid. >> i'm going to be brief i think in my case, there have been books told about doctor martin luther king going back as far as i do b. wells and some great books written but i don't think there was any attempt to connece the dots in the history of memphis and when you look at memphis is a place that has a strong position in the mid-south the

sandra: a baptist university in arkansas. host: a small school. why there? sandra: i looked everywhere but there and swore i would never go but a couple months before i was set to leave for college and enrolled in a large university, i changed my mind last minute. it turned out to be a good decision. for another worked campaign, you work in ohio in 2004 for the bush campaign? sandra: they deployed quite a few people. i went as a field rep. i stood on street corners doing , thousands ofdoor phone calls during that time. ohio turned out to be an important state for him during that election so it was exciting. host: how do you define politics? isdra: the basis of it communicating a candidate's agenda with the people. there is a better political science definition but when it comes down to it, it is about official -- elected taking the candidate or official and figuring out how to work best with the community. find out what they want and how to achieve it. say tohen did you yourself, i am going to work for donald trump? sandra: pretty quickly after my dad got ou

[applause] the governor of arkansas. [applause] the 42nd president of the united states william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> now to though little rock nine. [cheers and applause] [applause] and remembering the late jefferson thomas. [applause] [applause] seven eppley is locked onto the podium and educator and community leader and the first african-american to attend the tenth and 11thaf and 12th grade before graduating 1960 to. [applause]se be >> please be seated. look good to this historic day. but some have traveled from down the block as a lookout into the crowd i see familiar faces and no matter how far you travel to be here are how many people that you know, we're honored to have you here as a key component of this ceremony.tion of so with the arkansas 31st junior rotc from little rock central high school followed by the pledge of allegiance.plea led by the student body president of each school district five high-school surcoat. . . ♪the bombs bursting in air ♪gave proof thro' the night ♪that our flag was

president clinton did the governor of arkansas and the mayor of arkansas and all the other distinguished guests here in the stage thank you for being here. i was asked about a year and a half ago by the city manager what it would be like for the 60th anniversary to give them some ideas. they already had ideas of what was going to take place. i want to be very honest and clear with you. i said to him i would like to have dinner in the white house with president hillary clinton. [cheering] but this is the second best, being here. [laughter] on the day that we commemorate this weekend, september 25, we went as teenagers, anxious and worried that we had missed over two weeks of school. we didn't know what the day would hold or what would happen in the year ahead. we didn't realize the goal that would be played behind the scenes in our high school experience. 1987, 30 years later, all of us came back for the first time that we had seen each other as a group. it was governo was governor clit welcomed us into the governor's mansion. hillary clinton had been under the weather and came down to th

now on this field, negro and white run together, remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. perhaps it is best for those today to look where they are going and not where they have in. but when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward, or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. my name is jefferson thomas, and i am one of the nine from little rock. ♪ >> there is nothing strange in seeing american children walking nine to school on a september morning, but this was a special morning in a special part of america. a place where negro children had never gone to school before. -- with whites before. ♪ >> hatred is easier to organize. there was a minority in our state you found it to their advantage to bring hate to little rock in 1957. while we watched, the white children went to school, and we stood outside. ♪ had been taught in school that we were a nation under law, and the law said segregation wa

now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. perhaps it is best for those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. my name is jefferson thomas and i'm one of the nine of little rock. there is nothing strange in seeing american children walking to school on a september morning but this was a special morning in a special part of america, a place where negro children had never gone to school before. >> hatred is easier to organize. they brought hate to little rock in 1957. while we watched, the white children went to school, and we stood outside. ♪ we had been taught we were a nation under law, and the law of -- said segregation was wrong. now we waited to see if this had meaning. or were just words in a book, idle talk in a classroom. on septembe

arkansas's governor prevented the students from attending classes until the president sent army troops and guards to restore order and enforce school desegregation. in the film, mr. thomas and several others of the little rock nine reflect on their experience, life just -- life beyond high school and hopes for the future. the film won an academy award in 1965 for documentary short subject. ♪ ♪ >> where do you begin? where do you look? like an ancient battlefield, the ground is silent though people still move in familiar places. now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. perhaps it is best for those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. my name is jefferson thomas and i'm one of the nine of little rock. there is nothing strange in seeing

now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. perhaps it is asked with those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. my name is jefferson thomas and i'm one of the nine of little rock. there is nothing strange in seeing american children walking to school on a september morning but this was a special morning at a special -- in a special part of america, a place where negro children had never gone to school before. >> hatred is easier to organize. they brought hate to little rock in 1957. while we watched, the white children went to school, and we stood outside. ♪ we had been taught we were a nation under law, and the law of segregation was wrong. now we waited to see if this had meaning. or were just words in a book, idle talk in a classroom. o

let's hear from gail in little rock, arkansas. you are in booktv and c-span2 from the national book festival. >> caller: thank you, good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: we are listening. >> my book that i'm reading now is franken of the senate. i have loved it. also reading -- snyder was our congressman from arkansas. they had triplets in their 40s. and so they had four boys and that is quite an interesting story. she has wonderful advice and stories from others. so that is a book that i'm reading also. >> that is gail in little rock. thank you for watching booktv today. we are live from the national book festival. we have book in arizona. what is on your reading list both? >> caller: good morning! i am reading three books went up to the first one is the big y by denise desousa. i bid all of the books. i am reading everett pfeiffer -- and then -- the first caller sounded like he was embracing the declaration of independence and giving over drawing a consent to be governed. >> with regard to your books, the big lie and not a d

they had already integrated the university of arkansas. both med school and law school several years earlier without incident. however as the summer wore on , the governor faced a tough conservative challenger, conservative and racist, for his re-election. the rhetoric grew to a fever pitch. if any of this sounds familiar , it is the same story. as the rhetoric increased the , number of potential students dwindled from over 125 to 10 to 9. and by the start of the school year, a moment that sticks out in my mind was a few weeks into the fall semester, a neighbor confronted me on the street. an older african-american gentleman called me over and said, and i was expecting him to congratulate me on my intentions to attend central, and perhaps ask a few questions about the experience. instead, he said, why do you kids have to go and do all of this? you're just getting the white folks upset, making it harder for the rest of us. you are all going to leave, go off to college and we'll be stuck with the problems. obviously this man could only see t

let's hear from gail in little rock, arkansas. gail on booktv on c-span2 from the national book festival. >> caller: thank you. good morning. >> good morning. we're listening, gail. >> caller: the book i'm reading now is al franken, giant of the senate. senator franken, i really appreciated, couldn't put this book down. i read that constantly. i'm also reading stepping on cheerios, by betsy singleton snyder. her husband dick snyder. was our congressman from arkansas. they had a set of triplets in their 40s. they had four boys in 2 1/2 years. that is quite a interesting story. she has wonderful advice and stories for moms. so that's a book i'm reading also. >> that is gail in little rock, thanks for watching booktv live from the national book festival. buck in arizona. what is on your reading list, buck? >> caller: good morning. i'm reading three books right now. the first one is "the big lie "did i dinesh souza. i consume that as. reading a book on our dysfunctional educational system. --e third one, "no-go zones." by rahim kashim

well it's complicated situation certainly most people in arkansas did not want school desegregation to go ahead most white people that is of course and those were the voices that were heard over eighty five percent of white people in poll said that they didn't want school desegregation but you also have to balance that against the law and the real balance the real pivot in little rock was should we obey the law is this law of the law and or can we do somethin that will circumvent the law of the land and of course you know all of our consoles congressman son the son the munna festo nine hundred fifty six which declared this prim court decision unconstitutional unvalued to oppose it so as the final date for school desegregation came in little rock for bess found himself in a difficult position in some ways because he felt at least that a lot of the responsibility was being laid on his shoulders to influence school desegregation and he certainly was very aware of the political costs involved all across the south of the time politicians who didn't come out strongly for for segregation cont

arkansas, oregon, pennsylvania. it is a good question as to whether they will see what losses will look like over the weekend and decide if it is a strategy for them. another company was ibm, for example. they might say, they are uncorrelated risks over the long-term, but we need returns now. we need to not have this. once ine black swans, 100 year offense that hurt these cat bonds. epic,t: we have had two back-to-back storms. thank you both. coming up, we are nearing the one-year anniversary of when india declared most of the country's cash invalid. how has this demonetization played out? we explore with it former chief

in december 1977, i applied to be a police officer in little rock, arkansas. i passed every step there was to pass to be a police officer, and my career began june 15, 1998. i'm still working on my 20th year. i remember early on in my career as a police officer, i always wanted to go into neighborhoods with open arms, to love people because that is what my mom taught her nine kids. as you know, mom knows best. i was a little reluctant at first because i always thought all police officers did was write tickets and make arrests. i did not know that police officers good hug people and love people and form relationships. i tried, but i did not know if it was working. in 2001, my shift had just ended at 2:00 p.m. a gentleman north of little rock wanted to meet with me. he did not tell me what he wanted. i meet with him at a gas station off interstate 30. he wanted to confess to a murder. he had killed a man in a homeless camp with a two by four. i called little rock police. they came over, and they asked me how did i find this guy. i told the officers, i did not fi

in december 1977, i applied to be a police officer in little rock, arkansas. i passed every step there was to pass to be a police officer, and my career began june 15, 1998. i'm still working on my 20th year. i remember early on in my career as a police officer, i always wanted to go into neighborhoods with open arms, to love people because that is what my mom taught her nine kids. as you know, mom knows best. i was a little reluctant at first because i always thought all police officers did was write tickets and make arrests. i did not know that police officers good hug people and love people and form relationships. i tried, but i did not know if it was working. in 2001, my shift had just ended at 2:00 p.m. a gentleman north of little rock wanted to meet with me. he did not tell me what he wanted. i meet with him at a gas station off interstate 30. he wanted to confess to a murder. he had killed a man in a homeless camp with a two by four. i called little rock police. they came over, and they asked me how did i find this guy. i told the officers, i did not fi

. >> reporter: wal-mart, headquartered in bentonville, arkansas, began by improving the fuel efficiency of its vast fleet of trucks that deliver goods to its stores. >> so mike, when you're ready, we'll crank it up. >> reporter: using a simulator, wal-mart retrains its truck drivers on gear-shifting to increase their fuel savings. operators can have up to a 30% impact on fuel efficiency based on how they drive, and their job performance is judged accordingly. the company says, improved driving and upgraded trucks have saved the retailer nearly $1 billion since 2005. >> wal-mart has been the driver of a lot of new technologies in the energy efficiency space. >> reporter: mark vanderhelm is wal-mart's vice president of energy. wal-mart has saved energy and money in its store operations by demanding more efficient equipment from vendors that provide its lighting, refrigeration, and heating and cooling systems. in its push for more renewable energy, the company has installed solar panels on the rooftops of 364 wal-mart and sam's clubs. that's only about 8% of all its stores in the u.s., but

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. soo i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. president. i rise to pay tribute to a legendary football coach who passed away at the age of 92. he served his life serving our great state. i played for him back in the 1970's. for a kid from arkansas, this was a dream come true. outside of family, the people who have had the greatest infriewnses on my -- influences on my life were coaches, teachers, pastors, friends, and certainly my coach was at the top. he was head coach of the razorbacks from 1958, to 1976 and turned the school's program into a national powerhouse. during his tenure, he helped to lead the razorbacks to 12 titles rex had tremendous charisma and had a remarkable ability to recruit talent. he had an innate ability to see the strengths in people. he would turn them loose to use those strengths to help the team and those individuals succeed. his recipe was to get great people around him,

governor had called up the arkansas national guard to physically block those nine kids from entering the building. while pro-segregation white mobs did their part too outside of central high. and that went on for weeks. until finally, on september 25th, 1957, the little rock nine got an intervention from on high. specifically from the freaking 101st airborne division. 60 years ago today president dwight eisenhower deployed 1,000 u.s. pair atroopers from the 101st airborne to go to central high school in little rock, arkansas to get those kids into the school. and those soldiers stood against the segregationist mobs including with bayonets and they escorted those nine kids safely to and from school. president sends troops to little rock, federalizes arkansas national guard, tells nation he acted to avoid anarchy. 60 years ago today. since the civil rights era presidents over and over again have been handed these moments. moments they didn't necessarily choose but where they had to decide what to do. and in fact whether they would do anything. presidents usually don't get to pick that

>> joining me now is republican senator tom cotton of arkansas. senator cotton, welcome back. >> good morning, chuck. >> the president struck a deal on the debt ceiling with democrats. republicans weren't in the room. he apparently seems to strike at least the outlines of what a deal on daca will look like, which apparently is no funding for the wall without republican leaders in the room. are you concerned about this? >> no. i think the president has said publicly that there's not a deal, that he wants to see a deal. in fact, he called me a couple nights ago to say there's no deal. he wants to make sure we protect the interest of american workers, in particular by ending unlimited chain migration, which is why we have so many unskilled workers coming in the country. he asked me to sit down with senator schumer and some of the other democrats. they want to focus on a package of benefits for illegal democrats. we want to put our american workers' interests first and we'll do that. but there's no deal right now. >> do you think the president gave up

to call in the arkansas national guard to watch those nine black students into the all white school one of those recalls they move closer and closer somebody started to yell i try to see if it was a friendly face somebody who could help for gore looked into the face of old woman who seemed kind but when i looked her again she spat on me. now is a new student at central high i watch my presidential end governor open those same doors. those same students they are american heroes who courageously advance racial equality and as president trump has said racism is evil with no place in our country one of the highest achieving schools of arkansas is a testimony to how far we have come in the last 60 years from is not for president or his administration but there's work to do we need better schools to provide a safer and more prosperous future for every american so working to make america great again as actions continue to show and with that i will take your questions. >> the president has strong views about standing for the national anthem so given the response he has been given in the last 48

they had already integrated the university of arkansas. both med school and law school several years earlier without incident. however as the summer wore on the governor faced a tough conservative challenger, conservative and racist for his re-election. the rhetoric grew to a fever pitch. if any of this sounds familiar -- [laughter] it is the same story. as the rhetoric increased the number of potential students dwindled from over 125 to 10 to 9. and by the start of the school year a moment that sticks out if , my mind was a few weeks into the fall semester, a neighbor confronted me on the street. an older african-american gentleman called me over and said, and i was expecting him to congratulate me on my intentions to attend central, and perhaps ask a few questions about the experience -- is that he said why do you kids have to go and , do all of this? you're just getting the white folks upset, making it harder for the rest of us. you are all going to leave, go off to college and we'll be stuck with the problems. obviously this man could

the days off in arkansas are thursday and friday. it took me everything to get my sergeant to let me off today. i will have to fly back home tonight because duty calls in the morning. it is good to be here. my beautiful girlfriend rosalynn is a big supporter. raise your hand. she is a big supporter. i have met a lot of people in my short time here. inn i think about growing up north little rock, arkansas, -- ly of nine, when, that twin myself, and we are the youngest. -- and i taught me follow that model my entire life. i always wanted to be a police officer. i never thought it would be a police officer. in december 1977 can i applied to be a police officer in little rock, arkansas. i passed every step there was to be a police officer, in my career began june 15, 1998. i'm still working on my 20th year. i remember early on in my career as a police officer, i always wanted to go into numerous with open arms, to love people because that is what my mom taught her nine kids. as you know, mom knows best. i was about police officer's ticke

>> guest: in little rock, arkansas. my brother, little conrad, was just appointed by the president as the first black u.s. marshal in the history of the south. conrad, who was the first black trooper, the first black trooper in the troopers that kept us out of that school. time changes things. c-span: did your mother and brother read your book? >> guest: yes. c-span: what's, what do you remember them reacting to? >> guest: well, my brother call me, and he had tears in his voice, and he said you really can write. you really can write. and i love you and i'm sorry. what a good book, i couldn't put it down. and my mother -- see, i always knew i had to write a book that both my mother and, were my grandmother alive, would approve of. and the process of writing this book as you see it was almost as difficult as attending central high school. the first publisher i had was kind of a caretaker, plantation owner kind of guy, a southern, former southerner who wanted to take over the process and wanted to direct in a accordance wi

appoint the honorable tom cotton a senator from the state of arkansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: congress has a number of pressing issues to address in the coming days. there are three critically important things before us that need to be done very quickly: pass disaster relief legislation to allow us to rebuild from harvey and prepare for future disasters headed our way, like irma. avoid a default, and of course keep the government funded. these are the president's immediate priorities. these are my immediate priorities and they are critically important to establishing credibility and stability, as our country continues to recover from one record-setting storm and prepare for yet another. harvey has already unleashed more rain than any other single storm recorded in the continental united states. irma has already forced the entire state of florida into a state of emergency. i'd like to repeat two quotes i shared yesterday that are even more relevant now, given the further a

[applause] >> arizona. >> may peace prevail in arizona. >> arkansas. >> may peace prevail in arkansas. [applause] >> california. >> may peace prevail in california. [applause] >> colorado. peace p >> may peace prevail in colorado. >> connecticut. >> may peace prevail in my home state of connecticut. [applause] >> delaware. >> may peace prevail in delaware. >> district of columbia. >> guess what we are?dist may peace prevail in the district of columbia. [applause]n flor >> florida. >> may peace prevail in florida. [applause]. >> georgia. >> feel free to say this with me. you know what's coming. may peace prevail in georgia. [applause] >> guam. >> may peace prevail in guam. >> hawaii. >> may peace prevail in hawaii.. >> idaho. >> may peace prevail in idaho. >> illinois. >> may peace prevail in illino illinois.n >> indiana. >> indiana. >> iowa. >> may peace prevail in iowa. >> kansas. >> may peace prevail in kansas. >> kentucky. >> may peace prevail in kentucky. >> louisiana. >> may peace prevail in louisiana. >> main. >> may peace prevail in maine. >> maryland. >> maryland. >> massachus

they love it right outside the university of arkansas. and a great crowd we have got here at the rolling pin cafe this morning. including bob, bill and greg. i found this sign on the wall, it says your opinion is not in the recipe. only fake news in the rolling pin cafe because there is a ton of opinion here about this president and his presidency as well. the politics of our day. bill, i will start with you. first of all, what do you do? >> i sell health insurance. medicare health insurance. not obamacare. pete: not obamacare. >> not obamacare. pete: have you made clear about that. >> exactly. pete: how do you feel about how this president is doing trying to get his agenda passed? >> he is trying hard but the swamp -- he is having a hard time overcoming the swamp. pete: who do you blame for that. >> the swamp. pete: which part of it. >> all of it. all of it. pete: all of it indeed? >> all of it. both parties. i wish he could get something done but he is going to have a hard time dealing with them. pete: if he was to focus on one thing, t

robert is also in arkansas. go ahead. i have to say how much i appreciate c-span to give us this chance to speak out. arkansas needs to change their representatives. tom cotton, carson bozeman. they were at the beginning were called free market free enterprise capitalists. the problems we are having now go back when clinton signed nafta and trade relations with china. for those of us who stood in our congressman's office and said it is not right to have federal revelations on us -- regulations on us, no one listened. and we have gone decades. we've got these unbelievable trade policies with countries that are more interested in the product rather than the process and it broke down the system of payroll that many of these people working on those jobs were getting honest to goodness checks that were actually conjure booting to their social security. -- contributing to their social security. i'm in construction. different ones were saying, we can have all these illegal immigrants coming into the country. decades ago. nothing

. >> 46-year-old bill clinton of arkansas was sworn in today. right back there at the capitol building. >> bill clinton, the first baby boomer president, what he represented was a fresh start. hopes were high. very high. >> the office of president of the united states. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> bill clinton defeats the man with the best resume in modern american political history, george bush. it seemed impossible. >> a new season of american renewal has begun. >> he was like a meteor. he came on the scene smart, well spoken, appealing and kind of fun. >> let's listen to president bill clinton tear it up. ♪ >> clinton comes to office brimming with energy, enthusiasm and self-confidence. the first few months would be a real trial for him. >> president clinton and his staff are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. >> his choice for attorney general was before the senate judiciary committee apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. >> we got off to a rocky start for a number of reasons. there were hiccups in the appointm

>> arkansas. >> may peace prevail in arkansas! >> california. >> may peace prevail in california! >> colorado. >> may peace prevail in colorado! >> connecticut. >> may peace prevail in my home state of connecticut! >> delaware. >> may peace prevail in delaware! >> district of columbia. >> that's where we are. may peace prevail in the district of columbia! >> florida. >> may peace prevail in florida! >> feel free to say this with -- >> georgia. >> feel free to say this with me. may peace prevail in georgia! >> guam. >> may peace prevail in the guam! >> hawaii. >> may peace prevail in hawaii! >> idaho. >> may peace prevail in idaho! >> illinois. >> may peace prevail in illinois! >> indiana. >> may peace prevail in indiana! >> iowa. >> may peace prevail in iowa! >> kansas. >> may peace prevail in kansas! >> kentucky. >> may peace prevail in kentucky! >> louisiana. >> may peace prevail in louisiana! >> maine. >> may peace prevail in maine! >> maryland. >> may peace prevail in maryland! >> massachusetts. >> may peace prevail in massachusetts! >> michigan. >> may peace prevail in michig

governor had called up the arkansas national guard to physically block those nine kids from entering the building. while prosegregation white mobs did their part, too, outside of central high and that went on for weeks. until finally on september 25th, 1957, the little rock nine got an intervention from on high, specifically from the freaking 101st airborne division. 60 years ago president dwight eisenhower deployed 1,000 paratroopers to s ts to go to c high school in arkansas to get the kids into the school and those soldiers stood against the segregation mobs and escorted nine kids safely to and from school. >>> president sends troops to little rock. federalizes arkansas national guard, tells nation he acted to avoid anarchy. 60 years ago today. >>> since the civil rights era, presidents over and over again have been handed these moments. moments they didn't necessarily choose but where they had to decide what to do and in fact, whether they would do anything. presidents usually don't get to pick that moment when it happens. but when circumstances compel them to take action, the re

you may be aware of a small business in arkansas we call walmart. somewhat large now. it continues to provide lots of great jobs for arkansans, groceries, kids toys and clothes and everything else under the sun. from 1970, the walmart ipo document, 26 pages, 20 if you exclude the financials, walmart's ipo 1970. the snap ipo document from last year, 247 pages, ten times the size of walmart's ipo. this explains why we have so many fewer ipos then we once did for smaller firms. don't think you can attribute it to the dot.com boom from 20 years ago. other developed countries have seen a 50% increase over the same time period and the types of those ipos have changed, many small ipos have gone overseas, small investors, the people that invested in walmart based on this document any high school educated person with business sense can understand and became wealthy over the years as walmart grew and their stock split, has access to these small-cap companies, they go increasingly into the private market and benefit only the most affluent americans. without thank private markets

heather: in arkansas. >> reporter: fayetteville, arkansas, rolling pit cafÉ. apparently a special item on the menu and we will try, if you're in fayetteville, come out and join us for breakfast with friends on "fox and friends," arkansas being the former state of governor bill clinton and hillary clinton. what do trump supporters think of the president's un speech, the daca deal, can they get repeal and replaced him, all morning long on "fox and friends," come on out and join us. >> the city of st. louis is safe and the police on the night. rob: this mayor of st. louis ripping his police officers for saying things like that and blaming police intimidation for the canceling of town hall meetings. officers are under investigation for avowing to keep the city safe from violent protesters storming the street and destroying property for days. does it make a lot of sense? griff jenkins live in st. louis with new details. >> reporter: quiet night from protesters last night but harsh words from the mayor at a press conference, canceled town hall to avoid confrontation

westerman of arkansas. the chair: the gentleman from arkansas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. westerman: i thank the chirmen for their hard work on this bill. land management released a study. the b.l.m. claims that this rule would incorporate proven industry standards developed by oil measurement experts in the industry and b.l.m. seems like b. h l.m. set their standards regardless of industry input. in comments filed on december 14, 2015, the independent petroleum association of america, the american petroleum institute, the western energy alliance and citizens involved in oil production detailed serious concerns. many of the concerns were trying to adopt industry standards. i believe it is vital agencies such as the b.l.m. listen to and take into account concerns when proposal you will debating these new rules. my amendment would restrict funding in its current funding and i ask my colleagues to support this amendment. the chair:

. >> check it out, arkansas woman used government money to buy her dog a tuxedo. her name is kristin lynn gross, administrative assistant to a judge there. and she pled guilty to charging $200,000 to the court's credit card. i didn't even know -- man, i don't have that kind of limit on my credit card. i didn't even know $200,000. she bought diamond bracelet, particular tote arkansas razor backs football game, she actually sequin throw pillows, pet insurance, and a doggy tuxedo. you know what? that was worth it. that was worth it. that was worth it. you know what? put me in jail, throw away the key for this look. i'm okay with that. that's just dumb. like i'm never -- i don't steel, but just say, i wouldn't buy my dog a tuxedo. >> she has a credit cards so i guess, i mean, she bought some throw pillows. so whatever store, let me throw some throw pillows in there, this is cute, little dog tuxedo. >> the dog is cute. is this the actual dog? is this her dog? man, i would love to have this dog. i would buy this dog with the stolen credit card. ya. i would do that. but

decision to send the one at her first airborne into little rock, -- 101st airborne into little rock arkansas. violence or rubbed it when i never get a mac to desegregate central high school in response to a court order by eisenhower appointee. the governor deployed the national guard to prevent desegregation. he later brokered an agreement with eisenhower ordered the guard to protect the students, with joined the troops. -- withdrawing the troops. then eisenhower sent in the 101st. the civil rights act. it is a complicated active explain in a few minutes but i will try to. january 10, 1957, in the state of the union, president eisenhower proclaimed his goal of "moving closer to the goal of fair and equal treatment of citizens without regard to race or color." his proposal included a bipartisan civil rights commission, a civil rights division and the justice department, authority for the attorney general to seek federal court orders in civil rights cases, and protection of voting rights. that third part, authority for the attorney general, became the great bone of contention in getting the le

today marks 60 years since nine black students in little rock, arkansas, walked into an all-white school ending legal segregation of schools in the united states. this will be a celebration at the same school where the little rock nine were escorted in by the national guard for their protection in 1957. former president and former arkansas governor bill clinton will give a keynote address in the auditorium. several events are scheduled for the little rock community through the rest of the year. >>> in west philadelphia, a special sunday service celebrated the legacy of octavia versus cato. it happened at the african episcopal church where cato was a civil rights leader and credited with getting street cars in 1867. he was shot in 1871. a statue is being erected at city hall on tuesday. >>> 4:18. new jersey senator cory booker is getting buzz from black democratic officials for the 2020 presidential race. booker circumstanced second in a candidates -- booker finished second in a candidates' race in washington last week. the group tapped california senator camela harris as their favorite.

visiting professor at the university of arkansas medical sciences culture college of public health. he spent most of his career in public service and at the federal level he is worked in both the executive and legislative branches including ten years on capitol hill and ten more years at the us department of health and human services. in fact mr. smith headed the medicare agency for nearly seven years the longest tenure of any medicaid director at the federal level. mr. smith also worked in both the u.s. senate and the us house of representatives from 1989 to 1998. our fourth witness will be missed teresa muller, the acting secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania health and human services, previously with muller served as the pennsylvania insurance. [inaudible] additionally, she chairs the senior task force and its long-term care innovation subgroup at the national association of insurance commissioners or an aic. prior to her working in pennsylvania she served as acting director of the state exchanges group and the oversight group and the insurance programs group and the cent

alabama much like arkansas, the challenge we have are in rural areas. and earn fortunately areas that don't have a population density to support a full-size brick and mortar super market. so we believe in using ecommerce and online delivery we can reach into these areas and bring a full variety of products, especially fresh meat and fresh produce to these kpusmers. again partnered with the health care component, which is another area that's missing these rural communities, we feel like we've got a great model that can make a difference nutritionally and in health care also. >> mr. wright, mr. rendone, you both are serving rural communities that have food access issues. again, the deserts. what are some of the measure barriers to food access, and how are these being solved from the local level? sometimes it's difficult to, you know, push things out at the federal level to the -- arkansas is very different from massachusetts or wherever. where we get into trouble is the one-size fits all. >> yes, and serving rural areas in our world in our world presents

alabama much like arkansas, the challenge we have are in rural areas. and earn fortunately areas that don't have a population density to support a full-size brick and mortar super market. so we believe in using ecommerce and online delivery we can reach into these areas and bring a full variety of products, especially fresh meat and fresh produce to these kpusmers. again partnered with the health care component, which is another area that's missing these rural communities, we feel like we've got a great model that can make a difference nutritionally and in health care also. >> mr. wright, mr. rendone, you both are serving rural communities that have food access issues. again, the deserts. what are some of the measure barriers to food access, and how are these being solved from the local level? sometimes it's difficult to, you know, push things out at the federal level to the -- arkansas is very different from massachusetts or wherever. where we get into trouble is the one-size fits all. >> yes, and serving rural areas in our world in our world presents

-- it isjust yesterday amazing how i learn more and sent anry day -- i was article about one of the arkansas national guardsmen and he said he remembered my mother very well because he had to intervene on a situation where a group of about five girls were talking her head in the toilet worried i did not know that until yesterday. it is ever evolving. to put it lightly, they were harassed every single day. >> did your mother find it difficult to talk about those experiences? spirit: she, as wells the rest of the nine, not talk about it. the children of the nine have a similar experience that our parents do not tell us about it. i learned about this later in life great -- i learned about this later in life. i talked about kids in the third grade who knew more about it than i did. i learned about it as a teenager. it was so painful. even until my grandmother died, i could count on my hand how many conversations she was able to have about the situation. historydone oral interviews with the little rock nine, with their parents, white students who went to central, guardsmen, police officers, etc.

he was from arkansas. nobody thought a democrat would win. everybody thought bush would get reelected area from the very beginning, marty knew this was -- guy, if anyone have shot had a shot, it was bill clinton. by opening his house to him, he put that stamp of approval. this used to be the living room. those doors used to be open to the dining room. this used to be opened to the entryway. they would invite residential candidates here. people will tell you this is where they scored al gore and bill clinton and met jimmy carter and bob dole. they would invite these people in. the candidate would stand here. they would have their elbows on the mantelpiece and they would talk to 150 people. everyone would say i know your living room, that's where i met bill clinton. but your elbow here. you had your elbow where bill clinton with his elbow. cloth to theesee room. it tells you how many people have actually walked into a house in new hampshire and become the leader of the free world. this is a bedroom in martin gross's house. the story goes that j

he was from arkansas. nobody thought a democrat would win. everybody thought bush would get reelected area from the very beginning, marty knew this was the guy, if anyone had a shot, it was bill clinton. by opening his house to him, he put that stamp of approval. this used to be the living room. those doors used to be open to the dining room. this used to be opened to the entryway. they would invite residential candidates here. people will tell you this is where they scored al gore and bill clinton and met jimmy carter and bob dole. they would invite these people in. the candidate would stand here. they would have their elbows on the mantelpiece and they would talk to 150 people. everyone would say i know your living room, that's where i met bill clinton. put your elbow here. you had your elbow where bill clinton with his elbow. it adds a je ne sais quoi to the room. it tells you how many people have actually walked into a house in new hampshire and become the leader of the free world. this is a bedroom in martin gross's house. the story goes

arkansas has become -- has come a long way since the integration of central high. while there is still work left to be done, arkansans are proud of the progress that we have made. today leaders and citizens across our state come together to promote equality and celebrate our diversity. the theme of the 60th anniversary, celebration of central high's integration is reflections of progress. this is so appropriate given that we have indeed made so much progress in the years that have followed the tumultuous start to integration. in an effort to ensure the legacy of the little rock nine that it lives on exhibits items recognizing their contributions on display at the smithsonian national museum of african american history. the museum itself is a moving experience that i highly recommend for every visitor to our nation's capital. for arkansans, we have an added incentive to visit to see the displays honoring the brave actions and determination of these little rock teens. we're also grateful that these items are on view for the entire country to observe and reflect upon.

today central high is one of the most racially diverse and high achieving schools in arkansas. this is a testimony to how far we have come in the last 60 years. it's not lost on the president or his administration what they need to do. we need better schools to secure a more prosperous america for all of our students. with that, i'll take your questions. >> sarah, clearly the president has strong views on important players in professional sports teams should stand for the national anthem. given the response that the president has gotten over the last 24 hours, who believes that what the president said on friday night was very divisive, does the president regret at all describing these players who take a knee for the national anthem as s.o.b.s who should where tifired. >> this is not about the president being against anything, this is about the president and americans being for something, being for our flag, honoring our national flag and the men and women who fought to defend it. 2 general -- composed entirely of volunteers. it obviously takes a special kind of patriotism for p